Saturday review: Spartaks Jurmala are Latvian champions!

Spartaks Jurmala have won the Latvian title for the 1st time in their history in an amazing campaign where they beat the hegemony of FK Ventspils, now Spartaks will play the UEFA Champions League 2nd qualifying round for the 1st time in their history.

France

In the Ligue 2 Racing Strasbourg won the regional derby vs FC Sochaux Moentbeliard 2-1 and they are now in 6 place.

Their next game will be on Noember 5th vs Stade Reims at Stade de la Meinau.

 

Germany

Regionalliga Südwest

Saarderby

FC 08 Homburg vs 1.FC Saarbrücken 3-3

 

Coupe de France 7th round draw

The draw for l’Outre-Mer

CS Moulien (DH, Guadeloupe) – Fleury FC 91 (CFA)
AS Magenta ou Hienghene Sport (DH, Nouvelle-Calédonie) – FC Pau (National)
Le Club Franciscain (DH, Martinique) – FC Luneville (CFA 2)
ASC Le Geldar de Kourou (DH, Guyane) – SC Selongéen (CFA 2)
JS St Pierroise (DH, La Réunion) – Ste Geneviève Sports (CFA 2)

Avoine OL Chinon Cinais (CFA 2) – AS Excelsior (DH, La Réunion)
Rodez Aveyron Football (CFA) – Mtsapere FC (DH, Mayotte)
ASM Belfort FC (National) – Phare du Canal (DH, Guadeloupe)
US Avranches MSM (National) – AS Dragon (DH, Polynésie)
FC Mulhouse (CFA) – US Matoury (DH, Guyane)
Tarbes Pyrénées Football (CFA) – Le Golden Lion (DH, Martinique)
Coupe de France, 7e tour : Le tirage complet… par ffftv

Groupe A
Jeanne d’Arc de Biarritz (6) – FC Bassin d’Arcachon (6)
Poitiers FC (6) – La Berrichonne de Châteauroux (3)
Les Genêts d’Anglet (5) – Olympique Saint Liguaire Niort (6)
AS Aix-sur-Vienne (7) – AC Ajaccio (2)
AS de Saint-Pantaleon de Larche (7) – Bergerac Perigord FC (4)
UA Niort Saint-Florent (8) – Limoges FC (5)
Stade Montois (4) – Chamois Niortais FC (2)

Groupe B
CE Palavas (6) – Rodéo FC (5)
Ytrac Foot (6) – Clermont Foot 63 (2)
Blagnac FC (6) – AS Béziers (3)
AS Frontignan AC (6) – Etoile Sportive Paulhan Pezenas (4)
FA Le Cendre (8) – SA Thiernois (6)
Istres FC (7) – Nîmes Olympique (2)
Balma SC (5) – Luc Primaube FC (6)
CS de Volvic (6) – Olympique Alès en Cévennes (5)

Groupe C
Etoile Fréjus-Saint-Raphaël (4) – Bourg-en-Bresse 01 (2)
AS Saint-Priest (5) – FC Rhône Vallées (6)
FC Vaulx-en-Velin (6) – Hyères FC (4)
Côte Chaude Sporting Saint-Etienne (6) – GS Consolat (3)
FC Bords de Saone (7) – Gazelec FC Ajaccio (2)
AS Misérieux Trévoux (7) – Grenoble Foot 38 (4)
Cluses Scionzier FC (6) – Borgo FC (5)
Olympique Saint-Marcelin (7) – FC Rousset Sainte-Victoire (7)

Groupe D
AS Forez Andrézieux-Bouthéon (4) – Chaumont FC (6)
UF Maconnais (6) – Lyon Duchère AS (3)
Haut Lyonnais (6) – AS Yzeure Auvergne (4)
CA Pontarlier (5) – FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (2)
US Saint-Sérininoise (6) – AJ Auxerre (2)
SA Sézanne (6) – Louhans-Cuiseaux FC (5)
UF Belleville Saint-Jean d’Ardières (7) – AS Savigneux Montbrison (8)

Groupe E
AS Erstein (6) – SAS Football Epinal (3)
SR Kayserberg (9) – FC Dahlenheim (10)
US Oberlauterbach (6) – RC Strasbourg (2)
FC Sarrebourg (7) – ESTAC Troyes (2)
US Sarre Union (5) – FC Kronenbourg Strasbourg (6)
FC Soleil Bischheim (6) – Sarreguemines FC (5)
Besançon FC (5) – FCSR Haguenau (5)

Groupe F
CS Homecourt (8) – AS de Prix-les-Mézières (5)
US Roye Noyon (5) – APM Metz (6)
US Chauny (7) – Jeanne d’Arc Drancy (4)
Entente Centre Ornain (9) – Jarville Jeunes (6)
Amiens SC (2) – FC Chambly-Thelle (3)
Claye Souilly Sports (9) – ES Cheminots Longueau (7)
YS Saint-Maximin (7) – Stade de Reims (2)
AFC Compiègne (6) – CS Sedan-Ardennes (3)

Groupe G
Vendée Le Poiré-sur-Vie (6) – Le Mée Sports (6)
RC Rannée-la Guerche-Drouges (7) – USSA Vertou (5)
TVEC 85 Les Sables d’Olonne (6) – Sénart-Moissy (5)
Pouzauges Réaumur AC (7) – Champigny FC 94 (7)
FC Challans (6) – SO Choletais (4)
OFC Saumur (6) – Tours FC (2)
Sologne Olympique Romorantin (4) – Blois Foot 41 (5)
Vendée Les Herbiers (3) – US Orléans (2)

Groupe H
ES Parisienne (9) – CA Bastia (3)
ES Bonchamp les Laval (6) – US Alençonnaise 61 (6)
Le Mans FC (5) – AS Beauvais Oise (5)
Académie de Football de Bobigny (6) – US Quevilly Rouen Métropole (3)
Grand-Quevilly FC (6) – Le Havre AC (2)
Olympique Pavillais (7) – Red Star FC (2)
L’Ernéenne (8) – Blanc-Mesnil SPFB (6)
Viry-Châtillon ES (4) – SU Dives Cabourg Football (5)

Groupe I
Plouzane Athletic CF (6) – US Granvillaise (4)
Rennes Tour-d’Auvergne (5) – Pontivy GSI (6)
Saint-Colomban Locminé (6) – AS Vitré (4)
GAS Notre Dâme du Reun Guipavas (7) – US Montagnarde Inzinzac Lochrist (6)
ASPTT Brest (10) – Stade Brestois 29 (2)
Stade Pontivyen (7) – Stade Briochin (5)
Ploufragan FC (7) – Vannes OC (5)
Stade Lavallois (2) – US Concarneau (3)

Groupe J
AS Steenvoorde (10) – US Maubeuge (5)
US Saint-Omer (6) – Croix Football Iris Club (4)
Stade Portelois (6) – CS Avion (7)
Olympique Marcquois (7) – RC Lens (2)
Villeneuve d’Ascq Métropole (7) – US Boulogne CO (3)
Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC (5) – JS Saint-Nicolas d’Aliermont (7) ou RC Caudebecais (6)
AS Etaples (8) – Valenciennes FC (2)
Saint-Amand FC (6) – Entente Sportive Wasquehal (4)

 

 

Weekend review

It was a weekend full of surprises mostly in Germany and France and some clubs have already proclaimed champions too.

OGC Nice continue surprising all France and they are solid leaders of the Ligue 1 after they won 4-2 vs FC Metz.

RasenballSport Leipzig won 3-1 vs Werder Bremen and they continue impressing all Germany, they are doing an amazing campaign in their sason debut in the Bundesliga, this is the best performance from a promoted team since Hoffenheim amazing run in the 1st part of the 2008-09 season(all 2008).

In Norway and Faroe Islands there were champions who were proclaimed, in Norway Rosenborg won the championship and Vikingur did the same in Faroe Islands, both clubs will play the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds next year.

 

Coupe de France 6th Round Alsace results

There were historic results for some teams like SR Kaysersberg and Dahlenheim while traditional teams like FC Mulhouse, Sarre Union and FCSR Haguenau progressed to the next round.

Kaysersberg team celebrating

Soultz sous forets (white jersey) vs Oberlauterbach (yellow jersey)

Illhaeusern (white jersey) vs FC Mulhouse (blue jersey)

 

FCSR Haguenau (blue jersey) vs Strasbourg menora (white jersey)

FC Dahlenheim

FC Dahlenheim celebrating in the 5th round

FC Dalhenheim (red jersey) vs AS Illzach Modenheim (yellow jersey)

 

Coupe de France 6th Round results Lorraine, Nord Pas de Calais, Aquitaine, Corse

Nord Pas de Calais

Teams qualifiedc for the 7th round

-National : Epinal
-CFA2 : Sarreguemines, Lunéville
-DH : APM Metz, Jarville Jeunes
-DHR : Sarrebourg
-PH : Homécourt
-PHR : Centre Ornain

The draw for the 7th round is on Thursday October 27 and the matches will take place on November 12 and 13.

IFK Mariehamn Champions of Finland for the 1st time in their history!

Its an historic day for the Aland Islands as the most representative club from the island have ecome champions of Finland for the 1st time in their history, an amazing achievement from a club that before this major sucess their most notable achievement was winning the Finnish Cup last year.

Now they will represent Finland in the UEFA Champions Lague qualifying rounds next year.

CAF Champions League 2016 winners Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns have produced an massive shock by winning the CAF Champions League and becoming the 2nd South African team to win it after Orlando Pirates won the competition in 1995 and became the 1st South African team to win the prestigious tournament.

In their 2nd appearance in the final, 15 years ago they played against Zamalek arch rivals Al Alhy and lost it, now they took revenge and won it in an amazing style vs Zamalek.

Mamelodi won 3-1 on aggregate vs Zamalek, 3-0 in South Africa and they lost 1-0 in Alexandria, Egypt.

Now Mamelodi Sundowns will represent Africa in December in the FIFA Club World Cup that will take place in Japan.

Racing Strasbourg 2-1 Auxerre

Racing came back to the victories and they got a great and important victory vs Auxerre 2-1 in the Stade de la Meinau, for Racing goals were scored by Boutaib and Guillaume.

Racing is now placed in 10th place in the Ligue 2 table.

Next match of Racing will be away vs Sochaux on October 29 in Montbeliard.

 

Here is the partial league standings, some team have still to play their matches.

Saarlandpokal 5 Round results

1.FC Saarbrücken, FC 08 Homburg, Borussia Neunkirchen and SV Elversberg secured their place to the next round without problems, the mos attractive match in this round was between SV Röchling Völklingen and Borussia Neunkirchen, the Saarstahlderby and Borussia won it 2-1, both teams also meet last October 8 for the Oberliga Rheinland Pfalz Saar and Röchling Völklingen won it 2-1

Here are the results for this round

The draw for the 6th round will be made on Sunday October 23

Bengaluru FC 1st club from India to play an AFC Competition final!

History was made today as we will have a new AFC Cup champion and also its an historic day for Indian football as Bengaluru FC defeated current AFC Cup champions Johor 3-1 and on aggregate it was 4-2 and will play for the 1st time in their history the AFC Cup final also its the 1st time that a club from India will feature in an AFC Competition final.

Bengaluru surpassed the expectations and just in their 2nd appearance they are getting in the final, last Indian club that reached the most far in the competition was Dempo in 2008

Also another surprise in the final will be Air Force Club from Iraq after they won vs Al Ahed 4-3 on aggregate, its the 1st time that an Iraqi club will play an AFC Competition final