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Peace Cup
The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. History and format Since 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation invites football clubs from various nations. A corresponding event featuring women's national teams, the Peace Queen Cup, began in 2006. In October 2012, it was announced that the Peace Cup will no longer be held, following the death of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. Format From 2003 to 2007, the Peace Cup was played between 8 clubs, divided into two groups of 4 teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final, which was played in a single match. he first three competitions were held in South Korea, and the 2009 version was held in Madrid and Andalusia, Spain with 12 teams participating. The fifth competition took place again in South Korea in July 2012, and four teams which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Peace Cup
The 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was an invitational friendly association football, football tournament. It was the fourth edition of Peace Cup and was held in Spain from 24 July to 2 August in the cities of Madrid, Seville, Málaga, Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez and Huelva. It was the first time that the tournament has been hosted by a nation other than South Korea. The winners of the tournament were Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa, who defeated Juventus FC, Juventus in the final. They succeeded Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon, who were the previous holders of the tournament through winning the 2007 Peace Cup, 2007 edition. It was one of seven 2009 pre-season friendly tournaments, the others being the Emirates Cup, the Barclays Asia Trophy, the World Football Challenge, the Wembley Cup, the Amsterdam Tournament and the Audi Cup. Several players scored their first goals for new clubs in the 2009 Peace Cup competition, though these goals do not impact their regular season statistics. These playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Cup
The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. History and format Since 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation invites football clubs from various nations. A corresponding event featuring women's national teams, the Peace Queen Cup, began in 2006. In October 2012, it was announced that the Peace Cup will no longer be held, following the death of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. Format From 2003 to 2007, the Peace Cup was played between 8 clubs, divided into two groups of 4 teams. The winner of each group qualified for the final, which was played in a single match. he first three competitions were held in South Korea, and the 2009 version was held in Madrid and Andalusia, Spain with 12 teams participating. The fifth competition took place again in South Korea in July 2012, and four teams which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Europe and the fourth-most populous European Union member state. Spanning across the majority of the Iberian Peninsula, its territory also includes the Canary Islands, in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Balearic Islands, in the Western Mediterranean Sea, and the Autonomous communities of Spain#Autonomous cities, autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in mainland Africa. Peninsular Spain is bordered to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; to the east and south by the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar; and to the west by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean. Spain's capital and List of largest cities in Spain, largest city is Madrid, and other major List of metropolitan areas in Spain, urban areas include Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Keane
Robert David Keane (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a striker and is currently the head coach of Ferencváros. Keane served as captain of the Republic of Ireland from March 2006 until his international retirement in August 2016. Keane is the most capped player and all-time top goalscorer for his nation. Keane began his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers, scoring twice on his first-team debut aged 17. The following season, he was the club's leading goalscorer and scored his first international goal for Ireland. He changed club frequently between 1999 and 2002, breaking transfer fee records, but his brief spells at Inter Milan and Leeds United were unexceptional. He joined Tottenham Hotspur in 2002 and played there for seven and a half years over two spells, amassing 306 appearances and 122 goals across all competitions. The 2007–08 season was the most fruitful of his career as he set a career record of 23 goals in a sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Van Bommel
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch Association football, football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tackling machine and expert ball-winner, but he also boasts a fine array of passes and a powerful shot, having been a Direct free kick, free-kick specialist during his PSV Eindhoven, PSV days". He played in and won the Dutch Eredivisie with PSV, Spanish La Liga with FC Barcelona, Barcelona, German Bundesliga with Bayern Munich, and Italian Serie A with AC Milan, Milan. Between 2000 and 2011, he won eight national championship titles in four competitions: four with PSV, two with Bayern, one with Barcelona and one with Milan. Van Bommel won the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League with Barcelona and was Bayern's first foreign Captain (sports), captain. At Bayern, he led the team to two List of German football champions, Bundesliga titles, and finished runner-up in the 2010 UEFA Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Ji-sung
Park Ji-sung (; born 30 March 1981) is a South Korean former professional association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the South Korean capital Seoul, Park is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful Asian people, Asian players in football history, having won 19 trophies in his career. He is the first Asian footballer to win the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League, play in a 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, UEFA Champions League final, and win the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, FIFA Club World Cup. Park was able to play anywhere across the midfield and was noted for his exceptional fitness level, discipline, work ethic and off-the-ball movement. His remarkable endurance levels earned him the nickname "Three-Lung" Park. Park began his football career in his native South Korea and played for the Myongji University team before moving to Japan to play for Kyoto Sanga FC, Kyoto Purple Sanga. After Park's national team manager G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seongnam FC
Seongnam Football Club () is a South Korean professional football (soccer), football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. It is one of the most successful clubs in South Korea and the Asian Football Confederation, having won seven K League 1 titles and 2 AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions League titles. History Ilhwa Chunma era (1989–2013) Foundation In 1975, Sun Myung Moon, the owner of Tongil Group, wanted to found a professional football club in South Korea. After the Korean Super League was founded in 1983, he tried to establish a club to participate in the league but Choi Soon-Young, Choi Soon-young, the head of Korea Football Association, ignored Moon's interest due to religious reasons. Nevertheless, Tongil Group prepared the foundation of a new football club from 1986 and finally obtained a license from Korea Football Association as a club based in Seoul. Tongil Group had initially considered es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Peace Cup
The 2012 Peace Cup Suwon was an invitational friendly football tournament. It was the fifth competition of the Peace Cup, and was held in South Korea's Suwon World Cup Stadium from 19 to 22 July. Unification Church, the host of the tournament, invited three European clubs, each of which had a South Korean player, in addition to its club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. Three invited clubs Groningen, Hamburger SV and Sunderland were having Suk Hyun-jun, Son Heung-min and Ji Dong-won, respectively. Teams Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final Goalscorers References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Peace Cup 2012 2012 Peace Cup The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. History and format Since 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Su ... 2012 in South Korean football 2012–13 in English football 2012–13 in German fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juventus FC
Juventus Football Club (; from , ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve (), is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Turin, Piedmont, who compete in Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in 1897 by a group of Turinese students, the club played in different grounds around the city, and plays now in Juventus Stadium. Nicknamed ("the Old Lady"), it has won 36 official List of Italian football champions, league titles, 15 Coppa Italia trophies and nine Supercoppa Italiana, Italian Super Cups, being the record holder for all these competitions; they also hold two Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), Intercontinental Cups, two UEFA Champions League, European Cup / UEFA Champions Leagues, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, three UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cups (Italian record), two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup (Italian record). Consequently, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton Wanderers F
Bolton ( , locally ) is a town in Greater Manchester in England. In the foothills of the West Pennine Moors, Bolton is between Manchester, Blackburn, Wigan, Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury and Salford. It is surrounded by several towns and villages that form the wider Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, borough, of which Bolton is the administrative centre. The town is within the Historic counties of England, historic county boundaries of Lancashire. A former mill town, Bolton has been a centre for textile production since the 14th century when Flemish people, Flemish weavers settled in the area, introducing a wool and cotton-weaving tradition. It was a 19th-century boomtown, development largely coincided with the introduction of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. At its peak in 1929, its 216 cotton mills and 26 bleaching and dyeing works made it one of the largest and most productive centres of Spinning (textiles), cotton spinning in the world. The Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Peace Cup
The 2007 Peace Cup Korea was the third competition of the Peace Cup. Lyon won the title after defeating Bolton Wanderers 1–0 in the final. Teams Venues Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final Goalscorers Broadcasting rights References External links Official website Peace Cupat Goalzz {{DEFAULTSORT:Peace Cup 2007 2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ... 2007 in South Korean football 2007 in Japanese football 2007–08 in English football 2007–08 in Spanish football 2007–08 in French football 2007–08 in Mexican football 2007–08 in Argentine football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Peace Cup
The 2005 Peace Cup was the second competition of the Peace Cup. The eight invited teams were split into two groups, and two group winners advanced to the final. Tottenham Hotspur became champions after defeating Lyon 3–1 in the final. Teams Venues Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final Goalscorers References External links RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:Peace Cup 2005 2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ... 2005 in South Korean football 2005 in Colombian football 2005–06 in French football 2005–06 in Argentine football 2005–06 in English football 2005–06 in South African soccer 2005–06 in Spanish football 2005–06 in Dutch football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
