General Football Thread

Sunday, 15th July. Brazil won the Copa América for the 8th time after beating Argentina 3-0 in the Final held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The defending champions, which last won this tournament back in 2004 in Peru, play without stars such as Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Adriano, Lucio and Kaká, leaving Robinho, Júlio Baptista and Gilberto Silva to win this year's Copa América with less-known Brazil players led by coach Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, known as Dunga.

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Sunday, 30 September. Germany was again crowned F.I.F.A. Women's World Cup champions for the 2nd time after beating Brazil 2-0 in the Final in Shanghai, China. Birgit Prinz scored for the defending champions in the 52nd minute while Simone Laudehr scored the winner in the 86th minute. During the trophy presentation several players were awarded; the Golden Ball goes to Marta (Brazil), Birgit Prinz (Germany) and Cristiane (Brazil), the Golden Shoe goes again to Marta, Abby Wambach (United States) and Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (Norway). And last, but not least, Norway, which finished 4th in the tournament, wins the F.I.F.A. Fair Play Award.

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Here are the teams that are currently competing in the English Premier League this season:
1. Manchester United (Champions)
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham Hotspur
6. Everton
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Reading
9. Portsmouth
10. Blackburn Rovers
11. Aston Villa
12. Middlesbrough
13. Newcastle United
14. Manchester City
15. West Ham United
16. Fulham
17. Wigan Athletic
18. Sunderland (Promoted)
19. Birmingham (Promoted)
20. Derby County (Promoted)

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Teams that are competing in the Bundesliga this season:
1. VfB Stuttgart (Champions)
2. Schalke 04
3. Werder Bremen
4. Bayern Munich
5. Bayer Leverkusen
6. Nuremberg
7. Hamburg
8. Bochum
9. Borussia Dortmund
10. Hertha Berlin
11. Hannover 96
12. Arminia Bielefeld
13. Energie Cottbus
14. Eintracht Frankfurt
15. Wolfsburg
16. Karlsruhe (Promoted)
17. Duisburg (Promoted)
18. Hansa Rostock (Promoted)

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edge_of_the_wire said:
Here are the teams that are currently competing in the English Premier League this season:
1. Manchester United (Champions)
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham Hotspur
6. Everton
7. Bolton Wanderers
8. Reading
9. Portsmouth
10. Blackburn Rovers
11. Aston Villa
12. Middlesbrough
13. Newcastle United
14. Manchester City
15. West Ham United
16. Fulham
17. Wigan Athletic
18. SMB (Promoted) & thats where they'll finish
19. Birmingham (Promoted)
20. Derby County (Promoted)

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Here are the teams that are currently competing in the La Liga this season:
1. Real Madrid (Champions)
2. Barcelona
3. Sevilla
4. Valencia
5. Villarreal
6. Real Zaragoza
7. Atlético Madrid
8. Recreativo
9. Getafe
10. Racing Santander
11. Real Mallorca
12. Espanyol
13. Deportivo La Coruña
14. Osasuna
15. Levante
16. Real Betis
17. Athletic Bilbao
18. Real Valladolid (Promoted)
19. Murcia (Promoted)
20. Almería (Promoted)

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Below are the teams that are currently competing in the Ligue 1 this season:
1. Lyon (Champions)
2. Marseille
3. Toulouse
4. Rennes
5. Lens
6. Bordeaux
7. Sochaux
8. Auxerre
9. Monaco
10. Lille
11. Saint-Étienne
12. Le Mans
13. Nancy
14. Lorient
15. Paris-Saint Germain
16. Nice
17. Valenciennes
18. Metz (Promoted)
19. Caen (Promoted)
20. Strasbourg (Promoted)

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