So too was Lewandowski's Borussia Dortmund and Cavani's Napoli, runners-up in Germany and Italy respectively.
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They won the FA Cup in 1893 and were runners-up in 1889 and 1896.
England have been World Cup runners-up three times but struggled in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
Regarding the game against likely league runners-up Liverpool, Mowbray was left to rue his side's defending.
Runners-up Celtic visit Aberdeen, while newly promoted St Johnstone open their campaign at home to Motherwell.
The six pool winners, plus the two best runners-up, will qualify for the quarter-finals.
France, runners-up from the 2006 finals, have been placed in a group with Romania and Serbia.
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After Glasgow, the Dragons travel to Bath before a daunting double-header with last season's runners-up Toulouse.
Uruguay were runners-up in the World Youth Cup of 1997, and semi-finalists in 1999.
Runners-up in this very low-stakes contest included Spring Valley, New Greenland, and Mount Sproutsmore.
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Runners-up were the Newcastle United duo of Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll, who won the Young Player prize.
The 2003 and 2004 runners-up dominated from early on with Ann-Marie Heatherson hitting the woodwork and heading wide.
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Super League champions St Helens, last year's runners-up, have also been paired with National League opposition in Batley.
They finished as runners-up in both 1999 and 2000 while they went out in the semi-finals in 2001.
The SPL runners-up will play the winners of Shakhtyor v Siroki Brijeg, with the first game at Murrayfield.
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Having finished as runners-up in their group, France had to travel to Cardiff to play the All Blacks.
Gibson had an extraordinary season leading the Durham attack as the county finished runners-up in the County Championship.
Scotland finished as runners-up to Afghanistan in the final of this year's I-Cup, played in Dubai this month.
They lost the final on penalties to Hearts, who qualified for the Champions League and Scottish Premier League runners-up.
Smith struck 18 minutes from time at Macclesfield to claim victory over last season's runners-up and Arsenal's closest rivals.
Spartak manager Valery Karpin, meanwhile, still believes his side can qualify for the knockout phase as runners-up to Chelsea.
Shalke 04, another consistent UEFA Champions League participant, have been Bundesliga runners-up three times in that nine year span.
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Favourites Widnes, 2010 Championship Grand Final winners Halifax, runners-up Featherstone, Batley and Barrow have all fulfilled the minimum criteria.
The Reds also reached the Champions League final in 2007 and were runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League last season.
With group winners Germany beating Iceland, Scotland finished the qualifying section as runners-up.
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Smith is intrigued to see how his players react to being champions having started the previous three campaigns as runners-up.
Turkey's Football Federation in August excluded Fenerbahce from UEFA's Champions League competition this year, with runners-up Trabzonspor taking their place.
The Group B matches kick off on Sunday, with Japan playing Jordan and 2007 runners-up Saudi Arabia taking on Syria.
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