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Orkun Kökçü
Orkun Kökçü (; born 29 December 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş, on loan from Primeira Liga club Benfica. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Turkey national team. Club career Feyenoord A youth product of FC Groningen, where he arrived after having played for local clubs around his hometown Haarlem, Kökçü joined the Feyenoord youth academy in 2014. He made his debut for Feyenoord at the age of 17 in a 4–0 win over VV Gemert in the first round of the KNVB Cup on 17 September 2018, scoring Feyenoord's second goal. He made his Eredivisie debut against FC Emmen on 9 December 2018, and contributed with a goal and an assist after coming on as a substitute. On 10 April 2019, he extended his contract at Feyenoord until 2023. On 26 June 2020, he reached an agreement to extend his contract with Feyenoord for another two years, a deal to the end of the 2024–25 season. Following Jens Toornstra's departure, Feyenoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkey National Football Team
The Turkey national football team (), recognized as Türkiye by FIFA and UEFA, represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation (), the governing body for football in Turkey, which was founded in 1923 and has been a member of FIFA since 1923 and UEFA since 1962. The team played their first official international game in 1923 and has represented the nation in major competitions since their debut appearance at the 1924 Summer Olympics. They have participated in the Summer Olympics a total of six times (1924 Summer Olympics, 1924, 1928 Summer Olympics, 1928, 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936, 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952, and 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960), and reached the quarter-finals twice, in 1948 and 1952. The team enjoyed their highest achievements in the 2000s, most notably finishing in third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, and rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. As of the 2024–25 season, it is UEFA coefficient#Men's association coefficient, ranked the sixth-best league in Europe by UEFA. The Eredivisie consists of 18 clubs. Each club meets every other club twice during the season, once at home and once away. At the end of each season, the two clubs at the bottom are Promotion and relegation, relegated to the second level of the Dutch league system, the (First Division), while the champion and runner-up of the are automatically promoted to the Eredivisie. The club finishing third from the bottom of the Eredivisie goes to separate promotion/relegation play-offs with six high-placed clubs from the . The winner of the Eredivisie claims the List of Dutch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O Clássico
O Clássico () is the name given in Association football, football to matches between Portuguese clubs S.L. Benfica and FC Porto. Originally, the term ''O Clássico'' only referred to games played in the Primeira Liga, league, but now tends to include matches that take place in other domestic competitions such as the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. Despite being the two most decorated Portuguese clubs in European football, with seven European trophies between them, they have never faced each other in a European competition. Benfica and Porto are two of the three clubs known as the "Big Three (Portugal), Big Three" in Portugal, the other being Sporting CP. The rivalry comes about as Lisbon and Porto are the two largest cities in Portugal, and both clubs are the most decorated football teams in Portugal. Rivalry The first match between the ''Águias'' and the ''Dragões'' was an exhibition game that was played on the 28 April 1912, when Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Supertaça Cândido De Oliveira
The 2023 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira was the 45th edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It was played between the winners of the 2022–23 Primeira Liga, Benfica, and the winners of the 2022–23 Taça de Portugal, Porto, on 9 August 2023. Benfica won the match 2–0 to secure their 9th Supertaça title. Venue This was the thirteenth time the Supertaça was played at the Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, having hosted all Supertaça matches but two since 2009, both of them played at Estádio Algarve, in 2015 and 2019. Match Details See also *O Clássico *2023–24 Primeira Liga *2023–24 Taça de Portugal *2023–24 Taça da Liga *2023–24 FC Porto season *2023–24 S.L. Benfica season The 2023–24 Sport Lisboa e Benfica season was the club's 120th season in existence and its 90th consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. Domestically, Benfica played in the Primeira Liga as defending champions, and reached ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supertaça Cândido De Oliveira
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira (; English: Cândido de Oliveira Super Cup, or simply Portuguese Super Cup) is an annual Portuguese association football, football match played since 1979 between the winners of the top-tier league (Primeira Liga) and cup (Taça de Portugal) competitions. The match and trophy are named after former Portuguese player, coach and sports journalist Cândido de Oliveira. Recognised and organised by the Portuguese Football Federation since 1981, the Supertaça is usually played in August, before the start of the league season. History In the 1943–44 season, the Super Cup was created for a special game between 1943–44 Primeira Divisão, Primeira Divisão champions Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP and 1943–44 Taça de Portugal, Taça de Portugal winners S.L. Benfica, Benfica, on occasion of the inauguration of the Estádio Nacional. The commissioned trophy was named ''Taça Império'' – not to be mistaken with ''Taça do Império'', t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record (Portuguese Newspaper)
''Record'' is a Portuguese sports newspaper, founded in 1949 by Manuel Dias, published in Lisbon. Although it covers most sports, football is the focal point of it, and almost always is the only sport referred to on the cover. History and profile ''Record'' was founded by Manuel Dias. Dias was a newspaper vendor as well as an athlete. Dias participated the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... In 1949, Dias would enter the national lottery in Portugal and would win 40 contos. Dias would use these funds to establish the ''Record'' newspaper. The first edition of the newspaper was published on 26 of November 1949 and was sold on a weekly basis. Over the 63 years, ''Record'' have had a difficult times and gone through becoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeds United
Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The team compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league system. Leeds United have won the League Championship three times, five Second Division titles, the FA Cup once, the League Cup once, the Charity Shield twice and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. The club had their most successful period under the management of Don Revie in the 1960s and 1970s, when they won the League title twice, the FA Cup once, the League Cup once and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup twice. The club have also been runners-up five times in the League Championship, three times in the FA Cup, once each in the League Cup, the Charity Shield, the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Cup, and lost the play-off to keep the Inter-City Fairs Cup trophy. Leeds United share rivalries with Manchester United and Chelsea. The team's traditional kit colours are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Sinisterra
Luis Fernando Sinisterra Lucumí (born 17 June 1999) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for club Bournemouth and the Colombia national team. Club career Feyenoord On 8 July 2018, Sinisterra signed a three-year contract with an option for two more years with Feyenoord for a reported fee of €2 million. He scored his first goal for the club on 8 August 2019, scoring the opening goal in third qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League against FC Dinamo Tbilisi. On 7 February 2020, Sinisterra won the prize for Eredivisie Player of the Month under-21 for the month of January 2020 after scoring in three consecutive matches. On 12 November 2020, Feyenoord announced that the club had used the option in Sinisterra's contract to extend his contract with another two years. On 19 August 2021, Sinisterra scored a hat-trick in the first leg of their UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round tie against Swedish club IF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UD Almería
Unión Deportiva Almería, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish professional football club based in Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 26 July 1989 and known as ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' until 2001, when it was renamed ''Unión Deportiva Almería''. The club currently plays in the , and plays their home games at the 17,400-seat capacity UD Almería Stadium. History The first football club in Almería was founded in 1909: el Almería Foot-Ball Club. Since then, several Almería football clubs appeared and disappeared. One of them was AD Almería, a team that played in La Liga between 1979 and 1981, but disappeared in 1982, and was arguably UD Almería's predecessor. In 1989, a club named ''Almería Club de Fútbol'' was born, but in 2001 was renamed ''Unión Deportiva Almería''. On 19 January 2001 the mayor of Almería Santiago Martínez Cabrejas announced in the city council that the new club UD Almería had been formed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwin Núñez
Darwin Gabriel Núñez Ribeiro (; born 24 June 1999) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and the Uruguay national football team, Uruguay national team. Núñez came through Peñarol's youth academy, being promoted to the First team (association football), first team in 2017. In August 2019, he joined Spanish Segunda División club UD Almería, Almería for a club record fee. S.L. Benfica, Benfica signed him in 2020 for a club-record transfer worth €24 million, the most expensive signing in Portuguese football history. In his second season, he won the Bola de Prata (Portugal), Bola de Prata for top scorer in the Primeira Liga with 26 goals in 28 games, being named in the Primeira Liga Team of the Year and LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year, Primeira Liga Player of the Year. Liverpool then signed him in 2022 for a transfer worth €75 million (£64&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Eredivisie
The 2022–23 Eredivisie was the 67th season of the Eredivisie, the premier football competition in the Netherlands. It began on 5 August 2022 and concluded on 28 May 2023. As the 2022 FIFA World Cup started on 20 November, the last round before stoppage was held on 12–13 November. The league resumed games on 6 January. Teams Emmen (promoted after a one-year absence), Volendam (promoted after a thirteen-year absence) and Excelsior (promoted after a three-year absence) were promoted from the 2021–22 Eerste Divisie. Willem II (relegated after eight years in the top flight), PEC Zwolle (relegated after ten years in the top flight), and Heracles Almelo (relegated after seventeen years in the top flight) were relegated to the 2022–23 Eerste Divisie. Stadiums and locations Number of teams by province Personnel and kits Managerial changes Standings League table Results Fixtures and results Results by round Play-offs ''All times Central Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
