How many extra Champions League places will be available as UEFA ban Russia from competition

UEFA has confirmed its decision to ban Russian clubs from both its and FIFA’s competitions “until further notice” following the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. A statement from UEFA on Monday read: “All Russian clubs and national teams are suspended…

Analysis Reveals Every Team’s Chance Of Winning Champions League After Last-16 Draw

Data analysts FightThirtyEight have updated their ranking of each Champions League team’s chances of winning following the last-16 draw. The stats experts examine attacking and defensive numbers, as well as a multitude of other data, to give each club a percentage…

Chelsea star, Man Utd players, others named in UEFA Champions League team [Full list]

Chelsea goalkeeper, Edouard Mendy, has been included in the UEFA Champions League team of this week. UEFA released the Champions League team in a post via its official website on Thursday following the conclusion of the group stage match-day two…

KF Tirana’s Egbo sets three Champions League records in Dinamo Tbilisi defeat

The 47-year-old becomes the first Nigerian to manage a team as well as win a game in Europe’s prestigious club competition Three records tumbled for Ndubuisi Egbo as KF Tirana defeated Dinamo Tbilisi 2-0 in Wednesday’s first qualifying round. Having…

MAN CITY BANNED: 6 SH*TE SIGNINGS THAT COST CITY THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

So, the club with no history before 2008 will have another blank space in its record books with the news that they’re to be banned from European competition for two years for breaching Financial Fair-Play rules. While reports of police…

Champions League final: where could it be won and lost?

UEFA.com runs the rule over three crucial match-ups that have the potential to decide Saturday’s showpiece in Madrid. Tottenham and Liverpool should know each other inside out after some epic Premier League encounters in recent seasons – UEFA.com highlights three key…

How the Europa League winners enter the Champions League

What’s the deal? It’s simple: the winners of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League have the added incentive of gaining automatic entry into the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League group stage. Has that always been the case? When the rule was introduced…

Champions League quarter-finals draw: Barcelona name two clubs they want to avoid

Barcelona on Thursday identified Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City and Max Allegri’s Juventus as the two clubs they want to avoid in the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals draw, the AS reports. Barcelona booked their place in the Champions League last eight…

Arsenal will start next season with three-man defence, confirms Arsene Wenger

Arsene Wenger will continue with his tactical overhaul of Arsenal’s playing formation and begin next season as it ended with three centre-backs and three main creative forwards. Arsenal’s results were transformed at the end of last season when Wenger joined…