NEW!!! Spain Nat.team 2009 home kit

The Spanish National Football Team, commonly referred to as La Roja, is the national football team of Spain and is controlled by the Real Federación Española de Fútbol. They are the current European Champions, having won the 2008 UEFA European Championship. In July 2008, Spain rose to the #1 spot in the FIFA World Ranking for the first time in their history, becoming only the sixth nation (and the first who had never won the World Cup) to top these rankings.

NEW!!! Villarreal Club de Fútbol (Spain) 2009 Home 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.The club was founded in 1923 and played in regional leagues until the Spanish Civil War, during which time Spain football went on a hiatus. After the war, the club played in various regional leagues as well as the Third Division until the 1970/71 season, when Villarreal first played in the Segunda División for two consecutive seasons, at the end of which the club was relegated to the Third Division once again. After playing in the Segunda División B for a few seasons in the late 80s, Villarreal managed to solidify themselves as a Segunda División club starting with the 1992/93 season.

NEW!!!! Defensor Sporting FC (Uruguay) 2009 Home kit

Defensor Sporting Club is a sports club in Montevideo, Uruguay.Founded on March 15, 1913 as Club Atlético Defensor, the name of the club was changed in 1989 to Defensor Sporting Club after a merger with Sporting Club Uruguay. The team plays in the Luis Franzini Stadium. They are a four-time national champion in Uruguay (1976, 1987, 1991, 2007-2008).Defensor has won many qualifying tournaments (Pre-Liguilla) to the Copa Libertadores and has represented Uruguay on numerous occasions inter-nationally. Regarded as one of the teams that creates and develops the best players in Uruguay and are then transferred internationally and are world-renowned. The place of birth of numerous international players like Jorge Da Silva, Sergio Manteca Martinez, Sebastián Abreu, Andrés Fleurquin, Marcelo Tejera, Darío Silva, Gonzalo Vargas, Diego Perez, Nicolás Olivera,Martin Cáceres,Maximiliano Pereira,Alvaro Gonzalez,Tabare Viudez, and so on.Legendary coach Prof. Ricardo de León brought Defensor to the national championship in 1976 and originated a football (fútbol) school of thought, consistently criticized as ultra defensive, that is still present nowadays in several teams and coaches.Defensor's most famous supporter is singer/composer Jaime Roos

NEW!!! Uruguay Nat.team 2009 home kit

The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol. Uruguay were the first winners and hosts of the World Cup, beating Argentina 4-2 in 1930. They also won the 1950 World Cup on Brazilian soil. Uruguay failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany after succumbing to Australia 4-2 on penalties following a 1-1 aggregate tie in an intercontinental playoff. Uruguay and Argentina hold the record for the most international matches played between two countries, there have been 161 matches played against each other since 1901. The first match against Argentina was the first official international match to be played outside Britain. (Although Canada and the United States played two internationals in 1885 and 1886, neither match is considered official; Canada did not play an official international until 1924 and the USA did not play one until 1916.) Uruguay won the Copa América fourteen times, the first coming in the inaugural tournament in 1916 and the last in 1995. Only Argentina has as many South American Championships. Uruguay won the 50th anniversary World Champions tournament that it hosted in 1980.

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

NEW!!! Man.United (England) 2009 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.

NEW!!! Atletico Madrid 2009 Home kit

Club Atlético de Madrid is a Spanish football club based in Madrid. They currently play in the Primera División of La Liga. Their home stadium is the Vicente Calderón Stadium.The club has won both La Liga and the Copa del Rey on nine occasions, including a double in 1996. They also won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1962 and were European Cup runners-up and Intercontinental Cup winners in 1974. Atlético play in red and white striped shirts and blue shorts.

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.

NEW!!! Arsenal FC (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.

NEW!!! Scotland Nat.team 2009 Home kit

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The team has played international football longer than any other nation in the world along with England, who they played in the world's first international football match at the West of Scotland Cricket Club, Partick, in 1872. The match ended in a goalless draw.[1]. All eleven players who represented Scotland that day played for proud Glasgow amateur club Queen's Park. Scotland has always had its own representative side that plays in all the major professional tournaments, except for the Olympic Games as the IOC only recognises the United Kingdom. Some of Scotland's most famous results include, in 1967, defeating the World Cup holders England 3-2 at Wembley Stadium and, in the 1978 World Cup, beating one of the tournament favourites, the Netherlands, 3-1 with Archie Gemmill scoring a famous goal. Some fans jovially claim the 1967 victory against England made Scotland the unofficial world champions. This joke ultimately led to the conception of the Unofficial Football World Championships. Interestingly, Scotland have won more UFWC title matches than any other side.

NEW!!! Fulham FC (England) 2009 Away kit

Fulham Football Club (FFC) are an English football team based in Fulham, London. Founded in 1879, they celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2004, and they are in the top tier of English football, the FA Premiership. Fulham FC are the oldest professional football team in London, usually considered to have been founded in 1879. They spent much time in the Old First Division (Premiership) through the 60s, but are yet to gain any major honours, their only FA Cup final appearance being in 1975. They did win qualification to the UEFA Cup in 2002 by winning the Intertoto Cup, beating Bologna F.C. 1909 5-3 in the final over two legs. In the UEFA Cup, they won through two rounds before being defeated by Hertha Berlin. They currently play at Craven Cottage, their home since 1896, a riverside ground on the banks of the River Thames in Fulham, having spent two years at Loftus Road while Craven Cottage was undergoing renovations to bring it up to Premier League standards. The club achieved their main aim of avoiding relegation for the 2005-06 season, eventually finishing 12th.

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!!!! Celtic FC (Scotland) 2009 Home kit

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Glasgow, which competes in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. The full name of the club is The Celtic Football Club. Until 1994, the club's full name was The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Ltd.Celtic play home games at Celtic Park commonly referred to as Parkhead, which has a capacity of 60,832, and is currently the largest football stadium in Scotland. In 2006-07, Celtic Park attracted an average attendance of 57,927,making the club second after Manchester United in average attendance for any football club in the UK.Together with their rivals, Rangers F.C., they form the Old Firm which is one of the most famous and fierce rivalries in sport. Celtic has traditionally been linked with its founding roots which stemmed from the Irish immigrant community in Glasgow.

NEW!!!Trabzonspor FC (Turkey) 2009 Away kit

Trabzonspor is a Turkish football club, from the Black Sea port city of Trabzon playing in the Turkish Premier Super League.Trabzonspor was formed in 1967 in a merger of two local clubs. Many of the players from these teams became part of the team to win promotion to the top division, and helped Trabzonspor in their early years in the top flight. Along with three other Istanbul clubs known as the'big three' (Galatasaray SK, Fenerbahçe SK, Beşiktaş J.K.), they are the only club outside of Istanbul to have won the Turkish title, earning a name as one of the "Big Four". Trabzonspor's nicknames are the "Bordeaux Blues" and the "Black Sea storm". Recently the team has created controversy on its behaviour towards its players after Mirosław Szymkowiak retired from football

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Galatasaray holds the best international record by a Turkish team. They became the first Turkish club to capture a major European title, beating Arsenal of England in the UEFA Cup final during the 1999–2000 season!!!!!

O Manto Tricolor!!!!

Hello everyone!!!! This is a great web site for the history of Sao Paulo’s home shirt, from MisterGoal’s friend Thiago Pulzatto. Nice and simple!!!It’s worth it to visit!!!!!
www.bbshop.com.br/mantotricolor

NEW!!! Barca FC (Spain) 2009 Home kit

Futbol Club Barcelona, known familiarly as Barça , is a Catalan sports club based in Barcelona, Spain. It is best known for its football team. It was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English, and Catalan men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto Més que un club (More than a club). They were founding members of La Liga in 1928, and, together with Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, they have never been relegated from the Primera División. The club were also the first La Liga champions and they are the current champions of both Spain and Europe. The club's main stadium is the Camp Nou and the fans of FC Barcelona are known as culers or culés. In September 2006, the number of socis (club members/owners) reached 151,127, while in June 2006 the number of penyes (officially-registered supporter clubs) reached 1782 worldwide.

MisterGoal's Football Facts No 173

Palermo originally played with red and blue as its official colours since its foundation in 1898, but decided to switch to the current choice of pink and black on February 27, 1907, contemporaneously with the change of denomination to Palermo Foot-Ball Club.The colours' choice were suggested by count Giuseppe Airoldi, a prominent founding member of the club. In a letter Airoldi wrote on February 2, 1905 to club councillor Joseph Whitaker, he defined pink and black as "colours of the sad and the sweet", a choice he asserted to be a good fit for a team characterized by "results as up and down as a Swiss clock", noting also the fact that red and blue were a widely diffuse choice of colours at the time!!!!!

To all MisterGoal's fans!!!

Hello everybody!!!! First of all, I want to thank all of you for the support that you give to MisterGoal, and second I want to apologize to all MIsterGoal’s fans for the delay of their request!!! It was a “cocktail” of bad timing, many problems and allot of work :-( !!! But I’m coming back with great ideas and “hungry” for request!!! So please don’t hesitate and send me your request, and soon you’ll see your favorite team with your favorite mascot :-) !!!!!! They follow some request for MisterGoal’s fans!!!!

NEW!!! São Paulo (Brazil) 2009 Home kit

São Paulo Futebol Clube, usually called São Paulo FC or just São Paulo, is a traditional Brazilian football team from São Paulo, founded on January 25, 1930, and re-founded on December 16, 1935. As of November 2007, São Paulo is the current Brazilian Champion. It is the third most popular football club in Brazil, with more than 13 million supporters. The team is one of the most successful clubs in Brazil, with several titles of national and international capacity. That includes three World Club Crowns (2 as Intercontinental Cup, and 1 as FIFA Club World Championship), three Libertadores da América Cup and five Brazilian Championship. They are the club in Brazil with most titles (1992, 1993, 2005) and finals played (1974, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006), with their attendance boosting during the championship compared to the regular season. São Paulo FC is, join to Juventus and Liverpool, the sixth club in the world -third in America- with the most international titles recognized by CONMEBOL and FIFA.This is a request for MIsterGoal's friend Thiago!!!

NEW!!! Turkey Nat.team 2008-09 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. This is a request for MisterGoal's friend Tunc!!!

NEW!!! KAA Gent (Belgium) 2009 Home kit

K.A.A. Gent is a Belgian football, athletics and hockey club, based in the Belgian city of Ghent. It was one of the founders of the Belgian Football Association. It has been in the top flight Jupiler League since 1989-90. The hockey and athletics division were founded in 1864, making it one of the oldest sporting clubs in Belgium. The club was then known under its French name La Gantoise. It changed its name to the present Dutch version in 1971. In spite of its long history the club has never been champions of Belgium.This is a request for MIsterGoal's friend Jan!!!

NEW!!! Leyton Orient (England) 2009 Home kit

Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football team from east London, currently playing in League One of the Football League. The team is known by its fans as Orient or simply The O's.Leyton Orient's home stadium, Brisbane Road, is situated in Leyton, in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It is officially known as the Matchroom Stadium after chairman Barry Hearn's sports promotion company. Barry Hearn became chairman in 1995 after the club was famously put on sale for five pounds by the then-chairman, Tony Wood OBE, after his coffee-growing business in Rwanda was destroyed by that country's civil war. The period of the club's near-closure was covered by the television documentary Orient: Club for a Fiver (made by Open Media for Channel 4). The documentary is commonly but incorrectly known as Yours for a Fiver.This is a request for MisterGoal's friend Doug!!!

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The nickname of the KAA Gent is Buffalo, a term coined after a visit of the original Buffalo Bill and his Wild West circus to the city in the early 1900s!!!!!

NEW!!!! Celtic FC (Scotland) 2009 Home kit

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in Glasgow, which competes in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. The full name of the club is The Celtic Football Club. Until 1994, the club's full name was The Celtic Football and Athletic Company Ltd.Celtic play home games at Celtic Park commonly referred to as Parkhead, which has a capacity of 60,832, and is currently the largest football stadium in Scotland. In 2006-07, Celtic Park attracted an average attendance of 57,927,making the club second after Manchester United in average attendance for any football club in the UK.Together with their rivals, Rangers F.C., they form the Old Firm which is one of the most famous and fierce rivalries in sport. Celtic has traditionally been linked with its founding roots which stemmed from the Irish immigrant community in Glasgow.