Football 2017 Discussion Thread

[Henry_Leon 1,588]

Africa nations qualified for  Fifa U-20 World Cup 2017:  and  

 

Now the list for KOREA 2017 is completed, the official draw for the U-20 World Cup will take place on 15 March.

 

Will be the 21st edition of Fifa youth tournament; many big will be absent: Brazil (5 time champions), previous winner Ghana and Spain,  Nigeria (2 times runner up) and the title holder Serbia (they became the fifth consecutive title holder to fail to qualify for the subsequent tournament).

 

However, there are Argentina (6 title), France, Portugal, Germany and ..... Italy (came back after 8 years ); will be an interesting tournament for know the rising stars and future football champions.

[LDOG 2,469]

U20 world cup draw:

 

A -  

 

B -  

 

C -  

 

D -  

 

E -  

 

F -  

[hckošice 15,525]

a non european group F

[Henry_Leon 1,588]

Bye Bye Europa League for   (as always........ in last years )

Nothing to do, Roma lost this round in first leg (2nd half ), today won but wasn't enough .....

 

 

Today at Nyon, the draw for Quarter-Finals at 12:00 CET (Champions League) and at 13:00 CET (Europa League)

 

 

[Gianlu33 5,278]

FIFA has suspended the Malian Football Federation (FEMAFOOT) for Government interference after the country's Sports Minister dissolved the organisation's entire Executive Committee.

The decision was taken by the Bureau of the FIFA Council and their suspension will begin with immediate effect.

Last week, Mali's Sports Minister Housseini Amion Guindo sacked the Executive Committee and installed a an Interim Committee to run the FEMAFOOT until a new group can be put in place.

 

[Henry_Leon 1,588]

Europa League Draw

 

Anderlecht   vs Manchester United

Celta vigo   vs Genk

Ajax   vs  Schalke 04

Olympique Lyon   vs Besiktas 

[hckošice 15,525]

as expected Marek Hamšík became the player of the year in Slovakia, it´s his 6th careers title and 3rd in a row (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 and now 2016)

 

 

The Sampdoria defencer Milan Škriniar won the Under 21 player of the year category

 

 

Top 10 of the Slovak player of the year 2016 award

Spoiler

1. Marek Hamšík (SSC Napoli) 329 points,

2. Martin Škrtel (Fenerbahce Istanbul) 265,

3. Róbert Mak (Zenit St. Petersburg) 226,

4. Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin) 191,

5. Ján Ďurica (Trabzonspor) and ex aequo Juraj Kucka (AC Milan) both 177,

7. Vladimír Weiss (Al-Gharafa SC) 114,

8. Matúš Kozáčik (Viktoria Plzeň) 103,

9. Tomáš Hubočan (Olympique Marseille) 91,

10. Milan Škriniar (Sampdoria Genoa) 80

 

other categories

 

Under 21 player of the year (Peter Dubovský trophy):

1. Milan Škriniar (Sampdoria Genoa) 25,

2. Matúš Bero (Trabzonspor) 5,

3. Nikolas Špalek (MŠK Žilina) 2

 

Coach of the year 2016:

1. Ján Kozák (National Team A) 83,

2. Pavel Hapal (National U21 Team) 60,

3. Adrián Guľa (MŠK Žilina) 33

 

Female player of the year 2016:

1. Dominika Škorvánková (SC Sand) 52,

2. Mária Mikolajová (Partizán Bardejov) 24,

3. Alexandra Bíroová (SKN St. Pölten) 9

 

Fortuna liga (National Championship) player of the year 2016:

1. Filip Hlohovský (MŠK Žilina) 59,

2. Matúš Bero (since 2016/17 Trabzonspor, in 2015/16 MŠK Žilina) 39,

3. Michal Škvarka (MŠK Žilina) 14

 

 

 

 

[Federer91 3,024]

Has the football world gone mad. First we beat Netherlands, then at U19 we beat France and actually qualify for the finals with only 8 teams.  

[hckošice 15,525]

12 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Has the football world gone mad. First we beat Netherlands, then at U19 we beat France and actually qualify for the finals with only 8 teams.  

 

Well the history teach us that Bulgaria know how eliminate France in the last qualifying match

[Federer91 3,024]

2 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

Well the history teach us that Bulgaria know how eliminate France in the last qualifying match

 

Actually we beat France at the weekend and now Bosnia, but that still counts.