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 Football in Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spain national football team, commonly referred to as la selección made their international debut at the 1920 Olympic Games in Belgium and came away with the silver medal.
The Real Federación Española de Fútbol is the national governing body and it organizes La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Spain national football team.
Modern football was introduced to Spain in the late 1800s by a combination of mostly British immigrant workers and visiting sailors and Spanish students returning from Britain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Football_in_Spain   (723 words)

  
 Spain national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Spain national football team, commonly referred to as la selección, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol.
The Spanish team were touted as heavy favorites for the 2004 crown by the European media.
Spain made their international debut in 1920 at the Olympic Games in Belgium and came away with the silver medal.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spain_national_football_team   (506 words)

  
 Spain - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Spain
Spain's Supreme Court in July 1998 sentenced a former Socialist interior minister, his deputy and a former civil governor to 10 years each in jail for their involvement in a ‘dirty war’ against the Basque guerrilla group ETA in the 1980s.
It was not a member of the United Nations, and in December 1946 the UN recommended the withdrawal of all embassies from Spain, a decision complied with by most nations.
Spain was economically still very weak, as World War II had inhibited its own reconstruction programme in the wake of the Civil War.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Spain   (3116 words)

  
 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)

  
 Spain World Cup 2006 team Profile from Football.co.uk
The Spain national team photo and badge are located at the top of this screen for you to get to know the players faces.
This will be the 8th consecutive time Spain have made it to the finals of the world cup and like all teams in the finals will be hoping to claim the title in the FIFA World cup 2006, Germany, however in the past Spain have never taken this title.
Since then the team had a few consecutive years of not qualifying and then managed to regain entry in 1962 and 1966 but lucked out in the first round, yet another two years of not qualifying followed.
www.football.co.uk /worldcup/spain.shtml   (363 words)

  
 Spain Football Club News and Results from Football.co.uk
Inaki Saez has resigned from his position as coach of the Spanish national team following their failure to reach the last eight at Euro 2004.
Spain winger Joaquin is hoping to earn a starting spot for the crucial Euro 2004 Group A showdown with hosts Portugal.
Spain Football Club News and Results from Football.co.uk
www.football.co.uk /spain/index.shtml   (226 words)

  
 Who ate all the pride?: Patriotic sentiment and English national football support
Claims to support England at football are treated as problematic and tend to be formulated in conjunction with disclaimers of patriotic character, of 'little England' national-parochialism, and by distinguishing the domain of football from constructs of the English nation as an imagined community of culture, character or political interest.
Otherwise, people distinguished their support of the England team from matters national pride, distinguished their expressions of patriotic sentiment from national football support, or justified not claiming a sense of emotional investment in nation precisely because of its connotations with football support.
Holmes, M. (1994) Symbols of national identity and sport: the case of the Irish football team.
www.institute-of-governance.org /forum/Leverhulme/pubs/whoatepride.html   (7300 words)

  
 US ambassador: No violation of Spanish law - The Spain Herald
Spain's national football team drew against Slovakia Wednesday night, 1-1, in Bratislava, in the second leg of their playoff for a spot in the 2006 World Cup.
Spain saw 33% growth in the revenues of high technology companies between 1997 and 2002, the highest rate of growth in the EU.
Later in the second half Spain scored on a fast break, with a nice pass from Vicente to Morientes, and then a perfect center from the man who should be Spain's starting forward to David Villa, who volleyed it in for 1-1.
www.spainherald.com /2005-11-17news.html   (1174 words)

  
 Spain football shirt
While the Spanish football clubs are performing well in the European competitions, the national football team of Spain are generally considered underachievers in international football.
Spain as the host nation won the European Championship in 1964, while their best performance in the World Cup was in 1950 when they finished fourth.
Spain football shirts can be purchased from Soccerbox's
www.shirtcorner.co.uk /national/spain-shirt.aspx   (59 words)

  
 Italy national football team - Free net encyclopedia
Template:National football team The Italian national football team is the national football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC - Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio).
They were the favourites to win and were arguably the best team in the competition, but inexplicably lost the semi-final 4–3 on penalties to Argentina after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time; later, they defeated England 2–1 in the third place play-off, thus conceding only two goals in the whole tournament.
The traditional jersey colour of the national team (as well as of all Italian teams and athletes, but in motor sports) is sky blue (azzurro, in Italian), and therefore national team members are nicknamed Azzurri.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Italy_national_football_team   (574 words)

  
 Walter Alfred Bahr - Class of 1976
He is known, not only in the U.S., but around the world as one of the greatest and most respected soccer players ever to wear the shirt of the U.S. national team and has often served as an ambassador for his country.
In April of 1952 he was a member of the U.S. national team that played against Scotland at Glasgow's famed Hampden Park before 107,765 fans.
Later Chris and Matt kicked field goals for a number of teams in the National Football League.
www.soccerhall.org /famers/walter_bahr.htm   (837 words)

  
 TeamMelli Website
The Iranian soccer team is preparing for the 2006 soccer World Cup in Germany, in the Bernese Oberland from May 8 through May 18, 2006.
Team Melli Iran to play against Costa Rica on 1st March 2006, designated as FIFA day as part of the preparation for the World Cup 2006.
Team Melli defeats Costa Rica 3-2 in a friendly on March 1st 2006.
www.teammelli.com   (388 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)

  
 BBC SPORT Football World Cup 2006 Teams Spain Spain team guide
Captain: Real Madrid striker Raul is Spain's most capped outfield player, all-time leading scorer and the team's talisman and his goal-scoring return from a cruciate knee ligament injury has been welcomed.
Local view: "I'm not very confident about the national team.
Spain remain unbeaten in 18 games since his July 2004 appointment.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/team_guides/4445494.stm   (558 words)

  
 BBC NEWS Europe Afghan football fugitives caught
Four members of the Afghan national football team have still to be found four days after failing to show up for a match in the Italian city of Verona.
Football was banned in Afghanistan after the Taleban regime came to power in 1996.
Proceeds from the team's visit were due to go towards construction of medical centres in the Afghan capital Kabul.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3630719.stm   (379 words)

  
 Soccer Shirts - Spain
The Spain national football team is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol).
Spain has greatly underachived in the World Cup, never advancing beyond the quarterfinals (they did make the final group stage in 1950), although often being touted as pre-tournament favorites.
The traditional shirt color of the national team is red.
www.soccershirts.longballgame.com /spain_soccer_shirt.htm   (118 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Football News Henry vents anger over Madrid as Blatter backs players' walk-off
Blatter refused to speculate on the sanction but said a recommendation is planned to advise teams what to do in the face of racism and hinted he might tell them to walk off.
Responding to fears that fans might force a match to be stopped if their team was losing, he insisted that Fifa would "never accept you can just abandon a game" with racist behaviour.
Fifa is due to discipline the Spanish football federation.
football.guardian.co.uk /News_Story/0,1563,1356629,00.html   (691 words)

  
 Hispanic & Spanish Famous People : Jose Antonio Camacho
Spain secured a spot at the European Championships in Paris in 2000, where Spain started off as one of the favourites (Spain reached the quarter finals, but was eliminated after a 2-1 defeat against France).
Following his retirement as a player in 1989, Camacho was part of the Real Madrid coaching team.
He later went on to coach three more Spanish teams, two of which-Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol-he took into the First Division.
www.donquijote.org /culture/spain/people/camacho.asp   (292 words)

  
 England National Football Team Unofficial Blog
The Football Association has been reassured it will retain control of the England team after an independent review of the organisation is complete.
With the Saints youth team, he has played a big part in the side reaching the FA Youth Cup Final and with England scored in both the European Championship qualifiers in which he played.
GAMBLOG UK - WE ARE ENGLAND- England National Football Team
www.gamblog.co.uk /2005_04_01_england_archive.htm   (2708 words)

  
 News from Spain: Spain's football coach fined for racist comments
Yesterday the Competition Committee of the Spanish Football Federation decided to fine Luis Aragones, trainer of Spain's national football team, 3000 euros for the racist comments he made about Tierry Henry in the lead up to the last match between Spain and England.
It is however a big blow for the various groups that are emerging in Spain and at last starting to speak out against the growing racism on Spanish football terraces.
Spain EU referendum, yes wins but low turnout.
www.euroresidentes.com /Blogs/2005/03/spains-football-coach-fined-for-racist.htm   (290 words)

  
 TeamOranje.info - A Tribute to Dutch Football
Spain and England is! The Oranje is ranked 3rd in the FIFA ranking most of the year!
This showed how meaningless these ranking is! Anyway, I feel sorry for some of these seeded teams, because one of them will have the Oranje in their group!
I don't think we have much to complain about, especially the top two teams will advance to the finals.
members.tripod.com /LauD   (387 words)

  
 spainnationalfootballteam.com
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wiki.jumis.com /Spain_national_football_team   (41 words)

  
 National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
Dan Pastorini, Pro Bowl Quarterback and accomplished race driver on land and water, played in the National Football League for 12 seasons for the Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, and Philadelphia Eagles, leading the Oilers to consecutive AFC Championship Game appearances in 1978-79.
Mike Piazza, hard-hitting catcher for the New York Mets, was drafted in the 62nd round of the 1988 amateur draft before dazzling players and fans alike on his way to winning the National League Rookie of the Year award with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1993.
John Conti, prominent alumnus and former football star at the University of Detroit, was inducted into the University's Hall of Fame in 1984.
www.niashf.org /index.cfm?ContentID=71   (610 words)

  
 Netherlands national football team: Encyclopedia topic
They came out of it in the 1970s (1970s: The decade from 1970 to 1979) with the invention of Total Football (Total Football: in football (soccer), total football is a system where a player who moves out of his...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/netherlands_national_football_team   (902 words)

  
 Korean K. League & National Team Soccer Football News
Follow news of the Korean national team as they adapt to life after Guus Hiddink.
League Season 2004 Preview - A full round-up of all the teams, players and predictions for the 2004 season.
Twenty-eight teams from fourteen different countries will be doing their utmost to win the competition that was formerly known as the Asian Club Championship.
www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/news/korean-soccer   (1371 words)

  
 Spain - National Football Team Profile World Cup Latest Football News
Spain’s Furia Roja, led by coach Luis Aragonés, have a hugely talented team that will hope to provide Spain with the springboard to be able to progress into at least the quarter-finals of the World Cup Finals, and to finally provide a desperately unsuccessful national team with some tournament glory.
Spain’s biggest weakness is themselves and the pressure from both press and fans alike on the team every time any tournament comes around.
Spain’s all-time leading scorer and caps leader did not lead the team, however, in qualifying.
www.worldcuplatest.com /spain-national-football-team-profile.html   (1113 words)

  
 England national football team -
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.
For the first 50 years of its existence, the England team played its home matches at different venues all around the country; for the first few years it used cricket grounds, before later moving on to football clubs' stadiums.
Because the IOC does not accept regional representative teams, England, like the other three, do not compete in Olympic football.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/England_national_football_team   (2817 words)

  
 Wales national football team: Encyclopedia topic
They have never qualified for the European Championship (European Championship: the uefa european championship is the main national football competition of the uefa...
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/wales_national_football_team   (536 words)

  
 Adidas Resources & Information - adidas socks
He is also the president of the Olympique de Marseille football team, to which Tapie is closely linked.
In 1998, adidas sued the NCAA over their rules limiting the size and number of commercial logos on team uniforms and apparel.
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www.bizhisto.com /adidas.htm   (1919 words)

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