STYLE GUIDE

First edition 07/09/2002

Disclaimer: we should remember that this guide should allow the maximum clarity for observers 
            of every different nationality. Of course, we must pick a language to use, and 
            English seems the obvious choice. Also, we will use only the Latin alphabet. But 
            other than these restrictions, we should respect each country's traditions of
            player names, special characters etc.

GENERAL EXAMPLE

DD/MM/YYYY, City, Stadium, Attendance
Competition
COUNTRY 1           # (Scorer #')
COUNTRY 2           # (Scorer #')
Country 1 won 5-3 on penalties.
Country 1:          Players.
Country 2:          Players.
Referee:            Name (Country).
Coaches:            Country 1: Coach.
                    Country 2: Coach.
Cards:              Country 1: Player [Y #'].
                    Country 2: Player [R #'].
Penalties:          1-0 Player, 1-1 Player, 2-1 Player, 2-1 Player (miss)...
Note:               Match abandoned due to resignation of referee.

REAL EXAMPLE

18/01/1995, Utrecht, Nieuw Galgenwaard, 15000
Friendly International
NETHERLANDS         0
FRANCE              1 (Patrice Loko 45')
Netherlands:        Ed de Goeij, Stan Valckx, Danny Blind [c] (Michael Reiziger 46'),
                    Wim Jonk, Frank de Boer, Aron Winter, Clarence Seedorf, Glenn Helder,
                    Arthur Numan (Edgar Davids 77'), Marc Overmars (Peter van Vossen 64'),
                    Michael Mols (Pierre van Hooijdonk 57').
France:             Bernard Lama, Christian Karembeu (Lilian Thuram 88'), Laurent Blanc,
                    Marcel Desailly, Eric Di Meco, Jean-Michel Ferri, Eric Cantona [c],
                    Paul le Guen (Jocelyn Angloma 62'), Reynald Pedros, Patrice Loko,
                    Jean-Pierre Papin (Nicolas Ouédec 68').
Referee:            Michel Piraux (Belgium).
Coaches:            Netherlands: Guus Hiddink.
                    France: Aimé Jacquet.
Cards:              None.


EXPLANATIONS

1)  If the date is unknown, something of the form ??/01/1995 should be used.
2)  If the city is in a different country from the teams (i.e. a neutral venue, then this
    should be included in brackets after the city.
3)  If the city is unknown, replace with the country, in brackets.
4)  If the stadium or attendance is unknown, leave blank.
5)  After the first 2 lines, the left column is twenty characters. The right column can be a 
    maximum of 75 characters. The makes a TOTAL width of 95 characters.
6)  The country names should be given according to the list below - note that several countries
    changed names over the years.
7)  For scorers and line-ups players' full names should be given, but avoiding needlessly long
    versions. I.e. Pelé rather than Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
8)  For substitutions and goals, the minute should be given after the name. If the minute is
    not known then it should be left out.
9)  If the goal is a penalty, it should be given as e.g. (Ronaldo 67' pen). If more than one
    goal is scored e.g. (Ronald Koeman 34', 86' pen). Similar for own goals e.g.
    (Tommy Boyd 71' OG)
10) When the minutes are unknown, leave blank. If the minutes are unknown and a player 
    scores more than one, use e.g. (Hristo Stoichkov 2, Krassimir Balakov).
11) If a goal is scored in first half injury time (overtime), use 45+'. Similarly for 
    second half injury time use 90+', and 115+', 120+' for extra times.
12) If the captain is known, then [c] should appear after his name (and before a substitute).
13) The goalkeeper should be the first player, and the tradition is that he is followed by 
   defence, midfield and forwards.
14) If the substitutes are known, but the exact players which were removed are not known, then 
    this should be indicated in the 'Note'.
15) Only the referee should be given (not the assistants).
16) The coach's nationality should be specified if it is different from the team he coaches.
17) Cards should be given as the name, followed by: [Y #'] for a yellow, [R #'] for red,
    [Y #' YR #'] for two yellows, and [Y #' R #'] for a yellow and a straight red.
18) Details of penalty shootouts should be given as shown. If the penalty is not a goal,
    we should indicate it is a miss or a save (counting post and bar as a miss).
19) Additional important information should be noted. E.g. match abandoned etc.


COUNTRY NAMES

The versions of country names for use in this project.
The name of the country may depend on the date; for more details in such a case see the
history file. I have indicated the countries for which this applies.
Also the continent of a country (for footballing purposes) may depend on the date. 
The usual disclaimer of not making any political statements etc applies!
For matches where one country plays with e.g. a youth team, use the common style.
E.g. ENGLAND U21, FRANCE OLYMPIC. If the exact opposition strength is unknown, use GERMANY XI.

COUNTRY             CONTINENT (for footballing purposes)      NAME CHANGES
Afghanistan         Asia
Albania             Europe
Algeria             Africa
American Samoa      Oceania
Andorra             Europe
Angola              Africa                                    Portuguese West Africa before 15/08/1914.
Anguilla            North and Central America and Caribbean
Antigua/Barbuda     North and Central America and Caribbean
Argentina           South America
Armenia             Europe                                    Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Aruba               North and Central America and Caribbean
Australia           Asia (Oceania before 01/01/2006, except 1972-1978 (resigned from OFC))
Austria             Europe
Azerbaijan          Europe                                    Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Bahamas             North and Central America and Caribbean
Bahrain             Asia
Bangladesh          Asia                                      Part of East Pakistan before 26/03/1971
Barbados            North and Central America and Caribbean
Belarus             Europe                                    Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Belgium             Europe
Belize              North and Central America and Caribbean   British Honduras before 01/06/1973
Benin               Africa                                    Dahomey before 30/11/1975
Bermuda             North and Central America and Caribbean
Bhutan              Asia
Bolivia             South America
Bosnia/Herzegovina  Europe                                    Part of Yugoslavia before 03/03/1992
Botswana            Africa                                    Bechuanaland before 30/09/1966
Brazil              South America
British Virgin Isl. North and Central America and Caribbean
Brunei              Asia
Bulgaria            Europe
Burkina Faso        Africa                                    Upper Volta before 04/08/1984
Burundi             Africa
Cambodia            Asia                                      Khmer Republic 09/10/1970 - 05/01/1976  [It is general practice to ignore the name Kampuchea 05/01/1976 - 01/05/1989]
Cameroon            Africa
Canada              North and Central America and Caribbean
Cape Verde          Africa
Cayman Islands      North and Central America and Caribbean
Cent. African Rep.  Africa
Chad                Africa
Chile               South America
China               Asia                                      PR China since 01/10/1949. Rep. China becomes Taiwan 08/12/1949
Christmas Island    Oceania
Cocos/Keeling Isl.  Oceania
Colombia            South America
Comoros             Africa
Congo               Africa                                    Sometimes referred to as Congo-Brazzaville
Cook Islands        Oceania
Costa Rica          North and Central America and Caribbean
Ivory Coast         Africa                                    Since October 1985, officially named Côte d'Ivoire.
Croatia             Europe                                    Part of Yugoslavia 29/10/1918 - 06/04/1941 and 02/12/1945 - 08/10/1991
Cuba                North and Central America and Caribbean
Cyprus              Europe                                    See also Turkish Cyprus
Czech Republic      Europe                                    Part of Czechoslovakia 28/10/1918 - 01/01/1993, Bohemia before 28/10/1918
DR Congo            Africa                                    Zaire (27/10/1971 - 17/05/1997). Belgian Congo before 01/07/1960. Sometimes referred to as Congo-Kinshasa
Denmark             Europe
Djibouti            Africa                                    French Afars/Issas before 27/06/1977, French Somaliland before 03/07/1967
Dominica            North and Central America and Caribbean
Dominican Republic  North and Central America and Caribbean
East Timor          Asia                                      Part of Indonesia 24/06/1976 - 19/10/1999
Ecuador             South America
Egypt               Africa                                    Part of United Arab Rep. 22/12/1958 - 28/04/1964 [although from 28/09/1961 - 17/04/1963, it was just Egypt keeping the name]
El Salvador         North and Central America and Caribbean
England             Europe
Equatorial Guinea   Africa
Eritrea             Africa                                    Part of Ethiopia 15/09/1952 - 24/05/1993
Estonia             Europe                                    Part of USSR 22/09/1944 - 06/09/1991
Ethiopia            Africa
Faroe Islands       Europe
Fiji                Oceania
Finland             Europe
France              Europe
French Guiana       North and Central America and Caribbean
Gabon               Africa
Gambia              Africa
Georgia             Europe                                    Part of USSR until 25/12/1991
Germany             Europe                                    Formerly divided into East and West, and also Saar (see below)
Ghana               Africa                                    Gold Coast before 06/03/1957
Gibraltar           Europe
Greece              Europe
Greenland           Europe
Grenada             North and Central America and Caribbean
Guadeloupe          North and Central America and Caribbean
Guam                Asia
Guatemala           North and Central America and Caribbean
Guinea              Africa                                    Part of French West Africa until 13/10/1946
Guinea-Bissau       Africa                                    Portuguese Guinea until 24/09/1973
Guyana              North and Central America and Caribbean   British Guiana before 26/05/1966
Haiti               North and Central America and Caribbean
Honduras            North and Central America and Caribbean
Hong Kong           Asia                                      Part of China since 01/07/1997
Hungary             Europe
Iceland             Europe
India               Asia
Indonesia           Asia                                      Dutch East Indies before 05/03/1946
Iran                Asia                                      Persia before 21/03/1935
Iraq                Asia                                      Part of United Arab Rep. 17/04/1963 - 28/04/1964
Ireland             Europe                                    Part of United Kingdom before 21/01/1919
Israel              Europe since 1992 (Asia before 1976)      Palestine before 14/05/1948
Italy               Europe
Jamaica             North and Central America and Caribbean
Japan               Asia
Jordan              Asia                                      Transjordan before 03/04/1949
Kazakhstan          Europe (Asia before Apr 2002)             Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Kenya               Africa                                    British East Africa before 23/07/1920
Kiribati            Oceania                                   Gilbert Islands before 12/07/1979 [Part of a single entity 'Gilbert and Ellice Islands' before 01/10/1975]
Kosova              Europe                                    Part of Yugoslavia before 19/10/1991 (declared independence, not recognized).
Kuwait              Asia
Kyrgyzstan          Asia                                      Also known as Kyrgyz Republic. Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Laos                Asia                                      Officially Lao PDR
Latvia              Europe                                    Part of USSR November 1944 - 06/09/1991
Lebanon             Asia
Lesotho             Africa                                    Basutoland until 04/10/1966
Liberia             Africa
Libya               Africa
Liechtenstein       Europe
Lithuania           Europe                                    Part of USSR 03/08/1940 - 06/09/1991
Luxembourg          Europe
Macao               Asia                                      Also Macau. Part of China since 20/12/1999
Macedonia           Europe                                    Also FYR Macedonia. Part of Yugoslavia 01/12/1918 - Apr 1941 and 02/12/1945 - 18/09/1991
Madagascar          Africa
Malawi              Africa                                    Nyasaland before 06/07/1964.
Malaysia            Asia                                      Malaya before 16/09/1963
Maldives            Asia
Mali                Africa                                    French Sudan before 22/09/1960, but part of Mali Federation (with Senegal) 04/04/1959 - 20/08/1960.
Malta               Europe
Marshall Islands    Oceania
Martinique          North and Central America and Caribbean
Mauritania          Africa
Mauritius           Africa
Mexico              North and Central America and Caribbean
Micronesia          Oceania
Moldova             Europe                                    Part of USSR 28/06/1940 - 25/12/1991.
Monaco              Europe
Mongolia            Asia
Montenegro          Europe                                    Part of Serbia and Montenegro before 03/06/2006, part of Yugoslavia before 04/02/2003.
Montserrat          North and Central America and Caribbean
Morocco             Africa
Mozambique          Africa
Myanmar             Asia                                      Burma before 18/06/1989
Namibia             Africa                                    South West Africa before 12/06/1968
Nauru               Oceania
Nepal               Asia
Netherlands         Europe
Netherlands Antil.  North and Central America and Caribbean
New Caledonia       Oceania
New Zealand         Oceania
Nicaragua           North and Central America and Caribbean
Niger               Africa
Nigeria             Africa
Niue                Oceania
Norfolk Island      Oceania
North Korea         Asia                                      DPR Korea since 03/09/1948
Northern Ireland    Europe                                    United Ireland before 18/06/1922
Northern Marianas   Oceania
Norway              Europe
Oman                Asia
Pakistan            Asia                                      Part of India before 14/08/1947
Palau               Oceania
Palestine           Asia                                      Part of Israel
Panama              North and Central America and Caribbean
Papua New Guinea    Oceania
Paraguay            South America
Peru                South America
Philippines         Asia
Poland              Europe
Portugal            Europe
Puerto Rico         North and Central America and Caribbean
Qatar               Asia
Reunion             Africa
Romania             Europe
Russia              Europe                                    Part of USSR 30/12/1922 - 25/12/1991
Rwanda              Africa
St. Helena          
St. Kitts/Nevis     North and Central America and Caribbean
St. Lucia           North and Central America and Caribbean
Saint-Martin        North and Central America and Caribbean   Part of Guadeloupe
St. Vincent/Gren    North and Central America and Caribbean
Samoa               Oceania                                   Western Samoa 01/01/1962 - 02/07/1997
San Marino          Europe
Sao Tome/Principe   Africa
Saudi Arabia        Asia
Scotland            Europe
Senegal             Africa                                    Part of Mali Federation 04/04/1959 - 20/08/1960.
Serbia              Europe                                    Part of Serbia and Montenegro before 05/06/2006, part of Yugoslavia before 04/02/2003.
Seychelles          Africa
Sierra Leone        Africa
Singapore           Asia                                      Part of Malaysia 16/09/1963 - 09/08/1965
Sint Maarten        North and Central America and Caribbean   Part of Netherlands Antilles
Slovakia            Europe                                    Part of Czechoslovakia 28/10/1918 - 15/03/1939 and 03/04/1945 - 01/01/1993
Slovenia            Europe                                    Part of Yugoslavia 01/12/1918 - 08/10/1991
Solomon Islands     Oceania
Somalia             Africa                                    Divided into British Somaliland and Italian Somalia before 01/07/1960
South Africa        Africa
South Korea         Asia                                      Republic of Korea since 15/08/1948
Spain               Europe
Sri Lanka           Asia                                      Ceylon before 22/05/1972
Sudan               Africa
Surinam             North and Central America and Caribbean   Also Suriname. Dutch Guiana before 25/11/1975
Swaziland           Africa
Sweden              Europe
Switzerland         Europe
Syria               Asia                                      Part of United Arab Rep. 22/02/1958 - 28/09/1961 and 17/04/1963 - 28/04/1964
Tahiti              Oceania                                   Officially French Polynesia (since 22/07/1957)
Taiwan              Asia (Oceania 1975-1989)                  Also Republic of China, Chinese Taipei. Separate from PR China since 08/12/1949
Tajikistan          Asia                                      Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Tanzania            Africa                                    Tanganyika 20/07/1922 - 29/10/1964 
Thailand            Asia                                      Siam before 23/06/1939
Tibet               Asia                                      Part of China
Togo                Africa                                    French Togoland before 27/04/1960
Tokelau             Oceania
Tonga               Oceania
Trinidad/Tobago     North and Central America and Caribbean
Tunisia             Africa
Turkey              Europe
Turkish Cyprus      Europe                                    Also Northern Cyprus. Part of Cyprus [Republic only recognized by Turkey]
Turkmenistan        Asia                                      Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Turks/Caicos Isl.   North and Central America and Caribbean
Tuvalu              Oceania                                   Ellice Islands before 01/10/1975 [Part of Gilbert and Ellice Islands]
Uganda              Africa
Ukraine             Europe                                    Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
UAE                 Asia                                      Trucial States before 02/12/1971
US Virgin Islands   North and Central America and Caribbean
USA                 North and Central America and Caribbean
Uruguay             South America
Uzbekistan          Asia                                      Part of USSR before 25/12/1991
Vanuatu             Oceania                                   New Hebrides before 30/07/1980
Vatican City        Europe                                    Also The Holy See, Papal State
Venezuela           South America
Vietnam             Asia                                      Divided into North and South 30/08/1945 - 02/07/1976 (see below)
Wales               Europe
Wallis/Futuna       Oceania                                   Subordinate to New Caledonia
Western Sahara      Africa                                    Spanish Sahara until 26/02/1976. Partioned by Morocco and Mauritania, but Morocco annexes both parts 11/08/1979
Yemen               Asia                                      Divided into North and South until 22/05/1990
Zambia              Africa                                    Northern Rhodesia before 24/10/1964
Zanzibar            Africa                                    Part of Tanzania 27/04/1964
Zimbabwe            Africa                                    Southern Rhodesia before 23/10/1953, Rhodesia 23/10/1953 - 17/04/1980

Ex-countries:

Czechoslovakia      Europe                                    28/10/1918 - 01/01/1993
East Germany        Europe                                    German DR 07/10/1949 - 03/10/1990
North Vietnam       Asia                                      DR Vietnam 30/08/1945 - 02/07/1976
North Yemen         Asia                                      Yemen Arab Rep. 27/09/1962 - 22/05/1990
Saar                Europe                                    15/12/1947 - 01/01/1957
South Vietnam       Asia                                      Rep. Vietnam 30/08/1945 - 02/07/1976
South Yemen         Asia                                      PDR Yemen 30/11/1967 - 22/05/1990
United Arab Rep.    Africa                                    See Egypt
USSR                Europe                                    Also Soviet Union, 30/12/1922 - 25/12/1991
West Germany        Europe                                    FR Germany 07/09/1949 - 03/10/1990 (although Germany is still FR Germany)
Yugoslavia          Europe                                    04/02/2003 - 05/06/2006 Serbia and Montenegro, 03/10/1929 - 04/02/2003 Yugoslavia, 01/12/1918 - 03/10/1929 Kingdom of Serbs/Croats/Slovenes