Our leak was right. This is the Liverpool FC Adidas 2009/10 away kit! It appears to follow the same Adidas template as Ajax Amsterdam's 2009/10 away kit and Seattle Sounders FC 2009/10 home kit. The stylish phantom football shirt and shorts with gold trim will be worn by Steven Gerrard and his supporting cast on [.

Attend a soccer game, become internet famous. That's life for female football fans in 2009. We introduce to you Ajax Amsterdam Girl 2009.

The 2009 Under-21 European Championship will showcase the best and brightest of young football talent from around Europe. With Spain, Germany, England, Italy and Serbia all having qualified for the Euro 2009, the tournament will be closely followed by football scouts across Europe's top clubs.

Spanish giants Real Madrid CF have officially launched their Adidas home and away kits for the 2009/10 season. The Real 09/10 kits are all based on templates that we've seen before. The white home kits and black and gold third kits use the same Adidas template as the 09/10 Liverpool away, Ajax Amsterdam away and Seattle [.

Following the recent launch of their 09/10 Adidas away kit, Dutch powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam has launched their brand new 2009/10 Adidas home kit. The new kit features a new crest on the upper back area that celebrates the club's history. Its basic design appears to be similar to that of the 2009/10 Adidas AC Milan home [.

Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam have unveiled their new 2009-10 away strip. The black shirt is manufactured by Adidas, and has red stripes running down from the collar to the middle of the sleeves. Sponsors AEGON have their logo in the centre, with the Adidas and Ajax Amsterdam club logos also present. See the photo of [.

The transfer market continues to be busy with several teams adding and selling players ahead of this fall. English club Arsenal have signed Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax while Valencia have stated David Villa is not for sale. Here's the recap of the latest transfer news in European soccer.

Arsenal sign Vermaelen - "Arsenal have completed the signing of versatile Belgium defender Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax Amsterdam

The 23-year-old, who can play either centrally or on the left, passed a medical on Friday and will bolster a defence that came under fire from all quarters last season.

Along with the New Chelsea 2009-10 Home Shirt, the Blues have also revealed the Goalkeeper Jersey that Petr Cech will wear for the 2009-10 season. The New Chelsea Goalkeeper Kit is manufactured by Adidas, and is dark teal in colour. The sponsors Samsung, the Chelsea logo as well as the stripes on the sleeves and the [.

Dutch powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam has launched their brand new 2009/10 Adidas away kit. it will be used for the first time during the Dutch Eredivisie game against Sparta Rotterdam this coming Sunday, May 3, 2009. Expect this kit to be available soon at an online retailer near you! Click on the thumbnails below for larger [.

French giants Olympique Marseille (OM) have unveiled their new home and away shirts for the 2009-10 season. The new OM kits are manufactured by Adidas. They celebrate the 110th anniversary of the club that was founded in 1899. The home jersey is white with vertical blue pinstripes. You also have blue adorning the V shaped collar, the [.

This year my son's team is getting back to the fundamentals. I have been lucky enough to be introduced to one player's uncle who used to play for Ajax. His first move was to get the kids to go round cones to the right taking the ball with the outside of their right boot, and then to the left with the outside of their left boot.

Arsenal have signed Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax Amsterdam for a fee of 12 million euros ( which has a variable component of 2 million euros). The fee details did not come from the Gunners, but were revealed on Ajax's official site ( Ajax.nl) Vermaelen, 23, can play both as a left back and a [.

The New Scotland 2009-10 away shirt was worn for the first time in a World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands in Amsterdam on March 28, 2009. The jersey is manufactured by Italian apparel maker Diadora. It has ALBA written on the back, below the neck. ALBA is the ancient Gaelic name for Scotland. If you are [.

I think we've got the basics about Bayern Munich's new coach covered now and when you feel ready to plunge in medias res, you can head over to the Bayern Munich Offside and join a lively discussion about his philosophy, control freakishness, tactics, player sales and signings etc.

If you feel overwhelmed but still underinformed by the above soup ad, then here is what else there is to know about the Iron Tulip:

- He's Dutch.

Along with Club Brugge, RSC Anderlecht, another Belgian football side, have also revealed their new 2009-10 home shirt. The New Anderlecht 2009-10 Home Shirt is white in colour, and is manufactured by Adidas. We have BNP Paribas as the new shirt sponsors, with the familiar Fortis name just below the BNP text.

Goal video highlights from the Ligue game Lyon ( OL) vs Marseille (OM). The game ended with an amazing final scoreline- Lyon 5-5 Marseille. Quite a while since we saw a French first division match yield a ten goal draw. Final score :- Olympique Lyon 5-5 Olympique Marseille ( Miralem Pjanic 3′, Sidney Govou 14′, [.

A few days ago, Newcastle United had unveiled their 2009/10 season home jersey. Another home kit has been released, and this one is from Newcastle's North East rivals- Sunderland. The New Sunderland 2009-10 Home Shirt is manufactured by Umbro ( The same company which manufactured the 2009-10 England shirt).

All goals and video highlights from the PSV Eindhoven v Ajax Amsterdam Eredivisie game played on April 19, 2009. ( Kickoff at 15.30 UK time) PSV Eindhoven v Ajax Amsterdam final score and goal scores to be updated. Related posts:Ajax 2-0 Feyenoord Game : Ajax Amsterdam vs Feyenoord Rotterdam Competition : Dutch.

Terry Michler, Head Coach of the CBC Cadets, also heads up the DutchTouch Camp program which brings Jan Pruijn, who was affiliated with the AJAX Amsterdam International Youth Academy, to St Louis for a series of youth and team camps each summer. They took a group to visit and train in Holland for the second straight year recently.

It is one of the more quiet Sundays in recent memory in the soccer world, but even on a slow day there are plenty of matches to watch.

The Under-20 World Cup is in full swing, while leagues from Italy to France round out their weekend's schedules. Americans Abroad are in action as well, with Oguchi Onyewu hoping to get some first-team league action with AC Milan and Carlos Bocanegra looking to help Rennes stop mighty Bordeaux.

The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its second day of group stage matches on Thursday, October 1, 2009. Both of the English clubs, Fulham and Everton, won on Thursday. Many of the favorites also won in matches. Here's a full list of video highlights for Thursday's matches.

UEFA Europa League Video Highlights Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC BATE Borisov (1) Everton (2) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Dinamo Bucuresti (0) Panathinaikos (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Sporting Lisbon (1) Hertha Berlin (0) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

PFC Levski Sofia (0) Lazio (4) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Anderlecht (1) Ajax Amsterdam (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Werder Bremen (3) Athletic Bilbao (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

FC Timisoara (0) Dinamo Zagreb (3) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

Galatasaray (1) SK Sturm Graz (1) UEFA Europa League Thursday, October 1, 2009

AMSTERDAM (AP)—Marco Van Basten resigned as coach of Ajax Amsterdam on Wednesday after the club failed to qualify for next season's European Champions League.
The 1992 FIFA Player of the Year became coach of the club last July, after he quit as coach of the Netherlands following the European Championship.

Völlig überraschend verlässt Martin Jol den HSV, das melden verschiedene Medien. Demnach soll er zu Ajax Amsterdam wechseln, die in der nächsten Saison wie Hamburg im UEFA-Cup starten werden. Grund ist offenbar ein zerrüttetes Verhältnis zu Bernd Hoffmann. Jol sieht wohl die Perspektiven gefährdet, da in nicht so großem Maße in neue Spieler investiert werden soll, wie er es sich vorgestellt hat.

Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam today unveiled their new home shirt (Thuisshirt) for the 2009-10 season. The Ajax away shirt was released a couple of months back, but Adidas decided to release the home jersey only in June. The home kit consists of a white and red shirt along with white shorts. The shirt uses white as its [.

FC Barcelona has just one loss this season, and the defending European champions will get their chance to avenge that loss on Wednesday when they travel to Russia to take on FC Rubin Kazan on Wednesday.

The Russian champions cracked this week's SBI European Club Top 10 with its latest league victory, and on the strength of its 2-1 win at the Camp Nou and its draw vs.

Queens Park Rangers have revealed their new 2009-10 away shirt. The Hoops wore the " Dennis the Menace" Kit for the first time in their final Championship game of the 2008-09 season against Preston North End, which they lost 2-1. The 2009-10 QPR away shirt is manufactured by Lotto. The new QPR away shirt is black [.

Here's a look at some of the movers and shakers in the various leagues across Europe. I tried to copy this all from ESPN, let me know if something's off.
CHAMPIONS
England: Manchester United
Spain: Barcelona
Italy: Inter Milan
Germany: Wolfsburg
France: Bordeaux
Scotland: Rangers
Portugal: FC Porto
Holland: AZ Alkmaar
UCL AUTOMATIC BERTHS
England: Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea
Spain: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sevilla
Italy: Inter Milan, Juventus, AC Milan
Germany: Wolfsburg, Bayern Munich
France: Bordeaux, Marseille
Scotland: Rangers
Portugal: FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon
Greece: Olympiakos
Holland: AZ Alkmaar
Turkey: Besiktas
UCL QUALIFYING
England: Arsenal
Spain: Atletico Madrid
Italy: Fiorentina
Germany: Stuttgart
France: Lyon
Scotland: Celtic
Portugal: Benfica Sporting Lisbon
Holland: Twente Enschede
Turkey: Sivasspor
Greece: PAOK Salonika
Belgium: Anderlecht, Standard Liege
Austria: SV Salzburg
Denmark: FC Copenhagen
Russia: FK Rubin Kazan, PFK Samara Kryliya Sovetov
Switzerland: FC Zurich
EUROPE LEAGUE
England: Everton, Aston Villa, Fulham
Spain: Villareal, Valencia
Italy: Genoa, AS Roma
Germany: Hertha Berlin, Hamburg
France: Toulouse
Scotland: Heart of Midlothian, Aberdeen
Portugal: Benfica, CD Nacional de Madeira, Braga
Holland: Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven
Turkey: Trabzonspor, Fenerbahce
Greece: Panathinaikos, AEK Athens, Larissa
Belgium: KAA Gent
Austria: Rapid Vienna, Austria Vienna
Denmark: Odense BK
Russia: FC Moscow
Switzerland: Young Boys, FC Basel, Grasshoppers
RELEGATED
England: Newcastle, Middlesbrough, West Brom
Spain: Real Betis, Numancia, Recreativo Huelva
Italy: Torino, Reggina, Lecce
Germany: Energie Cottbus, Karlsruhe, Arminia Bielefled
France: Caen, Nantes, La Havre AC
PROMOTED
England: Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Burnley
Spain: Xerez, Tenerlife, Real Zaragoza
Italy: Bari, Parma, Livorno
Germany: SC Freiburg, Mainz, Nurnberg
France: Lens, Montpellier, Boulogne

Martin Jol secured a win in his first Eredivisie game as Ajax manager as the Amsterdam based outfit beat Groningen 2-0 in their opening game of the 2009-10 season at the Euroborg Stadion. Ajax, who finished third in the Eredivisie last season, took the lead through Miralem Sulejmani on 41 minutes. Jol handed a debut to [.

Reigning Eredivisie holders AZ Alkmaar have confirmed that they have signed exciting Swedish youngster Rasmus Elm from Kalmar FF. Elm has made the switch to the Dutch league for a fee of 3 million euros. Elm was one of Sweden's stars at the European U-21 championships earlier this summer ( won by Germany).

The UEFA Europa League began its group stage on Thursday, September 17, 2009 with a full set of matches. Many of favorites are still alive including defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk. Almost all of the Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga, and Ligue 1 clubs are still alive in the group stage.

Video Info:
01.10.2009 - Europa League
RSC Anderlecht - Ajax Amsterdam 1:1
Original Video- More videos at TinyPic

Video Info:
22.10.2009 - Europa League
Ajax Amsterdam - Dinamo Zagreb 2:1

The top two teams in Ligue 1 and the Portuguese First Division square off in two of the bigger matches of the weekend in Europe.

French champs Bordeaux take on surprising Monaco in a battle of table-toppers, while Benfica faces Braga.

Those are just two of the weekend's best clashes.

The UEFA Europa League had another full set of group stage matches on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. A few of the favorites had road wins including Ajax Amsterdam, Benfica, Everton, and Villarreal. Overall, most of the home teams won and some of the spots for the knockout stage were decided. The teams that have clinched a spot are Ajax Amsterdam, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Everton, Benfica, Fenerbahce, Shakhtar Donetsk, Werder Bremen, Hamburg, Red Bull Salzburg, Galatasaray, and Villarreal.

Tim Howard is one step away from reaching the FA Cup final.

Howard and Everton take on Manchester United today in the FA Cup semifinals in the marquee game of the day. Howard faces off against his former club in what should be an exciting encounter.

There are plenty of other quality matches to watch from all over the world today.

Ertugral top choice to coach Ajax
SISA MAJOLA
JOHANNESBURG - In soccer's worst kept secret, Ajax Cape Town and coach Craig Rosslee officially parted ways this week.
But speculation was already rife about Rosslee's future with sources saying that he had already handed in his resignation to the club two weeks ago, a few days before the team's final Premiership encounters against Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns.

Player Info:
Name: Luis Suarez
Birthdate: 24.01.1987
Origin: Uruguay
Position: Attack
Team: Ajax Amsterdam
Video Info:
04.10.2009 - Eredivisie
Roda JC Kerkrade - Ajax Amsterdam

While Arsenal skipper Cesc Fabregas has clearly enjoyed his Spain side cruise to the World Cup 2010 finals with a perfect record (and no goals conceded at home), he has spoken to Arsenal.com to offer some backing to a couple of his teammates who won't be appearing in the showpiece event next summer.

FC Barcelona has just one loss this season, and the defending European champions will get their chance to avenge that loss on Wednesday when they travel to Russia to take on FC Rubin Kazan on Wednesday.

The Russian champions cracked this week's SBI European Club Top 10 with its latest league victory, and on the strength of its 2-1 win at the Camp Nou and its draw vs.

This post, which is totally for subscribers only, examines the performance of the English refereeing team for the Europa Cup match in Croatia yesterday between Dinamo Zagreb and Ajax Amsterdam.
The referee was Mike Dean, neatly fitting this event in between two live BSkyB matches.
Will he match his skip of delight at giving Birmingham their penalty last Sunday?