Thursday, December 22, 2011

Mineirão

Full name- Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto.
Location- Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil .
Surface- Grass.
Capacity- 62,160.
Field- 115 x 75 m.
Owner- State of Minas Gerais.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Castelão

Full Name- Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo.
Location- Fortaleza,Ceara,Brazil.
Surface- Grass.
Capacity- 67.000
Field - 110 x 75 m
Architects:  José Liberal de Castro
                 Gehard Ernst Borman
                 Reginaldo Mendes Rangel
                 Marcílio Dias de Luna
                 Ivan da Silva Britto

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Portugal


Foundation Year- 1914

Fifa Member-1923

Confederation- FIFA

Nicknames- The Navigators

Head Coach- Paulo Bento

Captain- Cristiano Ronaldo

Greece


Foundation Year-1926

Fifa Member-1927

Confederation- UEFA

Nicknames- The Pirate Ship

Head Coach- Fernando Santos

Captain- Giorgos Karagounis

France


Foundation Year- 1904

Fifa Member- 1916

Confederation- UEFA

Nicknames- The Blues

Head Coach- Didier Deschamps

Captain- Hugo Lloris

Croatia


Foundation Year- 1912

Fifa Member- 1992

Confederation- FIFA

Nicknames-  The Blazers

Head Coach- Niko Kovač

Captain- Darijo Srna

Uruguay


Foundation Year- 1900

Fifa Member- 1923

Confederation-CANMEBOL

Nicknames- The Sky Blue One

Head Coach- Óscar Tabárez

Captain- Diego Lugano

Mexico


Foundation Year- 1927

Fifa Member- 1929

Confederation-CONCACAF

Nicknames- El tricolor

Head Coach-

Captain- Rafael Márquez

Nigeria


Foundation Year-1940

Fifa Member-1965

Confederation- CAF

Nicknames- Super Eagles

Head Coach- Stephen Keshi

Captain- Vincent Enyeama

Ivory Coast


Foundation Year-1960

Fifa Member- 1964

Confederation- CAF

Nicknames- The Elephants

Head Coach- Sabri Lamouchi

Captain- Didier Drogba


Ghana


Foundation Year-1957

Fifa Member- 1958

Confederation- CAF

Nicknames- The Black Stars

Head Coach- Akwasi Appiah

Captain- Asamoah Gyan

Cameroon


Foundation Year-1959

Fifa Member- 1962

Confederation-  CAF

Nicknames- The leons

Head Coach- Volker Finke

Captain- Samuel Eto'o

Algeria

Foundation Year-1962

Fifa Member- 1964

Confederation- CAF

Nicknames-Foxex

Head Coach- Madjid Bougherra

Captain- Vahid Halilhodžić


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Switzerland



Foundation Year-1895

Fifa Member-1904

Confederation- UEFA

Nicknames- Schweizer Nati, La Nati, Rossocrociati

Head Coach- Ottmar Hitzfeld

Captain- Gökhan Inler

WC Best- Quarter-finals, 1934, 1938, 1954

Belgium


Foundation Year- 1895

Fifa Member- 1904

Confederation- UEFA

Nicknames-  Rode Duivels , Diables Rouges , Rote Teufel

Head Coach-  Marc Wilmots

Captain- Vincent Kompany

WC Best- Fourth place, 1986

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Estadio Beira-Rio


Year Constructed- 1969

Full Name- Estádio José Pinheiro Borda

Architect-  Rui Tedesco, Hype Studio

Owner-  Sport Club Internacional

Location- Praia de Belas, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Surface- Grass

Size-  105 x 68 m

Capacity- 48.849

Tenants-  Sport Club Internacional


Estadio das Dunas


Year Constructed- 2013

Full name- Complexo Arena das Dunas

Architect- Populos

Owner-  Public-private partnership
 
Location- Centro Administrativo Rio Grande do Norte, Lagoa Nova, Natal, Brazil

Surface- Grass

Size-  105 x 68 m

Capacity- 42 086

Tenants- América FC , ABC FC

Arena da Baixada


Year Constructed - 1914

Full Name- Estádio Joaquim Américo Guimarães

Owner-  Clube Atlético Paranaense

Location- Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Surface- Grass

Size-  (105 x 68 m)

Capacity- 41,456

Tenants-  Clube Atlético Paranaense

Website- http://www.arenacap.com.br/

Arena Corinthians


Year Constucted- 2013

Full Name- Arena Corinthians

Architect-  Aníbal Coutinho

Owner-  Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

 Location- Sao Paulo , Brazil

Surface- Grass

Size- 105 x 68 m

Capacity-65807 ( 20000 temporary)

Tenants-  Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

Website -  http://corinthians.com.br/arena/

Arena Pantanal


Year Constucted- 2014

Full Name - Arena Multiuso Governador José Fragelli

Owner-  Governo do Mato Grosso

Location- Cuiaba, Brazil

Size-  05 x 68 m

Surface- Grass

Capacity- 42968

Tenant-  Cuiabá EC, Mixto EC

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Arena da Amazonia


Year Constucted- 2013

Full Name- Arena da Amazonia

Architect-  GMP Arquitetos

Owner- Governo do Estado do Amazonas

Location- Manus, Amazonas

Surface- Grass

Size-  105 x 68 m

Capacity- 42,374

Tenants-  Nacional FC, A Rio Negro Clube,   Fast Club , São Raimundo , Sul America

Website-  http://arenadaamazonia.com.br/


Monday, September 26, 2011

Netherlands


Foundation Year- 1889

FIFA Member- 1904

Confederation- UEFA

Nicknames- Oranje, Holland, Clockwork Orange , La Maquina Naranja , The Flying Dutchmen

Head Coach- Louis van Gaal

Captain- Robin van Persie

WC Best- Runners Up, 1974, 1978, 2010

United States


Foundation Year- 1913

Fifa Member- 1914

Confederation- CONCACAF

Nicknames- The Yanks, The USA

Head Coach- Jürgen Klinsmann

Captain-  Landon Donovan

WC Best-  Third Place , 1930

Costa Rica


Foundation Year- 1921

FIFA Member -1927

Confederation-  CONCACAF

Nicknames- Los Ticos, La Sele

Head Coach- Jorge Luis Pinto

Captain- Bryan Ruiz

WC Best- Round of 16 , 1990

Argentina


Foundation Year- 1893

FIFA Member-1912

Confederation- CANMEBOL

Nicknames- La Albiceleste

Head Coach - Alejandro Sabella

Captain - Lionel Messi

WC Best - Winners 1978, 1986

Friday, June 24, 2011

South Korea



Foundation Year-  1933

FIFA Member - 1948

Confederation - AFC

Nicknames - Taegeuk Warriors, The Red Devils, The Reds

Head Coach- Hong Myung-Bo

Captain- Kwak Tae-Hwi

WC Best- 4th place( 2002)

Iran


Foundation Year- 1920

FIFA Member- 1948

Confedearation - AFC

Nicknames- Team Melli

Head Coach- Carlos Queiroz

Captain-  Javad Nekounam

WC Best - Group Stage( 1978, 1998, 2006)

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Australia


Foundation Year- 1961

FIFA Member- 1963

Confederation- AFC

Nickname- Socceroos

Head Coach- Holger Osieck

Captain- Lucas Neill

WC Best- Round of 16, 2006.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Uruguay 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Tabarez named his 23-man squad for Confedearation Cup

GK- Fernando Muslera, Juan Castillo , Martin Silva

DF- Diego Lugano, Maxi Pereira, Diego Godin, Martin Caceres, Andres Scotti, Sebastian Coates ,Matias Aguirregaray

MF- Diego Perez, Cristian Rodriguez, Sebastian Eguren, Walter Gargano, Alvaro Pereira, Egdio Rios, Alvaro Gonzalez, Gaston Ramirez ,Nicolas Lodeiro

FW- Edinson Cavani, Luis Suarez, Abel Hernandez , Diego Forlan

Monday, June 13, 2011

Mexico 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Jose Manuel de la Torre named his 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

GK- Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio), Jesús Corona (Cruz Azul), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca)

DF- Severo Meza (Monterrey), Francisco Javier "Maza" Rodríguez (América), Héctor Moreno (Espanyol), Diego Reyes (América), Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres UANL), Carlos Salcido (Tigres UANL), Hiram Mier (Monterrey)

MF Jesús Zavala (Monterrey), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Jesús Molina (América), Héctor Herrera (Pachuca), Javier Aquino (Villarreal), Andrés Guardado (Valencia), Ángel Reyna (Pachuca), Pablo Barrera (Cruz Azul)

FW Giovani Dos Santos (Real Mallorca), Raul Jimenez (America), Aldo de Nigris (Monterrey), Oribe Peralta (Santos Laguna), Javier Hernandez (Manchester United).

Japan 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Zaccheroni named his 23-man squad for Confedearation Cup

GK- Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo).

DF- Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuzo Kurihara (Yokohama F Marinos), Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart).

MF- Yasuhito Endo (Gamba), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg), Hajime Hosogai (Hertha Berlin), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow), Hideto Takahashi (FC Tokyo).

FW-Ryoichi Maeda (Jubilo), Shinji Okazaki (Stuttgart), Mike Havenaar (Vitesse Arnhem), Takashi Inui (Eintracht Frankfurt), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nuremburg).

Nigeria 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Stephen Kesh named his 23-man squad

GK- Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers), Austin Ejide (Hapoel Beer Sheva), Vincent Enyeama (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

DF- Efe Ambrose (Celtic), Francis Benjamin (Heartland FC), Elderson Echiejile (Sporting Braga), Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves), Solomon Kwambe, Godfrey Oboabona (both Sunshine Stars), Kenneth Omeruo (ADO Den Haag)

MF- Emeka Eze (Enugu Rangers), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea), Fegor Ogude (Valerenga), John Ogu (Academica Coimbra), Ogenyi Onazi (Lazio), Sunday Mba (Enugu Rangers)

FW  Joseph Akpala (Werder Bremen), Michael Babatunde (FC Kryvbas), Muhammad Gambo (Kano Pillars), Brown Ideye (Dynamo Kiev), Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow), Nnamdi Oduamadi (Varese), Anthony Ujah (FC Cologne)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Spain 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Del-Bosque named his 23-man squad

GK- Iker Casillas, Victor Valdes , Pepe Reina

DF- Alvaro Arbeloa, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Raul Albiol, Jordi Alba ,Nacho Monreal.

MF- Cesc Fabregas, Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, Santi Cazorla ,Javi Martinez

FW- Juan Mata, Fernando Torres, Roberto Soldado, Pedro Rodriguez, Jesus Navas, David Villa ,David Silva.

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova

http://www.copa2014.gov.br/
Full name - Complexo Esportivo Cultural Professor Octávio Mangabeira

Location - Nazaré, Salvador, Brazil

Surface - Grass

Capacity - 55000

Field - 105 x 68m

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Italy 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Cesare Prandelli named his 23-man squad

GK Buffon (Juventus), Marchetti (Lazio), Sirigu (Paris St. Germain)

DF- Abate (Milan), Astori (Cagliari), Barzagli (Juventus), Bonucci (Juventus), Chiellini (Juventus), De Sciglio (Milan), Maggio (Napoli)

MF- Aquilani (Fiorentina), Candreva (Lazio), Cerci (Torino), De Rossi (Roma), Diamanti (Bologna), Giaccherini (Juventus), Marchisio (Juventus), Montolivo (Milan), Pirlo (Juventus)

FW Balotelli (Milan), El Shaarawy (Milan), Gilardino (Bologna), Giovinco (Juventus).

Saturday, June 4, 2011

WC Teams - Japan

FIFA Member- 1929

Confederation-  AFC

Nicknames- Samurai Blue , Zac Japan

Head Coach- Alberto Zaccheroni

Captain-  Makoto Hasebe

WC Best- Round of 16 : 2012, 2010

Monday, May 30, 2011

Brazil 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Luiz Felipe Scolari named his 23-man squad

GK- Júlio César (Queens Park Rangers), Diego Cavalieri (Fluminense), Jefferson (Botafogo)

DF-  Daniel Alves (Barcelona), Jean (Fluminense), Filipe Luís (Atlético de Madrid), Marcelo (Real Madrid), David Luiz (Chelsea), Réver (Atlético Mineiro), Dante (Bayern Munich), Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain)

MF- Paulinho (Corinthians), Fernando (Grêmio), Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Hernanes (Lazio), Oscar (Chelsea), Lucas Moura (Paris Saint-Germain), Jadson (São Paulo)

FW- Neymar (Santos), Fred (Fluminense), Hulk (Zenit), Leandro Damião (Internacional), Bernard (Atlético Mineiro).

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Tahiti 23-man squad for Confederation Cup

Eddy Etaeta named his 23-man squad

GK- Xavier Samin(As Dragon) , Mickaël Roche(As Dragon) ,Gilberd Merier(As Tefana)

DF- Vincent Simon(As Dragon), Teheivarii Ludivion(As Tefana), Nicolas Vallar(As Dragon) , Stephane Faatiarau (AS Tefana), Tamatoa Wagemann (As Dragon), Yannick Vero(As Dragon), Rainui Aroita(As Tamarii), Edson Lemaire(As Dragon)

MF- Jonathan Tehau(As Tamarii) , Lorenzo Tehau( As Tefana), Alvin Tehau (As Tefana) , Stanley Atani (As Tefana) , Heimano Bourebare (As Tefana) , Henri Caroine(As Dragon) , Ricky Aitamai(As Venus),
Yohann Tihoni(As Roniu)


FW- Steevy Chong Hue(As Dragon), Teaonui Tehau(As Dragon), Samuel Hnanyine(As Dragon), Marama Vahirua( Panthrakikos)

Nacional Mané Garrincha


Vizualizare hartă mărită Full name - Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha

Location -  Garrincha, Brasilia , Brazil

Surface - Grass

Capacity - 70064

Field - 105 x 68 m



Monday, May 23, 2011

Itaipava Arena Pernambuco

Full name - Itaipava Arena Pernambuco

Location -  Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

Surface - Grass

Capacity - 46154

Field - 105 x 68 m


Saturday, May 21, 2011

WC Teams - BRAZIL

Fifa Member- 1923

Confederation - CONMEBOL

Nicknames - Canarinha( Little Canary) ,A Seleção( The Selection) ,Verde-Amarela(Green and Yelow)

Head Coach - Luiz Felipe Scolari

Captain - Thiago Silva

WC Best - Winner : 1958, 1962, 1970,  1994, 2002.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Estádio do Maracanã


Vizualizare hartă mărită

Full name - Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho
Location- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Surface- Grass
Capacity- 78, 838
Field- 110 m × 75 m