The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the 3rd edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in France from 4 to 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beating Hungary 4–2. Italy's 1934 and 1938 teams hold the distinction of being the only men's national team to win the World Cup multiple times under the same coach, Vittorio Pozzo. It would be the last World Cup until 1950; the 1942 and 1946 World Cups were cancelled due to World War II.
Patrick Stephan Kluivert is a Dutch football coach and former player who is currently serving as the head coach of the Indonesian national team. As a player, he played as a striker, most notably for Ajax, Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. He is considered one of the best Dutch strikers of all time.
Reinier Lambertus "René" van de Kerkhof is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger for FC Twente, PSV Eindhoven and the Netherlands national team.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC) was the section of AFC that managed women's association football in Asia. The group was independently founded in April 1968 in a meeting involving Taiwan, British Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. In 1986, ALFC merged with AFC.
The Indonesia national football team represents Indonesia in international men's football matches since 1945. The men's national team is controlled by the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI), the governing body for football in Indonesia, which is a part of AFC, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. Most of Indonesia home matches are played at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.
The Vietnam national football team represents Vietnam in men's senior international association football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the governing of football in Vietnam. The team's nickname is the Golden Star Warriors.
The Football Association of Indonesia is the governing body of football in Indonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930. The PSSI joined FIFA in 1952 and the Asian Football Confederation in 1954.
The following are the association football events of the year 2001 throughout the world.
Pieter Egge Huistra is a Dutch football coach and former winger. Huistra played for the Scottish Premier Division club Rangers from 1990 to 1995. He left there to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the J. League. In 2001, he began coaching as the head coach for Jong Groningen. He was with them for four years before being named assistant coach to Aad de Mos at SBV Vitesse. He then became an assistant coach with Ajax and was named as their reserve team head coach on 24 April 2009. He then returned to Groningen, this time as the head coach of senior team, for the 2010–11 season. On 30 May 2012, he then became the head coach of the Eerste Divisie club De Graafschap. Finally, on 3 December 2014, he was appointed as the technical director of the Indonesia national team.
The Australia national under-20 soccer team, known colloquially as the Young Socceroos, represents Australia in international under-20 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia (FA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Young Socceroos.
Dejan Antonić is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the father of Stefan Antonić, who plays football professionally in Hong Kong.
Achmad Nawir was an Indonesian doctor and footballer. Nawir played for HBS Soerabaja and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) national team.
This page details the match results and statistics of the Dutch East Indies national football team.
The Indonesia 2022 FIFA World Cup bid was the first official bid from the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) to host the FIFA World Cup. FIFA rejected the bid for lack of government support on 19 March 2010. Indonesia was one of four Asian countries bidding to bring the tournament to Asia for a second time, the 2002 tournament having been played in Japan and South Korea. Indonesia, under the name of the Dutch East Indies, had been the first Asian nation to compete in the World Cup, when they participated in the 1938 event, and they lost to Hungary in the first round.
The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. It has been contested every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
Mo Heng (Bing) Tan was an Indonesian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Dutch East Indies football team during the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France. The Dutch East Indian team only played one match after losing 0–6 to Hungary. He also had a mascot for the match. Tan became the only ex-Dutch East Indian team player to represent independent Indonesia in 1951, in an unofficial match against a Sino-Malayan Selection from Singapore. Tan is deceased.
Anwar Sutan was an Indonesian football midfielder who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He also played for VIOS Batavia. He has Minangkabau blood from his parents in West Sumatera. Sutan is deceased.
Jack Kolle, better known as Jack Samuels, was an Indonesian football defender who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Excelsior Soerabaja.
Tan See Han was an Indonesian football forward who played for the Dutch East Indies in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Tiong Hoa Soerabaja. Tan is deceased.
