PLAYERSMost hat-tricks 7= Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 7= Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 3= Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus 2, AC Milan) 3= Mario Gomez (Bayern) 3= Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar)All of Ronaldo's hat-tricks to date came in an 18-month spell between December 2015 and May 2017.Most hat-tricks in one season3 Cristiano Ronaldo (2015/16) 2= Cristiano Ronaldo (2016/17) 2= Lionel Messi (2011/12, 2016... UEFA.com - News
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#UYL Domestic Champions path draw live on Tuesday
The 32 Domestic Champions path teams compete for eight play-off berths in two rounds of home-and-away knockout ties, with the draw streamed live from Nyon at 14:00CET on Tuesday.First round (3 & 24 October) Four geographical groups have been formed, with no seeding. Group 1Montpellier (FRA)Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)Altınordu (TUR)Basel (SUI)Hamilton Academical (SCO)Septemvri Sofia (BUL)Žilina (SVK)HJK Helsinki (FIN)Group 2Chelsea (ENG)Anderlecht (BEL)FC Admira (AUT)Midtjylland (DEN)Elfsborg (SWE)Molde (NOR)K... UEFA.com - News
***Who scored your club’s first Champions League goal?
You always remember your first … or do you?Hoffenheim make their debut in the UEFA Champions League stage next week, but who will have the honour of scoring that historic first goal? And how long will the Bundesliga side's fans have to wait? Over the past 26 years, 137 clubs have registered in the group stage. Some didn’t have to wait long (it took 38 seconds for Andreas Möller to get Dortmund up and running); some did (there were four minutes of Galatasaray's maiden group stage left when they finally got off the mark).There have been own goals and penalties; goals scored
Champions League group stage draw: Pot 1
Real Madrid (ESP) UEFA coefficient ranking (end of 2017/18): 1How they qualified: UEFA Champions League winnersBest European Cup performance: winners x13 (most recently 2017/18)In a nutshell: Champions for three seasons running but, curiously, an unknown entity now that Zinédine Zidane has been replaced by Julen Lopetegui and Cristiano Ronaldo is in Turin. How will Lopetegui cope? Who will fill Ronaldo's 450-goal void? Will Madrid's European dominance continue or has the bubble burst?Atlético Madrid (ESP)UEFA coefficient ranking (end of 2017/1... UEFA.com - News
UEFA Futsal Champions League starts Tuesday
The UEFA Futsal Cup has become the UEFA Futsal Champions League in 2018/19: here is the format and the key dates for the new season. What is the format?• The top three nations in the UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings will have two guaranteed entries in the competition: for 2018/19 that is Spain, Portugal and Russia.• Kazakhstan (ranked fourth) will also have a second entrant for 2018/19 as Spanish champions Inter FS will enter as holders (joined by Barça; no country can enter ... UEFA.com - News
Champions League group stage draw: all you need to know
UEFA Europa League play-off ties confirmed
The lineup for the UEFA Europa League play-offs has been finalised after the third qualifying round concluded on Tuesday. The play-offs are split into the champions path and the main path; the winners of the 21 ties will join 21 automatic entrants and six UEFA Champions League play-off losers in the group stage.Play-off ties take place on 23 and 30 August, with the group stage draw on 31 August.Play-off ties: champions pathOlimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Spartak Trnava (SVK) APOEL (CYP) v Astana (KAZ) Rosenborg (NOR) v Shkëndija (MKD)F91 Dudelange... UEFA.com - News