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2008-2009 Domestic European Leagues
Manchester United made it three English Premierships in a row while Internazionale Milan, FC Porto, and Celtic Glasgow all made it four in a row in their respective leagues. Standard Liege won their second in a row in Belgium. Girondins Bordeaux broke Olympique Lyon's seven French championship streak, while AZ '67 Alkmaar prevented one of the big three Dutch teams from winning the championship, as they had done every year since 1981. Meanwhile, VfL Wolfsburg won their first German Bundesliga while Barcelona won the Spanish Liga.
Side by side yearly champions Side by side yearly cup winners Domestic clubs since 1970 Victories since 1970 2008-2009 English league 2008-2009 Italian league 2008-2009 Spanish league 2008-2009 German league 2008-2009 French league 2008-2009 Scottish league 2008-2009 Portuguese league 2008-2009 Dutch league 2008-2009 Belgian league English league champions Italian league champions Spanish league champions	German league champions French league champions Scottish league champions Portuguese league champions Dutch league champions Belgian league champions Manchester United tracking Inter Milan tracking Real Madrid tracking Bayern Munich tracking Olympique Lyon tracking Celtic Glasgow tracking FC Porto tracking PSV Eindhoven tracking Standard Liege tracking

European Cups 2008-2009
Barcelona are European Champions for the third time in their history, having defeated the defending champions Manchester United in the final. Meanwhile, Ukrainian club Shakhtyor Donetsk defeated Werder Bremen in in the U.E.F.A. Cup final.
2008-2009 Champions League 2008-2009 U.E.F.A. Cup 2008-2009 Intertoto Cup 2007-2008 Champions League 2007-2008 U.E.F.A. Cup 2007-2008 Intertoto Cup Yearly winners thru quarters Yearly Eurocup winners Nation rankings in Eurocups Club rankings in Eurocups Nation rankings in Eurocups	Club rankings in Eurocups Tournament points last 10 years Tracking of Barcelona Tracking of Manchester United Tracking of Chelsea Tracking of Shakhtyor Donetsk Tracking of SV Hamburg English clubs since 2000 Ukrainian clubs since 2000 English club matchups

2009 Copa Libertadores
Last year's champions LDU Quito were knocked out in the first round of the 2009 Copa Libertadores, which moves into the semi-finals.
2009 Copa Libertadores 2008 Copa Libertadores Yearly winners Ranking of nations Ranking of clubs Tracking of LDU Quito	Tracking of Boca Juniors Tracking of Fluminense Tracking of America Matchups for Argentine clubs Matchups for Brazilian clubs South American team matchups

Euro 2008
Spain are European champions after defeating Germany in Vienna to the score of a 1-0 and come away with their second all-time European championship. After breezing through the group stage, Spain had to contend with their nemesis Italy in the quarter-finals, whom they barely defeated on penalties. Upstarts Russia were up next, who has taken care of world-beaters the Netherlands in the quarter-finals. Just as in the group stage though, Spain handled them easily. Germany had a fairly straightforward path out of the group stage, setting up a thrilling quarter-final with high powered Portugal, followed by an amazing semi-final against the Turks.
2008 European Championship 2008 Euro Qualifiers 2004 European Championship 2000 European Championship 1996 European Championship European Champions	European Championship Rankings Tracking of Spain Tracking of Russia Tracking of Turkey Tracking of Germany European matchups

2008 African Cup of Nations
Egypt have retained their African championship crown, their sixth title in the history of the tournament, the most of any nation. Hosts Ghana fell in the semi-finals to Cameroon, who in turn lost to Egypt in the final. Egypt Defeated powerhouse Ivory Coast in their semi-final.
2008 African Cup of Nations 2008 Qualifiers 2006 African Cup of Nations Yearly African Cup winners Ranking for African Cup Total rankings	Tracking of Egypt Tracking of Cameroon Tracking of Ivory Coast Tracking of Ghana Africa matchups Africa vs the World

2007 Copa America
Brazil are once again the champions of South America having won the 2007 Copa America. Just as in 2004, Argentina fell short to the Brazilians in the final. This is the eigth Copa America championship for Brazil, to go along with their five World Cup titles. Hosts Venezuela did well to reach the quarter finals before bowing out to Uruguay.
2007 Copa America 2004 Copa America Past Copa America winners Copa America Rankings	South American nation matchups Tracking of Brazil Tracking of Argentina Tracking of Venezuela

2008 Brazilian Championship
Sao Paulo are Brazilian champions for 2008, the sixth title for the club and third in a row.
2008 Brazilian Championship 2007 Brazilian Championship 2006 Brazilian Championship Past Brazilian Champions Tracking of Sao Paulo	Tracking of Cruzeiro Tracking of Atletico Paranaense Tracking of Corinthians Domestic rankings Full rankings

2008 Argentina Apertura
Boca Juniors has won the first of two seasonal tournaments in Argentina, the Apertura. The competition ended in a three way tie after which a playoff was played, with Boca Juniors beating out Tigre and San Lorenzo.
2008 Apertura 2008 Clausura 2007 Apertura 2007 Clausura Yearly Apertura & Clausura winners Earlier Champions since 1937	Tracking of Estudiantes Tracking of Lanus Tracking of Velez Sarsfield Tracking of River Plate Tracking of Boca Juniors Domestic rankings

World Cup 2006
Italy are world champions after defeating France in the final on penalty kicks, the match having ended in a 1-1 draw. This was Italy's fourth title, the other three coming in 1930, 1934, and 1982. France came close to winning their second title, but failed in the final's shootout in spite of being the better team. Italy's path to the final saw them breeze through their group, crushing the Czech Republic and Ghana, and drawing against the USA. Italy then faced Australia in the round of 16, needing a dubious injury time penalty to win, then faced surprise quarter-finalist Ukraine, and finally knocking out the home side Germany in extra time of the semi-finals. France struggled in their group, settling for draws against Switzerland and South Korea, and finally defeating Togo to advance. France then defeated high-flying Spain in the round-of-16, shocked Brazil in the quarters, and got by Portugal in the semis. Germany took third place, having knocked out Argentina in the quarter-finals.
2006 World Cup Finals 2006 European Qualifiers 2006 South American Qualifiers 2006 African Qualifiers 2006 CONCACAF Qualifiers 2006 Asian Qualifiers 2006 Oceania Qualifiers 2002 World Cup 1998 World Cup World Cup winners	World Cup rankings European matchups South American matchups North and Central America matchups African matchups Asia & Oceania matchups Italy in the World Cup France in the World Cup Germany in the World Cup Portugal in the World Cup

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