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2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006–07 competition, which allowed the change to odd-numbered years. Sweden hosted the final tournament in June 2009; therefore, their under-21 team qualified automatically. Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play in this competition. Qualification The qualifying draw split the nations onto 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams. The seeding pots are formed on the basis of former performance in the tournament. Ten group winners along with four best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-offs. Seven winners of the play-off pairs qualified for the final tournament. Qualified teams * as host nation * * * * * * * The finals' tournament draw took place on 3 December 2008 at the Svenska Mässan exhibition centre, Gothenburg. Prior to the final d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Berg
Bengt Erik Markus Berg (; born 17 August 1986) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg, which he captains. Beginning his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in the early 2000s, Berg went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia before returning to IFK Göteborg in 2021. A full international between 2008 and 2021, Berg won 90 caps and scored 24 goals for the Sweden national team. He represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2020. Club career IFK Göteborg After spending two years in the youth team, during the 2005 season Berg was promoted to the regular squad and played for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan. During the time playing for IFK Göteborg, he played alongside his older brother Jonatan. Berg played for IFK Göteborg until the 2007 summer and put forth an attracting performance throughout his final season, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Hamburgers
Max Burgers Aktiebolag (Max Burgers Incorporated), earlier ''Max Hamburgerrestauranger AB'', is a Swedish fast food corporation. History The chain was founded by Curt Bergfors (27 February 1949 - 8 May 2022) and Britta Fredriksson in Gällivare, Sweden in 1968. Bergfors' oldest son Richard Bergfors is the current president since 2002. Until the 1980s, Max was the largest hamburger restaurant chain in northern Sweden, with only a single restaurant outside of Norrland (on Drottninggatan, Stockholm). This changed during the 1990s, when they expanded to become a nationwide fast-food chain. By 2011, there were around 85 restaurants in Sweden, compared to just 40 five years earlier. From 2005 to 2010, Max expanded extensively to the western parts of Sweden, and in 2010, plans were announced to expand to Riyadh, Egypt and Dubai with Kuwait following. Three years later Landmark Group was operating three Max restaurants in Dubai, where the menu was modified to exclude bacon. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Football Federation
The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) ( pt, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol; ) is the governing body of football in Portugal. The federation was formed in 1914 as Portuguese Football Union (UPF) by the three existing regional associations of Lisbon, Portalegre and Porto, before adopting its current name in 1926, and is based in the city of Oeiras. The (FPF) joined FIFA in 1923 and is also a founding member of UEFA. The Portuguese Federation oversees all aspects of the game of football in Portugal, both professional, amateur and administers the competition committee (including the handling of the trophy) of the Campeonato de Portugal, the Taça de Portugal and the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Portugal national football team (men's), women's, and youth national football teams. The men and women's Portugal national futsal team and Portugal national beach soccer team are also organized by the federation. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Proença
Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (; born 3 November 1970) is a retired Portuguese football referee. Proença has refereed a number of notable matches including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga finals, as well as the final of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship becoming the first referee to overview both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national teams in the same year. In 2006–07, he was named as the Portuguese Referee of the Year. He was promoted to UEFA's Elite category at the start of the 2009–10 season. On 22 June 2011, he was named as "Best Referee" for the 2010–11 season by the Portuguese Football Federation. In January 2013, he was voted by the IFFHS as the Best Referee of 2012. Proença retired from refereeing in January 2015. In July 2015, six months after retiring from refereeing, he announced his candidature and was subsequently elected president of the Portuguese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Football Association
The Swiss Football Association (german: Schweizerischer Fussballverband, french: Association Suisse de Football, it, Associazione Svizzera di Football/Calcio, rm, Associaziun Svizra da Ballape) is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern. It was formed in 1895, was a founder member of FIFA in 1904 and joined UEFA during its foundation year, 1954. FIFA is now based in Switzerland at Zürich. Also UEFA is based in the Swiss city of Nyon. ASF-SFV is the abbreviation of the associations name in three of the national languages of Switzerland. ASF stands for both French (''Association Suisse de Football'') and Italian (''Associazione Svizzera di Football''), while SFV is the German (''Schweizerischer Fussballverband'').- Romansh - It is abbreviated as ASB (''Associaziun Svizra da Ballape''). Presidents *Ralph Zloczower (2001–2009) *Peter Gilliéron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Circhetta
Claudio Circhetta (born 18 November 1970) is a Swiss former football referee. As a player in the Swiss junior leagues for over 20 years, Circhetta often disagreed with the referees, but instead of criticising them, he became a referee himself in 1988. In 2000, he was promoted to referee matches in the Swiss Super League, and five years later he became a FIFA-listed international official. His first UEFA appointment was a third round match between Varteks and Lens in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The following year, he took charge of his first UEFA Cup match in the tournament proper (following two qualifying matches), a first round match between Red Star Belgrade and Slovan Liberec. His first Champions League group stage appointment was a match between Celtic and Villarreal Villarreal ( ca-valencia , Vila-real) is a city and municipality in the province of Castellón which is part of the Valencian Community in the east of Spain. The town is located at 42 m above sea level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syarhey Kislyak
Syarhey Viktaravich Kislyak ( be, Сяргей Віктаравіч Кісляк; russian: Сергей Викторович Кисляк; born 6 August 1987) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Dinamo Brest. Career Club In summer 2010 Kislyak was signed by Rubin Kazan, but stayed on loan in his previous team Dinamo Minsk until the end of 2010 season. He finally joined Rubin in December 2010. On 2 February 2018, Kislyak signed for Kazakhstan Premier League club Irtysh Pavlodar. He returned to Belarus, joining Dinamo Brest in September 2018, signing a contract for two and a half years. International Kislyak netted the only two goals for Belarus U-21 at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, opening the scoring in the matches against Sweden U-21 and Italy U-21. On 14 November 2009, Kislyak made his international debut for the senior side, coming on as a last-minute substitute for Sergei Kornilenko in the 1–1 away draw with Saudi Arab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Svensson
Karl Gustav Johan Svensson (born 7 February 1987) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg as a midfielder. Starting off his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in 2005, he went on to play professionally in Turkey, Ukraine, China, and the United States before returning to Sweden in 2021. A full international between 2009 and 2021, Svensson won 32 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as UEFA Euro 2020. Club career IFK Göteborg He played for a local team in Gothenburg as well as a French team in his youth but joined IFK Göteborg at the age of 14. He played there until 2010 and won the Swedish Championship with the club in 2007. Gustav was nominated as the Newcomer of the year in Swedish football the same season but lost out to Johan Oremo. Bursaspor On 1 September 2010, he signed a three-year contract with 2009–10 Süper Lig champions Bursaspor. Tavriya Simfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyaksandr Martynovich
Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Martynovich ( be, Аляксандр Уладзiмiравiч Мартыновіч, russian: Александр Владимирович Мартынович; born 26 August 1987) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian club Rubin Kazan. In June 2011, he acquired Russian citizenship as well and is not considered a foreign player in Russian football competitions. Club career On 15 July 2010, Martynovich signed a 2.5-year contract with Russian First Division side FC Krasnodar, extending his contract for the first time in December 2012 for another 2.5-years, before extending it again in December 2014 till the summer of 2018. He left Krasnodar as his contract expired in May 2022. On 13 June 2022, Martynovich signed a two-year contract with Rubin Kazan. International career Martynovich was part of the Belarus U-21 squad that participated in the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and played as a starter i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. This time is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Lubumbashi, Kigali, Gaborone, Bujumbura, Manzini, Maseru, Tripoli, Lilongwe, Maputo, Windhoek, Omdurman, Juba, Lusaka, Harare, Kaliningrad'' Africa Central Africa *Botswana *Burundi *Democratic Republic of the Congo **The provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Haut-Uele, Kasaï, Kasaï Occidental, Kasaï Oriental, Katanga, Lomani, Lualaba, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sankuru, Sud-Kivu, Tanganyika, Tshopo and Ituri Interim Administration *Egypt *Eswatini *Lesotho *Libya *Malawi *Mozambique *Namibia *Rwanda *South Africa (except Prince Edward Islands) *Sudan *South Sudan *Zambia *Zimbabwe Europe *Russia **Northwestern Federal District ***Kaliningrad Oblast As sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. There were pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedbank
Swedbank AB () is a Nordic- Baltic banking group based in Stockholm, Sweden, offering retail banking, asset management, financial, and other services. In 2019 Swedbank had 900,000 private and 130,000 corporate clients and a 60% market share of Estonia’s payments.Swedbank chief sacked amid money laundering scandal Guardian 28.3.2019 History The first Swedish savings bank was founded in in 1820. In 1992, a number of local savings banks merged to create Sparbanken Sverige ("Savings Bank Sweden"). In 1995, this bank was listed on the |
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