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2016 In South Korean Football
This article shows a summary of the 2016 football season in South Korea. National teams FIFA World Cup qualification AFC U-23 Championship Summer Olympics Friendlies Senior team Under-23 team Leagues K League Classic K League Challenge Regular season Promotion playoffs Gangwon FC was promoted to the K League Classic, while Seongnam FC was relegated to the K League Challenge. Korea National League Regular season Championship playoffs Hyundai Mipo Dockyard advanced to the final after drawing the semi-final due to a higher ranking in the regular season. K3 League Regular season Relegation playoffs Championship playoffs When the first round and semi-final matches were finished as draws, their winners were decided on the regular season rankings without extra time and the penalty shoot-out. WK League Regular season Championship playoffs Domestic cups Korean F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 K League Classic
The 2016 K League Classic was the 34th season of the top division of South Korean professional football since its establishment in 1983, and the fourth season of the K League Classic. Teams General information Stadiums Managerial changes Foreign players Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to four per team, including a slot for a player from AFC countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game including a least one player from the AFC confederation. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. League table Positions by matchday Round 1–33 Round 34–38 Results Matches 1–22 Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away. Matches 23–33 Teams play every other team once (either at home or away). Matches 34–38 After 33 matches, the league splits into two sections of six teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (eith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansan Wa~ Stadium
Ansan Wa~ Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It's currently served as home stadium for Ansan Greeners FC. The stadium was opened in 2007 and has a capacity of 35,000 people. It is used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and sport of athletics, athletics. It is located next to Gojan Station on Seoul Subway Line 4. Also, there are some restaurants at the 1st floor. While under construction it was known as "Ansan Stadium". After the public subscription during the construction, the formal name "Ansan Wa~ Stadium" was selected. "Wa" means harmonious cheering and the wave notation (~) represents the extension of that sound. 2013 Asian Five Nations, 2013 HSBC Asian Five Nations rugby union game was held in the stadium. References External links Ansan Wa~ Stadium Worldstadiums profileSoccerway profile Danwon District Football venues in South Korea Rugby union stadiums in South Korea Multi-purpose stadiums in South Korea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Arab Emirates Football Association
The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAE FA; ) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates. Association staff President The following is a list of selected presidents of the United Arab Emirates Football Association including pre-UAEFA era. Activity At the level of developing the national cadres, the FA chose 2010 as the Year of the National Coach and signed various agreements with some national associations in the game for development and training including Germany, Spain, Czech, Italy and Egypt. The national coaches took over the youth and junior national teams and they were provided with financial support. At the organizational level, the FA hosted the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and other friendly and official championships and supported the women football and launched the Futsal in collaboration with sports council within the country. The next step is to or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (; born 2 December 1978) is an Emirati football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2010. He was one of the referees of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. In June 2022, he officiated the CONCACAF–OFC Intercontinental playoff match between Costa Rica and New Zealand for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He was called up to be one of the referees at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup The 2023 AFC Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involved 24 national teams after its expansion in 20 .... References 1978 births Living people Emirati football referees 2018 FIFA World Cup referees 2022 FIFA World Cup referees 2023 AFC Asian Cup referees {{UnitedArabEmirates-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities by GDP, sixth largest metropolitan economy in 2022, trailing behind New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Tokyo Area, Tokyo, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Paris metropolitan area, Paris, and London metropolitan area, London, and hosts more than half of South Korea's population. Although Seoul's population peaked at over 10 million, it has gradually decreased since 2014, standing at about 9.6 million residents as of 2024. Seoul is the seat of the Government of South Korea, South Korean government. Seoul's history traces back to 18 BC when it was founded by the people of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. During the Joseon dynasty, Seoul was officially designated as the capital, surrounded by the Fortress Wall of Seoul. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul World Cup Stadium
The Seoul World Cup Stadium (), the Sangam Stadium, is a stadium used mostly for association football matches. The venue is located in 240, World Cup-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and opened on November 10, 2001. It is currently the second largest stadium in South Korea after Seoul Olympic Stadium, and is the 2nd largest rectangular stadium in Asia. It was designed to represent the image of a traditional Korean kite. The stadium has a capacity of 66,704 seats, including 816 seats for VIP, 754 seats for press and 75 private Sky Box rooms, each with a capacity for 12 to 29 persons. Due to table seats installation, capacity was reduced from 66,806 seats to 66,704 seats in February 2014. Since the World Cup it has been managed by the Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation (SMFMC). FC Seoul moved to the Seoul World Cup Stadium in 2004. Design The Seoul World Cup Stadium, the 2nd largest football-specific stadium in As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hao Junmin
Hao Junmin (; born 24 March 1987) is a Chinese football manager and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Hao Junmin started his football career with Tianjin Teda when he made his debut for the club on 15 September 2004 in a 2–0 win against Liaoning Zhongyu. This was then followed by his first goal for the club on 28 November 2004 in a 5–1 win against Liaoning Zhongyu. He would establish himself as a regular for the club and aided them to a fourth-place finish in the 2005 season. This saw not only his importance towards the team but the following seasons would see him personally rise towards predominance when he would win the Chinese Football Association Young Player of the Year award in both 2006 and 2007. His talent would then start to shine when he aided Tianjin to finish high enough for them to qualify for the club's first ever AFC Champions League campaign during the 2008 season. On 22 January 2010, Hao left Tianjin Teda to sign wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Hai
Yu Hai (; ; born 4 June 1987) is a Chinese former professional footballer. Club career Shaanxi Chanba Yu Hai started his football career with Shaanxi Chanba in the 2004 season and he made his debut for the club on 16 May 2004 in a 2–2 draw against Qingdao Etsong. Despite predominantly playing as a substitute throughout the season, he played a significant part in Shaanxi's third-place finish at the end of the season. By the following 2005 season, he established as a player with rising potential within the team and was starting in considerably more games within the team. Vitesse Before the start of the 2006–07 season, Yu transferred to Eredivisie side, Vitesse where he would make his debut for the club on 18 March 2007 in a 2–0 loss against FC Utrecht. His time at Vitesse proved unsuccessful as he was unable to establish himself within the team. He was released from Vitesse after the 2008 Summer Olympics due to cruciate ligament damage which he suffered in July 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koo Ja-cheol
Koo Ja-cheol (; or ; born 27 February 1989) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Koo is one of the three most successful South Korean players with careers in the German Bundesliga, alongside Cha Bum-kun and Son Heung-min. He played for VfL Wolfsburg, FC Augsburg and Mainz 05 with 211 Bundesliga appearances. He also captained the South Korea national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and won a bronze medal in the Summer Olympics. Early life Koo started football at age ten when a nearby elementary school opened its football club. During his early youth career, he mostly played as a defender, often taking sweeper role. However, he wasn't particularly outstanding and the fact he suffered from anemia also hindered him from gaining attention. In 2006, as a member of Boin High School, Koo participated in the Baekrok High School Football Competition that is annually held in Jeju Island. Leading Boin High School to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Chung-yong
Lee Chung-yong (; ; born 2 July 1988) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Ulsan HD and is a South Korean international. He is nicknamed "Blue Dragon", which is a literal translation of his given name "Chung-yong". He joined FC Seoul, his first club in the 2004 season. Ever since his early debut at the age of 18 for the South Korean side FC Seoul in the 2006 season of K League, Lee has gathered much attention from domestic football fans of South Korea in general, particularly because in South Korean football, where new players mostly make their entrance into professional clubs through a draft system, dropping out of middle school to sign a contract with a top division football club was a very rare case. In January 2009, ''The Times'' named Lee as one of the top 50 rising stars in football. Early life Lee Chung-yong's football career started at the age of 11. Although considered to have started too late by some, his enormous talent was evide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zheng Zhi
Zheng Zhi (; born 20 August 1980) is a Chinese people, Chinese professional Manager (association football), football manager and former player. He is the currently assistant coach of China national football team, China. As a player, Zheng played most of his career for Chinese Super League club Guangzhou F.C., Guangzhou, becoming their captain and serving also as their caretaker manager in two stints. After starting his career as a Defender (association football), defender, Zheng was later moved into a Midfielder#Central midfielder, central midfield role by then head coach Zhu Guanghu at Shenzhen F.C., Shenzhen Jianlibao and experienced immediate success there by winning the 2004 league title with the club. A move to Shandong Taishan F.C., Shandong Luneng Taishan saw a prolific goal scoring period in his career and he soon became the captain of the China national football team, Chinese national team, which then led to moves to Charlton Athletic F.C., Charlton Athletic and Celt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification – AFC Third Round
The third round of AFC matches for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification was played from 1 September 2016 to 5 September 2017. Format A total of twelve teams which advanced from the second round (the eight group winners and the four best group runners-up) were divided into two groups of six teams to play home-and-away round-robin matches. The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the two third-placed teams advanced to the fourth round. Qualified teams Seeding The draw for the third round was held on 12 April 2016, at 16:30 MST (UTC+8), at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The seeding were based on the FIFA World Rankings of April 2016 (shown in parentheses below). The twelve teams were seeded into six pots: *Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–2. *Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 3–4. *Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 5–6. *Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 7–8. *Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 9–10. *Pot 6 cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
