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Miracle Of Hanoi
The Philippines national football team's 2–0 win against Vietnam in the group stage of the 2010 AFF Championship, also dubbed as the Miracle in Hanoi is a noted match which is widely regarded as the start of the Philippines' resurgence in football in the 2010s. The win resulted in the Philippines' first semifinals qualification in the tournament's history. Prior to the match the Philippines were known for being among the weakest sides in Asian football. The match was held at the Mỹ Đình National Stadium in Hanoi. Background The Philippines prior to the 2010s were regarded as one of the weakest national teams in Asia. The Philippines had to qualify for the tournament proper of the 2010 AFF Championship, also known as the Suzuki Cup for sponsorship reasons. Along with Laos, the Philippines clinched the two contested berths for the 2010 AFF Championship in the qualifiers. Ian Araneta's hat trick in a 5–0 win over Timor-Leste was a significant factor in securing the Philippi ...
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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 to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ...
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Simon McMenemy
Simon Alexander McMenemy (born 6 December 1977) is a Scottish football manager. Previously he had spells as manager of Bhayangkara, Maldivian side New Radiant, Indonesia Super League club Pelita Bandung Raya, Mitra Kukar in Indonesia, Đồng Tâm Long An in Vietnam, Loyola Meralco Sparks in Philippines, the Philippines national team and the Indonesia national team. He rejoined Bhayangkara in 2021, but as technical director His first job in football was for Brighton & Hove Albion as a development officer. McMenemy then worked for Sportswear giants Nike. He was the assistant coach of English non-League football side Worthing before moving onto management. Previously, he'd applied for the Clyde vacancy in his native Scotland in 2014, but lost out to Barry Ferguson. Coaching career Haywards Heath Town McMenemy started his career in coaching as manager of Sussex County League club Haywards Heath Town. Philippines Through Chris Greatwich, one of his former players at c ...
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Neil Etheridge
Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge (born 7 February 1990) is a Filipino-English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Birmingham City. Born in England, he captains the Philippines national team. He joined the Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at Chelsea and made his debut for Fulham in the UEFA Europa League against Danish club Odense Boldklub, though he never played in a league match with the club. While with Fulham from 2006 until 2014 he was loaned to various lower tier clubs; Leatherhead, Charlton Athletic, Bristol Rovers, and Crewe Alexandra. After leaving Fulham, Etheridge signed with Oldham Athletic before he was loaned to Charlton Athletic. He joined Charlton on a permanent basis in 2015 after his contract with Oldham ended. After months of being without a club, Etheridge joined Walsall, going on to make more than 90 appearances in all competitions in two seasons. He then moved on to Championship club Cardiff City in 2017. After establishing ...
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Phạm Thành Lương
Phạm Thành Lương (born September 10, 1988) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hà Nội in V.League 1. He was the former captain of the Vietnam national under-23 football team. A skillful player, he is given the name "Lương Dị" by supporters. Club career In 2005, he led his club to the final of the National U-21 Football Championship. After that Lương was chosen to play in the first team of Hà Nội ACB. In 2008, he was linked to move to Thể Công but it was rejected. Later that year, he won the Young Player of the Year award, Young Player of Asia in 2009 After Hà Nội F.C. folded in 2012, he moved to rival Hà Nội T&T. International career Lương was the member of the squad that won the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. On December 8, 2008, he scored his first goal for the national team against Malaysia national football team in the tournament. Two days later, he scored a goal against Laos in the 4–0 win. He captained the U-23 Vie ...
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Phil Younghusband
Philip James Younghusband Jr. (born 4 August 1987) is a former professional footballer who played mostly as a striker and sometimes as a midfielder. Younghusband is best known for his performances with the Philippines national team, playing from 2006 to 2019. He served as the captain of the national team from 2014 to 2019 and is the Philippines' most capped player and all-time top goalscorer. He helped the Philippines reach the semi-finals of the 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018 AFF Championships as well as participating in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the national team's first ever appearance in the tournament. Born in Surrey, England, to an English father and Filipino mother, Younghusband joined the youth academy of Chelsea. He turned professional in 2005 with the Chelsea reserve team, and spent time on loan with Danish club Esbjerg fB. He moved to the Philippines in 2009, initially playing for San Beda before joining Loyola Meralco Sparks (later Meralco Manila) in 2011. Younghu ...
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UTC+7
UTC+07:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +07:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as . It is 7 hours ahead of UTC, meaning that when the time in UTC areas is midnight (00:00), the time in UTC+07:00 areas would be 7:00 in the morning. Also known as Indochina Time (ICT) and Western Indonesian Time ( id, Waktu Indonesia Barat, WIB) (in Indonesia), it is used in: As standard time (year-round) ''Principal cities: Medan, Lhokseumawe, Langsa, Garut, Gunungsitoli, Karawang, Jepara, Lubuklinggau, Batam, Pangkal Pinang, Palangkaraya, Pagar Alam, Probolinggo, Pasuruan, Purwakarta, Purwokerto, Pekalongan, Prabumulih, Palembang, Pematangsiantar, Padangsidempuan, Pekanbaru, Padang, Padang Panjang, Pontianak, Pariaman, Payakumbuh, Dumai, Binjai, Bogor, Cimahi, Cirebon, Bukittinggi, Bandar Lampung, Palembang, Jakarta, Bandung, Semarang, Surakarta, Surat Thani, Solok, Sawahlunto, Tanjungpinang, Singkawang, Tebing Tinggi, Sibolga, Sungai Penuh, Sukabumi, S ...
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Henrique Calisto
Henrique Manuel da Silva Calisto (born 16 October 1953) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back, and is a manager. After his playing career ended he became a manager, taking charge of numerous clubs, mainly in Portugal, and also managed the Vietnamese national team. Playing career Born in Matosinhos, Calisto played three seasons in the Primeira Liga with local Leixões SC. His best output consisted of 17 matches (one goal) in 1973–74, with the team finishing in 14th position. Calisto retired from professional football in June 1978 at only 24, after one season with A.D. Fafe in the second division. Coaching career Portugal Calisto begun coaching at the age of only 26, leading Boavista F.C. to fourth in the 1980–81 season, recording nine wins, four draws and only lost two games in his 15 matches in charge. He spent the following four years between Boavista and their Porto neighbours S.C. Salgueiros, winning the second division in 1982 and fini ...
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ...
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1972 President's Cup Football Tournament
The 1972 President's Cup Football Tournament ( ko, 제2회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 아시아축구대회) was the second competition of Korea Cup. The competition was held from 20 to 30 September 1972, and was won by Burma for the second time, who defeated Indonesia in the final. Group stage Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket Seventh place play-off Fifth place play-off Semi-finals ---- Third place play-off Final See also *Korea Cup *South Korea national football team results External linksPresident Park's Cup 1972 (South Korea)at RSSSF {{Korea Cup 1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
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Chris Greatwich
Christopher Robert Barbon Greatwich (born 30 September 1983) is a Filipino retired footballer. He was the assistant head coach of the Philippines in 2018 to 2020. He has previously played for Morris County Colonials, Kaya FC, and the Philippines national football team. Football career Professional career Greatwich began his career at Brighton and Hove Albion when he was recommended to the club by his PE Teacher aged 12. He progressed through the youth ranks and was part of their successful FA Youth Cup side in 2002, which lost to eventual winners Aston Villa. Following his release from the club in 2003, Greatwich pursued a soccer scholarship in the United States, playing for Drury University and Hartwick College. Upon graduation, Greatwich returned to UK and following an unsuccessful trial with Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premier League, he joined non-league clubs Lewes FC & Bognor Regis Town. In January 2013, Greatwich joined Kaya F.C. in the Philippines United Football Le ...
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Anton Del Rosario
Anton Edward Quimson del Rosario (born 23 December 1981) is an American-born Filipino footballer who plays as a right back or centre-back for Maharlika Manila, of which he is also a co-founder and co-owner. He represented the Philippines national team from 2004 to 2014. Youth and college Since the age six, Del Rosario has had a passion for football which his older brother and his parents were influential figures. He then played for a local team in the Hillsborough, California. He eventually played football at Burlingame High School for four years and was part of the varsity team which was the first CCS Champion Team at the school. In 2004 that Varsity CCS Champion Team of 1996-1997 was inducted into the Burlingame High School Athletic Hall of Fame, which his older brother was also a part of. After high school, he continued his passion and played football in Burlingame, playing two years of football at Skyline College and then two years at Notre Dame de Namur University. ...
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Roel Gener
Roel Jimena Gener is a former Filipino footballer who has played for the Philippine national football team. Gener was born on June 27, 1974, in Barotac Nuevo. Growing up in a town known for football in the Philippines, Gener played the sport as early as three years old. For his collegiate studies he attended the Western Visayas College of Science and Technology to pursue a course on machine shop technology. Gener has also played for the Philippine national football team and was part of the squad that played in the 2004 and 2010 AFF Championship. He is an enlisted member of the Philippine Army and as of 2020 is still part of the military. Consequentially, Gener is also part of Philippine Army F.C. The Philippine Army Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines. It was founded in 1960 through the effort of the Philippine Army Special Services Unit. A unit that promotes sports and physical fitness within the Army ... which played in the now defunct U ...
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