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Football In Bahrain
The sport of football in the country of Bahrain is run by the Bahrain Football Association, and is by far, the most popular sport in the country. Bahrain has its own top-tier domestic professional football league, the Bahraini Premier League. It features 10 football clubs that play a two-round robin set, with each team playing a total of 18 fixtures. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. The league uses a promotion and relegation system with the Bahraini Classification League, Bahrain's second-tier football league. The season usually starts in September and concludes in May, as in other football leagues. The first season was held in 1952. Although games are played on a home and away basis, almost all games are played at the Bahrain National Stadium. The bottom placed club is relegated with the team finishing second bottom entering a relegation/promotion playoff match. The most successful club in the league's history is Al-Muharraq SC. Total cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Association Football Team
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's Association football, soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, 2015 event on home soil. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on six occasions, in 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 and from 2006 FIFA World Cup, 2006 to 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022. The team also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four times. History Early years The first Australia national team was constituted in 1922 for a tour of New Zealand, which included two defeats and a draw. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Muharraq SC
Al-Muharraq Sports Club ( ar, نادي المحرق الرياضي) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Muharraq. It is one of the oldest sports clubs in the Arabian Peninsula. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has won the Bahraini Premier League 33 times. Al-Muharraq Sports Club also takes part in other sports like futsal, basketball, bowling and volleyball. History Al-Muharraq was first found in 1928. Al-Muharraq Sports Club have produced some of the current stars of the national team like the captain of the Bahraini National Team Mohamed Salmeen, Rashid Al Dossary, veteran goalkeeper Ali Hassan, Ali Amer and Ebrahim Al Mishkhas. Al-Muharraq Sports Club's youth academy has produced players like Abdullah Al Dekheel, Mahmood Abdulrahman, Fahad Showaiter, Hussam Humood Sultan, and Abdullah Al-Kaabi. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has brought in foreign professionals on certain occasions such as Brazilian forward Leandson Dias da Silva also known as Rico and Adnan Sarajlic, defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 AFC Asian Cup
The 2004 AFC Asian Cup was the 13th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international association football, football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held from 17 July to 7 August 2004 in China. The defending champions Japan national football team, Japan defeated China national football team, China in the 2004 AFC Asian Cup Final, final in Beijing. The tournament was marked by Saudi Arabia national football team, Saudi Arabia's unexpected failure to even make it out of the first round; a surprisingly good performance by Bahrain national football team, Bahrain, which finished in fourth place; Jordan national football team, Jordan, which reached the quarterfinals in its first appearance and Indonesia national football team, Indonesia, which gained their historical first Asian Cup win against Qatar national football team, Qatar. The final match between China and Japan was marked by post-match rioting by China, Chinese fans near the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malkiya Club
Malkiya SCC () is a Bahraini professional football club based in Malkiya. Malkiya Club after 49 years, became champion of the Bahraini Premier League in 2017. Achievements *Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier League, the first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. ...: 1 :: 2017 Squad Continental record External linksMalkiya Club on soccerway References Football clubs in Bahrain {{Bahrain-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busaiteen Club
Busaiteen ( ar, البسيتين) is a Bahraini multi-sports club based in Busaiteen. The club competes in football, volleyball, table tennis and track and field. Achievements *Bahraini Premier League : Champions (1): 2012–13 Bahrain First Division League, 2013 *Bahraini FA Cup : Champions (1): 2003 Notable managers * Henrique Valmir da Conceição, China (2004–05) Volleyball team The club's Volleyball team is one of the strongest teams in Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an .... The team includes several International players. The team has won many championships in the youth and junior tournaments. References Busaiteen VolleyballRiffa Views, sport news. Retrieved August 13, 2008. External links Fans Forum Football clubs in Bahrain 1945 establ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Riffa Club
East Riffa Club ( ar, نادي الرفاع الشرقي) is a Bahraini professional football club based in Riffa, Bahrain. They play in Bahraini Premier League, the top division of Bahraini football. Achievements Football *Bahraini Premier League: 1 :: 1994. * Bahraini Second Division League: 1 :: 2014. *Bahraini King's Cup: 3 :: 1999 , 2000 , 2014. * Bahraini FA Cup: 1 :: 2019. * Bahraini Super Cup: 1 :: 2014. Managerial history * Julio Peixoto * Steve Darby (1979) * Miloš Hrstić (1995–97) * Vjeran Simunic (1998–99) * Miloš Hrstić (2004–05) * Dragan Talajić Dragan Talajić (born 25 August 1965) is a Croatian former footballer who is the technical director of the Bahrain Football Association. Club career Talajić had a spell with Zeytinburnuspor in the Turkish Süper Lig during the 1994–95 seaso ... (2006–07) * Senad Kreso (2011–12) * Džemal Hadžiabdić (2012–13) * Davor Berber (2013–15) * Pedro Gómez Carmona (2018–19) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hala SC
Al Hala Sports Club ( ar, نادي الحالة الرياضي) is a Bahraini football and basketball club based in Halat Bu Maher, Muharraq. They play in the top division in Bahraini football. Achievements * Bahraini Premier League: 1 ::1979 * Bahraini Second Division League: 1 ::2006 * Bahraini King's Cup The King's Cup is Bahrain's premier knockout tournament in men's football. The national cup has had many different names over the years. Emir Cup (1952–59 & 1978–2002), Federation Cup (1960–77) and King's Cup (2003–present). Previous ...: 3 ::1976, 1980, 1981 Football clubs in Bahrain {{Bahrain-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Arabi (Bahraini Football Club)
Al-Arabi ( ar, نادي العربي) was a Bahraini men's football club that participated in the Bahraini Premier League and Bahraini King's Cup during the 1960s and 1970s. History Al-Arabi won one Bahraini King's Cup The King's Cup is Bahrain's premier knockout tournament in men's football. The national cup has had many different names over the years. Emir Cup (1952–59 & 1978–2002), Federation Cup (1960–77) and King's Cup (2003–present). Previous ... 4–0 in 1969 against Al Tursana (later merged with Al-Ahli). They also won the 1974–75 Bahraini Premier League.. However, another franchise of Al-Arabi formed from mergers of several clubs with Al Ittifaq Daraz in 1984. References {{Bahrain-footyclub-stub Football clubs in Bahrain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Nasr SC (Bahrain)
Al-Nasr full name Al-Nasr Cultural and Sports Club ( ar, نادي النصر الثقافي والرياضي) is a Bahraini sports and cultural club. The club's president is Hussain Hammad. On 15 June 2013, Al Nasr volleyball team won the Bahrain Volleyball Championship title for 2012–2013 against runners-up Al-Ahli. Al Nasr's football (soccer) team had won the Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Currently known as the Nasser bin Hamad Premier League, the first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. ... title in 1958–59 championship. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasr Football ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidd SCC
Al-Hidd Sports and Cultural Club ( ar, نادي الحد الرياضي الثقافي) is a Bahraini football club based in Al Hidd, Muharraq Island. They currently compete in the top division of Bahraini football league. Also club have Futsal team, which plays in Bahrain Futsal League. Achievements *Bahraini Premier League: 2 :: 2015–16, 2019–20 *Bahraini King's Cup: 1 :: 2015 *Bahraini FA Cup: 2 :: 2015, 2017 *Bahraini Super Cup: 2 :: 2015, 2016 * Bahraini Elite Cup : 1 :: 2018 Performance in international competitions Performance in UAFA competitions * UAFA Cup: 1 appearance :: 2012–13: Second Round Performance in AFC competitions * AFC Cup: 5 appearances ::2014: Quarter-finals ::2015: Group stage ::2016: Group stage ::2017: Group stage ::2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ahli (Manama)
Al-Ahli Club of Manama ( ar, النادي الأهلي البحريني) is a Bahraini sports club based in the capital city of Manama. They used to play in the top division in Bahraini football but were relegated to the second division after finishing ninth in the 2011–12 First Division league. The club also fields players in other sports such as basketball, handball and volleyball. Their home stadium is Al Ahli Stadium, although like all other teams in Bahrain they mainly play on Bahrain National Stadium. History Al Ahli (formerly known as Al Nusoor), along with Muharraq Club, is considered to be the pillar of sports in Bahrain. Another club known as Al Tursana (which reached the Bahraini King's Cup in 1969) merged with Al Nusoor to form Al-Ahli Club. The matches between Al Ahli and Muharraq are known to draw the largest fan attendance in the Bahraini league and is considered to be the Bahrain derby. Today they still are known to have the best youth products on their si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahrain Club
Al-Bahrain Sports Club (), otherwise simply known as Bahrain, is primarily a Bahraini football club based in the island-governorate of Al-Muharraq. Their football team plays in the Bahraini Second Division. Their home football stadium is the Al Muharraq Stadium, which they share along with their local island rivals, Al-Muharraq Sports Club. Bahrain Club also have teams for other sports, such as Basketball, Team Handball and Volleyball. Achievements *Bahraini Premier League: 5 :: Winners (5 times): 1968, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1989 *Bahraini King's Cup: 2 :: Winners (2 times): 1970, 1971 *Bahraini Second Division: 1 :: Winners (1 time): 2011 Performance in AFC competitions * Asian Club Championship: 1 appearance ::1991: Group was cancelled due to the crisis in the region. * Asian Cup Winners Cup: 1 appearance ::1998 – 1st round Former managers * Rachid Ghaflaoui Rachid Ghaflaoui (Arabic: رشيد الغفلاوي; born January 1, 1973) is a Moroccan football coach. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
