Now we have CL and EL, and Uefa is planning to install a third one, beginning 2021/2022 season.
It was just leaked, so no word yet on if they plan on it being like a third tier or so. But most likely we're gonna get the shit teams playing the other shit teams rofl

i heard that the EL will have fewer teams and this will be a third tier tournament

ridiculous, europa league is bad enough at times
when will these teams even play to get some attention?
and how are smaller clubs supposed to deal with the extra games? el is already a struggle for many

only a matter of time until we get to see relegation teams in europe

Only thing I wonder is when do they play?

Tbh a league for ligue 2(serie B, bundesliga 2, etc.) teams would make more sense than that

This post was edited by DoWN_DeaTH on Sep 11 2018 06:19am

We'll Europa is shit because of the shit teams. But imagine it being Sevilla/Valencia vs Inter/AC Milan or something of tha calibre every week. It would make it significantly more interesting to watch.

I read it's gonna be 32 teams in each, so a total of 96 teams (now EL has 32 and CL 32)

Well, we'll see if it's anything mroe than rumours.

The UCWC was a really fun torunament, but it has no place in today's football due to the current CL and EL formats, so I doubt it has anything to do with that.

I guess it could be a tournament for the teams that get knocked out in the EL/CL qualifiers. I mean, most of the 54 European leagues see their champions finish their continental run in August... it would be nice to see these kind of teams compete for longer. Or it could be one were only smaller leagues enter, like the way the AFC has a cup for developing leagues, or the CONCACAF has regional Caribbean and Central American tournaments that act as a second tier to the CONCACAF CL.



Perhaps they've finally seen the light, and they'll have CL and EL games on separate weeks, with this new competition being played on Thursdays.



20 years ago the EL was massive and a joy to watch, since only league champions qualified for the CL (as well as the title holders, ofc). There were so many good EL and UCWC games, with the level of the teams in the later stages often being comparable to those of the CL.

It's why I wish there were less teams from the big leagues in the CL, and they rebalanced the competitions a bit.

Well there used to be the UEFA Intertoto cup. Is this not the same deal?

New fans like Umade wouldn't know about this.

I guess it would be more comparable to the UCWC. I mean, the Intertoto Cup was more like some EL qualifiers summer trophy, not a proper UEFA competition like the CL, UCWC and EL.

Inba anothet intertoto