Serie A: Massimiliano Allegri replaces Antonio Conte as Juventus manager

Massimiliano Allegri (ITA) has been appointed the new manager of Juventus Turin (Serie A), the club announced on 16/07/2014. He will replace Antonio Conte, who resigned on 15/07/2014. Conte had been the manager of Juventus since 31/05/2011."The decision was made with the agreement of the…

Serie A: Fiorentina present feasibility study on 40,000-seat stadium to city of Florence

ACF Fiorentina (Serie A) presented a feasibility study on the construction of a new stadium to the city of Florence (Italy) on 14/07/2014.The 40,000-seat stadium would not have a running track, unlike the Artemio-Franchi stadium (capacity 47,300) in which the club has played since 1931. The…

Liga BBVA: FC Barcelona launch selfie contest in Camp Nou to bring in tourists

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) launched a contest on the social photo- and video-sharing site Instagram on 03/07/2014. The club is inviting its fans to upload selfies taken at Camp Nou accompanied by the hashtag #campnouexperience.This initiative is named "Your best moments to share in Barcelona". The…

Italy: Chinese investment fund buys 3^rd division club AC Pavia

The Chinese investment fund Pingy Shanghai Investment bought AC Pavia, a professional club in Lega Pro (Italian third division), on 03/07/2014. The Zanchi family, the club's majority shareholder since July 2011, sold all of its shares (90.5%) to Xiandog Zhu (China), the president of Pingy Shanghai…

Serie A: Inter Milan unveil new star-less logo

Inter Milan (fifth in Serie A in 2013-14) unveiled their new logo on 07/07/2014. This new logo is, like their others since 1990, inspired by the club's fist logo from 1908. There is no longer a star on the new logo; each such star symbolises ten titles for an Italian club (Inter Milan have 18)…

FFF: Olympique Lyonnais youth academy top-ranked in France for 2013-14

Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1) topped youth academy rankings released on 03/07/2014 by the Commission Nationale Paritaire (Joint National Commission), which is in charge of the CCNMF (National Collective Bargaining Agreement for Football Careers). Olympique Lyonnais also had the top-ranked youth…

Liga BBVA: Nuno succeeds Juan Antonio Pizzi as manager of Valencia CF

Nuno Espírito Santo (POR) was appointed the new manager of Valencia CF (Liga) through 30/06/2015, with an option for an additional season, the club announced on 03/07/2014. He will replace Juan Antonio Pizzi, sacked by the administrative council on 02/07/2014.Nuno, 40, is a former goalkeeper and…

Real Madrid: Alfredo di Stéfano, honorary president, dies aged 88

Alfredo di Stéfano, honorary president of Real Madrid (Liga) since 2000, died at the age of 88 in Madrid (ESP) on 07/07/2014; he had had a heart attack on 04/07/2014.The Argentine striker, a naturalised Spanish citizen, won the Ballon d'Or in 1957 and 1959, and scored 418 goals in 510 official…

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Ligue 1: AS Monaco surpass 1m Facebook fans

AS Monaco (Ligue 1) surpassed 1m Facebook fans on 05/07/2014; this is a 40-fold increase over their 25,000 fans on 11/05/2013, the day the club was promoted to Ligue 1.The official page was liked by 50,000 fans on 09/07/2013 when the Colombians Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez were signed by AS…