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The 2015 Icelandic Cup, also known as Borgunarbikar for sponsorship reasons, will be the 56th edition of the Icelandic national football cup.
Below are the dates for each round as given by the official schedule:
Ágúst Leó Björnsson  16', 24'
Guðmundur Ásgeir Guðmundsson  77', 85'
Kjartan Andri Baldvinsson  14', 53'
Andri Gíslason  17', 21', 70'
Tómas Ingvi Hassing  38', 48', 62', 76'
Daníel Ingi Birgisson  42', 81'
Jovan Kujundzic  17', 54' (pen.)
Högni Helgason  22', 37', 67', 90+1'
Garðar Már Grétarsson  35', 63', 70', 86', 90+2'
Daníel Björn Sigurbjörnsson , 99'
Arnar Steinn Einarsson  20', 26' (pen.), 35'
Eiríkur Viljar H. Kúld  32'
Kwami Obaioni Silva Santos  71'
Fjalar Örn Sigurðsson  48', 75', 90' (pen.)
Andri Valur Ívarsson  3', 55'
Arnar Geir Halldórsson  71'
Sigurður Donys Sigurðsson  44', 45'
Sigurður Bjarni Jónsson  7', 77', 90'
Einar Smári Þorsteinsson  76' (pen.)
Referee: Jóhann Óskar Þórólfsson
Jóhann Þórhallsson  43', 53'
Theodór Guðni Halldórsson  10', 64', 71'
Róbert Örn Ólafsson  19'
Bergþór Ingi Smárason  54', 90+3'
Magnús Þór Magnússon  77'
Referee: Skúli Freyr Brynjólfsson
Guðbjörn Alexander Sæmundsson  63'
Darri Steinn Konráðsson  87'
Referee: Guðmundur Ársæll Guðmundsson
Ísbjörninn v Reynir S.
Einar Páll Ágústsson  68'
Guðmundur Kristinn Vilbergsson  68'
Sindri Lars Ómarsson  3', 21', 54'
Margeir Felix Gústavsson  36', 63'
Birkir Freyr Sigurðsson  70'
Pétur Þór Jaidee  75'
Magnús Einar Magnússon  76'
Jóhann Magni Jóhannsson  88'
Referee: Guðmundur Ævar Guðmundsson
Hvíti Riddarinn v Augnablik
N1-völlurinn Varmá Gervigras, Mosfellsbær
Hreinn Bergs  23', 68', 87'
Hjörtur Júlíus Hjartarson  50'
Gunnar Örn Jónsson  70'
Leiknir F. v Huginn
Referee: Tómas Orri Hreinsson
Hans Sævar Sævarsson  3'
Jón Hafsteinn Jóhannsson  6'
Marteinn Briem  47', 81'
Referee: Sigurður Ingi Magnússon
Birgir Theodór Ásmundsson  20'
Sölvi G. Gylfason  28', 38', 74'
Baldvin Freyr Ásmundsson  37', 62'
Viktor Ingi Jakobsson  48'
Heimir Þór Ásgeirsson  79'
Viktor Már Jónasson  90' (pen.)
Hörður Óli Þórðarson  90+3'
0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–3 p)
1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p)
Grindavík v Þróttur Vogum
Óli Baldur Bjarnason  82'
Referee: Gunnþór Steinar Jónsson
Brynjar Gauti Þorsteinsson  72'
Jón Konráð Guðbergsson  90+3'
Referee: Jóhann Ingi Jónsson
Guðmundur Atli Steinþórsson  13'
Guðmundur Magnússon  64', 73' (pen.)
Andri Valur Ívarsson  79'
Magnús Helgi Sigurðsson  14'
Eyþór Helgi Birgisson  33'
Einar Bjarni Ómarsson  73'
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson
Jóhann Þórhallsson  32'  115'
Referee: Sigurður Hjörtur Þrastarson
Víkingur Ó. v Haukar
William Dominguez da Silva  52' (pen.)
Marcos Campos Gimenez  66'
Referee: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson
Referee: Tómas Orri Hreinsson
Kristinn Þór Rósbergsson  12'
Jóhann Helgi Hannesson  28'
Reynir S. v Selfoss
Svavar Berg Jóhannsson  56'
Leiknir F. v Fjarðabyggð
Referee: Halldór Breiðfjörð Jóhannsson
Juraj Grizelj  15', 55'
Ben Everson  34', 39'
Ólafur Aron Pétursson  84'
Ýmir Már Geirsson  90+3'
Haukur Már Ólafsson  83'
Sigurgeir Sveinn Gíslason  32' (pen.)
Rodchil Junior Prevalus  34', 45', 48', 80'
Referee: Árni Heiðar Guðmundsson
Bergþór Ingi Smárason  36'
Theodór Guðni Halldórsson  68'
Marc Lladosa Ferrer  78'
Referee: Sigurður Óli Þórleifsson
Kwami Obaioni Silva Santos  2'
Óliver Darri Bergmann Jónsson  90+1', 98', 101'
Björn Öder Ólason  38'
Referee: Snorri Páll Einarsson
Ari Leifur Jóhannsson  68'
Darri Steinn Konráðsson  120+1'
Referee: Kristinn Friðrik Hrafnsson
Þróttur R. v Vængir Júpiters
Rafn Andri Haraldsson  82'
Björgólfur Hideaki Takefusa  90'
Referee: Aðalbjörn Heiðar Þorsteinsson
Andri Hrafn Sigurðsson  72'
Valgeir Steinn Runólfsson  90'
1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)
Ólafur Örn Eyjólfsson  28'
Ingvar Ásbjörn Ingvarsson  78'
Viðar Þór Sigurðsson  88'
Referee: Aðalbjörn Heiðar Þorsteinsson
Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson  49'
Ólafur Aron Pétursson  75'
Alejandro Jesus Blzquez Hernandez  7'
Ásgeir Þór Ingólfsson  12'
Óli Baldur Bjarnason  33', 41'
Davíð Steinn Sigurðarson  46'
Brynjar Orri Bjarnason  80' (pen.)
Referee: Ívar Orri Kristjánsson
Þróttur R. v BÍ/Bolungarvík
Viktor Jónsson  47', 58', 68' (pen.)
Davíð Þór Ásbjörnsson  89'
Joseph Thomas Spivack  27'
Kristófer Örn Jónsson  41'
Wentzel Steinarr R. Kamban  45', 77'
Referee: Halldór Breiðfjörð Jóhannsson
Dominic Khori Adams  23', 70', 90+1'
Richard Sæþór Sigurðsson  85', 86'
Referee: Helgi Mikael Jónasson
Þór v Víkingur Ó.
Sveinn Elías Jónsson  17'
Kristinn Þór Rósbergsson  36'
Kristinn Magnús Pétursson  20'
Referee: Gunnar Sverrir Gunnarsson
Unnar Már Unnarsson  44'
Grétar Sigfinnur Sigurðarson  15'
Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson  60'
Guðmundur Andri Tryggvason  82'
Víkingur R. v Höttur
Aron Gauti Magnússon  88'
Referee: Sigurður Óli Þórleifsson
Patrick Pedersen  24', 65', 90'
Tómas Óli Garðarsson  90+2'
Referee: Garðar Örn Hinriksson
Mark Charles Magee  13', 18'
Referee: Guðmundur Ársæll Guðmundsson
Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson  45'
Guðmundur Atli Steinþórsson  5' (pen.)
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson
Ásgeir Örn Arnþórsson  84'
Ragnar Bragi Sveinsson  90+2'
Bergþór Ingi Smárason  39'
Kristjan Hauksson  69' (o.g.)
Stjarnan v Leiknir R.
Kristján Páll Jónsson  22'
Hákon Atli Bryde  73'
Arnór Gauti Ragnarsson  41'
Haukur Þorsteinsson  84' (o.g.)
Þróttur R. v ÍBV
Kristinn Freyr Sigurðsson  15'
Haukur Ásberg Hilmarsson  90+2'
Jón Kári Ívarsson  83'
Óskar Örn Hauksson  13', 54'
Pálmi Rafn Pálmason  26', 45', 64' (pen.)
Referee: Guðmundur Ársæll Guðmundsson
Albert Brynjar Ingason  77'
Ragnar Bragi Sveinsson  87'
Referee: Garðar Örn Hinriksson
Steven Lennon  8' (pen.), 35' (pen.)
Hákon Ívar Ólafsson  87'
Víkingur R. v Afturelding
Atli Fannar Jónsson  1'
Fjölnir v Víkingur Ó.
Þórir Guðjónsson  17', 63'
Gunnar Már Guðmundsson  19'
Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson  98'
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson
Bjarni Gunnarsson  34', 70'
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson
Víkingur R. v Valur
Andri Rúnar Bjarnason  34'
Thomas Nielsen  47' (o.g.)
Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson
Óskar Örn Hauksson  15'
Referee: Garðar Örn Hinriksson
Davíð Rúnar Bjarnason  6'
Ævar Ingi Jóhannesson  7'
Elfar Árni Aðalsteinsson  6' (pen.)
Orri Sigurður Ómarsson  23'
Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson
Hólmbert Friðjónsson  23', 41'
Óskar Örn Hauksson  54'
Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson  67'
Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson  71'
Kristinn Ingi Halldórsson  87'
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1. Icelandic Cup – The Icelandic Cup is a knock-out football cup competition in Iceland. The final is played at Laugardalsvöllur in mid-August, the winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League. The tournament was first played in 1960, Icelandic FA Eufo League321. com - National cup results. Iceland - List of Cup Finals, RSSSF. com IcelandFootball. net - National cup results
Icelandic Cup – Icelandic Cup
2. Akureyri – Akureyri is a small city in northern Iceland. It is Icelands second largest urban area and fourth largest municipality, nicknamed the Capital of North Iceland, Akureyri is an important port and fishing centre. The area where Akureyri is located was settled in the 9th century, the town was the site of Allied units during World War II. Further growth occurred after the war as the Icelandic population increasingly moved to urban areas, the area has a relatively mild climate due to geographical factors, and the towns ice-free harbour has played a significant role in its history. The Norse Viking Helgi magri Eyvindarson originally settled the area in the 9th century, the first mention of Akureyri is in court records from 1562 when a woman was sentenced there for adultery. In the 17th century, Danish merchants based their camps at the current site of Akureyri, the main reasons for choosing this spot for trading operations were the outstanding natural harbour and the fertility of the area. The merchants did not live at Akureyri year-round but returned home in the winter, permanent settlement at Akureyri started in 1778, and eight years later, the town was granted its municipal charter by the king of Denmark along with five other towns in Iceland. The king hoped to improve the conditions of Icelanders by this action because at the time. As far as the king was concerned Akureyri was unsuccessful, because it did not grow from its population of 12 and it lost its municipal status in 1836 but regained it in 1862. From then on Akureyri started to grow because of the excellent port conditions, agricultural products became an important sector of the economy. During World War II, Akureyri was one of three air bases used by the Norwegian-British No.330 Squadron RNoAF. The squadron, which was formed on 25 April 1941, flew Northrop N-3PB bombers, A flight was based at Reykjavík, B flight at Akureyri and C flight at Budareyri. On 1 December 1940, A and B flights ceased operating from Norwegian bases, No.330 Squadron RNoAF also operated Catalina flying boats from Akureyri, which protected convoys from the United States to the United Kingdom and Murmansk from attack by German submarines. In the 20th century, Iceland experienced an exodus from the countryside to the towns, commerce and service industries grew to be the primary employers in Akureyri in the 1990s. Jón Sveinsson, a author of childrens books, was born in Akureyri. The University of Akureyri was founded in 1987 and is growing rapidly, since 2004, the former municipality of Hrísey, an island 35 kilometres to the north, has been a part of Akureyri. Hrísey, which has a population of 210, is the second largest island off Iceland and is a site for pet, the settlement was previously the site of fishing processing. The town is located on the part of the island
Akureyri – Akureyri in the late 19th century
Akureyri – Akureyri, with Hlíðarfjall behind, viewed from the eastern shore of Eyjafjörður, morning November 2007
Akureyri – The Glerá River
Akureyri – Cruise ship in the harbour
3. Borgarnes – Borgarnes is a town located on a peninsula at the shore of Borgarfjörður in Iceland. It has a population of 1,763, the town is located 60 km north of the capital Reykjavík and is connected to other places in Iceland through the second largest bridge in Iceland, Borgarfjarðarbrú. Borgarnes is the biggest town in the Borgarbyggð municipality, magnus Scheving, former European gymnastics champion & CEO of LazyTown Entertainment is from the town. Borgarnes is first noted in Egils Saga but in the saga it is called Digranes, the first Settler to live there was called Grani, a shipmate of Skallagrímur, the first landlord and settler of the Borgarfjörður-area. There is no history of settlement in Borgarnes after Granis days until the 19th century. Just after Iceland gained freedom from the Danish trading monopoly, there was a demand for a trading place in the area. The first major building built in Borgarnes was a canning factory and it was built in 1857 but was torn down a few years later. A trading house was built in Borgarnes in 1877, and a few years later settlement in Borgarnes began in earnest, in 1913, Borgarnes officially became a town called Borgarneshreppur but had its name changed to Borgarnesbær in 1987. Later on, in 1994, Borgarnesbær united with Hraunhreppur, Norðurárdalshreppur, in 1998, Álftaneshreppur, Borgarhreppur and Þverárhlíðarhreppur also became a part of Borgarbyggð. Kaupfélag Borgfirðinga was founded in 1904 as a mutual company and it was the biggest supplier of work in Borgarnes in the 20th century. Like among most local companies in Iceland, Kaupfélag Borgfirðinga had shops, supermarkets, petrol stations, a slaughterhouse, a milk processing factory. KB also had shares in other factories and companies in the Borgarnes area. At the end of the 20th century, KBs financial powers and status began to decline, the KB logo and trademark will no longer be used for what is left of KBs operations in the beginning of 2005. Borgarnes is the center of commerce for a part of western Iceland. The towns economy is based on service to people traveling from Reykjavík, farmers and owners of summer houses in the countryside around the town. Supermarket Húsasmiðjan, Hardware store Framköllunarþjónustan, Photographic processing N1, supermarket, gasoline and fresh food service station, formerly Esso and Hyrnan OLÍS, hosts also Grill 66 fast food restaurant. Bónus, A discount supermarket, owned by Baugur Group Vínbúð, Alcohol store, owned by the Icelandic Government Tvest, concrete, premade house walls, pipes etc. Aluminium and other industrial building manufacturing, the Chief of Police is Úlfar Lúðvíksson
Borgarnes – View of Borgarnes
Borgarnes – The city of Borgarnes as seem from the south, driving up on Route 1.
Borgarnes – Town of Borgarnes in wintertime with Mt. Hafnarfjall in the background, Iceland.
Borgarnes – Southeast from Borgarnes toward Skarðsheiði over Borgarfjörður, November 2007.
4. Ben Everson – Benjamin James Ben Everson is an English footballer who plays for Hawkes Bay United as a striker. He then became a student at Teesside University, based in Middlesbrough, Everson played for a number of local non-League sides, first playing for Norton & Stockton Ancients before joining Shildon in February 2005. During the summer he agreed to stay at the club for the 2005–06 season, Everson also played futsal for Middlesbrough Futsal Club in 2007, helping them win the York Futsal Open the day after the club was founded. He played for Middlesbrough in the FA Futsal Cup finals, scoring 10 goals in five appearances, Everson earned a three-year football scholarship with West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas in 2007, having undergone trials with several universities in the United States. He scored on his debut with West Texas first goal of the season. He finished the 2007 season with 14 goals, equalling the sixth-highest number of goals scored in a season for West Texas. His 31 points was the highest of any player in the team that season, as a result of his contributions, he was named a member of the NSCAA All-Midwest Region first team, in addition to being named the SSC Freshman of the Year. He was named the SSC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year ahead of the 2008 season, later in the season he scored a hat-trick in West Texas 5–0 win over the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Everson also played for USL Premier Development League side the El Paso Patriots during the 2008 season and his 15 goals and one assist in the 2009 season helped West Texas to their highest national ranking in the teams 19-year history. For the second time in three seasons, he recorded more points than any player in the team, with 31. Everson earned the LSC Offensive Player of the Week award after scoring twice in a 7–1 win over the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. Following the seasons close he was named the LSC Offensive Player of the Year for the consecutive season. In addition, he was named the South Central Region Player of the Year and he left West Texas in top place in the LSC Mens Soccer leaderboards in goals and shots. Everson continued his career in the United States with the Bradenton Academics of the USL Premier Development League. Having scored twice in six games for the Academics, he signed for league rivals West Texas United Sockers late into the teams inaugural 2009 season and scored five goals in six league appearances. Everson also scored in the Sockers 2–1 Divisional Semifinal win over Austin Aztex U23 on 22 July 2009 and he finished the season with eight appearances and six goals for the Sockers. Everson returned to Middlesbrough Futsal Club for the 2010 season, having returned in early 2009 to play in a friendly match. After making two appearances for Middlesbrough, in which he scored six goals, he resumed his studies and he was named the LSC Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, having led the LSC in shots, points and goals in the 2010 season
Ben Everson – Everson playing for York City in 2013
5. Fylkir – Fylkir is an athletic club in Árbær, in the eastern part of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. The Fylkir official home kit is combined of a jersey, black shorts. The away kit is combined of a jersey and shorts. The original kit is combined of a white and blue shirt, white shorts, Fylkir was founded in 1967 on May 28 in a newly established suburb of Reykjavik, Árbær, by young and enthusiastic footballers who wanted to train and play football in their own neighbourhood. From the start, the club has emphasized the importance of youth development, the original name of the club was KSÁ, the name was considered inconvenient and thus after a member vote, it was changed to Fylkir. The senior team took first part in a competition in 1972. That was not enough to for Fylkir to gain promotion and for five years the team played in Division Three. All these years Fylkir was on the edge of promotion but it was not until 1977 that the dream came true, Fylkir earned a promotion to the 2. Division after a historical Third Division Final in which Fylkir had to field its B-team because the majority of the starting eleven had gone to Spain on a long before pre-paid holiday. The next six years, Fylkir played in Division Two, only once being close to gaining promotion, the next time Fylkir earned a promotion to Division One was in 1993, but just as in 1989 the team became ninth and was relegated. In 1996, history reapeted itself for the third successive time, in the year 1999, Fylkir was promoted to the top league – now called the Premier League – for the fourth time. The following year of 2000 Fylkir was only two points winning the league, in its first year after promotion. The second place earned the club its first games in a European competition, in 2001, Fylkir won the Icelandic Cup for the first time, but finished fifth in the Premier League after leading the competition for the first two thirds of it. In the UEFA cup, Fylkir won Pogoń Szczecin from Poland 2–1 in the clubs first European game, in Poland, Fylkir equalized in the last minute of the game to the euphoria of its 200 dedicated supporters who had travelled to Poland to support their team. 3–2 in aggregate and Fylkir were through to the second Qualifying Round, the opponents, Roda JC Kerkrade from the Netherlands, proved to be stronger than the Poles. Roda won the first game in the Netherlands, 3–0, a game in which played a side role as it took place September 11. In Iceland, Fylkir scored the first goal, but the Dutch side the three, ending the European adventure for Fylkir. The Cup victory in 2001 earned Fylkir a spot in the UEFA cup for the successive year
6. Vestmannaeyjar – Vestmannaeyjar is a town and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland. The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,135, the other islands are uninhabited, although six have single hunting cabins. Approximately one fifth of the town was destroyed before the flow was halted by application of 6.8 billion litres of cold sea water. The Vestmannaeyjar archipelago is young in geological terms, the islands lie in the Southern Icelandic Volcanic Zone and have been formed by eruptions over the past 10, 000–12,000 years. The volcanic system consists of 70–80 volcanoes both above and below the sea, total,16.3 square kilometres There are 15 islands, and about 30 rock stacks and skerries. All the islands have built up in submarine eruptions and consist of alternating layers of palagonite tuff. The oldest geological formations are in the part of Heimaey, the largest island. There was a submarine eruption southeast of Hellisey in 1896, the next eruption began on 14 November 1963. It lasted about four years – one of the longest in Icelandic history – and gave birth to Surtsey, in the eruption of 1973 that lasted for 155 days, Heimaey grew by about 2.1 square kilometres. The Vestmannaeyjar group is about 38 kilometres long and 29 kilometres broad, There is generally very little snow, but a lot of rain. Owing to this microclimate, returning migrant birds are often first seen in the spring, all of Icelands seabirds can be found in Vestmannaeyjar, the guillemot, gannet, kittiwake, Iceland gull, and puffin. The puffin is the most plentiful species and is the Vestmannaeyjar emblem, more than 30 species of birds nest in their millions in the cliffs and grassy ledges, and other species make irregular appearances. There are about 150 plant species in the flora of the islands, the waters around the Vestmannaeyjar contain some of the North Atlantics richest fishing grounds. The two main commercially exploited species in Iceland, cod and haddock, are found in abundance in Vestmannaeyjar, other species, such as flat-fish, herring and capelin, are also commonly harvested as they migrate through the area in the autumn and winter. Lobsters and ocean perch are found in numbers in the deep water to the southeast of the islands. Seals, small types of whale and other species are also present in large numbers around the islands. It is often very windy in the islands, and the highest wind speed measured in Iceland was recorded in Stórhöfði, the main wind directions are easterly and south-easterly. The islands enjoy the countrys highest average temperature, the Gulf Stream having a strong warming effect
Vestmannaeyjar – Heimaklettur seen from Stakkagerðistún which is a public park in the middle of Heimaey
Vestmannaeyjar – Elliðaey island.
Vestmannaeyjar – Suðurey, Hellisey, Súlnasker and Geldungur islands.
Vestmannaeyjar – Smáeyjar islands
7. UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A – The UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A was one of the nine groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament. Group A consisted of six teams, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia, Iceland, and Kazakhstan, the top two teams would qualify directly for the finals. Czech Republic and Iceland qualified for the finals as the group winners, third-placed Turkey qualified too, as they were the highest-ranked among all third-placed teams. The fixtures were released by UEFA the same day as the draw, times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A – Line-up of the Netherlands–Kazakhstan teams prior to the match
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group A – Iceland's Gylfi Sigurðsson is the group's leading goalscorer with 6 goals
8. UEFA – The Union of European Football Associations is the administrative body for association football in Europe, although several member states are primarily or entirely located in Asia. It is one of six continental confederations of world footballs governing body FIFA, UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Until 1959 the main headquarters were located in Paris, and later in Bern, in 1995, UEFA headquarters were transferred to Nyon, Switzerland. Henri Delaunay was the first general secretary and Ebbe Schwartz the first president, UEFA was founded on 15 June 1954 in Basel, Switzerland after consultation between the Italian, French, and Belgian associations. The European football union began with 25 members, that number doubled by the early 1990s, UEFA membership coincides for the most part with recognition as a sovereign country in Europe, although there are some exceptions. Some UEFA members are not sovereign states, but form part of a recognized sovereign state in the context of international law. Some UEFA members are transcontinental states, countries which had been members of the Asian Football Confederation were also admitted to the European football association, particularly Israel and Kazakhstan. Additionally some UEFA member associations allow teams from outside their associations main territory to take part in their domestic competition, saarland Football Union 1954–1956 German football association of the German Democratic Republic 1954–1990 Football Federation of the Soviet Union 1954–1991, in 1992 became Russian Football Union. The newly independent 14 Soviet Republics created their own football associations, Football Association of Yugoslavia 1954–1992, became Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia became independent, Football Association of Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006, became Football Association of Serbia. Montenegro, which became independent, created its own football association, the main competition for mens national teams is the UEFA European Football Championship, started in 1958, with the first finals in 1960, and known as the European Nations Cup until 1964. It is also called UEFA or the EURO, UEFA also runs national competitions at Under-21, Under-19 and Under-17 levels. For womens national teams, UEFA operates the UEFA Womens Championship for senior sides as well as Womens Under-19. UEFA also organized the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup with CAF for youth teams in an effort to boost youth football, UEFA launched the UEFA Regions Cup, for semi-professional teams representing their local region, in 1999. In futsal there is the UEFA Futsal Championship and UEFA Futsal Under-21 Championship, the Italian, German, Spanish and French mens national teams are the sole teams to have won the European football championship in all categories. A second, lower-ranked competition is the UEFA Europa League and this competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. A third competition, the UEFA Cup Winners Cup, which had started in 1960, was absorbed into the UEFA Cup in 1999, in womens football UEFA also conducts the UEFA Womens Champions League for club teams. The competition was first held in 2001, and known as the UEFA Womens Cup until 2009, the UEFA Super Cup pits the winners of the Champions League against the winners of the Europa League, and came into being in 1973
UEFA – Henri Delaunay, the first general secretary of UEFA
UEFA – Union of European Football Associations
9. 2015 Faroe Islands Premier League – 2015 Faroe Islands Premier League was the 73rd season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it is known as Effodeildin, b36 Tórshavn were the defending champions, having won their tenth Faroese title last season. Skála and B68 had finished 9th and 10th respectively at the end of the season and were relegated to the 1. Deild champions TB and runners-up Suðuroy, note Last updated,9 August 2015 Source, Faroe Soccer As of 13 November 1 Scored four goals
2015 Faroe Islands Premier League – Effodeildin
10. 2014 Tippeligaen – The 2014 Tippeligaen is the 70th season of top-tier football in Norway. The competition began on 28 March 2014, two later than in the previous season. A three-week summer-break in June was scheduled due to the 2014 World Cup, updated to games played on 26 November 2014. = Champion, = Relegated, = Promoted, = Eliminated, = Play-off winner, updated to games played on 9 November 2014. Source, Nifs. no 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, Season at soccerway. com Season at RSSSF
11. 2014 Norwegian Football Cup – The 2014 Norwegian Football Cup is the 109th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. It began with matches in March 2014. The first round was played 24 and 25 April 2014 and the tournament ended with the final on 23 November 2014, the 64 winners from the First Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 7 and 8 May 2014, the 32 winners from the Second Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 28 May,4 and 5 June 2014, the 16 winners from the Third Round took part in this stage of the competition. The 8 winners from the Fourth Round took part in stage of the competition. The 4 winners from the Quarterfinals took part in stage of the competition. The 2 winners from the Semifinals take part in stage of the competition
2014 Norwegian Football Cup – Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo - venue for the Norwegian Cup final
12. 2015 Norwegian Football Cup – The 2015 Norwegian Football Cup was the 110th season of the Norwegian annual knock-out football tournament. It began with matches in March 2015. The first round was played 21,22 and 23 April 2015, the 64 winners from the First Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 6 and 7 May 2015, the 32 winners from the Second Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 2,3 and 4 June 2015, the 16 winners from the Third Round took part in this stage of the competition. These matches took place on 24 June 2015, the 8 winners from the Fourth Round took part in this stage of the competition. The matches were played on 12 and 13 August 2015, the 4 winners from the Quarter-finals takes part in this stage of the competition. These matches were played on 23 and 24 September 2015, the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup Final was played between Rosenborg and Sarpsborg 08 at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 22 November 2015
2015 Norwegian Football Cup – 2015 Norwegian Football Cup
2015 Norwegian Football Cup – Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo - venue for the Norwegian Cup final
13. 2014 Supercoppa Italiana – The 2014 Supercoppa Italiana was the 27th edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, Italian football supercup, played on 22 December 2014 at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. It was held between 2013–14 Serie A champions, Juventus, and the winners of the 2013–14 Coppa Italia, Napoli emerged as the victorious side 6–5 in a penalty shootout, following a 2–2 draw, to pick up their second trophy in the tournament. Juventus was making a record 10th appearance, and seeking a record seventh cup and they had won the last two editions of the Supercoppa, with an overall record of six wins and three defeats, then a joint record with Milan. Both of Napolis prior appearances had been against Juventus, beating them 5–1 in 1990, carlos Tevez put Juventus ahead in the fifth minute following defensive errors by Napoli. Marek Hamšík and Gonzalo Higuaín both struck the post, but the latter equalised with a header in the half. Tevez again gave his team the lead in the half of extra time. Both of the first kicks in the shootout missed, Tevez hit the post, finally, Kalidou Koulibaly netted for Napoli, then their goalkeeper Rafael saved attempt from Simone Padoin to win the trophy
2014 Supercoppa Italiana – The Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha hosted the match
14. 2014 Svenska Supercupen – Svenska Supercupen 2014, Swedish Super Cup 2014, was the 8th Svenska Supercupen, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous seasons Allsvenskan and Svenska Cupen competitions. The match was played at Malmö Stadion, Malmö, on 9 November 2014, and was played by the 2014 Allsvenskan champions Malmö FF, the match was IF Elfsborgs second in the competition and their first since 2007. In Sweden the match was broadcast live on TV12, martin Strömbergsson from Gävle was the referee for match, his first time officiating the competition. His older brother Markus had previously officiated three Svenska Supercupen matches, Malmö FF won the match on penalties 5–4 after the match had ended 2–2 after extra time. IF Elfsborg took the lead through Viktor Claesson in the first half, Malmö FF then took the lead through Emil Forsberg in the second half of extra time, only to have their lead equalized by Viktor Prodell on a penalty in the last minute of extra time. The match proceeded to penalties which Malmö FF won 5–4 after Elfsborg had missed their last two penalties and this was the first time Svenska Supercupen went to extra time and penalties in its eight-year history. IF Elfsborg qualified for Svenska Supercupen on 18 May 2014 when they won the 2014 Svenska Cupen Final against Helsingborgs IF 1–0, Elfsborg had one previous appearance in the competition, the inaugural edition of 2007 when they won the title after beating Helsingborgs IF 1–0 at Borås Arena. Malmö FF qualified for the competition of 5 October 2014 when they secured the 2014 Allsvenskan title in the 27th league round in the fixture against AIK at Friends Arena with a 3–2 win. Malmö FF made their second appearance in the competition, being the current holders of the title after defeating IFK Göteborg in last years competition. The match was Malmö FFs third appearance in total for Svenska Supercupen, Malmö FF had home advantage in the competition as league champions. Malmö FF chose to play the match at the alternative home venue Malmö Stadion. The last time the two faced each other in a domestic cup match was in the semi-finals for Svenska Cupen on 31 May 1984. Malmö FF and Elfsborg had never met each other in a cup final prior to this match, club captain Guillermo Molins was also missing from a long-term injury that made him miss the second half of the 2014 season. IF Elfsborg had forward Lasse Nilsson, defender Sebastian Holmén and midfielder Anton Andreasson missing due to injuries before the match,2014 Allsvenskan 2013–14 Svenska Cupen Official website
2014 Svenska Supercupen – 2014 Svenska Supercupen
15. 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final – The match was played at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin on 14 May 2015. Frankfurt won the match against Paris 2–1, note, In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. Frankfurt dominated the early on, having two opportunities to score within the first ten minutes. The goal seemed to wake up the Paris players, who now more active themselves. A corner kick in the 40th minute was delivered short to Kenza Dali who crossed the ball high into the box, the second half started like the first, with Frankfurt controlling the game. It was until the 66th minute that Paris was able to create their first chance, Frankfurt urged for the decisive goal before extra time, having two good chances through Simone Laudehr and Mandy Islacker. The latter got a second two minutes into injury time, who scored after capturing the ball in the box. Paris started one last charge in the stages of the match, creating a chance for Shirley Cruz Traña. 2014–15 UEFA Womens Champions League 2015 final, Berlin
2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final – 2015 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
16. UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying – A total of 53 national teams participated in this qualifying process, with Gibraltar taking part for the first time. The draw took place at the Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice, all UEFA member associations are eligible to compete in the qualifying competition, with the hosts qualifying directly to the finals tournament. The other 53 teams are drawn into eight groups of six teams, the group winners, runners-up, and the best third-placed team directly qualify to the finals. The eight remaining third-placed teams contest two-legged play-offs to determine the last four qualifiers for the finals, each nations coefficient is generated by calculating, 40% of the average ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. 40% of the ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage. 20% of the ranking points per game earned in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. UEFA stated that nations with the largest markets in terms of contribution to the European Qualifiers revenue would be drawn one of the groups containing six teams. They include England, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, UEFA has also stated in their regulations that the teams drawn into the group of five teams will have France added to their group for the purpose of playing centralised friendlies. For the play-offs the four ties are determined by draw, including the order of the two legs of each tie, the teams are seeded for the play-off draw according to the UEFA national team coefficient rankings updated after the completion of the group stage. Each nations coefficient is generated by calculating, 40% of the ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying group stage. 40% of the ranking points per game earned in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage. 20% of the ranking points per game earned in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, if away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played, divided into two fifteen-minutes halves. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out, notes This is the first qualifying tournament after UEFA announced centralised rights deals for both UEFA Euro and FIFA World Cup qualifying. UEFA has proposed the Week of Football concept for the scheduling of qualifying matches, Matches take place from Thursday to Tuesday. Kick-off times are set at 18,00 and 20,45 CET on Saturdays and Sundays. On double-header matchweeks, teams play on Thursday and Sunday, or Friday and Monday, Matches in the same group are played on the same day. The seeding pots were announced on 24 January 2014, teams in bold qualified for the finals
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying – UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying – Official matchball of the UEFA Euro qualifiers
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying – Poland's Robert Lewandowski scored 13 goals in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, equalling Northern Ireland's David Healy in UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying as the most goals scored in a single UEFA Euro qualifying campaign.
17. 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup – The 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the sixteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. On 3 March 2011, FIFA revealed the host to be Chile, on 8 April 2014,8 cities were confirmed as host of the competition, with Copiapó and Quillota being dropped. The Local organising committee have also said that the capital City would not host the final, in addition to host nation Chile,23 nations qualified from 6 separate continental competitions. The schedule of the tournament was unveiled on 5 May 2015, the final draw was held on 6 August 2015,20,00 local time, at the Centro de las Artes 660 art gallery in Santiago. A total of 21 referees,6 support referees, and 42 assistant referees were selected for the tournament, the emblem and slogan of the tournament was unveiled on 7 October 2014. Each team named a squad of 21 players by the FIFA deadline, the squads were announced on 8 October 2015. All players of its representative team must have been born on or after 1 January 1998, the winners and runners-up of each group and the best four third-placed teams advance to the round of 16. The four best ranked third-placed teams also advance to the round of 16 and they are paired with the winners of groups A, B, C and D, according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations. In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of playing time. The third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16 were placed with the winners of groups A, B, C and D according to a table published in Section 18 of the tournament regulations, the following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. They were all sponsored by adidas, in December 2015, Nigerian Samuel Chukwueze was retroactively awarded the Bronze boot award. Kelechi Nwakali had erroneously been awarded the award following the tournament. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in time are counted as wins and losses. Fox Sports, English language, Telemundo, Spanish language BNT TSN, sky Sport Startimes Sports SBS, KBS, and MBC FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015, FIFA. com FIFA Technical Report
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup – La Serena
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup
18. 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship – The final tournament was hosted for the first time in the Czech Republic from 15 to 30 June 2015, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in Istanbul. Players born on or after 1 January 1992 were eligible to participate in the competition, fifty-two teams participated in a qualification tournament, taking place between March 2013 and October 2014, to determine the seven teams that would join the final tournament hosts. Holders Spain were not able to defend their title after being eliminated in the qualification play-offs by Serbia, in the final, played at the Eden Arena in Prague, Sweden defeated Portugal 4–3 in a penalty shootout, after a goalless draw at the end of extra-time. In doing so, the Swedish team won their first title in this competition, having previously lost the 1992 final, by reaching the semi-finals, Denmark, Germany, Portugal and Sweden also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics mens football tournament in Brazil. Qualification for the tournament of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship consisted of two rounds, a group stage and a play-off round. The group stage took place on 31 January 2013 in Nyon, Switzerland. Each group was contested in a double system, where teams played each other twice, at home. The ten group winners and the four best second-placed teams advanced to the play-off round, the play-off winners joined the Czech Republic in the final tournament. Six refereeing teams took charge of matches at the tournament, The draw for the final tournament took place at 18,00 CET on 6 November 2014. England, the team according to the competition coefficient rankings. Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, if a player was injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his teams first match, he could be replaced by another player. The eight finalists were drawn into two groups of four teams, as hosts, Czech Republic were seeded in group A, while England, the best-ranked team in the UEFA coefficient ranking, were seeded in group B. In each group, teams played matches against each other in a system. The provisional schedule was released by UEFA on 10 November 2014, all times are in Central European Summer Time. The four teams advanced to the semi-finals qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. However, England are ineligible for the Olympics and they are not an Olympic nation, however, when England failed to advance out of the group stage, this was cancelled. After the conclusion of the stage, the following four teams from UEFA qualified for the Olympic football tournament. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 6 were applied, if only two teams were tied after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would have been determined by a penalty shoot-out
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship – 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
19. 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to participate in this competition. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds, Qualifying round, which place in autumn 2014, and Elite round. The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament, note, All appearance statistics include only U-19 era. The final draw was held in Katerini, Greece on 9 June 2015 at 17,00 EEST, the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There were no seeding except that the hosts Greece were assigned to position A1 in the draw, the competition was played at three venues in three host cities, Katerini and Veria in Central Macedonia, and Larissa in Thessaly. Each national team had to submit a squad of 18 players, a total of 6 referees,8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament. Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals, lower disciplinary points total based only on yellow and red cards received in the group matches, Drawing of lots. In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – Larissa
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship – 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
20. 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup – The 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup was the seventh FIFA Womens World Cup, the quadrennial international womens football world championship tournament. In March 2011, Canada won the right to host the event, the first time the country would host the tournament, matches were played in six cities across Canada in five time zones. The tournament began on 6 June 2015, and finished with the finals on 5 July 2015 with a United States victory over Japan, the 2015 tournament saw the World Cup expanded to 24 teams from 16 in 2011. Canadas team received direct entry as host and a tournament of 134 teams was held for the remaining 23 places. With the expanded tournament, eight teams made their Womens World Cup debut, all previous Womens World Cup finalists qualified for the tournament, with defending champions Japan and returning champions Germany and the United States among the seeded teams. The 2015 tournament used goal-line technology for the first time with the Hawk-Eye system and it was also the first World Cup for either men or women to be played on artificial turf, with all matches played on such surfaces. The bidding for each FIFA Womens World Cup typically includes hosting rights for the previous years FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup, bids for the tournament were required to be submitted by December 2010. Only two bids were submitted, Canada Zimbabwe Zimbabwe withdrew its bid on 1 March 2011, the country was seen as a long shot as its womens team was ranked 103rd in the world at the time of the bid and has never qualified for a Womens World Cup. There is also ongoing political and economic instability in the country, for 2015, the number of qualifying teams grew from 16 to 24 and scheduled matches increased from 32 to 52. On 11 June 2012, FIFA announced a change to the allocation of the qualifying berths for its continental confederations. The FIFA Executive Committee approved the following slot allocation and the distribution of eight new slots, AFC,5 slots CAF,3 slots CONCACAF,3.5 slots CONMEBOL,2. This was the first time a team had been banned from a Womens World Cup. The latest published FIFA Rankings prior to the tournament are shown in brackets, the 2015 FIFA Womens World Cup was one of the first FIFA tournaments under new rights deals in two North American markets. In its host country of Canada, the competition was televised by CTV, TSN and RDS through a new rights agreement with parent company Bell Media. In the United States, English-language television rights were held by Fox Sports with coverage carried on the main Fox broadcast network, along with the Fox Sports 1, spanish-language rights were held by NBC Deportes, with telecasts airing on Telemundo over-the-air and NBC Universo on cable. Fox constructed a studio for the Womens World Cup at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver. In December 2014, the European Broadcasting Union extended its rights to FIFA tournaments for its members in 37 countries, in the United Kingdom, all matches from the tournament were shown by the BBC across BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Red Button. All England games, and other selected matches, were broadcast on radio by BBC Radio 5 Live, in Australia, SBS aired all 52 matches live online, and televised 41 matches live, with the only matches not televised live being those which aired concurrently
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup – Fox Sports studio at Jack Poole Plaza.
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup – Vancouver
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
21. 2015 Albanian Supercup – The match was contested by KF Skënderbeu Korçë, champions of the 2014–15 Albanian Superliga, and KF Laçi, the 2014–15 Albanian Cup winners. It was held at the Qemal Stafa Stadium on 12 August 2015, KF Laçi won the match 8–7 on penalties after a 2–2 draw. The game was watched by 2,200 spectators and was broadcast through DigitAlbs SuperSport Albania, 2014–15 Albanian Superliga 2014–15 Albanian Cup
2015 Albanian Supercup – GK
22. 2015 FA Community Shield – The 2015 FA Community Shield was the 93rd FA Community Shield, an annual English football match played between the winners of the previous seasons Premier League and FA Cup. The match was contested by Arsenal, the 2014–15 FA Cup winners and it was held at Wembley Stadium on 2 August 2015. Watched by a crowd of 85,437 and a audience of over a million. This was Arsenals 21st Shield appearance and Chelseas 13th, Petr Čech made his competitive debut for Arsenal against his former team, while captain Mikel Arteta and striker Olivier Giroud were named as substitutes. Gary Cahill was passed fit to start for Chelsea alongside captain John Terry, the only goal of the match came near the midway point of the first half, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain collected a pass from Theo Walcott from the right and scored past Thibaut Courtois. Both managers did not shake hands after the game, which drew media attention, Arsenals victory was their first against Chelsea in over three years and manager Arsène Wengers first over José Mourinho in 14 attempts. In 1921, it was played by the champions of the top division. Chelsea qualified for the 2015 FA Community Shield as winners of the 2014–15 Premier League and it was the clubs fourth league title in ten years and third under the management of José Mourinho. The other Community Shield place went to Arsenal, who defeated Aston Villa by four goals to win the 2015 FA Cup Final, in doing so, Arsenal had overtaken Manchester United to become the most successful club in the competitions history, with 12 titles. Chelsea made their appearance in the Community Shield, prior to this they won four and lost six. By contrast, Arsenal made their 21st Community Shield appearance, and won 13 and they went into the match as holders of the Shield, having defeated Manchester City a year earlier. Both clubs had only once met before in the Shield, when Chelsea won by two goals to one in 2005, Arsenal had failed to beat Chelsea in all competitions since 2011, and Mourinho was undefeated against his opponent Arsène Wenger in 13 matches. He also attempted to play down the significance of the match, given Arsenal had won the years contest. The match was televised live in the United Kingdom on BT Sport 2, the network obtained rights to the Community Shield in July 2013 and were into their second year of a deal with the BBC and the FA. The game was also the inaugural broadcast of BT Sports 4K ultra HD feed, Chelsea were predicted to line up in a 4–2–3–1 formation, with Willian and Eden Hazard as wide men. Mourinho doubted the fitness of Diego Costa and Gary Cahill going into the match – the former aggravated his hamstring during a game against Barcelona. Arsenal were expected to line up similarly to Chelsea, with Walcott furthest forward, midfielder Jack Wilshere was ruled out of selection, having sustained an ankle injury during training. Arsenals top scorer of the season, Alexis Sánchez, was rested
2015 FA Community Shield – The match programme cover
2015 FA Community Shield – Arsenal's victory parade after winning the 2015 FA Cup Final, which qualified them for the Community Shield.
2015 FA Community Shield – Chelsea's Loïc Rémy and Nemanja Matić and the Arsenal defence
2015 FA Community Shield – Wenger won his sixth Community Shield as Arsenal manager
23. 2015 Turkish Super Cup – 2015 Turkish Super Cup is the 42nd edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as Presidential Cup in 1966. The match is contested between both the 2014–15 Süper Lig and 2014–15 Turkish Cup champions Galatasaray and the 2014–15 Turkish Cup runner-up Bursaspor, the fixture is the 6th overall national super cup matchup between the teams since 1966. Galatasaray last won the cup in 2013 against Fenerbahçe, and Bursaspor never won the cup since 1966, Galatasaray were champions in the regular season, finishing 3 points ahead of Fenerbahçe. In the regular season Galatasaray collected 77 points by 24 wins,5 draws and they were trailed by Fenerbahçe, who collected 74 points by 22 wins,8 draws, and 4 losses. Bursaspor performed better in the domestic cup and they entered the tournament at the third round. They won their third match against Tepecikspor. In the group stage they were drawn against Mersin İdmanyurdu, Fatih Karagümrük, in the round of 16, they beat İstanbul Başakşehir. They won their final match against Gençlerbirliği. The semi-finals were the toughest home and away matches for Bursaspor, in the 2015 Turkish Cup Final, Galatasaray defeated Bursaspor, but Bursaspor gained a ticket for Turkish Super Cup final, since Galatasaray is the champion of the league
2015 Turkish Super Cup – Bursaspor
24. 2016 UEFA Champions League Final – It was played at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, on 28 May 2016, between Spanish teams Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, in a repeat of the 2014 final. It was the time in the tournaments history that both finalists were from the same city. Real Madrid won 5–3 on a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw at the end of extra time, Real Madrid earned the right to play against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla, in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup. They also qualified to enter the semi-finals of the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative, the San Siro was built in 1925, opened in 1926 as the home of Milan, and was sold to the city in 1935. Internazionale became tenants in 1947, and the stadium has been shared by the two clubs ever since, with Inter winning the first European Cup final played at the stadium in 1965. The stadium was used as a venue in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1980, and its current capacity is 80,018, but is reduced to just under 80,000 seats for UEFA competitions. Real Madrid reached a record 14th final after a 1–0 aggregate win against Manchester City, previously they won finals in 1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1966,1998,2000,2002, and 2014, and lost in 1962,1964, and 1981. This was also their 18th final in all UEFA club competitions, Atlético Madrid reached their third European Cup final after defeating Bayern Munich on away goals. Their previous two European Cup finals in 1974 and 2014 both ended in defeats, to Bayern Munich and Real Madrid respectively. Atlético Madrid had also played in three Cup Winners Cup finals and two Europa League finals, with their most recent Europa League triumph in 2012 led by current coach Diego Simeone. He had the chance to join fellow Argentinians Luis Carniglia and Helenio Herrera as the only coaches to win the European Cup/Champions League. If they would win the Champions League, they would join Juventus, Ajax, Bayern Munich, on the other hand, if they were to lose, they would become the first team to lose their first three European Cup finals. Note, In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first, UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 27 August 2015 in Monaco ahead of the group stage draw. The logo features the Milan landmark Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. com from 1 to 14 March 2016 in four categories, €440, €320, €160. The remaining tickets were allocated to the organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters. American singer Alicia Keys performed in the ceremony prior to the match. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performed the UEFA Champions League Anthem, the 2016 UEFA Womens Champions League Final was held two days prior, on 26 May 2016, at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia. The annual UEFA Champions Festival was held between 26–29 May 2016 at Milans Piazza del Duomo, english referee Mark Clattenburg was announced as the final referee by UEFA on 10 May 2016
2016 UEFA Champions League Final – 2016 UEFA Champions League Final
2016 UEFA Champions League Final – The San Siro in Milan was selected to host the final in September 2014.
25. 2015 UEFA Super Cup – The 2015 UEFA Super Cup was a football match between Spanish teams Barcelona and Sevilla on 11 August 2015 at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia. It was the 40th UEFA Super Cup, a tournament contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona were appearing in the Super Cup for the time, they had previously won. Sevilla were appearing in the competition for the time, they had won once. The two sides had met before in the competition in 2006, when Sevilla won 3–0, the teams had qualified for the competition by winning the two seasonal European competitions. Barcelona won the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, defeating Italian Juventus 3–1 in the final, Sevilla qualified as winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. They beat Ukrainian team Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3–2 in the final, Barcelona won the game 5–4 after extra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tying Milans record. Their ninth Super Cup appearance was also a record, two ahead of Milan, the nine goals scored was also the most in any Super Cup fixture, and the attendance of 51,940 was a record for a one-off, neutral venue UEFA Super Cup. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Georgia, the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena was built in 1976 and renovated in 2011. It is the stadium of the Georgia national football team. Sevilla took the lead in the third minute through a free kick from Éver Banega. Suárez had a goal ruled out for offside shortly after, but Rafinha made the score 3–1 to Barcelona at half time, sliding in from close range after Suárezs effort was saved by Beto. In the 72nd minute, Vitolo was brought down in the Barcelona penalty area by Jérémy Mathieu, with 10 minutes to play, two Sevilla substitutes combined for the equalising goal, as Ciro Immobile squared the ball across the goal area for Yevhen Konoplyanka to score. Messi almost had a hat-trick of free kicks in the 89th minute, Barcelona introduced Pedro in place of Mascherano at the start of the additional half-hour. With five minutes to play in the half of extra time, he pounced on the rebound from yet another Messi free kick to put Barcelona ahead. Adil Rami had an attempt on goal from the edge of the area in injury time at the end of the extra period. The match was shown on beIN Sports in Spain,2015 UEFA Super Cup, UEFA. com UEFA Super Cup History,2014, UEFA. com
2015 UEFA Super Cup – 2015 UEFA Super Cup
2015 UEFA Super Cup – Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia, hosted the match.
2015 UEFA Super Cup – Barcelona lift UEFA Super Cup after defeating Sevilla in the final.