Sentences with phrase «league qualification last»

In his first season at United, the 54 - year - old won the League Cup and the Europa League, also securing Champions League qualification last season.

Crouch was a major part of Spurs» Champions League qualification last season and news of his exit is likely to surprise the 29 - year - old.

The pair are among a host of new arrivals for the Merseyside outfit and will expected to solve the goalscoring problems that ultimately cost the 2013 - 14 Premier League runners - up the chance of a trophy and Champions League qualification last season.

Diaby arrives at one of the genuine giants of the French game, but he joins a side in transition; Marcelo Bielsa's outfit missed out on Champions League qualification last term, and have since lost many of their key players.

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While Gattuso had his troubles early on, he has now guided Milan to a 10 - game unbeaten run in Serie A, winning their last five in a row and in turn dragging them back into the race for a Champions League qualification spot.

Just watching all four teams who were above us last season and I'm fearfull we might not get our top four back anytime soon, I hope I'm totally wrong but on the performance I've seen this weekend from them our best shot is the the Europa league by winning it thus automatic qualifications into champions league but out Mr know all manager is being deluded as usual thinking we are good enough to win the premiership again I hope I'm proved wrong

Should he sign as expected, the focus will have to quickly switch to Sassuolo on Sunday as the Rossoneri will be desperate to finish the campaign in positive fashion and keep their slim hopes of Champions League qualification alive until the last game of the season.

Cut out the woeful performances they are one too many, they've cost us qualification to the quarter final of the Champions league in the last 6 years.

With a key game against Spartak Moscow next week to seal qualification for the knockout stage of the Champions League, followed by a busy lead - up to the festive period which includes the Merseyside derby next weekend, the last thing Klopp wants is to see Matip out for an extended period of time.

He is easily worth the # 40 million (asking price) Porto left him out of their champions league qualification game, last week, because the player wants out and it looks likely that he will be sold.

Jones had an impressive season with United last campaign as he played 26 times for the Manchester outfit as they went on to win the League Cup and the Europa League and thus securing Champions League qualification.

Inter were taken over by the Suning Group last year, and although Stefano Pioli has led a mini-revival this season, they will miss out on Champions League football and remain in a real battle for Europa League qualification with four games to go.

The 23 - year - old Swiss midfielder arrives from Borussia Monchengladbach, who he captained to fourth place in the Bundesliga last season and Champions League qualification in the past two seasons.

The 23 - year - old enjoyed a strong campaign last year, making 40 appearances in all competitions and scoring five goals and providing three assists to help Liverpool secure Champions League qualification.

Napoli enjoyed a fine season under Rafa Benitez last term, finishing 3rd in La Liga to ensure Champions League qualification and also lifting the Copa Italia with a victory over Fiorentina.

ahhh CL qualification, first few league games and the last few weeks of the window.

Livermore, along with another Spurs recruit, Tom Huddlestone, were in magnificent form last season as the club retained their top flight status and advanced to the FA Cup final, securing Europa League qualification in the process.

After bringing in 11 new players, expectations were sky - high at the San Siro with Vincenzo Montella tasked with building on their qualification for the Europa League last season.

Stranded in fifth position, seven points behind bitter rivals Manchester United with only four games remaining, Rodgers and co. are almost certain to miss out on Champions League qualification, in stark contrast to this time last year when they were still on course for their first title of the Premier League era, only to miss out to Man City at the death.

Sterling enjoyed a strong season last term, netting 11 goals in all competitions, and was one of only a handful of players to come out of the 2014/15 campaign with any credit as Brendan Rodgers saw his side failed to retain their spot in the top four and therefore lost out in the race for Champions League qualification.

The Tangerines finished fifth in the SPL last season, and will be hoping to push on and get in to contention for the Europa League qualification places next time round.

Arsenal's disappointment at losing out on a Champions League qualification spot masked a decent run of wins at the end of the season — mirroring Chelsea's results across the last five games.

20) Rafael Benitez (Napoli)-- The former Liverpool boss has done well at Napoli, lifting the Italian Cup last season and making Champions League qualification a regular occurrence.

Arsene Wenger's side have now lost five of their last six in all competitions, losing in the Carabao Cup final to Manchester City while slipping 13 points adrift of the top four in the pursuit of a Champions League qualification spot.

Manure last season won the Charity Shield plus league Cup and Europa League.They finished outside of the Top 4 but gained Champions League qualification through the EL win.Was that considered a successful season for them?Well it was an improvement on the season before and they have used that as a platform to move forward.This season they are only really left playing for the FA CUP as they will not overtake City and will not win tleague Cup and Europa League.They finished outside of the Top 4 but gained Champions League qualification through the EL win.Was that considered a successful season for them?Well it was an improvement on the season before and they have used that as a platform to move forward.This season they are only really left playing for the FA CUP as they will not overtake City and will not win tLeague.They finished outside of the Top 4 but gained Champions League qualification through the EL win.Was that considered a successful season for them?Well it was an improvement on the season before and they have used that as a platform to move forward.This season they are only really left playing for the FA CUP as they will not overtake City and will not win tLeague qualification through the EL win.Was that considered a successful season for them?Well it was an improvement on the season before and they have used that as a platform to move forward.This season they are only really left playing for the FA CUP as they will not overtake City and will not win the CL.

FK Qabala Vs Borussia Dortmund — Europa League Last season Bundesliga 6th place holder on season end played qualification and play off, also won all of them so far.

The Citizens did start brightly last season but fixture congestion and a lack of ruthlessness left Pep's side fighting for Champions League qualification as the season came to its climax.

Mourinho has given up on United's hopes of securing Champions League qualification via the league and fielded a weakened team in last Sunday's 2 - 0 defeat at ArLeague qualification via the league and fielded a weakened team in last Sunday's 2 - 0 defeat at Arleague and fielded a weakened team in last Sunday's 2 - 0 defeat at Arsenal.

The escapades of last season surely ranks as one of the greatest years in Bilbao's recent history as they watched their prodigious squad reach two major finals (Europa League & Copa del Rey) as well as challenge briefly for Champions League qualification.

Spurs missed out on Champions League qualification by one point in the 2012/2013 season, with a total of 72 points - the highest point total for a top flight team outside of the top four - ensuring Balemania would start as soon as the last kick of a ball was kicked at White Hart Lane.

The result puts Arsenal back on course for qualification out of Champions League Group D and was in stark contrast to that which came in Wenger's 1,000 th match as Arsenal manager last season, when the Gunners were blown away 6 - 0 at Stamford Bridge during March.

Stoke finished off a hectic week of football with a 1 - 0 win over Everton, after successfully seeing off Blackburn the previous weekend and holding Dynamo Kyiv to a 1 - 1 draw to secure qualification for the last 32 of the Europa League.

With Champions League round - of - 16 qualification already taken care of, this could be their last big test of the year.

Naby Keita: The dynamic midfielder was one of the key figures in RasenBallsport Leipzig's remarkable campaign in the Bundesliga last season, as the top flight new boys took the division by storm and secured Champions League qualification.

These two teams currently sit either side of the Champions League qualification line with Tottenham five points ahead of last season's Premier League winners.

The last meeting was a dour 0 - 0 draw at Anfield in May as Liverpool were looking to secure Champions League qualification.

It's been a terrific run of form in the last couple of months for Arsenal which has seen them virtually clinch second place and more essentially securing Champions League qualification without having to go through the treacherous play off stages.

Victory against Chelsea at Turf Moor on Thursday would take them to within five points of last season's champions and lift the Clarets above Arsenal into sixth spot — within reach of securing qualification for the Europa League, which would be a remarkable feat for a club from a town of just 70,000 inhabitants.

This season, United may not be happy about competing from the group stages of Europe's secondary competition, but it is a trophy the club have never won, so Jose Mourinho may look into having a go at winning it now the winner's gain UEFA Champions League qualification, which may come in handy should the race for top four be as competitive as it was last season.

Sevilla coach Vincenzo Montella insists they'll clinch European qualification after last night's 0 - 0 draw with Deportivo La Coruna.Deportivo hosted Los Rojiblancos fresh from their impressive 3 - 2 victory over Athletic Club on Sunday, although few expected them to derail the Andalusian club's march to Europa League qualification in such a more on Tribal Football...

In Philippe Montanier's last game, La Real will be determined to cap an impressive season with a win, even if it just means Europa League qualification so Deportivo's task appears daunting.

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France League 1 club St Etienne was 5th on last season, and they were played 2 qualification round for qualifying Europa league group League 1 club St Etienne was 5th on last season, and they were played 2 qualification round for qualifying Europa league group league group stage.

Heading into their last two Champions League fixtures, Manchester United simply needed three points to ensure qualification for the last 16 of the tournament.

Celtic struggled to keep pace in the Champions League group stage last season and will likely fare the same this year around as they have Bayern Munich to contend with in the race for qualification as well.

Is this the same type of selective attention to things like we see when comparing the Eduardo incident last year (which occurred in a Champion's league qualification second - leg), and Defoe's blatant handball in the very same situation.

The Premier League title and Champions League qualification are both on the agenda when north London's finest renew their intense rivalry for the 38th time in the Barclay's Premier League era, in a fixture which normally promises a stack load of goals, as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur lock horns at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night, incidentally where Spurs secured their first north London derby victory in the Premier League for eleven - years last season.

Last year, they were up to fourth and ensured qualification for the Champions League.

Our hosts and last year's Champions have struggled to come even close to last season's ebullience despite making an admirable and successful fist at Champion's League qualification.

Liverpool have gone 12 games unbeaten in the Premier League as they close in on a top - four spot which would secure Champions League qualification for the second successive year after almost ending the club's 24 - year wait for the title last season.