Overview of the events of 2011 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year2011 throughout the world.
North American professional expansion [ edit ] In 2011, the major leagues of the men's and women's sport in the United States and Canada each added at least one new team:
[ edit ] The2011–12 season is a transitional season of theRussian Premier League , as it will stretch over 18 months instead of the conventional 12 months. The unusual length of the season is the result of the decision to adapt the playing year to an autumn-spring rhythm similar to most of the otherUEFA leagues.[citation needed
The season will comprise two phases.[ 1]
The top eight teams of the first phase will compete for the championship and the spots for both the2012–13 Champions League andEuropa League . Accordingly, the bottom eight teams will have to avoid relegation. The bottom two teams of this group will be directly relegated, while the 13th- and 14-placed teams will compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the third- and fourth-placed teams of the2011–12 National League Championship .[ 2]
5 January:Kristine Lilly , whose 352 appearances for theUS women's national team made her the most-capped player in the sport's history, announced her retirement after an international career that started shortly after her 16th birthday in 1987.[ 3] 31 January: The 4th highest transfer fee in football history (£49.5m) was recorded, whenFernando Torres signed forChelsea fromLiverpool .Andy Carroll 's same-day move fromNewcastle United to Liverpool for £35m was the eighth highest fee received for a player. June: trials started for people allegedly involved in fixingFinnish football matches. One team,Tampere United was indefinitely suspended from Finnish football for accepting payments from a person known for match-fixing.[ 4] 11 September: The first official match of the recently built, 41,000 seatedJuventus Stadium ,Juventus 4 – 1Parma , whereStephan Lichtsteiner scored the first goal in the new stadium on the 17th minute.[ 5] 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal : an ongoing investigation aboutmatch fixing , incentive premium, bribery, establishing a criminal organization,organized crime ,extortion ,threat andintimidation in Turkey's top two association football divisions, theSüper Lig andFirst League .The61st FIFA Congress was held in Zurich, Switzerland between 31 May and 1 June. At the congress, Sepp Blatter was re-elected as thePresident of FIFA .[ 6] [ 7]
Continental champions [ edit ] Wembley Stadium, located in London hosted the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final. Several international continental tournaments were held to determine berths into the2011 FIFA Club World Cup .
Most notably,FC Barcelona of Spain'sLa Liga won the2011 UEFA Champions League Final againstManchester United of the EnglishPremier League 3–1.[ 8]
Elsewhere, the2011 CONCACAF Champions League Finals was historic in the essence that it was the first final in the modern North American champions league-era not to feature an all-Mexican final. Nevertheless,Monterrey of Mexico's Premiera Division won the 2011 title 3–2 on aggregate overReal Salt Lake of the United States'Major League Soccer .[ 9] Los Angeles Galaxy in 2000.[ 10]
New Zealander teams continued their dominance in the OFC Champions League asAuckland City won their second OFC Champions League honor againstAmicale of Vanuatu'sPremia Divisen .[ 11]
Al-Sadd of theQatar Stars League won the2011 AFC Champions League Final againstJeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the KoreanK-League 2–2 (4–2 in penalties). Al-Sadd qualified for theFIFA Club World Cup for the first time after winning its second title in Asia.
On 6 November, the2011 CAF Champions League Final will be contested betweenWydad Casablanca of Morocco'sBotola andEspérance Tunis of Tunisia'sCLP-1 . The second leg will be contested on 12 November.
List of men champions [ edit ] This article's
factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information.
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2012 )
1 January –Nikolay Abramov , Russian defender (26)[ 14] 4 January –Coen Moulijn , Dutch international forward (73) 6 January –Uche Okafor , Nigerian international defender (43) 8 January –Josep Artigas , Spanish international midfielder (87) 8 January –Ángel Pedraza , Spanish midfielder and manager (48) 8 January –Thorbjørn Svenssen , Norwegian international defender (86) 9 January –Richard Butcher , English midfielder (29) 9 January –Jerzy Woźniak , Polish international defender (78) 10 January –Bora Kostić , Yugoslavian international striker (80) 13 January –Charles Muscat , Maltese footballer (48) 15 January –Nat Lofthouse , English international forward (85) 16 January –Alcides Silveira , Uruguayan international midfielder (72) 19 January –Mihai Ionescu , Romanian footballer (74) 21 January –Wally Hughes , English football coach (76) 24 January –Alec Boden , Scottish footballer (85) 24 January –Francisco Hernández , Mexican international midfielder, member of the 1950 FIFA World Cup Mexico squad (83) 25 January –Kiril Milanov , Bulgarian international forward (62) 25 January –Bill Holden , English footballer (82) 27 January –Svein Mathisen , Norwegian international midfielder (58) 29 January –Corona , Spanish defender (92) 29 January –Norman Wilkinson , English footballer (79) 31 January –Norman Uprichard , Northern Irish footballer (82) 1 February –Les Stubbs , English footballer (81) 2 February –Jimmy Fell , English footballer (75) 3 February –Neil Young , English forward (66) 6 February –William Morais , Brazilian midfielder (19) 6 February –Billy Gallier , English footballer (78) 7 February –Eric Parsons , English footballer (87) 11 February –Josef Pirrung , German footballer (61) 14 February –Peter Feteris , Dutch footballer (58) 16 February –Tonny van Ede , Dutch international winger (86) 17 February –George Clarke , English footballer (89) 19 February –Ernő Solymosi , Hungarian international defender (70) 19 February –Norman Corner , English footballer (68) 20 February –Tony Kellow , English footballer (58) 21 February –Jean Baeza , French international defender (68) 22 February –Ivo Pavelić , Croatian footballer (103) 24 February –Yozhef Betsa , Soviet Ukrainian midfielder, 1956 Olympic champion (81) 26 February –Kostas Andriopoulos , Greek footballer (26) 26 February –Dean Richards , English defender (36) 26 February –Jorge Santoro , Brazilian footballer 28 February –Jan van Schijndel , Dutch footballer (83) 5 March –Viktor Voroshilov , Soviet footballer (84) 6 March –Ján Popluhár , Slovak footballer (75) 6 March –Reg Stewart , English footballer (85) 7 March –Adrián Escudero , Spanish footballer (83) 7 March –Vladimir Brazhnikov , Russian footballer (69) 8 March –Masoud Boroumand , Iranian footballer (82) 10 March –Danny Paton , Scottish footballer (75) 19 March –Barrington Gaynor , Jamaican footballer (45) 20 March –Néstor de Vicente , Argentine footballer (46) 21 March –Jesús Aranguren , Spanish defender and coach (66) 21 March –Ladislav Novák , Czech footballer (79) 21 March –Hans Boskamp , Dutch footballer (78) 22 March –Patrick Doeplah , Liberian footballer (22) 22 March –José Soriano , Peruvian footballer (93) 23 March –Trevor Storton , English footballer (61) 26 March –František Havránek , Czech football manager (87) 31 March –Oddvar Hansen , Norwegian footballer (89) 3 April –Yevgeny Lyadin , Russian footballer (84) 4 April –John Niven , Scottish footballer (89) 4 April –Juan Tuñas , Cuban footballer (93) 6 April –Jim Blair , Scottish footballer (64) 6 April –John Morris , English footballer (87) 10 April –Mikhail Rusyayev , Russian footballer (46) 11 April –Jimmy Briggs , Scottish footballer (74) 11 April –Billy Gray , English footballer (83) 11 April –Doug Newlands , Scottish footballer (79) 12 April –Ronnie Coyle – Scottish footballer (46) 12 April –Robert Lokossimbayé , Chadian footballer (35) 18 April –Olubayo Adefemi , Scottish footballer (25) 20 April –Allan Brown , Scottish footballer (84) 16 April –Chinesinho , Brazilian midfielder, winner of the1966–67 Serie A . (75) 22 April –Cheung Sai Ho , Hong Kong international midfielder. (35) 22 April –Wiel Coerver , Dutch footballer (86) 28 April –Willie O'Neill , Scottish footballer (70) 30 April –Eddie Turnbull , Scottish footballer (88) 2 May –Eddie Lewis , English footballer (76) 2 May –Shigeo Yaegashi , Japanese footballer (78) 4 May –Sammy McCrory , Northern Irish footballer (86) 5 May –Yosef Merimovich , Israeli footballer (86) 5 May –Tomm Wright , Scottish footballer (83) 6 May –Yoon Ki-won , South Korean footballer (23) 11 May –Glyn Williams , Welsh footballer (92) 14 May –Ernie Walker , Scottish football administrator (82) 17 May –Frank Upton , English footballer (76) 22 May –Alexandru Ene , Romanian footballer (82) 22 May –Nasser Hejazi , Iranian goalkeeper and coach (61) 25 May –Miroslav Opsenica , Serbian footballer (29) 28 May –Hermann Bley , German footballer (75) 29 May –Billy Crook , English footballer (84) 30 May –Jung Jong-kwan , South Korean footballer (29) 30 May –Eddie Morrison , Scottish footballer (63) 2 June –Willie Phiri , Zambian footballer (57) 5 June –Célestin Oliver , French footballer (80) 8 June –Nasir Jalil , Zambian footballer (56) 9 June –Josip Katalinski , Bosnian footballer (63) 18 June –Echendu Adiele , Nigerian footballer (32) 18 June –Ulrich Biesinger , German international forward (77) 20 June –Vladimir Pettay , Russian football referee (38) 22 June –Albert Johnson , English footballer (80) 22 June –Coşkun Özarı , Turkish footballer (80) 23 June –Dennis Marshall , Costa Rican international defender (25) 24 June –Tomislav Ivić , Croatian footballer (77) 26 June –Jung Jung-suk South Korean footballer (28) 26 June –Jan van Beveren , Dutch footballer (63) 27 June –Ken Bainbridge , English footballer (90) 27 June –Mike Boyle , English footballer (64) 28 June –Giorgio Bernardin , Italian footballer (83) 29 June –Carlos Diarte , Paraguayan footballer (57) 4 August –Naoki Matsuda , Japanese international defender (34) 5 August –Stan Willemse , English footballer (86) 6 August –Kuno Klötzer , German footballer (89) 7 August –Eddie Gibbins , English footballer (85) 11 August –Mark Sinyangwe , Zambian footballer (31) 11 August –Ignacio Flores , Mexican international defender (58) 13 August –Álvaro Lara , Chilean footballer (26) 14 August –Fritz Korbach , German footballer (66) 15 August –Nenad Bijedić , Bosnian football manager (51) 16 August –Frank Munro , Scottish footballer (63) 19 August –Yevhen Yevseyev , Ukrainian footballer (24) 21 August –Ezra Sued , Argentine footballer (88) 22 August –Žarko Nikolić , Serbian footballer (72) 24 August –George Knight , English footballer (90) 24 August –Alfons Van Brandt , Belgian footballer (84) 27 August –John Parke , Northern Irish footballer (74) 28 August –Bernie Gallacher , Scottish footballer (44) 29 August –Mark Ovendale , English footballer (37) 30 August –João Carlos Batista Pinheiro , Brazilian footballer (79) 3 October –Zakaria Zerouali , Moroccan footballer (33) 5 October –Edward Acquah , Ghanaian footballer (76) 5 October –Níver Arboleda , Colombian footballer (43) 5 October –Richard Holmlund , Swedish football manager (47) 7 October –Julien Bailleul , French footballer (23) 11 October –Henk Hofs , Dutch footballer (60) 11 October –Derrick Ward , English footballer (76) 19 October –Édison Chará , Colombian footballer (31) 23 October –Winston Griffiths , Jamaican footballer (33) 25 October –Leonidas Andrianopoulos , Greek footballer (100) 31 October –Flórián Albert , Hungarian striker (70) 8 November –Jimmy Adamson , English footballer (82) 8 November –Valentin Ivanov , Russian footballer (76) 9 November –Ézio Leal Moraes Filho , Brazilian footballer (45) 12 November –Alun Evans (FAW) , Welsh footballer administrator (69) 13 November –Bobsam Elejiko , Nigerian footballer (30) 14 November –Alf Fields , English footballer (92) 16 November –Djamel Keddou , Algerian footballer (59) 18 November –Jones Mwewa , Zambian footballer (38) 19 November –Karl Aage Præst , Danish footballer (89) 20 November –David Cargill , English footballer (75) 20 November –Mario Martiradonna , Italian footballer (73) 21 November –Jim Lewis , English footballer (84) 22 November –Pío Corcuera , Argentine footballer (90) 23 November –Henry Øberg , Norwegian football referee (80) 24 November –Humberto Medina , Mexican footballer (69) 24 November –Johnny Williams , English footballer (76) 26 November –István Gajda , Hungarian footballer (30) 27 November –Gary Speed , Welsh international midfielder and manager (42) 28 November –Aruwa Ameh , Nigerian footballer (20) 1 December –Hippolyte Van den Bosch , Belgian footballer (85) 2 December –Artur Quaresma , Portuguese footballer (94) 4 December –Sócrates , Brazilian international midfielder (57) 5 December –Gennady Logofet , Russian footballer (69) 6 December –Lawrie Tierney , Scottish footballer (52) 7 December –Peter Croker , English footballer (89) 8 December –Peter Brown , English footballer (77) 8 December –Vinko Cuzzi , Croatian footballer (71) 8 December –Giorgio Mariani , Italian footballer (65) 9 December –Len Phillips , English footballer (89) 10 December –Hamilton Bobby , Indian footballer 13 December –Klaus-Dieter Sieloff , German international footballer (69) 14 December –Pedro Febles , Venezuelan footballer (53) 19 December –Luciano Magistrelli , Italian footballer (73) 19 December –Héctor Núñez , Uruguayan footballer (75) 23 December –Neil Davids , English footballer (56) 25 December –Christophe Laigneau , French footballer (46) 25 December –George Robb , English footballer (85) 27 December –Catê , Brazilian footballer (38) 29 December –Ron Howells , Welsh footballer (84) 29 December –Ked Johnson , English footballer (80) 31 December –Roy Greenwood , English footballer (80)
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Egypt
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Serbia
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Denmark
Netherlands
Mexico
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Romania
Colombia
Chinese Taipei
India
Portugal
Italy
Germany
Switzerland
São José
Olympique Lyonnais
FFAS Senior League:Pago Youth
Cook Islands Round Cup:Tupapa Maraerenga
Fijian National Football League:Ba FC
FSMFA Top League:Not known
Kiribati National Championship:Not held
New Caledonia Division Honneur:AS Mont-Dore
ASB Premiership:Waitakere United
Niue Soccer Tournament: Vaiea Sting
Norfolk Island Soccer League:Not known
Palau Soccer League:Not held
Papua New Guinea National Soccer League:Hekari United
Samoa National League:Kiwi FC
Solomon Islands National Club Championship:Koloale FC
Tahiti Division Fédérale:AS Tefana
Tonga Major League:SC Lotoha'apai
Tuvalu A-Division:Nauti FC
Vanuatu Premia Divisen:Amicale FC
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Mali
Nigeria
Kenya
Canada
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