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 Greece national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Greece national football team is the national football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation.
The Euro 2004 winners were selected as World Team of the Year at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Awards.
The team has appeared on stamps and received medals from the President of Greece, the Archbishop of Athens, and an ecstatic ovation from the country's population which came out to see the team and the trophy from the Athens airport to the Panathinaiko Stadium where the Greek political and religious leadership was awaiting them.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Greece_national_football_team   (1074 words)

  
 Azerbaijan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan shares a common language and culture with Turkey; however, before its conquest by tsarist Russia in the early 19th century, it was a province of Persia, and today 20 million Shiite Azeris live across the border in Iran.
In the March 1991 USSR constitutional referendum, the Azerbaijan population voted overwhelmingly in favour of preserving the Union and the August 1991 attempted anti-Gorbachev coup in Moscow was warmly welcomed by President Mutalibov, who ordered the military suppression of demonstrations organized by the Popular Front.
In January 2001, Azerbaijan was admitted to the Council of Europe.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Azerbaijan   (1066 words)

  
 ipedia.com: England national football team Article
The England national football team is organised under the auspices of The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships.
In 2001, Sven-Göran Eriksson became the first foreign national (he is Swedish) to become the manager of England.
So far, the highlights of Eriksson's time in charge of England have been a 5-1 victory over rivals Germany, during the World Cup 2002 qualification campaign — England came from behind, with goals from Emile Heskey, Steven Gerrard and a Michael Owen hat-trick; and a hard-fought 1-0 win over Argentina in the tournament itself.
www.ipedia.com /england_national_football_team.html   (482 words)

  
 Germany national football team - Voyager, the free encyclopedia
The Germany national football team represents Germany in international football competitions, and is controlled by the German Football Association, the governing body of football in Germany.
Eight years after the establishment of the German Football Association (DFB), the first official match of the Germany national football team was played on 5 April 1908, against Switzerland at Basel, with the Swiss winning 5-3.
German teams have something of a tradition of beginning their history against Switzerland: The first match of a German national team ever, the first match of a West German team after World War II, and the first match of the reunited German team were all against Switzerland.
www.voyager.in /Germany_national_football_team   (2563 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Brazilian coach will train Azeri national football team
Carlos Alberto Torres, a Brazilian football coach may soon become a legitimate trainer of Azerbaijani national football team.
In an interview with a correspondent of Ekho newspaper 59 year old Brazilian Torres has said, he has given his word to Azerbaijan Federation of Football Associations (AFFA) for training Azerbaijani team.
He has trained roughly 12 clubs and national teams in the past.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=7947   (308 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Zaur Tagizade - Best European Football Player Last Week
Azerbaijan's last qualifying win had come a full four years ago against Liechtenstein, and the people of the nation on the Caspian Sea had waited a long time to celebrate, although a 2-2 draw in their previous game against Serbia and Montenegro in Podgorica had indicated a surprise might be on the cards.
Zaur Tagizade, the 24-year-old from the Shafa club and Azerbaijan national football team, has been called the best European football player of the week, UEFA reported last week.
Team captain Tarlan Akhmedov agreed, saying: "I have been a member of the Azerbaijan national team since it was founded.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=4989   (731 words)

  
 BakuSun
If Azerbaijan’s national team wins over Finland — something it is capable of doing— and continues on to defeat Italy later on —where in a not so likely to win— Azerbaijan will make it to the Euro championships for the first time in history.
Asker Abdullayev, the manager for Azerbaijan’s national football team announced that his 20-player team would be participating in the final qualification round for EURO-2004, against Finland’s national team on September 6th.
After the victory over Serbia and Montenegro, many Azerbaijani football fans have raised their hopes that their home football team will rise from the ashes.
www.bakusun.az /cgi-bin/ayten/bakusun/show.cgi?code=4492   (503 words)

  
 Tofik Bakhramov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Azerbaijan national stadium is named the in his honour.
Bakhramov was originally a footballer, but a serious leg injury prevented him from continuing his playing career and he became a referee.
After the match, many newspapers referred to the 'Russian linesman' who awarded the goal, as Azerbaijan was still part of the Soviet Union at the time, and the nickname stuck to the point where his real name is all but forgotten.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tofik_Bakhramov   (503 words)

  
 AzerNEWS - THE NATION'S NO.1 ENGLISH NEWSPAPER
The Azerbaijani national football team will play a friendly match with Uzbekistan in Baku on May 28, the fourth game to be held in preparation for the World Cup qualification leg.
In the last three matches, the Azerbaijani football team lost to Israel and Moldova but overcame Kazakhstan 3:2.
The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) said on Monday that the two countries' football federations have already reached an agreement in this respect.
www.azernews.net /view.php?d=4059   (228 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'USSR national football team'
Azerbaijan national football team (additional info and facts about Azerbaijan national football team)
Moldova national football team (additional info and facts about Moldova national football team)
The Russian team (additional info and facts about Russian team) should not be considered as a continuation of this team; a large percentage of the team's players came from outside Russia (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/ussr_national_football_team3.htm   (638 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Brazilian coach will train Azeri national football team
Carlos Alberto Torres, a Brazilian football coach may soon become a legitimate trainer of Azerbaijani national football team.
In an interview with a correspondent of Ekho newspaper 59 year old Brazilian Torres has said, he has given his word to Azerbaijan Federation of Football Associations (AFFA) for training Azerbaijani team.
He has trained roughly 12 clubs and national teams in the past.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=7947   (375 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Brazilian coach will train Azeri national football team
Carlos Alberto Torres, a Brazilian football coach may soon become a legitimate trainer of Azerbaijani national football team.
In an interview with a correspondent of Ekho newspaper 59 year old Brazilian Torres has said, he has given his word to Azerbaijan Federation of Football Associations (AFFA) for training Azerbaijani team.
He has trained roughly 12 clubs and national teams in the past.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=7947   (352 words)

  
 BakuTODAY.net - Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Caspian news, links, maps etc.
The State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) may become the official sponsor of the Azerbaijani national football team, Mazahir Suleymanzada, head of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) public relations department, told journalists.
Besides well-known companies operating in the country, several private individuals are eager to support the national team, he said.
Considering that SOCAR is an influential company in the country, the AFFA administration would like for it to sponsor the national team, Suleymanzada added.
www.bakutoday.net /view.php?d=11827   (352 words)

  
 England National Football Team Unofficial Blog
England Team Robinson, Gary Neville, Campbell, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Beckham (Hargreaves 85), Lampard, Butt, Rooney (King 86), Defoe (Smith 70), Owen.
GAMBLOG UK - WE ARE ENGLAND- England National Football Team
English football fans will be expecting an easy win against Azerbaijan in our round 6 Fifa world cup 2006 qualifier to be played on the 13th of October (wednesday) in the Tofig Bakhramov Stadium in Baku Azerbaijan.
www.gamblog.co.uk /2004_10_01_england_archive.htm   (3982 words)

  
 biology - Turkey
Its national sport, football, has seen a rapid transformation earning it third place in the coveted 2002 World Cup.
Turkey is bordered to the west by Greece and Bulgaria and to the east by Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran; to the south by Iraq and Syria.
Turkey was a part of the joint NATO operation in the Balkans to end a brutal civil war in the region that used to be Yugoslavia.
www.biologydaily.com /biology/Turkey   (2478 words)

  
 Azerbaijan national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Azerbaijan national football team is the national team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.
In February 2004, Carlos Alberto Torres, captain of the Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup was appointed its national coach.
Despite a poor start, a 0-6 defeat to Israel on February 18, Azerbaijan won their first ever away match, 3-2 against Kazakhstan on April 28.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team   (180 words)

  
 UEFA - Biocrawler
The main competition for men's national teams is the European Football Championship, started in 1958 and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964.
It represents the national football associations of Europe, running nine national and four club competitions in Europe (all European nations plus Turkey, Israel, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan), controlling the prize-money, regulations and media rights to those competitions.
The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/UEFA   (645 words)

  
 Iranica.com - FOOTBALL
Football in Kòu@zesta@n did not recover from the effects of the war with Iraq, but Azerbaijan and Khorasan emerged as new centers of football talent.
All football clubs were nationalized, the national league was dissolved, and women were barred from attending matches.
In the 1989 the national league was revived as Ja@m-e AÚza@daga@n.
www.iranica.com /articles/v10f1/v10f120.html   (876 words)

  
 Azerbaijan national football team
Despite a poor start, a 0-6 defeat to Israel national football team on 18 February, Azerbaijan won their first ever away match, 3-2 against Kazakhstan national football team on 28 April.
(Gurjaani, Georgia (country), September 17, 1992) Largest win Azerbaijan 4 - 0 Liechtenstein national football team
In February 2004, Carlos Alberto, captain of the Brazil national football team team that won the Football World Cup 1970 was appointed its national coach.
read-and-go.hopto.org /Azerbaijani-football/Azerbaijan-national-football-team.html   (208 words)

  
 Xtratime Community - European Football
From the birth of international football in 1872 to the present day the Scottish national team has been on a rollercoaster ride from the highs of being eight-time world cup qualifiers to the lows of never getting past the first round.
The French national team is rebuilding after glory in WC 98 and Euro 2000, discuss the current NT, legends like Fontaine, Platini and Papin and of course the Ligue 1 which grows better every year.
As Azerbaijan enjoys an ever strengthening football boom, the ancient "Land of Fire" is all set to make a huge leap into the future and prove to be a true Football Nation.
www.xtratime.org /forum/forumdisplay.php?f=124   (1168 words)

  
 ESPNsoccernet.com: Wales Team Page
England's World Cup opponents Trinidad and Tobago are to play Wales in a friendly in the run-up to next year's finals, according to reports on the Caribbean island.
Plans for a Great Britain football team at the London 2012 Olympics will go ahead without any Scottish involvement, it has been decided.
Wales manager John Toshack has signalled the end of Manchester City defender Ben Thatcher's international career by leaving him out of the squad for next Wednesday's friendly with Cyprus in Limassol.
soccernet.espn.go.com /team?id=578&cc=3436   (300 words)

  
 Finland National Football Team News Finland get Italy test in Euro 2004 draw
National team coach Kazbek Tuaev, meanwhile, said: "I have been a fan of Italian football since my childhood, playing against them will be a huge experience for the Azerbaijan national team."
None of the other teams in the competition relish a visit to Helsinki these days; the Finnish national squad were unbeaten at home (two wins, two draws) during their World Cup campaign, and have recently inflicted humiliating defeats on Greece (5-1), Norway (3-1), and Belgium (4-1).
He is also the coach of club side Neftchi and was the national team coach in 1995-96.
www.finland-football.net /draw250102.html   (1247 words)

  
 Finland National Football Team News FIFA interview Antti Niemi
When I played my first game for the Finnish national team, in 1992, all the players came from Helsinki.
The national team has some excellent leaders, such as Jari Litmanen and Sam Hyypia, players who are used to performing under pressure.
When we play against the smaller teams, like Azerbaijan, the stadium is hard to fill, but for the rest of the matches it’s always packed.
www.finland-football.net /niemi170205.asp   (1059 words)

  
 www.ans.az
The schedule of the forthcoming Azerbaijani national football championship will be determined at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the AFFA (Azerbaijan Football Federations Association) on July 15.
The AFFA sets limits allowing only attraction of 5 legionaries to the team and the figure is supposed to remain unchanged in the coming football season.
Ukrainian national team and Korean team will fight in the match for defining the third participant of the sub-group.
www.ans-dx.com /news.php?category=14   (1059 words)

  
 Virtual Azerbaijan (VAR): Sports page
Azerbaijans national Olympic team, which has been comprised of only 31 sportsmen, are beating all records as the team have already won two gold medals and one bronze and took the 30th spot among almost 200 teams.
The national football team, made up of players from the country's dozens of amateur and semiprofessional clubs, has suffered from a lack of sponsors and funds and has fared poorly in international competition.
Azerbaijan formed a national Olympic committee in 1992 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
www.zerbaijan.com /var/sports.htm   (956 words)

  
 FIFA Magazine - April 1997
In 1993 he was called up to join the national team camp for World Cup qualifying matches, and found himself on the bench during Iran's opening match on 23 June that year at Tehran's Azadi Stadium, as Iran struggled against modest Oman in front of an increasingly dissatisfied 85,000 spectators.
With Ardabil's Arctic-like climate, it is not surprising that the city had never had a national team player before Daei.
Born in Ardabil, on March 21, 1969, Daei's birth-place in the northern province of Azerbaijan is known for its cold, harsh winters, with the mercury falling to -30 C in the four long winter months.
www.fifa.com /fifa/pub/magazine/fm4-97.6.html   (1291 words)

  
 Finland National Football Team News Finland get Italy test in Euro 2004 draw
National team coach Kazbek Tuaev, meanwhile, said: "I have been a fan of Italian football since my childhood, playing against them will be a huge experience for the Azerbaijan national team."
None of the other teams in the competition relish a visit to Helsinki these days; the Finnish national squad were unbeaten at home (two wins, two draws) during their World Cup campaign, and have recently inflicted humiliating defeats on Greece (5-1), Norway (3-1), and Belgium (4-1).
He is also the coach of club side Neftchi and was the national team coach in 1995-96.
www.finland-football.net /draw250102.html   (1291 words)

  
 FIFA Magazine - April 1997
In 1993 he was called up to join the national team camp for World Cup qualifying matches, and found himself on the bench during Iran's opening match on 23 June that year at Tehran's Azadi Stadium, as Iran struggled against modest Oman in front of an increasingly dissatisfied 85,000 spectators.
Born in Ardabil, on March 21, 1969, Daei's birth-place in the northern province of Azerbaijan is known for its cold, harsh winters, with the mercury falling to -30 C in the four long winter months.
Ali grew up with four brothers and spent his summer holidays playing football with his brothers on a plot of vacant land, adjacent to their home in Ardabil.
www.fifa.com /fifa/pub/magazine/fm4-97.6.html   (1291 words)

  
 Xtratime Community - Talk football!
Covering Premiership football, the legendary FA Cup, the League cup and the England national team.
The French national team is rebuilding after glory in WC 98 and Euro 2000, discuss the current NT, legends like Fontaine, Platini and Papin and of course the Ligue 1 which grows better every year with French teams in European finals.
As Azerbaijan enjoys an ever strengthening football boom, the ancient "Land of Fire" is all set to make a huge leap into the future and prove to be a true Football Nation.
www.xtratime.org /forum   (2309 words)

  
 Armenian National Football Team Readsy To Play In Azerbaijan - Armenia Diaspora Conference Official Site
The Armenian national football team is ready to be the first to play a match in Azerbaijan, says a statement by Director of the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) Armen Minasyan.
Armenian National Football Team Readsy To Play In Azerbaijan
Armenian national team is ready to play with the Azerbaijani team in their country.
www.armeniadiaspora.net /adc/news.asp?id=672   (164 words)

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