2011 in association football
The following are the scheduled events of association football for the year 2011 throughout the world.
Events
Men
Women
News
North American professional expansion
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:
Headlines
- January 5: Kristine Lilly, whose 352 appearances for the US 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.[1]
- June: trials started for people allegedly involved in fixing Finnish football matches. One team, Tampere United was indefinitely suspended from Finnish football for accepting payments from a person known for match-fixing.[2]
61st FIFA Congress
The 61st FIFA Congress was held in Zurich, Switzerland between 31st May and 1st June. At the congress, Sepp Blatter was re-elected as the President of FIFA.[4][5]
Continental champions
Several international continental tournaments were held to determine berths into the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Most notably, FC Barcelona of Spain's La Liga won the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United of the English Premier League 3–1.[6] The UEFA Champions League is considered by some to be the most preeminent club competition in the World, even more so than the Club World Cup, primarily due to the financial strength of European teams in contrast to clubs in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
Elsewhere, the 2011 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 over Real Salt Lake of the United States' Major League Soccer.[7] Salt Lake became the first American club to reach a Champions League final, as well as the first American side to reach a top-tier North American club championship since Los Angeles Galaxy in 2000.[8]
New Zealander teams continued their dominance in the OFC Champions League as Auckland City won their second OFC Champions League honor against Amicale of Vanuatu's Premia Divisen.[9]
Al-Sadd of Qatar's Starts League won the 2011 AFC Champions League Final against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the Korean K-League 2-2 (4-2 in penalties). Al-Sadd was qualified to the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time after winning it's second title in the Asia.
On 6 November, the 2011 CAF Champions League Final will be contested between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco's Botola and Espérance Tunis of Tunisia's CLP-1. The second leg will be contested on 12 November.
List of champions
Domestic champions
AFC nations
CAF nations
CONCACAF nations
CONMEBOL nations
OFC nations
UEFA nations
Cup champions
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Nikolay Abramov, Russian defender (26)
- 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)
- 15 January – Nat Lofthouse, English international forward (85)
- 16 January – Alcides Silveira, Uruguayan international midfielder (72)
- 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)
- 27 January – Svein Mathisen, Norwegian international midfielder (58)
- 29 January – Corona, Spanish defender (92)
February
March
April
- 22 April – Cheung Sai Ho, Hong Kong international midfielder (35)
May
June
July
- 17 July - Juan Arza, Spanish international forward and manager (88)
August
September
October
November
- 14 November - Alf Fields, English defender (92)
- 27 November - Gary Speed, Welsh international midfielder and manager (42)
December
References
- ^ "U.S. Soccer Legend Kristine Lilly Retires" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. January 5, 2011. http://www.ussoccer.com/News/Womens-National-Team/2011/01/US-Soccer-Legend-Kristine-Lilly-Retires.aspx. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
- ^ "3 Finland football rocked by match-fixing scandal". BBC News. June 10, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13736085. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ "2nd match - Juventus - Parma". Juventus Football Club Official Website. Juventus F.C.. http://www.juventus.com/wps/portal/en/incampo/partite/classifiche-e-risultati/prima/2011-2012/serie%20a%20tim/02juventus-parma/!ut/p/b1/xZTZjrM4EIWfpR8gjdnhEgIECDuYJTeIAGENJEDYnn460iz6Z6Y1mqt2XdkqVR2f-mzkgoTIpUvmqkimqu-S9r2_UDFGcaxzPqEAWL4EFN1STh7v-SiJIwESyhHKC71eiGIwwzIdVWIT_RbHTlp_jZJH7XBYMYfUeicPDGn6rJXX_PXWKeOB8LXXTboWMXcHqkxkhS-X7n45Ugxshk300l0XHZUk-4e7nypeUvvxTJW1dIpMro8pVWzPorP7dMaoVTXZWs_ItbuSm-exVdqFcz7lfltrqRUZ9mWknanvArPXwrYxCSq7sTSm3nbfghDftoAWXvgxvr6et9lZaCB-ICpyWdL7ZzV9Lnmb9vf867aXXw1hXPsIFIrhAPSOKMOA3xPAN4sDf69w8igWKLYlcaLOokChEUN-t3LzDom-UukYA-DE8igHTrjGAwWeJVnjadRkcMRDQkDEbr09lL3ZnXq3N93zNWNwFDAEiyd4tuGJm2FkhjtEC4BgN-Bqjs0GPLE1vEyUnwWJsz2wBBka1eRamj7pWpZb3nE972Mxbswe7jTss8XmVOdBy9zHxx_C_sSCPL9dIHXOwgwUeNhPC_vGMRP8mLC_WKq6NLk_esSvI4K9jvoiiMncFEsieUr-wruZy5xx0i1Os2y5iigPI9NX9VQ5mHCaGwnNYSXEXJogRUxCyb6wLnDOD7ppSoKBKZ5FAd1Qs3p2rWqkO3EK9uIZ7odTKfLbYcBzTN7YZw6eKMaPqJThsxLDl0E2IfvarqwAE7dLFlVWCMLqxsFeTHO_ldyKQo2n5O7yQOmMjKqcj_tysmaXTjXtHjxKdxpQE2LuEZrt8qRypcWXp6iBVLntdbLmhEJko7MUrHzUmJSIUVTWbzVjW2kpAv8_Bnf-J-q0vei1vuq1pKIQ2wzh5hqepOtZjroiaaIeBC5cVlfwVXdQv87h_xpc0ogLV_wL6r_-gDT4aWHfOHb8OWFfqFfX--cbd_AJaIYhAYuSgGYBzhLoD3LPxBf24TxHL3ueh-HmHB7ZtVZm2mhwKhhBa66FmzvLYlmXYG3S7E4f-f3ZB8L7DYQDNmCrOMqxI-R53mJEECqT57ZJSKX9CMQ-u5YQjL42l1AJCcKOuyOoWOAsQ1qX_MEUZYJc53kwFVomltS_H6CEPO5z0ziMEO7vyJPDOyLu4zf3dD5R/dl4/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?view=archivio. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ^ "Congress: working to protect the game". FIFA. 5 May 2011. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/bodies/news/newsid=1429299.html.
- ^ "FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter re-elected for a fourth term". FIFA. June 1 2011. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/bodies/news/newsid=1445541/index.html.
- ^ Hart, Simon (28 May 2011). "Barcelona crowned as Messi and Villa see off United". Union of European Football Associations. UEFA.com. http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/matches/season=2011/round=2000122/match=2003352/postmatch/report/index.html. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Monterrey claims CCL title with 1-0 victory". CONCACAF. CONCACAFChampions.com. 27 April 2011. http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2347632,00.html. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Salt Lake heads to CCL finals despite 2-1 loss". CONCACAF. 5 April 2011. http://www.concacafchampions.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12856~2331980,00.html. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "2011 O-League Match Summary: Auckland City FC v. Amicale FC". OFC. OceaniaFootball.com. http://210.48.80.94/OFC/Portals/0/Images/Articles/2011%20O-League%202nd%20leg%20final%20Match%20Summary.pdf. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Skënderbeu take Albanian title". UEFA. UEFA.com. 5 May 2011. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=alb/news/newsid=1627485.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Andorran joy for FC Santa Coloma". UEFA. UEFA.com. 6 March 2011. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=and/news/newsid=1611173.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
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