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UEFA Cup Rounds of 32 and 16 drawn
By: Ian Rose |All right. The waiting is over, and we can all go back to our lives. The UEFA Cup draw … has been made.
Here are the combatants in the round of 32:
1. Aberdeen v. Bayern Munich
2. AEK Athens v. Getafe
3. Bolton v. Atletico Madrid
4. Zenit St. Petersburg v. Villareal
5. Galatasaray v. Bayer Leverkusen
6. Anderlecht […]
The Club World Cup: An alternative scheme
By: Ian Rose |With the FIFA Club World Cup in full swing, the time’s come round again to criticize the format of the tournament. For my part, I’m glad that there’s a consistent world championship format that gives a chance for the best from Europe and South America (and the rest) to compete. But that doesn’t […]
UC Memories: 7 December 1993
By: Ian Rose |On this date in 1993, the final legs of the UEFA Cup’s third round were played. It was a rough day for France and Spain, but Germany put its stamp on the tournament with two Bundesliga teams advancing into the quarterfinals. The first was Eintracht Frankfurt, who beat Deportivo 1-0 in both legs […]
The current situation in the UEFA Cup
By: Ian Rose |There is one matchday to go in the group stages of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup. Here are the current standings in each group, and which scenarios mean qualification for which teams.
Group A
Qualified: Everton (9 pts)
Still in the mix: Zenit St. Petersburg (5 pts), AZ (4 pts), Nurnberg (4 pts)
Disqualified: Larisa (0 pts)
Everton is in […]
Liverpool record win under investigation
By: Ian Rose |Technically, this is Champions League news, and not UEFA Cup, but I’m trying to stay on top of the developments on this, so what the hell …
Anyway, looks like the UEFA matches being investigated for suspicion of match fixing might not just be early qualifiers between low-ranking Eastern European countries. According to ESPN, the […]
Two UEFA Cup matches under investigation
By: Ian Rose |The news is still pretty sketchy, but among the 15 matches in UEFA’s report to Interpol about match fixing are apparently two from our dearest UEFA Cup, both from either this or last year’s competition. Since the investigation is ongoing, there won’t be many more details for a while, but early reports seem to […]






