(SPO) FENERBAHCE TO HOST SWISS SION IN SECOND LEG OF EUROPA LEAGUE PLAYOFFS.ANKARA, Aug 26, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish soccer team Fenerbahce will host Thursday Switzerland's Sion, in the second leg match of play offs for the UEFA UEFA Union of European Football Associations UEFA n abbr (= Union of European Football Associations) → U.E.F.A. Europa League, formerly known as UEFA Cup. Fenerbahce who won a 2-0 victory over Sion in last week's first leg in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland will try to advance to the group stage with a victory and continue their four match winning streak. Fenerbahce's greatest achievement was advancing to the third round of the UEFA Cup. Previously called the UEFA Cup, the competition as of June 2009 for the 2009-10 football season is now the Europa League following a change in format. For UEFA footballing records purposes, the Europa League and UEFA Cup are considered the same competition, with the change of name being simply a rebranding. (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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