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Dimitar Iliev (footballer, Born 1988)
Dimitar Krasimirov Iliev ( bg, Димитър Красимиров Илиев, born 25 September 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Lokomotiv Plovdiv, where he is also club captain, and for the Bulgarian national team. He won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year award in 2019 and 2020. Career Iliev began his career in the youth ranks of Lokomotiv Plovdiv. After making his way through the various youth levels at the club, he debuted for the senior team in a 4–1 home win over Lokomotiv Sofia on 11 September 2004, at age of 15. In November 2004, Iliev had a trial spell with Chelsea. In January 2010, Iliev signed for CSKA Sofia, but struggled to get into the main squad and spent loan spells at Minyor Pernik and Pirin Blagoevgrad, before joining Montana on a permanent basis in August 2011. After one season with Montana, Iliev joined Lokomotiv Sofia, where he spent two seasons before moving to Poland to sign for Wisła P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plovdiv
Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the cultural capital of Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 2019. It is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational center. Plovdiv joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Plovdiv is situated in a fertile region of south-central Bulgaria on the two banks of the Maritsa River. The city has historically developed on seven syenite hills, some of which are high. Because of these hills, Plovdiv is often referred to in Bulgaria as "The City of the Seven Hills". There is evidence of habitation in the area dating back to the 6th millennium BCE, when the first Neolithic settlements were established. The city was subsequently a local Thracians, Thracian settlement, later being conquered and ruled also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attacking Midfielder
A midfielder is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on what Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a Formation (association football), formation. Manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 2020 Qualifying Group A
Group A of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was split into ten groups of national teams. Group A was played between 22 March and 17 November 2019 and featured five teams with the top two teams qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. The group consisted of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, England, Kosovo and Montenegro. Teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. England finished as group winners, with a single loss to the Czech Republic and seven wins, whilst the Czech Republic finished second with five wins and three losses. Both teams qualified directly for the main draw of UEFA Euro 2020. Unlike previous editions, the participants of the play-offs were not decided based on results from the qualifying group stage, but instead based on their performance in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the finals are to be played from 11 June to 11 July 2021, rather than in 2020. Group summary On 14 October 2019, during the Bulgaria v Englan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguay National Football Team
The Paraguay national football team ( es, Selección de fútbol de Paraguay) represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions, and are controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association (Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol). Paraguay is a member of CONMEBOL. The Albirroja has qualified for eight FIFA World Cup competitions (1930, 1950, 1958, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010), with their best performance coming in 2010 when they reached the quarter-finals. A regular participant at the Copa América, Paraguay have been crowned champions of the competition on two occasions (in 1953 and 1979). Paraguay's highest FIFA World Rankings was 8th (March 2001) and their lowest was 103 (May 1995). Paraguay was awarded second place with Best Move of the Year in 1996 for their rise in the FIFA Rankings. The national team's most successful period was under the coaching of Argentine Gerardo Martino, who was awarded with the South American Coach of the Year in 2007 and took Paraguay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Bulgarian Supercup
The 2020 Bulgarian Supercup was the 17th Bulgarian Supercup, an annual Bulgarian football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Professional Football League and Bulgarian Cup. The game was played between the champions of the 2019-20 First League, Ludogorets Razgrad, and the 2020 Bulgarian Cup winners, Lokomotiv Plovdiv. This was Ludogorets's eighth Bulgarian Supercup appearance and Lokomotiv Plovdiv's fourth. The two teams played each other twice: in 2012 and in last season. On both occasions Ludogorets won the trophy. Lokomotiv Plovdiv won their second supercup following their success in 2004. The goal was scored by Dimitar Iliev. Match details Post-match reactions Lokomotiv Plovdiv owner Hristo Krusharski was overjoyed due to the victory, claiming that he had a premonition before the game, praising the collective efforts of the team and expressing the viewpoint that the "railwaymen" have great ambitions for the European tournaments and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last-minute Goal
The term "last-minute goal" is used in sport, primarily association football, to describe a goal scored very late in a game, usually one that affects the outcome of the game. The definition of a "last-minute goal" commonly used is one scored either in the final or penultimate minute of regulation time or extra time, or during stoppage time or injury time. Last-minute goals are often noteworthy if it allows the scoring team to either take the lead or to equalise. The "golden goal", briefly used to decide extra time in some tournaments, is not usually considered a last-minute goal, unless they were scored late into extra time. Penalties scored in a shootout are not considered last-minute goals. Notable last-minute goals This list of last-minute goals includes notable goals from higher levels of national or international football among major tournaments and qualifying matches. Continental cup competition Only matches in the semi-finals and final of European club competitions that c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ante Aralica
Ante Aralica (born 23 July 1996) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Polish club Wieczysta Kraków. Club career Aralica started his career at NK Lučko and made his senior debut in August 2014, at the age of 18. In his first season he scored six times in 24 league appearances in the Croatian Second Football League. In June 2015, Aralica joined Croatian First Football League side NK Lokomotiva, and had loan spells at NK Lučko, NK Sesvete and NK Rudeš before moving permanently to Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv in January 2018. Honours Rudeš * First Football League: 2016–17 Lokomotiv Plovdiv * Bulgarian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20 * Bulgarian Supercup: 2020 Vllaznia Shkodër * Albanian Cup The Albanian Cup ( sq, Kupa e Shqipërisë) is the main "knockout" competition in Albanian football. The competition started in 1939 as Kupa e Mbretit (English:"The King's Cup"). Just after a year the cup was suspended as the Second World War st ...: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alen Ožbolt
Alen Ožbolt (born 24 June 1996) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hapoel Tel Aviv. He has been capped for Slovenia at all youth levels from under-16 to under-21. Club career Ožbolt began his career at Domžale and spent loan spell at Borussia Dortmund II, before joining Austrian club TSV Hartberg on a permanent basis in early 2018. However, he left Hartberg at the end of the 2017–18 season and joined Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a free agent. Lokomotiv Plovdiv Ožbolt signed with Lokomotiv on 16 September 2018 on a three-year deal. Six days later, he made his debut in a 3–1 away league victory over Septemvri Sofia, replacing Bircent Karagaren in the 81st minute. On 15 May 2019, Ožbolt scored the winning goal in the 2019 Bulgarian Cup Final against Botev Plovdiv, which gave Lokomotiv their first Bulgarian Cup. He ended his debut season for Lokomotiv with 8 goals in 29 appearances in all competitions. Slovan Bratislava On 11 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PFC Botev Plovdiv
Profesionalen Futbolen Klub Botev, commonly referred to as Botev Plovdiv ( bg, „Ботев“ Пловдив, ) or simply Botev (within its associated city), is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, that competes in the Bulgarian Parva Liga, the top flight of Bulgarian football. Founded on 11 March 1912, it is the country's oldest active football club. Botev is named after the Bulgarian national hero Hristo Botev. The club plays its home games at Botev 1912 Football Complex, located in the neighbourhood of Komatevo, while its stadium is under reconstruction. During its history, the club has won 2 Bulgarian championships, 3 Bulgarian Cups, 1 Bulgarian Supercup and 1 Balkans Cup. Botev has also reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals once. In addition, the club has been a runner-up in the domestic league twice and has reached the Bulgarian Cup final thirteen times. In the years before the Bulgarian championship was created, the team regularly p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekstraklasa
Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the I liga, seasons start in July, and end in May or June the following year. Teams play a total of 34 games each. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The winner of the Ekstraklasa qualifies for the Polish SuperCup. The league is now operated by the Ekstraklasa Spółka Akcyjna. The Ekstraklasa (former I liga) was officially formed as Liga Polska on 4–5 December 1926 in Warsaw, since 1 March 1927 as Liga Piłki Nożnej (), but the Polish Football Association (Polish: Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN) had been in existence since 20 December 1919, a year after the independence of Poland in 1918. The first games of the freshly created league took place on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
