+ Reply to Thread
Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 ... LastLast
Results 1 to 50 of 423

Thread: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

  1. #1
    NYYF Legend

    YanksFan1992's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Hamilton, NY
    Posts
    24,287

    2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    *Not including the World Cup.

    This is pretty much a thread for essentially any club soccer outside of England. So including the Champions League, MLS, Bundesliga, whatever.

  2. #2
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    And don't forget their Cups and League Cup tournaments. We got it all covered including the Spanish La Liga, Italian Lega Calcio Serie A, Scottish Premier League, German Bundesliga, French Ligue 1, Dutch Eredivisie, Portuguese Liga, the UEFA Champions and Europa Leagues, UEFA Super Cup and the UCL champion in the FIFA Club World Cup.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  3. #3
    Astoria's Resident Yankee Fan The Greek's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Queens, NY
    Posts
    655

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Scottish? No Greek league? Greek league is arguably better than the Scottish league.
    The Man
    The Legend
    The Greek

  4. #4
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by The Greek
    Scottish? No Greek league? Greek league is arguably better than the Scottish league.
    We got the Greek league too. Just chip in.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  5. #5
    NYYF HOF


    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Great Britain
    Posts
    3,828

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by The Greek
    Scottish? No Greek league? Greek league is arguably better than the Scottish league.
    There's no argument about it!

    Any league in the world is probably better than the SPL. I had the misfortune to tune into a few games last season and found the "entertainment" to be completely soporific. Thank the Lord for old age and the ability to nod off at will!

  6. #6
    Compulsively Handsome cyhughes22's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Long Island
    Posts
    2,619

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Knock the Scottish League if you want but if any of you were ever to attend a Celtic v. Rangers game you'd find fighting better than Pacquiao Mayweather.

  7. #7
    time of my life ... ajra21's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    a long way from yankee stadium.
    Posts
    20,170

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    scottish football with rangers and celtic equates to the the coca-cola championship in england. without them, it's the division 1.
    Bring tea for the Tillerman; Steak for the son; Wine for the woman who made the rain come; Seagulls sing your hearts away; 'Cause while the sinners sin, the children play ...

  8. #8
    NYYF MVP


    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Nassau County
    Posts
    1,217

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Nashwan
    There's no argument about it!

    Any league in the world is probably better than the SPL. I had the misfortune to tune into a few games last season and found the "entertainment" to be completely soporific. Thank the Lord for old age and the ability to nod off at will!
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...crank2010.html has Greece 12th and Scotland 16th out of 53 countries in UEFA. Because they fell to 16th, in 2011-2012 Scotland will have only their champion in the Champions League qualifying rounds rather than two clubs which makes it a bigger deal who wins the 2010-2011 SPL.
    "It's a Yankee game, it can't possibly come in under 3 hours."

  9. #9
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Well, it's no surprise who was unveiled at the Bernabeu: new manager Jose Mourhino.
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...europe&cc=5901
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  10. #10
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    BB55's Take: Jose Mourinho as the new boss at Real Madrid

    It's no surprise that Real Madrid hired a new boss and it's the Special One Jose Mourhino.

    There is no question that Mourhino has a great track record.

    However, I do have questions about this hiring in particular, Florentino Perez.

    Since letting Vicente del Bosque go after Real Madrid won their 29th La Liga title, Perez decided to let the current Spanish national team manager go. From that point, Perez and five other RMCF Presidents including Ramon Calderon tried eight managers, but they won only three trophies combined.

    Will Perez give the special one time or if RMCF go into a drought, will Perez give Mourinho his walking papers? Stability is the issue in the Spanish capital.

    Another problem is Mourinho himself. Will he get along with Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Sergio Ramos, etc. Mourinho doesn't have his defensive parts. In fact, Real Madrid hasn't had a quality, stable defensive rock at midfield since Claude Makelele left.

    So, let's see if this is a match made in heaven between the Special One and Real Madrid.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  11. #11
    NYYF Legend

    YanksFan1992's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Hamilton, NY
    Posts
    24,287

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    I'm not sure how many people follow them here (if any), but the Red Bulls had a nice win against Chivas tonight. They now have the third best record in the MLS, and once Henry arrives, I can easily see them contending for the title.

  12. #12
    Compulsively Handsome cyhughes22's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Long Island
    Posts
    2,619

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by YanksFan1992
    I'm not sure how many people follow them here (if any), but the Red Bulls had a nice win against Chivas tonight. They now have the third best record in the MLS, and once Henry arrives, I can easily see them contending for the title.
    The gap in quality between Henry and his teammates is going to be shocking even at this stage of his career. I've watched a few of there games recently and they truly are crap. Even when they win they look like garbage. Youth academy players finish better than that Juan Pablo Angel guy or whatever his name is. Everyone talks about us needing star players to come over here and grow the game, that's not what we need. We need coaches to come over from Europe and teach American kids to play proper football. Not the awful variation they play in the MLS, actual legitimate intelligent football. We have a long way to go.

  13. #13
    NYYF Legend

    YanksFan1992's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Hamilton, NY
    Posts
    24,287

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by cyhughes22
    The gap in quality between Henry and his teammates is going to be shocking even at this stage of his career. I've watched a few of there games recently and they truly are crap. Even when they win they look like garbage. Youth academy players finish better than that Juan Pablo Angel guy or whatever his name is. Everyone talks about us needing star players to come over here and grow the game, that's not what we need. We need coaches to come over from Europe and teach American kids to play proper football. Not the awful variation they play in the MLS, actual legitimate intelligent football. We have a long way to go.
    Yes, the MLS has a long way to go, but it's not like the quality of it is that of non-league play in England. I've been following the league for 3-4 years, and the strides it's made have been fantastic. Hopefully in 25-30 years the quality of play will be up there with some of the better leagues in the world (outside of England, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. of course).

  14. #14
    NYYF Legend

    YanksFan1992's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Hamilton, NY
    Posts
    24,287

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Speaking of the MLS, the Sounders just beat New England 3-0 with three splendid goals.

  15. #15
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by YanksFan1992
    Speaking of the MLS, the Sounders just beat New England 3-0 with three splendid goals.
    The West is bunched up.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  16. #16
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by YanksFan1992
    I'm not sure how many people follow them here (if any), but the Red Bulls had a nice win against Chivas tonight. They now have the third best record in the MLS, and once Henry arrives, I can easily see them contending for the title.
    But don't expect the New York Red Bulls to suddenly morph into the New York Cosmos overnight Jamie.

    They have a long way to go for that to happen despite getting Thierry Henry.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  17. #17
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  18. #18
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Transfer news

    Werder Bremen snap up FC Twente's Marko Arnautovic
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...nsfers&cc=5901

    MF Gaetano D'Agostino heading for Fiorentina from Udinese
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...nsfers&cc=5901
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  19. #19
    Compulsively Handsome cyhughes22's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Long Island
    Posts
    2,619

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by YanksFan1992
    Yes, the MLS has a long way to go, but it's not like the quality of it is that of non-league play in England. I've been following the league for 3-4 years, and the strides it's made have been fantastic. Hopefully in 25-30 years the quality of play will be up there with some of the better leagues in the world (outside of England, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc. of course).
    Yeah it has certainly improved in the last few years but when I watch it I still feel like they're not playing the game the rest of the world plays. There's not all that much difference between the style of play in MLS and the style of play in the NCAA. You see glimpses in some games, usually by a foreign player but I can't help wondering what good growing the game is if we're not teaching the right game. There's no imagination in the American game. The passing is predictable and sloppy more often than not. I'm telling you, and I swear it isn't just my Arsenal bias, but this game would benefit much more from someone like Arsene Wenger or Pep Guardiola teaching coaches how to teach kids to play fluid football than to watch Thierry Henry shred inferior players in the twilight of his career. Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to sound bitter towards U.S. Soccer. I love this country and I want it to do well in everything, but I just can't be happy when we're getting kids into these bad habits and calling it improvement.

  20. #20
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    From Anfield to the San Siro: Rafa Benitez is the new manager for Inter Milan

    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...europe&cc=5901
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  21. #21
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Celtic poised to confirm Neil Lennon appointment
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...otland&cc=5901
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  22. #22
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  23. #23
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  24. #24

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    European Champs want Rafa but a 7th place team doesnt.

    Makes sense.
    "Owning the Yankees," Steinbrenner once said, "is like owning the Mona Lisa."

  25. #25
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by b_joseph
    European Champs want Rafa but a 7th place team doesnt.

    Makes sense.
    Massimo Moratti thinks that Rafa Benitez is perfect for Inter's 4-2-3-1 system.

    It will be very interesting in Lega Calcio Serie A to see how well the four major successful clubs will do.

    Inter doesn't have Jose Mourhino.

    AC Milan is getting older and have a new coach.

    Roma has the best chance to win Serie A besides Inter with Claudio Ranieri still at the helm.

    And Juventus has a new coach, but still need to fix their backline.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  26. #26
    Compulsively Handsome cyhughes22's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Long Island
    Posts
    2,619

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by b_joseph
    European Champs want Rafa but a 7th place team doesnt.

    Makes sense.
    Massimo's club aren't a half billion dollars in debt or whatever it is now. He can afford a few transfer duds.

  27. #27
    NYYF Legend

    YanksFan1992's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Hamilton, NY
    Posts
    24,287

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    The Sounders just lost to DC United.

    They were down 3-0 entering the 90th minute, and managed to put two in the net, but couldn't get the third.

    So the MLS now goes on a two week break for the World Cup.

  28. #28
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    MLS Standings as of June 10, 2010

    From ESPN Soccernet

    Eastern Conference
    2010 - Eastern Conference Table
    Overall Home Away
    RK TEAM P W D L GS GA W D L GS GA W D L GS GA GD Pts
    1 Columbus 11 6 3 2 16 11 4 0 1 7 4 2 3 1 9 7 5 21
    2 New York Red Bulls 12 7 0 5 14 16 5 0 2 9 7 2 0 3 5 9 -2 21
    3 Toronto FC 11 5 2 4 15 14 4 1 0 9 2 1 1 4 6 12 1 17
    4 Chicago 11 3 5 3 16 16 2 3 1 9 7 1 2 2 7 9 0 14
    5 Kansas City 11 3 3 5 11 13 3 2 1 9 3 0 1 4 2 10 -2 12
    6 New England 12 3 2 7 13 20 2 2 2 9 10 1 0 5 4 10 -7 11
    7 DC United 12 3 1 8 10 20 2 1 4 5 10 1 0 4 5 10 -10 10
    8 Philadelphia Union 10 2 1 7 11 21 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 7 7 18 -10 7

    Western Conference
    2010 - Western Conference Table
    Overall Home Away
    RK TEAM P W D L GS GA W D L GS GA W D L GS GA GD Pts
    1 Los Angeles 13 10 2 1 22 4 5 1 0 12 3 5 1 1 10 1 18 32
    2 Real Salt Lake 12 7 2 3 22 11 5 1 0 15 5 2 1 3 7 6 11 23
    3 Colorado 11 6 2 3 13 9 3 1 1 7 4 3 1 2 6 5 4 20
    4 San Jose 11 5 2 4 15 14 3 1 2 10 8 2 1 2 5 6 1 17
    5 Houston 13 5 1 7 18 19 4 0 3 12 7 1 1 4 6 12 -1 16
    6 FC Dallas 11 3 6 2 13 11 2 3 1 8 6 1 3 1 5 5 2 15
    7 Seattle Sounders FC 13 4 3 6 12 17 3 1 4 7 10 1 2 2 5 7 -5 15
    8 Chivas USA 12 3 1 8 13 18 2 0 3 6 7 1 1 5 7 11 -5 10
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  29. #29
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Well, Benfica winger Angel Di Maria is leaving Benfica, but not going to Manchester City or Chelsea.

    Di Maria is going to Real Madrid in a 25 million Euro transfer
    http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wor...imariacom.html
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  30. #30
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Thierry Henry to leave Barcelona after 3 years
    http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wor...ryleaving.html
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  31. #31
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 Italian Serie A teams

    http://www.lega-calcio.it/

    Club City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season
    Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 10th in Serie A
    Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 39,444 17th in Serie A
    Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 23,486 Serie B Playoff Winners
    Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 23,486 16th in Serie A
    Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 23,420 13th in Serie A
    Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 23,860 Serie B Runners-up
    Chievo Verona Marcantonio Bentegodi 39,211 14th in Serie A
    Fiorentina Florence Artemio Franchi 47,282 11th in Serie A
    Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 9th in Serie A
    Internazionale Milan Giuseppe Meazza 80,074 Serie A Champions
    Juventus Turin Olimpico di Torino 27,994 7th in Serie A
    Lazio Rome Olimpico 72,698 12th in Serie A
    Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876 Serie B Champions
    Milan Milan Giuseppe Meazza 80,074 3rd in Serie A
    Napoli Naples San Paolo 60,240 6th in Serie A
    Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 37,242 5th in Serie A
    Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 27,906 8th in Serie A
    Roma Rome Olimpico 72,698 2nd in Serie A
    Sampdoria Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 4th in Serie A
    Udinese Udine Friuli 41,652 15th in Serie A
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  32. #32
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 Spanish La Liga teams

    Regular Season: 28 August 2010-22 May 2011

    http://www.lfp.es/

    Teams promoted from 2009–10 Segunda División
    * Real Sociedad
    * Hércules CF
    * Levante UD

    Teams relegated to 2010–11 Segunda División
    * Real Valladolid
    * CD Tenerife
    * Xerez CD

    Team Home city Stadium Capacity
    Almería Almería Estadio del Mediterráneo 22,000
    Athletic Bilbao Bilbao San Mamés 39,750
    Atlético Madrid Madrid Vicente Calderón 54,851
    Barcelona Barcelona Camp Nou 98,772
    Deportivo La Coruńa A Coruńa Riazor 34,600
    Espanyol Cornellŕ de Llobregat Estadi Cornellŕ-El Prat 40,500
    Getafe Getafe Coliseum Alfonso Pérez 17,700
    Hércules Alicante Estadio José Rico Pérez 30,000
    Levante Valencia Estadi Ciutat de Valčncia 25,534
    Málaga Málaga La Rosaleda 28,963
    Mallorca Palma de Mallorca ONO Estadi 23,142
    Osasuna Pamplona Estadio Reyno de Navarra 19,800
    Racing Santander Santander El Sardinero 22,271
    Real Madrid Madrid Santiago Bernabéu 80,354
    Real Sociedad San Sebastián Estadio Anoeta 32,076
    Sevilla Sevilla Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán 48,649
    Sporting Gijón El Molinón 25,885
    Valencia Valencia Mestalla 55,000
    Villarreal Vila-real El Madrigal 25,000
    Zaragoza Zaragoza La Romareda 34,596
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  33. #33
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 German Bundesliga teams

    http://www.bundesliga.de/en/

    Regular Season: 21 August 2010-14 May 2011
    Winter Break: 18 December 2010-15 January 2011
    http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/b...er-ist-da.html

    VfL Bochum and Hertha BSC were directly relegated after finishing in the bottom two places. Bochum tied a current record with their sixth relegation from Germany's highest football league, ending a four-year tenure in the process, while Hertha BSC had to return to the second level after thirteen years.

    The relegated teams were replaced by 1. FC Kaiserslautern, champions of the 2009–10 2. Bundesliga, and runners-up FC St. Pauli. Kaiserslautern returned to the Bundesliga after four years, and St. Pauli re-entered the top division after eight years.

    A further place in the league was decided through a two-legged play-off. As in the previous year, 1. FC Nuremberg had to compete, although this time they were the Bundesliga team. FC Augsburg was the 2. Bundesliga's representative. As in the year before, Nuremberg won both matches on aggregate, 3–0, and defended their Bundesliga spot.

    Team↓ Location↓ Stadium↓ Stadium capacity[2]↓
    Bayer Leverkusen Leverkusen BayArena 30,210
    Bayern Munich Munich Allianz Arena 69,901
    Borussia Dortmund Dortmund Westfalenstadion 80,552
    Borussia Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Borussia-Park 54,067
    Eintracht Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main Commerzbank-Arena 52,300
    Freiburg Freiburg Badenova-Stadion 24,918
    Hamburg Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena 57,274
    Hannover 96 Hanover AWD-Arena 49,000
    Hoffenheim Sinsheim Rhein-Neckar-Arena 30,164
    Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Fritz Walter Stadion 48,500
    Köln Cologne RheinEnergieStadion 50,374
    Mainz 05 Mainz Stadion am Bruchweg 20,300
    Nuremberg 1. FC Nuremberg Nuremberg EasyCredit-Stadion 46,780
    Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena 61,673
    St. Pauli St. Pauli, Hamburg Millerntor-Stadion1 19,901
    Stuttgart Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena2 42,101
    Werder Bremen Bremen Weserstadion 42,358
    Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Volkswagen Arena 30,122
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  34. #34
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 Dutch Eredivisie teams

    http://www.eredivisie.nl/

    A total of 18 teams is taking part in the league, and will also feature 2009–10 Eerste Divisie champions De Graafschap (in place of last-placed RKC Waalwijk), and SBV Excelsior, who were promoted through the subsequent playoff tournament, in place of crosstown rivals Sparta Rotterdam.

    Club Location Venue Capacity
    ADO Den Haag The Hague Den Haag Stadion 15,000
    Ajax Amsterdam Amsterdam ArenA 51,638
    AZ Alkmaar AZ Stadion 17,150
    Excelsior Rotterdam Woudestein 3,527
    Feyenoord Rotterdam Stadion Feijenoord 51,137
    De Graafschap Doetinchem De Vijverberg 12,600
    Groningen Groningen Euroborg 22,329
    Heerenveen Heerenveen Abe Lenstra Stadion 26,800
    Heracles Almelo Almelo Polman Stadion 8,500
    NAC Breda Breda Rat Verlegh Stadion 17,254
    NEC Nijmegen Stadion de Goffert 12,470
    PSV Eindhoven Philips Stadion 35,119
    Roda JC Kerkrade Parkstad Limburg Stadion 19,979
    Twente Enschede De Grolsch Veste 24,244
    Utrecht Utrecht Stadion Galgenwaard 24,426
    Vitesse Arnhem Gelredome 26,600
    VVV-Venlo Venlo De Koel 7,500
    Willem II Tilburg Koning Willem II Stadion 14,637
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  35. #35
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 French Ligue 1 teams

    http://www.ligue1.com/

    Regular Season: 7 August 2010-29 May 2011
    Winter Break: 23 December 2010-15 January 2011

    There will be three promoted teams from Ligue 2, replacing the three teams that were relegated from Ligue 1 following the 2009–10 season. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league with three clubs suffering relegation to the second division, Ligue 2. All clubs that secure Ligue 1 status for next season are subject to approval by the DNCG before becoming eligible to participate.
    http://www.lfp.fr/dncg/

    Teams promoted to Ligue 1
    * Caen
    * Brest
    * Arles-Avignon

    Teams relegated to Ligue 2
    * Le Mans
    * Boulogne
    * Grenoble

    Team Manager Captain Kit Manufacturer Main Sponsor
    Arles-Avignon Vacant France Sébastien Piocelle Nike TBD
    Auxerre France Fernandez, JeanJean Fernandez France Benoît Pedretti Airness Nasůba Express
    Bordeaux France Tigana, JeanJean Tigana France Alou Diarra Puma AG Kia
    Brest France Dupont, AlexAlex Dupont Republic of the Congo Oscar Ewolo Puma AG TBA
    Caen France Dumas, FranckFranck Dumas France Nicolas Seube Nike TBA
    Lens France Wallemme, Jean-GuyJean-Guy Wallemme Mali Eric Chelle Reebok Invicta
    Lille France Garcia, RudiRudi Garcia France Rio Mavuba Umbro Groupe Partouche
    Lorient France Gourcuff, ChristianChristian Gourcuff Vacant Duarig La trinitaine
    Lyon France Puel, ClaudeClaude Puel Brazil Cris Adidas BetClic
    Marseille France Deschamps, DidierDidier Deschamps Senegal Mamadou Niang Adidas BetClic
    Monaco France Lacombe, GuyGuy Lacombe Argentina Alejandro Alonso Macron Fedcom
    Montpellier France Girard, RenéRené Girard Serbia Nenad Džodić Nike Groupe Nicollin
    Nancy Uruguay Correa, PabloPablo Correa France Gennaro Bracigliano Umbro Odalys Vacances
    Nice France Roy, ÉricÉric Roy France Julien Sablé Lotto Takara
    Paris Saint-Germain France Kombouaré, AntoineAntoine Kombouaré France Claude Makélélé Nike Emirates
    Rennes France Antonetti, FrédéricFrédéric Antonetti Vacant Puma AG Samsic
    Saint-Étienne France Galtier, ChristopheChristophe Galtier France Blaise Matuidi Adidas Fruité
    Sochaux France Gillot, FrancisFrancis Gillot France Teddy Richert Lotto Mobil 1
    Toulouse France Casanova, AlainAlain Casanova Argentina Mauro Cetto Airness IDEC
    Valenciennes France Montanier, PhilippePhilippe Montanier Serbia Milan Biševac Nike Toyota
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  36. #36
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 Scottish Premier League teams

    Regular Season: August 2010-May 2011

    http://www.scotprem.com/

    Promoted from First Division to Premier League
    * Inverness Caledonian Thistle

    Relegated from Premier League to First Division
    * Falkirk

    Aberdeen
    Celtic
    Dundee United
    Hamilton Academical
    Heart of Midlothian
    Hibernian
    Inverness Caledonian Thistle
    Kilmarnock
    Motherwell
    Rangers
    St. Johnstone
    St. Mirren
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  37. #37
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 Portuguese Liga teams

    http://www.lpfp.pt/

    A total of 16 teams will contest the league, 14 of which already contested in the 2009–10 and two of which were promoted from the Liga de Honra.

    Académica
    Benfica
    Sporting de Braga
    Marítimo
    Nacional
    Naval 1ş de Maio
    Olhanense
    Paços de Ferreira
    Portimonense
    Porto
    Rio Ave
    Sporting CP
    Uniăo de Leiria
    Vitória de Guimarăes
    Vitória de Setúbal
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  38. #38
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 Super League Greece

    http://www.superleaguegreece.net/

    The league consists of 16 teams. Participants are the 13 best teams from the 2009–10 season and three teams that have been promoted from the Beta Ethniki.

    Promotion and relegation

    Teams promoted from 2009–10 Beta Ethniki:
    * Champions: Olympiakos Volos
    * Runners-up: Kerkyra
    * Play-offs winner: Panserraikos

    Teams relegated to 2010–11 Beta Ethniki:
    * 14th placed team: Levadiakos
    * 15th placed team: PAS Giannina
    * 16th placed team: Panthrakikos

    Club Location Venue Capacity
    AEK Athens Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 71,030
    Aris Thessaloniki Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium 22,800
    Asteras Tripolis Tripoli Asteras Tripolis Stadium 6,430
    Atromitos Peristeri, Athens Peristeri Stadium 8,939
    Ergotelis Heraklion Pankritio Stadium 26,240
    Iraklis Thessaloniki Lysandros Kaftanzoglou Stadium 27,770
    Kavala Kavala Anthi Karagianni Stadium 12,500
    Kerkyra Kerkyra Kérkyras Stadium 2,685
    Larissa Larissa Alkazar Stadium 13,108
    Olympiacos Piraeus Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334
    Olympiakos Volou Volos Volos Municipal Stadium 9,000
    Panathinaikos Athens Athens Olympic Stadium "Spyridon Louis" 71,030
    Panionios Nea Smyrni, Athens Nea Smyrni Stadium 11,700
    Panserraikos Serres Serres Stadium 10,000
    PAOK Thessaloniki Toumba Stadium 28,701
    Skoda Xanthi Xanthi Skoda Xanthi Arena 7,361
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  39. #39
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Champions League

    http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/index.html

    Final is on May 28, 2011 from Wembley Stadium, London

    Dates 29 June 2010–28 May 2011
    Teams 76

    A total of 76 teams will participate in the 2010–11 Champions League, from 52 UEFA associations (Liechtenstein organizes no domestic league competition). Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09.
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...crank2009.html

    Below is the qualification scheme for the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League:
    * Associations 1–3 each have four teams qualify
    * Associations 4–6 each have three teams qualify
    * Associations 7–15 each have two teams qualify
    * Associations 16–53 each have one team qualify (excluding Liechtenstein)
    http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/D...9_DOWNLOAD.pdf

    Since the winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Internazionale, obtained a place in the group stage through their domestic league placing, the reserved defending champion spot in the group stage was vacated. To compensate:

    * The champion of association 13 (Scotland) were promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.
    * The champion of association 16 (Denmark) were promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
    * The champions of associations 48 and 49 (Faroe Islands and Luxembourg) were promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.
    Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
    First qualifying round
    (4 teams)
    * 4 champions from associations 50–53

    Second qualifying round
    (34 teams)
    * 32 champions from associations 17–49 (except Liechtenstein)
    * 2 winners from the first qualifying round

    Third qualifying round Champions
    (20 teams)
    * 3 champions from associations 14–16
    * 17 winners from the second qualifying round

    Non-champions
    (10 teams)
    * 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
    * 1 third-placed team from association 6

    Play-off round Champions
    (10 teams)
    * 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions

    Non-champions
    (10 teams)

    * 2 third-placed teams from associations 4 and 5
    * 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
    * 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions

    Group stage
    (32 teams)

    * 13 champions from associations 1–13
    * 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
    * 3 third-placed teams from associations 1–3
    * 5 winners from the play-off round for champions
    * 5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions

    Knockout phase
    (16 teams)
    * 8 group winners from the group stage
    * 8 group runners-up from the group stage

    Teams

    League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses. (PAOK qualified for the Champions League by winning the Greek end-of-season play-offs)
    Group stage
    Italy InternazionaleTH (1st) Spain Valencia (3rd) France Lyon (2nd) Romania CFR Cluj (1st)
    England Chelsea (1st) Italy Roma (2nd) Russia Rubin Kazan (1st) Portugal Benfica (1st)
    England Manchester United (2nd) Italy Milan (3rd) Russia Spartak Moscow (2nd) Turkey Bursaspor (1st)
    England Arsenal (3rd) Germany Bayern Munich (1st) Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk (1st) Greece Panathinaikos (1st)
    Spain Barcelona (1st) Germany Schalke 04 (2nd) Netherlands Twente (1st) Scotland Rangers (1st)
    Spain Real Madrid (2nd) France Marseille (1st)
    Play-off round
    Champions Non-champions
    England Tottenham Hotspur (4th) Italy Sampdoria (4th) France Auxerre (3rd)
    Spain Sevilla (4th) Germany Werder Bremen (3rd)
    Third qualifying round
    Champions Non-champions
    Belgium Anderlecht (1st) Russia Zenit St. Petersburg (3rd) Portugal Braga (2nd) Scotland Celtic (2nd)
    Switzerland Basel (1st) Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv (2nd) Turkey Fenerbahçe (2nd) Belgium Gent (2nd)
    Denmark Copenhagen (1st) Netherlands Ajax (2nd) Greece PAOK (P-1st) Switzerland Young Boys (2nd)
    Romania Unirea Urziceni (2nd)
    Second qualifying round
    Bulgaria Litex Lovech (1st) Slovakia Žilina (1st) Belarus BATE (1st) Estonia Levadia (1st)
    Czech Republic Sparta Prague (1st) Poland Lech Poznań (1st) Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar (1st) Albania Dinamo Tirana (1st)
    Norway Rosenborg (1st) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (1st) Hungary Debrecen (1st) Kazakhstan Aktobe (1st)
    Austria Red Bull Salzburg (1st) Finland HJK Helsinki (1st) Iceland FH (1st) Armenia Pyunik (1st)
    Serbia Partizan (1st) Lithuania Ekranas (1st) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Wales The New Saints (1st)
    Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv (1st) Republic of Ireland Bohemians (1st) Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi (1st) Northern Ireland Linfield (1st)
    Cyprus Omonia (1st) Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs (1st) Republic of Macedonia Renova (1st) Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn (1st)
    Sweden AIK (1st) Slovenia Koper (1st) Azerbaijan Inter Baku (1st) Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch (1st)
    First qualifying round
    Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja (1st) Andorra FC Santa Coloma (1st) Malta Birkirkara (1st) San Marino Tre Fiori (1st)

    Round and Draw Dates
    http://en.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid=1478141.html

    Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
    Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 29–30 June 2010 6–7 July 2010
    Second qualifying round 13–14 July 2010 20–21 July 2010
    Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 27–28 July 2010 3–4 August 2010
    Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 17–18 August 2010 24–25 August 2010
    Group stage Matchday 1 26 August 2010
    (Monaco) 14–15 September 2010
    Matchday 2 28–29 September 2010
    Matchday 3 19–20 October 2010
    Matchday 4 2–3 November 2010
    Matchday 5 23–24 November 2010
    Matchday 6 7–8 December 2010
    Knockout phase Round of 16 17 December 2010 15–16 & 22–23 February 2011 8–9 & 15–16 March 2011
    Quarter-finals 18 March 2011 5–6 April 2011 12–13 April 2011
    Semi-finals 26–27 April 2011 3–4 May 2011
    Final 28 May 2011 at Wembley Stadium, London

    Seeding
    The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients. The coefficients are calculated on the basis of a combination of 20% of the value of the respective national association’s coefficient for the period from 2005–06 to 2009–10 inclusive and the clubs’ individual performances in the UEFA club competitions during the same period. Clubs are ordered by their coefficient and then divided into pots as required. For all of the stages before the quarter-finals, teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

    In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot. The highest-ranked teams are put into the seeded pot and the lowest-ranked teams are put into the unseeded pot. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie also being decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Moreover, in the third qualifying round and play-off round, champion clubs and non-champion clubs are kept separated.

    In the draw for the group stage, the 32 teams are split into 4 pots of 8 teams. The title holder and the 7 highest-ranked teams are put in Pot 1, the next 8 highest-ranked teams are put in Pot 2, the next 8 teams are put in Pot 3, and the next 8 in Pot 4. The teams are then drawn into 8 groups (labelled A-H) of 4 teams. The draw is controlled in order to split teams of the same national association evenly between Groups A-D and Groups E-H, which play on different matchdays.

    In the draw for the first knockout stage, the 8 group winners are seeded, and the 8 group runners-up are unseeded. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

    In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...trank2010.html
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...eedcl2010.html

    Qualifying rounds
    There will be two separate qualifying tournaments: one will be for the champion clubs that did not automatically qualify for the group stage, while the other will be for teams that did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The draw for the first two qualifying rounds will be made on 21 June 2010 in Nyon, Switzerland.

    First qualifying round
    The first legs were planned to be played on 29 June and 30 June, and the second legs will be played on 6 July and 7 July 2010.
    http://en.uefa.com/uefachampionsleag...d=1498111.html

    Team #1 Agg. Team #2
    Tre Fiori San Marino 1 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja
    FC Santa Coloma Andorra 2 Malta Birkirkara

    Second qualifying round

    The first legs will be played on 13 July and 14 July, and the second legs will be played on 20 July and 21 July 2010.

    Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia Czech Republic Sparta Prague
    Aktobe Kazakhstan Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi
    Levadia Estonia Hungary Debrecen
    Partizan Serbia Armenia Pyunik
    Inter Baku Azerbaijan Poland Lech Poznań
    Dinamo Zagreb Croatia Slovenia Koper
    Litex Lovech Bulgaria Winners of match 1
    Winners of match 2 Slovakia Žilina
    Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova Albania Dinamo Tirana
    Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
    Omonia Cyprus Republic of Macedonia Renova
    Red Bull Salzburg Austria Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
    Bohemians Republic of Ireland Wales The New Saints
    BATE Belarus Iceland FH
    AIK Sweden Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
    Linfield Northern Ireland Norway Rosenborg
    Ekranas Lithuania Finland HJK Helsinki

    Third Qualifying Round
    The third qualifying round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

    Champions
    20 clubs will play in the third qualifying round for champions: the 17 winners from the second qualifying round, and 3 clubs which will enter in this round. The seedings are as follows:

    Seeded teams
    * Switzerland Basel
    * Belgium Anderlecht
    * Denmark Copenhagen
    * Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv or Bosnia and Herzegovina Željezničar
    * Czech Republic Sparta Prague or Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs
    * Norway Rosenborg or Northern Ireland Linfield
    * Austria Red Bull Salzburg or Faroe Islands HB Tórshavn
    * Bulgaria Litex Lovech or San Marino Tre Fiori or Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja
    * Croatia Dinamo Zagreb or Slovenia Koper
    * Serbia Partizan or Armenia Pyunik

    Unseeded teams
    * Belarus BATE or Iceland FH
    * Poland Lech Poznań or Azerbaijan Inter Baku
    * Slovakia Žilina or Malta Birkirkara or Andorra FC Santa Coloma
    * Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol or Albania Dinamo Tirana
    * Hungary Debrecen or Estonia Levadia
    * Cyprus Omonia or Republic of Macedonia Renova
    * Sweden AIK or Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
    * Republic of Ireland Bohemians or Wales The New Saints
    * Lithuania Ekranas or Finland HJK Helsinki
    * Kazakhstan Aktobe or Georgia (country) Olimpi Rustavi

    Non-champions
    10 clubs will enter in the third qualifying round for non-champions. The seedings are as follows:

    Seeded teams
    * Russia Zenit St. Petersburg
    * Netherlands Ajax
    * Turkey Fenerbahçe
    * Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
    * Portugal Braga

    Unseeded teams
    * Scotland Celtic
    * Romania Unirea Urziceni
    * Greece PAOK
    * Switzerland Young Boys
    * Belgium Gent

    Play-off round
    The play-off round will be split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections will enter the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

    Champions
    The 10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions will play in the play-off round for champions.

    Non-champions
    10 clubs will play in the play-off round for non-champions: the 5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions, and the following 5 clubs which will enter in this round:

    * England Tottenham Hotspur
    * Spain Sevilla
    * Italy Sampdoria
    * Germany Werder Bremen
    * France Auxerre

    Group Stage
    32 clubs will play in the group stage: the 10 winners from the play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions), and the following 22 clubs which will enter in this stage:

    * Italy Internazionale TH (Title Holders)
    * England Chelsea
    * England Manchester United
    * England Arsenal
    * Spain Barcelona
    * Spain Real Madrid
    * Spain Valencia
    * Italy Roma
    * Italy Milan
    * Germany Bayern Munich
    * Germany Schalke 04
    * France Marseille
    * France Lyon
    * Russia Rubin Kazan
    * Russia Spartak Moscow
    * Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk
    * Netherlands Twente
    * Romania CFR Cluj
    * Portugal Benfica
    * Turkey Bursaspor
    * Greece Panathinaikos
    * Scotland Rangers

    The 32 clubs will be drawn into eight groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams will enter the round of 32 of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  40. #40
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Champions League

    First qualifying round

    First Leg Fixtures: June 29-30, 2010

    From UEFA.com

    June 29, 2010
    19:00 FC Santa Coloma v. Birkirkara

    June 30, 2010
    20:30 Tre Fiori v. Rudar Pljevlja
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  41. #41
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Champions League

    First qualifying round

    First Leg FT Scores: June 29, 2010

    From UEFA.com

    FC Santa Coloma-Birkirkara Match cancelled.

    Postponed due to bad pitch conditions caused by heavy rain. FC Santa Coloma suggested an alternative on 30 June, UEFA has yet to decide whether the game should be played elsewhere or be cancelled, awarding Birkirkara a 3–0 away win.
    http://www.rtva.ad/noticia.aspx?id=25494
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  42. #42
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Champions League

    First qualifying round

    First Leg FT Scores: June 30, 2010

    From UEFA.com

    Tre Fiori 0–3 Rudar Pljevlja
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  43. #43
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Europa League

    Dates: 1 July 2010-18 May 2011
    Teams: 48+8 (competition proper)
    162 (qualifying)

    Final will be on May 18, 2011 Aviva Stadium Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

    http://www.uefa.com/Competitions/UefaCup/index.html

    A total of 194 teams from 53 UEFA associations will participate in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Countries are allocated places according to their 2009 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2004–05 to 2008–09.
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...crank2009.html

    Below is the qualification scheme for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League:
    * Associations 1–6 each have three teams qualify
    * Associations 7–9 each have four teams qualify
    * Associations 10–51 each have three teams qualify, except Liechtenstein (one team)
    * Associations 52–53 each have two teams qualify
    * The top three associations of the 2009–10 UEFA Fair Play ranking (Sweden, Denmark, Finland) each gain an additional berth
    * Moreover, 33 teams eliminated from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League are transferred to the Europa League
    http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/D...0_DOWNLOAD.pdf
    http://en.uefa.com/uefa/socialrespon...+play+rankings

    Distribution
    The winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, Atlético Madrid, were guaranteed an entry into the group stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, as they did not qualify for any stage of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. However, they also qualified for the Europa League third qualifying round through domestic performance, as they were the runners-up of the 2009–10 Copa del Rey to Champions League-qualified Sevilla. As a result, this place in the third qualifying round was vacated, which in turn led to the following changes to the default allocation system in order to compensate for this vacant spot:
    * The domestic cup winners of association 28 (Finland) have been promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.
    * The domestic cup winners of associations 52 and 53 (Malta and San Marino) have been promoted from the first qualifying to the second qualifying round.
    Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round Teams transferred from Champions League

    First qualifying round
    (52 teams)
    * 20 domestic league runners-up from associations 33–53 (except Liechtenstein)
    * 29 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 22–51 (except Liechtenstein)
    * 3 teams which qualified via Fair Play rankings

    Second qualifying round
    (80 teams)
    * 25 domestic cup winners from associations 29–53
    * 14 domestic league runners-up from associations 19–32
    * 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 16–21
    * 6 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 10–15
    * 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 7–9
    * 26 winners from the first qualifying round

    Third qualifying round
    (70 teams)
    * 13 domestic cup winners from associations 16–28
    * 3 domestic league runners-up from associations 16–18
    * 6 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 10–15
    * 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 7–9
    * 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 4–6 (League Cup winners for France)
    * 2 domestic league sixth-placed teams from associations 1–3 (League Cup winners for England)
    (minus the spot vacated by Atlético Madrid)
    * 40 winners from the second qualifying round

    Play-off round
    (74 teams)
    * 15 domestic cup winners from associations 1–15
    * 3 domestic league third-placed teams from associations 7–9
    * 3 domestic league fourth-placed teams from associations 4–6
    * 3 domestic league fifth-placed teams from associations 1–3
    * 35 winners from the third qualifying round
    * 15 losers from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round

    Group stage
    (48 teams)
    * Title holder (Atlético Madrid)
    * 37 winners from the play-off round
    * 10 losers from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League play-off round

    Knockout phase
    (32 teams)
    * 12 group winners from the group stage
    * 12 group runners-up from the group stage
    * 8 third-placed teams from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage

    A Europa League place is vacated when a team qualifies for both the Champions League and the Europa League, or qualifies for the Europa League by more than one method. When a place is vacated, it is redistributed within the national association by the following rules:
    * When the domestic cup winners (considered as the "highest-placed" qualifiers within the national association) also qualify for the Champions League, their Europa League place is vacated, and the remaining Europa League qualifiers are moved up one place, with the final place (with the earliest entrance) taken by the domestic cup runners-up, provided they do not already qualify for the Champions League or the Europa League. Otherwise, this place is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
    * When the domestic cup winners also qualify for the Europa League through league position, their place through the league position is vacated, and the Europa League qualifiers that finish lower in the league are moved up one place, with the final place taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
    * A place vacated by the League Cup winners is taken by the highest-placed league finishers that have not yet qualified for the Europa League.
    * A Fair Play place is taken by the highest-ranked team in the domestic Fair Play table that has not yet qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League.
    http://en.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/D...0_DOWNLOAD.pdf

    Teams

    The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

    * TH: Title holders
    * CW: Cup winners
    * CR: Cup runners-up
    * LC: League Cup winners
    * Nth: League position
    * P-: End-of-season European competition play-offs (winners or position)
    * FP: Fair play
    * UCL: Relegated from the Champions League
    o GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
    o PO: Losers from the play-off round
    o Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round

    Round of 32
    (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS)
    (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS) (UCL GS)
    Group stage
    Spain Atlético Madrid (TH) (UCL PO) (UCL PO) (UCL PO)
    (UCL PO) (UCL PO) (UCL PO) (UCL PO)
    (UCL PO) (UCL PO) (UCL PO)
    Play-off round
    England Manchester City (5th) Russia Lokomotiv Moscow (4th) Greece AEK Athens (P-2nd) (UCL Q3)
    England Aston Villa (6th) Russia CSKA Moscow (5th) Scotland Dundee United (CW) (UCL Q3)
    Spain Mallorca (5th) Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol (CW) Belgium Club Brugge (3rd) (UCL Q3)
    Spain Getafe (6th) Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv (3rd) Switzerland Grasshopper (3rd) (UCL Q3)
    Italy Palermo (5th) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven (3rd) (UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
    Italy Napoli (6th) Netherlands Feyenoord (4th) (UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
    Germany Bayer Leverkusen (4th) Romania Vaslui (3rd) (UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
    Germany Borussia Dortmund (5th) Romania Steaua (4th) (UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
    France Paris Saint-Germain (CW) Portugal Porto (CW) (UCL Q3) (UCL Q3)
    France Lille (4th) Turkey Trabzonspor (CW) (UCL Q3)
    Third qualifying round
    England Liverpool (7th)Note ENG Portugal Sporting CP (4th) Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora (CW) Cyprus Apollon (CW)
    Italy Juventus (7th) Turkey Galatasaray (3rd) Bulgaria CSKA Sofia (2nd) Sweden IFK Göteborg (2nd)
    Germany Stuttgart (6th) Greece Aris (P-3rd) Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň (CW) Slovakia Slovan Bratislava (CW)
    France Montpellier (5th) Scotland Hibernian (4th) Czech Republic Jablonec (2nd) Poland Jagiellonia (CW)
    Russia Sibir Novosibirsk (CR) Belgium Genk (P-W) Norway Aalesund (CW) Croatia Hajduk Split (CW)
    Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4th) Switzerland Luzern (4th) Austria Sturm Graz (CW) Finland Inter Turku (CW)
    Netherlands AZ (5th) Denmark Nordsjćlland (CW) Serbia Red Star Belgrade (CW)
    Romania Timişoara (5th) Denmark Odense (2nd) Israel Maccabi Haifa (2nd)
    Second qualifying round
    Ukraine Karpaty Lviv (5th) Austria Austria Wien (2nd) Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers (2nd) Estonia Sillamäe Kalev (2nd)
    Netherlands Utrecht (P-W) Austria Rapid Wien (3rd) Latvia Jelgava (CW) Albania Besa Kavajë (CW)
    Romania Dinamo Bucureşti (6th) Serbia OFK Beograd (3rd) Latvia Ventspils (2nd) Kazakhstan Atyrau (CW)
    Portugal Marítimo (5th) Serbia Spartak Zlatibor Voda (4th) Slovenia Maribor (CW) Armenia Mika (2nd)
    Turkey Beşiktaş (4th) Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv (3rd) Slovenia Gorica (3rd) Wales Bangor City (CW)
    Greece Olympiacos (P-4th) Cyprus APOEL (2nd) Belarus Dinamo Minsk (2nd) Northern Ireland Cliftonville (2nd)
    Scotland Motherwell (5th) Sweden IF Elfsborg (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (CW) Faroe Islands Víkingur (CW)
    Belgium Cercle Brugge (CR) Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica (3rd) Hungary Videoton (2nd) Luxembourg Differdange (CW)
    Switzerland Lausanne-Sport (CR) Poland Wisła Kraków (2nd) Iceland Breiđablik (CW) Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica (2nd)
    Denmark Brřndby (3rd) Croatia Cibalia (3rd) Moldova Iskra-Stal (2nd) Andorra UE Sant Juliŕ (CW)
    Bulgaria Levski Sofia (3rd) Finland Honka (2nd) Georgia (country) WIT Georgia (CW) Malta Valletta (CW)
    Czech Republic Baník Ostrava (3rd) Lithuania Sūduva Marijampolė (3rd) Liechtenstein Vaduz (CW) San Marino Tre Penne (2nd)
    Norway Molde (2nd) Lithuania Šiauliai (4th)Note LTU Republic of Macedonia Teteks (CW)
    Norway Stabćk (3rd) Republic of Ireland Sporting Fingal (CW) Azerbaijan Baku (CW)
    First qualifying round
    Israel Bnei Yehuda (CR) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg (2nd) Azerbaijan Khazar (4th) Faroe Islands EB/Streymur (2nd)
    Cyprus Anorthosis (3rd) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski (4th) Estonia Narva Trans (3rd) Faroe Islands NSÍ Runavík (4th)
    Sweden Kalmar FF (4th) Hungary Győri ETO (3rd) Estonia Flora (CR) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange (2nd)
    Slovakia Nitra (4th) Hungary Zalaegerszeg (CR) Albania KF Tirana (3rd) Luxembourg CS Grevenmacher (3rd)
    Poland Ruch Chorzów (3rd) Iceland KR Reykjavík (2nd) Albania Laçi (4th) Montenegro Mogren (3rd)
    Croatia Šibenik (4th) Iceland Fylkir (3rd) Kazakhstan Shakhter Karaganda (3rd) Montenegro Zeta (4th)
    Finland TPS (3rd) Moldova Olimpia (3rd) Kazakhstan Tobol Kostanay (4th) Andorra UE Santa Coloma (2nd)
    Lithuania Tauras Tauragė (5th)Note LTU Moldova Dacia (CR) Armenia Ulisses (3rd) Andorra Lusitanos (4th)
    Republic of Ireland Dundalk (5th)Note IRL Georgia (country) Dinamo Tbilisi (2nd) Armenia Banants (CR) Malta Sliema Wanderers (3rd)
    Latvia Skonto (3rd) Georgia (country) Zestaponi (3rd) Wales Llanelli (2nd) San Marino Faetano (3rd)
    Slovenia Olimpija (4th) Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički (2nd) Wales Port Talbot Town (3rd) Sweden Gefle (FP)
    Belarus Dnepr Mogilev (3rd) Republic of Macedonia Metalurg Skopje (3rd) Northern Ireland Glentoran (3rd) Denmark Randers (FP)
    Belarus Torpedo Zhodino (CR) Azerbaijan Qarabağ (3rd) Northern Ireland Portadown (CR) Finland MYPA (FP)

    Notes
    *England (ENG): Portsmouth, the runners-up of the 2009–10 FA Cup to Champions League-qualified Chelsea, did not obtain a UEFA licence, meaning they could not qualify for Europe. Portsmouth had appealed to UEFA, the Premier League and the English FA, but the latter two would not allow late applications for the License. As a result, the seventh-placed team of the 2009–10 Premier League, Liverpool, claimed the Europa League spot in the third qualifying round.

    *Republic of Ireland (IRL): Since the third- and fourth-placed teams of the 2009 League of Ireland, Cork City and Derry City, were dissolved and expelled from the league respectively after the season was completed, the fifth-placed team, Dundalk, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.

    *Lithuania (LTU): Vėtra, the runners-up of the 2009 A Lyga and also the runners-up of the 2009–10 Lithuanian Football Cup to Champions League-qualified Ekranas, were denied the UEFA license for the 2010–11 season and therefore will not represent Lithuania in the UEFA Europa League. As a result, all Europa League spots were awarded to teams based on their league positions. Therefore, the fourth-placed team, Šiauliai, were moved from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round, while the fifth-placed team, Tauras Tauragė, claimed the Europa League spot in the first qualifying round.

    Round and draw dates
    http://en.uefa.com/uefa/management/newsid=1478141.html

    Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
    Qualifying First qualifying round 21 June 2010 1 July 2010 8 July 2010
    Second qualifying round 15 July 2010 22 July 2010
    Third qualifying round 16 July 2010 29 July 2010 5 August 2010
    Play-off Play-off round 6 August 2010 19 August 2010 26 August 2010
    Group stage Matchday 1 27 August 2010
    (Monaco) 16 September 2010
    Matchday 2 30 September 2010
    Matchday 3 21 October 2010
    Matchday 4 4 November 2010
    Matchday 5 1–2 December 2010
    Matchday 6 15–16 December 2010
    Knockout phase Round of 32 17 December 2010 17 February 2011 24 February 2011
    Round of 16 10 March 2011 17 March 2011
    Quarter-finals 18 March 2011 7 April 2011 14 April 2011
    Semi-finals 28 April 2011 5 May 2011
    Final 18 May 2011 at Aviva Stadium, Dublin

    Seeding
    The draws for the qualifying rounds, the play-off round and the group stage are all seeded based on the 2010 UEFA club coefficients. The coefficients are calculated on the basis of a combination of 20% of the value of the respective national association’s coefficient for the period from 2005–06 to 2009–10 inclusive and the clubs’ individual performances in the UEFA club competitions during the same period. Clubs are ordered by their coefficient and then divided into pots as required. For all of the stages before the round of 16, teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

    In the draws for the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, the teams are divided evenly into one seeded and one unseeded pot. The highest-ranked teams are put into the seeded pot and the lowest-ranked teams are put into the unseeded pot. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the order of legs in each tie also being decided randomly. Due to the limited time between matches, the draws for the second and third qualifying rounds take place before the results of the previous round are known. The seeding in each draw is carried out under the assumption that all of the highest-ranked clubs of the previous round are victorious. If a lower-ranked club is victorious, it simply takes the place of its defeated opponent in the next round. Prior to these draws, UEFA may form "groups" in accordance with the principles set by the Club Competitions Committee, but they are purely for convenience of the draw and do not resemble any real groupings in the sense of the competition.

    In the draw for the group stage, the 48 teams are split into 4 pots of 12 teams. The title holder (if participating) and the 11 (12 if title holder not participating) highest-ranked teams are put in Pot 1, the next 12 highest-ranked teams are put in Pot 2, the next 12 teams are put in Pot 3, and the next 12 in Pot 4. The teams are then drawn into 12 groups of 4 teams.

    In the draw for the first knockout stage, the 12 group winners and the 4 better third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage (based on their match record in the group stage) are seeded, and the 12 group runners-up and the other 4 third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. A seeded team will be drawn against an unseeded team, with the seeded team hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.

    In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association may be drawn with each other.
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...trank2010.html
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/...eedel2010.html

    Qualifying rounds
    The draw for the first two qualifying rounds was made on 21 June 2010 in Nyon, Switzerland.
    http://en.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/...d=1498176.html

    First qualifying round

    The first legs will be played on 1 July, and the second legs will be played on 8 July 2010.
    Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
    UE Santa Coloma Andorra (1) Montenegro Mogren 1 July 8 July
    Olimpija Slovenia (2) Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 1 July 8 July
    Anorthosis Cyprus (3) Armenia Banants 1 July 8 July
    Olimpia Moldova (4) Azerbaijan Khazar 1 July 8 July
    Šibenik Croatia (5) Malta Sliema Wanderers 1 July 8 July
    Tobol Kazakhstan (6) Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski 1 July 8 July
    Ulisses Armenia (7) Israel Bnei Yehuda 1 July 8 July
    Rabotnički Republic of Macedonia (8)1 Andorra Lusitanos 1 July 8 July
    KF Tirana Albania (9) Hungary Zalaegerszeg 1 July 8 July
    Zestaponi Georgia (country) (10) San Marino Faetano 1 July 8 July
    NSÍ Runavík Faroe Islands (11) Sweden Gefle 1 July 8 July
    Torpedo Zhodino Belarus (12) Iceland Fylkir 1 July 8 July
    Randers Denmark (13) Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1 July 8 July
    Portadown Northern Ireland (14) Latvia Skonto 1 July 8 July
    TPS Finland (15) Wales Port Talbot Town 1 July 8 July
    KR Reykjavík Iceland (16) Northern Ireland Glentoran 1 July 8 July
    Grevenmacher Luxembourg (17)1 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 1 July 8 July
    Kalmar FF Sweden (18) Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 1 July 8 July
    Llanelli Wales (19) Lithuania Tauras Tauragė 1 July 8 July
    Narva Trans Estonia (20) Finland MYPA 1 July 8 July
    Zeta Montenegro (21)1 Moldova Dacia 1 July 8 July
    Laçi Albania (22) Belarus Dnepr Mogilev 1 July 8 July
    Shakhter Karaganda Kazakhstan (23) Poland Ruch Chorzów 1 July 8 July
    Dinamo Tbilisi Georgia (country) (24) Estonia Flora 1 July 8 July
    Nitra Slovakia (25) Hungary Győri ETO 1 July 8 July
    Qarabağ Azerbaijan (26) Republic of Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 1 July 8 July

    Second qualifying round
    The first legs will be played on 15 July, and the second legs will be played on 22 July 2010.
    Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Cercle Brugge Belgium Winners of match 15
    Motherwell Scotland Iceland Breiđablik
    Winners of match 5 Winners of match 3
    Lausanne-Sport Switzerland Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka
    Šiauliai Lithuania Poland Wisła Kraków
    Winners of match 18 Winners of match 21
    Utrecht Netherlands Winners of match 9
    Gorica Slovenia Winners of match 13
    Marítimo Portugal Republic of Ireland Sporting Fingal
    Sūduva Marijampolė Lithuania Austria Rapid Wien
    Ventspils Latvia Republic of Macedonia Teteks
    OFK Beograd Serbia Winners of match 12
    Winners of match 4 Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
    Winners of match 20 Andorra UE Sant Juliŕ
    Videoton Hungary Slovenia Maribor
    Brřndby Denmark Liechtenstein Vaduz
    Stabćk Norway Winners of match 22
    Shamrock Rovers Republic of Ireland Winners of match 7
    IF Elfsborg Sweden Moldova Iskra-Stal
    Winners of match 16 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
    Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel Winners of match 1
    Austria Wien Austria Winners of match 2
    Winners of match 19 Cyprus APOEL
    Molde Norway Latvia Jelgava
    Winners of match 10 Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica
    Honka Finland Wales Bangor City
    Levski Sofia Bulgaria Winners of match 17
    WIT Georgia Georgia (country) Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
    Winners of match 8 Armenia Mika
    Atyrau Kazakhstan Winners of match 25
    Winners of match 26 Winners of match 14
    Beşiktaş Turkey Faroe Islands Víkingur
    Differdange Luxembourg Serbia Spartak Zlatibor Voda
    Dinamo Minsk Belarus Estonia Sillamäe Kalev
    Valletta Malta Winners of match 23
    Baku Azerbaijan Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica
    Winners of match 6 San Marino Tre Penne
    Winners of match 24 Winners of match 11
    Cibalia Croatia Northern Ireland Cliftonville
    Besa Kavajë Albania Greece Olympiacos

    Third qualifying round

    70 clubs will play in the third qualifying round: the 40 winners from the second qualifying round, and 30 clubs which will enter in this round. The seedings are as follows:

    Seeded teams
    * England Liverpool
    * Italy Juventus
    * Portugal Sporting CP
    * Winners of match involving Greece Olympiacos
    * Germany Stuttgart
    * Netherlands AZ
    * Turkey Galatasaray
    * Winners of match involving Turkey Beşiktaş
    * Winners of match involving Romania Dinamo Bucureşti
    * Winners of match involving Bulgaria Levski Sofia
    * Israel Maccabi Haifa
    * Winners of match involving Austria Austria Wien
    * Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
    * Denmark Odense
    * Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
    * Serbia Red Star Belgrade
    * Greece Aris
    * Winners of match involving Denmark Brřndby
    * Winners of match involving Austria Rapid Wien
    * Romania Timişoara
    * Winners of match involving Cyprus APOEL
    * France Montpellier
    * Russia Sibir Novosibirsk
    * Winners of match involving Poland Wisła Kraków
    * Belgium Genk
    * Winners of match involving Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
    * Winners of match involving Portugal Marítimo
    * Winners of match involving Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
    * Winners of match involving Sweden IF Elfsborg
    * Winners of match involving Netherlands Utrecht
    * Austria Sturm Graz
    * Scotland Hibernian
    * Winners of match involving Scotland Motherwell

    Unseeded teams
    * Winners of match involving Belgium Cercle Brugge
    * Denmark Nordsjćlland
    * Winners of match involving Norway Stabćk
    * Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
    * Winners of match involving Latvia Ventspils
    * Winners of match involving Norway Molde
    * Bulgaria Beroe Stara Zagora
    * Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň
    * Czech Republic Jablonec
    * Sweden IFK Göteborg
    * Winners of match involving Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
    * Cyprus Apollon
    * Norway Aalesund
    * Croatia Hajduk Split
    * Winners of match involving Slovakia Dukla Banská Bystrica
    * Finland Inter Turku
    * Winners of match involving Finland Honka
    * Winners of match involving Slovenia Maribor
    * Winners of match involving Belarus Dinamo Minsk
    * Winners of match involving Serbia OFK Beograd
    * Winners of match involving Serbia Spartak Zlatibor Voda
    * Winners of match involving Azerbaijan Baku
    * Poland Jagiellonia Białystok
    * Winners of match involving Croatia Cibalia
    * 8 remaining winners from the second qualifying round

    Unknown seeding
    * Winners of match involving Cyprus Anorthosis *
    * Winners of match involving Denmark Randers *
    * Winners of match involving Sweden Kalmar FF *
    * Switzerland Luzern
    * Winners of match involving Switzerland Lausanne-Sport

    If Anorthosis and Randers advance from the first qualifying round, they will be seeded in the third qualifying round.

    Play-off round
    74 clubs will play in the play-off round: the 35 winners from the third qualifying round, the 15 losers from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (10 champions and 5 non-champions), and the following 24 clubs which enter in this round:

    * England Manchester City
    * England Aston Villa
    * Spain Mallorca
    * Spain Getafe
    * Italy Palermo
    * Italy Napoli
    * Germany Bayer Leverkusen
    * Germany Borussia Dortmund
    * France Paris Saint-Germain
    * France Lille
    * Russia Lokomotiv Moscow
    * Russia CSKA Moscow



    * Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol
    * Ukraine Metalist Kharkiv
    * Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
    * Netherlands Feyenoord
    * Romania Vaslui
    * Romania Steaua
    * Portugal Porto
    * Turkey Trabzonspor
    * Greece AEK Athens
    * Scotland Dundee United
    * Belgium Club Brugge
    * Switzerland Grasshopper

    Group Stage
    48 clubs will play in the group stage: Spain Atlético Madrid, which enters in this stage as the defending champions, the 37 winners from the play-off round, and the 10 losers from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League play-off round (5 champions and 5 non-champions).

    The 48 clubs will be drawn into twelve groups of four. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the round of 32, where they will be joined by the 8 third-placed teams from the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League group stage.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  44. #44
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Europa League

    First Qualifying Round

    First Leg Fixtures: July 1, 2010

    From UEFA.com

    1 July 2010
    FC Tobol Kostanay Tobol 16:00 Zrinjski HŠK Zrinjski Mostar More »
    Referee: Dawid Piasecki (POL)
    Stadium: Tcentralny, Kostanay (KAZ)

    FC Ulysses Ulysses 16:00 Bnei Yehuda Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC More »
    Referee: Lorenc Jemini (ALB)
    Stadium: Hrazdan Central Stadium, Yerevan (ARM)

    FC Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi 16:00 Flora FC Flora More »
    Referee: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
    Stadium: Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi (GEO)

    KF Laçi Laçi 16:30 Dnepr FC Dnepr Mogilev More »
    Referee: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)
    Stadium: Niko Dovana, Durres (ALB)

    FK Rabotnicki Rabotnicki 17:00 Lusitans FC Lusitans More »
    Referee: Ionut Marius Avram (ROU)
    Stadium: National Arena Filip II Macedonian, Skopje (MKD)

    JK Trans Narva Trans 17:00 MyPa Myllykosken Pallo-47 More »
    Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (MNE)
    Stadium: A Le Coq Arena, Tallinn (EST)

    FC Shakhter Karagandy Shakhtyor Karagandy 17:00 Ruch KS Ruch Chorzów More »
    Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)
    Stadium: Shakhtyor, Karagandy (KAZ)

    KF Tirana Tirana 17:30 ZTE Zalaegerszegi TE More »
    Referee: Raymond Crangle (NIR)
    Stadium: Qemal Stafa, Tirana (ALB)

    FC Torpedo Zhodino Zhodino 17:30 Fylkir Fylkir More »
    Referee: Jan Valasek (SVK)
    Stadium: Torpedo, Zhodino (BLR)

    FK Zeta Zeta 17:30 Dacia FC Dacia Chişinău More »
    Referee: Vusal Aliyev (AZE)
    Stadium: Gradski, Niksic (MNE)

    FC Olimpia Bălţi Olimpia Bălţi 18:00 Lankaran FK Khazar Lankaran More »
    Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
    Stadium: Zimbru, Chisinau (MDA)

    FC Zestafoni Zestafoni 18:00 Faetano SC Faetano More »
    Referee: Vlado Glodjovic (SRB)
    Stadium: Zestafoni David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi (GEO)

    FC TPS Turku TPS 18:00 Port Talbot Port Talbot Town FC More »
    Referee: Marcin Szulc (POL)
    Stadium: Turku Stadium, Turku (FIN)

    FC Nitra Nitra 18:00 Győr Győri ETO FC More »
    Referee: Marios Stamatis (CYP)
    Stadium: FC Nitra, Nitra (SVK)

    FK Qarabağ Qarabağ 18:00 Metalurg Skopje FK Metalurg Skopje More »
    Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
    Stadium: Tofig Bahramov-Republic stadium, Baku (AZE)

    HNK Šibenik Šibenik 18:30 Sliema Sliema Wanderers FC More »
    Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
    Stadium: SC Hrvatskih vitezova, Dugopolje (CRO)

    UE Santa Coloma UE Santa Coloma 19:00 Mogren FK Mogren More »
    Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (CYP)
    Stadium: Estadi Comunal, Andorra La Vella (AND)

    Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis 19:00 Banants FC Banants More »
    Referee: Steven Mclean (SCO)
    Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca (CYP)

    Randers FC Randers 19:00 Dudelange F91 Dudelange More »
    Referee: Pavle Radovanovic (MNE)
    Stadium: Randers Stadium, Randers (DEN)

    Portadown FC Portadown 19:30 Skonto Skonto FC More »
    Referee: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)
    Stadium: Shamrock Park, Portadown (NIR)

    CS Grevenmacher Grevenmacher 19:30 Dundalk Dundalk FC More »
    Referee: Emir Aleckovic (BIH)
    Stadium: Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (LUX)

    NSÍ Runavík NSÍ 20:00 Gefle Gefle IF More »
    Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
    Stadium: Gundadalur, Torshavn (FRO)

    Llanelli AFC Llanelli 20:05 Tauras FK Tauras More »
    Referee: Luc Wouters (BEL)
    Stadium: Stebonheath Park, Llanelli (WAL)

    NK Olimpija Ljubljana Olimpija Ljubljana 20:45 Široki Brijeg NK Široki Brijeg More »
    Referee: Olivier Thual (FRA)
    Stadium: Športni Park, Domzale (SVN)

    Kalmar FF Kalmar 21:00 EB/Streymur EB/Streymur More »
    Referee: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
    Stadium: Fredriksskans Idrottsplats, Kalmar (SWE)

    KR Reykjavík KR 21:15 Glentoran Glentoran FC More »
    Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (BLR)
    Stadium: KR-völlur, Reykjavik (ISL)
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  45. #45
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Well, this will make Jamie happy for a bit.

    U.S. Open Cup Glance
    http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wor...cupglance.html

    All Times EDT
    MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER QUALIFYING
    FIRST ROUND
    Tuesday, April 27
    New York 2, Philadelphia 1
    SEMIFINALS
    Tuesday, April 13
    Kansas City 1, Colorado 2
    Wednesday, April 14
    San Jose 3, Real Salt Lake 3, Real Salt Lake advanced 5-3 on penalty kicks
    Wednesday, April 28
    D.C. United 4, FC Dallas 2
    Wednesday, May 12
    New York 3, New England 0
    FINALS
    Wednesday, May 26
    New York 3, Colorado 0
    Wednesday, June 2
    D.C. United 2, Real Salt Lake 1, OT
    FIRST ROUND
    Tuesday, June 15
    Austin Aztex (D2) 3, Dallas-Fort Worth Tornados (PDL) 0
    Carolina RailHawks (D2) 1, Charlotte Eagles (USL-2) 0
    Charleston Battery (USL-2) 4, Capital Area Soccer League Elite (USASA) 2
    Des Moines Menace (PDL) 0, AC St. Louis (D2) 1
    Harrisburg City Islanders (USL-2) 4, Brooklyn Italians (USASA) 2, OT
    Kitsap Pumas (PDL) 4, Bay Area Ambassadors (USASA) 2
    Legends FC (USASA) 0, Tampa Bay Rowdies (D2) 3
    Long Island Rough Riders (PDL) 2, N.Y. Pancyprian Freedoms (USASA) 0
    Miami FC (D2) 5, Central Florida Kraze (PDL) 1, OT
    Minnesota Stars (D2) 4, Kansas City Athletics (USASA) 2
    Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USL-2) 2, Detroit United (USASA) 0
    Portland Timbers (D2) 3, Sonoma County Sol (USASA) 0
    Reading United (PDL) 1, Real Maryland FC Monarchs (USL-2) 2, OT
    Richmond Kickers (USL-2) 1, Crystal Palace Baltimore (D2) 0, OT
    Rochester Rhinos (D2) 1, Dayton Dutch Lions (PDL) 0, OT
    Ventura County Fusion (PDL) 1, Arizona Sahuaros (USASA) 1, Arizona Sahuaros advanced 4-2 on penalty kicks
    SECOND ROUND
    Tuesday, June 22
    Austin Aztex 3, Arizona Sahuaros 1
    Charleston Battery 2, Carolina RailHawks 1
    Harrisburg City Islanders 1, Long Island Rough Riders 0
    Kitsap Pumas 1, Portland Timbers 4
    Miami FC 2, Tampa Bay Rowdies 1, OT
    Minnesota Stars 0, AC St. Louis 1
    Richmond Kickers 3, Real Maryland FC Monarchs 2
    Rochester Rhinos 3, Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0
    THIRD ROUND
    Tuesday, June 29
    Chicago Fire 0, Charleston Battery 0, Charleston advanced 3-0 on penalty kicks
    Chivas USA 1, Austin Aztex 0
    Columbus Crew 2, Rochester Rhinos 1
    Harrisburg City Islanders 1, New York Red Bulls 0, OT
    Houston Dynamo 1, Miami FC 0
    Los Angeles Galaxy 2, AC St. Louis 0
    Wednesday, June 30
    D.C. United 2, Richmond Kickers 0
    Portland Timbers 1, Seattle Sounders 1, Seattle advanced 4-3 on penalty kicks
    QUARTERFINALS
    Tuesday, July 6
    Charleston Battery at Columbus Crew, 7:30 p.m.
    Chivas USA at Houston Dynamo, 8:30 p.m.
    Wednesday, July 7
    Los Angeles Galaxy at Seattle Sounders, 10:30 p.m.
    Wednesday, July 21
    Harrisburg City Islanders vs. D.C. United at Boyds, Md., 7:30 p.m.
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  46. #46
    NYYF Legend

    YanksFan1992's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Hamilton, NY
    Posts
    24,287

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by BroadwayBomber55
    Well, this will make Jamie happy for a bit.

    U.S. Open Cup Glance
    http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/wor...cupglance.html
    Even though I was exhausted, I'm glad I stayed up to watch the game. They're playing the quarterfinal at a smaller stadium a bit south of the city, but if tickets are available, I'll definitely try to go.

  47. #47
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    2010-11 UEFA Europa League

    First Qualifying Round

    First Leg FT Scores: July 1, 2010

    From UEFA.com

    1 July 2010
    FC Tobol Kostanay Tobol 1-2 Zrinjski HŠK Zrinjski Mostar Full time »
    Referee: Dawid Piasecki (POL)
    Stadium: Tcentralny, Kostanay (KAZ)

    Ulisses FC Ulisses 0-0 Bnei Yehuda Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC Full time »
    Referee: Lorenc Jemini (ALB)
    Stadium: Hrazdan Central Stadium, Yerevan (ARM)

    FC Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi 2-1 Flora FC Flora Full time »
    Referee: Eli Hacmon (ISR)
    Stadium: Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi (GEO)

    KF Laçi Laçi 1-1 Dnepr FC Dnepr Mogilev Full time »
    Referee: Igor Pristovnik (CRO)
    Stadium: Niko Dovana, Durres (ALB)

    FK Rabotnicki Rabotnicki 5-0 Lusitans FC Lusitans Full time »
    Referee: Ionut Marius Avram (ROU)
    Stadium: Filip II Arena, Skopje (MKD)

    JK Trans Narva Trans 0-2 MyPa Myllykosken Pallo-47 Full time »
    Referee: Nikola Dabanovic (MNE)
    Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn (EST)

    FC Shakhter Karagandy Shakhtyor Karagandy 1-2 Ruch KS Ruch Chorzów Full time »
    Referee: Gerhard Grobelnik (AUT)
    Stadium: Shakhtyor, Karagandy (KAZ)

    KF Tirana Tirana 0-0 ZTE Zalaegerszegi TE Full time »
    Referee: Raymond Crangle (NIR)
    Stadium: Qemal Stafa, Tirana (ALB)

    FC Torpedo Zhodino Zhodino 3-0 Fylkir Fylkir Full time »
    Referee: Jan Valasek (SVK)
    Stadium: Torpedo, Zhodino (BLR)

    FK Zeta Zeta 1-1 Dacia FC Dacia Chişinău Full time »
    Referee: Vusal Aliyev (AZE)
    Stadium: Gradski, Niksic (MNE)

    FC Olimpia Bălţi Olimpia Bălţi 0-0 Lankaran FK Khazar Lankaran Full time »
    Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (LVA)
    Stadium: Zimbru, Chisinau (MDA)

    FC Zestafoni Zestafoni 5-0 Faetano SC Faetano Full time »
    Referee: Vlado Glodjovic (SRB)
    Stadium: Zestafoni David Abashidze Stadium, Zestaponi (GEO)

    FC TPS Turku TPS 3-1 Port Talbot Port Talbot Town FC Full time »
    Referee: Marcin Szulc (POL)
    Stadium: Turku Stadium, Turku (FIN)

    FC Nitra Nitra 2-2 Győr Győri ETO FC Full time »
    Referee: Marios Stamatis (CYP)
    Stadium: FC Nitra, Nitra (SVK)

    FK Qarabağ Qarabağ 4-1 Metalurg Skopje FK Metalurg Skopje Full time »
    Referee: István Kovács (ROU)
    Stadium: Tofig Bahramov-Republic stadium, Baku (AZE)

    HNK Šibenik Šibenik 0-0 Sliema Sliema Wanderers FC Full time »
    Referee: Markus Strömbergsson (SWE)
    Stadium: SC Hrvatskih Vitezova, Dugopolje (CRO)

    UE Santa Coloma UE Santa Coloma 0-3 Mogren FK Mogren Full time »
    Referee: Ioannis Anastasiou (CYP)
    Stadium: Camp d’Esports del M.I. Consell General, Andorra la Vella (AND)

    Anorthosis Famagusta FC Anorthosis 3-0 Banants FC Banants Full time »
    Referee: Steven Mclean (SCO)
    Stadium: Antonis Papadopoulos, Larnaca (CYP)

    Randers FC Randers 6-1 Dudelange F91 Dudelange Full time »
    Referee: Pavle Radovanovic (MNE)
    Stadium: Randers Stadium, Randers (DEN)

    Portadown FC Portadown 1-1 Skonto Skonto FC Full time »
    Referee: Domagoj Vuckov (CRO)
    Stadium: Shamrock Park, Portadown (NIR)

    CS Grevenmacher Grevenmacher 3-3 Dundalk Dundalk FC Full time »
    Referee: Emir Aleckovic (BIH)
    Stadium: Josy Barthel, Luxembourg (LUX)

    NSÍ Runavík NSÍ 0-2 Gefle Gefle IF Full time »
    Referee: Nerijus Dunauskas (LTU)
    Stadium: Gundadalur, Torshavn (FRO)

    Llanelli AFC Llanelli 2-2 Tauras FK Tauras Full time »
    Referee: Luc Wouters (BEL)
    Stadium: Stebonheath Park, Llanelli (WAL)

    NK Olimpija Ljubljana Olimpija Ljubljana 0-2 Široki Brijeg NK Široki Brijeg Full time »
    Referee: Olivier Thual (FRA)
    Stadium: Športni Park, Domzale (SVN)

    Kalmar FF Kalmar 1-0 EB/Streymur EB/Streymur Full time »
    Referee: Stefano Podeschi (SMR)
    Stadium: Fredriksskans Idrottsplats, Kalmar (SWE)

    KR Reykjavík KR 3-0 Glentoran Glentoran FC Full time »
    Referee: Sergey Tsinkevich (BLR)
    Stadium: KR-völlur, Reykjavik (ISL)
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  48. #48
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Celtic sign South Korean defender Cha Du-Ri
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...nsfers&cc=5901
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  49. #49
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Wolfsburg sign German DF Anne Friedrich
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...nsfers&cc=5739
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



  50. #50
    Ito Ang Beer! BroadwayBomber55's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2003
    Location
    SF-Oak-SJ Bay Area, California
    Posts
    49,901

    Re: 2010-11 Global Soccer Thread

    Halil Altintop signs for Eintracht Frankfurt
    http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...nsfers&cc=5901
    "Don't Give Up...Don't Ever Give Up." - Jimmy Valvano

    One must know pain to be a hero.



+ Reply to Thread

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

     

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts