FIFA/Cocacola world ranking for Africa (CAF) national teams 2011

Africa national football teams FIFA/Cocacola ranking released on Jun 2011. FIFA ranking for (CAF)Africa teams moved Cote d'Ivoire 7 place up in world ranking: their best position ever in the ranking. After the 2010 world cup success, South Africa seems to be dropping having moved from 90th to 38th in the last ranking.

Updated FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking top ten ranking Jun 2011,

New FIFA countries football ranking have been released today. The new FIFA ranking has pushed Brazil from third place to fifth place after losing 295 points, Argentina move from fifth to tenth place having lost 288 points while Uruguay drop 185 points and move to 18th place. Mexico have jumped to 9th position from 28th after gaining 205 points, success came after their victory at the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Among top ten nationals only World cup winner Spain and Wolrd cup runner-up Netherlands maintained their position from last month FIFA ranking.

Source:thesoccerwallpaper.com

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New FIFA Top ten countries ranking
No:	Countries	Points	Team Manager
1	Spain	1871	Vicent del Bosques
2	Netherlands	1661	Bert van Marwijk
3	Germany	1417	Joachim Low
4	England	1146	Fabio Capello
5	Brazil	1267	Sergio Batista
6	Italy	1059	Cesare Prandelli
7	Portugal	1046	Paulo Bento
8	Croatia	1033	Slaven Bilic
9	Mexico	1007	Jose Manuel Torre
10	Argentina	991	Mano Menes
FIFA Ranking updated on 29 Jun 2011

Previous FIFA Top ten countries ranking
No:	Countries	Points	Team Manager
1	Spain	1857	Vicent del Bosques
2	Netherlands	1702	Bert van Marwijk
3	Brazil	1425	Mano Menes
4	Germany	1413	Joachim Low
5	Argentina	1267	Sergio Batista
6	England	1163	Fabio Capello
7	Uruguay	1094	Oscar Tabarez
8	Portugal	1052	Paulo Bento
9	Italy	1019	Cesare Prandelli
10	Croatia	991	Slaven Bilic
FIFA Ranking updated on 18 May 2011

Manchester United squad wallpapers 2010-2011, 2009-2010, 2008-2009, 2007-2008

Manchester United Squad Wallpaper 2010-2011

Manchester United Squad Wallpaper 2009-2010

Manchester United Squad Wallpaper 2008-2009

Manchester United Squad Wallpaper 2007-2008

Source: Manutd.com and Manchester United squad wallpaper

UEFA: Champion League Draw first and second round 2011-2012

UEFA champion league competition is set to kick off on June 28th as low ranked teams will play first and second round matches.
Champion League First Qualifying Round on June 28 and July 5 2011. First qualifying round has teams ranking at 50-53 positions in UEFA competition.

Tre Fiori	vs	Valletta
Santa Coloma	vs	F91 Dudelange

 

Champion League Second Qualifying Round on July 12 2011 and July 19 2011. The second qualifying round has teams ranked between 17 to 49 in UEFA competition.

Maccabi Haifa	vs	Borac
Mogren	vs	Litex Lovech
Maribor	vs	St Coloma/F91 Dudelange
Skenderbeu	vs	APOEL Nicosia
Slovan Bratislava	vs	Tobol
SK Sturm Graz	vs	Videoton FC
FC Zestafoni	vs	FC Dacia
Dinamo Zagreb	vs	Neftci
Malmo FF	vs	HB Torshavn
Shamrock Rovers	vs	Flora Tallinn
Rosenborg	vs	Breidablik
HJK Helsinki	vs	Bangor City
Skonto FC	vs	Wisla Krakow
Linfield	vs	BATE
Partizan Belgrade	vs	Shkendija Tetovo
Tre Fiori/Valletta	vs	FK Ekranas
Pyunik	vs	Plzen

 

Barclays premier league: Chelsea and Liverpool new kits for 2011-2012

Chelsea new shirts for 2011-2012 season. The blue home shirt, black with blue drafts away and yellow shirt a third shirt.

Liverpool new shirts for 2011-2012 season. The red home shirt, black away shirt and white a third shirt.

Man utd and other clubs England premier league football records

Manchester United wrapped up their 19th premiership league title 103 years later since winning their first EPL title in 1907/1908 season. The successes come after they won 12 league titles while Liverpool stayed at 18 titles since they won their last EPL title in 1990. The red devils also are leading club in EPL runner-up, 14 times, followed by Liverpool finishing second in 12 seasons. Only four clubs; Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Huddersfield have won the league title in three consecutive years, but Manchester United have done that twice. Manchester United squad

Other Manchester United records
Manchester United have also equaled 18 homes wins, a record previous held by Chelsea after winning 18 out of 19 homes games in 2005-06. The red devils are also leading away goal scorers in one league season with 47 goals in 2001-02 and they have conceded fewest goals 4 in home ground in 1994-95. Chelsea are currently holding a four seasons clean sheet record followed by Manchester United and Arsenal but Chelsea record is also a consecutive run of clean sheet in four season which was interrupted in the fourth season.

Phil Jones join Chris Smalling and Manchester United for a 5 years contract

Manchester United has confirmed the signing of the England under 21 and Blackburn centre-half Phil Jones on 5 year contract. The 19 years old, is set to join another England under 21 player, Chris Smalling who have had a superb season with Manchester United last season.
In their statement; Manchester United said ''Manchester United is delighted to announce it has signed an agreement with Blackburn Rovers for the transfer of Phil Jones"

Phil Jones and Chris Smalling Man utd

Sir Alex Ferguson still wants David De Gea
Sir Alex Ferguson is still chasing David De Gea signature as a replacement of Van Der Sar. De Gea featured against the duo,Phil Jones and chris Smalling in yesterday European championship kick-off in Demark.

European U21 championships: England vs Spain could it be like Barcelona and Manchester?

England under 21 squad is set to kicks of the European U21 championship campaign against Spain today. Stuart Pearce’s squad reached the competition final last year but were beaten 4-0 by German. The championship kicked off yesterday and saw Belarus emerging victorious against Iceland with 2-0 win and Switzerland beat Denmark 1-0 in Group A. In recent years England squad have been improving and many are expecting the trend from being semi-finalist in 2007 and finalist in 2009 might go all the way to being the new European U21 champions.
Spain U21 and success of Euro 2008 and world cup 2010
The Spain team that won Seniors Euro 2008 had 20 players coming from U 21 team in previous years. It then took the senior team only two years to win the world cup for the first time in history. Despite Spain football being high rated, especially after recent UEFA final championship match which saw Barcelona beating Manchester United 3-1, Stuart Pearce is confident they will beat rivals.
"Every game we approach, with this group of players, we feel as though we can win," He said.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Both teams have talents player and some have played at highest level in Club competition. England U21 squad have Daniel Sturridge (Chelsea), Scott Sinclair (Swansea City), Smalling (Manchester United). Spain U21 squad is also full of talents including the 20 years old goalkeeper David De Gea (Atlético Madrid) whom Sir Alex Ferguson has been targeting as a replacement of Edwin Van Der Sar.
Players to watch in England vs Spain today

Will Roman Abramovic choose Guus Hiddink as Carlo ancelotti replacementi?

The former Chelsea coach, Guus Hiddink is a top target for Chelsea as a replacement of Carlo Ancelotti. The Dutchman current manage Turkey national team but will like to be involved in daily coaching activities. Other managers in the list are Gianfranco Zola, Mark Hughes or Marco Van Basten.

Head to Head: Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer in French Open 2011 Grand Slam.

Rafael Nadal leads Roger Federer in head to head encounter by 16-8 wins overall and 5-2 wins in Gland slam only. Last grand slam encounter between the two rivals was in Australian Open competition in 2009. Feeder’s win will take him to 17th Grand slam titles. Nadal’s win will take him to 10th Grand slam. Nadal have managed to keep Novak Djokovic away from Nadal one and can even improve his lead in ATP world ranking if he win French open 2011.
2009 Australian Open winner and first runner-up