UEFA held the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage today and some fascinating pairings emerged. Both Martin Jol and Steve McClaren will take their new clubs back to England as FC Twente will face Manchester City and Jol's Hamburg will take on Aston Villa. This year's groups are looking really tough and the field contains [. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Cup first-round draw was held on Friday and there are a number of interesting new faces in the competition. One of those teams is Dutch side FC Twente, who as we've detailed in previous posts, is now coached by former England boss Steve McClaren. Twente, who were entered into the UEFA Cup after [. Click to continue reading...

The final set of Intertoto Cup fixtures took place over the weekend and the eleven winning clubs now advance to the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. Advancing are Aston Villa, Napoli, Stade Rennais FC, RC Deportivo La Coruna, SC Braga, SC Vaslui, SK Sturm Graz, Grasshopper-Club, VfB Stuttgart, IF Elfsborg and Rosenborg BK. Click to continue reading...

Portugal's S.C. Braga beat Turkey's Sivasspor 2-0 in the Intertoto Cup first leg on Sunday, and it's safe to say that Sivasspor keeper Volkan Ünlü had a bad night. With Sivasspor already 1-0 down, Ünlü was beaten from about 70 meters out by a strike from defender Moisés. I say strike, but it was more like [. Click to continue reading...

With Euro 2008 taking up everybody's attention the 2008/09 Intertoto Cup kicked off this weekend. The Intertoto Cup is a Summer competition that allows clubs from all over Europe to qualify for the UEFA Cup, joining the competition at the 2nd Qualifying round.
Due to a complete reformat of European Competition next season this is the last season of the Intertoto Cup in its present format. Click to continue reading...

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1. Jon Dahl Tomasson's aesthetically pleasing cross-box chip in Villareal's 4-1 thumping of FC BATE.

2. Petter Andersson's simply nasty bullet strike for Hammarby versus Braga.

3. Andriy Arshavin's cracker from outside of the box for Zenit against Standard Liege.

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The 22-year-old Swede scored two brilliant goals as his club, Hammarby, defeats Portuguese side Braga, 2-1. The first one, at about the 2:20 mark of the video, he beats three defenders then unleashes a bullet from right outside the box that hits the bottom of the crossbar and bounces into the goal. The second one, around the 3:45 mark, is from an indirect free kick that is laid off to him. Click to continue reading...