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Tomasz Wałdoch
Tomasz Wojciech Wałdoch (; born 10 May 1971) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a defender in Poland and Germany. Wałdoch had a ten-year international career with Poland. He often captained the side, including at the 2002 World Cup. Most of his club career was spent in German leagues with VfL Bochum and Schalke 04. Club career Wałdoch played for Górnik Zabrze, VfL Bochum, Schalke 04 and Jagiellonia Białystok. International career Wałdoch played for the Poland national team, for a total of 74 caps. He was a participant at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where Poland won the silver medal. He was the captain of the Polish team for the 2002 World Cup. Coaching career On 1 July 2006, Wałdoch was named as the assistant coach of the FC Schalke 04 U17 team. From 15 April 2008 until 30 June 2008, he was the assistant coach at Schalke 04 II. On 11 November 2009, it was announced that he would become the temporary assistant coach of Poland national team, assist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, which plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following relegation from the Bundesliga in 2022–23. Other activities offered by the club include athletics, basketball, handball, table tennis, winter sports and eSports. The "04" in the club's name derives from its formation in 1904. Schalke have been one of the most popular professional football teams in Germany, even though the club's heyday was in the 1930s and 1940s. As of 2023, the club has 178,000 members, making it the second-largest football club in Germany and the fourth-largest club in the world in terms of membership. Schalke have won seven German championships, five DFB-Pokals, one DFB Ligapokal, one DFL-Supercup, one UEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciszek Smuda
Franciszek Smuda (; 22 June 1948 – 18 August 2024) was a Polish football player and manager. As a player, he spent his career playing for clubs in Poland, the United States and Germany. In 1983, he turned to coaching, becoming the manager of Widzew Łódź, Wisła Kraków, Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznań, among others. He has won three Polish Ekstraklasa titles. From 2009 he was the manager of the Poland national team, but resigned on 16 June 2012, following their elimination from Euro 2012. Early life Smuda was born in Lubomia, Wodzisław County, Poland, as a son of Gerard, a railway worker, and Marta. Playing career As a player, Smuda played as a defender. He began his career at Unia Racibórz and later played for Odra Wodzisław Śląski. He got his debut in the Ekstraklasa playing for Stal Mielec during the 1970–71 season. He also played for Piast Gliwice, followed by a short spell at Vistula Garfield in the USA. He also participated in the NASL Hartford Bi-Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany and the highest level of the German football league system. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. Seasons run from August to May. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with a focus on Saturdays. All Bundesliga football club (association football), clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal cup competition. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup, DFL-Supercup. The Bundesliga was founded in 1962 in Dortmund and the first season started in 1963–64. The structure and organisation of the Bundesliga, along with Germany's other football leagues, have undergone frequent changes. The Bundesliga was founded by the German Football Association, Deutscher Fußball-Bund (English: German Football Association), but is now operated by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friendly (association Football)
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, scrimmage, demonstration, training match, pre-season game, warmup match, or preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. Exhibition games often serve as "warm-up matches", particularly in many team sports where these games help coaches and managers select and condition players, before the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team. An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, to commemorate an anniversary or a famous player, or to raise money for charities. Several sports le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (), often referred to as Ostrowiec, is a city in southeastern Poland, in the historical region of Lesser Poland, with 66,258 residents (as of 2021). The town is one of the historic centers of Polish industry and metallurgy, and was part of the Old-Polish Industrial Region, the oldest industrial basin of the country. Ostrowiec is the capital city of Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski County, part of Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. Ostrowiec lies on the Kamienna (river), Kamienna river. Its northern districts are located in the Iłża Foothills, while the southern part belongs to the Opatów Upland. The Świętokrzyskie Mountains lie a few kilometers away, southwest of Ostrowiec. There are two interesting places near Ostrowiec: the archaeological reserve at Krzemionki (a UNESCO World Heritage Site and List of Historic Monuments (Poland), Historic Monument of Poland) and dinosaur park in Bałtów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Bałtów. Ostrowiec is located at the inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO"
The KSZO Municipal Sports Stadium (Polish: ''Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO" w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim'') is a football stadium in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland. It is the home ground of KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. The stadium holds 8,000 people. Facts * Total capacity: 7,430 (before renovation circa 12,000) * Club: KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski * Illumination: 1 411 lux * Record attendance: 13,000 (KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski - Lech Poznań 0-0, 9.08.1997 ) * Address: ul. Świętokrzyska 11, 27-400 Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski * Other: covered, monitoring (14 cameras) Main events Matches of the national football team of Poland *15 March 1995: Poland – Lithuania 4:1 (3:0) *16 October 2002: Poland – New Zealand 2:0 (0:0) *2 April 2003: Poland – San Marino 5:0 (2:0) (UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying) *16 November 2005: Poland – Estonia 3:1 (1:0) Matches of the women's national football team of Poland *21 June 1997: Poland – Yugoslavia 3:0 (0:0) *1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 FIFA World Cup Qualification
The 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 1994 FIFA World Cup featured 24 teams with one place reserved for the host nation, United States, and one place for the defending champions, Germany. The remaining 22 places were determined by a qualification process, in which 147 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed. Most of the successful teams were determined within these confederations, with a limited number of inter-confederation play-offs occurring at the end of the process. Fifteen teams withdrew: Liechtenstein, Cuba, Gambia, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ..., Liberia national football team, Liberia, Malawi national football team, Malawi, Mali national football team, Mali, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poznań
Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, Poznań, Saint John's Fair (''Jarmark Świętojański''), traditional St. Martin's croissant, Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance in Poland, Renaissance Old Town, Poznań Town Hall, Town Hall and Poznań Cathedral. Poznań is the fifth-largest List of cities and towns in Poland#Cities, city in Poland. As of 2023, the city's population is 540,146, while the Poznań metropolitan area (''Metropolia Poznań'') comprising Poznań County and several other communities is inhabited by over 1.029 million people. It is one of four historical capitals of medieval Poland and the ancient capital of the Greater Poland region, currently the administrative capital of the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadion Miejski (Poznań)
''Stadion Miejski'' ''( English: City Stadium or Municipal Stadium)'' may refer to various stadiums in Poland. Larger cities, such as Warsaw, Łódź and Kraków, may have two or more municipal stadiums. * Stadion Miejski (Bełchatów) * Stadion Miejski (Białystok) * Stadion Miejski (Bielsko-Biała) * Stadion Miejski Zawiszy (Bydgoszcz) * Stadion Miejski (Chorzów) * Stadion Miejski (Elbląg) *Stadion Miejski (Gdańsk) *Stadion Miejski (Gdynia) *Stadion Miejski (Gliwice) * Stadion Miejski (Grodzisk Wielkopolski) *Stadion Miejski (Grudziądz) * Stadion Miejski (Jastrzębie-Zdrój) * Stadion Miejski (Kielce) * Stadion Miejski Cracovii (Kraków) *Stadion Miejski Hutnika (Kraków) * Stadion Miejski Wisły (Kraków) * Stadion Miejski ŁKS (Łódź) * Stadion Miejski Widzewa (Łódź) * Stadion Miejski (Łęczna) * Stadion Miejski (Mielec) *Stadion Miejski (Nisko) * Stadion Miejski (Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski), also known as ''Miejski Stadion Sportowy "KSZO"'' * Stadion Miejski (Płock) * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essen
Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as the List of cities in Germany by population, tenth-largest city of Germany. Essen lies in the larger Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top 4 German metropolitan regions, second largest by GDP in the EU, and is part of the cultural area of Rhineland. Because of its central location in the Ruhr, Essen is often regarded as the Ruhr's "secret capital". Two rivers flow through the city: the Emscher in the north, and in the south the Ruhr (river), Ruhr River, which is dammed in Essen to form the and reservoirs. The central and northern boroughs of Essen historically belong to the Low German Westphalian dialects area, and the south of the city to the Low Franconian Bergish dialects, Bergish ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Kray
The FC Kray is a German football club from the Kray suburb of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club's greatest success has been to earn promotion to the tier four Regionalliga West in 2012, and again in 2014. History FC Kray was formed in 1987 in a merger of DJK Kray, formed in 1909, and VfL Kray, formed 1931. At the time of the merger DJK played at Kreisliga level while VfL played above that level, in the Bezirksliga, passing on this league membership to the new club. The new club won the Bezirksliga in its first season, was promoted to the Landesliga Niederrhein and won this league, too, the following year, in 1989. FC Kray played in the tier four Verbandsliga Niederrhein from 1989 to 1993 before dropping back to the Landesliga. FC Kray took until 2000 to return to the Verbandsliga after another Landesliga title. In 2003 the club was relegated from the Verbandsliga again, under unfortunate circumstances. FC Kray had come thirteenth in the league which nominally was enough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
