After drawing the first leg of the UEFA Europa League qualifier at home with 2-2 Feyenoord lost the second leg with a 2-0 win for AC Sparta Praha which meant that for the 2012-2013 season, Feyenoord would not be playing European football.

After Feyenoord beat Internazionale in the 2002 UEFA Cup semi final, Inter midfielder Clarence Seedorf said: " I really enjoyed the atmosphere in the Kuip.

After just one season in Paris, he returned to Tottenham, helping the club to win the UEFA Cup in 1984 ( coming on as a substitute in the second leg of the final ).

After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962, in 1963 it became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition – the European Cup Winners ' Cup.

After helping Castilla CF to the second division title in 1984, he was instrumental in the capital side's conquests, which included six leagues and two consecutive UEFA Cups ( he opened the score in the 1985 edition, against Videoton FC ).

After a respectable fifth place finish, and UEFA Cup qualification, the following year, Venables departed to become manager of Barcelona.

After the 1995 season, the first part of the current stadium was built to allow for modern facilities for UEFA matches.

After the establishment of the UEFA Champions League ( formerly called the European Champion Clubs ' Cup ) in the early 1990s, the standing and prestige of the Cup Winners ' Cup began to decline.

After missing selection for UEFA Euro 2004, in the second group stage match of the 2006 World Cup against Poland Neuville, who had replaced Lukas Podolski, buried a desperate injury-time cross from fellow substitute David Odonkor, beating goalkeeper Artur Boruc on the way to a 1 – 0 victory.

After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful spells in Netherlands and England, winning the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, appearing in 186 official games for the club over the course of six seasons.

After losing out on a place in the UEFA Champions League following an away goals defeat to Basel, Celtic parachuted into the UEFA Cup.

After parachuting from the UEFA Champions League, Celtic also managed to reach the UEFA Cup quarter finals, eliminating FC Barcelona on the way before losing 3 – 1 on aggregate to Villarreal CF.

After winning the 1993 cup, Maccabi Haifa gave a stunning performance in the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup ( CWC ), beating FC Torpedo Moscow 3 – 1 and Parma A. C. 1 – 0 in the last 16, only to lose on penalties.

After the discontinuation of the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup, it has been contested by the winners of the UEFA Champions League and the winners of the UEFA Cup, which was renamed the UEFA Europa League in 2009.

After the 1998 – 1999 season, the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup was discontinued by UEFA.

After 15 consecutive Super Cups being played at Stade Louis II in Monaco between 1998 and 2012, from 2013 onwards, the Super Cup will be played at various stadiums ( similar to the finals of the Champions League and the Europa League ), starting with the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, which is scheduled to be played at Eden Stadium in Prague, Czech Republic.

After a long lay-off from international duty, Heskey was recalled to the England squad for UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers in September 2007.

After making his final appearance in a 3 – 0 victory over Yugoslavia in a 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification play-off on 29 March 2000, he finished his under-21 career with 17 caps, in which he scored six goals.

After a 2006 UEFA Cup match against Hapoel Tel Aviv at the Parc des Princes, KoB member Julien Quemener was shot and killed by a police officer trying to protect a Hapoel supporter whom the group was attacking.

After the southern, Greek speaking part of Cyprus became a member of the European Union in 2004, it adopted the Euro as its currency on January 1, 2008, replacing the previously used Cypriot Pound ; whilst the northern area continued to use the Turkish Lira and on January 1, 2008 the New Turkish Lira.

After being named England's captain in 1996 and Newcastle's captain in 1999, he retired from international football following Euro 2000, having amassed 63 appearances and 30 goals for his country.

After Euro 96, Manchester United again sought to sign Shearer, and entered the battle for his signature.

After their Euro tour and the Cannes beach performance the band returned to the USA.

After two narrow failures to qualify for the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, McCarthy took the nation to the 2002 World Cup held in Korea and Japan.

After William Hague ruled out Britain joining the euro under a Conservative government, former cabinet minister Ian Gilmour said he would vote for the PECP, and four former Conservative MPs-Julian Critchley, Nicholas Scott, David Knox, Robert Hicks-and four former MEPs-Margaret Daly, Adam Fergusson, Madron Seligman and Anthony Simpson-wrote in a letter to The Times that " We would have wished that William Hague's party had put forward a manifesto more like that of the Pro Euro Conservative Party.

After being eliminated in the first round of Euro 1984, Franz Beckenbauer returned to the national team to replace Derwall as coach.

After Euro 2004, new national team coach Marco van Basten appointed Edgar Davids as captain of the team.

After Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was unavailable for Euro 2008 qualifiers against Bulgaria and Belarus due to injury, Van Nistelrooy refused Van Basten's request to take his place on the roster.

After he left the Hungary post, Matthäus was vocally critical of the Hungarian Football Federation, accusing it in November 2007 of " not contributing, but exploiting Hungarian football " and citing that " it's not coincidental that the Hungarian bid to host Euro 2012 didn't receive any votes ".

After he was sentenced to 8 months of probation, 8000 Euro fine and one year ban from candidating in any election for defalcation of public funds, he resigned in 2008 from the political field.

After the successes of the Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Portugal was seen as a major contender to win the Euro 2008, but their qualification wasn't easy.

After graduation, he worked in New York City as a stockbroker in the World Trade Center starting as a trainee in Euro Brokers Inc and working his way up the chain of command.

After becoming world champion in 1998, Thuram was an integral part of France's triumph at Euro 2000, which led to the team being ranked by FIFA as number one from 2001 – 2002.

After being sent off in a match against Norway in an Euro 1992 qualifier, Bergomi spent years without getting a callback to the Azzurri, but received a surprise recall for the 1998 World Cup, at nearly 35, after playing 28 times in the league and leading the Nerazzurri to the UEFA Cup – his third and last.

After racing in various similar European series like the Euro Formula 3000, he caught the attention of Minardi, for whom he tested in 2003 ; the biggest struggle of his career, however, was finding enough sponsorship to compete for Minardi in 2004.

After a narrow 1 – 0 win against Wales at Wembley Capello claimed that several England players were " mentally fragile " and suggested he intended to reinvent his squad once Euro 2012 qualification had been sealed.

After representing his country at every level from the under-16s upwards, and winning the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship ( then Under-18 ) in 1994, Quim made his senior debut in August 1999 in a 4 – 0 victory against Andorra, after which he was Portugal's third-choice keeper at UEFA Euro 2000, enjoying a short cameo as a substitute in the 3 – 0 win against Germany in the group stage's final round, before establishing himself as number one in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

After only 2 wins in Sušić's 6 first matches in charge of the national team, including an important 2: 0 loss to France in the qualification for Euro 2012, Sušić came under a lot of criticism from several journalists and columnists who called for his head.

After Sweden's group stage exit from Euro 2008 ( in which he played as a second-half substitute against Russia in Innsbruck ), Allbäck announced that he would retire from the national team.

After appearing significantly during the qualifying stages for Euro 2008, he was surprisingly left out of the nation's final squad, although younger brother, left back Jorge Ribeiro, would make the final cut.

After three seasons at Benfica, in which he scored over 60 goals in over 100 appearances, Euro 2000 exploits earned Gomes a € 17 million move to ACF Fiorentina.