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Showing posts with label AFC Challenge Cup 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AFC Challenge Cup 2012. Show all posts

Thursday, March 8, 2012

AFC CHALLENGE CUP 2012 :NEPAL VS PALESTINE HIGHLIGHTS

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LIve Update of The Match Nepal Vs Palestine | Live Streaming of AFC Challenge Cup 2012

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08-Mar-2012 03:00 PM NST
Dasrath Stadium

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Nepal Announced 21-Member Squad For AFC Challenge Cup

FORWARDS
Anil Gurung, Jumanu Rai, Ganesh Lawati, Santosh Sahukhala, Sujal Shrestha




MIDFIELDERS
Nirajan Khadka,Raju Tamang, Bhola Silwal, Bharat Khawas, Tanka Basnet

DEFENDERS
Sagar Thapa (Captain), Rohit Chand, Biraj Maharjan, Rabin Shrestha, Sandeep Rai, Deepak Bhusal, Sabindra Shrestha, Jitendra Karki

GOALKEEPERS
Kiran Chemjong Limbu, Bikash Malla, Ritesh Thapa

COACHING STAFF
Graham Roberts (Head Coach), Megh Rajh KC and Upendra Man Singh (Assistant Coaches)
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Nepal vs Palestine Preview AFC Challenge Cup 2012

 
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Pre Match
March 8, 2012 5:30 PM SGT
 

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Last Five Matches
Nepal
Dec 9, 2011Afghanistan 1 - Nepal 0SAFF
Dec 6, 2011Pakistan 1 - Nepal 1SAFF
Dec 4, 2011Nepal 1 - Bangladesh 0SAFF
Dec 2, 2011Maldives 1 - Nepal 1SAFF
Oct 11, 2011Philippines 4 - Nepal 0FR
Palestine
Feb 29, 2012Palestine 2 - Azerbaijan 0FR
Dec 23, 2011Kuwait 3 - Palestine 0AG
Dec 20, 2011Bahrain 3 - Palestine 1AG
Jul 28, 2011Palestine 2 - Thailand 2WCQA
Jul 23, 2011Thailand 1 - Palestine 0WCQA

LIve Update of The Match Turkmenistan Vs Maldives | Live Streaming of AFC Challenge Cup 2012

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08-Mar-2012 03:00 PM NST
Halchowk Stadium

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Monday, February 27, 2012

AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Team Update- Palestine

Palestine is a "different country" in world football. Despite entering in the international football in 1953, they couldn't play many games due to political tension with Isarel. The Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1952. Its successor, the Palestine Football Association, was recognized by FIFA in 1998, after the creation of the Palestinian Authority. Palestine are grouped with Nepal, Maldives and Turkmenistan in Group A of AFC Challenge Cup. They will take on hosts Nepal in the opening match on 8th of March at Dasrath Stadium. Currently they are touring UAE for the preparation of AFC Challenge Cup. They have already played a friendly match against UAE which they lost 0-3. They are playing another friendly match against Ajerbaijan on 29th February.

Nickname: Al Fursan (The Knights), Al Fida'i (The Fighters)

FIFA Ranking: The team reached an all-time high position of 115 in the FIFA ranking system in April 2006 after
seven years of progression from 191st in August 1999. Following their recognition by FIFA, the team played no official fixtures in the Palestinian Territories due to security concerns until a match on October 26, 2008 against Jordan in the newly renovated Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium in Al-Ram north of Jerusalem, which finished in a 1–1 draw. In recognition of their efforts the Palestinian Football Federation was awarded FIFA's inaugural Development Award. They are currently ranked at 162nd position.

Kit: 
Home Color is red shirts and black shorts, Red shocks. Away color is white shirt and black shorts.

Coach: Jamal Mahmoud is the head coach of the team.

Player To Be Watched: Fahed Attal is the player to be watched in Palestine squad. He is the second leading all-time scorer in the history of the Palestine national football team behind fellow striker Ziyad Al-Kord with 12 goals in 16 games. All of Attal's goals with the national team came in the 2006 calendar year earning him recognition from IFFHS International Federation of Football History and Statistics which cited Attal as the World's 8th leading scorer of international goals on par with the likes of David Villa and Bastian Schweinsteiger. Attal was also included in the Asian Football Confederation shortlist of 10 players for the 2006 AFC Player of the Year Award So far, Palestine has an undefeated record when Fahed Attal finds the back of the net.



Source: Leftfoot

Supporters:
Palestinians are football lovers but their supporters hardly travel with the team to support the team.

World Cup record:


1930 to 1998 – Did not enter
 2002 - Did not qualify
 2006 - Did not qualify
 2010 – Did not qualify
 2014 - Did not qualify

Asian Cup record:

1956 - 1996 - Did not enter
2000 - Did not qualify
2004 - Did not qualify
2007 - Did not qualify
2011 - Did not qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record:


2006 Quarterfinals
2008 Withdrew
2010 - Qualifying Stage
2012 - Qualified

First International Match: Palestine played their first match against Egypt which they lost 1-8 in July 26, 1953.

Biggest Win: Palestine hammered Guam 11-0 in April 1, 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Biggest Defeat: 8-1 defeat at the hands of Eygpt is still the biggest loss for them in International football.

Palestine are grouped with Nepal, Maldives and Turkmenistan in Group A of AFC Challenge Cup.

AFC Challenge Cup 2012 To Go LIVE In Three Continents

AFC Challenge Cup Football Tournament is going LIVE in three continents through satellite channels.

The official marketing partner of AFC, The World Sports Group informed  that the Championship is being broadcasted live in Asia, Europe and North America.

In Nepal, Kantipur TV is the host broadcaster.

According to the information provided, Kolkata TV will take the rights in India, ABS-CBN  Channel in Philippines, One World Sports in USA, Television Maldives in Maldives and Perform Group in Europe.

Some TV channels in Tajikitan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka are also interested to show the matches live.

AFC Challenge Cup 2012: The Price Hike In Match Tickets Is Likely

All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) is planning to hike the ticket price of AFC Challenge Cup 2012, according to the souce.

It is learned that the ticket price is likely to be Rs 1000 for closed parapet & Rs 500 or 300 for open rampant.

However, the official confirmation is yet come from ANFA.

Eight countries are participating in the event. The winner will secure the berth in AFC Asian Cup 2015, australia.

AFC Challenge Cup 2012: Team Update - Maldives

Football in Maldives is like what Cricket in India. Tiny island country is obsessed with the beautiful game. A mere population of three hundred thousands people hasn't barred them from producing talented football players.
Maldives was known to the world when they drew with South Korea at home 0-0 in the Asian qulifying for the 2006 World Cup. Their most significant success was winning the 2008 SAFF Championship where they beat the most successful team India in the final 1–0.

Nickname: The Islanders are known as Red Snappers

FIFA Ranking: The Islanders are ranked at 175th position in the world and 37th in Asia. The highest FIFA ranking 126th position was in 2006 and the lowest was 183rd in 1997.

Kit: Maldives' home kit comprises a  red jersey and red shorts – red is the national colour of the Maldives, and represents the boldness of the nation's heroes. The current away kit comprises a black jersey and black shorts. Adidas is the kit provider to the national team, a sponsorship deal that began in 2011.

Coach: Istavan Urbanyi is the hungarian coach who took the helm from Andres Cruciani. Urbanyi was also the coach of the team in 2009/10.




Player To Be Watched:
Ali Ashfaq. Ashfaq is currently not fit as he is recovering from knee injury. But he is surely a player to be watched in Maldivian squad. Ashfaq is the man who scored a ROCKET goal against Nepal in the first match of SAFF Championship 2011.

Supporters: Maldivians are so passionate about the beautiful game and they follow their beloved team closely.

World Cup record

    1930 to 1986 – Did not enter
    1990 – Withdrew
    1994 – Did not enter
    1998 to 2014 – Did not qualify

Asian Cup record

    1956 to 1992 – Did not enter
    1996 to 2004 – Did not qualify
    2007 – Did not enter
    2011 – Did not qualify

AFC Challenge Cup record

    2006 to 2008 – Ineligible
    2010 – Did not qualify
    2012 – Qualified

SAFF championship record

Winner in 2008

First International Match:
Seychelles 9 Maldives 0 in 1979

Biggest Win:
Maldives hammered hapless Mongolia 12-0 in 2003

Biggest Defeat:
Iran defeated Red Snappers 17-0 in 1997 in Damascus, Syria.

Maldives are grouped with Nepal, Palestine and Turkmenistan in Group A of AFC Challenge Cup.
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