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Dušan Bajević
Dušan "Duško" Bajević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Бајевић, ; , ''Doúsan Báyevits''; born 10 December 1948) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time, having won more trophies than any other manager from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bajević spent the majority of his playing career at hometown club Velež Mostar for who he played almost 400 games and scored 184 goals, a club record. He also played with AEK Athens where he won the Alpha Ethniki two times and the Greek Cup once. Bajević scored 29 goals for Yugoslavia in 37 games. He represented the country at the 1974 FIFA World Cup. After retiring as a player, Bajević started working as a manager, managing to win the Yugoslav Cup with Velež in 1986. He enjoyed the most success in Greece, winning eight Greek league titles, four Greek Cups, one Greek League Cup and one Greek Super Cup with AEK, Olympiacos and PAOK bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina National Football Team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team (; ; ) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in men's international Association football, football competitions, and is governed by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992 Bosnian independence referendum, 1992, Bosnians, Bosnian footballers played for Yugoslavia national football team, Yugoslavia. Bosnia and Herzegovina achieved their best result when they reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup as winners of their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group G, qualifying group. They were eliminated after narrow 2014 FIFA World Cup Group F, group stage losses to Argentina national football team, Argentina and Nigeria national football team, Nigeria and a win over Iran national football team, Iran. The national team has never taken part in a UEFA European Championship. The team's highest FIFA World Rankings, FIFA World Ranking was 13th, achieved in August 2013. History Bosnia and Herzegovina have seen a stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Football Cup
The Greek Football Cup (), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Betsson Greek Cup for sponsorship reasons is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second-most important domestic men's football event, after the championship of Super League. The organizing authority of the institution is the Hellenic Football Federation ( EPO). Since its inception in 1931 it has been held 83 times, with a cup winner being crowned on 82 occasions. The final in 1962 being the only occasion when no champion was crowned. Olympiacos is the most successful club, having reached the final 43 times and earning 29 trophies. History The Greek Cup under EPO began in 1931. In its early years, entry was optional. Teams were paired against each other by the football associations, without a draw taking place. Later on, for many years, a proper draw took place and also two-legged matches were added. The participation of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Mavros
Thomas Mavros (, born 31 May 1954) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Initially, a legend for Panionios, he was a relevation of the Greek championship at the age of 16. He became one of the leaders of AEK Athens and led them to huge success, during the 70's and 80's. Mavros is widely regarded as one of the best footballers in Greece having scored a record number of 260 goals in the Greek championship and played for the World XI in 1984. His nickname was ''"the God"'' ''()'', or "Theomas" ''()''. In 2012 he also served as the president of AEK Athens. Early life Mavros was born on 31 May 1954 in Kallithea, where he lived for the first 4 years of his life, until his family moved to Palaio Faliro. His father, Michalis, despite not being a footballer himself, was a huge fan of football. Ever since he was just 5 years old, his father used to take him and his brother in the yard of their house every morning, from 7 to 9 and taught them how to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kastoria F
Kastoria (, ''Kastoriá'' ) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains. The town is known for its many Byzantine churches, Byzantine and Ottoman-era domestic architecture, its lake and its fur clothing industry. Name In the 6th century, the historian Procopius wrote the name Kastoria was used for the lake. The first reference to the town of Kastoria is by historian John Skylitzes writing about the late 10th century. The toponym Kastoria means "place of beavers" and is derived from ''kastori'' (καστόρι), the Greek word for beaver and an animal whose local habitat was along the shores of lake Kastoria. The name of the town is sometimes written as ''Castoria'',. especially in older works. The town is known as ''Kesriye'' in Turkish, ''Kostur'' (Cyrillic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loukas Barlos
Loukas Barlos (; 1920 – 20 October 1999) was a Greek businessman who served as the twenty third president of AEK Athens F.C. from 1974 until 1981. Early life Barlos was born and raised in Thessaloniki, but his place of origin was Distomo in Boeotia. As a youngster, he was a supporter of Aris and even tried out with the club. He was the owner of bauxite factories and other mining enterprises. In 1955, he married Noni Vasiliadou and later they had 2 children, Thanasis and Lucy. President of AEK Athens In March 1974, after the resignation of the then president Ioannis Theodorakopoulos from the previous December, he became democratically elected as the new president of AEK Athens with 58%. The team had won the championship since 1971 and were struggling, with many of their former stars were either retiring or leaving for other clubs. Barlos immediately invested much of his own money and brought coach Frantisek Fadrhonc to the club as well as players such as Christos Ardizoglou, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Santrač
Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. According to the Brazilian outlet ''Almanaque dos Artilheiros'', he is the fourth highest topscorer in history with 1301 goals including all matches (youth and official friendlies). As a manager, Santrač reached the knockout stage at the 1998 FIFA World Cup with FR Yugoslavia. Club career Born in Koceljeva, Santrač grew up in Gornji Milanovac, starting out at local club Takovo. He moved with his family to Valjevo in 1958 and soon joined Radnički, which merged into Metalac Valjevo in 1959. Due to his promising performances in the Serbian League, Santrač was transferred to Yugoslav First League club OFK Beograd in the summer of 1965. He spent nine seasons with the ''Romantičari'', totaling 244 league appearances and scoring 169 goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969–70 Yugoslav First League
The 1969–70 Yugoslav First League season was the 24th season of the First Federal League (), the top level association football league of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. Eighteen teams contested the competition, with Red Star Belgrade, Red Star winning their tenth national title. Events and incidents Week 13: NK Olimpija's November 1969 match-fixing attempt Shortly prior to the Sunday, 16 November 1969 league fixture in Sarajevo between FK Sarajevo and NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1911), Olimpija Ljubljana, the authorities were made aware—by Sarajevo's goalkeeper Refik Muftić—about a bribery attempt by Olimpija's club board member Anton Franetič who had reportedly offered the goalkeeper up to 20,000 Yugoslav new dinars in return for Match fixing in association football, throwing the match. According to Muftić, he first got approached at his Sarajevo apartment in the early morning hours of Thursday, 13 November 1969—three days prior to the upcoming league fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
These Football Times
''These Football Times'' is a leading independent association football magazine and online publication that emphasizes long-form journalism. Each bi-monthly print issue aims to focus on a specific area of the sport or an individual club, with These Football Times often working directly with the clubs on production. As part of the Guardian Sport Network, ''These Football Times'' publishes feature articles regularly on TheGuardian.com as well. Andrew Flint, a senior writer for ''These Football Times'', was named Football Supporters' Federation The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) was an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales. It campaigned across a range of issues and supports fan representation on clubs' boards, lower ticket prices, and the introduction of ... Writer of the Year in 2016, while many others have received the nomination, as well as for other awards across the football spectrum. References Association football magazines Bi-monthly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franjo Vladić
Franjo Vladić (19 October 1950 – 18 June 2024) was a Bosnian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He also briefly worked as a football manager. Club career Vladić began his club career with the then-largest regional side in Herzegovina, Velež Mostar, where he played for a decade and excelled in midfield. Vladić played in over 300 league games for Velež and scored over 70 goals and is remembered for being the part of the Velež three known as the "Mostar BMV" ( Bajević, Marić and Vladić) during the 1960s, 70s and 80s. In the summer of 1979 he was proposed by the then player of AEK Athens Bajević to the people of club and they proceeded to acquire him. With AEK, he played only 21 times without being able to convince with his performance. In the summer of 1981, he returned to Velež, where he ended his football career after four years. International career Vladić made his debut for Yugoslavia in an October 1972 friendly match away against England and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enver Marić
Enver Marić (born 16 April 1948) is a Bosnian former professional football goalkeeper and retired football manager. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers from the former Yugoslavia of all time. Club career Marić started his career playing for hometown club Velež Mostar from 1967 to 1976, for who he played a record 600 games in his nine-year stint. Marić then went on to play for German club Schalke 04 from 1976 to 1978. He returned to Velež in 1978, ending his career at the club in 1985. Marić is also remembered for being the part of the Velež three known as the "Mostar BMV" ( Bajević, Marić and Vladić) during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. International career Marić made his debut for the Yugoslavia national team in an April 1972 European Championship qualification match against the Soviet Union and has earned a total of 32 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a May 1976 European Championship qualification match away against W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Super Cup
The Greek Super Cup (), formerly known as the Friendship and Solidarity Cup () is a Greek association football one-match competition, which is contested annually either between the champions of the previous Super League Greece season and the holders of the Greek Cup, or, in the case of a double, between the winners of the Greek cup and the finalists. History From 1948 until 1976 several matches between the Greek champions and the Cup winners were played, but without official recognition. The instutition got officially started in 1980 under PSAT. According to the announcement, if the champion team of Alpha Ethniki and the Cup-winning team were the same, then the match would not be held. For various reasons, the institution was interrupted until 1987. Then the HFF established the "Champion-Cup winner" match under the name ''Friendship and Solidarity Cup'', which was held with breaks until 1996. In ten years, seven finals were held: 1987 to 1989, 1992 to 1994 and 1996. The institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
