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Matjaž Kek
Matjaž Kek (born 9 September 1961) is a Slovenian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of the Slovenia national team. Playing career Kek started his career at his home club NK Maribor, before moving to another Maribor-based team, Železničar Maribor. In 1980, he returned to Maribor. In 1985 he joined the Austrian club Spittal/Drau, where he stayed for three seasons. Kek then transferred to another Austrian club, GAK of the Austrian Bundesliga where he played for seven years. After that, he returned to Maribor, where between 1995 and 1999 he won three Slovenian league titles, before retiring. Overall, Kek made 280 appearances for Maribor in all competitions over the span of eleven seasons. He spent most of his career playing in defense, mostly in the centre-back position and was known for his leadership abilities. Managerial career Maribor After finishing his career as a player, Kek stayed at Maribor, serving as an assistant manager for one sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia National Football Team
The Slovenia national football team ( sl, Slovenska nogometna reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in men's international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia, the governing body for football in Slovenia. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA. It competes in the three major professional tournaments available to European nations: the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Nations League and the UEFA European Championship. Slovenia played its first official match in 1992, one year after the country gained independence from Yugoslavia. The majority of Slovenia's home matches are played at Stožice Stadium in Ljubljana. Slovenia have qualified for the FIFA World Cup on two occasions, and the UEFA European Championship once, but have never progressed beyond the group stage of a finals tournament. At the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Slovenia achieved its first (and so far only) victory in a major tournament, defeating Algeria 1–0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bojan Prašnikar
Bojan Prašnikar (born 3 February 1953) is a Slovenian Association football, football Coach (sport), manager and former player. Prašnikar managed the Slovenia national football team, Slovenian national team three times, between 1991 and 1993, in 1998, and between 2002 and 2004. Playing career Prašnikar started his professional football career at his home town club NK Šmartno ob Paki, where he was the top scorer of the Slovenian Republic Football League, Slovenian Republic League in the 1975–76 Slovenian Republic League, 1975–76 season. After the season, he moved to NK Olimpija Ljubljana (defunct), Olimpija of Yugoslav First League, spending only one year there before returning to Šmartno, where he played for the next six seasons. During this period he was the league's top scorer on three occasions and won the Slovenian national league title in 1981. In 1983, he transferred to SVG Bleiburg of Austria where he played for one season before retiring. Coaching career After r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian First Football League
The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva Hrvatska nogometna liga (First Croatian Football League), but a league structure reorganization from 2022–23 led to name changes for the three top league levels. Overview The league was formed in 1991, following the dissolution of the Yugoslav First League, and is operated by the Croatian Football Federation. Since its formation, the league went through many changes in its system and number of participating clubs. In the first three seasons two points were awarded for a win, from 1994–95 Prva HNL, 1994–95 season this was changed to three points. Each season starts in late July or early August and ends in May, with a two-month hiatus between December and February. Currently, there are ten teams participating in the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delo (newspaper)
''Delo'' ( en, Labour) is a national daily newspaper in Slovenia. For more than 60 years, ''Delo'' has been involved in active co-creation of the Slovenian public space. It covers politics, economics, sports, culture and social events in Slovene. In addition to Slovenia, the paper is available in several Croatian cities and in Belgrade, Serbia. It is based in Ljubljana. History ''Delo'' was first published on 1 May 1959 when the newspapers '' Ljudska pravica'' ("The People's Right"), which was published since 1934, and '' Slovenski poročevalec'' ("The Slovene Reporter"), established in 1938, both the newspapers of the Communist Party of Slovenia, merged. Among the chief editors were Dušan Benko, Darijan Košir, Peter Jančič, and Uroš Urbas. Profile ''Delo'' is published in broadsheet format by media house Delo which also owns newspaper ''Slovenske novice''. It offers content in print and also on web, mobile and tablet platforms. It publishes a mixture of different media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabian Club ( ar, نادي الإتحاد العربي السعودي), referred to as Al-Ittihad, is a professional football club based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, founded in 1927. The club has spent its entire history in the top flight of football in Saudi Arabia, currently known as the Saudi Professional League. Al-Ittihad matches are played at its main stadium in King Abdullah Sports City, is the second-largest stadium in Saudi Arabia, which has a capacity of 62,000 spectators. Al Ittihad has a long-standing rivalry with Al-Hilal, which is referred as ''Saudi El Clasico'', which is considered the most prominent and most followed match in Saudi football. It is considered as the oldest sports club still surviving in Saudi Arabia, as the club was founded after a meeting of some prominent football fans in Jeddah. The most successful period in the club history was the 1990s and mid 2000s, when the club achieved a large number of titles and achievements. Al-Itti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaviša Stojanović
Slaviša () is a South Slavic masculine given name, an old Slavic origin given name derived from word "slav" - glory. This name may refer to: *Slaviša Čula, Serbian football player *Slaviša Jokanović, Serbian football player *Slaviša Dugić, Swiss football player *Slaviša Dvorančič, Slovenian football player *Slaviša Koprivica, Serbian basketball player *Slaviša Mitrović, Bosnian football player *Slaviša Stojanović, Serbian football player *Slaviša Vukićević, Bosnian football player *Slaviša Žungul Slaviša Žungul, known in the United States as Steve Zungul (born 28 July 1954) is a retired Yugoslav American soccer striker. Žungul began his career with Hajduk in his native Yugoslavia before controversially moving to the United States whe ..., Yugoslavian-American football player {{DEFAULTSORT:Slavisa Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 July 2012, was co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine (both first time hosts), and was won by Spain, who beat Italy 4–0 in the final at the Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine. Poland and Ukraine's bid was chosen by the UEFA Executive Committee on 18 April 2007. The two host teams qualified automatically while the remaining 14 finalists were decided through a qualifying competition, featuring 51 teams, from August 2010 to November 2011. This was the last European Championship to employ the 16-team finals format in use since 1996; from Euro 2016 onward, it was expanded to 24 finalists. Euro 2012 was played at eight venues, four in each host country. Five new stadiums were built for the tournament, and the hosts invested heavily in improving infra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia National Football Team
The Russia national football team (russian: Сборная России по футболу, Sbornaya Rossii po futbolu) represents the Russia, Russian Federation in men's international association football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Union (russian: Российский Футбольный Союз, ), the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their head coach is Valery Karpin. Although a member of FIFA since 1912 (as the Russian Empire national football team, Russian Empire before 1917 and as the Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union in 1924–1991), Russia first entered the FIFA World Cup in 1958 FIFA World Cup, 1958. They have qualified for the tournament 11 times, with their best result being their fourth-place finish in 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1966. Russia has been a member of UEFA since 1954. They won the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, European Championship in 1960 Europea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIFA World Cup
, image = 2010 FIFA World Cup.svg , size = 200px , caption = ''Ke Nako. (Tswana and Sotho for "It's time") Celebrate Africa's Humanity''''It's time. Celebrate Africa's Humanity'' (English)''Dis tyd. Vier Afrika se mensdom'' (Afrikaans)''Isikhathi. Gubha Ubuntu Base-Afrika'' (Zulu)''Lixesha. Ukubhiyozela Ubuntu baseAfrika'' (Xhosa)''Inguva. Kupemberera hupenyu hweAfrica'' (Shona)''Ke nako. Keteka Batho ba Afrika'' (Southern Sotho) , country = South Africa , dates = , confederations = 6 , num_teams = 32 , venues = 10 , cities = 9 , champion = Spain , count = 1 , second = Netherlands , third = Germany , fourth = Uruguay , matches = 64 , goals = 145 , attendance = , top_scorer = Diego Forlán Thomas Müller Wesley Sneijder David Villa(5 goals each) , player = Diego Forlán , goalkeeper = Iker Casillas , young_player = T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTV Slovenija
Radiotelevizija Slovenija ( en, Radio-Television of Slovenia) – usually abbreviated to RTV Slovenija (or simply RTV within Slovenia) – is Slovenia's national public broadcasting organization. Based in Ljubljana, it has regional broadcasting centres in Koper and Maribor and correspondents around Slovenia, Europe, and the world. RTV Slovenija's national radio services operate under the name , while the television division carries the name or . The names are sometimes Anglicized as ''Radio Slovenia'' and ''TV Slovenia'', respectively. There are three national and four regional radio services, which can all be heard online as well. RTV Slovenija also finances the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra and the RTV Slovenia Big Band. The legal foundation for the institution is the Radiotelevizija Slovenija Act ( sl, Zakon o Radioteleviziji Slovenija). It is the only public nonprofit broadcasting organization in Slovenia to operate both radio and television stations. The law also requ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002–03 Slovenian PrvaLiga
The 2002–03 Slovenian PrvaLiga season started on 14 July 2002 and ended on 1 June 2003. Each team played a total of 31 matches. League table Results Matches 1–22 Matches 23–33 Top goalscorers SourcePrvaLiga.si/small> See also *2002–03 Slovenian Football Cup *2002–03 Slovenian Second League References ;General * ;Specific External linksOfficial website of the PrvaLiga {{DEFAULTSORT:2002-03 Slovenian PrvaLiga Slovenian PrvaLiga seasons Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ... 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Šušak
Ivo Šušak (born 10 June 1948) is a Croatian football manager. He was the head coach of Dinamo Vinkovci, NK Zagreb, Zagreb, NK Osijek, Osijek, NK Maribor, Maribor, and FC Dinamo Tbilisi, Dinamo Tbilisi. He was also the head coach of Croatia national under-21 football team, Croatia under-21 team and the Georgia national football team, Georgian national team. Career When managing Osijek in the 1994–95 Croatian First Football League, 1994-1995 season, they qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in their history. During the 2000–01 Slovenian PrvaLiga season he coached Maribor and won the Slovenian PrvaLiga, league with the club, thus becoming the first foreign coach with the title of the Slovenian football champion. He has also won a Georgian championship and cup with Dinamo Tbilisi. He won the CIS Cup in Moscow with Dinamo Tbilisi in 2004. In May 2010, he replaced Igor Štimac as manager of NK Zagreb, his third spell at the club. In February 2015, he was announced manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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