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Joya Maria Azzi
Joya-Maria Maroun Azzi ( ar, جويا ماريا مارون قزي; born 23 September 2000) is a Lebanese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or left-back for American club San Francisco Nighthawks and the Lebanon national team. Early life Born in Ajaltoun, Lebanon, Azzi grew up in Okaibe, where she began playing football aged four. She initially played with local boys teams, before playing futsal with her high school team aged 13. Club career Early career Azzi joined her first girls football team at 14 years old, when she moved to Zouk Mosbeh. She then played for the under-17s and under-18s, before making her senior debut. Aged 18, she moved to EFP, playing for both their under-19 and senior teams. Azzi played two years for EFP. Central Methodist Eagles On 3 August 2021, Azzi joined the Central Methodist Eagles, the team of the Central Methodist University. She made her debut on 25 August, as a 60th-minute substitute in a 4–0 win against the Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleven Football Pro Girls Team
Eleven Football Pro ( ar, نادي أيليفين فوتبول برو), or simply EFP, is a women's football club based in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, section of the homonymous sports academy. Founded in 2019, they compete in the Lebanese Women's Football League and have won one Lebanese Women's FA Cup. History Eleven Football Pro were founded in 2019. In 2019–20, their debut season, EFP came third in the league, after losing 4–2 to SAS in the final matchday of the season. They won their first trophy in 2021, winning the 2020–21 Lebanese Women's FA Cup final after beating BFA on penalties. Honours *Lebanese Women's FA Cup **Winners (1): 2020–21 * Lebanese Women's Super Cup ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 2021–22 See also * Lebanese Women's Football League * Women's football in Lebanon * List of women's association football clubs in Lebanon In Lebanon, there is only one women's football league: the Lebanese Women's Football League. Thus, there are no promotions or relegation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Association Football
Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national teams participate internationally. The history of women's football has seen competitions being launched at both the national and international levels. After the "first golden age" of women's football occurred in the United Kingdom in the 1920s, with one match attracting over 50,000 spectators, The Football Association instituted a ban from 1921 to 1970 in England that disallowed women's football on the grounds used by its member clubs. In many other nations, female footballers faced similarly hostile treatment and bans by male-dominated organisations. In the 1970s, international women's football tournaments were extremely popular and the oldest surviving continental championship was founded, the Women's Asian Cup. However, FIFA did not all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is Jordan's primate city and is the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city in the Levant region, the list of largest cities in the Arab world, fifth-largest city in the Arab world, and the list of largest metropolitan areas of the Middle East, ninth largest metropolitan area in the Middle East. The earliest evidence of settlement in Amman dates to the 8th millennium BC, in a Neolithic site known as ʿAin Ghazal, 'Ain Ghazal, where the world's ʿAin Ghazal statues, oldest statues of the human form have been unearthed. During the Iron Age, the city was known as Rabat Aman and served as the capital of the Ammon, Ammonite Kingdom. In the 3rd century BC, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Pharaoh of Ptole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Stadium
Petra Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Amman, Jordan. It is currently used mostly for football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... matches. The stadium has a capacity of 6,000 spectators. References Football venues in Jordan Sports venues in Amman {{Jordan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Asian Football Federation
The West Asian Football Federation (WAFF; ar, اتحاد غرب آسيا لكرة القدم, Ittiḥād Gharb Āsiyā li-Kurat al-Qadam), founded in 2001, is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia. Its founding members are Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria. In 2009, three more associations joined the federation: Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Four other nations of Western Asia: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia joined in 2010. Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of the Central Asian Football Federation. They organize the West Asian Football Federation Championship. Some nations were invited to participate in the competition from outside the region. Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, which are not members, were invited to participate in the first edition of the tournament in 2000. The Secretary General is the Jordanian Khalil Al Salem. Member associations Current title holders Rankings National football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria Women's National Football Team
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2022 WAFF Women's Championship
The 2022 West Asian Football Federation Women's Championship, or simply 2022 WAFF Women's Championship, was the 7th edition of the WAFF Women's Championship, the international women's football championship of Western Asia organised by the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF). It was held in Amman, Jordan from 29 August to 4 September 2022. Hosts Jordan won their fifth title – and third in a row – after finishing top of their group with three wins in three games. Lebanon finished second, winning two, while Syria and Palestine finished third and fourth respectively, with one draw and two defeats each. Teams Participants Five teams from the West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) entered the tournament; the official draw took place at the WAFF headquarters in Amman, Jordan on 15 August 2022. The United Arab Emirates were due to compete, but withdrew prior to the start of the competition. Squads Each team had to register a squad of 23 players, minimum three of whom mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Premier Soccer League
The Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) is an amateur women's soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is the top amateur league for women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, below only National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The WPSL is the longest-running active women's soccer league as it enters its 23rd season in 2021 – the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The WPSL is also the largest women's soccer league in the United States, North America and the world with 135 active teams. The WPSL started as the Western Division of the W-League, before breaking away to form its own league in 1998. The league is sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association, an affiliate of the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). WPSL players consists of collegiate and post-collegiate players, who currently or have played across all divisions of the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA. Former players of the WPSL have taken their playing careers to the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAIA Women's Soccer Championship
The NAIA Women's Soccer Championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of NAIA women's collegiate soccer in the United States and Canada. It has been held annually since 1984. The most successful program is Westmont (CA), with 5 NAIA national titles. Keiser (FL) won their second consecutive national title in May 2021. Results Cumulative results * Schools highlighted in pink are closed or no longer sponsor athletics. * Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA. See also *NAIA Men's Soccer Championship *NCAA Women's Soccer Championships ( Division I, Division II, Division III) *NCAA Men's Soccer Championships ( Division I, Division II, Division III In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...) References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heart Of America Athletic Conference
The Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC or The Heart) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska in the United States. History The HAAC's earliest ancestor was the Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU), which was formed in 1924 when the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (now the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association or MIAA) split in two. The old MIAA's private schools formed the Athletic Union, while the state teachers' colleges stayed in the MIAA. It was reorganized as the HAAC in 1971 when it began admitting schools outside Missouri. However, the HAAC does not presently claim the Athletic Union's history as its own. In early 2014, Grand View University and William Penn University were announced as members for the 2015–16 school year. In April 2015, Clarke University and Mount Mercy University were also ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Woods University
William Woods University is a private university in Fulton, Missouri. Founded in 1870, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Expanding its mission to address the need for graduate and adult-oriented programs, the institution became known as William Woods University in 1993. It began offering graduate degrees and admitting men as well as women into all of its programs. It enrolled 1,681 students in 2021. History First known as the Female Orphan School, the institution was founded in 1870 in Camden Point, Missouri in response to the needs of girls who were orphaned during the American Civil War. During the late nineteenth century, the institution moved to Fulton and expanded its elementary and secondary programs to accommodate young women who aspired to become teachers. Known briefly at the beginning of the twentieth century as Daughters College, it changed its name to William Woods College in 1900 to honor a major benefactor (William S. Woods, presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Methodist University
Central Methodist University (formerly known as Central Methodist College and also known as Central College or CMU) is a private university in Fayette, Missouri. CMU is accredited to offer masters, bachelors, and associate degrees. The school is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. History On April 13–14, 1853, Central Methodist University was founded by Nathan Scarritt and David Rice McAnally. The college was chartered by the Missouri General Assembly on March 15, 1855. It came about due largely to the diligent work of Nathan Scarritt and David Rice McAnally. Classes began on September 18, 1857, on a campus with an enrollment of 114 students and a faculty of three. Samuel C. Major was the first graduate, in 1858. In about 100 years the school grew to a campus of , enrollment of over 1,000 students and a faculty of 65. In 2004, it was granted university status and changed its name accordingly. 1864 Battle of Fayette The battle occurred on September 24, 1864, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
