Europa League

Europe’s second club competition behind the Champions League, the Europa Cup sees some of the top club sides in Europe battle it out for European glory. Clubs from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga all feature and the prize of a European club trophy is not one to be sniffed at.

The compeitition that was formerly known as the UEFA Cup is in its relative infancy in this format, with La Liga’s Atletico Madrid the current holders and Juventus, Inter Milan and Liverpool the three most successful clubs in the tournament’s history, lifting the trophy nine times between them.

Uefa are set to look into Manchester City‘s claims that the Estadio do Dragao faithful racially abused some of the visiting players when Porto hosted the Premier League leaders in the Europa League last week.

Mario Balotelli and Yaya Toure both claimed to have been targeted by the Portuguese crowd, with …

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Manchester City came back from a goal down against Porto on Thursday night to win their Europa League last 32 first leg 2-1 at the Estadio do Dragao.

Silvestre Varela had given the competition holders the lead in the first half, but an Alvaro Periera own goal and a late strike …

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Stoke were beaten 1-0 at the Britannia Stadium by Valencia on Thursday night in their Europa League last 32 first leg.

Mehmet Topal scored a stunning long-range effort to give the Spaniards the lead in the first half, and The Potters struggled to break down their experienced opponents.

Stoke boss Tony Pulis …

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Manchester United have taken control of their Europa League last 32 tie with Ajax, as a 2-0 win in the away leg sees them set to qualify for the next stage barring any shocks in the return fixture.

Second half goals from Ashley Young and Javier Hernandez sealed a comfortable victory, …

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This week heralds the return of Europe’s elite club competition, the UEFA Champions League, oh and the other one of course! Did anyone remember?

Indeed both Rubin Kazan vs. Olympiakos and Braga vs. Besiktas kick off the round of the last 32 (There’s still that many teams involved?) in the competition …

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The Premier League season is now at the half way stage and each team are beginning to understand exactly what sort of position they are fighting for and if they are pleased with that. The likes of Sunderland and Arsenal had awful starts to the season but are both now …

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Both Manchester clubs earned vital victories in the Premier League yesterday, extending their lead at the top of the table, but they still have a long way to go to making up for their Champions League exits two weeks ago. The disappointment and humiliation was clear to see on that …

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Both Manchester United and City face tough tests in the knock-out stages of the Europa League. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men face Dutch giants Ajax, while Roberto Mancini’s men are pitched against the current Portuguese Champions Porto. Stoke City’s reward for making the knock out stages is a tough trip to …

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Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has admitted that his side would prefer to be playing in the Champions League rather than the Europa League, but stated that the Premier League champions now want to win the tournament.

The Old Trafford outfit find themselves in Europe’s second-tier tournament after finishing third in …

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Tottenham‘s Europa League campaign is over, despite beating Shamrock Rovers 4-0 in Dublin on Thursday night.

The North London club’s fate was out of their hands, as they needed PAOK to beat Rubin Kazan in Greece for there to be any chance of progression, but a 1-1 draw sees the Russians …

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