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Planning a Football Trip to Russia – 2019-20 Fixtures Released If you are planning a Football Trip to Russia, this post provides details of the 2018-19 Fixtures and dates of key games. The 2019–20 Russian Premier League will be the 28th season of the premier football competition in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 16th under the current Russian Premier League name. Zenit Saint Petersburg come into the season as the defending champions. As in the previous season, 16 teams will play in the 2019-20 season. After the 2018-19 season, FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk and Anzhi Makhachkala were relegated to the 2019-20 Russian National Football League. They were replaced by FC Tambov and PFC Sochi, the winners and runners up of the 2018-19 Russian National Football League. Both teams will make their debut in the Premier League. Basic The 16 teams will play a round-robin tournament whereby each team plays each one of the other teams twice, once at home and once away. Thus, a total of 240 matches will be played, with 30 matches played by each team. Promotion and relegation The teams that finish 15th and 16th will be relegated to the FNL, while the top 2 in that league will be promoted to the Premier League for the 2020–21 season. The 13th and 14th Premier League teams will play the 4th and 3rd FNL teams respectively in two playoff games with the
winners securing Premier League spots for the 2020–201 season.
Under the current autumn-spring calendar, the league takes a
three-month winter break from mid-December until the end
February.
Here is where you can find the fixtures.
Stadiums and Cities
The following teams are competing in the 2018–19 season:
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Akhmat Grozny Grozny Akhmat-Arena 30,597
FC Tambov Tambov Spartak Stadium 8000
Fisht Olympic
PFC Sochi Sochi 47,659
Stadium
Arsenal Tula Tula Arsenal Stadium 20,048
CSKA Moscow Moscow VEB Arena 30,000
Dynamo Moscow Moscow VTB Arena 27,000
Krasnodar Krasnodar Krasnodar Stadium 34,291
Lokomotiv
Moscow Lokomotiv Stadium 28,800
Moscow
Rostov Rostov-on-Don Rostov Arena 45,000
Rubin Kazan Kazan Kazan Arena 45,379
Orenburg Orenburg Orenburg Stadium 7,500
Spartak Moscow Moscow Otkrytiye Arena 45,360
Krylia Sovetov
Samara Cosmos Arena 44,918
Samara
Ufa Ufa Neftyanik Stadium 15,200
Ural Sverdlovsk
Yekaterinburg Central Stadium 35,000
OblastTeam Home city Stadium Capacity
Zenit Saint
Saint Petersburg Krestovsky Stadium 68,134
Petersburg
Key Rivalries / Fixtures
28-Jul 17:00 Russia Moscow CSKA Moscow v Lokomotiv Moskva
03-Aug 17:00 Russia Moscow Spartak Moscow v Dynamo Moscow
10-Aug 17:00 Russia Moscow Dynamo Moskva v Zenit
Dynamo Moscow v Lokomotiv
18-Aug 17:00 Russia Moscow
Moskva
19-Aug 18:00 Russia Moscow Spartak Moscow v CSKA Moscow
01-Sep 17:00 Russia Moscow Spartak Moscow v Zenit
28-Sep 17:00 Russia Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit
26-Oct 17:00 Russia Moscow CSKA Moscow v Dynamo Moskva
Lokomotiv Moscow v Spartak
26-Oct 17:00 Russia Moscow
Moscow
St
02-Nov 17:00 Russia Zenit v CSKA Moskva
Petersburg
St
30-Nov 17:00 Russia Zenit v Spartak Moskva
Petersburg
Lokomotiv Moscow v Dynamo
30-Nov 17:00 Russia Moscow
Moscow
St
07-Dec 17:00 Russia Zenit v Dynamo Moskva
Petersburg
St
29/02/2020 17:00 Russia Zenit v Lokomotiv Moscow
Petersburg
29/02/2020 17:00 Russia Moscow Dynamo Moscow v Spartak Moskva
21/03/2020 17:00 Russia Moscow CSKA Moscow v Zenit
04/04/2020 17:00 Russia Moscow Dynamo Moscow v CSKA Moskva
11/04/2020 17:00 Russia Moscow CSKA Moskva v Spartak Moscow
Spartak Moscow v Lokomotiv
25/04/2019 18:00 Russia Moscow
Moscow
09-May 17:00 Russia Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow v CSKA MoscowCoppa Italia & Serie A 19-20 Key Dates Announced Planning a Football Trip to Italy in August or the rest of the year then the Coppa Italia & Serie A 19-20 key dates were announced this week. The league campaign will start on the weekend of August 24th and it will end on May 24th, 2020. Four international breaks are scheduled: September 8, October 13, November 17 and March 29, 2020. One weekend (28-29 December) will not be played, with the last round of the year being on December 22. The league will resume on January 5 in 2020. There will also be three mid-week rounds: September 25, October 30 and April 22. The start of the Coppa Italia was also officially announced. It will begin on August 4 with the matches of the first qualifying round and will end with the final on May 13, 2020. There is Euro 2020 next summer with four games scheduled at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, including the opening ceremony on June 12. In order to give UEFA more time to prep the arena by May 18, it’s reported Roma and Lazio will play their final Serie A game of the season away from home. Round dates The schedule of each round is yet to be announced by the organization.
Phase Round First leg Second leg
First round 4 August 2019
First Second round 11 August 2019
stage Third round 18 August 2019
Fourth round 4 December 2019
Round of 16 15-22 January 2020
Quarter-finals 29 January 2020
Final
12 February 4 March
stage Semi-finals
2020 2020
Final 13 May 2020
Format and seeding
Teams enter the competition at various stages, as follows:
First phase (one-legged fixtures)
First round: 27 teams from Serie C and the 9 Serie
D teams start the tournament
Second round: the 18 winners from the previous
round are joined by the 20 Serie B teams and 2
teams from Serie C
Third round: the 20 winners from the second round
meet the 12 Serie A sides seeded 9–20
Fourth round: the 16 winners face each other
Second phase
Round of 16 (one-legged): the 8 fourth round
winners are inserted into a bracket with the Serie
A clubs seeded 1–8
Quarter-finals (one-legged)
Semi-finals (two-legged)
Final (one-legged)Champions League Third qualifying round Fixtures Planning a Football Trip to Europe. The fixtures for the Champions League Third qualifying round are now known. The fixtures are available on the UEFA website. The first round games take place on the 6th and 7th August. The return fixtures are all schedule to be on the 13th August. Champions path CFR Cluj (ROU) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Celtic (SCO) / Nõmme Kalju (EST) Sutjeska (MNE) / APOEL (CYP) v Dundalk (IRL) / Qarabağ (AZE) PAOK (GRE) v Ajax (NED) Saburtalo (GEO) / GNK Dinamo (CRO) v Ferencváros (HUN) / Valletta (MLT) Crvena zvezda (SRB) / HJK Helsinki (FIN) v The New Saints (WAL) / København (DEN) Maribor (SVN) / AIK (SWE) v BATE Borisov (BLR) / Rosenborg (NOR) League path İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / Olympiacos (GRE) Krasnodar (RUS) v Porto (POR) Club Brugge (BEL) v Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) PSV Eindhoven (NED) / Basel (SUI) v LASK (AUT)
Planning a Football Trip
August 2019
Planning a Football Trip August 2019? This post has details
of key games from around Europe for the games that have been
announced so far.
We are still waiting for the Serie A fixtures and Turkish and
Greek league fixtures to be announced and details will be
posted on the website soon. In addition the Champions League
and Europa League Third Qualifying round fixtures are
announced tomorrow and we will post all the game details on
Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
Date Time Country City Game
Czech SFC Opava vs. Baník
03/08/2019 21:00 Opava
Republic Ostrava
Czech Bohemians 1905
03/08/2019 07:00 Prague
Republic vs. Viktoria Plzeň
Spartak Moscow v Dynamo
03-Aug 17:00 Russia Moscow
Moscow
Feyenoord v Sparta
04-Aug 13:30 Holland Rotterdam
Rotterdam
08/08/2019 17:00 France Nantes FC Nantes vs FC Lorient
09/08/2019 17:00 France Strasbourg RC Strasbourg vs. FC Metz
10-Aug 17:00 Russia Moscow Dynamo Moskva v Zenit
10/08/2019 15:00 Scotland Glasgow Rangers v Hibs
Bayern Munich vs. Hertha
16-Aug 19:30 Germany Munich
Berlin
17-Aug 14:30 Germany Berlin Union Berlin v RB Leizpig
17-Aug 19:30 Poland Gdynia Arka Gdynia v Lech PoznanCzech Sparta Prague vs. Baník
17/08/2019 19:00 Prague
Republic Ostrava
17-Aug 19:00 Spain Bilbao Athletic vs. Barcelona
18-Aug 19:30 Poland Wroclaw Slask Wroclaw v Cracovia
Dynamo Moscow v Lokomotiv
18-Aug 17:00 Russia Moscow
Moskva
Spartak Moscow v CSKA
19-Aug 18:00 Russia Moscow
Moscow
23/08/2019 17:00 France Monaco AS Monaco vs. OGC Nice
Czech Slavia Prague vs.
24/08/2019 01:00 Prague
Republic Bohemians 1905
24-Aug 15:00 Scotland Glasgow Celtic v Hearts
24-Aug 19:00 Spain Madrid Leganes v Atletico Madrid
25-Aug 16:00 Portugal Lisbon Benfica v Porto
29/08/2019 17:00 France Lorient FC Lorient vs EA Guingamp
Olympique de
30/08/2019 17:00 France Marseille Marseille vs AS Saint-
Étienne
Hadjuk Split v Dynamo
30-Aug 17:30 Croatia Split
Zagreb
31/08/2019 15:00 Scotland Glasgow Rangers v Celtic
31/08/2019 19:00 Spain Bilbao Athletic vs. Real Sociadad
Booking Your Trip
Ticket LinksPlanning a Football Trip to France – Ligue fixtures announced 19/20 Planning a Football Trip to France the Ligue fixtures have been announced for 2019/20. This post has details of the next football season in France to help you plan your football trip. Administrated by the Ligue de Football Professionnel, Ligue 1 is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Ligue 2. Seasons run from August to May. Clubs play two matches against each of the other teams in the league – once home and once away – totalling to 38 matches over the course of the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. Play is regularly suspended the last weekend before Christmas for two weeks before returning in the second week of January. Ligue 1 is one of the top national leagues, currently ranked fifth in Europe behind Spain’s La Liga, England’s Premier League, Italy’s Serie A and Germany’s Bundesliga. The 2019–20 Ligue 1 season will be the 82nd season since its establishment. The season is set to begin on 9 August 2019 and is scheduled to end on 23 May 2020. FC Metz and Stade Brestois 29 were promoted from the 2018–19 Ligue 2, replacing the two relegated teams from the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Stade Malherbe Caen and En Avant de Guingamp.
Stadia and locations
Location of teams in 2019–20 Ligue 1
2018–19
Club Location Venue Capacity
season
Stade de la
Amiens Amiens 12,097 15th
Licorne
Stade Raymond
Angers Angers 17,835 13th
Kopa
Bordeaux Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique 42,115 14th
Stade Francis-Le Ligue
Brest Brest 15,097
Blé 2, 2nd
Stade Gaston
Dijon Dijon 18,376 18th
Gérard
Stade Pierre-
Lille Villeneuve-d’Ascq 50,157 2nd
Mauroy
Lyon Décines-Charpieu Groupama Stadium 59,186 3rd
Marseille Marseille Orange Vélodrome 67,394 5th
Stade Saint- Ligue
Metz Metz 25,636
Symphorien 2, 1st
Monaco Monaco Stade Louis II 18,523 17th
Stade de la
Montpellier Montpellier 32,939 6th
Mosson
Stade de la
Nantes Nantes 37,473 12th
Beaujoire
Nice Nice Allianz Riviera 35,624 7th
Stade des
Nîmes Nîmes 18,482 9th
Costières
Paris Saint-
Paris Parc des Princes 48,583 1st
Germain
Stade Auguste
Reims Reims 21,684 8th
Delaune
Rennes Rennes Roazhon Park 29,778 10th2018–19
Club Location Venue Capacity
season
Stade Geoffroy-
Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne 41,965 4th
Guichard
Stade de la
Strasbourg Strasbourg 29,230 11th
Meinau
Toulouse Toulouse Stadium Municipal 33,150 16th
Fixtures
The Ligue 1 Conforama season will start on Friday August 9 and
will conclude on May 23 2020.
The calendar was adopted by the LFP’s Administrative Council
on Thursday December 6 2018 and was validated by the Executive
Committee of the FFF on Friday December 7 2018.
Week 1 Ligue 1 Conforama games will be played between Friday
August 9 2019 and Sunday August 11 2019. Week 1 of the
Domino’s Ligue 2 season will take place on Friday July 26 2019
and the regular season will finish on Friday May 15 2020,
before the play-offs on Tuesday May 19 and Friday May 22.
The Ligue 1 Conforama play-offs will take place on Thursday
May 28 and Sunday May 31 2020, while the Domino’s Ligue 2
play-offs will take place on Tuesday May 26 and Sunday May 31
2020.
The Trophée des Champions 2019 will happen in Shenzhen in
China on Saturday July 27 2019.
The final of the Coupe de la Ligue BKT will be held on
Saturday April 4 2020.
> 2019-2020 calendarKey Matches Derby de la N77: AJ Auxerre vs Troyes AC – 19/9/19 Derby de la N77: Troyes AC vs AJ Auxerre – 20/2/20 Derby de la Garonne: Toulouse FC vs. FC Girondins de Bordeaux – 4/10/19 Derby de la Garonne: FC Girondins de Bordeaux vs Toulouse FC – 25/4/20 Derby Rhônalpin: Olympique Lyonnais vs. AS Saint-Étienne – 28/2/20 Derby Rhônalpin: AS Saint-Étienne vs. Olympique Lyonnais – 4/10/19 Derby de l’ouest: FC Nantes vs SCO Angers – 20/12/19 Derby de l’ouest: SCO Angers vs FC Nantes – 6/3/20 Derby de l’Atlantique: FC Nantes vs. Girondins de Bordeaux – 24/1/20 Derby de l’Atlantique: Girondins de Bordeaux vs. FC Nantes – 1/11/19 Derby du Languedoc/Derby de l’Hérault – Montpellier HSC vs. Nîmes Olympique – 24/9/19 Derby du Languedoc/Derby de l’Hérault – Nîmes Olympique vs. Montpellier HSC – 10/4/20 Derby de la Côte d’Azur: AS Monaco vs. OGC Nice – 23/8/19 Derby de la Côte d’Azur: OGC Nice vs. AS Monaco – 6/3/20 Derby de l’Est: FC Metz vs. RC Strasbourg – 10/1/20 Derby de l’Est: RC Strasbourg vs. FC Metz – 9/8/19
Le Classique – Olympique de Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain –
20/3/20
Le Classique – Paris Saint-Germain vs. Olympique de Marseille
– 25/10/19
Choc des Olympiques – Olympique Lyonnais vs Olympique de
Marseille – 17/4/20
Choc des Olympiques – Olympique de Marseille vs Olympique
Lyonnais – 8/11/19
Olympique de Marseille vs AS Saint-Étienne – 30/8/19
AS Saint-Étienne vs Olympique de Marseille – 4/2/20
FC Nantes vs AS Saint-Étienne – 8/11/19
AS Saint-Étienne v FC Nantes – 10/1/20
Derby Breton: Stade Rennais vs FC Nantes vs. EA
Guingamp vs. FC Lorient
FC Nantes vs. EA Guingamp – 13/2/20
EA Guingamp vs. FC Nantes – 12/9/19
FC Nantes vs FC Lorient – 8/8/19
FC Lorient vs FC Nantes – 23/1/20
EA Guingamp vs. FC Lorient – 6/2/20
FC Lorient vs EA Guingamp – 29/08/19
Derby Normand: SM Caen vs. Le Havre AC – 28/9/19
Derby Normand: Le Havre AC vs. SM Caen – 6/2/20Austrian Bundesliga 2019/20
Fixtures Announced
Planning a football trip to Austria? The season starts
today and fixtures for the full season are available to help
plan your football trip to Austria.
The Austrian Bundesliga, which began in the 1974–75 season,
has been a separate registered association since 1 December
1991. It has been most won by the two Viennese giants FK
Austria Wien, who were national champions 23 times, and SK
Rapid Wien, who won the national title 32 times. At present it
is composed of two divisions – the Bundesliga and First
League.
The 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga is the 108th season
of top-tier football in Austria. RB Salzburg successfully
defended last year’s title.
Changes
Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after just a one season. WSG
Wattens was promoted as champions of the 2018–19 Austrian
Football Second League for the first time
since 1970–71 season.
Stadia & Locations
Team Location Venue Capacity
Admira Wacker
Maria Enzersdorf BSFZ-Arena 10,800
Mödling
Austria Wien Vienna Generali Arena 17,500
Waldstadion
LASK Linz Linz 7,870
Pasching
Rapid Wien Vienna Allianz Stadion 28,000Team Location Venue Capacity
Red Bull
Wals-Siezenheim Red Bull Arena 30,188
Salzburg
Rheindorf Stadion
Altach 8,500
Altach Schnabelholz
St. Pölten Sankt Pölten NV Arena 8,000
Sturm Graz Graz Merkur-Arena 15,323
SV Mattersburg Mattersburg Pappelstadion 17,100
TSV Hartberg Hartberg Stadion Hartberg 4,500
Wolfsberger AC Wolfsberg Lavanttal-Arena 7,300
WSG Wattens Wattens Alpenstadion 5,500
Fixtures
The season starts in 2019/20 with an opening match of SK Rapid
Wien against FC Red Bull Salzburg and will be held on Friday,
26.07.2019 at 20:45 clock in the Allianz Stadium.
>> Schedule Tipico Bundesliga 2019/20
TV Games will be decided on the following dates;
• Rounds 1 – 6 in June: The draw for the basic round ends all
matches up to the UEFA group stages.
• Round 7 – 18 in September: The group phases and participants
are determined until Christmas.
• Round 19-22 in December: The final four rounds of the basic
round will be selected after the last autumn round.
• Rounds 23 – 32 in March: The draw for the final round will
announce all match dates.
Key Rivalries
Wien derby: Rapid Wien vs. Austria Wien – 7/12/19
Wien derby: Austria Wien vs. Rapid Wien – 1/9/19Planning a Football Trip to Ukraine – Premier League Fixtures Announced Planning a Football Trip to Ukraine, the Premier League Fixtures for 19/20 have been announced so you can plan your Football Trip to Ukraine. This post has details. The 2017–18 season is the league’s tenth after the restructuring of professional club football in 2008 and the 27th season since establishing of professional club’s competition independent from the Soviet Union. As of 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk is the reigning Ukrainian Premier League champion. To summarise, Tavriya Simferopol won the first championship, while all the subsequent titles have gone to either Dynamo Kyiv or Shakhtar Donetsk. Only 3 teams, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk have participated in all previous 26 Ukrainian Top League competitions. The central feature of the league is a game between Dynamo and Shakhtar which is developed into the Klasychne (Classic). Since the 2014 Russian aggression, the league was reduced to 12 members, while its format also has changed. The season is still being played in a double round robin in the first half of a season, after which the league splits in half into two groups of six (6) teams. Both the top six and the bottom six play another a double round robin tournament with the clubs of
own group. The teams that reach the top ranks of the competition table at the end of each season as always gain the chance to represent Ukraine internationally in several prestigious tournaments (continental club tournaments). Also at the end of the season, the bottom clubs (usually two) are relegated to the First League (part of the lower Professional Football League) and replaced by the top clubs from that league. All the participants of the Premier League enter the National Cup competition and enter it at the round of 32 (1/16th of the final) or Round of 16 stage. Also the winner of the League at the beginning of every next season plays against the winner of the National Cup for the Ukrainian Super Cup (under administration of the Premier League). Clubs play each other twice (once at home and once away) in the 26-match season. The league begins in mid-July and ends in mid-June. After 13 rounds of fixtures, there is a winter break that lasts for three months (from early December to early March). Thus, the winter break is significantly longer than the interval between seasons. This schedule accounts for climatic conditions and matches that of most European leagues in terms of the beginning and the end of the season. The UPL clubs General Assembly also adopted a post season play-off mini-tournament for the last fifth berth of Ukraine in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League competition which will involve the best team(s) of the relegation group. Stadiums Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium’s capacity in the UPL is 5,000 (Article 10, paragraph 7.2). The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
Rank Stadium Place Club Capacity Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 70,050
used as
home
Shakhtar ground
2 OSC Metalist Kharkiv 40,003
Donetsk during
the
season.
3 Arena Lviv Lviv FC Lviv 34,915
4 Dnipro-Arena Dnipro SC Dnipro-1 31,003
5 Ukraina Stadium Lviv Karpaty Lviv 28,051
Vorskla
6 Vorskla Stadium Poltava 24,795
Poltava
Olimpik used as
Donetsk home
Lobanovsky ground
7 Kyiv 16,873
Dynamo Stadium during
Kolos the
Kovalivka[9][10] season.
Volodymyr Boiko
8 Mariupol FC Mariupol 12,680
Stadium
Chernihiv Desna
9 Chernihiv 12,060
Stadium Chernihiv
used as
home
Zorya ground
10 Slavutych-Arena Zaporizhia 12,000
Luhansk during
the
season.
CSC Nika FC
11 Oleksandriya 7,000
Stadium Oleksandriya
Fixtures
The full list of fixtures for the 19/20 season have now beenreleased. Planning a Football Trip to Europe – 2019 Super Cups Part 2 Planning a Football Trip for 2019? This post has details of Super Cups in Belgium, Holland, Poland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia and Turkey to help plan your Football Trips. If you missed yesterday’s post we detailed the Super Cups in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy to help plan your Football Trips. Super Cups were great opportunities to plan a Football Trip in the Summer, usually the dates, venue and kick off time are announced well in advance to enable you to plan ahead and get good deals on flights and hotels. You also get a great game with two top teams in one of the major national stadiums. Belgium The 2019 Belgian Super Cup is a football match that is scheduled to take place on 20th July 2019 between Genk, the winners of the 2018–19 Belgian First Division A, and Mechelen, the winners of the 2018–19 Belgian Cup. The game kicks off at 19:30 at the Luminus Arena in Gent. The stadium holds 23,718 and was built in 1999. Heusden-Zolder played at this stadium for their single season at the top level in 2003-04
Holland The winner is decided in one match only, played by the winner of the national football league (the Eredivisie) and the winner of the national KNVB Cup. In the event of a team winning both the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup, the Johan Cruyff Shield will be contested between that team and the runner up in the national league. The match traditionally opens the Dutch football season in August one week before the Eredivisie starts. The 2019 Johan Cruyff Shield will be the twenty-fourth Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal), an annual Dutch football match played between the winners of the previous season’s Eredivisie and KNVB Cup. The match will be contested by Ajax, as both the 2018–19 Eredivisie champions and the 2018–19 KNVB Cup winners and PSV as runners-up of the Eredivisie. The match will be held on 27 July 2019 at the home of the Eredivisie champions Ajax, the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. Poland Annually held match between the champions of the Ekstraklasa and the Polish Cup winners or, if the Ekstraklasa champions also win the Polish Cup, the Cup’s runners-up. The 2019 Super Cup is between Piast Gliwice based in Gliwice, Poland. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. They will play Polish Cup winners Lechia Gdańsk who won the cup last year for the second year. The game will be played on Saturday 13th July at 19:30 at Stadion Miejski w Gliwicach in Gliwice. The stadium holds 10,037 spectators. The stadium underwent a complete reconstruction which took place from September 2010 to July 2011 including the building of four new fully covered and all- seated stands.
Croatia The Croatian Football Super Cup (Croatian: Hrvatski nogometni superkup) is a football match between the winners of the Croatian First League and the Croatian Football Cup. The Super Cup is always held at the beginning of a new football season, and is only held when different clubs win the two most important competitions in the previous season (i.e. the match is not played when a club completes The Domestic Double). In 2002 the Croatian Football Federation took over the organisation of the Super Cup and made it an official single- legged fixture, with 30 minutes of extra time followed by a penalty shoot-out if necessary, which must be played a week before the following football season kicks off. Since 2002, the match has always been hosted by the club which won the league title. In 2019 Dynamo Zagreb will play Rijeka on Saturday 13th July at 19:00. The game will be played at Stadion Maksimir, The venue is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top club of the country with 18 league titles. First opened in 1912, it has undergone many facelifts, and its current layout dates from a 1997 rebuilding. Many of the Champions League’s and World Cup’s games are played at Maksimir, which competes with Poljud stadium for the biggest matches. Turkey The 2019 Turkish Super Cup (Turkish: TFF Süper Kupa) was the 46th edition of the Turkish Super Cup since its establishment as Presidential Cup in 1966, the annual Turkish football season-opening match contested by the winners of the previous season’s top league and cup competitions (or cup runner-up in case the league- and cup-winning club is the same). It is going to be played on 7 August 2019 between the champions of the 2018–19 Süper Lig and 2018–19 Turkish Cup, Galatasaray, and the
runner-up of the 2018–19 Turkish Cup, Akhisarspor. The venue will be the Eryaman Stadium in Ankara. Russia he two participating clubs are holders of the Russian Premier League champions title and the Russian Cup. If the Russian Premier League championship and the Russian Cup are won by the same team, then the other participant is the runner-up of Russian Premier League. The match is played at the beginning of the season, typically in July. The trophy has been contested since 2003. The 2019 Russian Super Cup (Russian: Суперкубок России) was the 17th annual Russian Super Cup match which was contested between the 2018–19 Russian Premier League champion, Zenit St Petersburg, and the 2018–19 Russian Cup winner, Lokomotiv Moscow. The final was played at VTB Arena. on the 6th July Czech Republic / Slovakia The Czechoslovak Supercup (Czech/Slovak: Česko-slovenský Superpohár) is an annual football match between the winners of the Czech Cup and the Slovak Cup. The first Czechoslovak Supercup was held on 23 June 2017 and the second was canceled 7 days before its scheduled start due to security concerns and the Slovak FA’s unwillingness to postpone the match to a later date. The 2019 cup took place last week between Spartak Trnava and Slavia Praha on the 6th July with Slavia Praha winning 3-0 at the Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia.
Planning a Football Trip to Europe – 2019 Super Cups Planning a Football Trip for 2019? This post has details of Super Cups in Spain, Portugal, France and Italy to help plan your Football Trips. Super Cups were great opportunities to plan a Football Trip in the Summer, usually the dates, venue and kick off time are announced well in advance to enable you to plan ahead and get good deals on flights and hotels. You also get a great game with two top teams in one of the major national stadiums. In recent years however it has become fashionable for the game to be played outside the country and in the case of Spain at a different time of year as the league’s seek to enhance their global following. Spain The 2019 Supercopa de España will be the 36th edition of the Supercopa de España, an annual football competition. In February 2019, it was announced that competition format would be changed from a two-team format, to a four-team format which would include a semi-final round The tournament will feature both finalists from the 2018–19 Copa del Rey and the remaining highest ranked teams from the 2018–19 La Liga that had not already qualified through the cup final. La Liga have announced the tournament will take place outside Spain from 8th to 12th January. More details to follow when announced
Qualified Teams
Valencia
Barcelona
Real Madrid
Atletico Madrid
Portugal
The Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira is an annual Portuguese
football match played since 1979 between the winners of the
previous season’s league (Primeira Liga) and cup (Taça de
Portugal) competitions. In the case that one team has won both
competitions (i.e. the double, Portuguese: dobradinha), then
it will play again against the runners-up of the Taça de
Portugal.
The 2019 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira will be the 41st
edition of the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira. It will be
played between the champions of the 2018–19 Primeira
Liga, Benfica, and the winners of the 2018–19 Taça de
Portugal, crosstown rivals Sporting CP, on 4 August 2019.
The game will be played at the Estadio Algarve located between
Faro and Loulé, in Portugal.
The Estádio Algarve stadium also hosts concerts, music
festivals and the occasional international friendly soccer
competition but has remained something of a white elephant as
neither local club have enjoyed enough domestic success to
attract sufficient supporters to make the stadium a viable,
commercial success. In fact, both teams usually play their
games in smaller stadiums.
Estádio Algarve is located 8 km north-west of Faro on the A22
highway to Loulé. The stadium has its own station, Parque das
Cidades, with trains to Faro (the next stop), Loulé (two
stops), Portimao and Lagos. From the station the stadium is a15-minute walk. France The 2019 Trophée des Champions (transl. 2019 Champions Trophy) will be the 24th edition of the French super cup. The match will be contested by the winners of the 2018–19 Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain and Coupe de France champions, Rennes. The match will be played at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre in Shenzhen, China. The stadium has a capacity of 60,334 spectators. Paris Saint-Germain are the six-time defending champions, having beat Monaco in the 2018 edition. Shenzhen is a major city in Guangdong Province, China. It forms part of the Pearl River Deltamegalopolis. The city is located immediately north of Hong Kong. Italy The 2019 Supercoppa Italiana will be the 32nd edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, the Italian football super cup. It will be played in the 2019–20 season by Juventus, the winners of the 2018–19 Serie A championship, and Lazio, the winners of the 2018–19 Coppa Italia. It’s played around the world in recent years and this years is in Saudi Arabia so not a great option for a football trip. Last years was played in January and whilst the dates for this years have not been announced I expect it to be similar.
Planning a Football Trip to Poland – Ekstraklasa Fixtures 19/20 Announced The Ekstraklasa is the top Polish professional league for men’s association football teams (it is the country’s primary football competition). This post helps you plan a Football Trip to Poland with details of fixtures for 19/20 season. Contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the I liga, seasons start in July, and end in May or June the following year. Teams play a total of 37 games each, totalling 296 matches in the season. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The winner of the Ekstraklasa qualifies for the Polish SuperCup. The season will start on 20 July 2019 and conclude on 17 May 2020. After the 20th matchday the league will go on a winter break between 23 December 2019 and 8 February 2020. The regular season was played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 16 teams participated, 14 of which competed in the league during the 2017–18 season, while the remaining two were promoted from the 2017–18 I liga. Each team played a total of 30 matches, half at home and half away. After the 30th round (in the beginning of April 2019), the league was split into two groups: championship round (top eight teams) and relegation round (bottom eight teams). Each team played 7 more games (teams ranked 1 to 4 and 9 to 12 played four times at home). Therefore each team played a total of 37 matches. The team at the top of the Championship round won the league title. However, the rules for promotion and relegation from the league will be changed: starting from the 2019/20 season, three teams will be relagated from Ekstraklasa to I league, while from the first league to Ekstraklasa two
teams will advance directly, while teams from 3-6 places will
fight in a play-off where the winner will be awarded with a
promotion to Ekstraklasa.
The defending champions are Piast Gliwice, who won their 1st
Polish title the previous season. The two clubs promoted were
Raków Częstochowa, returned to Ekstraklasa after 21 years, as
well as ŁKS Łódź, who make a return to Ekstraklasa after 7
years.
Fixtures
Exact dates, times, and channels of the broadcast during each
matchweek, are known about 30 days ahead, after an agreement
with the holder of TV media rights – NC+
The Eksraklasa website has the full list of fixtures.
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Venue Capacity
Arka Gdynia Gdynia Stadion Miejski 15,139
Cracovia Kraków Stadion Cracovii 15,016
Stadion im. Ernesta
Górnik Zabrze Zabrze 24,413
Pohla
Jagiellonia
Białystok Stadion Miejski 22,432
Białystok
Korona Kielce Kielce Kolporter Arena 15,550
Lech Poznań Poznań Stadion Miejski 43,269
Lechia Gdańsk Gdańsk Stadion Energa Gdańsk 43,615
Stadion im. Marszałka
Legia Warsaw Warsaw 31,800
Józefa Piłsudskiego
ŁKS Łódź Łódź Stadion ŁKS 5,700Team Location Venue Capacity
Piast Gliwice Gliwice Stadion Miejski 10,037
Stadion im. Floriana
Pogoń Szczecin Szczecin 18,027
Krygiera
Municipal Football
Raków Częstochowa Częstochowa 4,200
Stadium Raków
Śląsk Wrocław Wrocław Stadion Miejski 42,771
Stadion im. Henryka
Wisła Kraków Kraków 33,326
Reymana
Stadion im. Kazimierza
Wisła Płock Płock 12,800
Górskiego
Zagłębie Lubin Lubin Stadion KGHM Zagłębia 16,068
Rivalries
Football Derby of Poland. Any match where Legia Warsaw plays
either Lech Poznań, Widzew Łódź or Wisła Kraków. All four
clubs are among the most supported in the country and usually
are or were among the title contenders.
19th October – Legia v Lech Poznan
26th October – Legia v Wisla
3rd March – Lech Poznan v Legia
21st March – Wisla v Legua
The region of Silesia has always been hostile towards the
capital city, Warsaw, a rivalry that is mirrored outside of
sport as well. This is partly due to quasi-colonial
exploitation of the region after 1945 by the central
government (or at least perceived as such in the region),
partly due to Warsaw strongly opposing any attempt for greater
autonomy for Silesia, and the hostility of the mining
communities (Upper Silesia being a predominantly mining
region) towards the ruling capital.
5th October – Piast Gliwice v Legia9th November – Legia v Gornik Z.
3rd March – Legia v Piast Gliwice
11th April – Gornik Z. v Legia
The Great Triad (Arka Gdynia, Cracovia & Lech Poznań) vs. The
Three Kings of Big Cities (Lechia Gdańsk, Śląsk Wrocław &
Wisła Kraków) – Fans of Arka, Cracovia and Lech share a
friendship, known as “The Great Triad” (Wielka Triada). Fans
of Lechia, Śląsk and Wisła also shared a friendship called
Trzej Królowie Wielkich Miast and any match between the two
groups was considered a big rivalry[7]. Wisła then broke away
from the alliance and joined Elana Toruń, Widzew Łódź and Ruch
Chorzów fans, causing a massive rift in the Polish supporter
world.
20th July – Wisla v Slask Wroclaw
26th July – Lechia Gdansk v Wisla
17th August – Arka Gdynia v Lech Poznan
18th August – Slask Wroclaw v Cracovia
14th September – Lechia Gdansk v Lech Poznan
5th October – Lech Poznan v Wisla
19th October – Arka Gdynia v Lechia Gdansk
26th October – Slask Wroclaw v Arka Gdynia
9th November – Wisla v Arka Gdynia
30th November – Wisla v Lechia Gdansk
14th December – Slask Wroclaw v Lech Poznan
21st December – Cracovia v Slask Wroclaw
22nd February – Lech Poznan v Lechia Gdansk
7th March – Wisla v Lech Poznan
14th March – Lechia Gdansk v Arka Gdynia
21st March – Arka Gdynia v Slask Wroclaw
4th April – Lechia Gdansk v Cracovia
11th April – Arka Gdynia v Wisla
The Holy War (Kraków)[16] (Święta Wojna) is a match between
Wisła Kraków and Cracovia – multiple Polish champions, the two
biggest clubs in Kraków and reportedly the oldest existing
ones in Poland, both founded in 190628th September – Wisla v Cracovia
4th March – Cracovia v Wisla
Tricity Derby between Arka Gdynia and Lechia Gdańsk – the most
successful clubs from Tricity. It is the biggest derby of
northern Poland. In the past, matches between Lechia Gdańsk
and Bałtyk Gdynia were also considered the Tricity Derby
19th October – Arka Gdynia v Lechia Gdansk
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