The following are the association football events of the year 2011 throughout the world.
Events
Men
5 – 17 January — 2011 Nile Basin Tournament in
4th: 7 – 22 January — 2011 African Under-17 Championship in
4th: 7 – 29 January — 2011 AFC Asian Cup in
4th: 23 January – 13 February — 2011 South American Youth Championship in
4th: 8 February – 29 May — 2011 Nations Cup in the
4th: 12 March – 9 April — 2011 South American Under-17 Football Championship in
4th: 17 April – 2 May (originally 18 March – 1 April) — 2011 African Youth Championship in
4th: 3 – 15 May — 2011 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in
5 – 25 June — 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the
12 – 25 June — 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in
4th: 17 June – 1 July — 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships in the Russia Iran Ukraine 4th: Brazil 18 June – 10 July — 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup in
4th: 1 – 24 July — 2011 Copa América in
4th: 20 July – 1 August — 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship in
29 July – 20 August — 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in
4th: 30 September – 4 October — 2011 Long Teng Cup in
4th: 2 – 11 December — 2011 SAFF Championship in
Women 2 – 9 March — 2011 Algarve Cup in
4th: 30 May – 11 June — 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship in
26 June – 17 July — 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in
4th: 28 – 31 July — 2011 UEFA U-17 Women's Championship in
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News
List of Mexican Football Transfers Winter 2011
North American professional expansion In 2011, the major leagues of the men's and women's sport in the United States and Canada each added at least one new team: Major League Soccer, the top men's league, added its 17th and 18th teams—the Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Women's Professional Soccer, which currently has teams only in the U.S., added the Western New York Flash, which plays its home games in Rochester.
2011–12 Russian Premier League The 2011–12 season is a transitional season of the Russian Premier League, as it will stretch over 18 months instead of the conventional 12 months. The unusual length of the season is the result of the decision to adapt the playing year to an autumn-spring rhythm similar to most of the other UEFA leagues.
The season will comprise two phases. The first phase will consist of a regular home-and-away schedule, meaning that each team will play the other teams twice for a total of 30 matches per team. The league will then be split into two groups for the second phase, where each team plays another home-and-away schedule against every other team of its respective group.
The top eight teams of the first phase will compete for the championship and the spots for both the 2012–13 Champions League and Europa League. Accordingly, the bottom eight teams will have to avoid relegation. The bottom two teams of this group will be directly relegated, while the 13th- and 14-placed teams will compete in a relegation/promotion playoff with the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2011–12 National League Championship.
Headlines 5 January: Kristine Lilly, whose 352 appearances for the US women's national team made her the most-capped player in the sport's history, announced her retirement after an international career that started shortly after her 16th birthday in 1987. 31 January: The 4th highest transfer fee in football history (£49.5m) was recorded, when Fernando Torres signed for Chelsea from Liverpool. Andy Carroll's same-day move from Newcastle United to Liverpool for £35m was the eighth highest fee received for a player. June: trials started for people allegedly involved in fixing Finnish football matches. One team, Tampere United was indefinitely suspended from Finnish football for accepting payments from a person known for match-fixing. June 29: Amid the probes into match fixing, FIFA security chief Chris Eaton stated to the media that FIFA was looking to interview referee Ibrahim Chaibou of Niger, who had oversaw a controversial game between Nigeria and Argentina on June 1 in Abuja. Chaibou was banned for life in November 2019 after the investigation concluded that he had manipulated several results of the matches he officiated. 11 September: The first official match of the recently built, 41,000 seated Juventus Stadium, Juventus 4 – 1 Parma, where Stephan Lichtsteiner scored the first goal in the new stadium on the 17th minute. 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal: an ongoing investigation about match fixing, incentive premium, bribery, establishing a criminal organization, organized crime, extortion, threat and intimidation in Turkey's top two association football divisions, the Süper Lig and First League.
61st FIFA Congress The 61st FIFA Congress was held in Zurich, Switzerland between 31 May and 1 June. At the congress, Sepp Blatter was re-elected as the President of FIFA.
Continental champions
Several international continental tournaments were held to determine berths into the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Most notably, FC Barcelona of Spain's La Liga won the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final against Manchester United of the English Premier League 3–1. The UEFA Champions League is considered by some to be the most preeminent club competition in the World, even more so than the Club World Cup, primarily due to the financial strength of European teams in contrast to clubs in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
Elsewhere, the 2011 CONCACAF Champions League Finals was historic in the essence that it was the first final in the modern North American champions league-era not to feature an all-Mexican final. Nevertheless, Monterrey of Mexico's Premiera Division won the 2011 title 3–2 on aggregate over Real Salt Lake of the United States' Major League Soccer. Salt Lake became the first American club to reach a Champions League final, as well as the first American side to reach a top-tier North American club championship since Los Angeles Galaxy in 2000.
New Zealander teams continued their dominance in the OFC Champions League as Auckland City won their second OFC Champions League honor against Amicale of Vanuatu's Premia Divisen.
Al-Sadd of the Qatar Stars League won the 2011 AFC Champions League Final against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors of the Korean K-League 2–2 (4–2 in penalties). Al-Sadd qualified for the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time after winning its second title in Asia.
On 6 November, the 2011 CAF Champions League Final will be contested between Wydad Casablanca of Morocco's Botola and Espérance Tunis of Tunisia's CLP-1. The second leg will be contested on 12 November.
List of men champions
RegionTournamentChampionTitleLast HonorAFC (Asia)2011 AFC Champions League Al-Sadd2nd1988–892011 AFC Cup Nasaf Qarshi1stN/A2011 AFC President's Cup Taiwan Power Company1stN/ACAF (Africa)2011 CAF Champions League Espérance ST2nd19942011 CAF Confederation Cup Maghreb de Fès1stN/A2011 CAF Super Cup TP Mazembe 2nd2010CONCACAF(North and Central America, Caribbean)2010–11 CONCACAF Champions League Monterrey1stN/A2011 CFU Club Championship Puerto Rico Islanders2nd2010CONMEBOL (South America)2011 Copa Libertadores Santos3rd19632011 Copa Sudamericana Universidad de Chile1stN/A2011 Recopa Sudamericana Internacional2nd2007OFC (Oceania)2010–11 O-League Auckland City2nd2009UEFA (Europe)2010–11 UEFA Champions League Barcelona4th20092010–11 UEFA Europa League Porto2nd20032011 UEFA Super Cup Barcelona4th2009FIFA (Worldwide)2011 FIFA Club World Cup Barcelona2nd2009
Women RegionTournamentChampionTitleLast honor CONMEBOL (South America) 2011 Copa Libertadores Femenina São José 1st UEFA (Europe) 2010–11 UEFA Women's Champions League Olympique Lyonnais 1st
Domestic champions
AFC nations NationLeagueChampionTitleLast honor Australia 2010–11 A-League Brisbane Roar 1st— Bahrain 2010–11 Bahrain First Division League Al-Muharraq 32nd 2008–09 Bangladesh 2010–11 Bangladesh League Sheikh Jamal 1st— Cambodia 2011 Cambodian League Phnom Penh Crown 2nd 2010 China 2011 Chinese Super League Guangzhou Evergrande 1st— Chinese Taipei 2011 Intercity Football League Taiwan Power Company 3rd 2010 Guam 2011 Guam Men's Soccer League Cars Plus 1st— Hong Kong 2010–11 Hong Kong First Division League Kitchee 4th 1963–64 India 2010–11 I-League Salgaocar 2nd 1998–99 Indonesia 2010–11 Indonesia Super League Persipura Jayapura 2nd 2008–09 Iran 2010–11 Iran Pro League Sepahan Isfahan 3rd 2009–10 Iraq 2010–11 Iraqi Elite League Al-Zawraa 12th 2005–06 Japan 2011 J. League Division 1 Kashiwa Reysol 1st— Jordan 2010–11 Jordan League Al-Wehdat 12th 2008–09 North Korea 2011 DPR Korea League April 25 13th 2010 South Korea 2011 K-League Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2nd 2009 Kuwait 2010–11 Kuwaiti Premier League Qadsia 14th 2009–10 Kyrgyzstan 2011 Kyrgyzstan League Dordoi Bishkek 7th 2009 Laos 2011 Lao League Yotha F.C. 3rd 2003 Lebanon 2010–11 Lebanese Premier League Al-Ahed 3rd 2009–10 Macau 2011 Campeonato da 1ª Divisão do Futebol Ka I 2nd 2010 Malaysia 2011 Malaysia Super League Kelantan 1st— Maldives 2011 Dhivehi League VB Sports Club 3rd 2010 Mongolia 2011 Mongolian Premier League Ulaanbaatar 1st— Myanmar 2011 Myanmar National League Yangon United 1st— Oman 2010–11 Oman Mobile League Al-Suwaiq 2nd 2009–10 Pakistan 2010–11 Pakistan Premier League WAPDA 8th 2008 Philippines 2011 United Football League Division 1 Philippine Air Force 2nd 2010 Qatar 2010–11 Qatar Stars League Lekhwiya 1st— Saudi Arabia 2010–11 Saudi Professional League Al-Hilal 13th 2009–10 Singapore 2011 S.League Tampines Rovers 3rd 2005 Sri Lanka 2010–11 Sri Lanka Football Premier League Don Bosco 1st— Syria 2010–11 Syrian Premier LeagueSuspended Tajikistan 2011 Tajik League Istiklol 2nd 2010 Thailand 2011 Thai Premier League Buriram United 1st— Turkmenistan 2011 Ýokary Liga Balkan 3rd 2010 United Arab Emirates 2010–11 UAE Pro-League Al Jazira 1st— Uzbekistan 2011 Uzbek League Bunyodkor 4th 2010 Vietnam 2011 V-League Sông Lam Nghệ An 3rd 2000–01 Yemen 2010–11 Yemeni League Al-Oruba Zabid 1st—
CAF nations NationLeagueChampionTitleLast honor Algeria 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 ASO Chlef 1st — Angola 2011 Girabola Recreativo do Libolo 1st — Benin 2010–11 Benin Premier Leaguesuspended Botswana 2010–11 Botswana Premier League Township Rollers 11th 2009–10 Burkina Faso 2010–11 Burkinabé Premier League ASFA Yennenga 11th 2009–10 Burundi 2010–11 Burundi Premier League Athlético Olympic FC 2nd 2004 Egypt 2010–11 Egyptian Premier League Al Ahly SC 36th 2009–10 Kenya 2011 Kenyan Premier League Tusker 9th 2007 Libya 2010–11 Libyan Premier LeagueAbandoned due to Libyan Civil War Mali 2011 Malian Cup Cercle Olympique 3rd 2002 Morocco 2010–11 Botola Raja Casablanca 10th 2008–09 Nigeria 2010–11 Nigeria Premier League Dolphins FC 3rd 2004 Rwanda 2010–11 Rwanda National Football League APR 12th 2009–10 Somalia 2011 Somali League Elman 5th 2003 South Africa 2010–11 Premier Soccer League Orlando Pirates 3rd 2002–03 Sudan 2011 Sudan Premier League Al-Merrikh 13th 2008 Tunisia 2010–11 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 Espérance de Tunis 24th 2009–10 Zimbabwe 2011 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League Dynamos 19th 2007 MTN Elite one: To be determined Cape Verdean football Championships: To be determined Chad Premier League: To be determined Comoros Premier League: To be determined Congo Premier League: To be determined Linafoot: To be determined Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: To be determined Djibouti Premier League: To be determined Eritrean Premier League: To be determined Ethiopian Premier League: To be determined Gabon Championnat National D1: To be determined Gambian Championnat National D1: To be determined OneTouch Premier League: To be determined Guinée Championnat National: To be determined Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau: To be determined Lesotho Premier League: To be determined Liberian Premier League: To be determined THB Champions League: To be determined