Coaches Meet in Warsaw Ten Years of the UEFA Champions League 06

no 07 – october 2002 10.02 500,000 CHF per association per CHF 500,000 drawceremonya at scenes the Behind TenUEFALeague the Champions yearsof Warsawin meet Coaches 500,000 CHF per association per CHF 500,000 drawceremonya at scenes the Behind TenUEFALeague the Champions yearsof Warsawin meet Coaches 06 03 06 03 14 10 14 10 COVER IN THIS ISSUE Bids for EURO 2008 12 Five-time winners of the champion clubs’ competition, AC Milan have made a thundering The keys to success 05 Executive Committee meeting 14 start in this season’s UEFA Champions League. With seven goals in the first three matches, The UEFA Champions League News from Filippo Inzaghi (opposite Coulibaly from RC Lens) in facts and figures 06 member associations 17 has played a prominent role at this early stage. PHOTO: RICHIARDI Draw in Nyon 10 Announcements 23

the importanceeditorial of the national teams

Major events are remarkable in that they are talked about well before they happen and long after they have taken place. This summer’s World Cup finals in Korea and Japan are no exception, as borne out by the fact that coaches from all of Europe’s national football associations gathered recently in Warsaw to cast their expert eye on FIFA’s flagship competition. The European Championship falls into the same category. Interest in EURO 2004 was running high even before the qualifiers got under way, particularly since many national teams are embarking on this adventure under a new coach. The first results have boosted or damped initial hopes, and speculation on the chances of qualifying is high among officials and fans. At the same time, the host association for the final tourna- ment, the Portuguese Football Federation, is working closely with UEFA to accomplish a vast and ambitious task, that of providing all the conditions needed for a successful event in the summer of 2004. Progress is good. The importance of the European Championship is also evident from the number and quality of the bids to host EURO 2008. All the visits carried out by the UEFA inspection team these past few weeks have revealed considerable efforts, a high level of political support and a real enthusiasm to host the tournament. National-team football has remarkable rallying power. It allows rival club fans to forget their differences and to identify with each other as supporters of the same national team. For the players too, it represents both a feeling of pride in repre- senting their country and the special experience of playing on the international stage. Club football and national-team football have always comple- mented one another to shape the history and legend of European football. A feeling of pride for all players who, The mass interest generated by the major international national-team like Portugal’s Luis Figo, defend competitions complements the success of the club competitions and the colours of their nation. is necessary for the long-term health of the game.

Gerhard Aigner Chief Executive

EMPICS we care about football

02 uefadirect 10.02 ConferenceWorld forCup coaches under the in microscope Warsaw PHOTOS: BOZZANI PHOTOS:

FOOTBALL’S MAJOR EUROPEAN AND WORLD TOURNAMENTS GIVE Chief Executive Gerhard Aigner told

THE TECHNICAL SECTOR PLENTY OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT. participants. “As national coaches, your work and opinions are impor- TACTICAL TRENDS, TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS, KEY PLAYERS tant to us. National-team football AND COACHES’ EXPERIENCES ARE ALL ASPECTS THAT ARE RIPE remains an important part of top-

FOR CONSIDERATION AFTER THE EVENT. level football.”

Consequently, this summer’s The event has become FIFA World Cup in Japan/Korea was a traditional feature in UEFA’s packed put under the microscope by calendar. This year, European foot- Europe’s technical community at the ball’s governing body also gave the fifth UEFA Conference for European hosts, the Polish Football Association, National Coaches in Warsaw from the opportunity to send all of the 23 to 25 September. country’s top-division coaches to the National-team coaches, gathering as observers. “We want to their assistants, technical directors learn from the best,” said Polish FA and coach-education directors from President Michal Listkiewicz. throughout the continent gathered “As the umbrella organisa- in the Polish capital for three tion of European football, UEFA days of discussions which served considers it as its duty to bring you as an essential pointer to the future all together after a major event for all those involved in guiding such as the World Cup, and to give Berti Vogts (Germany,1996), Rinus Michels the fortunes of Europe’s 52 senior you the opportunity to exchange (Netherlands,1988) and Roger Lemerre (France, 2000) – three European Championship national squads. views at a European level,” UEFA winning coaches took part in the forum in Warsaw. The working group sessions gave rise to interesting discussions. BOZZANI

The World Cup in the Far sheer pride at reaching an unex- East was the subject of a thorough pected third place, and France’s technical and tactical analysis, Roger Lemerre gave his impressions which was given additional weight of the problems he lived with in a by contributions from many of disappointing campaign for the 1998 the coaches who undertook the world champions and reigning Euro- adventure with their national teams. pean title holders. Germany’s coach Rudi Völler and The conference gave UEFA his assistant Michael Skibbe gave and the national coaches a chance to the conference a fascinating insight talk about refereeing, following a into their experiences in taking World Cup in which referees and their country to the runners-up spot, their assistants were regularly in the and how they handled the public headlines. Italy’s Pierluigi Collina, and press pressure that comes with acknowledged as a referee at the the job. summit of his “art”, who officiated at Republic of Ireland coach the final in Yokohama, was a guest Mick McCarthy explained the in Warsaw. Collina reminded every- particular pressures he had to face one about the tough demands in having to send home his key placed on referees and assistants, BOZZANI

Zbigniew Boniek, polish FA president player Roy Keane. Turkey’s Senol given the pace and stakes of the Michal Listkiewicz and Andy Roxburgh at the press conference. Günes expressed his country’s modern-day game. “Referees must be allowed to make errors, just as coaches and players do,” said Collina, who also stressed the importance of referees having good tactical acumen to help them run matches. The coaches also discussed possible ways of helping referees in their task. The majority favoured experiments involving a human element – proposals included the use of two additional assistants on each goal line to tell whether a ball was over

BEVILACQUA the line or not, or to have a better view of certain penalty- The coaches present area incidents, while there were in Warsaw appreciate the one-touch play of also calls for former top-class Valencia CF and their Argentine player players to be fast-tracked into Pablo Aimar, pictured here refereeing because of their opposite Liverpool’s German defender technical and tactical know- Dietmar Hamann. ledge of the game.

04 uefadirect 10.02 PHOTOS: BOZZANI PHOTOS: THE KEYS TO SUCCESS At the end of a fruitful three days, UEFA Technical Director Andy What do today’s top national and club teams need to keep them at the summit? This was one of the questions debated Roxburgh emphasised the European in detail at the Warsaw conference. Several key elements were body’s commitment to national-team identified in the discussions… football, and praised the coaches It was agreed that successful teams need individual players for their endeavours. “What a job, who can seize a decisive moment in a game to create or score and what pressure,” the former the goal that brings victory. With the exploits of Brazil’s striker Scotland coach told them. “But you Ronaldo at the FIFA World Cup in mind, UEFA Technical Director are stimulated by your work and Andy Roxburgh said: “Such players are gold”. you cope with that pressure The ability to capitalise on mistakes is also seen as an essential element in winning matches at the highest level. because you have an intense desire In the top competitions, such as the World Cup and UEFA Champions to be successful.” League, 89 minutes of intense concentration and effort can come “National-team football to nothing because one mistake in the closing seconds might be matters,” he added. “It is pure spirit. punished ruthlessly. We’re dealing with the passion of Europe’s national coaches insisted upon the paramount the national jersey, and an identity. importance of scoring the first goal in a match. Teams that took the We have to protect national teams. lead earned themselves a vital psychological advantage. The need Some people think that we don’t to go ahead in a game was backed up by statistical evidence, need them. This is not true. We now which showed that in the World Cup and UEFA Champions League respectively, 61% and 62% of teams went on to win matches have to keep searching for the cor- after grabbing the lead. rect balance between the demands The use of video “evidence” was a feature of the of club and national teams.” conference, and the partici- pants were shown several

The centre passes of David Beckham examples of another way of (England and Manchester United) gaining the edge in the modern- are a real treat for the spectators… and for his team mates. day major competitions – the rapid collective counter-attack to catch the opposition unawares. Teams who win possession, break forward quickly in numbers and exploit the space left by opponents are seen as pos- sessing a crucial quality for high-level success. Fans enjoy the spectacle of England’s David Beckham firing in his pinpoint corners and free kicks – and the technicians identified set-piece skill as an important factor in the current game. “Players’ technical ability to strike the ball nowadays is phenomenal,” said Andy Roxburgh. “Exceptional delivery of the ball, and good movement, often result in the chance to finish off a set piece with a goal.” Finally, even the most rock-solid rearguards can BONGARTS be prised open with rapid combination play. Fantastic one-touch passing at speed, such as that shown by Valencia CF to score against Liverpool FC in a recent UEFA Champions League match, gives teams an invaluable key with which to unlock any defence. Spartak Moscow (Baye Kebe, in white, up against Liverpool FC’s Jamie Carragher) are one of the six clubs which share the record for appearances in the UEFA Champions League. BONGARTS EMPICS EMPICS ten years of the UEFA Championsfacts andLeague figures

IN SEPTEMBER, THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CELEBRATED (absent in 1996/97 and 1997/98) and Turkey (no participants in 1992/93 ITS TENTH BIRTHDAY… AND ANOTHER CHANGE IN FORMAT and 1995/96). (THE SIXTH IN ALL, SEE RIGHT) WAS ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT YEAR. Clubs from less developed footballing nations such as Slovakia, It was therefore an ideal How has the balance of power evolved? Finland, Slovenia and Israel have opportunity to compile some statistics Here are some of the answers in also had the opportunity to rub and take stock of a decade figures… and facts. shoulders with the best teams in of top-level European football. Since it was launched, Europe. On the other hand, the fact Which countries have been 87 clubs from 27 national associ- that no Yugoslavian club has ever represented most times in the ations have participated in the participated in the UEFA Champions UEFA Champions League? UEFA Champions League. League – even though Red Star were Which clubs have made the As far as the total number of impressive European Champions most appearances? Which have appearances by clubs from different in 1991 – makes you think. The war, achieved the most success? countries is concerned, it could hardly the difficult national economic situation be closer at the top, with Spain (24) and the years of exclusion from inter- just one ahead of Italy and Germany. national competitions have all probably A good many French played their part. clubs have played in the UEFA Champions League, France and Italy ever present including RC Lens, who are taking part in the Italy and France (with 19 appear- Record-breaking Rosenborg competition this season. Their striker John Utaka ances overall) are the only countries to As far as the clubs are (left) challenges have been represented in each of the Enrique Romero concerned, the “big fish” have obvi- of Deportivo La Coruña. 11 UEFA Champions League seasons. ously been frequent participants, Italy would be the only one if we also with Barcelona and Manchester United, included the 1991/92 season, when along with Porto, involved eight times, group matches were first introduced, once more than Bayern Munich, but the competition was still known as AC Milan, Juventus and PSV, for example. the European Champions’ Cup at that It became easier for these big names time and so is not part of our survey. to qualify regularly when the most Spain and Germany only successful national associations were missed out on the very first season allocated two (in 1997) and then up to (1992/93), while the current season is four UEFA Champions League places the first time that Portugal has not (in 1999). At the same time, clubs from been represented. The Netherlands’ countries lower down the UEFA rank- only absence was in the 1993/94 season. ings have qualified for the UEFA Cham- Three countries have been involved in pions League virtually every year by nine of the 11 seasons so far: more or less dominating their national England (whose clubs were not quali- league championships. Examples include

TEMPSPORT fied in the first two seasons), Russia Spartak Moscow (eight appearances),

06 uefadirect 10.02 Legia Warsaw Oliver Kahn The UEFA (in green) in action in Champions and Blackburn the 2001 UEFA League is Rovers have Champions also a media each had a League final. success. single taste of the UEFA Champions League. EMPICS BONGARTS UEFA TOWARDS A SIXTH NEW FORMAT Galatasaray and Rosenborg. In fact, Although the UEFA Champions League is only in its eleventh the Norwegians have just qualified season, it has been restructured many times. for the first group stage for a record- Season 1992/93: Last 32 and last 16 played as a straight breaking eighth consecutive season! knock-out. Then two groups of four teams (home and away matches). The opposite has happened The two group winners contest the final. Season 1993/94: Same system until the group stage, in France. No fewer than nine different but introduction of single-leg semi-finals (group A winners vs group B French clubs have participated in the runners-up; group B winners vs group A runners-up) with home 11 seasons of the UEFA Champions advantage for the group winners. League, none of them more than three Seasons 1994/95 to 1996/97: Early round (from which times. Thanks in part to a national TV champions from countries at the top of the UEFA rankings rights distribution system based largely are exempt) played as a straight knock-out, but instead of the last on the principle of solidarity, the French 32 and 16 knock-out rounds, four groups of four teams, all playing each other home and away. The top two in each group qualify for championship is one of the most the two-legged quarter-finals. The semi-finals are also two-legged, variable in Europe. No team has really but the final is a one-off match. dominated the league for a long period Seasons 1997/98 and 1998/99: UEFA allows the top eight as they have in the other major national European associations to enter a second team (league runners-up) championships. for a qualifying round. The teams eliminated in the second qualifying round qualify for the UEFA Cup. The number of teams participating Concentration of powers in the group stages increases from 16 to 24, with six groups. While qualification remains all- The group winners and the best two second-placed teams qualify for the knock-out stages, beginning with the two-leg quarter-finals. important for many clubs, others are Seasons 1999/2000 to 2002/03: The competition primarily interested in actually winning expands again. Depending on their UEFA ranking, the best associa- the UEFA Champions League. We have tions are allowed to enter up to four teams, including two at the therefore drawn up a table of clubs preliminary round stage. Eight groups of four teams are then drawn. who have reached at least the quarter- The top two in each group qualify for the second stage with four finals since the competition began. groups of four teams. The third-placed teams qualify for the UEFA Cup. By awarding 10 points to the winners, The top two in the second phase groups qualify for the knock-out 6 to the runners-up, 3 to the losing quarter-finals (two legs). From season 2003/04: The second group stage will be replaced semi-finalists and 1 to the losing quarter- by a straight knock-out last 16. finalists, we can see fairly clearly that Spanish clubs have dominated Emanuele Saraceno (they also top the UEFA rankings), followed by Italy, with Germany close A record for Rosenborg BK, behind. England, France and the who are appearing in the UEFA Champions League for Netherlands complete the group of six the eighth season in a row. countries with more than ten points. Looking at the statistics in rela- tion to how the competition structure has changed (see right), we see what at first glance appears to be a paradox: the larger the UEFA Champions League has become, the fewer clubs from different countries have reached the final stages. Since the competition was expanded to 32 clubs in 1999, BONGARTS S.S. Lazio (Nedved, right, against Feyenoord’s van Gobbel) are just one of the many Italian teams to have played in the UEFA Champions League over the years. BONGARTS FLASH PRESS

Associations represented in the UEFA Champions League* Associations Appearances Spain 24 Italy and Germany 23 England 20 France 19 Netherlands 18 Portugal 14 BONGARTS Turkey and Greece 12 Russia 11 Norway 9 Belgium and Ukraine 8 Scotland and Sweden 6 Austria 5

SABATTINI Czech Republic 4 Croatia, Romania and Switzerland 3 Poland and Denmark 2 Hungary, Slovakia, Finland, Slovenia and Israel 1 * Teams qualifying for the group stages (and the first group stage Real Madrid (Zinedine Zidane breaks away since 1999/2000) in seasons 1992/93 to 2002/2003 are included. from AS Rome’s Christian Panucci) have contributed significantly to Spain’s domination of the UEFA Champions League. Club appearances only three associations – Germany, in the UEFA Champions League* Spain and England – have been repre- Appearances Clubs sented in the semi-finals. Italy, Portugal 8 appearances: Spartak Moscow, Porto, Barcelona, Galatasaray, and Turkey have each managed Manchester United and Rosenborg to reach the quarter-finals only once. 7 appearances: AC Milan, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven, Real Madrid, Three countries have therefore occu- Bayern Munich and Dynamo Kiev pied 87.5% of the places available 6 appearances: Borussia Dortmund and Olympiakos from the quarter-final stage. Clubs from 5 appearances: Rangers, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen and Arsenal 4 appearances: Anderlecht, Göteborg, Feyenoord, Panathinaikos and Sparta Prague countries as prestigious as France 3 appearances: Paris Saint-Germain, Olympique Lyonnais, Monaco, S.S. Lazio, and the Netherlands, previous winners Deportivo La Coruña, Valencia, Steaua Bucharest and Sturm Graz. of the champion clubs’ competition, 2 appearances: Lokomotiv Moscow, Club Brugge, Olympique de Marseille, Nantes, have yet even to reach the last eight. Lens, Auxerre, Roma, Internazionale, Benfica, Sporting Portugal, Boavista, Fenerbahce, Besiktas, Newcastle, Liverpool, AEK Athens, Consistent Manchester United Croatia (now Dinamo) Zagreb and Grasshoppers. With three victories under 1 appearance: CSKA Moscow, Genk, Lierse, Lille, Bordeaux, Celtic, Parma, Fiorentina, AIk Solna, Helsingborgs, Willem II, Heerenveen, their belt (the only team to have won Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Mallorca, Werder Bremen, the UEFA Champions League more than Kaiserslautern, Hertha Berlin, Hamburg, Schalke 04, once), Real Madrid are inevitably at Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Leeds United, Shakhtar Donetsk, the top of our team classification table. Hajduk Split, Salzburg, Rapid Vienna, Legia Warsaw, Widzew Lodz, Molde, Ferencvaros, Basel, Kosice, Aalborg, Brøndby, Manchester United, on the other hand, HJK Helsinki, Maribor, Maccabi Haifa. have reached the final stages most * Teams qualifying for the group stages (and the first group stage since 1999/2000) regularly: since the 1996/97 season, in seasons 1992/93 to 2002/2003 are included.

08 uefadirect 10.02 A historic goal by Basile Boli, with which Olympique de Marseille won the first UEFA Champions League. BONGARTS BONGARTS PHOTONEWS

Alex Ferguson's team have never Classification by associations* failed to reach the quarter-finals. Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are Associations Points the only other clubs to have reached Spain 63 Italy 49 the last eight on six (not consecutive) Germany 47 occasions. England 24 In contrast, teams which France 23 dominated the early years of the com- Netherlands 20 petition, such as AC Milan (once win- Portugal 7 ners, twice runners-up), Ajax (once Greece 5 winners, once runners-up, once losing Ukraine 4 semi-finalists) and Juventus (once win- Russia 3 ners, twice runners-up, once losing Sweden and Turkey 2 semi-finalists), have not reached the Scotland, Croatia, Belgium, Poland and Norway 1 last eight since 1995, 1997 and 1999 * Only appearances in the quarter-final stage onwards in the 1992/93 to 2001/2002 seasons are taken into account. 10 points for the winners, 6 for the runners-up, respectively. Will they repeat their past 3 for the losing semi-finalists and 1 for the losing quarter-finalists. For the 1992/93 glories this season? and 1993/94 seasons, participation in the group stage is counted as equivalent to reaching the quarter-finals. There were no semi-finals in the 1992/93 season. Emanuele Saraceno

Classification by club* Manchester United are Clubs Points conspicuous by their Real Madrid 35 appearances Juventus 25 in the UEFA Champions Bayern Munich 24 League. AC Milan 22 Ajax and Manchester United 19 Borussia Dortmund 14 Barcelona 13 Valencia 12 Olympique de Marseille 10 Bayer Leverkusen 7 Porto and Monaco 6 Panathinaikos and Dynamo Kiev 4 Leeds, Nantes and Paris Saint-Germain 3 Göteborg, Spartak Moscow, Galatasaray and Deportivo La Coruña 2 CSKA Moscow, Club Brugge, Rangers, PSV Eindhoven, Werder Bremen, Anderlecht, Hajduk Split, Benfica, Legia Warsaw, Auxerre, Rosenborg, Atletico Madrid, Olympiakos, Internazionale, Kaiserslautern, Chelsea, S.S. Lazio, Arsenal and Liverpool 1

* Only appearances in the quarter-final stage onwards in the 1992/93 to 2001/2002 seasons are taken into account. 10 points for the winners, 6 for the runners-up, 3 for the losing semi-finalists and 1 for the losing quarter-finalists. For the 1992/93 and 1993/94 seasons, participation in the group stage is counted as equivalent to reaching

SVEN SIMON the quarter-finals. There were no semi-finals in the 1992/93 season. uefa.com The final covers preparations the draw before as it happens. the draw.

behindUEFA the Cup scenes

DRAWS ARE A RUN-OF-THE-MILL EVENT – OR ARE THEY? SINCE 1955, and for their transport back to the

UEFA HAS BEEN STAGING DRAWS REGULARLY FOR ALL ITS COMPETITIONS, airport after the draw. The day before the draw, INCLUDING THE CLUB COMPETITIONS OF COURSE. Patrick Vonnez and his team in the Logistics Unit prepare all the signage, backdrops and the trophy needed for the draw. As there are still some 48 clubs involved in the UEFA Cup at the second round stage, it is impor- tant to provide clear meeting point areas where the clubs can discuss arran- gements, as well as suitably branded backdrops for television interviews. Meanwhile, the draw procedure has been established by the Product Management team of the Club Compe- titions Unit, in accordance with Article 6 of the UEFA Cup regulations. Welcoming The 48 participating clubs are divided the media representatives. into four groups of 12, with half the

PHOTOS: UEFA-HIGUERAS PHOTOS: clubs seeded and the other half not. Once approved by the Club Competi- On 8 October, at UEFA’s structure and logistics. She orders tions Committee, this list of seeds can headquarters in Nyon, the draw was the necessary signage and IT be made public and the clubs informed made for the second round of the equipment, prepares a staffing plan accordingly, so they know which oppo- UEFA Cup. A routine matter many showing all duties and responsibili- nents they could possibly meet. might think. But few have any idea of ties, and creates a detailed timetable the work that goes on behind the of activities leading up to and includ- scenes to enable the draw to take place ing the draw day itself. smoothly and efficiently. The in-house Travel and Leading the whole operation, Conferences Unit organise all the food Michele Centenaro and his Club and beverage requirements of the Competitions Unit rely on the sup- club guests. They are also in charge port of many other units of the UEFA of booking and setting up of the Administration. different meeting rooms (draw, media The Events Unit starts prepa- area) and hotel reservations in Nyon. ring for the draw some one and Travel and Conferences, via the recep- a half months in advance. Ines Lauber tionists, are also responsible for keeps an eye on the arrangements arranging the welcome of club officials The draw results, and co-ordinates the internal infra- at the House of European Football ready for distribution.

10 uefadirect 10.02 Taking care of the club representatives.

Product Management and representatives, including television Unit can start entering the finalised Club Competitions staff then pre- reporters, photographers and journal- match fixtures and dates into the UEFA pare the balls containing the names ists from the written press. Competition System database. of the seeded and non-seeded clubs This particular draw was not These records are used as the official (based on the club coefficients), televised live, but a number of ENG database source by the Media Services normally in the presence of Chair- camera crews were inside the draw hall. for media enquiries and also for the man of the Club Competitions After the draw, there is of course a mad statistical content on uefa.com. Committee. These are the famous scramble for TV crews and reporters The travel agency based inside plastic balls you see being opened to get the first quotes and reactions UEFA can now begin making the travel during any UEFA draw. from the club officials. While all this arrangements for the officials to get to Jean Fournet-Fayard, former is going on, the Media Services distrib- their various matches across Europe. Chairman of the Club Competitions ute the draw results to the wider Later, it will be the turn of units Committee, conducts the draw with football family and main news agen- like the Disciplinary Services to get Michele Centenaro. cies and sports newspapers by email, in on the act, all for the same purpose Throughout the draw, fax and phone. of ensuring the smooth running of the and as each match pairing is drawn uefa.com also spring into UEFA competitions. and announced, the ties are action once the draw is over, roaming shown on the main screen in the the foyer with their reporters and draw hall and relayed live to screens picking up quotes to be used within outside the auditorium where minutes on the official UEFA radio media reporting live, as well website. In addition, uefa.com as club officials who cannot wait broadcast the draw live on the site to relay the news, are busy chatting with live audio streaming. on mobile phones. As soon as the club offi- The Competition Services cials are off the premises, Unit, which prepares all the relevant the Logistics Unit start disman- documents (translated into UEFA’s tling the draw installations, three official languages by the Trans- and the House of European lations Unit) before a draw, including Football falls back into club contact details and the dead- its usual rhythm. lines for notifying UEFA of the venues However, the draw and kick-off times, is also responsible continues to keep for producing the results sheet after many units busy. the draw. They also announce In the Refereeing any necessary reversals (swapping Unit, for example, the home and away tie dates). the referee and The first official fixture assistant referee list (no reversals possible) is distrib- appointments for uted immediately to the club officials the 48 matches now present. The Media Services then have to be prepared. distribute the same information On receipt directly to the attending media. of confirmation from The Media Services staff are also on the clubs by the set hand prior to the draw to welcome deadline, the Com- Preparing and checking and accredit the visiting media petitions Services the balls. Gerhard Aigner receives the bids of Scotland/Republic of Ireland (left) and Hungary. UEFA UEFA bids to host another EUROthree inspection 2008 visits

ums for the Scotland/Ireland bid are situated in Glasgow, including In Russia, Hampden Park, the stage of this year’s like in the other candidate countries, UEFA Champions League final. the stadiums are the focus of Edinburgh is the proposed venue for the inspection trips. the draw for the qualifying competition of EURO 2008. On greeting the UEFA guests, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Eric Milligan, commented: “Both Scotland and Ireland have football in their blood and we, in Edinburgh, are thrilled at the prospect of hosting the first draw in December 2005 and welcoming the

FUR participants and visitors in 2008.” The week beginning 23 Sep- IN THIS ISSUE OF uefadirect WE LOOK AT THE RECENT TRIPS UNDERTAKEN tember saw the inspection team arrive in Hungary. The Hungarians are BY THE UEFA DELEGATION TO ASSESS THE BIDS OF THE ASSOCIATIONS HOPING planning five new stadiums, in Budapest, TO HOST THE UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2008. Debrecen, Kaposvar, Miskolc and Szeged. The other three stadiums, in In the September issue we sampled the possibility of river Budapest, Szekesfehervar and Györ will covered the first two trips, to Austria/ transport with a boat trip on the Volga be completely renovated. President of Switzerland and the Nordic countries of river, a waterway which connects the the Hungarian Football Federation, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. eight host cities. The UEFA team also Imre Bozóky, said: “I think by 2008 This month it is the turn experienced the atmosphere at the Hungary will have accomplished of the only two solo bidders, Russia Russian League match between its economic development and will and Hungary, and the joint effort from Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv have the infrastructure of a quality Scotland/Ireland, to be in the spotlight. Moscow, an exciting, top-of-the-table to welcome Europe’s football family.” The Russian bid, which bases local derby. The other two bids are the joint itself on the five pillars “history, The visit to Scotland and candidatures of Bosnia & Herzegovina tradition, professionalism, enthusiasm Ireland from 16 to 20 September and Croatia, and of Greece and Turkey. and resources”, proposes the following began in Dublin, where the team was The announcement of the cities as venues for matches in 2008 – shown a presentation on the pro- hosts of the European Championships St Petersburg, Moscow, Kazan, Samara, posed national stadium, and then vis- in 2008 will be made in Geneva and Saratov, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don ited Croke Park. The other venues of is expected on 12 December 2002, after and Krasnodar. The inspection team, the joint bid are across the Irish Sea in the first day of the Executive Committee in Russia from 9 to 13 September, Scotland. Three of the proposed stadi- meeting in Nyon.

12 uefadirect 10.02 Computers and various other equipment will facilitate the daily running of the Cape Verde Football

UEFA Federation. UEFA UEFA

COACHING assistance SOFTWARE Within the framework of the Kiosk Programme launched workshopprogrammes in Nyon for the benefit of member asso- ciations in 2001, UEFA is offering SINCE THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME THAT UEFA WANTED TO RUN them the opportunity to receive a comprehensive electronic coaching IN SOMALIA COULD NOT GO AHEAD BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THERE, communication programme. IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE FOOTBALL FEDERATION OF CAPE VERDE

(ALONG WITH THAT OF SÃO TOMÉ E PRINCIPE) WOULD BENEFIT FROM DIRECT AID

FROM UEFA INSTEAD, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MERIDIAN PROJECT.

An inspection trip for the however, the number one priority, purpose of identifying the priorities and, in this respect, a hundred or so in terms of assistance took place youth teams are to be kitted out. at the start of this year. As a result, In the area of bilateral EMPICS a programme of co-operation has now co-operation between national Communication is a key been set up in agreement with the associations in Africa and Europe, aspect for all coaches, including Sven-Göran Eriksson. federation to develop youth football. the European partners will be Since the territory of Cape gathering for a workshop in Nyon Verde is split over several islands and on 14 November. Following on from The package, produced by the football federation has 11 far-flung the round table held in Geneva a British company, includes coaching regional associations, 13 computers in June 1999, this meeting will be an communication software, a laptop have also been provided to facilitate opportunity to review Afro-European computer with DVD, projection communication. In addition, refereeing, co-operation, swap experiences hardware and training. It is all being coaching and medical equipment has and give a fresh boost to co-operation funded by the Kiosk Programme or, also been supplied. programmes. in the case of the associations The purchase of a minibus and To that end, two African concerned, by the East European another vehicle to improve transport associations are being invited to the is also planned. Youth football remains, workshop to give their points of view. Assistance Bureau (EEAB). By the beginning of October, 29 UEFA member associations had requested the package, from which the football Mario Mendes Dos Reis Semedo, President of the Cape Verde associations of Scotland and Latvia Football Federation, and some of the equipment received thanks were the first to benefit. to the Meridian Project. Easy to use, “Tactfoot” is an interactive tool which helps coaches to share information on training routines, be able to dispense profes- sional coach education and have DVD hardware to use with UEFA development productions. This new tool is designed to help improve the quality of coach education throughout Europe, a goal that UEFA is working hard

UEFA to achieve. Special EBU President Olympics Arne Wessberg offers mentally presents handicapped the award athletes to Lennart the chance Johansson. to make new friends. MIROSLAV KROGULEG- SPECIAL OLYMPICS EPA

Vice-Chairmen appointed At its meeting in Istanbul, the Executive Commit- activitiesmeetings and competitionsin brief tee appointed the Vice-Chairmen of the standing committees for the current two-year term. 500,000 Swiss francs the Special Olympics World Summer Club Competitions Committee: per association Games. The International Committee - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge of the Red Cross (ICRC) is to - Roger Vanden Stock At its meeting in Istanbul receive CHF 1.1 million towards its on 18 and 19 September, the Execu- National Teams Committee: programmes in favour of war victims tive Committee confirmed that - Mircea Sandu in Europe. The organisation Football - Noel White each of UEFA’s 52 member associa- Against Racism in Europe (FARE) tion would receive CHF 500,000 Professional Football will benefit from a donation of Committee: both this year and next. CHF 400,000 towards an anti-racism - Jean-Marie Philips Initially, the amounts drawn seminar which is being organised - Wilfried Straub from the EURO Pool were to have been in Manchester in 2003. Last but Referees Committee: CHF 350,000 per association for 2002 not least, CHF 100,000 is being - Lars-Åke Björck and CHF 375,000 for 2003. The Com- paid to the Egidius Braun Children’s - Pierluigi Pairetto mittee also decided to increase the - Kenneth Ridden Foundation. amount deducted for non-participation Additionally, the Executive Stadium and Security in the youth (Under-21s, Under-19s and Committee: Committee released CHF 3 million Under-17s) and women’s national-team - Alfred Ludwig to help repair damaged sports competitions from CHF 25,000 to Youth and Amateur Football facilities in countries recently devas- 40,000 per competition (except for Committee: tated by flooding. It also approved the women’s competitions, where - Jean-Pierre Escalettes plans to associate EURO 2004 with a deduction will only be made if an - Eduardo Herrera Jimenez a charity, namely the ICRC. association does not enter either Women’s Football Committee: - Susanne Erlandsson the European Women’s Championship - Hannelore Ratzeburg or the European Women’s Under-19 Futsal Committee: Championship). The Committee’s rea- - Hans Boll soning is that the associations should - István Huszár be allocated an amount that is Medical Committee: adequate to cover their partic- - Jan Ekstrand ipation in the youth and - W. Stewart Hillis women’s competitions. Technical Development Remaining in the Committee: financial domain, - Rinus Michels the Committee also - Roger Lemerre Georgia vs. Poland approved donations to in the European Assistance Programmes charities. This money Under-17 Championship: the payments made Committee: comes from the fines to the national associations - Pekka Hämäläinen are intended to allow imposed by the disciplinary - Janis Mezeckis them to take part bodies in the UEFA competitions. in the UEFA Control & Disciplinary Body: youth and women’s The 2002/03 programmes of Special championships. - Thomas Partl - Jim Stjerne Hansen Olympics Europe/Eurasia in favour - Jacques Antenen of football for the mentally handi- capped have been awarded Appeals Body: UEFA - Jean Appietto CHF 450,000 and a further donation - Levant Biçakçi of CHF 650,000 will be made for

14 uefadirect 10.02 Hungary vs. The Medical Members Moldova Committee of the Danino in the UEFA during and Vinent families Regions’ Cup its meeting (Gibraltar team) mini-tourna- in Nyon. with team members ment hosted from Special by Hungary. Olympics Belgium. THALY ZOLTÁN THALY UEFA MIROSLAV KROGULEG- SPECIAL OLYMPICS

In brief: Doctors in the house The Executive Committee will hold an UEFA’s Medical Committee extraordinary meeting in Copenhagen met in Nyon on 7 October with four on 7 and 8 November. Its meetings new members taking their seats in in 2003 will take place on 5/6 February, the Board Room at UEFA’s head- 25/26/27 March (in Rome), 9/10 July, quarters: Pedro Magro (Portugal), 17/18 September and 10/11 December. Alfonso Moreno González (Spain), To strengthen its links with its mem- Leonard Nokes (Wales) ber associations and share views on and Paolo Zeppilli (Italy). current topics, UEFA’s top management Dope testing was one of the is inviting the general secretaries of the major items discussed, with Michel D’Hooghe reporting on the blood tests associations to the House of European carried out during the FIFA World Cup. Football in Nyon. Two groups came It was agreed to make detailed pro- in September and a third group will be The UEFA posals to the Executive Committee with Regions’ Cup: coming at the end of October. a view to implementing similar sam- amateur players but The accounts of the UEFA Champions pling during EURO 2004, including out- exemplary play. League final have been approved. In ad- of-competition tests. ZOLTÁN THALY dition to the CHF 10 million they receive It was also confirmed that dope are known. The format has not changed from the TV and marketing contracts, testing in the UEFA competitions for since the first edition in 1999 – although Real Madrid also obtain CHF 1,358,862 women will make its debut at the Euro- due to the increased number of teams from gate receipts. Bayer 04 Leverkusen pean Under-19 Championship in 2003. competing, an intermediate round has At club level (following up a receive the same amount from ticket been added. Six group winners will request made by the elite coaches at sales, plus CHF 6 million from TV and qualify directly for the final tournament their forum in September), it was marketing rights. but the winners from Groups 2, 4, 8 and agreed to investigate the viability of As far as the last UEFA Cup final is 10 will have to contest the play-offs to increasing dope testing – not to search concerned, winners Feyenoord pocket determine which two of the four qualify for positive analyses but to offer more CHF 5 million from TV and marketing conclusive evidence to the public and for the remaining two spots. One of rights, while Borussia Dortmund take to people within the game that football these eight finalists will host the final home CHF 3.5 million. Each finalist is a clean sport. tournament. receives an equal share of the Other issues raised were the Qualifying started in early ticket sale revenue, which amounts need for medical guidelines for youth September in Estonia, where, in Group 4, to CHF 932,576 per club. tournaments and the feasibility of har- Central Bohemia Amateur from the monising the professional qualifications Czech Republic ran out clear winners of the people who enter the pitch to over the teams from England, San offer immediate aid to injured players. Marino and hosts Estonia. Their three Award for straight wins in three matches gave Lennart Johansson them a group-winning nine points. Group 9 was also won convincingly, The UEFA President, Competitions in progress with Ticino Amateur from Switzerland Lennart Johansson, has been The EURO 2004 quali- claiming top spot with nine points. honoured by the European fying competition has Group 1 was a closer affair, with Broadcasting Union (EBU) kicked off and this Geyazan Amateur from Azerbaijan for his support of free-to-air football season’s club competi- winning on home soil with nine points on television. tions are already in from three games, chased by Receiving his award in full swing. But it is not just the Pivdenstal Amateur from the Ukraine Stockholm on 28 September from professional footballers who are with six points. EBU President Arne Wessberg, busy on the field. Group 6 played in Lithuania Mr Johansson said that the accolade In the 2003 UEFA Regions’ in the middle of September. The four paid tribute to the policy applied Cup, the qualifying groups have already amateur teams from Germany, Poland, by UEFA in respect of TV broadcasts. started playing and most of the winners Lithuania and Belarus fought out a Special The teams Olympics: of Slovakia (left) a scene and Bosnia from the & Herzegovina tournament before the final in Zlin. in Zlin.

competitive and entertaining group. through to the second qualifying Special Olympics In the end, Württemberg Amateur round in the current European Under- tournament proved the strongest, winning all of 17 Championship. The remaining The second Special Olympics their games and going through with qualifiers will be known by the end Europe/Eurasia Seven-a-Side the maximum number of points. of October. Unified Football Tournament took In Group 8, the Italian side At Under-19 level, the first place from 20 to 25 August in Zlin, Piemonte Aosta Valley Amateur qualified qualifiers for the second qualifying Czech Republic. with seven points, ahead of the teams round are Poland, Sweden, Germany, Fifteen teams from 11 countries from Slovakia, Romania and Russia. Israel, France and Russia. The remain- competed: Belgium, Bosnia & Herze- Group 3 was particularly close, ing matches will take place by the end govina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, with three teams tying on points. of November. Georgia, Gibraltar, Hungary, Latvia, Ligue du Maine (France) clinched the In the UEFA Futsal Cup, the first Monaco, Slovakia and Ukraine. winners’ spot thanks to their superior phase has been completed, leaving Special Olympics Unified Sports goal record in the direct matches. eight qualifiers, who have been programmes bring together individuals In early October, Group 5 divided into two groups: with mental handicaps (athletes) and played in Hungary, where local team Group A: Action 21 Charleroi individuals without mental handicaps Szabolcs Gabona Csoport Amateur (BEL), Norilsky Nickel (RUS), Antena 3 (partners) of similar age and ability to came out on top. Finally, in Group 10, Boomerang (ESP), MNK Split (CRO) train and compete on the same teams. Gothenburg were the winners. Groupe B: Shakhtar The aim of the programme is to This leaves only the matches Donetsk (UKR), Prato C (ITA), Playas encourage inclusion in the community in Groups 2 (October) and 7 (November) de Castellon (ESP), KMF Nis (YUG). by helping break down barriers that keep people with and without mental still to be played. The two group winners handicaps apart. The programme often The intermediate round (play- (the group matches will be staged leads to improved self-esteem, equal offs) will pit Central Bohemia against in the form of mini-tournaments) go status with peers and new friendships. the winners of Group 2, and Piemonte through to the final next April. The Gibraltar team had one of the most Aosta Valley against Gothenburg. The first-ever UEFA Futsal unique compositions – a real family In the UEFA youth competitions, Conference will be held from 26 to affair – with father Henry Danino as Croatia, Yugoslavia, Israel, Switzerland, 28 November in Coverciano (Italy). head coach, son Nicholas, a Special Wales, Norway, Austria, Romania, The theme will be “The Future of Olympics footballer, and son Karl, Scotland and Azerbaijan are already Futsal in Europe”. son-in-law Chisum Sanchez and his brother Caine, as partners. The team also had members of the Vinent family: Darren, a Special Olympics footballer, and his father Brian, a coach. The tour- nament was held at the Vrsava sports complex and officiated by federation- certified referees. “The Games Orga- nising Committee, headed by Dagmara Detkova, Special Olympics Czech Republic Regional Co-ordinator, is to be commended for holding this event despite the flooding that was causing wide-spread damage throughout Europe at the time,” said Mariusz Damentko, Sports Director, Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia. A seminar was also held that focused on different aspects of Unified Football. The Zlin tournament and seminar were funded by the Special Olympics Football Development Project. Local

PHOTOS: MIROSLAV KROGULEG-SPECIAL OLYMPICS MIROSLAV PHOTOS: media covered the event. The unified Special Olympics football team of Monaco during the tournament in Zlin. 16 uefadirect 10.02 ARMENIA Renovation work at the Yerevan Republican Football School. FFA from member associationsnews

ARMENIA According to Zakarian, there are about The Yerevan Republican 800 young players registered at the school Football School was one of who still train on other sport school grounds. the best in the days of USSR. The number of teenagers wishing to enter Its territory covered about the Republican Football School is constantly 10 hectares and it had several grounds where increasing. many young players trained. The school There is no doubt that the school was well known in the USSR and was the will regain its due place in Armenian football. FA main supplier of professional football Suren Baghdasaryan ENGLAND players for Armenia. Les Howie running a training course. Many famous Armenian players BELGIUM made their first steps here, among them In Belgium as elsewhere, most of the Ararat ‘73 players, who in refereeing is confronted with 1973 won the USSR championship title new problems: a constantly proposals put forward by a working group. and the USSR Cup. diminishing number of referees Training and support structures will be Khoren Hovhannisyan also started (despite new members), harsh criticism from improved and a new project is in the pipeline: out in the Republican School. In 1980 he won the media and a growing tendency for the creation of a refereeing academy. a bronze medal at the Moscow Olympics. players, officials and even parents to lack François Vantomme Hovhannisyan played in the USSR national respect for referees. A PR campaign in team for many years and competed in the favour of referees was therefore launched BOSNIA 1982 World Cup in Spain. throughout the country and lasted several & HERZEGOVINA After the downfall of the USSR, weeks. The results were not slow in coming. Since football in Bosnia the Republican School was demolished Belgium has always been a fertile & Herzegovina was finally within ten years. Youngsters wanting to pra- soil for referees. Those in charge of referee- unified on 23 May, it has been ctise football had to train in dust and on ing in Belgium therefore put their heads on the up and up. The Premier League of sand. There were no simple conditions like together to find ways of restoring the image B&H is in full swing, and the attitude shown hot water, dressing rooms, green grounds. of the referee in our country. Today, some by the players and officials of the participat- On the proposal of the Armenian 6,500 referees enable over 280,000 players ing clubs indicates that the united league Football Federation, plans to restore the Repu- to live out their passion. The number of has achieved its goal. A host of clubs from blican School have been approved by FIFA, active players and matches is constantly throughout B&H have been given the chance which has granted 400,000 dollars towards increasing. It is therefore vital to increase to play for places in the UEFA competitions. the project. Restoration work began this the number of referees in Belgium. Reigning champions FK Zeljeznicar, vice- year in May and 80% of it has already been Of course, we need to raise aware- champions NK Siroki Brijeg and cup winners completed. Two of the four grass pitches ness of the referees’ cause among the king- FC Sarajevo have demonstrated that clubs are already operational and according to the dom’s various clubs. Without the referee, from B&H can put up a good fight against chairman of the school, Michael Zakarian, there would be no football match. A promo- European counterparts. the remaining grounds will be ready by the tion campaign was launched countrywide Although these clubs were elimi- end of October. The central pitch has two in August, with numerous objectives. nated in the first round of the UEFA Cup, stands where only the seats are still One of the aims of the “Do you have an eye the experience gained is nonetheless missing. This ground will have 5,000 seats. for football?” campaign is, of course, valuable. All three clubs played a combined That means it would be possible to play here to improve the referees’ image and in so total of 16 games in this season’s UEFA not only Armenian championship matches doing to increase the number of referees campaign – FK Zeljeznicar in the prelimi- but also official international matches. but also keep the existing ones. This is nary round of the UEFA Champion League, The restoration work is scheduled easier said than done. and than in the first round of the UEFA Cup, to be finished by 20 November, when a The campaign has been quite and NK Siroki Brijeg and FC Sarajevo in the FIFA special committee will check on the successful so far, with several hundred first round of the UEFA Cup. Their record accomplishments. UEFA President Lennart applications received in only a few weeks. was not bad – between them they won Johannson will be among the guests at All the information and documentation seven matches, lost seven and drew two, the opening ceremony. By that time the relating to refereeing is also available on and notched up a goal difference of 16:12. ground with artificial and asphalt coverage our website, www.footbel.com. The results of these clubs are will be ready. The federation authorities are motivating other clubs to compete for places In total, the school will have eight aware of the problems faced by referees in Europe. The contest will be very long grounds with various kinds of coverage. and everything possible is being done and hard because there are 20 clubs taking Work on the administrative block and dress- to improve the situation in order to hang part in the championship this season. ing rooms is already finished. There will on to our men in black. The Executive On the downside, a huge number be permanent well water at the school. Committee has accepted a number of of head coaches have been shown the door. BOSNIA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA & HERZEGOVINA FK Zeljeznicar (Haris Alihodzic, The coaches of right) made it into the third FK Sarajevo and qualifying round in the UEFA FK Zeljeznicar, Champions League, where they Husref Musemic lost to Newcastle United (left) and (Kieron Dyer). Amar Osim. EMPICS KRVAVAC FUAD

After the tenth round of the championship, “This professionally produced GERMANY some ten clubs replaced their head coaches tape provides numerous training ideas At the initiative of Gerhard because they were not satisfied with their for young players and is an excellent Mayer-Vorfelder, President of work. Two coaches were replaced after the addition to the resources in the field. the German Football Federation first round (NK Bosna and NK Jedinstvo), The principles which apply to the coaching (DFB), the DFB has launched while right at the beginning of the champi- of young players are also addressed the national “Team 2006”. onship, seven clubs in the starting line-up on the video, and The FA has to be com- With 1980 European Championship winners were under new head coaches, namely mended for promoting positive, ethical and 1982 World Cup runners-up Ulli Stielike FK Leotar, FK Borac, NK Zrinjski, FK Sarajevo, behaviour as an integral part of their and Horst Hrubesch at the helm, the new NK Orasje, NK Posusje and FK Glasinac. coach education programme.” team is meant to serve as a springboard Most of these changes were not All budding coaches will receive into the senior German national team for expected, but clubs do not want defeats a comprehensive video as well as an inter- talented players who have progressed this season when six clubs have to drop out active CD-ROM that will encourage stu- through the Under-21 ranks. The team of of the league. dents to develop an understanding and international hopefuls lost its inaugural Fuad Krvavac knowledge of the rules of the game, as match to the Turkish “B” team by 2-1 well as assisting them in the refereeing of at Mönchengladbach’s Bökelberg stadium. training sessions/junior football games. “It would be fatal if the existence of Team ENGLAND Over 350 UEFA ‘A’ and ‘B’ Licence 2006 were justified purely on the basis of In August 2002, The FA’s coaches were trained over the Summer its results,” said Ulli Stielike, appealing for Chief Executive Adam Crozier to deliver the new FA Level 1 Club Coach patience. “Team 2006 provides an incen- and National Game Division Course across the country, and already tive for young players. The aim is to give Director Steve Parkin joined 1,000 existing or budding coaches have international experience to youngsters who Technical Director Howard Wilkinson in completed the new course. have a chance of playing in the 2004 backing the launch of a new FA Coaching Jane Bateman European Championships and 2006 World Award that aims to see 15,000 ‘graduates’ Cup. If we are able to develop two or three in its first year alone. GEORGIA players for the 2006 World Cup squad, The FA Level 1 Club Coach Award The Georgian football family Team 2006 will have served its purpose.” was developed by The FA National Club has received a wonderful gift. With this aim in mind, the new team will play Development Manager Les Howie, with the With the financial support between six and eight international matches course mantra: ‘let the game be the teacher’. of UEFA/EEAB, the Football before the end of 2003. It will also partici- This week, The FA received further Federation of Georgia has built a five-storey pate in the Future Cup, a competition also backing for the quality of the course from office, the “Georgian House of Football”. none other than UEFA Technical Director, On 20 August, UEFA President involving teams from Turkey, the Czech and former Scotland Manager, Andy Lennart Johansson, UEFA Vice-President Republic and Scotland. The Scots will be the Roxburgh. Upon receiving the new FA Level 1 Senes Erzik and Senior Manager Assistance next opponents for Germany’s Team 2006 Club Coaching Award pack that contains Programmes Erich Epple visited Tbilisi on on 17 December. a video of all 23 fun coaching drills, the occasion of the opening ceremony and The DFB’s training staff has been he endorsed the FA Club Coach Video as inauguration of the “Georgian Football strengthened by the addition on 1 July “an excellent educational tool for budding House”. Georgian President Eduard of former international Jürgen Kohler, grassroots coaches”. Shevardnadze, UEFA President Lennart 1990 World Cup and 1996 European Johansson and GFF President Merab Jordania Championship winner. Kohler, who ended solemnly opened the office of the GFF his playing career with German champions and one more remarkable building was Borussia Dortmund in May, is responsible added to Tbilisi. for the men’s Under-21 team and enjoyed The UEFA President officially pre- a successful start to his career as a DFB sented the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby coach. His team beat the Italian Under-21s to GFF Vice-President Alexander Chivadze 2-0 in Grosseto (Italy) and won their and later had a one-hour audience with opening European Championship qualifier the president of Georgia, during which the against Lithuania in Vilnius by 4-1. most important issues concerning Georgian Thomas Dohren football were discussed. At the official dinner Mr Johansson HUNGARY was presented with the Honourable Award The “New Europe.” This is one of the Georgian National Olympic Committee of the slogans of the Hungar- by the Head of the National Olympic ian bid to host EURO 2008, Committee of Georgia, Mr J. Bagrationi. the bid of “new friends, While in Tbilisi the UEFA delega- new impressions, new wins”. The new tion visited the newly opened Locomotive Europe. This is what the members of UEFA’s stadium, the Olympic Children’s Football inspection team saw in Hungary when they Academy and the technical centre of visited at the end of September. They saw

URBSFA national team of Georgia, which is presently the plans of the stadiums, the roads under under construction. The guests praised construction. They saw that the candidate the changes undertaken to the Georgian cities are going to build new hotels, sports BELGIUM football infrastructure. centres, airports and entertainment centres. The referee poster recruitment campaign. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia They felt the message of “New Europe”

18 uefadirect 10.02 HUNGARY EURO 2004 The UEFA The EURO 2004 inspection team qualifiers are the centre hold a press of the national associa- conference. tions’ attention just now. San Marino (in blue) played Poland at home back in September. SABATTINI MLSZ when they witnessed the developments in Thróttur, will take their place in next year’s Although Kazakhstan are not the country and the achievements of the Premier Division, meaning that out of the taking part in the EURO 2004 qualifying Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ). ten teams, half will be from the capital. phase, the association remains active In the three years since the experts last Fylkir took some consolation off the pitch. In this respect, the FUK is visited Hungary, when the association was for losing the league title to KR by beating going to propose a new kind of football bidding to host EURO 2004 (a joint bid Fram 3-1 in the domestic cup final. This was sport – New Football – to the committee with Austria at that time), real changes Fylkir’s second cup victory in two years, organising EURO 2004. New Football, have taken place and many stadiums have as they were cup winners in 2001 as well. which was invented in Kazakhstan, is a been totally rebuilt nationwide. Omar Smarason kind of fusion of football and chess, Budapest is preparing for the an interesting game which develops the event by doubling the airport’s capacity, KAZAKHSTAN imagination and intellectual abilities. building two new underground lines and On 15 August, at the The New Football Federation, a member new roads, with two modern stadiums and Extraordinary Conference of the Football Union of Kazakhstan, several new hotels. But it is not only the of the Football Union is fine-tuning the game. capital of the country that is making plans. of Kazakhstan (FUK), it was Alexander Keplin For instance in Debrecen, the road network decided to extend the top national division, will be completely changed. A new motor- the Super League. This season, 12 clubs LIECHTENSTEIN way will connect the town with Budapest are playing in the Super League; next sea- Chaired by the LFV General and the airport will be upgraded. The new son they will be more, 16 or 18. On the Secretary, a project group arena of the city – built in eight months – election front, Anatoly Ionkin, former set up by the LFV Executive was inaugurated in October. striker with FC Kairat (Almaty), was elected Committee, comprising refer- And these are only some examples Vice-President for Sports Matters. ees and club representatives, from the candidate cities. The nation’s At the end of the conference drew up a regulatory framework love of football goes back a long way, and the new book “Our Football is in Europe” for the creation of a Referees’ Commis- this is Europe’s biggest football festival. was presented. Its co-authors are FUK sion during the last year. The regulatory Hungary is moreover a country where President Rakhat Aliyev and Vice-President framework will be adopted by the LFV there are no great distances and everyone Tlekbek Akpayev. The book describes general assembly in the next few weeks is close to each other. the facts and events that led the Football and will then enter into force. Meeting the inspection team, Union of Kazakhstan to leave AFC and The focal points of the regula- Ferenc Mádl, President of Hungary, said join UEFA. tory document are, firstly, disciplinary that his country, the “New Europe”, would From 11 to 28 August, matters arising from the LFV’s own be a good setting for the competition. Under-16 matches were played in Almaty. competitions and, secondly, the support He also assured the delegation that all the Twelve teams from Kazakhstan regions of and need for referees in Liechtenstein. costs of the plans would be met. and from Almaty and Astana played in the The five-man commission will be The youth and the coach educa- tournament. The Almaty team emerged composed of one Executive Committee tion programmes of the association which as the winners, the runners-up were from member, two referees and two marketing are already under way also augur well the Pavlodar region and Astana team experts. In order to highlight the impor- for the successful hosting of EURO 2008. finished in third place. tance of their position, the commission As Mádl said, along with the rest of the From 13 to 22 September, members will be elected by the LFV nation, he would be very happy to see an Under-15 tournament was hosted in assembly for a three-year term and will the final of the competition in Budapest, Taraz. This time the winners were the foot- be granted their own budget. at the Ferenc Puskás stadium. ball team from the Zhambyl region. Márton Dinnyés/ The team from Almaty finished in the György Szöllösi runners-up spot, and the South Kazakhstan region team took third place. ICELAND From 17 to23 September, The championship race 15 teams – divided into four groups for in Iceland was as exciting the first phase – took part in the Futsal this year as in the last few Cup final round. The winners and runners- seasons, with the title being up in each group qualified for the quarter- decided in the very last round of matches. finals, at which point the competition This time around, KR Reykjavík pipped assumed a direct knock-out format. Fylkir Reykjavík to the post on the final day Alibi Almaty and Zhigitter Astana met in by crushing already relegated Thór Akureyri the final, which Zhigitter Astana won 3-1. 5-0 at home, while Fylkir lost away to On 5 and 6 September, in Almaty, 2001 champions ÍA Akranes. This was KR’s the FUK Referees’ Committee held a twenty-third title, a record in Iceland, and seminar/meeting to review the first phase their third in four years. of the Super League. Following the seminar, The battle against relegation all referees involved in the first phase of was a close one. ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar and the Super League completed fitness tests. Fram Reykjavík were equal on points with On the same dates, the Observers’ Keflavík, but the latter’s goal difference Committee of the Football Union of NEWS PHOTO doomed them to first division football Kazakhstan also held a seminar/meeting, ICELAND Fylkir Reykjavik (Petursson, right) next year along with previously mentioned as a result of which the list of Super vs. Excelsior Mouscron (Mpenza) Thór. Two Reykjavík clubs, Valur and League observers was reduced to 16. in a UEFA Cup qualifying match. LIECHTENSTEIN MALTA The LFV are giving A Malta FA IX thought to who gave a credible is going to take performance over from against Roland Beck Internazionale FC (third from the left). (Hernan Crespo). LAFARGUE AQUILINA LFV

By setting up the new commis- leading referees are given the chance In another historical moment sion, the LFV aims to strengthen efforts to officiate at professional matches, for football in the Former Yugoslav to enlist talented male and female talented up-and-coming French officials Republic of Macedonia, the first ever referees and to support those who have are able to gain their first international women’s league kicked off on 22 Sep- already been recruited. The regulatory experience by refereeing matches tember. Ten teams are taking part. framework was prepared in close consul- in the top two divisions in Luxembourg. Mijalce Durgutov tation with the relevant referees’ bodies Our leading referee, Alain Hamer, who is of the Swiss Football Association (SFV) now in the elite group of UEFA referees, MALTA in order to prevent misunderstandings has been officiating regularly in the The date of 3 September and make use of the SFV’s experience. French first division since 1998. 2002 will be etched General Secretary Markus His experience of French professional in gold letters in the Schaper said, “Now we have a body football has opened the door for him annals of the Malta FA in which professionals are working to referee important matches in FIFA as the date when the Millennium Stand, on behalf of professionals and are able and UEFA competitions. the association’s biggest ever to support our referees. I hope that A referee exchange programme project and the brainchild of its presi- this will strengthen refereeing and with the Belgian Football Federation dent, Dr Joe Mifsud, was officially that, in the long term, we will be able (URBSFA) has been in place since the inaugurated. to find a successor to our FIFA referee 2000/01 season. Luxembourg’s top The sparkling new stand Roland Beck. At the same time, I also teams of officials operate in the Belgian replaces the East Stand, which was hope that information from the FIFA first division, while talented referees declared a dangerous structure several and UEFA refereeing departments will from Luxembourg have also been year ago and had to be demolished. be passed to us directly and efficiently.” officiating in the Belgian province of The first phase of the project may have Markus Schaper Luxembourg for the last three years. stirred some controversy within the On 2 October 2002, a team association itself but the new construc- LUXEMBOURG of officials from Luxembourg (A. Hamer, tion, with its glass facade, is truly an For several years now, H. Reuter, F. Mangen) was responsible impressive site to behold. Luxembourg’s top referees for refereeing a UEFA Champions The president of Malta, have had regular opportu- League match (FC Liverpool - FC Spartak Professor Guido de Marco, who offici- nities to gain international Moscow) for the very first time. ated at the inauguration ceremony, experience by officiating at league and This was a result of the international praised the Malta FA’s efforts to cup matches abroad. experience they had gained, proving strengthen the sporting culture in the This welcome development was that foreign exchange programmes are Maltese islands. “Even if the Malta FA’s initially based on an agreement between extremely important for refereeing in efforts and investment do not reap our association and the Saarland Football Luxembourg. immediate dividends, future gene- Federation (SFV). FLF referees have been Joël Wolff rations will certainly benefit from the officiating at matches in Saarland since work of their predecessors in years 1990, and vice versa. FYR MACEDONIA to come,” President de Marco said. Introduced in 1993 at the The main event in October The president was also ful- initiative of Michel Vautrot, the referee was the AGM of the FA of some in his praise of the Malta FA’s exchange programme with the French FYR Macedonia, which took president whom he described as a true Football Federation (FFF) is very important place on the third of the leader capable of bring the best out of for both associations. While Luxembourg’s month in Bansko (Strumica). the individuals around him. Only 53 of the 102 members attended A beaming Dr Mifsud said, (35 other members decided to have “My association had to go to great a separate meeting in Skopje). Neverthe- lengths and expense to complete less, the meeting, under the direction this big project, which apart from its of the president Lambe Arnaudov, terraces and all ancillary facilities, was able to proceed with the necessary which can take 5,200 spectators, quorum and some important decisions will also include other amenities such were taken: as a swimming pool, gymnasium, - In future, the assembly will have restaurant, squash courts, small- 12 more members (six from the weapons range, etc. which will be run youth sector and six from women’s on a commercial basis.” football). The inauguration formalities - Five new members were voted on to were followed by the plum event the executive committee: Ilija Jovkov, of the evening from a pure football Saso Tasev, Dragan Bozinovski, Dusko perspective when a Malta FA XI pitted Dimitrov and Ljubenco Janusev. their strength against the crack - A new list of FIFA referees Italian side FC Internazionale. (main and assistants) was proposed: The Nerazzurri emerged clear 2-0 Emil Bozinovski, Saso Lazarevski and winners in a match which had an exhi- Delco Jakimovski (main), and Zoran bition-cum-friendly flavour about it,

PHOTO NEWS PHOTO Josifov, Ilija Davcev, Bekim Bauta, though the Maltese performed credibly LUXEMBOURG Tode Tikovski, Branko Manojlovski in an entertaining game. Alain Hamer in action. and Mijalce Mihajlov (assistants). Louis Micallef

20 uefadirect 10.02 MALTA NETHERLANDS Guido A powerful de Marco (left) slogan for congratulates the team Joseph Mifsud. in orange. KNVB

NETHERLANDS Nineteen senior Irish League Having sadly missed the 2002 clubs have now been identified as poten- World Cup in Japan and tial centres and the new funding will Korea, the Netherlands Foot- enable each of these clubs to appoint a ball Association (KNVB) have full-time youth development officer. already made a couple of Their job will be to implement and AQUILINA steps towards EURO 2004 in Portugal. manage a carefully constructed national Prior to the first qualifying match, programme. MOLDOVA the marketing department thought of a Each senior club development The role of the technician catchy slogan to capture the ardent wish centre will focus on three areas of activ- in modern football is diffi- of the Dutch to qualify for EURO 2004 and, ity, namely: cult to overestimate. moreover, to perform well in Portugal. 1. Mini-soccer (6-12-year-olds) Future Moldovan football Inspired by the prolonged shouts 2. Football in the community instructors are prepared of South European and especially Brazilian (12-16-year-olds) at the National Institute radio reporters, the slogan Portugooaal! 3. Centres of excellence (elite coaching for Physical Education and Sports was judged fitting to cover the feelings for 12-18-year-olds) (INEFS). In practice though, this training and emotions evoked by the Dutch Within these 19 centres it is a is sometimes not enough. national team. The supporters, and not government requirement that all oppor- That is why the FA of Moldova least the KNVB, want the national team tunities must be open to both boys and has elaborated a system of retraining, to do well and provide them with plenty girls at every level as well as to people advanced training courses and licens- of images of a smooth orange machine with disabilities or learning difficulties. ing of technical staff on a practical stealing the hearts of spectators all Spike Hill basis. This activity is headed by around the world with attractive play Valentin Cojuhari, Vice-President of and individual skills. SWEDEN the FA of Moldova, who has vast expe- The slogan has already appeared Umeå’s and the Swedish rience of practical work in Moldovan in radio commercials to successfully pro- national team’s top club teams and also with different mote the sales of tickets for the first quali- markswoman Hanna Moldavan youth and women’s national fying match. Surprised by its brevity, Ljungberg has set a neat teams. This year, thanks to the support the sound level and apparently meaning- record. In Umeå’s 3-0 away victory over of UEFA and Italian Football Federation less message, one or two listeners reacted Bälinge, Ljungberg scored for the 36th (FIGC), he was the first Moldovan in a quite shocked manner. But the message time this league season, surpassing Lena specialist to follow the advanced train- is clear. The logo also appears on peri- Videkull’s and Pia Sundhage’s former ing courses at the Coverciano techni- meter boarding in the stadium, on posters, records of 35 goals in a season. cal centre in Italy and to be awarded in the official programme and in other With two more rounds to go the Pro Licence. magazines published by KNVB. The logo in the Swedish League, Hanna may very Beginning in 2000, under and slogan were launched in Eindhoven well add more to that record. his leadership, retraining and refresher before the kick-off of the Netherlands- If Umeå manage to grasp courses for technicians from all regions Belarus match, with tens of thousands of the League title (third consecutive in of the country have been organised. spectators waving their blue flags with the that case) ahead of challengers Malmö, So far, a total of 206 coaches have Portugooaal!! logo and thus literally show- Hanna can sum up a remarkable season passed the examination and obtained ing the Dutch players the way to Portugal. – League top-scorer for the first time, local licences. On the pitch, the players showed best-ever scorer in a season and a suc- This process is monitored their ambitions as well. Still unbeaten this cessful World Cup qualification with by the President of the FA of Moldova, year, Dick Advocaat’s squad left no doubt Sweden. Add to that Umeå’s comfortable Pavel Cebanu, who offers practical about their intentions versus Belarus in elimination of all opposition in the UEFA assistance. He is a graduate of the their first EURO 2004 qualifying match. Women’s Cup group phase with Hanna Higher Coaches’ School in Moscow The 3-0 victory before a capacity crowd in striking seven times. One challenge and a member of the UEFA Technical Eindhoven showed that the Dutch are keen remains – the quarter-final against Committee. not to miss out on another major cham- Toulouse, and Hanna, who missed out In the field of coach education, pionship. Portugooaal!! here we come! on last season’s cup final in Frankfurt the FA of Moldova is grateful Rob de Leede (suspended), is certainly motivated. to UEFA for its constant support in the Thomas Saleteg preparation of Moldovan specialists, NORTHERN the best of whom have followed UEFA IRELAND UKRAINE Progress courses run by well-known Sports Minister Michael At the beginning of Septem- specialists like Jozef Venglos (Slovakia), McGimpsey has announced ber, two members of the Franco Ferrari (Italy), Jos Bolt and Jan a major grassroots develop- UEFA Jira Project Panel, Trienekens (Netherlands). The next ment programme of £1 million which Dr Zdenek Sivek from the Progress course will take place at the is calculated to change the shape of senior Czeck Republic and end of November. club football and, hopefully the viability Dr Gyorgy Mezey from Hungary, visited The higher the qualifications of the game at the highest level. Ukraine. They got acquainted with teach- of the coaches, the greater the Government funding, financed through ing and training work and the skills successes in the development of the Northern Ireland Sport Council, of our coaches. The UEFA representatives the game. will be utilised for the creation of football attended coaching sessions involving Serghei Donets development centres. three top league clubs, one first division UKRAINE YUGOSLAVIA The student champions. The poster for the Stevan Vilotic tournament. FFU

and one second division team, and the students’ championship in Italy. The final U-15 national team. In a conversation with matches were attended by the president the president of the Football Federation of the European Student Football Asso- of Ukraine, Mr Grigoriy Surkis, a member ciation, Mr Piter Verboven, who noted of the UEFA Professional Football Com- the high organisational level of these mittee, they said they were highly satisfied competitions. with what they had seen. Valeriy Nikonenko A Progress IV course on “admin- istrative management” took place on WALES 16 and 17 September. The course was The month of October attended by the heads of 27 regional began really well for football

football federations of Ukraine. Dr Torben in Wales with our National FSJ Mogensen from Denmark and FFU experts League announcing a new were the principal lecturers. In addition sponsor at a launch event on the second to problems concerning the organisation of the month. This will involve a substan- and preparation of international matches, tial cash injection into the League, the club licensing procedure and FFU and clubs will be able to lease Mitsubishi We must also not forget the Wales regulation documents, vital problems vehicles at very competitive rates. Under-17 team, who qualified for the of marketing, advertising and budget Also, players, referees and assistant second round of their own UEFA Champi- were dealt with. The participants were referees registered with the League can onship with a clean sweep of victories over also familiarised with the structure purchase cars at significantly discounted Norway, Luxembourg and Bosnia & Herze- and work experience of the Danish Foot- rates. At the launch, the National League govina in their recent mini-tournament. ball Federation. was renamed “The Welsh Premier” John Deakin At the end of September, accord- sponsored by J. T. Hughes Mitsubishi. ing to the FFU plan, 27 young referees This came at an exciting time YUGOSLAVIA from all over Ukraine gathered in Kiev. for Welsh football, as the whole country The Yugoslavian towns of They spent the week raising the level waited with “baited breath” for the visit Sabac, Valjevo and Sremska of their professional skills under the direct of Italy to the Millennium Stadium in Mitrovica hosted the 9th guidance of leading Ukrainian referees. the European Championship qualifying International Memorial In the last weekend of September, competition on 16 October. Following Football Tournament “Stevan Vilotic Cele” the first student football championship the national team’s recent victory from 2 to 6 September. The tournament is was organised. Fifty-two teams took in Finland, there was much excitement dedicated to the memory of our eminent part in this tournament. The winners, and anticipation, and seats were sold coach and sports pedagogue, who spent the Kirovograd State Flying Academy, out some weeks ago for the 76,000 most of his life working with youth players will represent Ukraine in the European capacity stadium. and in so doing achieved the respect of the world of football. Players in the under-19 category take part on this established tournament, which is also very important to the Yugoslav Football Association. The first tournament was held in 1994, when it involved Yugoslavian regional selections, but from the next year it became an international event. This year’s participants came from the Netherlands, Israel, Turkey, Italy and Belgium. Yugoslav FA President Dragan Stojkovic opened the tournament. In Group A, Yugoslavia finished in first place, ahead of Israel and the Nether- lands, while in Group B, the winners were Italy, followed by Turkey and Belgium. The final match was played on 6 Septem- ber in Sabac, the birthplace of the coach after whom the tournament is named. Italy performed better than Yugoslavia in this interesting match, which they won 2-1. The best player and top scorer award was presented to the Italian player Francesco Lodi. The tournament was organised to perfection and took place in a spirit of fair play. All participants expressed their wish SWEDEN to return to Yugoslavia and take part in the A remarkable season for tournament again.

Hanna Ljungberg. SFB Nebojsa Ivkovic

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New publication communications EL ESTILO birthdays – calendar BRASILEÑO Marcos Falopa, Birthdays Styrbjörn Oskarsson (Finland, 26.11) Aimé Jacquet (France, 27.11) Technical Director Honorary UEFA Member Sandor Barcs (Hungary) Noel O’Reilly (Republic of Ireland, 27.11) of the North, celebrates his ninetieth birthday on 10 November. Marios Lefkaritis (Cyprus, 28.11) Central American Disciplinary Inspector Peter Gardiner (Scotland), a Tinerfe Villar (Spain, 28.11) former member of the Appeals Body, will be 75 Marko Ilesic (Slovenia, 29.11) and Caribbean on 7 November. Fellow Disciplinary Inspector Edward Maurice Watkins (England, 30.11) Association Georges Vernet (France), will be 70 on Wolfgang Niersbach (Germany, 30.11) Football Confederation 21 November. On 17 November, Jan Fasung (CONCACAF) and a FIFA instructor, (Slovakia), a member of the Referee Inspectors Panel, reaches the half-century mark, while has dissected the Brazilian game Futsal Committee Chairman Petr Fousek Upcoming events to uncover the keys to their success. (Czech Republic) will be celebrating his fortieth The result is a booklet packed birthday on 19 November. UEFA also extends MEETINGS with diagrams that coaches can use best wishes for a happy birthday to: 4-5.11.2002, Nyon to teach their players some of Marc Batta (France, 1.11) Disciplinary Workshop the Brazilian art. Following the English György Szilágyi (Hungary, 2.11) 5.11.2002, Nyon version published in 1997 (The Brazilian Francesco Bianchi (Switzerland, 2.11) Women's Football Committee Way to Play Soccer), a Spanish edition Gero Bisanz (Germany, 3.11) Draw for the second round Rosario Lo Bello (Italy, 4.11) of the European Women's Under-19 has now been released (for infor- Michael Zager (Israel, 4.11) Championship 2002/03 mation, fax +55-11-5573 5026 Lars Richt (Sweden, 4.11) Lennart Johansson (Sweden, 5.11) 6.11.2002, Nyon or email [email protected]). Fernand Meese (Belgium, 5.11) Stadium and Security Committee The publication also exists in the form György Bognar (Hungary, 5.11) Fun Football/Children’s Football Panel of a CD-ROM, in English and Finnish. Mircea Pascu (Romania, 6.11) 7-8.11.2002, Copenhagen Jean-Claude Jourquin (Belgium, 6.11) Executive Committee Rudi Zavrl (Slovenia, 9.11) 13.11.2002, Nyon Jorge Peréz Arias (Spain, 9.11) Assistance Programmes Committee Announcements Willi Hink (Germany, 9.11) Aleksandras Gorinas (Lithuania, 10.11) 14.11.2002, Nyon The XXVII UEFA Ordinary Congress Meridian Project Workshop Gerhard Kapl (Austria, 11.11) will take place in Rome on 27 March Manos Mavrokoukoulakis (Greece, 12.11) 14.11.2002, Geneva next year. The 2004 Congress Antonio Silva Pereira (Portugal, 12.11) Club Competitions Committee will meet in Cyprus on 11 March. Howard Wilkinson (England, 13.11) 15.11.2002, Geneva Jean Lemmer (Luxembourg, 15.11) Draw for the second group stage Michael Meier (Germany, 15.11) of the UEFA Champions League The FA of Georgia has new Otto Demuth (Austria, 16.11) and third round of the UEFA Cup telephone numbers: +995 32 912610 Wolf-Günter Wiesel (Germany, 16.11) (secretariat) and +995 32 235169 Volodymyr Lashkul (Ukraine, 16.11) 19.11.2002, Nyon Pablo Porta Bussoms (Spain, 17.11) Professional Football Committee (international and information). Nicolae Rainea (Romania, 19.11) 21.11.2002, Nyon Its fax number is still +995 32 001128. Jacques Liénard (France, 19.11) European Club Forum Horst R. Schmidt (Germany, 19.11) 26.11.2002, Coverciano (Italy) Paolo Zeppilli (Italy, 19.11) Futsal Committee David H. Will (Scotland, 20.11) Obituaries Werner Müller (Switzerland, 20.11) 26-28.11.2002, Coverciano Serghiy Storozenko (Ukraine, 21.11) Futsal Conference Former international referee Jyrki Filippu (Finland, 22.11) and member of the UEFA Referees COMPETITIONS Reiner Calmund (Germany, 23.11) Committee from 1988 to 1994, William J.P. Drennan (Northern Ireland, 24.11) 12-13.11.2002 Guido Vantaggiato (Italy, 25.11) UEFA Champions League: Augusto Lamo Castillo (Spain) passed Dainis Gudermanis (Latvia, 25.11) first group stage (match day 6) away on 10 September. He was 63. Steve Heighway (England, 25.11) 14.11.2002 Member of the Control & Disciplinary Hans-Georg Moldenhauer (Germany, 25.11) UEFA Cup: second round (return legs) Reinhard Nachbagauer (Austria, 25.11) Committee from 1980 to 1990, Indrek Kannik (Estonia, 25.11) 26-27.11.2002 UEFA Champions League: then Vice-Chairman of the same body Marcos Del Cuadro (Switzerland, 26.11) until 1996, Otto Andres (Germany), Sorin Alexandru Satmari (Romania, 26.11) second group stage (match day 1) Zbigniew Przesmycki (Poland, 26.11) 28.11.2002 a member of the UEFA alumni asso- Henri Roemer (Luxembourg, 26.11) UEFA Cup: third round (first legs) ciation, died on 6 October. He was 82.

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