Vidaković vacates post at United City FC

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Vidaković vacates post at United City FC

Manila: Risto Vidaković has announced that he will no longer continue in his role as head coach of Ceres Negros FC, now renamed United City FC.

Under Vidaković’s stewardship, Ceres won three consecutive Filipino top-flight titles between 2017 and 2019, were beaten in the 2018 AFC Cup ASEAN Zonal Final and came close to qualifying for the AFC Champions League group stage in 2019.

Football to resume in Lebanon

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Football to resume in Lebanon

Beirut: The Lebanese football season will kick off with the Elite Cup on August 22, the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) announced on Wednesday.

The announcement comes just two weeks after football activities were halted in the West Asian country due to a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Asia

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Update on upcoming FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in Asia

Kuala Lumpur: In light of the current COVID-19 situation in many countries, FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have jointly decided that the upcoming qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023, originally scheduled to take place during the international match windows in October and November 2020, will be rescheduled to 2021.

With the aim of protecting the health and safety of all participants, FIFA and the AFC will continue to work together to closely monitor the situation in the region and to identify new dates for the respective qualifying matches. Further details on the new dates for the next round of qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup 2022 and the AFC Asian Cup 2023 will be announced in due course.

Bima seeks options as Indonesia ramp up preparations

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Bima seeks options as Indonesia ramp up preparations

Bekasi: Bima Sakti has included 12 new players as the Indonesia head coach prepares to finalise his squad for the AFC U-16 Championship Bahrain 2020.

Thirty players reported for the 20-day camp which ends on August 30, with Bima aiming to have options in several positions for the November 25-December 12 tournament.

Hotshots: Adriano (FC Seoul) – 2016 AFC Champions League

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Hotshots: Adriano (FC Seoul) – 2016 AFC Champions League

Kuala Lumpur: With no less than 13 goals to his name, there can be little doubt that the AFC Champions League's 2016 edition was a campaign to remember for FC Seoul favourite Adriano.

Making his first foray into the rarefied atmosphere of Asia’s premier club competition, Adriano rarely looked back after finding the net four times on Matchday One against Buriram United – his astute runs, sublime touch and deadly finishing earmarking the Brazilian forward as one to watch wherever he played that year.

The most popular football clubs: Indonesia

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

The most popular football clubs: Indonesia

Jakarta: Few places in the world can match the passion for football held by fans in Indonesia, where stadiums are regularly packed to the rafters to cheer on the Southeast Asian country's top sides.

The vast island nation's Liga 1 top flight features teams from as far northwest as Banda Aceh on Sumatra and as easterly as Jayapura on Papua, while intense rivalries often reach fever pitch.

Below we've selected five teams, based on their success over the years, as Indonesia's most popular clubs. Review the candidates and vote for your favourite at the bottom of the article.

5 of the Best: Team goals

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

5 of the Best: Team goals

Kuala Lumpur: The-AFC.com's '5 of the Best' spotlight returns to AFC Champions League action this week as we highlight goals that are far more about the collective than the individual.

With a selection that is sure to stir up domestic rivalries, we bring you goals from three of the biggest teams in Saudi Arabia and a pair of Japanese giants with moves that were perfected on the training ground before being played out under the floodlights. After reviewing the five teams goals, vote for your favourite at the bottom of the article.

Also check out our previous editions: acrobatic goals, solo goals, volleys, long-range screamers, chips, free-kicks, curlers, saves and flicks, tricks and backheels.