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Sébastien Thill
Sébastien Thill (born 29 December 1993) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Polish club Stal Rzeszów and the Luxembourg national team. Club career Luxembourg From 2009 to 2012, Thill played for Pétange of the Luxembourg National Division, scoring nine goals in 46 league appearances. In 2013, he moved to fellow National Division side Progrès Niederkorn. In 2015, Thill made his debut in European club competition as Niederkorn fell 3–0 on aggregate to Shamrock Rovers in a two-leg series during the first qualifying round of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. On 4 July 2017, Thill scored the winning goal in an unexpected 2–1 aggregate win against Scottish side Rangers for his current club, Progrès Niederkorn, in the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. The goal sealed Progrès' first ever win in European Competition. On 5 September 2020, he joined Russian club Tambov on a season-long loan. His brother Olivier also played in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niederkorn
Niederkorn () is a town in the Communes of Luxembourg, commune of Differdange, in south-western Luxembourg, on the Chiers river (), from which it takes its name. As of 2024, the town has a population of 7,663. Niederkorn is home to FC Progrès Niederkorn, a football (soccer), football team in Luxembourg's Luxembourg National Division, National Division. A hospital, the "Hôpital Princesse Marie-Astrid", completed in June 2007, is located in Niederkorn . The #1 TICE bus connects Niederkorn with Differdange, Belvaux and Esch-sur-Alzette. Niederkorn railway station is connected to Luxembourg railway station, Luxembourg City via CFL Line 60, a train line that stops in Berchem railway station, Berchem, Bettembourg railway station, Bettembourg, Noertzange, Schifflange, Esch-sur-Alzette, Belval-Université railway station, Belval Université, Belval-Rédange railway station, Belval-Rédange, Belvaux-Soleuvre railway station, Belvaux Soleuvre, Oberkorn railway station, Oberkorn, and Dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Madrid CF
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football league system, Spanish football. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally worn a white home kit since its inception. The Title of honour, honorific title 'Real' is Spanish for "Royal" and was bestowed to the club by Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII in 1920 along with the crown in the club crest. Real Madrid have played their home matches in the 78,297-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Santiago Bernabéu in Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European sporting clubs, Real Madrid's members (''socios'') have owned and operated the club throughout its history. The official Madrid anthem is the "Hala Madrid y nada más", written by RedOne and Manuel Jabois. The club is one of the most widel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu
Baku Olympic Stadium () is a stadium, designed and constructed to meet the international standards for stadiums set by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). Having seating capacity for 69,870 people, it is the List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, largest stadium in Azerbaijan. Despite the name, it has never hosted and is not scheduled to host any competition of the Olympic Games. Construction of the stadium on a site was completed in February 2015. The six-storey, structure near Boyukshor Lake, Baku, Azerbaijan, opened on 6 March 2015. The main tenant of the stadium is Azerbaijan's Azerbaijan national football team, national football team, who moved from their previous home at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium. In June 2015, the stadium served as the main venue for the 2015 European Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg (; ; ), also known as Luxembourg City ( or ; ; or ), is the capital city of Luxembourg and the Communes of Luxembourg, country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated by road from Brussels and from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed. , Luxembourg City has a population of 136,208 inhabitants, which is more than three times the population of the country's second most populous commune (Esch-sur-Alzette). The population consists of 160 nationalities. Foreigners represent 70.4% of the city's population, whilst Luxembourgers represent 29.6% of the population; the number of foreign-born residents in the city rises steadily each year. In 2024, Luxembourg was ranked by the International Monetary Fund, IMF as having the highest GDP per capita in the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Josy Barthel
The Stade Josy Barthel is the former national stadium of Luxembourg, and the former home of the Luxembourg national football team. The stadium, which also hosted rugby union and athletics events, is located on route d'Arlon, in the Luxembourg City quarter of Belair. Following the opening of the Stade de Luxembourg in September 2021, the stadium and its grounds are currently due for demolition and redevelopment, to be ultimately replaced with a new mixed use neighbourhood named "Wunnquartier Stade". History Originally called ''Stade Municipal'' after its construction in 1928–1931, it was entirely rebuilt in 1990. Since July 1993, it has borne the name of Joseph "Josy" Barthel, the 1500m gold medalist at the 1952 Olympics: Luxembourg's only Olympic gold medal winner. The stadium is also home to the biggest athletics club in the country, CAL Spora Luxembourg. The spectator capacity is 7,983, some under cover, some in the open air. In 2014 it was announced that an investm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Thill
Serge Thill (born 29 January 1969) is a Luxembourgish former footballer who played for the Luxembourg national team. Club career Thill began his senior career in his native Luxembourg in 1991, playing for Union Luxembourg. In 1993, Thill signed for Belgian club RSC Athusien. In 1997, Thill returned to Luxembourg to sign for CS Grevenmacher. Thill stayed at Grevenmacher for five seasons, winning the Luxembourg National Division in his final season at the club. International career Thill played 14 times for the Luxembourg national team between 1992 and 1998, making his debut in a 3–2 defeat against Turkey. Personal life Thill is married to former athlete Nathalie Thill. Together, they have had three sons that have gone onto represent Luxembourg at international level: Olivier Thill, Sébastien Thill and Vincent Thill. Honours Union Luxembourg *Luxembourg National Division: 1991–92 CS Grevenmacher *Luxembourg National Division: 2002–03 *Luxembourg Cup The Luxe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Thill
Vincent Thill (born 4 February 2000) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Zira in the Azerbaijan Premier League and Luxembourg national team. He is the younger brother of fellow Luxembourg internationals Sébastien Thill and Olivier Thill. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2017". Club career Thill started his career with Luxembourgish side Fola Esch before transferring to Progrès Niederkorn, where he spent six months. He joined Metz in 2012, and signed his first professional contract on 26 May 2016, despite interest from Bayern Munich. On 21 September 2016, Thill made his debut for Metz in a 0–3 defeat against Bordeaux, coming on in the 82nd minute. In doing so, Thill became the first player born in the 2000s to appear in Ligue 1 and in any of Europe's top five leagues. In August 2018, Thill joined Pau on loan for the 2018–19 season. In the following season, he was loaned out to US Orléans. On 1 April 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Thill
Olivier Thill (born 17 December 1996) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club LNZ Cherkasy. Club career As a senior player, Thill started playing club football for FC Progrès Niederkorn from 2015 to 2018. On 31 August 2018, he signed a four-year contract with the Russian Premier League club FC Ufa. Three weeks before that, he scored a goal for his previous club Progrès against FC Ufa in the Europa League qualifier. On 17 October 2020, his contract with Ufa was terminated by mutual consent. On 30 December 2020, Ukrainian Premier League side Vorskla Poltava announced that they had signed a 2-year deal with Thill. On 7 March 2022, FIFA announced that, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all the contracts of foreign players in Ukraine are suspended until 30 June 2022 and they are allowed to sign with clubs outside Ukraine until that date. On 30 March 2022, Thill signed with Turkish club Eyüpspor until 30 June 2022 using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonia National Football Team
The North Macedonia national football team () represents North Macedonia in men's international football. It is administered by the Football Federation of Macedonia. The team plays their home matches at the Toše Proeski National Arena in Skopje. North Macedonia has reached Euro 2020 (its first major tournament) and the European qualifying play-off final of the 2022 World Cup (after defeating Germany in Duisburg and Italy in Palermo). History Early years (1991–96) Unofficial Matches The first match after the independence was a non official show match, actually a general rehearsal of the head coach Ivica Osim before the decisive match of Yugoslavia in Vienna, against Austria, for the placement of the European Championship 1992.The match was held in Skopje City park stadium on 9 October 1991 Macedonia – Yugoslavia 1-4 . The second match was also non official show match, to test more domestic players for the national team .The match was held again at Skopje City park sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying Group C
The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group C was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group C consisted of six teams: Spain, Ukraine, Slovakia, Belarus, Macedonia, and Luxembourg, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. Originally Gibraltar had been drawn in this group, but were moved to group D due to Spain not being willing to play them because of the disputed status of Gibraltar. The top two teams, Spain and Slovakia, qualified directly for the finals. As third-placed Ukraine weren't the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams, they advanced to the play-offs, where they won against Slovenia and thus qualified as well. Standings Matches The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, which was held on 23 February 2014 in Nice. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses). ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 I Liga
The 2023–24 I liga (also known as Fortuna I liga due to sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the second tier domestic division in the Polish football league system since its establishment in 1949 and the 16th season of the Polish I liga under its current title. The league was operated by the PZPN. The regular season was being played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 18 teams participate, 12 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous season, while three to be relegated from the 2022–23 Ekstraklasa and the remaining three to be promoted from the 2022–23 II liga. The season started on 21 July 2023 and will conclude on 26 May 2024. Each team will play a total of 34 matches, half at home and half away. Teams A total of 18 teams participate in the 2023–24 I liga season. Changes from last season The following teams have changed division since the 2022–23 season. To I liga From I liga Stadiums and locations :''Note: Table lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Liga
I liga (, ), currently named Betclic I liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga via promotion/relegation systems. It is run by the Polish Football Association (PZPN) since its inception on 30 May 1948. The league was renamed from Second League (II liga) to First League (I liga) in 2008. It is currently contested by 18 teams; from 2002, all clubs onwards must have a licence, issued by the Association.. Before 1939, there were several plans to create a second, national level of Polish football system, but all failed. Instead, there were regional leagues of most Polish provinces, the so-called ''A Classes'' (see also Lower Level Football Leagues in Interwar Poland). History State Class in Austrian Galicia In 1913 and 1914, the football championship of Austrian Galicia took place. At that time it was called the ''A Class Championship' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
