I don't care much for the JV competition in Europe. But here are the raw scores in case you have any interest.Anderlecht 3-1 FC Timisoara
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Ajax Amsterdam
Genoa 3-2 Lille
Slavia Prague 2-2 Valencia
Hamburg SV 0-0 Celtic
Rapid Vienna 0-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv
Heerenveen 2-3 Hertha Berlin
Sporting Lisbon 1-1 FK Ventspils
AS Roma 2-1 Fulham
FC Basel 3-1 CSKA Sofia
Dinamo Bucuresti 0-3 Galatasaray
SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Panathinaikos
Levski Sofia 0-1 SV Salzburg
Villarreal 4-1 Lazio
Fenerbahce 3-1 Steaua Bucuresti
Twente Enschede 2-1 Sheriff Tiraspol
AEK Athens 2-2 BATE Borisov
Everton 0-2 Benfica
Partizan Belgrade 2-4 Club Brugge
Toulouse 0-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
CFR Cluj-Napoca 2-3 Sparta Prague
FC Copenhagen 1-1 PSV Eindhoven
CD Nacional de Madeira 1-1 Athletic Bilbao
Werder Bremen 2-0 Austria ViennaFun stuff. Click to continue reading...

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.

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The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22, 2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading. Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the matches on Thursday.

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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.

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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.

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Group AAFC Ajax (NED)RSC Anderlecht (BEL)NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)FC Timişoara (ROU)Group BValencia CF (ESP)LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)SK Slavia Praha (CZE)Genoa CFC (ITA)Group CHamburger SV (GER)Celtic FC (SCO)Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)SK Rapid Wien (AUT)Group DSporting Clube de Portugal (POR)SC Heerenveen (NED)Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)FK Ventspils (LVA)Group EAS Roma (ITA)FC Basel 1893 (SUI)Fulham FC ( Click to continue reading...

Group AAFC Ajax (NED)RSC Anderlecht (BEL)NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)FC Timişoara (ROU)Group BValencia CF (ESP)LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)SK Slavia Praha (CZE)Genoa CFC (ITA)Group CHamburger SV (GER)Celtic FC (SCO)Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)SK Rapid Wien (AUT)Group DSporting Clube de Portugal (POR)SC Heerenveen (NED)Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)FK Ventspils (LVA)Group EAS Roma (ITA)FC Basel 1893 (SUI)Fulham FC (

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Arsenal striker Eduardo is in danger of facing a two-game suspension after UEFA determined that he was guilty of misleading the referee after his blatant dive during Arsenal's Champions League playoff vs. Celtic on Wednesday.

Here is the dive, in case you missed it the first time.

If suspended, Eduardo would miss Arsenal's first two Champions League group stage matches against Standard Leige on Sept.

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Arsenal striker Eduardo is in danger of facing a two-game suspension after UEFA determined that he was guilty of misleading the referee after his blatant dive during Arsenal's Champions League playoff vs. Celtic on Wednesday.

Here is the dive, in case you missed it the first time.

If suspended, Eduardo would miss Arsenal's first two Champions League group stage matches against Standard Leige on Sept.

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Atletico Madrid will seek to take a temporary, yet lucrative step, out of the huge shadow cast by neighbours Real on Tuesday by completing a qualifying round win over Greek side Panathinaikos to take their place in the Champions League group stage.
Tuesday fixtures:
Debrecen (HUN) v Levski Sofia (BUL) (Debrecen lead 2-1)
Anderlecht (BEL) v Lyon (FRA) (Lyon lead 5-1)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v FC Salzburg (AUT) (Haifa lead 2-1)
FC Zurich (SUI) v FK Ventspils (LAT) (Zurich lead 3-0)
Atletico Madrid (ESP) v Panathinaikos (GRE) (Atletico lead 3-2)

Wednesday:
Arsenal (ENG) v Celtic (SCO) (Arsenal lead 2-0)
Fiorentina (ITA) v Sporting Lisbon (POR) (First leg 2-2)
Apoel Nicosia (CYP) v FC Copenhagen (DEN) 1 (Copenhagen lead 1-0)
Olympiakos (GRE) v Sheriff (MDA) (Olympiakos lead 2-0)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) v Timisoara (ROM) (Stuttgart lead 2-0)

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25/08/2009Debrecen - Levski Sofia ore 20.45 (and. 1 - 2)Anderlecht - Olympique Lione ore 20.45 (and. 5 - 1)Maccabi Haifa - Salisburgo ore 20.45 (and. 1 - 2)Zurigo - FK Ventspils ore 20.45 (and. 0 - 3)Atletico Madrid - Panathinaikos ore 20.45 (and. 2 - 3)26/08/2009Arsenal - Celtic ore 20.45 (and. 0 - 2)Stoccarda - FC Timisoara ore 20. Click to continue reading...

Home games are, for some odd reason, supposed to be something of an advantage. Home field, home fans, home cooking, home sex - it all adds up to a decided advantage at the end of the day. And it's especially important in two-legged home-and-away doubles as the other game is....not at home. But no one told [. Click to continue reading...

Lyon thrashed Anderlecht 5-1 to effectively book a spot in the lucrative Champions League group stage on Wednesday. FC Zurich took a big step toward advancing from the playoff round by beating FK Ventspils 3-0 in the first leg, while Atletico Madrid scored valuable away goals in a 3-2 victory at Panathinaikos. Click to continue reading...

Goals abound in Wednesday's action.
Away teams went 4-1 too. Time to weed out the weak. Here are the results:Not sure why FOX played a match from Tuesday this morning. But whatever. Click to continue reading...

Remember when the Champions League wasn't called the Champions League, but it was actually for champions and not a bunch of runners-up from Europe's biggest leagues? Well, we'll surely never return to the halycon days of the European Cup, but Ian Plenderleith at When Saturday Comes has a very good piece on the change to the qualification structure this season by Platini & co.

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The last qualifying round of the Champions League is the playoff round with the winners advancing to the group stage. On Friday the draw was released with the most intriguing matchup of English club Arsenal against Scottish side Celtic. The matches will begin with the first legs on August 18/19, and finish with the second legs on August 25/26.

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Part of the changes to qualification this year sees the champions of smaller domestic leagues gaining the chance to reach the group stage of the Champions League.

In the Champions Path, the feature match-up should be between FC Zurich and FK Ventspils. Latvian titleholders Ventspils edged past last season's group stage participant FC BATE Borisov on away goals despite losing 2-1 away in the second leg of their Third Qualifying Round tie.

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180 minutes away from the Group Stage!

Arsenal and Celtic have been drawn together in the Champions League play-off for a place in the group stage.
Celtic, who reached the play-offs with a dramatic 2-0 victory against Dinamo Moscow in Russia, will host the first leg at Parkhead on either 18/19 August.

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UEFA Champions League 3rd round of Qualifying finished up on Wednesday with 10 teams advancing to the next stage. Here's a recap of Celtic v Dinamo Moscow and Bate Borisov v FK Ventspils.

Celtic gets a road win to advance past Dinamo Moscow 2-1 on aggregate Video Highlights

Scottish club Celtic were down 0-1 after the first leg at home and needed a strong performance at Moscow in the 2nd leg.

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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...

The draw for the first qualifying round of the Europa League took place this earlier on today. Included in the draw where last years winner of the Fair Play League, Motherwell, and Scottish Cup runners-up Falkirk.

Motherwell wont have to travel too far for their two games. They've been drawn against Welsh side Llanelli, while Falkirk will play Vaduz of Liechtenstein at the second qualifying stage.

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Argentinian Apertura (Argentina)
Juan Roman Riquelme and Lucas Viatri inspired Boca Juniors to a narrow 1-0 victory over River Plate in the superclasico in Buenos Aires. Boca appear to have discovered and nurtured yet another talent in the form of Lucas Viatri, who has now scored five goals this season alone. Click to continue reading...

FK Rīga defeated JFK Olimps Rīga 3-1 in Virsliga action today. JFK Olimps Rīga was formed in 2005 and the club looked unprepared against their much older city rivals. Goals from A. Cirkins (20'), Russian midfielder Andrei Agafonov (35'), and A. Miholaps (66') for FK Rīga doomed the inexperienced JFK Olimps squad. Click to continue reading...