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1. УЕФА – The Union of European Football Associations is the administrative body for association football in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of six continental confederations of world footballs governing body FIFA, UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern, in 1995, UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon, Switzerland. Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president, UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. The European football union began with 25 members, that number doubled by the early 1990s, UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe, although there are some exceptions. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of a recognized sovereign state in the context of international law. Some UEFA members are transcontinental states, countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel and Kazakhstan. Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their associations main territory to take part in their domestic competition, saarland Football Union 1954–1956 German football association of the German Democratic Republic 1954–1990 Football Federation of the Soviet Union 1954–1991, in 1992 became Russian Football Union. The newly independent 14 Soviet Republics created their own football associations, Football Association of Yugoslavia 1954–1992, became Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia became independent, Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006, became Football Association of Serbia. Montenegro, which became independent, created its own football association, the main competition for mens national teams is the UEFA European Football Championship, started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. It is also called UEFA or the EURO, UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For womens national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Womens Championship for senior sides as well as Womens Under-19. UEFA also organized the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football, UEFA launched the UEFA Regions Cup, for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Futsal Under-21 Championship, the Italian, German, Spanish and French mens national teams are the sole teams to have won the European football championship in all categories. A second, lower-ranked competition is the UEFA Europa League and this competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup, which had started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup in 1999, in womens football UEFA also conducts the UEFA Womens Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and known as the UEFA Womens Cup until 2009, the UEFA Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League, and came into being in 1973
2. Футбольная федерация Македонии – The Football Federation of Macedonia is the governing body of football in the Republic of Macedonia based in Skopje. It was founded in 1926 and is headed by Ilčo Gjorgioski. Macedonian Soccer Association was formed on 18 December 1926 on the general assembly that was held in the Unknown Fallen Hero restaurant in the city of Skopje. FFM was officially formed again after the World War II on 14 August 1949 in Skopje, from 1949 to 2002, it was called the Football Association of Macedonia. The first ever president was Ljubisav Ivanov - Dzingo, andon Dončevski was appointed by FFM as the first ever coach of the Macedonia national team. The Macedonian flag on top behind a yellow background, below, a blue crest with the yellow FFM Cyrillic letters above a football. On 22 March 2014, the FFM launched a new crest. com Macedonia at FIFA. com
3. Пандев, Горан – Goran Pandev is a Macedonian footballer who plays for Genoa as a forward. He is the captain of the Macedonian national team, and is the countrys top scorer with 29 goals. After establishing himself at Lazio, Pandev moved to Inter Milan in early 2010, while playing for the Nerazzurri, Pandev collected a host of honours including winning the 2009–10 Serie A, the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, and the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup. Pandev was born in Strumica, SR Macedonia, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, and began his football career with FK Belasica. He only spent one season in the local Prva Liga, however, Inter loaned Pandev to Spezia, where he was a regular in Serie C1. The following year, he was sent on loan, this time to newly promoted Serie A club Ancona. During his time at Ancona, the team had the worst season of any club in Serie A history, in July 2005,50 percent of his player registration rights were transferred to Udinese in exchange for David Pizarros transfer to the Milanese club. The following season, Delio Rossi was appointed manager of Lazio, in June 2006, Lazio bought the remaining 50 percent of his registration rights from Udinese for €4 million. On 11 January 2009, Pandev scored his first hat-trick in Serie A against Reggina, in the summer of 2009, a dispute between Pandev and Lazio President Claudio Lotito erupted, resulting in a legal battle between Pandev and his club. The ruling was announced on 23 December 2009, the dispute started with Pandev indicating his desire to leave Lazio during the summer of 2009. President Lotito, apparently unhappy with Pandevs decision, froze him out of the squad, as a result, Pandev spent the remaining four months training on his own, without making a single appearance for his club. During this period, various clubs had indicated their interest in buying Pandev, most notably Zenit Saint Petersburg, Lazio President Lotito rejected the offer, demanding €15 million instead. The deal eventually fell through after both failed to come to an agreement on price. On 26 September, Pandev officially filed for a termination of his contract with Lazio, having been out of the squad. Pandev argued that by freezing him out of the squad, Lazio had violated the terms of their contract with him. On 23 December 2009, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti ruled in Pandevs favor, ordering Lazio to release Pandev from his contract, Lotito indicated his desire to appeal the decision. On 4 January 2010, Pandev signed a year contract with Inter. He made his Inter debut as a starter in the 1–0 away win against Chievo on 6 January and his first goal for Inter arrived against Bari, pulling a goal back for Inter after falling behind by two goals
4. Рейтинг сборных ФИФА – The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent longest ranked first. A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches, the ranking system was most recently revamped after the 2006 World Cup, with the first edition of the new series of rankings issued on 12 July 2006. The most significant change is that the rankings are now based on results over the four years instead of the previous eight years. Alternative systems have been devised, such as the World Football Elo Ratings, based on the Elo rating system used in chess and Go, ranking teams. In December 1992, FIFA first published a listing in order of its member associations to provide a basis for comparison of the relative strengths of these teams. From the following August, this list was more frequently updated, significant changes were implemented in January 1999 and again in July 2006, as a reaction to criticisms of the system. Membership of FIFA has expanded from 167 to 209 since the rankings began, the ranking formula used from August 1993 until December 1998 was very simplistic and quickly became noticed for its lack of supporting factors. When the rankings were introduced, a team received one point for a draw or three for a victory in FIFA-recognised matches – much the same as a traditional league scoring system. This was a simplistic approach, however, and FIFA quickly realised that there were many factors affecting international matches. In order to meet the objective of fairly and accurately comparing the strengths of various national sides. In January 1999, FIFA introduced a system of ranking calculation. For the ranking all matches, their scores and importance were all recorded, only matches for the senior mens national team were included. Separate ranking systems were used for other national sides such as womens and junior teams. The womens rankings were, and still are, based on a procedure which is a version of the Football Elo Ratings. FIFA announced that the system would be updated following the 2006 World Cup. The evaluation period was cut from eight to four years, goals scored and home or away advantage are no longer taken into account, and other aspects of the calculations, including the importance attributed to different types of match, have been revised. The first set of revised rankings and the methodology were announced on 12 July 2006. This change is rooted at least in part in widespread criticism of the ranking system
5. Сборная Словении по футболу – The Slovenia national football team is the national football team of Slovenia and is controlled by the Football Association of Slovenia. The team played its first match in 1992 after the split of Yugoslavia in 1991, Slovenia was a surprise qualifier for UEFA Euro 2000, when they beat Ukraine in a playoff. The team then drew with Yugoslavia and Norway, and lost to Spain 2–1, Slovenia achieved another major success two years later, qualifying for the 2002 World Cup, this time defeating Romania in a playoff. The team did not lose a match in its qualifying campaign, recording six wins and six draws. Despite failing to qualify for the 2006 World Cup, it was the team to beat eventual winner Italy with a 1–0 victory on home turf. In November 2009, Slovenia defeated Russia in a playoff to clinch a berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, before Slovenian independence in 1991, the Slovenian national team existed only as a regional team not officially recognized by FIFA. It had a status as the Catalonia national football team. The team had mostly played matches against teams from other republics of SFR Yugoslavia and was represented by Slovenian players under the traditional colours of white, blue. The first football clubs were formed at the beginning of the 20th century during the period when most of the territory of present-day Slovenia was still within the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At the end of the World War I, Slovenia, along with Croatia, joined the Kingdom of Serbia forming the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which would be renamed into Yugoslavia in 1929. On 24 April 1920, the Ljubljana Football Subassociation was formed as the Slovenian branch of the Yugoslav Football Association, the winner of the Ljubljana Subassociation League had access to the Yugoslav Championship. On 23 June 1921 the Slovenian capital Ljubljana hosted a match between the French national team and selection of players from Slovenian clubs, the Chef de Mission of the guests was the acting FIFA President, Jules Rimet, who later initiated the first World Cup tournament. France won 5–0 and, although the match was not official by international standards, it was, at least in Slovenia, in 1991, Slovenia was the first of the republics, alongside Croatia, to gain independence from Yugoslavia. With the recognition of the new country by the community the team was recognized also by FIFA and UEFA. The new Slovenian national football team played its first FIFA-recognized game on 3 June 1992 in Tallinn against Estonia, the match ended in a 1–1 draw, with Igor Benedejčič scoring the first goal for the new team. The first coach of the team was Bojan Prašnikar, from 1994–1997 the team coach was Zdenko Verdenik, who was the first to lead the team through qualifications for a major tournament. In a group with Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Lithuania and Estonia the team had mild success, Verdenik also coached the team through qualifications for France 1998. In a tough group with Croatia, Denmark, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina the team finished last with one point on eight matches
6. Крань – Kranj is the fourth-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,373. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northwest of Ljubljana, the centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniola is a mainly industrial city with significant electronics and rubber industries. The nucleus of the city is a medieval old town, built at the confluence of the Kokra. The city is served by the Kranj railway station on the route from Ljubljana to Munich, Germany, slovenias national airport, Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is also very close to Kranj, considerably more so than its nominal client, Ljubljana. Kranj was attested in sources in the 5th century and c.670 as Carnium. The Slovene name is derived from Slavic *Korn’ь, borrowed from Romance Carnium in late antiquity, like the Latin regional name Carnia, it is derived from the northern Italic tribe known as the Carnī. The name of the tribe is derived from the Celtic root *karno- peak, hill. The German name of the town was Krainburg, the name of the historical region of Carniola is a Latin diminutive form of Carnia. Archaeological finds show that Kranj was settled in prehistoric times, the Romans founded the settlement of Carnium at the confluence of the Sava and Kokra. In the 6th century, a major Germanic settlement stood at the site. The Gothic settlement was continued by the Lombards and existed until c, AD580, when it was destroyed by invading Slavs. Traces of the old Slavic settlement date from the 9th and 10th centuries, as the seat of the margraves of Carniola in the 11th century, it was the most important settlement in the territory. The town itself is believed to have developed in the early 13th century, citizens of the town of Kranj appear in a document from 1221 and it was the seat of a court whose jurisdiction extended between that of Radovljica and Kamnik. In 1414 a decision was issued relieving the citizens of the town from paying tolls, in 1422 an ordinance required houses to be built of stone to prevent fires. A parish school was established in Kranj in 1423, and the year the right was granted to Kranj to elect its own judge. Kranj was laid waste in 1471 in an Ottoman attack, emperor Frederick III granted Kranj the right to collect tolls in documents from 1488 and 1493, and a 1493 document also granted the town the right to hold fairs twice a year. The town hospice records date back to the 15th century, crafts developed in Kranj during the Middle Ages. Mills first developed along the Sava and Kokra rivers, and this was followed by butchers, fur merchants, hide and wood processors, habsburg efforts to maintain Viennas monopoly on trade with Italy resulted in trade routes bypassing Kranj
7. Словения – Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a nation state in southern Central Europe, located at the crossroads of main European cultural and trade routes. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and it covers 20,273 square kilometers and has a population of 2.06 million. It is a republic and a member of the United Nations, European Union. The capital and largest city is Ljubljana, additionally, the Dinaric Alps and the Pannonian Plain meet on the territory of Slovenia. The country, marked by a significant biological diversity, is one of the most water-rich in Europe, with a river network, a rich aquifer system. Over half of the territory is covered by forest, the human settlement of Slovenia is dispersed and uneven. Slovenia has historically been the crossroads of South Slavic, Germanic, Romance, although the population is not homogeneous, the majority is Slovene. South Slavic language Slovene is the language throughout the country. Slovenia is a largely secularized country, but its culture and identity have been influenced by Catholicism as well as Lutheranism. The economy of Slovenia is small, open, and export-oriented and has strongly influenced by international conditions. It has been hurt by the Eurozone crisis, started in the late 2000s. The main economic field is services, followed by industry and construction, Historically, the current territory of Slovenia was part of many different state formations, including the Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, followed by the Habsburg Monarchy. In October 1918, the Slovenes exercised self-determination for the first time by co-founding the State of Slovenes, Croats, in December 1918, they merged with the Kingdom of Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. During World War II, Slovenia was occupied and annexed by Germany, Italy, and Hungary, with a tiny area transferred to the Independent State of Croatia, in June 1991, after the introduction of multi-party representative democracy, Slovenia split from Yugoslavia and became an independent country. Present-day Slovenia has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and there is evidence of habitation from around 250,000 years ago. A pierced cave bear bone, dating from 43100 ±700 BP, in the 1920s and 1930s, artifacts belonging to the Cro-Magnon such as pierced bones, bone points, and needle were found by archaeologist Srečko Brodar in Potok Cave. It shows that wooden wheels appeared almost simultaneously in Mesopotamia and Europe, in the transition period between the Bronze age to the Iron age, the Urnfield culture flourished. Archaeological remains dating from the Hallstatt period have been found, particularly in southeastern Slovenia, among them a number of situlas in Novo Mesto, in the Iron Age, present-day Slovenia was inhabited by Illyrian and Celtic tribes until the 1st century BC
8. Сборная Лихтенштейна по футболу – The Liechtenstein national football team is the national football team of the Principality of Liechtenstein and is controlled by the Liechtenstein Football Association. The organisation is known as the Liechtensteiner Fussballverband in German, the teams first match was an unofficial match against Malta in Seoul, a 1–1 draw in 1981. Their first official match came two years later, a 0–1 defeat from Switzerland. Liechtensteins largest win, a 4–0 win over Luxembourg in a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier on 13 October 2004, was both its first away win ever and its first win in any World Cup qualifier. Liechtenstein are only a relatively recent affiliate to FIFA, and did not participate in any qualifying series until the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifiers, there they managed to surprise the Republic of Ireland by holding them to a 0–0 draw on 3 June 1995. On 14 October 1998, they managed their first victory in a campaign by winning 2–1 against Azerbaijan in a UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying match. Since then, the presence of Liechtenstein clubs in the Swiss league system, the Euro 2004 qualifiers saw Liechtenstein improve to the extent they restricted England to 2–0 wins. The 2006 World Cup qualifiers, however, brought even better results as two wins over Luxembourg and draws against both Slovakia and Portugal meant that Liechtenstein finished with eight points. From their qualifying campaigns, the one that received the most points was their 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign. The following players were called up in the last 12 months, as recorded in the subsequent book Stamping Grounds, Liechtensteins Quest for the World Cup, Liechtenstein lost all eight games without scoring a goal. RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers Liechtensteiner Fussballverbund Die Elf, documentary film about Liechtenstein national team
9. Эшен (Лихтенштейн) – Eschen is a municipality in the north of Liechtenstein. As of 2005 it has a population of 4,150 and it is the fourth-largest city in Liechtenstein. The municipality includes the village of Nendeln, that conuts a train station on the Feldkirch-Buchs line, media related to Eschen at Wikimedia Commons Official website
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