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Efstratios Gidopoulos
AEK FC ( el, ΠΑΕ A.E.K. ; Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; ''Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos'', meaning ''Athletic Union of Constantinople'') is a Greek professional football club based in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Attica, Greece. Established in Nea Filadelfeia in 1924 by Greek refugees from Istanbul in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), AEK is one of the three most successful teams in Greek football (including Olympiacos and Panathinaikos), winning 30 national titles and the only one to have won all the competitions organised by the Hellenic Football Federation (12 Championships, 15 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup and 2 Super Cups). The club has appeared several times in European competitions (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup). It is the only Greek team that advanced to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup ( 1976–77) and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup twice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agia Sophia Stadium
The Agia Sophia Stadium (), also known by its commercial name OPAP Arena, is the home stadium of AEK Athens FC. With an all-seater capacity of 32,500, it is the largest football-only stadium and the second largest football stadium overall in Greece. It is located in Nea Filadelfeia, a northwestern suburb of Athens, Greece. Built in 2022 on the site of Nikos Goumas Stadium, the former ground of the club, the stadium is the most contemporary stadium in Greece. Name The stadium holds a founding and a commercial name. The founding name of the stadium is Agia Sophia, chosen after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, formerly a Greek Orthodox church. The name highlights the significant cultural roots of AEK and its founders from Constantinople. The commercial name of the stadium, OPAP Arena, was picked after OPAP – Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics S.A. secured the name right for five years, starting from 2022. History In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfeia that was originally set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek League Cup
The EPAE Cup, known as the Greek League Cup, a now defunct football competition, took place only once, in the year 1989–90 season. AEK Athens is the only winner of the League Cup, beating Panionios (3–3 and 3–1 on penalties), Aris (5–2), Levadiakos (0–0 and 1–0) and Olympiacos (3–2 in the final at the Athens Olympic Stadium, on 2 June 1990). Road to Final In the 1989-90 EPAE Cup, the participants were the 18 teams of the 1989–90 Alpha Ethniki, while the qualifying matches and the final were single matches, except for the semi-finals, which were double. The event began in January and ended in June 1990. First round Additional round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final External linksRSSSF {{Football in Greece 1990 1990 League Cup National association football league cups Football cup competitions in Greece 1989 establishments in Greece 1990 disestablishments in Greece League Cup In several sports, most prominently associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurtuluş
Kurtuluş is a neighbourhood of the Şişli district of Istanbul that was originally called ''Tatavla,'' meaning 'stables' in Greek ( el, Ταταύλα). The modern Turkish name means "liberation", "salvation", "independence" or "deliverance". On 13 April 1929, six years after the Republic of Turkey was founded, a fire swept through the neighbourhood and largely destroyed it, with 207 houses going up in flames. The name was changed to Kurtuluş to mark the rebuilding of the area. Once a predominantly Greek Orthodox neighbourhood, its population today mostly consists of Turks who moved there after the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923. There is still a small population or Greeks, Armenians and Jews, as well as some Kurds who are relatively recent economic migrants. Kurtuluş is served by the Osmanbey Metro station and innumerable buses from Taksim. It is adjacent to Pangaltı, Feriköy and Dolapdere. History The quarter started life in the 16th century as a residential are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurtuluş S
Kurtuluş is a neighbourhood of the Şişli district of Istanbul that was originally called ''Tatavla,'' meaning 'stables' in Greek ( el, Ταταύλα). The modern Turkish name means "liberation", "salvation", "independence" or "deliverance". On 13 April 1929, six years after the Republic of Turkey was founded, a fire swept through the neighbourhood and largely destroyed it, with 207 houses going up in flames. The name was changed to Kurtuluş to mark the rebuilding of the area. Once a predominantly Greek Orthodox neighbourhood, its population today mostly consists of Turks who moved there after the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923. There is still a small population or Greeks, Armenians and Jews, as well as some Kurds who are relatively recent economic migrants. Kurtuluş is served by the Osmanbey Metro station and innumerable buses from Taksim. It is adjacent to Pangaltı, Feriköy and Dolapdere. History The quarter started life in the 16th century as a residential are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994–95 UEFA Champions League
The 1994–95 UEFA Champions League was the 40th edition of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, and the third since its rebranding as the UEFA Champions League. The tournament was won by Ajax of the Netherlands with a late goal in the final against defending champions Milan of Italy. Ajax won the competition without losing a game, either in the group or the knock-out stage in winning the title for the first time since 1973. Compared to the previous edition of the European Cup, radical changes were made to the format of the tournament, due to a recently expired contract that bound UEFA to the EBU for the transmission of the final. This gave occasion for a general review of the format, which attracted the interest of new and financially well-off private television companies. This edition included four groups of four teams each in the group stage, up from two groups of four teams each in 1993–94. It was also the first year in which eight teams advanced to the knock-out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968–69 European Cup
The 1968–69 season of the European Cup football club tournament was won by Milan, who beat Ajax 4–1 in the final, giving Milan its first European Cup title since 1963, and its second overall. A number of Eastern Bloc clubs withdrew from the first two rounds when UEFA paired up all of the Eastern Bloc clubs against one another in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Substitutions of two players at any game time were allowed; obligatory match dates were introduced (two weeks between the legs) and fixed on Wednesdays; the away goal rule was extended to the first and second rounds. Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ..., the defending champions, were eliminated by Milan in the semi-finals. Bracket First round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The 1997–98 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club football tournament was won by Chelsea in the final against Stuttgart. Teams Qualifying round ;Notes *Note 1: Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player — Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi. First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''APOEL won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''ÍBV won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Legia Warsaw won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Național București won 12–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Hapoel Be'er Sheva won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Shakhtar Donetsk won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinaburg won 2–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kilmarnock won 3–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Red Star Belgrade won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Zagreb won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''BVSC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976–77 UEFA Cup
The 1976–77 UEFA Cup was the sixth season of the UEFA Cup, a club association football, football competition organised by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). It was won by Italian club Juventus F.C., Juventus, who beat Athletic Bilbao of Spain in the two-legged final; both sides won one leg of the tie, which finished 2–2 on aggregate, but Juventus' solitary goal in the second leg at San Mamés Stadium (1913), San Mamés Stadium in Bilbao saw them win on away goals. It was the first time that a team from Southern Europe had won the competition. First round First leg ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Second leg ''Schalke 04 won 5–4 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Slovan Bratislava won 8–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Basel won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Kaiserslautern won 11–1 on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Cup
A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store Solid, solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, porcelain, china, clay, wood, stone, polystyrene, plastic, aluminium or other materials, and are usually fixed with a Stemware, stem, Handle (grip), handles, or other Adornment, adornments. Cups are used for quenching thirst across a wide range of cultures and social classes, and different styles of cups may be used for different liquids or in different situations. Cups of different styles may be used for different types of liquids or other foodstuffs (e.g. teacups and measuring cups), in different situations (e.g. at water stations or in Ceremony, ceremonies and Ritual, rituals), or for decorative arts, decoration.#R1, Rigby 2003: p. 573–574. History Cups are an improvement on using cupped hands or feet to hold liquids. They have almost certai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tournament ran for 39 seasons, with the final edition held in 1998–99, after which it was discontinued. The first tournament was held in 1960–61, but it was organised by the Mitropa Cup's Organising Committee and not recognised by the governing body of European football until 1963, when it was accepted as a UEFA competition on the initiative of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). From 1972 onwards, the winner of the tournament progressed to play the winner of the European Cup (later the UEFA Champions League) in the European Super Cup. Since the abolition of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Super Cup place previously reserved for the Cup Winners' Cup winner has been taken by the winner of the UEFA Cup, now the UEFA Europa League. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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