eSerie A 2020/21 competitions to kick off

Daniel Foley16/11/2020 8:00 am15/11/2020

Serie A has announced its 2020/21 eSerie A competitions on PES 21 and FIFA 21.

Registrations have been opened for the first phase of the eSerie A TIM FIFA 21 Championship and the eFootball PES 2021 Championship – which will both be exclusively played on the Playstation 4.

Amateur gamers and football fans can attempt to qualify for the regular season of the Eseries championships where they have the potential to be chosen to represent a Serie A club.

The four qualification stages for the FIFA 21 Championship take place between November 24 and December 15. The best players from the qualification process then receive a spot in the Official Draft where each Serie A club will choose a representative. Teams will be divided into four pools for the Regular Season which begins on March 9, 2021.

The three best teams from each pool will compete in the Playoff show on April 20 and 21 to decide a winner.

eFootball PES 2021 qualifiers start on November 24. The best 32 players will then enter the Draft on February 3. The regular season will be completed over March 30?31 and April 6/7. Playoffs will then be held on April 27 and 28.

The winner of the FIFA 21 Championship will also procced into the EA SPORTS FIFA 21 Global Series Playoff or Play-in spots.

“We are delighted to be able to offer, at such a difficult time for everyone, a leisure for PlayStation fans. The teaser initiatives at the launch of the eSerie A TIM made during last season proved to be a great success, involving many professional gamers and simple fans who followed the challenges among our Clubs broadcast on the social platforms of the Serie A League, in particular on the YouTube channel dedicated to the competition,” Serie A CEO, Luigi De Siervo said.

“We are convinced that football fans must be involved and engaged also in our “virtual” Championship, making them participants and protagonists waiting to find them soon in the stands. The A Companies are finally ready to compete, in both the most famous video games, to win the title of Italian Champion of the eSerie A TIM, an unmissable event that will accompany us for the coming months and years.”

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Victory unites with Roasting Warehouse in culture-led partnership

Patrick Irving16/04/2026 8:55 am16/04/2026

Image credit: Melbourne Victory

The Melbourne-based anf family-owned business will join the Victory family, uniting two institutions which represent the city’s culture and identity.

A partnership with local roots

As the newest partner of Melbourne Victory, Roasting Warehouse joins forces with a vital part of the city’s sporting landscape.

The club’s Managing Director, Caroline Carnegie, outlined why the partnership bears so much value to both parties.

“We are excited to collaborate with Roasting Warehouse, a community-oriented destination for high-quality coffee, proud of its foundations in Melbourne,” said Carnegie via official media release.

“Football and coffee sit at the epicentre of Melbourne’s culture. The two go hand-in-hand, consistently at the centre of the conversation that stirs Melburnians, which is no different to the conversation sport and Melbourne Victory stir in the State.”

Indeed, this is a partnership which combines the identity, passions and culture of an entire city, therefore giving it the foundations required for long-term, mutual success.

Representing the best of Melbourne

Both Victory and Roasting Warehouse are hugely successful in their respective industries. They are institutions with community-oriented philosphies, who pride themselves on craft and quality.

“We’re incredibly proud to partner with Melbourne Victory, a club that represents the heart, passion, and ambition of Melbourne,” revealed Roasting Warehouse Head of Brand, Alexander Paraskevopoulos.

“As a Melbourne-founded, family-run business, supporting a team that means so much to the local community feels very natural for us.”

Furthermore, through their high-quality blends, Roasting Warehouse will look to prepare Victory’s players and staff for high performances on the pitch as the seasons nears completion.

But this is about far more than just fueling athletes.

This is a partnership which embodies and unites two of Melbourne’s greatest strengths and cultural markers – a connection forged from the city’s very own DNA.

For more information about Roasting Warehouse, click here.

Marie-Louise Eta makes history as new Union Berlin head coach

Patrick Irving15/04/2026 6:05 am14/04/2026

Image credit: FC Union Berlin

In an historic appointment, Eta will take over as head coach of Union Berlin until the end of the season.

History in the making

Previously the first female assistant coach in Bundesliga history with Union Berlin, Eta will now take the reigns of the men’s first team on an interim basis.

Currently, the club sit in 11th place in the Bundesliga table, but with only two wins so far in 2026, relegation appears an all-too-real prospect, and one which the club is desperate to avoid.

“Given the points gap in the lower half of the table, our place in the Bundesliga is not yet secure,” said Eta via official media release.

‘I am delighted that the club has entrusted me with this challenging task. One of Union’s strengths has always been, and remains, the ability to pull together in such situations.”

Eta will begin as Union’s new head coach with immediate effect, and will be in the dugout for the club’s matchup against Wolfsburg this weekend.

A step into an equal future

Eta’s appointment signals a major step towards a more level playing field in the football landscape.

Furthermore, Eta joins other coaches including Sabrinna Wittmann, Hannah Dingley and Corinne Diacre who, in recent years, have blazed a trail for female coaches to step into the men’s game.

Wittmann currently manages FC Ingolstadt in Germany’s third division, and was the first female head coach in Germany’s top three divisions.

In 2023, Dingley became caretaker manager of Forest Green Rovers, and thus the first woman to lead a men’s professional team in England.

Diacre, now head coach of France’s women’s national team, managed Ligue 2’s Clerment Foot between 2014 and 2017.

Final thoughts

The impact therefore, is that Eta’s appointment will show future generations of aspiring female coaches that men’s football is an equally viable and possible pathway as the women’s game.

The time is now to level the playing field.

And while it may be a short-term role, its effect on attitudes towards equality and fair opportunities in the game will hopefully resonate long after the season ends.