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Jurgen Klinsmann to coach United States

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:39:00 +0000

United States formally introduced Jurgen Klinsmann as their new coach, replacing Bob Bradley who was fired recently. This 47-year-old man will coach the U.S. national team until the end of 2014 Brazil World Cup later.
"One of my challenges is to define how the team should represent this country. Which style should be played. It's not just about the players, but also those around them, such as media and coaches," said Klinsmann.

Klinsmann claimed to be ready to take advantage of the diverse cultures in the U.S. to create a more unique style of playing. The coach also said he would build a team with a foundation that has been created in the last two decades.
"I think you can be proud of what you have accomplished over the past 20 years. Now I get a chance to advance (soccer) The U.S. and build what is already built," said Klinsmann.
Klinsmann's first task is to assist Landon Donovan and his friends play in a friendly match against Mexico in the city of Philadelphia, 10 August.

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Euro U-19 2011 Champion

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:33:00 +0000

Spanish superiority in the European football scene continues. Finally, they won the UEFA European Under-19 after conquering the Czech Republic with the score 3-2 in the final.

In the top of the party at Concordia Stadium, Chiajna, Romania, the Czech winning first in the 52nd minute goal by Ladislav Krejci. Spain can only be equalized five minutes remaining of normal time by kicking Jon Aurtenetxe. 1-1 score lasted until the normal time ended. The match was resumed to a half of extra time. In the extra time, Patrik Czech Lácha bring back the lead at minute 97. However, 11 minutes later, the score back just as strong after Paco Alcacer Spain scored their second goal.
Alcacer ultimately be decisive victory of Spain. His second goal at minute 115 to make 'Young Matador' ahead 3-2.

This is the fifth title Spain at Euro U-19. Previously, they also become champions in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2007. More complete Spanish champions trophy after Álvaro Morata featured as top scorer. Real Madrid striker is collecting a total of six goals. This year, Spain had twice triumphed in the tournament between nations of Europe in two different age groups. In U-21 European Championship which was held last June, they also became the best.

The composition of players:
Czech Republic:
Tomas Koubek; Jakub Brabec, Adam Janos, Thomas Kalas, Pavel Kaderabek, Jiri Skalak (Patrik Lacha 79), Tomas Jelecek, Ladislav Krejci, Tomas Prikryl (Antonín Fantis 102), Martin Hala, Roman Polom (Martin Sladky 36)

Spanyol:
Edgar Badia; Sergi Gomez, Ignasi Miguel, Jon Aurtenetxe, Ruben Pardo, Alvaro Morata, Alex (Jose Campana 55), Pablo Sarabia (Juan Muniz Gallego 78), Albert Blazquez, Juanmi (Paco Alcacer 54), Gerard Deulofeu

Referee: Stuart Attwell

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Tragedy Heysel On Movie

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 06:29:00 +0000

The tragedy killed 39 people ahead of the 1985 Champions League final between Liverpool and Juventus at Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, May 29, 1985, will be filmed. The tragedy began with fights between fans. In one moment, the dividing wall Juventus and Liverpool supporters sectors collapsed. In addition to killing 39 people, this incident also made more than 600 people injured. English teams then banned from playing at international level for five years. Film tragedy will be made based on a novel titled In The Crowd written by French author, Laurent Mauvignier. The novel is lifted from the Heysel tragedy, but, in outline, more talk about the four groups of football supporters from four different countries.
"We want the audience to focus on character and story. Character is very important as a background event," said movie producer, Jean Baptiste Babin.
"This is a historic event that is still alive in most European countries. The film will be handled in a more sensitive," said Babin.

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Final Yamaha Cup 2011

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:48:00 +0000

Team Yamaha Indonesia failed to retain the title. "Garuda Muda" had to settle for being runner-up after losing to Thailand in the final round with a score of 1-2, Sunday (17/07/2011). Compete at Yamaha Stadium, Muang Thong Thani, both sides showed a fierce battle from the start. Indonesia managed to lead 1-0 with Aldo Prasetyo at minute 15. Players back numbered 13, a free-kick from distance pretty, almost as far as the halfway line to netted the top right corner of the opposing team's goal.
Thailand is behind, stepped up their attacks by attacking the defense squad "Merah Putih". Even so, the attacks have not been able to break down the opposing team "fortress" Indonesia until halftime.

Entering the second half, Thailand continued to put pressure on Indonesia.
Unfortunate for Indonesia, they have to lose a player behind him, Muhammad Alfian given a red card due to be pushing an opposing player following a minor uproar among the players on the field. With 10 players, Indonesia tries to survive the barrage of attacks that continued launched by Thailand. But the home team was finally able to equalize in the 56th minute after breaking the host players in the penalty box. The referee immediately pointed to the spot and Tanaphat Kathippathee successfully carry out their duties perfectly. Thailand 1, Indonesia 1. Thailand to ensure themselves off the prize after returning goalkeeper Kathippathe Indonesia guarded by Panggih Prio Sembodo to reverse it 2-1 three minutes later. Of the remaining time available, Indonesia and then try to equalize the score. Unfortunately, until the long whistle sounded the score did not change the referee and Thailand are entitled to the title.

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Zinedine Zidane

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:42:00 +0000

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Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born in Marseille, France, June 23, 1972). He began his career as a player at the club AS Cannes and later played at Girondins Bordeaux, Juventus, and the final at Real Madrid. He retired from club football in 2006 and retired from the French national football team after the 2006 World Cup.
Zizou was born in Marseille and raised in La Castellane. Though born in Marseille, Zidane has never played for Olympique de Marseille. Zizou career began at age 14 years, Algerian immigrant boy talent was discovered by a talent scout and a place in the U.S. Academy of Cannes. During the French league, Zizou played for AS Cannes and Girondins Bordeaux, before it was bought by Juventus for £ 3 million.

In 2001, Zidane transferred from Italian club, Juventus FC to Real Madrid for a contract for 4 years with a transfer fee of € 66 million, making it a football player with the most expensive transfer in the world. He scored a 2-1 victory against German club, Bayer Leverkusen in the 2001-2002 Champions League Final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
In 2004 after Euro 2004 ends, Zidane decided to retire from international football, but when the French have difficulty escaping to the 2006 World Cup, Zidane announced on August 2005 that he would return to play in the national team and decided that he would step down after 2006 World Cup ended. On 25 April 2006, Zidane officially announced his decision to quit the club and national team football after the World Cup France 2006.

On May 7, 2006 Zizou played last game as a host to Real Madrid at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid players wore special T-shirt that reads "Zidane 2001-2006" written under the logo of the club. This match against Villarreal CF in the final series 3-3.

In two early matches of World Cup 2006, he performed poorly and even had to miss the third match due to yellow card accumulation. Zidane went on to show his best game in the next round. However, Zidane's career should have ended badly when he was red-carded by referee Horacio Elizondo in the finals of the World Cup due to butting Italy defender Marco Materazzi in the chest.

Zidane was voted best player of 2006 FIFA World Cup and the reporters who covered the event with the gets 2012 points, the Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro in the second position with 1977 points and another Italian, Andrea Pirlo in the top three with 715 points. The reason he was chosen to be the best player because it managed to show a charming appearance and showed good leadership in bringing France to the final round.

Degree that has been dedicated to the French Zidane and his club over the years, among others: the World Cup (1998), European Cup (2000), Champions League (2001/2002, Real Madrid), the Toyota Cup (1996,Juventus and 2002, Real Madrid), Series A with Juventus (1996/1997 and 1997/1998), La Liga with Real Madrid (2002/2003).
Zidane had three times voted World Player of the Year (1998, 2000, 2003) and once to the European Footballer (1998), as well as the Player of the World Cup (2006).

Messi School Closed

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:57:00 +0000

Barcelona closed the building official football academy La Masia, on Thursday (06/30/2011) at 12.00 local time. Starting Friday (01/07/2011), the activities of coaching young players will be conducted at the new location, Centre de Formacio Oriol Tort in Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper.

"Starting June 30, La Masia is no longer used young athletes, who trained to be part of this club's professional team. In a simple ceremony, still full of emotion, La Masia closed doors today," a statement on Barcelona's official website.

Vice President Field Sports Barcelona Josep Maria Bartomeu said, "This is a form of symbolic closure of La Masia. We moved and La Masia still have the success that has been achieved. Today, we are proud to show that we won 16 titles this season and with that success, many which must be a graduate of La Masia. "

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Franz Beckenbauer

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:24:00 +0000

In the history of football, there are only two people who won World Cup titles as a player and coach, namely Mario Zagallo and Franz Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer was nicknamed Der Kaizer or the Emperor, more legendary because he considered the best defender in history as a player.

Beckenbauer led West Germany's success winning the 1974 World Cup, only three years after being elected as team captain. In the last World Cup was also listed as the first captain Beckenbauer who lifted the World Cup with a new design, replacing the Jules Rimet trophy permanently owned by Brazil in 1970.

At the 1990 World Cup in Italy, Beckenbauer lifted the World Cup again, this time as Germany coach. Earlier in the 1986 World Cup, Beckenbauer also successfully took Germany to the finals and eventually defeated by Argentina with the icon, Diego Maradona. It was the legendary achievement would be difficult to be repeated by any German people, who knows how long.

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Just Fontaine

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:21:00 +0000

Just Fontaine was born in Marrakech, Morocco on August 18, 1933. He is known as one of the dangerous strikers in the 50's. He is goal-hungry striker, either at club or national team level. During play in clubs Nice and Stade de Reims total he scored 165 goals in 200 matches, 44 goals in Nice (1953/1956) and 121 goals in Stade de Rennes (1956/1962).

In the French national team, statistics Fontaine greater. In his debut on December 17, 1953, Fontaine scored a hat trick as France beat Luxembourg 8-0. In seven years, he scored 30 goals in 21 appearances. The most impressive was his performance at the 1958 World Cup, when he scored 13 goals in just six matches, which is still a record today. This tally secured him the Golden Boot for that tournament.

Fontaine played his last match in July 1962, being forced to retire early (28 years and 11 months old) because of a recurring injury. He briefly managed the French national team in 1967, but was replaced after only two games, both friendlies that ended in defeats. As coach of Morocco, he led the Atlas Lions to 3rd in the 1980 African Cup of Nations.

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Pele

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:00:00 +0000

Edson Arantes do Nascimento. Pele. O Rei. Whatever the name, the memory is the same: of a world-beating superstar, a record-breaking football icon. Above and beyond his unequalled achievement in winning three FIFA World Cups™, Pele was a genius who was constantly reinventing the game of football.

With every touch of the ball, every pass, every dribble, Pele was capable of coming up with something new - something the fans had never seen before. With a killer instinct in front of goal, an eye for the perfect pass and supreme athleticism, the Brazilian was just about the perfect footballer. And if the Seleção came to incarnate the 'beautiful game' in the eyes of so many observers around the world, this can largely be credited to the breathtaking skills of their most celebrated No10.

First spotted at the age of 11 by former Brazilian international Waldemar de Brito, he joined Santos at the age of 15 and had not yet turned 16 when he scored on his first team debut in a friendly against Corinthians of Santo Andre in September 1956, rising from the bench to net his side's sixth goal in a 7-1 win. A legend was born.

Emphatic introduction to the world
The world first set eyes on Pele in Sweden in 1958. He was just 17 when he played in his first FIFA World Cup, a slight teenager who emerged from nowhere to light up the tournament with his dazzling skills. It is often said that it was player power that earned Pele a place in the starting line-up for Brazil's third match of the finals against the Soviet Union. He had been sidelined by a knee injury but on his return from the treatment room, his colleagues closed ranks and insisted upon his selection in attack alongside Vava.

The prodigy repaid his team-mates with the only goal against Wales in the quarter-finals - and in doing so established a record as the youngest scorer in FIFA World Cup history, aged 17 years and 239 days. Having found his range, he then struck a second-half hat-trick inside 23 minutes in Brazil's 5-2 defeat of France in the semi-finals.

By now, Pele was unstoppable, allying perfect technique with lightning speed, intelligence and opportunism, and he rounded off his first FIFA World Cup with two splendid goals against Sweden in the Final. For the first, he had the audacity to pull off a sombrero, lifting the ball over the last defender before smashing the ball home on the volley. His second, in the final minute, was a looping header over the keeper. Sweden player Sigge Parling later confessed that "after the fifth goal, I felt like applauding."

At the final whistle, Seleção keeper Gilmar had to console the boy wonder, who was carried off the field in tears on his team-mates' shoulders. "I felt like I was living in a dream," remembered Pele, and in many ways he was, a player set apart by his extraordinary talent. In the years that followed he only got better. He scored 127 goals in 1959, 110 in 1961, and inspired Santos to consecutive Copa Libertadores triumphs in 1962 and 1963; conquests which preceded back-to-back Intercontinental Cup successes.

Pele arrived at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile ready to set the world alight again. It was the perfect stage to showcase his talents but, sadly, he aggravated a groin injury in Brazil's second outing against Czechoslovakia and did not reappear. Instead, he watched from the sidelines as his team-mates regained their world title. Pele was, by now, a marked man and the same unhappy fate awaited him in 1966 in England, where he again exited the finals on a stretcher, the victim of some fierce tackling in games against Bulgaria and Portugal. This time, though, Brazil joined him in departing the scene early, falling at the first hurdle.

The King is crowned
Pele would have to wait until Mexico 1970 before reminding the world of his exceptional talents. In the first FIFA World Cup to be broadcast around the world in colour, 'The King' shone in all his glory, ably assisted by team-mates Jairzinho, Tostao, Rivelino, Gerson and Carlos Alberto. Highlights included his attempted lob from the halfway line against Czechoslovakia, a stunning header that brought an even more stunning save from England goalkeeper Gordon Banks, and the unforgettably cheeky moment when he stepped over the ball, letting it run past Uruguay keeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, before shooting narrowly wide.

Fittingly, it was Pele who scored Brazil's 100th FIFA World Cup goal in the 4-1 Final win over Italy - a header after a typically athletic leap. "It was a special feeling to score with my head. My father once scored five headers in one match - that's one record I've never been able to beat." It was his 12th goal in 14 FIFA World Cup appearances and he remains one of only two footballers to have netted in four separate tournaments.

Besides scoring, he provided the sublime lay-off for Carlos Alberto to conclude a nine-pass move with the spectacular final goal against Italy. Tarcisio Burgnich, the Azzurri defender given the unenviable task of marking Pele, was later quoted as saying: "I told myself before the game, 'he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else'. But I was wrong".

Brazil earned the right to keep the Jules Rimet trophy after winning it for a third time with arguably the greatest team ever. Pele had become a living legend. The day after the final Britain's Sunday Times newspaper summed it up: "How do you spell Pele? G-O-D."

Eternal greatness
Throughout his career, Pele was a record breaker. His 1,000th goal, a penalty, came in 1969 in front of a delirious crowd at the Maracana. He scored five goals in a game on no fewer than six occasions, managed 30 four-goal hauls and netted 92 hat-tricks. In one match against Botafogo in 1964, he hit the back of the net eight times. In total, the great man struck 1,281 goals in 1,363 games.

Pele quit what he called o jogo bonito (the beautiful game) in 1974, before returning the following year to play for the New York Cosmos in order "to bring the world's game to the American public". He would hang up his boots for the last time in 1977.

J.B. Pinheiro, the Brazilian ambassador to the United Nations, was quoted as saying: "Pele played football for 22 years, and in that time he did more to promote world friendship and fraternity than any other ambassador anywhere". And who could contradict him? In warring Nigeria a ceasefire was declared when Pele played in Lagos in 1969. The President of Brazil declared him a "national treasure" to thwart any potential transfer to a European club. And in the port city of Santos, 19 November is forever 'Pele Day', to celebrate the anniversary of his 1,000th goal.

Since his playing career ended, Pele has used his ambassador's status to promote his country, the UN and UNICEF. "Every kid in the world who plays football wants to be Pele," he said, "which means I have the responsibility of showing them how to be a footballer but also how to be a man." But that is what Gods are for, isn't it?

Playing Career:

Date of Birth: 23 October 1940
Place of Birth: Tres Coracoes (Brazil)
Position: Forward

International career
Brazil: 1957 - 1971
91 caps, 77 goals (Brazil's record scorer)
66 wins; 14 draws; 11 losses

Honours
1958 FIFA World Cup winner
1962 FIFA World Cup winner
1970 FIFA World Cup winner

Individual
1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball
1958 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball
Copa America top scorer: 1959

FIFA World Cup appearances
14 caps, 12 goals
12 wins; 1 draw; 1 loss

Sweden 1958
Brazil 2-0 USSR
Brazil 1-0 Wales (1 goal)
Brazil 5-2 France (3)
Brazil 5-2 Sweden (2)
Chile 1962
Brazil 2-0 Mexico (1)
Brazil 0-0 Czechoslovakia

England 1966
Brazil 2-0 Bulgaria (1)
Portugal 3-1 Brazil

Mexico 1970
Brazil 4-1 Czechoslovakia (1)
Brazil 1-0 England
Brazil 3-2 Romania (2)
Brazil 4-2 Peru
Brazil 3-1 Uruguay
Brazil 4-1 Italy (1)

Club career
1956 - 1974 Santos
1975 - 1977 New York Cosmos (USA)

Honours
World and continental
Copa Libertadores winner: 1962, 1963
Intercontinental Cup winner: 1962, 1963
National
Taca Brasil winner: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965
Robertao Tournament winner: 1968
North American Soccer League winner: 1977
Regional
Campeonato Paulista winner: 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973
Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament winner: 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966

Individual

FIFA Player of the Century
FIFA Order of Merit: awarded in 2004
MasterCard Team of the Century inductee
International Olympic Committee's Athlete of the Century
FIFA 100 inductee
South American Footballer of the Year: 1973
North American Soccer League MVP: 1976
Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1965
Taca Brasil top scorer: 1961, 1963, 1964
Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament top scorer: 1963
Paulista State Championship top scorer: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1973
Scored 1,281 goals in his career, a world record

Source: fifa.com

Diego Armando Maradona

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:27:00 +0000

Diego Armando Maradona is arguably the greatest footballer that has ever put on a pair of boots. He is born in the slums of Villa Fiorito near Buenos Aires as the fifth of eight children. Maradona enters professional football at the astonishing age of 15. By the time he turns 16, Diego is called in the senior national squad of Argentina. Regardless of his talent, Diego is considered too young by coach Cesar Menotti, who rejects him from his selection for the 1978 World Cup. Bitterly disappointed, Maradona watches the tournament from home as his country wins gold. In the following four years, Diego dominates his country's domestic league and is eventually added to the Argentine squad for Spain 1982.
Argentina advances from the first stage of the tournament by losing to Belgium, but beating Hungary and Salvador. Maradona manages to leave his mark with two beautiful, yet not critical goals. In the the second stage of the tournament, Maradona is manhandled by his Italian marker Claudio Gentile. Diego's frustration gets him sent off. Argentina fails to advance and Diego is again suppressed from unleashing his full potential. Although unsuccessful, the brilliance of the Argentine footballer does not go unnoticed and after the World Cup, he is picked up by European powerhouse Barcelona. By 1984, Maradona had established himself in Barca and is picked up by the Italian club Napoli.
At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Maradona makes his return on the World stage in a spectacular fashion. After leading his team to a quarter final against England, Diego steals the attention of millions with both his controversial character and technical brilliance. The fuss around the Argentina-England encounter is further elevated by the Falkland Islands conflict, which at that time had turned both countries against each other. Diego opens the game 1-0 by striking the ball with his hand over the English goalkeeper Shilton. Unnoticed by the referees, the mishap is ruled a goal. Five minutes later, Maradona single handedly takes the ball through the entire English defense with a slalom from midfield right down to the goal line. After the match, when confronted with the video footage of the illegal goal, Maradona replies simply "Even if there was a hand, it must have been the hand of God." Maradona silenced his critics by deciding the following semi and final matches. By scoring two goals in the first and with an assist in the second, Maradona practically earns the World Cup for his nation.
Maradona's influence on his teammates was carried over to his club side Napoli, as they reached unprecedented heights, winning their very first and second Scudetto (1997 and 1990) and the UEFA Cup in 1988/99.
At Italy 1990, all eyes are on Argentina and its brightest star Diego Maradona. Diego comes close to replicating his success from four years ago. With Maradona's ability, Argentina defeats Brazil, Yugoslavia and Italy on its way to the final. Most memorable is the semi-final match between Argentina and Italy played at Diego's club home Naples. To the torment of Maradona, the fans at his own club stadium boo him during the match. Nevertheless, Argentina eliminates Italy after a penalty shootout. The final of the 1990 World Cup, leaves Diego helpless as Argentina are defeated 0-1 by West Germany with a goal from a questionable penalty.
After the loss against West Germany, Maradona's career plummets. In March of 1991, he tested positive for doping and is banned from football for 15 months. Maradona refuses to return back to Napoli after the World Cup incident and transferrs to Sevilla for a year. He eventually goes back to Argentina with Newell's Old Boys.
The 1994 World Cup confirms that Diego's career in international football is over. He is suspended again after failing yet another doping test. Hurt by his absence, Argentina is eventually eliminated by Romania in the second stage.
Shortly after, Diego takes on a new career path as a coach. He fails miserably again, unable to remain at a single club for more than four months. By 1995, Maradona is forced to return to the game as a player. He goes back to his former club Boca Juniors, and remains there until his last match on 25th of October 1997. Five days later, during his 37th birthday, Maradona announces his retirement from football. Up until 2001, Diego remains away from the playing pitch, periodically entering rehab for cocaine abuse. Diego plays his farewell match on the 10th of November 2001 against a select team comprised by some of the greatest footballers in the game including Ferrara, Suker, Stoichkov, Cantona, Higuita, and Romario. One year earlier, Maradona is voted Best Football Player of the Century by a global Internet poll. Controversy is stirred yet again, by his nearly unanimous victory. FIFA, who find Maradona's personal image as the 'King of Football' unacceptable, decide to give the same award to Pelé as the Best Footballer for the first half of the century.

European Campion,s League

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Sun, 08 May 2011 11:36:00 +0000

Traditionally the Cup contested by the champions of all UEFA countries (though there were a few exceptions in the first year or two, e.g. the Dutch representative in 55/56 was not champions Willem II but PSV). Since 1991/92 the traditional knock-out-format has been replaced a league structure during some stage of the competition, in order to guarantee the "big teams" more matches and the UEFA more (TV) money. In 1994/95 only the supposedly "best" 24 champions of the member countries were allowed to enter; the other champions were relegated to the Europa League. In 1997/98 all champions were allowed to enter again, but invitations were also made to the runners-up of the 8 "best" countries, with 8 teams being seeded for the league stage and the others entering various qualifying rounds; in 1999/00, the "best" countries could enter up to 4 teams and the first group stage was extended to 32 teams and followed by a second group stage of 16 teams; in 2003/04 that second group stage has been abolished again. The losers of the last qualifying round enter the Europa League since 1997/98, and the third-placed teams of the first group stage enter the later rounds of the Europa League since 1999/00.

55/56   Real Madrid         4-3 Stade Reims
56/57   Real Madrid         2-0 Fiorentina
57/58   Real Madrid         3-2 Milan [aet]
58/59   Real Madrid         2-0 Stade Reims
59/60   Real Madrid         7-3 Eintracht Frankfurt
60/61   Benfica             3-2 Barcelona
61/62   Benfica             5-3 Real Madrid
62/63   Milan               2-1 Benfica
63/64   Internazionale      3-1 Real Madrid
64/65   Internazionale      1-0 Benfica
65/66   Real Madrid         2-1 Partizan Beograd
66/67   Celtic              2-1 Internazionale
67/68   Manchester United   4-1 Benfica [aet]
68/69   Milan               4-1 Ajax
69/70   Feyenoord           2-1 Celtic [aet]
70/71   Ajax                2-0 Panathinaikos
71/72   Ajax                2-0 Internazionale
72/73   Ajax                1-0 Juventus
73/74   Bayern München      1-1 Atlético Madrid [aet]
        Bayern München      4-0 Atlético Madrid
74/75   Bayern München      2-0 Leeds United
75/76   Bayern München      1-0 Saint Etienne
76/77   Liverpool           3-1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
77/78   Liverpool           1-0 FC Brugge
78/79   Nottingham Forest   1-0 Malmö FF
79/80   Nottingham Forest   1-0 Hamburger SV
80/81   Liverpool           1-0 Real Madrid
81/82   Aston Villa         1-0 Bayern München
82/83   Hamburger SV        1-0 Juventus
83/84   Liverpool           1-1 Roma [aet, 4-2 pen]
84/85   Juventus            1-0 Liverpool
85/86   Steaua Bucuresti    0-0 Barcelona [aet, 2-0 pen]
86/87   Porto               2-1 Bayern München
87/88   PSV                 0-0 Benfica [aet, 6-5 pen]
88/89   Milan               4-0 Steaua Bucuresti
89/90   Milan               1-0 Benfica
90/91   Crvena zvezda       0-0 Olympique Marseille [aet, 5-3 pen]
91/92   Barcelona           1-0 Sampdoria [aet]
92/93   Olympique Marseille 1-0 Milan
93/94   Milan               4-0 Barcelona
94/95   Ajax                1-0 Milan
95/96   Juventus            1-1 Ajax [aet, 4-2 pen]
96/97   Borussia Dortmund   3-1 Juventus
97/98   Real Madrid         1-0 Juventus
98/99   Manchester United   2-1 Bayern München
99/00   Real Madrid         3-0 Valencia
00/01   Bayern München      1-1 Valencia [asdet, 5-4 pen]
01/02   Real Madrid         2-1 Bayer Leverkusen
02/03   Milan               0-0 Juventus [aet, 3-2 pen]
03/04   Porto               3-0 Monaco
04/05   Liverpool           3-3 Milan [aet, 3-2 pen]
05/06   Barcelona           2-1 Arsenal
06/07   Milan               2-1 Liverpool
07/08   Manchester United   1-1 Chelsea [aet, 6-5 pen]
08/09   Barcelona           2-0 Manchester United
09/10   Internazionale      2-0 Bayern München

10/11   Barcelona               Manchester United

Top Score World Cup Since 1930

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Sun, 01 May 2011 12:53:00 +0000

Scored a goal in the World Cup tournament is not easy, because it became the pride of its own for a player if you score a goal in the World Cup, and more proud again if successfully become top scorer or top scorer. That's what probably felt the top score in every World Cup from time to time. The number of goals each player would depend on the extent of his team drove from round to round in the World Cup. For the majority in a single tournament, until the World Cup 2006 Just Fontaine (France) became a tersubur with 13 goal in the 1958 World Cup, followed by Sandor Kocsis (Hungary) with 11 goals in World Cup 1954 and Gerd Muller (Germany) with 10 goals at the 1970 World Cup.

Interestingly, since Gerd Muller became pemuncak top scorer with 10 goal in World Cup 1970, world cup, world cup next to the World Cup in Germany in 2006, there has not been able to penetrate the top score of 10 goals. What is the most Phenomenal Ronaldo (Brazil) who scored eight goals in the 2002 World Cup. Looking at this data, this could be very related to the facts and the assumption that football game is now not as open as the era of the past. Tactics and strategy play an increasingly diverse and increasingly stringent rules to be one factor that might have caused the fewer number of goals for a player.

Here is a List of Top Scores World Cup:

World Cup 1930, Place of Uruguay, Uruguay Champion, Top Score Guillermo Stabile (Argentina), Total Goals 8.
World Cup 1934, The Italian, Italian Champion, Top Score Edmund Conen (Germany), Oldřich Nejedlý (Czechoslovakia), Angelo Schiavio (Italy), each with 4 goals.
World Cup 1938, The French, Italian Champion, Top Score Leonidas (Brazil), Total Goals 8.
World Cup 1950, Place of Brazil, Uruguay Champion, Top Score Ademir (Brazil), Number of Goals 9.
World Cup 1954, The Swiss, West German Champion, Top Score Sándor Kocsis (Hungary), Total Goals 11.
World Cup 1958, The Swedish, Brazilian Champion, Top Score Just Fontaine (France), Total Goals 13.
World Cup 1962, The Chilean, Brazilian Champion, Top Score Garrincha (Brazil), Vava (Brazil), Leonel Sánchez (Chile), Drazen Jerkovic (Yugoslavia), Valentin Ivanov (Soviet Union), Florian Albert (Hungary), in each with the same number of goals that is 4.
World Cup 1966, The British, British Champion, Top Score Eusebio (Portugal), Total Goals 9.
World Cup 1970, The Mexican, Brazilian Champion, Top Score Gerd Müller (West Germany), Total Goals 10.
World Cup 1974, Place West Germany, West German Champion, Top Score Grzegorz Lato (Poland), Total Goals 7.
World Cup 1978, Place of Argentina, champions Argentina, Top Scores Mario Kempes (Argentina), Total Goals 6.
World Cup 1982, Place of Spanish, Italian Champion, Top Score Paolo Rossi (Italy), Total Goals 6.
World Cup 1986, Place of Mexico, Argentina Champion, Top Score Gary Lineker (England), Total Goals 6.
World Cup 1990, The Italian, West German Champion, Top Score Salvatore Schillaci (Italy), Total Goals 6.
World Cup 1994, The United States, Brazilian Champion, Top Score Hristo Stoitchkov (Bulgaria), Total Goals 6.
World Cup 1998, The French, the French Champion, Top Score Davor Suker (Croatia), Total Goals 6.
World Cup 2002, South Korea Places - Japan, Brazil Champion, Top Score Ronaldo (Brazil), Total Goals 8.
World Cup 2006, The German, Italian Champion, Top Score Miroslav Klose (Germany), Total Goals 5.
World Cup 2010, South Africa, Espain Champion, Top Score Thomas Mueller (Germany), David Villa (Espain), Wesley Sneijder (Nedherland) Diego Forlan (Uruguay) Total Goals 5.
World Cup 2014, Brazil, .........

History of World Cup

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:30:00 +0000

The history of the FIFA World Cup was first written in 1928, when FIFA President Jules Rimet from France decided to stage an international football/soccers tournament. The inaugural edition, held in Uruguay in 1930, was contested as a final tournament of only 13 teams invited by the organization. Since then, the FIFA world cup has experienced successive expansions and format remodeling to its current 32-team final tournament preceded by a two-year qualifying process, involving almost 200 teams from all over the world.

The first international football match was played in 1872 between England and Scotland although at this stage the sport was rarely played outside Great Britain.
However by 1900 the sport had gained ground all around the world and national football associations were being founded. The first official international match outside of the British Isles was played between Uruguay and Argentina in Montevideo on July 1902. FIFA was founded in Paris on May 22, 1904 - comprising football associations from France, Belgium (the preceding two teams having played their first international against each other earlier in month), Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, with Germany pledging to join.
As football began to increase in popularity, it was contested as an IOC-recognised Olympic sport at the 1900 and 1904 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 1906 Intercalated Games, before becoming an official FIFA-supervised Olympic competition at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Organised by England's Football Association (FA), the event was for amateur players only and was regarded suspiciously as a show rather than a competition. The England national amateur football team won the event in both 1908 and 1912.
There was an attempt made by FIFA to organize an international football tournament between nations outside of the Olympic framework in 1906 and this took place in Switzerland. These were very early days for international football and the official history of FIFA describes the competition as having been a failure.
With the Olympic event continuing to be contested only between amateur teams, competitions involving professional teams also started to appear. The Torneo Internazionale Stampa Sportiva, held in Turin, Italy in 1908, was one of the very first and the following year Sir Thomas Lipton organised the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, also held in Turin. Both tournaments were contested between individual clubs (not national teams), each one of which represented an entire nation. For this reason, neither was really a direct forerunner of the World Cup, but notwithstanding that, the Thomas Lipton Trophy is sometimes described as The First World Cup at the expense of its less well-known Italian predecessor.
In 1914, FIFA world cup agreed to recognise the Olympic tournament as a "world football championship for amateurs^" and took responsibility for organising the event. This led the way for the world's first intercontinental football competition, at the 1920 Summer Olympics, won by Belgium. Uruguay won the tournaments in 1924 and 1928. In 1928 FIFA made the decision to stage their own international tournament. With Uruguay now two-time official football world champions and due to celebrate their centenary of independence in 1930, FIFA named Uruguay as the host country.
The 1932 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles, did not plan to include football as part of the programme due to the low popularity of football in the United States. FIFA and the IOC also disagreed over the status of amateur players, and so was dropped from the Games. FIFA president Jules Rimet thus set about organising the inaugural World Cup tournament to be held in Uruguay in 1930. The national associations of selected nations were invited to send a team, but the choice of Uruguay as a venue for the competition meant a long and costly trip across the Atlantic Ocean for European sides. Indeed, no European country pledged to send a team until two months before the start of the competition.^{[citation needed]} Rimet eventually persuaded teams from Belgium, France, Romania, and Yugoslavia to make the trip. In total 13 nations took part — seven from South America, four from Europe and two from North America.
The first two World Cup matches took place simultaneously, and were won by France and the USA, who beat Mexico 4-1 and Belgium 3-0, respectively. The first goal in World Cup history was scored by Lucien Laurent of France. Four days later, the first World Cup hat-trick was achieved by Bert Patenaude of the USA in the Americans' 3-0 win against Paraguay. In the final, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in front of a crowd of 93,000 people in Montevideo, and became the first nation to win a World Cup.

Past World Cup Finals

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Result	Host
2022				Qatar
2018				Russia
2014				Brazil
2010	Spain	Holland	1-0 (a.e.t.)	South Africa
2006	Italy	France	1-1 (5-3)	Germany
2002	Brazil	Germany	2-0	S.Korea & Japan
1998	France	Brazil	3-0	France
1994	Brazil	Italy	0-0 (3-2)	USA
1990	West Germany	Argentina	1-0	Italy
1986	Argentina	West Germany	3-2	Mexico
1982	Italy	West Germany	3-1	Spain
1978	Argentina	Netherlands	3-1	Argentina
1974	West Germany	Netherlands	2-1	Germany
1970	Brazil	Italy	4-1	Mexico
1966	England	West Germany	4-2	England
1962	Brazil	Czechoslovakia	3-1	Chile
1958	Brazil	Sweden	5-2	Sweden
1954	West Germany	Hungary	3-2	Switzerland
1950	Uruguay	Brazil	2-1	Brazil
1938	Italy	Hungary	4-2	France
1934	Italy	Czechoslovakia	2-1	Italy
1930	Uruguay	Argentina	4-2	Uruguay

Titles	Country
5	Brazil
4	Italy
3	Germany
2	Uruguay
2	Argentina
1	Spain
1	France
1	England

Titles	Continent
9	South America
10	Europe

History Of FIFA

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:59:00 +0000

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in the rear of the headquarters of the Union Française de Sports Athlétiques at the Rue Saint Honoré 229 in Paris on 21 May 1904. The foundation act was signed by the authorised representatives of the following associations:

    * France - Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA)
    * Belgium - Union Belge des Sociétés de Sports (UBSSA)
    * Denmark - Dansk Boldspil Union (DBU)
    * Netherlands - Nederlandsche Voetbal Bond (NVB)
    * Spain - Madrid Football Club
    * Sweden - Svenska Bollspells Förbundet (SBF)
    * Switzerland - Association Suisse de Football (ASF)

Present at that historic meeting were: Robert Guérin and André Espir (France); Louis Muhlinghaus and Max Kahn (Belgium); Ludvig Sylow (Denmark); Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschman (Netherlands); Victor E Schneider (Switzerland). Sylow also represented the SBF while Spir performed the same function for the Madrid Football Club.

When the idea of founding an international football federation began taking shape in Europe, the intention of those involved was to recognise the role of the English who had founded their Football Association back in 1863. Hirschman, secretary of the Netherlands Football Association, turned to the Football Association. Its secretary, FJ Wall, did accept the proposal but progress stalled while waiting for the Executive Committee of the Football Association, the International FA Board and the associations of Scotland, Wales and Ireland to give their opinion about the matter.

Guérin, secretary of the football department of the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques and a journalist with Le Matin newspaper, did not want to wait any longer. He contacted the national associations on the continent in writing and asked them to consider the possibility of founding an umbrella organisation.

When Belgium and France met in the first official international match in Brussels on 1 May 1904, Guérin discussed the subject with his Belgian counterpart Louis Muhlinghaus. It was now definite that the English FA, under its president Lord Kinnaird, would not be participating in the foundation of an international federation. So Guérin took the opportunity and sent out invitations to the founding assembly. The process of organising the international game had begun.

The first FIFA Statutes were laid down and the following points determined: the reciprocal and exclusive recognition of the national associations represented and attending; clubs and players were forbidden to play simultaneously for different national associations; recognition by the other associations of a player's suspension announced by an association; and the playing of matches according to the Laws of the Game of the Football Association Ltd.

Each national association had to pay an annual fee of FF50. Already then there were thoughts of staging an international competition and Article 9 stipulated that FIFA alone was entitled to take over the organisation of such an event. It was decided that these regulations would only come into force as of 1 September 1904. Moreover, the first Statutes of FIFA were only of a provisional nature, in order to simplify the acceptance of additional members. On the day of foundation, the Deutscher Fussball-Bund (German FA) sent a telegram confirming that it would adhere to these Statutes in principle.

Source fifa.com

Brief History Of Football

noreply@blogger.com (andre) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:17:00 +0000

The origins of the history of the emergence of soccer sport still invite debate. Some of the documents explained that football was born since Roman times, partly explain football comes from China. FIFA as world football's governing body officially declared that football was born from mainland China is the Chinese people originated from the game the 2nd century until the 3rd BC. The sport was known as "tsu chu".
In one military document states, in the year 206 BC, during the reign of Tsin and Han Dynasty, Chinese society has played a ball that is called tsu chu. Tsu itself means "to hit the ball with legs." while chu, meaning "ball of skin and no content." Ball game when it used a ball made of animal skin, with the rules of kicking and herding and enter into a net that stretched between two poles.
Version of the ancient history of football the other country comes from Japan, since the 8th century, the people there were familiar with the game ball. The villagers call it by: KEMARI. While the leather ball is used for deer, but the middle is a hole and filled with air.
According to Bill Murray, a football historian, in his book The World Game: A History of Soccer, soccer game has been known since the beginning of AD. At that time, people are familiar with ancient Egyptian technique of carrying and kicking a ball made of bundles of linen cloth.
The other side of history is in Ancient Greece also know a game called episcuro, none other than the game using a ball. Evidence of this history is depicted in the reliefs museum that depicts a young boy holding a ball and play with her thighs.
The history of modern soccer and has received recognition from various parties, its origin from England, who played in the mid-19th century at the schools. Established in 1857 the first football club in the world, namely: Sheffield Football Club. This club is an association who pursue school football game.
In 1863, Britain stood association football, which is named Football Association (FA). The agency issuing the regulation game of football, so football became more orderly, organized, and comfortable for the audience enjoyed.
Furthermore, in 1886 formed another entity that issued the rules of modern football world se, namely: the International Football Association Board (IFAB). IFAB formed by the English FA with the Scottish Football Association, Football Association of Wales, and the Irish Football Association in Manchester, England.
The history of football more and tested until now IFAB is a body which issued the regulations on the game of football, both on game technique, terms and duties of the referee, even to the displacement transfer of players.