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UEFA Champions League Season 04 Elite Coaches’ Forum 11 Missing from Real Madrid’S Impressive Collection of Trophies

UEFA Champions League Season 04 Elite Coaches’ Forum 11 Missing from Real Madrid’S Impressive Collection of Trophies

no 06 – september 2002 9.02 UEFALeague Champions Forum Club European Elite Coaches’ Forum Coaches’ Elite UEFACup the Super win RealMadrid UEFALeague Champions Forum Club European Elite Coaches’ Forum Coaches’ Elite UEFACup the Super win RealMadrid 07 04 03 07 04 03 11 11 COVER IN THIS ISSUE First visits for EURO 2008 10 The UEFA Super Cup has always been New UEFA Champions League season 04 Elite Coaches’ Forum 11 missing from Real ’s impressive collection of . But that gap has Calendar for the first stage 06 Assistant referees’ seminar 12 now been filled, following the Madrid 07 13 club’s 3-1 win over . Real Madrid win the UEFA Super Cup UEFA Intertoto Cup PHOTO: BONGARTS gala 08 News from member associations 18

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It would be doing an injustice to all the clubs and players involved in matches over the summer months to say that the new UEFA club competition season kicks off with the draws in Monaco. This gathering in Monaco is, however, an important occasion, and certainly more so than ever this year since it coincided with the inaugural plenary assembly of the European Club Forum. This platform, set up so as to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the clubs, reflects UEFA’s general desire to keep its finger on the pulse of football and to listen to all its various voices. Certainly in the dynamic and fast changing environments of modern football, the UEFA Executive Committee sometimes has to take major decisions at a rapid pace. In order to do so, it needs to be aware of the ideas, needs and concerns of the European football family as a whole so that, when the time comes, it can decide on the basis of a thorough knowledge of the issues and take account of the general interests of European football. UEFA has made steps in recent times to move onto a new footing with the establishment of Congresses on an annual basis for the member associations and by improving general consultation with the football family. It was in this spirit that the Club Forum was instituted, and this channel is paralleled by other opportunities for dialogue such as the Elite Coaches’ Forum held recently in Nyon, the regular meetings with the leagues and the meeting that will take place in September and October between the UEFA management and the general secretaries of the 52 member associations. Through these and others means, UEFA tries to ensure that many voices are heard and that decisions are taken with the best possible information. Of course, we must never forget that the final focus must be on the field, Internazionale FC and with the start of the next phase of the European club competitions and the (Roberto Vieri) are competing in the first qualifying matches for EURO 2004 we all have so much to look forward to. group stage of the UEFA Champions I hope that the new season will be a fruitful one for everyone involved in League this season. the game and that it will be exemplary in terms of fair play and great football.

Gerhard Aigner Chief Executive

ALBERTO LINGRIA ALBERTO we care about football

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AROUND 90 REPRESENTATIVES OF CLUBS BELONGING TO THE NEW EUROPEAN although the Forum members are

CLUB FORUM GATHERED AT THE GRIMALDI FORUM IN MONACO ON THE AFTERNOON clubs, the Board members are to act in a personal capacity in order to ensure OF 30 AUGUST FOR THEIR INAUGURAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY. the continuity of their work. The Forum should meet twice a year on average The Chairman of the Forum Co-operation must be ongoing (the next meeting is scheduled for Board, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC and not just happen when there 21 November), although working Bayern ), stressed the historic are problems”. groups may be set up to discuss nature of the meeting, which marked This first plenary meeting individual issues and the Board has the starting point of new relations provided an opportunity to explain specifically proposed the establishment between UEFA and the clubs partici- the workings of the new body, which of a group to review the format of the pating in its competitions. Although represents all clubs participating in European club competitions. the Forum’s role is consultative and the UEFA competitions. The number The future of these competi- not decision-making, the clubs never- of clubs from each association and tions, particularly the UEFA Cup, was theless wish to contribute to the suc- the number of votes they have for the focus of group discussions during cessful running of the UEFA competi- the election of the Board will vary the meeting. Although the over- tions and have clearly expressed a depending on the five-year association whelming majority of clubs supported desire to be heard and consulted. rankings. Board members will serve the introduction of a group match UEFA Chief Executive Gerhard a two-year term of office. Purely as phase in the UEFA Cup, they also Aigner added that “this is a new a one-off, the Board members were thought that alternating the dates of step towards broadening dialogue appointed this year on the basis the two competitions (with UEFA with the clubs and to institu- of club rankings rather than being Champions League matches one week tionalise such dialogue. Previous elected by the plenary assembly. and UEFA Cup matches the next) would consultations have been insufficient. It should also be explained that, enhance the value of the UEFA Cup. The Grimaldi Forum, from outside and in. SABATTINI SABATTINI UEFA Champions a circle ofLeague regulars

AT OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER, ON 28 MAY, THE CURTAIN WILL COME

DOWN ON THE ELEVENTH UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND A NEW FORMAT WILL

FABIO BOZZANI FABIO THEN BE INTRODUCED, WITH NO SECOND PHASE OF GROUP MATCHES.

By then, the two best teams from , and the Nether- whose home matches will be staged in from the 32 participants will have lands. These six associations therefore (). A total of 87 clubs negotiated 16 matches, the first six account for 21 places in all; the other will have participated in this competi- of which – forming the first 11 are divided between a further tion. Twenty of the 32 participants group stage – began on 17 eight national associations: were also involved last year, including September. The three qualify- (2), (2), the holders, Real Madrid, and the UEFA ing rounds which preceded (1), (1), (2), Cup winners, Feyenoord. Club Brugge had determined exactly which (1), (1) and KV, on the other hand, return to the clubs went into the hat in (1). Of the 14 associa- fold ten years after their only previous Monaco on 29 August, when tions involved, only Israel is involvement. they were drawn into eight groups. represented for the first time in the In the absence of FC Porto, For the first time, all the repre- UEFA Champions League, thus becom- five other clubs now share the record sentatives of the national associations ing the twenty-seventh association to for the most appearances in the com- occupying the first six places in the take part. However, , one of the petition (eight): FC , UEFA rankings managed to qualify. three associations represented every Manchester United FC, Rosenborg BK, Therefore, this season’s UEFA Cham- year for the first ten seasons, is absent. and Galatasaray SK. pions League includes four Spanish, As far as the clubs are con- The Norwegian club is the only one four Italian and four English clubs, cerned, only three are participating in to have qualified eight years in a row, as well as three each the UEFA Champions League for the participating every season since very first time: KRC (Belgium), FC 1995/96! (Switzerland) and Maccabi The top two in each group will (Israel), progress to the second stage of group matches; the third-placed teams will enter the UEFA Cup. UEFA-KJAERBYE

04 uefadirect 9.02 Beli-Moumouni Dagano and KRC Genk are making their debut in the UEFA Champions League. PHOTO NEWS PHOTO

FC Basel Club briefing (Duraz, right) managed The day after the draw, the repre- to oust Celtic (Sutton). sentatives of the clubs taking part in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League met for a workshop. The aim of this meeting was to familiarise them with the special features of the competition, even though most of the clubs have been through the experience. A number of changes have been made to the rules though, such as the elimina- tion of the “golden ” in a final, where, if the match is drawn after 90 minutes, 15 minutes of extra time will now be played. The match will end after this period of extra time if one of the teams has moved ahead. Otherwise, a second 15 minutes’ extra time will be played. Kicks from the penalty mark will remain as a

solution of last resort. Another new LAFARGUE feature is the introduction of reserve dates in case a match cannot be Financial arrangements unchanged played or is interrupted. The possi- The financial arrangements for this season’s UEFA Champions bility of playing the next day remains League will be the same as last season, based on revenue that is valid if the two teams are in agree- expected to exceed CHF 1 billion from contracts concluded by UEFA. ment. The reserve dates for the first The clubs will receive more than CHF 800 million (including a share phase of the UEFA Champions of CHF 41 million for the leagues), while the remainder is earmarked League are 5/6 November (reserve for European football and will be allocated by UEFA. dates for the match days 4 and 5). In the UEFA Champions League, each club will receive a parti- Other changes endorse practices that cipation bonus of CHF 2.5 million in October. It will then earn a are already current such as the deci- bonus of CHF 500,000 per group match played (i.e. CHF 3 million per sion that a roof can be club for the first phase and a further CHF 3 million for the second opened stage). In all these matches, the winning team will receive or closed, and the number of places CHF 500,000 and, if a match is drawn, each club will earn CHF 250,000. reserved for technical staff. Provi- Qualifiers for the quarter-finals will receive CHF 4 million each, while sions concerning team colours and the semi-finalists will each be paid a further CHF 5 million. Finally, camera positions have also been the eventual runners-up will receive CHF 6 million and the winners changed. CHF 10 million. If a club were to win every single match, it would The club delegates also therefore earn CHF 33.5 million. In addition, it would receive received information on revenue dis- a variable figure dependent on (i) the market value of each club, tribution and a CD-ROM containing (ii) for associations represented by more than one club, its ranking all the information they need for the in the last domestic championship, and (iii) the number of matches new season. ➜ played in the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League. The club representatives at work.

Some explanations were also Finally, the clubs were given relating to television and spon- informed of UEFA New Media’s sors (the broadcasters are the same as offer to provide them with last year, as are the four sponsors – all the .com material on Amstel, PlayStation, Ford and Master- the UEFA Champions League Card – and the two official free of charge for use on their suppliers – Motorola and ). own sites. PHOTOS: UEFA-KJAERBYE PHOTOS:

FIXTURE LIST FOR THE 2002-03 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Group A Group B Group C Group D

17.09.02 AJ Auxerre – PSV CF – Liverpool FC KRC Genk – AEK Rosenborg BK – Internazionale FC Arsenal FC – Borussia FC Basel – FC Spartak Moscow AS Roma – Real Madrid CF AFC Ajax – 25.09.02 – AJ Auxerre FC Spartak Moscow – Valencia CF Real Madrid CF – KRC Genk Olympique Lyonnais – Rosenborg BK PSV Eindhoven – Arsenal FC Liverpool FC – FC Basel AEK Athens – AS Roma Internazionale FC – AFC Ajax 02.10.02 PSV Eindhoven – Borussia Dortmund Liverpool FC – FC Spartak Moscow AEK Athens – Real Madrid CF Internazionale FC – Olympique Lyon nais AJ Auxerre – Arsenal FC Valencia CF – FC Basel KRC Genk – AS Roma Rosenborg BK – AFC Ajax 22.10.02 Borussia Dortmund – PSV FC Spartak Moscow – Liverpool FC Real Madrid CF – AEK Athens Olympique Lyonnais – Internazionale FC Arsenal FC – AJ Auxerre FC Basel – Valencia CF AS Roma – KRC Genk AFC Ajax – Rosenborg BK 30.10.02 PSV Eindhoven – AJ Auxerre Liverpool FC – Valencia CF AEK Athens – KRC Genk Internazionale FC – Rosenborg BK Borussia Dortmund – Arsenal FC FC Spartak Moscow – FC Basel Real Madrid CF – AS Roma Olympique Lyonnais – AFC Ajax 12.11.02 AJ Auxerre – Borussia Dortmund Valencia CF – FC Spartak Moscow KRC Genk – Real Madrid CF Rosenborg BK – Olympique Lyonnais Arsenal FC – PSV Eindhoven FC Basel – Liverpool FC AS Roma – AEK Athens AFC Ajax – Internazionale FC

Group E Group F Group G Group H

18.09.02 Feyenoord – Juventus Manchester Utd FC – Maccabi Haifa FC Bayern München – RC Dep. La Coruña FC Lokomotiv Moscow – Galatasaray SK FC Dynamo Kyiv – Newcastle Utd. FC Olympiakos Piraeus FC– 04 AC – RC Lens FC Barcelona – Club Brugge KV 24.09.02 Newcastle United FC – Feyenoord – Manchester Utd FC RC Lens – FC Bayern München Club Brugge KV – FC Lokomotiv Moscow Juventus – FC Dynamo Kyiv Maccabi Haifa – Olympiakos Piraeus FC RC Dep. La Coruña – Milan AC Galatasaray SK – FC Barcelona 01.10.02 Juventus – Newcastle United FC Maccabi Haifa – Bayer 04 Leverkusen RC Dep. La Coruña – RC Lens Galatasaray SK – Club Brugge KV Feyenoord – FC Dynamo Kyiv Manchester Utd FC – Olympiakos Piraeus FC FC Bayern München – Milan AC FC Lokomotiv Moscow – FC Barcelona 23.10.02 Newcastle United FC – Juventus Bayer 04 Leverk. – Maccabi Haifa RC Lens – RC Dep. La Coruña Club Brugge KV – Galatasaray SK FC Dynamo Kyiv – Feyenoord Olympiakos Piraeus FC – Manchester Utd FC Milan AC – FC Bayern München FC Barcelona – FC Lokomotiv Moscow

29.10.02 Juventus – Feyenoord Maccabi Haifa – Manchester Utd FC RC Dep. La Coruña – FC Bayern München Galatasaray SK – FC Lokomotiv Moscow Newcastle Utd. FC – FC Dynamo Kyiv Bayer 04 Leverk. – Olympiakos Piraeus FC RC Lens – Milan AC Club Brugge KV – FC Barcelona 13.11.02 Feyenoord – Newcastle Utd. FC Manchester Utd FC – Bayer 04 Leverk. FC Bayern München – RC Lens FC Lokomotiv Moscow – Club Brugge KV FC Dynamo Kyiv – Juventus Olympiakos Piraeus FC – Maccabi Haifa Milan AC – RC Dep. La Coruña FC Barcelona – Galatasaray SK

06 uefadirect 9.02 Another for Real Madrid. SABATTINI SABATTINI UEFA Real Madrid Superadd to their collectionCup

ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE WON NINE CHAMPION CLUBS’ TROPHIES, TWO UEFA CUPS

AND TWO EUROPEAN/SOUTH AMERICAN CUPS, THE UEFA SUPER CUP HAS ALWAYS

ELUDED REAL MADRID, AS DID THE EUROPEAN CUP WINNERS’ CUP, IN WHICH THEY BONGARTS KJAERBYE TWICE REACHED THE FINAL BUT NEVER QUITE MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE TROPHY. UEFA President Lennart Johansson presents the trophy to captain . The Madrid side can no longer hope to win the Cup Winners’ Cup, but it proved to be third time lucky for them in the UEFA Super Cup when, on 30 August, at the Louis II stadium in Monaco, the reigning UEFA Champions League titleholders beat UEFA Cup holders Feyenoord 3-1. The match also introduced the abolition of the golden goal rule in extra time, not that the rule would have had to be applied in this parti- cular case, since Real Madrid did not hang about when it came to putting the ball into the back of the net. The first goal, scored in just under 15 minutes, may have been the un-

fortunate outcome of a Feyenoord UEFA-KJAERBYE defender putting the ball past his own was named man keeper, but the Spanish side did not by skilfully converting a free kick, of the match. really need any assistance of this kind Feyenoord did not have the time to re- – their technical prowess presented store their hopes, because it only took them with many an opportunity to give a few minutes to give his club a the opposition's defence a rough ride. two goal lead, which they held on to Feyenoord had also perhaps lost their until the final whistle was blown by edge following their UEFA Champions Scottish referee . League qualifying match against Fener- By completing their impressive bahc,e and could only respond to the collection of trophies, Real Madrid have technical ease of Real Madrid with also ended the series of UEFA Cup/Cup commendable spirit. Winners’ Cup wins in the UEFA Super A superb move and a thrown- Cup, which had persisted ever since the in by Roberto Carlos led to the second Louis II stadium became the venue. goal just after the 20-minute mark, Since the official launch of the and even though, at the start of the competition, in 1974, the champion second half, Van Hooijdonk brought clubs have won it 13 times, and their back memories of the UEFA Cup final opponents on 14 occasions. UEFA-KJAERBYE Bobby Prince Albert, Robson and Lennart and Johansson. . UEFA-KJAERBYE A. SABATTINI

Monacotribute Gala time

THE EVE OF THE UEFA SUPER CUP HAS BECOME A SPECIAL OCCASION

Oliver Kahn FOR LOOKING BACK AT THE PREVIOUS UEFA CLUB COMPETITION SEASON and . A. SABATTINI AND HONOURING ITS OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS.

Tribute was paid first of all in each category, the awards to the winning clubs, who received were ultimately presented on (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), replicas of their respective trophies: 29 August to: Best the UEFA Champions League for Real Raul Gonzalez Madrid CF, UEFA Cup for Feyenoord (Real Madrid CF), Best Forward (FC Bayern Munich), Best Goalkeeper and UEFA Super Cup for Liverpool FC. for the third year in a row for the fourth year in a row The UEFA Technical Group also se- Zinedine Zidane lected its best players of the previous Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF), season. From an initial three nominees (Real Madrid CF), Best Defender Most Valuable Player

Six of the "magnificent seven" with UEFA President Lennart Johansson. From left to right: Louis Houdart, Viggo B. Larsen, Tage Söhrman, Lennart Johannson, UEFA-KJAERBYE Joseph Schembri, Guillaume Patry and Dolores Rutes. Hans Riegler was not able to attend.

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Other honours were presented to: Danish project gets UEFA backing (Real Madrid CF), Best Ever since the first gala evening in Monaco in 1998, UEFA Mario Jardel has always linked this football event with a charity organisation, (Sporting Portugal), Golden Shoe by donating a million Swiss francs for football-related projects. Zinedine Zidane, Special Olympics Europe-Eurasia, the International Committee of Goal of the season the Red Cross (for its anti- personnel mines cam- The UEFA President's Award was presented to of Eng- paign) and the FARE net- land in recognition of his success and fair work (combating racism play. The UEFA Fair Play Award itself in football) are past bene- went to Bayer 04 Leverkusen general ficiaries of this aid. This manager Reiner Calmund, a model of gracious conduct. year, UEFA has decided to As well as all these well-known support the Open Fun figures, UEFA also paid tribute to some Football Schools, a project of those who work behind the scenes, run by the Danish Inter- the “magnificent seven”, utterly dedi- cated individuals without whom football cultural Projects Asso- would not be the great game that it is. ciation designed to This year’s awardees were Louis Houdart strengthen – through foot- (France), Viggo B. Larsen (), ball – interethnic social Guillaume Patry (Belgium), Hans Riegler (), Dolores Rutes (), Joseph relations in the Balkan

Schembri (Malta) and Tage Söhrman regions devastated by war UEFA-KJAERBYE

(). These seven faithful servants in recent years. Gerhard Aigner presents the charity cheque to Anders Levinsen. of football, who stepped out of the wings The aim is to offer free football schools to tens of thousands for the evening, have all put a lifetime of endeavour and enthusiasm into the game. of youngsters from 8 to 14 years of age in countries such as Bosnia Last but not least, the best sup- & Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia and . Volunteers run the porter accolade was awarded to Gordon camps with the help of voluntary coaches. Sorfleet, who has campaigned to keep English third division side Bury FC alive. / (left) and Austria/Switzerland present their bids.

The UEFA Administration is now in the course of carrying out detailed inspection visits for each can- didature. A delegation including those EUROfirst 2008 visits responsible for event management, product management and media, A TOTAL OF SEVEN BIDS TO HOST THE FINAL TOURNAMENT OF THE 2006/08 as well as members of the Stadium and Security Committee and National EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP WERE OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED AT THE HANDOVER Teams Committee, will have visited all CEREMONY AT THE HOUSE OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ON 19 JUNE. bidding countries by 18 October. The first of the visits was to Austria and Switzerland, from 19 to 23 August. visited during the five-day inspection At the closing press confer- The venues proposed by from 26 to 30 August: Trondheim, ence on 30 August, Poul Hyldgaard, Austria/Switzerland are , Salz- , , Stockholm, Chairman of the Bid Committee, burg, , Klagenfurt, Zurich, , and . expressed his thanks to UEFA for Basle, Geneva and Berne. The UEFA In Copenhagen the delegation was its co-operation and fairness during group attended the friendly match received by the City Council. Special the inspection trip. between Switzerland and Austria in guest at the dinner was the Swedish “We have showed what Basle, and also took a helicopter ride national team coach Sven- Nordic 2008 means in reality and from Berne to Geneva on the final day Göran Eriksson. The Nordic 2008 bid what UEFA can expect of us as of the inspection. proposes the following events: hosts. It is now up to UEFA, in Speaking about the inspec- December, to make the final deci- tion, Thomas Helbling, Head of Over- December 2005 sion, which we are sure will be all Project for Austria/Switzerland, Draw for the qualifying based on hard facts and a neutral said: “Our aim this week is to live round, . evaluation of all seven candidates.” up to our reputation as hosts and 2005 – 2007 The inspection visits to organisers.” Trial tournament involving Russia, Scotland and the Republic of The second visit was to the all host associations. Ireland, and will be covered four countries forming the joint in the next issue of uefadirect. Nordic bid: Denmark, Finland, Norway December 2007 The UEFA Executive Commit- and Sweden. All potential venues for Draw for the final round, tee will decide on the hosts of EURO the final tournament in 2008 were Norway. 2008 on 12/13 December 2002.

The representatives of all the candidates

PHOTOS: UEFA-HIGUERAS PHOTOS: at UEFA's headquarters.

10 uefadirect 9.02 Arsène Wenger and Vicente and Del Bosque. . FABIO BOZZANI FABIO UEFA-WOODS UEFA-WOODS

being able to use one more substi- tute, at least in periods of extra time. Elite Coaches’ Yellow cards are also a recur- rent theme of these discussions and the principle of an amnesty is broadly an abundance ofForum proposals supported by the coaches, either at the end of each group phase or after

FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, UEFA HAS HOSTED A MEETING OF COACHES a certain number of matches (three or four) have been completed without FROM THE TOP EUROPEAN CLUBS. THE GATHERING, WHICH TOOK PLACE a further yellow card. ON 4 SEPTEMBER AT THE HOUSE OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL IN NYON, WAS CHAIRED The participants also dis- BY UEFA TECHNICAL DIRECTOR . cussed the World Cup in Korea/Japan

Thirteen elite coaches attended the meeting which, as UEFA President Lennart Johansson underlined, was meant to give coaches a chance to air their views and ideas. “Maybe change does not always happen as quickly as you would like,” added Chief Exe- cutive Gerhard Aigner, “but you can be sure that we take your opinions into account.” The elite coaches are certainly not short of ideas, whether they relate to small details or more general mat- UEFA-WOODS ters. In order to examine these issues in greater depth, the coaches split into three language groups before summarising their discussions in a Seated, left to right: Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC, Fabio Capello (AS Roma), Louis van Gaal (FC Barcelona), Lennart Johansson, (Galatasaray SK), (FC Bayern Munich) and Vicente Del Bosque closing plenary session. (Real Madrid CF). Standing: Gerhard Aigner, José Mourinho (FC Porto), Fernado Santos (Panathinaikos FC), (RC Deportivo La Coruña), (Athletic Club Bilbao), Klaus Toppmöller The UEFA Champions League (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), (AC Milan), Gérard Houllier (Liverpool FC) and Andy Roxburgh. inevitably featured high on the agenda. All the coaches recognised In order to ensure the highest and the issues it had raised. Rather the high quality of play in the compe- possible quality through the introduc- than two referees, they preferred the tition and thought that the standard tion of increasingly high standards, idea of having assistants behind the had been steadily rising year by year. the coaches called for stricter regula- goals and using modern technology. As with most other topics, opinions tion of aspects such as the field The coaches are also keen to were divided concerning the change dimensions, watering and mowing the keep the game clean, believing of format introduced for 2003/04. grass, and even ball quality. therefore that doping tests should However, some coaches, including Regarding more technical be carried out more frequently. They Ottmar Hitzfeld and Louis van Gaal, questions, they reiterated their desire are also eager to combat simulation are pleased that UEFA has decided to have more substitutes available on and violence and drew up some to reduce the number of UEFA the bench (20 players in all), which practical proposals on these sub- Champions League games from 17 would give them greater choice as jects, as well as a list of questions to 13 in order to protect the players well as improving team spirit. that will now be dealt with by other and the quality of the competition. The coaches also liked the idea of UEFA bodies. Intense working sessions for the assistant referees.

refereestop meet forassistant second seminar

EUROPE'S TOP MEN AND WOMEN ASSISTANT REFEREES MET IN NYON FOR TWO DAYS

BETWEEN 1 AND 3 SEPTEMBER 2002 FOR THE SECOND SEMINAR FOR ASSISTANT REFEREES.

The two-day course was specially and ‘90s, becoming quicker and tailored to cover the specific physical, faster, and the onus now is on assistant mental and decision-making qualities referees, just as much as referees them- today’s top-class assistant referees are selves, to be in peak physical condition to required to display to in order to operate follow the game and be able to make the at the very top level of European football. correct decisions. Forty-one of Europe’s finest assistant ref- In the afternoon the group were erees arrived from across Europe on Sun- presented with a video tape of a number day 1 September, representing 26 of of difficult decisions that assistant refer- UEFA’s 52 associations. ees often face during matches. They were The seminar kicked off on Mon- then split into working groups to debate day morning with an introduction from “the role of the assistant” in these situa- the UEFA Administration, and an outline tions and to discuss the theory behind of the importance of the role that today’s taking the right decision, as opposed to assistant referees play in the game by Ken just seeking the factual answer. Ridden, Vice-Chairman of the Referees Their findings were then pre- Committee. “You are the top assistants sented at a plenary session at the end of in ‘active service’ at the moment and day one and each working group pre- UEFA wishes to achieve a consistent sented fairly similar findings. All agreed approach in all matches across Europe”, that the role of the assistant referee was PHOTOS: UEFA-HIGUERAS PHOTOS: he stated. He went on to point out very to “assist” the man in the middle and that Six conclusions clearly that, despite recent media reports, key rules included being 100% sure of any The seminar closed with a there had been no change in the offside decision before raising the flag for an summary of the six main “conclusions” rule in the Law of the Game. This was a infringement, working hard on their posi- that had been drawn from the two days: theme that was to recur frequently tioning on the last but one defender, 1. No change in the offside rule throughout the seminar. concentration, and teamwork and commu- (the term “airspace” does not exist in The formal introductions were nication with the referee. the Laws of the Game). quickly followed by a presentation on spe- Tuesday began with a session 2. Speed of decision should always be tempered by accuracy. cial training techniques for assistant refer- entitled “Learning from the World Cup” and 3. The “electronic” flag should ees, given by Prof. Werner Helsen, a pro- a series of fascinating presentations given only be used to attract the referee’s fessor in physical education who has by four assistant referees who had taken attention and not in place of the flag. worked with Europe’s top referees as well part in the 2002 World Cup: Jens Larsen 4. Eye contact and communica- as with the referees officiating in the of Denmark, Jaap Pool of the , tion is becoming increasingly impor- tant. 2002 World Cup. The group then took to Igor Sramka from and Maciej 5. A universal standard of grass the artificial-surface training pitch in Wierzbowski of . The main thrust cutting (horizontal stripes) may aid Colovray, to put into practice some of of these presentations involved the differ- assistant referees in positioning them- selves at a right angle to the last but the specialised training routines for ences and difficulties encountered when one defender. assistant referees that had just been working with non-European referees as 6. Further discussion on the explained. These focus mainly on inte- well as some European referees from real need for assistant referees to be involved with the fourth official for grating speed and co-ordination. other countries. The importance of com- substitutions. The game has moved on since the late munication was once again a key issue.

12 uefadirect 9.02 VfB More than (Ioan Viorel 26,000 spec- Ganea, tators in white) attended the eliminated semi-final AC Perugia, between among Aston Villa others. FC and OSC. BONGARTS EMPICS Villarreal (in yellow) reached the finals thanks to a win by default over AC. two wins for VfB Stuttgart

UEFA Intertoto Cup RICHIARDI

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF GERMANY, ENGLAND AND SPAIN CAN EACH by more than 10,000 spectators.

COUNT ONE MORE REPRESENTATIVE IN THIS SEASON'S UEFA CUP, THANKS TO For the six final matches, the aver- age amounted to 14,771 paying THE OUTCOME OF THE 2002 UEFA INTERTOTO CUP, WHICH ON 27 AUGUST spectators. REVEALED THE NAMES OF THE WINNERS OF ITS THREE "FINALS", WHO QUALIFY Also of note is the fact that

FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF THE UEFA CUP. the UEFA disciplinary bodies had to declare three forfeits against teams Three appearances in this them were followed by only a thousand which fielded ineligible players. competition and two victories – such or so spectators, two matches sur- The fact that a very large proportion is the remarkable record of VfB passed the figure of 20,000 of the participants are not experi- Stuttgart, who at the same spectators: 26,147 for the enced in UEFA competitions is not time become the first club to semi-final between Aston Villa unconnected, even if one of the win the UEFA Intertoto Cup FC and Lille OSC and 23,620 teams concerned was actually twice (2000 and 2002). In for the final between among last year’s winners. Troyes their last match, the Germans FC and Fulham FC. Sixteen AC were consequently deprived triumphed over Lille OSC, the last rep- other matches out of 114 were followed of another final. resentative of the French teams, who for only the third time in eight years have failed to obtain a place in the Rufus Brevett and Andy Melville UEFA Cup. With nine victories, they re- celebrate Fulham's win as UEFA delegate main however the undisputed masters Pat Quigley looks on. of this competition. The victory of VfB Stuttgart is the fourth German success in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. The other two places in the UEFA Cup have been allocated to Ful- ham FC and Malaga CF. Both these clubs were taking part in the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time. In the final, they defeated Bologna and Villarreal respectively. The success of Fulham is the third for England, just as that of Malaga is the third victory of a Spanish club in this competition. Forty-three national associa- tions participated in the UEFA Inter- toto Cup this year. The matches were spread out over five rounds from 22

June to 27 August. While most of EMPICS Kits for Somalia. FA FA FA

Meridianvisits Project to England

THE MALAWI NATIONAL TEAM ACCEPTED AN INVITATION FROM THE

FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION TO ATTEND A TWO-WEEK TRAINING CAMP IN ENGLAND

FUNDED BY THE FA'S INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. FA

The intensive programme of highlight of a programme, which also football kit. Somalia is one of the training and matches was good prepa- included visits to the Manchester national associations selected by ration for the team, partnered with United and Liverpool Academies, and UEFA and CAF as beneficiaries of England under the UEFA-CAF Meridian a specialist training session with FA direct assistance for two years under Project, in advance of their semi-final sports scientists at Lilleshall. Their the UEFA-CAF Meridian Project and, fixture in the COSAFA Castle Cup – first match against Stockport County in the spirit of co-operation, the southern Africa’s premier cup compe- FC – played as a highlight of the Man- Football Association agreed to pro- tition – in August. “The camp helped chester International Football vide kit in support of the Meridian both players and officials – most of Festival – was witnessed by Malawian programme. whom had not visited England before Minister for Sports & Culture, Moses Football is readily recognised – to get a feel for how football is Dossi, who praised the Meridian Pro- as a force of unity through hardship, played in this country and to learn ject as a “wonderful initiative by CAF and Somalia is no stranger to adver- from the experience”, said Head of In- and UEFA in bringing my country sity. According to Mr Bashir, Chair- ternational Relations, Jane Bateman. together with England for the huge man of the Somali-UK Sports & Cul- “It also helps us to gain a better benefit of football in Malawi”. tural Association, “The situation in understanding of Malawian football, Somalia has ups and downs these its needs and how we can help Kits for Somalia days. The biggest problem for it to develop, which is intrinsic to the A delegation from the Somali football is establishing it in an success of our partnership Football Federation, led by its Senior organised way. The shortage of programme”. Vice-President, Mohiadin Hassan Ali, resources means that organised Two victories in two days was and the Somali-UK Sports & Cultural recreational activity in schools is an excellent start for the team, led by Association visited The FA headquar- lacking”. Danish coach, Kim Splidsboel, and the ters to formally receive a donation of “Most of The FA’s work in Africa is co-ordinated through the confederation, CAF”, explained Jane Bateman. “We have recently em- barked on a series of workshops to which each African nation in CAF is invited, including Somalia. We are also very committed to our partners in the Meridian Project, Botswana, Malawi and Lesotho. Outside of these two initiatives, we

The Malawi offer support and materials where national team at possible, and hope to be in a posi- their training camp in England. FA tion to assist Somalia in this way”.

14 uefadirect 9.02 The Club Jean Fournet- Germany's Competitions Fayard (right) youth players Committee hands over celebrate their in Monaco. the reins bronze medal. to Friedrich Stickler. FABIO BOZZANI FABIO BOZZANI DANIEL MOTZ

mittee to draw up a European calendar, in which the key dates for activitiesmeetings and incompetitions brief 2002/03 are: 4-10 October 2002: first qualifying round in the 2002/03 UEFA Futsal From the past two away. This proposal, which was also Cup to the future presented to the European Club Forum 4-10 November 2002: qualifying the next day, still has to be analysed On 29 August in Monaco, mini-tournaments in the European from many different angles. In principle, the Club Competitions Committee Futsal Championship the UEFA Executive Committee is to take held its first plenary meeting 26-28 November 2002 in : a decision in December. under its new Chairman, Friedrich UEFA Futsal Conference Stickler (Austria). 16-22 February 2003: final round In addition to the draws for of the European Futsal Championship the UEFA club competitions, this European Futsal calendar in Italy meeting focused on the past and the The introduction of the 17-23 March 2003: second qualify- future. First, the Committee took UEFA Futsal Cup has extended five- ing round in the UEFA Futsal Cup note of a report on the 2001/02 club a-side football to the clubs at Euro- 14-20 April 2003: final of the UEFA competition season which clearly pean level. Until now, Futsal compe- Futsal Cup (first leg) indicates that the overall audience for tition at European level was limited 28 April - 4 May: final of the UEFA the UEFA Champions League and the to the European Futsal Champion- Futsal Cup (return leg) UEFA Cup has fallen in relation to the ship for national teams. The draw for the qualifying previous season, even though there This increase in international matches in the 2nd UEFA Futsal Cup is no question as to the popularity of activity has prompted the Futsal Com- will be made in Nyon on 15 July. these competitions. such as the AufSchalke Arena or the home stadium of Panathinaikos, Apostolos DISTINCTION Nikolades, were full for every match, When he visited the Georgian Football Federation on as were the Bayer Leverkusen stadium 20 August, UEFA President Lennart Johansson presented Alexander BayArena or, give or take a few spec- Chivadze with the UEFA Order of Merit in ruby. This distinction was tators, Manchester United's Old Traf- awarded by the XXVI Ordinary ford and the Constant Vanden Stock Congress, which Alexander stadium, home to RSC Anderlecht. Chivadze was unable to at- As regards television, the UEFA tend, in recognition of his Champions League’s average - major contribution to the inte- ence remained well above 40 million gration of the football associ- viewers, approaching 50 million on more than one match day. ations of the former USSR into The Committee then turned Europe. to the future of the UEFA Cup. It ex- Alexander Chivadze, a amined a proposal prepared by the former Dinamo Tbilissi player,

UEFA Administration based on group coached the USSR national FFU matches with 40 clubs divided into team and later the Georgian squad. Since 1990, he has been vice- eight groups, whereby each club president of the Georgian Football Federation. would play two matches at home and Bronze for Germany shoot-out. Miriam Elling in goal according to the new format that turned in a sterling performance was introduced last time round, European champions with two great saves. which means that the teams from Germany lived up to their repu- The three other European the same continent do not play tation by finishing third in the teams (England, Denmark, France) each other, and the ultimate winner 1st Under-19 Women’s World among the 12 in the competition is not a national team but the Championship, a competition were eliminated in the group- continent which achieves the most hosted by Canada and domi- match phase, but not without hav- points over all 16 Euro-African nated by the North Americans. ing won at least one match each. encounters. The final, played in England, neck and neck with Aus- Edmonton on 1 September before tralia as runners-up in their group, nearly 50,000 spectators, opposed were eliminated only because they Canada and the . were unlucky in the draw... The Americans eventually came Action against Racism out on top in extra time by For the third season in scoring a golden goal after succession, the Football Against 109 minutes of play. Racism in Europe (FARE) net- In the play-off for third Meridian Cup work is holding a period of place, Germany also had a tough participants symbolic action against racism time against . Each team had The next Meridian and discrimination between scored once by the end of normal Cup will take 17 and 28 October 2002. playing time, but Germany finally place from 25 The European Week of clinched victory (4-3) in a penalty January to 1 Feb- Action Against Racism in Football ruary 2003 in will feature activities by national Ismailya (Egypt). associations, professional clubs, Europe will be represented Germany fan groups, community and mi- (Anne-Kathrin by the best four teams from the last grant organisations, and schools, Sabel, in green) lost to the USA European Under-17 Championship, making a united stand against any in the semi-finals. namely Switzerland, France, kind of discrimination. England and Spain. During the extended week Africa’s representatives in FARE will offer community and the competition will be migrant groups, and football fans, hosts Egypt, Mali, Burkina a small contribution to produce Faso and Nigeria. anti-racist leaflets, fanzines, ban- The tournament ners or fan choreographies. In Eng- will be played land, up to 1,500 Euros have been made available for use by 25 com- munity and fan groups during the week of action. For FARE, the activities are the culmination of activities that are under way throughout the year – the week will aim to link together clubs, migrant communities and

DANIEL MOTZ DANIEL fan groups to achieve this.

16 uefadirect 9.02 Various aspects of the fight against racism. PHOTOS FARE PHOTOS

The objective is to ensure that locally effective messages are seen and heard by the European football com- munity, in conjunction with an over- arching Europe-wide campaign. Everybody is invited to be involved. Visit www.farenet.org, call ++43 1 713 35 94-90 or e-mail [email protected] and find out how take part. UEFA Chief Executive Ger- power to tackle the problems New fair play campaign hard Aigner said: “We are happy to associated with racism. We Respect = fair play. That is express our support for the FARE have now formed an active the slogan of the new campaign Action Week, and to call upon partnership with the FARE net- launched by UEFA on the occasion football fans across Europe to work, providing much-needed of the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco. show their backing for the cam- financial support, while also paign against racism.” strengthening our own rule- “UEFA wants to ensure we book to allow us to properly are doing everything in our penalise racist behaviour.”

Real Madrid to face Olimpia Real Madrid now know that they will be coming up against Paraguayan opponents in the next European/South American Cup.

The , by a penalty shoot-out, an exercise the South American equivalent of that Olimpia won 4-2. The campaign highlights seven the UEFA Champions League, was Olimpia will therefore play principles focusing on respect: concluded this summer with the Real Madrid in on 3 December. respect for the rules of the game victory of Olimpia from Asunción, respect for match officials who beat Brazilian side São Cae- respect for your own club tano in the final. São Caetano went An impressive respect for the opposing club into the final match with a 1-0 lead trophy respect for team-mates for Olimpia. from the first leg in Paraguay and respect for all fellow footballers were even leading 1-0 at the end respect for supporters of the first half of the return leg in of other teams. São Paulo, but Olimpia reversed If people abide by all these engines in the first quarter of an principles, the result is bound to be hour of the second half and fair play, something UEFA continues secured a 2-1 win. Since the to encourage by awarding three competition rules do not apply the places in the UEFA Cup to the principle of away goals counting national associations with the best

double, the final had to be decided AFP fair play rankings. ANDORRA ENGLAND A second CAF President Futsal Issa Hayatou division (right) visited has been the seminar introduced. organised by The FA. FAF FA

feel at home in our facilities right away”, is the motto. The aim is to welcome the foreign team as guests and to part as from member associations friends. news This summer, that aim has once again been achieved. ARGE and the Steier- mark Sports Centre are meanwhile enjoying an excellent reputation worldwide. Real ANDORRA determine the champions as well as which Madrid, Dortmund, AS Roma, Galatasaray, The new football season team will be relegated and which promoted. Celtic and co. felt very much at home there. has just got under way in The association hopes that these Bernd Fisa Andorra, where football is championships will be as excellent as last still evolving. The domestic season, which looks as though it will be the Bosnia & football and Futsal championships both case, given the increase in the number of Herzegovina kicked off in September. As a result of new teams involved, a phenomenon which Very few people had high clubs entering the championships, the for- augurs well for the future of football in hopes of clubs from Bosnia & mat of the competitions have had to be Andorra. Herzegovina doing well in modified to make room for them. Miquel Angel Quiñones this season’s UEFA competitions. However, The football first division now the four teams taking part in the UEFA club comprises nine teams, two of which will AUSTRIA competitions have boosted those expecta- be relegated at the end of the season. Never before have so tions: FK Zeljeznicar in the qualifying There are eight clubs in the second divi- many top teams pitched rounds of the UEFA Champions League, sion, whose champions get promoted to training camps in Austria during the sum- NK Siroki Brijeg and FK (cup win- the first division. mer months. While this tendency has ners) in the UEFA Cup, and NK Brotnjo in The competition format entails already been growing steadily over the last the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Only NK Brotnjo play-offs for promotion and relegation few years, this summer has broken all have disappointed their fans, by getting once the championship has been com- records. A good 30 top clubs have been eliminated by FC Zurich in the first round pleted. The play-offs for the title will be preparing themselves for the next season in of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. contested by the first four teams and the the Steiermark region and in Tyrol. Of course, the biggest success has four teams directly below them in the table. UEFA Champions League winners been achieved by FK Zeljeznicar, the cham- The team at the very bottom of the table Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal pion club of Bosnia & Herzegovina, gets relegated automatically. FC, AS Roma, Galatasaray, Celtic FC, who made it into the third qualifying round In the national Futsal league, a Everton, Panathinaikos, Hajduk Split, HSV, of the UEFA Champions League, where they second division has been introduced for the Udinese... the list goes on – everyone who battled it out with English team Newcastle very first time in the history of the associa- is anyone in European football has been United FC for a place in the first group tion. The first and second divisions each making a sojourn in Austria. stage. The first leg, played in the Kosevo comprise seven teams. As in the eleven-a- Such a concentration of players Olympic stadium on 21 August, attracted side championship, there will be play-offs has never before been seen in Austria. huge attention, and the stadium attendance on completion of the championship to Faithful to the motto of the joint bid of record was broken. The Zeljeznicar players Austria/Switzerland to host EURO 2008, also offered hard resistance in the return “Europe’s best footballers right on our game at Saint James Park in Newcastle. doorstep”, local football fans have had a Before the match against unique football festival to enjoy for Newcastle, FK Zeljeznicar, led by young almost two months. head coach Amar Osim, had pulled off four AS Roma swears by the hall- victories. They had beaten Icelandic cham- marks of quality. Since 1996, the pions IA Akranes 3-0 at home and 1-0 Italians have chosen the venue of away. A week later, in Norway, they clocked Kapfenberg as their summer destina- up a 1-0 win against Lillestrom SK, who tion. Many more, such as 1860 they also defeated in the return leg in München, HSV und Udinese, have been Sarajevo (1-0). stopping over in Austria for several years. In the UEFA Cup, Bosnia & However, even first-time visitors have been Herzegovina’s two representatives are both impressed. “The accommodation is com- through to the qualifying round. In a dra- fortable, the grounds are in very good matic match, Sarajevo eliminated Czech condition and the food is excellent. team Sigma SK from the penalty But above all, the tremendous mark. And against VTO KOBA Senec organisational skills have (Slovakia), NK Siroki Brijeg came out on impressed us a great deal”, top over the two legs of their tie. They are commented Michael Zorc, Sports joined in the UEFA Cup by FK Zeljeznicar. Director of Borussia Dortmund from Whatever the results achieved by his temporary base in Bad Radkersburg, in these three clubs in the first round of the summing up the comforts. UEFA Cup, their performance to date ANDORRA Steiermark is a good example of proves that the long struggle by NS BIH to A fresh the efforts being made to offer footballers unite football in Bosnia & Herzegovina was encounter the best conditions. Five years ago, the not futile. The competition is greater now, for last season's Austrian state of Steiermark founded the so- and all clubs have a chance to play in a champions and runners-up, called “ARGE Steiermark International UEFA competition through this united FC Encamp and Football Training Ground”, investing millions competition.

UE Sant Julia. FAF in new training centres. “Our guests should Fuad Krvavac

18 uefadirect 9.02 BOSNIA SCOTLAND & HERZEGOVINA Champions would like NK Zeljeznicar. to relive the euphoria of the UEFA Champions League final. FUAD KRVAVAC FUAD EMPICS

CZECH REPUBLIC Contracts and Registrations.” said Finland, like other Nordic coun- The recent 9th Under-18 Mr El Siagy. tries, is a pioneer in wireless telecom- International Football The Opening Ceremony on munications. The Nordic 2008 concept Tournament in the Czech Monday 19 August was attended by CAF includes several innovations designed to Republic was won by President Issa Hayatou, CAF General- ensure that we remain on the leading Poland, who defeated the host nation Secretary Mustapha Fahmy, Dr Tallat edge in the future. 5-6 on penalty kicks in the final. Germany Geneedy Head of the Sports Sector from The philosophy of the Nordic finished in the third position, after beating the Ministry of Youth and Sport, Dr Aly 2008 bid is a “United Smile”. Everyone Hungary 4-2. Eldin Hellal Harb EFA President, and the will be treated as an MIP – a Most When the Czech FA commenced its Deputy British Ambassador Mike Gifford. Important Person. All members of activities in 1994, after the “It is important for the global FC Nordic United will be educated in the became independent, the Czech FA estab- development of the game that we share “United Smile” service philosophy, to lished a tournament that is one of the most our knowledge and expertise with those ensure that the tournament is charac- important in its category. Hundreds of play- other countries where the professional terised by safety and smiling faces. ers from over 15 countries have made their game is still in its infancy. I am delight- Jukka Viskari first significant steps in international foot- ed to have been invited to present to the ball in this event. A number of them now Egyptian Football Association along with GERMANY play at top international level, which is the my colleagues from The Football On the Initiative of Gerhard ultimate goal of the tournament. Association and the PFA,” said Maurice Mayer-Vorfelder, the It is the fourth time that the tour- Watkins, Director of Manchester United plc German Football Associa- nament has been played in honour of Václav and FC and member of UEFA’s External tion (DFB) offered immedi- Jezek, the successful football coach who Legal Experts Panel, “One area that is of ate help to the victims of the floods won the European Championship in 1976. increasing significance and complexity in Saxony and other German states. Last autumn, this man, who always found for all clubs is the matter of player con- The president of the DFB considers that time to support youth football, was named tracts. The Egyptian Football Association the largest German sports association Coach of the Century in the Czech Republic. contracts are similar to the traditional has a social duty: “It is particularly Czech youth football has received English standard contract, however tragic that many people have had to substantial support and has recently there are some differences. The new start from scratch for a second time achieved very valuable results. This year, all areas in the proposed English standard since the collapse of the Wall.” national youth teams have reached the final contract may have some bearing on how At the beginning of next year a charity tournament of the European championships the Egyptian FA can improve their stan- match with the national team is and, furthermore, the Czech Under-19 dard contracts. For example, the latest planned to aid the flood victims. As for national team qualified for the FIFA World developments covering areas such as immediate aid, the DFB has made EUR Youth (Under-20) Championship which will rights exploitation, image rights, protec- 1.5 million available, to be used specifi- take place next spring in the United Arab tion of rights and sponsorship will be of cally to repair sports facilities in the . A major success occurred when particular interest.” affected areas. the Under-21 team won their European The success of the seminar has In addition, the DFB has Championship in Switzerland in May. We are prompted the EFA to request The FA to already asked the state football associa- also proud that most of the players from send out experts in the near future tions in the flooded regions to report the above-mentioned successful teams took to deliver a Marketing & Sponsorship which clubs have been hardest hit by part in the recent tournament in Nymburk. workshop. the flood disaster and where immediate This year, we were impressed by Kim Fisher the high quality of all eight teams (Czech Republic, Hungary, Republic of Ireland and FINLAND Norway in Group A; Slovakia, Sweden, Next year Finland will host Poland and Germany in Group B), who all the FIFA Under-17 World did their utmost to keep up the high repute Championship. But right of the tournament, in the spirit of fair play. now Finnish football is Daniel Macho involved in an even bigger project – Nordic 2008. Finland, together with ENGLAND Denmark, Norway and Sweden, is bidding were to host EURO 2008. Four countries but invited to Cairo to conduct a one host, FC Nordic United. two-day seminar on Player Our Prime Minister, Paavo Lippo- Contracts and Registrations for nen, like the Prime Ministers of the other 90 club and league representa- Nordic countries, fully supports the bid. tives from the Egyptian Football family. Two Finnish venues are included “We are delighted that The FA in the bid, Helsinki and Tampere. There agreed to come and deliver this seminar are plans to extend the capacity of the for us”, said Mr Mohamed El Siagy, General Olympic Stadium in Helsinki to 42,500 Secretary of the Egyptian Football Asso- seats. In Tampere, Ratina Stadium will be ciation. “We feel that our club and league transformed into an international football managers have benefited from the expert- arena with a seating capacity of 32,000. ise of our English colleagues in this field. Environmental concerns such as The FA-CAF workshop on administration energy saving, traffic and waste manage- that was organised in Johannesburg, ment have been taken into account in the FÉD. SLOVÈNE South Africa earlier this year was planning and renovation of the Ratina excellent and this prompted us to request Stadium, which is to be completed by the A prestigious victory against Italy for coach The FA for a specific seminar on Players’ autumn of 2006. Bojan Prasnikar and Zlatko Zahovic. FINLAND HUNGARY An “ecological” Ferenc Puskas visit for with György the UEFA Janosi (far left), delegation. Angel Maria Villar and (right) Imre Bozóky. SPL MLS

help is necessary. “The aim of the DFB face. It is not a matter of monuments Hungary-Spain match (1-1). The specta- is that the game should be able to or football pitches, but rather people tors were satisfied with what they saw. resume as quickly as possible”, in need. That concerns us all”, said Rudi This was the last appearance of the according to Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder. Völler. national side, coached by Imre Gellei, The first state football association to Thomas Doren at home before the qualifying round of react in support of those who have the 2004 European Championship. suffered damage was the Württemberg HUNGARY Hopefully, in addition to thoughts of Football Association (WFV), which has No one who was present EURO 2004, it also occurred to Puskás a sponsorship arrangement with the would ever forget this that the Hungarian Federation would like Saxony Football Association (SFV). evening. The match between to stage the final of the 2008 European In the context of a joint meeting, the Hungarian and Spanish Championship here, possibly with Ferenc representatives of these associations national teams was well worthy of the Puskás in the VIP stands... have set out what help they can offer. ceremony held to rename the former Nép- Márton Dinnyés/György Szöllosi There have also been sponta- stadion as the Puskás Ferenc stadium. neous reactions from coaches and Ferenc Puskás himself was present at the ICELAND players of the German national team. scene of the former successes of the The quality of women’s foot- At their first meeting they donated Magical Magyars. It was a delight to see ball in Iceland has improved EUR 500,000. Team captain Rudi the star, who is now under constant medi- steadily over the last few Völler and midfielder Michael Ballack cal supervision, meet his loving fans once years. More quality players announced this in Berlin on 18 August more. After Angel María Villar Llona, are coming through the clubs’ youth before departing for an international President of the Royal Spanish Football ranks and the introduction of foreign match in , held within the Federation, together with Dr György players has also been a big influence in framework of a TV donation event. Jánosi, Hungarian Sports Minister, and raising the standards to new heights. “We are all deeply affected by the Dr Imre Bozóky, President of the The number of teams challenging at the terrible images and said at once that Hungarian Football Federation, had un- top of the women’s has we must help. We are on the front veiled the new inscription proclaiming the increased, and the number of young girls line and have a stark challenge to name of the stadium, Hungary’s most and women playing football with clubs all famous racing car driver drove the open- over the country has reached a record top car in which Puskás was seated high. Iceland’s national teams have bene- around the stadium that now bears the fited from this upward swing and results CZECH name of this world-famous footballer. in recent years have given people reason REPUBLIC A scene from As he passed by, the crowds rose to their to believe that a bright future lies ahead the match feet and 20,000 people applauded for women’s football in Iceland. between at the sight of the star. Meanwhile, The women’s Under-17 team beat Germany and the now ill man may have recalled that the Netherlands 2-0 to take bronze in the Hungary in once, in the early 1950s, together with his Open Nordic Championship, which was the Jezek fellow footballers, he also actually helped played in Iceland in July. The women’s tournament. to build the stadium, at the command of senior national team took second place in the propagandists of the reigning political its World Cup qualifying group and faces regime; that he played at the inauguration England home and away in the first of two of the stadium on 20 August 1953, with play-off rounds to determine which teams Honvéd, against Spartak Moscow (3-2); will qualify for the finals, to be played in that he played against the English on in 2003. 23 May 1954, scoring two goals in the Ómar Smárason match that ended on a score of 7-1 for Hungary; that he played against Austria ITALY on 16 October 1955, in the match that Two important changes to the brought a record gate and where the rules have recently been winners (with Puskás scoring again) approved by the Executive were encouraged by 100,000 spectators Committee of the FIGC, concern- and went on to win 6-1. The top scorer ing the registration of players of the 20th century may also have from non-EU countries and the fight recalled how many goals he had against simulation. These measures have scored on that pitch, on which he been launched on a unanimous vote and played again after the Hungarian revolu- therefore have the full agreement of tech- tion in 1956 and after 25 years of emi- nical personnel, players and coaches, gration in 1981, in a veteran match, who, on the basis of the recent law scoring three goals, though he was reforming Italian sport, now play a full already 54 and sported a consider- part in the top football governing body. able paunch. On that occasion, After the unpleasant experience his name filled the stadium again. with “false passports”, resulting in the Maybe he remembered sitting on imposition of sanctions and disqualifica- the bench as the Hungarian national tions on clubs and players, the FIGC has team’s captain on 15 April 1993, established that from now on the use of against Sweden, and that, false citizenship documents will constitute despite the defeat (0-2), the a serious sporting offence. For clubs, fans were shouting his name. such actions will be punished, according Just as they did this time, to the seriousness of the offence, with

CZECH FA before and after the sanctions ranging from the deduction of

20 uefadirect 9.02 MALTA A new stand for

D. AQUILINA a stadium which cuts a fine figure. D. AQUILINA

one or more points in the league table The total cost of this magnificent was faced with a tough assignment – to classification or relegation to last place in stand, which replaces the old “Valletta find a new coach who would enable the league table, to expulsion from the rel- Side” at the National Stadium, amounts to Slovenian football to go on living a fairy evant championship or withholding or rev- around 8 million Euros. “The Millennium tale. And, on 10 July, the decision was ocation of the Italian Championship title. Stand compares well with other similar made. The job went to Bojan Prasnikar, Offending club management staff facilities around Europe” commented coach of the most successful club in and licensed players can be relieved of Malta FA vice-president Ludovigo Micallef, Slovenia. Bojan Prasnikar already has six their functions or disqualified for a mini- the architect responsible for the construc- championship titles to his credit in the mum period of two years. tion of this big, new project. ten years of Slovenia’s independence, The other important new develop- Louis Micallef two with Olimpija and four with . ment in the regulations concerns the chap- He became a part of golden age for ter on televised evidence. From now on it Maribor and Slovenian club football in will also be possible to use television On 22 August 2002, an general when he managed to lead images to exonerate a wrongly disciplined age-old dream of Romanian Maribor into the UEFA Champions League player when it is demonstrated that the football became reality. in the 1999/2000 season. Bojan Prasnikar player in question did not commit a foul Thanks in part to has become the coach of the Slovenian simulated by an opponent. FIFA (through its Goal programme) and national team for the third time in the Antonello Valentini UEFA, the Romanian Football Federation short history of Slovenian football since opened new headquarters which will the country gained independence in 1991. MALTA house its offices and all the activities of He was the first coach in 1991 until the Maltese champions the body in charge of Romanian football. end of 1993, and then once again for a Hibernians did well to hold Known as the “House of Roman- short period in the first half of 1998. His the crack Portuguese side ian Football”, this new building was erect- first try-out and also his first triumph this Boavista to a 3-3 draw at the ed in a record time of ten months. time around was the friendly match National Stadium in the 1st qualifying The opening ceremony was against Italy in Trieste on 21 August 2002. round of the UEFA Champions League but attended by Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA Presi- He combined experience with youth, were eliminated 7-3 on aggregate. dent, Lennart Johansson, UEFA President, hard work and discipline, and the result Birkirkara FC and Sliema Wanderers also Joâo Havelange, FIFA Honorary President, was incredible – the renewed Slovenian bowed out of this season’s UEFA Cup. and other football personalities such as national team, with Miran Pavlin and B’Kara lost 3-0 and drew 0-0 at home with Senes Erzik and Marios Lefkaritis, mem- Zlatko Zahovic as linchpins of the squad, Zaporizhzhya of Ukraine while Sliema lost bers of the UEFA Executive Committee. put in a great effort against football both legs (1-3 and 0-2) against the Polish It was a true celebration for superpower Italy and won the match 1-0, side KP Polonia Warszawa. Romanian football. Never before had so with a magnificent goal by Sebastjan In a warm-up match for the many well-known figures from the world Cimirotic. The match was an excellent forthcoming EURO 2004 qualifying opener of football gathered at the same time in preparation ahead of the EURO 2004 against Slovenia in early September, Malta , where all the top Romanian qualifiers against Malta in September and were well beaten by FYR Macedonia football personalities were also present. France in October. in by five clear goals. This was Mircea Sandu, President of the the first real mishap for German coach Romanian Federation, described what a Sigi Held following six consecutive joyful day it was for Romanian football positive results at the helm of Malta’s and expressed the hope that the Bucha- national side. rest “house of football” could one day Veteran Joe Schembri was among host a meeting of the UEFA Executive the winners of the “Magnificent Seven” Committee. awards for lifetime service to European The guests of honour were football presented during UEFA’s annual received in the morning by the Romanian gala night held in Monaco on 29 August President, Ion Iliescu. 2002. Schembri (nicknamed “It-Tripolin”) The following day, the FIFA presi- served as a kit manager for the Malta FA dent and honorary president opened the for over 45 years and, since his official Mogosoaia National Football Centre, near retirement in 1992, has continued to help Bucharest, where the Romanian national the present kit manager despite his age. teams will hold their training sessions. Receiving this top honour from UEFA The centre was built with direct funding President Johansson was a fitting climax to from the FIFA Goal programme. his long career in football. The first competition to be held The opening of the new at the stadium at the Mogosoaia Centre Millennium Stand on 3 September marked will be the European Under-17 Cham- a new chapter in the history of Maltese pionship qualifying mini-tournament at football. The new 5,200-seater stand was the end of September. officially inaugurated by the President of Dan Cristea Malta, Professor Guido de Marco, in a spe- cial programme culminating with a friendly SLOVENIA match between a Malta XI and the crack When the Italian side, Internazionale FC (0-2). Slovenian “It is a dream come true for my national team’s association” said Malta FA President, coach Srecko Katanec resigned from the

Dr Joe Mifsud, announcing the good news position in June just after Slovenia’s his- IFA during a press conference just before the toric participation in the 2002 FIFA World ICELAND new Premier League season kicked off. Cup, the Football Association of Slovenia Women’s football in Iceland is enjoying a boom. ROMANIA UKRAINE Inauguration Exercises of the new for the headquarters. up-and-coming generation of Ukrainian footballers. N. PROFIR FFU

The Football Association of successful and most festive tournament tors, a campaign that also seems to Slovenia (FAS) has also been busy ever held. have contributed to this success. organising the qualifying tournament Glasgow helped to transform In the last week of August, an for the 2nd UEFA Women’s Cup a great footballing event like the UEFA inspection group from UEFA visited 2002/03, which takes place at the end Champions League final into an inter- Stockholm and Gothenburg to evaluate of August and beginning of September national celebration, and the carnival the cities, as they are part of the joint in Velenje and Slovenska Bistrica, with atmosphere permeated the entire city. Nordic bid to host the UEFA European the participation of the home team The bid team took great confi- Football Championship 2008. Both Nya Skale Mila, Lefkothea from Cyprus, Irish dence from the superb atmosphere at in Gothenburg and Råsunda in Lisburn Distillery Predators WFC and , and there is a clear Stockholm have hosted big European Gomrukcu from . sign that the Scottish football commu- games before, and they also featured The other international event in nity wants more of the same and is when Sweden hosted EURO 92. The ins- September was the qualifying mini-tour- eager to see the bid succeed. Sir Alex pections went well, and we hope that nament for the UEFA Regions’ Cup, held Ferguson has agreed to be bid ambas- the Nordic 2008 bid will be successful! in the Pomurje region from 16 to 22 sador, commercial sponsors and the Jonas Nystedt September with participants from two governments have given the bid Slovenia (Murska Sobota and Lendava their full backing, and football fans UKRAINE regions), Liechtenstein (a newcomer in throughout Scotland and Ireland are A football class has been the competition), Bosnia and hoping for a successful outcome. added to the curriculum of Herzegovina and Switzerland (canton During September, the UEFA the country’s secondary Ticino). The FAS organised both events inspection team came to Scotland and schools by the Football for the first time. Ireland, the prospective joint hosts, Federation of Ukraine (FFU) Irena Ilesic and everyone is now looking forward since the start of the 2001/02 academic to the decisive vote in December. year. The relevant agreement with SCOTLAND Scotland will also bid to host Ukraine’s Ministry of Science and Edu- Scotland is building on the another club final, with the SFA hoping cation was signed in March 2001. Given successful hosting of the to attract the UEFA Cup final to Hamp- that the number of schoolchildren in UEFA Champions League den Park in 2004 or 2005. Ukraine totals over six million, this fact final in May with a powerful Meanwhile, the Scottish alone speaks for the importance of this bid to host EURO 2008. Scotland, national team set-up has taken on a undertaking for Ukrainian society. together with the Republic of Ireland, distinctly German look. In August, As a result of this initiative, aim to stage the most commercially 1974 World Cup winner unprecedented mass elementary joined the SFA as Under-21 coach, football training is in the offing. teaming up with his former playing Through this training, it will be possible colleague , who came to to tackle social problems pertaining to SWEDEN Scotland in the spring. the upbringing of pupils and the More and more The two coaches have already improvement of their health, as well as supporters

BILDBYRÅN held a forum with Scottish club man- are following ensure an influx of talent to the system domestic matches. agers, to agree on ways of working of specialised children’s/youth sports that will benefit all of Scottish football. schools, where young, highly skilled There is a general acceptance that reserves can be nurtured. Scotland must invest more time and A chain of continuous football money in youth development if the education is currently being configured national team is to regain the suc- in Ukraine, made up of the following cesses of previous years. links: school football class (22,000 Andy Mitchell schools, over six million pupils aged 6 to 17) – grassroots teenage football SWEDEN events for the Leather Ball club This year, the Swedish trophies (42,000 sides, ca. 700,000 Football Association has contestants aged 11, 12, 13) – the been campaigning to Children’s/Youth Football League further increase atten- (upwards of 400 sides, ca. 8,000 dance at top level football in Sweden. participants aged 14, 15, 16, 17). The result has been far better than The FFU’s priorities in the expected, as the average attendance school football development arena are in Allsvenskan has risen by 20% to to train PE teachers to teach football in 10,500 spectators. schools, to put in place a licensing sys- For the women’s top league, tem for children’s coaches, to provide Damallsvenskan, the increase has been scientific methodological support for over 30%, up to an average of 730 football class and training processes in spectators per game. children’s/youth sports schools, to sup- The increase was made possi- ply footballs with pumps to secondary ble by diligent and ambitious work at and sports schools, to launch a system club level to improve the arrangements of competitions and contests for school- surrounding the games. children, and to provide informational A special effort has also been support for football classes. made to attract more female specta- Svitlana Shkil

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