October 21 – La Liga’s Atlético de Madrid have confirmed that every season ticket seat at the Riyadh Air Metropolitano has been sold for the 2025/26 campaign. Even the VIP section, usually the last and most expensive offering, has been snapped up.
October 21 – Former midfield hard man Robbie Savage made a career out of winding people up as a player, but has now found himself on the other side of the equation as a manager.
October 21 – Barcelona President Joan Laporta claims the club came close to being banned from the UEFA Champions League due to repeated breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations, before being fined €15 million instead.
October 21 – An analysis of the sponsorship market in the US by SponsorUnited shows that in the 13 World Cup 2026 host cities in the US and Canada, just 9% of the $4.5 billion annual sponsorship spend is made in football (soccer).
October 21 – US second tier league the USL Championship will have a new team in 2027 playing in a new-build stadium in Reno, Nevada.
October 20 – For the second consecutive matchday, Spain’s La Liga players made their feelings crystal clear about moving domestic fixtures abroad, even if television overlords seemed determined that fans wouldn’t witness the protests.
October 20 – The Tel Aviv derby between local rivals Hapoel and Maccabi was called off on Sunday after violent clashes between supporters. It follows the ban of Maccabi fans from November’s Europa League fixture against Aston Villa in Birmingham.
Local police posted on X that five fans had been arrested near Bloomfield Stadium on suspicion of disturbing the peace and rioting. Bottles were thrown and police officers reportedly assaulted.
October 20 – Morocco produced one of the great shocks in youth football history, defeating six-time champions Argentina 2-0 in the FIFA U-20 World Cup final at the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos to capture their first-ever title.
October 20 – Corinthians defeated Deportivo Cali of Colombia 5-3 in a penalty shootout to win their sixth women’s Copa Libertadores title, South America’s premier Club competition.
October 20 – UEFA has conducted the draw for the last 16 of the inaugural Women’s Europa Cup, its second women’s club competition.
October 20 – The Dutch FA (KNVB) has reported a significant decline in football-related disorder across the Netherlands during the 2024/25 professional season, with both the number and severity of incidents in stadiums falling compared to the previous year.
October 20 – Salford City’s League Two fixture with Oldham Athletic was interrupted after two men ran on to the pitch at the Peninsula Stadium and attempted to plant a St George’s flag in protest against former Manchester United defender, Gary Neville.
October 20 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and STATSports have agreed a partnership which sees STATSports become the official supplier of GPS systems for the Croatian FA.
October 17 – The President of Cypriot second-division football club Karmiotissa, Stavros Demosthenous (pictured), was shot dead in Limassol on Friday morning, local police announced.
October 17 – College soccer in the United States was once seen as an integral pathway to the professional game; however, that has changed over the last two decades as clubs developed their own academy programs, enabling them to attract the most talented players as teenagers.