Tuesday, June 25, 2013

2013 Confederations Cup Group Stage - Long-Range Shooting Statistics

Shots from Outside Penalty Area
8 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
8 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
7 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
6 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
5 - Andres Guardado (Mexico)
5 - Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
4 - Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4 - Neymar (Brazil)
4 - Brown Ideye (Nigeria)
4 - Cesc Fabregas (Spain)
4 - Xavi (Spain)
3 - Javier Hernandez (Mexico)
3 - Hulk (Brazil)
3 - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
3 - Carlos Salcido (Mexico)
3 - Dani Alves (Brazil)
3 - Yuto Nagatomo (Japan)

Shots on Goal from Outside Penalty Area
5 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)
5 - Giovani Dos Santos (Mexico)
4 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4 - Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4 - Neymar (Brazil)
3 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
3 - Cesch Fabregas (Spain)

Shots Wide from Outside Penalty Area
5 - Ahmed Musa (Nigeria)
4 - Mario Balotelli (Italy)
4 - Marama Vahirua (Tahiti)
3 - John Obi Mikel (Nigeria)
3 - Andres Guardado (Mexico)
3 - Brown Ideye (Nigeria)
3 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Goals Scored from Outside Penalty Area
2 - Neymar (Brazil)
1 - Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
1 - Pedro (Spain)
1 - Andrea Pirlo (Italy)

Monday, June 24, 2013

Spain Results since World Cup 2006

All of Spain's results in meaningful qualifiers or tournaments (no friendlies included) since the 2006 World Cup.

Confederations Cup 2013 (3-0-0)
3-0 - Nigeria
10-0 - Tahiti
2-1 - Uruguay

World Cup Qualification 2014 (3-2-0)
1-0 - France (Away)
1-1 - Finland
1-1 - France
4-0 - Belarus (Away)
1-0 - Georgia (Away)

European Championship 2012 (4-2-0)
4-0 - Italy
0-0P - Portugal
2-0 - France
1-0 - Croatia
4-0 - Ireland Republic
1-1 - Italy

European Championship Qualification 2012 (8-0-0)
3-1 - Scotland
2-0 - Czech Republic (Away)
6-0 - Liechtenstein
3-1 - Lithuania (Away)
2-1 - Czech Republic
3-2 - Scotland (Away)
3-1 - Lithuania
4-0 - Liechtenstein (Away)

World Cup 2010 (6-0-1)
1-0 - Netherlands
1-0 - Germany
1-0 - Paraguay
1-0 - Portugal
2-1 - Chile
2-0 - Honduras
0-1 - Switzerland

World Cup Qualification 2010 (4-0-0)
5-2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina (Away)
2-1 - Armenia (Away)
3-0 - Estonia
5-0 - Belgium

Confederations Cup 2009 (4-0-1)
3-2 - South Africa
0-2 - United States
2-0 - South Africa
1-0 - Iraq
5-0 - New Zealand

World Cup Qualification 2010 (6-0-0)
2-1 - Turkey (Away)
1-0 - Turkey
2-1 - Belgium (Away)
3-0 - Estonia (Away)
4-0 - Armenia
1-0 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

European Championship 2008 (5-1-0)
1-0 - Germany
3-0 - Russia
0-0p - Italy
2-1 - Greece
2-1 - Sweden
4-1 - Russia

European Championship Qualification 2008 (9-1-2)
1-0 - Northern Ireland
3-0 - Sweden
3-1 - Denmark (Away)
2-0 - Latvia
1-1 - Iceland (Away)
2-0 - Liechtenstein (Away)
2-0 - Latvia (Away)
1-0 - Iceland
2-1 - Denmark
0-2 - Sweden (Away)
2-3 - Northern Ireland (Away)
4-0 - Liechtenstein

World Cup 2006 (3-0-1)
1-3 - France
1-0 - Saudi Arabia
3-1 - Tunisia
4-0 - Ukraine


Overall Record since 2006 World Cup
55-6-5

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Confederations Cup: Players with 3+ goals in Single Tournament


Players that have scored 3 or more goals in a single Confederations Cup tournament since it began as the King Fahd Cup in 1992.  Only Ronaldinho and Cuauhtémoc Blanco have scored 3+ in two separate tournaments.

Argentina
4 - Luciano Figueroa (2005)
3 - Juan Román Riquelme (2005)

Australia
4 - John Aloisi (2005)

Brazil
7 - Romário (1997)
6 - Ronaldinho (1999)
5 - Adriano (2005)
5 - Luis Fabiano (2009)
4 - Alex (1999)
4 - Ronaldo (1997)
3 - Ronaldinho (2005)
3 - Zé Roberto (1999)

Colombia
3 - Giovanni Hernández (2003)

Czech Republic
5 - Vladimír Šmicer (1997)

France
4 - Thierry Henry (2003)
3 - Robert Pirès (2003)

Germany
4 - Michael Ballack (2005)
3 - Lukas Podolski (2005)

Japan
3 - Shunsuke Nakamura (2003)

Mexico
6 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1999)
3 - Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1997)
3 - Jared Borgetti (2003)
3 - Luis García (1995)

Saudi Arabia
6 - Marzouq Al-Otaibi (1999)

Spain
3 - Fernando Torres (2009)
3 - David Villa (2009)

Turkey
3 - Okan Yılmaz (2003)
3 - Tuncay Şanlı (2003)

United States
3 - Clint Dempsey (2009)

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

2014 World Cup Qualifying Leading Goal Scorers


Players that have 5 or more goals in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying games.

11 goals
Deon McCaulay - Belize

10 goals
Peter Byers - Antigua and Barbuda
Blas Pérez - Panama

9 goals
Gonzalo Higuain - Argentina

8 goals
Lionel Messi - Argentina
Luis Suárez - Uruguay
Edin Džeko - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Georges Gope-Fenepej - New Caledonia

7 goals
Álvaro Saborío - Costa Rica
Clint Dempsey - USA
Lê Công Vinh - Vietnam
Shinji Okazaki - Japan
Jerry Bengston - Honduras
Chris Wood - New Zealand
Younis Mahmoud - Iraq
Hassan Abdel-Fattah - Jordan
Jacques Haeko - New Caledonia

6 goals
Tamarley Thomas - Antigua and Barbuda
Osael Romero - El Salvador
Radamel Falcao - Colombia
Vedad Ibišević - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Carlos Ruiz - Guatemala
Park Chu-Young - South Korea
Rocky Siberie - Curaçao
Tomer Hemed - Israel
Ahmad Hayel - Jordan

5 goals
Hao Junmin - China
Hassan Maatouk - Lebanon
Nasser Al-Shamrani - Saudi Arabia
Keisuke Honda - Japan
Amer Deeb - Jordan
Khalfan Ibrahim - Qatar
Lee Keun-Ho - South Korea
Islam Slimani - Algeria
Lesly St. Fleur - Bahamas
Jean-Eudes Maurice - Haiti
Erick Ozuna - Dominican Republic
Luis Tejada - Panama
Javier Hernandez - Mexico
Felipe Caicedo - Ecuador
Bertrand Kaï - New Caldonia
Shane Smeltz - New Zealand
Lorenzo Tehau - Tahiti
Wayne Rooney - England
Mesut Özil - Germany
Marco Reus - Germany
Robin van Persie - Netherlands
Hélder Postiga - Portugal

Thursday, June 6, 2013

FIFA Best/Worst Rankings - June 2013


Nations currently at their best or worst all-time ranking position in the June 2013 FIFA Rankings.

Best Ranking
12 - Belgium
15 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
23 - Mali
38 - Albania

Worst Ranking
22 - Brazil
99 - Senegal
119 - Latvia
182 - Fiji
191 - Vanuatu

FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - June 2013


Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average FIFA ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- April)

3.6 - Europe (+0.2)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
4 - Croatia
5 - Netherlands
6 - Portugal

12.2 - South America (-1.2)
3 - Argentina
7 - Colombia
10 - Ecuador
19 - Uruguay
22 - Brazil

24.6 - Africa (+0.6)
13 - Cote d'Ivoire
21 - Ghana
23 - Mali
31 - Nigeria
35 - Algeria

37.0 - CONCACAF (-1.2)
17 - Mexico
28 - USA
43 - Panama
48 - Costa Rica
49 - Jamaica

48.8 - Asia (-1.0)
32 - Japan
40 - South Korea
47 - Australia
58 - Uzbekistan
67 - Iran

128.0 - Oceania (+4.0)
57 - New Zealand
97 - New Caledonia
138 - Tahiti
166 - Solomon Islands
182 - Fiji


Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Spain Tercera División Club Logos

A small selection of Club Logos from Spain's Tercera División, the fourth level of the Spanish league system that includes 361 teams divided into 18 regional groups.


Alondras CF

Bermeo Club

CA Antoniano

CD Acero

CE Andratx

CD Baskonia

CD Iruña

CD Lealtad

CD Oberena

CD Toledo

CE Júpiter

CF Balaguer

CF Gimnástico Alcázar

CF Rayo Majadahonda

CD Corralejo

Talavera

UB Conquense

UDC Chantrea

UD Alcudia

Unión Deportivo Gijón Industrial

UD Las Palmas

UD Los Barrios

UD Talavera

Unio Esportiva Olot

Utebo FC

Monday, June 3, 2013

Gold Cup 2013 Players from Clubs in Top 15 European Leagues

Players on the preliminary squads for the 2013 Gold Cup that were with clubs in Europe's top 15 leagues in the 2012/2013 season.

Belize
None

Canada
GK Milan Borjan - Sivasspor (Turkey)
DF Marcel De Jong - Augsburg (Germany)
MF Atiba Hutchinson - PSV (Netherlands)
FW Simeon Jackson - Norwich City (England)

Costa Rica
GK Keylor Navas - Levante (Spain)
DF Junior Diaz - Mainz 05 (Germany)
MF Christian Bolaños - FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
FW Joel Campbell - Real Betis (Spain)
FW Bryan Ruiz - Fulham (England)

Cuba
None

El Salvador
None

Haiti
GK Johny Placide - Stade Reims (France)
DF Reginal Goreux - Krylia Sovetov (Russia)
DF Kim Jaggy - FC Wil (Switzerland)
DF Jeff Louis - AS Nancy (France)
MF Duckens Nazon - FC Lorient (France)
FW Maurice Jean Eudes - PSG (France)

Honduras
MF Andy Najar - Anderlecht (Belgium)

Martinique
GK Kevin Jacques Olimpa - Bordeaux (France)
DF Sylvain Monsoreau - Troyes (France)

Mexico
None

Panama
None

Trinidad & Tobago
DF Sheldon Bateau - KV Mechelin (Belgium)
MF Khaleem Hyland - KRC Genk (Belgium)
FW Kenwyne Jones - Stoke City (England)

United States
DF Clarence Goodson - Brøndby IF (Denmark)
DF Oguchi Onyewu - Málaga (Spain)
DF Michael Parkhurst - Augsburg (Germany)
MF Brek Shea - Stoke City (England)