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2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2006–07 competition, which allowed the change to odd-numbered years. Sweden hosted the final tournament in June 2009; therefore, Sweden national under-21 football team, their under-21 team qualified automatically. Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to play in this competition. Qualification The qualifying draw split the nations onto 10 groups of 5 or 6 teams. The seeding pots are formed on the basis of former performance in the tournament. Ten group winners along with four best-ranked runners-up advanced to the play-offs. Seven winners of the play-off pairs qualified for the final tournament. Qualified teams * as host nation * * * * * * * The finals' tournament draw took place on 3 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Berg
Bengt Erik Markus Berg (; born 17 August 1986) is a Swedish former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. He is currently assistant coach for Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Beginning his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in the early 2000s, Berg went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Germany, Greece, the United Arab Emirates, and Russia before returning to IFK Göteborg in 2021. A full international between 2008 and 2021, Berg won 90 Cap (sport), caps and scored 24 goals for the Sweden men's national football team, Sweden national team. He represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2020. Club career IFK Göteborg After spending two years in the youth team, during the 2005 season Berg was promoted to the regular squad and played for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan. During the time playing for IFK Göteborg, he played alongside his older brother Jonat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedbank Stadion 29 June 2009
Swedbank AB is a Swedish multinational banking group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It operates primarily in the Nordic and Baltic regions, offering services such as retail banking, asset management and other financial services. Swedbank has extensive retail operations in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. History The first Swedish savings bank was founded in Gothenburg in 1820. In 1992, a number of local savings banks merged to create Sparbanken Sverige ("Savings Bank Sweden"). In 1995, this bank was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and in 1997, it merged with Föreningsbanken under the combined name FöreningsSparbanken (abbreviated FSB). During the 2008 financial crisis, Swedbank accepted government assistance due to its losses from loans made to neighboring Baltic economies. On 8 September 2006, Föreningssparbanken AB changed its name to ''Swedbank AB''. The name change took place in the afternoon local time, after the Swedish Companies Registration Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Proença
Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves García (; born 3 November 1970) is a Portuguese former football referee who has served as the president of the Portuguese Football Federation since February 2025. Proença refereed several notable matches domestically and internationally, including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga finals, as well as the final of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship in 2012, becoming the first referee to overview both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national teams in the same year. In 2006–07, he was named as the Portuguese Referee of the Year. He was promoted to UEFA's Elite category at the start of the 2009–10 season. On 22 June 2011, he was named as "Best Referee" for the 2010–11 season by the Portuguese Football Federation. In January 2013, he was voted by the IFFHS as the Best Referee of 2012. Proença retired from refereeing in January 2015. In July 2015, six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Football Association
The Swiss Football Association (, , , ) is the governing body of football in Switzerland. It organizes the football league, the Swiss Football League and the Switzerland national football team. It is based in Bern. It was formed in 1895, was a founder member of FIFA in 1904 and joined UEFA during its foundation year, 1954. FIFA is based in Zurich. Also UEFA is based in the Swiss city of Nyon. ASF-SFV is the abbreviation of the associations name in three of the national languages of Switzerland. ASF stands for both french language, French (''Association Suisse de Football'') and italian language, Italian (''Associazione Svizzera di Football''), while SFV is the german language, German (''Schweizerischer Fussballverband'').- romansh language, Romansh - It is abbreviated as ASB (''Associaziun Svizra da Ballape''). Origins Switzerland was the first country in Continental Europe to adhere to football, which was introduced in the 1860s by Anglo-Saxon students and teachers from Swiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Circhetta
Claudio Circhetta (born 18 November 1970) is a Swiss former football referee. As a player in the Swiss junior leagues for over 20 years, Circhetta often disagreed with the referees, but instead of criticising them, he became a referee himself in 1988. In 2000, he was promoted to referee matches in the Swiss Super League, and five years later he became a FIFA-listed international official. His first UEFA appointment was a third round match between Varteks and Lens in the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup. The following year, he took charge of his first UEFA Cup match in the tournament proper (following two qualifying matches), a first round match between Red Star Belgrade and Slovan Liberec. His first Champions League group stage appointment was a match between Celtic and Villarreal on 10 December 2008. His most prestigious appointment was as fourth official in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final, alongside referee Massimo Busacca Massimo Busacca (born 6 February 1969) is a Swiss f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syarhey Kislyak
Syarhey Viktaravich Kislyak (; ; born 6 August 1987) is a Belarusian former professional footballer. He has also played 74 matches for the Belarus national team, scoring nine goals. Career Club In summer 2010 Kislyak was signed by Rubin Kazan, but stayed on loan in his previous team Dinamo Minsk until the end of 2010 season. He finally joined Rubin in December 2010. On 2 February 2018, Kislyak signed for Kazakhstan Premier League club Irtysh Pavlodar. He returned to Belarus, joining Dinamo Brest in September 2018, signing a contract for two and a half years. International Kislyak netted the only two goals for Belarus U-21 at the 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, opening the scoring in the matches against Sweden U-21 and Italy U-21. On 14 November 2009, Kislyak made his international debut for the senior side, coming on as a last-minute substitute for Sergei Kornilenko in the 1–1 away draw with Saudi Arabia in a friendly match. On 30 May 2010, he sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Svensson
Karl Gustav Johan Svensson (born 7 February 1987) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. Starting off his footballing career in Sweden with IFK Göteborg in 2005, he went on to play professionally in Turkey, Ukraine, China, and the United States before returning to Sweden in 2021. A full international between 2009 and 2021, Svensson won 32 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as UEFA Euro 2020. Club career IFK Göteborg He played for a local team in Gothenburg as well as a French team in his youth but joined IFK Göteborg at the age of 14. He played there until 2010 and won the Swedish Championship with the club in 2007. Gustav was nominated as the Newcomer of the year in Swedish football the same season but lost out to Johan Oremo. Bursaspor On 1 September 2010, he signed a three-year contract with 2009–10 Süper Lig champions Bursaspor. Tav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyaksandr Martynovich
Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Martynovich (, ; born 26 August 1987) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Kazakhstan Premier League club Kairat. In June 2011, he acquired Russian citizenship as well and is not considered a foreign player in Russian football competitions. He has played for the Belarus national team for nearly 11 years. Club career On 15 July 2010, Martynovich signed a 2.5-year contract with Russian First Division side Krasnodar, extending his contract for the first time in December 2012 for another 2.5-years, before extending it again in December 2014 till the summer of 2018. He left Krasnodar as his contract expired in May 2022. On 13 June 2022, Martynovich signed a two-year contract with Rubin Kazan. He left Rubin as his contract expired on 16 June 2024. On 18 June 2024, Martynovich signed with Kairat in Kazakhstan until the end of 2025. International career Martynovich was part of the Belarus U-21 squad that participated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UTC+2
UTC+02:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +02:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2020-11-08T23:41:45+02:00. As standard time (year-round) Principal cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Khartoum, Lubumbashi, Kigali, Gaborone, Bujumbura, Manzini, Maseru, Tripoli, Lilongwe, Maputo, Windhoek, Omdurman, Juba, Lusaka, Harare, Kaliningrad Central Africa *Botswana *Burundi *Democratic Republic of the Congo **The provinces of Bas-Uele, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Haut-Uele, Kasaï, Kasaï Occidental, Kasaï Oriental, Katanga, Lomami, Lualaba, Maniema, Nord-Kivu, Orientale, Sankuru, Sud-Kivu, Tanganyika, Tshopo, and Ituri Interim Administration *Eswatini *Lesotho *Libya *Malawi *Mozambique *Namibia *Rwanda *South Africa (except Prince Edward Islands) *South Sudan *Sudan *Zambia *Zimbabwe Europe *Russia ** Northwestern Federal District ***Kaliningrad Oblast As standard time (Northern Hemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedbank
Swedbank AB is a Swedish multinational banking group headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It operates primarily in the Nordic and Baltic regions, offering services such as retail banking, asset management and other financial services. Swedbank has extensive retail operations in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. History The first Swedish savings bank was founded in Gothenburg in 1820. In 1992, a number of local savings banks merged to create Sparbanken Sverige ("Savings Bank Sweden"). In 1995, this bank was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and in 1997, it merged with Föreningsbanken under the combined name FöreningsSparbanken (abbreviated FSB). During the 2008 financial crisis, Swedbank accepted government assistance due to its losses from loans made to neighboring Baltic economies. On 8 September 2006, Föreningssparbanken AB changed its name to ''Swedbank AB''. The name change took place in the afternoon local time, after the Swedish Companies Registration Off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association (, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and for women – and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. SvFF is supported by 24 district organisations. Background Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF) (English: Swedish Football Association) was founded in Stockholm on 18 December 1904 and is the sports federation responsible for the promotion and administration of organised football in Sweden and also represents the country outside Sweden. SvFF is affiliated to the Swedish Sports Confederation (RF) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). In 2009 there were 3,359 clubs affiliated to the Swedish Football Association with a total of more than a million members, of whom about 500,000 were active players. Together, they account ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
