Soccer Clubs in the World: February 2013

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Tackling was the last option. In looking at how a team obtains possession of the ball, tackling is about fourth or fifth on the list. This might give compelling reasons to not teach tackling; low priority, don't getBut the problem is that tackling is where the bulk of injuries occur.

Foul Throw In Football

Some players are capable of throwing the ball at a great distance, and it can prove a major advantage to a team if they have a man capable of launching the ball into the opposition penalty area.

Dangerous Kick In Soccer

An indirect free kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. Unlike a direct free kick, a goal may not be scored directly from the kick. The law was derived from the Sheffield Rules that stated that no goal could be scored from a free kick. This law was absorbed into the Laws of the Game in 1877 and later adapted to allow direct free kicks as a result of dangerous play.

Corner Kick In Soccer

A corner kick is a method of restarting play in a game of association football. It was first devised in Sheffield under the Sheffield Rules 1867. It was adopted by the Football Association on 17 February 1872.
A corner kick is awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by crossing the goal line (either on the ground or in the air) without a goal having been scored, having been last touched by a defending player (including the goalkeeper). The kick is taken from the corners of the field of play nearest where the ball crossed the goal line. Corners are considered to be a reasonable goalscoring opportunity for the attacking side, though not as much as a penalty kick or a direct free kick near the edge of the penalty area.

Penalty Kick In Football Rules

Penalty kicks are performed during normal play. They are awarded when a player commits a foul inside their own penalty area. Similar kicks are made in a penalty shootout in some tournaments to determine which team is victorious after a drawn match; though similar in procedure, these are not penalty kicks and are governed by slightly different rules.

Different Positioning In Football

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Monday, 25 February 2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team

The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (Bosnian: Nogometna/Fudbalska reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine) is the national footballteam of Bosnia and Herzegovina, governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian-Herzegovinian players were part of the Yugoslavia national football team.

Russian Premier League

The Russian league has improved considerably lately, and the Russian Premier League is now ranked 9th by UEFA; at one point the league was ranked 6th.

United Arab Emirates national football team

The United Arab Emirates national football team (Arabic: الامارات العربية المتحدة لكرة القدم‎) represents the United Arab Emirates in association footballand is controlled by the United Arab Emirates Football Association, the governing body for football in United Arab Emirates. United Arab Emirates' home ground is Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The team is popularly known as Al-Abyad (The Whites).

It has made one World Cup appearance, in 1990 in Italy, but lost all three of its games, to Colombia, West Germany, and Yugoslavia. Two years later the UAE took fourth place in the 1992 Asian Cup, and runner-up in 1996. In both tournaments their final match was lost on penalty kicks. In 2007 the UAE beat Oman 1–0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history.

Mongolia national football team

The Mongolian national football team represents the republic of Mongolia in international football under the Mongolian Football Federation. Founded in 1959 the association was inactive between 1960 and 1998 when the team did not feature in any international fixtures. From the few games played since 1998, Mongolians have won only nine games played against five different nations within the AFC (four against Guam, two against Macauand one each against Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands and the Philippines). They are also one of only two FIFA affiliated teams (the other beingAmerican Samoa) to have ever lost to Guam. The Mongolian Football Federation is in the Asian Football Confederation and the East Asian Football Federation.

Ethiopia national football team

The Ethiopia national football team—nicknamed "Walia Antelopes" after the Walia ibex or "Black Lions" after a unique population of Lions with dark manes native only to Ethiopia—represents Ethiopia in association football and is presided over by the Ethiopian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Ethiopia. The team has been representing Ethiopia in regional, continental, and international competitions since its founding in 1943. The Walia Antelopes play their home games at Addis Ababa Stadium located in the capital city of Addis Ababa.

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England are the joint oldest national football team in the world alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872. England is one of the United Kingdom's Home Nations, meaning that it is permitted by FIFA to maintain its own national side.^[2]England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and the current manager is Roy Hodgson.

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team (German: Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908.^[2] It is governed by the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund), founded in 1900.^[6]^[7] From 1950 to 1990, it was essentially the team of West Germany,^[8] as the DFB is based in Frankfurt, located in the former West Germany. Under Allied occupation and division, two other separate national teams were also recognized by FIFA: the Saarland team (1950–1956) and the East German team(1952–1990). Both have been absorbed along with their records^[9]^[10] by the current national team. The official name and code "Germany FR (FRG)" was shortened to "Germany (GER)" in 1990.

China PR national football team

The China PR national football team (Chinese: 中国国家足球队; pinyin: Zhōngguó Guójiā Zúqiú Duì; literally "Chinese National Soccer Team"), nicknamed The Dragon or The Great Wall is the national association football team of the People's Republic of China and is governed by theChinese Football Association (CFA). The team is colloquially referred to as "Team China" (中国队), the "National Team" (国家队) or "Guózú" (国足, short for 国家足球, which means "national football").

The team was founded in 1924 in the Republic of China under the auspices of the China Football Association and joined FIFA in 1931. Following theChinese Civil War, the CFA was formed in the newly founded People's Republic of China. They remained affiliated with FIFA until 1958, when they withdrew, but they rejoined in 1979. After the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1997, and Macau from Portugal in 1999, these two special administrative regions have continued to have their own teams, which play as "Hong Kong, China" and "Macau, China", respectively.

China have won the East Asian Cup twice in 2005 and 2010, they have been runners-up at the Asian Cup twice in 1984 and 2004. Although China failed to score a goal in their maiden FIFA World Cup appearance in 2002, losing all their matches, just qualifying for the tournament has been considered the greatest accomplishment in their football history.

Argentina national football team

The Argentina national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Argentina) represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association (AFA), the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro Sabella. The team is currently third in the FIFA World Rankings.^[3]

La Selección (national team), also known as the Albicelestes (sky blue and whites), has appeared in four World Cup finals, including the first final in 1930, which they lost 4–2 to Uruguay. Argentina won in their next final in 1978, beating the Netherlands 3–1. Argentina, led by Diego Maradona won again in 1986, a 3–2 victory over West Germany. Their most recent World Cup final was in 1990, which they lost 1–0 to Germany by a much disputed penalty. Argentina's World Cup winning managers are César Luis Menotti in 1978, and Carlos Bilardo in 1986.

Argentina has been very successful in the Copa América, winning it fourteen times and also winning the 'extra' South American Championships in 1941, 1945 and 1946. The team also won the FIFA Confederations Cup and the Kirin Cup, both in 1992, and an Argentine team (with only three players of over 23 years of age included in the squad) won the Olympics football tournaments in Athens 2004 andBeijing 2008.^[4]

Lebanon national football team

The Lebanon national football team (Arabic: لبنان الوطني لكرة القدم – French: Liban équipe nationale de football) represents the Republic of Lebanon in international association football competitionts. Its official nickname is the "The Cedars". The team is controlled by Federation Libanaise de Football Association (LFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and also the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). They reached their highest placed FIFA ranking, 85th, in December 1998. Their head coach is Theo Bücker, who became the first coach in the national team's history to take Lebanon through to the fourth and final round of the FIFA World Cup AFC qualifiers during the 2014 qualifying campaign. Lebanon's home stadium is the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium in Beirut and the Saida International Stadium in Sidon.

Lebanon, who have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, were hosts of the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, where they finished in fourth place of their respective group. Lebanon were regular participants at the West Asian Football Federation Championship, having played at the 2000 tournament inJordan, the 2002 tournament in Syria, the 2004 tournament in Iran, the 2007 tournament in Jordan and the 2012 tournament in Kuwait. Lebanon also participated in six editions of the Arab Nations Cup, where they hosted the tourmament in 1963 and finished in third place, and then claimed fourth position at the 1964 and 1966 tournaments. Lebanon claimed bronze medals at the 1957 and 1997 Pan Arab Games tournaments, and also managed fourth place at the 1965 edition in Morocco.

Chinese Taipei national football team

The Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA) was founded in mainland China as the China Football Association in 1924 and relocated to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of the Chinese Civil War. Affiliated with FIFA in 1932 as China, it rejoined FIFA in 1954, first under the name Taiwan, then Republic of China, and later Chinese Taipei.

The team's greatest success came when, playing as Taiwan, they finished third in the Asian Cup in 1960. However, the players in the team originally came from Hong Kong since the reputation of the Hong Kong national football team was not as good as the Republic of China's.^[3]

Due to a political conflict with People's Republic of China (China), Chinese Taipei played in the OFC World Cup qualifying tournaments from 1975 to 1989.

South Korea national football team

The Korea Republic national football team represents the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. The Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments, which is the most appearances for an Asian country. The Korea Republic became the first and only Asian team to reach the semi-final stages, at the 2002 tournament, and also won the first two editions of the AFC Asian Cup.

Japan National Team

Japan's first major achievement in international football came in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where the team won the bronze medal. Although this result earned the sport increased recognition in Japan, the absence of a professional domestic league hindered its growth and Japan would not qualify for the FIFA World Cup until 30 years later.