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Mark Milligan
Mark Daniel Milligan (born 4 August 1985) is an Australian former professional footballer and the current head coach of Newcastle Jets. Starting his career as a defender, Milligan has spent much of his later career playing as a midfielder. Milligan represented the Australia men's national soccer team eighty times, including at four FIFA World Cup tournaments. During a 19-year professional career, he also played abroad for clubs in China, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Scotland and England. Club career Mark started his grassroots football career at his local club, Birrong Sports Football club in the Bankstown District in 1991 and 1992, and he quickly moved onto representative football as a junior footballer. Early career FourFourTwo magazine revealed on 28 July 2007 that after the Asian Cup Milligan had gone without Sydney FC's permission to trial for teams in Europe. Milligan was linked with French sides FC Metz and RC Lens. The following day Milligan report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Men's National Soccer Team
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's Association football, soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The team played its 1922 New Zealand v Australia soccer match, first match in 1922 and originally participated in the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). In this confederation, Australia won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, and dominated many FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns during earlier rounds. The team won Australia 31–0 American Samoa, 31–0 against American Samoa national football team, American Samoa in World Cup qualification, achieving the world record for the largest victory in a senior international match. Despite this, the team only managed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macarthur FC
Macarthur Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in South Western Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in Australia's premier soccer competition, the A-League, under Professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL). On 13 December 2018, it was announced that the club would be accepted into the A-League as part of the new expansion process. History Formation On 1 December 2017, Campbelltown City Council informed the Football Federation Australia (FFA) of their plans to be part of an Expansion of the A-League Men, expanded A-League by gaining entry into the competition in two years. Initially called the South West Sydney Football Bid, the bid was intended, by the 2019–2020 season, to have a men, women and youth team playing in a national competition with games hosted at Campbelltown Sports Stadium. It was also proposed to grow the football community in the region an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the 1930 FIFA World Cup, inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina national football team, Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup by defeating France national football team, France. The contest starts with the FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over the course of about a month. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 OFC U-20 Championship
The 2005 OFC U-20 Championship was the fifteenth contested. It was won by Australia who qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup after a 3–0 victory against the Solomon Islands played at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The final game was abandoned in the 77th minute due to crowd trouble, however the score was allowed to stand. This was the last time Australia contested OFC U-20 Championship, as they moved to the AFC since 2006. Participating teams * * * * * * * * Squads *1. Danny Vukovic ''(Central Coast Mariners)'' *2. Mark Milligan ''(Sydney FC)'' *3. Trent McClenahan ''(West Ham United)'' *4. Adrian Leijer ''(Melbourne Victory)'' *5. Jacob Timpano ''(Sydney FC)'' *6. Stuart Musialik ''(Newcastle Jets)'' *7. Vince Lia ''(Melbourne Victory)'' *8. Blagoja Celeski ''(Perth Glory)'' *9. Jay Lucas ''(Marconi Stallions)'' *10. Kristian Sarkies ''(Melbourne Victory)'' *11. Chris Tadrosse ''(Melbourne Victory)'' *12. Justin Pasfield ''(Sydney FC)'' *13. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OFC U-20 Championship
The OFC U-19 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the under-19 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup. Between 1974 and 2012, the competition was open to teams under 20 years of age and called the OFC U-20 Championship. Since 2014, the age limit was darkreduced to under 19 years of age, and since 2018, the tournament name was changed to the OFC U-19 Championship. Eligible teams Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are: * * * * (not a member of FIFA) * * * (not a member of FIFA) * * * * (French Polynesia) * * (not a member of FIFA) * Former teams * Israel (now is UEFA member) * (now is AFC member) * (now is AFC member) Results Summaries , , , - , 11 , , 1997 , , Tahiti , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , - , 12 , , 1998 , , Samoa , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , , , , bgcolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 AFC Asian Cup
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup was the 16th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The tournament was won by Australia men's national soccer team, Australia after defeating South Korea national football team, South Korea 2–1 Overtime (sports)#Association football, in extra time in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup Final, final, thereby earning the right to participate in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which was hosted by Russia. The win was Australia's first Asian title since their move from the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. It was also the first time a men's team has become champions of two confederations, following Australia's four OFC Nations Cup titles: 1980 OFC Nations Cup, 1980, 1996 OFC Nations Cup, 1996, 2000 OFC Nations Cup, 2000 and 2004 OFC Nations Cup, 2004; right after the Australia women's natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Asian Cup
The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest continental football championship in the world after Copa América. The winning team becomes the champions of Asia and until 2015 qualified for the FIFA Confederations Cup. The Asian Cup was held once every four years from the 1956 AFC Asian Cup in Hong Kong until the 2004 tournament in China. However, since the Summer Olympic Games and the European Football Championship were also scheduled in the same year as the Asian Cup, the AFC decided to move their championship to a less crowded cycle. After 2004, the tournament was next held in 2007, when it was co-hosted by four countries in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Thereafter, it has again been held every four years. The Asian Cup has generally been dominate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysia National Football Team
The Malaysia national football team () represents Malaysia in international association football, football and is governed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunct Malaya national football team which was founded for the Merdeka Tournament, 1963 Merdeka Tournament one month before the institution of Malaysia. The team is officially nicknamed ''Harimau Malaya'' in reference to the Malayan Tiger. Former player Mokhtar Dahari is one of the top goal scorers in international history. Before Malaysia’s formation, the Malaya national football team had already achieved notable success, including a Football at the 1962 Asian Games, bronze medal at the 1962 Asian Games. Malaysia's most significant achievements include Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics, qualifying for the 1972 Summer Olympics, winning the AFF Championship in 2010 AFF Championship, 2010, and earning multiple SEA Games gold medals in 1961 SEAP Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide United FC
Adelaide United Football Club is a professional men's Association football, soccer club located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. The club was one of the eight founding members of the A-League Men and have competed in it concurrently since its formation, under North American professional sports league organization#Systems around the world, licence from the Australian Professional Leagues. Established in 2003, the club was formed to replace Adelaide City and West Adelaide SC, West Adelaide in the final season of the National Soccer League, and has remained the only professional club from South Australia. Adelaide United's home ground is at Hindmarsh Stadium, Coopers Stadium in the inner north-western suburb of Hindmarsh, South Australia, Hindmarsh. Adelaide United won their first silverware in 2006, when they became minor premiership, premiers of the 2005–06 A-League, inaugural A-League season, finishing top of the ladder over Sydney FC by seven points. In 2008, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
