Road To South Africa 2010

Road To South Africa

Club Contribution (1938)

Italy:
Bologna FC 1909, Pisa Calcio, USC Triestina, AS Roma, Ambrosiana-Inter, Juventus, Genoa, AS Lucchese-Libertas, SS Lazio.

Hungary:
Ujpesti TE, Ferencvaros, MTK Hungaria, Szeged.

Brazil:
Sao Cristovao, Portuguesa Santista, Fluminense, Corinthians, America Mineiro, Flamengo, SS Palestra ITalia, Botafogo, Vasco da Gama.

Sweden:
Garda BK Goteborg, AIK Solna, GAIS Goteborg, IK Sleipner Norrkoping, Hammarby IF Stockholm, Landskrona BolS, Sandvikens IS, IF Elfsborg Boras, Malmo FF, Orgryte IS Goteborg.

Czechoslovakia:
Sparta Praha, Slavia Praha, SK Zidenice, SK Pardubice, Viktoria Zizkov, Slovan Bratislava.


Switzerland:
Servette, Young Boys Bern, FC Lugano, FC Grenchen, Grasshopper-Club Zurich, SC YF Juventus, Lausanne Sports.

Cuba:
Fortuna Havana, Juventud Havana, CD Centro Gallego, CD Puentes Grandes, Iberia Havana, Juventud Asturiana, Hispano America. 

France:
Olympique Marseille, FC Sochaux-Montbeliard, Le Havre, Red Star Olympique, SC Fives, Olympique Lillois, RC Roubaix, RC Paris, RC Strasbourg, FC Metz, FC Rouen

Romania:
Rapid Bucuresti, Venus Bucuresti, Ripensia Bucuresti, Juventus Bucuresti, Ripensia Timisoara, Victoria Cluj, CAO Oradea, Crisano Oradea, AMEF Arad.

Germany:
VfB Speldorf, TuS Koblenz-Neuendorf, FC Schalke 04, FC Bayern Muenich, Admira Wien, Jahn Duesseldorf, Fortuna Duesseldorf, 1.FC Schweinfurt 05, Schwaben Augsburg, Alemannia Aachen, Austria Wien, Rapid Wien, First Vienna, Waldhof Mannheim.

Poland:
Warszawianka Warszawa, Ruch Chorzow, Slask Swietochlowice, Dab Katowice, LKS Lodz, Cracovia Krakow, Wisla Krakow, Warta Poznan, Polonia Warszawa, Naprzod Lipiny, Pogon Lwow.

Norway:
FC Lyn Oslo, Fredrikstad FK, Sarpsborg FK, FC Lyn Oslo, Odd Grenlan BK, Hardy FK, Fram Larvik, Valerenga IF, Viking FK Stavanger, Lillestrom SK, Mjondalen IF.

Belgium:
Daring Club de Bruxelles Societe Royale, Cercle Brugge, Royal Beerschot AC, Royal Standard Club Liege, Germinal Beerschot, White Star Brussel, KV  Beerschot Antwerpen, Berchem Sport, Royal Antwerp FC, Royal Olympic Club de Charleroi, Union Royale Saint-Gilloise, KSK Liersche, RSC Anderlecht.

Netherlands:
Ajax Amsterdam, DWS Amsterdam, KFC, VUC Den Haag, HFC Haarlem, Quick Groningen, VSV Velsen, DFC Dordrecht, SC Feyenoord Rotterdam, RVV Rormond, Heracles Almelo, Neptunus Rotterdam, ADO Den Haag, Unitas Gorinchem.

Dutch East Indies:
Vios Batavia, Hercules Batavia, Tiong Hoa Soerabaja, Djocoja, HBS Soerabaja, Sparta Batavia, SVB Batavia, Jong Ambon Batavia, Excelsior Soerabaja, HCTNH Malang, SVV Semarang.
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Bronze Medal Play-offs

Bronze Medal Play-offs adalah pertandingan menjelang Final untuk memperebutkan gelar Juara III. Pertandingan ini mempertemukan dua tim yang kalah pada babak Semifinal.
Pauleta vs. Bernd Schneider di Piala Dunia 2006

Dalam sejarah Piala Dunia, hanya edisi 1930 dan 1950 yang tidak secara resmi mengadakan bronze medal play-offs. Dalam Piala Dunia 1930, dua tim yang tersingkir di semifinal adalah Amerika Serikat dan Yugoslavia. FIFA tidak menyelenggarakan perebutan Juara III, akan tetapi menetapkan Amerika Serikat sebagai Juara III berdasarkan prestasi selama turnamen berlangsung. Sementara itu, Piala Dunia 1950 tidak terjadi pertandingan serupa karena sistem turnamen pada saat itu menggunakan babak final round-robin group, yang terdiri atas empat tim yang lolos dari penyisihan grup sebelumnya. Swedia dan Spanyol adalah dua tim yang peringkatnya berada di bawah Uruguay dan Brasil. Swedia ditetapkan sebagai Juara III karena mengalahkan Spanyol dan menduduki tempat ketiga.

Selain dua edisi di atas, Piala Dunia menyelenggarakan bronze medal play-offs. Berikut hasil selengkapnya:

Italia, 1934:
JERMAN vs. AUSTRIA 3-2
Waktu 7 Juni
Tempat Stadio Giorgio Ascarelli, Naples
Wasit Albino Carraro (Italia)
Pencetak Gol Lehner (1) (42), Conen (27); Horvath (28) Sesta (54)

Prancis, 1938:
BRASIL vs. SWEDIA 4-2
Waktu 19 Juni
Tempat Parc Lescure, Bordeaux
Wasit John Langenus (Belgia)
Pencetak Gol Romeu (44), Leonidas (63) (74), Peracio (80); Jonasson (28) Nyberg (38)

Swiss, 1954:
AUSTRIA vs. URUGUAY 3-1
Waktu 3 Juli
Tempat Hardturmstadion, Zurich
Wasit Raymond Wyssling (Swiss)
Pencetak Gol Stojaspal (16 pen), Cruz (59 og), Ocwirk (89); Hohberg (22)

Swedia, 1958:
PRANCIS vs. JERMAN BARAT 6-3
Waktu 28 Juni
Tempat Ullevi, Gotheborg
Wasit Brozzi (Argentina)
Pencetak Gol Fontaine (16) (36) (78) (89), Kopa (27 pen), Douis (50); Cieslarczyk (18), Rahn (52), Schaefer (84)

Cile, 1962:
CILE vs. YUGOSLAVIA 1-0
Waktu 16 Juni
Tempat Estadio Nacional, Santiago
Wasit Juan Gardeazabal (Spanyol)
Pencetak Gol Rojas (90)

Inggris, 1966:
PORTUGAL vs. UNI SOVIET 2-1
Waktu 28 Juli
Tempat Wembley, London
Wasit Ken Dagnall (Inggris)
Pencetak Gol Eusebio (12 pen), Torres (89); Malofeyev (43)

Meksiko, 1970:
JERMAN BARAT vs. URUGUAY 1-0
Waktu 20 Juni
Tempat Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Wasit Antonio Sbardella (Italia)
Pencetak Gol Overath (26)


Jerman Barat, 1974:
POLANDIA vs. BRASIL 1-0
Waktu 3 Juli
Tempat Olympiastadion, Munich
Wasit Aurelio Angonese (Italia)
Pencetak Gol Lato (76)


Argentina, 1978:
BRASIL vs. ITALIA 2-1
Waktu 24 Juni
Tempat Estadio Jose Amalfitani, Buenos Aires
Wasit Abraham Klein (Israel)
Pencetak Gol Nelinho (64), Dirceu (71); Causio (38)

Spanyol, 1982:
POLANDIA vs. PRANCIS 3-2
Waktu 10 Juli
Tempat Estadio Jose Rico Perez, Alicante
Wasit Antonio Garrido (Portugal)
Pencetak Gol Szarmach (40), Majewski (44), Kupcewski (46); Girard (13) Couriol (72)

Meksiko, 1986:
PRANCIS vs. BELGIA 4-2 (perpanjangan waktu)
Waktu 28 Juni
Tempat Estadio Cuauhtemoc, Puebla
Wasit George Courtney (Inggris)
Pencetak Gol Ferreri (27), Papin (43) Genghini (104) Amoros (111 pen); Ceulemans (11), Claesen (73)

Italia, 1990:
ITALIA vs. INGGRIS 2-1
Waktu 7 Juli
Tempat Stadio San Nicola, Bari
Wasit Joel Quiniou
Pencetak Gol Baggio (70), Schillaci (86 pen); Platt (81)

Amerika Serikat, 1994:
SWEDIA vs. BULGARIA 4-0
Waktu 16 Juli
Tempat Rose Bowl, Pasadena
Wasit Ali Bujsaim (Uni Emirat Arab)
Pencetak Gol Brolin (8) Mild (30) Larsson (37) K. Andersson (40)


Prancis, 1998:
KROASIA vs. BELANDA 2-1
Waktu 11 Juli
Tempat Parc des Princes, Paris
Wasit Epifanio Gonzalez (Paraguay)
Pencetak Gol Prosinecki (13), Suker (35); Zenden (21)

Korea/Jepang, 2002:
TURKI vs. KOREA SELATAN 3-2
Waktu 29 Juni
Tempat Daegu World Cup Stadium, Daegu
Wasit Saad Mane (Kuwait)
Pencetak Gol Hakan Sukur (1) Ilhan Mansiz (13) (32); Lee Eul-yong (9), Song Chong-gug (90+3)


Jerman, 2006:
JERMAN vs. PORTUGAL 3-1
Waktu 8 Juli
Tempat Gottliem Daimler-stadion, Stuttgart
Wasit Toru Kamikawa (Jepang)
Schweinsteiger (56) (78), Petit (50 og); Nuno Gomes (88)
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Bola Emas Untuk Final Piala Dunia 2010

Jabulani Finale

FIFA telah memutuskan bola untuk pertandingan final Piala Dunia 2010, tanggal 11 Juli di Soccer City Stadium. Bola tersebut berwarna kombinasi putih dan emas. Sekilas sama dengan bola yang digunakan dalam final Piala Dunia 2006. Perbedaannya ialah bola kali ini akan berkilau.
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The "Super Subs"

It is never a happy story for a footballer being sidelined on the bench. A substitution status will stay longer to warm before the touch line. However, football is a team game. Being part of a starting line-up may not underrate the substitution one. It all depends on the coach's strategy.


A substitution does not mean to be left behind. Moreover, when a player came out of the bench in such a big game as the FIFA World Cup final match. 


The FIFA World Cup substitution was not allowed until the 1978 edition in Argentina. Below are those players having opportunities to be the "twelfth man on the pitch".

1970
Antonio Juliano (Italy)
Gianni Rivera (Italy)

1974
Rene van de Kerkhof (Netherlands)
Theo de Jong (Netherlands)

1978
Dick Nanninga (Netherlands)
Omar Larrosa (Argentina)
Rene Houseman (Argentina)
Wim Suurbier (Netherlands)

1982
Alessandro Altobelli (Italy)
Horst Hrubesch (West Germany)
Hansi Mueller (West Germany)
Franco Causio (Italy)

1986
Rudi Voeller (West Germany)
Dieter Hoeness (West Germany)
Marcelo Trobbiani (Argentina)

1990
Pedro Monzon (Argentina)
Gabriel Calderon (Argentina)
Stefan Reuter (West Germany)

1994
Cafu (Brazil)
Luigi Apolloni (Italy)
Alberigo Evani (Italy)
Viola (Brazil)

1998

Denilson (Brazil)
Christophe Dugarry (France)
Edmundo (Brazil)
Patrick Vieira (France)
Alain Boghossian (France)

2002
Oliver Bierhoff (Germany)
Gerald Asamoah (Germany)
Christian Ziege (Germany)
Juninho Paulista (Brazil)
Denilson (Brazil)

2006
Alou Diarra (France)
Daniele De Rossi (Italy)
Vincenzo Iaquinta (Italy)
Alessandro Del Piero (Italy)
David Trezequet (France)
Sylvain Wiltord (France)


Note: 
In the 1982 FIFA World Cup final at the Bernabeu, Madrid, Alessandro Altobelli came out to replace Francesco Graziani in the 7th minute after the kick-off. This made him the fastest substitute as well as took Graziani the fastest substituted player. Altobelli scored one of the three Italian goals. He then left the field in the 89th minute for giving Franco Causio chance. 
The latest substitute was done by French Raymond Domenech when replacing Thierry Henry with Sylvain Wiltord in the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Of these substitutes, there were three players who put their names on the scoresheet: Altobelli, Hrubesch, and Voeller.
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Francisco Varallo, the only Survivor


All but one players pioneering the first ever FIFA World Cup has died. The only remaining person left from the monumental event goes to Francisco Varallo, an Argentine forward. He played Uruguay at the Centenario Stadium, July 30th, 1930, when the Argentine was beaten by the home team.


Varallo, born in La Plata, February 5th, 1910, has already turned 100 years old this year. The "Canoncito" (the little cannon) started his senior career with Gimnasia La Plata (1928-1930) and then moved to Boca Juniors, where he spent nine years of competition. His total professional career is 210 appearances scoring 181 goals.

Varallo's young talent was built in some youth clubs like 12 de Octobre, Estudiantes, and Gimnasia La Plata. He had two times of opportunities to play for the Argentine national team, 1930 and 1933-1937. Varallo had 16 caps and 7 goals.


Titles and honors:
FIFA World Cup runners-up (1930), Primera Division Argentina (1929, 1931, 1934, and 1935), Argentina and South American seasonal top scorrer with 34 goals (1933), FIFA Order of Merit (1994), and the 3rd all time goal scorrers for Boca Juniors.
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