It is official: Olympiacos will remain in the game at the UEFA Champions League. It
has been declared after Olympiacos defeated Anorthosis Famagusta 1 to 0o and lately
falled on a 3 to 1 on aggregated to the Cypriot Champions.
I never thought I would see the day but there are increasing calls from the Inter faithful for
Jose Mourinho to leave.
The self styled "special one" who won the Champions League in 2004, as well as league titles in
Portugal, England and Italy, is under intense pressure as Inter's alarming European form continues
to slide downwards.
First Qualifying Round
Draw Date: June 22, 2009
First Leg: July 2, 2009
Second Leg: July 9, 2009
Five clubs who could make it from the qualifying rounds to the group stage -- Anorthosis, KSP
Polonia Warszawa, Motherwell, Rosenborg BK, and Inter Baku
Remember this name -- Bojan Vručina: 24-year-old forward at Slaven Belupo with 13 league goals
last season.
The 23-man squads for the 09 Confederations Cup are listed below for all 8 participating
teams.
Group A
Iraq Confederation Cup Squad
Head coach: Bora Milutinović
No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Noor Sabri 6 June 1984 (aged 25) 63 0 Al-Talaba 2 DF
Mohammed Ali Karim 25 June 1986 (aged 22) 6 0 Al-Jazira 3 DF Bassim Abbas 1 July 1982 (aged 26) 60
2 Al-Talaba 4 DF Fareed Majeed 17 August 1986 (aged 22) 5 0 Al-Talaba 5 MF Nashat Akram 12
September 1984 (aged 24) 75 10 Al-Gharafa 6 MF Salih Sadir 21 August 1981 (aged 27) 47 11 Al-Ahed 7
FW Emad Mohammed 24 July 1982 (aged 26) 76 23 Sepahan 8 FW Luay Salah 7 February 1982 (aged 27) 17
3 Arbil 9 MF Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail 21 December 1976 (aged 32) 67 8 Sepahan 10 FW Younis Mahmoud
(c) 2 March 1983 (aged 26) 70 28 Al-Gharafa 11 MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed 1 June 1981 (aged 28) 72 15
Anorthosis Famagusta 12 GK Mohammed Gassid 10 December 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 Al-Zawraa 13 MF Karrar
Jassim 11 June 1987 (aged 22) 22 1 Al-Wakra 14 DF Salam Shakir 31 July 1986 (aged 22) 11 0 Al-Khor
15 DF Ali Rehema 8 August 1985 (aged 23) 45 1 Al-Wakra 16 DF Dara Mohammed 16 July 1987 (aged 21) 1
0 Sulaymaniyah 17 FW Alaa Abdul-Zahra 22 December 1987 (aged 21) 10 1 Al-Khor 18 MF Mahdi Karim 10
December 1983 (aged 25) 64 10 Al-Khor 19 DF Essam Yassin 11 March 1987 (aged 22) 1 0 Al-Amana 20 MF
Samer Saeed 1 December 1987 (aged 21) 7 0 Al-Ahly Tripoli 21 GK Uday Taleb 6 November 1981 (aged
27) 5 0 Dohuk 22 DF Muayad Khalid 1 September 1985 (aged 23) 3 0 Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 23 MF Halgurd
Mulla Mohammed 11 March 1988 (aged 21) 5 0 Sulaymaniyah New Zealand Confederation Cup Squad
Head coach: Ricki Herbert
No.
South Africa v Iraq (Group A)
Date: Sunday 14 June
Venue: Johannesburg
Kickoff: 3pm BST
The first match of the 2009 Confederations Cup sees hosts South Africa take on AFC Asian Cup
champions Iraq in Johannesburg. You can watch South Africa v Iraq live here.
South Africa
Iraq qualified for this tournament by virtue of their 2007 AFC Asian Cup triumph.
Olympiacos have announced Temuri Ketsbaia will take the reigns of the Piraeus-based club, nine
months after his former dwelling Anorthosis Famagusta stunned Europe by becoming the first ever
Cypriot representative in the Group Stages of the Champions League – at the expense of the Greek
champions.
It is official: Olympiacos will remain in the game at the UEFA Champions League. It
has been declared after Olympiacos defeated Anorthosis Famagusta 1 to 0o and lately
falled on a 3 to 1 on aggregated to the Cypriot Champions.
It is official: Olympiacos will remain in the game at the UEFA Champions League.
It has been declared after Olympiacos defeated Anorthosis Famagusta 1 to 0o and
lately falled on a 3 to 1 on aggregated to the Cypriot Champions.
It is official: Olympiacos will remain in the game at the UEFA Champions League.
It has been declared after Olympiacos defeated Anorthosis Famagusta 1 to 0o and
lately falled on a 3 to 1 on aggregated to the Cypriot Champions.
