Young Socceroos named for World Youth Champs

ASA: National Youth Coach Ange Postecoglou has announced Australia’s squad that will compete at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship to be held next month in the United Arab Emirates. The squad features six overseas-based players and 14 players from the National Soccer League. The only new face in the squad is Newcastle United midfielder…

OFC: There were no gains for any of the eleven member OFC national associations in the latest FIFA rankings for October. Despite some positive recent results, top ranked OFC nation, Australia dropped even further, 24 places down to 74th which now ranks them just two places above New Zealand in second place. The remaining countries…

FIFA.com: FIFA has appointed 23 referees and 25 assistant referees to officiate at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship (for U-20 national teams) to be held from 27 November to 19 December in the United Arab Emirates. The competition, originally scheduled to take place from 25 March to 16 April 2003 had to be postponed…

OFC, Auckland: The Acting President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), Mr Tautulu Roebeck, has been granted observer status on the FIFA executive committee replacing former president, Basil Scarsella. The decision was made in Doha, Qatar prior to the FIFA extraordinary congress on 19-20 October 2003. In his new function, Mr Roebeck will attend future…

COURTESY FIFA.com: Doha, Qatar -The Goal Bureau met in Doha on 15 October under the chairmanship of Mohamed Bin Hammam (Qatar) and in the presence of FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter. During this meeting, the Bureau approved or confirmed 25 new projects, at a total cost of USD 10 million, for FIFA’s Goal development programme:…

COURTESY FIFA.com: Doha/Qatar – The FIFA Extraordinary Congress, meeting today in Doha (Qatar) under the chairmanship of President Joseph S. Blatter, gave unanimous approval to FIFA’s financial results for the 1999-2002 period. The delegates accepted by acclamation the consolidated financial statements for the 1999-2002 period including the consolidated balance sheet as of 31 December 2002…

COURTESY FIFA.com: Doha/Qatar – It took the FIFA Extraordinary Congress less than an hour to unanimously approve the revised FIFA Statutes, the Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes and the Standing Orders of the FIFA Congress today in Doha (Qatar). The new FIFA Statutes, approved by the 197 associations present that were entitled to…

FIFA.com – Four years on from the famous penalty-kick ending to USA 1999, the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003 saw a climax every bit as thrilling, as Germany deservedly claimed a golden goal 2-1 victory over brave Sweden in front of a near-capacity crowd at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. It was…

Doha/Qatar, 17 October 2003: Decisions regarding the play-offs for the four half slots, the formats for the confederations’ qualifying rounds, and the match schedule for the final competition of the 2006 FIFA World CupTM are to be made at the next meeting of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World CupTM (in Frankfurt, early December),…

OFC: A young and experimental New Zealand All Whites squad went down 3-0 to Iran in the second AFC/OFC Challenge Cup, played on 12 October (local time). But for coach Mick Waitt, there were some positive individual performances and the chance to blood some of the newcomers proved beneficial. The Oceania representatives performed bravely in…