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França (footballer, Born 1976)
Françoaldo Sena de Souza (born 2 March 1976), commonly known as França, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career França was born in Codó, Maranhão. After his senior beginnings with lowly Nacional Futebol Clube and Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Jaú), he moved in 1996 to national powerhouse São Paulo FC, where he proceeded to net eight goals overall in his debut year – even though he did not start regularly – and 182 goals in 323 games during his six-year stay (fourth all-time at the time of his departure); in 1998 and 2000, as the club won the Campeonato Paulista, the player was crowned the league's best scorer, respectively at 12 and 18. In the 2002 summer, França signed with Bayer 04 Leverkusen from Germany as the team sought replacements for aging Ulf Kirsten (37). In his debut season in the Bundesliga he appeared scarcely, barred by Dimitar Berbatov and Oliver Neuville, netting only once, in his league debut in a 2–4 ...
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Codó
Codó is a city in the Maranhão, Brazil. It has an estimated population of 123,116 (2020) and an area of 4,361.344 km2. Therefore, the sixth most populous municipality in the state. It has the largest concentration of religious centers of African origin in Brazil, with 400 terreiros. Geography Codó is situated in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern Brazil, in eastern Maranhão. The city intersects with the BR-316 road and São Luís-Teresina Railway, São Luís-Teresina railway, which serves as the main port of distribution of goods, such as fuels, cement and pig iron. despite being located in the state of Maranhão, it is much more connected to the state capital of Teresina due to its proximity of only 169 kilometers. The average land elevation is approximately 47 m above sea level, the predominant climate is tropical. UTC−3 time zone. It is also located in the Maranhão Babaçu forests, Maranhão Babaçu Forest region (''região dos cocais''), in the Itapecuru Va ...
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VfL Bochum
Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as VfL Bochum (), is a Football in Germany, German professional association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. They currently play in the Bundesliga, the top-flight of German club football, but will play in the 2. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga in the 2025–26 Bundesliga, 2025–26 season following relegation. History Founding to World War II VfL Bochum is one of the oldest sports organizations in the world, claiming an origin date of 26 July 1848 when an article in the ''Märkischer Sprecher'' – a local newspaper – called for the creation of a gymnastics club. The Turnverein zu Bochum was then formally established on 18 February 1849. In December 1851, however, the club was forcibly dissolved and banned by the Prussian provincial administration then reestablished on 19 June 1860 as the bochum gymnastics club. The club was reorganized in May 1904 as Turnver ...
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Supercopa Libertadores
The Supercopa Libertadores (English: ''Libertadores Supercup''), also known as the Supercopa Sudamericana, Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually between 1988 and 1997 by the past winners of the Copa Libertadores. The tournament is one of the many South American club competitions that have been organized by CONMEBOL.Supercopa Libertadores (Supercopa João Havelange)
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As through the successive editions of this cup were added new champions from the Copa Libertadores, in 1997 the CONMEBOL decided that the last teams of each group would descend to reduce the number of teams to disputed it. That year descended Velez Sarsfield, Racing Club and Boca Junior ...
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Copa Master De CONMEBOL
The Copa Master de CONMEBOL (, or Supercopa Conmebol) was a football club competition contested by the four past winners of the Copa CONMEBOL at the time. The cup is one of the many inter-South American club competitions that have been organized by CONMEBOL. It was played from February 8 to February 12, 1996, and it was contested in the city of Cuiabá with the participations of Atlético Mineiro, Botafogo, São Paulo, and Rosario Central. São Paulo won the competition after defeating Atlético Mineiro in the final 3-0.A Lanús se le viene Dani Alves pero no le tiene miedo a San Pablo
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Copa De Oro
The Copa de Oro (English: ''Gold Cup'', Portuguese: ''Copa Ouro''), or Copa de Oro Nicolás Leoz, was a football cup winners' cup competition contested on three occasions by the most recent winners of all CONMEBOL continental competitions. These included champions of the Copa Libertadores, Supercopa Sudamericana, Copa CONMEBOL, Supercopa Masters and Copa Masters CONMEBOL. The Recopa Sudamericana champions did not participate. The cup is one of the many continental club competitions that have been organized by CONMEBOL. The first competition was held in 1993 featuring the 4 major continental champions of the previous season whilst the second competition in 1995 two continental champions declined to play leaving only two participants to play. In the final edition in 1996, all the continental champions accepted the invitation to play. Boca Juniors, Cruzeiro and Flamengo were the only winners of the tournament with one title each. Brazil became the most successful nation of the comp ...
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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the Italian Serie A), is a professional association football league in Brazil and the highest level of the Brazilian football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In 2021, the competition was chosen by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics, IFFHS as the strongest national league in South America as well as the strongest in the world. Due to historical peculiarities and the large geographical size of the country, Brazil has a relatively short history of nationwide football competitions. The main and most prestigious competitions were the State football leagues in Brazil, state championships, run in each of the Brazilian states, w ...
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1996 São Paulo FC Season
The 1996 season was São Paulo's 67th season since club's existence. Statistics Scorers Overall {, class="wikitable" , - , Games played , , 69 (30 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 3 Copa do Brasil, 2 Copa de Oro, 23 Campeonato Brasileiro, 2 Supercopa Libertadores, 7 Friendly match) , - , Games won , , 35 (16 Campeonato Paulista, 2 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 2 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa de Oro, 9 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 4 Friendly match) , - , Games drawn , , 19 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 1 Copa do Brasil, 0 Copa de Oro, 8 Campeonato Brasileiro, 0 Supercopa Libertadores, 3 Friendly match) , - , Games lost , , 15 (7 Campeonato Paulista, 0 Copa Masters CONMEBOL, 0 Copa do Brasil, 1 Copa de Oro, 6 Campeonato Brasileiro, 1 Supercopa Libertadores, 0 Friendly match) , - , Goals scored , , 130 , - , Goals conceded , , 85 , - , Goal difference , , +45 , - , Best result , , 7–3 (H) v Botafogo - Copa Masters CONMEBOL - 1996 ...
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England National Football Team
The England national football team have represented England in international Association football, football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by the Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournaments contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. England are the joint oldest national team in football having played in the world's 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match in 1872, against Scotland men's national football team, Scotland. England's home ground is Wembley Stadium, London, and their training headquarters is at St George's Park National Football Centre, St George's Park, Burton upon Trent. Thomas Tuchel is the current Head Coach. England won the 1966 FIF ...
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Cap (sport)
In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of rugby football and association football. In the early days of football, the concept of each team wearing a set of matching shirts had not been universally adopted, so each side would distinguish itself from the other by wearing a specific sort of cap. An early illustration of the 1872 Scotland v England football match, first international football match between Scotland and England in 1872 shows the Scottish players wearing cowls, and the English wearing a variety of school caps. The practice was first approved on 10 May 1886 for association football after a proposal made by N. Lane Jackson, founder of the Corinthian F.C., Corinthians: The act of awarding a cap is now international and is applied to other sports. Although in some sports physical caps may not now always be given (wheth ...
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Promotion And Relegation
Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes called open leagues. In a system of promotion and relegation, the best-ranked team(s) in a lower division are ''promoted'' to a higher division for the next season, and the worst-ranked team(s) in the higher division are ''relegated'' to the lower division for the next season. During the season, teams that are high enough in the league table that they would qualify for promotion are sometimes said to be in the ''promotion zone'', and those at the bottom are in the ''relegation zone'' (colloquially the ''drop zone'' or ''facing the drop''). These can also involve being in zones where promotion and relegation is not automatic but subject to a playoff, such as in the EFL Championship where teams 3rd to 6th enter a playoff for promotion to the ...
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UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; ; ) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach soccer, beach football in Europe and the List of transcontinental countries#Asia and Europe, transcontinental countries of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel. UEFA consists of 55 national association List of men's national association football teams#UEFA (Europe), members. Since 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions. UEFA consists of the national football associations of Europe, and runs national and club competitions including the UEFA European Championship, European Championship, UEFA Nations League, Nations League, UEFA Champions League, Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Conference League, and ...
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Assist (football)
In association football, an assist is a contribution leading to the scoring of a goal, where the contribution is made by someone on the scoring team other than the scorer. Statistics for assists made by players may be kept officially by the organisers of a competition, or unofficially by, for example, journalists or organisers of fantasy football competitions. Recording assists is not part of the official Laws of the Game and the criteria for an assist to be awarded may vary. Record of assists was virtually not kept at all until the end of the 20th century, although reports of matches commonly described a player as having "made" one or more goals. Since the 1990s, some leagues have kept official record of assists and based awards on them. The separate player statistics " goals " and "assists" may be aggregated to a statistic called " oalcontributions" or " oalinvolvements" (analogous to what is called a point in ice hockey). Criteria Most commonly, an assist is credited to a ...
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