Si, una vez mas en Enero la IFFHS nos pone hacer corajes por su inverosímil clasificación, pero de todas formas se las traigo para que no se queden con la duda:

Top 25 mejores clubes de fútbol en el mundo por la IFFHS
(1ero Enero 2011 al 31 de Diciembre 2011)

1. (1.) FC Barcelona España/4 367,0
2.

With the Indonesian Football Association struggling for credibility at home the news that PSV Eindhoven have cancelled their proposed dates in Jakarta won't be the best christmas present they'll ever receive.
With Indonesia only able to call on players from the Indonesia Premier League the promoters pulled the plug citing concerns the hosts won't be able to put up a credible team to face the Dutch visitors.

AZ keeper Esteban Alvarado was sent off following this incident on Wednesday

AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado has had his red card from Wednesday's Round of 16 KNVB Beker (Dutch Cup) match against Ajax Amsterdam rescinded.

The keeper was attacked by an Ajax fan only for Esteban to retaliate on the attacker by kicking him whilst he was on the ground, a response which was deemed inappropriate by referee Bas Nijhuis who then sent off the keeper much to the astonishment and fury of the AZ players and staff.

AZ keeper Esteban Alvarado was sent off following this incident on Wednesday

AZ Alkmaar goalkeeper Esteban Alvarado has had his red card from Wednesday's Round of 16 KNVB Beker (Dutch Cup) match against Ajax Amsterdam rescinded.

The keeper was attacked by an Ajax fan only for Esteban to retaliate on the attacker by kicking him whilst he was on the ground, a response which was deemed inappropriate by referee Bas Nijhuis who then sent off the keeper much to the astonishment and fury of the AZ players and staff.

EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 32 DRAW

Porto v Manchester City

Ajax v Manchester United

Lokomotiv Moscow v Athletic Bilbao

Salzburg v Metalist Kharkiv

Stoke City v Valencia

Rubin Kazan v Olympiacos

AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht

Lazio v Atletico Madrid

Steaua Bucharest v Twente

Viktoria Plzen v Schalke

Wisla Krakow v Standard Liege

Braga v Besiktas

Udinese v PAOK

Trabzonspor v PSV Eindhoven

Hannover v Brugge

Legia Warsaw v Sporting

* First legs to be played February 16, second legs February 23

EUROPA LEAGUE LAST 16 DRAW

FC Salzburg/Metalist v Rubin Kazan/Olympiacos

Legia/Sporting v Porto/Manchester City

Steaua/Twente v Viktoria Plzen/Schalke

Wisla/Standard Liege v Hannover/Brugge

Stoke/Valencia v Trabzonspor/PSV Eindhoven

Alkmaar/Anderlecht v Udinese/PAOK

Lazio/Atletico Madrid v Braga/Besiktas

Ajax/Manchester United v Lokomotiv Moscow/Athletic Bilbao

* First legs to be played March 8, second legs March 15.

By Alan Duffy

It may well be the preserve of Thursday nights and Channel Five, but the Europa League, now ready for the knock-out stages is still peppered with some of Europe's big guns. Probably the biggest in the competition, Manchester United, will face another all-time European great, Ajax, in the last 32, a tie which has more than a hint of glamour.

The lottery to allocation Lee Nguyen to an MLS team is set to talk place tomorrow. Rumor is that all the teams in the league have applied to be in the lottery. For those that don't know, the lottery is based off of a team's record over the last season. That being said, with Sporting KC finishing 5th in the regular season last year, their chances are not great.

Friday, December 9
Hertha Berlin v Schalke 2:30pm ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com
NCAA men's College Cup semifinal, Charlotte-Creighton 6pm ESPNU, ESPN3.com
NCAA men's College Cup semifinal, UCLA-North Carolina 8:30pm ESPNU, ESPN3.com
Wellington v Perth 11pm Fox Soccer Channel

Saturday, December 10
Southampton v Blackpool 7:30am Fox Soccer Plus, foxsoccer.

Arseblog has teamed up with Icons.com to offer you this fantastic prize a signed shirt by Arsenal's goal machine skipper Robin van Persie.

It comes with the Icons Certificate of Authenticity which gives details of the signing, the date and location of the signing and, in the vast majority of cases, also an image of the player signing the product.

Tim Howard and Everton find themselves in a logjam in the middle of the English Premier League standings, but if the U.S. national team goalkeeper and his team want to make a run at the top teams in England, they will need a win today against Stoke City to make that happen.

Everton is currently in a four-way tie in the middle of the Premier League table, but the Toffees hold two games in hand on the pack, and wins in those two games could pull Everton within range of arch-rival Liverpool, among others.

Betting sites has tipped Tottenham to take home the silverware, but the odds are now against them even exiting the group stages.

With two weeks until the final matches of the Europa League group stages, 14 clubs have clinched spots in the knockout rounds of the cup with a game to spare. With the eight teams that finish third in their UEFA Champions League groups transferring over to Europe's second-tier competition, that leaves 10 spots.

Liverpool are the latest club to be linked with a move for in-demand midfielder Kevin Strootman who has been attracting interest from a number of European clubs are starring for PSV Eindhoven.
The 21-year-old only joined the Dutch club in the summer after coming through the youth system at Sparta Rotterdam and has so far impressed both for his club and for his country with some assured displays for Holland.

Photo by Joe Toth/ISIphotos.com

Slovenia announced its squad for its Nov. 15 friendly against the United States, and while there are some familiar names on the roster, perhaps the most recognizable one is missing.

Captain and Hull City midfielder Robert Koren will not participate in the match, but the two players who scored for Slovenia against the United States in the 2010 World Cup, Valter Birsa and Zlatan Ljubijankič, were called in.

By Chris Wright

Pies' pick of the stills from last night's Europa League action...

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Fulham 4-1 Wisla Krakow: Andy Johnson nips in to score the Cottager's third goal

Last night's Europa League results in full.

PSV vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-3 Highlights Video Goals Europa League 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

PSV vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-3 Highlights Video Goals Europa League 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter PSV vs Hapoel T.Aviv 2011 ( PSV Eindhoven vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 2011) Final score:- PSV vs Hapoel 3-3 ( Wijnaldum, Toivonen, Strootman/ Damari, Tamuz) Eindhoven, Holland- 3 November, 2011- Europa League [.

PSV vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-3 Highlights Video Goals Europa League 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

PSV vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 3-3 Highlights Video Goals Europa League 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter PSV vs Hapoel T.Aviv 2011 ( PSV Eindhoven vs Hapoel Tel Aviv 2011) Final score:- PSV vs Hapoel 3-3 ( Wijnaldum, Toivonen, Strootman/ Damari, Tamuz) Eindhoven, Holland- 3 November, 2011- Europa League [.

Liverpool is being touted with a move for PSV Eindhoven's Dutch starlet Georginio Wijnaldum.
The 20-year-old attacking midfielder, who has been likened to Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, is gaining the attention of a number of European clubs, after growing unsettled following his €5 million summer switch from Feyenoord.

Roberto Carlos instructing Anzhi players
Roberto Carlos recently hinted at Anzhi's interest in more world-class European players.The former Brazilian full-back and current joint-manager of Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala has revealed he would like to bring Arsenal center forward Robin Van Persie to the club during the January transfer window.

Belatedly posting our guide to today's matches to watch. In fact, the first match is already in progress it's 1-1 at halftime in Eindhoven, where PSV is hosting Ajax:

Sunday, Sept 18

Netherlands, PSV-Ajax 6:30aET (ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com): We said it last year, and we'll say it again: if you're only going to watch one Eredivisie match all year, might as well be this one.

The first match-up of true English Premier League title contenders takes place today as defending champion Manchester United takes on arch-rival Chelsea in the weekend's top match (11am, Fox Soccer Channel).

Manchester United has been virtually unstoppable in league play, with Wayne Rooney running rampant as the spear-head of United's outstanding attack.

A Dutch classic and a Warsaw derby are among the weekend's top games as on-song Manchester United FC look to test new-look Chelsea FC's resolve in the English Premier League.

Netherlands: PSV Eindhoven v AFC Ajax
Ajax will be keen to defend their unbeaten start to the Eredivisie season when they visit a PSV side who can move level on points with the league leaders with a win in Amsterdam.

Unlike last weekend, this weekend is just chock full of potentially exciting matches all up and down the schedule. In fact, Roma at Inter Milan and Bayern Munich at Schalke 04 are just a pair of matches that highlight the list of matches that didn't even qualify for the Top Five Matches of the Week list.

Si existiese algún color maldito para el Real Madrid, ese sería el rojo. En las tres ocasiones en las que jugó con ese color, nunca consiguió la victoria y ni siquiera logró hacer un gol. Una maldición que podrían romper ante el Dinamo de Zagreb.
El Real Madrid se enfrentará al Dinamo de Zagreb vestido de rojo, ya que será la segunda equipación este año en Liga de Campeones.

Good Player Guide #17 Kevin Strootman is a post from: Just Football

Kevin Strootman
(PSV Eindhoven / Holland)

The town of Ridderkerk in the province of South Holland doesn't hold many claims to fame but the rise of one of their sons could put it on the map.

Good Player Guide #17 Kevin Strootman is a post from: Just Football

Kevin Strootman
(PSV Eindhoven / Holland)

The town of Ridderkerk in the province of South Holland doesn't hold many claims to fame but the rise of one of their sons could put it on the map.

Manchester United is going through a youth movement, while Arsenal is underdoing a transformation after seeing two starts live via transfer, but all that change isn't taking away from the drama that surrounds one of the better rivalries in Europe.

United will be the heavy favorite when the team's meet today, but Arsenal isn't likely to lay down and will have some confidence coming in after an impressive Champions League playoff victory at mid-week.

Liverpool's director of football is eyeing up a late move for Barcelona winger Ibrahim Afellay as the Merseyside club looks to continue their summer spending. The attacker has barely featured for the Catalan side since his move to the Nou Camp in January and the signing of Chilean Alexis Sanchez will push the former PSV Eindhoven man further down the pecking order and may convince the Dutch international to consider pastures new.

Uefa have announced the groups for the next round of the Europa League which features two Portuguese clubs, last seasons finalists Braga and Sporting. Group ATottenham Rubin Kazan PAOK Shamrock Rovers Group B Copenhagen Standard Liege Hannover Vorskla Poltava Group C PSV Eindhoven Hapoel Tel-Aviv Rapid Bucuresti Legia Warsaw Group D SPORTING Lazio Zurich Vaslui Group E Dynamo Kiev

Games will run from September 15th to December 15th with one home/one away match for each team against an opponent in their group. Group A Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)PAOK FC (GRE)Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL)Group B FC København (DEN) R. Standard de Liège (BEL)Hannover 96 (GER)FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR)Group C PSV Eindhoven (NED)Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU)Legia
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De Tekegraaf in the Netherlands have reported that Newcastle United will only pay a maximum "ransom" of €5 million (around £4.3 million) for PSV Eindhoven and Netherlands left back, Erik Pieters, which falls far short of the £6-7 million PSV are looking for. However they also state that the reason is that moneybags Manchester City [.

Alan Pardew may have had a bit of a hangover on Sunday morning, but that didn't stop him from flying to Holland to watch Newcastle target Erik Pieters in action at left-back for PSV Eindhoven. Alan Pardew on Saturday And news today in the Evening Chronicle (Lee Ryder) that chief scout Graham Carr, whom we [.

Newcastle left-back target Erik Pieters will be on PSV Eindhoven's flight to Austria for their Europa League clash with SV Ried tomorrow night. Erik Pieters - in PSV squad for tomorrow's game As we reported earlier today it seems the £6M transfer fee is holding up the move for Pieters, and Mike Ashley seems to [.

Can the NextGen Series bridge gap between youth and senior football? | Louise Taylor

Aston Villa, Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham and Celtic are involved in a new U19 tournament aimed at developing talent Aspiring professional footballers usually miss out on the globe-trotting gap years enjoyed by many of their 'civilian' peers but compensation has finally arrived in the form of a glamorous European Under-19 competition.

News today is that PSV Eindhoven want £6M for their Dutch International left-back Erik Pieters. Erik Pieters - £6M and £30K/week not bad at all And the player's wage demands are said to be around £30K/week, which is less that Jose Enrique's £45K/week he was getting on Tyneside for four years, and of course [.

An exciting new concept in youth football begins on Wednesday as the NextGen Series, billed as an Under-19 equivalent of the UEFA Champions League, begins its maiden season. Sixteen clubs from Europe have entered a team into the inaugural competition with England having the highest representation with four teams followed by the Netherlands and Norway who have two each.

Manchester United and Manchester City figure to contend for the Premier League crown this season, but they'll fight for the FA Community Shield on Sunday in a high-profile season tune-up.

A number of Americans are also slated to be in action Sunday as well. Although he's not guaranteed to start after coming off a hamstring injury, Jozy Altidore's AZ Alkmaar gets its season underway against PSV Eindhoven; Carlos Bocanegra and St.

The final friendly, and, at least on paper, Liverpool's most difficult opponent. It's no doubt been a challenging preseason for Kenny Dalglish and company, and if earlier results in the preseason are any indication, Saturday's match poses a hefty challenge of its own. Valencia have won four of their five friendlies thus far, getting past opponents like PSV Eindhoven, Sporting CP, and Hamburg SV, dropping only an away match to perennial Austrian powers Rapid Vienna.

Kickoff from Anfield at 5:30PM BST/12:30PM EST

Ways to Watch:

Live in the U.S. on Fox Soccer Channel, in the U.K. on ESPN, and online on LFCtv for e-Season subscribers.

MyP2P.eu
StopStream.tv
ATDHEnet.tv
FromSport.com

Liverpool:

Team sheet when it's available.

With today's announcement that former Toronto FC player Amadou Sanyang has signed with the Seattle Sounders the team makes its first entry into the transfer market since Mauro Rosales. Sanyang started play with the Toronto FC Academy and in his two years as a professional with the Reds started 15 matches with 5 other appearances.

Redknapp looking to bolster strikeforce as season as season approaches

After weeks of very little activity, there looks to be some big signings around the corner for Harry Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur as the North London club go in search of Champions League football once more next season.