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José Taira
José Américo Taira Costa Pereira (born 18 November 1968), known as Taira, is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Lisbon, Taira was released by C.F. Os Belenenses manager Henri Depireux in 1987, but after two good years at C.D. Montijo in the second division he returned to his hometown club. He was part of the sides that were relegated from the Primeira Liga in 1991 and promoted back a year later. Taira was signed for C.F. Estrela da Amadora in the summer of 1994 by coach João Alves, who was dismissed before the start of the campaign. He played only seven matches under his successor Acácio Casimiro, and then returned to Belenenses a year later, now managed by Alves; in his only season back at the Estádio do Restelo, the side finished sixth. When Alves was hired by UD Salamanca of the Spanish Segunda División, he brought the core of the team to his new employers, including Taira. On 9 October 1996, he made his only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the List of urban areas of the European Union, 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union.Demographia: World Urban Areas - demographia.com, 06.2021 About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acácio Casimiro
Acácio Alfredo Casimiro (born 24 March 1949 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese former Association football, football midfielder and Manager (association football), manager. External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Casimiro, Acacio 1949 births Living people Footballers from Lisbon Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Espinho players Boavista F.C. players F.C. Famalicão players U.S.C. Paredes players Amarante F.C. players Portuguese football managers Primeira Liga managers Liga Portugal 2 managers U.S.C. Paredes managers C.F. Estrela da Amadora managers Leixões S.C. managers F.C. Famalicão managers S.C. Freamunde managers Kuwait Premier League managers Kazma SC managers Al-Muharraq SC managers Raja CA managers Sanat Naft Abadan F.C. managers Chinese Super League managers Henan Songshan Longmen F.C. managers Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina managers FK Sloboda Tuzla managers Portuguese expatriate football mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbon Football Association
The Lisbon Football Association (''Associação de Futebol de Lisboa'', abrv. ''AF Lisboa'') is the district governing body for the all football competitions in the Portuguese district of Lisbon. It is also the regulator of the clubs registered in the district. Notable clubs in the Lisbon FA Primeira Liga * Benfica * Sporting CP * Belenenses SAD * Estoril Liga Portugal 2 * Casa Pia * Mafra * Vilafranquense * Estrela Amadora Campeonato de Portugal * Atlético CP * Oriental * Torreense * 1 de Dezembro * Real S.C. * Sintrense * Loures * Sacavenense All-time Primeira Liga table These are the most successful Lisbon FA clubs in the history of Primeira Liga (as of 02/2021): See also * Lisbon Championship * Portuguese District Football Associations * Portuguese football competitions * List of football clubs in Portugal Lisboa Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director Of Football
A sporting director, or director of sport, is an executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a manager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many types of sports. The sporting director is, in many cases, a member of the executive board and therefore an executive director. The sporting director is usually directly subordinate to the CEO or the chairman of the sports organization. Director of football A director of football, sometimes also called a sporting director or technical director, is a senior management figure at an association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ... club, most commonly in Europe. Often, their key task is managing transfers of players to and from the team. Howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000–01 Segunda División ...
The 2000–01 Segunda División season saw 22 teams participate in the second flight Spanish league. The teams that promoted to La Liga (top division) were Sevilla FC, Real Betis and CD Tenerife. The teams that relegated to Segunda División B were SD Compostela, Universidad de Las Palmas CF, Getafe CF and UE Lleida. Teams Teams by Autonomous Community Final table Results {{DEFAULTSORT:2000-01 Segunda Division Segunda División seasons 2000–01 in Spanish football leagues Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998–99 La Liga
The 1998–99 La Liga season, the 68th since its establishment, started on 29 August 1998 and finished on 20 June 1999. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 1997–98 Segunda División * Deportivo Alavés * CF Extremadura * Villarreal CF Teams relegated to 1998–99 Segunda División * SD Compostela * CP Mérida * Sporting de Gijón Team information Clubs and locations 1998–99 season was composed of the following clubs: League table Positions by round Results Relegation playoff First Leg Second Leg Awards Pichichi Trophy The Pichichi Trophy is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in a season. *Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999 Zamora Trophy The Zamora Trophy is awarded to the goalkeeper with least goals to games ratio. *Source: Diario AS (newspaper archive, in paper), copy of the day: Monday 21 June 1999 Fair Play award From this season, RFEF develops and publis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's top professional football division of the Spanish football league system. Administered by the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, it is contested by 20 teams, with the three lowest-placed teams at the end of each season being relegated to the Segunda División and replaced by the top two teams and a play-off winner in that division. Since its inception, a total of 62 teams have competed in La Liga. Nine teams have been crowned champions, with Barcelona winning the inaugural La Liga and Real Madrid winning the title a record 35 times, most recently in the 2021–22 season. During the 1940s Valencia, Atlético Madrid and Barcelona emerged as the strongest clubs, winning several titles. Real Madrid and Barcelona dominated the champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirana
Tirana ( , ; aln, Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest overlooking the Adriatic Sea in the distance. Due to its location at the Plain of Tirana and the close proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, the city is particularly influenced by a Mediterranean seasonal climate. It is among the wettest and sunniest cities in Europe, with 2,544 hours of sun per year. Tirana was founded as a city in 1614 by the Ottoman Albanian general Sylejman Pasha Bargjini and flourished by then around the Old Mosque and the ''türbe''. The area that today corresponds to the city's territory has been continuously inhabited since the Iron Age. It was inhabited by Illyrians, and was most likely the core of the Illyrian Kingdom of the Taulantii, which in Classical Antiquity was centred in the hinterland of Epidamnus. Following the Illyrian Wars it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceano Cruz
Oceano Andrade da Cruz (born 29 July 1962), known simply as Oceano, is a Portuguese former professional footballer, currently a manager. A defensive midfielder with tremendous physical strength and leadership skills as his main assets, he was widely regarded as the best footballer ever hailing from Cape Verde, and represented most notably Sporting CP, appearing in more than 400 official matches for the club over 11 seasons (two separate spells). Having earned more than 50 caps for Portugal, Oceano played with his adopted nation at Euro 1996. Club career Born in São Vicente, Cape Verde, Oceano's family immigrated to Portugal when he was a child. He started his career at Almada A.C. in the lower leagues and, after spells in the second division with Odivelas F.C. and C.D. Nacional, signed with Sporting CP for the 1984–85 season. Oceano was an undisputed starter for the Lisbon side during his stay, which consisted at first of seven seasons. In 1991, he moved alongside compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone (UEFA). A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition; Andorra, which joined FIFA and UEFA in November 1996 while the qualifiers were underway, could not enter. The European zone was allocated 15 places (out of 32) in the final tournament. France, the hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition between 49 teams. The 49 teams were divided into nine groups, four groups of six teams and five groups of five teams. The teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. The runners-up would be ranked according to their records against the 1st, 3rd and 4th-placed team in their groups, and the team with the best record would also qualify. The other runners-up would advance to the UEFA Play-offs. In the play-offs, the 8 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners wou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the second time in the history of the tournament, defeating Morocco in the bidding process. It was the second time that France staged the competition (the first was in 1938) and the ninth time that it was held in Europe. Spanning 32 days, it is the longest World Cup tournament ever held. Qualification for the finals began in March 1996 and concluded in November 1997. For the first time in the competition, the group stage was expanded from 24 teams to 32, with eight groups of four. 64 matches were played in 10 stadiums in 10 host cities, with the opening match and final staged at the newly built Stade de France in the Parisian commune of Saint-Denis. The tournament was won by host country France, who beat defending champions Brazil 3–0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania National Football Team
The Albania national football team ( sq, Kombëtarja e futbollit të Shqipërisë) represents Albania in men's international football, and is governed by the Albanian Football Association, the governing body for football in Albania. Albania competes in the three major international football tournaments; the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and UEFA Nations League. Albania was the winner of the 1946 Balkan Cup and the 2000 Malta Rothmans International Tournament. At Euro 2016, Albania made its second appearance at a major men's football tournament after 50 years. Since its completion in 2019, Arena Kombëtare ( en, National Arena), known as Air Albania Stadium for sponsorship reasons, has been the team's home ground. Albania's highest FIFA World Ranking was 22nd in August 2015. The colours of the team are red, white and black, and the double headed eagle its symbol. Its supporters are collectively known as the '' Tifozët Kuq e Zi'' and display as well as the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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