MisterGoal's Football Facts No 65

Villareal's nickname is "El Submarino Amarillo" (the Yellow Submarine) because of their yellow uniforms. The mascot (named Groguet, "Little Yellow") is a figure with a submarine head!!!!!

Portugal Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Portugal football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), finishing 4th at the last World Cup. Portugal have qualified four times for the FIFA World Cup; 1966, 1986, 2002 and 2006. The first appearance saw them reach the semi final, losing 2-1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in third place and Eusébio was considered the best player of the tournament. The next two times Portugal qualified for the World Cup were 1986 and 2002, with Portugal going out in the first round both times after surprise defeats to Morocco, United States and South Korea. In the 1986 tournament, players went on strike over prize-money and refused to train between their first and the second games.

Japan Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Japan national football team is the national football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. On July 21, 2006, Bosnian Ivica Osim, who previously coached Yugoslavia and most recently JEF United Ichihara Chiba, took over as manager, succeeding Zico, who had coached Japan from 2002 through the end of Japan's 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign.The team is commonly known by the fans and media as Nihon Daihyo (Japanese representatives), Daihyo (representatives). Although the team does not have an official nickname, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Osim, the team is known as Osim Japan.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 64

One of the most famous football stadium in the world, has two different names. The home field for F.C. Inter and A.C. Milan it’s “Giuseppe Meazza” for the fans of Inter, and “San Siro” from the fans of Milan!!!!!

A.S.Roma (Italy) 2008 Away kit

Associazione Sportiva Roma is an Italian football club and one of the major teams in Rome and in central Italy. Nicknamed the giallorossi (yellow-reds), they currently play in Serie A. Roma's home uniforms are maroon red shirts with golden yellow borders, white shorts and black socks. The emblem of the team is the Capitoline she-wolf suckling twins, symbol of Rome, superimposed a bipartite golden-yellow over red shield; official colors are the same as those of the city of Rome, red for imperial dignity, and gold which represents the Pope or God in Christianity.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 63

British Prime minister Tony Blair is a big fan of Newcastle United!!!!!

Sporting Lisbon (Portugal) 2008 Home kit

Sporting Clube de Portugal (sometimes referred to as Sporting Lisbon) is a sports club based in Lisbon, Portugal. The club is particularly renowned for its football branch, which is Portugal's most followed sport. With about 100,000 registered club members[1], Sporting is among the most successful and popular sports clubs in Portugal, its teams, athletes and supporters being oftenly nicknamed "os Leões" - "the Lions".

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 62

Brazil is the only team to have played in every World Cup!!!!!

PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) 2008 Home kit

Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football section. PSV are one of the three big football clubs of the Netherlands, the other two being Ajax Amsterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam. The club won the European Cup, the predecessor of today's Champions League, in 1988 and is a regular competitor in the current European Champions' League. They are often nicknamed Boeren (Dutch for 'peasants') in reference to their provincial city origins.

Scunthorpe Utd. (England) 2008 Home kit

Scunthorpe United F.C. are an English football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England. Nicknamed The Iron, they currently play in Coca-Cola League One. They're renowned for being one of only two English league teams with a swear word in their name.In 1988, Scunthorpe became the first English club in more than 30 years to build a new stadium when they relocated from the Old Showground to Glanford Park. Their original ground had been home to the first cantilever stand in the country, which was built in 1958. It was demolished along with the remainder of the Old Showground after efforts to move it to the new grounds proved impractical.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 61

Pavlos 5 of the Champions League’s winner clubs, had play for-at list one time- in a minor national division. The teams are: Man.Utd, A.C. Milan, Juventus, Marseille, Not.Forest!!!!!

A.S.Roma (Italy) 2008 Home kit

Associazione Sportiva Roma is an Italian football club and one of the major teams in Rome and in central Italy. Nicknamed the giallorossi (yellow-reds), they currently play in Serie A. Roma's home uniforms are maroon red shirts with golden yellow borders, white shorts and black socks. The emblem of the team is the Capitoline she-wolf suckling twins, symbol of Rome, superimposed a bipartite golden-yellow over red shield; official colors are the same as those of the city of Rome, red for imperial dignity, and gold which represents the Pope or God in Christianity.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 60

Associazione Sportiva Roma, or Roma F.C. was founded in the summer of 1927 by Italo Foschi, who initiated the merger of three older Italian Football Championship clubs from the city of Rome; Roman, Alba-Audace and Fortitudo!!!!

Rangers (Scotland) 2008 Home kit

Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. Rangers are the most successful club in Scottish football, with 51 league titles[2], and have won the most trophies of any football club in the world. The club's home, the all-seated 51,082-capacity Ibrox Stadium in south-west Glasgow, has been accredited as one of UEFA's five-star stadia. Rangers players and fans today are multi-national and of various religions, although the club has traditionally been identified with the Protestant Unionist community of Scotland. For most of their history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with their cross-city opponents Celtic F.C. The club is nicknamed The Teddy Bears, from the rhyming slang for Gers (short for Rangers), and the fans are known to each other as 'Bluenoses'. The club's correct name is simply Rangers F.C. although it is sometimes incorrectly called Glasgow Rangers. This frequently happens with English commentators seeking to distinguish between them and other similarly-named clubs, particularly Queens Park Rangers F.C. This naming convention is also popular in Europe and further afield, where any club without its location in its name receives it as a prefix or suffix, for example Red Star Belgrade.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 59

The Scottish Cup final with Celtic against Aberdeen F.C. in 1937 was attended by a crowd of 146,433 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which remains a record for a club match in European football!!!!!

AEK Athens (Greece) 2008 Home kit

AEK FC, (Greek: AEK - Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως – Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos), the Athletic Union of Constantinople, known in European competitions as AEK Athens, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Athens, Greece.
Established in Athens on 13th April 1924 by Greek refugees from Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the wake of the Greco-Turkish War, AEK has grown to become one of the most successful clubs in Greek football, winning 27 national titles (including 11 Championships, 13 Greek Cups, 1 League Cup, 2 Super Cups), providing the Greek National Football Team with many of its star players, and continuously appearing in European (UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup) competitions.The club currently competes in the Super League Greece.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 58

The "Tyne-Wear derby" between the English clubs Newcastle United and Sunderland has been played since 1898!!!!!

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 57

Arsenal's manager Arsène Wenger,in 2004, he became the only manager in FA Premier League history to go through the entire season without a loss!!!!!

Sweden Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Sweden national football team is the national football team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association.Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in world football, with eleven World Cup appearances and three medals. The Swedish team finished second in 1958, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5-2 in the final (Brazil's first finals success). Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994. In 1938, they finished fourth.

Mexico Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Mexico national football team – El Tri – is the national football team of Mexico, and is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FEMEXFUT). Since the 1990s, Mexico has been one of the most consistent nations in the world, having qualified for four consecutive World Cups, and reaching the second round on all four occasions. They have also had strong showings in the Copa America ever since their first invitation from the CONMEBOL in 1993 (although they are under the jurisdiction of CONCACAF). The team's most recent match was a friendly against Venezuela in San Diego, California, on 28 February 2007, and the attendance set a new record for the city for any match in history. It was considered to be something of a homecoming for Mexico's head coach Hugo Sanchez, as he had played for the NASL San Diego Sockers in his early days just before his stellar career in the Spanish League. This match was to become the first he would win as head coach, with a final score of 3-1. Earlier in the same month, his debut as head coach was a 0-2 loss at the hands of the U.S.A.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 56

Panathinaikos FC is the first Greek club to complete 100 years of history!!!!!

Colorado Rapids (U.S.A.) 2008 Home kit

The Colorado Rapids is a professional soccer club based in Commerce City, Colorado that participates in Major League Soccer. The club was founded in 1995. The team colors are burgundy and sky blue with the home jerseys being burgundy. The away jerseys are sky blue with burgundy trim. They played their home matches at Mile High Stadium from 1996–2001 and moved into INVESCO Field at Mile High in 2002. They moved to Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the Denver suburb of Commerce City for the 2007 season.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 55

FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, are the only spanish teams that they have never been relegated from the Primera División!!!!!

Club Deportivo Chivas (USA) 2008 Home kit

Club Deportivo Chivas USA (short form: Chivas USA) is a professional association football club based in Carson, California that participates in Major League Soccer. The club, founded in 2004, plays its home games at The Home Depot Center, sharing it with the Los Angeles Galaxy. The team shares the same colors of red, white, blue, and gold as its parent Club Deportivo Guadalajara, the most popular team in Mexico.