⚽ General Football News - 2020-21 Season Open Thread

:one::eight: Barcelona 2005-06
:two::one: Man City 2020-21*
:two::two: Real Madrid 2014-15
:two::three: Bayern Munich 2019-20

The longest winning runs in Europe’s top five leagues :fire:

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OFFICIAL: The second leg of Liverpool vs. RB Leipzig in the UCL will be played in Budapest

The tie will continue with the away goals rule despite both games being played in the same stadium :thinking:

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:trophy: Celtic (11/12)
:trophy: Celtic (12/13)
:trophy: Celtic (13/14)
:trophy: Celtic (14/15)
:trophy: Celtic (15/16)
:trophy: Celtic (16/17)
:trophy: Celtic (17/18)
:trophy: Celtic (18/19)
:trophy: Celtic (19/20)
:question: Rangers (20/21)

Rangers are on the verge of ending Celtic’s nine-year hold on the SPL title. :scream:

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Most chances created in Europe’s top five leagues in 2021 so far:

◎ Jadon Sancho
◎ Filip Kostić
◉ Luke Shaw

The Premier League’s top creator is Man Utd’s left-back.

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Erling Haaland’s stats for club & country since the start of the 2019-20 season:

◎ 74 games
◉ 77 goals (!!!)
◉ 8 hat-tricks

The poster boy for Norway’s Golden Generation. :norway:

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:bar_chart: Following Man City’s defeat in the derby yesterday, the longest current unbeaten streaks in Europe’s top five leagues…

:1st_place_medal: Barcelona - 16
:2nd_place_medal: Lille - 10
:3rd_place_medal: Inter - 9

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OFFICIAL: Germany have confirmed Joachim Löw will step down as national team head coach after the Euros.

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Joachim Löw’s record as Germany manager:

◎ 189 games
◎ 120 wins
◎ 38 draws
◎ 31 defeats
◎ 63% win rate

And a World Cup winner in 2014.

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Mark Noble has confirmed that the 2021/22 season will be his last…

:date: 17 seasons
:tshirt: 520 appearances
:soccer: 60 goals

Mr West Ham :hammer_and_pick:

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:black_small_square: 2014 World Cup winner

:black_small_square: 2017 Confederations Cup winner

:black_small_square: 120-37-31 record

:black_small_square: Record 188 games managed for Germany

:black_small_square: 3 finals and 6 semifinals in 7 international tournaments

:black_small_square: That 7-1 win vs. Brazil

Joachim Low has had an incredible 15 years as Germany manager :clap:

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Yup- What a remarkable journey! :clap: :clap:

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Iñaki Williams has now played in 184 consecutive LaLiga games, last missing a game in April 2016.

𝐎𝐍𝐄-𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐃-𝐀𝐍𝐃-𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐘-𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑. :exploding_head:

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Athletic’s Iñaki Williams has equaled Andoni Zubizarreta as the third player with the most consecutive LaLiga games (184).

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The all-time record is 202 games. :battery:

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Europe’s top scorers as it stands :medal_sports:

:poland: Robert Lewandowski (32)
:portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo (23)
:argentina: Lionel Messi (19)
:portugal: Andre Silva (19)
:norway: Erling Haaland (19)
:belgium: Romelu Lukaku (19)
:fr: Kylian Mbappe (18)

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OFFICIAL: 16-year old Youssoufa Moukoko has been called up to Germany’s U21 squad for their upcoming international games.

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:rotating_light: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is named in Sweden’s international squad.

The 39-year-old had retired from international football in 2016 :rotating_light:

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:bar_chart: Longest current unbeaten streaks by league

:portugal: Sporting CP - 23
:es: Barcelona - 17
:netherlands: Ajax - 14
:belgium: Club Bruges - 12
:it: Inter - 11
:fr: Lille - 11
:black_flag:󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chelsea - 10
:ru: Khimki - 9
:de: RB Leipzig - 7
:tr: Besiktas / Sivasspor - 7

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Active footballers with 500 or more career goals:

:portugal: Cristiano Ronaldo: 770
:argentina: Lionel Messi: 732
:sweden: Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 546
:poland: Robert Lewandowski: 516
:uruguay: Luis Suarez: 500

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