2024-2025 European Club Soccer

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Manchester United has started announcing some of their preseason locations and opponents. Games at Williams-Brice Stadium and SoFi Stadium announced so far. I'd expect AT&T Stadium to be another stop, since NRG Stadium hosted last year, if they are coming to Texas which I think was teased in an earlier post from them.

 

Chelsea and Manchester City have announced a game at Ohio Stadium. Crew fans are hoping this means one of them would be playing against the All Star team, but that's not been confirmed.

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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c3gvvx898l5o

Arsenal Women will play most of their home games at the Emirates next season.

 

"Arsenal women will use Emirates Stadium as their main home ground from the start of next season's Women's Super League.

The north London venue will stage eight WSL matches and three group games in the Women's Champions League if Arsenal reach that stage.

Should Arsenal progress to the knockout stages of the European competition, those matches would also be played at the Emirates, the club announced on Tuesday.

The WSL team's other matches, including domestic cup games, will be played at Meadow Park, which has been their longstanding home.

Arsenal recorded an average attendance of 52,029, which included two sell-outs and three WSL attendance records, across six women's matches at the 60,704-capacity Emirates Stadium this season.

Arsenal sporting director Edu said: "There's great passion for our women's team right across our club.

"We are one club, with a vision to win major trophies across our men's and women's teams.

"This move supports this ambition and we can't wait to continue this amazing journey with our supporters."

 

https://apnews.com/article/st-pauli-promoted-bundesliga-bfe42edd5250b4443e250cc7dd72df12

FC St. Pauli, not Hamburg FC, will be back in the Bundesliga. 

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — The pirate flag is flying in the Bundesliga again.

St. Pauli returned to Germany’s top division after a 13-year absence on Sunday with a 3-1 win over relegated Osnabrück in the second division.

Oladapo Afolayan scored twice and set up Marcel Hartel for St. Pauli’s third goal as the home team moved top of the league with an unassailable six-point lead over third-place Fortuna Düsseldorf with one round remaining.

At the final whistle, St. Pauli fans stormed the field at the club’s Millerntor Stadium — a short walk from Hamburg’s famous red-light district — getting the party underway beneath a clear blue sky.

“I’m so happy for the team, for the whole city. We’ve earned it,” St. Pauli coach Fabian Hürzeler said. “I’m very, very happy to be able to coach this team. The success comes from hard work.”

The pirate skull-and-crossbones is synonymous with St. Pauli, popularized by fans who identified as punks. It was first carried by squatters who lived nearby and became a hit when the supporters opened an independent fan shop in 1989. The club eventually purchased the licensing rights in 2000 and co-opted it as an official emblem.