After 25 seasons, Francesco Totti made his 786th and final appearance for home-town club Roma on Sunday. It got us thinking: with the 40-year-old bowing out, who are the longest-serving one-club men still playing in Europe's top leagues? Here's what we found ...CriteriaPlayers must have spent their entire senior career with the same club, and must never have played for another team – even on loan. We looked at the top eight leagues according to the UEFA coefficients. Spain: Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)Seasons: 15, competitive appearances: 624... UEFA.com - News
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UEFA Europa League final team news
AjaxLikely XI: Onana; Veltman, De Ligt, Sánchez, Riedewald; Klaassen, Schöne, Ziyech; Traoré, Dolberg, Younes.Out: Viergever (suspended), Sinkgraven (knee/fitness) Daley Sinkgraven has lost his race to be fit after six weeks out with a knee problem. With Nick Viergever suspended, Jairo Riedewald is the most likely choice to fill the vacant left-back berth, though there's an option to switch Joël Veltmann there, with Kenny Tete coming in on the right. Lasse Schöne looks set to get the nod ahead of Donny van de Beek in midfield courtesy of his threat from set pieces and expe... UEFA.com - News
United without a win in four after Southampton draw
Southampton v Manchester UnitedLine-up: Romero; Bailly, Smalling, Jones, Darmian; Tuanzebe (Carrick 64), Fellaini (Herrera 75); Mata (Rashford 69), Mkhitaryan, Martial; Rooney. Form guide (all competitions, most recent first): DLDLWDUnited have now drawn four of their last seven games in all competitions following this stalemate on the south coast. José Mourinho's side, already guaranteed a sixth-placed finish prior to kick-off, were indebted to goalkeeper Sergio Romero for a number of fine saves, most notably after just six minutes when he stopped Manolo Gabbiadini's p... UEFA.com - News
UEFA trophy presentations to be made on the pitch
The UEFA Champions League, UEFA Women's Champions League and UEFA Europa League trophies will be presented to the winning captains on the pitch this year, following a decision by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin.The trophies will be presented on the field to the winning captains by the UEFA President after the UEFA Europa League final at Stockholm's Friends Arena on 24 May, the UEFA Women's Champions League final at the Cardiff City Stadium on 1 June and the UEFA Champions League decider at the National Stadium of Wales on 3 June. Purpose-built stages have been produced for these venues, and assembling them will take less than
Chelsea secure Premier League title in Conte’s first season
How they won itBack-to-back defeats by Liverpool (2-1) and Arsenal (3-0) in September prompted Antonio Conte to switch to a 3-4-2-1 system; this was a clear turning point. Indeed the Blues have dropped just 13 points in their subsequent 30 fixtures, with David Luiz, Marcos Alonso, N'Golo Kanté (Premier League player of the year) and Eden Hazard among those to have profited most visibly from their manager's tactical tweak. Key number: 13Following that change in formation, Chelsea racked up 13 consecutive league wins – just one shy of the English top-flight record. That sequence was ended ... UEFA.com - News
UEFA Futsal Cup: how the new format will work
The UEFA Futsal Cup is expanding for 2017/18 and we explain the slight tweaks to the format of a competition that will become the UEFA Futsal Champions League in 2018/19.What is changing?• The main initial change is that for the first time the top three nations in the UEFA Futsal National Team coefficient rankings will have two guaranteed entries in the competition: for 2017/18 that is Russia, Spain and Portugal.• Italy (ranked fourth) will also have a second entrant for 2017/18 as Spain's Inter FS will enter as UEFA Futsal Cup holders (only one other team will qualify from Spain... UEFA.com - News
UEFA Futsal Cup final preview: Sporting CP v Inter
“I have to say the atmosphere in our camp is absolutely fantasticNuno Dias, Sporting coach”What you need to know• Inter FS are in a record seventh final, overtaking FC Dynamo. The Madrid-based club won the trophy in 2004, 2006 and 2009 (the only three-time champions) but were runners-up in 2007, 2010 and 2016.• Ortiz and Jesús Herrero remain from Inter's triumphant 2009 squad while Ricardinho played against them in Benfica's final win th... UEFA.com - News