Historic day in European football! OGC Nice and RB Leipzig qualified for the Champions League!

Today OGC Nice and RB Leipzig have officially confirmed their participation in the UEFA Champions League 2017-18 after they recorded great victories vs AS Nancy Lorraine and SC Freiburg respectively.

OGC Nice vs Nancy Lorraine 3-1

RB Leipzig vs SC Freiburg 4-0

 

For both teams is a historic day and also historic moment because since the start of their respective seasons both were at the top but then they slipped to 2nd or 3rd place but in the case of RB Leipzig they always stayed 2nd and in the case of Nice for some matchdays they changed of position, 1st, 2nd or 3rd, now they will enter the biggest stage in Europe, the UEFA Champions League

Also Hoffenheim is almost assured a place in next season´s UEFA Champions League after they won in an amazing match 5-3 to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Fussball Ostalgie

This season (2016-17) marks the 25 anniversary of the last participation of the DDR (East Germany) clubs in UEFA competition, season 1991-92 (European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Cup Winners Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup)

The last participants were Hansa Rostock, Rot Weiss Erfurt, Hallescher FC, Eisenhüttenstadt FC Stahl and Energie Cottbus

The reunification already happened by the time when Hansa played vs FC Barcelona but Hansa started that season competing in the DDR Oberliga and at the middle of the season by October the reunification took part and the next month in November (20 Nov 1990) DFV (Deutsche Fussball-Verband) the East German football association was dissolved and on that same day became the NOFV (Nordostdeutscher Fussballverband) and as the DDR ceased to exist on October 3rd as a sovereign country the championship continued but with the denomination of NOFV Oberliga and Hansa Rostock won it and also as the last East German champion qualified for the European Cup and also for the Bundesliga 1991-92

Hansa was the last East german championto win a European cup match in home soil, they won 1-0 vs FC Barcelona and after that until now Hansa has not qualified again to an European competition (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League)

Hansa Rostock vs FC Barcelona

Hallescher FC vs Torpedo Moscow

Week review

In the Liechtensteiner Cup 2nd semifinal FC Vaduz won 18-0 vs FC Triesen and qualified for the final where they will play vs USV Eschen/Mauren

AFC Champions League 2017 Group stage

Urawa Red Diamonds recorded a very important victory 1-0 vs Shanghai SIPG in their aspirations to qualify to the next round

There were mixed fortunes between the Uzbek clubs vs the Iranians, Lokomotiv got a draw vs Esteghlal and Bunyodkor lost vs Zob Ahan and is now virtually eliminated of the competition

Muangthong United extended their great moment of success with a historic victory vs Ulsan Hyundai, Jiangsu also one of the surprises of the tournament won 3-0 vs Gamba Osaka and Brisbane Roar won 2-1 vs Kashima Antlers.

Andorra Copa Contitució semifinals

 

Wednesday review: Coupe de France semifinalists defined, 1.FC Saarbrücken in Saarlandpokal final!

Frejus St Raphael vs EA Guingamp 0-1

 

Angers SCO and PSG sealed their ticket to the semifinals after winning to Girondins de Bordeaux and Avranches respectively, they join AS Monaco and Guingamp to qualified to the semifinal on Tuesday

These are the semifinals

Saarlandpokal semifinal

1.FC Saarbrücken vs FC 08 Homburg 3-1

The title defender lost and this means that in this edition of the Saarlandpokal there will be a new champion

It will be between 1.FC Saarbrücken and SV Elversberg, one of these will represent Saarland in the 2017-18 DFB Pokal

Germany

Bundesliga

1.FSV Mainz 05 vs RB Leipzig 2-3

RB Leipzig recorded a very important victory and shortened the difference with FC Bayern to 10 points

2.Liga

Dynamo Dresden vs 1.FC Heidenheim 2-1

Dynamo won a very important match and its now 5 points away from the promotion zone

Liechtenstein Cup semifinal

 

FC Triesenberg vs USV Eschen/Mauren 2-4

Eschen/Mauren became the first finalist and the 2nd semifinal will be on April 11

Switzerland Cup semifinals

FC Basel and FC Sion will play the final after they won to FC Winterthur and FC Luzern respectively

Austrian Cup quarterfinals

LASK Linz, SK Rapid Wien, FC Admira Wacker Mödling and Red Bull Salzburg advanced to the semifinals

Russian Cup semifinals

Lokomotiv and Ural won their respective matches and will play the final, Ural advanced to the final for the first time in their history.

Polish Cup semifinals

 

Arka Gdynia and Lech Poznan won their respective matches and will play the final, Lech won vs Pogon Szczcecin

Italia Eccelenza Trentino Alto Adige 2016-17 (Oberliga) 5th division

AC Trento won 4-2 vs Eppan and sealed their promotion to the Serie D 2017-18

Las posiciones luego de la fecha 22

Eppan – Trient 2:4
0:1 Gherardi (14.), 1:1 Breglia (29.), 1:2 Casagrande (57.), 1:3 Gattamelata (70.), 1:4 Gherardi (82.), 2:4 Arber Lekiqi (90.)

Standings
1. Trient (Trento) 74 Points
2. Bozner FC 59
3. Obermais 52
4. St. Georgen 45
5. Tramin 44
6. Comano 38
7. Brixen 33
8. Naturns 30
9. Lavis 30
10. Arco 28
11. Calciochiese 28
12. Ahrntal 27
13. St. Martin 27
14. Eppan 21
15. Weinstraße Süd 19
16. Alense 16

Tuesday action, Leicester 6 of 6!

Leicester City vs Sunderland 2-0

Hoffenheim vs FC Bayern München 1-0

1.FC Köln vs Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0

AFC Cup 2017 Group D Matchday 2

Dordoi Bishkek vs Alay Osh 1-0

Dordoi recorded their first win in the group stage of the tournament in a clash of Kyrgyz teams for the first time in the history of the competition

Altyn Asyr vs Istiklol 0-1

Istiklo won in Turkmenistan and became the group leaders with 4 points

Kigwancha won vs Erchim 3-0 and will set to define their group with fellow compatriots April 25

Poland Cup semifinals

Arka Gdynia lost vs Wigry Suwalki but advanced to the final, Arka won on aggregate 5-4, in the 1st leg was 3-0 for them but in the 2nd leg Wigry won 4-2

In the Austrian Cup quarterfinals LASK Linz became the first semifinalist after winning 3-0 to SV Grödig

In the Coupe de France Guingamp and AS Monaco advanced to the semifinals, Guingamp won 1-0 vs Frejus and Monaco 2-1 vs Lille LOSC

In the Saarlandpokal 1st semifinal SV Elversberg won 5-2 vs FV Diefflen and became the first finalist, the other semifinal will be on Wednesday between FC 08 Homburg and 1.FC Saarbrücken and the match will be played in Völklingen.

Racing Strasbourg is in the Ligue 2 podium!

Racing won a very important match vs Sochaux 2-0 and they are now 2nd in the Ligue 2 table, 2 points away from leaders Brest.

Jeremy Blayac and Khalid Boutaib were the goalscorers for Racing

Weekend review: HSV Great victory!

 

Hamburger SV won their match in the last minute vs 1.FC Köln 2-1 and they escaped from the relegation zone to the 13th place

RB Leipzig vs SV 98 Darmstadt 4-0

In the 2.Bundesliga VfB Stuttgart and Dynamo Dresden ended 3-3 after Dynamo were leading 3-0

3.Liga

1.FC Magdeburg vs FC Rot Weiss Erfurt 2-0

Werder Bremen II vs Holstein Kiel 0-2

FSV Zwickau vs Hallescher FC 2-0

Wehen Wiesbaden vs Preussen Münster 1-0

VfL Osnabrück vs Hansa Rostock 2-1

MSV Duisburg vs Jahn Regensburg 1-1

 

 

18. FSV Frankfurt      32 pts

19. SC Paderborn       29 pts

20. Mainz 05 II           27 pts

Regionalliga Nordost

1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig vs BFC Dynamo 3-2, Lok Leipzig came from behind to win the derby

Regionalliga Südwest

Eintracht Trier vs 1.FC Saarbrücken 0-4

Holland Eredivisie

Ajax vs Feyenoord 2-1

English Premier League

Leicester City vs Stoke City 2-0

5th consecutive victory for Leicester in the 5th match commanded by Craig Shakespeare

France Ligue 1

OGC Nice vs Girondins de Bordeaux 2-1

Coupe de la Ligue

PSG vs AS Monaco 4-1, Kevin Trapp from Merzig (Saarland) won the prestigious tournament for the 2nd time in his career, he is without doubt the most successful Saarländer from all the times winning all the important French tournaments like the Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Trophée des Champions and now the Coupe de la Ligue, all with PSG.

Coupe de Lorraine

Sarreguemines FC vs FC Lunéville 0-1

Nousseviller 0-3 Thaon
Homécourt 2-1 Jarville
Champigneulles 0-1 US Forbach

Les 1/2 finales
FC Lunéville (CFA2) vs US Forbach (CFA2)
Homécourt (PH) vs Thaon (DH)