PLAYERSBig numbersMost appearances*: 89 – Iker Casillas (Real Madrid, Porto)Most goals: 60 – Lionel Messi (Barcelona)Best strike rate**: 0.97 goals per game – Lionel Messi (60 goals in 62 group stage appearances)Most goals in a single game: 5 – Luiz Adriano (BATE Borisov 0-7 Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 October 2014)Most goals in a single campaign: 11 – Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 2015/16) *does not include second group stage**minimum ten goals scored< ... UEFA.com - News
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All you need to know: Europa League draw
Who is in the draw? (*group winners)Arsenal*, Atalanta, Braga, Dynamo Kyiv, FCSB, Lazio*, Lyon, Milan*, Nice, Östersund, Partizan, Plzeň, Real Sociedad, Salzburg*, Villarreal*, Zenit Sixteen down, 16 to go.When and where is the draw?The draw begins at 13:00CET on Monday 11 December. It takes place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, and immediately follows the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw.How will the draw work?There will be two pots of clubs for the round of 32 draw: the 12 group winners and the four best third-ranked... UEFA.com - News
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
Follow the UEFA Futsal Cup main round
The UEFA Futsal Cup comprises three group stages and a four-team final tournament.Preliminary roundDepending on the number of entrants, the lower-ranked nations are drawn into three or four-team mini-tournaments played at the start of the season. Each mini-tournament is staged by one of the clubs and each team plays each other once with the group winners (and if needed a certain number of runners-up) progressing.Main roundThe preliminary round winners join the remaining entrants. In Path A, the holders, and the other teams ranked 1 to 11 and 16 to 19 (excluding the holders) are drawn into four groups of four from which the top thre... UEFA.com - News
European Qualifiers for World Cup: who is through, who needs what?
Who needs what from the remaining European Qualifiers to join Belgium, England, Germany, Iceland, Poland, Serbia, Spain and hosts Russia at next summer's FIFA World Cup? We explain the permutations.All nine group winners qualify automatically, with the eight runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group going into the play-offs. Road to Russia: schedulePlay-off draw (Zurich): 17 October Play-off first legs: 9-11 November Play-off second legs: 12-14 November Final tournament draw (Moscow): 1 December Final tourna... UEFA.com - News
European Qualifiers for World Cup: who needs what?
Who needs what from the remaining European Qualifiers to join Belgium, England. Germany and hosts Russia at next summer's FIFA World Cup? With the penultimate games continuing on Friday, we explain the permutations.All nine group winners qualify automatically, with the eight runners-up with the best record against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their group going into the play-offs. Road to Russia: schedulePlay-off draw (Zurich): 17 October Play-off first legs: 9-11 November Play-off second legs: 12-14 November Final tourmant draw (Moscow): 1 December
Qualifying round kicks off road to Finland
Kosovo are making their UEFA European Under-19 Championship debut and kick off the 2017/18 competition with a game against Austria as the qualifying round gets under way on Tuesday.How the competition worksHosts Finland qualify automatically for next summer's final tournamentSpain and Portugal are also given a bye to the elite round, to be played in spring 2018The remaining 52 entrants are split into 13 groups of fourThe top two in each group qualify for the elite roundIn the elite round, the seven group winners will join Finland in the July 2018 finals.