As Scotland slid down 10 places from 16th to 26th in the latest round of FIFA's world rankings, is it possible that the country's hysteria over the exploits at both club and country level last term has finally died down? Consider the evidence; Rangers fell at the first hurdle as they were dumped out of Europe [. Click to continue reading...

Here is yet another story of a Samba skill artist working his magic in front of his home crowd. Brazilian players are found in virtually every domestic league in Europe. Except, this name might be unfamiliar.

Jajá, a forward playing in the Ukrainian Premier League, has an opportunity to write his own transfer out of town if he can continue to dominate his opponents in his UEFA Cup group much like he has in the UPL. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday, the Bundesliga's five UEFA Cup entrants were handed very tough groups for the upcoming middle stage of the UEFA Cup. While group previews will be prepared later this month, let's take a look at the draws for Hertha, Schalke, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg and Hamburg. 1. Group A Schalke was a top seed, despite being throttled [. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the group stages of the 2008-09 UEFA Cup has been made, and we have some excellent fixtures within. Portsmouth, in their debut season in Europe, will get a chance to play AC Milan at Fratton Park. Pompey are in Group E along with Herenveen, Braga and Wolfsburg. There are eight groups in all, and [. Click to continue reading...

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...

AC Milan will continue their bid for a first UEFA Cup triumph against SC Heerenveen, SC Braga, debutants Portsmouth FC and VfL Wolfsburg after the group stage draw was made in Nyon on Tuesday. Matches begin on 23 October and continue on 6 and 27 November, then 3/4 and 17/18 December with each club in action [. Click to continue reading...

Group A
Schalke
Paris Saint Germain
Manchester City
Racing Santander
FC Twente

Group B
Benfica
Olympiakos
Galatasaray
Hertha Berlin
Metalist Kharkiv

Group C
Sevilla
Stuttgart
Sampdoria
Partizan Belgrade
Standard Liege

Group D
Tottenham
Spartak Moscow
Udinese
Dinamo Zagreb
NEC Nijmegen

Group E
AC Milan
Heerenveen
Braga
Portsmouth
Wolfsburg

Group F
Hamburg
Ajax
Slavia Prague
Aston Villa
MSK Zilina

Group G
Valencia
Club Brugge
Rosenborg
FC Copenhagen
Saint-Etienne

Group H
CSKA Moscow
Deportivo La Coruna
Feyenoord
Nancy
Lech Poznan

Each team plays two matches at home and two away, with the top three teams from each group qualifying for the last 32.

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We did this for the Champions League groups and it was such a raging success that we're doing it again for the UEFA Cup! We know many of you don't particularly care about the UEFA Cup, least of all at this stage of the competition, but there are several quality teams in the draw this year, including three (3) from this week's Soccer Source Top 25 and several others that were in previous weeks' editions this season or received "honorable mention". Click to continue reading...

  This morning marked the group drawing for the UEFA Cup. The Groups are as follows. 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage Group A Group B FC Schalke 04 (GER) SL Benfica (POR) Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) Olympiacos CFP (GRE) Manchester City FC (ENG) Galatasaray AŞ (TUR) Real Racing Club (ESP) Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) FC Twente (NED) FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) Group C Group D Sevilla FC (ESP) Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) VfB Stuttgart [. 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...

The DFB-Pokal Round of 16 draw took place on Sunday, and the UEFA Cup group stage draw just concluded an hour ago. DFB-Pokal Round of 16 SC Freiburg - FSV Mainz 05 VfB Stuttgart - Bayern Munich Bayer Leverkusen - Energie Cottbus Hamburger SV - 1860 Munich Karlsruher SC - SV Wehen Wiesbaden VfL Wolfsburg - Hansa Rostock Carl Zeiss Jena - FC [. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA Cup draw has thrown up some mouthwatering ties for the English clubs involved. Top of the pile is Portsmouth, who have been drawn in the same group as AC Milan. Not to be outdone, Aston Villa are up against Ajax and Martin Jol's Hamburg, while Manchester City will take on Schteeve McClaren'sh FC [. Click to continue reading...

UEFA has just had it´s draw to match up the teams in 8 groups of 5 teams were after each outfit plays each other home & away the first 3º teams qualify for the next stage. RACING... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

The draw for the Group stages of the UEFA Cup has just been made in Nyon, Switzerland.


GROUP A: Schalke 04, Paris SG, Man City, Racing Santander, FC Twente


GROUP B: Benfica, Olympiacos, Galatasaray, Hertha Berlin, Metalist Kharkiv


GROUP C: Sevilla, VfB Stuttgart, Sampdoria, Partizan Belgrade, Standard Liege


GROUP D: Tottenham, Spartak Moscow, Udinese, Dinamo Zagreb, NEC Nijmegen


GROUP E: AC Milan, Heerenveen, SC Braga, Portsmouth, VfL Wolfsburg


GROUP F: Hamburg, Ajax, Slavia Prague, Aston Villa, MSK Zilina


GROUP G: Valencia, Club Brugge, Rosenborg, FC Copenhagen, Saint-Etienne


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Some things never change. Though to be fair, the pass back could've been put in a slightly better spot. But still, I think we've all seen Jens stumble around the box once or twice in the past. And the goal actually mattered, because it helped Bulgarians Varna build up a 2-0 lead in Germany (3-2 [... Click to continue reading...

Benfica overturned a 3-2 first-leg deficit to knock out UEFA Intertoto Cup winners Napoli. Ezequiel Lavezzi had the chance to grab an away goal after just four minutes but could not beat Quim in the Benfica goal and the home side began to have the better of the play, though Napoli threatened on the counterattack. Click to continue reading...

Darth Vader #3 chauffeurs Dinamo Zagreb fans to their holding cell before their UEFA Cup matchup against FC Timisoara. The gentleman in the middle looks scared, and damn well he should be. (Michal Cizek/AFP/Getty Images) Click to continue reading...

There has been mutterings for some time now about David Moyes' unsigned Everton contract. Not too many Evertonians would dispute the fact that their manager has done an excellent job when you compare the club's current expectations to those they had when he took over. He has built up the club and seems to be [. Click to continue reading...

One team short. Serie A's chance to get a "perfect quartet" into the UEFA Cup GS round will have to wait another year. Indeed, three of Italy's four UEFA Cup contenders are through to the group stage as AC Milan, Sampdoria and Udinese all won their first-round ties. Udinese needed a penalty shoot-out to thwart [. Click to continue reading...

We're only one and a half months into the new season and Jens Lehmann has already produced two slapstick gems for me and you to enjoy: This one was against Hungarian side ETO Györ in the UEFA Cup's twenty fourth pre-qualifying round, which preceded the UEFA Cup first round group stage qualifying round. Click to continue reading...

Apoel Nikosia's Skevos Christou is stretchered off the pitch and receives a yellow card for his troubles. Schalke were looking to overcome their poor Bundesliga form in their UEFA Cup fixture against the Cyprian minnows. Kevin Kuranyi was looking to overcome his general goal-scoring drought. Both failed. Click to continue reading...

The 2ºleg UEFA games are in play tonight with the winners qualifying for the mini-league stages. Here is a quick resume of results & scorers. SALZBURG 0 - SEVILLA 2, a formality that... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Gooch put in a strong 90 minutes as Liege advanced to the UEFA Group Stage at the expense of Tim Howard and the Toffees.  The American matched up very strongly against Louis Saha and Yakubu and fought through a nose bleed in the final minutes to secure his teams win. My Thoughts: Great result for Onyewu [. Click to continue reading...

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Russian mafia bosses bribed Zenit St Petersburg's UEFA Cup opponents last season to ensure they won the competition, according to a Spanish judge. Baltasar Garzon claims to have uncovered evidence that Bayern Munich were paid to throw their semi-final against the Russian side. The Spanish press have today reported that Bayern received vast amounts to lose [. Click to continue reading...

Before this goes too far: The claims that Zenit St. Petersburg's UEFA Cup win was bought are being made by Russian mafiosi. Hardly the most reliable types when it comes to truth telling and a faction well known for embellishing their dirty deeds for the sake of building their reputation and aura. Also worth mentioning [. Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Valencia CF are meeting Maritimo Funchal in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Deportivo la Coruna are meeting SK Brann in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Aston Villa are meeting PFK Litex Lovech in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Manchester City are meeting Omnia Nicosia in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup FC Kobenhavn are meeting FC Moscow in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Motherwell FC are meeting AS Nancy in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Udinese are meeting Borussia Dortmund in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...

Round 1: Leg 2: Uefa Cup Benfica Lisbon are meeting Napoli in the second leg in the Uefa Cup, thursday 2nd of october. Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site    Watch the match LIVE here! Click to continue reading...