atfcbrad Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Is next seasons Champions League and UEFA Europa League structures enforced for anyone who's got past the first season yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy38 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Yup. 101010 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty bison Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 The new UEFA Cup is soooooooooooo stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atfcbrad Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Does the Champions League qualifying split into Champions and Non-Champions or does the game not recognize this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickyt11 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 What is the new format? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GillsMan Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 What is the new format? Awful. Just awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Does this mean that there are only 3 English qualifiers for the champs league after the second season? So much for the big four - should make things more interesting - both IRL and in FM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellsareblue Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League New format in 2009–10 From the 2009-10 season, the competition will be rebranded as the UEFA Europa League in a bid to increase the competition's profile. A new format for the UEFA Europa League will be introduced for the three-year cycle, starting in the 2009–10 season. The biggest change is that there will be a group stage with 12 groups of four teams (in a double round robin) instead of eight groups of five (in a single round robin). Apart from that, the qualification will change significantly. UEFA Europa League logo.Associations ranked 7–9 in the UEFA coefficients will send the Cup winner and three other teams to the UEFA Europa League qualification, all other nations send a Cup winner and two other teams, except Liechtenstein, Andorra and San Marino, who will only send a Cup winner. Usually, the other teams will be the next highest ranked clubs in each domestic league after those participating in the Champions League, however France and England will most likely continue to use one spot for their League Cup winner. Additionally, three places in the first of four qualifying rounds are still reserved for Fair Play winners. Generally, the higher an association is ranked in the UEFA coefficients, the later its clubs start in the qualification, however every team except the title holder has to play at least one qualification round. Apart from the teams mentioned, an additional 15 losing teams from the Champions League qualification round two will enter in the fourth and last UEFA Europa League qualification round, formerly known as the first round, and the 10 losers of the Champions League qualification round 3 will directly enter the UEFA Europa League group stage. The 12 winners and the 12 runners-up in the group stage will advance to the first knock out round, together with eight 3rd placed teams from the Champions League. Like the UEFA Cup, the Intertoto Cup will be folded into the UEFA Europa League, much like the Cup Winners' Cup had been in the late 1990s. Cup winners who have already qualified for European competition via league placing will no longer hand their UEFA Europa League slot to the losing finalist. Their place in the competition will instead devolve onto the highest-placed team in the league not yet in European competition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellsareblue Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Ch...009%E2%80%9310 Changes to the competition format from 2009-10 onwards The main focus of the changes was to enable champions coming from associations ranked 13 to 53 much easier access to the main tournament through a separate qualifying route, rather than going head-to-head with non-champions from associations ranked 1 to 12. Five teams will enter into the group stage from each new route. 22 teams will now directly qualify for the group stage, the additional 6 teams being champions of associations ranked 10 to 12, and 3rd placed teams in associations ranked 1 to 3. It was also decided that the final would be played on the Saturday evening in calendar week 20 (19:45 BST) from 2009–10 onwards, instead of the Wednesday evening. Wembley Stadium in London was looking likely to host the event that year, only a week after the FA Cup Final would be played there. This caused some criticism and it was later announced that the 2010 final would be played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellsareblue Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I 'cut & pasted' those replies from another thread asking much the same question few days ago. So has anyone got to the second season yet? Are the NEW formats defo in there then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebellsareblue Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Ch...009%E2%80%9310Changes to the competition format from 2009-10 onwards The main focus of the changes was to enable champions coming from associations ranked 13 to 53 much easier access to the main tournament through a separate qualifying route, rather than going head-to-head with non-champions from associations ranked 1 to 12. Five teams will enter into the group stage from each new route. 22 teams will now directly qualify for the group stage, the additional 6 teams being champions of associations ranked 10 to 12, and 3rd placed teams in associations ranked 1 to 3. It was also decided that the final would be played on the Saturday evening in calendar week 20 (19:45 BST) from 2009–10 onwards, instead of the Wednesday evening. Wembley Stadium in London was looking likely to host the event that year, only a week after the FA Cup Final would be played there. This caused some criticism and it was later announced that the 2010 final would be played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. Sorry, the link didn't copy accross properly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_2009%E2%80%9310 This one should work okay. Interesting reading, for FM and IRL!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloydey Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 Sorry, the link didn't copy accross properly.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League_2009%E2%80%9310 This one should work okay. Interesting reading, for FM and IRL!!! Anyone got to season 2? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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