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1998 Friendship Tournament
The 1998 Friendship Tournament was the 4th edition of the Friendship Tournament, and was held from 17 to 21 October 1998 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Four teams participated: the United Arab Emirates, Sudan, Lebanon, and Syria. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament. Participants * (''hosts'') * * * Standings Matches ---- ---- Winner Statistics Goalscorers See also 1997 Pan Arab Games The 8th Pan Arab Games were held in Beirut, Lebanon between July 12 and July 27, 1997. 3253 athletes from 18 countries participated in events in 22 sports. Over 50,000 people gathered in the Sports City in Beirut for the opening ceremony of the e ... References Friendship Tournament {{footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (, ; ar, أَبُو ظَبْيٍ ' ) is the capital and second-most populous city (after Dubai) of the United Arab Emirates. It is also the capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the centre of the Abu Dhabi Metropolitan Area. The city of Abu Dhabi is located on an island in the Persian Gulf, off the Central West Coast. Most of the city and the Emirate reside on the mainland connected to the rest of the country. , Abu Dhabi's urban area had an estimated population of 1.5 million, out of 2.9 million in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, as of 2016. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is headquartered in the city, and was the world's 5th largest sovereign wealth fund in 2021. Abu Dhabi itself has over a trillion US dollars worth of assets under management in a combination of various sovereign wealth funds headquartered there. Abu Dhabi houses local and federal government offices and is the home of the United Arab Emirates Government and the Supreme Petroleum C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaher Al Indari
Zaher Toufic Al Indari ( ar, زاهر توفيق العنداري; born 26 May 1971) is a Lebanese former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Al Indari began his senior career in 1989 with Ahli Aley in the Lebanese Third Division, which merged with Akhaa Club to form Akhaa Ahli Aley in 1990. In 1991–92 Akhaa Ahli Aley won the Lebanese Second Division, gaining promotion to the Lebanese Premier League for the first time in their history. Al Indari stayed at the club until 2003, when he moved to Safa. In his two seasons at the club, Al Indari scored six league goals, three in each season. After two seasons at the club, in 2005 Al Indari moved back to Akhaa Ahli, which had just relegated to the Lebanese Second Division after 25 years in the top-flight. Al Indari retired following the 2005–06 season. International career Between 1996 and 2001, Al Indari represented Lebanon internationally. He scored four goals in 20 games, with his first goal com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fahad Al Nuwais
Fahd ( ar, فهد, “leopard“ or “cheetah”), also transliterated Fahed or Fahad, can refer to: People Given name Fahad * Fahad Ali (born 1987), Indian television actor * Fahad Babar (born 1992), Pakistani born American cricketer * Fahad Al-Bishi (born 1965), Saudi football player *Fahad Belal Al-Salik (born 1991), Saudi basketball player *Fahad Albutairi (born 1985), Saudi stand-up comedian *Fahad Ensour (born 1934), Jordanian politician * Fahad Fazil, Indian actor * Fahad Mustafa (born 1983), Pakistani actor *Fahad Shah, Kashmiri journalist *Fahad Usman (born 1976), UAE cricketer * Yusuf Salman Yusuf (1901–1949), better known by his nom de guerre Fahad, Iraqi communist leader Fahd * Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921–2005), king of Saudi Arabia, 1982–2005 *Fahd bin Abdul Rahman Balghunaim (born 1952), Saudi engineer *Fahd Ballan (1933–1997), popular Syrian Druze singer *Fahd Jaradat (1930–2015), Jordanian soldier and politician *Fahd Jassem al-Freij (born 1950), Sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Football Association
The Egyptian Football Association ( ar, الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم) is the governing body of football in Egypt. A member of FIFA since 1923 and a founding member of CAF, the EFA has jurisdiction for the Egyptian football league system and is in charge of the men's and women's national teams. The EFA headquarters is located in Gezira, Cairo. The EFA organizes the semi-professional Egyptian Second Division alongside the lower regional leagues in the third and fourth level of the league system. Controversy Christians comprise about 10–20% of Egypt's population, the majority of which are Coptic Orthodox Christians. However, there is no Christian representation on the national team. Furthermore, there are no Christians throughout the Egyptian Professional league's 540 roster spots. This disparity is believed to be due to the bias against accepting young talented Christian players at the clubs' youth level throughout the national league. This disparity has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamal Al-Ghandour
Gamal Mahmoud Ahmed El-Ghandour ( ar, جمال محمود الغندور; born June 12, 1957) is a retired Egyptian referee. Details El-Ghandour has refereed the 2002 African Cup of Nations final (Cameroon vs Senegal), the second leg of the 2002 African Cup Winners' Cup final (Asante Kotoko FC, Kotoko (Ghana, Gha) 2:1 Wydad AC Casablanca, WAC (Morocco, Mar)), and five successive African Cup of Nations, 1994 African Cup of Nations, 1994, 1996 African Cup of Nations, 1996, 1998 African Cup of Nations, 1998, 2000 African Cup of Nations, 2000, and 2002 African Cup of Nations, 2002. He is the first African referee to run a match in the UEFA European Football Championship. He has also participated in one Olympic Games, one FIFA Confederation Cup (2001 Confederations Cup, 2001), and one AFC Asian Cup. He also refereed 1996 Asian Cup.In the Semi-Final match between Iran national football team, Iran and Saudi Arabia national football team, saudi arabia and he controversially disallowed o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassen Saeed
Mouez Hassen ( ar, معز حسن; born 5 March 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 side Club Africain. Born in France, he plays for the Tunisia national team. Early life Hassen was born in Fréjus, Var. Career Nice Hassen made his Ligue 1 debut on 25 September 2013 in a 2–0 away defeat against FC Nantes. Southampton On 31 January 2017, Hassen signed a five-month loan deal with Southampton, where he was re-united with his former manager, Claude Puel, although he made no appearances for the club. Châteauroux Hassen joined Châteauroux on loan on 9 July 2017. Cercle Brugge On 1 November 2019, Hassen signed a one-season contract with a one-season extension option with Belgian First Division A club Cercle Brugge. Club Africain On 9 September 2021 he joined Tunisian club Club Africain. International career Hassen made his debut for Tunisia keeping a clean sheet in an international friendly against Costa Rica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamal Taha
Jamal Khamis Taha ( ar, جمال خميس طه; born 23 November 1966) is a football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Ansar. Nicknamed "the Brown Gazelle" (), Taha was born in Egypt to an Egyptian father and a Lebanese mother. He obtained Lebanese citizenship and represented the Lebanon national team between 1993 and 2000, whom he captained at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup. Early life Jamal Taha was born in Cairo, Egypt, to an Egyptian father and a Lebanese mother; he obtained Lebanese citizenship through naturalization in 1992 via a presidential decree. Taha joined Ansar's youth team in 1977. Club career Nicknamed "the Brown Gazelle" (), Taha began his senior career with Ansar in 1986, where he ended his career in 2002. He wore the number 6 on his jersey, and was the club's captain from 1997 onwards. International career Taha was the national team's captain during the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in Lebanon. Managerial career Ansar Taha started out a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salah Abdullah
(, plural , romanized: or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːh, ( or Old Arabic ͡sˤaˈloːtʰin construct state) ), also known as ( fa, نماز) and also spelled , are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the , the direction of the Kaaba with respect to those praying, Muslims pray first standing and later kneeling or sitting on the ground, reciting prescribed prayers and phrases from the Quran as they bow and prostrate themselves in between. is composed of prescribed repetitive cycles of bows and prostrations, called ( ). The number of s, also known as units of prayer, varies from prayer to prayer. Ritual purity and are prerequisites for performing the prayers. The daily obligatory prayers collectively form the second of the five pillars in Islam, observed three or five times (the latter being the majority) every day at prescribed times. These are usually (observed at dawn), (observed at noon), (observed late in the afternoon), (observed after sunset), and (observed at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Arab Emirates Football Association
The United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA; ar, الاتحاد الاماراتي لكرة القدم) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in the United Arab Emirates. Association staff President The following is a list of selected presidents of the United Arab Emirates Football Association including pre-UAEFA era. Activity At the level of developing the national cadres, the FA chose 2010 as the Year of the National Coach and signed various agreements with some national associations in the game for development and training including Germany, Spain, Czech, Italy and Egypt. The national coaches took over the youth and junior national teams and they were provided with financial support. At the organizational level, the FA hosted the FIFA Club World Cups in 2009 and 2010, the 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and other friendly and official championships and supported the women football and launched the Futsal in collaboration with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Bujsaim
Ali Mohamed Bujsaim ( ar, علي بوجسيم, born September 9, 1959 in Dubai) is a retired association football referee from the United Arab Emirates, who is best known for supervising matches at three FIFA World Cups: 1994 (two matches), 1998 (three matches) and 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ... (two matches). References * External links * * * 1959 births Living people Emirati football referees 2002 FIFA World Cup referees 1998 FIFA World Cup referees 1994 FIFA World Cup referees CONCACAF Gold Cup referees Olympic football referees AFC Asian Cup referees Major League Soccer referees {{UnitedArabEmirates-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Nahyan Stadium
Al-Nahyan Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is also known as Al Wahda stadium. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Al Wahda. The stadium holds 15,000 people and was built in 1995. The stadium also hosted group games of the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship. The stadium was renovated for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 .... 2019 AFC Asian Cup Al Nahyan Stadium hosted five games of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, including a Round of 16 game. External links StadiumDB images References Nahyan Multi-purpose stadiums in the United Arab Emirates Sports venues in Abu Dhabi {{UnitedArabEmirates-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Said Bayazid
Said Bayazid ( ar, سيد بيازيد; born 20 January 1977) is a Syrian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Bayazid played for most of his career in Greece, including one season with Proodeftiki and two seasons with Akratitos in the Greek Super League. International career Bayazid made several appearances for the senior Syria national football team from 1997 to 2001. He scored 11 goals in only seven qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha .... Career statistics International :''Scores and results list. Syria's goal tally first.'' References External links * at goalzz.com 1977 births Living people Men's association football forwards Syrian footballers Syria men's international footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
