Network Will Air Spanish-Language Coverage of All 110 Games This
Season
Fox Sports en Español’s exclusive coverage of the UEFA Champions League
will begin at 2:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 18, as FC Timisoara (ROU)
takes on VfB Stuttgart (GER) in the first leg of the playoff round. The
network will televise 110 live and prime-time UEFA Champions League and
Super Cup matches for the next three seasons to 14 million cable and
satellite households in the U.S., providing an unprecedented level of
tournament coverage in the Hispanic market.
In a deal first announced last April, Fox Sports en Español acquired the
U.S. Spanish-language media rights to the UEFA Champions League,
Europe’s most prestigious annual club competition, and the yearly UEFA
Super Cup match for the 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons. Fox Sports
en Español will also have the rights to broadcast ancillary UEFA
Champions League programming, including preview and review shows,
archived matches and magazine programs. FSE’s website, www.foxsportsla.msn.com,
will feature UEFA Champions League video highlights, as will the Fox
Sports Móvil offering for video-enabled wireless devices.
“We are thrilled to bring the UEFA Champions League to the first and
biggest Spanish-language sports network in the United States,” said
David Sternberg, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Fox
Sports en Español. “This prestigious tournament will strengthen our
programming lineup tremendously and deliver outstanding year-round
action on multiple platforms to Latino soccer fans around the country.”
Fox Sports en Español’s Champions League coverage will include one live
and one premiere match telecast per match day – including prime-time
transmissions of live offerings from sister networks Fox Soccer Channel
and FSN – as well as live pregame and postgame shows from its Los
Angeles studios. All live matches will kick off at 2:45 p.m. ET on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the course of the season. Fox Sports en
Español will also televise a 30-minute Champions League highlight show
each Friday.
The UEFA Champions League – first staged in 1955 – features the reigning
champion and other top-of-table finishers from each of Europe’s domestic
competitions, historically including elite clubs such as Chelsea,
Liverpool, FC Barcelona, AC Milan and Bayern Munich. FC Barcelona is the
current defending champion, while Real Madrid has won a record nine
titles. The 2008 Champions League final was watched by an estimated 130
million people worldwide.
August Matches
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Date
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Time (ET)
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Match
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Live / Delayed
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1)
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Tue
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8/18/2009
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2:30:00 PM
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Timisoara (ROU) v Stuttgart (GER)
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L
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2)
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Tue
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8/18/2009
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5:00:00 PM
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Sporting Clube (POR) v Fiorentina (ITA)
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D
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3)
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Tue
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8/18/2009
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7:00:00 PM
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Celtic (SCO) v Arsenal (ENG)
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D
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4)
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Wed
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8/19/2009
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10:30:00 AM
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FC København (DEN) v APOEL (CYP)
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D
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5)
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Wed
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8/19/2009
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12:30:00 PM
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FC Sheriff (MDA) v Olympiacos (GRE)
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D
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6)
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Wed
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8/19/2009
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2:30:00 PM
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Panathinaikos (GRE) v Atl. Madrid (ESP)
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L
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7)
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Wed
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8/19/2009
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5:00:00 PM
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Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) v Anderlecht (BEL)
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D
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8)
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Wed
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8/19/2009
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12:30:00 AM
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Salzburg (AUT) v Maccabi Haifa (ISR)
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D
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9)
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Thu
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8/20/2009
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11:00:00 AM
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Ventspils (LVA) v Zurich (SUI)
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D
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10)
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Thu
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8/20/2009
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1:00:00 PM
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Levski Sofia (BUL) v Debreceni VSC (HUN)
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D
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11)
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Tue
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8/25/2009
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2:30:00 PM
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Atl. Madrid (ESP) v Panathinaikos (GRE)
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L
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12)
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Tue
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8/25/2009
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5:00:00 PM
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Anderlecht (BEL) v Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
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D
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13)
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Tue
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8/25/2009
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1:00:00 AM
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Debreceni (HUN) v Levski Sofia (BUL)
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D
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14)
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Wed
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8/26/2009
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10:30:00 AM
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Zurich (SUI) v Ventspils (LVA)
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D
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15)
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Wed
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8/26/2009
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12:30:00 PM
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Maccabi Haifa (ISR) v Salzburg (AUT)
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D
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16)
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Wed
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8/26/2009
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2:30:00 PM
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Fiorentina (ITA) v Sporting Clube (POR)
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L
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17)
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Wed
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8/26/2009
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5:00:00 PM
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Arsenal (ENG) v Celtic (SCO)
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D
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18)
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Wed
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8/26/2009
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7:00:00 PM
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Stuttgart (GER) v Timisoara (ROU)
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D
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19)
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Thu
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8/27/2009
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2:00:00 PM
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APOEL (CYP) v København (DEN)
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D
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20)
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Thu
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8/27/2009
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4:00:00 PM
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Olympiacos (GRE) v Sheriff (MDA)
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D
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2009/10 UEFA Champions League
Match Schedule and Draw Dates:
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August 18 & 19, 2009
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Playoff Round – First Leg
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August 25 & 26, 2009
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Playoff Round – Second Leg
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August 27, 2009
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Draw for Group Stage
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September 15, 16, 29 & 30, 2009
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Group Stages
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October 20 & 21, 2009
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Group Stages
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November 3, 4, 24 & 25, 2009
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Group Stages
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December 8 & 9, 2009
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Group Stages
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December 18, 2009
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Draw for Elimination Stage
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February 16, 17, 23 & 24, 2010
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Round of 16 – First Leg
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March 9, 10, 16 & 17, 2010
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Round of 16 – Second Leg
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March 19, 2010
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Draw for Quarters, Semis and Final
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March 30 & 31, 2010
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Quarterfinals – First Leg
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April 6 & 7, 2010
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Quarterfinals – Second Leg
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April 20 & 21, 2010
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Semifinals – First Leg
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April 27 & 28, 2010
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Semifinals – Second Leg
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Saturday, May 22, 2010
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Final – Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid, Spain
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About Fox Sports en Español
Reaching more than 14 million cable and satellite households in the
country, of which over 5 million are U.S. Hispanic Households, Fox
Sports en Español is the leader in Spanish-language sports media. We
feature premier soccer programming with exclusive coverage of the top
leagues and tournaments in Latin America and Europe; coverage of the
Major League Baseball regular season, All-Star Game, American League
Championship Series and World Series; championship boxing and UFC® and
mixed-martial arts across four compelling media platforms. With more
than 1,600 hours of live and exclusive programming, a robust web site
brimming with streaming video, portable content from FSE Móvil and the
Fox Sports en Español Magazine, we are and will continue to be the first
name in the U.S. Hispanic sports space.
Fox Sports en Español is distributed by Fox Cable Networks Group and
operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC, an international sports
programming and production entity jointly owned by HM Capital Partners,
LLC and News Corporation’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox Sports International. For
more information, visit Fox Sports en Español online at
foxsportsla.msn.com.
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