Inter (Italy) 100 Years shirt (1908-2008)

Football Club Internazionale Milano is an Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, which plays in Serie A. The club was founded March 9, 1908. It is more commonly known as Inter, and often named Inter Milan in English speaking countries.Inter has been one of the most succesful clubs in the history of Italian football, having won 14 Scudetti, 5 Coppa Italia, and 3 Italian Super Cups. Inter has also won 2 European Cups(Champions League), 3 UEFA Cups, and has been World Champions two times. In Italy, Inter also has the distinction of being the only team to never be relegated from Serie A with a league record of 75 seasons in top division. The club wears blue and black stripes, which gives the origin of their Nerazzurri nickname. Inter has one of the biggest fan bases in Italy, along with its two biggest rivals, AC Milan and Juventus

Galatasaray (Turkey) 2008 Home kit

Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (in English: Galatasaray Sports Club) or Galatasaray SK is a Turkish sports club based in Istanbul which is famous for its football section. Founded in 1905 by Ali Sami Yen and his fellows from the prestigious Galatasaray High School, Galatasaray currently has 16 Turkish league championships, and also won the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 2000. Galatasaray also topped the world club ranking to be named "Best Football Club in the World" in January of 2001.Galatasaray is one of only two teams to have won the UEFA Cup without being beaten in a single match and is also the first team to win the competition after finishing third place in the Champions League group stage. In winning the UEFA Cup during the 1999-2000 season, beating Arsenal of England on penalties, Galatasaray became the first Turkish football club ever to win a European trophy. Galatasaray also holds the world record of most games won in a row at home (24 games in a row: 13 May 2001 - 8 December 2002).

Fenerbahçe (Turkey) 2008 Home kit

Ziya Songülen and Necip Okaner officially founded Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu a century ago in 1907 on Beşbıyık Street in Moda. The club had to be kept under wraps because of the strict Ottoman rule under Sultan Abdul Hamid, where Turkish youth were not allowed to set up clubs or play football.[14] Songülen was elected the first president of the club, Ayetullah became the first General Secretary, and Okaner was given the post of the General Captain. The lighthouse situated on the Fenerbahçe cape was a big influence on the design of the club's first emblem, which sported the yellow and white colors of daffodils around the lighthouse. The kits were also designed with yellow and white stripes. The emblem and colors of the club were changed in 1910 when Topuz Hikmet redesigned the badge and changed the colors to yellow and navy, still seen today. Fenerbahçe's activities were kept in secrecy until a legislation reform in 1908, when, under a new law, all football clubs had to register to exist legally.

FC Celtic (Scotland) 2008 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.

Bradford (England) 2008 Home kit

Bradford City Association Football Club are an English football team based at Valley Parade, otherwise known as The Intersonic Stadium (previously Bradford & Bingley Stadium), due to stadium sponsorship in Bradford. Bradford & Bingley are the club's current official shirt sponsor. Bradford's only major trophy to date is the FA Cup, which they won in 1911. Their stadium, Valley Parade, was the scene of a fierce inferno on 11 May 1985 which claimed the lives of 56 spectators on the last day of their Third Division campaign, when they finished champions of that division. They ground-shared with Leeds United and Huddersfield Town over the next 6 months before finding a semi-permanent home at Odsal Stadium, home of Bradford Bulls (Then Bradford Northern) Rugby League side, and ultimately returning to a rebuilt Valley Parade. Further developments at the ground have seen it reach an all-seated capacity of 25,136.

Benfica (Portugal) 2008 Away kit

SL Benfica has the biggest fan base among Portuguese clubs, having also the largest number of supporters outside of Portugal for a Portuguese club, with a total of 14 million Benfica's supporters worldwide.[1] It is also the biggest club in the world in number of associates (registered paying supporters), with a current (November 2006) number of 160,398, a fact which was attested by the Guinness Book of Records on November 10, 2006.

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Silvio Gazzaniga (Italy) is the designer of the FIFA world cup trophy!!!!!

Real Madrid (Spain) 2008 Away kit

Real Madrid plays its home games at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Real Madrid is unique in that, unlike most football clubs, it has been owned and operated only by its members (socios) since 1902. On December 23, 2000, FIFA awarded Real Madrid the title of the "Best Club of the 20th Century". Real Madrid is the most successful club in European competition history with 11 European trophies, nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups; more than any other European club.

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Clarence Seedorf (Holland) it's the only football player to have won the UEFA Champions League with three different clubs: Ajax (1995), Real Madrid (1998), and AC Milan (2003, 2007)!!!!!

Asteras Tripolis (Greece) 2008 Away kit

Asteras Tripolis is a Greek football club from the town of Tripoli, Greece. Asteras was founded in 1930, in the area near the railway station and formally recognized from the courts with the 312/1931 act. After some time, for unknown reasons, Asteras was inactive and during 1932 all the football clubs of the town temporary dissolved.

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In 2006, the club of Ipswich Town, donated 500 orange and blue and white shirts to children in Iraq!!!!!

FC Kaiserslautern (Germany) 2008 Away kit

1. Fussball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK or simply FCK, is a German football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On June 2, 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900. In 1909, the club went on to join FC Palatia (founded in 1901) and FC Bavaria (founded in 1902) to form FV 1900 Kaiserslautern. In 1929 they merged with SV Phönix to become FV Phönix-Kaiserslautern before finally taking on their current name three years later!!!!

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In 2006-07, F.C. Celtic's home field,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!!!!!

OFI Crete (Greece) 2008 Home kit

OFI Crete, or more commonly OFI (Greek: ΟΦΗ - Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Ηρακλείου - Omilos Filathlon Irakleiou), the Fans' Club of Heraklion, is a Greek association football club based in the city of Heraklion, on the island of Crete.
The team currently competes in the Super League Greece.OFI is one of just 5 teams (and the only team outside Greece’s two major cities, Athens and Thessaloniki) that has played continuously in the Greek First Division since 1976, (in 1979 Greek football was professionalised). The most successful period of the modern era was between 1985-2000, when under the guidance of the Dutch manager Eugene 'Egen' Gerard, OFI won its first trophy (Cup winners in 1987), came close to winning the championship a couple of times, (runners-up in 1986) and qualified for UEFA competitions several times. OFI always symbolised the love of most Cretans for their island as a whole, not just a local city, and that is the reason for its official name OFI Crete, not just plain OFI.

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The oldest scorer in a world cup history, is Roger Milla. He’s scored at the game of his team Cameroon, against Russia in the 1994 world cup.He was at that time 42 years old!!!!!!

Rushden & Diamonds (England) 2008 Home kit

Rushden and Diamonds were formed on the 21 April 1992 by Max Griggs, the owner of the Dr Martens shoe company who bought two non-league clubs (Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds) and merged them to form a team which would compete in the Southern (Beazer Homes) League Division One and play its home games at Nene Park in Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire.
Rushden Town were formed in 1889 and were known as 'The Russians'. They had been compulsorily relegated from the Southern League Premier Division because their ground was not up to standard.

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Sevilla FC it's the only club which won 3 consecutive European titles, includes the super cup(2005-6 UEFA cup, 2006 UEFA Super cup,2006-07 UEFA cup)!!!!!

FC Celtic (Scotland) 2008 Away 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.

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AS Roma's eblem It portrays the female wolf with the two infant brothers Romulus and Remus, illustrating the myth of the creation of Rome!!!!!

Club America (Mexico) 2008 3rd kit

Club América, most commonly known as just América, is a professional Mexican football club playing in the Primera División. The team is one of the most popular and traditional football clubs in Mexico. América is the richest team in Mexico owned by Televisa (also owns Necaxa and San Luis) and the most successful team in CONCACAF tournaments, having won five Champion's Cups and one Giants Cup. América and Chivas share the distinction of being the most successful teams in league play - America with 10 professional championships, and Chivas with 11. The two also have a long-standing rivalry. Their meetings, which have become known as Clásicos are played at least twice a year and signal a national derby. America has won the last four Clásicos played in a row.

PSV Eindhoven (Holland) 2008 Away kit

Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional football section.
PSV is one of three European Cup winning football clubs in Netherlands, the other two being Ajax and Feyenoord. The club won the European Cup in 1988 (against Benfica) and the UEFA Cup in 1978 (against SC Bastia). They are often nicknamed Boeren (Dutch for 'farmers' or in this case peasants) in reference to their original provincial city origins.

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In 1967, Celtic became the first British team to win the European Champions Cup (Today's U.E.F.A. Champions League)!!!!!

Sampdoria (Italy) 2008 Away kit

In 1979 the club, then playing Serie B, was acquired by oil businessman Paolo Mantovani, who invested in the team in order to bring Sampdoria to the top flights. In 1982 Sampdoria made their Serie A return, and they won their first Coppa Italia three years later. In 1986 Vujadin Boskov was appointed as new head coach; the club won their second Coppa Italia in 1988, being admitted to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1988-89, where they reached the final, being defeated 2-0 by Barcelona. A second consecutive triumph in the Coppa Italia gave Sampdoria a spot in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1989-90, which they finally won defeating Anderlecht after extra time in the final. This was followed only one year later by their first (and, as of 2007, only) scudetto, being crowned as Serie A champions with a five points advantage to second-placed Inter Milan. The winning team featured several notable players, such as Gianluca Pagliuca, Gianluca Vialli, Roberto Mancini, Toninho Cerezo and Attilio Lombardo, with Vujadin Boskov as head coach. In the following season, Sampdoria reached the European Cup final, and was defeated again by Barcelona at the Wembley Stadium.

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The portrait of Ajax on the logo of AFC Ajax,is drawn with eleven lines, symbolising the eleven players of a football team!!!!!

Club Atlético Cerro (Uruguay) 2008 Away kit

Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro is an Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. They currently play in the Uruguayan 1st Division. It is considered that Cerro and Rampla are the most popular teams after Peñarol and Nacional.

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Thierry Henry is F.C. Arsenal's top goalscorer with 226 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007!!!!

Sampdoria (Italy) 2008 Home kit

Unione Calcio Sampdoria (commonly nicknamed Blucerchiati, blue-ringed) is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s; Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria.
Sampdoria currently compete in the Italian Serie A. The team's colours are blue with white, red and black stripes, hence the nickname blucerchiati. Sampdoria play at Stadio Luigi Ferraris, capacity 36,536, which it shares with Genoa's other club, Genoa Cricket and Football Club. The derby between the two teams is commonly known as the Derby della Lanterna.Sampdoria have obtained the scudetto once in their history; during 1991. The club has also won the Coppa Italia four times (1985, 1988, 1989, and 1994). Their biggest European success came when they won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1990. They also reached the UEFA Champions League final in 1992 only to lose against the Spanish FC Barcelona with an 1-0 score after extra time.

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Two of the most legentery presidents of F.C.Inter was a father and son.Angelo Moratti(1955–1968) was the creator of the "Grande Inter"(the great Inter) with the biggest success the two Champions League winnings,and his son Massimo Moratti(1995-present)is the recreator of the team with the winning of two consecutive championship(2005-06,2006-07) after 16 years!!!!!!

BV Borussia Dortmund (Germany) 2008 Away kit

BV Borussia Dortmund is a German football club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the most successful clubs in German football. In addition to six German football championships and two DFB Pokal victories, Dortmund won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966 (becoming the first German team to win a European title) and the UEFA Champions League in 1997.The club was founded on December 19, 1909 by a group of young men unhappy with church-sponsored Trinity Youth, where they played football under the stern and unsympathetic eye of the local parish priest. Father Dewald was blocked at the door when he tried to break up the organizing meeting being held in a room of the local pub, Zum Wildschütz. The name Borussia is Latin for Prussia and was taken from the nearby Borussia brewery. The team began play in blue and white striped shirts with a red sash, and black shorts. In 1913, they donned the black and yellow strip so familiar today.

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FC Bayern Munich is a membership based club and with more than 135,000 members, the third largest in the world after SL Benfica and FC Barcelona!!!!!!

Club de Fútbol Pachuca (Mexico) 2008 FIFA Club World Cup kit

Club de Fútbol Pachuca, also known as Pachuca, is a popular Mexican football club, which competes in the Mexican Primera División. It is the oldest team in Mexico. In the last ten years, the club has been one of the most successful clubs in Mexico, winning five national championships, two CONCACAF Champions Cups, the 2007 Superliga and one Copa Sudamericana in 2006. Pachuca was the the first Mexican team to win this tournament. Pachuca has only played 8 years in La Primera División since 1999.

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Real Madrid holds the record of most UEFA champions League winnings(9 times) and for most semifinal appearances (21 times)!!!!!!!

Athletic Club Bilbao (Spain) 2008 Home kit

Athletic Club is a Spanish football club from Bilbao in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain. The club has played in the Primera División of La Liga since its start in 1928. Of the founding members, only Athletic, Real Madrid, and FC Barcelona have never been relegated. Athletic are historically one of the most successful clubs in Spain. They have won La Liga on eight occasions and the Copa del Rey twenty-four times.They are known as the Rojiblancos or Zurigorri because of their red and white striped shirts and as Los leones because their stadium was built near a church called San Mamés (Saint Mammes). Mammes was an early Christian thrown to the lions by the Romans. The lions refused to eat Mames and he was later made a saint.The club is known for its cantera policy of bringing young Basque players through the ranks, as well as recruiting top Basque players from other clubs (like Loren or Roberto Ríos). Athletic only signs professional players native to one of the seven Basque provinces: Biscay, Guipuscoa, Álava and Navarre in Spain and Labourd, Soule and Lower Navarre in France. This has gained Athletic both admirers and critics. The club has been praised for promoting home grown players and club loyalty. Critics however see their policy as racist.

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F.C. Flamengo is the most popular team in Brazil, with over 40 milions estimated supporters!!!!

TSV 1860 München (Germany) 2008 Home kit

TSV 1860 München, commonly known as 1860 Munich is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. The club's football team currently plays in the Second Bundesliga, after relegation from the Bundesliga following the 2003-04 season. The club was one of the founding members of the Bundesliga in 1963 and has played a total of 20 seasons in the top flight.The roots of the TSV's founding as a physical fitness and gymnastics association go back to a meeting held July 15, 1848 in a local pub, Buttleschen Brauerei zum Bayerischen Löwen. The club was formally established on May 17, 1860 and after mergers with a number of other local associations in 1862 was known as Turnverein München. A football department was created on March 6, 1899 and played its first matches against other squads three years later.

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at 1985 Kenny Dalglish became the first player in liverpool's history as a player-manager!!!!!

Chivas vs Toluca

Toluca is one of the strongest teams in the Mexican League. Did you see Toluca in Campeon de Campeones against Pachuca? They played great football. They have order, offense, defense, and they are very intelligent. This is going to be a difficult game. However, I am hopeful of Chivas young team. They are going to sweat the jersey and leave everything on the field. There are many outstanding players in this list. Luis Michel the goalkeeper had a great performance in la Liguilla. Strong central defenders like Hector Reynoso, Antonio Patlan, and Roberto "Russo" Rivera. Excellent laterales like Esparza and Pineda. Patricio Araujo in front of the defenders. El "gaucho" Avila eluding midfielders to send passes to Edwin Borboa and Alberto Medina. I look forward to watching Avila, Borboa, and Medina creating many great plays and goals. About the other players in the list I would like to know more information about them. The game tomorrow will provide a great panorama for us Chivistas to watch these new prospects. The game is going to be very interesting. Like always, expect many Chivistas in Toluca shouting Chivas! Chivas! Chivas! The last time I saw Chivas in Toluca two seasons ago, the Chivas fans were the overwhelming majority in the stands. Arriba las Chivas!

F.C. Copenhagen (Denmark) 2008 3rd kit

F.C. Copenhagen (Danish: F.C. København, or FCK in short) is a Danish football team located in Copenhagen. It is a part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment company. They play in the Danish Superliga and are one of the most successful clubs in Danish football. They have won six Danish Superliga championships, three Danish Cup trophies, and the Scandinavian tournament Royal League twice. They qualified for the 2006-07 edition of the UEFA Champions League, for the first time in club history.F.C. Copenhagen was founded in 1992, as a merger between 15-time Danish football champions Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and seven-time Danish football champions Boldklubben 1903, both clubs from Copenhagen. The club plays its matches at the Parken Stadium, which also serves as the venue for Denmark national football team matches. Since its founding, F.C. Copenhagen have had a fierce rivalry with fellow Copenhagen club Brøndby IF, and the so-called "New Firm" games between the two sides attract the biggest crowds in Danish football.

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One of the biggest surprise in world's football history was the win of Euro 2004 by the Greek national team!!!!!Before the tournament the bookmakers were giving odds of 150-1 for the Greeks to win the trophy!!!!!!

FC Red Bull Salzburg (Austria) 2008 Away kit

FC Red Bull Salzburg was founded on September 13, 1933, as SV Austria Salzburg. In 1978, the name was changed to SV Casino Salzburg and in 1997 to SV Wüstenrot Salzburg. Red Bull bought the club on April 6, 2005 and rebranded it (see below). Famous players who played for the club include Oliver Bierhoff, Thomas Häßler, Toni Polster and Niko Kovač.After the takeover, Red Bull changed the club's name, management and staff, declaring "this is a new club with no history". Red Bull initially claimed on the club website that the club was founded in 2005, but was ordered to remove this claim by the Austrian FA. Although the official colours in the statutes are still violet and white, no trace of violet can be found in the club's new logo and the team plays in the new colours red and white. This complete re-branding of the team is very similar to Red Bull's treatment of its two Formula One racing teams, Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso. However, Red Bull would not completely follow this precedent when it acquired the MetroStars club in Major League Soccer in the USA; while it rebranded the team Red Bull New York, it chose to recognise the MetroStars' history.

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BV Borussia Dortmund is the first German club which won a European title!!!!!!( UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1966)

soccer vs football

Sure soccer is boring to watch on tv. The best is being at the game. Or even better playing. Soccer is underestimated. Its a more full contact sport than American Football. You're only padding are shin gaurds. Football you're covered in pads. good soccer players hit hard on header fights and defense has to play tough meaning throwing secret elbows. Soccer is way better than football, and hockey. Baseball is another story that is fun too. only to play though.

The same thing applies to every game. It's more fun to play the game then what it is to watch. I can not sit down and watch a game of soccer, but I don't mind going out and having a kick around. As for American Football.

Widzew Łódź (Poland) 2008 Home kit

Widzew Łódź is a Polish football club based in Łódź, Poland.
The club was founded in 1910 and currently plays in the Ekstraklasa. They have won the Polish league four times (1981, 1982, 1996 and 1997). Their official colours are red-white-red.

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The original colors of Juventus F.C. it's not the white and black but pink and black!!!!!!!!

U.S. Città di Palermo (Italy) 2008 Away kit

U.S. Città di Palermo, the top football club in Sicily and among the major ones in the Italian Serie A, has a long history, which spans from its foundation in 1898 to the most recent successes.
The club was refounded a number of times, more recently in 1986, and played in all the Italian professional leagues from Serie A to Serie C2 in different times. Its recent renaissance in the early 2000s brought the rosanero back to Serie A and later on to gain a spot in the UEFA Cup for the first time in the club history, thus giving the club a worldwide popularity. The club is currently involved in the Italian top division, winning UEFA Cup qualification for three consecutive seasons from 2004 to 2007.

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At Euro 2004 was the first time in European cup history ,that the final was a repeat of the opening game!!!!!!

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Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero,is a big fan of F.C.Barcelona!!!!!!!