UEFA Cup Final Trophy, Glasgow
Originally uploaded by vataa El sorteo se ha realizado no hace mucho los 8 grupos han quedado de la siguiente manera:

* GRUPO A: Schalke 04 (ALE), Paris Saint Germain (FRA), Manchester City (ING), REAL RACING CLUB (ESP) y Twente (HOL).
* GRUPO B: Benfica (POR), Olympiacos (GRE), Galatasaray (TUR), Hertha de Berlín (ALE) y Metalist Kharkiv (UCR). Click to continue reading...

Much of the press will go to Milan (this is the fourth story on the ESPN front page, not Soccernet) & the British clubs, but the more intriguing matchups are to be found elsewhere, and none has more potential than Group C. Sevilla made the leap last year to the Champions League, but they're back on [. Click to continue reading...

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...

One thing it's difficult to complain about at the moment in La Liga is the sheer amount of footy on the telly. There was a midweek league programme to make up for the weekend lost to internationals, and I managed to take in Barça v Betis and Sevilla v Espanyol, with the occasional trip to the kitchen to make a cuppa. Click to continue reading...

Six games in to the season and Spurs boss Juande Ramos is under pressure. When Tottenham went looking to replace Martin Jol last season, Sevilla were doing well (they'd just won the UEFA Cup) and Juande Ramos looked like the perfect man for the job. The man who could bring some of that Seville magic [. Click to continue reading...

          Final     Osasuna  0 - 0 Deportivo       Villarreal  2 - 0  Racing Santander VIL: Joan Capdevila 28     Joseba Llorente 32´     Final     Barcelona  3 - 2  Real Betis BAR: Eto'o 17´, 23´     Gudjohnsen  80´   BET:  Monzón 59      Jose Mari   67´   Final     Getafe  1 - 2 Atlético GET:   Albín 75´   ATM: Cortés 30     Sinama-Pongolle 82´       Final   Real Madrid  7 - 1  Sporting Gijon MAD: Van der Vaart 18´, 33´, 47     Higuaín 37´     Robben 51     Raúl 59´, 64   SPO: Kike Mateo  51´         Sevilla FC  2 - 0  Espanyol SEV: Enzo Maresca 57     Javier Chevanton 86´         Málaga  0 - 2  Valencia VAL:   Villa 71´, 90´     Recreativo 1 - 1  Athletic Bilbao REC: Javi Guerrero 71   ATB: David López  76´       Valladolid  2 - 0  Almeria VLL: Alvaro Rubio 66     Medunjanin [. Click to continue reading...

Sevilla defender Aquivaldo Mosquera will be out for three weeks due to an ankle sprain.  In the MRIs that were done Mosquera's absence will allow Ivica Dragutinovic to once again be a part of the nervionense  Starting XI. The Colombian international was carried off the pitch after a hard foul by Chica should have earned Espanyol [. Click to continue reading...

Sporting Gijon crushed again, this time by Real Madrid, Barcelona hold off Real Betis thanks to a late Eider Gudjohnson goal, Atletico Madrid beat Getafe and Villarreal top the table after a win over Racing Santandar.

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LA LIGA TABLE
CLUB GP W L D PTS GD Villarreal4301104 Real Madrid431098 Atlético Madrid431098 Sevilla FC420283 Barcelona421175 Valencia320174 Almeria320173 Espanyol421170 Getafe411250 Deportivo La Coruña411250 Athletic Bilbao311140 Numancia31203-1 Osasuna40133-1 Valladolid31203-2 Recreativo Huelva31203-4 Real Betis40222-2 Mallorca30122-3 Racing Santander40222-4 Málaga30211-5 Sporting Gijon40400-13 Click to continue reading...

The attention before and after this weekend's Premier League fixtures was focused towards Stamford Bridge and the first meeting of Chelsea and Manchester United since the European Cup final in May. Fans of clubs outside the ‘big' four' often bemoan their lack of coverage in the media but one club should be thanking their lucky stars [. Click to continue reading...

Time is running out for Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos as Spurs continue to stutter in the Premier League. There have been a few rumours suggesting that the former Sevilla coach could even hand in his resignation before long and travel back to his native Spain. But Ramos has refuted those .. Click to continue reading...

After this week, the WCR Top 25 will go through its most radical change of the season.  The reason for this is that until each club in a given domestic league has played five matches, the prior season's results are factored in to preserve some sense of continuity and to give the new season time to mature.

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After kicking off the Champions League & UEFA Cup, Europe goes back home and hasn't left us wanting, giving us some very big and very interesting games over the next two days. Though it would be nice if they all go together and split the good ones up evenly between Saturday and Sunday... Prem.: What else? Click to continue reading...

History is to be made on Thursday night as Racing Santander and Honka as both clubs are participating in European competition for the first-time in their histories.

Six seasons of stability in Spain's top-flight at Santander has been rewarded with a UEFA Cup slot after they overachieved with a 6th place finish last season. Click to continue reading...

Atlético Madrid forward will be out for approximately three after injuring his right thigh in Tuesday night's Champions League opener against PSV Eindhoven.    Forlán injured the medial portion of his quadriceps in the 26th minute of the Colchoneros´ 3-0 win at Philips Stadion.   var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,345,108407,"http://pis. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham boss Juande Ramos will try once again to prise winger Diego Capel out of Sevilla after failing in his attempt this summer, according to the People. Ramos, who guided the Spanish side to UEFA Cup success in 2006, helped nurture Capel through the ranks and is keen to bring the 20-year-old left winger to White [. Click to continue reading...

Saturday Barcelona    1 -1     Racing                                                                               BAR:  Messi (71′-pk)   RAC:  Jonathan Pereira (77′)     Valladolid [...] Click to continue reading...

Big Loser:   Chile and Colombia.  If there is a tiebreaker it would hav to be based on the result.  So La Roja woud have to earn that honor.  These were the only two that lost at home.   But it was not their loss on the scoreboard, it was their offensive ineptitude that raised questions- again. Click to continue reading...

Sadly, we could've turned this thing into an all-Prem list, but did our best to look elsewhere. Didn't turn out so well. The problem is so many sums paid in the Premiership dwarf that of those in other leagues - Serie A, Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1, etc. - that it can make their normally [...] Click to continue reading...

Arsenal are reported to have had an eleventh hour offer of £14million rejected by Liverpool for Spanish International Xabi Alonso.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had been heavily linked with a move for the EURO 2008 winner all summer, along with the man the Anfield club had identified as the Spaniards replacement at the Reds, Gareth Barry of Aston Villa. Click to continue reading...

For the first time in almost 70 years that Spain's two leading clubs both lost their opening games of the season.Way way back (many centuries ago) in the1939/1940 campaign Real Madrid lost 3-1 to Sevilla and Barcelona lost 1-0 to Espanyol. Since then, neither side have lost simultaneously in the first match of the season.

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The intent of Jorge Luis Pinto´s 22-man roster leaves no doubt as to his intent.   A six-point sweep would put them in second place in the standings since Argentina will face Paraguay next weekend.   The six points would leave them only nine points away from the magic number of 25 that is going to be [. 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 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round draw was conducted today with the first leg to be played on Thursday 18 September 2008 with the second leg to be played on Thursday 2 October 2008. Five days after the second legs the draw will be held for the group stage, the fixture dates for which are 23 [...] Click to continue reading...

The 08/09 Spanish Primera kicks off this weekend, a brief warmup before the international break for World Cup qualifiers. Bill Turianski does a nice preview of the season, looking at attendance figures from the 07/08 La Liga season. Notes: With Real Zaragoza gone (and replaced by minnows Numancia), the average attendance is set to drop this season. Click to continue reading...

I'm back to give you another rundown of the latest transfer news and rumors from the world of football, and while I don't know what Dimitar Berbatov ate for breakfast, I do have plenty else for you, including a bit about who his current club are set to sign. England The Sun says that Chelsea [...] Click to continue reading...

Raphael Honigstein, Guillem Balague and Gabriele Marcotti discuss the upcoming Spanish football season and give their predictions on who will be winning the 2008 / 2009 season. Raphael Honigstein: Gentlemen, let's talk about Spain now. Guillem, your prediction? Guillem Balague: Real Madrid to finish runners-up, fighting with Villarreal and Sevilla. Click to continue reading...

En la página del Betis, se ha confirmado que Nery Castillo está a punto de firmar con el Club, aquí la nota: El delantero mexicano Nery Castillo llega hoy a Sevilla para mañana pasar el reconocimiento médico si el Real Betis y el Shakhtar Donetsk alcanzan un acuerdo esta noche. Así lo ha anunciado la radio oficial [. Click to continue reading...

En la página del Betis, se ha confirmado que Nery Castillo está a punto de firmar con el Club, aquí la nota: El delantero mexicano Nery Castillo llega hoy a Sevilla para mañana pasar el reconocimiento médico si el Real Betis y el Shakhtar Donetsk alcanzan un acuerdo esta noche. Así lo ha anunciado la radio oficial [. Click to continue reading...

NERY CASTILLO LLEGA A SEVILLA

El delantero mexicano Nery Castillo llega hoy a Sevilla para mañana pasar el reconocimiento médico si el Real Betis y el Shakhtar Donetsk alcanzan un acuerdo esta noche.
Así lo ha anunciado la radio oficial del club verdiblanco. (89.6 FM)
Nery Castillo nace en San Luis Potosí en 1984 aunque se marchó muy pequeño a Uruguay. Click to continue reading...

Without the season started Sevilla already bad news comes again. The biggest signing in club's history will not be available for the rest of the year as he will have to endure a severe knee injury. Arouna Kone's career is now in jeopardy after suffering a severe knee injury in a national team [...] Click to continue reading...

Hopefully this becomes great news for LLT´s Barça nut R.D. Baker as Zenit St. Petersburg officially stated that negotiations with Tottenham Hotspur over Euro2008 revelation Andrei Arshavin broke off earlier on Wednesday. This leaves the door wide open for Barcelona to come in and swipe the player, but there is very little time. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham are today preparing for life without Dimitar Berbatov after the striker admitted he is desperate for a move to Manchester United. The Bulgarian international has been linked with a move to Old Trafford all summer long and it now appears as though things are beginning to take shape for his £25 million transfer. Click to continue reading...

XABI ALONSO has told Liverpool he wants to leave Anfield – but is likely to be priced out of a move to Arsenal.

The Spanish midfielder's future has been the subject of debate throughout the summer, particularly with Rafael Benitez intent on signing Gareth Barry.

Alonso was on the verge of a £16m move to Juventus until the deal collapsed with the Italian side signing Sevilla's Christian Poulsen instead. Click to continue reading...

Spanish National Squad Announced:

Del Bosque announced his first squad that will face Denmark in a friendly on August 20th. No Raul and no Guti. First time call ups Fernando Amorebieta, Central Defender from Athletic Bilbao, Andoni Iraola, an attacking Right Back or Right Midfielder, also from Athletic Bilbao, Diego Capel, Left Winger from Sevilla and Bojan Krkic, el Crack from Barçelona.

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It was going to be a pretty short day in transfer news and rumors, but there's a reason I stay up a little late, so that I can catch the early Friday rumors around Europe. So, there are a few extra tidbits in today's roundup which make things a little more juicy than they [...] Click to continue reading...