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U.S.A
Lat:41.8838762320476Long:-87.6365661621093
Location:North America
Section:Elite
Founded in 1913, U.S. Soccer is one of the world's first organizations to be affiliated with FIFA.
U.S. Soccer has continued to grow in the 90-plus years since, and now has the largest membership among U.S. Olympic Committee national governing bodies.Bulgaria
Lat:42.72562856252699Long:23.337020874023434
Location:Bulgaria
Section:Elite
This is Bulgaria's first visit to the Milk Cup. The players to watch include Antonio Mihaylov who plays in AC Milan and Ivelin Vasilev - from Club Atletico Osasuna (Spain). Both of them have been living in Italy and Spain since they were children and although they have had several invitations to play for the Youth National Teams of the above-mentioned countries, they have decided to play for Bulgaria.
Germany
Lat:50.081731480197504Long:8.639717102050778
Location:Germany
Section:Elite
Visit the team's official web site
It will be the first time a German national team has competed at the top international youth tournament and organisers are thrilled.
Tournament chairman Victor Leonard confirmed the news after Sudan withdrew from the Elite competition. He said: It is remarkable that the German FA acted so quickly when we told them that Sudan had decided not to come, at this late stage.
The Germans have qualified for the World Cup finals in Nigeria later this year which gives an indication of their pedigree.
Their coaches are delighted to be able to give the boys the experience of playing in a major tournament against quality opposition ahead of the finals.
It is a real feather in our cap to be hosting a German national squad particularly as they are European champions.
In the past the Milk Cup has welcomed several top German club teams including Bayern Munich, Hertha Berlin, Borussia Dortmund and Werder Bremen.
Germany, coached by Marco Pezzaiuole, won the European title in May when they defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the final on home soil in Magdeburg. They also defeated Italy in the semi-final and England, Turkey and the Netherlands in their group games.
At Milk Cup they will open their programme with a game against Steve Beaglehole’s defending champions Northern Ireland at the Riada Stadium in Ballymoney on Monday, July 27 (7pm) before taking on favourites USA at Ballymena Showgrounds on the Wednesday (8pm).N.Ireland
Lat:54.5828320190565Long:-5.9552764892578
Location:Northern Ireland
Section:Elite
The NI U19 players take on Germany in their opening game at Ballymoney's Riada Stadium, 7.00pm, Monday 27th July.
The second qualifying match will be at the Coleraine Showgrounds against Bulgaria at 8.00pm on Wednesday 29th July.
Israel
Lat:32.0732655510423Long:34.815673828125
Location:Israel
Section:Elite
A little bit of info on the Israel U-19 National Team:
The team is made of players from the 1991 age group, which is considered to be a specially good age group. This team, while being at U-17 level (2008) almost reached the U-17 Euro, even though they faced some of Europe’s giants in the qualifying Elite stage.
England, France and Russia arrived in Israel for the Elite stage. Israel beat Russia 3:1 in the opening match, lost to France 2:3 in the 2nd, and drew 2:2 with England in the last match (Aston Vilas striker, Nathan Delfouneso, equalized for England in the last minute). Israel ended up in the 2nd place, before Russia and England, and just behind France.
U-19 coach, Eli Ohana:
One of the interesting things about our team, is our coach, Eli Ohana. Ohana, one of the greatest players in Israel’s history, has taken over the team last year, and is a part of a new concept, in thecourse of which former Israeli greats took over the youth national teams.
Ohana, a symbol for both the national team (51 caps, 17 goals) and for Beitar Jerusalem, is admired by his players and tries to pass his knowledge to the young players. Ohanas most memorable moment came on the 16/04/1989, when Israel faced who then were our biggest rivals, Australia, in a crucial match in the 1990 Italia WC qualifying round. In the 40th Minute Ohana put Israel into the lead, with a wonderful goal, which is considered by most the best Israeli goal ever. Israel passed Australia, only to eventually lose to Colombia in the final qualifying round.
Another major achievement came when Ohana lead Belgian side KV Mecehlen to the Cup Winners Cup in 1988.
Ones to watch:
Artur Atadjanov, position: Winger/Forward, club: Hapoel Tel Aviv
An explosive winger, Atadjanov is one of biggest prospect of the current U-19 team. Known for his paceand dribbling, Atadjanov scored both winners in Israels double win over Romania last April (1:0, 1:0). Already made his debut with Hapoel Tel Avivs senior team.
Reef Peretz, position: Central defender/Defensive midfielder, club: Maccabi Tel Aviv
Peretz has been training with Maccabi Tel Avivs senior team for the past season, and is considered to be a prospect both there and in the U-19 team. He organizes the defense well, and is also known as player who likes to come forward for set pieces and score goals.
Barak Moshe, position: Defensive midfielder/Central midfielder, club: Beitar Jerusalem
Moshe is known as the barometer of the team, and has captained the 1991 age groups through the different levels (U-16, U-17, U-18 and now U-19). A player who holds a position that is known as problematic in Israeli football, will defiantly have a chance of making it big on the national stage.Denmark
Lat:55.69059097832044Long:12.573165893554675
Location:Denmark
Section:Elite
The Danes play U.S.A and Israel for a place in the Elite final.
Premier Section
Manchester United
Lat:53.3177490474908Long:-2.373046875
Location:Manchester, England
Section:Premier
The English Premier League champions start their Milk Cup challenge with matches against Co. Antrim and Club Cantolao.
Desportivo Brasil
Lat:-23.207461140370057Long:-47.51904487609864
Burnley
Lat:53.79014627277706Long:-2.229752540588371
FC Porto
Lat:41.150669152946605Long:-8.61038446426391
Watford United
Lat:51.6521641138796Long:-0.40258884429931
Location:Watford, England
Section:Premier
The Premier squad from English Championship side,Watford - nicknamed The Hornets - take on South Coast Bayern and Co. Down in the first round of the Milk Cup 2009.
Trudovye Rezervy
Lat:51.74178415257942Long:36.191453933715806
Cruz Azul
Lat:19.3292866989988Long:-99.3960571289062
Location:Mexico City, Mexico
Section:Premier
Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul, also known as Deportivo Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul, is a Mexican professional football club. Cruz Azul plays in the Primera Divisin de Mxico and its home venue is the Estadio Azul, located in the Northwestern part of Mexico City in the Noche Buena neighborhood. The team moved in there in 1996, after playing many seasons at the Estadio Azteca
Co. Down
Lat:54.3245329630718Long:-5.72662353515625
Location:County Down, Northern Ireland
Section:Premier
The County Down Premier side has a successful pedigree in the Milk Cup to protect. Among other accolades the results below mean they will be up for the challenge at Milk Cup 2008 :
Best Irish team 2005, finishing 5th overall behind Barcelona, Chelsea, Porto and Manchester United.
Dunluce Trophy beaten Finalists 2007.
Trudovye Rezervy and Watford take note.Co. Tyrone
Lat:54.6301331571216Long:-7.01065063476561
Location:County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Section:Premier
Sheffield Utd and South Coast Bayern are up first for the Tyrone boys.Club Cantolao
Lat:-12.022128515000789Long:-77.12745666503906
Location:Cantolao, Peru
Section:Premier
Co Armagh and the small matter of facing Manchester United lie ahead in the first two matches of Milk Cup 2009.
Co. Londonderry
Lat:55.0311705376836Long:-7.27844238281251
Location:County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Section:Premier
This year our former player Shane Ferguson played for the Northern Ireland Senior Team against Italy and Shane Duffy was on the bench for the game.
Darron Gibson won a Carling Cup Winners Medal with Manchester United FC.
Our Junior Squad includes a goal scoring centre forward who goes by the name of David Healy!
Our Premier Squad has it’s first set of twins with Adam and Andrew Barr selected.Burnley and Desportivo Brasil present the challenge for the Premier squad from Co.Londonderry in the first two matches of Milk Cup 2009.
Cherry Orchard
Lat:53.3466573686061Long:-6.37335777282713
Location:Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Section:Premier
Cherry Orchard entered schoolboys football in 1970, when five teams competed in the Dublin and District League. Cherry Orchard has a record of success in schoolboys football at domestic and international level but the club's greatest achievement was in July 1993 when our under 16 team beat Glasgow Rangers in the final of the Northern Ireland Milk Cup, to add the club's name to that of Manchester Utd, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur who had previously been successful in that prestigious competition.
Fenerbahce
Lat:40.98843776084974Long:29.03647899627686
Location:Fenerbahce, Turkey
Section:Premier
The Turkish Milk Cup virgins play hosts to Co. Fermanagh and Sheffield United.
Some players to look out for :
R.BERK ELITEZ, GÖKAY IRAVUL, SEMIH BEYAZ, OKAN ALKAN.
Shamrock Rovers
Lat:53.2847162949572Long:-6.35250091552733
Location:Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Section:Premier
The club was formed in 1901 in the city of Dublin in an area where the districts of Ringsend and Irishtown meet. The very first meeting took place at number four Irishtown Road but it wasn't until the second meeting was held around the corner in Shamrock Avenue that the name Shamrock Rovers was decided upon.
South Coast Bayern
Lat:33.698065241405Long:-118.001403808593
Location:California, U.S.A
Section:Premier
California's South Coast Bayern have made many friends since their Milk Cup debut in 2007. The American club have been paired against County Tyrone and English club Watford on the opening two days of the Premier competition. South Coast Bayern, who take their name from the German club Bayern Munich, hope to emulate last year's performance when they reached the final against eventual winners Manchester United.
Co. Fermanagh
Lat:54.5051371291414Long:-7.40478515625001
Location:County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Section:Premier
Players who have played for Fermanagh in previous years are:
Roy Carroll
Kyle Lafferty
Michael McGovern
and Andrew LittleCo. Antrim
Lat:54.7170851871086Long:-6.21688842773439
Location:County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Section:Premier
The mighty Manchester United and Cherry Orchard are Co.Antrim's opponents in the first two days of the Premier Section of Milk Cup 2009.
Otago
Lat:-45.8631180124154Long:170.522060394287
Location:Otago, New Zealand
Section:Premier
We are based in Dunedin, a city of about 100,000 in Otago ( rhymes with Chicago ), which is the biggest province, but the most sparsely populated in NZ. The Otago Youth Development football squad has now played in seven Milk Cups, and appreciates the chance to play against such highly rated opposition as Manchester United, Panathinaikos, Dynamo Kiev, Porto FC and the national team of Japan in previous visits.
Co. Armagh
Lat:54.4093401837683Long:-6.63024902343749
Location:County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Section:Premier
Club Cantolao and Shamrock Rovers are the hurdles facing the Armagh lads and progression in the Premier section of Milk Cup 2009.
Burnley take on local side Co. Londonderry and Russian team Trudovye Rezervy in the opening matches of Milk Cup 2009.
Porto play Cherry Orchard and Otago from New Zealand in the opening matches of Milk Cup 2009.
Junior Section
Co. Antrim
Lat:54.7170851871086Long:-6.21688842773439
Location:County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Section:Junior
The Country Antrim Junior side will take on Watford and Queen of the South in their first two games at Milk Cup 2009.
Watford
Lat:51.6521641138796Long:-0.40258884429931
Location:Watford, England
Section:Junior
Many of the boys in the senior team have just emerged as the first batch of students to leave our pioneering school in the UK. We are the first club in the country to go into partnership with a full time school and have our players attend as normal full time students who have the flexibility to train twice daily. This hopefully sees them emerge both as full time players, but also with a positive set of GCSE results behind them. Two years into the scheme, we have received outstanding reviews from a number of clubs and football associations from around the world.
Many of our senior team have perfoermed at Youth and Reserve levels. Specific focus has been on Chez Isaac, Jack Warburton, Gavin Massey and Adam Thompson.
One of the players who attended the 2 previous Milk Cups, Ross Jenkins, earliuer this year moved to the 1st team squad and has gone on tomakeover 35 first team apearances and also be named in the England U20 team. Of other players from last year, 3 more have gone on to be offered full professional contracts.
One of last year's players who has signed pro, Lee Hodson, will be at this year's Milk Cup representing Northern Ireland. Lee made his 1st team debut at the end of last season against Derby County and has a bright future ahead of him.
Another player from last year has gone on to be named England U17 captain and sign full pro forms. Eddie Oshodi, a strong dominant central defender, has all the attributes to play at the highest level.
Plymouth Argyle
Lat:50.438046706882Long:-4.23694610595701
Location:Plymouth, England
Section:Junior
Our team manager will be Allan Evans, who won a European Cup winners medal with Aston Villa in 1982 and also played centre back for Scotland in the World Cup.
One of his assistants will be Kevin Hodges, who holds the record for most league appearances for the club, 530 between 1978-1992, and who subsequently was manager between 1998-2000
Plymouth Argyle coach Allan Evans
Our head of youth, Gordon Bennett is a double Milk Cup winner. He took the Norwich City teams to the Milk Cup when they won the Junior Section in successive years, 1991 and 1992.
Plymouth Argyle football groundDonegal Schools
Lat:54.9523856906336Long:-7.86071777343749
Location:County Donegal, Republic of Ireland
Section:Junior
Donegal Schools have won the all Ireland Inter leagues in 2006/2008 with the same team and came 3rd in the Foyle Cup in 2007. They play Everton and Co. Tyrone in their first two matches of Milk Cup 2009.
Hull City
Lat:53.74743177497946Long:-0.3677415847778285
Location:Hull, England
Section:Junior
Hull City take on Co. Armagh and Club Nexcaxa in their first two matches.
North Dublin SL
Lat:53.406175433887164Long:-6.219291687011716
Location:Dublin, Ireland
Section:Junior
The North Dublin Schoolboys/Girls Leagues is the heartbeat of schoolboy soccer in the north of Dublin and caters for almost 15,000 players. The league has produced many internationals, from the underage scene right up to senior level. The North-siders play Swindon Town and Co. Down in their first two matches.
Spartak Moscow
Lat:55.74448722199604Long:37.44750022888184
Location:Moscow, Russia
Section:Junior
When Spartek last played at the Milk Cup, in 2006, one player got badly hurt in a semi-final game and needed his wrist reset in a Belfast Hospital. But he still has fond memories of the event as the staff at the hospital gave him his own TV set..so he could watch his team mates win the final live on TV. The captain then vistited the hospital, with the trophy, to make him feel part of the team`s victory.
The Russians begin their Milk Cup challenge against Co. Down and Everton.AB Copenhagen
Lat:55.75978970267341Long:12.436501979827877
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Section:Junior
AB Copenhagen, Akademisk Boldklub, was founded on the 26th of February - 1889 and is one of the oldest football clubs in Denmark, renowned for its long and proud traditions.
Nine-times Champions, last time in 1967, and in recent times AB has won the bronze medals in 1999 and 2000 and the Danish National Cup in 1999. AB Copenhagen has produced more than Sixty-five national players, some of the famous are;
Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize in physics 1922, Karl Aage Hansen (22 caps) former player in Huddersfield Town and Juventus. Knud Lundberg"The Professor" and a member of Danish "Hall of Fame" (39 caps), whom participated on 3 different national teams at the same time in the disciplines: basketball, handball and football. We doubt that has ever been seen before! Some of the famous players in modern times:
Claus Thompsen, Ipswich Town and Everton. Peter Loewenkrands, Glasgow Rangers and Newcastle United. Martin Albrechtsen, WBA and Derby. Michael Johansen, Bolton Wanderers. Stephan Andersen former Charlton keeper and Rene Henriksen with 66 caps and more than 40 times as the team captain.
Currently the 1st team is in the second best division in the Danish football league, and is focused on returning to the best league by the end of the season 2010. AB Copenhagen wants to be one of the leading clubs in Denmark, not just regarding football results, but also as a sustainable business. AB use a lot of resources in developing talent amongst the young players, amongst other initiatives AB Copenhagen is also running a football college.
At this moment AB Copenhagen has six players on the National youth teams and five players on u/ 16 National Talent Center.
AB Copenhagen think highly of the Milk Cup, and we are happy to be able to participate in this, probably, one of the best tournaments.
Keep an eye out for two of our most interesting AB players in this years tournament:
Mathias Mejer Knudsen (14.01.1994)
Sebastian Krogdahl (25.02.1994)
Two very talented and gifted players. Both of them are a part of the u/ 16 National Talent Center.
Queen of the South and Co. Armagh await the Danish side in their first two Junior clashes.
Club Pachuca
Lat:20.291052582560585Long:-98.7176513671875
Location:Hidalgo, Mexico
Section:Junior
Club de Futbol Pachuca, also C.F. Pachuca, or usually simply Pachuca, is a Mexican football team based in Pachuca, Hidalgo, and competes in the Mexican Primera División. In the last ten years, the club has been one of the most successful clubs in Mexico, winning five national championships, three CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the 2007 SuperLiga and one Copa Sudamericana in 2006. (From Wikipedia)
Co. Tyrone
Lat:54.6301331571216Long:-7.01065063476561
Location:County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Section:Junior
County Tyrone have a rich Milk Cup history, having appeared every year since the competition began in 1983. They take on Plymouth Argyle and Donegal Schoolboys in their first two matches.
The FAJ
Lat:31.818763973451734Long:35.22903442382812
Location:Jerusalem, Israel
Section:Junior
First-timers, The FAJ, ( The Football Acedemy of Jerusalem ) take on County Londonderry and Plymouth Argyle in their first two matches.
Co. Londonderry
Lat:55.0311705376836Long:-7.27844238281251
Location:County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Section:Junior
This year our former player Shane Ferguson played for the Northern Ireland Senior Team against Italy. Shane Duffy was on the bench for the game. Darron Gibson won a Carling Cup Winners Medal with Manchester United FC.
Our Junior Squad includes a goal scoring centre forward who goes by the name of David Healy! Our Premier Squad has its first set of twins with Adam and Andrew Barr selected.
The junior squad from Co. Londonderry face Football Academy of Jerusalem and Mexican side Club Pachuca in their opening two matches of Milk Cup 2009.Necaxa
Lat:21.9137450246537Long:-102.306060791015
Location:Aguascalientes, Mexico
Section:Junior
Necaxa’s senior side play in the Mexican Premier Division and came 3rd in the FIFA World Club Championship in January 2000.
They take on Hull City and Maccabi Tel Aviv in the first round of games.Dundalk SBL
Lat:54.0055493164764Long:-6.40760421752928
Location:Dundalk, Republic of Ireland
Section:Junior
Dundlak SBL are one of six teams from the Republic of Ireland competing at Milk Cup 2008.
"We played Everton in a Milk Cup game in 2000, the goalkeeper that day for Dundalk was Paul Murphy who now coaches the current Dundalk keepers. Dundalk held Everton 0-0 in a very entertaining match but a certain Wayne Rooney came on as a substitute with 4 minutes left and scored the winner with his first kick of the ball.
Paul signed for Leeds Utd the following year and although it did not work out for him in England he did play for the Republic of Ireland youth teams for five years. He won a cup winners medal with Portadown and has played with Newry, Ballymena and Distillery. Wayne, I think.....has, well, we know what he has done.
Our most famous player in the Milk Cup would have to be Stephen Staunton who was signed by Liverpool after he played in the premier section in 1985 and then went on to play and manage the Republic of Ireland senior team." Brian McGuinness, Team Manager.
Dundalk play Chelsea and Co.Fermanagh in their first two matches.Chelsea
Lat:51.4825588399688Long:-0.191059112548819
Location:London, England
Section:Junior
The Chelsea association with the Milk Cup is now well established as this is 5th year.The premier sqaud was beaten in the 2005 Milk Cup final by Barcelona.
Dundalk SL and Maccabi Haifa are their opponents in the junior section at Milk Cup 2009.Everton
Lat:53.4390426192987Long:-2.96635150909424
Location:Liverpool, England
Section:Junior
Everton FC take on Spartak Moscow and Donegal SL in the first round of games.
Queen of the South
Lat:55.0707015548008Long:-3.61647605895994
Location:Dumfries, Scotland
Section:Junior
Queen of the South is a football club based in the town of Dumfries in South West Scotland. The senior team play in the First Division of the Scottish Football League from our home ground of Palmerston Park.
They face AB Copenhagen and Co. Antrim in the opening matches of Milk Cup 2009.Swindon Town
Lat:51.5651197041241Long:-1.77120208740233
Location:Swindon, England
Section:Junior
Swindon are under pressure to bring back some form of silverware as their record at the Milk Cup below proves. First up for them are North Dublin SL followed by Maccabi Tel Aviv.
2003 - Leigh Mills player of the tournament - now with Spurs
2004 - Lukas Jutkiewicz golden boot winner - now with Everton
2005 - Most Sporting Team
2006 - Milk Cup Winners
2007 - BT trophy WinnersCo. Fermanagh
Lat:54.5051371291414Long:-7.40478515625001
Location:County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Section:Junior
Fermanagh first entered the competition back in 1992, entering one team in the Premier Section. The County entered two teams in Junior and Premier Sections for the first time in 1994 and has been represented in both competitions ever since. The early years proved difficult for the County teams but each year seemed to bring marked improvement as both coaches and players learned from their experiences.
The selection process for the Fermanagh teams begins in February with trials throughout the County. Over the following months the numbers are reduced until the final panel of 18 is in place. Committee and managers alike, give up a large percentage of their free time to raise the necessary finance and coach the boys to ensure their preparation is as professional as possible. Everybody is aware that the County teams face clubs consisting of boys who are with professional clubs on a fulltime basis.Co. Down
Lat:54.6356973060638Long:-5.79391479492189
Location:County Down, Northern Ireland
Section:Junior
Past players include - current Northern Ireland internationals Stephen Craigan and Peter Thompson.
Northern Ireland Under-21 internationals Trevor Carson, Jamie Mulgrew and Andrew Waterworth (Hamilton Academical).
In previous Milk Cup's we have had the Player of the Tournament and County Player of the Tournament (Junior) - Aaron Boyd 2006; Aaron Burns 2007Maccabi Tel Aviv
Lat:32.0849016635483Long:34.775161743164
Location:Tel Aviv, Israel
Section:Junior
One of a trio of sides representing Israel, Maccabi Tel Aviv are paired with Club Necaxa and Swindon Town in their first round matches.
Co. Armagh
Lat:54.4093401837683Long:-6.63024902343749
Location:County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Section:Junior
The Co.Armagh Milk Cup Association was founded in 1991 when a number of people involved in schoolboy and youth soccer in the county were approached and asked to select a squad of U/16 players to compete in the 1992 Milk Cup Premier competition.
This was the first year that teams representing their counties participated in the tournament. The Milk Cup Organising Committee introduced this initiative which was aimed at improving professionalism amongst the teams competing from the host country.
In 1998 the county initiative was further extended with the introduction of teams at Junior U/14 level.
Armagh face a tough pair of opening matches in the shape of Hull City and Donegal SL.Maccabi Haifa
Lat:32.8178637202545Long:34.9983215332031
Location:Haifa, Israel
Section:Junior
Maccabi Haifa are experienced Milk Cup campaigners and won the junior section in 2004 with a victory over Everton. Their first two games are against Club Pachuca and Chelsea.
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