2008 Copa Libertadores
The 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Grupo Santander, Santander. As such, the competition is officially the 2008 Copa Santander Libertadores de América for sponsorship reasons. The draw took place on December 19, 2007, in Asunción. Ecuadorian club Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito, LDU Quito won the competition for the first time in a final decided on penalties. It is the first time a team from Ecuador has won the competition. LDU Quito earned a berth in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup and 2009 Recopa Sudamericana. Qualified teams Thirty-eight teams qualified for the competition, with twenty-six teams directly qualifying to the Second Stage and twelve entering in the First Stage. Seven countries sent their Apertura champions and Clausura champions for their first two berths. The remaining berth, or be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liga Deportiva Universitaria De Quito
Liga Deportiva Universitaria () is an Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league. They play their home games at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado, more commonly referred to as ''Casa Blanca''. Rival clubs include Quito-based clubs El Nacional, Deportivo Quito, Aucas and Universidad Católica. Liga Deportiva Universitaria has its roots in the semi-pro sports teams in 1918 competing as "Universitario" at the Central University of Ecuador, and was officially founded on 11 January 1930. They began making an impact in the provincial leagues, winning nine Pichincha titles (six in the professional era). Their provincial success continued into the national league, where they have won 13 national title (4th overall) having won their most recent title in 2024. They are the most successful Ecuadorian club in international competitions, where they were the first Ecuadorian club to win th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 Club Atlético Boca Juniors season, 1913, List of unrelegated association football clubs, has always played in the Argentine Primera División. The team has won 74 official titles, the most by any Argentine club. National titles won by Boca Juniors include 35 Argentine Primera División, Primera División championships,Campeones de la Primera División on AFA website and 17 List of Argentine football national cups, domestic cups. Boca Juniors also owns an honorary title awarded by the Argentine Football Association for their successful 1925 Boca Junior ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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São Paulo FC
São Paulo Futebol Clube () is a professional Association football, football club in the Morumbi, São Paulo, Morumbi district of São Paulo, Brazil. It plays in Campeonato Paulista, São Paulo (state), São Paulo's premier State football leagues in Brazil, state league and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of Brazilian football. Despite being primarily a football club, São Paulo competes in a List of São Paulo FC records and statistics, wide variety of sports. Its home ground is the multipurpose 72,039-seater Estádio do Morumbi, MorumBIS Stadium, the biggest private-owned field in Brazil. São Paulo is part of the G-12 (Brazilian football), Big Twelve of brazilian football, South America’s biggest worldwide champion — with three world titles, along Boca Juniors, Peñarol, and Club Nacional de Futbol, Nacional — and one of the only two clubs that have List of unrelegated association football clubs, never been relegated from Brazil's top division, the other b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brazilian Football Confederation
The Brazilian Football Confederation (, CBF) is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as , and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979. The CBF has its headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. The confederation owns a training center, named Granja Comary, located in Teresópolis. It was announced on 29 September 2007, that the CBF would launch a women's league and cup competition in October 2007 following pressure from FIFA president Sepp Blatter during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China. The confederation reported a budget of $265.6 million ( R$1.5 billion) for 2024, and a projection of $398.4 million (R$2.25 billion) for 2025. Association staff References External links Official website CBFat YouTube CBFat X CBFat Facebook CBFat Instagram CBFat Flickr Other Brazilat FIFA site {{Authority ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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La Paz F
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Club San José
Club Deportivo San José is a football club from Oruro, Bolivia, which competed in the Bolivian Primera División until its 2021 season. Founded in 1942, they have won the Bolivian league four times: in 1955, 1995, 2007, and 2018. Their colours are white and blue, and they play at the Estadio Jesús Bermúdez (capacity 35,000). History The club was founded on 19 March 1942 as Liga Deportiva San José. The club won its first title in 1949 by winning the Oruro regional championship. The club added three more regional titles in the 1950s, until joining the Bolivian national championship for the 1954 season. In the club's debut season, San Jose finished 6th out of 9 teams. The following season, with the league expanding from 9 to 11 teams, the club won the league title, with 13 wins , 3 draws, and 4 losses. In the the club was involved in a relegation playoff, but won 10-2 on aggregate to maintain its permanence in the top tier of Bolivian football. In the 1999 seas ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2007 Liga De Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Season
The 2007 season of Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano was the 50th season of top-tier football in Bolivia. The 2007 annual season had the 35th (Apertura 2007) and the 36th (Clausura 2007) tournament of LFPB's history. The ''Apertura'' tournament started on March 6 and finished on June 13. The ''Clausura'' tournament was played between August and December. Bolívar and Wilstermann will be defending the championships obtained in the 2006 season. Teams and venues CONMEBOL qualification Relegation At the end of the year the team with the lowest point average (points / games played) from the past annual season (2006) and the current one (2007) is relegated to its respective regional tournament. The team with the 2nd lowest point average faces a playoff against the 2nd placed team in the Copa Simón Bolívar. Torneo Apertura Twelve clubs play in double round-robin format (home and away), a total of 22 games each. A club receives 3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Club Bamin Real Potosí
Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises * Club (cigarette), a Scottish brand of cigarettes * Club (German cigarette), a German brand of cigarettes * Club Med, a holiday company Food * Club (soft drink) * Club Crackers * Club sandwich * Club (biscuit), a brand of biscuits manufactured by Jacob's (Ireland) and McVitie's (UK) Objects * Club (weapon), a blunt weapon * Golf club * Indian club, an exercise device * Juggling club * Throwing club, an item of sport equipment used in the club throw * Throwing club, an alternative name for a throwing stick Organizations * Club (organization), a type of association * Book discussion club, also called a book club or reading circle * Book sales club, a marketing mechanism * Cabaret club * Gentlemen's club (traditional) * Health club or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bolivian Football Federation
The Bolivian Football Federation (, ; FBF) is the governing body of football in Bolivia. It was founded in 1925, making it the eighth oldest South American federation. It affiliated to CONMEBOL and FIFA in 1926 and is in charge of Bolivia national football team. The FBF is the federation of two entities: * Bolivian Primera División (Bolivian Professional Football League): comprises the 12 professional football teams in the first division. * Asociación de Fútbol Nacional (ANF) (National Football Association): 9 departmental football associations, one from each of Bolivia's nine departments. César Salinas from 2018 until his death in 2020 was the president of the federation. Association staff List of presidents References External links Boliviaat FIFA website Bolivian FA site Bolivia Football in Bolivia Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (spo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Club Atlético Lanús
Club Atlético Lanús () is an Argentina, Argentine sports club based in Lanús, a city of the Buenos Aires Province. Founded in 1915, the club's main sports are association football, football and basketball. In both sports, Lanús plays in Argentina's top divisions: Argentine Primera División, Primera División (football) and Liga Nacional de Básquet (basketball). Domestic football major titles won by the club include two Argentine Primera División, Primera División championships, the 2016 Copa Bicentenario, Copa Bicentenario and one Supercopa Argentina. At international level, Lanús has won one Copa CONMEBOL, and one Copa Sudamericana. The so-called "Southern Classic" ("Clásico del Sur"), considered a modern classic in Argentine football, is contested against Club Atlético Banfield, ''Banfield'', and thanks to the good results of both in recent years it is also considered one of the most attractive clásicos of Primera División. Apart from football, Lanús hosts many o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Arsenal De Sarandí
Arsenal Fútbol Club (), usually referred as Arsenal de Sarandí , or simply Arsenal, is an Argentine sports club from the Sarandí district of Avellaneda Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The football team currently plays in Primera Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. The squad plays its home games at the Estadio Julio H. Grondona, named after one of the founders, which has a capacity of 18,500. It opened in 1964 but was not used in the First Division until 2004. The club's colours are red and light blue, in honour of the traditional teams of Avellaneda ( Independiente and Racing). Arsenal won its first Primera División championship in 2012. Until then, club's major title had been the Copa Sudamericana win in 2007. Apart from football, the club hosts other sports such as field hockey, futsal, and handball. History The beginning The club was founded in January 1957 by brothers Héctor and Julio Humberto Grondona, inspired by the English cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Club Atlético River Plate
Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine professional sports club based in the Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Founded in 1901, the club is named after the English name for the city's estuary, Río de la Plata. River's home stadium, Estadio Monumental (Buenos Aires), Monumental, is the largest in South America. River had the highest average home attendance of any association football club in the world in 2023 with 84,567. With more than 350,000 members at the end of 2023, River is one of the List of sports clubs by membership, largest sports clubs by membership. River Plate is also considered one of the ''Big Five (Argentine football), Big Five'' of Football in Argentina, Argentine football, along with Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente, San Lorenzo de Almagro, San Lorenzo, Boca Juniors, and Racing Club de Avellaneda, Racing Club. Although a Multi-sports club, multi-sport club, River Plate is best known for its professional association f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |