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    You’ve been saying AZ Alkmaar all wrong and 12 other teams too… here’s why

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    WE ALL think we know our football.But do we know it quite as well as we think? Really?AZ Alkmaar and Athletic Bilbao are both incorrect namesCredit: GettyBecause there are a whole load of teams whose names we’ve been saying wrong for ages – many of us without even realising. A large part of that is down to geography.Of the 92 clubs in English professional football, all but two have the name of their city, town, borough or region in their title.The exceptions are Port Vale and Arsenal – although the Gunners were originally called Woolwich Arsenal when they played in South London. READ MORE ON FOOTBALLAs a result, we often tend to add the place names for some clubs that go by a single name to help us clarify which team we are referring to – more on that later.For other examples, it is a case of mistranslation – or, more specifically, partial translation. Finally, it could simply be a bit of laziness or ignorance.Anyway, with that all said, who are some of the regular football clubs we mispronounce or simply get wrong?Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSAZ Alkmaar is a common mistake.The Dutch side are actually called Alkmaar Zaanstreek.Football stars’ weird phobiasThis often gets nicknamed to AZ Alkmaar – but the A in AZ stands for Alkmaar.So AZ Alkmaar would mean Alkmaar Zaanstreek Alkmaar.To make things even more confusing, Alkmaar is the city the club is based in while Zaanstreek refers to the Zaan district in North-West Netherlands. Got it?Sticking in the Eredeivisie, there are regularly mentions of PSV Eindhoven when in actual fact the club’s full name is Philips Sport Vereniging, or PSV for short.There is no mention of Eindhoven, the city where they are based. The same rule applies to various other teams – where the city has been added for overseas fans to grasp exactly where they play.See Zenit Saint Petersburg and CSKA Moscow in Russia – officially Zenit and CSKA – AEK Athens.The Greek outfit are formally Athlitiki Enosis Konstantinoupoleos – with no mention of the capital city name – while AEK is pronounced as one word rather than A-E-K. TV fixtures in DecemberHere are all the games that will be televised in December…Tuesday 3 December19:30 Ipswich v Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime Video)20:15 Leicester v West Ham (Amazon Prime Video)Wednesday 4 December19:30 Everton v Wolves (Amazon Prime Video)19:30 Man City v Nott’m Forest (Amazon Prime Video)19:30 Newcastle v Liverpool (Amazon Prime Video)19:30 Southampton v Chelsea (Amazon Prime Video)20:15 Arsenal v Man Utd (Amazon Prime Video)20:15 Aston Villa v Brentford (Amazon Prime Video)Thursday 5 December19:30 Fulham v Brighton (Amazon Prime Video)20:15 AFC Bournemouth v Spurs (Amazon Prime Video)Saturday 7 December12:30 Everton v Liverpool (TNT Sports)17:30 Man Utd v Nott’m Forest (Sky Sports)Sunday 8 December14:00 Fulham v Arsenal (Sky Sports)16:30 Spurs v Chelsea (Sky Sports)Monday 9 December20:00 West Ham v Wolves (Sky Sports)Saturday 14 December17:30 Nott’m Forest v Aston Villa (Sky Sports)Sunday 15 December14:00 AFC Bournemouth v West Ham (Sky Sports)16:30 Man City v Man Utd (Sky Sports)19:00 Southampton v Spurs (TNT Sports)Monday 16 December20:00 Brighton v Crystal Palace (Sky Sports)Saturday 21 December12:30 Aston Villa v Man City (TNT Sports)17:30 Crystal Palace v Arsenal (Sky Sports)Sunday 22 December14:00 Fulham v Southampton (Sky Sports)16:30 Spurs v Liverpool (Sky Sports)Thursday 26 December12:30 Man City v Everton (Amazon Prime Video)15:00 AFC Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (Amazon Prime Video)15:00 Chelsea v Fulham (Amazon Prime Video)15:00 Newcastle v Aston Villa (Amazon Prime Video)15:00 Nott’m Forest v Spurs (Amazon Prime Video)15:00 Southampton v West Ham (Amazon Prime Video)17:30 Wolves v Man Utd (Amazon Prime Video)20:00 Liverpool v Leicester (Amazon Prime Video)Friday 27 December19:30 Brighton v Brentford (Amazon Prime Video)20:15 Arsenal v Ipswich (Amazon Prime Video)Sunday 29 December14:30 Leicester v Man City (Sky Sports)17:15 West Ham v Liverpool (Sky Sports)Monday 30 December20:00 Man Utd v Newcastle (Sky Sports)We don’t do the same to PSG Paris, Juventus Turin, Schalke Gelsenkirchen or Real Betis Seville. In Spain, it is Atletico de Madrid, not Atletico Madrid or worse still Athletico Madrid.Athletic should be used for the team in Bilbao. But they are Athletic Club or simply Athletic – and definitely not Athletic Bilbao. In Spain, there is just one major club it could refer to whereas in England we have Charlton and Wigan, for example. Across the border in Portugal, it is a similar mistake with Sporting Lisbon. They are actually Sporting Clube de Portugal, Sporting CP or Sporting – but not Sporting Lisbon. It is such a touchy subject that a #NotSportingLisbon campaign was launched to raise awareness for the error. The 2010 Champions League final was contested between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.However, Inter Milan should be referred to as Internazionale or Inter – although the official name is Football Club Internazionale Milano.As for the German giants, Bayern Munich sees half of the name translated into English – Munchen to Munich – but Bayern left in German. So it should either be Bayern Munchen – the official name – or Bavaria Munich. One of the other big teams in Germany also needs flagging.RB Leipzig are part of the Red Bull group along with Red Bull Salzburg and New York Red Bulls.But the RB in RB Leipzig’s name does not stand for Red Bull – well, not technically.It is no coincidence that the letters are RB – to make people think of Red Bull – alongside the red bulls on their logo.However, the German FA ban corporate company brands in club names.So they found a workaround and called the club RasenBallsport Leipzig instead – RasenBallsport translates as Lawn Ball Sports. Many refer to the Serbian team as Red Star Belgrade when “red star” is simply a literal English translation of their official name, Crvena Zvezda. And finally, the 1985-86 European Cup was won by Steaua Bucuresti, not Steaua Bucharest.READ MORE SUN STORIESAlthough they now have a new name, formally switching to FCSB in 2017 as a shortened version of FC Steaua Bucuresti.But the team is categorically not called Steaua Bucharest – which would be like the half-translation of Bayern Munich – because “steaua” is “star” in Romanian. Atletico de Madrid is the official name of the Spanish giantsCredit: GettyThe 2010 Champions League final was Bayern Munchen vs InternazionaleCredit: AP:Associated PressSporting fans get very frustrated with the incorrect use of Sporting LisbonCredit: GettyThe RB is RB Leipzig stands for RasenBallsport – not Red BullCredit: Getty More

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      Former Man Utd star who replaced Cristiano Ronaldo on debut and regretted walking out on Sir Alex Ferguson retires at 37

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      FORMER Manchester United star Zoran Tosic has retired from football at the age of 37.The Serbian hangs up his boots after a spell at Greek side Lamia ended in the summer.Zoran Tosic played five times for Man UtdCredit: PA:Press AssociationHe joined in 2009 alongside Adem Ljajic who saw his transfer collapse over a work permitCredit: Getty – ContributorTosic became a CSKA Moscow iconCredit: @tosiczoran7Tosic announced his retirement on social media, saying in an emotional statement: “Unfortunately, everything good comes to an end.”I was hoping this moment would never come, but now I’m sure it’s time for me to end my football playing career.”As a child I dreamt of playing for Partizan, Serbia and Manchester United, and I was lucky enough to make my dreams come true at 21.”Many trophies, wins, ups and downs but the love was always there. Thanks to my family who made this trip possible. READ MORE ON MAN UTD”Thank you to the coaches, my team-mates, and everyone who has been with me for the whole 20 years. I am especially proud of ten years of playing for my country Serbia.”Lastly, a big thank you to the fans of the clubs where I performed, I always felt genuine support.”Football still remains my greatest love and passion. See you in some other role.”Tosic caught the eye of United scouts while playing for homeland club Partizan Belgrade.Most read in FootballFOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALSHe moved to Old Trafford in January 2009 and made his debut soon after, replacing Cristiano Ronaldo as a substitute in a fourth round FA Cup win over Tottenham. The winger then made his Premier League debut a few days later, coming on for Dimitar Berbatov in a victory against West Brom.What happened to these five forgotten Manchester United wonderkidsOverall, he made just five appearances for Man Utd before moving on loan to German club Cologne.On his return, Tosic hoped to force his way into Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, but the legendary boss told him to be patient.He quit the Red Devils for CSKA Moscow in 2010 for more game time, in a transfer he now regrets.Tosic previously said: “I had grown up a United fan so to be working for the man who had brought so much success to the club was just unbelievable. “However, there is a big difference between the Serbian and English league and when I arrived in Manchester I discovered I was not yet ready for that level.“I spoke with Sir Alex many times and he kept telling me I had quality and just had to keep working hard.“But I wanted to play more games so went to Cologne in Germany on loan and had a great six months there.“When I came back to Manchester I was expecting to play more games for United but it didn’t happen.“In the end I wasn’t sure I was going to get the chance I felt I deserved so decided to change club.”Even now I am always thinking about that moment. Maybe I should not have been so quick and should have worked longer to show Sir Alex.“Maybe I should have stayed and fought for my place. This was Man United after all.”READ MORE SUN STORIESTosic went on to become a club legend at the CSKA Moscow, staying for seven years and winning three league titles.In recent years, the 76-timed capped Serbian international returned to Partizan and had spells in China, Kazakhstan and Greece. More

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      Bohdan Shershun dead aged 42: Former Ukraine star and Uefa Cup winner passes away after long illness

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      FORMER Ukraine star and Uefa Cup winner Bohdan Shershun has died at the age of 42.The ex-CSKA Moscow and Dnipro star reportedly passed away after a long illness.
      Ex-Ukraine star and Uefa Cup winner Bohdan Shershun has died aged 42 after a long illness
      Shershun’s playing career spanned 20 years.
      And he had been working as a pundit on TV since retiring.
      Shershun was a big name in Ukrainian and Russian football.
      He started his pro career with Dnipro, playing 52 times and helping them to a third-place finish in 2001.
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      A year later he earned a big move to CSKA Moscow, where he played 76 times in three years.
      Shershun won a host of trophies in the capital, including two league titles, two Russian Cups, two Russian Super Cups and the 2005 Uefa Cup.
      He sealed a return to Dnipro that same year.
      Shershun’s second spell last five years and resulted in 79 appearances.
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      He then spent three years at rivals Arsenal Kyiv, playing 42 times.
      And the next stage of his career took Shershun to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih for two years.
      He played 18 times before moving to Volyn Lutsk for a year.
      And he then spent the final two years of his playing career with Sluch Starokostiantyniv before retiring in 2017.
      Shershun was also a regular on the international scene.
      He won 25 caps for Ukraine’s U21s before winning four caps for the senior side between 2003 and 2006. More