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Vagiz Galiulin
Vagiz Galiulin (also spelled Galiullin; russian: Вагиз Галиулин; born 10 October 1987) is an Uzbekistani Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. He plays for Russian club FC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. Career Uzbek Leagues He was a trainee of the Uzbek side FC Andijon. He made three appearances there before moving to FK Buxoro, where he made just one appearance. Rubin Kazan In 2006, he moved to the reserve team of Rubin Kazan for an unknown fee. He made his debut for FC Rubin Kazan on 7 March 2007 in quarter finals of the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup against FC Rostov. On 5 August 2008, he scored his first goal for Rubin in a 2008–09 Russian Cup, Russian Cup Round of 32 game against FC Smena Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Rubin reached the final in that edition of the cup, but Galiulin did not play in any rounds other than their first one. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League on 16 November 2008 in a match against CSKA Moscow. In 2010, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asaka, Uzbekistan
Asaka ( uz, Asaka/Aсака; russian: Aсака) is a city and the administrative center of Asaka District in eastern Uzbekistan, located in the southeastern edge of the Fergana Valley near Uzbekistan's border with Kyrgyzstan. Asaka underwent rapid industrialization during the Soviet era. Currently, it is the second biggest industrial city in Andijan Region, the first being Andijan. Asaka is home to the first automobile assembly plant in Central Asia, namely UzAutoMotors (formerly UzDaewooAuto). Etymology The origins of the city's name are uncertain. Some sources say that it derives from the Saka words "asvaka" or "as-saka" which mean "horse" or "horsemen", respectively. That is why a statue of a horse was erected in one of Asaka's squares in 1997 during the 60th anniversary of the city's founding. According to others, "Assake" (the original name of the city) is an ancient term derived from the Iranian ethnonym referring to Central Asian Scythians.Pospelov, pp. 28–29 His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Cup (football)
The Russian Cup () is a association football, football competition held annually by the Football Union of Russia for professional and some amateur (only after a special permission and licensing by Russian Football Union) football clubs. The winner of the competition ordinarily got a spot in the UEFA Europa League group stage. However, all Russian clubs, as well as the national team, have been barred from European competition due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Participants All clubs from the Russian Premier League, Russian First Division, First Division and Russian Second Division, Second Division as well as amateur clubs compete for the Russian Cup. Competition system The competition is held under knockout format. Second Division teams start from 1/512, 1/256, or 1/128 final stage, depending on the number of teams in the corresponding Second Division zone. First Division teams enter the tournament at 1/32 final stage, and Premier League teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Asian Cup
The 2011 AFC Asian Cup was the 15th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in Qatar from 7 to 29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. Japan won the cup after a 1–0 win against Australia, and earned the right to compete in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil as the representative from AFC. A television viewing audience of 484 million in 80 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, North America and North Africa witnessed Japan defeat Australia 1–0 in the final. Host selection Qatar, India and Iran all lodged interest in hosting the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, while Australia also considered making a late bid. Qatar officially submitted their bid on 19 June 2006, while India withdrew their interest and Iran failed to submit proper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volgograd Arena
The Volgograd Arena (russian: «Волгоград Арена») is a association football, football stadium in Volgograd, Russia. The stadium was one of the venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It also hosts FC Rotor Volgograd. It has a capacity of 45,568 spectators. History The stadium was built on site of the demolished Central Stadium (Volgograd), Central Stadium, at the foot of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex, near the Volga River. The previous stadium was built in 1958, on the site of a former Oil terminal, oil depot. This area was undeveloped, occupied by randomly distributed low-value buildings, warehouses, barracks and ravines. During construction of the stadium, 300 unexploded bombs were discovered and removed from the site. World Cup 2018 The Arena was designed by PI Arena and Gerkan, Marg and Partners, GMP Architekten, the winner of an open tender. Stroytransgaz was the project's general construction contractor. Initially, local authorities estimated the total pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Avangard Kursk
FC Avangard Kursk is an association football club based in Kursk, Russia, currently playing in the third tier of Russian football. The team's colors are: home all blue, and away all white. History The club has been known under the following names: * '' Spartak'', 1946–1957 * '' Trudovye Rezervy'', 1958–1965 and 1967–1972 * ''Trud'', 1966 * ''Avangard'', 1973– Spartak made an appearance in the Soviet league in 1946. Since 1957 Kursk was continuously represented in the league by Trudovye Rezervy, Trud, and Avangard. The club played in Class B and in the Second League. The best achievement was the second position in the zone in 1962 and 1964. Avangard entered the Russian Second League in 1992 and was moved to the Third League in 1994, after the number of clubs in the Second League was significantly reduced. In 1995, they won promotion to the Second League, and in 2004 Avangard finished second in their Second Division zone, obtaining promotion to the First Division. Avangar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Russian Cup
The 2017–18 Russian Cup was the 26th season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of Soviet Union. The competition started on 14 July 2017 and finished on 9 May 2018. The winners, FC Tosno, could have earned a spot in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage, but did not obtain the UEFA license and was closed a month later due to financial problems. Representation of clubs in leagues * Russian Premier League: 16 clubs; * Russian Football National League: 18 clubs; * Russian Professional Football League: 57 clubs; * Russian Amateur Football League: 3 clubs: Dynamo Kostroma, Zvezda Saint Petersburg, Metallurg Asha; * Russian Regional League: 2 clubs: FC Belogorsk, FC Delin Izhevsk; * Total: 96 clubs. First Round ;West and Centre ;Ural-Povolzhye ;South Second Round ;East ;West and Centre ;Ural-Povolzhye ;South Third Round ;East ;West and Center ;Ural–Povolzhye ;South Fourth Round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gökdeniz Karadeniz
Gökdeniz Karadeniz (born 11 January 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a winger or as an attacking midfielder. Club career Trabzonspor Karadeniz played his first professional match for Trabzonspor in the 1999–00 season at the senior level and made ten appearances. He was at first used in defensive roles by his manager, but was gradually given a more and more offensive role in the team until the 2003–04 season when he was given an attacking midfield role. His lightning step and effective understanding with teammate Fatih Tekke enabled him to lead the club in scoring that season with 13 goals. Rubin Kazan On 13 March 2008, he signed a five-year deal with the Russian club Rubin Kazan worth €8.7 million. Karadeniz mentioned that it was sad for him to leave Turkey and also said he chose the club because he felt that if he had joined a big team in Europe his club would not have gotten as much money for him. With the team he won the Russian Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Jagodina
Fudbalski klub Jagodina () is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Jagodina, which plays in the Serbian First League, the second tier in Serbia's football league. The club was founded in 1919 under the name ''JSK Zora'', just months after the end of World War I. After numerous name changes and a merger of several clubs, the present name was created in 1962. In the times of Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro, FK Jagodina played mostly in the lower-tier leagues of the country, except 1957–58, than under the name ''FK Morava'', and 1993–94, when they spent one season in the second division. In 2007, the club won the Serbian League East, one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier, and managed the following season to win the first league ( second tier ) for the first time in its history, and earn promotion to the SuperLiga. They would spend a considerable time in the SuperLiga, FK Jagodina developed itself into one of the most stabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the second-tier competition of European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Europa Conference League. The UEFA Cup was the third-tier competition from 1971 to 1999 before the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued, and it is still often referred to as the “C3” in reference of this. Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was merged with the UEFA Cup and discontinued as a separate competition. From the 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. The competition has been known as the Europa Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CIS Cup
The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct annual regional association football tournament, recognized by FIFA. The tournament was initially established for football clubs of the former Soviet Union republics in 1993 (a year later since the collapse). On several occasions, some national football organizations of the former Soviet republics as well as individual clubs refused participation in the tournament for different reasons. Usually the invitation was sent to the best clubs of the Commonwealth of Independent States member states, as well as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, i.e. either a champion or a runner-up, while in the later editions the Cup (before 2012) saw participation of clubs from Serbia and Finland. In 2012, the CIS Cup became a competition of national youth teams. Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece of the big Soviet Armed Forces (sports society), Armed Forces sports society, which in turn was associated with the Red Army, Soviet Army; because of this, it was popularly referred to in the West as "Red Army" or "the Red Army team". The historical CSKA sport club (a.k.a. "Big CSKA") is still a department of the Russian Defense Ministry. Composition The "Big CSKA" had several teams in many sports, but those which are still operating are all now private clubs: The CSKA has also been home to many elite figure skating, figure skaters, including Adelina Sotnikova, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov. Elena Mukhina, the 1978 World Champion Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast; Aliya Mustafina and Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Olympic gold medalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Premier League
The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 as the Russian Football Premier League (RFPL; russian: Российская футбольная премьер-лига; РФПЛ) and was rebranded with its current name in 2018. From 1992 through 2001, the top level of the Russian football league system was the Russian Football Championship (russian: Чемпионат России по футболу, ''Chempionat Rossii po Futbolu''). There are 16 teams in the competition. As of the 2021/22 season, the league had two Champions League qualifying spots for the league winners and league runners-up, and two spots in the UEFA Conference League were allocated to the third- and fourth-placed teams. However, those have all been suspended due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, along with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
