England: Nathaniel Chalobah (Chelsea)Injuries and the promotion of Marcus Rashford have not stopped Aidy Boothroyd naming a strong squad. Defender Chalobah, after loan spells with the likes of Napoli, Reading and Middlesbrough, was given his Chelsea chance this season and made ten appearances in their Premier League victory, mostly from the bench. A final tournament will hold no fears for the assured centre-back, having helped England win the 2010 U17 EURO, and this will be his third U21 EURO. Poland: Dawid Kownacki (Lech Poznań)The 20-year-old has been compared to Robert Lewandowski – who also ma... UEFA.com - News
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Real Madrid continue to dominate UEFA club rankings
Real Madrid ended top of the UEFA club coefficient rankings for the fourth straight season while Spain remains the dominant national association after the 2016/17 campaign. The associations' positions in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League access lists are determined on the basis of the associations' coefficients established at the finish of the 2016/17 campaign, on the basis of the associations' coefficients from seasons 2012/13 to 2016/17.
WU19 EURO elite round updates
The UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship consists of three distinct stages: two qualifying rounds and the finals.Qualifying roundThe qualifying round, played in September, is made up of 11 groups of four teams playing in one-venue mini-tournaments. The group winners plus the ten runners-up with the best record against the teams first and third in their section advancing to the elite round alongside three nations given byes, seeds France, England and Germany.Elite roundIn the elite round, played in April, those 24 teams go into six mini-tournament groups of four. The group winners and the runners-up with the best record again... UEFA.com - News
Chile touch down in Moscow
Chile the first team to arrive in Russia for the Confederations Cup La Roja make their debut in the tournament against Cameroon on 18 June 8,000 Chilean fans have already purchased tickets Copa America champions Chile landed in Moscow on Tuesday afternoon, becoming the first team to arrive in Russia ahead of the FIFA Confederations Cup.The Chileans will face Russia in a friendly on Friday at CSKA Moscow’s new stadium, the VEB Arena, before departing for Romania for their last warm-up match on 13 June against the hosts.La Roja will make their Confederations... FIFA.com - News
Summer football: June, July and August highlights
The UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League finals are behind us, but the summer is not a time to relax, with the UEFA Women's EURO and the UEFA European Under-21 Championship only two of the five international competitions being played over the next few months.The UEFA Super Cup and the qualifying phases of the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League are also taking place, and we have the UEFA Super Cup game on 8 August. By our calculations, that means just 22 days, up until 31 August, when there will not be a draw, a EURO qualifier or a final tournament match*.June
Final standings: Messi tops Europe’s leading league scorers
Lionel Messi could not hold on to be the campaign's top UEFA Champions League marksman, but has finished as the top scorer in Europe's top domestic leagues for 2016/17.Messi's tally of 37 goals from 34 Liga outings proved to be insurmountable. Edinson Cavani and Bas Dost came second and third respectively, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Robert Lewandowski the only other players to hit 30 or more. The leading eight scorers (seven nationalities) all ply their trade in one of Europe's top seven leagues according to UEFA coefficient rankings. Yet the most prolific striker of the 2016/17 season was found in Gibraltar,
Real Madrid lead 2017/18 Champions League seeds
Newly minted holders Real Madrid are among eight teams seeded in Pot 1 for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 24 August along with the returning Spartak Moskva and, following Saturday's result in Cardiff, Shakhtar Donetsk, as 22 clubs are now confirmed for next season's competition. Thanks to a system that began in 2015/16, Pot 1 for the group stage draw is formed by the holders and the champions of the top seven national associations as per the UEFA association club coefficient rankings at the end of season 2015/16 that formed the 2017/18 access list. But since Madrid won both