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The term was coined on August 4, 1937, when the Argentine Football Association (AFA) arranged a system of proportional representation for the sport clubs involved: the vote of clubs with either 15,000 members and at least 20 years playing the tournament and two or more championships would be weighted threefold, the vote of clubs with 20 years and 10,000 to 15,000 members or one championship ...
The Avellaneda derby (clásico de Avellaneda), contested between Independiente and Racing, is the second most important rivalry in Argentine football.Both teams are from the city of Avellaneda (that is located into the Greater Buenos Aires) but have many fans throughout the country, being the third (Racing) and fourth (Independiente) most popular clubs in Argentina, accounting for more than 9% ...
BigSoccer.com is a soccer-related Internet forum in the United States. The site has more than 150,000 registered users and had over 1.2 million unique visitors during the 2006 FIFA World Cup . Forty percent of the site's traffic comes from outside the United States, with the site having particular popularity in Canada , Mexico , United Kingdom ...
The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has begun. Check HuffPost's World Cup dashboard throughout the tournament for standings, schedules, and detailed summaries of each match.
The "Copa Campeonato" trophy was awarded to Primera División champion from 1896 until 1926. [1] From 2013 to 2015, it was given to the Superfinal winner. [2]Since the creation of the first league in 1891, several official cups have been played in Argentina apart from the main competition, the Primera División championship.
The Primera División (Spanish pronunciation: [pɾiˈmeɾa ðiβiˈsjon]; English: "First Division"), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, [9] organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA).
The Big Five refers to the association football markets of England, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.As of 2024, they are the five European leaders in size and popularity of the main domestic football leagues – the Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 respectively in men's football, and the Women's Super League, Frauen-Bundesliga, Liga F, Serie A, and Première Ligue ...
ZURICH (AP) — FIFA apologized to the Ukrainian soccer federation for displaying a map during its World Cup qualifying draw that excluded Russia-occupied Crimea from the country’s territory.