Hakan Yakin is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Süper Lig club İstanbulspor in Turkey. Having spent the majority of his playing career as a forward or attacking midfielder, Yakin spent most of his playing career in the domestic league with brief forays into other leagues. He represented Switzerland national team for eleven years, garnering 87 caps and scoring 20 goals.
Murat Yakin is a Swiss football coach and former player. He is the manager of the Switzerland national football team.
UEFA Euro 2004 was a football tournament that took place in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The 16 teams that qualified for the competition were required to submit a final 23-man squad by 2 June 2004, although injured squad members could be replaced at any time up to 24 hours before their team's first match.
Servette FC is a Swiss professional football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the Swiss Super League.
Roberto Di Matteo is an Italian professional football manager and former player.
Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a professional multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best-known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the records for winning the most national championships and the Swiss Cups, with 19 trophies in the latter. The club is the oldest football team in Zürich and maintains a substantial rivalry with FC Zürich.
Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former professional football player and a former manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
Roy Hodgson is an English football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Crystal Palace.
Fussball-Club Luzern, or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Super League, the top tier of the Swiss football league system, and has won the national title once and the national cup three times.
Christian Jürgen Gross is a Swiss football manager and former player who most recently coached Schalke 04. He played as a sweeper and central midfielder.
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1954 throughout the world.
Kurt Jara is an Austrian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Alain Geiger is a Swiss international football manager and a former defender. He was last manager at Servette FC leading them to a Champions League qualifier spot and 2nd in the championship. manager for Servette FC.
Gerardo Seoane Castro also known as Gerry Seoane, is a Swiss professional football coach and former player, who is the current manager of Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Gilbert Gress is a French football coach and a former player. He was the mentor of Arsène Wenger.
Lucien Favre is a Swiss professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Ligue 1 club Nice. Favre was a playmaker for various Swiss and French clubs, the longest for Servette, with whom he also won the championship. As a manager, he won the Swiss Cup and the Swiss championship with Servette and Zürich. In Germany, Favre also managed Hertha BSC and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Kurt Linder was a German professional football manager and player. He played for Young Boys, Rapid Wien, Rot-Weiss Essen and Lyon, among other teams.
Rolf Fringer is an Austrian football manager and former player. He has managed the Switzerland national team and numerous Swiss football clubs.
Vladimir Petković is a Bosnian-born Swiss professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of French side Bordeaux, having previously managed the Switzerland national team, a string of Swiss clubs, Turkish club Samsunspor, Italian club Lazio.
Urs Fischer is a Swiss football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Bundesliga club Union Berlin.
