Claudio Ranieri was sacked as Valencia coach on Friday just eight months after taking charge at the Primera Liga club.
Barcelona will be looking to follow up Sevilla's UEFA Cup triumph to complete a clean sweep of the two European trophies for one country for the first time since 1997.
Real Madrid lost 4-3 at Sevilla but still finished second in the Spanish Primera Liga.
The owner of Bulgarian premier league soccer club Lokomotiv Plovdiv was killed after they beat OFK Belgrade in the UEFA Cup second qualification round.
Liverpool will be bidding to win the Super Cup for the third time after previous wins in 1977 and 2001.
A late Robert Pires penalty gave the English side a 1-0 win over 10-man FC Thun in the Champions League.
A minute's silence will be observed before this week's Champions League and UEFA Cup quarter-finals as a mark of respect for the passing of Pope John Paul.
Ajax said in a statement that assistant trainers Ruud Krol and Tonny Bruins Slot would run the team while the club looked for a replacement.
The greatest goalkeeper of his generation, Juventus's Gianluigi Buffon tasted defeat in his third Champions League final as the major missing medal from his illustrious career once again slipped out of his grasp on Saturday.
Sevilla knocked Barcelona off the top of the Primera Liga after goals from Frederic Kanoute and Adriano Correia earned a 2-0 home win over Osasuna on Sunday.
Financially-stricken Parma have been hit with a further two-point penalty for failing to pay players' salaries the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) have announced.
Last season's UEFA Cup semi-finalists marched into the last 32 with their third successive win in the group stage.
Real Betis came from a goal down to earn a 3-2 win at home to Real Zaragoza and stay in the hunt for a spot in the elite league.
Juan Sebastian Veron said he appeared in the film in which Fabio Cannavaro is seen using a drip on the eve of the 1999 UEFA Cup final.
The Chilean striker scored the winner in their UEFA Cup semi-final first leg against AZ Alkmaar.
Gary Neville was sacked as Valencia manager on Wednesday as the club brought an end to his fraught four-month spell in charge after the former England and Manchester United defender had delivered only three league wins.
The Newcastle captain scored the only goal in the first leg of their UEFA Cup quarter-final against Sporting Lisbon at St James' Park.
The Champions League Group D match between Galatasaray of Turkey and Italy's Juventus, scheduled for next Tuesday in Istanbul, had been put back a week to December 2.
Juergen Klopp's Europa League nightmare came true on Friday when his Liverpool side was drawn to meet former club Borussia Dortmund in next month's quarter-finals.
The Spanish champions will seek a notable league and European double when they take on Olympique Marseille in the UEFA Cup final.
Samuel Eto'o did the star turn as Real Mallorca beat Real Madrid 3-2 in the Primera Liga.
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