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sorry i'm new to following barcelona, curious...when does the season end, playoffs begin? they go thru the summer or what?

Season starts at about September until June. (more or less) The summer is holidays and pre-season fitness training. Every 2 years there is a major national teams competition in the summer too (euro cups and world cups).

There's no such thing as "playoffs" in football, except for some leagues where they use it for deciding who gets relegated. But that doesn't matter now. Barcelona usually plays the following competitions:

- UEFA Champions League. This is the most important competition a club can win. In its current format, teams start by playing a group stage (teams are divided in groups of 4), then the 2 best from each group advance to a somewhat long knockout stage. This year Barcelona was eliminated already by Liverpool in the first stage of knockout. Last year Barcelona won the whole thing.

Champions League knockout stage schedule

- La Liga. This is the spanish championship, one of the most competitive in the world (nowadays only the english league is better). 20 teams play twice against each other, giving a total of 38 games during the season. Whoever gets more points during these 38 games is the champion - there is no playoffs. Currently Barcelona leads with 1 point advance over Sevilla, with 7 games to go.

Current La Liga standings

- Copa Del Rey. This is a knockout-only competition that all teams in Spain participate (even amateur teams too). Barcelona is on the semi-finals, and looks set to advance and face Sevilla in the final, after having won the first game against Getafe.

Copa Del Rei semifinals

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Originally posted by noikeee There's no such thing as "playoffs" in football, except for some leagues where they use it for deciding who gets relegated. But that doesn't matter now. Barcelona usually plays the following competitions:

play-offs are held in holland too to decide who gets what european spot.

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather play-offs are held in holland too to decide who gets what european spot.

Yeah, but everyone hates those so it doesn't matter neither.

Speaking of the dutch league, AZ, Ajax and PSV are all leading the thing with the same amount of points with 1 game to go. With that playoff thing, I guess whoever just misses out on the title will also risk missing Europe? Or are the playoffs only for the 4th placed and below?

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Love to see villareal beating barca.

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Originally posted by noikeee Yeah, but everyone hates those so it doesn't matter neither. Speaking of the dutch league, AZ, Ajax and PSV are all leading the thing with the same amount of points with 1 game to go. With that playoff thing, I guess whoever just misses out on the title will also risk missing Europe? Or are the playoffs only for the 4th placed and below?

Nope. Number 2 plays number 5 and number 3 plays number four. Then the winners play each other and that winner can go to the CL qualification stage. The loser goes to the UEFA cup.

The losers from those first games play each other for a uefa cup ticket. The loser of that game plays against the winner of the play-offs held amongst the numbers 6 to 9 to get the final uefa cup ticket.

So yes, number 2 can get nothing, but the'ld have to really mess it up for that to happen.

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so we are 2 points away from you guys?

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

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Originally posted by noikeee Season starts at about September until June. (more or less) The summer is holidays and pre-season fitness training. Every 2 years there is a major national teams competition in the summer too (euro cups and world cups). There's no such thing as "playoffs" in football, except for some leagues where they use it for deciding who gets relegated. But that doesn't matter now. Barcelona usually plays the following competitions: - UEFA Champions League. This is the most important competition a club can win. In its current format, teams start by playing a group stage (teams are divided in groups of 4), then the 2 best from each group advance to a somewhat long knockout stage. This year Barcelona was eliminated already by Liverpool in the first stage of knockout. Last year Barcelona won the whole thing. Champions League knockout stage schedule - La Liga. This is the spanish championship, one of the most competitive in the world (nowadays only the english league is better). 20 teams play twice against each other, giving a total of 38 games during the season. Whoever gets more points during these 38 games is the champion - there is no playoffs. Currently Barcelona leads with 1 point advance over Sevilla, with 7 games to go. Current La Liga standings - Copa Del Rey. This is a knockout-only competition that all teams in Spain participate (even amateur teams too). Barcelona is on the semi-finals, and looks set to advance and face Sevilla in the final, after having won the first game against Getafe. Copa Del Rei semifinals

THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I just saw a clip of Cristiano Ronaldo, omg I've never seen someone with such dribbling skills, is he regarded best player in world? ronaldhino, messi, ronaldo, rooney?

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Originally posted by fmodena369 THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I just saw a clip of Cristiano Ronaldo, omg I've never seen someone with such dribbling skills, is he regarded best player in world? ronaldhino, messi, ronaldo, rooney?

.ronaldo is very good.. some say the best. he also has been very close to winning 2 gold medals in the olympics. he is a diver

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Originally posted by nchs09 .ronaldo is very good.. some say the best. he also has been very close to winning 2 gold medals in the olympics. he is a diver

yes but he became smart and now has won 2 medals in the best player and best young player in england category.

He will also very soon win 2 more medals for European and World Player of the year. With so much fame, he will end up banging all the wives of the Barcelona players and live happily ever after.

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