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2011–12 In Australian Soccer
The 2011–12 season was the 43rd season of national competitive association football in Australia and 129th overall. Domestic leagues A-League The 2011–12 A-League began on 8 October 2011 and ended on 22 April 2012. Regular season Finals W-League The 2011–12 W-League began on 22 October 2011 and ended on 28 January 2012. Regular season Finals International club competitions AFC Champions League The 2012 AFC Champions League began on 10 February 2012 and ended on 10 November 2012. Brisbane Roar qualified after winning the 2011 A-League Grand Final, Central Coast Mariners after coming second in the 2010–11 A-League The 2010–11 A-League was the 34th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the sixth season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. The home and away season began on 5 August 2010 and concluded on 13 ... and Adelaide United, after coming third, entered in the qualifying stages. Adelaide United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011–12 A-League
The 2011–12 A-League was the 35th season of top-flight soccer in Australia, and the seventh season of the Australian A-League soccer competition since its establishment in 2004. At the end of the previous season, the North Queensland Fury were cut from the competition by the governing body, Football Federation Australia, due to financial reasons. Clubs Personnel and kits Transfers Managerial changes Foreign players The following do not fill a Visa position: 1Those players who were born and started their professional career abroad but have since gained Australian Residency (and New Zealand Residency, in the case of Wellington Phoenix); 2Australian residents (and New Zealand residents, in the case of Wellington Phoenix) who have chosen to represent another national team; 3Injury Replacement Players, or National Team Replacement Players; 4Guest Players (eligible to play a maximum of ten games) Salary cap exemptions and captains Regular season Home and away s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Van Dijk
Serginho "Sergio" van Dijk (born 6 August 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the top goal scorer in the 2010–11 A-League regular season and made a name for himself in Australian football for his prolific scoring tally. Born in the Netherlands, he represented the Indonesia national team. Early life Van Dijk was named after the Brazilian star, Serginho Chulapa, who played for Brazil during the 1982 World Cup. His mother was a big fan of Brazil at the time. Van Dijk is of Dutch-Indonesian parentage. Club career Netherlands Van Dijk started his career at local club ''LTC'' in Assen before he was drafted into the FC Groningen youth academy. In the 2000–01 season he played two matches (one goal) for Groningen in the Eerste Divisie, helping them to gain promotion. In the Eredivisie he did not play for Groningen and he moved back to the Eerste Divisie with Helmond Sport in 2002. In 2005, he moved to FC Emmen, where he scored 18 and 12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre El Haddad
Andre El Haddad ( ar, اندريه الحداد; born 8 February 1971) is a Lebanese former football referee. He was a FIFA listed referee between 2007 and 2013, and has officiated several international and continental competitions. Refereeing career El Haddad was a referee in several AFC Champions League matches between 2011 and 2013. He has officiated 16 matches, giving out a total of 53 yellow cards. He was the referee for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification third round match between China and Singapore held on 2 September 2011. In February 2012, in the final game of the Third Round of AFC qualifying, El Haddad refereed the match between Bahrain and Indonesia, who were without many of its most experienced players due to a dispute between the two competing Indonesian national leagues. Going into the match, Bahrain needed at least a nine-goal victory over Indonesia, in addition to a defeat by group rivals Qatar in against Iran Iran, officially the Islamic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JAR Stadium
JAR Stadium is a association football, football stadium, located in the capital of Uzbekistan, in Tashkent. It is part of the JAR Sport Complex. The stadium seats 8,500 spectators. JAR Stadium opened in 1998. It was renovated in 2005. At the end of 2008, when the MHSK Stadium was demolished, the FC Bunyodkor, Bunyodkor football club temporarily moved to the Jar Stadium, and even after building its new Milliy Stadium, Bunyodkor Stadium (now Milliy Stadium) in 2013, the club held some home matches at this stadium the end of 2015. In 2012, during the renovation of the Pakhtakor Central Stadium, Pakhtakor Stadium, at this stadium, Pakhtakor Tashkent FK, Pakhtakor played their home games for the floor of the season. In addition, the national, olympic, youth and women teams of Uzbekistan hold some matches at this stadium. From the season of 2016, the stadium has been rented by the club - Obod. Also at the stadium, the women's national football teams of Uzbekistan, different in age, hold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked country located in Central Asia. It is surrounded by five landlocked countries: Kazakhstan to the north; Kyrgyzstan to the northeast; Tajikistan to the southeast; Afghanistan to the south; and Turkmenistan to the southwest. Its capital and largest city is Tashkent. Uzbekistan is part of the Turkic world, as well as a member of the Organization of Turkic States. The Uzbek language is the majority-spoken language in Uzbekistan, while Russian is widely spoken and understood throughout the country. Tajik is also spoken as a minority language, predominantly in Samarkand and Bukhara. Islam is the predominant religion in Uzbekistan, most Uzbeks being Sunni Muslims. The first recorded settlers in what is now Uzbekistan were Eastern Iranian no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tashkent
Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the capital and largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of 2,909,500 (2022). It is in northeastern Uzbekistan, near the border with Kazakhstan. Tashkent comes from the Turkic ''tash'' and ''kent'', literally translated as "Stone City" or "City of Stones". Before Islamic influence started in the mid-8th century AD, Tashkent was influenced by the Sogdian and Turkic cultures. After Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1219, it was rebuilt and profited from the Silk Road. From the 18th to the 19th century, the city became an independent city-state, before being re-conquered by the Khanate of Kokand. In 1865, Tashkent fell to the Russian Empire; it became the capital of Russian Turkestan. In Soviet times, it witnessed major growth and demographic changes due to forced deportations from throughout the Sov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antony Golec
Antony Paul Golec (; born 29 May 1990) is an Australian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Golec is now a real estate agent after his retirement from professional football. Club career Sydney FC Golec was a member of the inaugural Sydney FC National Youth League squad in 2008/2009. On 25 October 2008, Golec made his debut for Sydney FC against Melbourne Victory. He also got his chance against Perth Glory and was praised by his coaches after the game of his great performance. He went on to make a total of 10 appearances for Sydney FC. Adelaide United On 26 September 2011, it was announced that Golec had signed a one-year contract with Adelaide United. On 22 December 2011, Golec made his debut for Adelaide United coming on the 82nd minute for Fabian Barbiero. Golec made his home debut as left back on 30 December 2011 against Wellington Phoenix, scoring his first A-League goal in the 61st minute, Adelaide went on to win 2–0. On 19 March 2012, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamoliddin Murzoev
Kamoliddin Murzoev (born 17 February 1987) is an Uzbekistani professional association football, footballer who plays as a forward. Career He started his playing in Metallurg Bekabad in 2004. Murzoev played in Metallurg 3 seasons, after joying FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv. He made 9 caps for ''Dynamo Kyiv'', scoring one goal. In 2011, he moved to FC Bunyodkor, Bunyodkor after one season played in Nasaf Qarshi. Murzoev had already played in ''Bunyodkor'' in 2009. In 2011–2013 he made 46 caps and scored 8 goals in League matches for Bunyodkor. On 23 June 2013 he signed a contract with 2012 Kazakhstan Premier League runner-up club FC Irtysh Pavlodar, Irtysh Pavlodar. Murzoev scored his first goal for the Kazakhstan, Kazakh side on 11 July 2013, in the 2:0 home win over Levski Sofia in a UEFA Europa League match. In February 2014, he joined FC Shakhter Karagandy, Shakhter Karagandy, another leading Kazakh club. In February 2015, Murzoev returned to his home country, signing a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Bunyodkor
Football Club Bunyodkor ( uz, Bunyodkor futbol klubi) is an Uzbekistan, Uzbek professional association football, football club based in Tashkent that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Bunyodkor, a relatively unknown club at the time, made international headlines when it claimed to be close to signing world-famous FC Barcelona, Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o, although he did not sign with them. On 25 August 2008, AEK Athens FC, AEK Athens Brazilian superstar Rivaldo announced to the Greek press that he was joining Bunyodkor on a reported $14 million two-year contract. The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League 2008, 2008 AFC Champions League. In the beginning of August 2008, the club changed its name to ''Bunyodkor'' from PFC Kuruvchi to reflect the club's success on the pitch and its increasing professionalism off the pitch. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 AFC Champions League Group Stage
The 2012 AFC Champions League group stage was contested by a total of 32 teams (16 from West Zone and 16 from East Zone). They included: *28 teams which directly entered the 2012 AFC Cup group stage (14 from West Zone and 14 from East Zone) *4 winners of the 2012 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off final round (2 from West Zone and 2 from East Zone) The draw for the group stage was held at the AFC house in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 December 2011, 16:00 UTC+08:00. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same country may not be drawn into the same group. In each group, teams played each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 6–7 March, 20–21 March, 3–4 April, 17–18 April, 1–2 May, and 15–16 May 2012. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the knockout stage. Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Football Association
The Japan Football Association (JFA, ) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan. It is responsible for the national team, as well as club competitions. History The organisation was founded in 1921 as the , and became affiliated with FIFA in 1929. In 1945, the name of the organisation was changed to the ; its Japanese name was changed to the current title in 1975. This reflected common use of the word ''sakkā'' (サッカー), derived from "soccer", rather than the older Japanese word ''shūkyū'' (蹴球; literally "kick-ball"). The word ''sakkā'' gained popularity during the post-World War II occupation of Japan by the United States-led Allied powers. The association generally translates its name to "Japan Football Association" in English, though "Japan Soccer Association" is also used. SourceJFA National teams List of international matches [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masaaki Toma
, born , is a professional Japanese association football, football referee (association football), referee. He has been refereeing in the J-League since 2008 and has officiated a number of international club and country matches. Career Toma's first J-League game was in 2008, when he officiated the match between Omiya Ardija and Jubilo Iwata. Toma has also officiated in the AFC Asian Champions League, Asian Champions League. In November 2011, Toma became the first foreign referee ever to be invited to officiate in a match in England's FA Cup when he was chosen to referee the First Round match between Brentford F.C., Brentford and Basingstoke Town. International Matches officiated Since officiating his first international match in 2009, Toma has officiated 4 matches. His most notable fixture to date has been a friendly between England national football team, England and Mexico national football team, Mexico in 2010. See also * List of football referees References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
