Other Domestic Leagues 2023/24

[luiginb]

Lucescu jr wins another title with PAOK in Greece. Another coach who's deserving of a bigger club.

Second title he wins after starting the season as only the third favourite according to bookies.

 

[Savi]

Anderlecht could have won the Belgian league today, instead they finish the day in 3rd place another crazy day in the Belgian championship playoffs. They needed Union to not win against Cercle Bruges (but they did) and they had to defeat Club Brugge at home (instead Brugge won 0-1)

Going into next weekend's final matchday, Club Brugge on 49 points play the Bruges derby at home against Cercle, and a win or draw will win them the championship.
Union SG and Anderlecht (both on 46 pts) need to win, Union SG at home against Genk, Anderlecht go to Antwerp.
Union can only win the title if they beat Genk and Brugge lose.
Anderlecht can only win the title if they beat Antwerp, Brugge lose, and Union fails to beat Genk.

Just like last season, going into the final matchday with 3 potential title winners.

 

[robertmac43]

The Japan footie did not disappoint. Unreal atmosphere from both the away end and home supporters.

Sadly for Yokohama FC they did not pull off some cup magic and day take the top division team.

 

[Albatros]

Yokohama F. Marinos and Al-Ain tied 3:3 after the first half of the second leg in the AFC Champions League final. Red card to Yokohama's keeper after an impressive dive from an Al-Ain forward.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Swedish league right now

 

[les Habs]

Now that his season is over, have to throw out Viktor Gyokeres’ numbers. Looking at league, Europa League and cup, in 45 starts (47 matches total) he has 40 goals and 15 assists. Incredible season and no way Sporting can replace that if he leaves.

 

[Savi]

Club Brugge won the Belgian League tonight and have completed one of the most remarkable and unexpected comebacks ever.

They were in 4th place, 19 points behind leaders Union SG and lost their final regular season game, fired coach Ronny Deila, and went into the championship playoffs with the U21 coach taking over and hoping they would just hold on to reaching a Europa or Conference League ticket.

Then the playoffs started and something just clicked. They went on an incredible run, even ended up going undefeated throughout these entire playoffs, something which I believe no team has ever done. And culminating in tonight's scoreless draw against city rivals Cercle Brugge, which was enough to stay ahead of Union and celebrate the 6th title in 9 years and really cement their place as Belgium's most dominant club of the moment.

Final table
1. Club Brugge 50 pts - Champions League group stage
2. Union SG 49 - Champions League 3rd Q round
3. Anderlecht 46 - Europa League Playoff round
4. Cercle Brugge 37 - Europa League 2nd Q round
5. Genk 37*
6. Antwerp 32

*Genk will play a home playoff game against AA Gent (who won the 7-10 placed teams playoffs), the winner gets a Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round ticket

 

[Savant]

Not that I watch a lot for the Austrian League, but wanted to give a shout out to Sturm Graz who was finally able to take a title away from RB Salzburg. They loaned in 2001 Czech-born LFC keeper Viteslav Jaros in January, who by all accounts saved their season and also won the Austrian Cup. Has put himself in frame to make the Czech Euro squad, and may be Alisson's backup next season if Kelleher gets his move out to be a starter elsewhere. A great, successful loan for Jaros

 

[PanniniClaus]

Galatasaray took Turkish football honors today, needing only a point. They got 3 points, Icardi with a brace.

 

[Power Man]

 

[Savi]

Midtylland are champions of Denmark, they were tied with Brøndby going into the final matchday but needed a better result because their goal differential was worse. Things looked pretty bad early on because they were down 0-2 at home to Silkeborg while Brøndby were leading AGF 1-0. Then at the start of the 2nd half Midtjylland scored 3 goals in 6 minutes while Brøndby conceded twice, tied it, then conceded again. So with Brøndby losing, Midtjylland needed to avoid defeat which they did (although they did concede an equalizer) and so they beat out Brøndby by 1 point.

In Poland, Jagiellonia Białystok won their first ever title, one year after finishing 14th(!). They were level on points with Śląsk Wrocław but had the better h2h result. Polish league seems pretty wide open because 5 teams have won the title in the past 6 years, Legia Warszaw twice, Lech Poznan once, and both Jagiellona, Rakow (last year) and Piast Gliwice (2019) won their first championships.

 

[luiginb]

Jagiellonia won the league with a 32 yo coach, I think we'll hear more in the future about mister Siemieniec

 

[Albatros]

Jagiellonia won the league with a 32 yo coach, I think we'll hear more in the future about mister Siemieniec

His 11th season no less, started as an assistant in the II Liga in 2013. Even at Jagiellonia he had that role already in 2017/18 when they finished 2nd.