Coronavirus: Dutch protest new 3-week stadium lockdown
November 15 – Football behind closed doors is back in the Netherlands after the government ordered a three-week partial lockdown on Friday.
Europe
European Parliament backs FIFA and demands increased regulation of player agents
November 15 – The Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament has called for regulation of football agents, backing FIFA’s plans to reform the agents’ industry.
Serbia stun Portugal in last minute, Croatia send Russia to play-offs
November 15 – On a night of high drama, Serbia and Croatia booked automatic places in next year’s World Cup finals on Sunday, condemning Portugal and Russia to the playoffs.
Former Bayern boss Hoeness attacks PSG, Man City and their ‘s***ty money’
November 15 -Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has launched an astonishing attack on Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City for having not won a single Champions League trophy between them despite being back by Middle East fortunes.
UEFA head back to Greece as officials threatened and HFF lurches back into financial crisis
November 15 – Greek football, forever living in a state of chaos, looks once again to have spiralled out of control with rumours that a UEFA mission is set to land in the country this week in attempt to straighten out a federation administration that is mired in controversy, multiple accusations of corruption and now physical intimidation of officials opposed to its decision making.
Qatar 2022 qualifying: Russia meet Croatia for winner-takes-all decider, Wales in play-offs
November 12 – Russia and Croatia each recorded big wins in World Cup qualifying Thursday to set up a weekend winner-takes-all encounter for an automatic spot at next year’s tournament.
Fans groups and leagues join to battle UEFA’s plan to base UCL qualification on history
November 19 – Two Europe-wide fans groups have teamed up with leagues across the Continent in an effort to protect domestic competition.
Rummenigge counters Bayern fan protests over Qatar arguing for inclusion, not exclusion
November 12 – Former Bayern Munich CEO Karl Heinz Rummenigge has defended the club’s dealings with Qatar as fan protests continue.
French Ligue 2 players lobby for keeping division at 20 teams
November 12 – With the imminent downsizing of Ligue 1, the majority of players in Ligue 2 have come out in favour of maintaining the status quo and keeping a league of 20 clubs in the second tier of French football.
PSG women’s Diallo arrested in police probe into brutal assault on teammate Hamraoui
November 11 – Aminata Diallo, a French international midfielder with Paris St. Germain’s women’s team, has been arrested by police as part of an investigation into an attack on at least one teammate on November 4.
German unvaccinated quintet quarantined before Qatar 2022 qualifier
November 10 – Unvaccinated Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich (pictured) and four other German internationals have been quarantined after a positive test in the national team camp, the German federation (DFB) said Tuesday.
LFP renews Ligue 1 naming rights with Uber Eats in €15m+ deal
November 10 – France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has extended the Ligue 1 naming rights agreement with food delivery service Uber Eats until the end of the 2023/24 season.
Xavi picked Barca before Brazil
November 9 – New Barcelona head coach Xavi Hernandez says he wanted the job so much he turned down joining the Brazilian national team set-up.
Chelsea fan is jailed in for anti-semitic tweets aimed at Spurs supporters
November 8 – A fanatical Chelsea fan who posted antisemitic and racist tweets aimed at supporters of rivals Tottenham Hotspur, a club with large Jewish following, has been jailed for eight weeks.
Barca bring Xavi ‘home’
November 8 – Former Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernández has returned to the Camp Nou as the new coach of his boyhood club following the sacking of Ronald Koeman.