⚽ General Football News 2022-23 Season- Open Thread

Karim Benzema has been named Best French Player Abroad for the fourth time in a row :fr:

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:rotating_light: BREAKING: Ajax CEO Edwin van der Sar has left the club.

(Source: @MikeVerweij)

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Only two players have completed 100 dribbles in Europe’s top five leagues this season:

Vinicius Jr. (108)
Leo Messi (100)

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:moneybag: World’s most valuable football teams:

:es: Real Madrid — $6.07 Bn.
:england: Manchester United — €6 Bn.
:es: Barcelona — $5.51 Bn.
:england: Liverpool — $5.29 Bn.
:england: Manchester City — $4.99 Bn.
:de: Bayern Munich — $4.86 Bn.
:fr: PSG — $4.21 Bn.
:england: Chelsea — $3.1 Bn.
:england: Tottenham — $2.8 Bn.
:england: Arsenal — $2.26 Bn.

(Source: Forbes)

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Emma Hayes has won the WSL Manager of the Year for the past four seasons :trophy::trophy::trophy::trophy:

Unmatched :clap:

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A post was merged into an existing topic: :soccer: Who Are The Managers Who Have Been Sacked This 2022-2023 Season?

:black_small_square: Champions League final
:black_small_square: Women’s Champions League final
:black_small_square: FA Cup final
:black_small_square: Europa Conference League final
:black_small_square: Concacaf Champions League final
:black_small_square: Final day in Spain, Italy, France
:black_small_square: DFB-Pokal final
:black_small_square: International football galore

Bring on June :popcorn:

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José Mourinho has been charged by UEFA for insulting and abusive language toward referee Anthony Taylor in the Europa League final

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:nigeria: Victor Osimhen has been named as the Serie A Striker of the Season.

:nigeria: Kelechi Iheanacho has been named as Leicester’s Player of the Season.

:nigeria: Alex Iwobi has been named as Everton’s Player of the Season.

Superstars! :fire::clap:t4:

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:slovakia: Former Napoli superstar Marek Hamšík (35) has announced he will be retiring from football at the end of the season.

:tshirt: 845 games
:soccer: 170 goals
:dart: 132 assists
:trophy: 5 trophies

:gem: Serie A Young Footballer of the Year (2008)
:star2: 3x Serie A Team of the Year
:sparkles: 2x Most assists in Serie A
:crown: 8x Slovak Footballer of the Year
:star2: 1x UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season
:sparkles: Süper Lig Foreign Player the Year (2021/22)

:white_check_mark: Napoli all-time appearance holder (520)
:white_check_mark: Slovakia all-time appearance holder (126)
:white_check_mark: Slovakia all-time top scorer (26)

Incredible player! :clap:t4::clap:t4::sparkles:

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:soccer: Best conversion rate in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues this season (60+ shots):

:one: Erling Haaland - 29.3%
:two: 𝗘𝗹𝘆𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗶 - 𝟮𝟴.𝟯%
:three: Wissam Ben Yedder - 26.5%
:four: Callum Wilson - 24.7%
:five: Alexandre Lacazette - 24.3%

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Jose Mourinho has been charged with using abusive language against a match official, UEFA said on Friday, after he was filmed shouting at officials following Roma’s loss to Sevilla in the Europa League final.

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:bar_chart: Xavi Simmons rankings in Eredivisie last season:

:bow_and_arrow: Shots - 93 :2nd_place_medal:
:soccer: Goals - 19 :1st_place_medal:
:closed_lock_with_key: Key passes - 59 :nine:
:a: Assists - 8 :five:
:drooling_face: Dribbles - 74 :2nd_place_medal:
:foot: Touches in opposition box - 162 :seven:
:muscle: Possession won in attacking third - 30 :3rd_place_medal:
:thermometer: WS Rating - 7.70 :2nd_place_medal:

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:argentina: Lionel Scaloni is the first coach to beat three different World Champions in the finals; Italy, Brazil, France. (3) :trophy:

:brazil: Brazil — Copa America
:it: Italy — Finalissima
:fr: France — World Cup

Incredible! :clap:t4::fire:

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:trophy: 2022 Women’s Euro
:trophy: 2023 Arnold Clark Cup
:trophy: 2023 Women’s Finalissima
:trophy: 2023 Liga F
:trophy: 2023 Women’s Champions League

Lucy Bronze and Keira Walsh are winning together for both club and country :clap::star_struck:

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Barça Femení really won the league and the Champions League with Alexia Putellas recovering from a torn ACL…

She played her first UCL minutes of the season at the end of the final and got to lift the trophy after her team’s win :heart:

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Celtic win the Scottish Cup to complete the domestic treble for the 𝐬𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐡 time this century :four_leaf_clover:

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Toby Alderweireld scored in the 94th minute to make Antwerp champions of Belgium for the first time since 1957 in a 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 final day :belgium:

:black_small_square: In the 88th minute Union were champions
:black_small_square: In the 89th minute Genk were champions
:black_small_square: In the 94th minute Antwerp became champions

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BREAKING: Zlatan Ibrahimović announces he is retiring from football :lion:

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2022/23 top-flight European league winners:

:england: Man City
:es: Barcelona
:de: Bayern
:it: Napoli
:fr: PSG
:netherlands: Feyenoord
:portugal: Benfica
:belgium: Royal Antwerp
:scotland: Celtic
:austria: Salzburg
:serbia: Crvena zvezda
:tr: Galatasaray
:switzerland: Young Boys
:ukraine: Shakhtar
:czech_republic: Sparta Prague
:denmark: Copenhagen
:croatia: Dinamo Zagreb
:greece: AEK Athens

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