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Avdija Vršajević
Avdija Vršajević (born 6 March 1986) is a retired Bosnian professional footballer who played as a right back. Club career Vršajević's first professional club was NK TOŠK Tešanj. Here he spent the 2003–04 season before moving to Željezničar. He spent only one season at Željezničar before Čelik Zenica acquired his services. He remained at Čelik for two seasons, often in and out of the first team. From Čelik, Avdija moved to Czech side AC Sparta Prague but never made an appearance for them, spending loan spells initially at SK Kladno and then at 1. FC Tatran Prešov. Tatran made his loan move permanent in 2009 and he spent the following two seasons there, making 60 appearances and scoring three goals. He was played as either a right back or a right winger at Tatran. Avdija moved back to Čelik in 2011, spending one season at the club where he made a further 21 appearances. As he only signed a one-year contract at Čelik and chose not to renew it when the season e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina National Football Team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (; ; ) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in men's international Association football, football competitions, and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992 Bosnian independence referendum, 1992, Bosnians, Bosnian footballers played for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G, qualifying group. They were eliminated after narrow 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F, group stage losses to Argentina national football team, Argentina and Nigeria national football team, Nigeria and a win over Iran national football team, Iran. The national team has never taken part in a UEFA European Championship. The team's highest FIFA World Rankings, FIFA World Ranking was 13th, achieved in August 2013. History Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Turkish Super Cup
The 2018 Turkish Super Cup ( Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa) was the 45th edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as ''Presidential Cup'' in 1966, the annual Turkish football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season's top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). It was played on 5 August 2018 between the champions of the 2017–18 Süper Lig, Galatasaray, and the winners of the 2017–18 Turkish Cup, Akhisarspor. Akhisar Belediyespor won the match 5-4 on penalty kicks and won the cup for first time. Match Details References {{Galatasaray S.K. matches 2018 Super Cup Sport in Konya Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ... Galatasaray S.K. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup Group F
Group F of the 2014 FIFA World Cup consisted of Argentina national football team, Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran national football team, Iran and Nigeria national football team, Nigeria. Play began on 15 June and ended on 25 June 2014. The top two teams, Argentina and Nigeria, advanced to the round of 16. Teams ;Notes Standings *Argentina advanced to play Switzerland national football team, Switzerland (runner-up of 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E, Group E) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Argentina vs Switzerland, round of 16. *Nigeria advanced to play France national football team, France (winner of 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E, Group E) in the 2014 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#France vs Nigeria, round of 16. Matches Argentina vs Bosnia and Herzegovina The two teams had met in two previous matches, both in friendlies, most recently in 2013, both won by Argentina. Bosnia and Herzegovina conceded three minutes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvador, Bahia
Salvador () is a Municipalities of Brazil, Brazilian municipality and capital city of the Federative units of Brazil, state of Bahia. Situated in the Zona da Mata in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of Brazil, Salvador is recognized throughout the country and internationally for its #Cuisine, cuisine, #Music, music, and #Pelourinho, architecture. The African influence in many cultural aspects of the city makes it a center of Afro-Brazilian culture. As the Capitals of Brazil, first capital of Colonial Brazil, the city is List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, one of the oldest in the Americas. Its foundation in 1549 by Tomé de Sousa took place on account of the implementation of the List of governors-general of Brazil, General Government of Brazil by the Portuguese Empire. Centralization as a capital, along with Portuguese colonization, were important factors in shaping the profile of the municipality, as were certain geographic characteristics. The construct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Fonte Nova
The Casa de Apostas Arena Fonte Nova, also known as Complexo Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira, is a Association football, football-specific stadium located in Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil with a maximum capacity of 47,915 people. The stadium was built in place of the older Estádio Fonte Nova. Its primary tenant is Esporte Clube Bahia. The stadium was first used for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and the subsequent 2014 FIFA World Cup, including the 5–1 win of The Netherlands over reigning World Champions Spain. The stadium was used as one of the venues for the Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics, football competition of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro. The stadium was also selected to host matches for the 2019 Copa América, 2019 Copa America. It is included in the list of venues bidding to host matches for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup. History Following a collapse of a section of the Estádio Fonte Nova, which killed seven p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibraltar National Football Team
The Gibraltar national football team represents Gibraltar in men's international football competitions, and is controlled by the Gibraltar Football Association. Gibraltar applied for full Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) membership and was accepted by the UEFA Congress in May 2013. It can therefore compete in the UEFA European Championship starting with the 2016 tournament for which the team competed in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D. On 13 May 2016 Gibraltar became a member of FIFA at the governing body's 66th Congress which was held in Mexico City. Gibraltar is the second smallest UEFA member in terms of population (only San Marino has a smaller population) and the smallest in terms of area. Despite not being an island, Gibraltar set up its first official side for the football competition at the 1993 Island Games and has been a regular in the tournament, winning the 2007 edition. History Pre-UEFA Gibraltar's first unofficial national match took place a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA World Cup Qualification
The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification process was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA FIFA#Structure, confederations to decide 31 of the 32 teams which would play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, with Russia national football team, Russia qualifying automatically as hosts. All 210 remaining FIFA member associations were eligible to enter the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualifying process, and for the first time in World Cup history, all eligible national teams registered for the preliminary competition, but Zimbabwe national football team, Zimbabwe and Indonesia national football team, Indonesia were disqualified before playing their first matches. Bhutan national football team, Bhutan, South Sudan national football team, South Sudan, Gibraltar national football team, Gibraltar and Kosovo national football team, Kosovo made their FIFA World Cup qualification debuts, while Myanmar national football team, Myanmar participated after successfully appealing against a ban fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. Website The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information. This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Big 8 (Usenet)#Hierarchies, Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran National Football Team
The Iran national football team (), recognised as IR Iran by FIFA since 2018, represents Iran in men's international senior Association football, football and is governed by the Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI). At the continental level, Iran has won three AFC Asian Cup championships in 1968 AFC Asian Cup, 1968, 1972 AFC Asian Cup, 1972, and 1976 AFC Asian Cup, 1976. They have also won three Football at the Asian Games, Asian Games in Football at the 1974 Asian Games, 1974, Football at the 1990 Asian Games, 1990, and Football at the 1998 Asian Games, 1998. The nation's best performance at the world level was reaching the quarter-finals at the Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976 Summer Olympics. At the FIFA World Cup, Iran have qualified seven times (1978 FIFA World Cup, 1978, 1998 FIFA World Cup, 1998, 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006, 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018, 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 and 2026 FIFA World Cup, 2026) but have never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 FIFA World Cup
The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for list of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2007. It was the second time that Brazil staged the competition, the first being in 1950 FIFA World Cup, 1950, and the fifth time that it was held in South America. 31 national teams advanced through 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification competitions to join the host nation in the final tournament (with Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the only debutant). A total of 64 matches were played in 12 venues located in as many host cities across Brazil. For the first time at a World Cup finals, match officials used goal-line technology, as well as vanishing spray for Direct free kick, free kicks. FIFA Fan Fests in eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Safet Sušić
Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and technical ability, and is strongly reputed to have been one of the finest European players of his generation. Sušić played for Yugoslavia in two FIFA World Cups, 1982 and 1990, and at UEFA Euro 1984. As a manager, he qualified the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Sušić played as an attacking midfielder, often in a role of ''trequartista'' or ''fantasista'' (i.e. a creative playmaker) and rarely as a second striker for Sarajevo, Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star, and internationally for Yugoslavia. Even more later during his career, he was utilized more in a role of a deep-lying playmaker, both for club and national team. In 2010, ''France Football'' voted Sušić as Paris Saint-Germain's best player of all time and the best foreign player of Ligue 1 of all time, with his compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
