Champions League Group H
The UEFA Champions League is the Hottest League in Europe, Here we will be taking a look at the four teams of Group H.
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GROUP H
The UEFA Champions League Consists of 32 elite football teams from around Europe competing to win the biggest prize in Europe with the final being held in Madrid, Spain, The group stages are under way with 8 different groups and 4 football teams in each of them, below we will be looking at Group H.
Arsenal: Boss:Arsene Wenger, Title odds: 7-1, Domestic Form:Arsenal only managed to finish 4th in the English Premier Leagu last season, After starting this seasons campaign strongly they have since lost to Manchester United and Manchester City and now in ninth place European Form: Arsenal came close to winning the trophy back in 2006 but lost to Barcelona in the final, They are regulars in the competition and have won the Cup Winners Cup in 1994 and the Fairs Cup in 1970.
Olympiakos: Boss:Bozidar Bandovic (caretaker), Title odds: 100-1, Domestic Form:European Form:Vetrans of the Champions League but the Greek giants best run was reaching the last eight back in 1999, matching their efforts in the Cup Winners Cup in 1993. Olympiakos are champions after winning their domestic leage last year, This season has seen them sack boss Temuri Ketsbaia after just 3 games having taken 7 points from a possible 9,
Az Alkmaar: Boss:Ronald Koeman, Title odds: 150-1, Domestic Form:Boss Louis Van Gaal left for Bayern Munich after successfuly winning the Dutch Eredivise last season, This season the currently lie fifth with four wins from six, European Form:Newcomers to the Champions League, Their best campaign was in 1981 when they reached the UEFA Cup final, losing to Ipswich, They were unbeaten in 32 home Euro ties going back 30 years before a defeat in 2007.
Standard League: Boss:Laszlo Boloni, Title odds: 500-1, Domestic Form: After winning the Belgian League last season, however they have started poor this season by drawing four of their first six games, European Form: Standard Liege were European Cup semi-finalists in 1962 and 20 years later they reached the Cup Winners Cup final, losing to Barcelona, this is their first attempt at the group stages of the Champions League.
Fixtures
Wednesday 16/09/2009: Olympiakos v AZ Alkmaar / S Liege v Arsenal
Tuesday 29/09/2009:Arsenal v Olympiakos / AZ Alkmaar v S Liege
Tuesday 20/10/2009:AZ Alkmaar v Arsenal / Olympiakos v S Liege
Wednesday 04/11/2009:Arsenal v AZ Alkmaar / S Liege v Olympiakos
Tuesday 24/11/2009:Arsenal v S Liege / AZ Alkmaar v Olympiakos
Wednesday 09/12/2009:Olympiakos v Arsenal / S Liege v AZ Alkmaar
