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2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualification
The 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-20 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup. It was held as under-20 tournament for the first time after rebranding by AFC. Format changes The AFC Executive Committee had approved several strategic recommendations put forward by the AFC Competitions Committee. One of which was the removal of zoning principles in the AFC's youth competitions. Draw Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 44 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Uzbekistan decided to participate in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament. However. their matches will not be taken into account when calculating the group ranking and best second-placed teams among the groups. The draw was held on 24 May 2022. The 44 teams were allocated to 4 groups of five teams and 6 groups of four teams, with teams seeded according t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kanta Chiba
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Fujieda MYFC on loan form Shimizu S-Pulse. Career Shimizu S-Pulse Chiba was promoted to the first team in 2021. On 30 December 2023, his contract was renwed. Chiba made his league debut for Shimizu against Oita Trinita on 16 March 2024. First loan at FC Imabari Chiba made his debut for Imabari against Matsumoto Yamaga on 29 May 2022. He scored his first goal for the club on 12 June 2022, scoring in the 8th minute. Loan to Tokushima Chiba made his debut for Tokushima against Ventforet Kofu on 25 February 2023. He scored his first goal for the club in the Emperor's Cup against Iwaki on 7 June 2023, scoring in the 115th minute. Second spell at FC Imabari On 19 July 2023, Chiba joined Imabari on loan. In his second spell for Imabari, he made his debut on 22 July 2023. He scored his first goals against Tegevajaro Miyazaki on 29 July 2023, scoring in the 3rd and 4th minute. Loan to Fujieda MYFC On 3 July 2023, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rian Islamov
RIA Novosti (), sometimes referred to as RIAN () or RIA (), is a Russian state-owned domestic news agency. On 9 December 2013, by a decree of Vladimir Putin, it was liquidated and its assets and workforce were transferred to the newly created Rossiya Segodnya agency. On 8 April 2014, RIA Novosti was registered as part of the new agency. RIA Novosti is headquartered in Moscow. The chief editor is Anna Gavrilova. Content RIA Novosti was scheduled to be closed down in 2014; starting in March 2014, staff were informed that they had the option of transferring their contracts to Rossiya Segodnya or sign a redundancy contract. On 10 November 2014, Rossiya Segodnya launched the Sputnik multimedia platform as the international replacement of RIA Novosti and Voice of Russia. Within Russia itself, however, Rossiya Segodnya continues to operate its Russian language news service under the name RIA Novosti with itria.ruwebsite. The agency published news and analyses of social-political, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meshari Al-Nemer
Meshari Al-Nemer (; born 5 August 2003) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Damac, on loan from Al Nassr. Club career Al-Nemer began his career at the youth team of Al-Nassr. On 8 August 2021, he signed his first professional contract with the club. He made his debut on 27 June 2022 in the 2–1 win over Al-Fateh, replacing Vincent Aboubakar. On 2 September 2024, Al-Nemer joined Damac on a one-year loan. International career Saudi Arabia U20 Meshari was part of the Saudi Arabia U20 in the Arab Cup in 2021, which was held in Egypt. On 24 June 2021 in the group stage match against Yemen, Al-Nemer scored the second goal in a 2–1 win. On 27 June 2021 in the final group stage match against Tunisia, Al-Nemer scored Saudi Arabia's only goal in a 2–1 defeat. In the quarter-finals match against Senegal, Al-Nemer saw his penalty saved in the penalty shoot-outs. Despite this, the Green Falcons qualified to the semi-f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abdullah Radif
Abdullah Hadi Radif (; born 20 January 2003) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq, on loan from Al-Hilal, and the Saudi Arabia national team. Career Radif began his career at the youth team of Al-Hilal. He signed his first professional contract on 27 January 2021. He made his debut for Al-Hilal on 30 September 2021 in a 1–1 draw against Al-Hazem. On 31 August 2022, Radif joined Al-Taawoun on a one-year loan. He made his debut for Al-Taawoun as well as score his first goal in a 2–0 league win against Al-Wehda. He ended his loan spell at Al-Taawoun making 16 appearances in all competitions and scoring twice. On 6 September 2023, Radif joined Al-Shabab on a one-year loan. On 2 September 2024, Radif joined Al-Ettifaq on a one-year loan. Career statistics Club International Honours Al-Hilal * Saudi Pro League: 2021–22 * Saudi Super Cup: 2021 * AFC Champions League: 2021 Saudi Arabia U20 * Arab Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Iraq Football Association
The Iraq Football Association (IFA) () is the governing body of football in Iraq, controlling the Iraq national football team, Iraqi national team and the Iraqi football league system. The Iraqi Football Association was founded in 1948 and has been a member of FIFA since 1950, the Asian Football Confederation since 1970, and the Sub-confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2001. Iraq is also part of the Union of Arab Football Associations (founded in 1974) and the Arab Gulf Cup Football Federation (founded in 2016). The Iraqi team is commonly known as ''Usood Al-Rafidain'' (), which literally means ''Lions of Mesopotamia''. History The Iraq Football Association (Ittihad Al-Iraqi Le-Korat Al-Kadem) was formed on October 8, 1948, and was the third sports union to be founded in Iraq after the Track and Field Athletics and the Basketball Federations. The two unions took part at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948 Olympic Games in London, held from July 29 to August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Korea Football Association
The Korea Football Association () is the governing body of football and futsal within South Korea. It sanctions professional, semi-professional and amateur football in South Korea. Founded in 1933, the governing body became affiliated with FIFA twenty years later in 1948, and the Asian Football Confederation in 1954. History In 1921, the first All Joseon Football Tournament was held, and in 1933, the Korea Football Association was organized (following the foundation of Joseon Referees' Association in 1928), which created a foundation to disseminate and develop the sport. Park Seung-bin was the first president of the KFA, charged with the task of promoting and spreading organised football in Korea. The Korea Football Association was reinstated in 1948, following the establishment of the Republic of Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kim Jong-hyeok
Kim Jong-hyeok (born 31 March 1983) is a South Korean football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA. Kim became a FIFA referee in 2009. He also refereed in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the opening-round match between Mongolia and Myanmar.FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ..."Match Report - Mongolia - Myanmar 1:0 (0:0)" 29 June 2011. Retrieved on 24 April 2013. References 1983 births Living people South Korean football referees 2023 AFC Asian Cup referees {{SouthKorea-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abdulla Adil
Abdullah may refer to: * Abdulla, another form of the name Abdullah * Arkin Abdulla, Uyhghur musician * Abdul Samad Abdulla, Maldivian politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs * Shakhawan Abdulla, Iraqi politician * ''Abdulla'' (1960 film), an Indian Hindi-language film See also * Abdullah (other) Abdullah may refer to: * Abdullah (name), a list of people with the given name or surname * Abdullah, Kargı, Turkey, a village * ''Abdullah'' (film), a 1980 Bollywood film directed by Sanjay Khan * '' Abdullah: The Final Witness'', a 2015 Pakis ... {{disambiguation Surnames of Maldivian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Afrden Asqer
Afrden Asqer (; born 15 September 2003) is a Chinese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai, on loan from Shanghai Port. Club career Early career Born in Kashgar, Xinjiang, trained in Xi'an, Shaanxi, Afrden played for Shaanxi Laochenggen until 2017, when he moved to Japan to sign for Shimizu S-Pulse. While in Japan, he also played for Kashima Antlers. In 2018, he returned to China to join the youth ranks of Guangzhou FC. Afrden went on to represent the China under-19 and under-20 teams in the China League Two in 2020 and 2021. 2021 season While also representing the China under-20 select in League Two, Afrden also played for Suzhou Dongwu in League One, again on loan from Guangzhou. In March 2023, Afrden signed for Allsvenskan club Mjällby AIF on loan for the 2023 season with the option to make the move permanent. Shanghai Port On 6 January 2025, Guangzhou FC failed to acquire the entry permission into the 2025 leagu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oman Football Association
The Oman Football Association () is the governing body of football in Oman. It was founded in 1978, and has been a member of the Asian Football Confederation and of FIFA since 1980. History The first football club of the Sultanate (documented as such) was the Maqboul Club, founded in 1942, known today as the Oman Club. In the 1970s, Qaboos bin Said al Said favored the development of sports events and associations, which led in 1978 to the creation of the Omani Football Association with Sayyid / Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Minister of National Heritage and Culture and in 2020, the successor to Qaboos as Sultan) as its first president. In its first year of operations, the Association became a member of the Union of Arab Football Associations and of FIFA, and joined the Asian Football Federation in 1980. In November 2017, the OFA was chosen to organize the FIFA Executive Football Summit scheduled for February 2018. Association staff Description Oman has a total of 45 clubs div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |