June 18 – The road to the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League officially got underway on Tuesday, with 28 clubs learning their fate in the first qualifying round draw held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon.
June 18 –Belgium’s Pro League clubs are ringing the management changes with Issame Charai replacing Timmy Simons as manager of Westerloo, while at OH Leuven, David Hubert (pictured centre) succeeds Chris Coleman.
June 17 – The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has confirmed that from the 2026-27 season the domestic top-flight will revert to a traditional league format, abolishing the playoffs.
June 17 – Bayer Leverkusen and Red Bull Leipzig could soon be among the German clubs forced to hand greater control to their supporters following an intervention from the country’s antitrust watchdog.
June 17 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) is preparing a bid to host the U17 European Championships in 2028 or 2029, the national association has announced.
June 17 – The scourge of racism continues to rear its ugly head across European football, with Spain becoming a particularly toxic battleground where Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr has been relentlessly targeted by cowards hiding behind mob mentality and anonymity.
June 24 – Germany’s Euro 2029 bid has selected its eight host cities for the women’s finals, leaving the iconic Olympic Stadium in Berlin off the final list.
Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich and Wolfsburg got the nod. Rostock and Gelsenkirchen also missed out.
June 15 – The European Club Association (ECA) held a boarding meeting in Miami last Friday, ahead of the kick off of the Club World Cup on Saturday.
After the meeting ECA board members and the 11 ECA member clubs that will play in the tournament met with FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his closest FIFA apparatchiks, plus Conmebol president Alejandro Dominguez in what was described as “a high-level gathering with key global stakeholders”.
June 15 – The European Leagues has promoted internally making Alberto Colombo, the leagues current DeputyGeneral Secretary, to the role of Managing Director and General Secretary of the Association.
June 13 – European competitive football has never crossed continental borders – until now. AC Milan versus Como 1907 could make history by relocating to Perth’s Optus Stadium during the 2025/26 season, with Serie A poised to become the first major league to stage a genuine league fixture outside Europe.
June 13 – Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has completed his move to Napoli following his departure from Manchester City at the end of the Premier League season.
June 12 – The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship kicks off in Slovakia with a major change to the rules – and it could have a big impact on goalkeepers.
Starting in yesterday’s opening round, if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than eight seconds, the referee will award a corner kick to the opposing team. This replaces the old rule, where the punishment was just an indirect free kick after six seconds –
June 12 – Liverpool FC have agreed a British record transfer fee for German midfielder Florian Wirtz, with the starlet expected to join from Bayer Leverkusen in the coming days.
June 12 – Bulgaria’s Beroe Stara Zagora have launched a large-scale renovation of the Beroe Stadium – with the works set to cost 3.5 million leva, around €1.75million.
June 11 – The gloves are off at the City Ground. Nottingham Forest have challenged Crystal Palace’s Europa League qualification, asking UEFA clarify whether the Eagles should even be allowed to fly in European competition next season.