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Caio Lucas
Caio Lucas Fernandes (born 19 April 1994), known as Caio Lucas or just Caio , is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for UAE Pro League club Sharjah. Born in Brazil, he represents the United Arab Emirates at international level. Club career Born in Araçatuba, São Paulo, Caio Lucas started playing football in 2002, aged 8, at local clubs SMER Bosque Araçatuba and América-SP. He then played for São Paulo's youth teams from 2005 to 2009 but could not become professional, so he left the club and unsuccessfully tried to join rivals Santos and Palmeiras before returning to América. In 2011, when he was prepared to give up on football, he was discovered by a Japanese university that was playing in Birigui, Brazil. Almost aged 17, he moved to Japan that year to enroll in Chiba Kokusai High School in Kimitsu, where he played for three years. After his graduation, Caio Lucas joined the J1 League club, the Kashima Antlers in 2014. In his first professional season, und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araçatuba
Araçatuba is a city located in the northwest of São Paulo state, Brazil. The city has 198,129 inhabitants (IBGE/2020) and spans . The city name comes from the Tupi language and means "abundance of araçá" (a fruit, Psidium cattleianum). Araçatuba is located from São Paulo. Its origins date back to the coffee boom and, at the turn of the century, its economy was characterized by the growth of sugarcane plantations. This scenario also includes livestock farming, an activity that made it known in the country as the Capital of Fat Cattle due to the negotiations of the arroba of cattle held in Praça Rui Barbosa, in addition to the inclusion of other animal breeding activities such as sheep farming. With a diversified economy, the service sector is the predominant one in the city. Araçatuba is also characterized by being a university hub in the northwest region of the state of São Paulo. It is served by the Brazil-Bolivia Gas Pipeline and the Tietê-Paraná waterway. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toninho Cerezo
Antônio Carlos Cerezo (born 21 April 1955), known as Toninho Cerezo (), is a Brazilian former footballer. Cerezo is commonly regarded as one of the finest Brazilian defensive midfielders of all time, most notably having played for his hometown's team Atlético Mineiro; he also played for several other clubs in both Brazil and Italy throughout his career. At international level, Cerezo took part at the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups – winning a bronze medal in the former edition of the tournament – and the 1979 Copa América, where Brazil finished in third place. Club career Throughout his career, Cerezo played as a defensive midfielder with Atlético Mineiro, Roma, Cruzeiro, Sampdoria, São Paulo and the Brazil national team. While playing in Brazil, he won the Bola de Ouro in 1977 and 1980 and the Bola de Prata in 1976. During his time in Italy, Cerezo won the Coppa Italia four times; in 1991 he won the Serie A with Sampdoria, but lost the Coppa Italia final to AS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Kashima Antlers Season
The 2014 season was Kashima Antlers' 22nd consecutive season in J.League Division 1, the top flight of Japanese football since the introduction of professional football in 1993. The club finished the 2014 J.League Division 1 in third place, two places above their position from the previous season. They also competed in the Emperor's Cup where they were surprisingly knocked out in the second round by JFL club Sony Sendai FC and the J.League Cup where they did not make it past the group stage. Squad Season squad Competitions J.League Division 1 League table Results summary Results by matchday Results Emperor's Cup Kashima entered into the tournament in the second round, looking to improve on their fourth round exit in 2013. They had drawn and beaten their second round opponents, JFL club Sony Sendai in the second round the previous year, but one of the shocks of the tournament was Kashima's ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taça Da Liga
The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the Primeira Liga and Liga Portugal 2. Unlike Portugal's other domestic cup competition, the Taça de Portugal, the winners of the Taça da Liga do not qualify for European competitions. The Taça da Liga was established in the 2007–08 season, thus becoming the third official competition for professional clubs in Portugal, after a proposal by Sporting CP and Boavista was approved by LPFP members on 28 November 2006. For sponsorship reasons, it is currently known as Allianz Cup (with the English word ''cup''). Benfica are the most successful team in the competition, having won eight trophies (four of which consecutively between 2009 and 2012). They are the current holders, after defeating arch-rival Sporting CP in the 2025 final. Forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UAE League Cup
The UAE League Cup () is a knockout tournament for clubs in the UAE Pro-League. The first edition of the tournament was played in the 2008–09 Etisalat Emirates Cup, 2008–2009 season. In the 2008–09 season, UAE League Cup replaced the UAE Federation Cup and became a second tier tournament, initially under the name of Etisalat Cup in 2008–2013 and Arabian Gulf Cup in 2013–2021 for sponsorship reasons. Finals Performance by club Top goalscorers Source: Top scorers by season See also *UAE Super Cup *UAE President's Cup *Arabian Gulf Cup References External linksOfficial website {{National football (soccer) league cups UAE League Cup, Football cup competitions in the United Arab Emirates Recurring sporting events established in 2008 2008 establishments in the United Arab Emirates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taça De Portugal
The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 season. Organised by the Portuguese Football Federation since it was first held in 1938, the competition is open to professional and amateur clubs from the top-four league divisions. Matches are played from August–September to May–June, and the final is traditionally held at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, near Lisbon. The cup winners qualify for the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (or the runners-up, in case the winners are also the league champions) and the UEFA Europa League. The Europa League berth is passed down the contemporaneous Primeira Liga table if the cup winner had already qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Before 1938, a similar competition was held since 1922 under the name Campeonato de Portugal (), which det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UAE President's Cup
The UAE President's Cup, or simply the President Cup, is a association football, football tournament that takes place in United Arab Emirates, between Football team, clubs in the UAE Pro League and the UAE First Division League. The winner qualifies for the preliminary stage of AFC Champions League Elite. History The UAE President's Cup started in the 1974–75 season, held by United Arab Emirates Football Association. Shabab Al Ahli Club, Shabab Al Ahli and Sharjah FC, Sharjah are the competition's most successful club with ten wins. Al Ain FC, Al Ain has contested the most finals with fourteen. The first match of the President's Cup, played on March 20, 1974, between Al Wasl FC, Al Wasl, Ajman Club, Ajman ended 2–3, Ali Saeed scored the first goal of the competition. Kuwaiti Ghazi Al-Qandi is the first referee to run a final match of the Cup, on April 11, 1975. Finals The final match is often held in a major stadium in the UAE, such as the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League, current JFL (not former JFL) and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League. Before World War II, teams could qualify not only from Japan proper but also from Empire of Japan's colonies such as Korea under Japanese rule, Korea, Taiwan under Japanese rule, Taiwan, and sometimes Manchukuo. The winning club qualifies for the AFC Champions League and the Japanese Super Cup. The tournament's equivalent in women's football is the Empress's Cup. The current holders are Vissel Kobe, having won their second cup in the 2024 Emperor's Cup, 2024 edition, having previously won their first in 2019 Emperor's Cup, 2019. Overview As it is a competition to decide the "best soccer club in Japan", the cup is now open to ... [...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] |
2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC)
The Asian section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification is acting as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for national teams of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). AFC teams have been allocated eight direct qualifying slots and one inter-confederation play-off slot. The qualification process involves five rounds; the first two also serving as qualification for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. Entrants All FIFA-affiliated nations entered the joint qualification process for both the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2027 AFC Asian Cup; Northern Mariana Islands, who is not a FIFA member, would have entered through the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification play-off round. However, the AFC excluded Northern Mariana Islands from the draw for the play-off round. Format The qualification format was announced on 1 August 2022, having been revamped to fit the increased finals allocation of eight direct qualifiers and one play-off qualifier: *First round: 20 teams (ranked 27–46) played home-and-away ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Bento
Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento (; born 20 June 1969) is a Portuguese Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. A Midfielder#Defensive midfielder, defensive midfielder with tackling ability and workrate as his main assets, he played for two of the Big Three (Portugal), major three teams in his country, amassing Primeira Liga totals of 284 matches and 16 goals over 11 seasons, and also spent four years in Spain with Real Oviedo. He represented the Portugal national football team, Portugal national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2002 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000, Euro 2000. Bento took up a coaching career in 2005, managing Sporting CP for four years and four months, with relative success, and won a Super League Greece title with Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos. He managed the national teams of his country and South Korea national football team, South Korea for four years apiece, taking each team to a World Cup and continental tournament. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The 2018 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club association football tournament hosted by the United Arab Emirates. It was the 15th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The final was contested between Royal Spanish Football Federation, Spanish club and defending champions Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid (who won the last two editions of the competition), representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and United Arab Emirates Football Association, Emirati club Al Ain FC, Al Ain, representing the host nation as the reigning champions of the UAE Pro-League. The match was played at the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi on 22 December 2018. Real Madrid won the final 4–1 for their third consecutive and fourth overall FIFA Club World Cup title, breaking the tie with F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
