Las revelaciones del año 2015

Este año que ya termina nos deja muchos equipos que han sido revelaciones en sus ligas domesticas y en torneos continentales, pasare a continuación a nombrarlos:

Clubes

Leicester City FC

Angers SCO (Francia)

SJK (Finlandia)

SK Rapid Wien

FK Liepaja

FC Istiklol Dushanbe

FK Ahal (Turkmenistan)

Al Alhi(UAE)

Lt Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Ltd(Bangladesh)

K-Electric(Pakistan)

Johor (Malaysia)

Altyn Asyr (Turkmenistan)

FC Astana

FC Augsburg

Borussia Mönchengladbach

Lincoln Red Imps(Gibraltar)

Skenderbeu (Albania)

FC Midtjylland (Dinamarca)

KAA Gent (Belgica)

IFK Norrköping(Suecia)

Kairat Almaty

UCD (Republica de Irlanda)

FC Vaduz

Qabala(Azerbaijan)

FC Sion (Suiza)

FBC Melgar

Deportivo Municipal  Lima (Peru)

 

Selecciones nacionales

Albania

Gales

Irlanda del Norte

Austria

Islandia

Kyrgyzstan

 

AFC Cup 2016 Group Stage draw

It has just passed some weeks ago since Johor won the title but now the road for the AFC Cup 2016 has started with the group stage draw

There are many debutants not only in the group stage, also in the qualifying playoff

Debutant teams in the qualifying playoff

K Electric(Pakistan), FC Balkan(Turkmenistan) (in the AFC Cup 2007 they competed as Nebitçi Balkanabat), FK Khujand(Tajikistan), Alhi Al-Kahleel(Palestine)

Debutant teams in the group stage

Ceres La Salle, Kaya(both from Philippines), Altyn Asyr(Turkmenistan), Lt Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Ltd (Bangladesh), Shabab Al Dhahiriya(Palestine), Al Quwa Al Jawiya, Naft Al Wasat(both from Iraq)

Returning teams

Mohun Bagan, Yangon United, Al Muharraq, Al Ahed, Al Oruba, Tripoli(Lebanon)

 

 

AFC Champions League 2016 Group Stage draw

The road to the ACL 2016 has started with the draw for the group stage

Debutant teams in the qualifying playoff

Shanghai SIPG, Mohun Bagan, Tampines Rovers

Returning teams

Sydney FC, Jiangsu Sainty, Zob Ahan

 

   

Central Asian champions

Uzbekistan

League: Pakhtakor

Cup: Nasaf

Tajikistan

League: FC Istiklol , Cup: FC Istiklol

Tturkmenistan

League and Cup: Altyn Asyr

Kyrgyzstan

League: Alay Osh

Cup: Abdysh Ata Kant

 

Most remarkable football moments in 2015

FC Astana qualifying to the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 1st time in their history (1st Kazakhstan club to achieve that)

VfL Wolfsburg great year winning rhe DFB Pokal, finishing 2nd in the Bundesliga 2014-15 qyalifying for the UEFA Champions League and in winning their group in the 2015-16 group stage.

Historic qualification of Lincoln Red Imps from Gibraltar to the UEFA Champions League 2015-16 2nd qualifying round.

Historic UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying campaigns for Northern Ireland, Austria, Iceland and Wales

Historic run from Skenderbeu in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and then qualifying to the UEFA Europa League

Historic run of Kairat Almaty in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round only denied their group stage entry by Girondins de Bordeaux

Historic titles for IFK Norrkoping, SJK, Milsami, AS Trencin, Dila Gori and FC Midjylland

Historic run from SK Rapid Wien in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds and then qualifying to the UEFA Europa League and also qualifyiung fr the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League round of 16

Great year for Dynamo Kyiv winning their domestic title and in the 2015-16 UEFA Champions League campaign they qualified 2nd in their group behind Chelsea FC.

Historic participation from Alga Bishkek, K-Electric, Druk United, Sheikh Jamal, Benfica Macau and Khoromkhon in the AFC Cup 2016 qualifying playoff

Historic year for Guangzhou Evergrande winning the AFC Champions League and their domestic title

Historic campaign from FC Istiklol from Tajikistan reaching the AFC Cup final for the first time in their history and Johor from Malaysia winning it(vs Istiklol in Dushanbe)

Al Alhi UAE reaching the ACL final only losing it vs Guangzhou Evergrande

Guangzhou R&F and Naft Tehran qualifying for the AFC Champions League for the first time in their history

Historic debuts from Ahal, Global FC and Lao FC in the AFC Cup

Historic FIFA World Cup qualifiers campaign for Guam shocking the world, Guam epic home victories vs Turkmenistan and India.

2nd title for FBC Melgar Arequipa

Great campaign from DIM (Miraflores) in the Copa Peru reaching the quarterfinals.

Weekend review

England

Leicester continue their impressing campaign with a with vs Everton 3-2 and establish themselves as one of the candidates to win the title, they got an important win vs Chelsea last week too. Their next 2 matches are vs important teams like Manchester City and Liverpool and its no surprise of Leicester win both matches, their form is just amazing, they´re playing great football now under the good guidance of Claudio Ranieri.

Germany

East German dominance in 2.Liga and 3.Liga

2.Bundesliga

RB Leipzig are in pole position to get promoted to the Bundesliga, They finished first before going to the Christmas pause after they won 2-1 vs Greuther Fürth. They are doing an amazing campaign and want to bring 1st division football to Leipzig since VfB Leipzig played Bundesliga 20 years ago

3.Liga

Thanks to their win vs Würzburger Kickers 2-1, Dynamo Dresden goes to the winterpause leading the table with 11 points of advantage, They are making an impressive dominanceand wants to be back to the 2.Liga as soon as possible, they have a very good team that is playing great football and is in a great level now, 2nd is the surprise of the tournament, Sonnen Grossaspach and behind them are FC Erzgebirge Aue and 1.FC Magdeburg, Magdeburg who was promoted from the Regionalliga are doing a very good campaign and are in contention for a spot in the 2.Liga