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How many Premier League teams will play in the 17-18 Champions League?
No more than five clubs can enter the UEFA Champions League from one national association.
Regarding the top three associations (currently Spain, Germany and
England): if two clubs from one of ...
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What is the most number of times two teams met in a season?
There have been 7 El Clásicos played between Real Madrid and Barcelona during the 2010/11 season in 4 different tournaments:
2010/11 La Liga:
29.Nov.2010 BAR 5 - 0 RMA
16.Apr.2011 RMA 1 - 1 BAR
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Soccer team lineup announcement time
According to rule L.21 of the current Premier League Handbook:
At least 75 minutes before the time fixed for the kick-off of a League Match, a
representative of each participating Club shall ...
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What's the highest number of points without winning the Premier League?
According to Wikipedia, it is:
Most points in a season without winning the league: 97, Liverpool (2018–19)
It's not surprising since the record for most points is 100, only three higher (by ...
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If an assistant referee commits a mistake in a football game, will he be penalized in any way?
The referees for the Premier League, Football League and FA competitions are appointed by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited. When referees make frequent and/or glaring errors in matches, ...
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What is the lowest placed team to have a Golden Boot winner?
That would be Coventry City in the 1997-98 season. They finished 11th, but striker Dion Dublin won the Golden Boot (jointly with Michael Owen and Chris Sutton) with 18 goals.
Honourable mentions:
In ...
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What will champions league authority do if the champions don't qualify for the next season's tournament?
This has happened before. Liverpool won the champions league in 2004-05 season, but finished 5th in the EPL. They were given an exemption by UEFA and added to the first round of the qualifying rounds....
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Which football matches had the highest combined number of goals?
International match: Australia hold the record for the most goals in an international match for a victory over American Samoa (11th April 2001) in Oceanian 2002 World Cup qualifiers. Australia 31 vs ...
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Delay in Premier League Football match
This situation is described in Premier League Handbook 2016/17; Premier League Rules - Clubs: Operations - Section L: Fixtures - Kick-Off:
L.29. Each Club participating in a League Match shall ...
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Champions League qualification from Premier League
As far as I understand, you're right, in this case, Tottenham will be transferred to the Europa League. This situation is specifically covered in 2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations:
3.07 If ...
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Tying relegation rules EPL vs EFL
It looks like there is a real difference here.
EPL Rule C17 (download link, page 108):
If at the end of the Season either the League Champions or the Clubs to be relegated or the question of ...
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Is Drop-kick allowed when free kick is awarded inside the box
The whistle was not blown, at all.
Play was never stopped.
No player was penalised for offside.
There was never a free kick.
Alisson played the ball legally to Salah in the same way he and every ...
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Which football matches had the highest combined number of goals?
I find this match that seems the world record with 149 goals during a single match.
The results is caused by a protest on a refereeing decisions.
All the 149 were caused by deliberately own goals.
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Which football matches had the highest combined number of goals?
There is also a relevant case: Federated States of Micronesia national under-23 football team.
Their performance was the worst recorded in international football as they lost all three games, ...
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What is the most number of times two teams met in a season?
Liverpool & Arsenal, 1979-1980, seven matches
Date
Competition
Result
11 August 1979
FA Charity Shield
Liverpool 3-1
24 November 1979
Division 1
Draw 0-0
12 April 1980
FA Cup (semi-final)
Draw ...
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EPL match with the longest injury time
A match between Watford and Norwich on 21 January 2022 had 15 minutes of additional time at the end, though this was due to a temporary floodlight failure causing the match to be disrupted, rather ...
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VAR check after match end?
"There is no time limit for the review process as accuracy is more important than speed" -IFAB
Any match changing decisions/incidents reviewable by VAR can be reviewed even after the restart....
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VAR check after match end?
Law 5 answers this directly.
Section 2, Decisions of the Referee provides that
The referee may not change a restart decision on realising that it is incorrect or on the advice of another match ...
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Most hat-tricks in a single gameweek
There have been five other Premier League game weeks in which three hat-tricks were scored:
23 September 1995, when Robbie Fowler (Liverpool), Alan Shearer (Blackburn), and Tony Yeboah (Leeds Utd) ...
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When and why did English football teams begin stopping play for medical emergencies in the crowd?
I don't believe that anything has changed per se, other than generally more awareness amongst fans, players, referees etc. that in a medical emergency quick action can save lives, which probably came ...
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Size of football pitches in England and European countries
I'm not sure it's that true that EPL grounds are that much smaller than European grounds, at least for the "Big Six" (and Wembley):
Stadium
Club
Length (m)
Width (m)
Anfield
Liverpool
101
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Size of football pitches in England and European countries
For non international matches, the pitch size can vary quiet a bit. The pitch has to be a rectangle whose width can be anywhere from 45 to 90 meters, while the length can be anywhere from 90 to 120 ...
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Size of football pitches in England and European countries
The pitch most definitely varies in size, but not terribly much. See this page from the BBC for example. England's rules are very wide - the pitch must be between 90m and 120m long, and between 50m ...
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In La Liga or the Premier League, can you contest a yellow card after the game and take it off?
At least in the Premier League, it's not possible. Back in 2000, a referee directly asked the FA to rescind a yellow card. He received no answer. This article might give a little more insight:
https://...
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Why are all the fans in football games in the same part of the stands rather than spread out?
Opening less stands is cost effective and requires less staff being exposed to possible infections. Also watching fans in fewer stands is easier for the security staff.
The limits are not just for ...
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Why did penalty kick success rates suddenly drop from 2004 to 2005?
The values before and after the jump are rather constant so I expect this sudden change not to be correlated to any change in player performance. This gets even clearer if you superimpose the Premier ...
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Record for player hitting the woodwork most number of times in a season in top European leagues?
La Liga:
In 2017/18 season, Lionel Messi hit the woodwork 18 times, which according to Opta, is the most in La Liga season since 2003/2004.
Premier League:
In 2011/12 season, Robin van Persie hit ...
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Dimensions of soccer pitch
The size of the picth is not evenly in every field. There are maximum and minimun size.
Law 1 told us about it:
Dimensions
The touchline must be longer than the goal-line.
Length (touchline):
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Can a woman feature in EPL?
Ah, unfortunately there IS an explicit rule against mixed gender teams so no, a promoted side couldn't sign any top female players
This absurd rule was tested in 2004 when Celaya, a Mexican Second ...
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How can older players play for a U-21 team in England
The rules allow for up to three overage outfield players as well as the goalkeeper to be over the age of 21. Usually these players are struggling players whom the manager wants to get playing time or ...
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