Football TV Rights 2009/ 2010 UK

This is the complete guide for Football TV Rights in the UK and for Watching Live Football on TV in the UK during the 2009 / 2010 football season. Several changes have taken place since the end last season including BBC's acquisition of 10 live games from the Coca Cola Championship and exclusive coverage of 2 legs from the Carling Cup Semi Finals and shared live coverage of the Carling Cup Final.

ITV will now only show 1 match from each round of the Champions League on a Wednesday night, with Sky Sports showing the remaining fixtures. Sky Sports have also acquired rights to the UEFA Champions League Qualifiers and the UEFA Super Cup Final.

ESPN have acquired Setanta's Live Premier League rights and will show 46 games during the 2009/2010. ESPN have also acquired the rights to show Live Italian Serie A, Live German Bundesliga, Live Dutch Eredivisie, Live Portuguese Superliga, Live Russian Premier League, Live Major League Soccer (MLS) and Live UEFA Europa League Football On TV.

60 live football matches will be broadcast from the Scottish Premier League (SPL) during the 2009 / 2010 season with ESPN and Sky Sports each showing 30 live matches.

Sky Sports have acquired the rights to show the FA Community Shield live from Wembley as well as the Women's FA Cup Final for the next 3 seasons.

UEFA Europa League will be shown by Five, and ITV4 with Five having exclusive rights to the first UEFA Europa League Final.

Live Coverage of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa will be broadcast live in the UK on both BBC and ITV.

Live Football On Sky Sports

• English Premiership - 92 live games from the Barclays Premier League
• UEFA Champions League - Including live coverage of the 2010 Uefa Champions League Final from the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium Olimpico in Madrid and coverage of the Champions League Qualifiers
• Football League - Live coverage of the Coca Cola Championship, Coca Cola League One, Coca Cola League Two and exclusive coverage of the Football League Playoffs live from Wembley
• Scottish Premier League - 30 live games a season from the SPL
• Carling Cup - Including the Carling Cup Final live from Wembley
• FA Community Shield - Man Utd V Chelsea live from Wembley
• Johnstones Paint Trophy - Including exclusive coverage of the final live from Wembley
• Live Spanish Football - Including live matches from La Liga and the Spanish Kings Cup
• Scottish FA Cup - Including the Scottish FA Cup Final live from Hampden Park
• Women's FA Cup Final
• UEFA Super Cup - Live coverage of the UEFA Super Cup Final between Barcelona and Shakhtar Donetsk from the Stade Louis II stadium in Monaco
• Irish JJB Sports Premier League
• Live Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Home Internationals
• Live South American 2010 World Cup Qualifiers
• Live U16's Victory Shield Schoolboy Football
• Friendly Tournaments - Including the Wembley Cup and the Emirates Cup

Listings of Live Football On Sky Sports

• Premier League - 46 live games from the Premier League
• Scottish Premier League - 30 live games a season from the SPL
• UEFA Europa League
• Italian Serie A - 80 live Serie A matches during the 2009 / 2010 season
• German Bundesliga - 5 live matches a week
• Dutch Eredivisie - 2 live games a week from the Dutch Eredivisie
• Russian Premier League - A maximum of 2 live games each week
• Portuguese Superliga
• Major League Soccer (MLS) and MLS Cup - Including Live MLS Play-Off and MLS Cup Matches

Listings of Live Football On ESPN

Live Football On ITV

• English FA Cup - Including live coverage of the FA Cup Final live from Wembley
• UEFA Champions League - Including live coverage of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final from the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium Olimpico in Madrid
• UEFA Europa League - Live coverage of the UEFA Europa League
• Live England Home 2010 World Cup Qualifiers
• 2010 World Cup - Live Coverage of the 2010 World Cup from South Africa, including shared live coverage of the 2010 World Cup Final
• Live England Home and Away Friendlies
• Live Women's FA Cup Final

Listings of Live Football On ITV

• Coca Cola Championship - Live Coca Cola Championship Football On TV with 10 exclusive first pick matches each season
• Carling Cup - 2 legs of the semi finals and shared live coverage of the Carling Cup Final from Wembley
• African Cup of Nations 2010
• 2010 World Cup - Live Coverage of the 2010 World Cup from South Africa, including shared live coverage of the 2010 World Cup Final

Listings of Live Football On BBC

Live Football On BBC Scotland

• Scottish FA Cup - Including live coverage of the Scottish FA Cup Final from Hampden Park
• Scottish League Cup - Including live coverage of the Scottish League Cup Final from Hampden Park
• Scottish First Division - Live coverage of Scottish First Division football on BBC ALBA

Live Football On Five

• Live UEFA Europa League Football - Including exclusive live coverage of the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final live from the HSH Nordbank Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Live Football On British Eurosport

Live Football On S4C

• Live Principality Welsh Premier League
• Live Welsh Cup

Live Football On Club TV Channels

• MUTV - Live coverage of Man Utd Reserves
• Chelsea TV - Live coverage of Chelsea Reserves
• Arsenal TV - Live coverage of Arsenal Reserves
• LFC TV - Live coverage of Liverpool Reserves