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I thought I should take a quick look at the Serbia National Football Team, the White Eagles, who are due to meet Bafana Bafana in a friendly in Pretoria on Wednesday 12 August.

Well Serbia’s Home stadium is Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade and their Head coach, Radomir Antic.  According to Oleole, their top goal scorer is Savo Milošević with 35 goals.

Serbia National Football Team

The Serbia national football team was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team until February 2003 and the Serbia and Montenegro national football team until June 2006 when Serbia declared independence as the successor state to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was renamed the Serbia national football team on 28 June 2006.

On August 16, 2006 the new team, representing Serbia played its first international match, with a 3-1 away win against the Czech Republic.

Serbia Participated in 10 FIFA World Cup Competitions

Serbia came fourth in 1930 and 1962 in the FIFA World Cup and has made 10 appearances. At present Serbia are at the top of their Group 7,  2010 FIFA World Cup group with 18 points from seven matches -  eight ahead of 2006. According to Fifia. com France is tipped as the winner of the group with Romania next. Serbia is the outsider :

Serbia, who are competing in an international tournament for the first time on their own, having separated from Montenegro last year, enjoyed an impressive qualifying campaign for the European Championships and only lost two of their 14 games, finishing on 24 points, four behind group winners Poland and three behind Portugal. Serbia’s competitiveness was shown by the fact that they remained unbeaten in all four games against the two group principals; their only defeats coming away to Belgium and Kazakhstan.

The Serbia Squad has been reshuffled ahead of their World Cup qualifier with France next month. According to Yahoo News Canada, Coach Antic

… left out wingers Bosko Jankovic and Miralem Suljemani, captain Dejan Stankovic and Nenad Milijas.

And included uncapped goalkeeper Zeljko Brkic as well as midfielders Radosav Petrovic and Marko Milinkovic for the match against the 2010 World Cup hosts.

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Picture: Serbia National Football Team from oleole

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United States head coach, Bob Bradley has named a roster of 20 players that will train in advance of the FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifier against Mexico on 12 August 2009 in Mexico City.

The United States team if after it first-ever victory on Mexican soil at Estadio Azteca, well-known for its grueling combination of altitude, smog and more than 100,000 spectators. Kickoff 3 p.m. CT.

ESPN – 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Special

ESPN will provide unprecedented studio coverage, highlighted by a 30-minute SportsCenter 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Special from outside Estadio Azteca beginning at 2:30 p.m. CT. The special marks the first time in its 30-year history that ESPN will air a live pre-match show for a soccer event it is not televising.

USA Currently Placed Second in CONCACAF

Currently in second place of final round qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the United States looks to pick up points on the road to start the second half of the hexagonal after posting a 3-1-1 record through five games. Mexico currently occupies fourth place in the group with a 2-3-0 record.

The top three teams automatically advance to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, while the fourth place team will participate in a two-leg playoff against the fifth place team from South America.

According to Inside Minnesota Soccer, seventeen players on the roster return from the group that defeated No. 1-ranked Spain and finished runners up to Brazil in the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 in South Africa in June including Tim Howard, who picked up the Golden Glove award in South Africa as the tournament’s best goalkeeper.

Costa Rica Leads the Group

Costa Rica currently leads the group on 12 points, followed by the United States with 10 points. In other CONCACAF qualifying action Aug. 12, third place Honduras hosts Costa Rica while winless Trinidad & Tobago welcome El Salvador. Following this single fixture date, the U.S. will host El Salvador at Rio Tinto Stadium on Sept. 5 in Salt Lake City, Utah, before traveling to face Trinidad & Tobago on Sept. 9 in Port-of-Spain.

Full US Team Roster

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Gameweek 1 in the Absa Premiership 2009 is sure to prove interesting with some of the counties top teams meeting in fixtures across the country.

PSL Saturday Fixtures

Saturday’s fixtures in the opening weekend of the PSL see:

• Kaizer Chiefs take on Santos – Orlando Stadium – kickoff 20:15
• Mamelodi Sundowns host Mpumalanga Black Aces – Super Stadium, Pretoria – kickoff 20:15
• Platinum Stars go to Jomo Cosmos – Rand Stadium – kickoff 15:00
• Moroka Swallows meet with Golden Arrows – Johannesburg Stadium – kickoff 15:00

PSL Sunday Fixtures

• Ajax Cape Cape Town host Pirates  – Newlands, Cape Town – kickoff 15:00
• A derby clash between Bloemfontein Celtic and Free State Stars – Siesa Ramabodu Stadium, Bloemfontein, Kickoff 15:00
• Amazulu host Bidvest Wits – Chatsworth Stadium, Durban – kickoff 15:00

First Absa Premiership League Result 2009

Marizburg United held Supersport United to a 1-1 draw at the first match of the 2009 Absa Premiership Season at the Woodburn Stadium in Pietermaritzburg on Friday night

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The Banfana Bafana squad that will meet Serbia in a friendly in Pretoria on Wednesday has been announced and Golden Arrows striker finally got his long awaited Bafana Bafana call up.

Richard Henyekane, new inclusion in Bafana Bafana team.

The announcement was made without Bafana Bafana head coach Joel Santana who is ill with Pneumonia and bronchitis in his home country and is not allowed to travel. Assistant coaches Jairo Leal and Pitso Mosimane on Thursday announced the squad to face Serbia in a friendly international.

The match will take place at the Super Stadium in Atteridgeville on Wednesday, 12 August 2009. Kick-off is 19h00

According to the Premier League website,  in announcing the team, the Bafana Bafana technical staff emphasized the need to keep the same team for the match against Serbia. “We don’t have much time to prepare for this match – just two days, so it was important to keep the same base from the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup squad where we had more than one month with the players.

Newstoday noted that top scorer Benjamin Parker is not in the line-up. “We were informed that Parker has an injury. Therefore we could not select him for this match,” assistant coach Jairo Leal said.

Richard Henyekane – only New Player

Richard Henyekane is the only new player that has been selected for the team. “We have been working on the team for three years,” Leal continued explaining why Henyekane deserved an invite. Even though the door is open to new players, “it is not open too much” he added.

Bafana Bafana assemble on Sunday night in Pretoria. They will train on Monday afternoon at the Pilditch Stadium while on Tuesday afternoon they will round off their preparations for the Serbia match at the Super Stadium.

Bafana Bafana Squad

The Selected Bafana Bafana Squad for the Serbia Match:

Baloyi Brian – Mamelodi Sundowns (SA)
Booth Matthew – Mamelodi Sundowns (SA)
Davids Lance Ajax-  Cape Town (SA)
Dikgacoi Kagisho – Golden Arrows (SA)
Fernandez Rowen – Bielefeld (SA)
Gaxa Siboniso-  Mamelodi Sundowns (SA)
Gould Morgan-  Supersport United (SA)
Henyekane Richard – Golden Arrows (SA)
Khumalo Bongani-  Supersport United (SA)
Khune Itumeleng – Kaizer Chiefs(SA)
Mashego Katlego – Orlando Pirates (SA)
Masilela Tsepo – Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Mhlongo Benson -  Orlando Pirates (SA)
Modise Teko – Orlando Pirates (SA)
Mokoena Aaron – Portsmouth FC (England)
Moon Bryce – Panathanaikos (Greece)
Mphela Katlego – Mamelodi Sundowns (SA)
Nale Abia – Kaizer Chiefs(SA)
Nkosi Siyabonga -  Supersport United (SA)
Pienaar Steven – Everton FC (England)
Sibaya MacBeth  – Rubin Kazan (Russia)
Thwala Lucas – Orlando Pirates (SA)
Van Heerden Elrio – Blackburn Rovers (England)

Coach: Joel Santana

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Ajax Cape Town beat Orlando Pirates 2 –1 in a tough MTN 8 quarter final at Ellis Park last night (August 5) while at the Charles Mopeli Stadium in Qwa Qwa, Golden Arrows beat Free State Stars 1-0.

Goals:
Ajax Cape Town: Thulani Sereno, Dipsy Selolwane
Orlando Pirates: Katlego Mashego

Golden Arrows: Musa Bilankulu
Free State Stars: nil

This sets up an exciting MTN 8 Semi final line up of Kaizer Chiefs, AmaZulu, Ajax Cape Town, Golden Arrows.

Ajax are Pirates Voodo Team

The Buccaneers seem to always struggle with the Urban Warriors. Bucs also failed to beat Ajax in the league last season, losing at home and drawing their return match in Cape Town. Ajax also defeated Pirates 2-1 in the Telkom Knockout final last season. Ajax Cape Town just seem to be Orlando Pirates voodoo side.

Two Durban Clubs closer to R8 milliom

It is great to see two Durban-based clubs in the semi-finals for this R8 million MTN 8 Wafa Wafa prize.  Kaizer Chiefs is the only Top 14 side left.

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