1.   Maccabi Haifa won the domestic cup last season and want Rosenthal to help boost their European Cup Winners Cup campaign.

2.   All three Istanbul clubs have won the Turkish league and domestic cup several times each but have never enjoyed success in Europe.

3.   Auxerre won the French title with a week to spare and only seven days after winning the domestic cup competition.

4.   Both teams are aiming to complete a historic triple of domestic league, domestic cup and European Cup titles.

5.   Domestic cup competitions have been held at the Millennium Stadium at Cardiff in neighboring Wales.

6.   Five of those triumphs came with Grobbelaar in goal, and the team also won five domestic cup titles and the European Champions Cup and two other international competitions.

7.   However, if both teams qualify for the Champions League, then no representative from the domestic cup competition will advance to the UEFA Cup.

8.   Taylor said European and domestic cup games would not be affected by a strike.

9.   The committee reaffirmed the existing rule, where the losing cup finalist advances to the UEFA Cup if the domestic cup winner qualifies for the Champions League.

10.   The Englishman has steered Barcelona to victory in the European Cup Winners Cup and the Spanish domestic cup and the team is still challenging for the coveted league title.