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Jul 6 2012

THIS season’s winners Fair City Santos and next season's Scottish UEFA Futsal Cup entry, learned their fate on Wednesday (July 4), from UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Santos will face FT Antwerpen, FT Belgium, Sporting Club de Paris of France and Hamburg Panthers of Germany, this will be Santos’ fourth time in entering Europe Elite Futsal tournament which is held over six days from August 7–12.

The host's of the mini tournament will be Sporting Club de Paris, France. Short trip across the Channel. No Scottish club has won a game in Europe since Scottish club's first entered back in 2006, stats for Scottish team are: played 15, won 0, lost 10, drawn 5.

Gordon McGillivray who took over as manager of Fair City Santos at the start of last season from long time friend and Santos legend Mark Potter, is hoping to create history and be the first manager of a Scottish team to win a match in Europe's Elite Futsal competition. Gordon is also the club's goalkeeper and is a veteran of European Futsal as this will be his fifth competition.

For further information contact Steve or Gordon via e-mail faircitysantos@live.co.uk

The Scottish Futsal League are on the lookout for new team to join the league which will kick off in mid August anyone interested should contact Steve Mclean @ stevenmclean@hotmail.com or 07736 952 999 after 6pm.

Maybe your team will be playing in the UEFA Futsal Cup within the next few years, the league is based in Perth and all league games are held in Bell’s Sports Centre, Perth.

Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com