2008 in football (soccer) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world.

Events

20 January to 10 February – Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
4 May to 16 May - UEFA U-17 Championship
2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 May to 16 May 2008...

in Turkey
7 June to 29 June – Euro 2008 held in Austria and Switzerland
6 August to 24 August - Men's and Women's Football Tournaments
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and several other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate...

at the Beijing Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
30 October to 16 November – Inauguration of FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...

held In New Zealand
20 November to 7 December – 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation....

in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

January

3 – Argentine midfielder Éver Banega
Éver Banega
Éver Maximiliano David Banega is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Valencia CF in Spain, mainly as a central midfielder.-Boca Juniors:...

leaves Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

and joins the Spanish club Valencia CF
Valencia CF
Valencia Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, Spain. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful and biggest clubs in Spanish Football and European Football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, seven Copa del Rey trophies, two Fairs Cups which was the...

for an estimated fee of €18 million.
5 – Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

are knocked out of the FA Cup
FA Cup 2007-08
The 2007–08 FA Cup was the 127th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. A record 731 clubs' entries were accepted for the competition....

in the third round by Oldham
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

, a team from Football League One
Football League One
Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

(third division) as Huddersfield Town from the same division beat Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

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6 – Toulouse
Toulouse FC
Toulouse Football Club is a French association football club based in the city of Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top level of French football. Toulouse plays its home matches at the Stadium Municipal located within the city. The first team is managed by...

are eliminated from the Coupe de France
Coupe de France
The Coupe Charles Simon, commonly known as the Coupe de France , is the premier knockout cup competition in French football organized by the French Football Federation...

by Paris FC
Paris FC
Paris Football Club is a French association football club based in Paris. The club was founded in 1969 and currently play in the Championnat National, the third level of French football. Paris plays its home matches at the Stade Charléty located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris...

, a team from the Championnat National
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

(third division).
9 – Sam Allardyce
Sam Allardyce
Samuel "Sam" Allardyce , nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United....

leaves the manager's position at Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

by mutual agreement.
11 – Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann
Jürgen Klinsmann is a German football manager and former player who is currently the coach of the United States Men's National Team. As a player, Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe and was part of the West German team that won the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the German one that...

is unveiled as the new coach of Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

, effective July.
20 – The Africa Cup of Nations begins in Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

with the hosts beating Guinea
Guinea national football team
The Guinea national football team, nicknamed Syli national , is the national team of Guinea and is controlled by the Fédération Guinéenne de Football. They have never qualified for the World Cup finals, and their best finish in the African Nations Cup was second in the 1976...

2-1.
23 – Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

defeat Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

5-1 in the semi-final second-leg of the League Cup
Football League Cup 2007-08
The 2007–08 Football League Cup was the 48th staging of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with lager brand Carling....

. This was the first time they had beaten their local rivals since 1999.
24 – George Burley
George Burley
George Elder Burley is a Scottish football manager and former player and manager, formerly the manager of Crystal Palace Football Club. Burley had a professional career spanning 21 years as a player making 628 appearances and earning 11 Scotland caps...

is announced as the new coach of the Scotland national football team
Scotland national football team
The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

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28 – Mohamed Sissoko
Mohamed Sissoko
Mohamed Lamine Sissoko Gillan is a French-born Malian footballer who is currently playing for the French Ligue 1 team Paris-Saint Germain and the Malian national team. Although he could have elected to play for France internationally, he chose to play for the country of his descent, Mali...

leaves Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

to sign for Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

, costing the Italian team €13 million.

February

2 – Frédéric Kanouté
Frédéric Kanouté
Frédéric Oumar Kanouté is a French-born Malian footballer who currently plays for Sevilla FC in the Spanish La Liga. On 2 February 2008, Kanouté was named the 2007 African Footballer of the Year and is the first foreign-born player to win it.-Lyon:Born in Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon, Rhône, Kanouté's...

is named 2007 African Footballer of the Year
African Footballer of the Year
The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African football player each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football since 1992. An earlier African Footballer of the Year Golden Ball award was given out between 1970 and 1994 by France Football magazine...
4 – Víctor Muñoz is sacked from the managers job of Spanish team Recreativo Huelva
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Huelva, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the second division, holding home games at Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has a...

; Manolo Zambrano is immediately installed as the new coach of the La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

team.
10 – Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Cameroon
Cameroon national football team
The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...

in the final 1-0.
13 – Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni , sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football coach and former player, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A. As a player he was part of Italy's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup....

is announced as the new coach of the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

. He will officially take up this role in May.
23 – South Korean men's team
Korea Republic national football team
The Korea Republic national football team represents Korea Republic in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments,...

won East Asian Cup 2008
East Asian Cup 2008
The 2008 East Asian Football Championship was held between 17 February and 23 February in 2008. The preliminary competitions were held from 25 March to 24 June in 2007....

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23 – Japanese J. League Cup
J. League Cup
J. League Cup is a Japanese football competition organized by J. League. It is also known as Yamazaki Nabisco Cup or Nabisco Cup because confectionery/bakery company Yamazaki Nabisco have sponsored the competition since its inception in 1992.It is generally regarded as the Japanese equivalent to...

winner Gamba Osaka
Gamba Osaka
is a Japanese professional association football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70...

defeated MLS
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

champion Houston Dynamo
Houston Dynamo
The Houston Dynamo is an American professional soccer club, based in Houston, Texas, that plays in Major League Soccer, the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2005 as Houston 1836, the team name was renamed to Houston Dynamo following protests from Hispanic...

at the final game of Pan-Pacific Championship 2008
Pan-Pacific Championship 2008
The 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship is the inaugural edition of the Pan-Pacific Championship football competition which took place on February 20 and February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, featuring teams from Japan's J...

by 6-1, won the champion title of inaugural tournament. Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are an American professional soccer team, based in the Los Angeles suburb of Carson, California, which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, and the league's second...

won the third place match against Sydney FC
Sydney FC
Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

from A-league
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

by 2-1.
24 – Japan
Japan women's national football team
The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S...

won the Women's East Asian Cup 2008
Women's East Asian Cup 2008
The Second EAFF Women's Football Championship was a football competition held from February 18 to February 24, 2008 in Chongqing, China. Japan won the second edition by beating its opponents to finish first, DPR Korea finished second....

with three straight wins over South Korea
Korea Republic women's national football team
The South Korea national women's football team represents South Korea in international Women's football competitions. The team is recognised as Korea Republic by FIFA...

, North Korea
Korea DPR women's national football team
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea women's national football team represents North Korea in international women's football. North Korea were the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship winners, and won the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2001, 2003 and 2008....

, and China
China women's national football team
The China women's national football team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's football.- Records :China had held the record of going for 442 minutes without conceding a World Cup goal, until it was broken by Germany on September 26, 2007, when Germany beat Norway 3-0...

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24 – Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

win the Football League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

, also known as the Carling Cup, after beating Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

2-1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

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24 – Newcastle Jets win the Hyundai A-League
A-League 2007-08
The A-League 2007-08 season was the third season of the Australian A-League football competition, won by the Newcastle Jets. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the previous two seasons and on the interest generated by and playing in the 2007 AFC Champions League, and...

Grand Final by defeating the Central Coast Mariners by 1-0 at the Sydney Football Stadium.

March

11 – Newport County
Newport County A.F.C.
Newport County Association Football Club are a professional football club based in the city of Newport, south Wales, who currently play in the Conference National, the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

win the FAW Premier Cup
FAW Premier Cup
The FAW Premier Cup is a defunct Welsh football cup competition, organised annually by the Football Association of Wales from 1997 to 2008...

beating Llanelli 1–0 in the final.
12 – The United States women's national soccer team
United States women's national soccer team
The United States women's national soccer team represents the United States in international soccer competition and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. The U.S. team won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and has since been a superpower in women's soccer. It is currently ranked first in the world...

wins the 2008 Algarve Cup
2008 Algarve Cup
The 2008 Algarve Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5 and 12 March 2008 with the reigning champions the United States winning the event for a record sixth time, after defeating Denmark in a...

for the sixth time, beating Denmark 2–1 in the final.
16 – Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

win the Scottish League Cup
Scottish League Cup
The Scottish League Cup is a football competition open to all Scottish Football League and Scottish Premier League clubs. At present it is also known as the Scottish Communities League Cup owing to the sponsorship deal in place with the Scottish Government. In the past it has been sponsored by...

by beating Dundee United
Dundee United F.C.
Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Formed in 1909, originally as Dundee Hibernian, the club changed to the present name in 1923...

3-2 in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw at Hampden Park
Hampden Park
Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland...

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May

5 – Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

wins the 31st La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

title after beating Osasuna
CA Osasuna
Club Atlético Osasuna, known as Osasuna, is a Spanish football team based in Iruñea-Pamplona, in the autonomous community of Navarre.Founded in 1920, it currently plays in the Spanish first division, holding home games at the 19,553-capacity Estadio Reyno de Navarra...

2-1.
8 – Announced that Frank Rijkaard
Frank Rijkaard
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch football manager of Dutch and Surinamese descent and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Dutch national side,...

would leave his managerial post at FC Barcelona at the end of the season and be replaced by FC Barcelona B coach Josep Guardiola
Josep Guardiola
Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala , is a Spanish football manager and former player. Guardiola played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona, whom he currently manages. He was part of Johan Cruyff's dream team that won Barcelona's first European Cup....

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11 – Manchester United wins its 10th Premier League title after beating Wigan Athletic 2-0 away.
17 – Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...

wins the 127th FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

after beating Cardiff City
Cardiff city
Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium...

1-0 at Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium
The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...
21 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

after beating Chelsea FC 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw after 90 minutes in Moscow
22 – Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

win the SPL
Scottish Premier League 2007-08
The 2007–08 Scottish Premier League season was the tenth season of the Scottish Premier League. It began on 4 August 2007 and was originally due to end on 18 May 2008...

title for the third successive season by 3 points from Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...

on the final day.
24 – Avram Grant is sacked as Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

manager after just eight months in charge of the Premier League club.

June

2 – José Mourinho
José Mourinho
José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....

replaces Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini
Roberto Mancini is an Italian football manager, formerly an international player and current manager of Premier League club Manchester City.As a player Mancini was best known for his time at Sampdoria, where he played more than 550 matches, and helped them win the Serie A league title, four Coppa...

as manager of Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
25 – LDU Quito won the first leg of the Copa Libertadores final beating Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club
Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

4-2.
29 – Spain
Spain national football team
The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...

wins UEFA Euro 2008 after beating Germany
Germany national football team
The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

1-0 in the final.

July

1 – Luiz Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari
Luiz Felipe Scolari , ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and Phil Scolari in the United Kingdom, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager. He is currently the manager of Palmeiras. He served as the manager of the Portuguese national team from July 12, 2003 to June 30, 2008...

becomes the new manager of Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

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2 – LDU Quito wins the Copa Libertadores beating Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club
Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...

in penalties 3-1 after a 5-5 aggregate draw.

August

8 – Scottish Premier League
Scottish Premier League
The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

team Gretna
Gretna F.C.
Gretna Football Club was a Scottish football club that represented the town of Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway, close to the border between England and Scotland...

are formally liquidated.
21 – United States women's team win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics
23 – Argentina
Argentina national football team
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in association football and is controlled by the Argentine Football Association , the governing body for football in Argentina. Argentina's home stadium is Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti and their head coach is Alejandro...

's men's team win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics

September

1 – Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

sign Robinho
Robinho
Robson de Souza , more commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays as second striker and winger for Serie A club AC Milan...

from Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

for a British record fee of £32.5 million
1 – Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

sign Dimitar Berbatov
Dimitar Berbatov
Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a forward for Manchester United. He captained the Bulgarian national team from 2006 to 2010, and is its all-time leading goalscorer and has also won the Bulgarian Footballer of the Year a record seven times, surpassing the number of...

from Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

for £30.75 million.
4 – Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....

resigns as manager of Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

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AFC nations

A-League

The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

: Newcastle SAINTS Bahraini Premier League

Bahraini Premier League

The Bahraini Premier League is the main football competition in Bahrain. The first season was held in 1957. The winners of the domestic championship qualify for the AFC Cup. The championship is currently contested by 10 clubs-Current Structure:...

: Muharraq Club

Muharraq Club

Al-Muharraq Sports Club , is the oldest sports club in Muharraq island in the Persian Gulf region. Al-Muharraq Sports Club has won the Bahraini Football Premier League 31 times. Al-Muharraq Sports Club also takes part in other sports than football like Basketball and Volleyball...

Chinese Super League

The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...

: Shandong Luneng

Shandong Luneng

Shandong Luneng Taishan is a Chinese Super League football club owned by Shandong Luneng Group, the biggest supplier of electric energy in Shandong province. They play at the Shandong Stadium in Jinan, Shandong. The predecessor of Shandong Luneng Taishan was the Shandong Provincial team organised...

Hong Kong First Division League

Hong Kong First Division League is the top division football league in Hong Kong which was established in 1908, the oldest in Asia. It does not affiliate to any football leagues in the People's Republic of China.-Competition format:...

: South China I-League

I-League

The I-League is an Indian football league for association football clubs. At the top of the Indian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 14 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation of two teams each year with the I-League 2nd Division...

: Dempo SC Persian Gulf Cup: Persepolis F.C. J. League

J. League

The or is the top division of and is the top professional association football league in Japan. It is one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football and the only league given top class 'A' ranking by the AFC. Currently, J. League Division 1 is the first level of the Japanese...

: Kashima Antlers

Kashima Antlers

are a Japanese professional association football club playing in the J. League Division 1. Antlers is derived from the city name, Kashima, which literally means "deer island"....

K-League

The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...

: Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...

Lebanese Premier League

Lebanese Premier League is the top division of the Federation Libanaise de Football Association football league competitions. It was founded in 1900 and began in 1934 and their confederation is the AFC...

: Al Ahed Saudi Premier League

Saudi Premier League

The Saudi Professional League, officially known as , is the main football competition in Saudi Arabia. The first competition was held in the year of 1976–77...

: Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal

Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club , also known simply as Al-Hilal, is a Saudi Arabian sports club based in the country's capital of Riyadh and best known for its professional football team, known as Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club...

Filipino Premier League

The Filipino Premier League was the top level football league of the Philippines, operating under the country's football governing body, the Philippine Football Federation. The league was announced on August 2, 2008 and started on September 21, 2008...

: Philippine Army F.C.

Philippine Army F.C.

The Philippine Army Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines. It was founded in 1960 through the effort of the Philippine Army Special Services Unit. A unit that promotes sports and physical fitness within the Army, under the direction of the Commanding General...

Malaysian Super League

The Malaysia Super League is a Malaysian professional league for association football. At the top flight of the Malaysian football league system and it is managed by the Malaysia Super League Sdn Bhd, under supervision of the Football Association of Malaysia...

: Kedah FA

Kedah FA

The Kedah FA are a Malaysian professional football association team based in Kedah, Malaysia also enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kedah...

Qatar Stars League: Al-Gharafa Sports Club S-League: Singapore Armed Forces Football Club

Singapore Armed Forces Football Club

The Singapore Armed Forces Football Club is a professional football club that represents the Singapore Armed Forces and plays in the top-tier S.League. Singapore Armed Forces Football Club was officially established on 16 February 1996...

Thailand Premier League

The Thai Premier League is a Thai professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Thai football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 18 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Thai Division 1 League. The Thai...

: Provincial Electricity Authority FC

Provincial Electricity Authority FC

Buriram PEA Football Club , is a professional Thai football club based in Buriram province. The club has played at the top level of Thai football for the majority of their existence and currently competing in the Thai Premier League...

Turkmenistan Higher League: FC Aşgabat Enterprise Football League

Enterprise Football League

The Enterprise Football League , formerly known as National Football League or National First Division Football League , was the highest-ranked football league in Republic of China . It was governed by the Chinese Taipei Football Association and considered semi-professional...

: Taipower

Taiwan Power Company F.C.

Taiwan Power Company Football Club , often shortened to Taipower , is a Taiwanese semi-professional football club based in Fongshan District, Kaohsiung City. The club was founded in 1979 and is affiliated with Taiwan Power Company, the country's national utility...

UAE Football League: Al-Shabab Uzbek League

Uzbek League

The Uzbekistan Professional Football League , is the top division of football in Uzbekistan, and is operated under the auspices of the Uzbekistan Football Federation.-Soviet time champions:*1926 : FC Tashkent*1927 : FC Tashkent*1928 : FC Fergana...

: Bunyodkor

FC Bunyodkor

FC Bunyodkor is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League...

UEFA nations

Albanian Superliga: Dinamo Tirana

KS Dinamo Tirana

Klubi Sportiv Dinamo Tirana is an Albanian football team, playing in the Albanian capital of Tirana, founded in 1950. They play at the Stadiumi Qemal Stafa which has a capacity of 25,000. Their main rivals are fellow Tirana team KF Tirana.- History :...

Campionat de Lliga: Santa Coloma Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League

The Armenian Premier League is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the USSR. After independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the unit in charge. The seasons run from spring to fall...

: FC Pyunik

FC Pyunik

Pyunik Football Club , is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. It is one of the most popular football clubs in Armenia. The club owns its private Nairi Stadium in Yerevan, but due to the bad infrastructure of the venue, Pyunik plays its home games in the Republican Stadium of...

Austrian Bundesliga

The Austrian Football Bundesliga is the highest-ranking national league club competition in Austrian football. It is the competition which decides the Austrian national football champions, as well the country's entrants for the various European cups run by UEFA.The Austrian Bundesliga, which began...

: Rapid Wien

SK Rapid Wien

The Sportklub Rapid Wien is an Austrian football club playing in the country's capital city of Vienna. Rapid is the most popular club in Austria and also record title holder having won the Austrian national football title 32 times...

Azerbaijan Premier League

-Attendance:- Records :Players in the Premier League compete for the Azerbaijan Premier League Golden Boot, awarded to the top scorer at the end of each season. Nazim Aliyev is the league's all-time top scorer with 183 goals, including 39 in the 1992 season.During the 1995–96 season he became the...

: Inter Baku Belarusian Premier League

Belarusian Premier League

-Soviet era champions:*1934 BVO *1935 BVO *1936 BVO *1937 Dinamo *1938 Dinamo *1939 Dinamo *1940 DKA *1941-44 unknown...

: BATE Borisov

FC BATE

FC BATE Borisov is a Belarusian football team playing in the city of Borisov. They compete in the Belarusian Premier League and are the reigning champions. BATE are the only Belarusian team to have qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and for the group stage of the UEFA...

Jupiler League

The Belgian Pro League is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Belgian Second Division...

: Standard Liège

Standard Liège

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the country's most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs with last two teams relegated at the end of every season....

: Modriča

FK Modrica

FK Modriča Maxima is a football club playing in the town of Modriča, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.The club was founded in 1922 and it is currently active in the First League of the Republika Srpska. Modriča Maxima won the first place in First League of RS in 2002/03 season, which...

Bulgarian A PFG

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

The Bulgarian A Professional Football Group commonly known as A PFG is the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The league is sponsored by Victoria FATA Insurance and therefore is officially known as Victoria A Football Group since 2011...

: CSKA Sofia

PFC CSKA Sofia

PFC CSKA Sofia , commonly known as CSKA or CSKA Sofia is a professional football club based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The club was officially founded on May 5, 1948. CSKA's abbreviation stands for Central Sports Club of the Army...

Prva HNL: Dinamo Zagreb

Dinamo Zagreb

GNK Dinamo Zagreb, commonly referred to as Dinamo Zagreb , or by their nickname Modri are a Croatian football club based in Zagreb. They play their home matches at Stadion Maksimir. They are the most successful club in Croatian football, having won thirteen Croatian championship titles, ten...

Cypriot First Division

The Cypriot Championship First Division is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus. As of 2007 it is sponsored by Marfin Popular Bank and is hence officially known as Marfin Laiki League .-Format:...

: Anorthosis Famagusta

Anorthosis Famagusta FC

Αnorthosis Famagusta FC is a Cypriot football and volleyball club which is originally based in Famagusta, but is now temporarily based in Larnaca, due to the Turkish invasion. Anorthosis is one of the most successful clubs in Cypriot football, having won 13 league titles, 10 Cypriot Cups and 6...

Gambrinus Liga

The Gambrinus liga is a Czech professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Czech football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Czech 2. Liga. Seasons run from August to May,...

: Slavia Prague Danish Superliga

Danish Superliga

The Danish Superliga is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest association football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams to be relegated, which proves to be one of the...

: Aalborg BK

AaB Football

AaB Fodbold, also referred to as Aalborg BK or AaB, is a professional football team of Danish sports conglomerate Aalborg Boldspilklub, located in Aalborg. They play in the Danish Superliga and have won three Danish Superliga championships and two Danish Cup trophies.AaB became the first Danish...

Premier League: Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

Meistriliiga

Meistriliiga is the highest division of the Estonian Football Association annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and the current, 2011 is the league's 21st season...

: Levadia Tallinn

FC Levadia Tallinn

MTÜ SK FC Levadia Tallinn is an Estonian football club based in Tallinn. The club was founded in 1998, under the name FC Levadia Maardu. FC Levadia currently play in the Meistriliiga, the highest level of Estonian football...

Formuladeildin

Faroe Islands Premier League Football

The Faroe Islands Premier League, the top division of football in the Faroe Islands, was founded in 1942. It is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association. The league has been known as Vodafonedeildin since February 2009 for sponsorship reasons....

: EB/Streymur

EB/Streymur

EB/Streymur is an Faroese football club based in Streymnes. They play in the Vodafonedeildin, the top division in Faroese football.-History:...

Veikkausliiga

Veikkausliiga is the premier division of Finnish football, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Veikkausliiga is currently ranked as the 28th best league in Europe. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkaus, hence the league's name...

: Inter Turku Ligue 1

Ligue 1

Ligue 1 , is the French professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the French football league system. Ligue 1 is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Professionnel, the other being Ligue 2....

: Lyon

Olympique Lyonnais

Olympique Lyonnais is a French association football club based in Lyon. They play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. The club was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians, but was nationally established as a club in 1950. The...

Umaglesi Liga

The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...

: Dinamo Tbilisi

FC Dinamo Tbilisi

FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...

German Bundesliga: Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich

FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

Super League Greece

The Superleague Greece is the highest professional football league in Greece. It was formed on July 16, 2006 and replaced Alpha Ethniki at the top of the Greek football league system. The league consists of 16 teams and runs from August to May, with teams playing 30 games each...

: Olympiacos Hungarian National Championship I: MTK Budapest Úrvalsdeild: FH Hafnarfjörður League of Ireland Premier Division: Bohemian

Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...

Ligat ha'Al: Beitar Jerusalem Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

: Internazionale

F.C. Internazionale Milano

Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Kazakhstan Premier League: Aktobe

FC Aktobe

FC Aktobe are a Kazakh football club based at the Central Stadium in Aktobe. Current members and four-time champions of the Kazakhstani Premier League, they also won the country's second level league – First Division – in 2000.-Name history:...

Latvian Higher League: Ventspils

FK Ventspils

FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

A Lyga

The A Lyga is the top division of professional football in Lithuania. It is organized by LFF . League size has varied between 8 and 12 teams over the past few years; for its 2011 season, the league features 12 teams...

: Ekranas

FK Ekranas

Futbolo Klubas Ekranas is a Lithuanian football club, playing in the town of Panevėžys.The club was founded in 1964.It has won Lithuanian championships in 1985 , 1993, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010, the Lithuanian Cup in 1985 , 1998, 2000, 2010 and 2011 and the Lithuanian Super Cup in 1998, 2006, 2010...

Luxembourg National Division

The National Division is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it is to be known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006-07 season,...

: F91 Dudelange

F91 Dudelange

F91 Dudelange is a football club, based in Dudelange, in southern Luxembourg.Dudelange's team colors are red and yellow vertically-striped shirts, with red shorts and socks.-History:...

Macedonian Prva Liga: Rabotnički

FK Rabotnicki

FK Rabotnički is a football club that plays at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. They currently compete in the Macedonian First League.-History:...

Maltese Premier League

The Maltese Premier League, known as BOV Premier League for sponsorship reasons , is the top level league for football in Malta. The league was first competed in 1909...

: Valletta

Valletta F.C.

Valletta Football Club is a Maltese football club based in Valletta, the capital city of Malta. Valletta F.C. has the strongest support on the island...

Moldovan National Division: Sheriff Tiraspol

FC Sheriff Tiraspol

FC Sheriff Tiraspol is a football club based in Tiraspol, Moldova. They play in the Divizia Naţională, the top division in Moldovan football. The team is sometimes referred to as simply FC Sheriff and should not be confused with FC Tiraspol, a rival team based in the same city.-History:The club...

Montenegrin First League

The First League of Montenegro is the top football league in Montenegro. It is headed by the Football Association of Montenegro. 12 teams participate in this league. The winner of the Montenegrin First League starts the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League from the second round...

: Budućnost Podgorica

FK Buducnost Podgorica

FK Budućnost is a football club from Podgorica, Montenegro, currently competing in the First League of Montenegro. Its colours are blue and white. FK Buducnost is a part of the Budućnost sport society.-History:...

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

: PSV Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League

The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

: Linfield

Linfield F.C.

Linfield F.C. , is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club, whose home ground is Windsor Park in Belfast, which is also the home of the Northern Ireland international team....

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

: Stabæk Orange Ekstraklasa: Wisła Kraków Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Liga

The Primeira Liga , formerly called Primeira Divisão, currently named Liga ZON Sagres after their main sponsors, is the top professional association football division of the Portuguese football league system...

: Porto Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

: CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...

Russian Premier League

The Russian Premier League , currently called SOGAZ Russian Football Championship due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of Russian football. There are 16 teams in the competition...

: Rubin Kazan Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio

Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio

Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio is an amateur league competition for football clubs located at the top echelon of the Sammarinese football league system and has been operating since 1985...

: Murata

S.S. Murata

S.S. Murata is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Murata, a civil parish of the city of San Marino. The club was founded in 1966. Murata currently plays in Girone B of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colors are black and white.-Overview:...

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

: Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

Serbian Superliga

Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...

: Partizan

FK Partizan

Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Slovak Superliga: Artmedia Bratislava Slovenian PrvaLiga: TNK Domžale

NK Domžale

NK Domžale is a Slovenian football club that plays in the town of Domžale. They have won the Slovenian League two times and both Slovenian Cup and Slovenian Supercup once.-History:...

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

: Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...

Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...

: Kalmar

Kalmar FF

Kalmar FF is a Swedish football club located in Kalmar. Formed 10 January 1910, the club has won three national cup titles and 1 league title. Kalmar FF currently play in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan....

Swiss Super League

The Swiss Super League or Axpo Super League is the top tier of the Swiss Football League. The Swiss Super League is currently ranked 16th according to UEFA's ranking of league coefficients, which is based upon Swiss team performances in European competitions.-Names:-Participating clubs:The teams...

: FC Basel

FC Basel

Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel is a Swiss football club based in Basel. They are one of the most successful clubs in Swiss football, having won the Swiss Super League 14 times, the third most for any Swiss club. They were most successful in the late 1960s and 1970s, winning the...

Turkcell Super League

The Süper Lig is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system. It is one of the top leagues in the UEFA confederation and the winner of the competition automatically qualifies for the UEFA Champions League...

: Galatasaray

Galatasaray S.K. (football team)

Galatasaray Anonim Şirketi is a Turkish football club, part of the Galatasaray S.K. multi-sport club of Istanbul. Galatasaray is a major sports club in Turkey, holding 17 Turkish Super League titles and the highest number of Turkish Cups....

Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

: Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

Welsh Premier League: Llanelli

Llanelli A.F.C.

Llanelli Association Football Club is a Welsh semi-professional football club that plays in the Welsh Premier League for the 2010–11 season. The team has been based at Stebonheath Park since 1920, and as of 2009 is managed by Andy Legg....

CAF nations

Algerian Championnat National

The Ligue Professionnelle 1 , known as Ligue 1 for short, and formerly known as the Championnat National 1, is the Algerian professional league for association football clubs. It is the country's primary football competition and serves as the top division of the Algerian football league system...

: JS Kabylie

JS Kabylie

Jeunesse Sportive de Kabylie , known as JS Kabylie or JSK , is an Algerian professional association football club based in Tizi Ouzou. It draws its support from Kabyle football fans even outside the city of Tizi Ouzou...

Girabola

Girabola is the top division of Angolan football, and it is organized by the Angolan Football Federation.The league winner and runner-up qualify for the CAF Champions League.- History :...

: Petro Atlético Luanda Mascom Premier League

Mascom Premier League

The Botswana Premier League is the highest division in football in Botswana. The league has existed since 1966. The championship initially called MLO Cup....

: Centre Chiefs

Centre Chiefs

Mochudi Centre Chiefs is a football club from Botswana based in Mochudi.-Achievements:*Botswana Premier League: 1*FA Challenge Cup: 1*Orange Kabelano Charity Cup: 3-Performance in CAF competitions:...

Burkinabé Premier League

Burkinabé Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Burkinabé de Foot-Ball. It was created in 1961.-Burkinabé Premier League clubs – 2010–11:*AS Kouritenga1 *AS Maya *AS Sonabel...

: Etoile Filante Ouagadougou

Etoile Filante Ouagadougou

Étoile Filante Ouagadougou is a Burkinabé football club based in Ouagadougou. They play their home games at the Stade du 4-Août. The clubs colors are blue and white.-Achievements:*Burkinabé Premier League: 12*Coupe du Faso: 20...

Burundi Premier League

The Burundi Premier League or as it is known Amstel Ligue is the highest division in football in Burundi. The league was formed in 1972. It has 16 teams that plays 30 rounds home and away.In 2009, the league was reduced to 12 teams....

: Inter Star

AS Inter Star

AS Inter Star, is a football club from Bujumbura, Burundi.-Achievements:*Burundi Premier League: 3*Burundian Cup: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 3 appearancesas of 14 January 2010...

MTN Elite one: Cotonsport Garoua

Cotonsport Garoua

Coton Sport FC de Garoua is an Cameroonian football club based in Garoua. They play at the Stade Omnisport de Garoua. In 2008 they finished runners up in the CAF Champions League.-Domestic:*Cameroonian Championship: ...

Cape Verdean football Championships

The Cape Verdean Championships are a football competition that was created in 1976 in Cape Verde. A local championship was founded in 1953 before independence, while the islands were part of the Portuguese Empire.- League format :...

: Sporting Clube da Praia

Sporting Clube da Praia

Sporting Praia is a football club that had played in the Premier division and the Santiago Island South Zone League in Cape Verde...

Chad Premier League

Chad Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Tchadienne de Football in Chad. It consists of 10 clubs and they are all from capital city N'Djamena.- Clubs 2011 :*AS CotonTchad *AS DGSSIE *Elect-Sport FC...

: Elect Sport N'Djamena

Elect Sport N'Djamena

Elect-Sport FC is a football club from Chad based in N'Djamena.-Achievements:*Chad Premier League : 4*Chad Cup: 0*Coupe de Ligue de N'Djaména: 0*Chad Super Cup: 0-Performance in CAF competitions:...

Comoros Premier League

Comoros Premier League is the top division in Comoros, it was created in 1979. One of the venues is 2,000 capacity Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh.-Comoros Premier League - 2011:*Apache Club *ASIM Itsandra *Coin Nord...

: Etoile d'Or Congo Premier League

Congo Premier League

Congo Premier League is the top division of the Fédération Congolaise de Football, it was created in 1961.Between 1961 and 1977 the championship was decided in a 3-team tournament between the regional champions of Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Niari. From 1978 to 1993, a nationwide league with 10...

: CARA Brazzaville

CARA Brazzaville

CARA Brazzaville is a Congolese football club based in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.-Honors:*Congo Premier League: 9*Coupe du Congo de Foot-ball: 3*African Cup of Champions Clubs: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:...

Linafoot

The Linafoot is the top division of the Fédération Congolaise de Football-Association, the governing body of football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

: DC Motema Pembe Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division

Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division

The Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division is the top division of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football. it was created in 1960.- Côte d'Ivoire Season 2011 :-2010 season: 1.ASEC Mimosas 26 13 9 4 41-14 48 Champions...

: Africa Sports National Djibouti Premier League

Djibouti Premier League

The Djibouti Premier League is the highest division in association football in Djibouti. It was formed in 1987.- Teams :* AS Ali Sabieh Djibouti Telecom* AS Port* AS Tadjourah* CDE Colas* FC Société Immobilière de Djibouti...

: Société Immobilière de Djibouti Egyptian Premier League

Egyptian Premier League

The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...

: Al-Ahly

Al-Ahly

Al-Ahly Sports Club , commonly known as simply Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian sporting club. Founded in April 1907, Al-Ahly was named in 2000 by the Confederation of African Football as the "African Club of the Century"...

Eritrean Premier League

The Eritrean Premier League is the highest division in football in Eritrea. The league was delivered in 1994 to the first time.Between 1953 and the Eritrean independence in 1993, Eritrean teams played in the Ethiopian Premier League, winning that league's championship 9 times.-Eritrean Premier...

: Asmara Brewery

Asmara Brewery

Asmara Brewery was the first brewery in Eritrea. It was founded in 1939 by Luigi Melotti. The Brewery was nationalized by the Derg during the Eritrean War of Independence and was then inherited by the Government of Eritrea. The Brewery is share owned by investors and the Government of Eritrea...

Ethiopian Premier League

Ethiopian Premier League is the top division of the Ethiopian Football Federation, it was created in 1944.-Ethiopian Premier League Clubs - 2011/12:*Adama City FC *Air Force FC ...

: Saint-George SA

Saint-George SA

Saint George SA is an Ethiopian football club based in Addis Abeba. They are a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation national league. Their home stadium is Addis Abeba Stadium.-History:...

Gabon Championnat National D1

Gabon Championnat National D1 is the top division of the Fédération Gabonaise de Football, it was created in 1968.-Season 2009-10: 1.US Bitam 26 18 6 2 47-19 60 Champions [Bitam]...

: AS Mangasport

AS Mangasport

Association Sportive Mangasport is a Gabonese football club based in Moanda. It was founded in 1962. They play at the Stade Henri Sylvoz.-Achievements:*Gabon Championnat National D1: 6*Coupe du Gabon Interclubs: 5...

Gambian Championnat National D1

The GFA League First Division is the highest division of football in Gambia. The league began play in 1969.-GFA League First Division - Clubs 2011:*Armed Forces *Bakau United *Brikama United *Gambia Ports Authority...

: Wallidan

Wallidan F.C.

Wallidan Football Club is a Gambian football club based in Banjul. They play in the top division in Gambian football, the Gambian Championnat National D1, and are the most decorated team in the country's football history...

OneTouch Premier League: Asante Kotoko

Asante Kotoko

Asante Kotoko Football Club, also known as Asante Kotoko, is one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in Ghana as well as being one of the more successful teams in Africa, having won twenty national league titles. They have also twice been champions of Africa. The club's home ground is...

Guinée Championnat National

Guinée Championnat National is the top division of the Guinean Football Association, it was created in 1965.-Guinée Championnat National Clubs - 2010/11:*AS Ashanti Golden Boys [Siguiri]*AS Baraka Djoma *AS Batè Nafadji...

: Fello Star

Fello Star

Fello Star de Labé is a Guinean football club based in Labé. Their home games are played at Stade Saïfoulaye Diallo.-Achievements:*Guinée Championnat National: 4*Guinée Coupe Nationale: 2*Guinée Super Coupe: 1...

Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau

The Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau is the highest division in football in Guinea-Bissau. The league was formed in 1975.-Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau - Clubs 2008/2009:*Clube de Futebol "Os Balantas" [Oio]*Desportivo de Gabú...

: Sporting Clube de Batafá Kenyan Premier League

Kenyan Premier League

The Kenyan Premier League is the first division football league in Kenya. It was formed in 1963 under the Kenya Football Federation but is now controlled by Football Kenya Limited....

: Mathare United

Mathare United

Mathare United Football Club is a Kenyan professional football club, based in Mathare Slums Nairobi Kenya,Mathare United was founded in August 1987.The setting is St. Teresa's Church...

Lesotho Premier League

The Lesotho Premier League also known as Vodacom Premier League is the top football division in Lesotho and was created in 1970. Vodacom Lesotho are the current league sponsor and will back the Premier League for three seasons...

: Lesotho Correctional Services

Lesotho Correctional Services

Lesotho Correctional Services football club are a team based in Maseru, Lesotho. They compete in the Lesotho Premier League and have won four league titles.-Achievements:*Lesotho Premier League: 4...

Liberian Premier League

The Liberian Premier League is the highest division in football in Liberia. The league began in 1956 and has never won by a club outside Monrovia.-Liberian Premier League - Clubs 2011/2012:*Barrack Young Controllers*Fatu FC*Green Pasture*Invincible Eleven...

: Black Star

Black Star

-In astronomy:*Dark star , a theoretical star that has a surface escape velocity that equals or exceeds the speed of light*Dark star , a theoretical star heated by dark matter annihilation in the early universe...

Libyan Premier League

The Libyan Premier League is the highest division of Libyan football championship, organised by Libyan Football Federation. The players that play in this league are mainly professional...

: Al Ittihad THB Champions League

THB Champions League

The THB Champions League is premier football league in Madagascar. The competition is played in a round-robin format between the 32 qualifying clubs from the 22 regional leagues in the country. In each of the four rounds, the teams are divided into groups of four teams, with each team playing the...

: Académie Ny Antsika

Academie Ny Antsika

Academie Ny Antsika is a football club in Vakinankaratra, Madagascar. In January 2009, an Academie Ny Antsika match against US Stade Tamponnaise was canceled due to the 2009 political violence.-Performance in CAF competitions:...

Malawi Premier Division

Malawi Premier Division also known as TNM Super League is the top football division in Malawi. It was created in 1986.-Telekom Super League - Clubs 2010/11:*Blackpool FC *Blantyre United FC*Blue Eagles FC...

: Silver Strikers

Silver Strikers

Silver Strikers are a Malawian football club based in Lilongwe. The club started as a social team for members of staff for the Reserve Bank of Malawi hence the nickname The Bankers....

Malien Première Division

Malian Première Division is the top division of football in Mali. Having been created in 1966, it is governed by the Fédération Malienne de Football. The league has been professional since 2004....

: Djoliba

Djoliba AC

Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The team is based in the capital city of Bamako. It has its headquarters and three training stadia at Complex Sportif Hérémakono, in the Heremakono Quartier...

Mauritanean Premier League

Mauritanian Premier League is the top division of the Fédération de Foot-Ball de la Républic Islamique de Mauritanie. It was created in 1976.-Mauritanian Premier League Clubs - 2011/2012:*ASAC Concorde *ASC El Ahmedi...

: ASAC Concorde

ASAC Concorde

ASAC Concorde is a Mauritanean football club based in Nouakchott.-Achievements:*Mauritanean Premier League: 1*Coupe du Président de la République: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Confederation Cup: 1 appearance...

Mauritian League

Mauritian League is the top division of football in Mauritius, governed by the Mauritius Football Association since its establishment in 1935.-Barclays League - 2011 Clubs:* AS de Vacoas-Phoenix...

: Curepipe Starlight

Curepipe Starlight SC

Curepipe Starlight SC is a Mauritian football club based in Curepipe. They play in the Mauritian League, the top division in Mauritian football.They won the league for the first time in 2007 and thus qualified for the CAF Champions League 2008...

Botola: FAR Rabat

FAR Rabat

Forces Armées Royales de Rabat is a Moroccan football club based in Morocco's capital city .The club was founded in 1958 soon after Morocco had gained their independence, and is one of the most famous football clubs in Morocco with Raja and Wydad. FAR stands for , roughly translated to mean Royal...

Moçambola

Moçambola is the top division of Mozambican football , and it is organized by the Mozambican Football Federation.-History:...

: Ferroviario de Maputo Namibia Premier League

Namibia Premier League

The Namibia Premier League , also known as MTC Namibia Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the highest level of domestic association football in Namibia...

: Orlando Pirates Windhoek Niger Premier League

Niger Premier League

The Niger Premier League is the highest division in football in Niger. The league's first year of operation was 1966.-Structure:...

: AS Police Nigerian Premier League

Nigerian Premier League

The Nigeria Premier League is the highest level of domestic Nigerian football. It is fed into by the two First Division groups: the Nigerian Division 1-A and Nigerian Division 1-B. It is organized by the Nigeria Football Association. The NPL Chairman is Davidson Owunmi.- History :The league was...

: Kano Pillars

Kano Pillars F.C.

Kano Pillars Football Club is a Nigerian football club based in Kano. They play in the top division in Nigerian football, the Nigerian Premier League. Their home stadium is Sani Abacha Stadium. Kano Pillars FC was founded in the year 1990, the year professional league was started in Nigeria...

Réunion Premier League

Réunion Premier League is the top division of football on the French overseas territory of Réunion. The league is ran and managed by the Ligue de Football de la Réunion under the watch of the French Football Federation. Réunion Premier League was created in 1950 and the most successful club is JS...

: JS Saint-Pierroise

JS Saint-Pierroise

Jeunesse Sportive Saint-Pierroise, is a football club from Saint-Pierre, Réunion.-Achievements:*Réunion Premier League: 16*Coupe de la Réunion: 8*Coupe D.O.M: 3-Performance in CAF competitions:...

Rwandan Premier League

The Primus National Soccer League is the highest division in football in Rwanda. The league was formed in 1975.-Clubs for the 2011–12 season:*Amagaju FC *APR FC *AS Kigali *Etincelles FC *La Jeunesse FC...

: ATRACO

ATRACO FC

ATRACO FC is a football club from Kigali in Rwanda. It won the Rwandan Premier League in 2008 .-Achievements:*Rwandan Premier League: 1*CECAFA Club Cup: 1-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 1 appearance...

Senegal Premier League

Senegal Premier League is the top division of the Senegal Football Association, it was created in 1966.As from 2011, the league will be one main table.-Senegal Premier League Clubs – 2011:*AS Douanes *AS Pikine*ASC Dahra de Djolof...

: AS Douanes Seychelles League

Seychelles League

Seychelles First Division is the top division of the Seychelles Football Federation, it was created in 1979.-Seychelles League - Clubs 2011:*Anse Réunion FC...

: Saint-Michel United Sierra Leone National Premier League

Sierra Leone National Premier League

Sierra Leone National Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone. It was founded in 1967. The league is sponsored by the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, one of the major Sierra Leonean banks. East End Lions and Mighty Blackpool are the two biggest and most successful clubs. The...

: Ports Authority

Ports Authority

Ports Authority Football Club, is a Sierra Leonean professional football club based in the capital Freetown. The clus is a member of the Sierra Leone National Premier League which is the top football division in Sierra Leone. The club is owned and run by the Sierra Leone Ports Authority...

Somalia League

The Somalia League is the top football division in Somalia. It was created in 1961.-Clubs:As of 2011 season:-Previous winners:*1967 : Somali Police *1968 : Hoga...

: Elman FC

Elman FC

Elman FC is a Somali football club based in Mogadishu, Somalia. The club enjoys a successful professional record, and closely rivals Banaadir Telecom FC.- Achievements :*Somalia League: 8*Somalia Cup: 7-Current squad:...

Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League of South Africa. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA...

: SuperSport United

Supersport United

SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

Sudan Premier League

Sudan Premier League is the top division of the Sudan Football Association, it was created in 1962.-Sudan Premier League Clubs - 2011:* Al-Ahli * Al-Ahli * Al-Hilal * Al-Hilal...

: Al-Merrikh

Al-Merrikh

Al-Merreikh Sporting Club is a Sudanese football club based in Omdurman, Sudan. Their home stadium is Al Merreikh Stadium. Which is also known as The Red Castle. Al-Merreikh is one of the most ancient and strongest football club in Africa. El-Merreikh have been crowned with the Sudanese Premier...

Swazi Premier League

Swazi Premier League, also known as Swazi MTN Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the National Football Association of Swaziland, it was created in 1976.-Swazi/MTN Premier League - Clubs 2011/12:*Green Mamba FC...

: Royal Leopards Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League

Tanzanian Premier League is the top division of the Football Association of Tanzania, it was created in 1965. The competition was simply known as national league and later First Division Soccer League until the name Premier league was adopted in 1997.-Format:...

: Young Africans

Young Africans FC

Young Africans Sports Club is a Tanzanian football club based in Dar Es Salaam. Their home games are played at National Stadium. Young Africans is one of the two biggest teams in Tanzanian football, their archrivals being Simba SC. Both teams are based in Dar Es Salaam. The team's colors are...

Tunisian CLP-1

Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1

The CLP-1 or "Championnat de la Ligue Professionnelle 1" is the top division of the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. It was created in 1921.-History:...

: Club Africain

Club Africain

The Club Africain , also known as CA or Al Nadi Al Ifriki, is a Tunisian omnisport club founded in 1920 in Tunis. Club Africain football section is best known for its section of football...

Ugandan Super League

The Ugandan Super League is the top division of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations, it was created in 1968.-Ugandan Super League Clubs - 2011/12:*Bul Bidco FC*Bunamwaya SC *Express FC *Fire Masters FC...

: Kampala City Council

Kampala City Council FC

Kampala City Council FC, or short KCC, is a Ugandan football club from Kampala.The club was founded in 1967 as a welfare and socialising side for department of Kampala City Council civil engineering...

Zambian Premier League

The Zambian Premier League, also known as Konkola Copper Mines Premier League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top division of the Football Association of Zambia, and was created in 1962.-Member clubs 2011:*Forest Rangers...

: ZESCO United

ZESCO United F.C.

ZESCO United is a Zambian football club based in Ndola. They play in the top division in Zambian football. Their home stadium is Trade Fair Grounds.They were the first Zambian team to qualify for the group stages of the CAF Champions league.They with Zanaco FC are regarded as the two richest clubs...

Zanzibar Premier League

Zanzibar Premier League is the top division of the Zanzibar Football Association, it was created in 1981.-Zanzibar Premier League Clubs – 2010:*Chipukizi *Duma FC *Jamhuri FC *JKU FC ...

: Miembeni

Miembeni

Miembeni Sport Club is a Zanzibari football club.-Achievements:*Zanzibar Premier League: 3 *Nyerere Cup: 3*Mapinduzi Cup: 2*Kagame Cup: 0-Performance in CAF competitions:...

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League, also known as Castle Lager Premier Soccer League due to sponsorship reasons, is the top professional division of the Zimbabwe Football Association, it was created in 1980, as a successor to the 1962 formed Rhodesia National Football League.The League consists of 16...

: Monomotapa United

Monomotapa United F.C.

Monomotapa United is a football club based in Harare, Zimbabwe. The club plays in the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League.-Squad:...

CONMEBOL nations

Primera División Argentina

The Primera División is a professional football league in Argentina. It is the country's premier football division and is at the top of the Argentine football league system. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Primera B Nacional. The season runs...

: River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

(A) Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano

-List of champions:*Torneo adecuacion was celebrate to adequate seasons to European style -Titles by team :-List of all-time topscorers:...

: Universitario

Club Universitario

Club Deportivo Universitario San Francisco Xavier is a professional football team based in Sucre, Bolivia that competes in the Bolivian Primera División....

(A) / Aurura

Club Aurora

Club Aurora is a football club from Cochabamba, Bolivia.The club was founded May 27, 1935, and they play their home games at the Estadio Felix Capriles.-National Honours:...

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

: São Paulo Primera División de Chile: Everton

Corporación Deportiva Everton de Viña del Mar

Everton de Viña del Mar is a Chilean football club based in the city of Viña del Mar.The club was founded June 24, 1909 after a group of Anglo-Chilean teenagers formed a football club and named it after the English team Everton that had just made a pioneering visit to South America.The club are...

(A) / Colo-Colo

Colo-Colo

Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...

América de Cali

Corporación Deportiva América, commonly known as América de Cali or simply América is a Colombian football club based in Cali. They currently play in the Categoría Primera A, the top-flight professional league in the country....

Sociedad Deportivo Quito

Sociedad Deportivo Quito is a Ecuadorian professional football club based in Quito. They play in the Serie A, the highest level of the Ecuadorian professional football league....

Primera División de Paraguay: Libertad

Club Libertad

Club Libertad is a sports club based in the District Tuyucuá of the city of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay. It was founded on July 30, 1905 and currently plays in the Paraguayan Primera División...

(A) (C) Primera División Peruana

Primera División Peruana

The Peruvian Primera División is the top professional division of Peruvian football. It is known today as Torneo Descentralizado de Fútbol Profesional Peruano...

: U. San Martín

Universidad San Martín de Porres

Club Deportivo Universidad San Martín de Porres is a Peruvian football club, who plays in the city of Lima. The club was founded in 2004 as a joint stock company, the first in Peru. They then bought Club Sport Coopsol's place in the First Division who was promoted to the Peruvian First Division...

Primera División Uruguaya

The Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...

: Defensor Sporting Primera División Venezolana

Primera División Venezolana

The Primera División , or Liga Venezolana is the top-flight professional football league of Venezuela. It was created in 1921 and turned professional in 1957...

: Deportivo Táchira

Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club

Deportivo Táchira Fútbol Club is a traditional and a popular Venezuelan football club. It was founded in 1974 by the initiative of Gaetano Greco...

(A = Apertura, C= Clausura)

CONCACAF nations

BFA Senior League: IM Bears

Bears FC

Bears Football Club is a football club based in Freeport, Bahamas.-History:The club are one of the seven men's teams in the New Providence Football League in Bahamas. They have won the Bahamas President's Cup in consecutive seasons. They have also won the New Providence Football League four times...

Digicel Premiere League

The Premier Division or Digicel Premier League is the top football league in Barbados. It was created in 1947 and is headed by the Barbados Football Association...

: Notre Date Sports Club

Notre Dame SC

Notre Dame SC is a Barbados football club, based in Bayville on the southside of Bridgetown in the parish of Saint Michael.Notre Dame is the second most successful club in Barbados football history, winning 9 league titles and 4 domestic cups....

Belize Premier Football League

The Belize Premier Football League is the premier division of football in Belize sanctioned by the Football Federation of Belize...

: Hankook Verdes

Hankook Verdes

Hankook Verdes are a Belize association football club which competes in the Belize Premier Football League. They are based in Benque Viejo del Carmen, a town situated on the border of Guatemala. The club was established in 1976 as Real Verdes Football Club and changed their name to Hankook Verdes...

Bermudian Premier Division: PHC Zebras

PHC Zebras

The Pembroke Hamilton Club Zebras are a professional football team based in Pembroke Parish who play in the Cingular Wireless Premier Division in Bermuda.They have, to date, won 9 League Championship titles and 39 trophies all together....

British Virgin Islands Championship

There are two football club competitions running in the British Virgin Islands. The Tortola League and the Virgin Gorda League.According to the National League Champions are the winner of Tortola League...

: Islanders

Islanders FC

Islanders FC is a British Virgin Islands football club based in Tortola, competing in the BVIFA Football League, the top tier of British Virgin Islands football.'Islanders FC are the current defending league champions.-References:...

Canadian Soccer League

The Canadian Soccer League is the top soccer league in Canada and is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was formerly known as the Canadian Professional Soccer League , and was officially re-branded on May 17, 2006...

: Trois-Rivières Attak

Trois-Rivières Attak

Trois-Rivières Attak FC is a Canadian soccer team, taking a sabbatical year from the Canadian Soccer League. They formally served as a reserve/academy team for the USL First Division side Montreal Impact until 2010, when Montreal Impact founded their own academy...

Cayman Islands League

The Cayman Islands League is the top association football league in the Cayman Islands and was created in 1980.Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF since 1992, no team participated in the CFU Club Championship until the 2010 CFU Club Championship, where Elite SC entered...

: Scholars International

Scholars International

Scholars International is a Cayman Islander football club, which currently plays in Cayman Islands' premier league.-Achievements:*Cayman Islands League: 7*Cayman Islands FA Cup: 3*Cayman Islands Digicel Cup: 1...

Primera División de Costa Rica

Primera División de Costa Rica is a professional league for association football clubs in Costa Rica. At the top of the Costa Rican league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 12 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Segunda División...

: Saprissa

C.D. Saprissa

Deportivo Saprissa S.A.D. is a Costa Rican sports club, mostly known for its football team. The club is located in San Juan de Tibás, San José, and plays their home games at the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá....

(A) (C) Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba

Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba is the top division of the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba, it was created in 1912.Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF, since 1990 none of the Cuban teams had played in CFU Club Championship or CONCACAF Champions' Cup till the CFU Club Championship...

: Cienfuegos

FC Cienfuegos

FC Cienfuegos is a Cuban football club based in Cienfuegos, which currently play Cuban second division.-Notable players: Yordanis Álvarez Yenier Bermúdez Mario Pedraza Dany Luis Quintero Enrique Villaurrutia...

Dominica Championship

The Dominica Premiere League is the top division for association football in Dominica, it was created in 1970.Eight teams participate in this league...

: Centre Bath Estate Primera División del Savaldor: Firpo (C) / Isidro Metapán

A.D. Isidro Metapán

Asociación Deportiva Isidro Metapán, also known simply as Isidro Metapán, is a Salvadoran football club based in Metapán, El Salvador. The club currently plays in the Primera División, which is the top tier football league in the country...

(A) Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: Comunicaciones (C) (A) Grenada League

Grenada League

The Premier Division is the top football league in Grenada. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the Grenada Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league....

: Carib Hurricane Ligue Haïtienne

Ligue Haïtienne

The Division 1 Ligue Haïtienne, also recently referred to as the Digicel D1, is the premier and highest division football league in Haiti. It was created in 1937 and is headed by the Fédération Haïtienne de Football, the official governing body of football in the country...

: Racing Gônaïves

Racing FC (Gônaïves)

Racing des Gonaïves is a Haitian football club located in Gônaïves, Haiti.-Performance in CONCACAF competitions:*CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 3 appearances-Notable players:* Ben Cius* Jean Julien Fresnel* Jean Jacqueson* Chéry Olsen* Jackson Pierre...

Tempête Football Club

Tempête Football Club is a Haitian football club, located in Saint-Marc, Haiti. The club was founded in 1970 and competes in Haiti's top league, Ligue Haïtienne. Tempête's home field is Parc Levelt in Saint-Marc.-History:...

(A) Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras

Liga Nacional de Futbol de Honduras

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras is the first and highest division of football in Honduras. The league season is divided into Opening and Closing . One team is relegated to the Liga de Ascenso and one team is promoted from Liga de Ascenso...

: Marathón (C) / Olimpia (A) National Premier League: Portmore United

Portmore United F.C.

Portmore United Football Club is a Jamaican football team who currently play in the Digicel Premier League. The team trains at G.C. Foster College and play home matches at the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex.-History:...

Primera División de México

The Primera División Profesional , known simply as the Primera División, is the top level of the Mexican football league system and is administered by the Mexican Football Federation. It was established in 1943 and as of 2011 has 18 clubs. Up to June 2011, it was divided into three groups competing...

: Santos Laguna (C) / Toluca (A) Nevis Premier Division

Nevis Premier Division

Nevis Premier Division, is the Nevis top division, created in 2006 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association.-Clubs for the 2010/11 Season:*BAS Stoney Grove Strikers*Bath United*Beyond Homes All Stars*Combined Schools...

: SL Horsford Highlights Primera División de Nicaragua

Primera División de Nicaragua

Primera División de Nicaragua is the top division of the Federación Nicaragüense de Fútbol, it was created in 1933. It is played in two parts, Torneo de Apertura and Torneo de Clausura. In each there is a play-off of the top 4 teams in a 2-leg semi-final and final...

: Real Estelí

Real Estelí

Real Esteli Fútbol Club is a Nicaraguan football club playing in the top national league, the Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Primera División...

Liga Panameña de Fútbol: Árabe Unido (C) / San Francisco

San Francisco F.C.

San Francisco Fútbol Club is a professional football team located in La Chorrera, Panamá, that plays in Liga Panameña de Fútbol, the top Panamanian football league. The club plays its games in Estadio Agustín Sánchez. San Francisco have won 6 Liga Panameña de Fútbol championships, the second...

(A) Puerto Rico Soccer League

Puerto Rico Soccer League

The Puerto Rico Soccer League or PRSL is an association football league in Puerto Rico. It is the first unified football league in the island's history, and had a total of six teams for the 2011 season. Association football has been growing in popularity in recent years, and this is an attempt to...

: Sevilla Saint Kitts Premier Division

Saint Kitts Premier Division

Saint Kitts Premier Division, officially known as B-Mobile SKNFA Premier League, is the Saint Kitts top division, created in 1980 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association....

: Newtown United

Newtown United FC

Newtown United Football Club is a Saint Kitts and Nevis football club from East Basseterre.They currently play in the Saint Kitts and Nevis Premier Division.-History:...

Saint Lucia Premier Division

Saint Lucia Gold Division is the top division of the St. Lucia Football Association.The winner of the league started in 2005 the qualifications for the CONCACAF Champions Cup from the first round of the CFU Club Championship...

: Aux Lyons United NLA Premier League: Avenues United

Avenues United FC

Avenues United is a football club from Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines.They currently play in the NLA Premier League.-History:Originally from Paul's Avenue in Kingstown, Avenues United is one of the oldest football clubs in St. Vincent having roots dating back to 1965...

Sint Maarten League

Sint Maarten League is the top association football league in Sint Maarten.-Previous winners:*2001 : Sporting Club*2002 : Victory Boys*2003 : unknown*2004 : Juventus*2005 : C&D*2005/06 : C&D*2006/07 : D&P Connection FC...

: D&P Connection Surinamese Hoofdklasse: Inter Moengotapoe

Inter Moengotapoe

Inter Moengotapoe is a Surinamese football club, based in Moengo, Marowijne between Paramaribo and the border town of Albina. They play their home matches at the Ronnie Brunswijkstadion...

TT Pro League: San Juan Jabloteh

San Juan Jabloteh

San Juan Jabloteh is a football club located in San Juan, Trinidad and Tobago that currently plays in the country's Pro League. The team plays its home games in Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.- History :...

MFL League

MFL League is the top division of the Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association. Despite being a league competition in CONCACAF none of the Turks and Caicos' teams ever played in the CFU Club Championship nor CONCACAF Champions' Cup...

: Beaches

Beaches FC

Beaches FC is a football club of Turks and Caicos.They play in the Turks and Caicos first division, the MFL League.-Current squad:As for the 2007/2008 season...

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

: Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew

The Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...

US Virgin Islands Championship

There are two football club competitions running in US Virgin Islands: the St Croix Soccer League and the St Thomas League. The champion of the US Virgin Islands is decided in a knockout tournament between the best two teams of each league...

: Positive Vibes
(A = Apertura, C= Clausura)

OFC nations

Football Federation American Samoa

Football Federation American Samoa is the governing body for association football in American Samoa. It came into existence following inaugural elections held in late 2007. The new general secretariat took office under newly elected FFAS President Iuli Alex Godinet in the first elections for the...

Soccer League: Pago Youth Cook Islands Round Cup

Cook Islands Round Cup

Cook Islands Round Cup is the top division of the Cook Islands Football Association in Cook Islands. 2,000 capacity National Stadium is one of the venues.-Cook Islands Round Cup - Clubs :*Arorangi FC*Avatiu FC*Matavera FC...

: Nikao Sokattack Fijian National Football League

National Football League (Fiji)

National Football League is the top division of the Fiji Football Association in Fiji.- Sun/Weet-Bix National League - Played by Districts :*Ba FC*Fiji U-20*Labasa FC*Lautoka FC*Nadi FC*Nadroga FC*Navua FC*Rewa FC*Savusavu FC*Suva FC...

: Ba

Ba F.C.

Ba F.C. is a Fijian association football team playing in the premier division of the Fiji Football Association competitions. It is based in Ba. They are nicknamed Men in Black. Their home stadium is Govind Park...

FSMFA Top League

Federated States of Micronesia Football Association

The Federated States of Micronesia Football Association or simply FSMFA is the official governing body of football in the Federated States of Micronesia, and of the national team...

: Yap

Yap

Yap, also known as Wa'ab by locals, is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap's indigenous cultures and traditions are still strong compared to other neighboring islands. The island of Yap actually consists of four...

Kiribati National Championship

Kiribati National Championship is the top football division in Kiribati.-Group A:*Kuria*Maiana*Marakei*Nonouti*Tamana*Tarawa Urban Council-Group B:*Abaiang*Abemama*Betio Town Council*Makin*Tabiteuea North*Tabiteuea South-Group C:*Banaba*Beru...

: competition canceled New Caledonia Division Honneur

New Caledonia Division Honneur

New Caledonia Super Ligue is the top division of the Fédération Calédonienne de Football in New Caledonia. It is played as a double round robin between the top-4 clubs from the Division Honneur of Grande Terre and the champions of the Îles....

: AS Magenta

AS Magenta

AS Magenta is a New Caledonian football team playing at the top level. It is based in Nouméa. Their home stadium is Stade Numa-Daly Magenta.-Achievements:*New Caledonia Division Honneur: 6*New Caledonia Cup: 7...

ASB Premiership: Waitakere United

Waitakere United

Waitakere United is a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They are one of the franchises in the ASB Premiership. They play their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu.-History:...

Niue Soccer Tournament

Niue Soccer Tournament is the top football division in Niue.-Niue Soccer Tournament Clubs :*Alofi F.C.*Ava*Avatele*Hakupu*Liku*Makefu F.C.*Muta*Talava F.C.*Tuapa*Vaiea-Previous winners:*1985: Alofi F.C.*1986-97: unknown*1998: Lakepa...

: Talava

Tālava

Tālava was a Latgalian county in the northern Vidzeme and northern Latgale region of today's Latvia. It was bordered by the Latgalian principality of Jersika to the south, the Livonian counties of Metsepole and Idumeja to the west, the Estonian counties of Sakala and Ugandi to the north and the...

Norfolk Island Soccer League

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...

: unknown Palau Soccer League

Palau Soccer League

The Palau Soccer League is the top division of the Palau Soccer Association in Palau. Due to the lack of conditions, all matches are played in Palau Track And Field Stadium.-Palau Soccer League - Clubs :*Mount Everest Nepal*Palau Tiger Team...

: Surangel & Sons Company Papua New Guinea National Soccer League

Papua New Guinea National Soccer League

Papua New Guinea National Soccer League is the top division of the Papua New Guinea Football Association in Papua New Guinea. It is a nation-wide 8-team semi-professional league and was formed in 2006...

: PRK Hekari United

PRK Hekari United

Hekari United is a semi-professional association football club, based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.They were winners of the 2006 and the 2007/2008 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League....

Samoa National League

Samoa National League is an association football league in Samoa and the top division of the Football Federation Samoa. The 3,500 capacity National Soccer Stadium is one of the venues of the national league.-Samoa Premier League - clubs :...

: Sinamoga Solomon Islands National Club Championship

Solomon Islands National Club Championship

The Solomon Islands S-League —or Telekom S-League for sponsorship reasons— is the top division of the Solomon Islands Football Federation. It was previously known as the Solomon Islands National Club Championship and was first held in 2003.- Format :...

: Koloale

Koloale FC Honiara

Koloale FC is a Solomon Islands football clubs, playing in the Honiara FA League and in the Solomon Islands National Club Championship.Koloale FC has been one of the Solomon Islands most successful clubs in recent years, winning the Honiara FA League in 2001, 2003 and 2008; and the Solomon Islands...

Tahiti Division Fédérale

Tahiti Division Fédérale is the top division of the Fédération Tahitienne de Football in French Polynesia. The initial season involves ten teams playing each other twice...

: AS Manu-Ura

AS Manu-Ura

AS Manu-Ura is a French Polynesian football team, currently playing in the Tahiti Division Fédérale, the top soccer league in Tahiti. Formed in 1953, AS Manu Ura has a strong history in domestic and regional football with five league titles and three Coupe de Polynesie crowns to their name.-Recent...

Tonga Major League

Tonga Major League is the top football division of the Tonga Football Association in Tonga.-Tonga Major League - Clubs :*Ahi ‘o Ulakai FC *Funga'onetaka*Kolofo'ou FC *Kumifonua*Lotoha'apai Dragon*Ma'ufanga*Navutoka...

: Lotoha'apai Tuvalu A-Division

Tuvalu A-Division

Tuvalu A-Division is the top football division in Tuvalu.-Tuvalu A-Division – Clubs :*Amatuku FC*Funafuti FC*Lakena United*Nanumea FC*Nauti FC*Nukufetau Atoll*FC Manu Laeva-Previous winners:*2005: Funafuti FC*2006: Lakena United...

: Nauti Vanuatu Premia Divisen

Vanuatu Premia Divisen

Vanuatu Premia Divisen is the top division of the Port Vila Football League, Since the Vanuatu Football Federation does not run a national league as such but on occasions runs invitational tournaments involving clubs from the various affiliate associations, the Port Vila Football League is...

: Tafea

International tournaments

2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

(20 January – 10 February 2008)

Men's East Asian Cup 2008
East Asian Cup 2008
The 2008 East Asian Football Championship was held between 17 February and 23 February in 2008. The preliminary competitions were held from 25 March to 24 June in 2007....

final in Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...

, China (17 February – 23, 2008)

Women's East Asian Cup 2008
Women's East Asian Cup 2008
The Second EAFF Women's Football Championship was a football competition held from February 18 to February 24, 2008 in Chongqing, China. Japan won the second edition by beating its opponents to finish first, DPR Korea finished second....

final in Chongqing
Chongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...

, China (18 February – 24, 2008)

2008 Algarve Cup
2008 Algarve Cup
The 2008 Algarve Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5 and 12 March 2008 with the reigning champions the United States winning the event for a record sixth time, after defeating Denmark in a...

in Algarve, Portugal (5 March – 12, 2008)

2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament
The 2008 CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament was an association football tournament that took place in three venues in the United States from March 11 to March 23, 2008....

in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, United States (11 March – 23, 2008)

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 May to 16 May 2008...

in Turkey (4 May – 16, 2008)
3. and

2008 UEFA European Football Championship
2008 UEFA European Football Championship
The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations. It took place in Austria and Switzerland from 7 to 29 June 2008...

in Austria and Switzerland (7 June – 29, 2008)
3. and

Baltic Cup
Baltic Cup 2008
The Baltic Cup 2008 football competition took place from 30 May to 1 June 2008 at the Slokas Stadium in Jūrmala and at the Skonto Stadium in Riga, Latvia.Hosts Latvia together with Lithuania and Estonia are the teams that took part.-Results:...

in Riga, Latvia (May 30 – June 1, 2008)

2008 Summer Olympics - Women's tournament in China (6 August – 21, 2008)

2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament in China (7 August – 23, 2008)

2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
-Group B:---------------------Group C:---------------------Group D:---------------------Knockout stage:All times local -Quarterfinals:-----------------Semifinals:---------3rd Place Playoff:----...

in New Zealand (30 October – 16 November 2008)

2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation....

in Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

(20 November – 7 December 2008)

2008 AFF Suzuki Cup in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

(5 – 28 December 2008)
3. ,

January

1 January – Božidar Sandić
Božidar Sandić
Božidar Sandić was a Serbian football player.-External sources:* at Reprezentacija.rs....

(85), Serbian footballer, Yugoslavia international
4 January – Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan
Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan
Vyacheslav Miranovich Ambartsumyan was a Soviet footballer. A native of Moscow, he played midfielder and forward. He died in 2008 at the age of 67 after being hit by a car in Moscow.-International career:...

(67), Russian footballer, Soviet Union international
4 January – Bjørn Odmar Andersen
Bjørn Odmar Andersen
Bjørn Odmar Andersen was a Norwegian footballer who played for Ørn-Horten, Brann and Strømsgodset. His position on the pitch was winger. Born in Horten, Andersen joined Brann in 1963, while serving his military service at the Haakonsvern naval base near Bergen, and was part of the Brann team that...

(64), Norwegian international footballer and manager
5 January – Louis Hon (83), French international footballer
9 January – Paul Aimson
Paul Aimson
Paul Edward Aimson was an English footballer.-Career:Born in Prestbury, Cheshire, Aimson started his career with Manchester City, making his League debut in a 4–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers on 9 December 1961. At this time Aimson was a centre-half, but he made only one further first team...

(64), English footballer
11 January – Frank Loughran
Frank Loughran
Frank Loughran was a Belfast-born footballer who was considered to be one of the pioneers of the sport in Australia...

(77), Australian international footballer
12 January – Leszek Jezierski
Leszek Jezierski
Leszek "Napoleon" Jezierski was a Polish football striker and coach.-Biography:Born in Lublin, Jezierski played for top club Legia Warsaw. He made his debut on the national team against Bulgaria in 1954, playing for his country six times. He later became a coach, helping promote Lodz Widzew in...

(78), Polish footballer and manager
13 January – Seyran Osipov
Seyran Osipov
Seyran Osipov was a Russian professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet First League in 1980 for FC Dynamo Stavropol.-References:...

(46), Russian footballer
14 January – Kaj Christiansen
Kaj Christiansen
Kaj Frederik Christiansen was a Danish football forward and manager. He played professionally for French clubs Stade Français, Le Havre AC and Olympique Lyonnais, and scored six goals in five matches for the Denmark national football team...

(86), Danish international footballer and manager
14 January – Johnny Steele
Johnny Steele
John "Johnny" Steele was a Scottish former footballer and manager.Steele signed for Barnsley from Ayr United for £2,500 in June 1938. He died of a stroke on January 14, 2008, at the age of 91.-Managerial stats:...

(91), English footballer and manager
18 January – Wally Fielding
Wally Fielding
Wally Fielding was a professional footballer from 1945 until 1960.In 1945, after leaving the Army, Fielding was signed by Everton manager Theo Kelly having been a youth amateur player for Charlton Athletic F.C....

(88), English footballer
21 January – Billy Elliott
Billy Elliott (footballer)
William Henry "Billy" Elliott , born in Bradford, was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played five times for the England national side.- Playing career :...

(82), English international footballer
24 January – Jorge Recio (66), Argentine international footballer
26 January – Celestino Celio
Celestino Celio
Celestino Celio was an Italian professional football player and coach....

(82), Italian international footballer and manager
27 January – Bengt Lindskog
Bengt Lindskog
Bengt Lindskog was a Swedish association football player who played in Sweden with Furulunds IK, Helsingborgs IF and Malmö FF and in Italy with Udinese, Inter Milan and Lecco, as well as with the Swedish national side....

(74), Swedish international footballer
28 January – Eleuterio Santos (67), Spanish international footballer

February

1 February – Władysław Kawula (70), Polish footballer
2 February – Yiu Cheuk Yin (80), Hong Kong footballer
9 February – Guy Tchingoma
Guy Tchingoma
Guy Tchingoma Ngoma was a Gabonese football player. From 2007, he played in midfield for FC 105 Libreville and the Gabon national football team.-International:...

(22), Gabonese footballer
10 February – Ove Jørstad
Ove Jørstad
Ove Jørstad was a Norwegian footballer.Hailing from Alta, Jørstad started his senior career in Alta IF. He joined Kongsvinger IL in 1996, getting 31 matches and 3 goals in the Norwegian Premier League. In 1998 he joined Lyn. He later played in lower leagues with Ituano FC, Asker and Fossum IF...

(37), Norwegian footballer
12 February – Jean Prouff
Jean Prouff
Jean Prouff was a French former football midfielder and a manager.-Titles:*As a player** Division 1: 1949 with Stade de Reims*As a coach** Belgian League: 1963, with Standard de Liège...

(88), French footballer and manager
12 February – Thomas Grosser
Thomas Grosser
Thomas Grosser was a German football player.Grosser came to SpVgg Unterhaching in 1983, before he played in the youth department of FC Bayern Munich and TSV Forstenried...

(42), German footballer
14 February – Len Boyd
Len Boyd
Leonard Arthur Miller "Len" Boyd was an English professional footballer who played 333 games in the Football League in the 1940s and 1950s. After serving in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, Boyd signed for Second Division club Plymouth Argyle, where he spent two seasons playing as an...

(84), English footballer
15 February – Inge Thun
Inge Thun
Inge Thun was a Norwegian football goalkeeper and bandy winger who played for Strømsgodset IF in both sports. He finished his football career with a few seasons across the river at Drammens Ballklubb....

(62), Norwegian footballer
17 February – Brian Harris
Brian Harris (footballer)
Brian Lake , born Brian Harris, is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League ....

(72), English footballer and manager
21 February – Emmanuel Sanon
Emmanuel Sanon
Emmanuel "Manno" Sanon was a Haitian footballer. He starred in the Haiti national football team during its venture into the 1974 FIFA World Cup in Germany.-1974 FIFA World Cup:...

(56), Haitian footballer

March

2 March – Carl Hoddle
Carl Hoddle
Carl Hoddle was an English football player and coach.The younger brother of England international Glenn Hoddle, Carl began his career with Tottenham Hotspur in 1984. After five years he moved to Leyton Orient, where he played 29 times, before ending his playing career at Barnet in 1995 after 100...

(40), English footballer
5 March – Derek Dooley (78), English footballer and manager
25 March – Thierry Gilardi
Thierry Gilardi
Thierry Gilardi was a French football commentator.-Biography:Gilardi was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines of Italian stock. He was an avid reader of the French sports newspaper L'Équipe from the age of six. He had always been passionate about sport, especially Rugby Union...

(49), French commentator

April

3 April – Hrvoje Ćustić
Hrvoje Custic
Hrvoje Ćustić was a Croatian football striker.- Career :Ćustić started his professional career with his youth club NK Zadar in 2000 and also spent two seasons playing for NK Zagreb between 2005 and 2007, before returning to Zadar in the summer of 2007 on a four-year contract.- International...

(24), Croatian footballer
5 April – Wang Donglei
Wang Donglei
Wang Donglei was a Chinese footballer. He played for Nanjing Yoyo in Chinese Jia League....

(23), Chinese footballer
18 April – Erminio Favalli
Erminio Favalli
Erminio Favalli was an Italian football player and managing director. He spent most of his playing career with Juventus and Palermo, and joined Cremonese as part of the managing staff after his retirement from active football.-Playing career:Favalli was born 1944 in Cremona, and started his...

(64), Italian footballer
19 April – Constant Vanden Stock
Constant Vanden Stock
Constant Vanden Stock was the honorary president and former president and player of Belgian football club R.S.C. Anderlecht. The stadium of this club is named after him. Constant Vanden Stock also served as coach of the Belgium national football team from 1958 to 1968...

(93), Belgian footballer, manager, and executive

May

8 May – François Sterchele
François Sterchele
François Sterchele was a Belgian footballer who played for Club Brugge. The striker was the top scorer of the Jupiler League in 2006-07. Sterchele died in a single-person car accident on May 8, 2008.-Club career:...

(26), Belgian footballer
10 May – Eusebio Ríos (73), Spanish footballer and manager
15 May – Tommy Burns (51), Scottish former footballer and manager
23 May – Heinrich Kwiatkowski (81), German footballer

June

6 June – Victor Wégria
Victor Wegria
Victor Wégria was a Belgian football striker.He played mostly for RFC Liégeois, and later joined Standard de Liège. Wégria finished four times top scorer of the Jupiler League . Only Erwin Vandenbergh managed to beat this record...

(71), Belgian footballer
11 June – Adam Ledwoń
Adam Ledwon
Adam Ledwoń was a Polish football player. He was born in Olesno, Upper Silesia, Poland and died in Klagenfurt, Austria.-Career:...

(34), Polish footballer
22 June – Ron Stitfall
Ron Stitfall
Ronald Frederick "Ron" Stitfall was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international. A one club man he played his entire career for his hometown club Cardiff City.-Career:...

(82), Welsh footballer

July

13 July – Rudolf Nafziger
Rudolf Nafziger
Rudolf Nafziger was a German footballer who was part of the Bayern Munich team of the late-1960s. He won one cap for West Germany, in 1965.-External links:*...

(62), German footballer
15 July – Gionata Mingozzi
Gionata Mingozzi
Gionata Mingozzi was an Italian footballer. He last played for Treviso in Serie B.-Career:Mingozzi started his career at Ravenna. He followed the team promoted from Eccellenza to Serie C2 within 2 years...

(23), Italian footballer
18 July – George Niven
George Niven
George Niven was a Scottish footballer who played during the 1950s and 60s for Rangers and Partick Thistle.-Career:...

(79), Scottish footballer

September

3 September – Joan Segarra
Joan Segarra
Joan Segarra Iracheta was a Catalan footballer, captain of the "Barça of the Five Trophies", one of the best teams that FC Barcelona have had in their history...

(80), Spanish defender
4 September – Tommy Johnston
Tommy Johnston
Thomas Bourhill "Tommy" Johnston was a Scottish-born footballer.Johnston was the top scorer of Division 2 for the 1957–58 season with 43 goals for Leyton Orient and Blackburn Rovers....

(81), Scottish footballer
25 September – Jimmy Sirrel
Jimmy Sirrel
James "Jimmy" Sirrel was a Scottish football player and manager best known for his management career....

(86), Scottish football player and manager

October

21 October – George Edwards
George Edwards (Welsh footballer)
George Edwards was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.-Club career:Born in Treherbert, Edwards began his football career at Swansea Town as an amateur and made his debut in the Football League at the end of the 1938–39 season...

(87), Welsh footballer
25 October – Ian McColl
Ian McColl
John Miller "Ian" McColl was a Scottish association football defender who played for Queen's Park, Rangers and the Scotland national team...

(81), Scottish football player and manager

November

1 November – Dermot Curtis
Dermot Curtis
Dermot Curtis was a former Irish international footballer. He represented his country 17 times, playing at centre-forward.Curtis was playing in the League of Ireland for Shelbourne when he first hit the headlines...

(76), Irish football player and manager
17 November – Peter Aldis
Peter Aldis
Peter Aldis was an English footballer who played at full-back and appeared in 294 games for Aston Villa in League and Cup.He worked for local chocolate firm...

(81), English footballer
27 November – Gil Heron
Gil Heron
Gil Heron was a Jamaican professional footballer. He was the first black player to play for Scottish club Celtic, and was the father of poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron....

(87), Jamaican footballer

December

8 December – John Cumming
John Cumming (footballer)
John "Darkie" Cumming was a Scottish international footballer who spent his whole club career with Heart of Midlothian during which he made 612 appearances and scored 58 goals....

(78), Scottish footballer
9 December – Dražan Jerković (72), Croatian football player and manager
9 December – Ibrahim Dossey
Ibrahim Dossey
Ibrahim Dossey was a Ghanaian football goalkeeper.-Career:Dossey was born in Accra, Ghana...

(36), Ghanaian footballer
12 December – Maksym Pashayev (20), Ukrainian footballer

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