The History of Football - soccer in Europe

• EU-Football.info All matches of European national football teams 1872-1930

Statistics

• Soccer Statis Ics.net provide soccer statistics for European major leagues, cups and world cup with soccer team statistics too
• SoccerStats European soccer coverage

UEFA Competitions

• Qualification and seeding: Calculation of and rankings used for the qualification and seeding of teams for the Champions League and the UEFA Cup. There is no data on individual matches other then the results.
• UEFA.com has coverage of UEFA Champions League
• BBC Sport covers the Women's game
• Uefa Football Following Soccer in Europ by Tomp Galvin, including qualification details for competitions
• ESPN SoccerNet Europe Championships and major leagues
• England 2008
• Irish Soccer
• Euro 2008 Betting Featuring the latest online betting, free bets, odds, fixtures and match betting information for the Euro 2008 championships in Austria and Switzerland.Find detail on groups, teams, fixtures, players......
• Soccer Fans Network Forum
• Euro2004 Official Site Well done Greece!
• Eurocopa 2008
• Eurocup covers Euro 2012 the European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine.
• Top Football football results and statistics from major leagues

Football - soccer News in Europe

• Football Results
• Soccer Livescore
• Sporti.gr
• Eurofootball News A very useful site presenting news of your favourite club or league for each of the European Countries from the top sources. The sources and the languages used are dependent on the country.
• Eurofussball One of the the largest database for soccer in Europe, with the main focus on the national leagues; 53 countries with 65 leagues are available online
• Live Soccer Live football online on your PC. Watch live football streams and feeds. We specialise in Premiership Football but also Champions League Matches.
• Final Whistle Reports latest fixtures from Europe, including the Premier League
• Football-latest Football news and transfer rumours from the Premier League, and European leagues including La Liga, Serie A and International Football news.
• Matchseats A soccer fan site specializing in current events (news, fixtures, scores, and league tables) and memorabilia -signed jerseys from top professional players and other soccer related memorabilia.
• Soccer-Europe.com News, transfers, archived squad lists and match reports, reviews of selected leagues
• Sports Illustrated Coverage of European Soccer
• Tony's European Football Transfers
• BBC Sport covers European football news
• FourFourTwo Get the latest football news, blogs and interviews from around the world with FourFourTwo magazine.
• Live Goals Soccer livescores, stats, and in-depth live commentary from all the big European football leagues. Standings, head to head comparisons and team curves
• Live scores from Scores4you.net

Football - soccer Portals in Europe

• Fox Sports TV Coverage Active server on all European Soccer from Fox Sports
• Soccer pages has a forum for chat about Soccer, particularly in Europe
• Azerbaijan National Football Team From Wikipedia; history, stadia, records ....
• Football Chat Forum Footie chat is a football chat forum to discuss the goings on in the world of soccer
• Latest Football News a blog with team, player and transfer news as well as rumors and gossip.
• The Daily Soccer News a blog with the main European soccer news items of the day
• World Class Goals Watch the latest highlights from the EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, UEFA Cup and Champions League. Updates daily with links to live video.

Football - soccer Blogs in Europe

• English Premiership Blog Eat My Goal In-depth analytical football (soccer) discussion and editorial articles on the current hot debates. Focusing largely on The English Premiership, Spanish Primera Liga and Internationals. Although also delving deep into the quirks and intricacies of football matters.
• Korasport (in Arabic) Football blog covering mostly European news

Football - soccer Forums in Austria

• Austrian Soccer Board Austria's biggest soccer community, established 2001. Discuss about Austrian Bundesliga, Austrian clubs, international soccer and "off topics".

Football - soccer News in Belgium

• Belgium soccer news from Soccernet

Football - soccer Portals in Croatia

• Soccer Directory Directory of Croatian and world football sites

History of Football in France

The Havre Athletique Club was the first registered club in France way back in 1872. A small competition pompously called the 'Championnat de France' was set up with only a handful of clubs in 1894, but did not last long. (World Cuppa......) Although an International match was played against Belgium in 1904, the French Football Federation was founded after the first World War 1919. A National tournament for a French Cup (the Charles-Simon Cup) was set up soon after this. The first professional Championship was not set up until 1932. Read on .....from Soccer In France, by World Soccer

For a more detailed history see the Rss information

Which teams hold the trophies? Lille (l'Olympique Lillois) won the first league championship. For detailed stats since then, check out the  archives from Soccaway. See also  Past Champions from SportsNetwork and the Rss list of champions. 

Lyon have dominated Ligue 1 since 2001, though they are not top of the  Historical Rankings with Olympique de Marseille, Saint-Etienne, AS Monaco and FC Nantes above them. 

• France soccer team from soccer-fans-info.com

The National Team - "Les Bleus"

1984 European Championship

1984 Gold Medal - Los Angeles Olympics

1985 Intercontinental Cup

1998 World Cup

2000 European Championship

2001 Confederations Cup

2002 World Cup

2003 Confederations Cup    

• Les Bleus from Wikipedia
• The French Squad In the 2006 World Cup
• Fifa World Cups
• WSoccerp provides info on French teams
• Current Season From Betinf.com with Ligue 1 stats and key players.
• French Football A directory from The-Football

The French Leagues

• Soccerway With news, tables, results, fixtures, status archive, clubs and Links Teams
• About a Ball Presents the Pyramid of French Football Leagues with club links
• Clubs From Wsoccer
• Ole!Ole! The football fan's network. Live scores, US soccer and International football news plus football fan community blogs in multiple languages. Ligue 1 consists of 20 professional teams

Ligue 2

Ligue 1

• The Teams From Eurosport with player details, schedules and results
• Soccerbot Has interactive league table that covers scores and latest win/lose performance information
• Soccernet Presents detailed scores information with team and match detail

Football - soccer Organisational bodies in France

• Federation Francaise de Football The game is controlled in France by the Federation Francaise de Football.

Football - soccer Competitions in France

• Coupe de la Ligue "(Fr) is KO competition opened to the professional clubs. In a preliminary phase, 4 professional clubs from the National League clubs are mixed with the 20 L2 clubs. The 12 winners are then joined in the final phase by the 20 L1 clubs and they all compete in 5 KO rounds to an eventual final. Only the winner qualifies for the UEFA cup
• Soccerbase French Div 1, with team and player information, back to 1999/2000 season
• Coupe de France "(Fr) a KO competition, with matches drawn by lots, open to all the French clubs, even those of overseas departments and territories run in two stages - an elimination stage and the real competition. The final is in June. Only the winner qualifies for the UEFA cup.

Football - soccer News in France

• ScoresPro
• Livescores Ligues 1 and 2 and Cups

Football - soccer Portals in France

• SoccerFansNetwork
• Soccer France Forum From BigSoccer.com

What is Football - soccer in Germany

• Bundesliga overview from Wikipedia; history, structure and competition, current clubs, distinguished clubs, medoa coverahe, champions, records ...

History of German Football

• History of the Bundesliga from 188-football.co,uk

German Soccer Chants

• German soccer chants U-Tube video
• Soccer Chants covering Europe, including German Soccer Chants
• Soccer Lyrics Eupopean selection including top German Soccer Chants

Football - soccer Competitions in Germany

Football - soccer News in Germany

• Soccerway coverage of Bundesliga

Football - soccer Players in Germany

• Famous German Soccer players
• Franck Ribery German language site dedicated to Franck Ribery

Football - soccer Forums in Germany

• German Soccer Board Community for German soccer - discuss the game in our general forums and club channels but also enjoy our international forums and "off topics".

The History of Football - soccer in Greece

Football - soccer Rules in Ireland

Football - soccer Organisational bodies in Ireland

• Dublin and District Schoolboys Leagues News, results referees...
• Football Association of Ireland (FAI) latest news, International information, match reports, competitions, leagues etc at al levels.
• Irish Football Association History, domestic and International archives and fixtures, National team ..

Football - soccer Competitions in Ireland

• Eleven-a-side. League and National, stats, chat, Irish Soccer Links
• Irish Football League Covers the Premier, First, Second and Reserve Leagues, providing news, fixtures, results, stats, clubs (33), player and manager of the month, archives and links to club sites
• Under 21 League The eircom Under 21 National League & Cup. Only site of its kind. Packed with information and updated daily.

Football - soccer Portals in Ireland

• Soccer Ireland A comprehensive and organised directory on the complete soccer scene in Ireland

Football - soccer Ezines in Ireland

• A to Z Soccer Committed to building an online soccer community within Ireland. This online service will allow leagues and clubs to communicate with their players and fans, and to promote the game of soccer to a larger audience; provides up-to-the-minute news and results about top level club and international soccer in Ireland, the UK and Europe
• Irish Soccer World Cup, Europe ... follow the Green Army! broken when tested
• Kickin' Irish a lively online soccer ezine with good coverage of both the domestic and International scene. It has an excellent links section including National League and other club sites

Football - soccer Forums in Ireland

• Irish Soccer Forum From soccer Central for discussion on all aspects of Irish Soccer

The History of Football - soccer in Italy

Football - soccer News in Italy

• Football Italiano All the latest news and views from Serie A, direct from Milan, Italy.

Football - soccer Portals in Italy

• Calciatori Italian -information about players and the AIC (Italian Football Association), based in Vicenza.
• Soccer Italy
• BARITUBE The video blog for fans of Bari
• Inter Milan A site dedicated to the fans of FC Inter.
• Serie A Weekly covering Italian Football with news, results, stats, live score, goals, highlights

Football - soccer News in Netherlands

• Het Legioen specifically for news about Feyenoord Rotterdam

Football - soccer News in Romania

• Footballclub.ro (in Romanian) everything about football, everything for football. News, videos and comments about the most important football competitions worldwide.

Football - soccer Players in Romania

• Adrian Mutu Welcome to the first site dedicated to Adrian Mutu; blog, new, history

Football - soccer Organisational bodies in Spain

• The Federation of Spanish Football By Wikipedia - the governing body of football in Spain. It organizes the Campeonato Nacional de Liga: the Primera División, the Segunda División and the Segunda División B. It also administers the Tercera División with the assistance of the regional football federations, the Campeonato de España/Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de España, the Copa Federación and the Spain national football team.

Football - soccer Competitions in Spain

Football - soccer Portals in Spain

• Betis Manque Pierda (in spanish) Real Betis blog, for real fans
• FC Barcelona forum FC Barcelona forum. Featuring news, videos, discussions and polls.
• Futbolpasion Soccer forum, in Spanish
• Livin La Liga La Liga news, videos, live links, table, results, fixtures, round-ups and much more.

Football - soccer Forums in Spain

• Spanish Football News Forum from OleOle.com

Play/Watch Football - soccer in England

• DSC Arminia Bielefeld the official site in English and German