World Club Cup on Top 100

WORLD CLUB CUP S28

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:58:27 +0100

The countdown is over. A new World Club Cup season is on the horizon, and the road to the trophy has never looked more demanding.

Before the action begins, the spotlight remains on last season's champions Leicester and their manager Ash. The atmosphere is charged with anticipation as fans look forward to seeing how the team will build upon their incredible success from the previous season.

This season, we keep the same approach as last season, focusing on the World Club Cup as our primary competition. The format implemented has proven to be effective and smooth, allowing teams to face off under favorable conditions. Managers can organize their matches without encountering any significant logistical issues, which is crucial in maintaining the teams' competitive spirit and performance levels.

The objective is clear: fewer scheduling conflicts, which have plagued teams in the past, will lead to greater intensity in every match played. The league has carefully crafted a schedule that maximizes the excitement of the tournament while minimizing the risk of fatigue or injury among players. This relentless path toward the title means that every match counts, placing considerable pressure on all teams involved to consistently perform at their best. By fostering a competitive environment, fans can expect thrilling moments and intense rivalries to unfold throughout the season. The stakes have never been higher, and as the teams prepare to take the field, the excitement builds for what promises to be an unforgettable season.

DRAW COMPLETE – SURVIVAL FROM DAY ONE

The draw has been finalized, producing a full knockout bracket where there will be no second chances.

From the opening round, every match carries elimination stakes. Every tie will be played over two legs, placing a premium on consistency, squad management, and tactical discipline.

With 100 clubs participating, several teams have received automatic passage through Round 1. Tournament officials emphasized that these byes were assigned purely through random draw and are necessary to maintain bracket balance.

The competition officially kicks off on Wednesday, July 15th, when the first battles of the new campaign get underway.

Tournament Schedule and Bracket:
⚽️🍀🏆https://challonge.com/wvvpws2j🏆🍀⚽️

EXTRA TIME RULE REMAINS

Tournament regulations remain unchanged regarding tied aggregate scores.

Should teams finish level after two legs, progression will once again be decided through the established Fictional Extra Time system, ensuring every knockout clash produces a winner.

STRICTER RULES FOR MANAGERS

Organizers have also announced tougher standards regarding fixture organization following issues experienced during the previous seasons.

Managers will be expected to take full responsibility for arranging matches and maintaining communication with their opponents.

Should a fixture remain unplayed, managers must provide evidence that genuine attempts were made to organize the match. Failure to do so could have severe consequences.

If neither side can demonstrate sufficient effort, both clubs will be eliminated from the competition, while their scheduled next-round opponent will advance automatically.

The message from tournament officials is unmistakable: professionalism and accountability are now non-negotiable.

A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS

The bracket is set. The contenders are ready. The champions have targets on their backs.

For some clubs, this season offers redemption. For others, it presents an opportunity to build a legacy. For everyone involved, the challenge is the same: survive, advance, and keep the dream alive.

Same format. Greater pressure. Higher stakes.

The World Club Cup is back—and the battle for football's ultimate club crown begins now.

ASH DELIVERS WORLD CLUB CUP GLORY IN DEBUT SEASON AS LEICESTER EDGE PORTO

Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:05:48 +0100

Leicester crowned world champions after dramatic extra-time victory following 1-1 aggregate draw

Ash could hardly have dreamed of a better beginning to life as Leicester City manager.

In his first season in charge, the Leicester boss guided the club to World Club Cup glory, overcoming Porto in a tense and dramatic final that required fictional extra time to produce a winner after the two sides finished level at 1-1 on aggregate.

The triumph marks the first World Club Cup title of Ash's managerial career and represents one of the finest achievements of his young tenure at the club. Having arrived with the task of leading Leicester into a new era, he has wasted little time in delivering silverware on the global stage.

The final itself was a showcase of determination and tactical discipline from both teams. Neither Leicester nor Porto were willing to give ground, resulting in a closely fought contest that remained on a knife-edge throughout both legs.

Porto, managed by Andre, proved worthy opponents and matched Leicester for long periods of the tie. After the aggregate score finished 1-1, the final was forced into fictional extra time, with the destination of the trophy hanging in the balance.

As fatigue set in and tension gripped players and supporters alike, Leicester found the moment they had been searching for. The decisive extra-time goal finally broke the deadlock and sent the Leicester bench into wild celebrations.

Porto pushed desperately for an equaliser, but Leicester stood firm, defending their advantage until the final whistle confirmed them as world champions.

The victory is particularly significant for Ash, whose arrival at the club was met with both excitement and expectation. Delivering a major international trophy in his first season has immediately endeared him to supporters and established his credentials among the game's rising managers.

Leicester's players also deserve immense credit for navigating one of the toughest paths imaginable. Against a Porto side that refused to surrender, they demonstrated resilience, composure and character when it mattered most.

For Andre and Porto, defeat will be difficult to accept after pushing the final beyond normal time. Their performance throughout the tie earned admiration and respect, even if they ultimately fell short of lifting the trophy.

As Leicester's players celebrated on the world stage, one image stood above the rest: Ash, in his debut season, raising the World Club Cup trophy for the first time in his career.

For Leicester City, it is a moment of glory.

For Ash, it may be the beginning of something special.

THE ROAD TO GLORY STARTS NOW

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:02:12 +0100

A new season is approaching — and the World Club Cup is calling.

First, congratulations to last season’s champions: Leicester, winners of the WCC, and São Paulo, champions of the WCS. True excellence, deserved success, and a benchmark for the season ahead.

The upcoming season introduces a refined competition format. Experience has shown that managing multiple parallel competitions can place excessive pressure on managers, so this season will feature again with one unified elite competition. All Top 100 GW teams remain included — only the structure evolves.

All teams have entered a random draw, forming a full knockout bracket with elimination matches from the very first round. Every round will be played over two legs, where consistency, preparation, and performance will define progression.
Due to the 100-team structure, some clubs will receive a Round 1 bye. This is a result of the random draw and a necessary structural element to ensure competitive balance and proper tournament flow.

The competition officially begins on Wednesday, February 18th.

⚽️🔥🏆Link to schedule: https://challonge.com/gyn86ja0

All competition rules remain in effect, including the system for tied aggregate scores after two legs, which will continue to be resolved through Fictional Extra Time.

We will continue with rules for match organization and managerial responsibility. Based on last season’s experience, a stricter professional standard will apply:

Managers must actively organize their fixtures
In the event of an unplayed match, managers must contact the organizer and provide proof of attempted scheduling
Failure to do so will result in both teams being eliminated
Their next-round opponent will receive a free pass to the following stage

This season is built on discipline, structure, accountability, and competition integrity.

We are entering a new era of the World Club Cup — a format designed for intensity, fairness, and elite performance.
New structure. New pressure. New opportunities. New legends.

Welcome to the new WCC season.
The path is clear. The bracket is set. The battle begins. 🏆🔥

WCC and WCS knock out starts now!

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:26:36 +0100

After Play-In round, we came to knock out phase of this season WCC & WCS tournament.

All rounds will be played in two games (home&away). We start already on 12th of November and continue every Wednesday till the end of the season.

WCC schedule: WCC schedule link

WCS schedule: WCS schedule link

The schedule will be tight. Please stay alert and try to arrange your games as soon as possible. If you need some help, I will happily help. Still, please try to communicate with your opponent to avoid forfeiting the game.

Good luck to everyone and enjoy the biggest competition in Top100.

Barcelona Crowned WCC Champions After Thrilling Final Against Juventus

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:51:02 +0100

Barcelona have done it again!

In a dramatic two-legged World Club Cup (WCC) final, the Spanish giants held off a fierce Juventus comeback to claim the title with a 6-4 aggregate victory. Under the steady leadership of manager Adam, this marks Barcelona’s third WCC title in just five seasons, solidifying their status as a modern dynasty.

First Leg: Barcelona 4-1 Juventus – Total Domination at Home

The final began with a statement performance at the Camp Nou, where Barcelona completely overwhelmed Juventus.

Declan Rice opened the scoring with a thunderous strike from distance, setting the tone for the night.
Juventus responded through Álvaro Morata, who leveled the score.
Rodrygo put Barcelona again in the lead with a clinical finish after a swift attacking move.
Robert Lewandowski made it 3-1 just short after halftime, showcasing his killer instincts inside the box.
But Barcelona weren't done—Luis Díaz added a late fourth, leave the visitors reeling.

The match ended 4-1, putting Barcelona firmly in control ahead of the second leg in Turin.

Second Leg: Juventus 3-2 Barcelona – A Brave Fightback Falls Short

Backed by a passionate home crowd, Juventus came out swinging in the second leg, desperate to overturn the deficit.

Kingsley Coman ignited hope with an early goal, exploiting space down the flank.
Then Marcus Rashford stepped up with a sensational goal, bringing the score to 2-0 on the night and momentarily cutting the aggregate to 4-3.

But Barcelona kept their composure, leaning on their experience—and one man in particular.

Lewandowski, rising to the occasion once again, responded with two crucial goals to halt Juventus' momentum. His brace not only kept Barcelona ahead on aggregate but sealed the deal.
Last goal for Juventus was again from Rashford, but too late to make a difference in final result.

The second leg ended 3-2 in Juventus’ favor, but Barcelona’s first-leg cushion held strong, and they lifted the trophy with a 6-4 win across both matches.

Tactical Brilliance & Historic Achievement

Manager Adam deserves massive credit for masterminding another title run. This victory is his third WCC title in five seasons—a remarkable achievement that speaks volumes about his consistency, tactical evolution, and ability to manage high-pressure games.

Barcelona’s mix of youth, experience, and attacking flair proved too much for Juventus over two legs. With this title, they not only add silverware to their cabinet but also continue to shape an era of dominance on the global stage.

Final Thoughts

The 2025 WCC Final delivered drama, quality football, and two world-class sides going head-to-head. Juventus with manager Kevin fought valiantly and showed glimpses of brilliance, but in the end, Barcelona’s firepower and composure won out.

As the dust settles, one thing is clear: Barcelona under Adam aren’t just winners—they’re building a legacy.

World Club Cup S25

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:37:54 +0100

New season around the corner, new World Club Cup is calling!

First of all big congratulations to both winners of last season, Porto in WCC and Juventus in WCS.

In new season we will have slightly different competition. History learned us that too many games can be too much for some managers to handle. That is why we will try with just one competition. It will still include all the teams of Top100 GW, just format will be changed.

All teams has been in random draw that gave us bracket with elimination games from first round on. Every round will be played with two games. As you can see on the schedule: WCC S25, some teams has free pass in Round 1. They had a luck in random draw, but this is necessary that system will work with 100 teams involved.

Below is schedule by the dates. As you can see we will start third Wednesday, 30th of April.

All rules of competition stays the same. This also includes how we will handle games that will finish tied after two games: Fictional Extra Time.

Only change in the rules will be in handling managers that they are not organizing their games. Based on last season's experience, we made a decision. Managers will need to be proactive if games are not played. Managers will need to contact me and show proof that they tried to organize their games. If not, both teams will be eliminated from the competition. Their opponent in the next round will get a free pass to the next level of competition.

Hope all is clear and we will have a lot of fun in new season. Enjoy in new format of WCC and hopefully we will see some big surprises this season.

WCC and WCS knockout stage S24

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:45:01 +0100

So we came to the second part of this season WCC and WCS competition. Below you can see the links for both competitions and also schedule for it.

First round (R32) in both competitions will be decided in one match, from then on we will always have two matches to get a winner.

Schedule for WCC: https://challonge.com/12zm0kq6

Schedule for WCS: https://challonge.com/ojzrvljc

Please arrange your games as soon as possible!

WCC and WCS tournament S24

Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:06:14 +0100

First of all, I want to thank all of you for your cooperation. Your support and help during last season's WCC and WCS tournament was invaluable. Congratulations again to both winners, Dortmund and Stoke City.

In new season, 24, we will have a little different format of our WCC and WCS tournament. Group stage will be organized in 10 different groups. All groups will include ten teams. There will be two teams from each division: D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5. Teams will be picked based on their final position on the league table at the end of season 23. Therefore, there will be no seed this season. For example: Top two teams from D1, D2, D3, D4 and D5 will be in same group. Then in the next group, we will include all third and fourth teams from D1, D2, D3, D4, and D5. And this system we will be use till we fill the last, 10th, group.

Each team in a group will play one game against each other, so 9 games in group format. After that we will go to knock out system, starting with R32. In WCC, teams that finish in the top 3 of each group, will qualify. This accounts for 30 teams. Additionally, the 2 best teams that finish in fourth place will also qualify. In WCS will qualify teams from place 4-6 and extra four best teams that will finished on place 7. All others will unfortunately finished this season WCC and WCS tournament.

Because we have this system, I would like to ask all of you to help me. Games will be played every Wednesday. It will be important to organize all of your group games and also knock out as soon as possible. We will start the competition on the third Wednesday of a new season. I want to make sure you don’t miss some games. First round will be after turn 3 (schedule in the table below). Round of 32 knockout stage will have just one game. This is the same format we have in the YC or YS competition. This setup allows us to have finals in WCC and WCS played in two games.

Link to group stage schedule (this we use just for group stage matches, knock out will follow afterwards): https://challonge.com/2dj8qmkq

Below you can see how the schedule will look like this season:

Date	Rounds
17th of November	Turn 1 - first game of the Season 24
20th of November	Free
27th of November	Match day 1
4th of December	Match day 2
11th of December	Match day 3
18th of December	Match day 4
25th of December	Match day 5
1st of January	Match day 6
8th of January	Match day 7
15th of January	Match day 8
22nd of January	Match day 9
29th of January	R32
5th of February	R16 Leg 1
12th of February	R16 Leg 2
19th of February	Qtr Finals Leg 1
26th of February	Qtr Finals Leg 2
5th of March	Semi Finals Leg 1
12th of March	Semi Finals Leg 2
19th of March	Final Leg 1
26th of March	Final Leg 2
27th of March	Turn 38 - last game of the Season 24

Let’s the season 24 begins. Hopefully we will see great and exciting tournament.

Thank you for your support and wish you all the best.

WCC and WCS winners of season 23

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:08:30 +0100

And we finally came to the end of this season of WCC and WCS competition. Amazing season with a lot of surprises come to an end with another surprise.

In WCC final we seen two teams with completely different stories. Dortmund, the best team in Top100 by the stats, finally managed to win a title. They played against the big surprise of the season, River Plate. Twice a narrow win (1-0; 1-0) brings some satisfaction and joy to their manager Dario. He hopes that this title will push the boys to challenge for the division title next season. River Plate, a D2 team, showed up in both matches and fight till the end, but unfortunately was not enough. We have to congratulate their manager Master T for amazing work and fight till last minute. In this season WCC competition, they managed to kick out teams like Porto, Verona, Levante etc. Amazing work!

In WCC we see a big surprise. D2 team Stoke City managed to beat D1 team Bayer Leverkusen (1-1; 2-1). Stoke, who managed before to kick out teams like Benfica, took an opportunity and delivered title to their fans. A pure joy and big celebration in a cold and rainy evening at Stoke. Manager Andrew Kelly, staff members, and his players celebrated all night. They will face a tough time getting fit for the last game of the season. This game can be crucial in the race to stay a D2 team. On the other side, Leverkusen manager Marco G and players are now in a small downfall with confidence. In less than a week they lost two finals, Youth Shield and now also WCS competition. The manager now hopes that players earn at least a point in the last game of the season. This will help keep the club in D1.

At that point, I want to thank all Top100 managers. Your cooperation in this season edition of WCC and WCS is greatly appreciated. In the next days, we will introduce a new format for the competition. This will bring even more exciting games for the new season.

WCC and WCS final

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:31:08 +0100

And we came to the final stage of this season WCC and WCS competition. Final two games will decide who will succeed last season winners Barcelona and Liverpool.

In WCC final we will see a game between D1 team Dortmund and surprise of this season River Plate. Dortmund is clear favorite in this final. Let’s see if River Plate can surprise once again and take the trophy home to Argentina.

WCS final will be played between Stoke and Leverkusen. Both clubs don’t have a great season in their divisions but looks to secure WCS trophy and bring some joy to their fans.

Games will be played on 23rd and 30th of October.

Dortmund - River Plate

Leverkusen - Stoke City

Good luck to everyone!

WCC and WCS Semifinals results

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 07:18:50 +0100

Below you can find a draw for this season WCC and WCS competition.

Games will be played on 9th and 16th of October.

WCC:

River Plate - Porto (1-0, 1-1) 2-1

Dortmund - Shakhtar Donetsk (2-0, 1-0) 3-0

WCS:

Stoke City - Benfica (2-1, 3-2) 5-3

Leverkusen - Chelsea (0-1; 5-0) 5-1

Wish you all good luck!

WCC and WCS QTR final results

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:59:57 +0100

Below you will find a draw for QTR final of this season WCC and WCS.

Please arrange games as soon as possible. First games will be played on 25th of September and reverse on 2nd of October.

WCC draw:

Hellas Verona vs River Plate (3-3, 1-1)

RCD Espanyol vs Dortmund (1-3, 1-2)

Porto vs Atletico Madrid (3-1, 2-2)

Shakhtar Donetsk vs São Paulo (1-1, 2-1)

WCS draw:

Chelsea vs Basel (5-1, 2-1)

Leverkusen vs Feyenoord (2-0, 2-0)

Benfica vs AS Saint-Etienne (0-0, 2-1)

Santos vs Stoke City (0-2, 0-4)

Good luck to all! We hope to see some epic battles.

WCC and WCS R16 final results

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 02:05:15 +0100

Bellow you will find results for R16 WCC and WCS competition.

In bold you can see teams that advance in next round. Draw for next round will be made today and games will be played on 25th of September and reverse on 2nd of October.

WCC:

Manchester City vs RCD Espanyol 1-1; 1-2

River Plate vs Levante UD 0-0; 1-1

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Dinamo Zagreb 3-1; 2-2

Hellas Verona vs SC Internacional 4-3; 1-1

Inter vs Dortmund 1-1; 0-1

Porto vs Barcelona 1-0; 1-1

West Ham vs São Paulo FC 2-1; 0-2

Atletico Madrid vs Augsburg 4-0; 1-1

WCS:

Malaga vs Chelsea 1-2; 2-1

FC Twente vs Santos FC 0-3; 0-0

Crystal Palace vs Benfica 1-3; 1-1

Leverkusen vs Athletic Club 2-0; 1-1

Basel vs Flamengo 1-0; 2-1

Roma vs AS Saint-Etienne 0-2; 2-2

Everton vs Stoke City 1-0; 1-3

Liverpool vs Feyenoord 0-0; 2-3

Congratulations to all who advance in round of 8 in WCC and WCS!

WCC WCS R32 Results and R16 Qualified Teams

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:29:02 +0100

Both legs of WCC and WCS R32 is completed successfully and now we have 16 winners ready to fight for the glory. Here the updated results :

WCC R32 RESULTS

Bayern	0 - 2	FC Porto
Paris Saint-Germain	0 - 5	SC Internacional
Hellas Verona	3 - 2	Arsenal
Schalke	3 - 4	São Paulo FC
Barcelona	5 - 2	Hamburg
Valencia CF	1 - 3	Internazionale
Chievo Verona	1 - 5	Augsburg
Montpellier HSC	2 - 2	River Plate
Sporting CP	2 - 7	RCD Espanyol
H. Berlin	2 - 2	Manchester City
Leicester City	1 - 2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Hoffenheim	3 - 6	Atlético Madrid
Dortmund	5 - 1	Aston Villa
Boca Juniors	0 - 1	West Ham United
Sunderland	3 - 3	Dinamo Zagreb
Sevilla	2 - 5	Levante UD

WCS R32 RESULTS

Bremen	1 - 1	Santos FC
Swansea City	3 - 3	Liverpool
AS Saint-Etienne	2 - 1	Tottenham Hotspur
Chelsea	4 - 2	Olympique Lyonnais
AZ Alkmaar	1 - 2	Flamengo
Málaga CF	2 - 2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
AS Roma	4 - 3	CSKA Moskva
Girondins Bordeaux	2 - 4	FC Twente
Cruzeiro	1 - 3	FC Basel
SL Benfica	4 - 2	Genoa CFC
Besiktas JK	2 - 3	Feyenoord
AC Milan	3 - 4	Leverkusen
Crystal Palace	4 - 0	Celtic
ACF Fiorentina	2 - 3	Athletic Club
Real Madrid	2 - 3	Stoke City
Galatasaray SK	1 - 4	Everton

WCC R16 QUALIFIED TEAMS

FC Porto	RCD Espanyol
SC Internacional	Manchester City
Hellas Verona	Shakhtar Donetsk
São Paulo FC	Atlético Madrid
Barcelona	Dortmund
Internazionale	West Ham United
Augsburg	Dinamo Zagreb
River Plate	Levante UD

WCS R16 QUALIFIED TEAMS

Santos FC	FC Basel
Liverpool	SL Benfica
AS Saint-Etienne	Feyenoord
Chelsea	Leverkusen
Flamengo	Crystal Palace
Málaga CF	Athletic Club
AS Roma	Stoke City
FC Twente	Everton

WCC WCS R32 FIXTURES

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 14:28:44 +0100

Hello everyone, welcome to next phase of the tournament (i.e. Knock-out stages) of World Club Cup (WCC) and World Cup Shield (WCS) tournament. Qualified 32 teams of each tournament list is available in the recent post WCC WCS Qualified Teams.

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS R32. First leg to be played on 21st August and second leg will be played on 28th August. Winners will be selected by aggregate goal score. In case of ties, away goal rule and FET will come into effect.

WCC WCS Qualified Teams

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:05:10 +0100

The group stage of the WCC WCS tournament completed successfully and we have top 64 teams (32 each for WCC and WCS respectively) qualified ready to compete for the glory. From here on, it'll be two legged knock out round and winners will be decided on aggregate score, away goals and Fictional Extra time method.

The fixtures for the next round will be announced after the draw.

Here are the 32 teams qualified for WCC R32 :

SC Internacional	Hamburg	São Paulo FC	Sporting CP
Levante UD	Barcelona	Valencia CF	Atlético Madrid
Shakhtar Donetsk	Sunderland	Manchester City	Montpellier HSC
Arsenal	H. Berlin	Internazionale	Hoffenheim
Boca Juniors	Schalke	Aston Villa	Hellas Verona
FC Porto	Dinamo Zagreb	West Ham United	Sevilla
Leicester City	River Plate	Dortmund	RCD Espanyol
Paris Saint-Germain	Bayern	Augsburg	Chievo Verona

Here are the 32 teams qualified for WCS R32 :

SL Benfica	Bremen	AS Roma	Genoa CFC
FC Basel	Flamengo	Everton	Leverkusen
Celtic	Chelsea	Liverpool	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Santos FC	Real Madrid	AZ Alkmaar	Feyenoord
Galatasaray SK	Stoke City	Athletic Club	Crystal Palace
CSKA Moskva	FC Twente	Málaga CF	ACF Fiorentina
Cruzeiro	Swansea City	AC Milan	AS Saint-Etienne
Olympique Lyonnais	Besiktas JK	Tottenham Hotspur	Girondins Bordeaux

WCC - WCS 2nd & 3rd Points table

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 04:24:58 +0100

Below are the points table of all 2nd placed and 3rd place teams of all 25 groups after Match day 6. These tables will be updated after every match day. Remember, all groups winners (25 teams) and 7 best second placed teams will advance to WCC R32. Remaining 18 second placed team and 14 best third placed teams will advance to WCS R32. Remaining 36 teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

(MP - Matches Played, W - Win, L - Loss, D - Draw, GF - Goals For, GA - Goals Against, GD - Goal Difference, Pts - Points)

2nd Placed teams
3rd Placed teams

WCC - WCS Group stage Points table

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 18:30:51 +0100

Below are the points table of all 25 groups after Match day 5. These tables will be updated after every match day. Remember, all groups winners (25 teams) and 7 best second placed teams will advance to WCC R32. Remaining 18 second placed team and 14 best third placed teams will advance to WCS R32. Remaining 36 teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

We had a exciting tournament so far and thanks to all managers for the organizing the games to make my process easy.

(MP - Matches Played, W - Win, L - Loss, D - Draw, GF - Goals For, GA - Goals Against, GD - Goal Difference, Pts - Points, Q - Qualified)

WCC WCS Group Stage

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 18:28:05 +0100

After a random draw, we finalized the 25 groups for the Initial phase of the WCC WCS Tournament. Green for Pot 1, Orange for Pot 2, Blue for Pot 3, Yellow for Pot 4.

The games start from 03rd July and end on 07th August. We'll have total 6 match days (every Wednesday) and the fixture schedule are updated and available in Group Stage (Ignore the Final Stage on Challonge - separate tournament will be created for Knockout stages). Please check the link and start sending friendly requests. Tournament format and rules are available in WCC WCS Season 23. If any discrepancies, queries, doubts, message me in the game or in Whatsapp.

Thanks and good luck to everyone.

WCC - WCS Season 23 (updated)

Sun, 16 Jun 2024 06:57:14 +0100

Congratulations to Barcelona on winning WCC and Liverpool on winning WCS of Season 22. We thank all the participating managers for their kind support. Now we move on to the next season’s tournament – we are trying to have replica of real life Champions league and Europa league editions. It’s long and complicated process and we, admin team, will try to make it as easy and successful as possible.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

We have 100 teams in our game world which we spilt into 25 groups of 4 teams each. Each team will play other 3 teams in the same group twice (one home, one away) and points are awarded as per real life football - 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. Once the group stage is completed, all groups winners (25 teams) and 7 best second placed teams will advance to WCC R32. Remaining 18 second placed team and 14 best third placed teams will advance to WCS R32. Remaining 36 teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

From R32 till the Final, it'll be two legged knock out rounds and the winners will be decided on aggregate goal method. If it’s tie, away goal rule and traditional Fictional Extra Time rule will come into effect.

FIXTURE SCHEDULE

Below is the predicted schedule of the tournament:

Date	Rounds
23-06-2024	First game of the Season 23
26-06-2024
03-07-2024	Match Day 1
10-07-2024	Match Day 2
17-07-2024	Match Day 3
24-07-2024	Match Day 4
31-07-2024	Match Day 5
07-08-2024	Match Day 6
14-08-2024
21-08-2024	R32 Leg 1
28-08-2024	R32 Leg 2
04-09-2024
11-09-2024	R16 Leg 1
18-09-2024	R16 Leg 2
25-09-2024	Qtr Final Leg 1
02-10-2024	Qtr Final Leg 2
09-10-2024	Semi Final Leg 1
16-10-2024	Semi Final Leg 2
23-10-2024	Final Leg 1
30-10-2024	Final Leg 2
31-10-2024	Last game (38th) of the Season 23

GROUP STAGE DRAW

100 teams will seeded into 4 different pots based on their average rating (25 higher rated team goes into Pot 1, next 25 in Pot 2, so on). No two teams from the same pot will be put into same group. The draw will be random and once the draw is done, the groups and fixture schedule will be shared in the blog. Below are the 4 seeded pots :

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Hellas Verona	Paris Saint-Germain	Stuttgart	AS Roma
Juventus	Fenerbahçe SK	Shakhtar Donetsk	Spartak Moskva
Dortmund	Manchester United	AS Monaco	Wolfsburg
FC Porto	West Bromwich Albion	FC Twente	Sevilla
Chelsea	RSC Anderlecht	Augsburg	Dynamo Moskva
Bayern	Everton	Cruzeiro	Montpellier HSC
Manchester City	Sunderland	Ajax	Dynamo Kyiv
Internazionale	Dinamo Zagreb	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Beşiktaş JK
Barcelona	Valencia CF	Lille OSC	Olympique Marseille
Leicester City	Udinese Calcio	Independiente	Feyenoord
SL Benfica	Standard Liège	CSKA Moskva	Atalanta BC
Genoa CFC	RCD Espanyol	FC Basel	Celta Vigo
Arsenal	Swansea City	Torino	ACF Fiorentina
São Paulo FC	Galatasaray SK	Crystal Palace	Olympique Lyonnais
Real Madrid	River Plate	Olympiacos	Villarreal CF
SC Internacional	AC Milan	AZ Alkmaar	US Sassuolo
Atlético Madrid	Cologne	Southampton	Boca Juniors
Sporting CP	Flamengo	Club Brugge KV	AS Saint-Etienne
Leverkusen	Tottenham Hotspur	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	SSC Napoli
Levante UD	Málaga CF	Girondins Bordeaux	Newcastle United
Stoke City	Aston Villa	PSV	Chievo Verona
Hamburg	Celtic	Hoffenheim	Sampdoria
Liverpool	West Ham United	Rubin Kazan	FK Partizan
Schalke	Bremen	Monchengladbach	Lokomotiv Moskva
H. Berlin	SS Lazio	Santos FC	Athletic Club

We request every manager to give the support as usual and organize the games in time and help us in the making these tournaments successful. Thank you and good luck.

The Final

Sun, 19 May 2024 13:47:40 +0100

The season is ending and we’re at the final stage of the WCC-WCS tournament. Started with 100 teams, now we have 2 teams in each tournament fighting for the final glory. They are just one step away from being crowned The Champions. As we can’t arrange a neutral venue for the final in SM, we have decided to have a 2-legged final in both WCC and WCS. 1^st leg will be 22^nd May and 2^nd leg will be on 29^th May – a week before the current season is done.

WCC

ROAD TO THE GLORY : BARCELONA

A title contender in Division 1 is the only top flight team to make it to the final.

Skipped first 3 round and played directly Qualifier 4 against Girondins Bordeaux and won 0-2 comfortably away from home and qualified to WCC.

Hammered their local rivals Valencia in R32 in both home and away and made a statement through 8-0 score line.

Had a little bit tough against another Spanish team Atletico Madrid in R16 but won 3-1 on aggregate.

Real test began in QFs when they had to face FC Porto and expected to be close contest between two mighty forces but it was a walk in the park for Adam’s boys and won 5-2 on aggregate.

Having faced big names in previous rounds, we got to admit Barca had it easy in Semis against Inter and won 3-1 on aggregate.

ROAD TO THE GLORY: RSC ANDERLECT

A struggling Div 2 team in WCC Final – at least Neil and his boys will have something to cheer if they really can make it happen.

Faced off against fellow Div 2 club in PSG in Qualifier 4 and won 0-2 comfortably and qualified to WCC.

Defeated H.Berlin easily in R32 in both home and away and won 5-1 on aggregate.

Battled against Sporting CP in R16 and won 5-2 on aggregate.

It’s Div 2 club again in QFs when they faced SC Internacional and gone through with narrow wins in both legs. 2-0 on aggregate.

It was in Semis, the Belgian club felt the heat when they were matched up against Chelsea but the London club failed to replicate their league form and surrendered to RSCA. 4-0 on aggregate.

Barcelona lost the league to Chelsea and were knocked out of YC last night and Adam will not want to end the season trophyless after starting the season on high note meanwhile Anderlect will have no chance against their mighty opponents but you never know in football and maybe fairytale awaits for the Belgian Club.

WCS

ROAD TO THE GLORY: LIVERPOOL

The underdogs in this final – Chris will be more motivated and aimed to have the perfect final 180 mins.

Defeated by Hellas Verona in Qualifier 4 - this pushed them down to compete in WCS. A blessing in disguise.

Battered Div 1 relegation battlers in R32 and won 6-2 on aggregate.

Had it very easy against a Div 5 club Girodins Bordeaux in R16 and made a statement win through 8-1 scoreline.

Another weak team SS Lazio in QFs but the same old story. Easy win – 8-3 on aggregate.

Having had easy run so far, The Scousers had a tough meeting in Semis against Bayern and went through with narrow scorline. 4-3 on aggregate.

ROAD TO THE GLORY: LEVANTE UD

Tournament favourites, Levante fighting for 3 trophies and we can see why they will and they can win it all.

Defeated by inactive-most-of-time Gursi’s FC Koln in Qualifier 4 - this pushed them down to compete in WCS.

Had a tough outing against Santos FC in R32 and qualified to next round with 3-2 on aggregate.

Having learnt the lesson, Levante stormed passed Galatasaray SK in R16 and won 7-1 on aggregate.

Defeated FC Schalke in QFs comfortably through 3-1 scoreline.

Had a difficult test against God’s Sampdoria in Semis and a decent home game etched their name into the finals.

Liverpool had it easy on initial rounds of the tournaments but had to break a sweat in Semis when they faced the real opponent. Levante on the other hand are high flying after making YC finals last night and fighting for 3 trophies at the moment. Definitely high adrenaline rush will help them in their quest to treble.

We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC & WCS Semi-Final

Thu, 02 May 2024 02:54:51 +0100

Both legs of WCC and WCS Quarter Final is completed successfully and now we have final four teams from each tournament ready to fight for the glory.

Qtrs aggregate results :

WCC QTRS AGG RESULTS	WCS QTRS AGG RESULTS
Internazionale (3)	v	Arsenal (2)	Paris Saint-Germain (0)	v	Bayern München (3)
FC Porto (2)	v	Barcelona (5)	SS Lazio (3)	v	Liverpool (8)
Borussia Dortmund (0)	v	Chelsea (3)	Standard Liège (3)	v	Sampdoria (3)
RSC Anderlecht (2)	v	SC Internacional (0)	Levante (3)	v	FC Schalke 04 (1)

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS Semi Final. First leg to be played on 8th May and second leg will be played on 15th May.

WCC SEMIFINAL FIXTURES	WCS SEMIFINAL FIXTURES
Chelsea	v	RSC Anderlecht	Levante	v	Sampdoria
Internazionale	v	Barcelona	Bayern München	v	Liverpool

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC & WCS Quarter-Final

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 03:45:39 +0100

Both legs of WCC and WCS R16 is completed successfully and now we have 8 winners from each tournament ready to fight for the glory.

R16 aggregate results :

WCC R16 AGG. RESULTS	WCS R16 AGG RESULTS
Chelsea (2)	v	Torino (2)	Independiente (1)	v	SS Lazio (3)
Internazionale (3)	v	West Bromwich Albion (2)	Genoa CFC (1)	v	FC Schalke 04 (2)
Barcelona (3)	v	Atlético Madrid (1)	Standard Liège (4)	v	Stoke City (3)
Bayer Leverkusen (3)	v	SC Internacional (5)	Udinese Calcio (1)	v	Sampdoria (4)
Borussia Dortmund (3)	v	Málaga CF (3)	Galatasaray SK (1)	v	Levante (7)
Swansea City (2)	v	Arsenal (3)	Liverpool (8)	v	Girondins Bordeaux (1)
FC Basel (1)	v	FC Porto (1)	Sunderland (2)	v	Bayern München (4)
Sporting CP (2)	v	RSC Anderlecht (5)	Paris Saint-Germain (2)	v	Celtic (1)

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS QF. First leg to be played on 24th April and second leg will be played on 1st May.

WCC QF FIXTURES		WCS QF FIXTURES
Internazionale	v	Arsenal	Paris Saint-Germain	v	Bayern München
FC Porto	v	Barcelona	SS Lazio	v	Liverpool
Borussia Dortmund	v	Chelsea	Standard Liège	v	Sampdoria
RSC Anderlecht	v	SC Internacional	Levante	v	FC Schalke 04

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC and WCS Round of 16

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 03:12:22 +0100

Hello everyone, welcome to second round (i.e. R16) of World Club Cup (WCC) and World Cup Shield (WCS) tournament. Qualified 16 teams of each tournament list is available in our recent post WCC R32 results and WCS R32 results.

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC and WCS R16. First leg to be played on 10th April and second leg will be played on 17th April.

The fixture schedule for 1st leg (10th April) are :

WCC R16 LEG 1	WCS R16 LEG 1
Chelsea	vs	Torino	Independiente	vs	SS Lazio
Internazionale	vs	West Bromwich Albion	Genoa CFC	vs	FC Schalke 04
Barcelona	vs	Atlético Madrid	Standard Liège	vs	Stoke City
Bayer Leverkusen	vs	SC Internacional	Udinese Calcio	vs	Sampdoria
Borussia Dortmund	vs	Málaga CF	Galatasaray SK	vs	Levante
Swansea City	vs	Arsenal	Liverpool	vs	Girondins Bordeaux
FC Basel	vs	FC Porto	Sunderland	vs	Bayern München
Sporting CP	vs	RSC Anderlecht	Paris Saint-Germain	vs	Celtic

The fixture schedule for 2nd leg (17th April) are :

WCC R16 LEG 2	WCS R16 LEG 2
Torino	vs	Chelsea	SS Lazio	vs	Independiente
West Bromwich Albion	vs	Internazionale	FC Schalke 04	vs	Genoa CFC
Atlético Madrid	vs	Barcelona	Stoke City	vs	Standard Liège
SC Internacional	vs	Bayer Leverkusen	Sampdoria	vs	Udinese Calcio
Málaga CF	vs	Borussia Dortmund	Levante	vs	Galatasaray SK
Arsenal	vs	Swansea City	Girondins Bordeaux	vs	Liverpool
FC Porto	vs	FC Basel	Bayern München	vs	Sunderland
RSC Anderlecht	vs	Sporting CP	Celtic	vs	Paris Saint-Germain

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC R32 Results

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:16:00 +0100

Both legs of WCC R32 is completed successfully and now we have 16 winners ready to fight for the glory. Here the updated results :

WCC R32 Leg 1 result :

Match 1	São Paulo FC (0)	vs	Bayer Leverkusen (1)
Match 2	Barcelona (4)	vs	Valencia CF (0)
Match 3	Manchester United (0)	vs	SC Internacional (2)
Match 4	Hertha BSC (1)	vs	RSC Anderlecht (3)
Match 5	Torino (2)	vs	Olympiacos (1)
Match 6	West Bromwich Albion (2)	vs	West Ham United (0)
Match 7	FC Koln (0)	vs	Atlético Madrid (3)
Match 8	SL Benfica (0)	vs	Borussia Dortmund (0)
Match 9	Hamburger SV (0)	vs	Swansea City (1)
Match 10	FC Basel (0)	vs	Juventus (0)
Match 11	Málaga CF (2)	vs	Dinamo Zagreb (1)
Match 12	Sporting CP (1)	vs	Celta Vigo (1)
Match 13	AS Monaco (1)	vs	Internazionale (4)
Match 14	Everton (1)	vs	FC Porto (2)
Match 15	Chelsea (1)	vs	Hellas Verona (1)
Match 16	Manchester City (2)	vs	Arsenal (2)

WCC R32 Leg 2 result :

Match 1	Bayer Leverkusen (1)	vs	São Paulo FC (0)
Match 2	Valencia CF (0)	vs	Barcelona (4)
Match 3	SC Internacional (2)	vs	Manchester United (1)
Match 4	RSC Anderlecht (2)	vs	Hertha BSC (0)
Match 5	Olympiacos (1)	vs	Torino (3)
Match 6	West Ham United (1)	vs	West Bromwich Albion (2)
Match 7	Atlético Madrid (0)	vs	FC Koln (1)
Match 8	Borussia Dortmund (2)	vs	SL Benfica (0)
Match 9	Swansea City (2)	vs	Hamburger SV (0)
Match 10	Juventus (1)	vs	FC Basel (1)
Match 11	Dinamo Zagreb (1)	vs	Málaga CF (2)
Match 12	Celta Vigo (1)	vs	Sporting CP (2)
Match 13	Internazionale (2)	vs	AS Monaco (1)
Match 14	FC Porto (0)	vs	Everton (1)
Match 15	Hellas Verona (1)	vs	Chelsea (2)
Match 16	Arsenal (3)	vs	Manchester City (1)

Aggregate results and winners of R32 :

São Paulo FC (0)	vs	Bayer Leverkusen (2)
Barcelona (8)	vs	Valencia CF (0)
Manchester United (1)	vs	SC Internacional (4)
Hertha BSC (1)	vs	RSC Anderlecht (5)
Torino (5)	vs	Olympiacos (2)
West Bromwich Albion (4)	vs	West Ham United (1)
FC Koln (1)	vs	Atlético Madrid (3)
SL Benfica (0)	vs	Borussia Dortmund (2)
Hamburger SV (0)	vs	Swansea City (3)
FC Basel (1)	vs	Juventus (1)
Málaga CF (4)	vs	Dinamo Zagreb (2)
Sporting CP (3)	vs	Celta Vigo (2)
AS Monaco (2)	vs	Internazionale (6)
Everton (2)	vs	FC Porto (2)
Chelsea (3)	vs	Hellas Verona (2)
Manchester City (3)	vs	Arsenal (5)

Koln vs Atletico Madrid is forfeited as Koln failed to organise the fixture. Atletico Madrid is declared winner of the game and winner of R32 and qualifies to next round.

Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers). The draw for next round will be conducted after WCS R32 games are done and fixtures will be updated soon after that. We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC Round of 32

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 13:01:41 +0100

Hello everyone, welcome to first round (i.e. R32) of World Club Cup (WCC) tournament. Started with 100 teams, now we have top 32 teams competing for WCC trophy. As mentioned already, from here on till semi final, these round of games will be 2-legged knock out games (1 home, 1 away) and the winners will be decided on aggregate score and FET (if needed). Qualified 32 teams list is available in our recent post WCC-WCS Qualifier 4 results.

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures for WCC R32. First leg to be played on 6th March and second leg will be played on 20th March.

The fixture schedule for 1st leg (6th March) are :

Match 1	São Paulo FC	vs	Bayer Leverkusen
Match 2	Barcelona	vs	Valencia CF
Match 3	Manchester United	vs	SC Internacional
Match 4	Hertha BSC	vs	RSC Anderlecht
Match 5	Torino	vs	Olympiaco
Match 6	West Bromwich Albion	vs	West Ham United
Match 7	FC Koln	vs	Atlético Madrid
Match 8	SL Benfica	vs	Borussia Dortmund
Match 9	Hamburger SV	vs	Swansea City
Match 10	FC Basel	vs	Juventu
Match 11	Málaga CF	vs	Dinamo Zagreb
Match 12	Sporting CP	vs	Celta Vigo
Match 13	AS Monaco	vs	Internazionale
Match 14	Everton	vs	FC Porto
Match 15	Chelsea	vs	Hellas Verona
Match 16	Manchester City	vs	Arsenal

The fixture schedule for 2nd leg (20th March) are :

Match 1	Bayer Leverkusen	vs	São Paulo FC
Match 2	Valencia CF	vs	Barcelona
Match 3	SC Internacional	vs	Manchester United
Match 4	RSC Anderlecht	vs	Hertha BSC
Match 5	Olympiaco	vs	Torino
Match 6	West Ham United	vs	West Bromwich Albion
Match 7	Atlético Madrid	vs	FC Koln
Match 8	Borussia Dortmund	vs	SL Benfica
Match 9	Swansea City	vs	Hamburger SV
Match 10	Juventu	vs	FC Basel
Match 11	Dinamo Zagreb	vs	Málaga CF
Match 12	Celta Vigo	vs	Sporting CP
Match 13	Internazionale	vs	AS Monaco
Match 14	FC Porto	vs	Everton
Match 15	Hellas Verona	vs	Chelsea
Match 16	Arsenal	vs	Manchester City

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC – WCS QUALIFIERS 4 RESULTS

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 06:36:15 +0100

WCC – WCS Qualifier 4 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for important part of the tournament. Winners of Qualifier 4 (32 teams) will advance to Club World Cup Round of 32 and Losers of Qualifier 4 (32 teams) will advance to Club World Shield Round of 32. From here on, all the rounds will be double legged knock out format and winners will be decided on aggregate score. In case of a draw, traditional FET rules come in to play.

Below are the 32 teams qualified for World Club Cup (WCC) :

Atlético Madrid	Manchester United	Chelsea	Dinamo Zagreb
Swansea City	Celta Vigo	Olympiacos	São Paulo FC
SL Benfica	Hamburger SV	Borussia Dortmund	Bayer Leverkusen
Hellas Verona	Málaga CF	Barcelona	AS Monaco
SC Internacional	Arsenal	Manchester City	FC Koln
Internazionale	RSC Anderlecht	Torino	Valencia CF
West Bromwich Albion	FC Basel	Juventus	Sporting CP
Everton	West Ham United	FC Porto	Hertha BSC

Below are the 32 teams qualified for World Club Shield (WCS) :

FC Augsburg	Genoa CFC	Flamengo	Club Brugge KV
RCD Espanyol	Sampdoria	Lille OSC	Stoke City
Standard Liège	Crystal Palace	Ajax	Bayern München
Liverpool	FC Schalke 04	Girondins Bordeaux	AC Milan
SS Lazio	Southampton	Udinese Calcio	Levante
Galatasaray SK	Paris Saint-Germain	Real Madrid	Sunderland
Fenerbahçe SK	Aston Villa	Tottenham Hotspur	Leicester City
Santos FC	Celtic	Independiente	Riverplate

We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful so far and we expect the same in future as well. The fixture list and fixture date will be announced in subsequent posts. Thanks and good luck.

WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 4

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:05:04 +0100

WCC - WCS Qualifier 3 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next and final round of qualifiers. Just like previous round, this round will also be 1-legged round and winners (32 teams) will advance to World Club Cup Round of 32 and losers (32 teams) will advance to World Club Shield Round of 32. Here are the 14 winners from Qualifier 3 : (Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers).

Ajax	Málaga CF
FC Basel	SS Lazio
Sampdoria	AS Monaco
Club Brugge KV	Torino
Girondins Bordeaux	Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace	Santos FC
Southampton	Olympiacos

And now we have 50 teams which got bye into the Qualifier 4 and 14 teams from previous 3 rounds which totals to 64 teams. Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures of Qualifier 4 and winners will qualify for World Club Cup and losers will play World Club Shield. This round of games will be played on 21st February. 32 games to be arranged in 1 week. It's a difficult task (but not impossible) and let's try to get it arranged all games. The fixture schedule are :

Match 1	FC Augsburg	vs	Atlético Madrid
Match 2	RCD Espanyol	vs	Swansea City
Match 3	Standard Liège	vs	SL Benfica
Match 4	Hellas Verona	vs	Liverpool
Match 5	SS Lazio	vs	SC Internacional
Match 6	Galatasaray SK	vs	Internazionale
Match 7	Fenerbahçe SK	vs	West Bromwich Albion
Match 8	Everton	vs	Santos FC
Match 9	Manchester United	vs	Genoa CFC
Match 10	Celta Vigo	vs	Sampdoria
Match 11	Crystal Palace	vs	Hamburger SV
Match 12	FC Schalke 04	vs	Málaga CF
Match 13	Arsenal	vs	Southampton
Match 14	RSC Anderlecht	vs	Paris Saint-Germain
Match 15	Aston Villa	vs	FC Basel
Match 16	Celtic	vs	West Ham United
Match 17	Flamengo	vs	Chelsea
Match 18	Olympiacos	vs	Lille OSC
Match 19	Ajax	vs	Borussia Dortmund
Match 20	Girondins Bordeaux	vs	Barcelona
Match 21	Manchester City	vs	Udinese Calcio
Match 22	Real Madrid	vs	Torino
Match 23	Juventus	vs	Tottenham Hotspur
Match 24	FC Porto	vs	Independiente
Match 25	Dinamo Zagreb	vs	Club Brugge KV
Match 26	Stoke City	vs	São Paulo FC
Match 27	Bayer Leverkusen	vs	Bayern München
Match 28	AS Monaco	vs	AC Milan
Match 29	Levante	vs	FC Koln
Match 30	Valencia CF	vs	Sunderland
Match 31	Leicester City	vs	Sporting CP
Match 32	Riverplate	vs	Hertha BSC

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 3

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:35:47 +0100

WCC - WCS Qualifier 2 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next round of fixtures. Just like previous round, this round will also be 1-leg knock out game and winners will advance to next round of qualifiers. Here are the winners from Qualifier 2 : (Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers)

Rubin Kazan	AS Roma
SS Lazio	Sampdoria
Athletic Club	Olympique Marseille
Ajax	VfL Wolfsburg
Sevilla	Mönchengladbach
FC Basel	Olympique Lyonnais

Here are the teams which got bye into Qualifier 3 :

Crystal Palace	Santos FC
Southampton	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Málaga CF	Olympiacos
Tottenham Hotspur	AZ Alkmaar
Cruzeiro	VfB Stuttgart
AS Monaco	Club Brugge KV
Torino	Girondins Bordeaux
Werder Bremen	CSKA Moskva

Through random draw, we finalized the fixtures of Qualifier 3 and winners will qualify for next round. This round of games will be played on 14th February. The fixture schedule are :

Qualifier 3
Game 1	Ajax	vs	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Game 2	Rubin Kazan	vs	FC Basel
Game 3	Sampdoria	vs	CSKA Moskva
Game 4	Olympique Marseille	vs	Club Brugge KV
Game 5	Mönchengladbach	vs	Girondins Bordeaux
Game 6	Crystal Palace	vs	AZ Alkmaar
Game 7	Olympique Lyonnais	vs	Southampton
Game 8	Málaga CF	vs	AS Roma
Game 9	Cruzeiro	vs	SS Lazio
Game 10	Athletic Club	vs	AS Monaco
Game 11	Torino	vs	Sevilla
Game 12	Werder Bremen	vs	Tottenham Hotspur
Game 13	Santos FC	vs	VfB Stuttgart
Game 14	Olympiacos	vs	VfL Wolfsburg

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 2

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:32:31 +0100

WCC - WCS Qualifier 1 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next round of fixtures. Just like previous round, this round will also be 1-leg knock out game and winners will advance to next round of qualifiers. Here are the winners from Qualifier 1 : (Congratulations to winners and commiserations to the losers)

FC Basel

AS Saint-Etienne

Athletic Bilbao

ACF Fiorentina

Olympique Marseille

SSC Napoli

Boca Juniors

Shakhtar Donetsk

FK Partizan

Olympique Lyonnais

Here are the teams which got bye into Qualifier 2 :

SS Lazio

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Sampdoria

VfL Wolfsburg

Rubin Kazan

Ajax

Spartak Moskva

US Sassuolo

AS Roma

Sevilla

Dynamo Kyiv

Besiktas JK

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Montpellier HSC

Through random draw, we finalised the fixtures of Qualifier 2 and winners will qualify for next round. This round of games will be played on 07th February. The fixture schedule are :

Qualifier 2
Game 1	ACF Fiorentina	vs	Rubin Kazan
Game 2	SS Lazio	vs	FK Partizan
Game 3	Besiktas JK	vs	Athletic Club
Game 4	Ajax	vs	Dynamo Kyiv
Game 5	Montpellier HSC	vs	Sevilla
Game 6	FC Basel	vs	SSC Napoli
Game 7	AS Roma	vs	AS Saint-Etienne
Game 8	Zenit Saint Petersburg	vs	Sampdoria
Game 9	Spartak Moskva	vs	Olympique Marseille
Game 10	Boca Juniors	vs	VfL Wolfsburg
Game 11	Mönchengladbach	vs	Shakhtar Donetsk
Game 12	US Sassuolo	vs	Olympique Lyonnais

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

WCC - WCS QUALIFIERS 1

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 06:44:19 +0100

Hello folks, welcome to WCC and WCS Qualifiers 1 which is set to take place on 31st January 2024. This will be one legged round and the winners will qualify for next round (Qualifiers 2) and the losers will unfortunately be eliminated from the tournament. Below are the 20 teams which will compete in QFR1 :

Dynamo Moskva	FC Basel
Olympique Marseille	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Feyenoord	Newcastle United
AS Saint-Etienne	PSV
SSC Napoli	Shakhtar Donetsk
Chievo Verona	Villarreal CF
Lokomotiv Moskva	Olympique Lyonnais
ACF Fiorentina	FK Partizan
Atalanta BC	Athletic Club
Boca Juniors	FC Twente

Fixture schedule for these teams in QFR1 are :

FC Basel	Vs	Atalanta BC
AS Saint-Etienne	Vs	Feyenoord
PSV	Vs	Athletic Bilbao
ACF Fiorentina	Vs	Villarreal CF
Olympique Marseille	Vs	Dynamo Moskova
SSC Napoli	Vs	Newcastle United
Boca Juniors	Vs	Chievo Verona
Shakhtar Donetsk	Vs	FC Twente
FK Partizan	Vs	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Lokomotiv Moskva	Vs	Olympique Lyonnais

As mentioned earlier, the above fixtures will be played on 31st Jan 2024. We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck to all.

WCC - WCS

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 05:58:39 +0100

Hello everyone, World Club Cup and World Club Shield are back. Congratulations to last season's winners - AC Milan (WCC) and Sao Paulo (WCS). A very big thanks to Mr. Gav Harmer for organizing these tournaments successfully for 4 seasons. Take a bow, mate!! I'm very much honored and pleased to be in-charge of these tournaments this season. Myself along with the fellow admins will try our best to make this tournaments fair, transparent and successful.

As we have 100 teams in our game-world, we will have 4 single legged qualifying rounds followed by 2 legged R32, R16, Qtrs., Semis and 1 leg Final. Please look at following table for clear understanding. We have ranked all 100 teams based on their team strength which are :

Hellas Verona	Stoke City	Celtic	Olympiacos	Dynamo Moskva
FC Porto	Bayer Leverkusen	Swansea City	AZ Alkmaar	Olympique Marseille
Borussia Dortmund	Hertha BSC	1. FC Köln	VfB Stuttgart	Feyenoord
Chelsea	Hamburger SV	AC Milan	Club Brugge KV	AS Saint-Etienne
Juventus	RSC Anderlecht	Sunderland	Girondins Bordeaux	SSC Napoli
Manchester City	Everton	Galatasaray SK	CSKA Moskva	Chievo Verona
Bayern München	Flamengo	FC Augsburg	SS Lazio	Lokomotiv Moskva
Barcelona	Valencia CF	Lille OSC	Borussia Mönchengladbach	ACF Fiorentina
Atlético Madrid	Paris Saint-Germain	Independiente	Sampdoria	Atalanta BC
SL Benfica	Manchester United	River Plate	VfL Wolfsburg	Boca Juniors
Arsenal	Dinamo Zagreb	Crystal Palace	Rubin Kazan	FC Basel
SC Internacional	Standard Liège	Southampton	Ajax	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
Levante UD	Fenerbahçe SK	Málaga CF	Spartak Moskva	Newcastle United
Leicester City	Liverpool	Tottenham Hotspur	US Sassuolo	PSV
São Paulo F	West Bromwich Albion	Cruzeiro	AS Roma	Shakhtar Donetsk
Internazionale	RCD Espanyol	AS Monaco	SEVILLA	Villarreal CF
Real Madrid	Udinese Calcio	Torino	Dynamo Kyiv	Olympique Lyonnais
Genoa CFC	West Ham United	Werder Bremen	Besiktas JK	FK Partizan
Sporting CP	Aston Villa	Santos FC	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Athletic Club
FC Schalke 04	Celta Vigo	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Montpellier HSC	FC Twente

From these, we will have 20 teams play QFR1, 24 teams in QFR2, 28 teams in QFR3. Final Qualifying round (QFR4) will have 64 teams. Winners of QFR4 will qualify for World Club Cup while Losers of QFR4 will qualify for World Club Shield. From there on, we will have 2 leg rounds till final. (*QFR=Qualifiers)

RULES:

Any team failing to organize their home fixture / failing to accept the friendly requests will be disqualified automatically and the opponent will qualify for next round.
In case of draw in Qualifiers and Final (1 legged) and R32, R16, Qtrs, Semis (2 legged), Top 100's traditional method of deciding the winner will come into place which is available here : https://smtop100.blog/2023/09/20/fictional-extra-time-fet-and-away-goals/

We request everyone to extend their kind support to make these tournaments successful as always. Thanks and all the best to all the managers.

For any queries or discrepancy, please reach out to me - Tharanidharan (Stuttgart) or David Marsden (Hamburg).

World Club Cup Semi-Finals Draw

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 15:07:40 +0100

Matches to be played on Wednesday 13 December.

Barcelona vs Internacional

Porto vs Espanyol

World Club Cup Quarter Finals Draw

Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:35:15 +0100

Wednesday 29 November

SCHALKE V PORTO

BARCELONA V HAMBURG

INTERNACIONAL V LEVANTE

ESPANYOL V DNIPRO

World Club Cup 3rd Round

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 17:12:05 +0100

Wednesday 15 November

AZ ALKMAR V INTERNATIONAL

HAMBURG V LIVERPOOL

DINIPRO V BAYERN MUNICH

TORINO V ESPANYOL

BARCELONA V SPURS

HELLAS V PORTO

LEVANTE V ROMA

SHALKE V MAN CITY

World Club Shield R16

Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:21:33 +0100

WCS R32 has been successfully completed and now we are ready for next round of fixtures. Just like previous round, this round will also have 2-legs and winners will be decided based on same set of rules. Here are the teams which are qualified for this round:

Sao Paulo FC	Independiente
Chelsea	Real Madrid
Std. Liege	Everton FC
West Brom	Swansea City
Feyenoord	Leicester City
Athletic Club	Genoa FC
SS Lazio	Aston Villa
SSC Napoli	H. Berlin

Through random draw, we finalised the fixtures of 16 where each team will play an opponent twice (1 home, 1 away) and winners will qualify for next round. The first leg will be played on 08th November while the 2nd leg will be played on 15th November. The fixture schedule are :

We thank in advance all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful. Thank you and good luck.

World Club Shield R32 Results

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:32:08 +0100

After a two legged R32 fixture in WCS, we have 16 winners who qualify for next round i.e. R16. Before we see the victors, let's see how each team performed in this round.

Congratulations to all the winners of R32 of World Club Shield. The draw for next round will take place in the weekend and fixtures and other information will be updated accordingly. Good luck to all.

We thank all the participating managers for their kind co-operation and their support in making this tournament successful.

Club World Shield

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 18:25:20 +0100

Top 100 Club World Shield is back. Totally 32teams qualified for Shield this time and we will have two legged tournament with 9 rounds of game to decide the ultimate champion. List of teams qualified for first round (or R32) of Shield are as follows :

Feyenoord	Rubin Kazan	West Brom	Stuttgart
Chelsea	Sao Paulo	Lokomotiv Moskova	Sevilla
Augsburg	West Ham	Aston Villa	Leicester
Lazio	Inter	Dynamo Kyiv	Fiorentina
Everton	Genoa	Athletic Club	Independiente
Montpellier	Olym Lyon	Celta Vigo	Std. Liege
Monaco	Boca Juniors	Chievo Verona	Real Madrid
H.Berlin	Napoli	Swansea	River Plate

Through random draw, we finalised the fixtures of R32 where each team will play an opponent twice (1 home, 1 away) and winners will qualify for next round. The first leg will be played on 18th October while the 2nd leg will be played on 25th October. The fixture schedule are :

Rules of Club World Shield are :

Thank you and good luck.

World Club Cup: Torino, Dynamo and Shakhtar Shock Big Guns (1st Round)

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 21:51:15 +0100

D4 TORINO SHOCK STAR-STUDDED CHELSEA!
El Toro run out 1-0 winners at the Bridge

D2 ESPANYOL HELD BY D5 RUBIN KAZAN!
2-2 in normal time with Fofana and Cavani on target

We should of been out of sight, we gave a soft penalty away when on top to go behind, but responded well. We then conceded again against the run of play but thankfully grabbed an equaliser and deservedly progress. These games are a lottery, and the tie could quite easily have seen us exit, but progressed via fictional Extra Time.
Glen Mullan (RCD Espanyol)

SPURS SEE OFF D1 GENOA!

LEVANTE SHOCK REAL!
D2 leaders win in Madrid

BARCELONA BEAT LEICESTER!
D1 clash ends 2-0 to hosts, Rodrygo and Felix with the goals.

A fairly comfortable win. That’s two cup wins in last two days. Hope this can be a springboard in the league where our form is patchy. I’m looking forward to the arrivals of Kolo-Muani, Kovacic, Enzo and Christensen in the next few weeks to bolster the first team squad.
Adam (Barcelona)

UNITED WIN AT VILLA!
D2 Reds dump D1 side out

INTERNAZIONALE LOSE TO D4 DNIPRO!

SHAKHTAR DONETSK BEAT CELTA VIGO!
D5 minnows shock D2 side

D1 CITY HELD BY D3 SWANSEA AT ETIHAD!
Sky Blues win in fictional Extra Time

We gave it a big go tonight away, conceding equaliser in 70th min.
andy vh (Swansea City)

ANDERLECHT BEAT WEST BROM IN EXTRA TIME!
D3 team see off D1 Baggies

D1 EVERTON LOSE TO D4 DYNAMO MOSKVA!
Toffees second string thrashed at home

World Club Cup 1st Round

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:13:29 +0100

Matches to be arranged for Wednesday 4 October.

For those of us who missed Gav's live draw: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smtop100/permalink/9927325924004032/.

For those of you viewing in black and white:

KLON V DINAMO Z

HELLAS V DINAMO K

WEST HAM V SPORTING

PSG V ATLETIC CLUB

SPURS V GENOA

ARSENAL V AUGSBURG

STUTGART V SHALKE

BARCELONA V LEICESTER

LOKO MOSKO V TWENTE

WBA V ANDERLECT

AC MILAN V LYON

INDEPENDENT V JUVENTUS

UNIDASE V ALKMAR

MONACO V ROMA

SEVILLE V HAMBURG

DORTMUND VS LEIGE

MAN CITY V SWANSEA

AJAX V BOCA JR

CHEIVIO V ATALANTA

LAZIO V BORUSSIA M

DNIPRO V INTER

INTERNATIONAL V FEYENOO

CELTA VIGO V SHAKTAR

REAL MADRID V LEVANTE

VALENCIA V HERTHA

ASTON VILLA V MAN UTD

NAPOLI V PORTO

ESPANOL V RUBIN K

BAYERN MUNICH V RIVER

CHELSEA V TORINO

EVERTON V DYNAMO M

MONTPELLIER V LIVERPOOL

World Club Cup (Preliminary Round)

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:06:47 +0100

LEICESTER SEE OFF D5 NEWCASTLE IN EXTRA TIME

ATLETI SHOCK DEFEAT AT HOME TO D3 ZAGREB
PRESSURE MOUNTS ON HAPLESS HARMER

UNITED DOWN D1 HIGH-FLYERS BENFICA
Fekir brace downs Eagles

D4 DNIPRO BEAT D2 CELTIC IN EXTRA TIME

D3 PALACE TAKE CHELSEA TO EXTRA TIME
McKENZIE'S TWO TIMES WINNERS GO THROUGH

BARCELONA BEAT D2 LEADERS SÃO PAULO 2-0
Blaugrana book their place in the next round, Captain Laporte MotM

ARSENAL EDGE PAST FENERBAHÇE 5-4 IN TIE OF THE ROUND
TURKS COME BACK FROM 3-1 DOWN TO 4-4, MOTM OYARZABAL GRABS LATE WINNER

D5 SANTOS TAKE D3 AJAX TO EXTRA TIME
Both sides score two goals in entertaining match, Dutch team seal victory AET

D5 INDEPENDIENTE BEAT D2 HOFFENHEIM 2-0
El Rojo secure comfortable victory at home in shock result

D4 DYNAMO MOSKVA BEAT D2 STOKE CITY 2-1
Awonyo double seals victory fro Russians

BOTTOM OF D5 LYON BEAT D2 BREMEN IN EXTRA TIME
Both sides score two goals in biggest shock of the night

D4 TORINO THRASH D3 SUNDERLAND 4-1 AWAY
Bulls trample Black Cats with Morales hat-trick

World Club Cup Draw S21

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:23:24 +0100

If you're in our FB group you can watch or rewatch the full glory of the video draw.

If not, you'll have to make do with this fancy graphic. (If you don't see your team, you have a bye into the 2nd Round.)

Those of you who are unhappy with the draw, or the way it was carried out, or with the format of the competition, you will be pleased (or not) to know that we propose to hold a redraw later in the season.

World Club Cup Draw last 16

Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:57:11 +0100

World Club Cup 3rd Round Draw (And Shield)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 13:44:41 +0100

Matches to be played Wednesday 15 February.

WORLD CLUB CUP SHIELD LISTED BELOW

World Club Cup Draw

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:07:37 +0100

If you're not in the draw you got a bye into the next round.

Fixture to be played Wednesday 1 February.

WORLD CLUB CUP - RESULTS 9TH DECEMBER

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:16:41 +0100

WORLD CLUB CUP - SEASON 14

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:59:35 +0100

No special rules apply to the World Club Cup, so all players are eligible to play and are shown as 100 % fit. The match in SM is regarded as a friendly fixture.

Fixtures to be played every Wednesday starting Wednesday 9th December.

Rounds 1, 2, 3 and Semi Final will be one leg only.

Divisional Finals will be over two legs.

Games finished in a tie will be decided by fictional extra time, information for this can be found at the bottom of the post.

Admins for each division will check that fixtures are arranged and chase managers via PM and/or newsfeed where necessary.

Fictional Extra Time

In the knockout stage, if the scores are level at full-time (and over two legs, if the scores are level taking into account away goals advantage), Fictional Extra Time comes into play:

One goal scored for the team with most possession.
One goal scored for the team with the most shots on target.
One goal scored for the team who scored first in normal time.

If scores are still level, team with most possession + shots on target gets one extra goal (see original FET rule: https://smtop100.blog/youth-cup-format-rules/youth-cup-knock-out/)

World Club Cup & Shield Finals

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:50:12 +0100

WCC Final

Dan Wallace's much improved D2 side came out on top in a two-legged affair with D1 PSG in what could hardly have been a tighter couple of games.

1st leg

PSG manager Malcolm must have thought he had come away with a great result with a 0-0 draw in Berlin, but the lack of an away goal proved costly in the end.

2nd leg

And it was Hertha who duly scored that crucial away goal, Mario Mandzukic equalising Julian Weigl's opener with just under an hour played.

Man of the Match Marco Reus provided the match-winning performance and assist.

A fantastic win for Hertha, who wrote their name into the record books by becoming the first non-D1 team to win the World Club Cup (although the new tournament format helped with that somewhat).

Hertha rounded off the season with a stunning playoff victory in the league to secure D1 football for the first time in the club's history to cap a magnificent campaign.

PSG manager Malcolm finished in a club record third place in D1, before switching to a new challenge with World Club Shield finalists D5 Augsburg for next season.

WCS Final

D5 Augsburg contested the Shield Final in the absence of a winner from the D4 Divisional tournament.

1st leg

Attack heavy Augsburg dominated the 1st leg in Bavaria with three first half goals.

They ran out of steam, though, and conceded what proved to be a fatal late second goal to give Gladbach two precious away goals.

2nd leg

Incredibly, Augsburg boss Johns quit the club prior to the second leg declaring in a statement issued by the club that:

When I joined the club I was excited to develop the strong youth setup that previous manager Ivan Anic had built, and also to bring in some quality and experience to take us up the table. Unfortunately, I didn't read the small print in the contract which said that I had to wear the manager's special lederhosen that turned out to be a couple of sizes too small for me. They created all kinds of problems for me. I hope to be back in six months....

Under caretaker manager Steve Coppell, Augsburg's players looked completely demoralised and outplayed, and a 1-0 defeat flattered them.

Another away goals victory, and another World Club winner who went on to win their playoff final in the league, securing D2 football next season.

Manager Attila Olah has since joined Internacional in D1, while former Swansea, PSV, Fiorentina and CSKA Moscow boss Lee Adams takes the reigns at Gladbach.

World Club Cup Divisional Winners

Thu, 14 May 2020 15:36:19 +0100

D1

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Paris Saint-Germain emerged victorious following a 2-2 draw in the second leg in Brussels last night. Anderlecht's inability to score away in Paris in the first leg ended up costing them dearly.

PSG will now play the winners of the D2 tournament to decide the overall World Club Cup winner.

D2

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc2)

Hertha Berlin needed Fictional Extra Time to see off Leverkusen after their 2-0 home first leg was overturned buy their German rivals.

Hertha will host D1 tournament winners Paris Saint-Germain next week in the first leg of the World Club Cup Final.

D3

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc3)

Gladbach held on 1-1 at home against Udinese to win the D3 final, their 2-1 victory in Italy in the first leg enough to separate the two sides.

D4

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc4)

Not sure what happened in D4, as neither leg of the final was played!

The plan was for the winners of D3 and D4 to playoff for the World Club Shield, but I think now that it will have to be D3 vs. D5, while Partizan and Dynamo can arrange their D4 final games for the next two weeks instead.

[UPDATE: Dynamo eventually emerged as D4 winners.]

D5

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Zagreb's 5-1 capitulation at home to Augsburg in the fist leg meant that the second leg in Germany was always going to be somewhat of a formality.

And so it proved with the German team emerging 7-3 victors on aggregate, and securing an unlikely place in the World Club Shield Final against Borussia Monchengladbach in the process.

World Club Cup Divisional Finals

Thu, 30 Apr 2020 10:30:39 +0100

The semi-final 2nd legs last night produced some cracking games and scores, and decided who will face off in the two legged finals for each division (scheduled for the next two weeks, 6 and 13 May).

D1

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Benfica's failure to score an away goal in the first leg 2-0 defeat cost them dear, as PSG held on in Lisbon to secure a 2-1 aggregate win.

They will play Anderlecht, who saw off Chelsea with a 2-1 win in Brussels.

D2

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc2)

In a thrilling game in Monaco, the hosts failed to capitalise on their 1-1 1st leg result in Berlin, as Hertha won the return leg 2- to reach the final.

There they will face German rivals Leverkusen, who hung on to their 1-0 1st leg lead over Napoli with a 1-1 home draw.

D3

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Udinese had a relatively simple passage through to the final with a 2-1 win at Koln to go through 4-1 on aggregate.

Gladbach also reached the D3 final, a 1-1 home draw with Lazio enough to see them through after winning 3-1 in Rome in the first leg.

D4

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Boca's 1st leg win in Belgrade was for nought as they failed to turn up for the second leg, forfeiting the match 3-0 to send Partizan to the final, 3-1 on aggregate.

Dynamo secured their place in the final with a 1-1 draw in Kazan, to beat their Russian rivals Rubin 3-2 over the two legs.

D5

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Zagreb's 2-0 1st leg win was enough to see them through after losing 3-2 in the return leg in Sunderland.

Augsburg overcame a 3-2 home defeat in their first leg to German rivals Bremen, with a stunning 2-0 win in northern Germany.

World Club Cup Semi-Final Draw

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 23:45:16 +0100

Semi-final games will be over two legs, to be played 22 and 29 April.

D1

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc1)

D2

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc2)

D3

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc3)

D4

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc4)

D5

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc5)

World Club Cup 3rd Round (QF) Draw

Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:15:47 +0100

Matches to be played Wednesday 15 April.

D1

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc1)

D2

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc2)

D3

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc3)

D4

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc4)

D5

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc5)

World Club Cup 2nd Round Draw

Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:44:56 +0100

Following the 1st Qualifying Round results last night, 2nd Round matches are now available for all teams.

One leg games to be played Wednesday 8 April, please.

D1

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc1)

D2

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc2)

D3

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc3)

D4

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc4)

D5

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc5)

World Club Cup Divisional Draws

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:56:02 +0100

No special rules apply to the World Club Cup, so all players are eligible to play. No need to worry about setting teams.

Fixtures to be played every week starting Wednesday 1 April.

Rounds 1, 2 and 3 will be one leg only.

Semi-finals and Finals will be over two legs.

Winners of D1 and D2 will play in two legged Final for the World Club Cup.

Winners of D3 and D4 will play in two legged Final for the World Club Shield.

Apologies to the winners of D5. And apologies for not having the (bingo) balls to do a live draw.

Admins for each division will check that fixtures are arranged and chase managers via PM and/or newsfeed where necessary.

Division One

Admins: Andrew Kelly and Mister TRX

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc1)

Division Two

Admins: Dan Wallace and Alex McLean

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc2)

Division Three

Admins: Rob Ryan and Frank Tyson

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc3)

Division Four

Admins: David Senior and Mark Deadman

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc4)

Division Five

Admins: Mark Deadman and David Senior

[challonge.com/t100s12wc...](https://challonge.com/t100s12wcc5)

World Club Cup Season 11

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 18:48:36 +0100

Knockout Stage

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Regional Playoffs

Regional Group Tables

40 teams have entered this seasons World Club Cup.

Like last season, we will have a Regional Group Stage and Playoffs, followed by the World Club Cup and Shield Knockout Stages.

This season, for the first time, we will have teams playing in groups with similar rated teams, like in the Youth Cup, to make it a bit more fun and competitive for most of the teams.

Format

Ratings

Each team is ranked by average strongest eleven (including goalkeeper, and assigned to a regional group:

ISA - Iberia & South America
ENG - England
ITA - ITALY
WEU - Western Europe
EEU - Eastern Europe

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Regional Group Fixtures

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World Club Cup & Shield Knockout Fixtures

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:11:17 +0100

The finals of the Regional competitions are underway, with the second legs due to be completed next week.

The Knockout Stage of the World Club Cup and Shield proper will begin the following week, Wednesday 26 June.

Note that the Rounds of 16 and 8 are one leg only.

Semi-finals and finals will be over two legs.

World Club Cup

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World Club Shield

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The draw for the knockout stages is seeded, based on finishing positions on the Group Stages:

Iberia & South America

Top five qualify for the Cup, next five for the Shield. Bottom two are out.

Italia

Top four qualify for the Cup, next three for the Shield. Bottom two are out.

Rest of the World

Top two qualify for the Cup, plus PSV as the best third placed team from ROW/ENG/GER. Next two for the Shield. Bottom team is out.

England

Top two qualify for the Cup, next three for the Shield. Bottom team is out.

Germany

Top two qualify for the Cup, next three for the Shield. Bottom team is out.

World Club Cup Regional Finals

Thu, 30 May 2019 08:38:33 +0100

UPDATED

Iberia & South America

Espanyol beat Atletico after fictional extra time (1-1 at 90 mins)

Italia

~~Lazio failed to organise their re-arranged final fixture, so default 0-3, handing Roma top spot in the group and a home semi-final against Fiorentina.~~

~~Roma will play their final group fixture at Lazio on Saturday, where a win will see them win Group A and take their place in the semi-final in Match 1 against Fiorentina.~~

~~As best group runners-up, Milan would then face a visit to Napoli in Match 2.~~

~~If Roma fail to win, Milan and Roma's positions are reversed, i.e., Milan win the group and play Fiorentina, and Roma go to Napoli.~~

Rest of the World

England

Germany

World Club Cup Regional Group Stage Final Week of Matches

Tue, 28 May 2019 22:08:44 +0100

Into the final week of matches for the regional Group Stage of this season's World Club Cup, who has qualified for the Regional (Semi-)Finals, who needs what tomorrow night, and who is already out?

Iberia & South America (ISA)

Group A

River Plate need a point at home to Argentine rivals Independiente to guarantee a place in the Semi-Final of the Regional competition.

If they lose, a win at Cruzeiro could still send Benfica through.

Malaga are rock bottom and out.

Group B

Group winners Real Madrid hope to continue their 100% record at home to Valencia, and they will travel to the winners of Group A in the Regional Semi-Final.

Villarreal and Levante cannot now qualify for the Regional Finals.

Group C

Espanyol are group winners, finishing above their city rivals Barcelona, and will host the winners of Group D in the Regional Semi.

Group D

Atletico Madrid will win Group D if they can win at Malaga in the final game, or if second placed Independiente fail to win at River Plate.

Combined ISA Table

Top four (i.e., all the first placed teams in the four groups) qualify for the Regional Semi-Finals.

Top five (all first placed teams and best second placed team) all qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage, while the next five go into the World Club Shield.

Bottom two are out all together.

Italia (ITA)

Group A

Roma must win at Lazio in the final game in Group A to overhaul Milan.

Group B

Fiorentina will win Group B if Udinese fail to win at Genoa.

Group C

If Genoa beat Udinese, they will win Group C, just pipping Napoli, and pushing Juventus into third place.

Combined ITA Table

Top four (i.e., all the first placed teams in the four groups, plus the best second placed team) qualify for the Regional Semi-Finals.

Top four qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage.

Next three go into the Shield, while the bottom two are out.

Rest of the World (ROW)

Group A

All still to play for in Group A.

Leaders PSG need just a draw at AZ, while AZ must win.

PSV need AZ to win, and must beat Bordeaux by a greater margin.

Group B

Leaders Monaco host second placed Partizan knowing that a draw will see them through on goal difference.

Combined ROW Table

England (ENG)

Group A

A draw at home to Chelsea may be enough to win Group A for Liverpool.

Second placed Sunderland need a big win over Stoke, and hope that Liverpool fail to win.

Group B

Chelsea comfortably won Group B, and will play the winners of Group A in the Regional Final.

Combined ENG Table

Germany (GER)

Group A

Gladbach won Group A.

Group B

Dortmund will win Group B with a win at Hamburg, and even a draw would be enough if Wolfsburg fail to win at Galdbach by a big score.

Combined GER Table

Top two in each of the ROW/ENG/GER groups play in their Regional Final, and qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage.

The best second placed team out of the ROW/ENG/GER groups will also qualify for the World Club Cup Knockout Stage.

Next two will play in the Shield.

Bottom team is out.

World Club Cup Tables S10

Wed, 08 May 2019 18:49:42 +0100

Iberia & South America Region

Four groups of three teams. Each team plays five matches.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Italia Region

Three groups of three teams. Each team plays four matches.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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England Region

Two groups of three teams each. Each team plays five matches.

Group A

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Group B

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Germany Region

Two groups of three teams each. Each team plays five matches.

Group A

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Group B

Rest of the World Region

Two groups of three teams each. Each team plays five matches.

Group A

Group B

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World Club Cup Season 10

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:47:24 +0100

Thirty-nine managers entered their clubs into this season's World Club Cup revival competition, after a couple season's without a tournament.

For those of you who don't know, the World Club Cup is a unique to Top 100 friendly schedule based competition, open to all teams, with no restrictions on who can play (unlike the Youth Cup).

A bit of World Club Cup history can be found here.

This season's competition will be in two parts:

Regional Group Stage and Finals
- Five regions, with a total of 13 groups with 3 teams in each group:
  1. Iberia and South America
  2. Italia
  3. Germany
  4. England
  5. Rest of the World
Knockout Stage and Finals
- World Club Cup for Regional Finalists and best Group runners-up
- World Club Shield for the best of the rest

Due to the odd number of teams, groups and regions, there will be an odd fixture schedule for the Regional Group Stage, similar to NFL scheduling (i.e., teams also play against teams not in their group).

In summary, all teams in the same region will play the same number of games (either four, or five), before proceeding to regional finals, some of which (but not all) will be over two legs.

The Regional Stage, therefore, will see the finalists play a maximum of eight Wednesday night matches, starting 1 May, and ending 19 June.

The best sixteen teams will then play for the World Club Cup, while the next best sixteen will compete for the World Club Shield.

The Knockout Stage will comprise one-legged rounds of 16 and 8, prior to two-legged semi-finals and finals, a maximum of six Wednesday night games for the finalists, starting 3 July, and ending 7 August.

WCC Regional Groups S10

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:44:48 +0100

Draw

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Regional Group Stage

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WCC Regional Stage Fixtures S10

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 16:44:45 +0100

Iberia & South America

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Italia

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Germany

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England

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Rest of the World

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Interview with Beddows "WORLD CLUB CUP WINNER SEASON 7"

Fri, 11 May 2018 23:25:00 +0100

BARCELONA
BAYERN MUNICH
JUVENTUS

So good were Real Madrid in this seasons World Club Cup that they beat the three above in consecutive two legged ties - to lift the World Club Cup vs Juventus - 72 hours on Beddows speaks to Marca about this momentous occasion. Forza Madrid!

With the Italian and Spanish media questioning: Who next for Barcelona? Who next for Juventus?

Post match Beddows sat down to discuss the triumph:

“It was a great campaign - we came out of a tough (fixed group) against Arsenal (Bowes couldnt cope with Balotelli as ever), Villarreal, Arsenal and Liverpool”

What followed was amazing, victories over PARIS SG, BARCELONA, BAYERN MUNICH and JUVENTUS (all over 2 legs) saw Real life the trophy - Beddows was delighted - increible scenes as they lifted the Cup in Turin!

Youth Cup and World Club Cup Semi-Final and Final Draws

Wed, 07 Sep 2016 23:20:00 +0100

Please click read more to see the draw

[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

Semi Final 1st Legs

Youth Cup - Saturday 10th September
World Club Cup - Wednesday 14th September

Semi Final 2nd Legs

Youth Cup - Saturday 17th September
World Club Cup - Wednesday 21st September

Final 1st Leg

Youth Cup - MATCH 1 v MATCH 2 - Saturday 24th September
World Club Cup - MATCH 1 v MATCH 2 - Wednesday 28th September

Final 2nd Leg

Youth Cup - MATCH 2 v MATCH 1 - Saturday 1st October
World Club Cup - MATCH 2 v MATCH 1 - Wednesday 5th October

SM Top 100 Youth Cup and World Club Cup Draws

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 00:15:00 +0100

Right hope these draws will make sense to everyone. First a short explanation.

Youth Cup

3rd Round to be played on Saturday 27th August - please remember HOME TEAM must organise asap

Quarter-Final will then be played on Saturday 3rd September the matches will be as per the draw in the 2nd part of this video.

Draw in Video Below:

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World Club Cup

2nd Round is due to be played this Wednesday 24th August (draw on relevant page and all fixtures arranged (nearly)).

3rd Round will then be played on Wednesday 31st August

Quarter Finals will then be played on Wednesday 7th September

[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch

THE SEMI-FINALS and FINALS of both competitions will be over 2 legs.

World Club Championship - Milan Report

Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:20:00 +0100

Gino Kinnearo has been a little busy of late, marking the other managers out of 100 for their performances so far, trying to assess the youth cup eligibility of others and speaking daily to Mr President Frank Hirst… but he has never taken his eye away from his beloved Milan and their stunning form under the greatest manager in all of SM Top 100 Stephen Beddows

Milan beat Ryan Chisholm’s poor Celta side in gameday 1 by a score of 5 goals to 0.

And tonight Gino Kinnearo was more happy than an Irishman in Lille as his beloved Milan kept another clean sheet to make it 6 points out of 6 to stay top of the group which apparently contains the self loving Michael Bowes at Arsenal, a manager who in the opinion of Kinnearo is about as talented as a the Austrian national team manager…

Post match Kinnearo and Beddows could not find the words in either Italian or English to describe Balotelli’s performance which was comparable to that of Robbie Brady’s against Italy - pure class, pure passion, pure brilliance and a performance that left grown men crying in the stadium tonight.

Beddows was questioned whether Rahul was really “Manager of the week” and Beddows laughed… “I am clearly manager of the season so far - who wants to win Manager of the week?” Kinnearo echoed these thoughts with a manager as good as Beddows surely he should be just awarded Manager of the Week in advance every week?

Kinnearo refused to comment on the fact that in Week 1 that despite his (Beddows') nomination there was clearly some sort of conspiracy against Beddows as he only received 2 votes.

Milan have also made a solid start in Division Two and also in the Youth Cup - next up Inter Milan at home tomorrow. Roy Keane’s brother, Brian Clough, visiting the San Siro. Kinnearo has said that he expects wholesale changes to the side that won tonight as players like Balltelli and De Sciglio are clearly very tired.

Kinnearo also added that he is awaiting the publication of the “World Club Cup Group Tables”

In other news Kinnearo decided some managers who have failed in the World Club Cup tonight and generally so far this season…

Gordon Kinnear (Liverpool) - ironically Gino’s cousion - 1/10 failed so far to inspire his side to achieve anything - anyone would think he is a Scot.

Roy Keane (Real Madrid) - 1/10 Keane’s inability to beat Villarreal (Andrew Kelly) is abysmal - he should be sacked.

Doug Earle (Espanyol) - 1/10 Earle of what? His 0-5 defeat clearly shows he doesnt below in the World Club Cup and should resort to the Youth Cup!

Tom Parfitt (Levante) - 2/10 Another failure - no words can describe how little he has achieved this season!

World Club Cup Round Up

Wed, 15 Jun 2016 23:37:00 +0100

A quick round up of the World Club Cup - Gameday 1 which saw masses of action across all divisions as each side looked to get of to a flier as brought to you by the Italian journalist Gino Kinnearo.

As ever a run-down of the Top 8 performers/managers:

1) Athletic Club (Gareth Crisp) - Many manager who have lost two World Cup finals in a row would be down and out, would have given up on life, would have sought an alternate career in retail, but not Gareth Crisp. Maybe his life in football management over the last 3-4 months has been a living hell but not tonight as his Athletic Club side scored FIVE (5) away to Espanyol to get off to a great start in the World Club Cup.

2) Milan (Stephen Beddows) - Who else? The No 1 manager in the Youth Cup from the weekend proved again why he is so good with an amazing 5-0 away win in Vigo. Mr Chisholm, cousin of Beddows could only bow down to Beddows at the end of the game asking “WTF” “How did you do that?” It was Mr Andy Carroll (apparently available for transfer) who set them on their way but Candreva who was the star of the show with 3 goals and 1 assist to give Milan a massive start to the World Club Cup and left Chisholm wondering if he could ever be as good as his cousin.

3) Real Madrid (Roy Keane) - A manager who parades the World Club Cup trophy before every home game, getting rounds of appaluse from everyone and tonight was no exception but the performance of his Madrid side against a tough looking Sevilla under the leadership of Rab Kennedy who had no answers to Keane’s brilliance. Rab is apparently still working on his Spanish and regularly messing it up with his French/German/Italian that he spoke in Switzerland and for such a talented manager to be such a failure thus far in Spain surely communication is the No 1 problem.

4) Celtic (Ruts) - Another manager who is about as dull as watching paint dry or doing the gardening on a lovely summer’s afternoon - yet he managed to lead his Celtic side to a dull 2-1 win over VFB Stutgart to show that perhaps the Scottish side are the ones who should be in the higher division and not the Irish Germans.

5) Leverkusen (Noisy) - The German side almost produced a performance comparable with Milan, but not quite good enough to be No 2… yet Noisy can be mightly proud of his side’s start to the World Club Cup with a 4-0 win at home against Chievo Verona.

6) Anderlecht (Prince Michael William) - The so-called No 1 manager in that little country called Belgium, and a manager who could not cope in Top 100 Division 1 has made the Top 10 managers of the day in the World Club Cup after a good 1-1 draw against the poorly managed and put together side that is Arsenal. Prince was delighted with the point but rather pessimistic about his sides chances against the bigger clubs like Milan.

7) Valencia (David Senior) - A great start by Valencia under the leadership of the Warden Mr David Senior - he is a wise man and a great manager of his players - he communicates what he wants and they produce - a great 4-0 win tonight and he is unlucky to not have any players in Team of the Week.

8) Juventus (DP) - It is mightly difficulut to manager a top side when under pressure but Dan has shown that his relationship with all his palyers such as Coman for example is fantastic and despite the pressures of impending failure in the League and the Youth Cup the bond and morale within the squad remains high as his side overcame a difficult trip to Ukraine to win 2-1.

There is your Top 8 Managers this week.

Here is Team of the Week

World Club Cup Qualifiers

Thu, 02 Jun 2016 12:44:00 +0100

The teams in yellow are confirmed for the World Club Cup & teams in red have rejected participation. Any team not highlighted is yet to confirm either way, so if you could let me know asap so i can get the groups done, thanks.

Copa Del Burro - The Final Analysis

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:26:00 +0100

The Copa Del Burro came to a conclusion last night, as Real Madrid of Division One, led by Roy Keane travelled to Bilbao and the second leg against Gareth Crisp’s Athletic Club.

Madrid could be forgiven if they had taken their eye off the ball in this competition, as they are currently equal on points with Bayern in Div 1, although they trail Spanish rivals and league leaders Barcelona by 11 points.

Crisp’s men however will have viewed their journey to the final as something of an enjoyable adventure. The North coast side are bottom of Div 2, 16 points from safety with only 21 points available. They could in fact be relegated this evening dependent on results.

Going in to last nights final, Keanes men held a 4 - 1 advantage following a comfortable win at the Bernebeau in leg 1.

Athletic Club (1) v (4) Real Madrid Att: 9,627

The match kicked off in front of just under 10,000 fans in the ground. It was the home side who had the first chance. DR Congo striker Mbokani beat Hart, but his effore dribbled wide of the post after 11 minutes.

Madrid soon got themselves into the running though. Hazard forced a good save from Claudio Bravo on 19 minutes, and then went better 2 minutes later. The Belgian was released by Busquets, and his shot arrowed into the centre of the goal. That left the tie at 5 - 1 on aggregate to Madrid, and essentially game over.

Fabregas almost scored 60 seconds after the goal, and in the final piece of first ha;f action, Sergio Ramos went into the referees notebook.

Crisp decided to ring the changes at the break in an attempt to shake things up and at least make a fight of things. Gentner, Gomez & Bueno were withdrawn, and Kostic, Bacca & Lennon were introduced.

Half time substitute Bacca

The changes almost paid dividends just 4 minutes into the second half. Balenziaga put Bacca through, but unfortunately the Wookie fired over the top.

With the tie being a dead rubber by this stage, the second half was a quiet affair. Madrid had a couple of opportunities around the hour mark, and Fabregas and Rodriguez managed to join Ramos in the referee’s notebook, but Ream Madrid really just saw the tie out.

Post match, Roy Keane said he was pleased to get his hands on the Del Buro trophy, and called Athletic Club the second best side in Spain, thouroughly congratulating Crisp on his efforts in getting Bilbao to the final. He also said that he and the Madrid side were looking forward to representing Spain in the World Club Cup.

Crisp on the other hand gave all the plaudits to the team in white, and magnaminously wished Keane and Madrid all the luck for the World finals.

Del Burro Final second Leg TOTW

Bravo A. Club - 8

Juanfran R. Madrid - 7

Marcelo R. Madrid - 7

Ramos R. Madrid - 8

Godin R. Madrid 7

Busquets R. Madrid - 8

Fabregas R. Madrid - 7

Rodriguez R. Madrid - 7

Neymar R. Madrid - 8

Lewandowski R. Madrid - 8

Hazard R. Madrid 9

Del Burro Competition overview

Ten Spanish teams took part in the innaugural Copa Del Burro, along with two Portuguese sides. Split across 4 groups of 3 teams, the clubs that started the competition were Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid in Group A. Group B was Athletic Club, Barcelona and Levante. In group C we had Sevilla along with Portuguese sides Porto and Sporting, and finally Group D consisted of Malaga, Espanyol and Celta Vigo.

The competition saw 31 individual fixtures take place, and amazingly not one single game finished goal less.

Group Results and tables

Group A
Date	Fixture	Result
Weds 24th Feb	A. Madrid v R. Madrid	0 - 5
Weds 2nd March	Villareal v A. Madrid	0 - 1
Weds 9th March	R. Madrid v Villareal	5 - 0
Weds 16th March	R. Madrid v A. Madrid	1 - 1
Weds 23rd March	A. Madrid v Villareal	0 - 1
Weds 30th March	Villareal v R. Madrid	3 - 2

Group A	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	G/F	G/A	G/D	Points
Real Madrid	4	2	1	1	13	4	9	7
Villareal	4	2	2	0	4	8	-4	6
Atletico Madrid	4	1	1	2	2	7	-5	4

Group B
Date	Fixture	Result
Weds 24th Feb	A. Club v Barcelona	3 - 2
Weds 2nd March	Levante v A. Club	1 - 1
Weds 9th March	Barcelona v Levante	3 - 0
Weds 16th March	Barcelona v A. Club	1 - 2
Weds 23rd March	A. Club v Levante	4 - 0
Weds 30th March	Levante v Barcelona	1 - 1

Group B	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	G/F	G/A	G/D	Points
Athletic Club	4	3	0	1	10	4	6	10
Barcelona	4	1	2	1	7	6	1	4
Levante	4	0	2	2	2	9	-7	2

Group C
Date	Fixture	Result
Weds 24th Feb	Porto v Sporting	2 - 1
Weds 2nd March	Sporting v Sevilla	0 - 1
Weds 9th March	Sevilla v Porto	0 - 1
Weds 16th March	Sporting v Porto	0 - 1
Weds 23rd March	Sevilla v Sporting	2 - 3
Weds 30th March	Porto v Sevilla	0 - 2

Group C	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	G/F	G/A	G/D	Points
Porto	4	3	1	0	4	3	1	9
Sevilla	4	2	1	0	5	4	1	6
Sporting	4	1	3	0	4	6	-2	3

Group D
Date	Fixture	Result
Weds 24th Feb	Celta Vigo v Malaga	1 - 2
Weds 2nd March	Malaga v Espanyol	3 - 2
Weds 9th March	Espanyol v Celta Vigo	0 - 2
Weds 16th March	Malaga v Celta Vigo	2 - 0
Weds 23rd March	Espanyol v Malaga	3 - 4
Weds 30th March	Celta Vigo v Espanyol	1 - 1

Group D	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	G/F	G/A	G/D	Points
Malaga	4	4	0	0	11	6	5	12
Celta Vigo	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	4
Espanyol	4	0	3	1	6	10	-4	1

A special mention should be given here to Malaga. Greg Billington's side were the only club to get out of the group stage without dropping a single point.

Knock Out Round's Fixtures and Results

Weds 6th April	R. Madrid v Porto	5 - 2
Weds 6th April	A. Club v Malaga	1 - 2
Weds 13th April	Porto v R. Madrid	0 - 3
Weds 13th April	Malaga v A. Club	1 - 2
Weds 20th April	R. Madrid v A. Club	4 - 1
Weds 27th April	A. Club v R. Madrid	0 - 1

Surprises and dissapointments

Not a huge number of shocks and surprises in the competition, but there are a couple of standouts that do fall into this category though. First off, Gareth Crisp getting his struggling second division side into the final. Another shock would also be Athletic Club beating division one leaders Barcelona 3 - 2 on opening night. This was backed up with a 2 - 1 win at the Nou Camp, so all in all the competition has been an outstanding one for the Bilbao side.

For Barcelona however, it was nothing short of an absolute shocker. In a group with two lower league sides, division 4 strugglers Levante joined Athletic Club and Barca, the Catalan side would have been expected to take maximum points. As it was, they only managed one victory, beating Levante 3 - 0 at home. The return leg though threw up what is arguably Levante's result of the season, a 1 - 1 draw.

Barcelona would have to be considered the biggest dissapointment of the competition, and an El Classico final was expected as the competition began. Barce have seemingly thrown their eggs into the division one basket however, dominating the league and should have that wrapped up with a few games to spare.

The other real surprise would be Villareal beating eventual winners Real Madrid in the final round of group fixtures. Andrew Kelly's division 5 outfit put in a sensational performance and came away with three well earned points.

Top scorers

It's no coincidence that the top scorer list is dominated by Real Madrid. Lewandowski comfortably picking up the Golden Boot award. Outsie of the players listed, nobody else scored more than 1 goal in the competition There were however 50 other individual goal scorers, and a total of 92 goals scored throughout the competition. Across the 31 fixtures played, this averages out at a smidge under 3 goals per game, meaning that no matter if your side won or lost, the chances are you had an enjoyable evening watching the game.

Player	Goals
Lewandowski R. Madrid	9
Neymar R. Madrid	6
Bale R. Madrid	4
Mbokani A. Club	3
Hemed Malaga	3
Bueno A. Club	3
Brahimi Porto	2
Bacca A. Club	2
Parejo Sevilla	2
Amrabat Malaga	2
Sandro Villarreal	2
Lukaku Porto	2
Hazard R. Madrid	2

Golden Gloves

A grand total of 14 clean sheets were kept across the competition. Once again, Madrid had the man at the top of the list. Joe Hart's 4 clean sheets representing just about 28% of all the clean sheets kept.

Player	Clean sheet
Joe Hart R. Madrid	4
Casillas Porto	2
Pimparel Beto Sevilla	2
Manuel Neuer Barca	1
Jan Oblak A. Madrid	1
Alvarez Celta Vigo	1
Ochoa Malaga	1
Bravo A. Club	1
S Asenjo Villarreal	1

Team of the tournament

Once again, no surprises here. The team of the tournament is dominated by the champions. Seven of the eleven players turned out in the white.

Joe Hart - R. Madrid

Juanfran - R. Madrid

Marcelo - R. Madrid

Rakitskiy - A. Club

Jucelie - A. Club

Koke - A. Madrid

Brahimi - Porto

Fabregas - R. Madrid

Lewandowski R. Madrid

Neymar R. Madrid

Bale R. Madrid

Manager of the tournament

1. Gareth Crisp - A. Club: Voted into number one place despite missing out on lifting the pot. Sneaked the top spot purely because his side over achieved so much comparative to their league position.

2. Roy Keane - R. Madrid: Champions. Top scorer. Most clean sheets. Seven of the XI team of the tournament players. If a man has put together that kind of domination, he has to be on the list.

3. Greg Billington - Malaga: Unbeaten in the group stage. Not only unbeaten, but 4 wins from 4 games. Not only that, but they played Athletic Club in the semi final stage, and forced the game into a one off play off fixture before eventually going out 2 - 0 in the sudden death match.

All in all, the first ever Copa Del Burro has been a fabulous competition, and hopefully next season the likes of Benfica and Valencia will also take part, and we can get a full house with all of the Iberian clubs taking part in the competition.

Congratulations to Roy Keane and Real Madrid on picking up this hotly contested piece of silverware

Putin Cup - Match Day 10 Update

Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:29:00 +0100

The concluding fixtures saw a dramatic end to the Putin Cup with Dynamo having completed their fixtures powerless to effect the outcome and only being able to hope that Spartak could do them a favour by taking at least a point from Lokomotiv.

CSKA Moscow 0 v 2 Zenit

CSKA who until their last two fixtures looked like contenders for the cup hosted a Zenit side still looking to get their first points on the board.

The visitors recent improvement continued as they got off to the perfect start on 9 minutes when Van Ginkel latched on to a ball from Danny hitting it first time to give Valdes no chance in the CSKA goal.

CSKA weren’t going to make it easy though with Lodygin being called into action to prevent efforts from Benteks and Djuricic from levelling things.

Zenit however sealed victory in the second half when on 67 minutes Danny again was the provider this time for Dzyuba whose first touch took him past his marker before rifling a shot past Valdes.

A late effort from Dos Santos nearly gave the hosts the goal that their play had deserved but again found Lodygin on form in the Zenit net.

CSKA Chief Smith will be glad to see the back of this tournament that for so long promised so much and can now concentrate fully on their Div 3 promotion push, for Hassan he will be pleased to have finally broken their duck in the tournament and will hope they can carry the form into their push to move safely away from the Div 2 drop zone.

Spartak Moscow 1 v 2 Lokomotiv Moscow

It was a must win game for Loko who were looking for 3 points to overhaul Dynamo and clinch the Putin Cup at the death.

It started well for the visitors when in the 9^thminute Mamaev threaded a ball through to Vucinic who stoked a sweet shot into the top corner beyond the despairing dive of Alvarado.

But the hosts weren’t going to lie down and within 4 minutes had drawn level, Popov neatly played in Berg who from close range made no mistake giving Guilherme no chance in the Loko goal.

If the nerves were beginning to jangle in the Loko camp they were eased on the 24 minute mark when Zurutza squared a ball to Mamaev who’s dipping shot left Alvarado stranded.

Having made it to half time with their lead in tact Loko came out for the second half with slightly less attacking intent and happy to absorb Spartak pressure and had Guilherme to thank on 50 minutes when he saved from a great Popov effort.

Spartak were struggling to make inroads into Lokos defense and when they did they found Guilherme equal to the challenge notably saving from Shirokov in the 73^rd minute which could have set up a grandstand finish.

But despite Spartaks efforts they could not find away through and as the referee blew the final whistle it signalled jubilant celebrations from the away supporters.

Dynamo Boss Razzaque can have no complaints at the effort that Spartak put into this game and manager Houston will be looking for that effort to be carried on into their Div 2 promotion push. For Loko Gaffer Owen he can look forward to planning for the World Club Cup and also transferring the clubs cup performances into the league.

Final Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts

Lokomotiv Moscow	8	5	2	1	10	4	6	17
Dynamo Moscow	8	5	2	1	9	4	5	17
Spartak Moscow	8	4	0	4	10	10	0	12
CSKA Moscow	8	3	0	5	5	8	-3	9
Zenit St Petersburg	8	1	0	7	7	14	-7	3

Putin Cup - Match Day 9 Update

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 08:05:00 +0100

Match Day 9 in the Putin Cup was a night of Moscow derbies with top two Spartak and Dynamo going head to head in their final group games to try lay claim to the cup whilst Lokomotiv and CSKA locked horns battling to keep themselves in the hunt.

Lokomotiv Moscow 2 v 1 CSKA Moscow

A Loko side who’s recent form in the competition has been on the rise hosted a CSKA side who have in the past weeks seen theirs slipping and were hoping that their visit to the Lokomotiv Stadium would reverse that trend.

With honours even through the opening exchanges the deadlock was broken in the 36^th minute Vucinic teed up Samedov who’s shot from the edge of the area beat the dive of the despairing Valdes to put Loko ahead.

It looked like they would carry that advantage into the interval until a teasing cross from Dos Santos was met on the full by Djuricic who’s header left Guilherme wrong footed and restored parity for CSKA on 42minutes.

In a nervy second half neither side were willing to push forward and expose themselves to the counter and with little in the way of attacking intent it looked like the game was going to fizzle out into a draw until the 83^rd minute when Samedov was on hand to turn a ball from Zurutuza passed Valdes for the winner.

Smith will be gutted as CSKA’s quest for the cup and World Club qualification ended tonight and will be looking to correct the dip in form which has also effected recent league results, Owen on the other hand knows that this result puts Loko’s cup destiny in their own hands going into their final fixture against Spartak.

Dynamo Moscow 2 v 1 Spartak Moscow

Spartak came to the Arena-Khimki hoping to find a Dynamo side still recovering from the hangover of their brave cup final defeat to Bayern whilst Dynamo were hoping to brush that set back aside in their quest for another chance of silverware.

There seemed to be no sign of mental or physical fatigue for the hosts who started strongly and took the lead in the 9^th minute when Denisov curled a free kick around the wall that Alvarado could only admire as it sailed past him and into the net.

Spartak were level on 28 minutes however when Popov laid a ball to Munoz who from fully 30 yards unleashed a thunderbolt that caught Victor completely off guard and out of his ground as it rifled over him and under the bar.

10 minutes into the second half and Dynamo regained the lead, Damari threading a neat ball through to Davis who struck the ball in his stride giving Alvarado no time to react.

The visitors pushed forward and began to dominate the closing stages as Dynamo tired, sensing the need to freshen things up Razzaque used his allocation of substitutions on the hour which did enough to inject the necessary energy to see out the final 30 minutes unscathed.

In a finely balanced game Spartak boss Houston will be bitterly disappointed to have come away without a share of the spoils and having relinquished their chance of winning the cup, for Razzaque this will have been the perfect tonic but knows that cup glory could once again be snatched away from him at the death and will hope tonight's visitors will do them a favour next week against Loko.

Match Day 9 Table	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts

Dynamo Moscow	8	5	2	1	9	4	5	17
Lokomotiv Moscow	7	4	2	1	8	3	5	14
Spartak Moscow	7	4	0	3	9	8	1	12
CSKA Moscow	7	3	0	4	5	6	-1	9
Zenit St Petersburg	7	0	0	7	5	14	-9	0

Match Day 9 Fixtures

CSKA Moscow v Zenit

Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv Moscow

Copa Del Burro Final 1st Leg - They think it's all over

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:24:00 +0100

Real Madrid v Athletic Club Att: 15,952

The first leg of the Copa Del Burro took place last night, and evebn with another 90 minutes still to come, one side looks an absolute shoe in to move onto the World Club Cup.

Second division Atletic Club must have feared the worst as they travelled south from their coastal base in Bilbao, but they made a bright start. So bright in fact that they took the lead on 16 minutes to stun the Bernebeau.

Young Belgian starlet Ferreira Carasco played in Bueno who netted for the third time in this years competition.

The lead was to last for just 10 minutes though. On 26, Neymar slammed home Cesc Fabregas' through ball. he Bernebeau erupted and Keane's men were visibally liftedfollowing a slow start.

Another 7 minutes later, and Hazard scored. To give an idea of Madrid's superiority during this spell, Neymar's goal on 26, and Hazards on 33 sandwiched misses from both Fabregas & Busquets. Essentially if it wasnt for Bravo, there is every chance that Madrid would have turned a 1 - 0 deficit into a 4 - 1 lead in just 7 minutes. As it was though, the visitors kept the score at 2 - 1, and that is how it remained until the break.

Madrid were keen to avoid a slow start in the second half, and just 2 minutes in Hazard forced yet another save from Bravo.

60 seconds later though, Copa Del Burro top scorer Robert Lewandowski sent home a beautiful free kick to give Madrid some daylight, and grab his 9th Del Burro goal this season.

Just before the hour mark, Athletic Club were given a boost. Godin lunged wildly at Mbokani, and was given a straight red.

So with half hour to play, and a man advantage, could the north coast side get themselves back into the game?

No is the answer. Aaron Lennon had a chance, but that was about all. Being a man short wasnt a huge issue for Real, and on 83 Sergio Ramos made it 4 - 1, effectively sealing Madrid's progression into the next round.

Gareth Crispcan be proud of his sides efforts however. Better sides than his will put in much worse performances against Madrid. And although it looks comfortable right now, if Athletic Club can get themselves a couple of goals to the good at home, the pressure will be backon Madrid.

It's a big ask, but its a challenge that must at least be accepted.

The draw for the World Club Cup was also made last night. Steven Beddows hosting iton Top 100 TV.

For the winners of the Del Burro trophy, a trip to France or Holland lies ahead. Given the way results went last night though, it is unlikely to be anything other than Real v PSG in the first round.The French side comfortably saw off Feyenoord 6 - 1 at home.

Although PSG are currently in div 2, they have an extremely strong first XI, and a game against Real couldpotentially be one of the ties of the tournament.

We also know that the route for the Copa Del Burro winners would take them to either Italy or Russia should they see off Paris.

Juventus last night beat Napoli 1 - 0, and with it being tight they will know that next weeks journey south will be a tricky one.

In Russia, Dynamo beat Spartak 2 - 1 in the Moscow derby, but the expectation must be that whoever wins through in this encounter will be nothing more than cannon fodder should they face the likes of Real.

TOTW Final Leg 1

Bravo A. Club - 6

Juanfran R. Madrid - 7

Marcelo R. Madrid - 7

Ramos R. Madrid - 9

Jucilei A. Club - 6

Busquets R. Madrid - 8

Fabregas R. Madrid - 8

Rodriguez R. Madrid - 8

Neymar R. Madrid - 10

Lewandowski R. Madrid - 8

Hazard R. Madrid 9

SM Top 100 Youth Cup Semi-Final AND World Club Cup "DRAW"

Wed, 20 Apr 2016 22:32:00 +0100

Today the draws for the Youth Cup Semi-Finals took place followed by the draw for the Quarter-Finals of the World Club Cup.

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Achilles Cup - Match Day 6 Update

Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:27:00 +0100

The final group games in the Achilles Cup pushed it all the way in the race to qualify for the Final to see who progresses to the World Club Cup.

Fenerbahce 2 v 1 Galatasaray

In a must win game Fenerbahce raced out of the traps looking fully intent on ensuring they did what was needed to secure 3 points and hope that the Olympiacos could do them a favour at Besiktas.

With barely 60 seconds on the clock Diego raced onto a through ball from Callejon and rifled a shot from the edge of the area that flew past a stranded Muslara and in off the post to put the Yellow Canaries ahead.

This set the tone for the game with Fenerbahce constantly pushing for the cushion of a second but they had to wait until the 49^th minute when Callejon was again the provider this time for Potuk who made no mistake from close range.

The home fans celebrations were somewhat subdued with news having come through from the Vodafone Arena that Besiktas were ahead meaning if that result stayed the same the score here was meaningless.

Then after the hour the news came through that Olympiacos had equalised sparking the home fans into life, but with their destiny in their own hands nerves began to creep in to the hosts and in the 82^ndminute those nerves were put on edge when Pizarro set up Inan to finish sweetly and set up a tense finally.

Fenerbahce battened down the hatches determined to hold on to what they had and successfully saw out the final few minutes which culminated in an explosion of fireworks and flares as the home fans knew there team had just sneaked across the line at the death.

This tournament has never been a priority for Gala Boss Prince and he will be glad to be able to concentrate fully on league survival, Fenerbahce Chief Brown will now be hoping to see off their Greek opponents in the two legged final and take his side into the World Club Cup.

Besiktas 1 v 1 Olympiacos

Besiktas went into this game knowing a win was the only result that would definitely see them progress whilst Olympiacos had the comfort of being home and hosed, a point would be enough to ensure they topped the table and gained the 2^nd leg home advantage in the final.

Olympiacos looked like they had the cigar on in a first half that saw all the threat coming from the hosts who must have wondered how they managed to go in at the interval level with Wolfswinkel spurning a hat-trick of chances.

The hosts finally got their reward on 52 minutes Vazquez turned and struck a shit from the edge of the area that Kapino managed to get a glove to but was beaten by the power.

The home crowd who had been edgy up to this point erupted turning the stadium into a deafening cauldron of noise but just after the hour they were silenced, Mogilvets split the defence with a ball through to Benitez who kept his composure one on one against Zengin to slide the ball under the onrushing keeper.

Besiktas had no reply and as the clock ticked away their resolve visibly ebbed. The news had filtered through from Fenerbahce and at the final whistle to a man they looked visibly distraught as their Greek opponents celebrated around them.

Vogeleer will be devastated to have failed to qualify after being in the frame for the majority of the group stage, his opposite number McLean will be looking forward to locking horns with his countryman Brown in Achilles Cup final with a Highland twist.

Group Final Standings

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts

Olympiacos	6	3	3	0	11	6	5	12
Fenerbahce	6	3	1	2	7	5	2	10
Besiktas	6	3	1	2	7	7	-3	10
Galatasaray	6	0	1	5	7	14	-7	1

Final 1^st Leg – Weds 20^th April

Fenerbahce v Olympiacos

Final 2^nd Leg – Wed 27^th April

Olympiacos v Fenerbahce

Churchill Cup & Von Trapp Cup Final Group Game Permutations

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 10:41:00 +0100

Tonight we head into the final group games to see who will head into the playoffs for the Top100 Club World Cup and with some groups pretty much done, there is still plenty to play for in other groups…

Churchill Cup Group A

Sunderland vs Celtic: A win for either side will mean they top the group and will have a home tie against Chelsea in the semi finals. A win for either side in the Man United v Newcastle game would spell elimination for Celtic, although a draw in that game would mean it’s as it was at the top with Sunderland as group leaders & Celtic as runners up.

Newcastle Utd v Manchester Utd: A win for either side would mean qualification, but either side would top the group with a win as long as there’s a draw in the Sunderland v Celtic game. Newcastle can also qualify with a draw as long as Celtic beat Sunderland.

Everton v Liverpool: Nothing to play for but PRIDE!

Churchill Cup Group B

Nothing can change, Spurs have won the group and Chelsea have finished 2nd thanks to Spurs 2-0 win over Chelsea they have a better head to head.

Von Trapp Cup Group A

Hamburger v Dortmund: With Dortmund already qualified, they only require a point to win the group and avoid Bayern (as long as Bayern take at least a point from Stuttgart). Hamburg on the other hand can win the group with a win, a draw would guarantee them 2nd place and even a loss (as long as Schalke get something at Wolfsburg) could be enough.

Wolfsburg v Schalke: Wolfsburg can finish 2nd in the group with a win but they have to hope that Dortmund can take all 3 points away from Hamburg. Schalke are out, even with a win their 3-2 loss to Hamburg means they cannot progress.

Von Trapp Cup Group B

VFB Stuttgart v Bayern Munich: Bayern will win the group with a draw or win. VFB can qualify with a win, but it might not be that simple, if Leverkusen win at Hoffenheim and VFB win then all 3 teams will be on 12 points meaning GD in those 3 games comes into play. If VFB draw and Leverkusen draw VFB will go out on H2H. Stuttgart can win the group with a win as long as Leverkusen don’t win.

Hoffenheim v Leverkusen: Leverkusen will probably need to win by 5 clear goals to guarantee promotion if VFB beat Bayern, so they will be hoping that Bayern can do them a favour by beating VFB. A draw or a loss would be good enough if VFB also draw or lose.

Monchengladbach v Basel: Wooden spoon game.

THE CHURCHILL CUP - MATCHDAY 1

Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:12:00 +0100

The Churchill Cup got underway tonight (Wednesday) with the first round robin games in both the North and the South sections. Here is a round up of how the first games panned out.

NORTH SECTION

CELTIC ………. 1 MANCHESTER UNITED ……. 1

Celtic and Manchester United kicked off their campaigns with a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park. This was expected to be a comfortable win for United as they are doing reasonable well in Division 1 while Celtic are looking for promotion from Division 5 but although United dominated the possession, Celtic defended well and refused to buckle under pressure. The first half failed to produce a goal and it also failed to produce a Celtic shot on target but that didn’t concern the Glasgow side as long as the score sat at 0-0. The game looked to have turned Celtic’s way when on 48min Michael Carrick was shown the red card after having been booked just before half time but in true soccer manager style, the ‘new’ match engine laughed in the face of referees and Rooney(53) got the breakthrough United had been searching for. The Celtic fans sang ‘one-nil to the match engine, one-nil to the match engine’ a Celtic tried to find a way back into the game. Celtic, at least, were starting to give the United defence something to think about it and they got their reward when Haraguchi(72) fired an equaliser. Ten-man United responded well and tried to find a winner but Celtic soaked up all they had to offer and the game finished 1 goal each and 1 point each. United boss, Joe Jordan, refused to shake ruts 66 hand at the end of the game in case the Celtic manager fell over in front of the referee, apparently a reference to the ordering off of Carrick.

LIVERPOOL ……… 0 SUNDERLAND ……….. 1

Liverpool boss Kinnear slammed his players after a disastrous start to their Churchill Cup exploits after they crashed 1-0 at home to Sunderland. Kinnear blamed his attack saying they looked uninterested and has promised to axe them (Sturridge and Destro) for the remaining games in the competition. It may all have been so different if Coutinho’s 7th minute strike had been allowed to stand but the linesman had flagged much to the annoyance of Coutinho who was clearly onside by more than a couple of yards. It is believed the linesman had failed to flag a goal offside last Sunday and was making up for it tonight. Sunderland didn’t complain and in fact boss Bullough was in stitches on the sideline and even held up a huge card with LOL written across it. The decision seemed to knock the stuffing out of the Liverpool players and Sunderland started to dominate possession. It was no surprise when Halilovic(29) struck a superb shot into the top corner, giving Szczesny no chance. Liverpool struggled to get through the solid Sunderland defence with only an Oscar shot that hit the outside of the post, coming close. Lallana and Gabbiadini came on at half time for the ineffective M’bia and Destro but while Gabbiadini gave it his all, he wasn’t getting the support needed to break Sunderland down. Neither keeper was worked hard but Liverpool were given a late boost when Baumgartlinger picked up a second booking with three minutes to go to reduce Sunderland to ten men but again they failed to take advantage and Sunderland held out for a famous 1-0 win.

NEWCASTLE UNITED ………… 2 EVERTON ………. 1

Newcastle got off to a good start in the Churchill Cup when they beat fellow second division side Everton 2-1 at St James’s Park. It was a well deserved win for the Geordie outfit with some fans starting to wonder if boss Oran Robson is related to the great Bobby Robson. Newcastle were the better side throughout the 90 minutes and the only surprise was it took them until 42 minutes to open the scoring. The other surprise was that it was defender Mikel Gonzalez with only his second goal for Newcastle, that scored it. There was drama at the start of the second half when Newcastle won a penalty just 46 seconds in but Sissoko couldn’t even find his contact lenses in the dressing room before the game, never mind find the target. It was a let off for Everton and a chance for them to kick on and pressurise for the equaliser. Everton pushed forward and were all over the home side. Haha, only joking, it was Newcastle who kept pushing a listless looking Everton back and the second goal arrived when Cisse(64) knocked home a Ben Arfa cross. Everton at last came to life but it’s no good doing that after you go 2-0 down. Anyway, they hit back and on 68min Pereira struck an unstoppable shot that beat Krul to half the deficit. Pereira tried another unstoppable shot later on but it was stopped. The game was quite even after this but Newcastle were content to hold on to what they had and it finished 2-1 and three points to Newcastle.

SOUTH SECTION

ASTON VILLA …………… 0 CHELSEA …………… 5

Promotion seeking 3rd Division side Aston Villa would have been thinking they could pull off a shock win over 1st Division Chelsea but it turned into a nightmare as they shipped 5 goals for no reply. Chelsea showed how serious they were taking this tournament when they named an English player in the starting line up and it was that English player that gave them an early lead with Jason Henderson(4) finding the bottom corner from just inside the box. It was one way traffic as Chelsea pounded the Villa goal and with Rahul W considering filing several missing persons reports, Sanchez(19) added the second. The Villa Park side didn’t have an effort on goal until the 28th minute but Courtois made the save look easy by catching it with his teeth. There was controversy on 36min when Fabregas was adjudged to have caught Sanchez (the Villa one) with his elbow. Replays showed that Fabregas was very unlucky as he had quite obviously tried to catch him with his wrist. Down to ten men, Chelsea survived an Aston Villa corner before stringing together 429 passes before going up the tunnel for the interval. Ok, 419 of they passes were after the half time whistle but hey, who are we to judge. I don’t know what Rahul said to his team at half time but it made them worse. Two minutes into the half, Aranguiz made it 3-0 but there was more confusion on 62min when Sanchez was booked for a foul on Sanchez. We are not sure which Sanchez was booked but the tannoy started to play Me and Mr Sanchez by Blue Rondo a la Turk (one for the oldies there). So, yep, still none the wiser. Chelsea were now treating the match like a training game with Isco out wide running zig zag between cones. Costa made it 4-0 with 15 minutes remaining and with the Villa players wishing it was full time, Isco came inside from the cones to add the fifth with two minutes remaining. A great win for Chelsea and they have sent out a warning to the rst of the clubs that they want to win the World Club Cup at the end of all this. As for Villa, Liverpool boss Kinnear has been in contact asking if they fancy a game.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR ……….. 3 WEST HAM UNITED ………. 1

Tottenham Hotspur got their cup off to a winning start by defeating fellow Londoners West Ham 3-1. Spurs had started heavy favourites against the 4th Division strugglers and it took only 8 minutes for Dembele to fire a low shot into the West Ham net but if they thought they were on their way to an easy win then they received a shock just 4 minutes later when Payet equalised after good work from Noble. To be fair, the West Ham players looked more shocked than the Spurs players and Reid had to be treated on the sideline. Tottenham were easily the better side but the Hammers were holding their own and they managed to get to half time with the score still at 1-1. In the second half we seen why they call Dave The Fox Piero, the squirrel. He must have went nuts at the Spurs team in the dressing room as they looked far sharper when they came out for the second half. I have in fact just been told that they call Dave The Fox Piero, the fox but we don’t know why. Maybe he goes round the gardens at night looking for food. Back to the game and Spurs' dominance told on 66min when Icardi restored their lead with a shot that flew into the top corner. With the Spurs fans breathing a huge sigh of relief which, because of the freezing temperatures, almost caused the game to be called off for fog, Tottenham began to play the ball around and they finally sealed the points when Icardi (87) scored his second of the night to make the final score 3-1. Comfortable win for the North London side.

That’s all for the first night of the Churchill Cup and we, well I, will have a report next Wednesday night for Matchday 2

Ciao