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7 unusual facts about association Football


Chalco Hills Recreation Area

Several soccer fields and one baseball field, along with two playgrounds adjacent to picnic areas are easily reached from nearby parking areas.

Chalmers Naval Architecture Students' Society

Its members participate in other FCS sponsored activities such as the Sunday soccer, beer-tasting night, FCS barbecues, and various trips.

Connaught Cup

The Challenge Trophy for men's amateur football, known as the Connaught Cup from 1912 to 1926

Lancelot Layne

Many of his most remembered songs were not recorded, including the song "Strike Squad", which he composed for his local football team.

Thierry Gilardi

Thierry Gilardi (26 July 1958 – 25 March 2008) was a French football commentator.

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America

Victoria Beckham: Coming to America was a 2007 one-hour American TV special that featured British former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham moving to the United States where her husband, David Beckham, began his career playing soccer for LA Galaxy of the MLS.

Zendegi

Nasim's first breakthrough comes with Virtual Azimi, a proxy she creates by scanning Ashkan Azimi, Iran's national football team captain, to record his motor skills while he replays games in his head.


2010 FFSA Premier League

The 2010 FFSA Premier League was the fifth edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia.

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid (born 25 February 1987, Kuala Kedah, Kedah) is a Malaysian football goalkeeper currently playing for Kedah FA.

Al Saunders

Saunders was born in the north London suburb of Hendon as part of a sporting family; his great-uncle, Ron Saunders, played soccer for a number of teams in The Football League and later became a manager, winning honours with Norwich City and Aston Villa.

Alexander Pöllhuber

Alexander Pöllhuber (born 30 April 1985) is an Austrian professional association football player, currently playing for Austrian Football First League side SC Rheindorf Altach as a defender.

Andreas Görlitz

Shortly after signing for Bayern, Görlitz made his debut for the Germany national team, appearing in the last five minutes of the 1–1 friendly with Brazil, on 8 September 2004; the following month, he assisted veteran Thomas Brdaric as the striker closed the score at 2–0, in another exhibition game, now with Iran.

Andrés González

Andrés Felipe González Ramírez (born 8 January 1984 in Cali) is a Colombian footballer.

Ariel Jakubowski

Ariel Jakubowski (born September 7, 1977 in Człuchów) is a Polish footballer who currently plays for Polish side Wisła Płock.

Ariquemes Futebol Clube

Ariquemes Futebol Clube, commonly known as Ariquemes, is a Brazilian football club based in Ariquemes, Rondônia state.

Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas

Associação Acadêmica e Desportiva Vitória das Tabocas, commonly known as Vitória das Tabocas, or as Acadêmica Vitória, is a Brazilian men's and women's football club based in Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco state.

Bevan Fransman

Bevan Fransman (born 31 October 1983 in Cape Town, Western Cape) is a South African footballer, currently playing as a centre back for SuperSport United and the South African national team.

Bruno Matias

Bruno Filipe Santos Matias (born 4 March 1989 in Santarém) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for FC Etzella Ettelbruck, as a midfielder.

Carlos Bueno

On the 15th he scored his first goal for the club, against Everton de Viña del Mar in a 5–1 success (also away), coming off the bench at Estadio Francisco Sánchez Rumoroso in Coquimbo; nine days later he also found the net against Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia, a in 2–2 home draw (2–3 aggregate loss).

Christian Gyan

Christian Attah Gyan (born 2 November 1978 in Tema) is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for Leonidas

Clube Atlético Pirassununguense

Clube Atlético Pirassununguense, commonly known as Pirassununguense, is a Brazilian football club based in Pirassununga, São Paulo state.

Cyrille Makanaky

Cyrille Thomas Makanaky (born 28 June 1965 in Douala) is a Cameroonian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Dijilly Arsene Dit Patrick Vouho

Djilly Arsène Dit Patrick Vouho (born 25 June 1987 in Seguela) is an Ivorian footballer who plays as a Striker for Georgian Umaglesi Liga club Dinamo Tbilisi.

Edgar Álvarez

Édgar or Edgard Anthony Álvarez Reyes (born 9 January 1980 in Puerto Cortés) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Platense in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras.

Essau Kanyenda

Essau Boxer Kanyenda (born 27 September 1982 in Dedza, Malawi) is a Malawian international footballer who plays as a striker for South African side Polokwane City F.C..

Football at the 2011 Island Games

Football at the 2011 Island Games was held from 26 June–1 July 2011 at several venues.

Foz do Iguaçu Futebol Clube

Foz do Iguaçu Futebol Clube is a Brazilian professional football club from the city of Foz do Iguaçu, state of Paraná.

Francisco Antonio López

Francisco Antonio "Kalimba" López Benediht (born October 14, 1989 in Tela, Atlántida, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who plays for Platense as a Midfielder in the Liga Nacional de Honduras.

Francisco Javier Aguilar García

Safe for two seasons, Aguilar was regularly used by the Merengues during his spell, winning five leagues and two Spanish Cups – including the double in the 1974–75 campaign – and appearing in nearly 200 official games.

Gerard Oliva

Gerard Oliva Gregori (born 7 October 1989) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Austrian side SV Ried as a forward.

Hannes Sigurðsson

Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (born 10 April 1983 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic football player.

Hernán Menosse

Jorge Hernán Menosse Acosta (born 28 April 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Recreativo de Huelva, on loan from Montevideo Wanderers F.C., as a central defender.

Ilya Fomitchev

Ilya Vladimirovich Fomitchev (born 14 August 1982 in Almaty) is a Kazakhstani professional footballer who plays for FC Vostok.

Jackie Mooney

He returned to play for Aer Lingus in the Leinster Senior League for 2 years before Billy Young (association football) brought him back into football with Athlone Town when they re entered the league for the 1969-70 League of Ireland season.

Jean-Jacques Pierre

Jean-Jacques Pierre (born 23 January 1981 in Léogâne) is a Haitian footballer currently plays for French club SM Caen.

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes

Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes (born 13 May 1952 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned eleven international caps for the French national team during the 1970s and was part of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Jim Rodger

Jim Rodger (born 15 September 1933 in Cleland, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former football player.

John Arlington González

John Arlinton González (born February 2, 1989 in Caloto, Cauca) is a Colombian football midfielder, who played for Millonarios in the Copa Mustang.

José Francisco Jovel

José Francisco Jovel Cruz (born 26 May 1951 in Usulután, El Salvador) is a retired football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Júnior Morales

Júnior Exequiel Morales Maradiaga (born 23 March 1978 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Atlético Choloma.

Kerbi Rodríguez

(born 10 December 1985 in Esperanza) is a Dominican international football striker playing for Moca FC in the Dominican first division.

Libambami Yedibahoma

Yedibahoma Datoma Libambani (born 13 January 1979) is a Togolese football striker who currently plays for Talia Club Seeb.

Marcelo Macías

Marcelo Antonio Macías Oliveri (born September 12, 1975 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan football goalkeeper.

Martin Grasegger

Martin Grasegger (born 10 January 1989) is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for FC Pasching.

Mich d'Avray

Jean-Michel (Mich) d'Avray (born 19 February 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a former professional association footballer who spent the majority of his playing career at Ipswich Town.

Mikel Álvaro

Mikel Álvaro Salazar (born 20 December 1982 in Amurrio, Álava) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Inter Baku PIK in Azerbaijan, as a midfielder.

Oreste Cioni

Oreste Cioni (born 13 February 1913 in Telgate, died 1968 in Terni) was an Italian footballer.

Ozan Papaker

Ozan Papaker (born 10 July 1996) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a forward Turkish Second League side Ofspor on loan from Çaykur Rizespor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

Panushanth Kulenthiran

Panushanth Kulenthiran (born 26 July 1990 in Jaffna) is a Sri Lankan professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or striker for Italian side A. S. D. Monreale Calcio and the Tamil Eelam national team.

Papi fut

Papi fut or Papi futbol is a popular Central American variety of football played on specially constructed outdoor courts also usable for regulation basketball.

Pierre-Antoine Dossevi

Pierre-Antoine Dossevi (born 17/01/52, Lomé, French Togoland) is a retired Togolese footballer.

René Schicker

René Schicker (born 28 September 1984) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Sportivo Dock Sud

Club Sportivo Dock Sud (familiarly called Docke by fans) is an Argentine football club based in the Dock Sud district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires.

Thiago Cruz Reggiani

Thiago Cruz Reggiani, known as Thiago Cruz (born 15 July 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a football manager and a former striker.

Tupy Futebol Clube

Tupy Futebol Clube, commonly known as Tupy, is a Brazilian football club based in Crissiumal, Rio Grande do Sul state.

Willie Doonan

He was also a noted soccer player and played for Dundalk F.C. for a couple of seasons missing out on Cavan’s All Ireland final defeat to Meath in 1949.

Zach Scott

Zacharias "Zach" Scott (born July 2, 1980 in Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.


see also

1. FCK

1. FC Kaiserslautern, a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate

2011–12 Fußball-Oberliga Baden-Württemberg

The 2011–12 season of the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg, the highest association football league in Baden-Württemberg, was the fourth season of the league at tier five (V) of the German football league system and the 35th season overall since establishment of the league in 1978.

Abbey College Manchester

Jason New, represented New Zealand in Association Football.

AFC Compiègne

L'Association Football Club de Compiègne or AFC Compiègne is a French football club based in the commune of Compiègne.

AFCA

A.F.C. Aldermaston, a non-league English association football club based in Aldermaston, Berkshire

Ales

Olympique Alès, a French association football (soccer) club based in Alès

Alexey Zakharov

Aleksei Sergeyevich Zakharov (born 1984), Russian association football player with FC Sever Murmansk

Aleksei Vladimirovich Zakharov (born 1985), Russian association football player with FC Nara-ShBFR Naro-Fominsk

Australian League

The A-League - the top level of association football in Australia and New Zealand

Boa Viagem

Boa Viagem Esporte Clube, an association football club based in Boa Viagem, Ceará

Charles Plumpton Wilson

He was thus one of only three players to represent England at both Association football and Rugby football, the others being Reginald Birkett and John Willie Sutcliffe.

Cup of Nations

Under 17 Gulf Cup of Nations, an annual international association football competition for under-17 players organised by the Union Arab de Football Association

Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, an international association football competition played between the winners of the Asian Cup and African Cup of Nations

Daisy Hill

Daisy Hill F.C., an association football club from Westhoughton, England

Digicel Cup

The Cayman Islands Digicel Cup, a national club association football competition.

DOSA Football Club

The Dominic Old Scholars Association Football Club is an Australian Rules Football team currently based in North Hobart Tasmania.

Fabiański

Łukasz Fabiański, Polish association football goalkeeper, currently playing for Arsenal F.C.

Femina

Boldklubben Femina, a Danish women's association football club in Copenhagen

Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics

As Bernard Joy in Association Football (1960) was to write: "Out of pocket expenses were paid far in excess of the reimbursement for hotels and travelling. ... Payments for time lost from work, were made for playing and training, and teams were taken off for intense preparation together. Whatever the reason or excuse, thinly-veiled professionalism was rampant." Ironically Norway were not a professional side.

Football Australia

Football Federation Australia, Official body of association football (or soccer) in Australia

Four pointer

Six-pointer, an association football cliché that is used in leagues that employ a "three points for a win" system to describe a game between two teams with similar league positions

Jablonec

FK Baumit Jablonec, an association football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou

Jesús Alonso Fernández

Jesús Alonso Fernández, better known as Chus Alonso (born April 24, 1917 in Havana, Cuba - died August 9, 1979 in Madrid, Spain) was a Cuban-born, naturalized Spanish association football player.

Jim Fenlon

Fenlon joined AFC Wimbledon Under–16s after returning to England from Australia, where he lived for six years, playing association football for Western Australia state and Stirling Lions, a club in Perth that compete in the West State League, one stage lower than the Australian A–League.

Kentucky Christian University

For the New Zealand association football club, see Kapiti Coast United.

King Edward Technical College

Dunedin association football team Dunedin Technical was formed by alumni of the institution, and was originally known as King Edward Technical College Old Boys.

Kirovski

Jovan Kirovski (b. 1976), American association football player of Macedonian descent

Hristijan Kirovski (b. 1985), Macedonian association football player

Laskov

Bozhin Laskov (Божин Георгиев Ласков) was a Bulgaria n association football player.

New Brighton A.F.C.

New Brighton Association Football Club was a football club from the seaside resort of New Brighton, in Wallasey, Merseyside in England.

Newport County

Newport County A.F.C., an association football club in the United Kingdom

North Ferriby United A.F.C.

North Ferriby United Association Football Club is an English association football club based in North Ferriby, near Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Northern League

Northern Football League, also known as Ebac Northern League, an association football league in North East England

NZF

New Zealand Football, the national governing body for association football in New Zealand

Oeste

Oeste Futebol Clube, an association football team in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

OFI

OFI Crete, a Greek association football club based on the island of Crete

Pullman F.C.

In 1893, the Pullman Company entered its newly created company soccer team as an inaugural member of the Chicago League of Association Football (CLAF).

Roma FC

A.S. Roma, professional Italian association football club based in Rome.

Ronnie

Ronnie Brunswijkstadion, an association football stadium located in Moengo, Suriname

Saad Esporte Clube

Saad Esporte Clube - since 2009 commonly MS/Saad - is a Brazilian association football club founded 1961 in São Caetano do Sul on the outskirts of São Paulo.

Sam McElroy

For the Northern Irish association football player and coach see Sammy McIlroy.

Sânmărtean

Lucian Iulian Sânmărtean (born 1980), Romanian professional Association football player

SASL

South African Soccer League, a former association football league based in South Africa

Scotland women's national under-17 football team

The Scotland women's national under-17 football team, also known as Scotland under-17s or Scotland U17(s), represents Scotland in association football at an under-17 age level and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association, the governing body for football in Scotland.

Strathbogie

Strathbogie Park, the former name of Christie Park, Huntly, home ground of association football club Huntly F.C.

Van Zanten

David van Zanten (born 1982), Irish professional association football player

Waldock

Ronnie Waldock (born 1932), English former professional association football player

West Brom

West Bromwich Albion F.C. a professional association football team based in West Bromwich

蹴鞠

Cuju, an ancient code of football with similarities to association football, which originated in China