The two Genovese teams, Genoa and Sampdoria, share the lead in Italy with Juventus. Barcelona and Real Madrid are two of four teams to win their first two games in Spain. Braga is the surprise leader in Portugal. For all the weekend results and standings in Europe’s major leagues and Mexico …
BELGIUM
Juliper League
Sept. 12-13
St. Truiden 2 Anderlecht 1
Mouscron 0 Westerlo 1
Zulte Waregem 0 Kortijk 2
Gent 5 Roeselare 1
Charleroi 0 Cercle Brugge 4
Stand. Liege 3 Mechelen 0
Beerschot 2 Lokeren 1
Club Brugge 1 Genk 1
Standings: St. Truiden 14 points; Gent, Anderlecht 13; Club Brugge 11; Stand. Liege 10; Mechelen, Kortrijk 9; Charleroi 8; Cercle Brugge , Genk 7; Beerschot, Zulte Waregem 6; Mouscron 5; Lokeren, Westerlo 4; Roeselare 2.
ENGLAND
Premier League
Sept. 12-13
Manchester C. 4 (Own goal 20, Bellamy 74, Adebayor 80, Wright-Phillips 84) Arsenal 2 (van Persie 62, Rosicky 88).
Portsmouth 2 (Kaboul 25, Boateng 63) Bolton 3 (Cohen 13, Taylor pen. 41, Cahill 89).
Blackburn 3 (Diouf 19, Roberts 56, Dunn 64) Wolves 1 (Maierhofer 88).
Wigan 1 (Rodallega 55) West Ham 0.
Liverpool 4 (Benayoun 27, 61, 82, Kuyt 41) Burnley 0.
Stoke 1 (Faye 32) Chelsea 2 (Drogba 48, Malouda 94).
Sunderland 4 (Bent pen. 13, 66, Reid 49, own goal 75) Hull 1 (Zayette 43).
Tottenham 1 (Defoe 1) Manchester Utd. 3 (Giggs 25, Anderson 41, Rooney 78).
Birmingham 0 Aston Villa 1 (Agbonlahor 85).
Fulham 2 (Konchesky 57, Duff 79) Everton 1 (Cahill 33).
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Chelsea 5 0 0 12 3 15
Manchester Utd. 4 0 1 11 3 12
Manchester C. 4 0 0 8 2 12
Tottenham 4 0 1 12 7 12
Liverpool 3 0 2 13 7 9
Aston Villa 3 0 1 6 3 9
Sunderland 3 0 2 8 6 9
Stoke 2 1 2 4 6 7
Arsenal 2 0 2 13 8 6
Fulham 2 0 2 3 5 6
Wigan 2 0 3 4 8 6
Burnley 2 0 3 2 9 6
West Ham 1 1 2 3 3 4
Blackburn 1 1 2 4 5 4
Birmingham 1 1 3 2 4 4
Wolves 1 1 3 3 7 4
Hull 1 1 3 5 12 4
Bolton 1 0 3 5 7 3
Everton 1 0 3 4 10 3
Portsmouth 0 0 5 3 10 0
Leading Scorers: 1. Rooney (Manchester Utd.), Defoe (Tottenham) 5 goals; 3. Bent (Sunderland), Adebayor (Manchester C.), Drogba (Chelsea) 4.
FRANCE
Ligue 1
Sept. 12-13
Montpellier 1 (Costa pen. 39) Lens 0.
Valenciennes 1 (Pujol 75) Boulogne 1 (Moreira 83).
Le Mans 1 (Maiga 62) Marseille 2 (Niang 14, Brandao 70).
Lille 1 (Frau 71) Sochaux 0.
Lyon 1 (Bastos 72) Lorient 0.
Nancy 0 Toulouse 0.
Bordeaux 1 (Gouffran 18) Grenoble 0.
Auxerre 2 (Hengbart 30, Niculae 78) Nice 0.
Rennes 1 (Marveaux 62) St. Etienne 0.
Monaco 2 (Park 85, Nene 88).
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Bordeaux 4 1 0 12 3 13
Lyon 4 1 0 10 3 13
Montpellier 3 2 0 9 3 11
Marseille 3 2 0 6 2 11
Paris SG 3 1 1 10 6 10
Rennes 2 3 0 8 4 9
Monaco 3 0 2 5 5 9
Boulogne 2 2 1 4 5 8
Nancy 2 1 2 9 6 7
Lens 2 1 2 7 8 7
Lorient 2 1 2 5 6 7
Sochaux 2 0 3 4 6 6
Toulouse 1 2 2 4 4 5
Le Mans 1 1 3 6 9 4
Valenciennes 1 1 3 5 8 4
Lille 1 1 3 3 7 4
Auxerre 1 1 3 2 6 4
Nice 1 1 3 3 10 4
St. Etienne 1 0 4 2 7 3
Grenoble 0 0 5 2 8 0
Leading Scorers: 1. Goucuff (Bordeaux) 4 goals; 2. Niang (Marseille), Costa (Montpellier), Chamakh (Bordeaux), Nene (Monaco) 3.
GERMANY
Bundesliga
Sept. 12-13
Wolfsburg 2 (Misimovic 76, Grafite pen. 80) Leverkusen 3 (Rolfes 38, pen. 51, Kiessling 58).
Mainz 2 (Ivanschitz pen. 80, Bance 85) Her. Berlin 1 (Nicu 50).
Hoffenheim 3 (Ba 16, Obasi 58, Compper 79) Bochum 0.
Freiburg 0 Eintracht 2 (Franz 68, Meier 93).
Dortmund 1 (Hummels 10) Bay. Munich 5 (Gomez 36, Schweinsteiger 50, Ribery 65, Muller 78, 88).
Hamburg 3 (Petric 30, Elia 58, Ze Roberto 91) Stuttgart 1 (Pogrebnyak 62).
Werder 0 Hanover 0.
Cologne 1 (Podolski 6) Schalke 2 (Farfan 2, Kobiashvili 46).
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Hamburg 4 1 0 15 6 13
Leverkusen 4 1 0 13 5 13
Schalke 3 1 1 7 3 10
Eintracht 2 3 0 7 4 9
Bay. Munich 2 2 1 11 5 8
Werder 2 2 1 9 6 8
Hoffenheim 2 2 1 5 2 8
Mainz 2 2 1 7 7 8
Bor. Moen. 2 1 2 7 8 7
Wolfsburg 2 0 3 9 11 6
Hanover 1 2 2 3 3 5
Stuttgart 1 2 2 6 8 5
Nuremberg 1 2 2 3 5 5
Dortmund 1 2 2 5 11 5
Bochum 1 1 3 5 11 4
Freiburg 1 1 3 4 12 4
Hertha 1 0 4 5 8 3
Cologne 0 1 4 3 9 1
Leading Scorers: 1. Guerrero (Hamburg), Kiessling (Leverkusen) 5 goals.
GREECE
Super League
Sept. 12-13
Larissa 2 Attromitos 2
Olympiacos 0 Kavala 0
Aris 1 Giannina 0
Ergotelis 1 Xanthi 0
Tripolis 1 PAOK 1
Levadiakos 1 Panionios 0
Panthrakikos 0 Panathinaikos 1
AEK 1 Iraklis 0
Standings: Panathinaikos 9 points; Aris 7; AEK 6; Tripoli 5; Kavala, Olympiacos,
Ergotelis, Iraklis, PAOK, Giannina 4; Levadiakos 3; Larissa 2; Atromitos, Xanthi, Panionios 1; Panthrakikos 0.
ITALY
Serie A
Sept. 12-13
Livorno 0 AC Milan 0.
Lazio 0 Juventus 2 (Caceres 72, Trezeguet 94).
Fiorentina 1 (Gilardino 55) Cagliari 0.
Bologna 0 Chievo 2 (Pinzi 18, Pellissier 29).
Siena 1 (Maccarone 26) Roma 2 (Mexes 73, Riise 89).
Udinese 4 (Flores 29, Di Natale 55, pen. 69, 79) Catania 2 (Morimoto 11, Mascara pen. 34).
Inter Milan 2 (Eto’o 71, Milito 88) Parma 0.
Atalanta 0 Sampdoria 1 (Mannini 63).
Palermo 1 (Budan 91) Bari 1 (Allegretti 2).
Genoa 4 (Floccari pen. 51, Mesto 55, Crespo 75, Kharja pen. 88) Napoli 1 (Hamsik 41).
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Genoa 3 0 0 8 3 9
Juventus 3 0 0 6 1 9
Sampdoria 3 0 0 6 2 9
Inter Milan 2 1 0 7 1 7
Fiorentina 2 1 0 3 1 7
Lazio 2 0 1 3 3 6
Udinese 1 1 1 7 7 4
Palermo 1 1 1 3 3 4
Parma 1 1 1 4 5 4
AC Milan 1 1 1 4 5 4
Siena 1 0 2 5 5 3
Chievo 1 0 2 3 3 3
Bari 0 3 0 2 2 3
Napoli 1 0 2 5 7 3
Roma 1 0 2 5 7 3
Bologna 0 2 1 1 3 2
Livorno 0 2 1 1 3 2
Cagliari 0 1 2 1 4 1
Atalanta 0 0 3 0 3 0
Catania 0 0 3 4 8 0
Leading Scorers: 1. Di Natale (Udinese) 6 goals; 2. Hamsik (Napoli) 3.
MEXICO
Apertura
Sept. 12-13
Chiapas 0 Puebla 1 (Ruiz 56).
Monterrey 3 (Martinez 47, Carreno 82, De Nigris 85) Atlante 0.
Indios 0 Toluca 1 (Mancilla 42).
San Luis 4 (A. Moreno 33, Orozco 36, M. Moreno 70, Vilchis 77) Guadalajara 0.
Atlas 0 Cruz Azul 1 (Ortiz 90).
UNAM 1 (Bravo 21) Pachuca 2 (Perez 47, Alvarez 80).
Morelia 2 (Rey 49, 90) Tigres 1 (Fernandez pen. 29).
Santos 2 (Rodriguez pen. 20, Quintero 90) Queretaro 0.
America 5 (Martinez 31, Montenegro 42, 62, Cabanas 52, own goal 80) UAG 0.
Standings:
Group 1 – Toluca 18 points; San Luis 10; Atlas 8; Guadalajara 5; Indios 3; Queretaro 2.
Group 2 – America, Monterrey 17; Pachuca, Morelia 16; Puebla 14; Chiapas 8.
Group 3 – Cruz Azul 15; Santos 14; Atlante 10; Tigres 9; UAG 8; UNAM 3.
NETHERLANDS
Eredivisie
Sept. 12-13
PSV 3 (Dzsudzsak 6, Manolev 51, Bakkal 90) Roda 0.
Twente 3 (N’Kufo 41, Kuiper 53, Ruiz 91) Utrecht 2 (van Wolfswinkel 63).
Heerenveen 0 Groningen 1 (Nordstrand 61).
Den Haag 2 (Verhoek 4, Immers 54) AZ 1 (Lens 86).
Willem II 2 (Boutahar 2, Biemans 33) Feyenoord 3 (Tomasson 9, 18, de Guzman 69).
Sparta 1 (Poepon 13) Waalwijk 0.
Ajax 6 (Cnitanich 11, 46, 63, Vertonghen 18, Suarez 42, Bakircioglu 48) NAC 0.
VVV 1 (Calabro 8) Heracles 0.
Vitesse 2 (Kolk 44, Claudemir 80) NEC 2 (Zomer 87, Radomski 93).
TEAM W T L GF GA P
PSV 4 2 0 16 8 14
Feyenoord 4 2 0 11 3 14
Twente 4 2 0 10 5 14
Ajax 4 1 1 18 5 13
AZ 4 0 2 15 6 12
Den Haag 3 1 2 10 7 10
Utrecht 3 1 1 8 5 10
NAC 3 1 2 7 11 10
VVV 1 5 0 11 10 8
Heracles 2 1 3 4 7 7
Sparta 2 1 3 3 7 7
NEC 1 2 2 7 7 5
Vitesse 1 2 3 8 12 5
Groningen 1 2 3 5 9 5
Roda 1 2 3 5 12 5
Heerenveen 1 1 4 2 9 4
Willem II 1 0 5 7 10 3
Waalwijk 0 0 6 2 16 0
Leading Scorers: 1. Suarez (Ajax) 6 goals; 2. Honda (VVV), El Hamdaoui (AZ), Tomasson (Feyenoord) 5.
PORTUGAL
Superliga
Sept. 11-13
Vitoria SC 3 (Roberto 26, Lazzaretti 51, Meireles 85) Naval 0.
Rio Ave 2 (Joao Tomas 34) Nacional 0.
Porto 4 (Varela 20, Hulk pen. 23, Rolando 33, Falcao 42) Leixoes 1 (Pouga 76).
Maritimo 1 (Angelo 8) Braga 2 (Pereira 40, Ze pen. 83).
Vitoria FC 0 Leiria 4 (Carlao 16, Silas 58, Panandetiguiri pen. 63, Kalaba 90).
Olhanense 2 (Castro 2, Toy 36) Academica 1 (Lito pen. 28).
Belenenses 0 Benfica 4 (Saviola 6, Cardozo 57, Garcia 76, Ramires 88).
Sporting 1 (Liedson 81) Pacos Ferreira 0.
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Braga 4 0 0 8 3 12
Benfica 3 1 0 14 2 10
Porto 3 1 0 11 3 10
Rio Ave 2 2 0 4 1 8
Sporting 2 1 1 5 3 7
Leiria 1 3 0 5 1 6
Olhanense 1 3 0 3 2 6
Vitoria SC 1 2 1 3 1 5
Maritimo 1 2 1 3 3 5
Belenenses 1 1 2 3 7 4
Pacos Ferreira 0 3 1 2 3 3
Leixoes 0 2 2 1 5 2
Nacional 0 2 2 2 7 2
Academica 0 1 3 2 6 1
Naval 0 1 3 1 8 1
Vitoria FC 0 1 3 1 13 1
Leading Scorers: 1. Cardozo (Benfica), Garcia (Porto) 4 goals; 3. Santos (Benfica), Ze (Braga) 3.
SCOTLAND
Premier League
Sept. 12-13
Motherwell 0 Rangers 0.
Celtic 1 (McDonald 17) Dundee Utd. 1 (Goodwillie 6).
St. Mirren 1 (Mehmet pen. 33) St. Johnstone 1 (Morris 37).
Hamilton 2 (Mensing pen. 9) Hibernian 0.
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Rangers 3 1 0 10 3 10
Celtic 3 1 0 10 4 10
Dundee Utd. 2 2 0 5 2 8
Motherwell 1 3 0 5 3 6
Hibernian 2 0 2 5 5 6
St. Mirren 1 2 1 4 4 5
Aberdeen 1 1 1 4 3 4
Kilmarnock 1 0 2 5 5 3
St. Johnstone 0 3 1 7 10 3
Hamilton 1 0 3 3 10 3
Hearts 0 1 2 3 6 1
Falkirk 0 0 3 3 9 0
Leading Scorers: 1. McDonald (Celtic), Cadamarteri (Dundee Utd.), McGinn (St. Mirren), Boyd (Rangers) 3 goals.
SPAIN
La Liga
Sept. 12-13
Getafe 0 Barcelona 2 (Ibrahimovic 66, Messi 80).
Atl. Madrid 1 (Jurado 43) Racing 1 (Serrano 46).
Espanyol 0 Real Madrid 3 (Granero 39, Guti 77, C. Ronaldo 91).
Sevilla 4 (Konko 8, Fabiano 46, 86, Perotti 57) Zaragoza 1 (Arizmendi 33).
Deportivo 1 (Filipe 82) Malaga 0.
Tenerife 2 (Nino 48, Leon 63) Osasuna 1 (Pandiani 52).
Villareal 1 (Rossi 54) Mallorca 1 (Valero 75).
Gijon 1 (Castro 6) Almeria 0.
Valladolid 2 (Aleman 30, Manucho 66) Valencia 4 (Silva 10, Villa 34, 55, Mata 45).
Xerez 0 Ath. Bilbao 1 (Own goal 32).
TEAM W T L GF GA P
Barcelona 2 0 0 5 0 6
Real Madrid 2 0 0 6 2 6
Valencia 2 0 0 6 2 6
Ath. Bilbao 2 0 0 2 0 6
Mallorca 1 1 0 3 1 4
Malaga 1 0 1 3 1 3
Getafe 1 0 1 4 3 3
Sevilla 1 0 1 4 3 3
Deportivo 1 0 1 3 3 3
Tenerife 1 0 1 2 2 3
Zaragoza 1 0 1 2 4 3
Gijon 1 0 1 1 3 3
Villareal 0 2 0 2 2 2
Osasuna 0 1 1 2 3 1
Almeria 0 1 1 0 1 1
Valladolid 0 1 1 2 4 1
Racing 0 1 1 2 5 1
Atl. Madrid 0 1 1 1 4 1
Xerez 0 0 2 0 3 0
Espanyol 0 0 2 0 4 0
Leading Scorers: 1. Soldado (Getafe) 3 goals.
TURKEY
Super Lig
Sept. 12-13
Manisa 3 Sivas 1
Denizli 0 Diyarbakir 0
Galatasaray 3 Besiktas 0
Istanbul 1 Trabzon 6
Gaziantep 1 Kasimpasa 0
Genclerbirligi 2 Eskisehie 2
Bursa 0 Fenerbahce 1
Antalya 1 Ankaragucu 0
Standings: Galatasaray, Fenerbahce 15 points; Eskisehir 9; Manisa, Diyarbakir 8; Trabzon, Genclerbirligi, Bursa 7; Gaziantep, Antalya, Besiktas, Istanbul 6; Kayseri, Ankara 5; Denizli 1; Sivas, Kasimpasa 0.