Sentences with phrase «domestic league competition»

-- The club that won the UEFA Champions League will go straight into the group stage — The UEFA Europa League winners will go into the UEFA Champions League play - offs — The club that had qualified for a UEFA Champions League play - off spot via their domestic league competition (i.e. finished fourth) will transfer into the UEFA Europa League

The two non-league sides were due to take each other on in their domestic league competition this weekend, only for it to be postponed by the pair reaching the unlikely heights of the FA Cup fifth round, and should an unlikely giant killing occur on Monday, they will earn the chance to take each other on for a place at Wembley.

Not exact matches

Clearly the big prize on offer to us this season is the Europa League but it looks like there will be some strong clubs dropping into it from the Champions League and it is never an easy competition to win and also tends to interfere with your domestic league campaign in the latter sLeague but it looks like there will be some strong clubs dropping into it from the Champions League and it is never an easy competition to win and also tends to interfere with your domestic league campaign in the latter sLeague and it is never an easy competition to win and also tends to interfere with your domestic league campaign in the latter sleague campaign in the latter stages.

Had to vote Top 6 + Europa League but it's missing a couple of other options of success: — A GREAT season (given the competition and crappy Sanchez / Ozil situation, etc.) would be Top 4 + Domestic Cup (s?)

There are few, if any, Premier League clubs that have had more injury problems than Arsenal to cope with in recent years and the fact that we have always had the Champions League to worry about as well as the three domestic competitions has made it even harder for Arsene Wenger to cope.

Yet now, at this time, sitting a very lowly and pathetic and embarrassing SIXTH place in the Premiership, after getting knocked out of the FA Cup by a team struggling in the Championship, and competing in the Europa League, (Which is basically the Championship) you feel you need to remind us of your loyalty and commitment to Arsenal Football Club.This same Club that despite you failing to achieve a Top 4 finish to give us our Champions League fare for this season, Increased your Salary to # 9m per year.I would remind you that you yourself have continually stated that a Top 4 finish was a greater achievement than winning a Domestic Cup Competition, so I will not allow the FA cup win of last season to enter into this letter.

A move to Ajax would see Ince secure a high profile move to a club that can offer him a shot at major domestic silverware as well as a chance to shine in the Champions or Europa League competitions.

With long runs in both domestic competitions and progress to the last 32 of the Europa League possibly catching up on Spurs, yesterday's 1 - 0 home surrender to Aston Villa suggests the remaining few weeks of the campaign could be a slog.

It's true that Walcott had a good showing in a favorable Europa League group this season, with three goals in five games there, but that success has not translated to domestic competition.

The Swiss international has scored three times in domestic competitions for the Swiss Super League side, but the player's form in the Champions League is even better.

Newcastle already have 27 Premier League points, and are in a comfortable position in regards to domestic safety, while they are now out of all other competitions.

Albeit winning the domestic cup competition can not be as significant as winning the Premier League or the Champions League — two most coveted pieces of silverware for any top club — it would have given Wenger's wizards the relief of having finally won a trophy after so long, as well as the belief to continue in the same vein in the future.

We also seemed to get the worst possible outcome every time there was a draw made for the Champions League or one of the domestic cup competitions, but that changed last year as the injury crisis gradually cleared up and we got some decent cup draws, even though we failed to make the most of this against Monaco.

In Europe that would be your domestic title and cup and either the Champions League or Europa League, although no club has ever done it with Europe's secondary club competition.

He was given the unenviable task of succeeding serial trophy - winner Sir Alex Ferguson and early exits from both domestic cup competitions, plus poor league form, cost him his job, with United eventually turning to Louis van Gaal as his successor.

The English League Cup may be third on the list of domestic competitions in terms of how it's viewed by the elite of the Premier League, but when the giants of the English football pyramid meet up, it's always a good time, especially when you get to watch rivals like Chelsea and Arsenal go head - to - head like they will in the semifinals starting Wednesday.

They were also knocked out of of both domestic cup competitions at the Etihad by Newcastle United and Middlesbrough, then crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of Barcelona in the first knockout round.

It was bad enough when the likes of Cesc Fabregas signed for clubs like Barcelona who were not in direct competition with the Gunners, but losing Ashley Cole to Chelsea, Nasri to Man City or perhaps worst of all Robin van Persie was not only painful for the fans because it strengthened a rival while weakening us, thereby making any chance of us winning the Premier League or other domestic trophy smaller.

Even though it is club football that really pays the wages of the players and with some real glory on offer in the shape of domestic cups, leagues and the Europa and Champions League competitions, it is fair to say that the biggest trophy in football is the World Cup.

The elite European competition is a different animal than the Premier League, or any domestic league for that mLeague, or any domestic league for that mleague for that matter.

The poor results of English teams in European competition suggest Premier League sides have begun to believe the hype that surrounds our domestic game.

Arsene Wenger has often used the domestic cup competitions to give some up and coming young players their first taste of Arsenal first team action, but the Frenchman has generally done this in the early rounds so an FA cup quarter final against a Premier League team like Watford would not normally see a young Gunner make their debut.

It's star players suffer burnout thanks to 38 gruelling league games and however many else in domestic and European cup competitions, but this is, of course, complete rubbish.

we knew at the end of the season gone that the only chance we have of success is the europa — it pains me to say it but we are still with a chance — a remote chance in premier league competition but far as domestic and europa cup competition we are very much an active threat.

Normally it is Arsenal who are put at a disadvantage by the way that the football fixture list is worked out, as we are always involved in the Champions League and also tend to get through at least a few rounds of the two domestic cup competitions.

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Schalke were hammered 3 - 0 at Nuremberg to drop down to fifth in the league and out of the Champions League places, having been dumped out of Europe's top domestic competition with a home defeat to Galatasaray on Tuleague and out of the Champions League places, having been dumped out of Europe's top domestic competition with a home defeat to Galatasaray on TuLeague places, having been dumped out of Europe's top domestic competition with a home defeat to Galatasaray on Tuesday.

They exited both domestic competitions prematurely and once again failed to reach the quarter - finals of the Champions League, leaving manager Manuel Pellegrini under serious pressure.

For a big club like Arsenal, with Champions League football to cope with every season as well as the Premier League and domestic cup competitions, a large squad is necessary but that does also mean that, quite often, the fringe and young players do not get the amount of time on the pitch that they need to improve their game and progress their football careers.

I'm also sure that Adelaide will feature in some, if not most, of Arsenal's matches in domestic competitions like the FA CUP and League Cup.

The England Under - 20 World Cup winner has occasionally featured in the early rounds of domestic cup competitions, but has been an ever - present throughout the Europa League campaign so far, and has also made five Premier League starts this season.

Whilst the addition of a Champions League place is yet to pick the reputation of the competition out of the dustbin, this is a situation that is likely to change as the season develops and some of Europe's biggest clubs find themselves out of the running in their domestic leagues.

It will also provide extra motivation for teams such as Liverpool and Tottenham as the competition progresses, with some of the best teams in the competition and potential winners from smaller nations — the likes of Ajax, Anderlecht, Salzburg and Zenit immediately spring to mind — already likely to be assured of Champions League places through their domestic finishes.

West Ham are supposed to be close to signing the centre - back [Metro] as Slaven Bilic looks to strengthen his side for the dual challenges of the Europa League and domestic competition.

Pre-season training and the increasingly commercial and lucrative tours that clubs like Arsenal go on may be just a pale shadow of the competitive action of the Premier League and the domestic and European cup competitions, but it is still very important for a number of reasons.

The forward has bagged 13 goals in Ligue 1 and has found the net 22 times in all competitions — including efforts in the Europa League and the domestic cups.

For most of the games that Arsenal have played this season, whether in the Premier League, domestic cups or Champions League competitions, we have had to cope with a bigger injury list than our opponents, but that was not true of West ham on Wednesday and even less so for our next EPL game away to Crystal Palace.

Should we just give up altogether in Europe and focus on the domestic league or keep going and try to juggle between these two competitions?

And again, which ambitious team (if really), goes into 4 major competitions (League, CL and 2 domestic Cups) with 6 defenders?

There are domestic soccer league competitions in almost all of the 208 countries that play soccer, but the leagues in Europe are the most popular.

While his former side have reached the Champions League semi-finals, Barcelona are looking to complete a domestic league and cup double after crashing out of Europe's top competition at the quarter - finals stage toLeague semi-finals, Barcelona are looking to complete a domestic league and cup double after crashing out of Europe's top competition at the quarter - finals stage toleague and cup double after crashing out of Europe's top competition at the quarter - finals stage to Roma.

Europa League / UEFA Cup and domestic cup competitions get 5 points each.

This season, for instance, Premier League champions Manchester City played 17 games during December and January, with Pep Guardiola's players fulfilling fixtures in all three domestic competitions and the Champions League.

Real Madrid moved back above FC Barcelona into second place thanks to strong commercial growth in 2016/17 and a title winning season in both domestic and European competitions, with Bayern Munich and Manchester City making up the remainder of the Money League top five.

The team placed fifth automatically qualifies for the UEFA EL, and the sixth and seventh - placed teams can also qualify, depending on the winners of the two domestic cup competitions i.e. the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup (League Cup).

They fared slightly better in cup competitions, marching all the way to the Champions League semi-finals, however, they also suffered premature exits in both domestic competitions.

The Carabao Cup is one of two domestic cup competitions in the English Football League across the top four divisions and is one of the major honours up for grabs during the football season.

League Cup see them in the final of fourth domestic competition in last 5 years and they have won the last three finals they have been involved in at Wembley.

Soccer matches are played as part of, international competitions or domestic league championships.

So domestic leagues were invented and championship - winning teams began to imagine they were the best in the continent so, eventually, pan-continental competition came along.