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2016-17 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE :
Group Stage Draw :

Group A : Manchester United FC (ENG) - Fenerbahce SK (TUR) - Feyenoord (NED) - FC Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
Group B : Olympiacos FC (GRE) - APOEL FC (CYP) - BSC Young Boys (SUI) - FC Astana (KAZ)
Group C : RSC Anderlecht (BEL) - AS Saint-Etienne (FRA) - 1. FSV Mainz 05 (GER) - Gabala SC (AZE)
Group D : Football Club Zenit (RUS) - AZ Alkmaar (NED) - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) - Dundalk FC (IRL)
Group E : FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) - AS ROMA (ITA) - FK Austria Wien (AUT) - FC Astra Giurgiu (ROU)
Group F : Athletic Club (ESP) - KRC Genk (BEL) - SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - US SASSUOLO CALCIO (ITA)
Group G : AFC Ajax (NED) - Racing Standard de Liege (BEL) - RC Celta de Vigo (ESP) - Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Group H : FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) - SC Braga (POR) - KAA Gent (BEL) - Konyaspor (TUR)
Group I : FC Schalke 04 (GER) - FC Salzburg (AUT) - FC Krasnodar (RUS) - OGC Nice (FRA)
Group J : ACF FIORENTINA (ITA) - PAOK FC (GRE) - FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) - Qarabag FK (AZE)
Group K : FC INTERNAZIONALE MILANO (ITA) - AC Sparta Praha (CZE) - Southampton FC (ENG) - Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR)
Group L : Villarreal CF (ESP) - FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) - FC Zurich (SUI) - Osmanlispor A.S. (TUR)

GROUP STAGE DATES :

Match day 1 : 15 September
Match day 2 : 29 September
Match day 3 : 20 October
Match day 4 : 4 November
Match day 5 : 24 November
Match day 6 : 8 December

2016-17 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS :
Results Second Legs :

FK Qarabag 3 - IFK Goeteborg 0 - First Leg : (0-1) - Qualified : FK QARABAG
Broendby 1 - Panathinaikos 1 - First Leg : (0-3) - Qualified : PANATHINAIKOS
Grasshoppers Zurich 0 - Fenerbahce 2 - First Leg : (0-3) - Qualified : FENERBAHCE
Slovan Liberec 3 - AEK Larnaca 0 - First Leg : (1-0) - Qualified : SLOVAN LIBEREC
Rosenborg 1 - Austria Wien 2 - First Leg : (1-2) - Qualified : AUSTRIA WIEN
Partizani Tirane 0 - FK Krasnodar 0 - First Leg : (0-4) - Qualified : FK KRASNODAR
AZ Alkmaar 0 - FK Vojvodina 0 - First Leg : (3-0) - Qualified : AZ ALKMAAR
Anderlecht 3 - Slavia Prague 0 - First Leg : (3-0) - Qualified : ANDERLECHT
BATE Borisov 2 - FC Astana 2 - First Leg : (0-2) - Qualified : FC ASTANA
RC Genk 2 - Lokomotiva Zagreb 0 - First Leg : (2-2) - Qualified : RC GENK
Osmanlispor 3 - Midtjylland 0 - First Leg : (1-0) - Qualified : OSMANLISPOR
PAOK Saloniki 2 - Dinamo Tbilisi 0 - First Leg : (3-0) - Qualified : PAOK SALONIKI
Shkendija 0 - Gent 4 - First Leg : (1-2) - Qualified : GENT
Sparta Prague 3 - Sonderjyske 2 - First Leg : (0-0) - Qualified : SPARTA PRAGUE
Maribor 1 - FK Qabala 0 - First Leg : (1-3) - Qualified : FK QABALA
Crvena zvezda 1 - U. S. SASSUOLO 1 - First Leg : (0-3) - Qualified : U. S. SASSUOLO
Hajduk Split 3 - Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 After Penalties, 2-1 after 90' - First Leg : (1-2) - Qualified : MACCABI TEL AVIV
Olympiakos 2 - Arouca 1 After Extra-Time, 0-1 after 90' - First Leg : (1-0) - Qualified : OLYMPIAKOS
A. S. Saint-Etienne 0 - Beitar Jerusalem 0 - First Leg : (2-1) - Qualified : A. S. SAINT-ETIENNE
West Ham United 0 - Astra Giurgiu 1 - First Leg : (1-1) - Qualified : ASTRA GIURGIU
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 - Istanbul Basaksehir 0 - First Leg : (2-1) - Qualified : SHAKHTAR DONETSK
Rapid Wien 0 - AS Trencin 2 - First Leg : (4-0) - Qualified : RAPID WIEN

Group Stage Draw : Tomorrow, h. 13 CET in Montecarlo

Italianfan wrote:2016-17 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE :
Group C : FC Barcelona (ESP) - Manchester City FC (ENG) - VfL Borussia Moenchengladbach (GER) - Celtic FC (SCO)

Wow.............Group C looks amazing Man City and Barcelona both making trips to Scotland Incidentally my Dundee United team knocked out Barcelona and Borussia Moenchengladbach back in 1987 in the UEFA Cup onroute to the final (just incase anybody didn't already know that)

I cannot wait for the competition to begin. Best of luck to Juventus - I hope lady luck is smiling down on your team Italianfan

2016-17 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE :
Group Stage Draw :

Group A : Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) - Arsenal FC (ENG) - FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)

Group B : SL Benfica (POR) - SSC NAPOLI (ITA) - FC Dinamo Kyiv (UKR) - Besiktas JK (TUR)

Group C : FC Barcelona (ESP) - Manchester City FC (ENG) - VfL Borussia Moenchengladbach (GER) - Celtic FC (SCO)

Group D : FC Bayern München (GER) - Club Atletico de Madrid (ESP) - PSV Eindhoven (NED) - FC Rostov (RUS)

Group E : PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) - Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) - Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) - AS Monaco FC (FRA)

Group F : Real Madrid CF (ESP) - Borussia Dortmund (GER) - Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - Legia Warszawa (POL)

Group G : Leicester City FC (ENG) - FC Porto (POR) - Club Brugge KV (BEL) - FC Kobenhavn (DEN)

Group H : JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB (ITA) - Sevilla FC (ESP) - Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) - GNK Dinamo (CRO)

GROUP STAGE DATES :

Match day 1 : 13-14 September
Match day 2 : 27-28 September
Match day 3 : 18-19 October
Match day 4 : 1-2 November
Match day 5 : 22-23 November
Match day 6 : 6-7 December

2016-17 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS :
Results Second Legs :

APOEL 1 - FC Kobenhavn 1 - First Leg : (0-1)

Red Bull Salzburg 1 - Dinamo Zagreb 2 After Extra-Time, 1-1 After 90' - First Leg : (1-1)

Manchester City FC 1 - Steaua Bucuresti 0 - First Leg : (5-0)

FK Rostov 4 - AFC Ajax 1 - First Leg : (1-1)

VfL Borussia Moenchengladbach 6 - Young Boys 1 - First Leg : (3-1)

Teams Qualified for Group Stage : FC KOBENHAVN - DINAMO ZAGREB - MANCHESTER CITY FC - FK ROSTOV -
VfL BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH

Group Stage Draw : Tomorrow, h. 18 CET in Montecarlo

Italianfan wrote:Thanks Scottish for reminding us the story of the match of 1984, I didn' t know all the facts about Dundee United - AS Roma, since here in Italy we only talk about the final of that year, in which Liverpool defeated AS Roma after penalties at Olympic Stadium (and in Rome are still crying ).
Well, regarding Dundee United revenge against AS Roma, I don' t know if this will ever happen, as you saw yesterday is very difficult for AS Roma to qualify in group stage (and it' s even harder to qualify directly by arriving first or second in Serie A).

Well I doubt many people outside Roma or Italy would have been crying back in 1984 (sorry) when Liverpool picked up the cup. Corruption in football has been rife for years but hopefully now UEFA is beginning to stamp it all out and for good. I don't like cheating, match fixing or anything else that brings the game into disrepute. 1984 is ofcourse a long long time ago and both teams have moved on.

The 80's was a great decade for producing the underdogs against the giants. In Scotland we had Dundee United and Aberdeen punching well above their weight. In England we have Brian Clough working a minor miracle with Nottingham Forest. And then at the beginning of the 21st century we had Leeds United in the last 4 of the Champions league, now look at them, playing in the the 2nd tier of English football.

These days unfortunately money talks. Leicester City however did buck this trend last year which really made the rest of the world sit up and take notice Every fan of every football club across the world will always dream that one day even if it is only for a brief moment in time can mix it up there with the world elite. I'm not one to boast here but 3 years later in 1987 Dundee United did make it all the way to a European Final in the shape of the UEFA Cup but lost to IFK Gothenburg and along the way beat Barcelona twice. Anyhow right now the only dream I have is to see Dundee United crowned league champions of the Scottish Championship come the end of this season

Thanks Scottish for reminding us the story of the match of 1984, I didn' t know all the facts about Dundee United - AS Roma, since here in Italy we only talk about the final of that year, in which Liverpool defeated AS Roma after penalties at Olympic Stadium (and in Rome are still crying ).
Well, regarding Dundee United revenge against AS Roma, I don' t know if this will ever happen, as you saw yesterday is very difficult for AS Roma to qualify in group stage (and it' s even harder to qualify directly by arriving first or second in Serie A).

Looking at the European results from last night, purely from a Scottish point of view I am delighted to see Celtic making it to the group stages after a 2 year absence. In Scotland there is a universal dislike to the old firm, we support anybody who plays them and beats them however when it comes to European competitions all differences are set to one side for the greater good of the game as its very important to have Scottish clubs still in Europe. It enhances our reputation and puts Scotland back on the map

With regards to AS Roma a lot of members are probably unaware of this but back in 1984 my Dundee United team were only 90 minutes away from what would have been at the time the biggest European game that was currently in place in the shape of the European Cup. Dundee United led 2-0 in from the first leg at Tannadice but then lost 3-0 away in the return leg at the Olympic Stadium which later turned out that the referee in charge of the game was subject to bribery and was paid 100million lire.

The Italian press at the time also accused the Dundee United team of being on drugs to which then manager Jim Mclean responded by saying that if we were I hoped we were still on them for the next game. This in turn created a very hostile atmosphere and in effect cheated us out of what would have been and still to this day would have been the biggest match ever in our history. A dream final against Liverpool would have been magnificent but sadly history put an end to any of these aspirations [hidden link - please register]





Dundee United manager Jim Mclean in 1984 being given an ear bashing by the Roma players after the European exit
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The Dundee United team in 2016 is very different to to the one back then, currently we are are in Scotland's second tier after being relegated last season at the home of our oldest rivals Dundee

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This season we aim to bounce straight back up at the first attempt after something of a dodgy start to life in the Championship where we recently lost away to Dumbarton but managed to get our first league win of the season last weekend with victory over Ayr United. Hopefully one day we'll be back to competing with Europe's finest and perhaps one day we'll meet Roma again and get our revenge

2016-17 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS :
Results Second Legs :

Hapoel Beer Sheva 2 - Celtic FC 0 - First Leg : (2-5)

Legia Warszawa 1 - Dundalk 1 - First Leg : (2-0)

AS ROMA 0 - FC Porto 3 - First Leg : (1-1)

Viktoria Plzen 2 - Ludogorets 2 - First Leg : (0-2)

AS Monaco FC 1 - Villarreal CF 0 - First Leg : (2-1)

Teams Qualified for Group Stage : CELTIC FC - LEGIA WARSZAWA - FC PORTO - LUDOGORETS - AS MONACO FC

2016-17 SERIE A :
Match day 1 Complete Results :

Roma 4 - Udinese 0 PLAYED SATURDAY
Juventus 2 - Fiorentina 1 PLAYED SATURDAY

Milan 3 - Torino 2
Goals : 38', 50', 62' (pen.) Bacca (M), 48' Belotti (T), 90' + 1' Baselli (T)
Red Card : 90' + 4' Paletta (M)
Penalty Failed : 90' + 6' Belotti (T), saved by Donnarumma (M)

Atalanta 3 - Lazio 4
Goals : 15' Immobile (L), 20' Hoedt (L), 33' Lombardi (L), 63', 68' Kessie (A), 89' Cataldi (L), 90' + 1' Petagna (A)

Bologna 1 - Crotone 0
Goal : 86' Destro

Chievo Verona 2 - Internazionale 0
Goals : 49', 81' Birsa

Empoli 0 - Sampdoria 1
Goal : 37' Muriel
Red Card : 84' Maccarone (E)

Genoa 3 - Cagliari 1
Goals : 66' Borriello ( C ), 78' Ntcham (G), 79' Laxalt (G), 88' Rigoni (G)

Palermo 0 - Sassuolo 1
Goal : 31' Berardi (pen.)
Red Card : 90' + 1' Rajkovic (P)

Pescara 2 - Napoli 2
Goals : 8' Benali (P), 35' Caprari (P), 60', 63' Mertens (N)

2016-17 PREMIER LEAGUE :
Match day 2 Complete Results :

Manchester United 2 - Southampton 0
Stoke City 1 - Manchester City 4
Burnley 2 - Liverpool 0
Swansea 0 - Hull City 2
Tottenham 1 - Crystal Palace 0
Watford 1 - Chelsea 2
West Bromwich Albion 1 - Everton 2
Leicester 0 - Arsenal 0
Sunderland 1 - Middlesbrough 2
West Ham United 1 - Bournemouth 0

2016-17 LIGUE 1 :
Match day 2 Complete Results :

Olympique Lyonnais 2 - Caen 0
Nantes 0 - Monaco 1
Angers 0 - Nice 1
Lille 1 - Dijon 0
Lorient 0 - Bastia 3
Rennes 2 - Nancy 0
Toulouse 4 - Bordeaux 1
Guingamp 2 - Olympique de Marseille 1
Saint-Etienne 3 - Montpellier 1
Paris Saint-Germain 3 - Metz 0

2016-17 LA LIGA :
Match day 1 Complete Results :

Deportivo La Coruna 2 - Eibar 1
Malaga 1 - Osasuna 1
Barcelona 6 - Real Betis 2
Granada 1 - Villarreal 1
Sevilla 6 - Espanyol 4
Real Sociedad 0 - Real Madrid 3
Sporting Gijon 2 - Athletic Club 1
Atletico de Madrid 1 - Alavés 1
Celta de Vigo 0 - Leganes 1
Valencia 2 - Las Palmas 4

2016-17 SERIE A MATCH DAY 1 :
Results Saturday Matches :

Roma 4 - Udinese 0
Goals : 65', 75' Perotti (2 pen.), 82' Dzeko, 84' Salah

Juventus 2 - Fiorentina 1
Goals : 37' Khedira (J), 70' Kalinic (F), 75' Higuain (J)

2016-17 SUPERCOPA DE ESPANA (SPANISH SUPERCUP) SECOND LEG :
Barcelona, Camp Nou, 17 August :

FC Barcelona 3 - Sevilla FC 0
Goals : 10', 46' Arda Turan, 55' Messi
Penalty Failed : 33' Iborra (S)

FC BARCELONA win the 2016-17 Supercopa de Espana, the 12th in the history of the club

2016-17 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS :
Results First Legs :

FC Astana 2 - BATE 0
Dinamo Tbilisi 0 - PAOK 3
Sonderjyske 0 - Sparta Praha 0
Krasnodar 4 - Partizani 0
Midtjylland 0 - Osmanlispor 1
AEK Larnaca 0 - Slovan Liberec 1
Austria Wien 2 - Rosenborg 1
Qabala 3 - Maribor 1
Goteborg 1 - Qarabag 0
Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 - Hajduk Split 1
Slavia Praha 0 - Anderlecht 3
Basakhseir 1 - Shakhtar 2
Fenerbahce 3 - Grasshoppers 0
Lokomotiv Zagreb 2 - Genk 2
Panathinaikos 3 - Brondby 0
Vojvodina 0 - AZ 3
Astra 1 - West Ham United 1
Gent 2 - Shkendija 1
SASSUOLO 3 - Crvena zvezda 0
Arouca 0 - Olympiakos 1
Trencin 0 - Rapid Wien 4

Second Legs : Thursday, August 25th

2016-17 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS :
Results Wednesday Matches First Legs :

Celtic FC 5 - Hapoel Beer Sheva 2

Dundalk 0 - Legia Warszawa 2

FC Porto 1 - AS ROMA 1

Ludogorets 2 - Viktoria Plzen 0

Villarreal CF 1 - AS Monaco FC 2

Second Legs : Tuesday, August 23rd