Team Name

Country

Team Name

Country

Bangkok Cosmos

Thailand

Red Lions

Taiwan

Baya Beach FC

Thailand

SCI Saints

Thailand

Bayon Wanderers

Cambodia

Saigon Saints

Vietnam

Big Bamboo Voodoo

China

Shanghai Krauts

China

Boca Seniors

Hong Kong

Shanghai Shooters

China

Farangutans FC

Thailand

Tokyo Hibernians

Japan

Hanoi Capitals

Vietnam

Yeuting Joy Speed

China

India 7s

India

YG Team FC

Thailand

Country: Thailand
City: Bangkok
Team Color: Black
Captain: Pedro Kunz
Players: International...

Bangkok Cosmos FC was founded in 2001 and participated in the Santa Fe League, now the Bangkok Football League in the same year. The team is truly International with players coming from all the corners of the world. Cosmos has made itself a name in the Bangkok Football scene by playing a straight forward, technical style. The team is a good mix of experienced and young players and displays good spirit and an easy-going approach. Teamwork comes before everything. Cosmos is currently ranked third in the Bangkok Football League and is having a good season. It is eager to have some more good fun by participating in International Tournaments.

Country: Thailand
City: Patong, Phuket
Team Color: Green
Captain: Lolo
Players: French, Thai

Baya Beach Football Club from Phuket was 2nd in the Cup Champions during the 2003 Paulaner Phuket International Soccer 7s Tournament. This experienced local team, coached by Lolo, will give you some hard times not only on the pitch, but also at Baya Beach Bar. This is their home and a famous spot in Phuket, where all players are invited to savour some drinks, with the cutest pretty girls of Patong !

Country: Cambodia
City: Phnom Penh
Team Color: Yellow/Black
Captain: Billy / Jesse
Players: International...

Bayon Wanderers FC, Runner-up of the Plate 2004 Phuket Soccer 7s. The impressive 12th century Angkorian “Bayon” Temple lends its name to this impressive team. The strength of the Angkorian Empire is reflected in the depth of the squad’s character, and the beauty and elegance of the temples is reflected in the grace with which they take to the field. Similarly, the horrific brutality of the ancient Khmer kings is clearly evident in their violent and erratic behaviour on the pitch.

Country: China
City: Shanghai
Team Color: Green
Captain: Rick Howard
Players: British
+ Everybody else

Voodoo FC, from Shanghai... 2nd in the Manila 6-a-side tournament and won the 2004 Hebiguchi Cup in Shanghai. This tour we're bringing.... Rick "Gaffer" Howard: Uses coded American terminology to throw the other team off (and sometimes his own!). Gavin "Clooney" Morgan: Half English, half French , 100% Village People. Ian "Dicko" Dickson: Oldest member of the tour squad, Chelsea fan (and given his age, probably the only founding member of Chelsea still alive). Julian "Mullet" Goodes: only defenders of his calibre can get away with a haircut like his. Mark "Canker" Suchy: Canadian, too tall to be a hockey player or a mountie. Chris "The Unit" Barnyard: Keeper of the last Manila 6s. Bastian "The Unknown Element" Land: The Mystery guest player from Hong Kong. Andre "The Bookie" Delarue: German, with a French name, English accent and Russian liver. The only Voodoo Tour Virgin that has been on tour before. Go figure. Steve "Stookie" Watson: the Uncrowned "King of Clean Play", undoubtedly a Scot. You'll hear him before he arrives. Paul "Uncle Fester" Lewis: The midfielder with the streamlined haircut to compensate for the legs. Also, looks like our goalkeeper. Paul Skulls: The world famous, bodiless Voodoo footballer with the method, madness, a black magic to ensure Voodoo victory. Finally, The Voodoo would like to thank Kirk, our team photographer for making us look like stars. Also, our home bar the Big Bamboo in Shanghai for its continuous international support. And lastly the guys in Thailand that make the tour happen for all of us!

Country: Hong Kong
City: Various bars in and
around Wanchai
Team Color: Blue & Yellow
Captain: Tunners
Players:English with atoken
Aussie for comedy value

Boca Seniors was founded in 1997 and we have been playing in Hong Kong’s Yau Yee League (YYL). In our inaugural season (1997/98) we won the YYL Second Division title, which we subsequently won again in the 2001/02 season. Frequent arrivals and departures being the nature of an expatriate’s life has meant that Boca’s forays into the top flight have been all too fleeting, with only two seasons in the YYL First Division. The club’s squad over the years has included the full range of nationalities usually found within Hong Kong’s expatriate community … England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal, Senegal and even one guy from Mauritius, who was of course a Man Utd fan !! Fresh from our success as “Bowl Winners” at the inaugural Bangkok International Soccer 7’s Tournament in April this year, Boca Seniors are returning to the island paradise of Phuket to build upon their previous success by bagging another trophy. More likely than not, it be the much coveted and sought after ‘Wooden Spoon’ … but who cares ?! We believe that the essential ingredients to any decent football squads are always to have a healthy mix of experience and youth. Touring squads are no exception to this rule. The squad playing in this Phuket Tournament will rely on former Boca players who have now moved to work and live in Thailand (lucky gits!) who will provide the vital Thailand “experience”. The more youthful element will be provided by a couple of ‘Boca Tour Virgins’ who will no doubt not even manage to make it to the pitch once they have discovered the dubious delights of Bangla Road. We strongly believe in the philosophy of match days consisting of three ‘halves’ and you can guarantee that whether we win, lose or draw during the first two of these ‘halves’, Boca will be sure to outshine any opposition during the third half. Thank you for inviting Boca Seniors to play in the Phuket International Soccer 7’s Tournament and we look forward to seeing all the other teams this weekend … and remember … it’s all about your performance in that crucial third half !

Country: Thailand
City: Chiang Mai
Team Color: Green
Captain: Lee
Players: British, American,
Brazilian...

Farangutans FC, first participation for this team from the North of Thailand...Behold the mighty Farangutans! Once a rag-tag band of amateur football players and professional binge drinkers, they have become a lean, mean, green fighting machine - a force to be reckoned with both on and off the pitch.

Country: Vietnam
City: Hanoi
Team Color: Blue
Captain: Mike / Riccardo
Players: Italian, French,
US, Scandinavian...

Hanoi Capitals FC was established in 1994 and recently celebrated its 10th anniversary from which most of the boys are still recovering. Like to play away and finished a credible 2nd in the 2004 Bangkok Far Eastern Tournament. 340 players have represented the Capitals and it welcomes players from all nationalities (even French the occasional bird when we are short) !

Country: India
City:
Team Color: White
Captain: Dr. Ravi
Players: Indian

Indian 7s, team coached by Dr. Ravi Kondhiya. He is General Secretary of the Asian 7-a-side Football Federation, that support all Thailand Soccer 7s Tournaments. Indian 7s was
in Thailand this year for the Bangkok Soccer 7s tournament.

Country: Taiwan
Team Color: Red
Captains: O'Sullivan,
Hewitt & Browne
Players: UK, Canada, Italy
Poland, Ireland, Australia

Red Lions FC, first participation for this team from Taiwan...The Red Lions squad arrives at the Phuket 7s from a break in their Taipei league fixtures and fresh from their latest competitions, winning the Tavern Premier League and the Taiwan Fall Cup. The Taipei Red Lions Football Club was formed in 1983 and their history is littered with tournaments all over Asia with the island of Phuket witnessing many a fine Red Lions performance. We hope this year to at least match our ancestors (Charlie Watson) both on and off the field at this year’s tournament. We have gathered for this weekend some of the Lions most experienced (older, last legs, past sell buy date) players as well as some new faces with fresh legs and hair on their heads, a squad of 17 players with a mixture of what looks like fathers and sons. Both the young guns and the over 35’s have been steered here by Paddy O’Sullivan our veteran tournament player/organizer with some 25 tours under his shorts.(equates to about 2500 beers) or around 250 shouts by Paddy of “someone get the round in”. The young guns captain is Kenny Browne…..him with clean boyish looks, motorized legs and loads of Irish wit. The slightly older squad 35-55’s, are handled by football veteran Tony Hewitt who was recently voted by the sponsors (Carnegies Taipei) barmaids as the Lions most valuable player! The Red Lions wish all the teams an enjoyable weekend of football and elephant riding, if we don’t meet on the field then we are sure to bump into you in the bar. Who’s Spartacus?

Country: Vietnam
City: Saigon / Ho Chi Minh
Team Color: White
Captains: John / Eddy
Players: Bristish,
Dutch, Irish, Spanish,
Canadian, French,
Australian.

Saigon Saints, second participation for this team from Vietnam. Saigon Saints were formed in 1995 with help from a sponsoring tobacco company. The original idea was to call the club Saigon Smokers! Thankfully rejected, though it has been suggested by opposition that Saigon Sinners might be a more appropriate name. We look forward to playing against you and drinking with you.

Country: Thailand
City: Bangkok
Team Color: White & Green
Captain: Gavin
Players: English, Thai,
Indian, Australian

Winner of the 2004 Phuket Soccer 7s Bowl Champions, the SCI Gecko's are a pub team at heart with a great team spirit and some gifted individuals that can turn on the style at any time (assuming the night before wasn't too heavy!). Bangkok Summer league champions in 2003, we are certainly not taking part just to make up the numbers!

Country: China
City: Shanghai
Team Color: White or Red
Coach: Daniel / Patrick
Players: Germans with
Internationals players...

Shanghai Krauts FC the 2005 Phuket Tournament will already be the third participation and the fifth in Thailand. As one of the founding members of this tour, Krauts already arranged with the organisers a green card directly into the Cup Competition (“no money, no honey”). While last years’ successes have been refused due to fatal incidents in Soi Crocodile, we hope to see one of you in the finals to take home glory to Shanghai. And with the CUP on hand we hope to level the way for the Championship in our home league in Shanghai, where the head-on-head competition already looks like Krauts vs. Japan. With our 10th Years Anniversary Tournament in this June, Krauts also proved not only to be a regular guest but again a worthy host. And: If we fail enough – at least we’ll have fun again and loads of excuses. Immer wieder - immer wieder, immer wieder Shanghai Krauts

Country: China
City: Shanghai
Team Color: Red
Captain: John "Sir Jof"
Players: Scottish, English,
American, Danish, and
Canadian....

Shanghai Shooters were formed in 1998. We originally started as a fun social team but with more and more expats arriving in Shanghai over the years, the quality of the team increased greatly. We still pride ourselves in being a fun team, and we work as hard at the socializing as we do in training and on the field. We play in the Shanghai International Football League, which we believe is one of the most competitive Expat leagues in Asia. Teams such as Shanghai Japan and Joyspeed also do very well in overseas tournaments. The Shooters are mainly a British team, with some Americans thrown in. As well as our Domestic success, we also travel to a number of tournaments around Asia, and have managed to win the Manila 6's twice, Bangkok 11's and Phuket 7's. In 2000, we also went to Mongolia to play the National team as a part of their World Cup preparations. In May 2005, due to our tournament successes, we were invited to take part in the Phillips Lighting Hong Kong 7's. Given a tough draw, we managed to draw 1-1 with Aston Villa, and were narrowly defeated 0-1 by Glasgow Rangers and 1-2 to Kitchee FC. We have had a couple of Professionals turn out for the Shooters in the past, namely Ian Rush when he visited Shanghai, and Mark Ford of Leeds and Doncaster fame. One of our current players, Claus Borregaard played for Aarhus of Denmark, where he played in the UEFA Cup against Steaua Bucharest and Barcelona. We also hold our own Bi-Annual International 7's tournament, the next of which will be played in August 2006.
Malone’s Shanghai Shooters Roll of Honour
Domestic:
1998/99 SIFL Cup Winners
1999/00 Opening Tournament Winners
2000/01 SIFL League Champions, SIFL Cup Winners, SIFL Hebiguchi Cup Winners
2001/02 Opening Tournament Winners, Closing Tournament Winners
2002/03 SIFL Hebiguchi Cup Winners, SIFL League Champions, SIFL Cup Winners
2003/04 SIFL League Champions, SIFL Cup Winners, Closing Tournament Winners
2004/05 Opening Tournament Winners, SIFL League Champions, SIFL Cup Winners
2005/06 Opening Tournament Winners
International:
2002 Manila Nomads Cup Champions.
2004 Bangkok International 11's Champions, Shanghai International 7's Champions,
...... Manila Nomads Cup Champions, Phuket International 7's Champions.

Country: Taiwan
City: Taiwan
Team Color: White
Captain: Scott
Players: International

Firss to say, I doan know why da team hask me to write dis blurb ting - nobody hon da team hunderstand my houtrageous haccent! Hanyway, hi try my bess. Da Phoenix ale from da city huv Tainan hin Taiwan where we rise like da flame hout huv bed to play football hevery Sunday. Honly four year hold han growing hall da time, da team as halways av da philosophy dat hif you come hout den you can play. Heverybody his welcome han we doan to turn hanybody down. Maybe dats why we never win hanyting! Dis will be da tird hinternational tournament han hour firss time to go Thailand. Hits da little hironic because mose hour family han friend tink we live ear hanyway. Taiwan hor Thailand – quelle est la difference? We look to forward heat da spicy food and drink da Beer Chang han da Mekhong in da uge dose. Siv, Kevin, Scott, Ryan, Adrian, Andy, Capitaine Mark, Cori, Gae han moi truly, Gaston ope to play da hentertain football han maybe heven win ha game! Crazier ting av appen... Bonne chance to hall!

Country: Japan
City: Tokyo
Team Color: Green
Captain: Benjamin
Players: International...

“Tokyo Hibernians (Hibs) was formed in 1998 by the amalgamation of the old Albion & Tokyo Irish sides. We play like kamikazes and eat and drink like Sumos. We always endeavour to play in the style displayed by the proud heritage of elite Irish athletes such as the mad drunk Irishman tackling the marathon leader in the Athens Olympics”.

Country: China
City: Shanghai
Team Color: Blue
Captain: Cater
Players: Chinese.

Yueting-Joy Speed, Runner-up of the Cup 2004 Phuket Soccer 7s against the Shanghai Shooters. In 2005. they will be in Phuket to get the Cup.

Country: South Africa
City: Johanesbourg
Team Color:
Captain: Chris Williams
Players: South African

Crusaders FC Seniors Convenor, first participation for this team from South Africa which will host the 2010 Football World Cup...