Getting Tickets???

[saml00]

I am an american but I will be in Belgium for 6 months starting Feb 1st. I want to see as much soccer as possilbe while over there but I am not really familiar with the way ticketing works there. It seems that most of the big clubs have their own schemes and dont use services like ticketmaster. ALso that tickets dont go onsale as early as they do for American sporting events. Specifically I would like to see the Real Barca game on april 20th at the Bernabeau and the Milan Inter game on April 13th at San Siro. I know these are gonna be impossible to get tickets for so I wondered if you guys had any online tickets agents you could recommend since I dont mind paying a premium to go to these games. any info on getting tickets for those games or any of the following Teams would be much appreciated as well as any advice on which broker to use:
Man U
Real
Liverpool
Aresenal
Roma
Milan
Juve
Ajax
Auxerre
Depor
Everton

or any general advice.
Thanks

[AFCA]

All Dutch tickets (Ajax included) are sold through 'Ticketbox'.

If you want to get tickets for an Ajax home game, Ajax sells packages for football tourists but they're a bit expensive. For some low-risk matches tickets are sold at the stadium the day of the match (that excludes feyenoord, Utrecht, PSV and possibly Groningen, NEC, NAC and Twente - but NAC, Utrecht and Twente have already been played at home). Otherwise you would have to get one via Ticketbox, but you need to be registered at Ajax for that.

You can also try ticket unlimited. They always have tickets but they're a bit more expensive then the official outlets.

If you want to see an away match... little chance.

If you would like to visit a home match send me a PM and I'll give you the info you need for that specific match.

9/2 Ajax - Feyenoord
26/3 Ajax - Groningen
2/3 Ajax - Vitesse
16/3 Ajax - Excelsior
6/4 Ajax - RBC Roosendaal
19/4 Ajax - Roda JC
3/5 Ajax - RKC
18/5 Ajax - De Graafschap
29/5 Ajax - Heerenveen

And there will also be some cup matches. If Ajax' 2nd team (made the semi's last year - full of talented players) make it this far into the cup I'd suggest you visit one of their matches. Last year we had two matches on one day sometimes (Ajax and Ajax 2 - or Young Ajax as it is called these days). On these days Ajax2 showed better football than Ajax did. Great atmosphere and fantastic to see the stars of tomorrow play.

[mr magoo]

If your In belgium why not adopt the local begian team and claim it as your own. Saves money and from the highlights eurosport show me the league aint that bad.

Also by doing this you saving money on travel and high ticket prices for big games. Belgian TV will probs off packages were you get to see the games aswell.

[saml00]

I plan on trying to do that as well. But I figure If I am there I should try to see a game at Old Trafford Anfield San Siro Bernabeau etc as well

[AFCA]

In Belgium I can advise you any big home game at Standard Luik. Their supporters are the scum of the earth as far as I'm concerned, but they make a hell of a tifo at the big games. Plus they play in a beautiful stadium.

[The Double]

I watched a segment on Standard on the show World Football. Claim them as your own.



As for Real-Barca and Internazionale-AC



your pretty much screwed.