Tue, 30 Nov, -0001
Kuala Lumpur: As the 2018 FIFA World Cup draws to a close, football takes a short break in the upcoming weeks until the return of the AFC Champions League, AFC Cup and domestic leagues.
So, what better time than now to kick off a new season of the-AFC.com’s Asian Football Trivia segment - our weekly question-based series that allows you, the fans, to send us your questions on anything and everything related to Asian football?
Week one begins with three tricky in-house questions, and we invite you to follow suit and send us your queries via the AFC’s social media platforms in the coming days and weeks.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With the transfer window open, business is being conducted at a furious pace as teams strengthen ahead of the 2018 AFC Champions League resuming and various national leagues kicking off. The-AFC.com picks out some of the biggest movers in recent weeks.
August 26
Islamic Republic of Iran international Saman Ghoddos has signed a five-year contract with French side Amiens SC.
The Swedish-born Iranian began his professional career in Sweden's Division 1 Limhamn Bunkeflo in 2011 and Trelleborg in 2013 before progressing to the Superettan a year later with Syrianska.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Issue 23
“The AFC Quarterly is the confederation's latest effort to reach out to the millions of passionate fans of Asian football and put on splendid display the game’s glorious achievements,” said AFC Acting President Zhang Jilong. “The biggest endeavour of this magazine is to make household names of our players and put the spotlight on our many competitions, which produce countless moments of top-notch football entertainment.”AFC Player of the Year Lee Keun-ho from Korea Republic is the cover star of the inaugural edition, which also features interviews with 2007 AFC Asian Cup winning striker Younus Mahmood, Olympic bronze medal-winning coach Hong Myung-bo, and Uzbek legend Mirdjalal Kasimov.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Nearly two decades after the UAE reached their only AFC Asian Cup final at home in 1996, a new generation delivered the Whites best-ever performance on foreign soil. Ali Mabkhout remembers Australia 2015 where he spearheaded the attack for the bronze medallists.
Going into the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Omar Abdulrahman was the UAE’s most recognisable face, and he boosted his reputation as one of Asia’s finest players with a string of top performances Down Under, but arguably the biggest winner from the team’s run to the semi-finals was the then 25-year-old Mabkhout.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: With the transfer window now open in many countries, clubs across Asia will be looking to strengthen ahead of the second half of the year, none more so than those still in the hunt for AFC Champions League and AFC Cup glory.
Eight clubs remain in contention for the AFC Champions League, while a further seven are looking to lift the AFC Cup. With the continent's two biggest club competitions to resume in August, the-AFC.com takes a look at some summer signings who have helped deliver success so soon after joining.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Tosu: Japan’s Sagan Tosu confirmed the signing of 2010 FIFA World Cup and two-time UEFA European Championship winner Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old Spaniard made his professional debut in 2000 with the Madrid-based club, and is prominently known for his career in the English Premier League with Liverpool and Chelsea, where he claimed the UEFA Champions League 2011/2012 and UEFA Europa League 2012/13 titles.
Torres then moved to Italy, joining AC Milan in 2014 for a short stint before returning to Atletico to earn his second UEFA Europa League title in 2017.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: A cool January evening in Doha saw Japan lift their fourth AFC Asian Cup trophy after defeating Australia in extra time. Goalscorer Tadanari Lee remembers a historic moment for him and for the Samurai Blue.
Tadanari Lee may not have been the prolific goal scorer for Japan that Kunishige Kamamoto or Kazuyoshi Miura were, but having only registered two goals for his nation, he will always have a place in history books and in the memory of Japanese football fans.
The 2007 AFC Asian Cup was the first time the Samurai Blue failed to reach the final in two decades, so when the following edition rolled around, there was an unprecedented level of determination to make amends.