Category Archives: World Football
Manchester United, Arsenal and Football Clubs with the Most FA Cup Titles
Manchester United and Arsenal Have 21 FA Cups Between Them
Manchester City and Wigan are set for the 2013 FA Cup Final, which will take place about a month from now – on May 11 at Wembley Stadium in London.
It will be City’s 10th Final appearance. The Blues have won five.
Wigan Athletic is making its first appearance ever. The Latics have been around since 1932.
The FA Cup, or Football Association Challenge Cup, is, according to the official site (thefa.com), “the oldest and most famous domestic cup competition in the world.”
The first was at the end of the 1871-1872 season. Including 2012-13, there have been 132 Cups – every year but between 1915-16 and 1918-19 and 1939-40 and 1944-45 due to the two World Wars.
The Football Association is the oldest of its kind in the world and governs the sport of football in England, pro and amateur.
Every English pro team (for those not too familiar with the sport: every time you hear “Manchester,” “Arsenal,” “Chelsea,” etc) is part of the Football Association “league.”
The FA Cup annually pits hundreds of English football clubs in an elimination tournament, somewhat similar to the NCAA Tournament. There are 14 rounds, including many qualifiers for regional teams.
Not all clubs have to go through qualifiers or every round. For example, Premier League clubs join in the Third Round after many clubs have already been knocked out.
All ties are replayed until there is a winner.
For more about The Football Association and the FA Cup, check out the FA’s home page and history page.
Anyway, on to today’s list – FA clubs that have won multiple FA Cups, led by the Manchester United Red Devils with 11. Rival Arsenal, the Gunners, are one behind.
Follow @VinGetz| FOOTBALL CLUB | FA CUP TITLES | YEARS | |
| 1. | Manchester United | 11 | 1908-09, 1947-48, 1962-63, 1976-77, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 2003-04 |
| 2. | Arsenal | 10 | 1929-30, 1935-36, 1949-50, 1970-71, 1978-79, 1992-93, 1997-98, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2004-05 |
| 3. | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 1900-01, 1920-21, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1966-67, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1990-91 |
| 4. | Liverpool | 7 | 1964-65, 1973-74, 1985-86, 1988-89, 1991-92, 2000-01, 2005-06 |
| 4. | Chelsea | 7 | 1969-70, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12 |
| 4. | Aston Villa | 7 | 1886-87, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1904-05, 1912-13, 1919-20, 1956-57 |
| 7. | Newcastle United | 6 | 1909-10, 1923-24, 1931-32, 1950-51, 1951-52, 1954-55 |
| 7. | Blackburn Rovers | 6 | 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1927-28 |
| 9. | Everton | 5 | 1905-06, 1932-33, 1965-66, 1983-84, 1994-95 |
| 9. | West Bromwich Albion | 5 | 1887-88, 1891-92, 1930-31, 1953-54, 1967-68 |
| 9. | Manchester City | 5 | 1903-04, 1933-34, 1955-56, 1968-69, 2010-11 |
| 9. | Wanderers | 5 | 1871-72, 1872-73, 1875-76, 1876-77, 1877-78 |
| 13. | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 4 | 1892-93, 1907-08, 1948-49, 1959-60 |
| 13. | Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 1922-23, 1925-26, 1928-29, 1957-58 |
| 13. | Sheffield United | 4 | 1898-99, 1901-02, 1914-15, 1924-25 |
| 16. | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 1895-96, 1906-07, 1934-35 |
| 16. | West Ham United | 3 | 1963-64, 1974-75, 1979-80 |
| 18. | Preston North End | 2 | 1888-89, 1937-38 |
| 18. | Old Etonians | 2 | 1878-79, 1881-82 |
| 18. | Portsmouth | 2 | 1938-39, 2007-08 |
| 18. | Sunderland | 2 | 1936-37, 1972-73 |
| 18. | Nottingham Forest | 2 | 1897-98, 1958-59 |
| 18. | Bury | 2 | 1899-00, 1902-03 |
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Summer Olympics Football: Countries with the Most Gold (and Total) Medals
Argentina Is The Reigning Olympic Football Champion, Winning Back-to-Back Gold in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008
The 2012 Summer Olympics are just two weeks away, and of course, the most popular sport in the world, football, will be a major event.
And it just so happens this year’s host entity, Great Britain, has the most Olympic football (soccer) gold in history – the nation is tied with Hungary at three. Neither country has medaled since 1972, though (since 1912 for Great Britain).
Take a look below at three lists today: countries with the most football gold, countries with the most football medals and a chronological listing of all medaling countries since the sport joined the games in the second modern Olympiad, 1900.
The football landscape has changed quite a bit since the early days when, for the most part, European nations dominated. Since 1984, however, nine of a possible 21 medalist countries have come from South America.
For more Sports List of the Day Summer Olympic posts, browse the “Olympics” category.
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GOLD MEDALS
| 1. | Great Britain | 3 | 1900, 1908, 1912 |
| 1. | Hungary | 3 | 1952, 1964, 1968 |
| 3. | Argentina | 2 | 2004, 2008 |
| 3. | Soviet Union | 2 | 1956, 1988 |
| 3. | Uruguay | 2 | 1924, 1928 |
| 6. | Belgium | 1 | 1920 |
| 6. | Canada | 1 | 1904 |
| 6. | Cameroon | 1 | 2000 |
| 6. | Denmark | 1 | 1906 |
| 6. | Spain | 1 | 1992 |
| 6. | France | 1 | 1984 |
| 6. | East Germany | 1 | 1976 |
| 6. | Italy | 1 | 1936 |
| 6. | Nigeria | 1 | 1996 |
| 6. | Poland | 1 | 1972 |
| 6. | Sweden | 1 | 1948 |
| 6. | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1980 |
| 6. | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1960 |
TOTAL MEDALS
| COUNTRY | TOT | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | |
| 1. | Hungary | 5 | 1952, 1964, 1968 | 1972 | 1960 |
| 1. | Soviet Union | 5 | 1956, 1988 | — | 1972, 1976, 1980 |
| 1. | Denmark | 5 | 1906 | 1908, 1912, 1960 | 1948 |
| 1. | Yugoslavia | 5 | 1960 | 1948, 1952, 1956 | 1984 |
| 5. | Argentina | 4 | 2004, 2008 | 1928, 1996 | — |
| 5. | Brazil | 4 | — | 1984, 1988 | 1996, 2008 |
| 7. | Great Britain | 3 | 1900, 1908, 1912 | — | — |
| 7. | Spain | 3 | 1992 | 1920, 2000 | — |
| 7. | Poland | 3 | 1972 | 1976, 1992 | — |
| 7. | East Germany | 3 | 1976 | 1980 | 1972 |
| 7. | Italy | 3 | 1936 | — | 1928, 2004 |
| 7. | Sweden | 3 | 1948 | — | 1924, 1952 |
| 7. | Netherlands | 3 | — | — | 1908, 1912, 1920 |
| 14. | Uruguay | 2 | 1924, 1928 | — | — |
| 14. | France | 2 | 1984 | 1900 | — |
| 14. | Nigeria | 2 | 1996 | 2008 | — |
| 14. | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1980 | 1964 | — |
| 14. | Bulgaria | 2 | — | 1968 | 1956 |
| 14. | Mixed team | 2 | — | 1906 | 1900 |
| 14. | United States | 2 | 1904 | 1904 | |
| 21. | Austria | 1 | — | 1936 | — |
| 21. | Belgium | 1 | 1920 | — | — |
| 21. | Canada | 1 | 1904 | — | — |
| 21. | Cameroon | 1 | 2000 | — | — |
| 21. | Paraguay | 1 | — | 2004 | — |
| 21. | Switzerland | 1 | — | 1924 | — |
| 21. | Chile | 1 | — | — | 2000 |
| 21. | West Germany | 1 | — | — | 1988 |
| 21. | Germany | 1 | — | — | 1964 |
| 21. | Ghana | 1 | — | — | 1992 |
| 21. | Greece | 1 | — | — | 1906 |
| 21. | Japan | 1 | — | — | 1968 |
| 21. | Norway | 1 | — | — | 1936 |
CHRONOLOGICAL
| YEAR | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 2008 | Argentina | Nigeria | Brazil |
| 2004 | Argentina | Paraguay | Italy |
| 2000 | Cameroon | Spain | Chile |
| 1996 | Nigeria | Argentina | Brazil |
| 1992 | Spain | Poland | Ghana |
| 1988 | Soviet Union | Brazil | West Germany |
| 1984 | France | Brazil | Yugoslavia |
| 1980 | Czechoslovakia | East Germany | Soviet Union |
| 1976 | East Germany | Poland | Soviet Union |
| 1972 | Poland | Hungary | Soviet Union |
| East Germany | |||
| 1968 | Hungary | Bulgaria | Japan |
| 1964 | Hungary | Czechoslovakia | Germany |
| 1960 | Yugoslavia | Denmark | Hungary |
| 1956 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Bulgaria |
| 1952 | Hungary | Yugoslavia | Sweden |
| 1948 | Sweden | Yugoslavia | Denmark |
| 1936 | Italy | Austria | Norway |
| 1928 | Uruguay | Argentina | Italy |
| 1924 | Uruguay | Switzerland | Sweden |
| 1920 | Belgium | Spain | Netherlands |
| 1912 | Great Britain | Denmark | Netherlands |
| 1908 | Great Britain | Denmark | Netherlands |
| 1906 | Denmark | Mixed team | Greece-1 |
| 1904 | Canada | United States-1 | United States-2 |
| 1900 | Great Britain | France | Mixed team |
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UEFA European Football Championship Winners All Time
Euro 2012 is Being Hosted by Poland and Ukraine
The 2012 UEFA Championship continues. It’s still Round 1 and so far all countries but Sweden and Ireland are still alive for the Eurocup (though some are more alive than others).
You can follow the clubs as they advance in the UEFA Euro 2012 brackets.
Here’s a look at all the winners since the competition began in 1960.
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| YEAR | WINNER | LOSER | |||
| 1960 | Soviet Union | 2 | Yugoslavia | 1 | |
| 1964 | Spain | 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | |
| 1968 | Italy | 2 | Yugoslavia | 0 | |
| 1972 | West Germany | 3 | Soviet Union | 0 | |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | West Germany | 2 | 5-3 Penalty Shots |
| 1980 | West Germany | 2 | Belgium | 1 | |
| 1984 | France | 2 | Spain | 0 | |
| 1988 | Netherlands | 2 | Soviet Union | 0 | |
| 1992 | Denmark | 2 | Germany | 0 | |
| 1996 | Germany | 2 | Czech Republic | 1 | |
| 2000 | France | 2 | Italy | 1 | |
| 2004 | Greece | 1 | Portugal | 0 | |
| 2008 | Spain | 1 | Germany | 0 |
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