The UEFA Europa League continued on Thursday, November 5, 2009 with 16 group stage matches. A few teams struggled including Celtic who have only 2 points in the group stage. Roma defeated Fulham in one of the other matches and is now in good position to advance to the knockout stage. Overall, there are two matches left with the top two from each group advancing.

Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League Group Stage draw was released on Friday August 28, 2009. There are 12 groups of 4 teams that will play in the group stage starting on September 17th running till December 17th. Some of the interesting matchups include Celtic and Hamburg in Group C, Villareal and Lazio in Group G, and Sporting, Heerenveen, and Hertha Berlin in Group D.

Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League finished its Play-Off round to determine the teams for the group stage. Notable teams that advanced were Everton, Fulham, Villareal, Shakhtar, Ajax, Roma, and Hamburg SV. Here's a full listing of the matches along with video highlights.

Play-Offs Agg First leg Second leg Sivasspor 0-5 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0-3 More » 0-2 Report » MFK Košice 4-10 AS Roma 3-3 More » 1-7 More » FK Bakı 2-8 FC Basel 1893 1-3 More » 1-5 More » FK Teplice 2-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 1-2 More » 1-1 More » FC BATE Borisov (aet) 4-1 PFC Litex Lovech 0-1 More » 4-0 More » Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 0-2 PSV Eindhoven 0-1 More » 0-1 More » EA Guingamp 2-8 Hamburger SV 1-5 More » 1-3 More » Trabzonspor 2-3 Toulouse FC 1-3 More » 1-0 More » PFC CSKA Sofia 2-1 FC Dinamo Moskva 0-0 More » 2-1 More » PAOK FC 1-1 SC Heerenveen (ag) 1-1 More » 0-0 More » NAC Breda 2-9 Villarreal CF 1-3 More » 1-6 More » FC Metallurh Donetsk 4-5 FK Austria Wien (aet) 2-2 More » 2-3 More » SK Sturm Graz 2-1 FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-1 More » 1-0 More » SK Rapid Wien (ag) 2-2 Aston Villa FC 1-0 More » 1-2 More » FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (9-8p) 3-3 FC Slovan Liberec 0-3 More » 3-0 More » FC Steaua Bucureşti 5-1 Saint Patrick's Athletic FC 3-0 More » 2-1 More » FC Twente 3-1 FK Qarabağ 3-1 More » 0-0 More » SC Vaslui 2-4 AEK Athens FC 2-1 More » 0-3 More » SK Slavia Praha 4-2 FK Crvena Zvezda 3-0 More » 1-2 More » FK Sarajevo 2-3 CFR 1907 Cluj 1-1 More » 1-2 More » FK Partizan 3-1 M� K Žilina 1-1 More » 2-0 More » Brøndby IF 3-4 Hertha BSC Berlin 2-1 More » 1-3 More » FC Sion 2-4 Fenerbahçe SK 0-2 More » 2-2 More » KKS Lech Poznań 1-1 Club Brugge KV (3-4p) 1-0 More » 0-1 More » AFC Ajax 7-1 � K Slovan Bratislava 5-0 More » 2-1 More » KRC Genk 3-6 LOSC Lille Métropole 1-2 More » 2-4 More » S. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Europa League Play-Off round began with the first legs on Thursday August 20, 2009. The second legs will be on Thursday August 27, 2009. Here's a list of all the matches from the first legs along with video highlights.

Thursday August 20, 2009 Recap

English clubs Everton and Fulham started off strong in the first legs as both won.

Click to continue reading...

The draw for the play-off round of the Europa League was released on Friday as teams will be looking to advance to the group stage. All three English clubs are still live (Fulham, Aston Villa, and Everton) as well as last season's winner's Shakhtar Donetsk. German Bundesliga side Hamburg faces French Cup winners Guingamp, who are actually a Ligue 2 side while Zenit St Petersburg (2008 Champions) CD Nacional of Portugal.

Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Champions League third round of qualifying finished on Wednesday with many teams advancing to the next round and hoping to make the Group Stage. Here's a recap of a few of the matches along with video highlights.

PFC Levski Sofia advances past FK Baki 2-0 on aggregate Video Highlights

Levski Sofia was able to score 2 goals in the second leg at home as they advance to the next round of qualifying.

Click to continue reading...

Today, the second qualifying round of the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League begins, with all of the participating clubs playing the first leg of the two-leg round on either Tuesday or Wednesday. This is where it starts getting important, sort of, because at least two clubs playing in this round are guaranteed to advance to the group stage under the new qualifying system. Click to continue reading...

Soccerphile Exclusive:
Manchester United & Serbia's Zoran Tosic

Manchester United's Serbian u21 star Zoran Tosic has said he will leap at the chance of replacing Cristiano Ronaldo at Old Trafford next season if given the opportunity.

The skilful winger, signed by United from FK Partizan in January's transfer window, has been wowing the crowds in this summer's UEFA u21 tournament in Sweden, leading to talk that he might be about to step into Ronaldo's shoes now the Portuguese star has left for Real Madrid.

Click to continue reading...

UEFA u21 Championship: Serbia 0:o Belarus
Malmo- The two East European nations in the finals battled to a scoreless draw in Malmo, leaving all four teams in Group A with a chance of making the semi-finals in the final round of first-games on Tuesday.
The Serbs could yet be the dark horses of the UEFA U21 tournament. Click to continue reading...

It was ten years ago to the day that AEK travelled to Serbia, which was then being bombed by NATO, as a friendly symbol to the Serbs, and as a protest against the bombings.

This is a page in AEK's history which will never be forgotten by us AEK fans and supporters.

Click to continue reading...

FK Čukarički Stankom 0 - 1 FK Vojvodina
23-year-old Vladimir Buač with the game winner.
FK Javor Ivanjica 1 - 1 FK Crvena Zvezda (Red Star Belgrade)
Nikola Simić opened up the scoring for Javor Ivanjica, but Red Star's Ognjen Koroman tied it up midway through the 2nd half. Click to continue reading...

Almeria
In: Esteban Solari (undisclosed, Pumas), Pablo Piatti (undisclosed, Estudiantes La Plata), Michel (undisclosed, Flamengo), David Moreno (undisclosed, Real Madrid), Esteban (free, Celta Vigo), Julio Alvarez (free, Numancia), Hernan Pellerano (undisclosed, Velez Sarsfield), Chico (undisclosed, Cadiz)
Out: Felipe Melo (€13m, Fiorentina), Veljko Paunovic (free, FK Partizan), David Rodriguez (loan, Celta), Ruben Pulido (free, Real Zaragoza), Mario Bermejo (free, Xerez), Francisco (free, Alicante)
Athletic Bilbao
In: Jose Garcia Del Olmo (undisclosed, Eibar)
Out: Asier Del Horno (loan return, Valencia), Daniel Aranzubia (free, Deportivo), Unai Exposito (free, Hercules), Iban Zubiaurre (loan, Elche), Toquero (loan, Eibar), Aritz Aduriz (undisclosed, Mallorca)
Atletico Madrid
In: Tomas Ujfalusi (free, Fiorentina), Johnny Heitinga (€10m, Ajax), Florent Sinama Pongolle (undisclosed, Recreativo), Gregory Coupet (undisclosed, Lyon), Paulo Assuncao (free, Porto), Ever Banega (loan, Valencia)
Out: Falcon (free, Celta), Mista (free, Deportivo), Braulio Nobrega (undisclosed, Zaragoza), Cuellar (free, Murcia), Roberto Jimenez (undisclosed, Recreativo), Raul Llorente (free, Alaves), Josne Manuel Juardo (loan, Mallorca), Mario Suarez (undisclosed, Mallorca), Ze Castro (loan, Deportivo), Jose Antonio Reyes (loan, Benfica), Cleber Santana (loan, Mallorca), Diego Costa (loan, Albacete), Jacobo (free, Alaves)
Barcelona
In: Seydou Keita (€14 mil, Sevilla), Daniel Alves (€32 mil, Sevilla), Gerard Pique (undisclosed, Manchester United), Martin Caceres (€16. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Cup draw was held this morning with eighty teams still in the competition. Winners of the next round, held on September 18 and October 2, will advance to the group stage round. FC Timişoara will play Serbian powerhouse FK Partizan that narrowly lost a Champions League bid to Fenerbahçe I Click to continue reading...

Do or Die time for Turkish teams in Champions League!
Galatasaray will take on Steaua Bucharest in Romanian capital of Bucharest in the European Champions League third qualifying round second leg match on Wednesday.
Matteo Simone Trefoloni of Italy will be the referee of Steaua Bucharest-Galatasaray game which will kick-off at 20:45 Turkish local time at Steaua Stadium. Click to continue reading...

By: Alan
Soccer City FC
Irish champions Drogheda United have set up a dream tie with 1999 semi-finalists Dynamo Kiev in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Drogheda United travelled to Estonia with the comfort of knowing that a draw would see them progress having beaten Levadia Talinn 2-1 in the home leg at Dalymount Park. Click to continue reading...

I know it's just a friendly, but it'll be interesting to see the internationals back into action, except this time, some of our new signings and our youth will be in the mix as well. This match is also a big one for Partizan, who will be receiving their league trophy for the 2007-2008 season. Reader Nicolas will be at the match, so hopefully he'll have lots of eye witness details for us.

Click to continue reading...

Just the other day, the LFP published the summer schedule of friendlies for both Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs. Nearly all of them will be busy this summer - Marseille have nine friendlies planned while Bordeaux have a respectable five (fyi, PSG will be playing against Porto in August - fun).

Click to continue reading...