Monday, October 27, 2008

A.C. Milan - The Devils


Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as AC Milan and as just Milan in Italy, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. The club was founded in 1899 and has since spent most of its history in the top flight of Italian football.Milan have won 18 officially recognized international titles, tied with Boca Juniors as having the most in the world.

Full name : Associazione Calcio Milan SpA
Nickname(s) : Rossoneri ("Red-blacks"),il Diavolo ("the Devil")
Founded : December 16, 1899
Ground : San Siro,Milan, Italy(Capacity: 80,018)
Owner : Silvio Berlusconi
President : vacant
Head Coach : Carlo Ancelotti
League : Serie A
Website: http://www.acmilan.com/

Rivalries :

Derby della Madonnina - Internazionale

Derby - Genoa

Players

Current squad

Forwards
Alexandre Pato
Filippo Inzaghi
Marco Borriello
Andriy Shevchenko

Mid Fielders
Emerson
Gennaro Gattuso
Clarence Seedorf
Mathías Cardacio
Tabaré Viudez
Andrea Pirlo
Kaká
Massimo Ambrosini (vice-captain)
David Beckham (on loan from LA Galaxy)
Ronaldinho
Mathieu Flamini

Defenders
Felipe (on loan from Grêmio)
Paolo Maldini (captain)
Kakha Kaladze
Alessandro Nesta
Gianluca Zambrotta
Marek Jankulovski
Giuseppe Favalli
Philippe Senderos (on loan from Arsenal)
Daniele Bonera
Matteo Darmian
Luca Antonini

Goalkeepers
Dida
Christian Abbiati
Zeljko Kalac

Out on loan
Massimo Oddo (to Bayern Munich)
Digão (to Standard Liège)
Willy Aubameyang (to Avellino)
Marco Storari (to Fiorentina)
Yoann Gourcuff (to Bordeaux)
Kingsley Umunegbu (to Portosummaga)
Elia Legati (to Novara)

Honours


National titles

Serie A / Italian Football Championship:

* Winners (17): 1901; 1906; 1907; 1950–51; 1954–55; 1956–57; 1958–59; 1961–62; 1967–68; 1978–79; 1987–88; 1991–92; 1992–93; 1993–94; 1995–96; 1998–99; 2003–04
* Runners-up (14): 1902; 1947–48; 1949–50; 1951–52, 1955–56, 1960–61; 1964–65; 1968–69; 1970–71; 1971–72; 1972–73; 1989–90; 1990–91; 2004–05

Serie B:

* Winners (2): 1980–81; 1982–83

Coppa Italia:

* Winners (5): 1966–67; 1971-72; 1972–73; 1976–77; 2002–03
* Runners-up (7): 1941–42; 1967–68; 1970–71; 1974–75; 1984–85; 1989–90; 1997–98

Supercoppa Italiana: (record)

* Winners (5): 1988; 1992; 1993; 1994; 2004
* Runners-up (3): 1996; 1999; 2003

European titles

UEFA Champions League (former European Cup)

* Winners (7): 1962–63; 1968–69; 1988–89; 1989–90; 1993–94; 2002–03; 2006–07
* Runners-up (4): 1957–58; 1992–93; 1994–95; 2004–05

UEFA Super Cup (record)

* Winners (5): 1989; 1990; 1994; 2003; 2007
* Runners-up (2): 1973; 1993

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

* Winners (2): 1967–68; 1972–73
* Runners-up (1): 1973–74

World titles

Intercontinental Cup (record)

* Winners (3): 1969; 1989; 1990
* Runners-up (4): 1963; 1993; 1994; 2003

FIFA Club World Cup

* Winners (1): 2007

Unofficial titles

Dubai Challenge Cup

* Winners (1): 2009

Latin Cup

* Winners (2): 1951, 1956
* Runners-up (1): 1953

Mitropa Cup

* Winners (1): 1981–82

Saturday, October 18, 2008

INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE - Chennai Super Kings


Coach: Stephen Fleming
Captain: M S Dhoni
Colours: Yellow and Blue
Founded: 2008
Home Ground: MA Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk)
Capacity: 50,000
Owner: India Cements Ltd.
Official Website: http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/index/index.aspx

Chennai Super Kings Roster

Batsmen
* Matthew Hayden
* Michael Hussey
* George Bailey
* Suresh Raina
* Subramaniam Badrinath
* Murali Vijay
* Abhinav Mukund
* Anirudha Srikkanth
* Arun Karthik

Bowlers
* Muttiah Muralitharan
* Makhaya Ntini
* Manpreet Gony
* Sudeep Tyagi
* Lakshmipathy Balaji
* Palani Amarnath

Wicket Keepers
* Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain)
* Parthiv Patel

All Rounders
* Andrew Flintoff
* Jacob Oram
* Albie Morkel
* Thilan Thushara
* Shadab Jakati
* Napoleon Einstein
* Viraj Kadbe
* Selvam Suresh Kumar
* Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan
* Ravichandran Ashwin
* Joginder Sharma

Coaches
* Head Coach: Stephen Fleming
* Physiotherapist: Tommy Simsek
* Physical Trainer: Gregory King

Administration
* Owner : India Cements Ltd.
* Ambassadors : Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Joseph Vijay
* Chief Selector : V. B. Chandrasekhar