Missione compiuta per Roma e Genoa che sconfiggono (col fiatone) rispettivamente Fulham e Lilla, conquistando punti preziosi nel cammino europeo. Qualificazione ancora lontana, ma sicuramente il successo ottenuto dalle due italiane è alquanto prezioso. Male, invece, la Lazio di Ballardini che cade nettamente al Madrigal, contro il Villareal (4 a 1 per Giuseppe Rossi e compagni), ma nulla è compromesso per quanto riguarda il passaggio alla fase successiva. Click to continue reading...

Trascorsi i due giorni di Champions, stasera va in scenala quarta giornata di Europa League. In campo, per quanto riguarda i club italiani, le romane e il Genoa di Gasperini. Alle 19 apre le danze proprio la formazione giallorossa, impegnata all'Olimpico contro il Fulham. I ragazzi di Ranieri (nella foto), dopo aver ritrovato il sorriso in campionato, con la vittoria sul Bologna, cercano punti preziosi in Europa contro gli inglesi di Roy Hodgson. Click to continue reading...

Our Thursday programme series last week went back 56 years, to the first ever floodlight match at Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart lane. Today, we hop across North London to Highbury, and Arsenal's first major floodlit fixture against Hapoel Tel Aviv.

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05/11/2009Gruppo AAnderlecht - FC Timisoara ore 19.00Dinamo Zagabria - Ajax ore 19.00Gruppo BGenoa - Lille ore 19.00Slavia Praga - Valencia ore 19.00Gruppo CAmburgo - Celtic ore 19.00Rapid Vienna - Hapoel Tel Aviv ore 19.00Gruppo DHeerenveen - Hertha Berlino ore 19.00Sporting Lisbona - Ventspils ore 19. Click to continue reading...

A truly incredible performance from Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv saw them put Austrian side Rapid Vienna to the sword.

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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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01.10.2009 - Europa League
Hamburger SV - Hapoel Tel Aviv 4:2

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01/09/2009Gruppo AAnderlecht - Ajax ore 21.05FC Timisoara - Dinamo Zagabria ore 21.05Gruppo BSlavia Praga - Lille ore 21.05Valencia - Genoa ore 21.05Gruppo CAmburgo - Hapoel Tel Aviv ore 21.05Celtic - Rapid Vienna ore 21.05Gruppo DSporting Lisbona - Hertha Berlino ore 21.05FK Ventspils - Heerenveen ore 21. Click to continue reading...

Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv came from a goal down to beat Celtic at Bloomfield.

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All the stuff being covered outside the unfriendly confines of the award winning Dirty Tackle...

Watford's Jay DeMerit and Richard Lee review a Paramore song. I love this concept. Can't wait until they get Joey Barton to review Celine Dion's next single. [ChannelBee]

Fabio Capello would've been a airline pilot.

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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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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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The 2009/2010 Europa League group stage draw, in full:

Group A: Ajax, Anderlecht, Dinamo Zagreb, Timisoara.

Group B: Valencia, Lille, Slavia Prague, Genoa.

Group C: Hamburg, Celtic, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Rapid Vienna.

Group D: Sporting, Heerenveen, Hertha Berlin, Ventspils.

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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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Il sorteggio di Montecarlo non è andato male. Nasce ufficialmente la prima Europa League, con la nuova formula, simile alla Champions, voluta espressamente dal presidente Uefa, Michel Platini. Gironi abbordabili per le italiane, soprattutto per le due squadre di calcio romane. La sorte che si è accanita sulle formazioni tricolori presenti in Champions League è stata più tenera con le nostre rappresentanti nella seconda competizione europea. Click to continue reading...

Gruppo A: Ajax, Anderlecht, Dinamo Zagabria, FC TimisoaraGruppo B: Valencia, Lille, Slavia Praga, GenoaGruppo C: Amburgo, Celtic, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Rapid ViennaGruppo D: Sporting Lisbona, Heerenveen, FK VentspilsGruppo E: Roma, Basilea, Fulham, CSKA SofiaGruppo F: Panathinaikos, Galatasaray, Dinamo Bucarest, Sturm GrazGruppo G: Villarreal, Lazio, Levski Sofia, RB SalisburgoGruppo H: Steaua Click to continue reading...

I'm not super happy, was hoping for Everton or Fulham to be coming to play closer. Oh well.Group A - Ajax, Anderlecht, Dinamo Zagreb, FC TimiÅŸoaraGroup B - Valencia, Lille, Slavia Prague, GenoaGroup C - Hamburg, Celtic, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Rapid ViennaGroup D - Sporting Lisbon, Heerenveen, Hertha Berlin, Ventspils Group E - AS Roma, Basel, Fulham (Demsey, Johnson), CSKA SofiaGroup F - Panathinaikos 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.

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PREKI FINED: Major League Soccer fined Chivas USA head coach Preki Radosavljevic $1,000 for inappropriate conduct directed toward match officials following Chivas USA's 3-1 U.S. Open Cup loss to the Charleston Battery on June 30.

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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.

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Bulgaria coach Stanimir Stoilov has named 17 foreign-based players in his 20-man squad for the FIFA World Cup Group Eight qualifier against the Republic of Ireland in Sofia at the Vasil Levski National Stadium on Saturday, June 6.
Goalkeepers: Dimitar Ivankov (Bursaspor), Nikolay Mihaylov (Twente Enschede)
Defenders: Elin Topuzakov (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Igor Tomasic (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Iliyan Stoyanov (Sanfreche), Zahari Sirakov (Amkar Perm)
Midfielders: Stilian Petrov (Aston Villa), Stanislav Angelov (Energie Cottbus), Dimitar Telkiyski (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Velizar Dimitrov (Metalurg Donetsk), Blagoy Georgiev (Terek Grozny)
Forwards: Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United), Martin Petrov (Manchester City), Dimitar Rangelov (Energie Cottbus), Valeri Bojinov (Manchester City), Valeri Domovchiyski (Hertha Berlin), Dimitar Makriev (Ashdod). Click to continue reading...

For the clubs that weren't quite good enough to get into the Champions League, there is the UEFA Cup, a consolation tournament of sorts that is analagous to the NIT Basketball tournament for American college teams. But for clubs who are not among the elite of European football, the UEFA Cup provides them with a chance to compete for silverware against other second tier clubs.

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From the clues in Shawn Mitchell's post, Is it Ibezito Ogbonna? He's Nigerian, 25, and played for Hapoel Tel-Aviv He was 10 goals 31 games in 03/04, 7 goals in 29 games in 04/05,10 goals in 30 games in 05/06, and 1 goal in 7 games in 06/07. He was injured in 2007 and also transfered to [...] Click to continue reading...

The ultras of Hapoel Tel Aviv went a little too far this week: Israeli soccer took a turn for the worst Thursday night when Hapoel Tel Aviv fans set fire to the stands in the team's UEFA Cup qualifying match with Siroki Brijeg in Bosnia. Two were arrested and one fan was evacuated to a [...] Click to continue reading...

After Abedi scores this goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv, their supporters decide to light some seats on fire. Here's the goal with a brief look at the pyrolarity that ensues:
And here's a view from a camera phone of the pyrolarity from afar, notice the smoke plumes and the worries look on the people's faces:
The ref and the police decided to clear the field and apparently arrest some the culprits. Click to continue reading...

After Abedi scores this goal for Hapoel Tel Aviv, their supporters decide to light some seats on fire. Here's the goal with a brief look at the pyrolarity that ensues:
And here's a view from a camera phone of the pyrolarity from afar, notice the smoke plumes and the worries look on the people's faces:
The ref and the police decided to clear the field and apparently arrest some the culprits. Click to continue reading...