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Juventus becomes the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major confederation competitions after defeating Liverpool 1–0 in that match, as well as the first in association football history to have won all possible international competitions [8] [9] [10] after defeating Argentinos Juniors 6–4 (2–2 a.e.t.) in ...
The history of Nottingham Forest Football Club covers the complete history of the club since its formation in 1865. Forest have won 11 major honours during their history: one league title, two FA Cups, four League Cups, one FA Charity Shield, two European Cups and one UEFA Super Cup.
Everton Football Club have a long and complex history. The club's roots loosely lie with a Methodist New Connexion congregation who had a chapel on the corner of Breckfield Road North and St. Domingo Vale in Everton, Liverpool. Initially formed as St. Domingo FC, named after the chapel, the football team was renamed Everton in 1879 after the ...
Southampton F.C. league progress 1921-2012. Southampton Football Club is a professional football club that was formed in 1885.. The roots of the club can be traced to members of St. Mary's Church Young Men's Association, who played their football at various venues in Southampton for 13 years, prior to the move to the club's former ground, The Dell in 1898, where it remained until 2001.
The history of Liverpool Football Club is divided into three periods: History of Liverpool F.C. (1892–1959) – The club was founded in 1892 following a split from Everton F.C. and joined the Football League in 1893. The appointment of Tom Watson as manager resulted in the club's first successful period, in which they won two League ...
The club were finally admitted to the Football League in 1920, and have overall mainly competed in the top two tiers of English football. Their best ever top flight season came in 1990–91 , when they challenged for the English league title , but fell just short, finishing in third place behind champions Arsenal and runners-up Liverpool to ...
The oldest club in continental Europe could be the Swiss club Lausanne Football and Cricket Club, founded 1860. [40] Football was introduced in a Belgian school in Melle (near Ghent) in 1863. [41] In the Netherlands the first football match was played in 1865 in Enschede. This was followed by the founding of Koninklijke HFC by Pim Mulier in ...
This article documents the history of Chelsea Football Club, an English association football team based in Fulham, West London. For a general overview of the club, see Chelsea F.C. In 2003, Chelsea were bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, ushering in an era of substantial success.