Ethnikos Achnas (Cyprus) 2008 Home kit

Ethnikos Achnas is a Cyprus football club based in the village of Achna. The club was founded in 1968. The club's president is Kikis Philippou. Ethnikos Achnas plays in the Dasaki Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,000 seats. It is currently used mostly for football matches and was built in 1997. It is the only Cypriot team to qualify for the UEFA Cup via Intertoto Cup. Its official page can be found here Ethnikos Achnas.The club played in the Cypriot Second Division until 1983 when it was promoted to the Cypriot First Division but immediately relegated. Ethnikos was promoted to the First Division again in 1986 and stayed there for four seasons. Another two years in the Second Division ended with promotion to the First Division in 1992, where Ethnikos Achna have remained since

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 89

Genoa F.C. was founded by Englishmen the first ever colours of the club resembled that of the England national football team. Not long into the club's footballing history, the kit was changed to white and blue stripes in 1899; the blue was chosen to represent the sea as Genoa is a port city. Finally the club settled for their most famous red and blue halves shirt, this gained them the nickname of "rossoblu" (red-blue)!!!!!

NEW!!! England Nat. team (2009) Away kit

The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England. Although most national teams worldwide represent a sovereign state, the four "Home Nations" making up the United Kingdom are each represented separately in most international tournaments.
England won the FIFA World Cup in 1966, when they hosted the event, and reached the semi-final in 1990. However, they are the least successful past World Champions, having only been in 2 top-four finishes - a wide margin from the other 6 champions (Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay and France have been to at least 4). England also reached the semi-final of the UEFA European Championship in 1968 and 1996 and they were the most successful of the "home nations", in the British Home Championship with 54 wins (including 20 shared wins) before the competition was discontinued in 1984.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 88

1953 FA Cup Final Bolton vs. Blackpool - argued as the most exciting Cup Final ever. Bolton led for the majority of the game, but Blackpool eventually came from behind to beat the Trotters 4-3. Later to be commonly known as the "Matthews Final"!!!!!

Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 2008 3rd kit

Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü (Fenerbahçe Sport Club), commonly known as Fenerbahçe , is a professional sports club located in Istanbul, Turkey. The team is based in the district of Istanbul named Fenerbahçe. The name of the district and the sports club derives from the lighthouse located in the district ('Fener' in Turkish means lighthouse, 'bahçe' means garden). The most popular branch of the club by far is the football team

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 87

The first ever FA Cup final to be held at the old Wembley stadium, in 1923, featured West Ham United vs Bolton Wanderers. This was also known as the White Horse Final. This is because so many people turned up to the game, (estimated at 200,000), that they spilled out on to the pitch. The pitch had to be cleared prior to kick-off, by Billie, a giant white horse (actually grey) being ridden by P.C. George Scorey. The cup final match itself ended at 2-0 to Bolton Wanderers!!!!!

Houston Dynamo (U.S.A.) 2008 Home kit

Houston Dynamo is a professional soccer club based in Houston, Texas that plays in Major League Soccer and are the current MLS Cup Champions, by virtue of their victory against the New England Revolution in MLS Cup 2006. The team was created on December 15, 2005 when the San Jose Earthquakes were relocated, due to owner AEG's failure to secure a soccer-specific stadium. Even though all of San Jose's players and coaches moved to Houston, the team's name, logo, history and statistics were not transferred and remain inactive in San Jose thus making the Dynamo an expansion team similar to the Baltimore Ravens in the NFL.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 86

In 1905, F.C. Chelsea adopted as their first crest the image of a Chelsea pensioner, which obviously contributed to the "pensioner" nickname, and remained for the next half-century, though it never appeared on the shirts!!!!!

Benfica (Portugal) 2008 Home kit

Sport Lisboa e Benfica ,commonly referred to as simply Benfica, S.L. Benfica and in many fan anthems as SLB, is an eclectic multisports club based in Lisbon, Portugal, best known for its football team.The club was formed as a result of a merger in 1908 between Sport Lisboa, founded in 1904, and Grupo Sport Benfica. Also known to its fans by the nickname "Glorioso" (Glorious One), Benfica is, along with Sporting Clube de Portugal and F.C. Porto, one of the "big three" football clubs in Portugal.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 85

Corinthians' official mascot is the musketeer, symbol of bravery, audacity and fighting spirit. The adoption of that character recalls the first years of the club!!!!!

Gamba Osaka (Japan) 2008 Home kit

Gamba Osaka is a Japanese professional soccer (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 gambaru , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70 Stadium. Gamba are one of only six teams to have competed in Japan's top flight of football every year since its inception in 1993.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 84

Liverpool F.C. it's the club which holds the most League Cup trophies (7 cups) in the English football history!!!!!

Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) 2008 Home kit

Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. The club is historically one of the three clubs that dominate Eredivisie football, the other two being Feyenoord and PSV Eindhoven. Ajax is one of the five teams which has earned the right to keep the European Cup; they won consecutively in 1971-1973. In 1972, they completed The Treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup; to date they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European Treble. They are also one of only three clubs (with Juventus FC and FC Bayern Munich) to have won all three major European trophies at least once (the European Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and the UEFA Cup). They were the first team to win what has become the UEFA Intertoto Cup . Ajax has also won the Intercontinental Cup.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 83

From the 18 world cup finals, only one ends without goal. The 1994 world cup final (USA) with Brazil against Italy ends 0-0 at the regular time and the overtime as well, and at the penalties kicks Brazil won 3-2!!!!!

Club Atlético Independiente (Argentina) 2008 Home kit

Club Atlético Independiente is a popular Argentine sports club best known for its football team, established in 1905. Based in Avellaneda, Greater Buenos Aires area.Known as "Los Diablos Rojos" ("The Red Devils") or "Rey de Copas" ("King of Cups"), Independiente has won 14 Argentine championships, placing them third behind the Argentine giants River Plate and Boca Juniors, 7 Copa Libertadores titles, of which an unequalled series of 4 straight wins from 1972 to 1975, and a total of 15 international titles - including 3 Copa Interamericanas, and the 1973 and 1984 Intercontinental Cup.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 82

The famous red and white diagonal shirt of F.C. Monaco, was designed by princess Grace Kelly herself in 1960 and would immediately bring luck to the team, winning its first French championship during the 1960-1961 season!!!!!

Cruzeiro (Brazil) 2008 Away kit

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube (abbreviated Cruzeiro E.C., usually known simply as Cruzeiro) is a Brazilian football team, from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, founded on January 2, 1921. It is the only Brazilian team to have won the triple crown of Brazilian football for winning the Brazilian League, Brazilian Cup, State Championship, and all in 2003.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 81

F.C. Newcastle Utd.have a large fanbase and had the third highest average attendance (50,686) in the English Premier League for the 2006-07 season,although in terms of percentage of stadium capacity, Newcastle were tenth in the Premier League with 96.7%. In terms of all-time, Newcastle have the seventh highest average attendance of Football League clubs in England. Newcastle's supporters have been described as a passionate set of fans and were found to be the most dedicated in the country in a 2007 survey!!!!!

NEW!!! Brazil Nat.team (2009) Away kit

The Brazil national football team is managed by the CBF and represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002). A common quip about football is: "The English invented it, the Brazilians perfected it." Currently ranked number one by FIFA, Brazil is consistently among the strongest football nations in the world and is the only team to have played in every World Cup.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 80

The 1950 world cup (Brazil) tournament was unique in not having a single final, but rather a final round-robin stage of four teams; however, to all intents and purposes the deciding game between Brazil and Uruguay acted as that tournament's "final". The match was hosted at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro, watched by 199,854 people, and Brazil only needed a draw to win, but lost the match 2-1 after being 1-0 up; this match has since been known in South America as "Maracanazo". In Brazil it is called "Final Fatídica" (fateful final)!!!!!

NEW!!! F.C. Arsenal (England) 2009 Home kit

Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. They play in the FA Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football. Arsenal have won thirteen First Division and Premier League titles, ten FA Cups and in 2005–06 became the first London club to reach the UEFA Champions League final.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 79

Kaká (A.C.Milan) was suffered a career-threatening and possibly paralysis-inducing spine fracture at the age of 18 as a result of a swimming pool accident, but remarkably made a full recovery. He attributes his recovery to God and since tithed his income to his church!!!!!

Newell's Old Boys (Argentina) 2008 Home kit

The club was named by ex-pupils of the English High School of Rosario in homage to its director and football coach, English immigrant Isaac Newell. Newell's Old Boys has an historic rivalry with Rosario Central, the other club from Rosario.The team colors are black and red, taken from the flags of Great Britain and Germany (Isaac Newell being British and his wife German), and the team is often referred to as leprosos (lepers) because they promoted a charity match to raise funds for a leprosy clinic back in the 1920s.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 78

F.C. Sao Paulo's colors represents the 3 main races that lived in Brazil (during the period that club was founded): the native Americans represented by the red, the caucasians represented by the white, and the Africans represented by the black!!!!!

Shimizu Esuparusu (Japan) 2008 Home kit

Shimizu S-Pulse ( Shimizu Esuparusu) is a Japanese football club located in Shimizu, Shizuoka. In terms of honours, S-Pulse is one of Japan's successful teams. They have won all 3 domestic trophies at least once and have also won the Asian Cup Winners Cup. However, the J. League Division 1 title has eluded them; the closest they came was in the 1999 season when they became champions of the second stage only to end up losing out on the title to local rivals, Júbilo Iwata. S-Pulse finished 4th in the league in the 2006 season; 12 points adrift of the champions, Urawa Reds. They exited the J. League Cup early after failing to qualify from their group and were knocked out of the Emperor's Cup in the quarter finals by Kashima Antlers.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 77

The biggest score in the history of the Champions League finals was at 1959-60 season, with Real Madrid against Eintracht Frankfurt. The score was 7-3 for Real!!!!!

Albania Nat.Team (2008) Away kit

The Albania national football team is the national football team of Albania and is controlled by the Football Association of Albania. Although not considered as one of the strongest footballing sides in Europe, Albanians are passionate about their football and have occasionally managed to display a good image against more illustrious opponents.
Founded on June 6, 1930, Albania had to wait 16 years to play the first international match, debuting against Yugoslavia in 1946. In 1932 Albania had already joined FIFA (during the congress June 12 - June 16) and in 1954 it was one of the founding members of UEFA. Albania had been invited to play in World Cup 1934, but owing to organizing difficulties it didn't take part.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 76

The most successful presence in the final of the world cup history,has the national team of Uruguay, with 2 victories in a 2 finals ( 1930 3-2 against Argentina, 1950 1-0 against Brazil ) and the national team of England with one victory in the only final presence ( 1966 4-2 against Germany)!!!!!

River Plate (Argentina) 2008 Away kit

Club Atlético River Plate, known also as River Plate or simply River, is an Argentine sports club best known for its football team, established in 1901. Its home base is the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Núñez, and it plays at the Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti. "River Plate" is sometimes used as the English name for the Rio de la Plata, the river on which Buenos Aires sits. It is believed that in the club's early days one of the founders (Martínez) observed sailors playing impromptu football games in the port of Buenos Aires next to crates marked "The River Plate", hence the club name.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 75

Roberto Carlos played for Inter f.c. at 1995-96 season, and left the club as a failure, after-then-Inter’s coach Roy Hodgson recommendation. ”He’s a common player and he’ll never gonna make the difference”. After that, Roberto Carlos made the difference at Real Madrid’s club for 11 years winning 4 Spanish Championships, 3 Champions League, 2 Intercontinental trophies and was one of the Brazil’s top player at 2002 world cup vitory!!!!!

Goteborg (Sweden) 2008 Away kit

IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. The club is often referred to simply as IFK, although this can be confusing as there are many other clubs in Sweden whose name has that abbreviation as a prefix. The club, formed on 4 October 1904, has won 17 national championship titles, four national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups. With Malmö FF and AIK, IFK Göteborg are often considered to make up the classic "Big Three" in Swedish club football, with 42 championship titles among them, IFK arguably being the most successful club in Sweden, and perhaps in Scandinavia as well.[1] IFK Göteborg is also the only Swedish team to have won a European cup competition, the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan, where they have played the majority of the seasons during their existence. The last time they played in a lower division was back in 1976.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 74

The only national teams which won the world cup, back to back (2 times in a row) are: Italy (1934, 1938) and Brazil (1958, 1962)!!!!!

New York Red Bulls (U.S.A.) 2008 Home kit

Red Bull New York is an American professional soccer organization based in New Jersey that currently plays in Major League Soccer. While the organization is Red Bull New York, the actual team and playing squad is officially and commonly known as the New York Red Bulls. The club plays their home matches at Giants Stadium located at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey but is currently constructing a new stadium named Red Bull Park. The club's headquarters are located in Secaucus, New Jersey. The team colors are blue and red.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 73

In 1976, Elton John became involved in Watford Football Club and fulfilled a childhood dream by becoming its chairman and director. He invested large sums of money and the club rose into the First Division after a number of key acquisitions. He sold the club to Jack Petchey in 1987, but remained their life-long president!!!!!

Germany Nat.Team 2009 Away kit

The German national football team (Die deutsche Nationalmannschaft) represents the German Football Association (DFB) in international football competitions since 1908. After 1949, during the Cold War, the (East) German Democratic Republic fielded its own team (as the Saarland had to do until 1956, too), while the DFB team represented the (Western) Federal Republic of Germany and was generally known as West Germany. Since the former East German states joined West Germany in the German reunification of 1990, the team could nominate also players of the former East German team. Also since then the English speaking media called the DFB team simply Germany again. Germany has been one of the most successful European national teams at international competitions, having won a total of three World Cups and three European championships; the East German team also won an Olympic title in 1976.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 72

In 1986 world cup, the Portugese players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and the second games!!!!!

Valencia C.F.(Spain) 2008 Away kit

Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, six Copa del Rey trophies, three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. They have also been UEFA Champions League final runners-up on two different occasions in 2000 and 2001, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich in 2001. Valencia are also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Valencia were founded in 1919, and have played their home games at the 53,311-seater Estadio Mestalla since 1923. They are soon to move into the 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west portion of the city in 2009. Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with another club in the Valencian Community region, Villarreal.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 71

Ronaldo in a total of 392 appearances with 6 different clubs (Cruzeiro ,P.S.V. Eindhoven, F.C. Barcelona, Inter, Real Madrid, A.C. Milan) has scored 240 times!!!!!

Turkey Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Turkey national football team is the national football team of Turkey and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation. They are affiliated with UEFA. The team's highest achievement was reaching 3rd place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Turkey also reached the quarter-finals at Euro 2000 and reached 3rd place at the 2003 Confederations Cup.The rising fortunes of Turkish football over the next decade would be confirmed by third place at the 2002 World Cup. The Turkish team beat Senegal 1-0 on a golden goal to book their place in the semi-finals where a 1-0 defeat against Brazil forced them to play the third place match, and a bronze medal was the prize after a 3-2 victory over South Korea.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 70

Three (3) times the final of the world cup ends with the score of 4-2!!!!!!(1930 Uruguay-Argentina, 1938 Italy-Hungary, 1966 England-W.Germany)

Paraguay Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Paraguay national football team is the national team of Paraguay and is controlled by the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol.The Paraguay national football team has reached the second round of the World Cup on three occasions (in 1986, 1998 and 2002) but has never advanced beyond that stage. Paraguay's only major tournament victories have come in the Copa América, in which they triumphed in 1953 and 1979. They also won a silver medal in the football tournament at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, being defeated 1-0 by Argentina in the final.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 69

The England national football team is the oldest in the world, alongside Scotland. England played their first international match against Scotland, and at Scotland's invitation, at Hamilton Crescent in Scotland on 30 November 1872!!!!!

D.C. United (U.S.A.) 2008 Home kit

D.C. United is a professional soccer club located in Washington, D.C. that participates in Major League Soccer. The club's official nickname is the "Black-and-Red" and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red. The team's name refers to Washington, D.C. being the capital of the United States, and is also an allusion to "United" commonly being part of the names of soccer teams in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. To date, D.C. United is the most successful team in MLS.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 68

Roberto Baggio is the only Italian player ever to score in three World Cups, with a total of 9 career World Cup goals which puts him even with Christian Vieri and Paolo Rossi as Italy's top World Cup scorers!!!!!

Israel Nat.Team 2008 Away kit

The Israel National Football Team has participated in four different continents: Asia, Africa, South America and Oceania in the Football World Cup qualifiers, before settling in Europe as a member of UEFA. The Israel Football Association (IFA) was founded under the name Palestine Football Association in 1928, 20 years before the creation of the state of Israel during the Mandate for Palestine. PFA was accepted as a full member of FIFA in 1929. PFA first dealt with local leagues, but later also managed the national team that was created to participate in the World Cup qualifications (participated in 1934 and 1938 as Palestine/Eretz Yisrael national team). The Israeli side has only appeared in one World Cup (1970).

Indonesia 2008 Nat.Team home kit

The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international football; it is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia. Despite the nation's size and population, Indonesia is not among the strongest teams in the AFC. However, they are one of the few teams in Southeast Asia who are able to challenge Thailand

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 67

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club's latin motto is Audere est Facere ("To Dare is To Do")!!!!!

Valencia C.F.(Spain) 2008 Home kit

Valencia Club de Fútbol (also known as Valencia CF or Valencia) are a Spanish professional football club based in Valencia. They play in La Liga and are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football. Valencia have won six La Liga titles, six Copa del Rey trophies, three UEFA Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. They have also been UEFA Champions League final runners-up on two different occasions in 2000 and 2001, losing to La Liga rivals Real Madrid in 2000 and German club Bayern Munich in 2001. Valencia are also members of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Valencia were founded in 1919, and have played their home games at the 53,311-seater Estadio Mestalla since 1923. They are soon to move into the 75,000-seater Nou Mestalla in the north-west portion of the city in 2009. Valencia have a long-standing rivalry with Levante, also located in Valencia, and with another club in the Valencian Community region, Villarreal.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 66

F.C. Ajax has six (6) clubs which are affiliate with them.The clubs are:Beijing Guoan(China),Ajax America(U.S.A.), Ajax Cape Town (R.S.Africa), HFC Haarlem, FC Volendam, FC Omniworld (Holland)!!!!!

Villarreal Club de Fútbol (Spain) 2008 Away kit

Villarreal Club de Fútbol SAD, usually abbreviated to Villarreal, is a Spanish Primera División football club based in Vila-real, a small town in the province of Castellon. The team plays at the 23,000 seater El Madrigal stadium.
On May 24, 1998, a date which the club's supporters still remember fondly, Villarreal sealed promotion to the Primera División for the 1998/99 season, which started with an intimidating match against giants Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabéu. After a difficult season, Villarreal were again relegated to the Segunda División for the 1999/2000 season, in which they finished third, again earning promotion to La Liga de las Estrellas, the Primera División, this time to stay for good. 2006-2007 season started very badly but Villarreal were able to qualify for the UEFA Cup after 8 consecutive wins. The Yellow Submarines were 13th after Round 30 of La Liga, but they climbed to finish 5th at the end of the season.