Who are the sides?The traditional curtain-raiser for the UEFA club competition season brings together UEFA Champions League holders Real Madrid and UEFA Europa League winners Atlético. It is the first time in 43 editions that both sides have come from the same city. When and where does it take place?
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Europa League final preview: Marseille v Atlético
All you need to know about the final Marseille, Atlético contest 47th final in competition No French side has won UEFA Cup/Europa League Marseille meet two-time winners Atlético Atleti won previous finals in 2010 and 2012 Possible line-ups Marseille: Mandanda; Sakai, Rami, Luiz Gustavo, Amavi; Anguissa, Sanson; Thauvin, Payet, Ocampos; GermainAtlético: Oblak; Vrsaljko, Giménez, Godín, Lucas; Koke, Saúl Ñíguez, Ga... UEFA.com - News
Liverpool v Manchester City: previous all-English ties
Taking on Premier League rivals in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be no new experience for Liverpool – but Manchester City will be breaking new ground on 4 and 10 April.This tie, played on 4 and 10 April, will be the fifth at this stage of the competition between two English clubs, and the third involving Liverpool. Indeed, the Reds have played in six of the ten previous all-English encounters in the European Cup (including the only one in the pre-UEFA Champions League era), and seven of the 14 in UEFA club competition overall. Only one has previously featured
Additional fine-tuning of club competition regulations for 2018/19 onwards
With UEFA's club competitions entering a new three-year-cycle starting next season, several key changes have already been announced as part of their evolution.However, after February's UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Bratislava and the decisions taken by football's lawmakers, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), on 3 March in Zurich, more changes have been confirmed in relation to the new club competition regulations coming into effect for the 2018/19 campaign. These changes, which will apply equally to the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Super Cup, include:• From the 2018/19 season, a four... UEFA.com - News
All you need to know: Champions League squad changes
Each of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 hopefuls is now allowed to register a maximum of three new eligible players – here we look at the exact regulations before we bring you all the official squad changes once they have been confirmed by UEFA. What are the rules?Here are the relevant extracts from the official competition regulations: 44.01 For all matches from the start of the round of 16, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 1 February 2018
Can Sánchez play in this season’s Champions League?
Alexis Sánchez has left UEFA Europa League contenders Arsenal to join UEFA Champions League challengers Manchester United on a four-and-a-half-year contract. Does that mean he is ineligible for the rest of this season's competition? No. Since he has not played in the UEFA Champions League this season, Sánchez can be registered for the knockout rounds. Here are the relevant extracts from the competition regulations. 44.01 For all matches from the start of the round of 16, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registrat... UEFA.com - News
Guess who was the top UEFA competition scorer of 2017?
He was outscored in UEFA competition in 2016 by Ada Hegerberg, but Cristiano Ronaldo came out on top in this year's chart.In the calendar year just ending, Ronaldo managed 19 UEFA Champions League goals for Real Madrid in addition to eight in European Qualifiers for Portugal. Hegerberg, meanwhile, missed out on the top five for 2017 but is coming into form, having scored 13 goals in the first four matches of Lyon's UEFA Women's Champions League title defence, already just one off the seasonal record.