Monday, October 31, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE ALL-TIME LEADING FOREIGN-BORN GOALSCORER IN THE GERMAN BUNDESLIGA?
Claudio Pizarro having scored the equalising goal for Werder Bremen against Mainz on Saturday October 29th, 2011, notched up his 150th goals in the German Bundesliga. This make him the all-time leading foreign-born goalscorer having played for Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich from 1999 to date (except his spell with Chelsea FC from 2007-2009).
DID YOU KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THE FIRST MATCH SIR ALEX FERGUSON TOOK CHARGE OF AT MANCHESTER UNITED IN 1986?
DO YOU KNOW WHO SCORED CHELSEA'S 6000TH GOAL IN ENGLISH LEAGUE FOOTBALL?
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Friday, October 28, 2011
DO YOU KNOW WHO COINED THE NAME "DERBY D' ITALIA" FOR THE BIANNUAL INTER MILAN VS JUVENTUS MATCHES?
The Derby d'Italia (Italian for "Derby of Italy") was coined back in 1967 by the famous Italian sports journalist Gianni Brera as the biannual football fixture in Italian football between Inter Milan and Juventus FC of Turin. The name was also given to this fixture as Inter Milan and Juventus were the two teams with the highest number of international (the former) and national (the latter) honours.
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Matri scores for the Old Lady against Inter |
Thursday, October 27, 2011
DO YOU KNOW WHO WAS THE EIGHTH YOUNGEST PLAYER TO REPRESENT THE ORANJE OF HOLLAND?
Wesley Sneijder made his debut for the Dutch Under-21 side against the Czech Republic on March 28, 2003 before being elevated to the full national team for an international friendly match against Portugal on April 30, 2003 to become at the age of 18 years and 325 days, the eighth youngest player to represent the Oranje of Holland.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST CLUBSIDE THAT WON THE CARLING LEAGUE CUP IN ENGLAND?
The Carling Cup is a competition established in 1960 and is considered to be the second most important domestic cup competition for English football clubs, after the FA Cup. The first Football League Cup was won by Aston Villa, who beat Rotherham United 3–2 on aggregate, after losing the first leg 2–0.
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Aston Villa vs Rotherham United |
WHO MISSED THE FIRST PENALTY KICK IN A FIFA WORLD CUP FINAL MATCH
- The first penalty kick to be missed in a FIFA World Cup final match was taken by Antonio Cabrini of the Azzuri of Italy against Germany in Espana 1982 FIFA World Cup. He earned 73 caps for his country and scored 9 goals (a record then for a defender), ending his career with the Azzurri in October 1987. He captained the national side 10 times.
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Antonio Cabrini |
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST BLACKMAN TO PLAY FOR THE GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM?
Monday, October 24, 2011
DO YOU KNOW WHO SCORED THE FASTEST HAT-TRICK IN THE SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA?
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David Villa |
With the match at Estadio San Mames against Athletic Bilboa tied at 0-0 and with only 10 minutes left on the clock, Villa broke Bilbao hearts when he scored three goals in the space of five minutes.
DO YOU KNOW WHICH COACH THAT HAS THE DISTINCTION OF WINNING DOMESTIC LEAGUE TI
DO YOU HOW MANY PENALTY KICKS LIONEL MESSI HAVE MISSED FOR FC BARCELONA?
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DO YOU KNOW THE TOP SCORER IN THE 1988/1989 DUTCH EREDIVISIE SEASON AND THE SEOUL 1988 OLYMPIC GAMES FOOTBALL EVENT?
In 1988 Romario de Souza Farias joined PSV Eindhoven of Holland from Vasco Da Gama in Brazil by scoring 19 goals in 24games in his debut season which made him the Dutch Eredivisie top scorer. He also emerged topscorer in the football event of the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games with 7 goals. Romario Farias made his international debut for the Selacao of Brazil in a friendly game away to Republic of Ireland on the 23rd of May 1987. He scored in his second game, which again was an away fixture against Finland in Helsinki.
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Romario Farias |
DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST PLAYER TO WIN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE IN TWO CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH DIFFERENT CLUBS?
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Desailly with Milan |
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Desailly celebrating with Marseille |
Friday, October 21, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE CLUB THAT HAVE THE WORST WINLESS RECORD IN THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE?
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Partizan against Arsenal in 2010 |
The team with the worst winless record in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League is Partizan Belgrade, who have played in the group stage twice and lost all 12 of their matches. They lost home and away clashes to FC Porto, Olympique Marseille and Real Madrid in 2003/04 and then to Shakhtar Donetsk, Arsenal and SC Braga in the 2010/2011 season.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST TOP-SCORER IN THE REPACKAGED ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE (EPL) IN THE 1992/1993 SEASON?
Teddy Sheringham emerged top goalscorer in the maiden season of the English Premier League (EPL) in 1992/1993 with 22 goals for Tottenham Hotspur after signing from Nottingham Forest for a fee of £2.1 million after one game and one goal.
WHICH ENGLISH FOOTBALLER GOT A TORRID DEBUT FOR REAL MADRID BY SCORING AN OWN-GOAL AND RECEIVING A RED CARD?
Injury prone Jonathan Woodgate's debut for Spanish giants, Real Madrid C.F. on September 22, 2005 was torrid, 516 days after his unveiling as a £13.4 million signing from English side Newcastle United. He scored an own goal and was then sent off in just over an hour of play against Athletic Bilboa in a Spanish Primera Liga match at the Santiago Bernabeu.
DO YOU KNOW THE FORMER MANCHESTER UNITED STRIKER THAT SCORED FOR MANCHESTER CITY THAT ENSURED THE RELEGATION OF THE RED DEVILS IN 1974?
Denis Law, christened the 'King of Old Trafford' after scoring 236 goals in 11 years after joining Manchester United in 1962, also played his part in sending his former club down to the 2nd Division when he backheeled the winner for rivals Manchester City in the penultimate game of the season in 1974.
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Denis Law with Man Utd |
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST JAPANESE PLAYER TO PLAY IN ITALY?
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Kazu Miura |
DO YOU KNOW THE AFRICAN CLUBSIDE THAT RETIRED THE CAF CUP IN 2003?
DO YOU KNOW THE STRIKER THAT EMERGED TOP-SCORER IN BACK TO BACK SEASONS IN THE DUTCH EREDIVISIE?
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D YOU KNOW WHO SCORED THE WINNING GOAL IN THE LAST EUROPEAN CUP FINAL IN 1992?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
DID JOHAN CRUYFF LOSE ANY SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA MATCH IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH FC BARCELONA?
When Johan Cruyff of The Netherlands landed in F.C. Barcelona, his new team were one place from bottom of the Spanish Primera Liga and from the day of his debut against Granada on October 28, 1973 (4-0 with two goals from the Dutchman), FC Barcelona did not lose another match in the entire season and were proclaimed La Liga champions.
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Johan Cruyff |
DO YOU KNOW THE OLDEST MAN TO COACH A UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNING TEAM?
By May 1993, Raymond Goethals had become the oldest man at 72 years to coach an European Champions Cup winning team when he coached Olympique Marseille to winning the UEFA Champions League title in 1993 against AC Milan at the Olympic Stadion in Munich which was the first in the new format.
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Raymond Goethals hoisting the UEFA trophy |
DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS SCORED THE MOST GOALS IN ONE SEASON SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE?
The joint record holders are Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, who both managed 34 in a season - Cole for Newcastle United in 1993-94 and Shearer in the colours of Blackburn Rovers the following year. Cole had marginally the better strike rate, as his goals came in 40 games to Shearer's 42. Since the English Premier League was reduced to 38 games, the best total is the 31 Cristiano Ronaldo mustered for Manchester United in 2007-08.
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Cole means Goal while at Newcastle |
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Alan Shearer the bomber for Blackburn Rovers |
AT WHAT AGE DID GUY ROUX GOT APPOINTED AS MANAGER OF A.J. AUXERRE?
In 1961, A.J. Auxerre appointed the legendary Guy Roux as their coach at the tender age of 22 because he had the smallest wage demands of all the applicants while still a player with then Championnat National (third division) club. After 44 years in charge of the club, Roux retired from managing A.J. Auxerre in June 2005 to be replaced by Jacques Santini.
Monday, October 10, 2011
DID YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK VINCENT KOMPANY TO SCORE HIS FIRST GOAL FOR BELGIUM AFTER MAKING HIS INTERNATIONAL DEBUT?
Vincent Kompany made his international debut aged just 17 for Belgium in February 2004 against France, as one of the youngest players ever. It took him 6 years to score his first goal on May 19, 2010, against Bulgaria in a friendly at the 90th minute to give Belgium a 2-1 win at the Stade Roi Baudoin in Brussels.
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Vincent Kompany in red sees RED! |
DID YOU KINOW HOW MANY EUROPEAN CUP THAT FERENC PUSKAS WON WITH REAL MADRID?
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Ferenc Puskas at Real Madrid |
DID YOU KNOW THE FIRST MANAGER OF AFC AJAX AMSTERDAM?
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John Kirwan (m) pose for pictures with his team in 1910 |
The first professional manager of AFC Ajax Amsterdam is Irish man John Kirwan who coached them from 1910 - 1915. In 1911, he led Ajax to the Dutch Second Class title and victory in a promotion play-off, thus guiding the club into the Dutch top flight for the first time he was succeeded by Jack Reynolds.
Friday, October 07, 2011
DID YOU KNOW THE CLUB THAT WON THE UEFA CUP FINAL AT THEIR HOME GROUND?
The 2002 UEFA Cup final between Dutch side, Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund of Germany at the Feijnoord Stadion in Rotterdam was the first time since the introduction of single–match finals in 1998, that the final had been played at a finalists home ground. It paid off for Feyenoord as they capitalise on the sending off of Jurgen Kohler (which was his last match as a professional footballer) in the 31st minute with a 3-2 victory with two goals from Pierre van Hooijdonk and Jon Dahl Tomasson while Marco Amoroso and Jan Koller scored for the Germans.
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AT WHAT AGE DID DENNIS BERGKAMP MADE HIS EUROPEAN DEBUT FOR AFC AJAX AMSTERDAM?
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The teenage Dennis Bergkamp |
DO YOU KINOW THE FOOTBALLER NICKNAMED BELLO DI NOTTE?
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Boniek at Juventus |
DO YOU KNOW THE ONLY EUROPEAN COUNTRY THAT HELD ALL THREE EUROPEAN CLUB TROPHIES IN ONE SEASON?
Italy is the only country to have won all three European club diadems in the 1989/1990 season. AC Milan won the UEFA Champions Cup (now UEFA Champions League), the UEFA Cup Winners Cup was clinched by Sampdoria and the UEFA Cup was captured by Juventus FC. Interestingly, all three teams were beaten by AS Roma in the 1990/1991 Coppa Italia campaign.
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Marco van Basten |
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
DO YOU KNOW THE STRIKER THAT WON TOP SCORER AWARDS IN THE SPANISH PRIMERA LIGA AND THE ITALIAN SERIE A?
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Christian Vieri while at Atletico Madrid |
WHICH CITY HAS WON THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WITH TWO DIFFERENT CLUBSIDES?
The city of Milan in Italy is the only one that have won the UEFA Champions League with two different teams: Inter Milan and AC Milan. The two clubs have won ten trophies and therefore being the most succesful in the history of the tournament. They once met in the Semi Final of the 2002/2003 season and AC Milan triumph 1-1 on away goals rule even though they both play at Stadio Giusseppe Meazza, San Siro.
Saturday, October 01, 2011
DID ZINEDINE ZIDANE SCORE WHEN HE MADE HIS DEBUT FOR FRANCE IN 1994?
Zinedine Zidane widely regarded as one the greatest players of all time, earned his first cap with the Les Bleus of France as a substitute in a friendly against the Czech Republic on 17 August 1994, which ended in a 2–2 draw after Zidane scored twice to help his team erase a 2–0 deficit. He had 108 caps and scored 31 goals.
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Zidane the Maestro |
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