Skip to main content

UEFA New Rules For Champions League And Europa

Image
By

Players will be able to represent two different clubs in the same European cup competition from next season after governing body Uefa changed its rules.
As it stands, January signings cannot play for a second club in the Champions League or Europa League if they have already featured in that competition.
A fourth substitute will be allowed in extra time of knockout ties, while 12 substitutes can be named in the finals.
Some Champions League group games will kick off earlier - at 17:55 BST/GMT.
What's changed?
Registering new players:
A club may register three new eligible players without any restrictions after the group stage.
"This is in line with the existing regulatory situation in the different domestic leagues, which does not impose restrictions on the eligibility for competitions of players registered for a new club during the winter transfer window," said Uefa.
This season, Barcelona are not able to select Philippe Coutinho for their Champions League knockout ties because he featured earlier in the competition for Liverpool.
Striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang cannot play for Arsenal in their Europa League campaign because they were in the same competition as Borussia Dortmund, for whom he played in the Champions League before Christmas.
The Gunners are able to pick Henrikh Mkhitaryan because his old club Manchester United were still in the Champions League when he moved, and not the Europa League. Similarly, Alexis Sanchez, who moved to United in a swap deal with Mkhitaryan, can play as Arsenal are not in the same competition as them.
Kick-off times:
As it stands, all Champions League games kick off at 19:45 BST/GMT, although Uefa can make exceptions to this rule.
Staggered kick-off times will be introduced as standard next season.
In the group stage there will be two matches played on the Tuesday, and two on the Wednesday, kicking off at 17:55 BST/GMT.
All fixtures on the last matchday will be played simultaneously.
The rest of the matches, including all the knockout ties, will kick off at 20:00 BST/GMT.
Europa League matches from the group stage until the last 16 will kick off at 17:55 and 20:00. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all kick off at 20:00.
Substitutes:
A fourth substitute may be introduced in knockout matches - but only during extra time. This will not affect the other three substitutions.
Teams contesting the Champions League and Europa League finals, plus the Uefa Super Cup, can name a matchday squad of 23 players instead of the 18 allowed in the rest of the competition.
"This gives clubs and, in particular, coaches more flexibility regarding substitutes, and facilitate their squad management for the most important fixture of the season," Uefa said
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Yoruba names for some animals & birds

By
This contribution answers the many questions that have always appeared as search terms on this blog for a long time. Unfortunately, I’m not equipped to answer those questions about the names of birds, animals, rodents … Such questions started appearing since the posting of What’s in a name? – A look at Yoruba’s views of some birds’ names by Deleola Daramola in June 2013. The article, a very popular one, had a mere 431 total views during the seven months of that year but would subsequently attract 1,640 views (2014); 2,868 views (2015); 2,822 views (2016) and in 2017 to date, there have been 1,872 views – a grand total of 9,633 views. There have been questions about “Yoruba name for igun”; “… hoopo bird called in Yoruba”; “… aluko and agbe birds in Yoruba culture”; “the English name of eye akalamagbo”; “What is the English of eye kowe”, and many others. At the end of the list, there are a couple of references, and more can be found through Google. PLEASE NOTE: Spellings often dif...
Post a Comment
more »

CHECK Out Top 100 Universities In Africa

By
The rankings of Africa’s top higher education institutions has been provided by the 4 International Colleges & Universities (4icu). 1 University of South Africa, South Africa 2 University of Cape Town, South Africa 3 Universiteit Stellenbosch, South Africa 4 University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 5 University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 6 University of Pretoria, South Africa 7 Cairo University, Egypt 8 University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 9 University of the Western Cape, South Africa 10 Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria 11 Makerere University, Uganda 12 University of Botswana, Botswana 13 Mansoura University, Egypt 14 Rhodes University, South Africa 15 Alexandria University, Egypt 16 The American University in Cairo, Egypt 17 Zagazig University, Egypt 18 University of Johannesburg, South Africa 19 Assiut University, Egypt 20 University of Nairobi, Kenya 21 Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal 22 University of Zambia, Za...
Post a Comment
more »

Tiwa Savage Files For Divorce As Husband Tee Billz Relocates To The US

By
If the report making rounds is anything to go by, then the troubled marriage of music superstar Tiwatope Savage and her husband Tunji Balogun Teebillz  has finally crashed after all efforts to make it work failed. Their battle was first made public in May 2016 when Tiwa Savage washed her husband’s dirty linen in an emotional interview where she talked about his battle with hard drug and other issues affecting their marriage. Though she later reconciled with him, the two seem to have finally called it quit. According to a source, Tiwa Savage has started a divorce proceeding as her husband who’s been missing in action since late last year has secretly moved to the United States. Olatunji Balogun who was previously married to a lady in the UK reportedly left his first marriage to marry Tiwa Savage who was one of the artists he was managing then. Sadly, Tiwa Savage got carried away by love without watching for the red signals. Even though her relationship with Tee Billz was not...
Post a Comment
more »