With the policy of "men, not names", Monchi managed to make a team without stars, recruiting players of little or no renown, most of them obtained for free, players dismissed from other clubs or unknown players, imposing a management policy based on reports, player monitoring, absolute knowledge of the transfer market and the needs of the team, and deploying a huge network of observers all over the world, especially in South America. With 23 trophies to his credit with PSG, Thiago Silva is one of the most successful players in the club's history. The composition of the teams for the match which is considered by the Spanish Football Federation to be the first football match played on Spanish soil was as follows: Maccoll, Logan, Stroulger, Rickson, Annodall, Mandy, White, Enrique Welton, Greig, Sturgart and Nicholson wore the colors of Sevilla FC while Alcock, Yates, Wakelin, Duclos, Coto, Kirk, Daniel, Curtis, Gibbson, Badly and Smith represented Huelva Recreation Club.
Athletic Club had already competed by default in the first editions of the highest national competition: the Spanish Championship (now known as the Copa del Rey), so it was impossible to participate twice (with its team of Madrid and its Bilbao team, because the two clubs were one). For the second season in a row, the club won no title. Sevilla finished second in Group H behind Lille and qualified for the Round of 16 of the event. The Girondin club is the second in terms of victories behind Olympique Lyonnais and the second in the number of draws behind RC Lens. In the 92/93 season, football star Diego Maradona arrived at the club thanks to new coach Carlos Bilardo, who despite this walked out the back door at the end of the season. From this moment the club acquires a new dimension and becomes one of the major symbols of Catalanism. Fred Rutten begins his work in Anderlecht with a narrow defeat in Ghent (1-0). Les Mauves then won against Eupen (2-1) before falling to Standard de Liège (2-1). They draw against Zulte Waregem and risk not qualifying for Play-offs 1. A late goal from Yannick Bolasie is enough for Anderlecht against Antwerp (1-0). The team, led by a Yari Verschaeren in great shape, draws against Bruges (2-2), beats Lokeren ensuring its qualification for the Play-offs 1, wins against Kortrijk (2-0) but also against Ostend (0-2). Rutten and his men have obtained a non-play-off record of 17 points out of a possible 27.
Mauves also lost in the Europa League against Spartak Trnava (1-0) and Dinamo Zagreb (0-2) then were eliminated in the 2018-2019 Belgian Football Cup against Union Saint-Gilloise following Youssouf's hat-trick Niakate. For its first match, against Croatia, the Austrian team lost 1-0 on a penalty conceded in the 4th minute and transformed by Luka Modrić. After a good qualification (2-0 victory at the Constant Van Den Stock Stadium and 3-1 defeat at the Saint-Petersburg Stadium), the Mauves continue their way by beating APOEL Nicosia (0-1 victory at the GSP Stadium and victory 1 -0 at Parc Astrid) then fall in the quarter against the great Manchester United. Kurt Zouma, born October 27, 1994 in Lyon, France, is a French international footballer who plays as a defender at West Ham United. Having finished 6th in the 2004-2005 season in the Primera Division, Sevilla FC qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup. Having the confidence of Unai Emery, he replaced the post of recovery during the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, on February 14, 2018, in Madrid. Marc Coucke had achieved plenty at Ostend, leading the third division club to the Europa League play-offs.
