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    Uefa Cup 'set for new name'

    The Uefa Cup could be on the verge of being re-branded.

    It could soon be called the Uefa Europa League as football's bosses seek to give the competition fresh appeal.

    European soccer's governing body Uefa is considering the name change as it seeks to reverse a feeling it has become 'a second class competition'.


    The proposed name change was revealed by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the acting chairman of the new European Clubs Association, whose organisation was presented with the proposal on Monday.


    Rummenigge said: "The hope is that a refreshment of the name and brand can help achieve better results than we've seen in the Uefa Cup in the past.

    "There has been a general impression that it has become a second-class competition and that we should get back to how it was ten or 15 years ago."

    Uefa's executive committee is set to vote on the name change when it meets in Bordeaux in September.

    Confirming the vote, a senior Uefa source added the new name was meant to better reflect the new group stage system being used in the competition from the 2009-10 season.



    This new system is a direct copy of UEFA's more successful Champions League competition and will see the dropping of the unpopular five-team groups in which teams play each opponent just once either home or away in favour of a simpler home and away system.

    In another lesson learned from the lucrative Champions League, UEFA will also be marketing the competition centrally from 2009.


    Well UEFA, I've got news - the UEFA Cup IS a second rate competition for teams not good enough for the Champions League end up being there. Meh.
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    cool

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      #3
      u say tomato, i say potato....it's still the same shit!

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        #4
        Originally posted by ShahHouman View Post
        u say tomato, i say potato....it's still the same shit!
        looks like many of ur comments revolve around tomato's and potatos.
        its good that u know this saying, otherwise wat would u do??
        Originally posted by siavasharian
        ESTEGHLAL:

        بهترین خط دفاع.بهترین خط حمله.ثبت رکورد بیشترین گل زده.پر امتیاز ترین تیم ادوار لیگ برتر با ۴۰۹ امتیاز.پر افتخار ترین مربی لیگ برتر با دو قهرمانی
        بهترین گلزن لیگ: آرش برهانی [استقلال] با ۲۱ گل زدهبهترین خط حمله: استقلال تهران با ۷۰ گل زده

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          #5
          should be named: Champions League Rejects Cup


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            #6
            i think the uefa cup name is fine..europa league sounds stupid
            Go Cows!

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              #7
              lame name

              they should come up with a better one

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                #8
                Originally posted by persian boy View Post
                should be named: Champions League Rejects Cup
                hah or 'the maybe next year cup'
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                !GORA OSASUNA!

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                  #9
                  They dont want it to be considered a second class competition? Isnt that like the point?

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by yashar_fasihnia View Post
                    looks like many of ur comments revolve around tomato's and potatos.
                    its good that u know this saying, otherwise wat would u do??
                    look man, i get hungry and i make references, just like u make ur references, i mean, u say potato i say tomato, same thing right?


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                      #11
                      Originally posted by persian boy View Post
                      should be named: Champions League Rejects Cup
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                        #12
                        it should be called:

                        the fc bayern munich and friends league.

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                          #13
                          hehe..milad is really trying hard to avoid his team's daddy knocking him out once more in the champions league!
                          lets see if toni and klose can break makaay's 11th second record this time!

                          Originally posted by siavasharian
                          ESTEGHLAL:

                          بهترین خط دفاع.بهترین خط حمله.ثبت رکورد بیشترین گل زده.پر امتیاز ترین تیم ادوار لیگ برتر با ۴۰۹ امتیاز.پر افتخار ترین مربی لیگ برتر با دو قهرمانی
                          بهترین گلزن لیگ: آرش برهانی [استقلال] با ۲۱ گل زدهبهترین خط حمله: استقلال تهران با ۷۰ گل زده

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by yashar_fasihnia View Post
                            hehe..milad is really trying hard to avoid his team's daddy knocking him out once more in the champions league!
                            lets see if toni and klose can break makaay's 11th second record this time!
                            oh hi yashar jan. is something bothering you?

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                              #15
                              yes milad jan, ur fear

                              btw, hello
                              Originally posted by siavasharian
                              ESTEGHLAL:

                              بهترین خط دفاع.بهترین خط حمله.ثبت رکورد بیشترین گل زده.پر امتیاز ترین تیم ادوار لیگ برتر با ۴۰۹ امتیاز.پر افتخار ترین مربی لیگ برتر با دو قهرمانی
                              بهترین گلزن لیگ: آرش برهانی [استقلال] با ۲۱ گل زدهبهترین خط حمله: استقلال تهران با ۷۰ گل زده

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