Bundesliga's race for Europe: Can Dortmund come back to reach UCL?
The Bundesliga table is tight near the top, with 11 teams possessing real and achievable European aspirations.
The Bundesliga table is tight near the top, with 11 teams possessing real and achievable European aspirations.
The Premier League season is edging toward its climax, but how can clubs qualify for the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League?
Chelsea captain Reece James has said his side "disrespected the competition" as they lost 2-1 to Polish side Legia Warsaw in the UEFA Conference League quarterfinal on Thursday.
Chelsea secured a spot in the Conference League semifinals despite losing the second leg of their quarterfinal 2-1 at home to Legia Warsaw on Thurday.
Chelsea are moving in the right direction and developing a playing style that will help them in the long run, coach Enzo Maresca said on Wednesday in an impassioned defence of his players who were jeered over the weekend.
Chelsea have got one foot in the Conference League semifinals after they earned a dominant 3-0 quarterfinal fist-leg victory away at Legia Warsaw.
Chelsea secured their spot in the Conference League quarterfinals on Thursday after a 1-0 win over FC Copenhagen at Stamford Bridge secured a 3-1 aggregate triumph.
Chelsea closed in on a place in the Conference League quarterfinals after securing a 2-1 win at F.C. København in the first leg of their round-of-16 tie in the Danish capital.
Chelsea were paired with Copenhagen in the round of 16 of the UEFA Conference League on Friday.
The 16-year-old forward became the second-youngest goalscorer in European club competition, and the youngest ever in Conference League play when he netted the winner for Rovers in a 1-0 first-leg playoff victory over Molde.
Shamrock Rovers' Michael Noonan became the youngest goalscorer in European club competition history after he earned his side a 1-0 win in the first leg of their Conference League knockout round playoff at Norway's Molde on Thursday. Noonan, aged 16...
TEAM | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chelsea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +21 | 18 |
Guimaraes | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +7 | 14 |
Fiorentina | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +11 | 13 |
Rapid Vienna | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +6 | 13 |
Djurgården | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 13 |
FC Lugano | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 13 |
Legia Warsaw | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | +8 | 12 |
Cercle Brugge KSV | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +7 | 11 |
Jagiellonia Bialystok | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +5 | 11 |
Shamrock Rovers | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 11 |
Apoel Nicosia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 11 |
Pafos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 10 |
Panathinaikos | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 10 |
Olimpija Ljubljana | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 10 |
Real Betis | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 10 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
KAA Gent | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
F.C. København | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
Vikingur Reykjavik | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
Borac Banja Luka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 8 |
NK Celje | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Omonia Nicosia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Molde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 7 |
FK TSC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
Istanbul Basaksehir | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
Mlada Boleslav | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 6 |
FC Astana | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 5 |
St. Gallen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -8 | 5 |
HJK Helsinki | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -6 | 4 |
FC Noah | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -10 | 4 |
The New Saints | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 3 |
Dinamo Minsk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 3 |
Larne | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -9 | 3 |
LASK Linz | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -10 | 3 |
Petrocub | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 2 |