New Coach for Russia - Dick Advocaat

Dick Advocaat has signed a four-year contract to coach the Russian national football team.The contract has been signed on Tuesday met with Advocaat after the executive committee of the Football Union of Russia.
His first main goal will be to qualify Russia for the European Championship 2012.
Advocaat takes over Dutch compatriot Guus Hiddink, who led Russia to the semi-finals of Euro 2008 but failed to qualify for the World Cup.
Advocaat is the first foreign coach to win a title in Russia coaching Zenit St Petersburg at the club's first league title in 2007 and Russia in the UEFA Cup next season.
Financial details of his contract were not disclosed.

Dimitar Berbatov Retired from International Game

The captain of Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov and announced his retirement from international football at the age of 29

The Manchester United FC, before the surprising announcement made at a press conference in Sofia today. 'I thought about this decision, "he said. "I played for the national team for 11 years. There are many reasons, large and small for my decision. I feel tired and had some problems recently injury. Leasehold I think I have to say stop it."

Berbatov got its first international match in 1999 in a friendly against Greece and continued to score 48 times in 78 internationals, although he found the net at UEFA EURO 2004 after playing in qualifying.Bulgaria be managed alongside the competitive strength in the 2012 qualifying final and England, Switzerland, Wales and Montenegro in Group G. Face

Final Tournament UEFA European Football Championship

Sixteen teams progress to the finals for the 2008 tournament, they will winners and finalists of the seven qualifying groups and joint hosts Austria and Switzerland. These sixteen teams are divided into four groups A, B, C and D, consisting of four teams each. The groups are set by the UEFA administration, again using seeding. The seeded teams will be the host country, the coefficients of the title holder, subject to qualification, and those with the most points per game through the qualifying round of the tournament and the previous World Cup. The other finalists will be divided in a draw with coefficients based.

The four groups are again played in a league format, in which a team plays its opponents once each. The same points system is used (three points for a win, one point for a draw, none for a defeat). A timetable for the group games will be constructed, but the last two games in a group should start simultaneously. The winners and finalists from each group progressing to meet the quarter-finals, where a knockout system is used (the two teams again, the winner progresses), it is used in all subsequent rounds. The winners of the quarter-finals match progress in the semifinals, where the winners play in the final. If in a knockout, the scores are still tied after regulation time, overtime and penalties are used to separate the two teams. This tournament is in contrast to the FIFA World Cup is not about one third Place play-off.

Trophy of UEFA European Football Championship

The Henri Delaunay trophy that is awarded to the winner of the European Football Championship, is in honor of Henri Delaunay, the first General Secretary of UEFA, who had the idea of a European championship but died five years ago, he named the first tournament of the year 1960th His son Pierre Delaunay was responsible for the preparation of the trophy. Since her first tournament was the winning team got it for four years, until the next tournament.

For the 2008 tournament, the trophy was slightly modified, so that there is more. The trophy is made of sterling silver, now weighs 8 kilograms and is 60 inches tall. A small number of juggling a ball has been painted in the back of the original, as was the marble plinth. The silver base of the trophy should be enlarged to make it stable. The names of the winners of countries that had appeared on the pedestal at the rear of the trophy engraved.

Introduction UEFA European Football Championship

UEFA European Football Championship is the most important football league national football teams governed by men UEFA (Union of European Football Associations). Every four years, held since 1960, the year between World Cup tournaments, couples, it was originally a UEFA European Nations Cup, changing the current name in 1968. Beginning with the 1996 tournament, championships are often referred to as specific as "Euro 2008" or for years is appropriate.
Before the tournament all the teams except the host country (the automatic) to compete in a qualification process. The winners of the championship to win the chance later to compete in the Confederations Cup, but are not obligated to do so.