User:Nitsansh/Sandbox/European football May 14-17

Football (soccer)

 * European domestic (national) competitions: (listed by countries alphabetic order; league standings prior to match in parentheses; times are CET unless stated otherwise)
 * 🇧🇪 Belgian First Division, final matchday:
 * (8) Genk – (2) Anderlecht, 20:00
 * (3) Gent – (1) Standard Liège, 20:00
 * Anderlecht and Standard are levelled at the top on 74 points. The team that gets a better result, regardless of goals difference, will win the championship and earn direct entry to the Champions League group stage. If they get similar results, a playoff match will be needed to decide the title.
 * 🇨🇾 Cypriot Cup Final in Nicosia:
 * APOP Kinyras Peyia – AEL Limassol, 18:00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League, matchday 37 of 38:
 * (1) Manchester United – (4) Arsenal, 12:45 BST
 * A win or draw for United will secure them the championship for the third straight year, and equal Liverpool's record of 18 championship titles. It will also be United's third title of the season, following FIFA Club World Cup and League Cup, and with UEFA Champions League Final still to come.
 * 🇫🇷 French Ligue 1, matchday 36 of 38:
 * (2) Bordeaux – (15) Le Mans, 19:00
 * 🇩🇪 German Bundesliga, matchday 33 of 34: (All matches 15:30)
 * (11) Hannover – (1) Wolfsburg
 * (7) Hoffenheim – (2) Bayern Munich
 * (3) Hertha Berlin – (8) Schalke 04
 * (4) Stuttgart – (17) Energie Cottbus
 * 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A, matchday 32 of 34:
 * (8) Udinese – (2) Milan, 20:30
 * If Milan lose, their crosstown rival Inter will clinch the title.
 * 🇱🇹 Lithuanian Cup Final in Kaunas:
 * Tauras Tauragė – Sūduva, 14:00
 * Scottish Premier League, matchday 37 of 38:
 * (2) Rangers – (5) Aberdeen, 12:30 BST
 * 🇪🇸 Spanish La Liga, matchday 36 of 38:
 * (17) Osasuna – (4) Valencia, 20:00
 * (7) Villarreal – (2) Real Madrid, 22:00
 * If Real Madrid doesn't win, Barcelona will clinch the title.
 * 🇹🇷 Turkish Süper Lig, matchday 32 of 34:
 * (18) Hacettepe – (2) Sivasspor, 19:00

Football (soccer)

 * European domestic (national) competitions: (listed by countries alphabetic order; league standings prior to match in parentheses; times are CET unless stated otherwise)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 English Premier League, matchday 37 of 38
 * 🇫🇷 French Ligue 1, matchday 36 of 38
 * 🇮🇹 Italian Serie A, matchday 32 of 34
 * Dutch Cup Final
 * Portuguese Liga, matchday 29 of 30
 * Romanian Liga I, matchday 31 of 34
 * Scottish Premier League, matchday 37 of 38
 * 🇪🇸 Spanish La Liga, matchday 36 of 38
 * 🇹🇷 Turkish Süper Lig, matchday 32 of 34

=Teams qualified to UEFA Champions League 2009–10= (as of May 13)

Group stage
The following teams will compete, along with all 10 winners of the play-off round (5 champions + 5 non-champions), in the group stage of the Champions League:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester United
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea
 * 🇪🇸 Barcelona
 * 🇪🇸 Real Madrid
 * 🇪🇸 3rd placed team of La Liga 2008–09
 * 🇮🇹 Internazionale
 * 🇮🇹 Champions/Runners-up of Serie A 2008–09
 * 🇮🇹 3rd placed team of Serie A 2008–09
 * 🇫🇷 Champions of Ligue 1 2008–09
 * 🇫🇷 Runners-up of Ligue 1 2008–09
 * 🇩🇪 Champions of Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09
 * 🇩🇪 Runners-up of Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09
 * 🇷🇺 Rubin Kazan
 * 🇷🇺 CSKA Moscow
 * Champions of Liga I 2008–09
 * Porto
 * AZ
 * Champions of Scottish Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇹🇷 Champions of Süper Lig 2008–09
 * 🇺🇦 Dynamo Kyiv
 * 🇧🇪 Champions of Belgian First Division 2008–09

Qualifying rounds
In a new system for the Champions League, there will be two separate qualifying tournaments. One will be for the Champion clubs who did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The other is for teams who did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

For both sections, the losing teams from the third qualifying round will enter the UEFA Europa League play-off round and the losing teams from the play-off round will enter the UEFA Europa League group stage.

First qualifying round
The seedings of the first qualifying round are as follows:

Seeded teams
 * 🇲🇪 Champions of Montenegrin First League 2008–09
 * 🇦🇩 UE Sant Julià

Unseeded teams
 * 🇲🇹 Champions of Maltese Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇸🇲 Champions of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio 2008–09

Second qualifying round
The seedings of the second qualifying round are as follows:

Unknown seeding
 * 🇱🇹 Ekranas
 * Champions of Umaglesi Liga 2008–09

Seeded teams
 * 🇷🇸 Partizan
 * Champions of Danish Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇧🇾 BATE
 * 🇦🇹 Champions of Austrian Football Bundesliga 2008–09
 * 🇧🇬 Champions of A PFG 2008–09
 * 🇸🇪 Kalmar FF
 * 🇨🇾 APOEL
 * 🇳🇴 Stabæk
 * 🇮🇱 Champions of Israeli Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇸🇰 Slovan Bratislava
 * 🇵🇱 Champions of Ekstraklasa 2008–09
 * Champions of Prva HNL 2008–09
 * 🇱🇻 Ventspils
 * 🇸🇮 Maribor
 * 🇮🇸 FH Hafnarfjörður
 * 🇫🇮 Inter Turku

Unseeded teams
 * 🇮🇪 Bohemians
 * 🇧🇦 Zrinjski
 * 🇭🇺 Champions of Hungarian National Championship I 2008–09
 * 🇲🇩 Sheriff Tiraspol
 * 🇲🇰 Makedonija Gjorče Petrov
 * 🇦🇿 Champions of Azerbaijan Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇪🇪 Levadia
 * 🇦🇱 Champions of Albanian Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇰🇿 Aktobe
 * 🇦🇲 Pyunik Yerevan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rhyl
 * Glentoran
 * 🇫🇴 EB/Streymur
 * 🇱🇺 F91 Dudelange
 * Winners of first qualifying round match
 * Winners of first qualifying round match

Third qualifying round
The seedings of the third qualifying round are as follows:

For champions
Unknown seeding
 * Champions of Swiss Super League 2008–09
 * 8 Winners of second qualifying round matches

Seeded Teams
 * Olympiacos
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Partizan
 * 🇨🇿 Champions of Gambrinus liga 2008–09
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving the champions of Danish Superliga 2008–09

Unseeded Teams
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Stabæk
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Slovan Bratislava
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Ventspils
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Maribor
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving FH Hafnarfjörður
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Inter Turku
 * Winners of the second qualifying round match involving Ekranas or champions of Umaglesi Liga 2008–09

For best-placed team
Unknown seeding
 * Runners-up of Liga I 2008–09
 * Twente
 * Runners-up of Scottish Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇹🇷 Runners-up of Süper Lig 2008–09
 * 🇺🇦 Runners-up of Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09
 * 🇧🇪 Runners-up of Belgian First Division 2008–09
 * Playoff Group Winners of Super League Greece 2008–09
 * 🇨🇿 Runners-up of Gambrinus liga 2008–09

Seeded teams
 * Sporting CP

Unseeded teams
 * 🇷🇺 Dynamo Moscow

Champions Play-off
The 10 winners of the third qualifying round will compete in the play-off round for Champions.

Best-placed team Play-off
The following teams will enter in the play-off round, joined by the 5 winners of the Best-placed team qualifying round:


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arsenal
 * 🇪🇸 4th placed team of La Liga 2008–09
 * 🇮🇹 4th placed team of Serie A 2008–09


 * 🇫🇷 3rd placed team of Ligue 1 2008–09
 * 🇩🇪 3rd placed team of Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09

=Teams qualified to UEFA Europa League 2009–10= (as of May 13)

Group stage
The following teams are eligible to participate in the group stage:
 * [[Image:Uefa cup.svg|12px|Title holder]] Defending champion
 * 10 losers from the UEFA Champions League 2009–10 play-off round
 * 37 winners from the play-off round

First qualifying round
The following 50 teams are eligible to compete in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Seeded teams


 * 🇳🇴 Rosenborg
 * 🇨🇾 Anorthosis
 * 🇸🇪 Helsingborg
 * Fair Play
 * Fair Play
 * 🇮🇱 4th or 5th placed team of Israeli Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇸🇰 3rd placed team of Slovak Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇮🇪 Derry City
 * 🇵🇱 3rd placed team of Ekstraklasa 2008–09
 * 4th placed team of Prva HNL 2008–09
 * 🇫🇮 FC Lahti
 * 🇱🇹 FK Vėtra
 * 🇮🇪 Sligo Rovers
 * 🇱🇻 Dinaburg
 * 🇸🇮 3rd placed team of Slovenian PrvaLiga 2008–09
 * 🇧🇾 Dinamo Minsk
 * 🇧🇾 MTZ-RIPO
 * 🇧🇦 3rd placed team of Premijer Liga 2008-09
 * 🇭🇺 3rd placed team of Soproni Liga 2008-09
 * 2nd placed team of Umaglesi Liga 2008–09
 * Zestaponi
 * 🇲🇩 Zimbru Chişinău
 * 🇮🇸 Keflavík
 * 🇮🇸 Fram
 * 🇲🇰 2nd or 3rd placed team of Macedonian Prva Liga 2008–09

Unseeded teams
 * 🇲🇰 2nd or 3rd placed team of Macedonian Prva Liga 2008–09
 * 🇦🇿 2nd placed team of Azerbaijan Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇦🇿 Simurq Zaqatala
 * 🇪🇪 Trans
 * 🇪🇪 Kalju
 * 🇦🇱 2nd placed team of Albanian Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇦🇱 Dinamo Tirana
 * 🇰🇿 Irtysh
 * 🇰🇿 Kaisar
 * 🇦🇲 Gandzasar Kapan
 * 🇦🇲 Banants Yerevan
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Llanelli
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The New Saints
 * Linfield
 * Lisburn Distillery
 * 🇫🇴 B36 Tórshavn
 * 🇫🇴 NSÍ Runavík
 * 🇱🇺 Differdange
 * 🇱🇺 3rd placed team of Luxembourg National Division 2008–09
 * 🇲🇪 2nd placed team of Montenegrin First League 2008–09
 * 🇲🇪 3rd placed team of Montenegrin First League 2008–09
 * 🇦🇩 Winners of Copa Constitució 2009
 * 🇲🇹 2nd placed team of Maltese Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇲🇹 3rd placed team of Maltese Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇸🇲 Juvenes/Dogana

Second qualifying round
The following 55 teams are eligible to participate in the second qualifying round. Also entering are the 25 winners from the previous round.


 * 5th placed team of Liga I 2008–09
 * 5th placed team of Portuguese Liga 2008–09
 * Winners of UEFA Europa League play-offs in Eredivisie 2008–09
 * 4th placed team of Scottish Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇹🇷 4th or 5th placed team of Süper Lig 2008–09
 * 🇺🇦 4th placed team of Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇧🇪 Club Brugge
 * 4th placed team of Champions League Playoff in the Super League Greece 2008–09
 * 🇨🇿 4th placed team of Gambrinus liga 2008–09
 * 3rd placed team of Swiss Super League 2008–09
 * 🇧🇬 3rd placed team of A PFG 2008–09
 * 🇳🇴 Tromsø
 * 2nd placed team of Danish Superliga 2008–09
 * 3rd placed team of Danish Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇦🇹 2nd placed team of Austrian Bundesliga 2008-09
 * 🇦🇹 3rd placed team of Austrian Bundesliga 2008-09
 * 🇷🇸 2nd placed team of Serbian Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇷🇸 3rd placed team of Serbian Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇮🇱 3rd or 4th placed team of Israeli Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇸🇪 Elfsborg
 * 🇸🇰 2nd placed team of Slovak Superliga 2008–09
 * 🇵🇱 2nd placed team of Ekstraklasa 2008–09
 * 🇭🇺 2nd placed team of Soproni Liga 2008-09
 * 3rd placed team of Prva HNL 2008–09
 * 🇨🇾 Winners of Cypriot Cup 2008–09
 * 🇨🇾 Omonia
 * 🇸🇮 Winners of Slovenian Cup 2008–09


 * 🇸🇮 2nd placed team of Slovenian PrvaLiga 2008–09
 * 🇫🇮 HJK Helsinki
 * 🇫🇮 FC Honka
 * 🇱🇻 Liepājas Metalurgs
 * 🇱🇻 Skonto Rīga
 * 🇧🇦 Winners of Kup Bosne i Hercegovine 2008–09
 * 🇧🇦 2nd placed team of Premijer Liga 2008-09
 * 🇱🇹 Winners of Lithuanian Football Cup 2008–09
 * 🇱🇹 FBK Kaunas
 * 🇲🇩 Dacia Chişinău
 * 🇲🇩 Iskra-Stal
 * 🇮🇪 St Patrick's Athletic
 * 🇲🇰 Winners of Macedonian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇮🇸 KR Reykjavík
 * Winners of Georgian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇱🇮 Winners of Liechtenstein Cup 2008–09
 * 🇧🇾 Winners of Belarusian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇪🇪 Flora
 * 🇦🇿 Winners of Azerbaijan Cup 2008–09
 * 🇦🇱 Flamurtari Vlorë
 * 🇦🇲 Ararat Yerevan
 * 🇰🇿 Tobol
 * Crusaders
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bangor City
 * 🇫🇴 HB Tórshavn
 * 🇱🇺 Winners of Luxembourg Cup 2008–09
 * 🇲🇹 Winners of Maltese Cup 2008–09
 * 🇲🇪 Petrovac

Third qualifying round
The following 30 teams are eligible to participate in the third qualifying round. Also entering are the 40 winners from the previous round.


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 7th placed team of Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇪🇸 Athletic Bilbao
 * 🇮🇹 6th or 7th placed team of Serie A 2008–09
 * 🇫🇷 5th placed team of Ligue 1 2008–09
 * 🇩🇪 5th placed team of Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09
 * 🇷🇺 Krylya Sovetov
 * 4th placed team of Liga I 2008–09
 * 4th placed team of Portuguese Liga 2008–09
 * Heerenveen or PSV Eindhoven
 * 3rd placed team of Scottish Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇹🇷 3rd/4th placed team of Süper Lig 2008–09
 * 🇺🇦 3rd placed team of Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇧🇪 Gent
 * 3rd placed team of Champions League Playoff in the Super League Greece 2008–09
 * 🇨🇿 3rd placed team of Gambrinus liga 2008–09


 * Winners of Swiss Cup 2008–09
 * 2nd placed team of Swiss Super League 2008–09
 * 🇧🇬 Winners of Bulgarian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇧🇬 2nd placed team of A PFG 2008–09
 * 🇳🇴 Vålerenga
 * 🇳🇴 Fredrikstad
 * Winners of Danish Cup 2008–09
 * 🇦🇹 Winners of Austrian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇷🇸 Winners of Serbian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇮🇱 2nd or 3rd placed team of Israeli Premier League 2008–09
 * 🇸🇪 IFK Göteborg
 * 🇸🇰 Winners of Slovakian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇵🇱 Winners of Puchar Polski 2008–09
 * 🇭🇺 Winners of Hungarian Cup 2008–09
 * 2nd placed team of Prva HNL 2008–09

Play-off round
The following 24 teams are eligible to participate in the play-off round. Also entering are the 35 winners from the previous round along with the 15 losers from the UEFA Champions League 2009-10 3rd qualifying round (10 champions and 5 non-champions)


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Aston Villa
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Everton
 * 🇪🇸 5th placed team of La Liga 2008–09
 * 🇪🇸 6th placed team of La Liga 2008–09
 * 🇮🇹 Lazio
 * 🇮🇹 5th placed team of Serie A 2008–09
 * 🇫🇷 Guingamp
 * 🇫🇷 4th placed team of Ligue 1 2008–09
 * 🇩🇪 Winners of DFB Cup 2008–09
 * 🇩🇪 4th placed team of Fußball-Bundesliga 2008–09
 * 🇷🇺 Zenit St. Petersburg
 * 🇷🇺 Amkar Perm


 * Winners of Cupa României 2008–09
 * 3rd placed team of Liga I 2008–09
 * Winners of Cup of Portugal 2008–09
 * 3rd placed team of Portuguese Liga 2008–09
 * Ajax
 * Heerenveen or PSV Eindhoven
 * Winners of Scottish Cup 2008-09
 * 🇹🇷 Beşiktaş or 3rd placed team of Süper Lig 2008–09
 * 🇺🇦 Winners of Ukrainian Cup 2008–09
 * 🇧🇪 Winners of Belgian Cup 2008–09
 * Runners-up of Champions League Playoff in the Super League Greece 2008–09
 * 🇨🇿 Winners of Czech Republic Football Cup 2008–09

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