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Hebei F.C.
Hebei Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Langfang, Hebei. The club was dissolved in March 2023. According to Forbes, Hebei was the 7th most valuable football team in China, with a team value of $90 million, and an estimated revenue of $22 million in 2015. History Hebei Zhongji was founded on 28 May 2010 by the Hebei football association and Hebei Zhongji Group who promised to invest three million Yuan a season for next four campaigns. They registered to play within China League Two, third tier of the Chinese football league system, as Hebei Yilin Shanzhuang (Simplified Chinese: 河北依林山庄) for sponsorship reasons in the 2011 league season. They failed to advance into the Play-offs after finishing in 5th place in the group stage. On 17 October 2011, the cooperation relationship between Hebei FA and Hebei Zhongji Grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langfang Stadium
Langfang Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 廊坊体育场) is a multi-use stadium in Langfang, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics events. The stadium has a capacity of 30,040 people. Hebei F.C. Hebei Football Club () was a professional Chinese football club that participated in the Chinese Super League division under licence from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The team was based in Langfang, Hebei. The club was dissolved in Marc ... used the stadium for home games until 2022. Today, it hosts the home games of Langfang Glory City. Footnotes Sports venues in Hebei Football venues in China {{PRChina-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomir Antić
Radomir Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Радомир Антић, ; 22 November 1948 – 6 April 2020) was a Serbian professional football manager and player. Following a 17-year playing career as a defender, most of which he spent playing at Partizan, with whom he won the Yugoslav First League, Antić moved into coaching. He was one of only two men to have managed both Barcelona and Real Madrid, long-time bitter rivals (the other one is Enrique Fernández Viola). With Atlético Madrid, Antić won the double, conquering both La Liga and the Copa del Rey in the 1995–96 season. He is the only man to have coached Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid. Early life Antić was born in Žitište to a Serb family (father Jovo Antić from the area near Šipovo and mother Milka Brkić from the Grmeč region) that had settled in the small Banat town shortly before his birth. Born as the second son in the family, Radomir had an older brother Dragomir, two years his senior. The newborn was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yutong International Sports Center
The Yutong International Sports Centre Stadium (Simplified Chinese: 裕彤国际体育中心) is a multi-use stadium in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The capacity of this stadium is 29,000. See also * List of football stadiums in China * List of stadiums in China * Lists of stadiums The following are lists of stadiums throughout the world. Note that horse racing and motorsport venues are not included at some pages, because those are not stadiums but sports venues. Combined lists *List of stadiums by capacity * List of c ... Footnotes Football venues in China Sports venues in Hebei {{PRChina-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC. Executive Committee Members 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Playoffs In June 2025, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed that Qatar and Saudi Arabia will host the Asian qualifying playoffs for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The playoffs will feature six teams, comprising the third- and fourth-placed teams from the recent third round of Asian qualifiers. These teams will be divided into two groups of three, with the winners of each group advancing to the intercontinental playoff round. The deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Super Cup
The Chinese FA Super Cup (), formerly named Chinese Football Super Cup (), is a Chinese football super cup competition that takes place every year before the start of the new season. It is contested between the champions of the previous Chinese Super League season and the holders of the Chinese FA Cup. If the Super League champions also won the FA Cup, then the league runners-up provide the opposition. Established in 1995, it was not held between 2004 and 2011. The most successful club is Shanghai Shenhua with five titles. Winners The winner is typed in bold. Titles by team References External linksChina List of Super Cup Winners RSSSF.com {{Football in China Super Cup China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ... Recurring sporting events established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese FA Cup
The Chinese FA Cup (, abbreviated as CFA Cup) is the national knockout cup competition in China organized by the Chinese Football Association. The current holders are Shanghai Port, having beaten Shandong Taishan in 2024 for their first title. History The competition started as the Chinese National Football Championship () in 1956. It was reorganized after the Cultural Revolution and used the name Chinese FA Cup for the first time in 1984. It was scrapped for the 6th National Games of China in 1987, and was reorganized again as the Chinese National Cup Winners' Cup () between 1990 and 1992 as the qualifiers for the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The current format of the FA Cup began in the 1995 season following the establishment of the professional football league in China. The cup was temporary scrapped in 2007 due to the Chinese Football Association's strategy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (''RSSSF'') is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. Website The RSSSF website contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the most complete" publicly available statistical football databases in the world, and has virtually every piece of historical information. This enterprise, according to its founders, was created in January 1994 by three regulars of the Big 8 (Usenet)#Hierarchies, Rec.Sport.Soccer (RSS) Usenet newsgroup: Lars Aarhus, Kent Hedlundh, and Karel Stokkermans. It was originally known as the "North European Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation", but the geographical reference was dropped as its membership from other regions grew. The RSSSF has members and con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Jong-boo
Kim Jong-boo (, born 13 January 1965) is a South Korean football manager and former player. He was one of the most influential footballers in South Korea during the 1980s. Playing career In the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship, Kim showed great performances including his two goals and two assists, leading South Korean under-20 team to the semi-finals. He became the most popular young footballer in South Korea after the World Youth Championship, and interested K League clubs. Prior to his graduation from Korea University, Kim wanted to join Daewoo Royals which was employing his former coach Lee Cha-man, but Korea University pressured on him to join Hyundai Horang-i due to their deal with Hyundai. During the conflict between Daewoo and Hyundai over him, Hyundai insisted on his agreement after getting a provisional contract with his brother-in-law who was his agent. Afterwards, Kim denied the provisional contract by announcing he would go to Daewoo, and Korea University dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie Feng (footballer)
Xie Feng ( zh, s=谢峰, t=謝峰, p=Xiè Fēng; born 9 April 1966) is a Chinese former footballer and a manager. Club career Xie’s father, Xie Hongjun ( zh, s=谢鸿钧), is a retired footballer who played for Shanghai Team and the Chinese national team. His mother Zheng Yuru ( zh, s=郑玉茹) was a sprinter active in the 1950s. Xie Hongjun would move into coaching with the Beijing Youth Team while Xie Feng would progress through the organisation into the senior team by 1988. Initially when Xie Feng started his career at Beijing FC (later renamed Beijing Guoan), he was a striker whose his ability to run 100 metres in 11 seconds was considered a great asset. His speed would be highlighted when he scored against both A.C. Milan and Arsenal in friendlies for Beijing Guoan in 1994 and 1995 respectively. Xie would be converted to a right-back by head coach Jin Zhiyang to accommodate the striker Gao Hongbo. The move would be a huge success for Xie and he would go on to win t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Tie
Li Tie ( zh, s=李铁, t=李鐵, p=Lǐ Tiě; born 18 May 1977) is a Chinese former professional football coach and player. A defensive midfielder, he represented Liaoning in the Chinese Jia-A League, Everton in the Premier League, Sheffield United in the Football League Championship and Chengdu Blades in the Chinese Super League. At international level, he made 92 appearances scoring six goals for the China national team. He was chosen for the AFC Asian Cup in 2000 and 2007, and for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. After retirement from playing, he started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Guangzhou Evergrande. He moved to the China national team and then Hebei China Fortune where he gained his first coaching position. In 2024, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery. Club career Liaoning FC Li Tie began his football career at the age of fifteen, joining Liaoning's youth academy system in 1992. The following year, he was sent to Brazil for a five-year t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Larrea
Alejandro Javier Larrea (born 5 December 1966) is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of Progreso. Career Larrea earned two caps for Uruguay national football team in 1992. On 21 June 1992, he made his debut and scored his first goal in a 2–0 win over Australia. He played another match on 4 July 1992 in a 3–1 win over Ecuador. In July 1999, Larrea transferred to Chinese Jia-A League side Beijing Guoan. On 25 July 1999, he scored his first goal in China in a 3–3 away draw against Shenyang Haishi. He joined Chinese second-tier club Guangzhou Geely in April 2001. On 5 May, he made his debut for Guangzhou and scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw against Jiangsu Sainty. Larrea joined another Jia-A League club Tianjin Teda, which was then coached by Uruguayan manager Nelson Agresta, on 28 July 2001. He left the club in August, playing just two FA Cup matches for Tianjin in the two legs of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Coleman (footballer)
Christopher Patrick Coleman (born 10 June 1970) is a Welsh professional Association football, football coach and former Association football, player. His last managerial job was at Oud-Heverlee Leuven, OH Leuven in the Belgian Pro League. As a player, Coleman usually played in Defender (association football), defence, while also occasionally appearing as a forward. He began his career at Manchester City F.C., Manchester City, leaving as a teenager to make his debut for hometown team Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City in 1987. In 1991, he joined Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace, whom he represented in the Premier League. He spent a year-and-a-half at league champions Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers before signing for Fulham F.C., Fulham in 1997, helping the team to two promotions from the third tier to the top flight. He won 32 Caps (sport), caps playing for Wales national football team, Wales. Coleman's playing career ended at the age of 32, when his leg was broken in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
