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Balestier Khalsa
Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a Singaporean professional football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest football club in the country. History Tracing their origins all the way back to 1898, the club was formed as Fathul Karib and based in Farrer Park. One of the highlights over the following half century, before the side was renamed Balestier United Recreation Club in the 1970s, was providing nine players to the Singapore side which competed in the 1958 Asian Games, losing 2–1 to both continental heavyweights South Korea and Israel. Balestier United Recreational Club The club's name was changed to ''Awne F.C'' in April 1975, when it joined the inaugural National Football League. The team captured the Singapore Cup in 1958 and 1992. The club played in the Singapore Premier League (the forerunner to the S.League) from 1988 to 1995. The club became the first club in Singapore to bring in foreign players w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toa Payoh Stadium
Toa Payoh Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Toa Payoh, Singapore. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Balestier Khalsa FC. The stadium holds 3,896 people. It was taken over by the then Singapore Sports Council on 30 November 1973, and opened to the public on 1 March 1974. Facility The stadium has a total seating capacity of 3,964 people. The stadium consists of a soccer field, an 8-lane running track and a fitness corner. See also *List of stadiums in Singapore The following is a list of stadiums in Singapore. Public stadiums These stadiums are run by the Sport Singapore. Demolished stadiums Future Stadiums These stadiums are managed by government or government-aided schools. Some may be used ... References Sports venues in Singapore Football venues in Singapore Toa Payoh Multi-purpose stadiums in Singapore Singapore Premier League venues Balestier Khalsa FC 1974 establishments in Singapore {{Singap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Lions FC
Young Lions Football Club, commonly known as Young Lions, is a Singaporean developmental football club that competes in the Singapore Premier League. The team is under the direct control of the Football Association of Singapore. The Young Lions are one of the few football clubs in the world which place an age restriction on team members while playing in a top-flight professional league. The Young Lions plays their league matches at the Jurong West Stadium. Their best S.League finish was third, which they achieved in 2004 and 2006. Goal By entering the Young Lions into the S.League, the FAS hopes to expose young players to top-level competition, thus helping to prepare them for international tournaments such as the Southeast Asian Games. While the bulk of the Young Lions squad is made up of members of Singapore's national under-23 team, the club also takes in promising young foreign players (e.g. Luka Savić). However, foreign players are normally only recruited into the Young L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Premier League
The Hong Kong Premier League () is a Hong Kong professional football league organised by the Hong Kong Football Association. It is currently sponsored by BOC Life and officially known as BOC Life Hong Kong Premier League (). The inaugural season began in September 2014. It is the top-division football league in Hong Kong. History On 7 February 2013, the Hong Kong Football Association stated that the new Premier League would get under way in Autumn 2014, where it was suggested that the 2013–14 season would be a transition year. As a result, the 2013–14 Hong Kong First Division League was the last season of the First Division to be the top tier of football in the Hong Kong league system. The clubs already in the top division initially reacted negatively to the perceived increased running costs of competing in a professional league, particularly one where some felt that there was little difference to the old First Division. Five clubs – Citizen, Southern, Sun Hei, Happy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AFC Cup
The AFC Cup is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Under its current rules, the competition is played primarily between clubs from nations that did not receive direct qualifying slots in the top-tier AFC Champions League, based on the AFC Club Competitions Ranking. Al-Kuwait SC and Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya are the most successful clubs in the competition's history, having won three titles each. Clubs from Kuwait have won four titles, making them the most successful nation in the competition. Ever since the inauguration of the competition in 2004, the finalists of each edition have been dominated by clubs from West Asia except for 2011 and 2015 when Uzbekistani team FC Nasaf from Central Asia and Malaysian team Johor Darul Ta'zim from Southeast Asia became champions that respective year. Al-Seeb are the current champions after defeating Kuala Lumpur City in the 2022 final. Since 2021 season the team who won the AFC C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home United
Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as The Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club competing in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Since the 2021 season, the team have played their home games at Jalan Besar Stadium. LCS is one of the most successful football clubs in Singapore, with its club owner being Forrest Li, who also owns Sea Ltd. In 2021, the club smashed the league transfer history with a record S$3 million signing of Diego Lopes. History The Police Sports Association was founded in 1945 to organize football activities for the Singapore Police Force. It sent two teams to compete in the Singapore Amateur Football Association League in the 1950s and 1960s, but neither team won any trophies. Under coach Choo Seng Quee, Police SA won the inaugural President's Cup in 1968, then reached and lost the next two finals. When the S.League was formed in 1996, the club was known as the Police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Novi Pazar
Fudbalski klub Novi Pazar () is a professional football club from Novi Pazar, Serbia. The club was formed in 1928 as FK Deževa. FK Novi Pazar compete in the Serbian SuperLiga and play their home games at the 12,000 capacity Novi Pazar City Stadium. The club has got a B team FK Novi Pazar 1928 who plays in the Serbian Zone League. The club draws the majority of its support from the Bosniak population, as Novi Pazar is the cultural centre of the Bosniak Muslims in Serbia. The club has achieved its greatest successes since Serbia has become an independent country, reaching the top tier of national competition for the first time ever in the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga. Novi Pazar was granted promotion after 2010–11 Serbian First League champions BASK withdrew from the SuperLiga due to limited funds and not meeting the required stadium criteria set out by the Football Association of Serbia. In 2019–20 they finished mid-table in the Serbian First League (second tier) but due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emir Lotinac
Emir Lotinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Лотинац; born September 25, 1987) is a Serbian footballer who last played for the Vojvodina. Career Lotinac was born in Novi Pazar. He began his career in his native country, Serbia, with his hometown club Novi Pazar. He played four seasons with Novi Pazar. In 2007, he made his debut in Serbian SuperLiga. During the 2007–08 season, he joined OFK Beograd in the Serbian SuperLiga. 2008–09 he was loaned back to Novi Pazar. Later he moved on to Metalac Kraljevo. In 2014, Lotinac signed for Singapore's S.League side Balestier Khalsa, occupying 1 of the team's 5 foreign signing slots. He was also a roommate with teammate Tarik Čmajčanin who both scored their first 2015 S.League goal for the Tigers in a 5-1 demolition of Courts Young Lions on 4 April 2015. In February 2017 Lotinac signed a one-year-deal with Vojvodina. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Ljubojević
Goran Ljubojević (; born 4 May 1983) is a Croatian former footballer who played as a forward. sportnews.hr, 15 February 2017 Club career As one of the best young national team players, he was transferred at the end of August 2006 from to KRC Genk. He also played for ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Cunningham (footballer)
Paul David Cunningham (born 18 June 1986) is a New Zealand former professional soccer player who plays for Kaitake FC as a defender. Career West Virginia Mountaineers Cunningham earned a soccer scholarship to West Virginia University, a Division I school in the Big East Conference, and played college soccer with the West Virginia Mountaineers, for 4 years. Fisher Athletic Following the completion of his studies, Cunningham played professionally in England for Fisher Athletic. Sorrento He later joined Australian side Sorrento and played for 8 months. Balestier Khalsa He moved to S.League club Balestier Khalsa for the 2010 season. In 2011, Cunningham was named club captain of Balestier and led them to a record finish in the 2013 S.League season. Cunningham was 1 of 5 players shortlisted for Player of the Season in 2013 and eventually lost out to Korean Marquee signing Lee Kwan Woo. Cunningham was also approached by Perth Glory FC to play for them that season but rejected aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DPMM FC
Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club in English, commonly known as DPMM FC) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. The club played in the Brunei Premier League in the early 2000s, winning the league title in 2002 and 2004. The club then decided to play in Malaysia, and joined the Malaysian Premier League as a foreign-based team in for the 2005–06 season. They won promotion to the Malaysian Super League (the top tier of Malaysian football) at the end of their first season in Malaysian football, and then finished 3rd and 10th in the following two season in the Super League. The club then left the Malaysian league and joined Singapore's S.League for the 2009 season. They won the Singapore League Cup, but were forced to withdraw from the league competition five games before the end of the season after FIFA suspended the Football Association of Brunei Darussalam for government interfere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qiu Li
Qiu Li (, born June 6, 1981 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China) is a naturalised Chinese-Singaporean former professional association football player and current assistant coach of Shenyang Urban F.C. Playing career Club career Qiu started his senior career in Changchun Yatai and transferred to Liaoning Zhongyu in 2001. He was released by the club in 2005 as he was surplus to requirements. Qiu was brought to Singapore to play for the S. League club, Sinchi FC, in 2005. After the club decided to pull out of the S-league for the 2006 season, he stayed in Singapore and agreed on a contract with the Young Lions where he excelled with 19 goals from 25 matches played. He joined Home United FC in 2007 but failed to find his form and joined Tampines Rovers FC in 2008. Impressive displays in his debuting two seasons earned him Singapore citizenship. In 2011, he joined Home United again and in 2013 he joined Balestier Khalsa after being released by Home United. Qiu returned to Hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore National Football Team
The Singapore national football team (, zh, 新加坡國家足球隊, ta, சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய கால்பந்து அணி ) represents the Republic of Singapore in the senior men's international football. It is organised by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), the governing body of football in Singapore, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The current head coach is Takayuki Nishigaya. The team's colours are red and white. Singapore are colloquially known as "The Lions". Singapore has one of the oldest national teams in Asia, with the FAS being the oldest football association in the continent itself. Despite the country having a relatively small population pool, it has generally punched above its weight by successively producing squads that has fiercely competed with its larger and much more populated neighbours. This can be seen in its most signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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