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Romania National Football Team
The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also known as FRF. They are colloquially known as ''Tricolorii'' (The Tricolours). Romania is one of only four national teams from Europe—the other three being Belgium, France, and Yugoslavia—that took part in the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930. Including that participation, Romania have qualified for seven World Cup editions, the latest in 1998. The national team's finest hour came in 1994, when led by playmaker Gheorghe Hagi it defeated Argentina 3–2 in round of 16. This moved them on to the quarter-finals of the competition, where they were eliminated by Sweden on a penalty shoot-out. At the European Championships, Romania's best performance was in 2000 when they advanced to the quarter-finals from a group with Germany, Portug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Football Federation
Romanian Football Federation (), also known by its acronym FRF, is the governing body of football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA since 1923 and 1955 respectively. The Federation organizes the national team and the women's national team, as well as most of the Romanian football competitions. History In 1909, the first governing body for the activity of football players appeared, the Association of Sports Clubs in Romania, which later became the "Association of Football Clubs", with headquarters in Bucharest and Mario Gebauer as president. Also in 1909, the first national football championship begins, which will be won, in the spring of the following year, by "Olimpia" Bucharest, which was the first team established in Romania in 1904. On December 1, 1912, the "Association of Football Clubs" will join the Central Football Association Commission (president Mario Gebaur, secretary Lazăr Breyer), which in turn w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balkan Cup
The Balkan Cup was an international association football competition contested on and off from 1929 to 1980 by countries from the Balkans region. The most successful team was Romania with four titles. Overview The first edition featured Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and was played over three years from 1929 to 1931. All teams played each other twice, home and away, and were awarded 2 points for a win and 1 point for a draw, with final ranking table determining the winner. Romania won the first title with a game in hand after beating Yugoslavia 4–2. In the following tournaments the system saw significant changes, with teams playing each other only once, and instead of taking three years to complete it was shortened to just a single week. From 1932 to 1936 the competition was played every year with the same four teams until the outbreak of World War II. After a seven-year hiatus due to World War II, the competition was revived in 1946. Greece dropped out of the tourna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia National Football Team
The Yugoslavia national football team; hr, Jugoslavenska nogometna reprezentacija; sl, Jugoslovanska nogometna reprezentanca; mk, Фудбалска репрезентација на Југославија, Fudbalska reprezentacija na Jugoslavija represented Yugoslavia in international association football. Although the team mainly represented the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the post-war SFR Yugoslavia, various iterations of the state were formally constituted in football, including the: * Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918–1929) * Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1945) * Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (1945) * Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1963) * Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1963–1992) It enjoyed success in international competition, finishing in fourth place at the 1930 and 1962 FIFA World Cups. In 1992, during the Yugoslav wars, the team was suspended from international competition as part of the United Nations sanctions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France National Football Team
The France national football team (french: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football matches. It is governed by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colors and imagery reference two national symbols: the French red-white-blue tricolour and Gallic rooster (''coq gaulois''). They are colloquially known as ''Les Bleus'' (The Blues). France plays their home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and maintain their national training facility, INF Clairefontaine, in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. Founded in 1904, the team has won two FIFA World Cups, two UEFA European Championships, two FIFA Confederations Cups, one CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions and one UEFA Nations League title. France experienced much of its success in three different eras: in the 1980s, from the 1990s to early-2000s as well as the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium National Football Team
The Belgium national football teamfrench: Équipe nationale belge de footballgerman: Belgische Fußballnationalmannschaft officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association. Periods of regular Belgian representation at the highest international level, from 1920 to 1938, from 1982 to 2002 and again from 2014 onwards, have alternated with mostly unsuccessful qualification rounds. Most of Belgium's home matches are played at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels. Belgium's national team have participated in three quadrennial major football competitions. It appeared in the end stages of fourteen FIFA World Cups and six UEFA European Championships, and featured at three Olympics football tournaments, including the Football at the 1920 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Balkan Cup
The 1947 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between May and October 1947 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary. It was Hungary's first participation in the tournament (hence the name change), in which it won all the matches. Final standings Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Winner Statistics Goalscorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balkan Cup 1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ... 1946–47 in European football 1947–48 in European football 1946–47 in Romanian football 1947–48 in Romanian football 1946–47 in Bulgarian football 1947–48 in Bulgarian football 1946–47 in Yugoslav football 1947–48 in Yugoslav football 1946–47 in Hunga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Balkan Cup
The 1946 Balkan Cup was the 8th edition of this tournament. The participanting teams were Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and for the first time ever, Albania, who ended up winning the tournament in their first try. Squads *The four men's national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of over 14 players, including one or two goalkeepers. *The age listed for each player is on 7 October 1946, the first day of the tournament. *The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. Albania *Coach: Ljubiša Broćić Bulgaria *Coach: Todor Konov Romania *Coach: Virgil Economu Yugoslavia *Coach: Milorad Arsenijević and Aleksandar Tirnanić Table Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Winner Statistics Goalscorers References External links Balkan and Central European Championship 1946at E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934–35 Balkan Cup
The 1934–35 Balkan Cup was the fifth Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and it was won by Yugoslavia. The host of the tournament was Greece and they lost the trophy on the final day on January 1, defeated to Bulgaria by 1–2 as previously on the day Yugoslavia had thrashed Romania by 4–0. This was the first Balkan Cup for Yugoslavia. The top goalscorers were Aleksandar Tirnanić and Aleksandar Tomašević Aleksandar Tomašević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Томашевић; 19 November 1908 – 21 February 1988) was a Serbian football player and manager. Playing career Tomašević was one of the best forwards in the Belgrade clubs i ... (both from Yugoslavia) with 3 goals each. Final table Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Winner Statistics Goalscorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balkan Cup 1931–32 1934–35 in European football 1934–35 in Romanian football 1934� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Balkan Cup
The 1932 Balkan Cup was the third Balkan Cup football tournament. The national teams of Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania took part and it was won by Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo .... The top goalscorer was Živković, with Yugoslavia. Final standings Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Winner Statistics Goalscorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balkan Cup 1932–33 1932–33 in European football 1932–33 in Romanian football 1932–33 in Bulgarian football 1932–33 in Greek football 1932–33 in Yugoslav football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973–76 Balkan Cup
The 1973–76 Balkan Cup was the 11th Balkan Cup 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 ... tournament. It was the first tournament played in a knockout system with semi-finals and finals. It was played between April 1973 and November 1976 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. The tournament was won by Bulgaria over Romania via the away goal rule, the score being 3–3 in the two legs of the final. The top goalscorer was Cemil Turan from Turkey with 4 goals. Bracket Semi-finals First leg ---- Second leg ---- Final First leg Second leg Winner Statistics Goalscorers References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balkan Cup 1973–76 1973–74 in European football 1974–75 in European football 1975–76 in European football 1973–74 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977–80 Balkan Cup
The 1977–80 Balkan Cup, was the 12th Balkan Cup football tournament. It was the first to have a group stage involving the five teams split into two groups, one of three teams and the other of two, with the winner of each one meeting in the final. It was played between February 1977 and August 1980 between Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Greece. The tournament was won by Romania the general score being 4–3 against Yugoslavia in the two legs of the final. The top goalscorer was Anghel Iordănescu Anghel Iordănescu (; born 4 May 1950), also known as "Tata Puiu", is a Romanian former footballer and former manager of the Romania national team, who played as a forward. In 2007, Iordănescu retired from football, and the following Februa ... from Romania with 6 goals. Group stage Group 1 Romania qualified for the final. Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 Yugoslavia qualified for the final. Matches ---- Final First leg Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
