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2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification – UEFA Group H
The 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H is one of the twelve UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams will qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Group H consists of five teams: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Romania and San Marino. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format from March to November 2025. However, as Austria were involved in the Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs in March, they began their qualifying campaign in June 2025. The group winner will qualify directly for the World Cup finals, while the runner-up will advance to the second round (play-offs). Standings Matches The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 13 December 2024 following the draw. Times are CET CET or cet may refer to: Places * Cet, Albania * Cet, standard astronomical abbreviation for the constellation Cetus * Colchester Town railway s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification (UEFA)
The European section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification competition will act as qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to be held in Canada, Mexico and the United States, for national teams that are members of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). A total of 16 slots in the final tournament are available for UEFA teams. Format A revised qualification format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 25 January 2023. As the number of final tournament slots for UEFA has increased from 13 to 16, the qualification format was modified from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA), previous cycle. The qualifying group stage will feature twelve groups of four or five teams. The winner of each group will qualify for the World Cup, while the second-placed teams will advance to the play-offs, along with the four best-ranked group winners from the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League that finished outside the top two of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis
AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis () is a Association football, football stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. Completed in 2016, it is the home ground of AEK Larnaca F.C., AEK Larnaca and has a total seating capacity of 8,058. Since 2021, it also hosts the home games of the Cyprus national football team, Cyprus national team. Name The stadium's official name is "AEK Arena – George Karapatakis", in honor of the father of the President of AEK, Mr Andros Karapatakis. History AEK Arena was built on land owned by the GSZ Stadium. AEK Larnaca F.C., AEK Larnaca and GSZ Stadium, GSZ have agreed to build a stadium on this land. The stadium is owned by AEK Larnaca F.C., AEK Larnaca, and was built by its own cost. The responsibility of the construction was assigned to Balltown Holdings (Public) Ltd, which was founded for this purpose by AEK Larnaca F.C., AEK. The construction of the stadium was planned to be done in two phases. The first phase began on 7 September 2015. Initially, only 3 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohit Saggi
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Rohit Sharma (born 1987) is an Indian cricketer. Rohit may also refer to: *Rohit (name), an Indian male given name **Rohit (actor), an Indian actor *Rohit (caste), a caste in India See also *Rohit Sharma (other) Rohit Sharma (born 1987) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team. Rohit Sharma may also refer to: * Rohit Sharma (Haryana cricketer) (born 1993), Indian cricketer * Rohit Sharma (Jammu and Kashmir cricketer) (born 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zenica
Zenica ( ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The city is known for its Ironworks Zenica factory but also as a significant University of Zenica, university center. According to the 2013 population census in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2013 census, the settlement of Zenica itself counts 70,553 citizens and the administrative area 110,663, making it the nation's List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, fourth-largest city. The urban part of today's city was formed in several phases, including Neolithic, Illyrian, the Roman Municipium of ''Bistua Nuova'' (2nd–4th century; old name of the city), with an early Christian dual basilica. Traces of an ancient settlement have been found here as well; villa rustica, thermae, a temple, and other buildings were also present. Earliest findings in the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilino Polje Stadium
Bilino Polje is the home football stadium of Bosnian Premier League football club NK Čelik from the city of Zenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina and one of two stadiums of the national football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is also sometimes used for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national rugby union team as well. 2008-2010 European Nations Cup Third Division#Matches 4 History The stadium was built and opened in 1972. It was used in Bosnia and Herzegovina's first match, a friendly played against Albania in 1996 with the final result being a 2–0 win to Albania. The stadium was once considered a "curse" for foreign national teams, because the Bosnian national team usually wins or rarely loses their home games at Bilino Polje stadium. In a period stretching from 1995 to October 2006, Bosnia went undefeated at home in around 15 games played in Zenica. The city of Zenica had to wait another 4 years (1996–2000) before the next match of the national team was played at the stadium. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haris Hajradinović
Haris Hajradinović (; born 18 February 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. Born in the Republic of Macedonia, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Hajradinović started his professional career at Željezničar, before joining Olimpic in 2012. A year later, he moved to Inter Zaprešić. Later that year, he switched to Trenčín. The following year, he was transferred to Gent. In 2016, he was loaned to Haugesund, with whom he signed permanently a year after. Hajradinović moved to Osijek in 2017. Two years later, he joined Kasımpaşa. A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hajradinović made his senior international debut in 2019, earning 15 caps since. Club career Early career Hajradinović came through Željezničar's youth academy. He made his professional debut against Kozara Gradiška on 20 May 2012 at the age of 18. In June 2012, he switched to Olimpic. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermedin Demirović
Ermedin Demirović (; born 25 March 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. Born in Germany, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Demirović started his professional career at RB Leipzig, playing mainly in its reserve team, before joining Alavés in 2017. He was loaned to Sochaux in 2018, to Almería in 2019 and to St. Gallen later that year. In 2020, he moved to SC Freiburg. Two years later, Demirović signed with FC Augsburg. In 2024, he was transferred to VfB Stuttgart. A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Demirović made his senior international debut in 2021, earning over 30 caps since. Club career Early career Demirović started playing football at his hometown club Hamburger SV, before joining RB Leipzig's youth academy in 2014. Alavés In May, Demirović signed a four-year deal with Spanish team Alavés. He made his professional debut in a Copa del Rey game against Forment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Dutch Football Association
The Royal Dutch Football Association (, ; KNVB ) is the governing body of football in the Netherlands. It organises the main Dutch football leagues ( Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie), the amateur leagues, the KNVB Cup, and the Dutch men's and women's national teams. For three seasons in the 2010s, the KNVB and its Belgian counterpart operated a joint top-level women's league, the BeNe League, until the two countries dissolved the league after the 2014–15 season and re-established their own top-level leagues. The KNVB is based in the central municipality of Zeist. With over 1.2 million members, the KNVB is the single largest sports association in the Netherlands. History In 1889, the Nederlandse Voetbal en Athletiek Bond was founded. Due to certain disagreements, several football clubs ended their association with it and joined together to form Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB) which was later renamed to its present name. It was one of the founding members of FIFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Makkelie
Danny Desmond Makkelie (born 28 January 1983) is a Dutch professional football referee. Besides refereeing he works as a police inspector in Rotterdam and as a referee coach for the Royal Dutch Football Association. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2011. Career He took charge of the final of the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship as a UEFA Elite referee. On 18 August 2020, UEFA named 37-years old Makkelie as the referee for the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final between Sevilla and Inter Milan. Previously, he was an additional assistant referee in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final. He also refereed the semifinal between Brazil's Palmeiras and Mexico's UANL in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Makkelie was selected as a referee for the UEFA Euro 2020, where he was in charge of two group stage matches, the R16 clash between England and Germany and the Wembley semi-final between England and Denmark. Makkelie was also present as a referee during the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Bucharest metropolitan area, metropolitan area of 2.3 million residents, which makes Bucharest the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 8th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises 6 districts (''Sectors of Bucharest, Sectoare''), while the metropolitan area covers . Bucharest is a major cultural, political and economic hub, the country's seat of government, and the capital of the Muntenia region. Bucharest was first mentioned in documents in 1459. The city became the capital in 1862 and is the centre of Romanian media, culture, and art. Its architecture is a mix of historical (mostly History of architecture#Revivalism and Eclecticism, Eclectic, but also Neoclassical arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arena Națională
The National Arena () is a retractable roof football stadium in Bucharest, Romania. It opened in 2011 on the site of the original National Stadium, which was demolished between 2007 and 2008. The stadium hosts major football matches including home matches of the Romania National Football Team, and usually Romanian Cup Final. With 55,634 seats, it is the largest stadium in Romania. Designed by Gerkan, Marg and Partners, the stadium was built by German firm Max Bögl and Italian firm Astaldi. The stadium has a retractable roof which covers the playing surface. In addition to Romania home games and the Romanian Cup final, the stadium also hosts other major games in Romanian football, including the season-opening Supercupa României. A UEFA category four stadium, the National Arena hosted the 2012 UEFA Europa League final, and four games at UEFA Euro 2020 (including the Round of 16 match between France and Switzerland, ended in a 3–3 draw, with Switzerland defeating France 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Gigović
Armin Gigović (; born 6 April 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel. Born in Sweden, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Gigović started his professional career at Helsingborgs IF, before joining Rostov in 2020. He was loaned back to Helsingborgs IF in 2022, to OB later that year and to Midtjylland in 2023. The following year, he signed with Holstein Kiel. A former Swedish youth international, Gigović also made his senior international debut for Sweden, before switching his allegiance to Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2024, earning 12 caps since. Club career Early career Gigović started playing football at Landskrona BoIS, before joining Helsingborgs IF's youth setup in 2017. He made his professional debut against IK Sirius on 15 July 2019 at the age of 17. On 6 July 2020, he scored his first professional goal against Djurgårdens IF. Rostov In October 2020, Gigović signed a five-year deal with Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
