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2023 Merdeka Tournament
The 2023 Merdeka Tournament was the 42nd edition of the tournament which was organised by the Football Association of Malaysia. The tournament, which featured three participants, took place between 13 and 17 October. Tajikistan emerged as the champion of the tournament for their first title after beating host Malaysia 2–0 at the final. Participating nations The teams were announced by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) in March 2023. The draw took place on 8 August 2023. However, Lebanon later pulled out of the tournament due to the 2026 World Cup qualifying draws putting them in the same group with Palestine, later replaced by Tajikistan. Due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Palestine has decided to withdraw three days prior to the tournament. The following are the FIFA Rankings of the participating national teams, as of 21 September 2023. * (97) (''withdrew'') * (101) (''withdrew'') * (102) * (110) * (134) Venue All matches were played at the Bukit Jalil National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Merdeka Tournament
The 41st Merdeka Tournament were played from the 4th to 15 September 2013. Malaysia Under-23 team earned a huge boost ahead of December’s Sea Games when they edged Myanmar 2-0 in the final. It was Malaysia’s 12th title in Asia’s oldest tournament (overall until this year edition), with the second title specifically for the Under-23 side, since its inception in 1957. Teams The participating teams are mostly Under-23 squads preparing for the 2013 SEA Games. Jordan have withdrawn from Merdeka Tournament in Kuantan and the FA of Malaysia has invited Myanmar as the replacements. – New Straits Times, 3 August 2013. * * replace * * Thailand Selected Stadiums Tournament Group stage *Times listed are |
Semi-finals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietnam Football Federation
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF, vi, Liên đoàn Bóng đá Việt Nam) is the governing body of football in Vietnam. It is responsible for the all Vietnam teams of football, futsal and beach soccer as well as national competitions. VFF is currently a member of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Its headquarters is located in Lê Quang Đạo Street, Mỹ Đình 1 ward, Nam Từ Liêm district, Hanoi. History In 1960, Vietnam Football Association was established in the North. Its first president Hà Đăng Ấn, head of Railway Department and a former football star. In the South under control of the Republic of Vietnam, a similar Association was also founded to administer football activities in the South. Football has been played in Vietnam since the early 20th century, however, due to the war, it had not been developed into a movement. Due to the division of Viet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahrom Samiev
Shahrom Tagoymurodovich Samiev (russian: Шахром Тагоймуродович Самиев; born 8 February 2001) is a Tajik professional football player who currently plays for Zimbru Chișinău. Career Club On 14 February 2020, Istiklol announced that Samiev had left the club to join Rubin Kazan on a free transfer. For 2020–21 season, a new limit of 8 foreign players was introduced in the Russian Premier League, and was not registered by the club with the league. On 17 August 2020, Samiev left Rubin Kazan to sign for Sheriff Tiraspol, and was immediately loaned out to fellow Divizia Națională club Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol until the end of the year. On 2 July 2021, Samiev left Sheriff Tiraspol and signed for Belarusian Premier League club Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino. On 24 July 2022, Samiev joined fellow Belarusian Premier League club Isloch Minsk. In February 2023, he signed for Moldovan Super Liga club Zimbru Chișinău. International Samiev made his senior team debut o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustam Soirov
Rustam Jamshidovich Soirov (russian: Рустам Джамшидович Соиров; fa, رستم سایروف; born 12 September 2002) is a Tajikistani professional football player who currently plays for Istiklol in the Tajikistan Higher League. Club career Istiklol In 2020, Soirov joined Istiklol. Levadia Tallinn On 2 August 2022, Istiklol announced that Soirov had left the club to join Levadia Tallinn on a three-year contract. Lokomotiv Tashkent On 23 December 2022, Uzbekistan club, Lokomotiv Tashkent announced the signing of Soirov to a two-year contract. Istiklol return On 16 March 2024, Istiklol announced the return of Soirov on a contract until the end of 2025. International career Soirov made his senior team debut on 7 November 2020 against Bahrain. He scored his first international goal against Malaysia on 17 October 2023 in the final match of the 2023 Merdeka Tournament. Career statistics Club 2020 FC Istiklol season International ''Statisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Association Of Thailand
The Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King ( th, สมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์), or FA Thailand for short, is the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer in Thailand. It was founded on 25 April 1916. The association joined FIFA on 23 June 1925 and AFC in 1954. History In 1916, King Vajiravudh founded "The Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King" after that the association joined the FIFA in 1925 and AFC in 1954. Thailand national football team joined Olympic Games first time in Australia in 1956. The first football stadium, Supachalasai Stadium, was built in 1935. King's Cup, the first football cup was introduced in 1968. And then two years later, Queen's Cup, a national cup competition, started in 1970. Thai football competitions Leagues and tournaments League competitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunil Chhetri
Sunil Chhetri (born 3 August 1984) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the India national team. Widely regarded as the greatest Indian footballer of all time, he is known for his link-up play, goal scoring abilities, and leadership. He is the third-highest international goalscorer among active players, behind only Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, the joint fifth-highest of all time, and is also the most-capped player and the all-time top goalscorer of the India national team. Chhetri began his professional career at Mohun Bagan in 2002, moving to JCT where he scored 21 goals in 48 games. Sunil was part of Delhi team in the 59th edition of Santosh trophy held at Delhi. He scored 6 goals in that tournament including a hat-trick against Gujarat. Delhi lost to Kerala in the quarter finals and he scored in that match too. He signed for Major League Soccer side Kansas City Wizards in 2010, bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naorem Mahesh Singh
Naorem Mahesh Singh (born 3 March 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club East Bengal FC and the India national team. Club career Early career Born in Manipur, Singh began his career in his home state with Birchandra Memorial Sporting Club. He soon joined the youth side of Shillong Lajong, playing for the club in the Shillong Premier League. Shillong Lajong Prior to the 2018–19 season, Singh was promoted to the first-team. He made his professional debut for Shillong Lajong on 28 October 2018 against Aizawl. He scored a brace, two goals in the 20th and 51st minutes, as Shillong Lajong won 2–1. Kerala Blasters In 2018, it was announced that Naorem had signed for the Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters from Shillong Lajong F.C. Mahesh was part of Reserve squad of the club. Eventhough he impressed then Blasters assistant coach Ishfaq Ahmed, Mahesh never made an appearance for Kerala Blasters. He was loaned out to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La'Vere Corbin-Ong
La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong (born 22 April 1991) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Malaysia Super League side Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team. Early life He was born in London, England, where his parents, Lawrence Corbin (Barbadian) and Elizabeth Ong (Malaysian Chinese), were studying psychiatry and nursing respectively. Corbin-Ong was one year old when his family moved to Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta. When he was four years of age, his family moved to North Vancouver, where he was raised. He played a variety of sports in his youth, including football, lacrosse, gridiron football and tennis. Corbin-Ong was six years old when he started playing football for the Lynn Valley SA. He played for Capilano University in Canada for a season after high school, then joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Residency program. In 2012, he was set to attend the University of British Columbia and join their UBC Thunderbirds soccer team, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faisal Halim
Muhammad Faisal bin Abdul Halim (born 7 January 1998) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Malaysia Super League club Selangor and the Malaysia national team. Club career Penang Faisal started his professional career with Penang's President Cup squad. He made his debut and scored one goal in the Malaysia Cup tournament against PDRM FA on 17 October 2015 where Penang lost 2–3. He was one of the young players who were called up to play with Penang's senior team squad in preparation for the 2015 Malaysia Cup. His performance in the Malaysia President Cup competition brought him to the attention of Penang's management. He left Penang after the end of the season after making 3 appearances and scoring 1 goal. Pahang In November 2015, Faisal signed a contract with Pahang. He help Pahang FA won Malaysia FA Cup 2018 Terengganu On the 6th of December 2020, Faisal Halim signed a contract with Terengganu FC, Terengganu and will be using the number 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arif Aiman Hanapi
Arif Aiman bin Mohd Hanapi (born 4 May 2002) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim and the Malaysia national team. Youth career Arif's talent was discovered during the Mykids programme in 2011/12, and he later joined the squad that won IberCup Costa Del Sol in 2015. He then decided to leave Mokhtar Dahari National Football Academy at the end of 2018 to join JDT Academy in order to increase his playing opportunities. After playing for JDT in the Youth and President's Cups, Arif Aiman caught the attention of Malaysia U-18 squad coach, Bojan Hodak, in early 2019. Arif is a product of the National Football Development Programme of Malaysia (NFDP) from 2015 to 2017 and then Johor Darul Ta'zim Academy. He played in all levels of the academy including JDT IV, JDT III, JDT II until he became a regular for the first team. Arif began his senior club with Johor Darul Ta'zim after playing for the youth club f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dion Cools
Dion-Johan Chai Cools (born 4 June 1996) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or centre-back for Czech club FK Jablonec and the Malaysia national team. At club level, he has played in Belgium and Denmark for OH Leuven, Club Brugge and FC Midtjylland. Cools has represented Belgium at youth level with 28 caps, but chose to play for the Malaysian national football team at senior level. He made his senior debut for Malaysia on 3 June 2021. Early life Cools was born to a Belgian father and Malaysian Hakka mother in Kuching, before the couple moved to Belgium after their marriage more than 20 years ago. He spent time with several Belgian clubs during his youth career before debuting in professional level with OH Leuven in 2014. Club career Early years Cools started his career with Tempo Overijse, but soon moved to OH Leuven as a 9-years-old. In 2010, he joined the Anderlecht youth team. After a season, he returned to the OH Leuven youth academy in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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