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Ernie Tapai
Ernie Tapai (born 14 February 1967) is an Australian former professional soccer player who spent the majority of his career in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL). He also had stints in England, Portugal and Singapore. Tapai played 52 times for Australia, including 37 times in full international matches. Early life Tapai was born in Subotica, Yugoslavia (now in Serbia). He migrated to Australia with his parents as a young child. Club career After playing as a junior for Melbourne Hungaria, Tapai signed for Footscray JUST ahead of the 1985 National Soccer League season. He made at age 18 in the National Soccer League. After playing with Sunshine George Cross and Adelaide City Tapai moved to Europe to play for English side Stoke City. Stoke City. He never got much of a chance at Stoke making just once appearance for the club which came as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Trophy on 6 January 1993. Tapai then signed with Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subotica
Subotica ( sr-cyrl, Суботица, ; hu, Szabadka) is a city and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. Formerly the largest city of Vojvodina region, contemporary Subotica is now the second largest city in the province, following the city of Novi Sad. According to the 2011 census, the city itself has a population of 97,910, while the urban area of Subotica (with adjacent urban settlement of Palić included) has 105,681 inhabitants, and the population of metro area (the administrative area of the city) stands at 141,554 people. Name The name of the city has changed frequently over time.History of Subotica Retrieved 8 September 2022. The earliest known written name of the city was ''Zabotka'' or ''Zabatka'', which dates fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Hungaria SC
Melbourne Hungaria Soccer Club was an Australian association football club that was based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club was founded by Hungarian migrants in 1957 and quickly became one of the strongest football clubs in Australia in the 1960s and 1970s. History The foundations of the Melbourne Hungaria begin with the 1956 Olympics held in Melbourne. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 had just been crushed by the Soviet Union forces in the weeks before the Olympics, creating a politically charged atmosphere for the Hungarian Olympic team in Melbourne. Following the completion of the Olympics as many as half of the Hungarian delegation defected, many choosing to stay in Australia. This included members of the Hungarian Olympic soccer team. In 1957 these members of the Olympic soccer team founded the Melbourne Hungaria Soccer Club, which was one of many ethnic-based soccer teams founded at the time. From 1960 to 1975 the club competed successfully in the Victorian State League, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990–91 National Soccer League
The 1990–91 National Soccer League season, was the 15th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. Regular season League table Finals series Individual awards *Player of the Year: Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City) *U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Okon ( Marconi Fairfield) *Top Scorer: David Seal ( Marconi Fairfield) – 19 goals *Coach of the Year: Zoran Matic (Adelaide City Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was known historically as Juventus — the original name given to the club by its founders in Adelaide's Italian community. Adelaide City is one of Aust ...) ReferencesAustralia - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1990-91 National Soccer League [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989–90 National Soccer League
The 1989–90 National Soccer League season, was the 14th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The league was known as the Quit NSL under a sponsorship arrangement with the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. Regular season League table Finals series Grand Final Individual awards *Player of the Year: Zeljko Adzic ( Melbourne Croatia) *U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Okon ( Marconi Fairfield) *Top Scorer: David Seal ( Sydney Croatia) - 15 goals *Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani Bertie may refer to: People *Bertie (given name) *Bertie (nickname) *Bertie (surname) Places * Bertie County, North Carolina * Bertie Township, subsequently amalgamated into Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada Other uses * ''Bertie'' (TV series), a 2008 ... ( Marconi Fairfield) References Other sourcesAustralia - List of final tables (RSSSF) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 National Soccer League
The 1989 National Soccer League season, was the 13th season of the National Soccer League (NSL) in Australia. Background The Australian Soccer Federation began the year by announcing that the NSL would be televised on ABC rather than on SBS who had shown the league since 1979. SBS challenged the decision in the New South Wales Supreme Court and were allowed to show matches in rounds 1 and 2 before the court found in favour of the ABC. League table Finals series Individual awards *Player of the Year: Zlatko Nastevski ( Marconi Fairfield) *U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Trimboli (South Melbourne) *Top Scorer: Zlatko Nastevski ( Marconi Fairfield) – 20 goals *Coach of the Year: Bertie Mariani Bertie may refer to: People *Bertie (given name) *Bertie (nickname) *Bertie (surname) Places * Bertie County, North Carolina * Bertie Township, subsequently amalgamated into Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada Other uses * ''Bertie'' (TV series), a 2008 ... ( Marconi Fairfield) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 National Soccer League
The 1988 National Soccer League season, was the 12th season of the National Soccer League in Australia. League table Finals series Individual awards *Player(s) of the Year: Paul Wade ( South Melbourne); Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield) *U-21 Player of the Year: Paul Trimboli ( South Melbourne) *Top Scorer: Frank Farina (Marconi Fairfield Marconi Stallions Football Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales. The club has been crowned Australian champion four times. The Stallions are the soccer team of Club Marconi, a social ...) – 16 goals *Coach of the Year: Brian Garvey ( South Melbourne) References- NSL Awards {{AUS fb NSL National Soccer League (Australia) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 National Soccer League
The 1987 National Soccer League season was the 11th season of the National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its d ..., the former top Australian professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1977. The season saw the format returned to a single league of fourteen teams instead of the two-conference system. Sydney City SC withdrew from the competition after round 1, reducing the competition to 13 teams. The finals series for the Championship was also removed and replaced with the standard non-Championship defining play-offs with the actual Championship determined by a first past the post, won by APIA Leichhardt. Teams :'' Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Regular season League table Results Finals series A top fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 National Soccer League
The National Soccer League 1986 season was the tenth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season was again played with two Conferences as separate leagues, followed by a conference playoff final. The Grand Final was won by Adelaide City over Sydney Olympic. League tables Northern Conference Southern Conference Finals series Northern Conference Southern Conference Grand Final ---- *''Adelaide City win 3-2 on aggregate'' Individual awards *Referee's Player of the Year: Bobby Russell (South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...) *Player's Player of the Year: Graham Arnold ( Sydney Croatia) *U-21 Player of the Year: Ernie Tapai ( Melbourne Croatia) *Top Scorer(s): Graham Arnold ( Sydney Croatia) 15 goals *Coach of the Year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 National Soccer League
The National Soccer League 1985 season was the ninth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season was again played with two Conferences as separate leagues, followed by a conference playoff final. The Grand Final was won by Brunswick Juventus over Sydney City. League tables Northern Conference Southern Conference Finals series Northern Conference Southern Conference Grand Final ---- *''Brunswick Juventus win 2-0 on aggregate'' Individual awards *Player of the Year: Graham Honeyman (West Adelaide SC) *U-21 Player of the Year: Alan Hunter ( Brisbane Lions SC) *Top Scorer(s): Charlie Egan (South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at ...) - 21 goals) *Coach of the Year: Eddie Thomson ( Sydney City) ReferencesOzFootball Archiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organised by FIFA. The tournament had previously been played in 1992 and 1995 as the King Fahd Cup. This edition of the tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia, as with the previous editions, in December 1997 and was the first to feature representatives from all of the FIFA confederations. It was won by Brazil, who beat Australia 6–0 in the final. After winning the 1997 tournament, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), as well as champion of their respective confederation by winning the 1997 Copa América. This feat has since been accomplished once by France, victorious in the 1998 World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000 and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Qualified teams 1Germany, the UEFA Euro 1996 winner, declined to participate. 2The United Arab Emirates was awarded a spot in the competition because Saudi Arabia had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia Men's National Soccer Team
The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). Australia is the only national team to have been a champion of two confederations, having won the OFC Nations Cup four times between 1980 and 2004, as well as the AFC Asian Cup at the 2015 event on home soil. The team has represented Australia at the FIFA World Cup tournament on six occasions, in 1974 and from 2006 to 2022. The team also represented Australia at the FIFA Confederations Cup four times. History Early years The first Australia national team was constituted in 1922 for a tour of New Zealand, which included two defeats and a draw. For the next 36 years, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa became regular opponents in tour (exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993–94 Primeira Divisão
The 1993–94 Primeira Divisão was the 60th edition of top flight of Portuguese football. It started on 22 August 1993 with a match between Estoril-Praia and Beira-Mar, and ended on 2 June 1994. The league was contested by 18 clubs with Porto as the defending champions. Benfica won their 30th league title and qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Champions League group stage. Porto qualified for the 1994–95 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, and Sporting CP, Boavista and Marítimo qualified for the 1994–95 UEFA Cup; in opposite, Paços de Ferreira, Famalicão and Estoril-Praia were relegated to the Liga de Honra. Yekini was the top scorer with 21 goals. Promotion and relegation Teams relegated to Liga de Honra * Tirsense * Espinho * Chaves Tirsense, Espinho and Chaves, were consigned to the Liga de Honra following their final classification in 1992-93 season. Teams promoted from Liga de Honra *Estrela da Amadora *União da Madeira *Vitória de Setúbal The other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
