European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

[St Pauli]

YES!

St Pauli win the league!

https://streamable.com/8sikll

[Winston Biscuit]

Lyon's first 14 games of the season



Pierre Sage then takes over as manager.

Lyon's next 20 games of the season

[South Coast Royal]

Lyon's first 14 games of the season



Pierre Sage then takes over as manager.

Lyon's next 20 games of the season

Yeah, did notice that Win as , having been to a league game at their brilliant stadium (not just the stadium but the whole "matchday experience" of free train transport to and from the game and being allowed to drink anywhere) I have always had a passing interest in their side.

Incidentally my Turkish local shop m8 is depressed today because his Galatasaray lost at home to Fenerbahce yesterday when a draw would have been enough for them to be champions.
Now a nervous week as it goes down to the final games and Gala are away but a draw would be enough.
These 2 clubs are over 30 points clear of the 3rd and if Gala get at least a draw from the final game it will mean 100 points for the season over 38 matches.

BTW Wilfred Zaha has been useless apparently.

[Sutekh]

Lyon's first 14 games of the season



Pierre Sage then takes over as manager.

Lyon's next 20 games of the season

Yeah, did notice that Win as , having been to a league game at their brilliant stadium (not just the stadium but the whole "matchday experience" of free train transport to and from the game and being allowed to drink anywhere) I have always had a passing interest in their side.

Incidentally my Turkish local shop m8 is depressed today because his Galatasaray lost at home to Fenerbahce yesterday when a draw would have been enough for them to be champions.
Now a nervous week as it goes down to the final games and Gala are away but a draw would be enough.
These 2 clubs are over 30 points clear of the 3rd and if Gala get at least a draw from the final game it will mean 100 points for the season over 38 matches.

BTW Wilfred Zaha has been useless apparently.

Thought he was still at Palace and injured.

[Hendo]

Lyon's first 14 games of the season



Pierre Sage then takes over as manager.

Lyon's next 20 games of the season

Yeah, did notice that Win as , having been to a league game at their brilliant stadium (not just the stadium but the whole "matchday experience" of free train transport to and from the game and being allowed to drink anywhere) I have always had a passing interest in their side.

Incidentally my Turkish local shop m8 is depressed today because his Galatasaray lost at home to Fenerbahce yesterday when a draw would have been enough for them to be champions.
Now a nervous week as it goes down to the final games and Gala are away but a draw would be enough.
These 2 clubs are over 30 points clear of the 3rd and if Gala get at least a draw from the final game it will mean 100 points for the season over 38 matches.

BTW Wilfred Zaha has been useless apparently.

Thought he was still at Palace and injured.

Nah, moved to Gala last season. 10 goals in 39 games across all competitions doesn't seem too bad. 9 in 28 in the league, so basically 1 in 3, which again seems fine.

[South Coast Royal]

I am only going by what my mate says and he doesn't expect him to be there next season
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It seems as though Ziyech has done well after not getting the transfer away that he wanted.

[Winston Biscuit]

Bologna currently beating Juve 3-0 and heading for a 3rd place finish.

Samuel Illing-Junior playing for Juv3

Edit - 3 goals in 7 minutes for juve to bring it level. Still time for more!

[Orion1871]

Toni Kroos will retire after Euro 2024.

[Winston Biscuit]

2 games left in Segunda and currently no one is promoted and no one is relegated

[Winston Biscuit]

Toni Kroos will retire after Euro 2024.

Heard it said a few times over the last few months that this has been Kroos' best season for Real Madrid.

Decided to go out at top I guess

[Silver Fox]

2 games left in Segunda and currently no one is promoted and no one is relegated

Midtable obscurity confirmed for the mighty azul though

[Winston Biscuit]

1 game left in La Liga and the whole of the top 8 are already in their finishing places. And relegation is already sorted too. Worst last day ever.

Should be the first golden boot winner to not be from Barcelona or Real Madrid in 15 seasons. Alexander Sorloth of Villarreal is 2 ahead of Girona's Artem Dovbyk

[Orion1871]

Claudio Ranieri announces he is leaving Cagliari and retiring from management.

[Stranded]

Scottish League Cup announced new prize fund today.

A team that enters and loses every group game will get £36k.

A side entering Round 1 in England only makes that money if they reach the quarter finals.

[Clyde1998]

Scottish League Cup announced new prize fund today.

A team that enters and loses every group game will get £36k.

A side entering Round 1 in England only makes that money if they reach the quarter finals.

The Scottish League Cup has a much more equitable prize money with the Scottish Cup (notwithstanding any TV fee) when compared to the English equivalents.

The breakdown for the Scottish Cup this season was:

• Preliminary - £2,200
• 1st round - £5,000 (+£1,500 if on TV)
• 2nd round - £6,500 (+£2,250 if on TV)
• 3rd round - £9,500 (+£3,500 if on TV)
• 4th round - £19,500 (+£24,000 if on TV)
• 5th round - £47,250 (+£24,000 if on TV)
• 6th round - £102,000 (+£24,000 if on TV)
• Semi-final - £177,000 (+£60,000 for TV)
• Runner-up - £292,000 (+£125,000 for TV)
• Winner - £352,000 (+£125,000 for TV)

A Premiership club (entering in the 4th round) winning the Scottish Cup will earn a minimum of £882,750 (in terms of guaranteed prize and TV money). The winner of the Scottish League Cup will earn £400k plus £30k in TV money for each game shown in the knockout round (£18k during the group stage - which sides in Europe don't play in).

For comparison, an English Premier League or Championship side will earn a minimum of £3.9m before considering TV money. Celtic got £3,843,700 for winning the Scottish Premiership last season (including TV money). A club gets roughly £6m in TV money for playing in the English Championship.

The breakdown for the League Cup in England is:

• 1st round win - £5,000
• 2nd round win - £7,000
• 3rd round win - £10,000
• 4th round win - £15,000
• Quarter-finalists - £25,000
• Semi-finalists - £25,000
• Runner-up - £50,000
• Winner - £100,000

Winning the League Cup from the first round will net a side only £187k in prize money, which explains why sides don't take it seriously.

For further context about how low the prize money of the League Cup is, here's the prize money for the EFL Trophy (this was for when the competition didn't have a sponsor, it may have increased after a sponsor was found mid-season):

• Group stage (per win) - £8,000
• Group stage (per draw) - £4,000
• Round of 32 win - £15,000
• Round of 16 win - £29,500
• Quarter-final win - £40,000
• Runner-up - £42,000
• Winner - £84,000
• TV money (before semi-final) - £10,000
• TV money (semi-final) - £20,000

A side winning every match in the EFL Trophy would receive £192,500 in prize money, in addition to a share of the Wembley ticket money from the final.

[Stranded]

Looking at the prize money on offer, it is surprising that more teams don't take the EFL Trophy slightly more seriously - appreciate that there are costs involved in putting on/getting to a game but just taking our run to the last 16 in to account - this would have banked the club 39k - not a massive amount but would cover some wages for very little on pitch effort.

[Winston Biscuit]

Atalanta's win in the Europa League final means Roma are into the Champions League next season as long as Atalanta remain in 5th place in Serie A

[RFCMod]

Fortuna Dusseldorf pulling off a 3.0 away win against Bochum in the Bundesliga play off first leg

[Loafer]

I won a fortuna dusseldorf shirt from sorare and watch their games always ad a consequence

Appelkamp is such a Good player and so is tanaka

[Winston Biscuit]

2 games left in Segunda. Not a single team promoted or relegated yet. Penultimate fixtures played today at 5:30 where it's possible all promotion, relegation and play off participants could be sorted.