The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals was the final tournament of the 201819 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. After the 1980 edition, Algeria reached the semi finals of every edition except the 1986 cup until they eventually won the competition in 1990. His performance earned praise from van Gaal, as well as his first Premier League Man of the Match honour. Cristiano Ronaldo is the top scorer of all time in the Champions League and UEFA club competition as well as the most prolific in the history of senior international football. There were 112 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match. 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[24], Under Ahmad Ahmad's presidency, there were discussions regarding further changes to the Africa Cup of Nations. Alfredo Di Stfano with the trophy in 1956, Watch Haaland's first 20 Champions League goals, Top Champions League scorers (excluding qualifying), most prolific in the history of senior international football, 34 European Cup goals came in just 35 games. At the finals, the 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams each. [94], Memphis began pursuing a hip-hop career in June 2017 when he released his Los Angeles-inspired freestyle, "LA Vibes". Memphis Depay (Dutch pronunciation: [mfz dpi]; born 13 February 1994), also known simply as Memphis,[4] is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. Cameroon won the Unity Cup indefinitely after they became three-time champions in 2000. [75] Memphis was selected by Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal in the final 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In 1962, new nations were affiliated and forced CAF to set up a qualifying phase for the final tournament in the form of knockout matches. [11] Bafana Bafana won their first title on home soil, defeating Tunisia in the final.[12]. This system was used until the 1992 edition, when the organization of the qualifying phase became closer to that of the UEFA European Championship, with qualifying groups of four to seven teams depending on the editions where each selection plays a round-trip opposition against each of its opponents, the qualified country being decided according to its classification within its group. In the top division, League A, teams compete to become the UEFA Nations League champions. An Byong-jun, playing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings, was deemed to be a native player. [17] Memphis provided the assist for Tim Matav's goal against Roda JC on 27 October, but picked up two second-half yellow cards and was sent off for the first time in his professional career as PSV lost 21. Years shown in bold indicate that the country also hosted that tournament. He was not initially an out-and-out striker, and did not score until his 27th Champions League game during his first spell at Manchester United. The terms of the deal also included buy-back and sell-on clauses for United. The team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup eight times, more than any other African team, and The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Morocco, Guinea, Nigeria, and Egypt). Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses). This began with the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon which was renamed the "Total Africa Cup of Nations". In 2013, the tournament format was switched to being held in odd-numbered years so that it wouldn't interfere with the FIFA World Cup. The player who initially came closest to taking Di Stfano's record was Portuguese phenomenon Eusbio, the talented striker scoring 47 goals as his Benfica side replaced Madrid as the pre-eminent force in world club football for a time. The competition was held from September to November 2020 (league phase), October 2021 (Nations League Finals) and March 2022 (relegation play-outs). That competition, first launched in 1955/56, was knockout ties all the way, the lack of a group stage meaning players had fewer matches per season in which to score. Follow all the latest UEFA Europa Conference League 2022/2023 news from the official UEFA.com site. The second edition of the Oceania Cup took place in 1980 in New Caledonia, at that time not a FIFA member. Between the years of absence (19811995) the most important Oceanian region tournament was the Trans-Tasman Cup played only between Australia and New Zealand. This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 22:22. [98] In July 2019, Memphis released "Fall Back". That competition, first launched in 1955/56, was knockout ties all the way, the lack of a group stage meaning players had fewer matches per season in which to score. In the final match, played in Brisbane, New Zealand beat the host Australia 10 with a goal by Mark Burton. [56][57], On 20 January 2017, Memphis signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with French club Lyon which would tie him to the French club until the summer of 2021. The Promotion-relegation playoffs will be contested between the 2nd placed team in the K League 2 playoff and the 11th placed team in the K League 1, and between the winners of K League 2 playoff and the 10th placed team in the K League 1. The origin of the African Nations Cup dates from June 1956, when the creation of the Confederation of African Football was proposed during the third FIFA congress in Lisbon. However, the actual number of teams playing in the final was only 15, because Nigeria withdrew from the tournament at the final moment for political reasons. In the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, Tahiti became the first team outside of Australia and New Zealand to win the cup. On 5 November 2019, Memphis scored his fourth goal in as many games for Lyon against Benfica in a 31 win in the 201920 Champions League. In 201415, the West African Ebola virus epidemic disrupted the tournament. The 2012 edition of the tournament was originally meant to be played in Fiji,[2] but they were stripped from hosting due to the ongoing legal dispute involving OFC general secretary Tai Nicholas and Fijian authorities. However, after switching from the wing to a central striking role, the Portuguese great started to find the net with frightening regularity, continuing to rack up big numbers after leaving Old Trafford for Real Madrid. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and was The South Africans would reach the final again two years later in Burkina Faso, but were unable to defend their title, losing to Egypt who claimed their fourth cup. Only three teams participated in this tournament. [4] Memphis is also known for his free-kick ability. Top scorer(s) Erling Haaland 202425 . Given that it takes place during the European season, players who are involved miss several matches for their clubs. In total, Haaland scored 20 goals in his first 24 European games; at an equivalent stage Mbapp had scored 12, Messi eight, Lewandowski six and Cristiano Ronaldo just one. Messi's goal at Maccabi Haifa on Matchday 2 in 2022/23 made him the first player to score in 18 successive editions of the competition, and is the only player to have scored in 16 successive campaigns in Europe's top club competition for the same team. These claims were dismissed by assistant manager and former United player Ryan Giggs, who blamed Memphis' flashy lifestyle for his poor form. The Democratic Republic of Congo won its first title, beating Ghana in the final. He is also the overall Oceania Nations Cup top scorer with 14 goals, scored in three editions: one in 1996, ten in 1998 and three in 2002. Between 1980 and 1990, Cameroon managed to reach the final of the Africa Cup three times in a row, winning the competition twice in 1984 and 1988 and losing once on penalties against Egypt in the 1986 edition, the other dominant team during this period was Algeria, along with their solid 1982 and decent 1986 World Cup appearances, the North African nation lost in the final against hosts Nigeria in the 1980 tournament allowing the Super Eagles to capture their first championship. In 1963, Ghana made its first appearance as it hosted the event, and won the title after beating Sudan in the final. The 2013 tournament was won by Nigeria, beating first time finalists Burkina Faso. [16] Egypt became the first African nation to win three consecutive cups and joined Mexico, Argentina, and Iran who also won their continent cup three times in a row. Second colours. [4], In June 2017, it was announced on social media that Memphis was engaged to Lori Harvey, the youngest daughter of American television personality Steve Harvey. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are the defending champions.. On 18 April 2017, he became the first player to reach 100 goals in the Champions League, bringing up his century with a hat-trick against Bayern in his 137th appearance. 6 goals.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}, The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 202223 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][54][55], The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that do not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage will compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. For the successive three tournaments, Australia and New Zealand were seeded into the tournament automatically, while the remaining ten nations played to qualify. In the first tournament in 1957, there were only three participating nations: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Qualification for the Champions League playoff round This and a draw with Australia (22) allowed Solomon Islands to claim second place and a berth in the final match against Australia. 202324 . In 2004, the format changed once again, returning to a format similar to that of the 19962000 tournaments, with five teams each playing in two qualifying groups and Australia and New Zealand seeded to the actual tournament, played as a group stage of six, with a home and away Final played between the two highest-placed teams. [4] In April 2015, The Daily Telegraph described Memphis as "a fearsome striker of the ball with his right foot but is usually used as an inverted left winger who cuts onto his right foot. The 2006 tournament was also won by the hosts, Egypt, who reached a continental-record fifth title. Then there will be a Final A and Final B, each with 6 teams divided based on regular round performance, with each final being a round robin (Rounds 3438). The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET. There was no official African Cup of Nations final match in 1976. The 1996 edition lacked a host nation but had its inaugural qualifying round, contested with four teams playing semifinals and final match on two legs both: Australia and New Zealand, who played the semifinal also for the Trans-Tasman Cup, and the second semifinal match between Tahiti as Polynesia Cup holders and Solomon Islands as Melanesia Cup holders. FIFA rankings determined the seedings of all twelve teams, and the lower six teams played a group stage for two qualifier positions into the main tournament. This tournament began in 1973 as the "Oceania Cup". The Top 5 Premier League Goal Scorers are Alan Shearer, Wayne Rooney, The 1968 competition's final tournament format expanded to include eight of the 22 teams entered in the preliminary rounds. [76] He came on as a substitute before the half-time whistle in the second group match against Australia to replace defender Bruno Martins Indi, who had sustained a head injury, and in the 68th minute he scored the winning goal, a swerving effort from outside the box. [53][54] In February, Memphis scored in each of United's two Europa League matches against Midtjylland as they win 63 on aggregate; Memphis was lauded for his performance in the home leg, where he not only scored but also set up the first goal, earned his side two penalties and delivered a cross that led to an own goal. He made his senior debut in 2013 and the following year was part of their squad that came third at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, where he made his breakthrough performances on the international stage. Three months earlier, Zaire had become the first Sub-Saharan African nation to qualify to the FIFA World Cup. https://www.facebook.com/uefachampionsleague, Matthus macht Schwachpunkt der "drei Tenre" aus, Presse zur CL: "Albtraum" fr Klopp - "Henker" FC Bayern, PSG-Boss mit Kampfansage an den FC Bayern, Stimmen zur CL-Auslosung: FC Bayern "nicht belohnt", "Viertelfinale findet ohne deutsche Beteiligung statt", Absolute Top-Gegner fr deutsches Quartett und Klopp, Fnfjahreswertung: Bundesliga macht Boden gut. 3 as Zaire. He later said it was "the goal of my life", although he also distanced himself from comparisons to David Beckham's famous halfway line goal against Wimbledon in 1996. The losers of the semi-finals played in a third place play-off, while winners of the semi-finals played in the final. CAF give 30 gold medals to the winning team, 30 silver medals to the runners-up, 30 bronze medals to the team ranked third and 30 diplomas to the team ranked fourth in the final tournament. No competition was held in 2006, but in the 2008 edition, which also acted as a qualification tournament for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and for a play-off for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the New Zealand national football team emerged as winners. [85], On 7 September 2021, Memphis scored his first international hat-trick in a 2022 World Cup qualification 61 win over Turkey, reaching 33 goals and equaling Johan Cruyff's and Abe Lenstra's goalscoring tallies for the Netherlands. The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (French: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons), and sometimes as African Cup of Nations, is the main international men's association football competition in Africa. [56], On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were suspended and automatically relegated to League C due to their country's. After four seasons there, he joined Barcelona in 2021 on a free transfer. He also took part in UEFA Euro 2020. [110], Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, Eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: Netherlands", "Manchester United's new signing Memphis Depay eight things you should know", "Manchester United's Memphis Depay: the dream chaser who defied the odds", "Memphis Depay's father pleads with son to end 17-year rift and denies abandoning him", "Memphis explains why he prefers not to be called Depay", "Residents Moordrecht pride in "their" Memphis Depay: "We lived intensely with him ', "Memphis Depay: Who is Man Utd's new 30m forward? Zaire's second title in the 1974 edition (it won its first as the Democratic Republic of Congo) came after facing Zambia in the final. For the only time to date in the history of the competition, the match had to be replayed as the first contest between the two sides ended in a 22 draw after extra time. [60] On 28 January, he made his first start for Lyon in a 21 league defeat to Lille, and was substituted in the 68th minute by Maxwel Cornet. The Confederation of African Football increased the cash prize for the winner from $4.5 million to $5 million for 2021 Africa Cup of Nations while the second best team will get $2.75 million. [34] It was given to CAF by the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa prior to the 1980 tournament and it was a cylindrical piece with the Olympic rings over a map of the continent engraved on it. All-Time Top 100 Premier League Goalscorers 1992-93 to 2022-23 Home Premier League All-Time Premier League List of 100 Premier League Top Scorers. The topscorer of this tournament, Kris Trajanovski, scored all his seven goals in the final match: four on the first leg in Papeete (Tahiti) and three on the second leg in Canberra (Australia). The competition to finish in the top four of the table can be more fascinating given the number of teams involved, which can lead to solid prices in the Premier League odds. 120: Lionel Messi (ARG, Barcelona)105: Cristiano Ronaldo (POR, Real Madrid)74:Karim Benzema (FRA, Real Madrid)*69: Robert Lewandowski (POL, Bayern Mnchen)66: Ral Gonzlez (ESP, Real Madrid)53: Thomas Mller (GER, Bayern Mnchen)*42: Alessandro Del Piero (ITA, Juventus)38: Mohamed Salah (EGY, Liverpool)36: Sergio Agero (ARG, Manchester City)36: Didier Drogba (CIV, Chelsea)35: Thierry Henry (FRA, Arsenal)35: Ruud van Nistelrooy (NED, Manchester United). He doesn't always do that. On 20 July 2017, the CAF Executive Commission approved the propositions at a meeting in Rabat, Morocco. This was the first repeat since Ghana had done it in the 1960s and after Egypt had done it before in 1957 and 1959. The number of final-round participants in 1996 was expanded to 16, split into four groups. Two years later, managed by Dutchman Guus Hiddink and composed of many 2004 Oceania Nations Cup scorers such as Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell, Mark Bresciano, Brett Emerton, John Aloisi, Australia reached the Second Round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. South Africa hosted the 20th ACN competition in 1996, marking its first ever appearance after a decades-long ban was lifted with the end of apartheid in the country, which had been followed by a failed attempt to qualify in 1994. [49][bettersourceneeded] Memphis was later dropped to the bench, along with countryman Daley Blind, during United's 30 win over Everton on 17 October, following the Netherlands' failure to qualify for UEFA Euro 2016. [6], Since 2012, Memphis has dropped his last name to sever ties with his father: as he has remarked earlier, "Do not call me Depay, call me Memphis. The initial transfer fee was estimated to be 1617million, potentially rising to 22million with the add-ons including Lyon qualifying for the UEFA Champions League and Memphis earning a new contract. The tournament structure was confirmed and again the tournament was dominated by Australia and New Zealand who reached the final match in Papeete. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors qualified to the AFC Champions League as, introducing citations to additional sources, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2022_K_League_1&oldid=1120295488, 2022 in Asian association football leagues, Articles needing additional references from November 2021, All articles needing additional references, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Republic of Korea Armed Forces, Government of, This page was last edited on 6 November 2022, at 07:29. In the top division, League A, teams compete to become the UEFA Nations League champions. After this edition the tournament was discontinued. Unlike previous winners who would have then taken the trophy home, Egypt were presented with a special full size replica that they were allowed to keep. [40] He scored his first goal for the club four days later during a 31 win over the San Jose Earthquakes. Hosting rights was moved to the Solomon Islands as they were joined by New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Tahiti, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Samoa (winner of the qualifying tournament). Nigeria lost once again as they made their third final appearance in four tournaments, this time falling to host Algeria. Lionel Messi scored 120 goals for Barcelona in the Champions League. How League C of the UEFA Nations League worked. He moved to Dortmund midway through that campaign, ending it with ten goals: only Lewandowski, with 15, managed more. There are very few rest days and on training days you are mainly concerned with recovering. He made his official debut on 21 September 2011 in a KNVB Cup second round match against amateur side VVSB, opening an 80 away win. However, this was the fourth and last OFC title for Australia: in 2006 they decided to join AFC, changing considerably the Oceania football scene. [10] Former Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth defender Arjan de Zeeuw stated about Memphis, "People regard him as a little bit arrogant, a little bit cocky, but I think he is a very good player, a very promising player, a very strong, very quick player and he's got some skill. Historically, a very large gulf separated Australia and New Zealand from the smaller island competitors, and little attention was paid to the tournament by the rest of the football world. Memphis Depay was born in the small South Holland village of Moordrecht to a Ghanaian father, Dennis Depay, and a Dutch mother, Cora Schensema. For the best possible experience, we recommend using. Rivalries. The Africa Cup of Nations referred to as AFCON (French: Coupe d'Afrique des Nations, sometimes referred to as CAN, or TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons),[1] and sometimes as African Cup of Nations,[2] is the main international men's association football competition in Africa.
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