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 Switzerland - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Switzerland
Switzerland in World War II In World War II the conquest of France by Germany in 1940 made Switzerland economically dependent upon the latter, and in August 1940 a new trade agreement between the two countries was signed.
Switzerland participated in a non-military capacity by organizing Red Cross units, tracing the missing, and permitting incapacitated prisoners of war to be interned within its frontiers.
Switzerland managed to maintain its neutrality in the Thirty Years' War (1618–48), and at the end of the war the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) recognized the final separation of Switzerland from the Habsburg Empire.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Switzerland   (2789 words)

  
 Switzerland national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Switzerland national football team is the national team of Switzerland and is controlled by the Swiss Football Association.
Its best performances in the World Cup have been reaching the quarterfinals, in 1934, 1938 and 1954 (when they hosted the tournament).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team   (101 words)

  
 Germany national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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, a 3-5 defeat.
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.
After prospective candidates including Ottmar Hitzfeld and Otto Rehhagel turned down the job, former national team player Jürgen Klinsmann, who had never held any coaching jobs before, was appointed, with his main task being leading the national team to a good showing at the 2006 World Cup, which Germany will host.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Germany_national_football_team   (2096 words)

  
 NORWAY NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM FACTS AND INFORMATION
Norway's next national coach became former national team hero Åge_Hareide, who was hired in January 2004, having coached Rosenborg to the domestic league title the previous season.
Overall, the period between 1908 and 1917 is a sorry chapter in the Norwegian national team's history.
Football came to Norway from Great_Britain in the 1880s, and quickly became popular both in terms of active players and as a spectator sport.
www.witwik.com /Norway_national_football_team   (4978 words)

  
 England national football team - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The England national football team represents England (not the whole United Kingdom) in international football competitions such as the World Cup and the European Championships.
England would only play the other Home Nations (Scotland, Wales and what was then Ireland) for nearly 40 years - partly due to the dominance of the UK in international football, as well as the problems of arranging internationals in the days before air travel was commonplace.
Because the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, England, like the other three, does not compete in Olympic football.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/English_national_football_team   (1610 words)

  
 Serbia Info News / More football news...
Zurich, Switzerland, December 22 - Yugoslav national football team is on the 13th place (694 points) of the ranking of the best national football teams, published by the Federation of the international football association (FIFA).
Brazil national football team is first (839 points) and this is the sixth season in a row for the world vice-champion ending as the best team in the world.
Let us remember that the Yugoslav national team had the honor to play at the farewell play of the Brazilian greatest football player of all times Pele, whereas Brazil was the first national team to play with the best Yugoslav football team after the lifting of the sports sanctions against Yugoslavia.
www.serbia-info.com /news/1999-09/25/14765.html   (2720 words)

  
 SCOTLAND NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM FACTS AND INFORMATION
The Scotland national football team have played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England, whom they competed against in the world's first international football match at the West_of_Scotland_Cricket_Club, Partick, in 1872.
On December_2, 2004 the former Rangers manager Walter_Smith was named as manager of the national team.
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www.dontpayyourtaxes.com /Scotland_national_football_team   (388 words)

  
 Iranica.com - FOOTBALL
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.
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.
www.iranica.com /articles/v10f1/v10f120.html   (876 words)

  
 Serbia Info News / More football news...
Zurich, Switzerland, February 16 - In the latest FIFA world ranking of the best national football teams, Yugoslavia still keeps the 13th place (692 points).
Host team was far superior and reached the deserved triumph against the team of Slobodan Santrac, the former coach of the Yugoslav national football team.
There has been no change among the national football teams on the top rungs - Brazil is on the top with 836 points, Czech Republic is the 2nd, and the world champion France is on the 3rd place.
www.serbia-info.com /news/2000-03/01/17555.html   (308 words)

  
 FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Shrovetide football, as it was called, belonged in the "mob football" category, where the number of players was unlimited and the rules were fairly vague (for example, according to an ancient handbook from Workington in England, any means could be employed to get the ball to its target with the exception of murder and manslaughter).
After the English Football Association, the next oldest are the Scottish FA (1873), the FA of Wales (1875) and the Irish FA (1880).
Incidentally, it was not until nine years after the football rules had been established for the first time in 1863 that the size and weight of the ball were finally standardised.
www.fifa.com /en/history/history/0,1283,1,00.html   (3360 words)

  
 Germany_national_football_team
The German national football team is one of the most successful national football teams.
The team is currently coached by Jürgen Klinsmann, a former star striker for the national team.
Honorary team captains (Ehrenspielführer) are Fritz Walter, Uwe Seeler, Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthäus.
www.partsquote.com /search.php?title=Germany_national_football_team   (258 words)

  
 England Player Honours - Football Association England National Team Hall of Fame
The Football Association, with no fanfare apparent, launched a hall of fame for England national team players on its website as it was reformatted in mid-May, 2002, just before the World Cup final tournament began.
In the wake of failed attempts to launch commercial halls of fame in England and elsewhere, it was fitting that the Football Association, rather than some private company or organisation, took on the task.
England Player Honours - Football Association England National Team Hall of Fame
www.englandfootballonline.com /TeamHons/HonsHallFameFaEng.html   (883 words)

  
 Croatia_national_football_team
The team played in their first major tournament in 1996 and have been a strong force in international football ever since, finishing third in the 1998 World Cup behind Golden Boot winner Davor Šuker.
The Croatian national football team has played since Croatia's independence in 1990-1992 and is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation.
Due to political circumstances in Kingdom of Yugoslavia shortly before World War II, Croatian sports teams were allowed to compete under Croatian flag, so the first international of Croatia could be considered a 4 - 0 victory over Switzerland played in Zagreb on 4 April, 1940.
www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Croatia_national_football_team   (334 words)

  
 ..:: National Football Teams - News ::..
Chris, the webmaster of National Handball Teams, has been working very hard on this one, and we here at national-football-teams.com are very proud of him.
Here you can find statistics about all the national football teams of the world, and the tournaments they play in.
© 2004-2005 by National Football Teams – all rights reserved.
www.national-football-teams.com   (237 words)

  
 Stanford GSB History: A League of Their Own
Eric Bergeson, a starting cornerback and free safety for Brigham Young University's football team, took a year off from school to work as a volunteer missionary for the Church of Latter Day Saints in Hong Kong and China, where he became fluent in Cantonese.
A native of Denmark, Leschly was selected to the Danish Davis Cup team and was captain of the U.S. Prentice Cup team.
A two-time All-American, he was captain of Harvard's first NCAA champion hockey team and won the 1989 Hobey Baker Award, given to the best player in college hockey.
www.gsb.stanford.edu /history/timeline/95athletes.html   (692 words)

  
 Pravda.RU National football squad waiting for verdict
The resignation of the coaches of the Russian national football team due to its poor performance at the 2002 World Cup has not been accepted.
Yesterday the Japanese football team gathered at its basic camp in the Shizuoka prefecture and watched on TV the Wednesday match between the Russians and the Tunisians held in the Japanese city of Kobe.
After bad luck of the Russian football squad at the World Cup, majority of Russian sports mass media got obsessed with an idea that a foreign coach is to be invited to the team More details...
english.pravda.ru /sport/2002/06/28/31395.html   (2659 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation.
Hungary was the first team to beat England at home, famously winning 6-3 at Wembley on November 25, 1953.
The match between Austria and Hungary in Vienna in 1902 was the first international match played between two non-British European countries.
www.nowtryus.com /article:Hungary_national_football_team   (214 words)

  
 Pravda.RU:Russian football coach pleased with his team
Chief coach of the Russian national football team Valery Gazzayev believes that the struggle for the 1st place in the Euro-2004 10th qualifying group will be between Russia, Ireland and Switzerland.
Thus Switzerland and Russia made a serious claim for the first place in the group, the Russian coach believes.
Gazzayev was appointed chief coach after the Russian team's failure at the World Cup held in June in Japan and South Korea.
english.pravda.ru /sport/2002/10/17/38314_.html   (154 words)

  
 US National Team Events
The former U.S. National team coach was Costa Rica's national coach, and the first American to serve as head coach of a national team other than the U.S. In the second round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying, Sampson’s team posted ties of 2-2 and 1-1.
A pair of milestones were met this evening as the U.S. Men’s National Team topped Honduras 4-0 in their final tune-up match before World Cup qualifying begins on Sunday, June 13 in Columbus, Ohio, in the first of two games versus Grenada.
It is a team that believes it can position itself to be promoted to the Premiership, so all those challenges within his club, I think, are going to be good for Bobby because he needs to be tested as a player and that environment will certainly test him throughout a very long and rigorous schedule.
www.southernsoccerscene.com /national.htm   (16409 words)

  
 GN Online: Bakhit called to join football squad
Bakhit was banned from appearing for the UAE national team in 1997 after he misbehaved during a training camp prior to the Confederations Cup.
However, the fallen hero's stars suddenly seem to be sparkling all over again as the short-statured striker has received a call-up to assist the national team close on the heels of the UAE FA's decision to lift the life ban on him.
At 33 and out of international football since 1997 with just occasional appearances for his club side Al Wasl, Bakhit's career was almost at the end of the road.
www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=20678   (691 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports
Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1938 and for the Detroit Lions in 1940; lead the league in rushing both years; his $15,800 salary was then the highest ever paid a player in the National Football League.
football coach with the University of Nebraska, 1973-97, where he won 13 conference titles and three national championships.
One of 13 part-owners of the New York Yankees baseball team in 1973-75, and was also part owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Birmingham Stallions football teams.
politicalgraveyard.com /occ/pro-sports.html   (3410 words)

  
 GN Online: UAE football camp to begin on Friday
UAE national football team coach Abdullah Saqr said that 29 players would join the internal training camp, which starts on Friday at the Al Khaleej Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
The national team is to train in Montana, 1100 feet above the sea level, which is two hours from Geneva by bus.
The UAE senior team coach said that the team manager Khalid Awadh had returned from a short visit to Switzerland where he inspected the location of the camp.
www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=20199   (433 words)

  
 BBC SPORT Football Euro 2004 England Why does it always end like this?
England, it seems, are never to be eliminated by a scoreline that at least allows their supporters the cold comfort of being able to say their team was simply second best.
The emotional well-being of England fans might be better served if they simply forgot all about football and took up tiddlywinks instead.
And as a nation woke up on Friday nursing sore heads, England fans once again had to reconcile themselves with another glorious failure.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/euro_2004/england/3840067.stm   (608 words)

  
 Netherlands national football team Online Research :: Information about Netherlands national football team
The team has been strong since, winning 1988 European Football Championship, reaching the semifinals in 1992 European Football Championship, 2000 European Football Championship and 2004 European Football Championship, and finishing fourth in the Football World Cup 1998.
Italic = retired from International football but still playing club football
The Netherlands made their first World Cup appearance in Football World Cup 1934, and after coming back in Football World Cup 1938, entered the world of soccer wilderness.
in-northcarolina.com /search/Netherlands_national_football_team.html   (646 words)

  
 Baseball Staff
The Blue Jay baseball team was ranked as high as sixth-nationally in 2002 and 2003, making NCAA Regional appearances in both years.
The Blue Jay football team enjoyed its two most successful seasons, recording a 15-5 record and making the program's first-ever post-season appearance, winning the ECAC Southwest Championship.
He was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete recipient and an All-Metro selection in baseball.
www.dickinson.edu /departments/sports/baseballstaff.htm   (506 words)

  
 The Road To Hampden Scotland International Football-national team reports-ticket booking-news
The Scotland team were left stuck on the tarmac at Glasgow Airport because their aeroplane was too small to hold all the travelling luggage.
Scotland have been placed in the fourth tier of teams, Wales in the fifth and Northern Ireland in the sixth for the draw on the 27 January 2007.
Scotland manager Walter Smith expressed pride in his team despite a draw in Belarus that he admits leaves them struggling to qualify from their group.
www.upyarkilt.com /nationalsidereports.html   (1356 words)

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