UEFA Cup - UEFA Cup The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the governing body of football on the continent of Europe founded in Basel, Switzerland on June 15, 1954. It is one of six continental confederations of world football's governing body FIFA. In May of 1955 the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup (the forerunner of today's UEFA Cup) was founded and a new European competition for senior national representative teams, the European Nations' Cup, began in 1958. 2003 - Porto 3-2 Celtic 2002 - Feyenoord 3-2 Borussia Dortmund 2001 - Liverpool 5-4 Alavés 2000 - Galatasaray (4-1 pens) 0-0 Arsenal 1999 - Parma 3-0 Marseille 1998 - Lazio 0-3 Internazionale 1997 - Schalke 04 (0-1) (4-1 pens) 1-0 Internazionale 1996 - Bayern München (3-1) 2-0 Bordeaux 1995 - Parma.
UEFA - UEFA The Union of European Football Associations, or in French, Union des Associations Européennes de Football, almost always referred to by the abbreviation UEFA, is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, running nine national and four club competitions in Europe, controlling the prize-money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. It is one of the six continental confederations of FIFA. UEFA was founded on June 15, 1954 in Basel, Switzerland following discussions between the French, Italian and Belgian FAs. The headquarters was in Paris until 1959 when the organisation moved to Bern. Henri Delaunay was the first General Secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the president. Its administrative centre since 1995 is in Nyon, Switzerland. It was initially.
FA Cup - FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is the main "knockout" cup competition in English football, run by and named for The Football Association. It is the oldest football competition in the world. As it involves clubs of all standards playing against each other, there is great scope for "giant-killers" from the lower divisions to eliminate top clubs from the tournament. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Format 2 Giant-Killers 3 Notable events in the FA Cup 4 Past Winners of the FA Cup Format The competition is a knockout (single elimination) tournament with ties drawn completely at random - there are no seeds. The draw also determines which team will play at home. If a match is drawn, there is a.
European Super Cup - European Super Cup The European Super Cup is at stake in an annual football game between the reigning champions of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League. It typically takes place at the start of the domestic season, and though it could be viewed as the ultimate European club championship decider, it is generally regarded as a minor event, with the Champions League winners not always fielding their best players and letting the lesser-regarded UEFA Cup champions win..
Cup Winners' Cup - Cup Winners' Cup The Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been run by the UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960/61 season, and the last in 1998/99. The competition was then merged into the UEFA Cup. FC Barcelona won the Cup Winner's Cup on four occasions (1979, 82, 89, 97) and finished runners up twice (1969, 91). R.S.C. Anderlecht won it twice (1976, 78), and finished runners up twice (1977, 90). List of Winners Season Winners Runners Up Venue Score 1961 Fiorentina (Italy) Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 2 Legs R 0-2 F F 2-1 R 1962 Atletico de Madrid (Spain) Fiorentina (Italy).
League Cup - League Cup The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, and since 1982 named after a variety of sponsors (the Milk Cup, Littlewoods Cup, Rumbelows Cup, Coca-Cola Cup, Worthington Cup and presently the Carling Cup) is an English football competition. Like the more prestigious FA Cup, it is played on a knockout (single elimination) basis. Unlike the FA Cup, only the 92 members of the Football League and FA Premier league can enter. The winners qualify for the UEFA Cup if they have not qualified for European competition in some other way. History The League Cup was introduced in the 1960/61 season. Liverpool have won it the most, with seven victories including four successive trophies in the early 1980s. The present holders (2003) are Liverpool,.
Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin - for the Spanish national side. In 1989 he announced that he would leave Real Madrid and that he had been signed by an Italian side. This never came to pass and he ended up staying until 1996. His career was not without incident. In 1998 he was hit by a bottle while on the pitch. A little later he was sanctioned by UEFA for using an unorthodox method of disrupting the concentration of Valderrama in a game against Valladolid. The presiding Judge in the case noted that "manipulating in public that of your neighbour which is a gift given exclusively to males by nature" violated a Federation rule protecting a player's dignity. During the 94-95 season, he suffered an injury that meant he would only be able to play thirteen games..
Juventus - a complete series of facilities and services. From 1931 the club won five consecutive league championships. In 1933 they began playing at the Stadio Comunale. Post war the club was very successful domestically, winning its tenth championship in 1961, but did not win any European titles until the 1970s with the UEFA Cup. The height of European success was not reached until 1985. European Cup success was repeated in 1995. The club stadium is the 69,041-seat Stadio Delle Alpi (shared with A.C. Torino). Many famous players have graced Juventus, including Giampiero Combi, Giampiero Boniperti (later became a famous club president), Omar Sivori, John Charles, Roberto Boninsegna, Gaetano Scirea, Michel Platini, Zbigniew Boniek, Paolo Rossi, Marco Tardelli, Antonio Cabrini, Claudio Gentile, Franco Causio, Roberto Bettega (current President), Dino Zoff, Andrea Fortunato, Gianluca.
Internazionale - known as "Inter". The club won it's first championship in 1910 and it's second in 1920. Following a forced merger with Milanese Unione Sportiva and a name-change to Ambrosiana - Inter the club won another championship in 1932 a fourth in 1938 and their first Italian Cup in 1939. 1940 resulted in a fifth shield for Inter. From 1942 the club regained the Internazionale name and from 1945 that was regularly shortened to simply Inter. Post-war the club won it's sixth shield in 1953 and the seventh in 1954. Despite the significant previous successes the club had it's 'black-and-blue Age' in the 1960s. Another championship in 1963. The European Cup in 1964 versus Real Madrid. A ninth championship in 1965 and another European Cup victory. A tenth league win and two.
Viking F.K. - times, last in 1991. Its most recent claim to fame on a continental scale came during the 2002-03 season, when it eliminated English giants Chelsea from the UEFA Cup. Famous Players: Erik Nevland.
Ipswich Town F.C. - as the Blues for the colour of their jerseys. Ipswich won the League in the 1961/1962 under the great Sir Alf Ramsey and the FA Cup in 1978 with Bobby Robson at the helm. Town also won the UEFA Cup in 1981, beating Dutch team AZ Alkmaar 5-4 in a two-legged final. Ipswich's current manager is Joe Royle. Their main rivals are Norwich City. Squad for 03/04: Goalkeepers: Kelvin Davis Lewis Price Andy Marshall Defenders: Fabian Wilnis Drissa Diallo John McGreal Chris Makin Georges Santos Aidan Collins Scott Mitchell Midfielders: Chris Bart-Williams Alan Mahon Jim Magilton Tommy Miller Ian Westlake Jermaine Wright Matthew Richards Gerard Nash Antonio Murray Matt Bloomfield Nabil Abidallah Forwards: Shefki Kuqi Pablo Gonzalez Counago Darren Bent Alun Armstrong Dean Bowditch Richard Naylor Martijn Reuser.
Hernan Crespo - Mendoza, but he had to wait 16 months for his second cap and more than two years for his first Argentina goal. In 1996, Crespo helped River to win the Libertadores Cup, the South American club championship, scoring twice in the home leg of the final in Buenos Aires. He left River for Parma A.C in Italy in August 1996 after he won the Olympic silver medal with Argentina team at Atlanta Games, finishing the tournament as top scorer with six goals. In May 1997, Crespo helped Parma finish runners-up in Serie A, scoring 12 goals in 27 matches. In 1999, scoring the opening goal in 3-0 final victory over Olympique de Marseille in Moscow, Crespo helped Parma to win the Italian Cup and the UEFA Cup. He ended his Parma.
Hugo Sánchez - later, he became top-scorer in the league, with 26 goals. He also played during the summer for San Diego Shockers. He played five seasons that were the golden years of UNAM Pumas. In his last season with the team, Hugo Sáz became again the top-scorer in a tie with his teammate Cabinho and UNAM got its second championship and the Concacaf cup. Career in Spain After five succesful seasons in Mexico, with 99 goals to his name, he drew attention of spanish sides, and signed for Atlético de Madrid in 1981. It took him a while to find his feet in this competition, but by 1984-85 season he was scoring regularly with a team that won the Copa del Rey playing the final game versus Athletic Bilbao (with two goals scored.
Gérard Houllier - Ecole Normal d’Arras, at the age of 26 in 1973 he began his full-time managerial career as player-manager of Le Touquet. He later moved to Arras as youth coach, and Noeux Les Mines as Head Coach where he won two consecutive promotions into the French Second Division before moving to Lens F.C. in 1982. He took the Lens team to promotion and qualification for the UEFA Cup before moving to Paris St. Germain in 1985 - PSG won the French title the following year. In 1988 Houllier was appointed technical director and assistant to the French national team, under manager Michel Platini. He became manager in 1992, though resigning in 1993 after the team failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup; however, he remained as technical director. In 1998 France.
George Graham - Arsenal F.C, Manchester United F.C, Portsmouth F.C and Crystal Palace F.C. He also won twelve Scottish caps. Honours as player With Arsenal: League Cup runners up 1968 League Cup runners up 1969 Fairs Cup winners 1970 (UEFA Cup) League Championship 1971 FA Cup Winners 1971 FA Cup runners 1972 With Other Clubs: League Cup runners up1963 (Aston Villa F.C) League Cup winners 1965 (Chelsea F.C) FA CUP runners up 1965 (Chelsea F.C) Scotland Caps: 12 Managerial career He was appointed coach at Crystal Palace F.C and Queens Park Rangers F.C. Appointed manager to Millwall F.C in 1983 and Arsenal F.C in 1986. Honours as manager Promotion from Division 3 1985 (with Millwall F.C) Littlewoods (League) Cup winners 1987 Littlewoods (League) Cup runners up 1988 League Championship 1989 League Championship 1991 FA.
Gheorghe Hagi - the Romanian team in three FIFA World Cups. During the 1994 World Cup, Hagi made highlights by scoring vital goals for Romania, including a 40yd lob against Colombia. Having played for Farul Constanta (1979/1980 and 1982/83), Luceafarul Bucharest (1980/1982), Sportul Studentesc (1983/1986), Steaua Bucharest (1986/1990), Real Madrid (1990/1992), Brescia (1992/1994) and FC Barcelona (1994/1996), Hagi currently plays for plays for Galatasaray, the Turkish club team that captured the UEFA Cup title in 2000. Prior to his third retirement in 2001, he won 125 international caps, scoring 35 goals..
Gianfranco Zola - understudy to Diego Maradona as Napoli to win the Italian title in 1990. He helped Napoli to win the Italian Super Cup in 1991 and he made his debut in the Italian national side for Arrigo Sacchi on the same year. In 1993, Zola left Napoli and joined fellow Serie A side Parma A.C. He won the UEFA Cup with Parma and were runners-up in Serie A and the Italian Cup in 1995. In 1996, Zola joined Premier division football club Chelsea F.C. He won the FA Cup with Chelsea and is voted the English Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1997. He helped Chelsea to win English League Cup, European Cup Winner's Cup and Super Cup in 1998. He helped Chelsea to win FA Cup again in 2000. Zola.
Golden goal - must have a winner on the day (e.g. in the final stages of a World Cup) and the two teams draw after the 90 minutes of ordinary time, the match is extended into extra time, with two further halves of 15 minutes each. A recent change to this is that if one team score a goal in extra-time this is called a golden goal (also called sudden death). The match finishes at that point and the team that scores wins the match. If no team scores a golden goal during the extra time, a penalty shoot-out decides the outcome. Even though this kind of arrangement is known as sudden death in some other games, and the term sudden death is also informally used when speaking about football, the only official term.
FA Premier league - Aston Villa F.C * Birmingham City F.C Blackburn Rovers F.C Bolton Wanderers F.C Charlton Athletic F.C Chelsea F.C * Everton F.C * Fulham F.C Leeds United F.C * Leicester City F.C Liverpool F.C * Manchester City F.C Manchester United F.C * Middlesbrough F.C Newcastle United F.C Portsmouth F.C Southampton F.C * Tottenham Hotspur F.C * Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C (*) = played in every Premiership season Previous League Champions Season Winner Total wins Remarks 2002/03 Manchester United F.C 8 (15) Nil 2001/02 Arsenal F.C 2 (12) Double (FA Cup) 2000/01 Manchester United F.C 7 (14) Nil 1999/00 Manchester United F.C 6 (13) Nil 1998/99 Manchester United F.C 5 (12) Treble (FA Cup, UEFA Champions League) 1997/98 Arsenal F.C 1 (11) Double (FA Cup) 1996/97 Manchester United F.C 4 (11) Nil 1995/96 Manchester.
FA Premier league 2002-03 - 10 7 2 36 21 3 3 13 12 23 4 Charlton Athletic F.C 49 8 3 8 26 30 6 4 9 19 26 -11 Birmingham City F.C 48 8 5 6 25 23 5 4 10 16 26 -8 Fulham F.C 48 11 3 5 26 18 2 6 11 15 32 -9 Leeds United F.C 47 7 3 9 25 26 7 2 10 33 31 1 Aston Villa F.C 45 11 2 6 25 14 1 7 11 17 33 -5 Bolton Wanderers F.C 44 7 8 4 27 24 3 6 10 14 27 -10 West Ham United F.C 42 5 7 7 21 24 5 5 9 21 35 -17 Rel West Bromwich Albion F.C 26 3 5 11 17 34 3 3 13 12.
