Doubt it will ever happen, would be interesting if it did, Barca, Espanyol etc. would just drop in the Catalonian league (I think there is one?) and just dominate it, the struggle for them then would be attracting players and making the league competitive enough for them, although in reality La Liga isn't much of a competition for them barring a few bigger teams and the odd upset they never get beat.
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Barca and Catalan Independence
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heslopthegreat
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just a thought. If the Catalans vote for independence from Spain this weekend the Governer of the Spanish Central Bank says they will be classed as an independent country and out of Europe and out of the Euro.
More importantly though will Barcelona be thrown out of La Liga? If so who or where will they play? Messi to City?
More importantly though will Barcelona be thrown out of La Liga? If so who or where will they play? Messi to City?
Neville Kneville
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If teams from Israel & Russia can play in Europe I'm sure they will find a spot for Catalonia.just a thought. If the Catalans vote for independence from Spain this weekend the Governer of the Spanish Central Bank says they will be classed as an independent country and out of Europe and out of the Euro.
More importantly though will Barcelona be thrown out of La Liga? If so who or where will they play? Messi to City?
Alex - City Matters
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This throws up an interesting thought I had today. Does anyone know the regulations regarding travel in European games? Because in the Russian Second Division is a team called Luch Energie Vladivostok (they were briefly in the Premier League between 2006-08). Say they were to qualify for the Champions after being bankrolled by a local Oligarch would they be able to play their games at home, or would it have to be Moscow or somewhere of the like. Now for those knowing Russian geography Vladivostok is on the Pacific coast, only 40 odd miles from the North Korean border; that would be a huge flight, a new meaning for travelling distances for European competitions.
Just an interesting thought nonetheless.
Just an interesting thought nonetheless.
It'd be played at home like Trabzonspor, Kazan, Astana, Maccabi Tel Aviv games played/playing at home. BTW, look up Oleg Shatov. Phenomenal player will be in the PL soon.This throws up an interesting thought I had today. Does anyone know the regulations regarding travel in European games? Because in the Russian Second Division is a team called Luch Energie Vladivostok (they were briefly in the Premier League between 2006-08). Say they were to qualify for the Champions after being bankrolled by a local Oligarch would they be able to play their games at home, or would it have to be Moscow or somewhere of the like. Now for those knowing Russian geography Vladivostok is on the Pacific coast, only 40 odd miles from the North Korean border; that would be a huge flight, a new meaning for travelling distances for European competitions.
Just an interesting thought nonetheless.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Pretty sure Liverpool (or someone from England) played them in CL or Europa / UEFA Cup a few years back. Not sure what you mean by ''regulations regarding travel in European games''. UEFA only switch games for safety reasons, not travel reasons.This throws up an interesting thought I had today. Does anyone know the regulations regarding travel in European games? Because in the Russian Second Division is a team called Luch Energie Vladivostok (they were briefly in the Premier League between 2006-08). Say they were to qualify for the Champions after being bankrolled by a local Oligarch would they be able to play their games at home, or would it have to be Moscow or somewhere of the like. Now for those knowing Russian geography Vladivostok is on the Pacific coast, only 40 odd miles from the North Korean border; that would be a huge flight, a new meaning for travelling distances for European competitions.
Just an interesting thought nonetheless.
Mad Eyed Screamer
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Maybe Barcelona can apply to join the Premier league at the same time Celtic & Rangers apply (on the grounds that it would ''be good for the Premier League.....'')
Rösler von Stretfordbömber
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This throws up an interesting thought I had today. Does anyone know the regulations regarding travel in European games? Because in the Russian Second Division is a team called Luch Energie Vladivostok (they were briefly in the Premier League between 2006-08). Say they were to qualify for the Champions after being bankrolled by a local Oligarch would they be able to play their games at home, or would it have to be Moscow or somewhere of the like. Now for those knowing Russian geography Vladivostok is on the Pacific coast, only 40 odd miles from the North Korean border; that would be a huge flight, a new meaning for travelling distances for European competitions.
Just an interesting thought nonetheless.
Yeah that is an interesting thought. I always wondered about that if one of the Primorsk-based clubs like that got into a European competition.
Luch Energie's apparently seats 10,500 so that probably would probably make them ineligible for any UCL matches being there.
I wonder if Ligue Un would want Barca and the other Catalan clubs? Would elevate that League's global profile, obviously.
just a thought. If the Catalans vote for independence from Spain this weekend the Governer of the Spanish Central Bank says they will be classed as an independent country and out of Europe and out of the Euro.
More importantly though will Barcelona be thrown out of La Liga? If so who or where will they play? Messi to City?
The Governor of the Spanish Central Bank is posturing. The result of the referendum means absolutely diddly squat unless the Spanish government chooses to accept it, and Spain, just like France, has always been incredibly hostile towards independence movements.
This throws up an interesting thought I had today. Does anyone know the regulations regarding travel in European games? Because in the Russian Second Division is a team called Luch Energie Vladivostok (they were briefly in the Premier League between 2006-08). Say they were to qualify for the Champions after being bankrolled by a local Oligarch would they be able to play their games at home, or would it have to be Moscow or somewhere of the like. Now for those knowing Russian geography Vladivostok is on the Pacific coast, only 40 odd miles from the North Korean border; that would be a huge flight, a new meaning for travelling distances for European competitions.
Just an interesting thought nonetheless.
The rule is that what matters is whether the national FA is a member of UEFA, not whether the club is geographically in Europe. Remember that Kazakhstan is in UEFA and FC Astana are representing them this season in the CL group stage, despite Astana being 500 miles east of the Ural mountains, which are traditionally considered the eastern end of Europe. If UEFA ever tried banning a club from entering because geographically they weren't in Europe despite the fact that their national confederation was, they would be taken to court immediately.
Edit: in fact, there's a much better example: Turkey. The city of Istanbul, to be precise. Half of the city is in Europe, half in Asia. If UEFA discriminated based on actual geographic location then Galatasaray and Besiktas would be fine to enter UEFA competitions but Fenerbahce would be forever excluded, despite Besiktas and Fenerbahce being separated by only four miles of distance.
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