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They have won various titles such as the Gauliga Bayerns champions in 1941; the Gauliga Bayerns Southern Division Champions in 1943; the 2nd Oberliga Sud (II) champions, twice in the years 1955 and 1957; the Oberliga Sud (I) Champions in 1963; the German Cup, twice in the years 1942 and 1964; they have been the Cup Winners Cup Finalists in the year 1965; German Champions (Bundesliga) in 1966; they have been runners-up in German Championship, twice in the years 1931 and 1967; they have also been the runners-up in the 2nd Bundesliga Sud (II) in the year 1977 and also Champions in the year 1979; the club has also been the champions of the Oberliga Bayern (III), thrice in the years 1984, 1991 and 1993; and they have also qualified to the third round in the 2001 UEFA Cup.

Some of the most notable former players are Manfred Bender, Rudi Brunnenmeier, Holger Fach, Horst Heldt, Jens Jeremies, Martin Max, Rudi Voller, Besnik Hasi, Martin Stranzl, Hristo Yovov, Roman Tyce, Martin Cizek, Tomas Votava, Ned Zelik, Abedi Pele, Awudu Isaaka, and Daniel Borimirov.

The current squad includes some of the notable players like Florian Jungwirth, Markus Thorandt, Christoph Burkhard, Banjamin Schwarz, and Markus Krauss, and also the other players like Michael Hofmann, Torben Hoffmann, Sven Bender, Antonio Di Salvo, Benjamin Lauth, Jose Holebas, Mate Ghvinianidze, Lars Bender, Nicolas Ledgerwood, Gregg Berhalter, Matthaieu Beda, Fabian Johnson, and the captain Danny Schwarz and others.


 
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TSV 1860 Munchen is a German sports club that is based in Munich, Bavaria, and it is commonly known as 1860 Munich. This club’s football team plays in the Second Bundesliga, and it is one of the founding members of the Bundesliga which was founded in the year 1963. The club has played over 20 seasons and remained among the top teams.

The roots of the founding of the TSV as a physical fitness and a gymnastics association go back to the year 1848, where a meeting was held on 15th July of that year, in a local pub. But the club was banned in 1849 by the Bavarian Monarchy. However, it was again formally re-established on 17th May 1860 and after a number of mergers with various other local teams it was known as Tumverein Munchen in 1862. On 6th March 1899 a football department was created and the club played its first matches three years later against other squads.

The football stadium Allianz Arena is situated in the north of Munich, Germany. This stadium is shared by the two professional teams of Munich, the FC Bayern Munchen and the TSV 1860 Munchen. It was formerly known as the FIFA World Cup Stadium Munich, but in 2006 the financial services provider Allianz, bought the rights to name the stadium. The capacity of the stadium was increased from 66,000 to 69,901 spectators, including the standing area


 
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_The Home Stadium of the Seychelles football team is the Stade Linite situated in the city of Victoria. It was inaugurated in the year 1992. In February 2007, the Stadium was given a 3rd generation artificial pitch on a One Star Field test, under a FIFA initiated program for development called ‘win Africa, with Africa’. The stadium is owned and operated by the Athletics association of Mahe.

The Seychelles football team plays all its home and international matches on thing stadium, and also the country’s league matches are held here. In October 2003, the World Cup qualifier match between Seychelles and Zambia was held here, which Seychelles lost 0 – 4.

The present capacity of the Stadium is 10000 people, though this capacity has not exceeded its limit many times in the past. It is a 105 x 68m grass surface, and was recently made into the artificial grass between 6th June 2007 and 5th June 2008. It was manufactured by Green Fields BV. There is also an athletics track running around the football pitch.

The Stadium is situated at PO Box 843, Victoria, Mahe Island, Seychelles. It is on the north-eastern part of the island, and can be accessed very easily. The nearest airport to the stadium is the Seychelles International Airport. For further details and enquiries contact the Stadium association at +248 324632, or send a fax at +248 225468 or email them at [email protected]. Tickets to matches are available at the stadium itself.


 
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The club has also been winner of the Serie C1/A championships two time4s, in the 1996/97 season, and the 2002/03 season. In the Serie B division, the clubs best performance so far has been 6th place in the 1950/51 season.

They had their best performances during the 1990’s, when they secured a 3 time consecutive promotion to Serie B from 1994 to the year 1997. Their first Serie A promotion was in August 2005, when two other teams were relegated making way for Treviso as replacement.

ABOUT THE TEAM:
The Treviso football club 1993 has been one of the oldest Italian football clubs, but they haven’t managed to make a very good record for themselves.

The most notable players who have been part of this club are: Walter Baseggio, Barreto, Domenico Di Carlo, Luca Toni, Tommaso Rocchi, Marco Fortin, Massimo Gobbi, Mohamed Sarr, Christian Maggio, Marco Borriello, Pasquale Foggia, Fabio Gallo.
The current squad of the Treviso football club is as follows: Goalkeepers - Jeferson Leonardo Trazzi, Rocco Pellegrino, Alex Cordaz, Matteo Guardalben; Defenders - Luca Mezzano, Alessandro Dal Canto, Giuseppe Scurto, Vlado Šmit, Giovanni Martina, Leonardo Bonucci, William Pianu, Marco Martin, Vanderson Scarduelli, Marco Zaninelli, Dario Baccin; Midfielders - Massimiliano Scaglia, Simone Palermo, Roberto D'Aversa, Gianni Guigou, Alessandro Moro,Divine Fonjock, Daniele Quadrini, Daniele Pedrelli, Davide Carcuro, Riccardo Gissi, Simone Missiroli; and Strikers - Luigi Beghetto, Riccardo Musetti, Wilker, Salvatore Foti, Federico Piovaccari.


 
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_COUNTRY:
The Treviso FBC is one of Italy’s oldest football clubs, and was established in the year 1909. It was re-inaugurated again in the year 1993, after which it came to be known as the Treviso FBC 1993. The club plays currently in Serie B division of the Italian League, and is ranked 18th in the ratings.

HOME STADIUM:
The Treviso football club uses the Stadio Omobono Tenni situated in the city of Treviso. It was established in the year 1933, is owned by Municipality of Treviso and has a current capacity of 10000 people.

ASSOCIATION:
The Treviso FBC is governed and organised by the Italian Football Federation or the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio. It was established in the year 1898, received FIFA affiliation in 1905 and UEFA affiliation in 1954. The President of the association is Giancarlo Abete.

MANAGER:
The present Head Coach and Manager of the Treviso football club is former Italian footballer Luca Gotti. He has been coaching the side since the year 2007, and has brought about many impressive changes in the side. But the results of these changes are yet to be seen. The present Chairman of the club is Ettore Setten.

TROPHIES & TITLES:
The Treviso football club currently plays in Serie B of the Italian League, and is ranked at 18th position in their ratings. The club has had much participation in the Super Coppa di Serie C1, with their nest performance being champions in the 2002/03 football season.


 
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_The biggest win for Swiss football team was in a match against Lithuania which was played in Paris, France on 25th May 1924. The match resulted in a (9 – 0) victory for the team.

The biggest defeat for the Swiss FC was in a match against Hungary which was played in Budapest, Hungary on 29th October 1911. The match resulted in a (0 – 9) loss for Switzerland football team.

The top Scorer of the team is Alexander Frei who is also the captain of the Swiss team and has scored a total of 36 goals for the team.
Notable Past Player’s of the Switzerland football team are as follows:
André "Trello" Abegglen , Max "Xam" Abegglen, René, Tranquillo Barnetta, Valon, Bruno, Diego, Alfred, Fabrice, Georges, Thomas Brunner, Stéphane Chapuisat, Ricardo, Pascal Zuberbühler, Mario "Lupo" Cantaluppi, Eren Derdiyok, Johan Djourou, Robert Ballaman, Blerim Džemaili , André "Andy" Egli , Alexander , Sebastien , Jacques , Alain , Daniel ,  Stéphane ,  Marco , Bernt , Heinz , Stéphane , Dominique ,  Marc, Benjamin, Sepp, Willy, Adrian, Jakob "Kobi", Leopold, Mauro, Stephan, Ludovic, Joël, Patrick, Xavier, Blaise, Marco, Ponte, Yvan , René-Pierre Quentin ,  Alexandre, Fabio Coltorti, Martin, Milaim, Marcus ,  Philippe Sylvain Senderos, Christoph, Ciriaco, Willi, Jörg, Jürg , Marco , Nestor , Alain , David Degen, Philipp Degen,  Patrick, Heinz, Kubilay, Johan , Ramon ,  Johan, Raphaël, Christopher, Thomas, Rolf, Thomas, Hakan, Murat , Fabio Celestini, Marc ,  Marco Zwyssig.


 
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_The  Switzerland Football team (Association Suisse de Football) was founded in the year 1895. This team is managed by Union of European Football Associations (UEFA).  On 15th June 1954, Union of European Football Association was founded in the meeting between Belgian FAs, Italian and French.
 
In 1934, Switzerland Football team participated for the second time in the World Cup; unfortunately they were knocked out in the Quarter-finals itself. In the year 1954, 1938 and 1934 the Swiss team had reached quarter-finals, but they were not able to win the World Cup. The Swiss Football team is qualified for the 2010 FIFA Cup. In the 2006 World Cup, this team was defeated in the round 2 matches. 

In the total of 18 World Cup record Matches, the Switzerland Football Team has been able to make only in five of the round 2 matches and three of the quarter final matches. Collectively with Austria, the Swiss team has also co-hosted Euro Cup which was conducted in 2008. The club made its third appearance in this Euro Cup. This team was not able to clear the previous 2 matches, which they had played in the Euro Cup. In 1924 Swiss soccer team won the Silver medal in the Olympics which was held in Paris. In 1993 this football club was able to attain third position in the highest FIFA ranking list. Currently the club is positioned at the 24th place in the FIFA.



 
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_The Sporting Gijon club is currently ranked 3rd in the Segunda Division of La Liga according to the Spanish League ratings.

Some of the top goal-scorers of the team are: Kike Mateo - 12 goals, Barral - 11 goals, Bilic - 10 goals and the top goalkeepers: Roberto - 39 goals in 40 Matches, Sergio Sánchez - 1 goal in 1 Match.
There have been many top players for the Sporting Gijon Club, such as: Argentina’s - Germán Rivarola, Patricio Graff, Cristian Díaz, Leo Biagini, Pablo Calandria, Enzo Ferrero, Óscar Ferrero, Víctor Doria, Jorge Rinaldi, Hugo Pérez, Roberto Trotta, Ricardo Rezza, Jorge Ferrer and Darío Scotto; Serbians - Igor Lediakhov, Yuri Nikiforov, Dmitry Cheryshev, Aleksei Kosolapov, Dušan Savić, Vladimir Vermezović, Dragoje Leković, and Igor Tasevski; and Spaniards -Felipe Miñambres, Marcelino, Ricardo Bango, Marcos Vales, Thomas Christiansen, Julio Salinas, David Villa, Pablo Álvarez, Vicente Iborra, Manuel Badenes, Juan Muñiz, and Andrés Lerín.

The current squad of the Sporting Gijon football club is as follows: Goalkeepers - Sergio Sánchez I, Iván Cuéllar and Sergio Sánchez II; Defenders – Neru, Jorge, Sergio Sánchez II, Roberto Canella, Gerard, Rafael Sastre, Omar Hernández, José Ángel; Midfielders – Andreu, Carmelo, Pedro, Míchel, Pablo de Lucas, Iván Hernández, Diego Castro, Diego Camacho, Raúl Cámara, Kike Mateo, Sergio Matabuena, Sergio Prendes, Alberto Lora; and Strikers - Mate Bilić, Omar, Francisco Maldonado, David Barral and Luis Morán.


 
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_COUNTRY:
The Real Sporting de Gijon is one of Spain’s top football clubs, applying in the Primera Division of the La Liga. It was officially opened on 1st June 1905, and is based mainly in the city of Gijon. They are often referred to as the Rojiblancos or the Red and Whites.

HOME STADIUM:
The Sporting Gijon football club uses the El Molinon Stadium situated in the city of Gijon-Asturias as their Home Ground. It was opened in the year 1908, is owned by Ayuntamiento de Gijon and has a capacity of 26000 people.

ASSOCIATION:
The Sporting Gijon club is governed and organised by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. It was established in the year 1909, received FIFA affiliation in 1913 and UEFA affiliation in 1954. The President of the association is Angel Maria Villar.

MANAGER:
The present Head Coach & Manager of the Sporting Gijon football club is former Spanish football player Manuel Preciado Rebolledo. He has coached many clubs prior to this, and took over the mantle at Sporting in 2008.

TROPHIES & TITLES:
The Sporting Gijon football club has participated in 36 seasons of the Primera Division of La Liga till date. They were runners-up at the Primera division in the year 1979.

The Club were also Copa del Rey runners-up two times, in 1981 and 1982.

They appeared in 41 seasons of the Segunda Division of the La Liga. They were Champions of the Cup 4 times, in 1943/44, 1956/57, 1969/70 and 1976/77.


 
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_Singapore has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup till date, either not entering, or falling short on performance. In the Asian Cup, Singapore has participated only once, in 1984, with a performance of reaching only round 1.

The country has had better luck in the ASEAN Football Championships, winning it 3 times in 1998, 2004 and 2007, out of a total of 6 appearances.  In the Asian Games, they played only once in 1966, and reached the 4th position.

They have appeared 12 times at the SEA Games, with a best result of winning the Silver Medal twice, in 1983 and 1985. They have also won the bronze medal 5 times, in 1975, 1991, 1993, 1995, and 2007.

About the Team:
The Singapore team has been among the top in the Asian scene, though they have never been considered so among the World teams.

Some of the famous players for the side are: Dollah Kassim, Eric Paine, Robert Sim, S Rajagopal, Fandi Ahmad, Steven Tan, and Indra Sahdan Daud.

The current squad of the Singapore team is as follows: Goalkeepers - Lionel Lewis, and Hassan Sunny; Defenders - Daniel Bennett, Baihakki Khaizan, Ismail Yunos, Noh Rahman, Shariff Abdul Samat, and Afiq Yunos; Midfielders - Shahril Ishak, Shi Jiayi, John Wilkinson, Ridhuan Muhammad, Mustafic Fahrudin, Isa Halim, and Tengku Mushadad; and Strikers - Indra Sahdan Daud, Khairul Amri, Fazrul Nawaz, Aleksandar Duric, Qiu Li, Agu Casmir, and Mohd Noh Alam Shah.