Santos Away 2012

The away shirt of the Brazilian side Santos. Famous for being the team that Pele scored over 1,000 goals for and the player on the back of the shirt Neymar is probably the closest they will ever get to finding another Pele. I'd expect a big side to come in and sign him soon though.

Shanghai Shenhua Home 2011

Shanghai Shenhua seem to be the Chinese big spenders of the footballing world now. After shocking everyone and signing Nicolas Anelka from Chelsea they became more known to football fans all over the world and it was Nicolas Anelka's promotion to player manager which supposedly did the trick in bringing Didier Drogba to Shanghai Shenhua, either that or the massive wages he will receive whilst playing for them.

Anzhi Makhachkala Home 2012

Anzhi Makhachkala are becoming more known over the world as the team who have loads of money. Their billionaire owner has a plan to make the club the best in the world and when you can offer someone like Samuel Eto'o £350,000 a week then you obviously mean business. Although the place itself where the team is situated is quite run down and notorious for criminal behaviour. The Anzhi players train in Moscow and live in Moscow and have to fly 1,000 miles to get to their home games. In the Europa League this season Anzhi have to play their home games in Moscow because of safety issues. Also if you think the E has been put on wrongly on the shirt then that is in fact the Russian spelling of Eto'o.

Ivory Coast Away 2011

 

Ivory Coast in a friendly against Russia 

   

Flag of Ivory Coast

First international: Ivory Coast 3-2 Benin (1960)

Biggest win: Ivory Coast 6-0 Botswana (1992)

Biggest loss: Ivory Coast 2-6 Ghana (1971)

Most caps: Didier Zokora (105 caps)

Top scorer: Didier Drogba (58 goals)

Star player: Yaya Toure (Man City FC)

Ivory Coast have only been well known to people thanks to their quality of players they have produced in recent years. Ivory Coast internationals have been present in English football for sometime now with players like Drogba, Eboue, Toure, Kalou and Gervinho all having starred in the premier league. Because of the quality of these players they have now reached the World Cup in 2006 and 2010 which is their only ever times. Although they have competed in the African Nations Cup 19 times and won it once in 1992. They came close to winning the 2011 African Nations Cup before losing on penalties to Zambia. With the quality of players they have you'd expect them to win another one soon.

Republic of Ireland Home 2011

 

Rep of Ireland after conceding a goal against Spain

  

Flag of Republic of Ireland

First international: Irish Free State 1-0 Bulgaria (1924)

Biggest win: Republic of Ireland 8-0 Malta (1983)

Biggest loss: Brazil 7-0 Republic of Ireland (1982)

Most caps: Shay Given (125 caps)

Top scorer: Robbie Keane (64 goals)

Star player:  Aiden McGeady (Spartak Moscow)

Republic of Ireland have been to five major finals before with their latest one being the European Championship in 2012. They did not do very well on that occasion and finished bottom of their group losing every game. In 1990 they appeared in their first ever World Cup in which they surprised a lot of people by getting into the quarter finals. Their only ever other World Cup appearances were in 2002 in which they lost on penalties to Spain in the second round and 1994 which they lost to the Netherlands 2-0 in the second round also.

Uruguay Away 2010

  

 

Flag of Uruguay

 First international: Uruguay 2-1 Argentina (1901)

Biggest win: Uruguay 9-0 Bolivia (1927)

Biggest loss: Uruguay 0-6 Argentina (1902)

Most capped: Diego Forlan (89 caps)

Top scorer: Diego Forlan (33 goals)

Star player: Luis Suarez (Liverpool FC)


Uruguay are one of the most successful teams in South America. They have in fact won 2 world cups (winning the first ever one) and have 15 Copa America titles, the latest one coming last year. They've competed in 41 Copa Americas overall and 11 world cups. For a country with just 3 million people this is quite an achievement and they recently managed to get up to as high as 2nd in the FIFA world rankings. The last world cup they got knocked out in the semi finals but Luis Suarez caused controversy when he handled the ball on the line in the last minute of extra time. Gyan then missed the penalty and Uruguay won the penalty shootout.

Uruguay Home 2008

 

 

Flag of Uruguay

First international: Uruguay 2-1 Argentina (1901)

Biggest win: Uruguay 9-0 Bolivia (1927)

Biggest loss: Uruguay 0-6 Argentina (1902)

Most capped: Diego Forlan (89 caps)

Top scorer: Diego Forlan (33 goals)

Star player: Luis Suarez (Liverpool FC)


Uruguay are one of the most successful teams in South America. They have in fact won 2 world cups (winning the first ever one) and have 15 Copa America titles, the latest one coming last year. They've competed in 41 Copa Americas overall and 11 world cups. For a country with just 3 million people this is quite an achievement and they recently managed to get up to as high as 2nd in the FIFA world rankings. The last world cup they got knocked out in the semi finals but Luis Suarez caused controversy when he handled the ball on the line in the last minute of extra time. Gyan then missed the penalty and Uruguay won the penalty shootout.