EXCLUSIVE!!! Adelaide Crows( Australian Football League) 2009 Away kit

Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Crows, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was formed in 1990 and played their first game in the 1991 season, defeating Hawthorn by 86 points.
The club is currently coached by Neil Craig and captained by Simon Goodwin, replacing Mark Ricciuto after his retirement following the 2007 Season. The club is based at AAMI Stadium (formerly Football Park) in West Lakes and the club song is "The Pride of South Australia", which uses the tune of the United States Marines' Hymn

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MisterGoal's Football Facts No 148

Ian Callaghan holds Liverpool's appearance record, having made 857 over the course of 19 seasons from 1958–78!!!!!

Leicester City FC (England) 2008 Home kit

Leicester City Football Club, (also known as The Foxes) is an English professional football club based in the city of Leicester. Leicester's highest ever finish was second in the old Division One in 1928-29, and despite getting into the FA Cup final four times, they have never won the cup. They have however won the League Cup three times and the Second Division title six times before it became known as the Football League Championship.Leicester were founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse, playing on a field near Fosse Road. They moved to Filbert Street in 1891 and played there for nearly 111 years, before relocating to the nearby Walkers Stadium in 2002.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 147

The only city in Europe which host more than one team-winner, of the highest European competition (Champions League) is Milano,Italy!!(with F.C. Inter, and A.C.Milan)!!!!!

NEW!!! Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) 2009 Home kit

Yokohama F. Marinos (, Yokohama Efu Marinosu?) is a Japanese football team which participates in the professional J. League. Having won the J-League title three times and finished second twice, the team is one of the most successful J-League clubs. The team is based in Yokohama and was founded as the company team of Nissan Motors. It was originally the Yokohama Marinos but after merging with the Yokohama Flügels in 1999, it changed to its current name. The team name Marinos means 'sailors' in Spanish. Marinos 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 146

Johan Cruyff enthused in an April 2, 2008 interview, "Cristiano Ronaldo is better than George Best and Denis Law, who were two brilliant and great players in the history of United."!!!!!

NEW!!! Israel Nat.team 2009 Home 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).

Man.United(England) 2001 Home kit

Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is arguably the most popular football club in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide;average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964-65.The club is also one of the most successful in English football; for over twenty years, since the 1986-87 season, they have won 18 major honours, which is more than any other Premier League club. They are the Premier League's reigning champions, and have won the Premier League/Football League 16 times. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating S.L. Benfica 4–1, and they won a second European Cup in 1999. They also hold the record for the most FA Cup titles with 11.Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world, and until recently had the highest revenue of any football club for several years running. As of 2007, the club has the fourth largest turnover in club football,but remains the most profitable club based on operating income.Manchester United also remains the most valuable club in the world.The club is a founding member of the G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs.Sir Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 145

Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo holds the record for Real Madrid appearances, having played 710 first-team matches between 1983 and 2001!!!!!

Real Mardid (Spain) 2001 Home kit

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (also known as Real Madrid, Los Blancos or Los Merengues) is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1902, it plays in La Liga and is one of the most successful clubs of the 20th century. Real Madrid have won thirty La Liga titles, seventeen Copa del Rey and have been European Champions for a record nine times. Real Madrid is also member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs

NEW!!! Cameroon Nat. team 2009 Home kit

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Lions Indomptables (Indomitable Lions), is the national team of Cameroon and is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football. It is one of Africa's most successful sides, as Cameroon was the first African team to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup in 1990, losing to England in extra time. They have also won 4 African Nations Cups, as well as the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 144

On September 1, 1993, Borussia Dortmund and Dynamo Dresden earned a total of five red cards between them. BVB and Bayern Munich were carded a record 15 times in a game played April 7, 2001!!!!!

NEW!!! Chicago Fire (U.S.A.) 2009 Home kit

The Chicago Fire is a Chicago-area professional soccer club with offices in Bridgeview, Illinois, USA. It participates in Major League Soccer. The team was founded October 8, 1997 on the 126th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. In 1998, their first season in the league, the Fire won the MLS Cup as well as the U.S. Open Cup (the "double"). They have also won the 2000, 2003, and 2006 U.S. Open Cup.The Chicago Fire has had a cooperative agreement with CA Morelia, a Mexican First Division football club, since 2001. The partnership incorporates playing, coaching, and executive personnel, as well as sharing of business and development practices.

Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Mexico) 2008 Home kit

Club Deportivo Guadalajara, also known as Guadalajara, usually referred to by its nickname Chivas (Goats), is a Mexican association football team. The team is based in Guadalajara, Jalisco, and currently competes in the Primera División de México.
Guadalajara is the only football club in Mexico's history to exclusively field Mexican born players. It plays in the Primera División de México, and is one of the only two teams in Mexico that have never been relegated to the 2nd Division the other being América. Along with América, they are the two most popular and supported clubs in Mexico, and their meetings signal the national derby (see el Superclásico). The team's popularity in the U.S. has led to the creation of a Major League Soccer expansion club in the United States, Chivas USA, which was initially to be comprised of Mexican and Mexican-American players (but now features a roster similar to other MLS clubs). On December 10, 2006 Guadalajara won its 11th professionalchampionship, the most in Mexican football history.
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MisterGoal's Football Facts No 143

In 2007 the United Arab Emirates beat Oman 1-0 to win the Gulf Cup for the first time in their history!!!!!

Adelaide United FC (Australia) 2008 Home kit

Adelaide United Football Club are an Australian professional association football (soccer) club based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. They currently participate in the A-League as the sole team from the state of South Australia. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League.The club was founded in 2003 to fill the place vacated by Adelaide City Force in the former National Soccer League (NSL). They were minor premiers in the inaugural 2005-2006 A-League season, finishing 7 points clear of the rest of the competition, before finishing 3rd in the finals, The Reds were also Grand Finalists in the 2006-2007 A-League season.The 2006/07 Season saw Brazilian international Romario join the club for a four-game stint. AUFC have the best winning record of all clubs in the Hyundai A-League. While Sydney FC is the most successful Australian club in the pacific and in FIFA (qualifying in more tournaments), Adelaide is the only A-League club to be present at the Asian Champions League more than once, making them the most successful Australian club in Asia. Adelaide however have not won the domestic A-league Championship.
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NEW!!! Motherwell FC (Scotland) 2009 Home kit

The Motherwell Football & Athletic Club Ltd. is a Scottish football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. Motherwell currently play in the Scottish Premier League; their home stadium is Fir Park. Mark McGhee was appointed as the club's manager on June 18, 2007, with former club captain Scott Leitch, as his assistantIn 1886, two amateur teams based in factories in Motherwell - Glencairn F.C. and Alpha F.C. - were invited to field a select team from both of their squads to play a similar select side from Glasgow. This amalgamated side competed in a charity competition, and talks afterwards fully merged the two sides into Motherwell Football Club on May 17, 1886

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 142

The "FIFA World Player of the Year" award's youngest winner, male or female, is Ronaldo, who won at the age of 20 in 1996. He won it again in 1997 and 2002!!!!!

NEW!!! Turkey nat.team 2009 Away 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.

NEW!!! Liverpool F.C.(England) 2009 Away kit

Liverpool Football Club are an English football club based in Liverpool. They play at Anfield but hope to start work on the new stadium approximately 200 metres away in neighbouring Stanley Park, following the take over of the club by American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett They play in the FA Premier League and in terms of trophies won are the most successful club in the history of English football. Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups, five European Cups and three UEFA Cups. Liverpool are also a member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Liverpool F.C. were founded by John Houlding in 1892 to play in his Anfield stadium. For the previous seven years the stadium had been used by Everton

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 141

Brazil's first team colours were white with blue collars, but following defeat in the Maracanazo at the 1950 World Cup, the colours were criticised for lacking patriotism. With permission from the Brazilian Sports Confederation, the newspaper Correio da Manhã held a competition to design a kit incorporating the four colours of the Brazilian flag. The winning design was a yellow jersey with green trim and blue shorts with white trim drawn by Aldyr Garcia Schlee, a nineteen year old from Pelotas. The new colours were first used in March 1954 in a match against Chile, and have been used ever since!!!!!

NEW!!! Brazil Nat.team (2009) Home 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.

Coventry City F.C.(England) 2008 Home kit

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, is an association football club based in Coventry, England. Coventry City were founding members of the FA Premier League in 1992. They currently play in the Coca-Cola Championship, the second-highest tier of the English league system. As of 19 February 2008 they are managed by Chris Coleman following the departure Iain Dowie on 11 February 2008. A takeover with SISU Capital was agreed on 14 December 2007.
Between 1967 and 2001, a period of 34 years, they were continuously members of England's top division although they never finished higher than sixth. At the time of their eventual relegation, only Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton could claim to have amassed a longer tenure in top-flight English football than Coventry. Their only major trophy came in 1987 when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 to win the FA Cup many people classed it as the best FA Cup Final still today. They also reached two League Cup semi-finals in 1981 and 1989.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 140

Lazio's traditional club badge and symbol is the eagle, which was chosen by founding member Luigi Bigiarelli. It is an acknowledgment to the emblem of the Roman Empire's army commonly known as the Aquila; the Roman legion carried the symbol with them when going in to battle.Lazio's use of the symbol has led to two of their nicknames; Aquilotti (Young Eagles) and le Aquile (the Eagles). The current club badge features a golden eagle above a white shield with a blue border; inside the shield is the club's name and a smaller tripartite shield with the colours of the club!!!!!

Bayern Munich (Germany) 2008 Away kit

Bayern is one of three professional football clubs in Munich. Bayern's main local rival is TSV 1860 Munich, who were the more successful club in the 1960s, winning a cup and a championship. 1860 have since moved between the first and second divisions. 1860 are often referred to by sections of the Bayern support as "gymnasts", insinuating a lack of footballing pedigree. The rivalry has, at least from a Bayern point of view, lost importance over the last decade, reflecting the lopsided state of the achievements of the two clubs and the absence of players for whom local grudges would still matter. 1860 is considered more working-class, and therefore suffers from a diminishing fan base in a city where the manufacturing sector is declining whilst tertiary industries are booming

Club Atlético Boca Juniors (Argentina) 2008 Away kit

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is a popular Argentine sports club, best known for its football team. Its home base is the neighbourhood of La Boca, in Buenos Aires, and it hosts its home games at the Estadio Alberto J. Armando (La Bombonera) at 805 Brandsen Street.Boca have won a record 17 international titles, an honor they share only with AC Milan, including six Copa Libertadores and three World Club crowns (Copa Intercontinental) and one Copa Oro and Supercopa Masters. The club has also won 22 Argentine professional championships

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 139

Mick Mills holds the record for Ipswich F.C. league appearances, having played 591 first-team matches between 1966 and 1982!!!!!

Cardiff City F.C. (Wales) 2008 Away kit

Cardiff City Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a football team based in Cardiff. They are one of the three Welsh clubs competing in the Football League (along with Swansea City and Wrexham), currently playing in the Football League Championship. They play their home games at Ninian Park.Cardiff City were founded in 1899 and are the only non-English side to have won any of the three major English competitions. They won the FA Cup in 1927, during a decade when they were one of the strongest sides in the English league. They have also been regular winners of the Welsh Cup, and as the winner of the Cup in 1966-67 gained entry to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, reaching the semi-finals in 1967-68.Their history in recent years has been less successful but they have made some improvement in the last few seasons. In 1986, they were relegated to the Fourth Division, and over the next 14 years slipped into the league's basement division three times. In 1996 they were the league's third lowest placed team. However; a Football League Second Division playoff triumph in 2003 lifted them into the Football League First Division; and they are now just one promotion away from reaching the Premiership, which would make them the first non-English team to do so.

Olympique Lyonnais (France) 2008 Home kit

Olympique Lyonnais (popularly known as OL, or simply Lyon) is a French football club based in Lyon. They play in Ligue 1 and are the reigning champions of France, for the sixth time running. Lyon have won six Trophées des Champions, three Ligue 2 Championships and Coupe de France titles as well as seven participations in the UEFA Champions League, despite not taking part in a final, or a semi-final. Olympique Lyonnais play their home matches at the 43,051 seater Stade de Gerland, Lyon. OL were also a member of the former G14 group of leading European football clubs. Lyon was formed as Lyon Olympique Universitaire in 1899, according to many supporters and sport historians but was nationally established as a club on 3 August 1950. The club also has a women's football team with several international players in it.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 138

Dixie Dean, who played for Everton F.C. in the 1920s and 30s, is the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history!!!!!

Slavia Prague (Czech Rep.) 2008 Home kit

Slavia Prague (Czech: SK Slavia Praha) is a Czech professional football club founded in 1892 in the city of Prague. They play in the Gambrinus Liga - the highest competition in the Czech republic. Alongside Sparta Prague, they are considered one of the top Czech club and the rivalry between the two clubs is important in Czech football. Slavia has won 14 titles, several Czech cups and the Mitropa Cup (Central European Cup) in 1938. Their latest success was winning the Gambrinus liga in the 1995-96 season, when they also advanced to the UEFA Cup semi-finals. In 2007 they qualified for UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history. In addition to their men's squad, Slavia Prague also has youth and women's clubs.

NEW!!! Club Atlético River Plate (Argentina) 2009 Home 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. It's the 9th soccer club in the All-Time Club World Ranking and the 1st in America, according to the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) The club was also regarded 6 times as the best soccer club in the world in the monthly Club World Ranking of IFFHS"River Plate" is sometimes used as the English name for the Río 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.
River has always been one of the most important teams of South America. They have combined to win 37 official tournaments which includes 32 Argentine League titles, 2 Copa Libertadores, and a World title in 1986. In 1986 River Plate fans had the distinction of watching River win the league title, Copa Libertadores, Interamerican Cup, Intercontinental Cup, as well as Argentina's triumph in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 137

Leicester City F.C. has lost four FA Cup finals. This is the most lost finals without winning the trophy!!!!!

NEW!!! Cork City F.C.(Rep.Ireland) 2009 Home kit

Cork City F.C. (Irish: Cumann Peile Chathair Chorcaigh) is an Irish football (soccer) club playing in the Football League of Ireland. Founded and elected to the league in 1984 to continue the long tradition of Association Football in Cork, its traditional colours are green and white with red trim. It was one of the first clubs in Ireland to field a team of professional footballers and certainly the first in Cork. With the progression of professionalism at the club, continued development of the Turner's Cross stadium and the transition to summer football, the club has seen increases in fan-base and following in recent years.

NEW!!! Tunisia nat.Team 2009 Home kit

The Tunisia national football team (Arabic: منتخب تونس لكرة القدم‎), nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage (The Eagles of Carthage), is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round. Nevertheless, they created history in that 1978 tournament in Argentina by becoming the first African side to win a World Cup match, beating Mexico 3-1. They also held defending champions West Germany to a goalless draw before bowing out. It took them 20 years to return to the finals but they have since qualified for the past three tournaments in succession, in 1998, 2002 and 2006. They were the only African team to appear at 2002 and 2006. 2002 qualifiers Senegal, Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa were replaced by Ivory Coast, Angola, Ghana and Togo who would all qualify for the first time. Tunisia were knocked out of the 2006 World Cup after coming third in their group after drawing with Saudi Arabia and suffering successive loses to Spain and Ukraine.
Tunisia also won the African Nations Cup in 2004, for the first time in their history, when they hosted the tournament.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 136

Scotland have played at eight World Cup Finals, including five consecutive tournaments from 1974 to 1990. During the preparations for the 1928 Olympic Football Tournament, FIFA ruled that all its member associations must provide "broken-time" payments to cover the expenses of players from their country who participated. In response to what they considered to be unacceptable interference, the football associations of Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales held a meeting at which they agreed to resign from FIFA. As a result, Scotland did not compete in the three interwar World Cup competitions. The Scottish Football Association did not rejoin FIFA as a permanent member until 1946!!!!!

Goteborg (Sweden) 2008 Third 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. 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.

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

Liverpool Football Club are an English football club based in Liverpool. They play at Anfield but hope to start work on the new stadium approximately 200 metres away in neighbouring Stanley Park, following the take over of the club by American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillett They play in the FA Premier League and in terms of trophies won are the most successful club in the history of English football. Liverpool have won eighteen First Division titles, seven FA Cups, seven League Cups, five European Cups and three UEFA Cups. Liverpool are also a member of the G-14 group of leading European football clubs.Liverpool F.C. were founded by John Houlding in 1892 to play in his Anfield stadium. For the previous seven years the stadium had been used by Everton

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 135

Dundee United's playing kit is distinct: tangerine in colour, first used when the team played under the Dallas Tornado moniker in the United Soccer Association competition of 1967, which they were invited to participate in after their first European excursion had created many headlines in the football world. After persuasion by the wife of manager Jerry Kerr, the colour would soon be adopted as the club's own in 1969 to give the club a brighter, more modern image. The new colour was paraded for the first time in a pre-season friendly against Everton in August!!!!!

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

Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. Founded in 1905, they play in the FA Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier in English football. They have had two broad periods of success, one during the 1960s and early 1970s, and the second from the late 1990s to the present day. Chelsea have won three league titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. During the 2005-06 season, they became Premier League champions for the second consecutive year. Chelsea's home is the 42,055 capacity Stamford Bridge football stadium in Fulham, West London, where they have played since their foundation. Despite their name, the club are based just outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

NEW!!! Sydney FC (Australia) 2009 Home kit

Sydney FC, founded in 2004, is an Australian association football (soccer) club based in Sydney and competes in Australia's premier competition, the A-League.Sydney FC won the inaugural A-League Championship in 2005–06 by defeating the Central Coast Mariners 1-0 in the Grand Final. After winning the 2004–05 Oceania Club Championship, Sydney FC competed in and finished fifth (of six teams) in the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship in December 2005. As inaugural A-League Champions, Sydney FC also competed in the 2007 AFC Champions League. It finished 2nd in its group behind Japanese giants Urawa Red Diamonds. Sydney FC also went on to compete in the 2008 Pan-Pacific Championship in Hawaii as the representative of Australia and its A-league. Domestically, Sydney FC is one of only 2 clubs in the A-league to have consistently made it to each seasons finals play-offs for the Championship title since the leagues founding in 2005. With its achievements in the last 4 years since its founding, Sydney FC today still remains one of the most successful clubs of professional football in Australia, and has become the international marketing face of the A-League.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 134

Former Argentina international player Diego Maradona, in his autobiography Yo soy El Diego, described Romário as an "incredible finisher" adding that he had not seen a striker like him, and mentioning that Romário would be in his all-time "dream team" without any hesitation!!!!!

Sparta Prague (Czech Re.) 2008 Away kit

Sparta Prague (Czech: AC Sparta Praha) is a top Czech football club.
It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful clubs in Central and Eastern Europe[citation needed]. Sparta was long the main source for the Czechoslovakia national football team[citation needed] and, after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic national football team, however lately this has ceased to be the case, as the best Czech players almost all now play in higher-paying foreign leagues. There are a number of outstanding players who have played for the Sparta over the years. Sparta play at Prague's AXA Arena (called Letná Stadium).

NEW!!! Sunderland A.F.C. (England) 2009 Home kit

Sunderland Association Football Club is a professional association football team based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, in North-East England. They play in the Premier League and are one of the most successful clubs in English football, having won six First Division titles and two FA Cups. They moved to the Stadium of Light in 1997 after 99 years at Roker Park. The Sunderland fans were recently voted the loudest in the Premier League following a survey which was carried out at every ground in the league.Before the Second World War, Sunderland were league champions six times - in 1892, 1893, 1895, 1902, 1913, and most recently in 1936, when they became the last team wearing striped shirts to win the league. They were elected into the football league in 1890, becoming the first team to join after the league's birth in 1888. Sunderland stayed in the top flight until 1958, a record which only Arsenal have bettered since, in 1992. The club won their first FA Cup in 1937 with a 3-1 victory over Preston North End. Sunderland's major triumph post World War II was the club's second FA Cup victory in 1973, when the club secured a 1-0 victory over Leeds United thanks to an Ian Porterfield goal and a terrific double save from Jimmy Montgomery (who has the record number of appearances for Sunderland).

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 133

On May 20, 2007, Romário scored his 1000th goal, a penalty kick against Sport Recife, playing for Vasco da Gama. He claims he is the second player in professional football history to achieve this, after Pelé in 1969.The 1000th goal drew much attention from both Brazilian and international press, with the game being stopped for over 20 minutes to allow for celebrations from his fans.There is much controversy over the validity of the 1000 goals as it claim is somewhat inaccurate, because Romário counted his goals in junior, friendly and non-official games.FIFA congratulated Romário on his milestone goal but stated he is still officially on 929 goals, as 77 came in youth football, with other being scored in friendly matches!!!!!

RCD Espanyol (Spain) 2008 Home kit

RCD Espanyol de Barcelona (Catalan: Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona) is a Spanish sports club based in Barcelona. It is best known for its football team. Espanyol currently play in the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, which also hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics; having previously played at Estadi de Sarrià. The stadium, which seats 55,926 spectators, is also known as Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc. Despite being overshadowed by FC Barcelona, they are the sixth most successful football team in Spain and are looking to move into a new stadium next year.Espanyol were founded on 28 October 1900 by Ángel Rodríguez, an engineering student at the Universitat de Barcelona. The club's original home was in the well-off district of Sarrià and was initially known as the Sociedad Española de Football. Espanyol were the first club in Spain to be formed exclusively by Spanish fans of the game as opposed to expatriates who formed other clubs such as FC Barcelona. Unfortunately for years, for most of the Barcelonans, Espanyol stood for 'Spanish Catalonia' that is to say a kind of compliance to centralism.

NEW!!! U.S.A. Nat Team 2009 Home kit

The United States Men's National Soccer Team is the national soccer (association football) team of the United States and is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation. They are currently ranked 21st in the FIFA World Rankings, and have appeared for five consecutive FIFA World Cups.In 1885, the U.S. and Canada played the first unofficial international match held outside of Great Britain. The Canadians defeated the Americans 1-0 in Newark, New Jersey. The American side had their revenge the following year, in 1886, when they beat the Canadians 1-0, also in Newark. These two matches were the only internationals played outside of the United Kingdom in the 19th century. Thirty years later, the Americans would play their first official international match by travelling to face Sweden in Stockholm, where the USA won 1-0.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 132

A total of 40 clubs have competed in the English Premier League, but only four have won the title: Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal, and Chelsea. The current Premier League champions are Manchester United, who won their ninth title in the 2006–07 season, the most of any Premier League team!!!!!

Inter Turku (Finland) 2008 Home kit

Football Club International Turku (commonly known as FC Inter or Inter Turku) is a football club based in Turku, Finland. It was founded in 1990, and has played in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of Finnish football since 1996. Together with TPS, it is one of the two teams from Turku playing in the Veikkausliiga. The two teams also share their home venue at Veritas Stadion.
FC Inter's 'B team' is VG-62, which currently plays in the Ykkönen, or the second level of football in Finland. FC Inter also operates 14 youth teams and a youth academy in association with the city of Turku.

NEW!!! Vélez Sársfield (Argentina) 2009 Home kit

Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield is an Argentine sports club best known for its football team, based in the Liniers neighborhood of western Buenos Aires.The Club is also frequently referred to as The Fort. Its home stadium is the Jose Amalfitani Stadium, in the borough of Liniers. Velez have won the Argentine Primera six times and 5 international cups.It was founded in 1910 in the Floresta neighborhood, next to the Ferrocarril del Oeste railroad station Vélez Sársfield, named after the 1869 drafter of the Argentine Civil Code Dalmacio Vélez Sársfield (since 1944 the station has been renamed Floresta). The club first participated in the amateur first division league in 1919 (runners-up), and has been a professional first division fixture since the advent of professionalism in 1931. Relegated only once, in 1941, it returned to the first division in 1943. The club clinched their first professional title in the year 1968, after beating River Plate and Racing Club. After that title, the club spent 25 years without silverware until 1993 when the won the Clausura Tournament. The nineties were the most successful period in Velez's history. In that spell, they won domestic cups and international cups. Their international summit was when they defeated AC Milan in the European-South American Cup in Japan in the year 1994.Velez clinched their last Argentine title in the year 2005 when they won the Clausura tournament.