From: SM21128@ARIZVM1.ccit.arizona.edu (Curly Howard)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: European Review, No. 2
Date: 8 Jan 1993 00:37:35 -0600
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu



               "F O O T B A L L     R E V I E W"

                                             Vol. 1, No. 2
                                             January 8, 1993

   In this review I'll try to combine all basic info I have about major
football competitions (European Leagues, EuroCups, WC'94). Some of
this info is outdated, some is incorrect -- so that any updates and/or
corrections are indoubtedly welcome and strongly encouraged. I hope this
review will help those people who have missed some info accidentally.

Also, in this issue I would like to express my regrets concerning the New Year
lazyness of "rec.sport.soccer" news providers, who have not posted (as usual)
the results of the several European Leagues' games played last weekend. Thus,
this issue of the Review is a bit outdated...

Part 1.) European national Leagues.
-----------------------------------

Albania
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now. Some of the games
were postponed (I have no idea if they have been played already)

1  PARTIZANI TIRANA          15  9  4  2  28 : 13  22
2  BESA KAVAJE               14  8  4  2  21 :  9  20
3  VILAZNIA SHKODER          14  8  3  3  23 : 10  19
4  DINAMO TIRANA             14  7  4  3  20 : 17  18
5  ALBAPETROL PATOSI         15  6  5  4  21 : 20  17
6  SK TEUTA                  14  7  2  5  16 : 13  16
7  SK ELBASANI               15  5  5  5  16 : 14  15
8  LACI                      15  5  4  6  10 : 14  14
9  APOLONIA FIER             15  4  6  5  24 : 26  14
10 SK TIRANA                 14  4  5  5  15 : 13  13
11 SOPOTI                    15  5  3  7  20 : 23  13
12 SK LUSHNJA                15  4  4  7  12 : 19  12
13 POGRADECI                 15  4  3  8  14 : 20  11
14 KASTRIOTI KRUJE           15  3  5  7  13 : 17  11
15 TOMORI BERAT              14  4  2  8  15 : 28  10
16 FLAMURTARI VLORA          15  2  5  8  10 : 22   9

Armenia
-------
The 1992 championship is over:

 1. Shirak Giumri        22  17  3   2   68-14  37
 1. Homentmen Erevan     22  17  3   2   75-31  37
 3. Bananz Kotaik        22  17  2   3   77-26  36
 4. Ararat Erevan        22  15  4   3   78-15  34
 5. Van Erevan           22  11  1  10   48-53  23
 6. Siunik Kapai         22   8  3  11   42-47  19
 7. Kotaik Abovian       22   7  3  12   32-45  17
 8. Nairi Erevan         22   6  5  11   26-52  17
 9. Homentmen SKIF Erev. 22   6  4  12   39-42  16
10. Zvartnoz Echmiadzin  22   3  5  14   30-61  11
11. Kanaz Erevan         22   3  3  16   29-62   9
12. Kilikia Erevan       22   3  2  17   21-107  8
--------------------------------------------------
13. Kasah Ashtarak       22  15  3   4   60-26  33
14. Shigavit Erevan      22  13  5   4   53-31  31
15. Impuls Dimzhan       22  13  4   5   54-33  30
16. Malatia Erevan       22  11  5   6   58-37  27
17. Aznavur Noemberian   22  11  5   6   42-29  27
18. Zoravan Egvart       22  10  4   8   49-39  24
19. Lori Vanadzor        22   9  4   9   45-63  22
20. NIG Aparan           22   6  3  13   35-52  15
21. Arak Armavir         22   5  5  12   28-57  15
22. Ahtamar Sevan        22   5  5  12   28-42  15
23. Debed Alaverdi       22   4  5  13   35-68  13
24. Alashkert Martuni    22   5  2  15   38-58  12

Austria
-------
The first stage is over. Here is its final table:
(The eight best teams will go to the championship playoffs (with half of
their points acquired in the preliminary round-robin), while the last
four teams will go to the promotion/relegation playoff.)

1  AUSTRIA SALZBURG          22  11 7  4  45 : 27  29
2  AUSTRIA WIEN              22  12 4  6  47 : 25  28
3  WACKER INNSBRUCK          22  10 8  4  45 : 22  28
4  WIENER SPORTCLUB          22  11 5  6  31 : 33  27
5  RAPID WIEN                22  9  8  5  34 : 26  26
6  ADMIRA WACKER             22  11 3  8  47 : 33  25
7  VORWAERTS STEYR           22  8  6  8  30 : 34  22
8  SANKT POELTEN             22  6  10 6  34 : 37  22
-----------------------------------------------------
9  VFB MOEDLING              22  8  3  11 39 : 41  19
10 LASK                      22  4  6  12 21 : 46  14
11 STAHL LINZ                22  3  6  13 20 : 43  12
12 STURM GRAZ                22  3  6  13 23 : 49  12

Azerbajdzhan
------------
The 1992 championship is over:

1. Neftchi Baku            36  30  2   4  104-23  62
2. Hazar Sumgait           36  27  3   6  100-24  57
3. Turan Tauz              36  26  4   6   62-24  56
4. Karabah Agdam           36  24  7   5   76-26  55
5. Kiapaz Giandzha         36  23  8   5   98-29  54
6. Inshaatchi Baku         36  21  6   3   52-28  48
7. Kiur Mingechaur         36  19  3  14   50-39  41
8. Inshaatchi Sabirabad    36  14  6  16   36-42  34
9. Taraggi Baku            36  13  6  17   39-49  32
10.Kiumriuk Kahi           36  12  7  17   57-82  31
11.Umud Dzhalilabad        36  12  5  19   48-78  29
12.Shahdag Kusary          36  11  7  18   34-54  29
----------------------------------------------------
13.Avei Akstafa            36  20  2  16   49-54  42
14.Viliash Masally         36  19  4  15   54-41  42
15.Hazar Lenkoran          36  17  8  13   40-44  42
16.Dashgyn Zakataly        36  19  3  16   48-52  41
17.Pambygchi Barda         36  17  7  14   42-44  41
18.Azeri Baku              36  17  6  15   53-49  40
----------------------------------------------------
19.Plastik Saliany         36  18  2  18   44-60  38
20.Shirvan Shemaha         36  16  2  20   42-67  34
21.Avtomobilchi Evlah      36  13  8  17   33-58  34
22.Chyrakgala Siazan       36  15  2  21   35-68  32
23.Goiazan Kazah           36  12  2  24   37-70  26
24.Energetik Ali-Bairamly  36   7  3  28   28-91  17

Belarus
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now. Unfortunately, I don't
know the results of the two games probably played in the beginning of De-
cember.

1  DINAMO MINSK              16  14 2  0  45 :  8  30
2  BELARUS MINSK             16  10 3  3  27 : 12  23
3  HIMIK GRODNO              16  8  5  3  15 : 15  21
4  KIM VITEBSK               15  7  6  2  18 :  8  20
5  TORPEDO MOGILEV           16  6  8  2  21 : 10  20
6  DINAMO BREST              16  7  5  4  19 : 11  19
7  DNEPR MOGILEV             16  7  5  4  22 : 17  19
8  TRAKTOR BOBRUYSK          16  6  6  4  14 :  6  18
9  SHAKHTER SOLIGORSK        16  6  5  5  12 : 15  17
10 GOMSELMASH GOMEL          15  4  5  6  10 : 16  13
11 TORPEDO MINSK             16  3  7  6  15 : 20  13
12 STROITEL STARYE DOROGI    15  4  3  8   8 : 15  11
13 VEDRICH RECHITSA          15  3  5  7  14 : 26  11
14 METALLURG MOLODECHNO      16  4  3  9  17 : 25  11
15 LOKOMOTIV VITEBSK         16  2  6  8  16 : 24  10
16 OBUVSCHIK LIDA            16  2  4  10  9 : 25   8
17 BELAZ ZHODINO             16  1  2  13  9 : 38   4

Belgium
-------
Most recent results (played on Dec 19-20):
------------------------------------------
ANDERLECHT                -- CHARLEROI                    2 : 0
FC LUIK                   -- FC ANTWERP                   2 : 1
BEVEREN                   -- KV MECHELEN                  1 : 0
WAREGEM                   -- RWD MOLENBEEK                0 : 1
KRC GENK                  -- LOMMEL                       2 : 0
AA GENT                   -- CLUB BRUGGE                  2 : 3
LIERSE SK                 -- FC BOOM                      4 : 1
CERCLE BRUGGE             -- LOKEREN                      1 : 1
GERMINAL EKEREN           -- STANDARD LUIK                0 : 0

1  ANDERLECHT                17  40 : 13   29
2  STANDARD LUIK             17  34 : 19   25
3  WAREGEM                   17  44 : 25   20
4  RWD MOLENBEEK             17  27 : 18   20
5  AA GENT                   17  27 : 19   20
6  KV MECHELEN               17  29 : 22   20
7  CLUB BRUGGE               17  20 : 14   20
8  CHARLEROI                 17  30 : 25   19
9  LIERSE SK                 17  27 : 25   18
10 BEVEREN                   17  19 : 22   18
11 FC ANTWERP                17  29 : 31   17
12 CERCLE BRUGGE             17  40 : 39   16
13 FC LUIK                   17  24 : 37   15
14 KRC GENK                  17  19 : 19   14
15 LOKEREN                   17  18 : 31   10
16 FC BOOM                   17  28 : 50   10
17 GERMINAL EKEREN           17  21 : 40    9
18 LOMMEL                    17  15 : 44    6

The 18th round is on Jan 9-10.

Bohemia (also known as Czech Republic)
--------------------------------------
See CSFR.

Bosnia & Herzegovina
--------------------
No league (because of the obvious reasons).

Bulgaria
--------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  LEVSKI SOFIA              15  12 2  1  44 : 16  26
2  CSKA SOFIA                15  8  4  3  29 : 12  20
3  LOKOMOTIV PLOVDIV         15  8  3  4  31 : 13  19
4  ETUR TARNOVO              15  7  5  3  15 : 10  19
5  LOKOMOTIV SOFIA           15  6  7  2  29 : 20  19
6  BOTEV PLOVDIV             15  6  5  4  22 : 18  17
7  CHERNOMORETS              15  5  5  5  17 : 16  15
8  LOKOMOTIV GORNA ORYAHOVIT 15  4  7  4  16 : 18  15
9  SPARTAK                   15  5  4  6  18 : 25  14
10 BEROE STARA ZAGORA        15  4  5  6  16 : 20  13
11 PIRIN                     15  4  5  6  13 : 20  13
12 DOBRUDZHA                 15  5  2  8  19 : 29  12
13 SLAVIA SOFIA              15  4  3  8  19 : 29  11
14 YANTRA GABROVO            15  3  4  8  12 : 30  10
15 SLIVEN                    15  4  1  10 15 : 24   9
16 HASKOVO                   15  3  2  10 16 : 31   8

Croatia
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  HASK GRADJANSKI           15  39 : 15   25
2  HAJDUK SPLIT              15  29 : 13   22
3  ZAGREB                    15  26 : 17   20
4  RIJEKA                    15  21 : 14   18
5  CIBALIA                   15  16 : 15   18
6  VARTEKS                   15  26 : 23   17
7  ISTRA                     15  17 : 13   16
8  INKER ZAPRESIC            15  20 : 15   15
9  OSIJEK                    15  24 : 21   14
10 RADNIK                    15  17 : 28   14
11 ZADAR                     15  16 : 25   13
12 PAZINKA                   15  12 : 16   12
13 SEGESTA                   15  15 : 26   12
14 DUBROVNIK                 15   9 : 21    9
15 BELISCE                   15  18 : 34    8
16 SIBENIK                   15  14 : 24    7

CSFR (now Bohemia and Slovakia, who still have a joint league)
--------------------------------------------------------------
There is a winter break after the first half now. One game was
postponed (I have no idea if it has been played already)

1  SPARTA PRAHA              15  10 1  4  28 : 12  21
2  SLOVAN BRATISLAVA         15  10 0  5  34 : 18  20
3  DUNAJSKA STREDA           15  9  2  4  33 : 20  20
4  SLAVIA PRAHA              15  7  5  3  29 : 18  19
5  SIGMA OLOMOUC             15  8  2  5  19 : 19  18
6  BOBY BRNO                 15  7  2  6  22 : 26  16
7  AC NITRA                  15  5  6  4  14 : 12  16
8  INTER BRATISLAVA          15  7  1  7  28 : 23  15
9  BANIK OSTRAVA             15  5  5  5  24 : 22  15
10 DYNAMO CESKE-BUDEJOVICE   15  6  2  7  19 : 17  14
11 TATRAN PRESOV             15  5  4  6  24 : 22  14
12 SPARTAK HRADEC-KRALOVE    14  5  3  6  16 : 15  13
13 TJ VITKOVICE              14  4  3  7  12 : 19  11
14 BOHEMIANS PRAHA           15  2  5  8   8 : 29   9
15 SPARTAK TRNAVA            15  1  7  7  15 : 31   9
16 DUKLA PRAHA               15  3  2  10 20 : 42   8

Cyprus
------
Games played on Dec 19-20:
--------------------------
OMONOIA                   -- SALAMINA                     3 : 2
OLYMPIAKOS                -- EUAGORAS                     1 : 4
ARIS                      -- POL                          2 : 0
EPA                       -- AEL                          1 : 1
APOP                      -- ENWSIS                       1 : 4
AXNA                      -- APOLLWN                      1 : 1

And I have no idea what happened after that. Thus, the table below
(which is as on Dec 21) might be outdated:

1  OMONOIA                   11  40 : 17   24
2  APOLLWN                   11  31 : 14   24
3  SALAMINA                  11  20 : 9    23
4  APOEL                     10  20 : 9    21
5  ANORTHOSIS                10  15 : 13   19
6  AXNA                      11  18 : 16   16
7  ENWSIS                    11  21 : 25   16
8  ARIS                      11  17 : 23   14
9  EUAGORAS                  11  18 : 21   13
10 AEL                       11  18 : 20   11
11 EPA                       11  11 : 19   10
12 OLYMPIAKOS                11  10 : 26   10
13 POL                       11  13 : 17    8
14 APOP                      11   7 : 30    4

Denmark
-------
The first stage is over. Here is its final table:
(The eight best teams will go to the championship playoff.)

1  FC KOBENHAVN              18  10 3  5  31 : 17  23
2  OB ODENSE                 18  10 3  5  31 : 17  23
3  AAB                       18  7  7  4  25 : 17  21
4  BRONDBY                   18  6  9  3  21 : 20  21
5  SILKEBORG                 18  7  5  6  30 : 16  19
6  AGF                       18  6  7  5  24 : 21  19
7  LYNGBY                    18  4  8  6  20 : 22  16
8  NAESTVED                  18  4  7  7  25 : 35  15
-----------------------------------------------------
9  FREM                      18  3  8  7  23 : 39  14
10 B1909                     18  0  6  12 15 : 42   6

Estonia
-------
The table below is very old (it is as on the middle of November, I
believe). What is the current table ? Ich weis... (<Do> I know <?>...)

1  NORMA TALLINN             12  45 : 5    23
2  EP JOHVI                  12  41 : 12   20
3  VIGRI TALLINN             12  34 : 12   17
4  VMV TALLINN               12  27 : 8    17
5  FLORA TALLINN             12  32 : 12   16
6  NARVATRANS NARVA          12  28 : 18   15
7  KEEMIK KOKHTLA-YARVE      12  20 : 28    8
8  KALEV TARTU               12  15 : 24    8
9  KALEV SILLAMYAEE          12  10 : 29    7
10 DUENAMO TALLINN           12  10 : 25    6
11 MERKUUR TARTU             12   7 : 41    5
12 JK VILYANDI               12   6 : 61    2

England
-------
Most recent results (played on Dec 28):
---------------------------------------
ASTON VILLA               -- ARSENAL                      1 : 0
IPSWICH TOWN              -- BLACKBURN ROVERS             2 : 1
LEEDS UNITED              -- NORWICH CITY                 0 : 0
LIVERPOOL                 -- MANCHESTER CITY              1 : 1
MANCHESTER UNITED         -- COVENTRY CITY                5 : 0
MIDDLESBROUGH             -- CRYSTAL PALACE               0 : 1
QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS      -- EVERTON                      4 : 2
SOUTHAMPTON               -- SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY          1 : 2
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR         -- NOTTINGHAM FOREST            2 : 1
WIMBLEDON                 -- CHELSEA                      0 : 0

1  NORWICH CITY              22  12 5  5  34 : 34  41
2  MANCHESTER UNITED         22  10 8  4  30 : 17  38
3  ASTON VILLA               22  10 8  4  32 : 24  38
4  BLACKBURN ROVERS          22  10 7  5  34 : 20  37
5  IPSWICH TOWN              22  8  12 2  31 : 23  36
6  CHELSEA                   22  9  8  5  28 : 22  35
7  QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS      21  9  5  7  30 : 25  32
8  COVENTRY CITY             22  8  8  6  33 : 32  32
9  ARSENAL                   22  9  4  9  23 : 22  31
10 MANCHESTER CITY           22  8  6  8  30 : 24  30
11 LIVERPOOL                 21  8  5  8  35 : 33  29
12 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR         22  7  8  7  22 : 27  29
13 MIDDLESBROUGH             22  6  9  7  33 : 33  27
14 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY       22  6  9  7  27 : 29  27
15 CRYSTAL PALACE            22  6  9  7  29 : 33  27
16 LEEDS UNITED              22  6  7  9  33 : 37  25
17 SOUTHAMPTON               22  5  9  8  22 : 26  24
18 EVERTON                   22  6  5  11 21 : 30  23
19 OLDHAM ATHLETIC           20  5  6  9  33 : 39  21
20 SHEFFIELD UNITED          21  5  6  10 18 : 28  21
21 WIMBLEDON                 22  4  8  10 26 : 33  20
22 NOTTINGHAM FOREST         21  3  6  12 20 : 33  15

The 23rd round is on Jan 9.

Faroe Islands
-------------
The 1992 championship is over:

 1. B 68 [Toftir]         18 11  5  2  35-18  27
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2. GI [Gotu]             18 11  3  4  33-20  25
 3. KI [Klakksvik]        18  7  9  2  32-18  23
 4. HB [Thorshavn]        18  7  7  4  34-24  21
 5. TB [Tvoroyri]         18  7  5  6  29-30  19
 6. B 36 [Thorshavn]      18  4  8  6  26-28  16
 7. VB [Vagur]            18  4  8  6  19-26  16
 8. B 71 [Sandur]         18  4  7  7  24-25  15
------------------------------------------------
 9. SIF [Sandavagur]      18  4  4 10  29-40  12
10. NSI [Runavik]         18  2  2 14  17-49   6

Finland
-------
The 1992 championship is over:

 1.  HJK (Helsinki)          33   20   6   7    59     35      66
 2.  FC Kuusysi (Lahti)      33   19   6   8    61     38      63
 3.  FC Jazz (Pori)          33   18   9   6    62     42      63
 4.  MyPa (Myllykoski)       33   16   8   9    57     29      56
 5.  Jaro (Pietarsaari)      33   14   8  11    49     37      50
 6.  FC Haka (Valkeakoski)   33   15   3  13    42     51      50
 7.  RoPS (Rovaniemi)        33   12   6  15    53     49      42
 8.  FC Ilves (Tampere)      33   10   5  18    45     56      35
 9.  TPS (Turku)             33    9   8  16    29     45      35
10.  MP (Mikkeli)            33   10   3  20    34     60      33
----------------------------------------------------------------------
11.  FC Oulu                 33    9   5  19    42     68      32
======================================================================
12.  KuPS (Kuopio)           33    8   7  18    33     56      31

France
------
Most recent results (played on Dec 20):
---------------------------------------
AJ AUXERRE                -- HAVRE AC                     4 : 1
STADE MALHERBE CAEN       -- RC STRASBOURG                3 : 0
LILLE OSC                 -- NIMES OLYMPIQUE              2 : 2
OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS        -- AS MONACO                    0 : 0
FC METZ                   -- FC GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX     1 : 1
MONTPELLIER HERAULT SC    -- FC SOCHAUX MONTBELIARD       1 : 0
PARIS SAINT GERMAIN FC    -- OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE       0 : 1
SC TOULON ET DU VAR       -- RC LENS                      2 : 2
TOULOUSE FC               -- FC NANTES LOIRE ATLANTIQU    2 : 0
US VALENCIENNES ANZIN     -- AS SAINT ETIENNE             0 : 0

1  AJ AUXERRE                19  11 4  4  35 : 18  26
2  AS MONACO                 19  11 4  4  29 : 14  26
3  FC NANTES LOIRE ATLANTIQU 19  10 6  3  35 : 18  26
4  OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE    18  9  7  2  27 : 18  25
5  PARIS SAINT GERMAIN FC    19  9  6  4  34 : 15  24
6  FC GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX  19  9  5  5  21 : 16  23
7  RC STRASBOURG             19  6  9  4  32 : 29  21
8  MONTPELLIER HERAULT SC    19  8  4  7  20 : 20  20
9  AS SAINT ETIENNE          19  7  6  6  16 : 14  20
10 FC SOCHAUX MONTBELIARD    19  7  5  7  16 : 28  19
11 OLYMPIQUE LYONNAIS        19  3  13 3  19 : 18  19
12 STADE MALHERBE CAEN       19  6  5  8  27 : 24  17
13 HAVRE AC                  19  5  7  7  20 : 26  17
14 FC METZ                   19  3  9  7  21 : 27  15
15 TOULOUSE FC               19  3  9  7  17 : 23  15
16 RC LENS                   19  3  8  8  18 : 32  14
17 US VALENCIENNES ANZIN     19  3  7  9  20 : 28  13
18 NIMES OLYMPIQUE           19  2  9  8  20 : 31  13
19 LILLE OSC                 18  3  7  8   7 : 22  12
20 SC TOULON ET DU VAR       19  2  8  9  13 : 26  12

The 20th round is on Jan 9.

Georgia
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now. Some of the games
were postponed (I have no idea if they have been played already)

1  DINAMO TBILISI            15  13 1  1  37 :  8  40
2  ALAZANI GURDZHANI         16  10 2  4  32 : 23  32
3  MARGVETI SESTAFONI        16  10 2  4  31 : 26  32
4  GORDA RUSTAVI             16  9  4  3  46 : 30  31
5  KOLHETI 1913 POTI         16  9  4  3  30 : 18  30
6  SHEVARDENI 1906 TBILISI   16  9  2  5  34 : 20  29
7  TORPEDO KUTAISI           16  8  2  6  29 : 20  26
8  SAMGURALI TSHALTUBO       16  7  4  5  35 : 27  25
9  FC BATUMI                 16  6  2  8  24 : 25  20
10 DILA GORI                 16  6  2  8  22 : 29  20
11 GURIA LANCHHUTI           16  6  2  8  19 : 30  20
12 KOLHETI HOBI              15  5  3  7  22 : 29  18
13 FC SAMTREDIA              16  5  3  8  17 : 24  18
14 MREBETI TBILISI           15  5  1  9  19 : 28  16
15 IVERIA HASHURI            16  5  1  10 18 : 35  16
16 ODISHI ZUGDIDI            15  1  1  13 16 : 38   4
17 TSHUMI SUHUMI             16  1  1  14 25 : 46   4

Germany
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now (one game is post-
poned):

1  BAYERN MUENCHEN           17  9  7  1  36 : 21  25
2  EINTRACHT FRANKFURT       17  8  8  1  32 : 19  24
3  WERDER BREMEN             17  8  7  2  27 : 17  23
4  BORUSSIA DORTMUND         17  9  3  5  34 : 25  21
5  KARLSRUHER                17  9  3  5  37 : 31  21
6  BAYER LEVERKUSEN          17  6  8  3  35 : 21  20
7  VFB STUTTGART             17  6  7  4  25 : 24  19
8  KAISERSLAUTERN            17  8  2  7  29 : 20  18
9  NUERNBERG                 17  7  3  7  16 : 19  17
10 DINAMO DRESDEN            17  5  6  6  21 : 25  16
11 HAMBURGER SV              17  3  9  5  22 : 23  15
12 SCHALKE O4                16  4  6  6  17 : 23  14
13 SAARBRUECKEN              17  4  6  7  23 : 30  14
14 1. FC KOELN               16  6  1  9  23 : 26  13
15 BORUSSIA MOENCHENGLADBACH 17  3  7  7  22 : 33  13
16 WATTENSCHEID              17  4  4  9  25 : 35  12
17 BAYER UERDINGEN           17  3  5  9  16 : 36  11
18 VFL BOCHUM                17  1  6  10 18 : 30   8

The second half starts in February.

Greece
------
Games played on Dec 26-27:
--------------------------
AEK ATHENS                -- KALAMARIA                    2 : 0
PAOK SALONIKI             -- OLYMPIAKOS PIREAUS           0 : 0
ARIS                      -- PANATHINAIKOS                0 : 1
OFI CRETE                 -- PIERIKOS                     3 : 0
KORINTHOS                 -- IRAKLIS                      1 : 1
PANAHAIKI                 -- LARISA                       1 : 0
APOLLON ATHENS            -- EDESSAIKOS                   3 : 0
DOKSA DRAMA               -- KSANTHI                      2 : 2
ATHINAIKOS                -- IONIKOS N.                   0 : 1

I have no idea what happened on Jan 2-3 weekend. The table below is
as it is on Dec 28:

1  AEK ATHENS                15  12 3  0  39 : 11  39
2  OLYMPIAKOS PIREAUS        15  10 4  1  29 :  9  34
3  PANATHINAIKOS             15  9  3  3  34 : 11  30
4  OFI CRETE                 15  8  4  3  27 : 11  28
5  IRAKLIS                   15  8  3  4  24 : 19  27
6  PAOK SALONIKI             15  7  2  6  23 : 19  23
7  ARIS                      15  7  2  6  21 : 18  23
8  LARISA                    15  5  5  5  13 : 14  20
9  DOKSA DRAMA               15  5  5  5  21 : 24  20
10 KSANTHI                   15  5  4  6  19 : 29  19
11 PANAHAIKI                 15  5  3  7  20 : 23  18
12 APOLLON ATHENS            15  5  2  8  15 : 26  17
13 EDESSAIKOS                15  4  3  8  22 : 39  15
14 ATHINAIKOS                15  2  7  6  13 : 20  13
15 IONIKOS N.                15  3  3  9  13 : 23  12
16 KALAMARIA                 15  2  6  7  11 : 22  12
17 KORINTHOS                 15  2  6  7  13 : 30  12
18 PIERIKOS                  15  1  5  9  14 : 28   8

Hungary
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  VAC IZZO                  15  11 1  3  27 : 13  23
2  FERENCVAROS BUDAPEST      15  10 2  3  23 : 11  22
3  KISPEST HONVED            15  9  3  3  24 : 15  21
4  VIDEOTON WALTHAM          15  8  3  4  25 : 17  19
5  VASAS BUDAPEST            15  6  6  3  19 : 15  18
6  BEKESCSABA                15  5  6  4  20 : 18  16
7  MTK                       15  5  5  5  25 : 19  15
8  DIOSGYOR                  15  5  5  5  18 : 21  15
9  CSEPEL                    15  5  4  6  17 : 18  14
10 BVSC NOVEP                15  5  3  7  14 : 17  13
11 PECS MSC                  15  5  2  8  16 : 20  12
12 SIOFOK                    15  5  2  8  15 : 21  12
13 RABA ETO DYOR             15  3  6  6  13 : 19  12
14 UJPESTI TE                15  2  7  6  16 : 21  11
15 VESZPREM                  15  3  3  9  15 : 30   9
16 NYIREGHAZA                15  2  4  9   9 : 21   8

Iceland
-------
The 1992 championship is over:

 1. IA [Akranes]          18 12  4  2  40-19  40
 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 2. KR [Reykjavik]        18 11  4  3  41-17  37
 3. Thor [Akureyri]       18 10  5  3  30-14  35
 4. Valur [Reykjavik]     18  9  4  5  33-27  31
 5. Fram [Reykjavik]      18  8  1  9  25-27  25
 6. FH [Hafnarfj"ordur]   18  5  6  7  25-29  22
 7. Vikingur [Reykjavik]  18  5  4  9  25-33  19
 8. IBV [Vestmannaeyjar]  18  5  1 12  23-44  16
------------------------------------------------
 9. UBK [Kopavagur]       18  4  3 11  14-31  15
10. KA [Akureyri]         18  3  4 11  18-33  13

(Cup Final: Valur-KA 5-2 aet (2-2)).

Ireland
-------
Most recent results (played on Jan 3):
--------------------------------------
BOHEMIANS                 -- BRAY WANDERERS               2 : 0
CORK CITY                 -- SHELBOURNE                   2 : 1
DUNDALK                   -- LIMERICK                     1 : 0
SLIGO ROVERS              -- SHAMROCK ROVERS              0 : 1
ST.PATRICK'S ATHLETICS    -- DROGHEDA UNITED              2 : 2
WATERFORD UNITED          -- DERRY CITY                   2 : 0

1  CORK CITY                 20  11 5  4  33 : 22  27
2  BOHEMIANS                 19  9  8  2  33 :  9  26
3  DERRY CITY                20  8  9  3  16 : 12  25
4  DUNDALK                   20  8  8  4  27 : 22  24
5  SHELBOURNE                19  9  5  5  38 : 21  23
6  ST.PATRICK'S ATHLETICS    20  5  11 4  18 : 16  21
7  LIMERICK                  20  5  10 5  21 : 16  20
8  SHAMROCK ROVERS           20  6  6  8  30 : 22  18
9  DROGHEDA UNITED           20  3  11 6  18 : 28  17
10 SLIGO ROVERS              20  4  7  9   9 : 24  15
11 WATERFORD UNITED          20  5  2  13 19 : 47  12
12 BRAY WANDERERS            20  1  8  11 10 : 33  10

The 21st round is on Jan 20.

Israel
------
Games played on Dec 19-20:
--------------------------
BEITAR JERUSALEM          -- BEITAR TEL AVIV              1 : 0
HAPOEL TEL AVIV           -- MACCABI NETANYA              2 : 1
BNEI YEHUDA               -- MACCABI HAIFA                1 : 2
HAPOEL HAIFA              -- TZAFRIRIM HOLON              2 : 1
MACCABI PETAH TIKVA       -- HAPOEL PETAH TIKVA           0 : 0
HAPOEL BEER SHEVA         -- MACCABI TEL AVIV             1 : 2

And I have no idea what happened after that. Thus, the table below
(which is as on Dec 21) might be outdated:

1  BEITAR JERUSALEM          14  9  2  3  21 : 15  29
2  MACCABI HAIFA             14  8  4  2  31 : 18  28
3  MACCABI TEL AVIV          14  8  3  3  35 : 18  27
4  BNEI YEHUDA               14  7  2  5  27 : 24  23
5  HAPOEL TEL AVIV           14  6  2  6  23 : 25  20
6  MACCABI PETAH TIKVA       14  5  5  4  26 : 20  20
7  HAPOEL BEER SHEVA         14  5  4  5  18 : 18  19
8  TZAFRIRIM HOLON           14  5  3  6  23 : 24  18
9  HAPOEL HAIFA              14  3  6  5  11 : 19  15
10 MACCABI NETANYA           14  3  4  7  14 : 28  13
11 BEITAR TEL AVIV           14  3  2  9  14 : 26  11
12 HAPOEL PETAH TIKVA        14  2  3  9  15 : 23   9

Italy
-----
The results of the games played on Jan 3 are missing. The table below is
as it is on Dec 28:

1  AC MILAN                  13  10 3  0  34 : 14  23
2  FC INTER                  13  6  3  4  21 : 20  15
3  FIORENTINA FLORENCE       13  5  5  3  29 : 22  15
4  TORINO                    13  4  7  2  17 : 11  15
5  CAGLIARI                  13  6  2  5  14 : 14  14
6  ATALANTA BERGAMO          13  6  2  5  16 : 20  14
7  JUVENTUS TORINO           13  5  4  4  24 : 17  14
8  SAMPDORIA                 13  5  4  4  24 : 22  14
9  LAZIO ROME                13  4  6  3  27 : 22  14
10 PARMA                     13  6  1  6  15 : 16  13
11 GENOA                     13  3  7  3  23 : 27  13
12 UDINESE                   13  5  2  6  18 : 19  12
13 FOGGIA                    13  5  2  6  15 : 22  12
14 ROMA                      13  4  4  5  16 : 14  12
15 BRESCIA                   13  3  6  4  14 : 18  12
16 NAPOLI                    13  3  2  8  19 : 26   8
17 ANCONA                    13  3  2  8  22 : 33   8
18 PESCARA                   13  2  2  9  19 : 30   6

The 15th round is on Jan 10.

Latvia
------
The 1992 championship is over:

 1.Skonto Riga           22 18  2  2  51-10  38
 2.RAF Yelgava           22 17  4  1  43- 6  38
 3.VEF Riga              22 14  5  3  46-14  33
 4.Pardaugava Riga       22 13  3  6  45-22  29
 5.Daugava Riga          22 11  6  5  46-19  28
 6.Olimpija Liepaja      22 10  5  7  33-24  25
 7.Daugavpils            22  8  3 11  25-35  19
 8.Torpedo Riga          22  5  7 10  28-40  17
 9.Vairogs Rezekne       22  7  2 13  29-43  16
10.Gauja Valmiera        22  6  3 13  26-48  15
-------------------------------------------------
11.Start Broceni         22  2  0 20  19-75   4
12.Dilar Ilukste         22  0  2 20  10-65   2

Championship Match (because of equality on points):
Skonto     3-2 RAF

Liectenstein
------------
No league.

Lithuania
---------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  ZHALGIRIS VILNIUS         13  10 2  1  32 :  6  22
2  EKRANAS PANEVEZYS         13  10 2  1  27 :  3  22
3  PANERYS VILNIUS           13  10 1  2  34 : 14  21
4  SIRIJUS KLAIPEDA          13  7  4  2  20 :  7  18
5  BANGA KAUNAS              13  7  3  3  24 :  9  17
6  ROMAR YOVARAS MAZEIKIAI   13  6  2  5  13 : 13  14
7  ARAS KLAIPEDA             13  5  2  6  16 : 13  12
8  GEL.VILKAS VILNIUS        13  3  6  4  12 : 17  12
9  INKARAS KAUNAS            13  4  3  6  16 : 20  11
10 LIETUVOS MAKKABI VILNIUS  13  3  3  7  15 : 20   9
11 SNAIGE ALYTUS             13  3  2  8   8 : 27   8
12 SAKALAS SIAULIAI          13  2  2  9   8 : 23   6
13 ELEKTRONAS TAURAGE        13  2  2  9   6 : 26   6
14 MINIJA KRETINGA           13  1  1  11  5 : 38   3

Luxembourg
----------
The table below is very outdated (it must be as it was in early December)
Will some miracle help me to find out what was after that ?

1  JEUNESSE ESCH             14  8  3  3  24 : 12  19
2  AVENIR BEGGEN             14  7  5  2  25 : 13  19
3  UNION LUXEMBOURG          14  7  4  3  25 : 14  18
4  GS GREVENMACHER           14  5  6  3  23 : 15  16
5  FC DUDELANGE              14  5  6  3  15 : 10  16
6  FELA ESCH                 14  4  5  5  14 : 20  13
7  SPORA                     15  4  5  6  15 : 25  13
8  RED BOYS                  13  3  6  4  23 : 24  12
9  ARIS                      14  2  5  7  17 : 27   9
10 ETTELBRUCK                14  1  3  10  9 : 30   5

Macedonia
---------
Unfortunately, i got no info. I am not even sure if they finally have
a league at all.

Malta
-----
Taken from the December issue of the "World Soccer", this table must be
as it was in mid-November. A very old info... but it's better than no-
thing, I guess...

1  FLORIANA                  6   4  2  0  11 :  5  10
2  HAMRUN SPARTANS           5   3  0  2  12 :  7   6
3  HIBERNIANS                5   3  0  2  12 : 10   6
4  SLIEMA WAND               5   3  0  2   7 :  7   6
5  VALLETTA                  5   2  2  1   7 :  3   6
6  MELLIEHA                  5   2  1  2   6 : 10   5
7  ST. ANDREW'S              5   1  3  1  11 :  7   5
8  BIRKIRKARA                6   2  1  3   8 : 10   5
9  RABAT AJAX                5   0  2  3   3 :  8   2
10 ST. GEORGE'S              5   0  1  4   3 : 13   1

Moldova
-------
This is the only European ex-Soviet nation I have got no football info
about...

Netherlands
-----------
The most recent results (played on Dec 19):
-------------------------------------------
PSV EINDHOVEN             -- VITESSE ARNHEM               1 : 0
GO AHEAD EAGLES           -- RODA JC                      2 : 0
SPARTA                    -- VOLENDAM                     0 : 2
FC UTRECHT                -- CAMBUUR                      1 : 1
FC GRONINGEN              -- MVV                          2 : 1
WILLEM II                 -- FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM          0 : 2

1  PSV EINDHOVEN             15  12 2  1  42 :  8  26
2  FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM       15  8  5  2  35 : 16  21
3  FC UTRECHT                15  8  5  2  25 : 15  21
4  MVV                       16  8  4  4  27 : 24  20
5  FC TWENTE                 14  8  3  3  27 : 12  19
6  AJAX AMSTERDAM            13  7  4  2  29 : 11  18
7  VITESSE ARNHEM            15  5  7  3  22 : 12  17
8  VOLENDAM                  15  5  5  5  23 : 14  15
9  WILLEM II                 16  5  5  6  15 : 17  15
10 FC GRONINGEN              16  5  5  6  17 : 24  15
11 GO AHEAD EAGLES           16  5  4  7  22 : 29  14
12 SPARTA                    14  3  7  4  15 : 17  13
13 RKC                       14  4  4  6  14 : 27  12
14 RODA JC                   15  6  0  9  25 : 29  12
15 CAMBUUR                   16  2  6  8  13 : 27  10
16 FORTUNA SITTARD           15  3  2  10 14 : 36   8
17 DORDRECHT '90             15  2  3  10  9 : 31   7
18 FC DEN BOSCH              15  1  5  9  12 : 37   7

The next (17th ?) round is on Jan 16.

Northern Ireland
----------------
Games played on Dec 28:
-----------------------
BALLYMENA                 -- CLIFTONVILLE                 0 : 1
BANGOR                    -- CARRICK                      4 : 0
CRUSADERS                 -- OMAGH TOWN                   2 : 0
DISTILLERY                -- COLERAINE                    2 : 0
GLENTORAN                 -- GLENAVON                     0 : 0
LARNE                     -- ARDS                         1 : 3
NEWRY                     -- BALLYCARE                    0 : 2
PORTADOWN                 -- LINFIELD                     0 : 0

The 16th and 17th round games were played on Jan 1 and Jan 2, and their
results are unknown to me so far, so that the table below is as it was
on Jan 29:

1  CRUSADERS                 15  11 1  3  28 : 15  34
2  BANGOR                    15  10 2  3  29 : 14  32
3  LINFIELD                  15  9  4  2  20 :  4  31
4  GLENAVON                  15  9  3  3  29 : 12  30
5  PORTADOWN                 15  8  5  2  34 : 13  29
6  DISTILLERY                15  9  1  5  25 : 20  28
7  GLENTORAN                 15  8  2  5  35 : 18  26
8  ARDS                      15  7  2  6  25 : 30  23
9  BALLYMENA                 15  6  2  7  23 : 25  20
10 CARRICK                   15  6  1  8  27 : 34  19
11 OMAGH TOWN                15  5  4  6  21 : 23  19
12 LARNE                     15  5  2  8  21 : 27  17
13 CLIFTONVILLE              15  5  1  9  16 : 22  16
14 COLERAINE                 15  3  1  11 16 : 33  10
15 NEWRY                     15  1  2  12 12 : 45   5
16 BALLYCARE                 15  1  1  13 13 : 39   4

Norway
------
The 1992 championship is over:

1.Rosenborg               22  14  4  4 58-19 46 Champions-Cup
2.Kongsvinger             22  12  4  6 42-27 40 UEFA-Cup
3.Start                   22  11  6  5 38-28 39
4.Lillestroem             22  11  5  6 48-28 38 CW-Cup
5.Lyn                     22  11  4  7 33-29 37
6.Molde                   22  11  3  8 30-30 36
7.Brann                   22   4 12  6 26-30 24
8.Tromsoe                 22   6  6 10 22-37 24
9.Viking                  22   4  9  9 25-34 21
10.Hamarkameratene        22   5  5 12 30-46 20 Won Qualifying play-off
-----------------------------------------------
11.Sogndal                22   5  5 12 30-53 20 Relegated
12.Mjoendalen             22   5  3 14 20-42 20 Relegated

Poland
------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  LECH POZNAN               17  42 : 9    27
2  LKS LODZ                  17  30 : 16   26
3  RUCH CHORZOW              17  36 : 13   25
4  WIDZEW                    17  34 : 20   25
5  LEGIA WARSAW              17  27 : 16   23
6  STAL                      17  22 : 14   20
7  ZAGLEBIE                  17  30 : 18   19
8  GKS KATOWICE              17  24 : 19   16
9  WISLA KRAKOW              17  26 : 22   16
10 GORNIK ZABRZE             17  19 : 22   16
11 POGON                     17  14 : 21   16
12 SIARKA                    17  19 : 26   14
13 SZOMBIERKI BYTOM          17  20 : 29   14
14 HUTNIK                    17  23 : 29   13
15 OLIMPIA                   17  15 : 32   10
16 SLASK                     17  16 : 42   10
17 ZAWISZA BYDGOSZCZ         17  17 : 39    9
18 JAGIELLONIA BELOSTOK      17  18 : 45    5

Portugal
--------
Games played on Dec 20:
-----------------------
BENFICA LISBON            -- ESTORIL                      4 : 0
DEPORTIVO CHAVES          -- VITORIA GUIMARAES            1 : 1
BOAVISTA                  -- MARITIMO                     2 : 1
SPORTING BRAGA            -- SALGUEIROS                   3 : 0
GIL VICENTE               -- FAMALICAO                    0 : 1
SPORTING ESPINHO          -- TIRSENSE                     1 : 0
SPORTING LISBON           -- BELENENSES                   3 : 0
FARENSE                   -- PACOS FERREIRA               2 : 0
PORTO                     -- BEIRA MAR                    0 : 0

The 17th round games' results (the games were played on Jan 3) are mis-
sing... The table below is as it was on Dec 21:

1  PORTO                     16  11 3  2  30 :  9  25
2  SPORTING LISBON           16  7  7  2  25 : 13  21
3  BENFICA LISBON            15  8  4  3  20 :  9  20
4  BOAVISTA                  16  8  4  4  21 : 13  20
5  BELENENSES                16  6  6  4  17 : 13  18
6  FAMALICAO                 16  6  6  4  15 : 16  18
7  SPORTING BRAGA            16  7  2  7  18 : 16  16
8  MARITIMO                  16  6  4  6  24 : 18  16
9  SPORTING ESPINHO          16  5  5  6  17 : 23  15
10 SALGUEIROS                16  4  7  5  16 : 21  15
11 BEIRA MAR                 16  4  7  5  11 : 16  15
12 VITORIA GUIMARAES         16  6  2  8  17 : 25  14
13 FARENSE                   16  4  6  6  16 : 17  14
14 ESTORIL                   16  4  6  6  18 : 21  14
15 PACOS FERREIRA            15  4  5  6  18 : 22  13
16 TIRSENSE                  16  4  5  7  11 : 15  13
17 GIL VICENTE               16  4  5  7  14 : 24  13
18 DEPORTIVO CHAVES          16  1  4  11 12 : 29   6

Russia
------
The 1992 championship is over:

1.Spartak Moscow             14 10  4  0  36-12  24 Champions Cup 1993/94
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
2.Spartak Vladikavkaz        14  7  3  4  26-20  17 UEFA Cup 1993/94
3.Dynamo Moscow              14  6  4  4  26-21  16 UEFA Cup 1993/94
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.Lokomotiv Moscow           14  5  5  4  14-15  15
5.CSKA Moscow                14  5  4  5  25-19  14
6.Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod  14  2  7  5  10-18  11
7.Asmaral Moscow             14  3  3  8  17-36   9
8.Rostselmash Rostov-na-Donu 14  1  4  9   3-16   6
=========================================================================
9.Uralmash Ekaterinburg      22 12  6  4  40-21  30
10.Torpedo Moscow            22 12  4  6  27-17  28
11.Tekstilschik Kamyshin     22 12  4  6  23-13  28
12.Rotor Volgograd           22 11  4  7  35-22  26
13.Okean Nakhodka            22 10  5  7  26-26  25
14.Krylya Sovetov Samara     22  9  7  6  22-16  25
15.Dinamo Stavropol          22 10  4  8  27-23  24
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
16.Zenit St. Petersburg      22  9  6  7  30-25  24
17.Fakel Voronezh            22  9  4  9  17-17  22
18.Kuban Krasnodar           22  4  6 12  16-35  14
19.Shinnik Yaroslavl         22  3  5 14  19-34  11
20.Dinamo Tyumen             22  3  1 18  16-49   7

Romania
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  STEAUA BUCHAREST          17  14 2  1  46 :  9  30
2  DINAMO BUCHAREST          17  13 3  1  44 :  9  29
3  GLORIA BISTRICA           17  9  3  5  25 : 16  21
4  UNIVERSITATA CRAIOVA      17  8  4  5  28 : 21  20
5  RAPID BUCHAREST           17  8  4  5  23 : 16  20
6  UNIVERSITATA CLUJ         17  9  1  7  20 : 20  19
7  ELECTROPUTERE CRAIOVA     17  8  3  6  14 : 13  19
8  SPORTUL STUDENTESC        17  7  4  6  25 : 25  18
9  OTELUL GALATI             17  7  4  6  18 : 18  18
10 INTER SIBIU               17  7  3  7  21 : 24  17
11 UNIREA BRALIA             17  5  4  8  17 : 21  14
12 POLITECHNIKA TIMISHOARA   17  4  6  7  15 : 27  14
13 PLOESTI                   17  6  1  10 24 : 25  13
14 FARUL CONSTANTA           17  5  3  9  21 : 33  13
15 BRASOV                    17  5  2  10 13 : 22  12
16 SELENA BACAU              17  4  3  10  9 : 26  11
17 PROGRESUL BUCHAREST       17  3  5  9  17 : 31  11
18 GSM RESITA                17  2  3  12 15 : 39   7

San Marino
----------
No info. Sorry.

Scotland
--------
Most recent results:
--------------------
Played on Jan 2-3:
------------------
ABERDEEN                  -- DUNDEE                       0 : 0
AIRDRIEONIANS             -- FALKIRK                      0 : 1
DUNDEE UNITED             -- ST.JOHNSTONE                 1 : 2
HIBERNIAN                 -- HEARTS                       0 : 0
PARTICK THISTLE           -- MOTHERWELL                   0 : 1
RANGERS                   -- CELTIC                       1 : 0

Played on Jan 5:
----------------
RANGERS                   -- DUNDEE UNITED                3 : 2

1  RANGERS                   24  19 4  1  58 : 18  42
2  ABERDEEN                  24  15 5  4  50 : 19  35
3  CELTIC                    25  11 8  6  37 : 28  30
4  HEARTS                    25  10 9  6  28 : 25  29
5  DUNDEE UNITED             24  10 6  8  27 : 27  26
6  ST.JOHNSTONE              25  7  9  9  33 : 41  23
7  HIBERNIAN                 25  6  10 9  28 : 34  22
8  PARTICK THISTLE           25  7  7  11 31 : 42  21
9  DUNDEE                    25  6  7  12 32 : 43  19
10 FALKIRK                   25  7  4  14 36 : 50  18
11 AIRDRIEONIANS             25  4  8  13 18 : 35  16
12 MOTHERWELL                24  5  5  15 27 : 43  15

The 26th round is on Jan 16.

Slovakia
--------
See CSFR.

Slovenia
--------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  OLIMPIA LYUBLYANA         17  46 : 10   25
2  NK LYUBLYANA              17  27 : 18   23
3  BRANIK MARIBOR            17  27 : 14   22
4  MURA                      17  22 : 15   22
5  SVOBODA                   17  24 : 12   21
6  STUDIO D                  17  16 : 11   21
7  ZIVILA                    17  28 : 25   20
8  RUDAR                     17  25 : 29   18
9  ELEKTRO                   17  18 : 19   17
10 KOPER                     17  13 : 20   16
11 PUBLIKUM                  17  17 : 23   15
12 SAOP                      17  21 : 26   14
13 SLOVAN                    17  25 : 25   13
14 BELVEDUR IZOLA            17  18 : 22   13
15 ZELEZNICAR                17  15 : 24   13
16 STEKLAR                   17  20 : 35   13
17 NAFTA                     17  17 : 30   11
18 POTROSNIK                 17  20 : 41    9

Spain
-----
Games played on Dec 20:
-----------------------
SEVILLE                   -- REAL MADRID                  2 : 0
ATLETICO MADRID           -- LOGRONES                     0 : 1
OSASUNA DE PAMPLONA       -- REAL SOCIEDAD                2 : 0
CELTA VIGO                -- TENERIFE                     0 : 1
OVIEDO                    -- BURGOS                       3 : 0
CADIX                     -- SPORTING GIJON               2 : 3
ESPANOL BARCELONA         -- ALBACETE                     2 : 0
SARAGOSSE                 -- DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA          0 : 2
ATHLETIC BILBAO           -- VALENCIA                     1 : 4
RAYO VALLECANO            -- BARCELONA                    3 : 3

The 16th round games' results (the games were played on Jan 3) are mis-
sing... The table below is as it was on Dec 21:

1  DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA       15  10 3  2  26 : 11  23
2  BARCELONA                 14  9  4  1  40 : 15  22
3  REAL MADRID               15  9  2  4  25 : 13  20
4  ATLETICO MADRID           15  8  3  4  26 : 19  19
5  VALENCIA                  15  7  5  3  21 : 13  19
6  SEVILLE                   15  7  4  4  22 : 18  18
7  SPORTING GIJON            15  6  6  3  17 : 16  18
8  ATHLETIC BILBAO           15  7  2  6  24 : 22  16
9  OSASUNA DE PAMPLONA       15  6  4  5  21 : 15  16
10 TENERIFE                  15  5  6  4  23 : 17  16
11 ESPANOL BARCELONA         15  5  5  5  23 : 24  15
12 RAYO VALLECANO            15  5  5  5  20 : 22  15
13 SARAGOSSE                 15  4  7  4  16 : 20  15
14 CELTA VIGO                15  4  4  7   7 : 14  12
15 OVIEDO                    14  3  5  6  17 : 19  11
16 REAL SOCIEDAD             15  4  2  9  16 : 25  10
17 CADIX                     15  2  6  7  13 : 24  10
18 ALBACETE                  15  3  2  10 20 : 31   8
19 BURGOS                    15  2  4  9  12 : 34   8
20 LOGRONES                  15  2  3  10 11 : 28   7

Sweden
------
The 1992 championshp is over (here is the final round table):

1.AIK            10  6 2 2  23-11  34
2.Norrkoeping    10  4 2 4  14-18  32
3.Oester         10  4 3 3  18-17  30
4.Trelleborg     10  4 0 6  23-29  26
5.IFK Goeteborg  10  4 1 5  17-17  25
6.Malmoe FF      10  3 2 5  11-14  24

Switzerland
-----------
The first stage is over. Here is its final table:
(The eight best teams will go to the championship playoffs (with half of
their points acquired in the preliminary round-robin), while the last
four teams will go to the promotion/relegation playoff.)

1  YOUNG BOYS                22  11 6  5  44 : 30  28
2  FC SERVETTE               22  10 7  5  32 : 18  27
3  FC SION                   22  8  10 4  28 : 21  26
4  FC AARAU                  22  9  6  7  30 : 34  24
5  LAUSANNE SPORTS           22  7  10 5  28 : 21  24
6  FC ZUERICH                22  8  7  7  21 : 22  23
7  FC LUGANO                 22  7  8  7  29 : 28  22
8  XAMAX NEUCHATEL           22  6  10 6  30 : 26  22
-----------------------------------------------------
9  GRASSHOPPER CLUB          22  5  11 6  27 : 27  21
10 FC SANKT-GALLEN           22  4  10 8  21 : 28  18
11 CHIASSO                   22  5  6  11 15 : 26  16
12 FC BULLE                  22  4  5  13 18 : 42  13

Turkey
------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  KOCAELI                   15  10 3  2  40 : 14  33
2  GALATASARAY               15  9  4  2  27 : 10  31
3  FENERBAHCE                15  9  3  3  38 : 17  30
4  BESIKTAS                  15  8  6  1  29 : 13  30
5  TRABZONSPOR               15  8  6  1  26 : 10  30
6  BURSASPOR                 15  7  3  5  25 : 21  24
7  ANKARAGUCU                15  6  2  7  24 : 22  20
8  SARIYER                   15  5  4  6  19 : 23  19
9  ALTAY                     15  5  4  6  18 : 24  19
10 BAKIRKOY                  15  5  3  7  24 : 24  18
11 GENCHLERBIRLIGI           15  4  5  6  19 : 27  17
12 AYDINSPOR                 15  3  4  8  11 : 26  13
13 GAZIANTEPSPOR             15  3  3  9  15 : 30  12
14 KARSIYAKA                 15  2  6  7  15 : 31  12
15 KAYSERISPOR               15  1  8  6  14 : 22  11
16 KONYASPOR                 15  0  6  9  13 : 43   6

Ukraine
-------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  DNEPR DNEPROPETROVSK      15  9  4  2  27 : 11  22
2  SHAKHTER DONETSK          15  8  5  2  25 : 11  21
3  DINAMO KIEV               15  7  6  2  19 :  8  20
4  BUKOVINA CHERNOVTSY       15  7  4  4  18 :  7  18
5  CHERNOMORETS ODESSA       15  7  3  5  21 : 20  17
6  METALLIST KHARKOV         15  6  4  5  23 : 18  16
7  TAVRIA SIMFEROPOL         15  6  3  6  14 : 17  15
8  VOLYN LUTSK               15  6  3  6  19 : 24  15
9  METALLURG ZAPOROZHYE      15  5  5  5  19 : 18  15
10 KARPATY LVOV              15  5  5  5  20 : 20  15
11 KRIVBASS KRIVOY ROG       15  5  4  6  15 : 19  14
12 ZARYA LUGANSK             15  4  3  8  11 : 26  11
13 KREMEN KREMENCHUG         15  3  5  7   9 : 22  11
14 VERES ROVNO               15  4  2  9  15 : 25  10
15 TORPEDO ZAPOROZHYE        15  3  4  8  15 : 19  10
16 NIVA TERNOPOL             15  3  4  8   8 : 12  10

Wales
-----
No league (except the Konica League of Wales, where the best Welsh
clubs do not play).

Yugoslavia (top of the table)
-----------------------------
There is a winter break after the first half now:

1  PARTIZAN BELGRADE         17   51 : 10   30
2  RED STAR BELGRADE         18   35 : 9    27
3  VOJVODINA                 18   31 : 21   27
4  NAPREDAK                  18   22 : 32   20
5  RAD BELGRADE              18   18 : 15   19
6  OFK BELGRADE              18   21 : 19   18
(sorry, but I got only the top of the Yugoslav table)

Part 2.) European Cups 1992/93.
-------------------------------

8 remaining teams in the European Champions' Cup (or EC1) are divided
into 2 groups. In each group, 4 teams have round-robin tournament --
each team faces all other teams two times. The games are to be played
on November 25, December 9, March 3, March 17, April 7 and April 21.
The group winners will meet in the EC1 final game on May 26.

Group A.
--------

November 25
-----------

Club Brugge (Belgium) - CSKA Moscow (Russia) 1-0
   16' Amokachi

Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) - Olympique Marseille (France) 2-2
   30' Boksic   0-1
   57' Vo"ller  0-2
   78' McSwegan 1-2
   83' Hateley  2-2

December 9
----------

CSKA Moscow (Russia) - Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 0-1
   14' Ferguson

Olympique Marseille (France) - Club Brugge (Belgium) 3-0
    4' Sauzee (penalty)
   10' Boksic
   26' Boksic

===============================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   I
===============================================
I OLYMPIQUE   |XXXXXXX|       |  3:0  |       I
I  MARSEILLE  |XXXXXXX|  2:2  |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I GLASGOW     |  2:2  |XXXXXXX|       |       I
I  RANGERS    |       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I CLUB        |       |       |XXXXXXX|  1:0  I
I  BRUGGE     |  0:3  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I CSKA        |       |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXXI
I  MOSCOW     |       |       |  0:1  |XXXXXXXI
===============================================

1.Olympique Marseille   2  1 1 0   5:2   3
2.Glasgow Rangers       2  1 1 0   3:2   3
3.Club Brugge           2  1 0 1   1:3   2
4.CSKA Moscow           2  0 0 2   0:2   0

Next games: March 3: Olympiue Marseille - CSKA Moscow
                     Glasgow Rangers - Club Brugge

Group B.
--------

November 25
-----------

Porto (Portugal) - PSV (Holland) 2-2
   35' Magelhaes 1-0
   44' Romario   1-1
   60' Romario   1-2
   74' van Tiggelen of PSV sent off after his second yellow card.
   75' Ze Carlos 2-2

AC Milan (Italy) - IFK Go"teborg (Sweden) 4-0
   33' van Basten
   52' van Basten (penalty)
   61' van Basten
   63' van Basten

December 9
----------

PSV (Holland) - AC Milan (Italy) 1-2
   20' Rijkaard 0-1
   63' Simone   0-2
   66' Romario  1-2

IFK Goteborg (Sweden) - Porto (Portugal) 1-0
   86' Eriksson

===============================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   I
===============================================
I AC          |XXXXXXX|  4:0  |       |       I
I  MILAN      |XXXXXXX|       |  2:1  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I IFK         |       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  I
I  GOTHENBURG |  0:4  |XXXXXXX|       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I PSV         |  1:2  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I  EIHDHOVEN  |       |       |XXXXXXX|  2:2  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I FC          |       |       |  2:2  |XXXXXXXI
I  PORTO      |       |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXXI
===============================================

1.AC Milan              2  2 0 0   6:1   4
2.IFK Gothenburg        2  1 0 1   1:4   2
3.PSV Eindhoven         2  0 1 1   3:4   1
4.FC Porto              2  0 1 1   2:3   1

Next games: March 3: AC Milan - FC Porto
                     PSV Eindhoven - IFK Gothenburg

8 remaining teams in the European Cup Winners' Cup (or EC2) will play
quarterfinal games on March 3 and March 17. These are the pairs:

Feyenoord (Netherlands) - Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Olympiakos (Greece) - Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Sparta Prague (Czecho-Slovakia) - Parma (Italy)
Steaua (Romania) - Antwerp (Belgium)

8 remaining teams in the UEFA Cup (or EC3) will play quarterfinal
games on March 3 and March 17. These are the pairs:

Auxerre (France) - Ajax (Netherlands)
Real Madrid (Spain) - Paris St Germain (France)
AS Roma (Italy) - Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
Benfica (Portugal) - Juventus (Italy)

The overall EuroCups standings is (until next March) :
--------------------------------------------------------
=========================================================================
      |         |            T E A M S                   |  P O I N T S
      |         |                                        |
      |         |            after      after            |  cur-   expec-
PLACE | COUNTRY | started  1st round  2nd round    now   |  rent     ted
=========================================================================
  1     ITALY     1+1+4=6   1+1+4=6    1+1+2=4   1+1+2=4   8.167  11.000
  2     FRANCE    1+1+3=5   1+1+2=4    1+0+2=3   1+0+2=3   7.500  10.100
  3     NETHERL.  1+1+3=5   1+1+2=4    1+1+2=4   1+1+1=3   7.000   9.550
  4     RUSSIA    1+1+2=4   1+1+2=4    1+1+1=3   1+1+0=2   6.500   8.625
  5     BELGIUM   1+1+3=5   1+1+3=5    1+1+2=4   1+1+0=2   6.600   8.300
  6     PORTUGAL  1+1+3=5   1+1+2=4    1+0+1=2   1+0+1=2   5.800   7.450
  7     SPAIN     1+1+4=6   1+1+2=4    0+1+2=3   0+1+1=2   5.500   6.875
  8     CSFR      1+1+2=4   1+1+1=3    0+1+1=2   0+1+0=1   5.000   6.000
  9     LATVIA    1+0+0=1   -------    -------   -------   5.000   5.000
  9     ISRAEL    1+1+0=2   -------    -------   -------   5.000   5.000
 11     GERMANY   1+2+4=7   0+1+3=4    0+0+2=2   0+0+1=1   4.286   4.893
 12     TURKEY    1+1+2=4   0+1+2=3    0+0+1=1   -------   4.750   4.750
 12     GREECE    1+1+2=4   1+1+1=3    0+1+0=1   0+1+0=1   3.750   4.750
 14     SWEDEN    1+1+2=4   1+0+0=1    1+0+0=1   1+0+0=1   3.500   4.725
 15     SCOTLAND  1+1+3=5   1+0+2=3    1+0+0=1   1+0+0=1   3.400   4.300
 16     ENGLAND   1+1+2=4   1+1+1=3    -------   -------   3.750   3.750
 17     SWITZERL. 1+1+2=4   1+1+1=3    -------   -------   3.500   3.500
 18     UKRAINE   1+1+1=3   0+0+1=1    -------   -------   3.000   3.000
 19     ROMANIA   1+1+3=5   1+1+0=2    0+1+0=1   0+1+0=1   2.000   2.800
 20     DENMARK   1+1+2=4   0+1+2=3    -------   -------   2.750   2.750
 21     AUSTRIA   1+1+3=5   1+1+0=2    -------   -------   2.200   2.200
 22     SLOVENIA  1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   2.000   2.000
 23     HUNGARY   1+1+1=3   0+0+1=1    -------   -------   1.667   1.667
 24     POLAND    1+1+2=4   1+0+0=1    -------   -------   1.500   1.500
 24     BULGARIA  1+1+2=4   -------    -------   -------   1.500   1.500
 26     LUXEMB.   1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   1.333   1.333
 27     WALES     0+1+0=1   -------    -------   -------   1.000   1.000
 27     FINLAND   1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   1.000   1.000
 27     N.IRELAND 1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   1.000   1.000
 27     NORWAY    1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   1.000   1.000
 31     CYPRUS    1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   0.667   0.667
 31     IRELAND   1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   0.667   0.667
 31     MALTA     1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   0.667   0.667
 34     FAROES    1+1+0=2   -------    -------   -------   0.500   0.500
 35     ICELAND   1+1+1=3   -------    -------   -------   0.333   0.333
 36     LITHUANIA 1+0+0=1   -------    -------   -------   0.000   0.000
 36     ESTONIA   1+0+0=1   -------    -------   -------   0.000   0.000
 36     LIECHTEN. 0+1+0=1   -------    -------   -------   0.000   0.000
=========================================================================

Part 3.) World Cup '94 qualifiers.
----------------------------------

EUROPE (6 groups -- 2 winners of each group qualify; also Germany, as
---------------------------------------------------------------------
World Cup '90 winners, qualify automatically)
---------------------------------------------

Group 1
-------
===============================================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   I
===============================================================
I ITALY       |XXXXXXX|       |       |  2:2  |       |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       |       |  2:1  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I SCOTLAND    |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       |       |       I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:3  |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I PORTUGAL    |       |       |XXXXXXX|       |       |       I
I             |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I SWITZERLAND |       |  3:1  |       |XXXXXXX|  3:0  |       I
I             |  2:2  |       |       |XXXXXXX|       |  6:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I MALTA       |  1:2  |       |       |       |XXXXXXX|  0:0  I
I             |       |       |       |  0:3  |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ESTONIA     |       |       |       |  0:6  |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |       |       |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXXI
===============================================================

Most recent results: Dec 19: Malta - Italy 1:2

1.Switzerland           4  3 1 0  14:1   7
2.Italy                 3  1 2 0   4:3   4
3.Scotland              3  0 2 1   1:3   2
4.Portugal              1  0 1 0   0:0   1
5.Estonia               2  0 1 1   0:6   1
6.Malta                 3  0 1 2   1:5   1

Next games: Jan 24: Malta - Portugal

Group 2
-------
===============================================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   I
===============================================================
I NETHERLANDS |XXXXXXX|       |  2:2  |       |       |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |       |  1:2  |  3:1  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ENGLAND     |       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:1  |  4:0  |       I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|       |       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I POLAND      |       |       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  |       I
I             |  2:2  |       |XXXXXXX|       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I NORWAY      |  2:1  |       |       |XXXXXXX|       | 10:0  I
I             |       |  1:1  |       |XXXXXXX|       |  2:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I TURKEY      |  1:3  |       |       |       |XXXXXXX|  4:1  I
I             |       |  0:4  |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I SAN MARINO  |       |       |       |  0:2  |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |       |       |  0:10 |  1:4  |XXXXXXXI
===============================================================

Most recent results:  Dec 16: Turkey - Netherlands 1:3

1.Norway                4  3 1 0  15:2   7
2.England               2  1 1 0   5:1   3
3.Poland                2  1 1 0   3:2   3
4.Netherlands           3  1 1 1   6:5   3
5.Turkey                4  1 0 3   5:9   2
6.San Marino            3  0 0 3   1:16  0

Next games: Feb 17: England - San Marino

Group 3
-------
=======================================================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   |   7   I
=======================================================================
I DENMARK     |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       |       |       |       |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |       |  1:0  |       |  0:0  |  0:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I IRELAND     |       |XXXXXXX|       |       |  2:0  |       |  4:0  I
I             |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       |       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I SPAIN       |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|       |  3:0  |       |  5:0  I
I             |       |       |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       |       |  0:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I NORTHERN    |  0:1  |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|  3:0  |       |       I
I IRELAND     |       |       |       |XXXXXXX|       |  2:2  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ALBANIA     |       |       |       |       |XXXXXXX|  1:0  |  1:1  I
I             |       |  0:2  |  0:3  |  0:3  |XXXXXXX|       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I LITHUANIA   |  0:0  |       |       |       |       |XXXXXXX|  1:1  I
I             |       |       |       |  2:2  |  0:1  |XXXXXXX|  2:1  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I LATVIA      |  0:0  |       |  0:0  |       |       |  1:2  |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  0:4  |  0:5  |       |  1:1  |  1:1  |XXXXXXXI
=======================================================================

Most recent results: Dec 16: Spain - Latvia 5:0

1.Spain                 5  2 3 0   8:0   7
2.Ireland               4  2 2 0   6:0   6
3.Denmark               4  1 3 0   1:0   5
4.Lithuania             5  1 3 1   5:5   5
5.Northern Ireland      4  1 2 1   5:3   4
6.Latvia                7  0 4 3   3:13  4
7.Albania               5  1 1 3   2:9   3

Next games: Feb 17: Albania - Northern Ireland

Group 4
-------
===============================================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   I
===============================================================
I CZECHO-     |XXXXXXX|       |       |  1:2  |       |  4:0  I
I SLOVAKIA    |XXXXXXX|       |  1:1  |       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I WALES       |       |XXXXXXX|       |  0:2  |       |  6:0  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|  1:5  |       |  1:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ROMANIA     |  1:1  |  5:1  |XXXXXXX|       |       |  7:0  I
I             |       |       |XXXXXXX|  0:1  |  4:1  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I BELGIUM     |       |       |  1:0  |XXXXXXX|  1:0  |       I
I             |  2:1  |  2:0  |       |XXXXXXX|       |  3:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I CYPRUS      |       |  0:1  |  1:4  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |       |       |       |  0:1  |XXXXXXX|  2:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I FAROE       |       |       |       |  0:3  |  0:2  |XXXXXXXI
I ISLANDS     |  0:4  |  0:6  |  0:7  |       |       |XXXXXXXI
===============================================================

Most recent results: Nov 29: Cyprus - Romania 1:4

1.Belgium               5  5 0 0   9:1  10
2.Romania               5  3 1 1  17:4   7
3.Wales                 4  2 0 2   8:7   4
4.Czecho-Slovakia       3  1 1 1   6:3   3
5.Cyprus                4  1 0 3   3:6   2
6.Faroe Islands         5  0 0 5   0:22  0

Next games: Feb 14: Cyprus - Belgium

Group 5
-------
=======================================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   I
=======================================================
I RUSSIA      |XXXXXXX|       |       |  1:0  |  2:0  I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I GREECE      |       |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |  1:0  |       I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I HUNGARY     |       |       |XXXXXXX|  1:2  |       I
I             |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|       |  3:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ICELAND     |       |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |  0:1  |  0:1  |  2:1  |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I LUXEMBOURG  |       |       |       |  0:3  |XXXXXXXI
I             |  0:2  |       |       |       |XXXXXXXI
=======================================================

Most recent results: Nov 11: Greece - Hungary 0:0

1.Greece                3  2 1 0   2:0   5
2.Russia                2  2 0 0   3:0   4
3.Hungary               3  1 1 1   4:2   3
4.Iceland               4  1 0 3   2:4   2
5.Luxembourg            2  0 0 2   0:5   0

Next games: Feb 17: Greece - Luxembourg

Group 6
-------
===============================================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   |   5   |   6   I
===============================================================
I SWEDEN      |XXXXXXX|       |       |  2:0  |       |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |  3:1  |       |  1:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I FRANCE      |       |XXXXXXX|       |       |  2:1  |  2:0  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|       |  0:2  |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ISRAEL      |  1:3  |       |XXXXXXX|  0:2  |       |       I
I             |       |       |XXXXXXX|       |       |  2:5  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I BULGARIA    |       |  2:0  |       |XXXXXXX|       |       I
I             |  0:2  |       |  2:0  |XXXXXXX|  3:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I FINLAND     |  0:1  |       |       |  0:3  |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |       |  1:2  |       |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I AUSTRIA     |       |       |  5:2  |       |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  0:2  |       |       |       |XXXXXXXI
===============================================================

Most recent results: Dec 2: Israel - Bulgaria 0:2

1.Sweden                3  3 0 0   6:1   6
2.Bulgaria              4  3 0 1   7:2   6
3.France                3  2 0 1   4:3   4
4.Austria               2  1 0 1   5:4   2
5.Finland               3  0 0 3   1:6   0
6.Israel                3  0 0 3   3:10  0

Next games: Feb 17: Israel - France

SOUTH AMERICA (3 teams qualify, and 1 more goes to the playoffs)
----------------------------------------------------------------
9 teams are divided into two groups. Each group will have round-robin
tournament -- each team will play all others twice. (The tournaments will
take place in the summer of 1993.) The two winners of the group "B" and
the group "A" winner will qualify, and the group "A" runner-up will go
to the playoffs (see "OCEANIA" section).

Group "A": Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru.
Group "B": Brazil, Uruguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela.

AFRICA (3 teams qualify)
------------------------

African teams are divided into 9 groups. There is a round-robin tourna-
ment in each group -- each team faces all others twice. The 9 group win-
ners will advance to the next round -- and 3 winners of the next round
will go to the WC'94 final stage.
These are current tables and standings of the two groups:

Group "A"
---------
=======================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   I
=======================================
I GHANA       |XXXXXXX|  2:0  |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |  0:1  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I ALGERIA     |       |XXXXXXX|  3:1  I
I             |  0:2  |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I BURUNDI     |  1:0  |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  1:3  |XXXXXXXI
=======================================

Most recent results: Dec 20: Ghana - Algeria 2:0

1.Ghana                 2  1 0 1   2:1   2
2.Algeria               2  1 0 1   3:3   2
3.Burundi               2  1 0 1   2:3   2

Next games: Jan 17: Burundi - Algeria

Group "B"
---------
===============================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   I
===============================================
I CAMEROON    |XXXXXXX|       |  5:0  |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ZAIRE       |       |XXXXXXX|       |  4:2  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|  0:1  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I SWAZILAND   |       |  1:0  |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |  0:5  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I LIBERIA     |       |       |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  2:4  |       |XXXXXXXI
===============================================

Most recent results: Oct 25: Swaziland - Zaire 1:0

1.Cameroon              1  1 0 0   5:0   2
2.Zaire                 2  1 0 1   4:3   2
3.Swaziland             2  1 0 1   1:5   2
4.Liberia               1  0 0 1   2:4   0

Next games: Jan 10: Zaire - Cameroon
                    Swaziland - Liberia

Group "C"
---------
===============================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   I
===============================================
I EGYPT       |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|  1:2  |       |  4:1  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ZIMBABWE    |  2:1  |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|       |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ANGOLA      |       |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I TOGO        |  1:4  |       |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXXI
===============================================

Most recent results: Dec 20: Zimbabwe - Egypt 2:1

1.Zimbabwe              2  2 0 0   3:1   4
2.Egypt                 3  2 0 1   6:3   4
3.Angola                1  0 0 1   0:1   0
4.Togo                  2  0 0 2   1:5   0

Next games: Jan 17: Togo - Zimbabwe
                    Angola - Egypt

Group "D"
---------
=======================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   I
=======================================
I NIGERIA     |XXXXXXX|  4:0  |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|       |  1:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I SOUTH       |       |XXXXXXX|  1:0  I
I AFRICA      |  0:4  |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I CONGO       |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  0:1  |XXXXXXXI
=======================================

Most recent results: Dec 20: Congo - Nigeria 0:1

1.Nigeria               2  2 0 0   5:0   4
2.South Africa          2  1 0 1   1:4   2
3.Congo                 2  0 0 2   0:2   0

Next games: Jan 17: South Africa - Nigeria


Group "E"
---------
=======================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   I
=======================================
I IVORY COAST |XXXXXXX|       |  6:0  I
I             |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I NIGER       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|  1:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I BOTSWANA    |       |  0:1  |XXXXXXXI
I             |  0:6  |       |XXXXXXXI
=======================================

Most recent results: Dec 20: Botswana - Niger 0:1

1.Ivory Coast           2  1 1 0   6:0   3
2.Niger                 2  1 1 0   1:0   3
3.Botswana              2  0 0 2   0:7   0

Next games: Jan 17: Botswana - Ivory Coast

Group "F"
---------
===============================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   I
===============================================
I MOROCCO     |XXXXXXX|       |  5:0  |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|  1:1  |       |  1:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I TUNISIA     |  1:1  |XXXXXXX|       |  5:1  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I ETHIOPIA    |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|  3:1  I
I             |  0:5  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I BENIN       |  0:1  |       |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  1:5  |  1:3  |XXXXXXXI
===============================================

Most recent results: Dec 20: Tunisia - Morocco 1:1
                             Ethiopia - Benin 3:1

1.Morocco               3  2 1 0   7:1   5
2.Tunisia               3  1 2 0   6:2   4
3.Ethiopia              3  1 1 1   3:6   3
4.Benin                 3  0 0 3   2:9   0

Next games: Jan 17: Ethiopia - Morocco
                    Benin - Tunisia

Group "G"
---------
=======================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   I
=======================================
I SENEGAL     |XXXXXXX|       |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|  2:3  |  1:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I GABON       |  3:2  |XXXXXXX|  3:1  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------I
I MOZAMBIQUE  |  0:1  |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  1:3  |XXXXXXXI
=======================================

Most recent results: Dec 19: Gabon - Senegal 3:2

1.Gabon                 2  2 0 0   6:3   4
2.Senegal               2  1 0 1   3:3   2
3.Mozambique            2  0 0 2   1:4   0

Next games: Jan 17: Mozambique - Gabon

Group "H"
---------
===============================================
I             |   1   |   2   |   3   |   4   I
===============================================
I ZAMBIA      |XXXXXXX|       |  2:0  |       I
I             |XXXXXXX|  0:2  |       |  4:0  I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I MADAGASCAR  |  2:0  |XXXXXXX|       |  3:0  I
I             |       |XXXXXXX|  0:0  |       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I TANZANIA    |       |  0:0  |XXXXXXX|  2:0  I
I             |  0:2  |       |XXXXXXX|       I
I-------------|-------|-------|-------|-------I
I NAMIBIA     |  0:4  |       |       |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |  0:3  |  0:2  |XXXXXXXI
===============================================

Most recent results: Dec 19: Tanzania - Namibia 2:0
                     Dec 20: Madagascar - Zambia 2:0

1.Madagascar            3  2 1 0   5:0   5
2.Zambia                3  2 0 1   6:2   4
3.Tanzania              3  1 1 1   2:2   3
4.Namibia               3  0 0 3   0:9   0

Next games: Jan 16: Tanzania - Zambia
            Jan 17: Namibia - Madagascar

Group "I"
---------
===============================
I             |   1   |   2   I
===============================
I KENYA       |XXXXXXX|       I
I             |XXXXXXX|  0:4  I
I-------------|-------|-------I
I GUINEA      |  4:0  |XXXXXXXI
I             |       |XXXXXXXI
===============================

Most recent results: Dec 20: Guinea - Kenya 4:0

1.Guinea                1  1 0 0   4:0   2
2.Kenya                 1  0 0 1   0:4   0

Next games: Feb 27: Kenya - Guinea

CONCACAF (USA as hosts qualify automatically; 1 more team qualifies; 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------
more will go to the playoffs)
-----------------------------

4 remaining teams (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada), who managed
to get through the second round tournaments, have advanced to the semi-
semifinals. Semifinals winners will have the final game -- the winner
will go directly to the WC '94 final stage, the loser will go to the
playoffs (see "OCEANIA" section).

ASIA (2 teams qualify)
----------------------

The teams are divided into 6 groups. I have no idea what the schedule is.
Six group winners will go to the final round, and the two winners of that
round will qualify.

Group "A": China, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, Pakistan.
Group "B": Iran, Syria, Oman, Taiwan, Myanmar.
Group "C": North Korea, Qatar, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia.
Group "D": South Korea, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Lebanon, India.
Group "E": Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Malaysia, Macao.
Group "F": United Arab Emirates, Japan, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh.

OCEANIA (1 team will go to the playoffs)
----------------------------------------

After winning the group tornaments, Australia and New Zealand will face
each other in May - June 1993. The winner will play with the CONCACAF
qualifying tournament runner-up. The winner of this battle will play with
the South America group "A" runner-up for the WC '94 final stage spot.

That is all so far. I want to thank everyone who posted the news in
this great newsgroup "rec.sport.soccer" (Karel, Kent, Tim, Tino, Marco,
Joost, Harin, Lars, Almantas etc). Also, info from magazines ("World
Soccer" and "Soccer America") and a friend of mine (Oleg Fominov)
was used.

Once more -- please correct my mistakes and update what is outdated !

                                     Curly Howard.
                                     ("sm21128@arizvm.ccit.arizona.edu")