Barcelona, Chelsea, Linköping, Montpellier, Wolfsburg, and holders Lyon all booked their places in the 24 November UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final draw after coming through round of 16 ties on Wednesday. the remaining two second legs are on Thursday.Wednesday's second legs Rosengård 0-1 Chelsea (agg: 0-4)Leading 3-0 from the first leg, Chelsea's quarter-final debut was assured when Crystal Dunn set up Ji So-Yun for a 53rd-minute away goal. Rosengård, whose striker and all-time tournament top scorer Anja Mittag became only the third player to make 70 UEFA women's club compe... UEFA.com - News
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November’s U21 EURO qualifying action
Qualifying for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Italy and San Marino ended for the year over the last week. How qualifying works• Italy have a bye to the finals in summer 2019 but co-hosts San Marino must qualify.• Kosovo and Gibraltar are making debuts among record field of 54 teams competing in qualifying.• The nine group winners qualify automatically for the finals.• The four runners-up with the best records against the teams first, third, fourth and fifth in their group go into the play-offs, where a pair of two-legged ties will decide the last two qualifiers.The gr... UEFA.com - News
Buffon bows out with European caps record
Gianluigi Buffon won his 175th and final Italy cap on Monday as a goalless draw with Sweden confirmed the Azzurri's play-off exit and brought a premature end to a stellar international career.In his honour, we look at the ten Europeans with the most international appearances. World record: Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) 184
Long-term absentees make triumphant returns
Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia return to the world finals The trio join Egypt and Nigeria, who had both qualified with a game to spare Côte d’Ivoire would have gone through had they beaten Morocco at home THE DAY REPLAYED - A tense final day of the African qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ ended with Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia joining Egypt and Nigeria as the continent’s five qualifiers. While the last two world finals saw the same quintet of Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria represent Africa on both occ... FIFA.com - News
Twelve down, two to go: Europe’s World Cup contenders
The play-off phase of the European Qualifiers is in full swing, with Switzerland and Croatia the first teams to join the nine sides who topped their sections to earn a place alongside hosts Russia at next summer's FIFA World Cup. The final tournament draw takes place in Moscow on 1 December and the finals run from 14 June to 15 July.WATCH QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS UEFA qualifiers: Belgium, Croatia*, England, France, Germany (holders), Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Russia (hosts), Serbia, Spain, Switzerland**Via play-offsThere are still two European places up for grabs from the remaining pla... UEFA.com - News
APOEL braced for Real Madrid backlash
Real Madrid CF had a rude awakening on matchday four, but the holders are still well placed to reach the UEFA Champions League round of 16 for the 15th season in a row as they visit APOEL, who are still harbouring faint hopes of a surprise qualification of their own.• Madrid won their first two Group H games, including the 3-0 home victory against APOEL on matchday one, but picked up just one point from their two fixtures against Tottenham Hotspur FC and are second in the section on seven points, three behind their English rivals. Zinédine Zidane's side nevertheless hold a five-point cushion over
Ten down, four to go: Europe’s World Cup contenders
The group phase of the European Qualifiers has concluded, with the nine teams who topped their sections earning places alongside hosts Russia at next summer's FIFA World Cup. The final tournament draw takes place in Moscow on 1 December and the finals run from 14 June to 15 July.UEFA qualifiers: Belgium, England, France, Germany (holders), Iceland, Poland, Portugal, Russia (hosts), Serbia, Spain There are still four European places up for grabs, contested by the eight best runners-up (Slovakia miss out), with the play-offs scheduled between 9 and 14 November.