UEFA : Complete Domestic Competitions!

[Captain Corporate]

 If those big leagues decide to finish somehow, I am sure many lower level leagues will find a way for next year as well, after all they were given the summer and even if they can't do it on May or on June, they can still try to get back on July or even as late as August or early September as well, it would be hard schedule because next season will start shortly after but it could be expected from players to consider this situation as the summer break and a longer year next season.

 However it is not same for each nation, sometimes economy plays a role, but sometimes death toll plays a bigger role as well, the nations with the highest death toll could have harder time to come back, Germany is doing fine and would understand them coming back for example but it must be really really difficult for Serie A to come back for example, we can't put them in the same discussion, they went through totally different situations.

[LTU_btc]

Netherlands Eredivisie ended season without crowning champion and no relegation because government restricted to play until September 1st, so they had no other choice. And it's really sad.
There is talks that La Liga must be forced to play without spectators until 2021 or for one year. Similar talks about Serie A or Bundesliga. I'm not really sure why such strict restrictions is needed. But they can't even know what will happen after month or two. So, maybe instead of putting deadline in such far future, they should react to situation step by step. Maybe in few months it will be safe enough to allow limited number of people with distance in the stands. But now they just put deadline without knowing how good or bad situation will be in September or October.

I wonder if the players will play with masks and other protection gears. Can they even avoid body contacts in such competitive sporting events? They probably shouldn't be doing this if they take the health organizations safety measures recommendations seriously.

Offcourse no. How you imagine players playing with masks? First of all, wearing mask would be pointless thing because football is not contactless sport and you can't keep distance there. Second, they would be tested before games.

[Nadziratel]

According to the statement made by the authorities yesterday, the Turkish Super League can start on 13-14-15 June to play the remaining 8-week fixture. But at the same time, it was stated that the idea of playing all matches in a safe city is not possible. And of course all the remaining matches will be played without an audience.

[Nadziratel]

The Polish Football Federation has just announced that the leagues will resume in May.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said the Polish football season could restart at the end of May behind closed doors, after it was suspended last month because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Source: https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2020/0425/1134786-polish-league-could-resume-at-the-end-of-may/

[bitgolden]

What happened to Eredevise is sad but at the same time the right thing to do now, I do not believe all the nations who are considering finishing the season these days, even on June it is very very dangerous to play, anyone plays any game before August is basically risking their players.

Maybe the number of death is going down, maybe the number of infected goes down as well, but all of those happens because we are in a lockdown situation and there are less people outside getting infected. If we were not in lockdown and people went outside that means the virus would spread again and go up again, and starting the leagues back up is exactly that, removing the lockdown for certain amount of people and I find it very risky.

All leagues should wait until late august or early September and finish the season at that moment, after that give a small break and have another season that is quicker and more games instead of just once a week.

[Dr.Lender3]

What happened to Eredevise is sad but at the same time the right thing to do now, I do not believe all the nations who are considering finishing the season these days, even on June it is very very dangerous to play, anyone plays any game before August is basically risking their players.

Maybe the number of death is going down, maybe the number of infected goes down as well, but all of those happens because we are in a lockdown situation and there are less people outside getting infected. If we were not in lockdown and people went outside that means the virus would spread again and go up again, and starting the leagues back up is exactly that, removing the lockdown for certain amount of people and I find it very risky.

All leagues should wait until late august or early September and finish the season at that moment, after that give a small break and have another season that is quicker and more games instead of just once a week.

I think so too, in my opinion don't organize any tournament until the corona vaccine is discovered. This can be a dangerous decision for the world.

[Nadziratel]

What happened to Eredevise is sad but at the same time the right thing to do now, I do not believe all the nations who are considering finishing the season these days, even on June it is very very dangerous to play, anyone plays any game before August is basically risking their players.

Maybe the number of death is going down, maybe the number of infected goes down as well, but all of those happens because we are in a lockdown situation and there are less people outside getting infected. If we were not in lockdown and people went outside that means the virus would spread again and go up again, and starting the leagues back up is exactly that, removing the lockdown for certain amount of people and I find it very risky.

All leagues should wait until late august or early September and finish the season at that moment, after that give a small break and have another season that is quicker and more games instead of just once a week.

I think so too, in my opinion don't organize any tournament until the corona vaccine is discovered. This can be a dangerous decision for the world.

Many experts have the opinion that it will take more than a year to find a fully effective vaccine. So, in your opinion, many leagues should not be played not only this year, but also next year.

I think it would be much more correct to play leagues by taking the right measures. Of course, there will be a ban on spectators for a while. At least, people should be able to watch the matches at home. Because I think we all need this.

[Naida_BR]

Possibly all games both in domestic or European competitions are going to be played without spectators. This will be the number one measure in order not to risk the public health while resuming all leagues.

[TheGreatPython]

I think there should be some distinction between players getting lesser money but at the same time teams still want to get back as well. So, either if leagues comes back that means players should get the 100% amount on their contract, or if they are not going to play they could get a cut.

If the players end up playing that means they shouldn't care about no fans on the arena or where the money is not coming, if teams are not getting money from different sources they normally gets, it doesn't matter to player because obviously they are doing what they are paid to do, they get paid to play and they end up playing which means it doesn't matter to them if teams are not getting the full money they were expecting.

If the company that hires me gives me a contract and then they lose some jobs, do they give me less money? No, they either fire me or they send me on unpaid leave, you can't both make me work and still pay less, same should go for the players as well.

[Nadziratel]

French Footbal Federation has just announced Ligue 1 also canceled for this year like Eredivise.
I am expecting same decision for Seria A, La Liga and Premier League actually.

Probably, Bundesliga will be completed this summer.

[AakZaki]

The postponement of various European competitions due to the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant financial impact on all countries on the continent.  So far only the Bundesliga in Germany have approached the possibility of continuing the rest of the 2019/20 season competition.  Serie A (Italy), Ligue 1 (France), La Liga (Spain) and the English Premier League already have a plan but it is not certain.

UEFA has a program that has been running since 2004, with the aim of providing assistance to members of their federation who need funds related to football development.  The funds owned by the program will be used to help all members of the UEFA federation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

UEFA wants to provide assistance to its members in ways that are appropriate to their respective conditions.  As a result, an agreement has been reached to provide funding of up to 4.3 million euros to each member of the association, which will be paid in the remainder of the 2019/20 season and the following season, "UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin was quoted by Football Italia^[1]

Reference^[1]: https://www.football-italia.net/152615/uefa-gives-2365m-associations

[LTU_btc]

French Footbal Federation has just announced Ligue 1 also canceled for this year like Eredivise.
I am expecting same decision for Seria A, La Liga and Premier League actually.

Probably, Bundesliga will be completed this summer.

It's sad to see such news. Interesting how it will affect teams which still compete in UEFA cups, like Lyon or PSG. Probably remaining matches of Champions league will be played somewhere on neutral pitch, so they would be allowed to play.
I think that this scenario is possible in your mentioned countries, but I read that teams may be allowed to back on training soon.
AakZaki, AFAIK, UEFA makes such payments to federations every year, it's used for football development, infrastructure improvement, but this year federations will be allowed to use this money to support clubs which were affected by this crisis.

[verita1]

June seems to be a tentative date to resume football games. I think that it can only be achieved with an extreme measure of sanitation and Covid19 tests. Without the public, it is sad but we have not yet won the battle against the Coronavirus until there is a cure. Sporting events should be resumed due to their importance to the economy.

[Nadziratel]

French Footbal Federation has just announced Ligue 1 also canceled for this year like Eredivise.
I am expecting same decision for Seria A, La Liga and Premier League actually.

Probably, Bundesliga will be completed this summer.

It's sad to see such news. Interesting how it will affect teams which still compete in UEFA cups, like Lyon or PSG. Probably remaining matches of Champions league will be played somewhere on neutral pitch, so they would be allowed to play.
I think that this scenario is possible in your mentioned countries, but I read that teams may be allowed to back on training soon.
AakZaki, AFAIK, UEFA makes such payments to federations every year, it's used for football development, infrastructure improvement, but this year federations will be allowed to use this money to support clubs which were affected by this crisis.

UEFA has already announced that it will provide great financial assistance to all member country clubs. Still, it would be nice to have sports competitions where they should be, on the pitch. I hope everything will be the same next year. Even if I don't watch it very often, I already miss watching a match in the stands.

[vycl87]

German Bundesliga will be back at 16th May (without fans)
Turkish SuperLeague will be back at 12th July (without fans)

Also English Premier League, Bulgarian League, Serbia and Crotia also will be back.

All of these leagues made an official announcement.

[DeathAngel]

German Bundesliga will be back at 16th May (without fans)
Turkish SuperLeague will be back at 12th July (without fans)

Also English Premier League, Bulgarian League, Serbia and Crotia also will be back.

All of these leagues made an official announcement.

Serie A will also finish, all 20 teams voted to make sure the season will be completed. We will soon get a feast of football once again

[LTU_btc]

German Bundesliga will be back at 16th May (without fans)
Turkish SuperLeague will be back at 12th July (without fans)

Also English Premier League, Bulgarian League, Serbia and Crotia also will be back.

All of these leagues made an official announcement.

There is way more leagues in Europe which announced return dates. Faroe Islands league will begin this weekend. Estonian league will return on 19th May, Polish on 29th May, Hungarian on 23th May. And Belarus didn't even stopped playing with spectators despite virus .
So far we have only 2 leagues ended - in Netherlands and France. But there is many clubs unhappy about this decision and they already started legal actions against.

Serie A will also finish, all 20 teams voted to make sure the season will be completed. We will soon get a feast of football once again

Seria A probably have worst situation, I'm not sure how they are going to continue season. Even in recent days, there was new virus cases confirmed in several teams like Torino or Fiorentina.

[slaman29]

Well, we know already today there won't be French, Dutch or Belgian (LTU misses this out) seasons although PSG were crowned champions already and that league won't be fighting for places but does anyone know who represent Netherlands and Belgium at UEFA competitions next season?

[vycl87]

Well, we know already today there won't be French, Dutch or Belgian (LTU misses this out) seasons although PSG were crowned champions already and that league won't be fighting for places but does anyone know who represent Netherlands and Belgium at UEFA competitions next season?

Waiting for the Italian and Spanish leagues to continue this year would be a dreamy approach. I think it's better that they don't start. First of all, human health!

[LTU_btc]

Well, we know already today there won't be French, Dutch or Belgian (LTU misses this out) seasons although PSG were crowned champions already and that league won't be fighting for places but does anyone know who represent Netherlands and Belgium at UEFA competitions next season?

I intentionally didn't mentioned Belgian league because it's not cancelled yet oficially, they still haven't decided. But from recent news, it's most likely that they will be forced to cancel season:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.besoccer.com/new/amp/government-prohibits-competitions-before-31st-july-in-belgium-and-league-to-be-cancelled-830900

As I understand, clubs from these leagues will qualify to UEFA competitions according to their current position.
Some teams, like Lyon may start legal actions against league decision, though, Lyon president still hope that Ligue can reconsider everything and resume season.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.goal.com/en/amp/news/lyon-chief-aulas-still-hopeful-that-ligue-1-season-will/1e4qx3b85s4ob1gfujwyt8k4b5
Cambuur from Netherlands also considering legal actions because they weren't given promotion to Eredivisie from second division:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/27/cambuur-captain-im-still-angry-its-an-unbelievable-decision