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1 day ago · Association football was introduced to Egypt while it was occupied by the British. The first football club in Egypt was El Sekka El Hadid , which was founded in 1903. The Sultan Hussein Cup was founded in 1917, and though it was dominated by English clubs in its first years, until Zamalek won it for the first time in 1921 , Egyptian clubs quickly gained power. [3]
2 days ago · Antoine Griezmann [5] was born on 21 March 1991 [6] in the commune of Mâcon in the department of Saône-et-Loire. His father Alain Griezmann, a town councillor, [7] is from a family who migrated to France from Münster, Germany in the first half of the 19th century. [8] [9] The family surname was originally spelled "Griesmann", before being ...
2 days ago · They have been a member of FIFA since 1952 and a member of AFC since 1954. Sri Lanka's home stadium is the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Sri Lankan team was known as the Ceylon national football team until 1972 when Ceylon was renamed Sri Lanka. [5] A member of the AFC, the team has yet to make their first appearance in FIFA World Cup or ...
1 day ago · The Bulgaria national football team was formed in 1922. In 1923, the Bulgarian Football Union was formed and the team's first match was held in Vienna on 21 May 1924, which resulted in a 6–0 defeat against Austria. [5] Bulgaria also participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris a few days later.
1 day ago · Greenland is a member of the International Island Games Association and has taken part in Football at the Island Games. Since 13 October 2005, it is a provisional member of the N.F.-Board and since 25 March 2006 it is full-member. On 17 October 2009, the team was accepted as a provisional member of the IFU .
2 days ago · The UEFA European Football Championship, [1] less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations ( UEFA ). The competition is contested by UEFA members' senior men's national teams, determining the continental champion of Europe.
1 day ago · The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, [1] [a] abbreviated as CONCACAF ( / ˈkɒŋkəkæf / KONG-kə-kaf; typeset for branding purposes since 2018 as Concacaf ), [2] is one of FIFA 's six continental governing bodies for association football. Its 41 member associations represent countries and territories ...
