2008-2009 UEFA Cup Last 32 Draw

UEFA Cup 2008-2009
Knockout Stage (Round of 32)

(First Leg 18/19 February and Second Leg 26 February)

• Paris St Germain vs Wolfsburg
• FC Copenhagen vs Manchester City
• NEC Nijmegen vs Hamburg
• Sampdoria vs Metalist Kharkiv
• Braga vs Standard Liege
• Aston Villa vs CSKA Moscow
• Lech Poznan vs Udinese
• Olympiakos vs St Etienne
• Fiorentina vs Ajax
• Aalborg vs Deportivo La Coruna
• Werder Bremen vs AC Milan
• Bordeaux vs FC Galatasaray
• Dynamo Kiev vs Valencia
• Zenit St Petersburg vs VfB Stuttgart
• Marseille vs FC Twente
• Shakhtar Donetsk vs Tottenham Hot Spur

2008-2009 UCL Draw Round 16 Results

2008-2009 UEFA Champion League Draw Results
Round 16 Knockout Stage


Oh....Great draw and big vs big. England vs Italy (3 matches) England vs Spain(1 matches)


UEFA Champions League First knockout round (Round 16)

• Chelsea vs Juventus
• Villarreal vs Panathinaikos
• Sporting Clube de Portugal vs Bayern Munich
• Atletico Madrid vs FC Porto
• Olympique Lyonnais vs Barcelona
• Real Madrid vs Liverpool
• Arsenal vs AS Roma
• Inter Milan vs Manchester United

UEFA Champion League Knockout Round - 2008-2009

2008-2009 UEFA Champion League
Knockout Round Schedule

The Last 16 teams from group stage will play by winners play runners-up other than teams from their own pool or nation, while from the quarter-finals on the draw is free.
Result and for draw or match up for knockout round

Winner / Runner up Results

• Group A : Roma / Chelsea
• Group B : Panathinaikos / Internazionale
• Group C : Barcelona / Sporting
• Group D : Liverpool / Atletico

• Group E : Man. United / Villarreal
• Group F : Bayern / Lyon
• Group G : Porto / Arsenal
• Group H : Juventus / Real Madrid

Knockout Stage Draw
December 19, 2008 - 12.00 CET at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.

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UEFA Champion League Knockout Round Schedule
Round 16

• First leg : February 24-25, 2009
• Second leg : March 10 - 11, 2009

Quarter Final

• First leg : April 07 - 08, 2009
• Second leg : April 14 - 15, 2009

Semi Final

• First leg : April 28 - 29, 2009
• Second leg: May 05 - 06, 2009

2008-2009 UEFA Champion League Final

• May 27, 2009: The final will be played in Rome.

UEFA Champion League Match 5 Fixtures - Group State

Football Europe
UEFA Champion League
Group State Match 5
Fixtures & Results (ET)

November 25, 2008

• 17.30 Zenit St Petersburg v Juventus-------ESPN Sopcast 6003, GD Sport Sopcast 6543, TVU 71195, SH Sport Sopcast 6001 TVU 48732 (GH & SH Sopcast Webplayer)
  Recommend: TVU Webplayer and Sopcast
  
  
• 19.45 AaB vs. Celtic-------Live1
  

• 19.45 Arsenal v Dynamo Kiev--- Starsport Sopcast 6029, TVU 10006 or ThaiTV7
  
  
• 19.45 BATE Borisov v Real Madrid
• 19.45 Bayern Munich v Steaua Bucuresti
• 19.45 Fenerbahce v FC Porto
  
  
• 19.45 Fiorentina v Lyon-----Live2, Live3
  
  
• 19.45 Villarreal v Man Utd----------ESPN Sopcast 6003, GD Sport Sopcast 6543 or TVU 48732 or ThaiTV3

November 26, 2008

• 19.45 Anorthosis Famagusta v Werder Bremen
• 19.45 Atletico Madrid v PSV
• 19.45 Bordeaux v Chelsea-----Starsport Sopcast 6029, TVU 10006 or ThaiTV3
• 19.45 CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca v Roma
• 19.45 Inter Milan v Panathinaikos
• 19.45 Liverpool v Marseille-------SHTV Sopcast 6001, 6543 or TVU 48732 or ThaiTV7
• 19.45 Shakhtar Donetsk v Basle
• 19.45 Sporting v Barcelona

TV Coverage: Shanghai Sport, CCTV, ESPN, StarSport, Setana, Fox Soccer ThaiTV 3/7

Free Watch Live Online on Internet (P2P) Guide

• Sopcast Web player(need install Sopcast Player and Click Channel webplayer in Sopcas.com): CCTV5(6002) / Shanghai Sport(6001) / GD Sport(6543) CCTV5(6001) Starsport(6029) Setana 48608
  
• TVU Web player (Waiting install plugin and click channel ID for watch ): Shanghai Sport(48732) CCTV5(10007) Starsport(10006)
• Free ThaiTV(3/7) or JustinTV
  

Other Informations

• Group Stage Match 1 Results
  
• Competition Formats
• UCL Standings
• How to watch Sopcast and Download
• UCL Live Scores
  

UEFA Champion League Group Stage Match 4

UCL State Match 4
Fixtures & Results

November 4, 2008

• 19:45 Anorthosis Famagusta v Inter Milan
  
• 19:45 Barcelona v Basle
• 19:45 CFR Cluj-Napoca v Bordeaux
• 19:45 Liverpool v Atletico Madrid-----SHTV Sopcast 6001, 6543 or TVU 48732 or ThaiTV7
• 19:45 Marseille v PSV
• 19:45 Roma v Chelsea-----------------Starsport Sopcast 6029, TVU 10006 or ThaiTV3
• 19:45 Sporting v Shakhtar Donetsk
• 19:45 Werder Bremen v Panathinaikos

November 5, 2008

• 19:45 AaB v Villarreal
  
• 19:45 Arsenal v Fenerbahce
• 19:45 BATE v Zenit St Petersburg
• 19:45 Celtic v Man Utd
• 19:45 Dynamo Kiev v FC Porto
• 19:45 Fiorentina v Bayern Munich
• 19:45 Lyon v Steaua Bucuresti
• 19:45 Real Madrid v Juventus

TV Coverage: Shanghai Sport, CCTV, ESPN, StarSport, Setana, Fox Soccer ThaiTV 3/7

Free Watch Live Online on Internet (P2P) Guide

• Sopcast Web player(need install Sopcast Player and Click Channel webplayer in Sopcas.com): CCTV5(6002) / Shanghai Sport(6001) / GD Sport(6543) CCTV5(6001) Starsport(6029) Setana 48608
  
• TVU Web player (Waiting install plugin and click channel ID for watch ): Shanghai Sport(48732) CCTV5(10007) Starsport(10006)
• Free ThaiTV(3/7) or JustinTV
  

Other Informations

• Group Stage Match 1 Results
  
• Competition Formats
• UCL Standings
• How to watch Sopcast and Download

UEFA Champion League Group Stage Match 3

UEFA Champion League Schedule
Group Stage Match 3
(GMT)

October 21, 2008

• 17.30 Zenit St Petersburg v BATE----Sopcast ESPN 6003, 6543, 6001 or TVU 48732 or JustinTV Live1, Live2
  
  
• 19.45 Bayern Munich v Fiorentina
• 19.45 FC Porto v Dynamo Kiev
• 19.45 Fenerbahce v Arsenal---Live1,
  
• 19.45 Juventus v Real Madrid----Starsport Sopcast 6029 TVU 10006, ThaiTV3
  
• 19.45 Man Utd v Celtic----ThaiTV7,
  
• 19.45 Steaua Bucuresti v Lyon
• 19.45 Villarreal v AaB

October 22, 2008

• 19.45 Atletico Madrid v Liverpool
• 19.45 Basle v Barcelona
• 19.45 Bordeaux v CFR Cluj
• 19.45 Chelsea v Roma
• 19.45 Inter Milan v Anorthosis Famagusta
• 19.45 Panathinaikos v Werder Bremen
• 19.45 PSV v Marseille
• 19.45 Shakhtar Donetsk v Sporting

TV Coverage: Shanghai Sport, CCTV, ESPN, StarSport, Setana, Fox Soccer ThaiTV 3/7

Free Watch Live Online on Internet (P2P) Guide

• Sopcast Web player(need install Sopcast Player and Click Channel webplayer in Sopcas.com): CCTV5(6002) / Shanghai Sport(6001) / GD Sport(6543) CCTV5(6001) Starsport(6029) Setana 48608
  
• TVU Web player (Waiting install plugin and click channel ID for watch ): Shanghai Sport(48732) CCTV5(10007) Starsport(10006)
• Free ThaiTV(3/7) or JustinTV
  

Other Informations

• Group Stage Match 1 Results
  
• Competition Formats
• UCL Standings
• How to watch Sopcast and Download

UEFA Champion League Group Stage Match 2

UEFA Champion League Schedule
Group Stage Match 2
(GMT+1)

September 30 2008

Group E
19.45 AaB Aalborg vs. Man Utd----Starsport Sopcast 6029 TVU 10006, Sopcast 30931 or Live1, JustinTV Webplayer
9.45 Villarreal vs. Celtic---Check on Ball

Group B
19.45 Bayern Munich vs. Lyon---------ThaiTV3
19.45 Fiorentina vs. Steaua Bucharest

Group G
19.45 Arsenal vs. FC Porto-------ThaiTV7, Sopcast ESPN 6003, 6543, 6001
19.45 Fenerbahce vs. Dynamo Kiev

Group H
17.30 Zenit St Petersburg vs. Real Madrid---Starsport Sopcast 6029 TVU 10006, Sopcast 30931
19.45 BATE Borisov vs. Juventus

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October 1, 2008

Group A
19.45 Bordeaux v Roma
19.45 CFR Cluj-Napoca v Chelsea

Group B
19.45 Anorthosis Famagusta v Panathinaikos
19.45 Inter Milan v Werder Bremen

Group C
19.45 Shakhtar Donetsk v Barcelona
19.45 Sporting Lisbon v Basle

Group D
19.45 Atletico Madrid v Marseille
19.45 Liverpool v PSV Eindhoven

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TV Coverage: Shanghai Sport, CCTV, ESPN, StarSport, Setana, Fox Soccer ThaiTV 3/7

Free Watch Live Online on Internet (P2P) Guide

• Sopcast Web player(need install Sopcast Player and Click Channel webplayer in Sopcas.com): CCTV5(6002) / Shanghai Sport(6001) / GD Sport(6543) CCTV5(6001) Starsport(6029) Setana 48608
  
• TVU Web player (Waiting install plugin and click channel ID for watch ): Shanghai Sport(48732) CCTV5(10007) Starsport(10006)
• Free ThaiTV(3/7) or JustinTV
  

Other Informations

• Group Stage Match 1 Results
  
• Competition Formats
• UCL Standings
• How to watch Sopcast and Download

2008 UEFA Champion League - Group Stage

2008 UEFA Champion League
Group Stage

UEFA Champion League (UCL) will start group stage on September. The top two teams from each UEFA Champions League group into the first knockout round. The third-placed to enter the UEFA Cup knockout Round of 32.

UEFA Champion League Schedule Match 1 Results
(GMT+1)

September 16, 2008 (Results)
Group A

• 20.45 Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux
  
• 20.45 Roma 1-2 CFR Cluj-Napoca
  

Group B

• 20.45 Panathinaikos 0-2 Inter Milan
  
• 20.45 Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis Famagusta-
  

Group C

• 20.45 Basel 1-2 Shakhtar Donetsk
• 20.45 Barcelona 3-1 Sporting

Group D

• 20.45 PSV 0-3 Atletico Madrid
  
• 20.45 Marseille 1-2 Liverpool

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September 14, 2008
Group E

• 20.45 Man United 0-0 Villarreal
• 20.45 Celtic 0-0 AaB

Group F

• 20.45 Steaua Bucuresti 2-1 Bayern Munich
• 20.45 Lyon 2-2 Fiorentina

Group G

• 20.45 FC Porto 3-1 Fenerbahce
• 20.45 Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Arsenal

Group H

• 20.45 Juventus 1-0 Zenit
• 20.45 Real Madrid 2-0 BATE

TV Coverage: Shanghai Sport, CCTV, ESPN, StarSport, Setana, Fox Soccer ThaiTV 3/7

Other Informations

• Competition Formats
• UCL Standings
• How to watch Sopcast and Download
• Match 2 Schedule
  

Euro 2008 Semi Final Results & Clip Video Highlight

EURO 2008
Semi Final

June 25, 2008

Germany 3 - 2 Turkey

Clip Video From YouTube.com

if unavailable on Youtube.com goto
1.Clip from Megavideo
2.Clip from Imeem.com




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Euro 2008 Quarter Final Results & Clip Video Highlight

EURO 2008
Quarter Final Results
and Clip Video Highlight Guide
GMT+7

Quarter Final Fixtures & Result

June 19, 2008: Portugal 2-3 Germany

Clip Video From Youtube




Other place for watch Clip Video Highlight

1. Clip Video from Megavideo
2. Clip Video from Imeem
3. Goal of The Day
4. Highlight from UEFA.com
   

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June 20, 2008: Croatia 1-1 Turkey and Penalty Turkey won 3-1 with dramatic game

Clip Video From Youtube.com



Or Other for watch(If youtube unavailable)
1.Megavideo Clip
2.Imeem Video Clip


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Fixtures
June 21, 2008: Netherlands 1 - 3 Russia


Clip Video From Youtube.com




Or Other for watch(If youtube unavailable)
1.Megavideo
2.Imeem Video
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June 22, 2008: 01.45 - Spain 0-0 Italy Penalty Span won 4-2




Clip Video From Yutube.com

--Or other place (if unavailable on youtube)
1.Clip Spain-Italy on Megavideo

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Video & Song Trix Llix - EURO 2008

EURO 2008
Trix & Flix
by Shaggy



Video from youtube.com

Euro 2008 - Goal of The Day

EURO 2008
Goal of The Day

UEFA make the Day widget allows you to watch and vote for the best goals. Free watch video of goal the day and polls.

Watch Euro 2008 Online

EURO 2008 TV Guide

How to watch Euro 2008 . I have three way for watch Euro 2008.

1. Cable or Satellites broadcast If your cable don't broadcast Euro 2008, you should unsubscribe it. I know every country have EURO2008 (ITV Sky FoxSoccr Truevisions Bensport CCTV etc..)
2. Free TV East Asia have broadcast on FreeTV (ThaiTV7 ThaiTV6 MRTV(Burma) Indonesia TV )
3. Watch Online With P2P Channel you can watch free online.

• Sopcast Channel(Click for watch on sopcast webplayer in Sopcas.com): CCTV5(6002) / Shanghai Sport(6001) / GD Sport(6543) CCTV5(6001) Starsport(6029)
• TVU Channel(Click this link for watch on TVU webplayer): Shanghai Sport(48732) CCTV5(10007) Starsport(10006)

(TVU available only IE)

Recommend CCTV5 on Sopcast Boardcast 2 matches

4.FreeTV: ThaiTV7 & ThaiTV9

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-How to watch and free download Sopcast or TVU

Euro 2008 Prediction by Yourself

Euro 2008 Prediction by yourself

Every football tournament I will got prediction spreadsheet by E-mail. This week I try to find Euro 2008 spreadsheet for program and standings. But I cannot wait for e-mail. I search from Google and got 2 versions and this my prediction.

My First Round Prediction

Quarter Final / Semi Final / Final Prediction























Free Download Euro 2008 Schedule and Prediction in Excel Spreadsheet Link1 / Link 2

Thank for schedule from www.excely.com

and this another version from exceltemplate.net follow this Link

Italy National Football Team - Euro 2008

Azzurri
Italy National Football Team
in
Euro 2008

Background

The Italian national football team is controlled by the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) and represents Italy in international football competition. They are the current World Champions, having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Italy is among the top teams in international football and the second most successful national team having won four World Cups (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), just one fewer than Brazil. To this tally they can add one European championship (1968), two Central European International Cup and one Olympic Gold Medal (1936).

The traditional colour of the national team (as well as all Italian teams and athletes, except for motor sports which uses red) is azure blue (azzurro, in Italian), due to the "Azzurro Savoia" (Savoy Blue), the colour traditionally linked to the dynasty which unified Italy in 1860. Therefore national team members are nicknamed Azzurri.

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Italy in Euro 2008

Group C : Netherlands / Italy / Romania /France

Fixtures

• 09/06/2008 v Netherlands 20:45
• 13/06/2008 v Romania 18:00
• 17/06/2008 v France 20:45

Squads

Goalkeepers
* 1 Gianluigi Buffon
* 14 Marco Amelia
* 17 Morgan De Sanctis

Defenders
* 2 Christian Panucci
* 3 Fabio Grosso
* 4 Giorgio Chiellini
* 5 Alessandro Gamberini
* 6 Andrea Barzagli
* 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
* 23 Marco Materazzi

Midfielders
* 8 Gennaro Gattuso
* 10 Daniele De Rossi
* 13 Massimo Ambrosini
* 16 Mauro Camoranesi
* 20 Simone Perrotta
* 21 Andrea Pirlo
* 22 Alberto Aquilani

Forwards
* 7 Alessandro Del Piero
* 9 Luca Toni
* 11 Antonio Di Natale
* 12 Marco Borriello
* 15 Fabio Quagliarella
* 18 Antonio Cassano

Football Euro 2008 Schedule

UEFA Euro 2008
Schedule

Saturday 7 June 2008
1 Grp A 18.00 Switzerland vs. Czech Republic @ Basel - St. Jakob-Park
2 Grp A 20.45 Portugal vs. Turkey @ Geneva Stade de Genève

Sunday 8 June 2008
3 Grp B 18.00 Austria vs. Croatia @Vienna - Ernst Happel
4 Grp B 20.45 Germany vs. Poland @Klagenfurt - Wörthersee

Monday 9 June 2008
5 Grp C 18.00 Romania vs. France @Zurich - Letzigrund
6 Grp C 20.45 Netherlands vs. Italy @Berne - Stade de Suisse

Tuesday 10 June 2008
7 Grp D 18.00 Spain vs. Russia @Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
8 Grp D 20.45 Greece vs. Sweden @Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim

Wednesday 11 June 2008
9 Grp A 18.00 Czech Republic vs. Portugal @Geneva - Stade de Genève
10 Grp A 20.45 Switzerland vs. Turkey @Basel - St. Jakob-Park

Thursday 12 June 2008
11 Grp B 18.00 Croatia vs. Germany @Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
12 Grp B 20.45 Austria vs. Poland @Vienna - Ernst Happel

Friday 13 June 2008
13 Grp C 18.00 Italy vs. Romania @Zurich - Letzigrund
14 Grp C 20.45 Netherlands vs. France @Berne - Stade de Suisse

Saturday 14 June 2008
15 Grp D 18.00 Sweden vs. Spain @Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu
16 Grp D 20.45 Greece vs. Russia @Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim

After June 14 Play at 20.45
Sunday 15 June 2008
17 Grp A Switzerland vs. Portugal @Basel - St. Jakob-Park
18 Grp A Turkey vs. Czech Republic @Geneva - Stade de Genève

Monday 16 June 2008
19 Grp B Poland vs. Croatia @Klagenfurt - Wörthersee
20 Grp B Austria vs. Germany @Vienna - Ernst Happel

Tuesday 17 June 2008
21 Grp C Netherlands vs. Romania @Berne - Stade de Suisse
22 Grp C France vs. Italy @Zurich - Letzigrund

Wednesday 18 June 2008
23 Grp D Greece vs. Spain @Salzburg - EM Stadion Wals-Siezenheim
24 Grp D Russia vs. Sweden @Innsbruck - Tivoli Neu

Thursday 19 June 2008 - Quarter Final
25 Winner Grp A vs. Runner-up Grp B @Basel - St. Jakob-Park

Friday 20 June 2008 - Quarter Final
26 Winner Grp B vs. Runner-up Grp A @Vienna - Ernst Happel

Saturday 21 June 2008- Quarter Final
27 Winner Grp C vs. Runner-up Grp D @Basel - St. Jakob-Park

Sunday 22 June 2008- Quarter Final
28 Winner Grp D vs. Runner-up Grp C @Vienna - Ernst Happel

Wednesday 25 June 2008 - Semi Final
29 Winner #25 vs. Winner #26 @Basel - St. Jakob-Park

Thursday 26 June 2008 - Semi Final
30 Winner #27 vs. Winner #28 @Vienna - Ernst Happel

Sunday 29 June 2008 - Final
31 Winner #29 vs. Winner #30 @Vienna - Ernst Happel

Football Euro 2008 Teams

Euro 2008 Teams

Group A

• Switzerland
  
• Czech Republic
• Portugal
• Turkey
  

Group B

• Austria
• Croatia
• Germany
• Poland

Group C

• Netherlands
• Italy
• Romania
• France

Group D

• Greece
• Sweden
• Spain
• Russia

Football Euro 2008

Football Euro 2008
Austria and Switzerland
June 7-29, 2008

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2008, will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 June to 29 June 2008. It is the second successful joint bid in the competition's history, following the UEFA Euro 2000 hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands. The 2012 competition in Poland and Ukraine is scheduled to become the third jointly-hosted tournament.

A total of 16 teams will participate in the tournament. Austria and Switzerland automatically qualified as hosts; the remaining 14 teams have been determined through qualifying matches which started in August 2006. Austria and Poland will be making their first appearance in the tournament. The winner of Euro 2008 will represent UEFA at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, unless Italy wins the tournament, in which case the runner-up will be entered, as Italy are already entered as winners of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Prize money

UEFA announced that total of €184 million has been offered to the 16 teams competing in this tournament, increasing from €129 million in the previous tournament. The distributions as below:

• Participating fee: €7.5 million
  

Extra payment based on teams performances:

• Group stage (per match):

-Win: €1 million
-Draw: €500,000

• Quarter-finals: €2 million

• Semi-finals: €3 million

• Runner-up: €4.5 million

• Winner: €7.5 million

If the winner of the tournament wins all three matches in the group stage, they will receive a total prize of €23 million.

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Image from: Flickr

The UEFA Champions League Quarter Final draw 2008 Result

Champions League quarter-final 2008 Draw

Arsenal v Liverpool

AS Roma v Man Utd

Schalke 04 v FC Barcelona

Fenerbahce v Chelsea

Champions League semi-final draw:

1 Arsenal/Liverpool v Fenerbahce/Chelsea

2 Schalke/Barcelona v AS Roma/Man Utd

Inter Milan v Liverpool UEFA Champions League Live

UEFA Champions League Live

Inter Milan v Liverpool

Round 16 Legg 2

( agg 0-2 )

P2P Channel : Sopcast or Tvants

UEFA Champion League Round 16 L2 Fixtures

Tuesday, 04 March 2008
AC Milan v Arsenal, (agg 0-0)
Barcelona v Celtic, (agg 3-2)
Man Utd v Lyon, (agg 1-1)
Sevilla v Fenerbahce, (agg 2-3)

Wednesday, 05 March 2008
Chelsea v Olympiakos, (agg 0-0)
FC Porto v Schalke 04, (agg 0-1)
Real Madrid v Roma, (agg 1-2)

Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Inter Milan v Liverpool, (agg 0-2)

UEFA Cup Round 16 Fixtures

This is fixtures of UEFA Cup Round 16
Team / Leg1 / Leg 2

Anderlecht vs. Bayern -----06/03 -- 12/03

Marseille vs. Zenit-----06/03 -- 12/03

Fiorentina vs. Everton-----06/03 -- 12/03

Leverkusen vs. Hamburg-----06/03 -- 12/03

Tottenham vs. PSV-----06/03 -- 12/03

Benfica vs. Getafe-----06/03 -- 12/03

Rangers - Bremen-----06/03 -- 13/03

Bolton - Sporting-----06/03 -- 13/0

UEFA Cup This Week Feb 21, 2008

UEFA Cup - Round 32 (snd)
Thursday, 21 February 2008

16.00 Bayer Leverkusen v Galatasaray------Live Here
16.00 Hamburg v FC Zurich
16.30 Spartak Moscow v Marseille
17.00 Panathinaikos v Rangers
17.45 Bayern Munich v Aberdeen

19.45 Helsingborgs IF v PSV
19.45 Fiorentina v Rosenborg
19.45 Getafe v AEK Athens
19.45 Bordeaux v Anderlecht
19.45 Tottenham v Slavia Prague
19.45 Villarreal v Zenit St Petersburg
19.45 Atletico Madrid v Bolton

20.00 Everton v SK Brann
20.00 Basle v Sporting
20.00 Nuremburg v Benfica
21.30 Braga v Werder Bremen

UEFA Champion League This Week - Feb 19-20, 2008

GMT.
The UEFA Champions League playoffs round 32

Tuesday, 19 February 2008
19.45 Liverpool v Inter Milan-------Live Here
19.45 Olympiakos v Chelsea
19.45 Roma v Real Madrid
19.45 Schalke 04 v FC Porto


Wednesday, 20 February 2008

19.45 Arsenal v AC Milan
19.45 Celtic v Barcelona
19.45 Fenerbahce v Sevilla
19.45 Lyon v Man Utd------Live Here

UEFA Cup Round of 32 Fixtures

Wednesday, 13 February 2008
UEFA Cup
Zenit St Petersburg v Villarreal 17:00
Galatasaray v Bayer Leverkusen 17:45-----Live Here
AEK Athens v Getafe 18:00
SK Brann v Everton 19:00
Werder Bremen v Braga 19:30
Anderlecht v Bordeaux 19:45
Marseille v Spartak Moscow 19:45
PSV v Helsingborgs 19:45
Rangers v Panathinaikos 20:00
Sporting v Basle 20:45

Thursday, 14 February 2008
Aberdeen v Bayern Munich 18:00
FC Zurich v Hamburg 19:30
Rosenborg v Fiorentina 19:45
Slavia Prague v Tottenham 20:00
Bolton v Atletico Madrid 20:00
Benfica v Nuremburg 20:45

The UEFA Cup

The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). It is the second most important international competition for European football clubs, after the UEFA Champions League. Clubs qualify for the UEFA Cup based on their performance in national leagues and cup competitions.

It began in 1971 and replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In 1999 the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was abolished and merged with the UEFA Cup. While the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup is considered a pre-cursor to the UEFA Cup for records purposes, this does not apply to the Cup Winners' Cup.

Sevilla FC are the current holders of the UEFA Cup, having won the competition for the second year in a row. The 2007 UEFA Cup Final took place at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on 16 May 2007. They beat fellow Spaniards RCD Espanyol on penalties.

The final for the 2007-08 season will be played at the City of Manchester Stadium, home of English Premier League side Manchester City.

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UEFA Background

The Union of European Football Associations in English, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA , is the administrative and controlling body for European football. It represents the national football associations of Europe, runs Europe-wide national and club competitions, and controls the prize money, regulations and media rights to those competitions. Several national football associations which are geographically in Asia or mostly in Asia belong to UEFA rather than the Asian Football Confederation. These nations are Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel, Cyprus, Russia and Azerbaijan (Israel and Kazakhstan are former AFC members). Cyprus chose to be classed as a European football nation — it had the choice of Europe, Asia and Africa.

UEFA is one of the biggest of six continental confederations of FIFA. Of all the confederations, it is by far the strongest in terms of wealth and influence over the global game. Virtually all of the world's top players play in European leagues in part due to the salaries available from the world's wealthiest football clubs, particularly in England, Germany, Italy and Spain. Many of the world's strongest national sides are in UEFA. Of the 32 available spots in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, 14 were allocated to UEFA national teams, and currently 14 of the top 20 teams in the FIFA World Rankings are UEFA members.

UEFA was founded on June 15, 1954 in Basel, Switzerland following discussions between the French, Italian and Belgian FAs. The headquarters was in Paris until 1959 when the organisation moved to Bern. Henri Delaunay was the first General Secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the president. Its administrative centre since 1995 is in Nyon, Switzerland. It was initially made up of 25 national associations. Currently there are 53 associations (see the bottom of this page or List of UEFA national football teams).

UEFA, as a representative of the national associations, has had a number of bruising clashes with the European Commission. In the 1990s the issues of television rights and especially international transfers (the Bosman ruling) have had to undergo some major changes to remain in line with European law.

The current UEFA President is Michel Platini.

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UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League is a seasonal club football competition organised by one of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 1955 for the most successful football clubs in Europe. The prize, the European Champion Clubs' Cup, is considered the most prestigious club trophy in the sport.

The UEFA Champions League is separate from the less prestigious UEFA Cup and the defunct Cup Winners' Cup.

The tournament consists of several stages. In the present format it begins in mid-July with three preliminary knockout qualifying rounds. The 16 surviving teams join 16 seeded teams in a group stage. Eight group winners and eight runners-up enter the final knockout rounds, which end with the final match in May.

The current holders of the UEFA Champions League trophy are AC Milan, who beat Liverpool FC 2-1 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece on 23 May 2007.

Moscow will host its first European Cup final for the 2007-08 season.

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