The Amsterdam Tournament was a pre-season association football competition, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The competition was hosted by Eredivisie club Ajax at the Amsterdam Arena. It was inaugurated in 1975 as the Amsterdam 700 Tournament to celebrate 700 years of history in the city. It was held annually each summer until 1992, when the last edition of the original tournament was played. It returned in 1999 with the backing of the International Event Partnership (IEP). Four teams participate in the competition, played in a league format since 1986.
The Anglo-Italian Cup is a defunct European football competition.
The Anglo-Italian League Cup was a short-lived football competition between teams from England and Italy – an English cup-winning team and the Coppa Italia winner, playing each other over two legs. It was contested between 1969–71 and 1975–76.
Hussein Saeed Mohammed Al-Ubaidi is a retired Iraqi footballer who played as a forward for the Iraqi Premier League club Al-Talaba and the Iraqi national team and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in 5th place in the list of top international association goal scorers, with 78 goals. Along with Ahmed Radhi, he is considered to be the best Iraqi player of the 20th century and features in 25th place in Asia's Best Players of the Century list. On 24 April 1987, Saeed broke Falah Hassan's record to become the most capped Iraqi player with 110 caps. Hussein is currently the Iraqi national team's highest scoring player with 78 goals.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is an Italian professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont. It currently plays in Serie A.
The Memorial Mario Cecchi Gori was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in the Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy, from 1994 to 2000. The tournament organized by the ACF Fiorentina. The Trophy was created by Vittorio Cecchi Gori in memory of his father Mario, president of Fiorentina from 1990 to 1993.
The Memorial Pier Cesare Baretti was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Saint-Vincent, Aosta, Turin (Italy), from 1988 to 1994. The tournament continuation Alpine Cup, also known as Saint Vincent tournament was played in honor of Pier Cesare Baretti died December 5, 1987.
The Coppa del Mediterraneo was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Genoa, Italy, from 1990 to 1994. The tournament were played at the Stadio Marassi.
The Torneo Città di Milano was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Milan, Italy, from 1990 to 1995.
The Trofeo Valle d'Aosta was a summer association football friendly tournament that had been taking place in Saint-Vincent and Aosta (Italy), from 1998 to 2005.
The Memorial Armando Picchi was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Livorno, Italy, from 1971 to 1999. The tournament was organized in 1971 by the Italian Football Federation and the Lega Nazionale Professionisti in memory of Armando Picchi and was named Trofeo Nazionale di Lega Armando Picchi.
The Torneo Repubblica di San Marino was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Cesena, Italy, from 1998 to 2002. The tournament was played in Stadio La Fiorita "Dino Manuzzi".
The Trofeo Monte Bianco/Coppa Casino de la Vallée was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Saint-Vincent (Italy), from 2001 to 2003. The mathes were played in the Stadio Piergiorgio Perucca in Saint-Vincent.
The Mundialito de Clubs officially Cup Super Clubs or Coppa Supermondiale Clubs, was an unofficial summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Milan, Italy from 1981 to 1987 every two years, except for 1985 where he played in Cesena, organized by the TV Channel 5. The tournament was played in San Siro. The first two editions were named Coppa Super Clubs, and the last was the name of the Coppa delle Stelle. In 1987 Paris Saint-Germain F.C. replaced Olympique de Marseille, F.C. Porto replaced FC Dynamo Kyiv and F.C. Barcelona replaced Juventus F.C..
The Coppa dell'Amicizia was a summer association football friendly tournament for clubs and nations, which were held in a friendly in the time frame between 1959 and 1968. The first was named the Cup of French-Italian Friendship, a tournament for the seasons 1959, 1960 and 1961 saw teams compete against Italian and French. The tournament provided that each of the participants were opposed to one another nation with the formula of round trip, and that the points he had accumulated in a general classification to describe the winning nation. 5 teams participated in the first edition of Representative, the second 16 and third 10.
The Coppa Misura was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Cesena, Italy in 1985. The tournament was played in Stadio Dino Manuzzi. The tournament was contested by 4 teams, with semifinals, third place match and final.
The Coppa Città di Torino was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Turin, Italy in 1964 and 1966. The tournament was played in Stadio Olimpico di Torino. In the tournament participated two teams from Turin and two invited clubs. The tournament was contested by 4 teams, with semifinals, third place match and final.
The Torneo Città di Bologna was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Bologna, Italy in 1990. The tournament was played in Stadio Renato Dall'Ara. The tournament was contested by 4 teams, with semifinals, third place match and final.
The Torneo Nicola Ceravolo was a summer association football friendly tournament that took place in Catanzaro, Italy from 1991 to 1993. The tournament was played in Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. The tournament was contested by 4 teams, with semifinals, third place match and final.
The Eliteserien, until 1991 known as the 1. divisjon and between 1991 and 2016 known as Tippeligaen, has employed a system of play-off qualification to determine promotion and relegation with the 1. divisjon. Various varieties have been in place since the system was introduced at the end of the 1972 season, but only one team has been promoted per year. The play-offs have always supplemented a system of direct promotion and relegation of two teams. The play-offs have been wavered twice, in the 1994 and 2011 seasons, when the top league was expanded to fourteen and sixteen teams, respectively.
