Lausanne, 1 February 2012 The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has decided to grant
the provisional measures requested by the Indonesian Football Club Persipura Jayapura and to order
the reinstatement of the club in the AFC Champions League 2012.
Persipura was supposed to play the 2012 AFC Champions League Playoffs (East-Zone) on 11 February
2012 against Adelaïde United FC (Australia).
Japanese J. League J1 team FC Tokyo qualified for the 2012 AFC Champions League courtesy of their
2011 Emperor's Cup win. The club is pooled Ulsan Hyundai (Australia), Brisbane Roar...
First of all I should start this piece by wishing everybody a happy new year! I've been enjoying
myself over the Christmas holiday and have neglected the blog over the last few days so I need to
rectify this, starting off with a piece regarding the new Emperor's Cup winners in Japan.
FC Tokyo have done an unlikely league and cup double in Japan following their 4-2 triumph over
Kyoto Sanga in last Sunday's Emperor's Cup final.
First of all I should start this piece by wishing everybody a happy new year! I've been enjoying
myself over the Christmas holiday and have neglected the blog over the last few days so I need to
rectify this, starting off with a piece regarding the new Emperor's Cup winners in Japan.
FC Tokyo have done an unlikely league and cup double in Japan following their 4-2 triumph over
Kyoto Sanga in last Sunday's Emperor's Cup final.
El Auckland City de Nueva Zelanda venció 1-0 al Tefana de Tahití y conquistó la O-League,
máximo torneo de clubes de Oceanía, por cuarta vez en su historia. El conjunto neozelandés con
la ventaja del partido de ida (2-1) y confirmó su triunfo logrando también el triunfo de
visitante, con un solitario gol del delantero español Manel Expósito, surgido de la cantera del
Barcelona.
AFC Champions League Qualifier
Adelaide United v Persipura 3-0
Game arranged at last minute after Persipura's expulsion from competition overruled they were never
really in the game. Did ok but that was never gonna be good enough.
Indonesia Super League
Arema v PSPS 2-0 (Dicky Firasat, Arif Ariyanto) 5,021PSAP v Sriwijaya 1-1 (Sayuti; Thierry
Gathussi) 6,567PSMS v Persiram 1-0 (Zulkarnain) 7,521
Divisi Utama (LI)
Persitara v Persitema 4-2 (Suhariyanto, Muhamed, Adlofo Souza 2; Andriyanto, Sumaryanto) 3,271PS
Bengkulu v Persip 1-0 (Abdu Rahman Aziz) 2,314Persid v Persigo 1-2 (Iswanto; Yus Abay, Iksan
Abubakar) 4,963 (LI)
SLeague
Home United v Gombak United 1-1 (Mustaquim Munzar; Franklin Anzite) 1,304Balestier Khalsa v
Tampines Rovers 1-0 (Ruhaizad Ismail) 1,309
Unlikely leaders at this early stage with Balestier Khalsa blocking out title favourites for the
second successive game.
2011 Korean K-League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Football Club are gearing up for the 2012
domestic and AFC Champions League seasons following their second league championship in the last
three...
ASIAN soccer officials are tonight expected to deliver a verdict on whether Adelaide
United was in breach of the regulations after fielding Cassio last week.
Asian Football Confederation officials tonight told AdelaideNow a decision will handed down
tonight .
The Brazilian featured in the club's AFC Champions League qualifier against Indonesia's
Persipura last Thursday but there was a question mark hanging over his appearance.
Defending Australian A-League champions Brisbane Roar FC have unveiled PUMA home and away kits for
their 2012 AFC Champions League campaign. Both kits feature the PUMA King shirt design used...
Former champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Gamba Osaka both registered timely first wins of the
AFC Champions League this week as the Group Stage of the 2012 edition reached the halfway point
with Al Jazira and Al Ittihad maintaining the only 100% records.
Last year's beaten finalists Jeonbuk ended Buriram United's perfect record in Group H as first
half goals from Lee Dong-gook and substitute Seo Sang-min ensured the K-League champions bounced
back from beginning the new continental campaign with back-to-back 5-1 defeats.
A recap of Chelsea's win over Barcelona, Sporting KC remains perfect, and more lead today's top
stories. Links for all stories below will open in a new window.
A recap of Chelsea 1-0 FC Barcelona (ESPNSoccernet.com)
Sporting Kansas City beats Vancouver to remain perfect (MLSSoccer.
Se está disputando la edición 2012 del máximo certamen africano de clubes, que se disputó por
primera vez en 1964 como "Copa Africana de Clubes Campeones". Participan todos los campeones de las
ligas nacionales en dos rondas previas a la fase final de grupos. En la primera compiten 32 equipos
que pasan en una segunda de 16: en esta instancia los 8 mejores disputan una liguilla de dos grupos
cada uno.
Not looked at the Newin Chidchob Appreciation Society League for a while. For good reason; it's a
joke. The big news from there is apparently there have been no fixture changes for all of 27
minutes.
Tonight has champions and all round fantastically good eggs Buriram United playing Wuachon United.
Chinese club Ghangzhou Evergrande have made a statement of intent for the year ahead by
appointing former FIFA World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi to take charge of the team.
Lippi takes over a club who are in fine health having won their maiden Chinese Super League last
season and leading ten games into the current campaign with 22 out of 30 points (seven wins, one
draw, two defeats), one more than nearest challengers Ghangzhou R&F.
Chinese club Ghangzhou Evergrande have made a statement of intent for the year ahead by
appointing former FIFA World Cup winning coach Marcello Lippi to take charge of the team.
Lippi takes over a club who are in fine health having won their maiden Chinese Super League last
season and leading ten games into the current campaign with 22 out of 30 points (seven wins, one
draw, two defeats), one more than nearest challengers Ghangzhou R&F.
Asian football's two major continental tournaments have reached the knockout stages following
the conclusion of the group stages this week.
The AFC Champions League is usually dominated by South Korean clubs but only two of this year's
four representatives have made it through the group stage.
Asian football's two major continental tournaments have reached the knockout stages following
the conclusion of the group stages this week.
The AFC Champions League is usually dominated by South Korean clubs but only two of this year's
four representatives have made it through the group stage.
Saudi Arabian football will be well represented in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions
League. Following this week's Round of 16 matches three sides from Saudi Arabia made it through to
the last eight with another five teams, all hailing from different nations, to join them in the
business end of the tournament.
Saudi Arabian football will be well represented in the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions
League. Following this week's Round of 16 matches three sides from Saudi Arabia made it through to
the last eight with another five teams, all hailing from different nations, to join them in the
business end of the tournament.
