The 2011-2012 UEFA Europa League group stage draw took place in Monaco. The 48 teams which qualified for the group stages were drawn into 12 groups on the basis of their seeds. The group stages will start from 15th September and it will end in 15th December. UEFA Europa League group stage draw Group A: [ Read More ]
Archive for August, 2011
On the occasion of a special ceremony that was held in Monaco during the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League group stage draw, FC Barcelona player Lionel Messi was voted the inaugural winner of the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award for the season 2010-2011. The Argentinian international claimed a total of thirty-eight votes for the newly-created [ Read More ]
At Grimaldi Forum, in Monaco, the 2011-2012 UEFA Champions League group stage draw took place at 4.45 pm UK time ( 5.45 pm CET) on August 25, 2011. 32 teams qualify for the 2011-2012 Champions League Group Stages. There were four pots prepared prior to the drawing of lots for the UCL group stages. Each [ Read More ]
FC Twente will hope for better luck against UEFA Champions League play-off rivals SL Benfica than they experienced on their last meeting with Portuguese opponents. There was nothing between the teams in the first leg in Enschede, Luuk De Jong giving Twente an early lead before goals from Óscar Cardozo (21) and Nolito (35) turned [ Read More ]
Arsenal FC travel to Udinese Calcio for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off tie with the narrowest of leads, although the form guide does not augur well for Arsène Wenger’s side. Theo Walcott scored the only goal of an open and entertaining first leg after four minutes in north London on 16 [ Read More ]
Odense BK were thoroughly beaten last time they met Villarreal CF over two legs, but Henrik Clausen’s side will look to make amends in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. The Danish side withstood a barrage of Villarreal pressure to snatch a first-leg lead thanks to Hans Henrik Andreasen’s 84th-minute effort. The sides met in second [ Read More ]
Bayern Munchen are a rare sight in UEFA Champions League qualifying and they will look to maintain their perfect record against an FC Zürich side seeking a second appearance in the group stage. The German giants are well placed to progress again thanks to first-leg goals from Bastian Schweinsteiger (8) and Arjen Robben (72). The [ Read More ]
HJK Helsinki provided the big surprise of the night defeating FC Schalke 04, UEFA Champions League last season semi-finalists. Slovan Bratislava defetead AS Roma with 1-0, and NK Maribor obtainde a big victory againts Glasgow Rangers (2-1). With the UEFA Europa League final taking place in Bucharest, the five Romanian clubs made a good start. [ Read More ]
A total of €754.1 millions was rewarded to clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League 2010-2011 season. The last year UEFA Champions League two finalists, FC Barcelona and Manchester United FC, are received the largest performance-related payments, money from the TV market pool. Manchester United, managed by Alex Ferguson, received €25.9 millions from the television [ Read More ]
Bayern München are a rare sighting in UEFA Champions League qualifying and they will look to maintain their perfect record against an FC Zürich side seeking a second appearance in the group stage. Bayern München and FC Zürich are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. Bayern have played only four UEFA competition games [ Read More ]