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Amber Barrett
Amber Barrett (born 16 January 1996) is an Irish international footballer who plays for Super League club Standard Liège. She made her debut for the Republic of Ireland women's national football team in September 2017. A prolific forward, Barrett was the WNL Player of the Season in 2017 and top goalscorer in 2016, 2017 and 2018 with Peamount United. Club career Barrett's father, Shaun Paul Barrett, has managed numerous clubs and county teams for Donegal GAA, as has her brother, Luke. Another brother, Kane, has also been involved with Milford. In 2017 Barrett, who was in the final year of a teacher training course at Maynooth University, quit Donegal GAA when a bout of glandular fever forced her to choose between Gaelic football and soccer. She was named Women's National League Player of the Season and Top Goalscorer in the 2017 season. In 2018 she lost out on the Player of the Season to Rianna Jarrett but retained her Top Goalscorer award by scoring 30 goals, including s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 oversee international competition among the national associations of Royal Belgian Football Association, Belgium, Danish Football Union, Denmark, Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, France, German Football Association, Germany, the Royal Dutch Football Association, Netherlands, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spain (represented by Real Madrid CF), Swedish Football Association, Sweden, and Swiss Football Association, Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises List of FIFA Member Associations, 211 national associations. These national associations must also be members of one of the six regional confederations: Confederation of African Football, CAF (Africa), Asian Football Confederat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Women's National League (Ireland)
The 2018 Women's National League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Continental Tyres Women's National League, was the eighth season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland. Limerick W.F.C. competed for the first time. Wexford Youths were the winners. Teams Format Teams play each other three times, either twice at home and once away, or once at home and twice away. Each team plays 21 games, either 10 home and 11 away, or 11 home and 10 away. Standings Awards Monthly awards Annual awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:2018 Women's National League (Ireland) Women's National League (Ireland) seasons Ireland Ireland Women A woman is an adult female human. Before adulthood, a female child or adolescent is referred to as a girl. Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional u ... 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovakia Women's National Football Team
The Slovakia women's national football team represents Slovakia in international women's association football. History Czechoslovakia The team debuted as Czechoslovakia in 1968 against Italy and lost 1–2. Later on, Czechoslovakia became a major force in women's football and first took part in the qualifying for the European Championships in 1989. They finished second in their qualifying group and reached the quarter-finals, where they lost in two legs (1–1 home, 0–2 away) against West Germany. Czechoslovakia also took part in qualifying for the European Championships in 1991. They finished one point behind Hungary and went to a play-off. Czechoslovakia's third and final qualifying phase for the European Championships in 1993 ended in a second-place finish behind Italy. Slovakia Slovakia made their debut in a friendly match against the Czech Republic on 21 June 1993. Slovakia lost 0–6. Slovakia made their competitive debut under their own name in the following qualifying, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Women's National Football Team
The Netherlands women's national football team () represents the Netherlands in international Women's association football, women's football, and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA. In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France women's national football team, France. They played at the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship four times and were champions in UEFA Women's Euro 2017, 2017 as hosts. They qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup, World Cup three times, reaching the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, final of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2019 edition of the World Cup, losing 2–0 against the United States women's national soccer team, United States. The result of the 2019 World Cup meant that the Netherlands team qualified for Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament, 2020 Olympics where they lost in the quarter-fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lurgan
Lurgan () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, near the southern shore of Lough Neagh and roughly southwest of Belfast. The town is linked to Belfast by both the M1 motorway (Northern Ireland), M1 motorway and the Belfast–Dublin railway line. Lurgan had a population of 31,136 (38,198 District Area) at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 UK census, and falls within the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council, Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough. For certain purposes, Lurgan is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area", along with neighbouring Craigavon, County Armagh, Craigavon and Portadown. Lurgan is typical of many Plantation of Ulster settlements, with its straight and wide, planned streets, and is the home of a number of historic listed buildings, such as Brownlow House and Lurgan Town Hall. Lurgan Park is the largest urban park in Northern Ireland. Historically, and after the Industrial Revolution, the town of Lurgan was known as a major centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mourneview Park
Mourneview Park is a football stadium in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, and is the home ground of NIFL Premiership club Glenavon. The stadium holds 4,160 and was originally built in 1895. The 2008–09 Irish League Cup, 2010–11 Irish League Cup and 2020-21 Irish Cup finals were held at the stadium. History Between 1992 and 2011, Mourneview Park underwent a number of significant renovations, including the building of three new seated stands. Mourneview Park has been used by the Irish Football Association to host neutral matches in the past. In 2003, the Irish Football Association removed Mourneview Park as a potential semi-final host for the Irish Cup because of rioting between fans of Glentoran and Portadown. Mourneview Park has previously been attacked by arsonists, including in 2005 when a petrol bomb was thrown into a supporters club bar which destroyed it, leading to Glenavon considering closing Mourneview Park because of the continuous damage. In 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Ireland Women's National Football Team
The Northern Ireland women's national football team represents Northern Ireland in international women's football (soccer), women's football. Although most national football teams represent a sovereign state, FIFA statutes permit Northern Ireland as a member of the United Kingdom's Home Nations to maintain its own national side that competes in all major tournaments, with the exception of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament. The team were the lowest UEFA-ranked team (27th) to qualify for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022, European Championships Finals in England in 2022. They are set to participate in the World Cup for the first time in 2035 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2035 as they automatically qualified as co-host along with other three countries in the United Kingdom. In September 2021 it was announced that the senior women's team would be adopting a full-time professional set up ahead of UEFA Women's Euro 2022, Euro 2022. Results and fixtures The following is a list of matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group 3
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA), UEFA Group 3 of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition consisted of five teams: Norway women's national football team, Norway, Netherlands women's national football team, the Netherlands, Republic of Ireland women's national football team, the Republic of Ireland, Slovakia women's national football team, Slovakia, and Northern Ireland women's national football team, Northern Ireland. The composition of the seven groups in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Qualifying group stage, qualifying group stage was decided by the draw held on 25 April 2017, with the teams seeded according to their 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Draw 2, coefficient ranking. The group was played in home-and-away round-robin format between 15 September 2017 and 4 September 2018. The group winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, final tournament, while the runners-up advanced to the 2019 FIFA W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Substitute (association Football)
In association football, a substitute is a player who is brought on to the pitch during a match in exchange for an existing player. Substitutions are generally made to replace a player who has become tired or injured, or who is performing poorly, or for tactical reasons (such as bringing a striker on in place of a defender). A player who has been substituted during a match takes no further part in the game, in games played under the standard International Football Association Board Laws of the Game. Substitutions were officially added to the Laws of the Game in 1958. Prior to this most games were played with no changes permitted at all, with occasional exceptions in cases of extreme injury or players not arriving to matches on time. The number of substitutes has risen over time as well as the number of reserve players allowed to be nominated. It is now common for games to allow a maximum of 5 substitutions; some competitions allow for an additional substitution when playing ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Bell (footballer, Born 1961)
Colin Bell (born 5 August 1961) is an English football manager and former player, who is managing the China U-20 women. He previously coached the South Korea women's national team when he led the team to the 2022 Women's Asian Cup where his team finished runner ups to China. He earned reputation when he won the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League with 1. FFC Frankfurt. Colin is originally from Leicestershire and has 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Playing career Bell began his career at Leicester City, but did not break into the first team and left for Germany aged 20. Bell played for VfL Hamm and 1. FSV Mainz 05, featuring in the 2. Bundesliga for the latter. Coaching career Bell retired to take up coaching in 1989. He managed TuS Koblenz for seven years, before joining the coaching staff of 1. FC Köln in 1996. In 1999, he took on his most high-profile role to date, managing Dynamo Dresden, but was not successful – the team failed to qualify for the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coach (sports)
An athletic coach is a person coaching in sport, involved in the direction, instruction, and training of a sports team or athlete. History The original sense of the word ''Coach'' is that of a horse-drawn carriage, deriving ultimately from the Hungarian city of Kocs where such vehicles were first made. Students at the University of Oxford in the early nineteenth century used the slang word to refer to a private tutor who would drive a less able student through his examinations just like horse driving. Britain took the lead in upgrading the status of sports in the 19th century. For sports to become professionalized, "coacher" had to become established. It gradually professionalized in the Victorian era and the role was well established by 1914. In the First World War, military units sought out the coaches to supervise physical conditioning and develop morale-building teams. Effectiveness John Wooden had a philosophy of coaching that encouraged planning, organization, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Women's Super League
The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League ''Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap''; French: ''Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football''; German: ''Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft'') is the highest women's football league in Belgium. It was created in 2015 after the BeNe League, a joint league for Belgium and the Netherlands, folded after the 2014–15 season. Format In season 2015–16, eight teams participated. They played a double round-robin in the first stage. After that, points were halved and the top four placed and bottom placed teams each played another double round-robin for a total of 20 games. The winner of the championship group qualified for the Champions League. The last placed team of the relegation group was relegated. With only seven teams in 2016–17, the format was changed and the second stage was dropped. Teams played each other four times for a total of 24 matches per team. The tie-breakers for team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
