Champions League Qualifying

cptaidan88

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1st Round draw today.

The 32 teams are divided into two groups (group 1 and 2) of ten teams and into one group (group 3) of 12 teams.

Within the three groups, the 32 teams are divided equally as 16 seeded teams and 16 unseeded teams.

Group 1 (seeded sides in bold)

Astana (KAZ)
Ludogorets (BUL)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Shkëndija (MKD)
AIK (SWE)

Sūduva (LTU)
CFR Cluj (ROU)
Ferencváros (HUN)
Nõmme Kalju (EST)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM)

Group 2 (seeded sides in bold)

Celtic (SCO)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Valletta (MLT)
Sarajevo (BIH)
Sutjeska (MNE)
Partizani (ALB)
Saburtalo (GEO)

Group 3 (seeded sides in bold)

BATE Borisov (BLR)
Maribor (SVN)
Rosenborg (NOR)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Dundalk (IRL)
The New Saints (WAL)

Winners of the preliminary round (a team from Gibraltar, Kosovo, San Marino or Andorra)
Piast Gliwice (POL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)
Linfield (NIR)
HB Tórshavn (FRO)
Riga (LVA)

I don't understand the logic in the three groups (doesn't seem to be geographic) but so be it. I think Celtic will get through this round but will come a cropper in the next.

2nd round is drawn tomorrow and is done on the assumption the seeded sides progress. They will be joined by and FC Kobenhavn, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Ajax and PAOK will be added in the 3rd Round and then , Young Boys and Slavia Praha will be added in the final play off Round.

A total of 4 teams from that will make it into the group stage.
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The "league" route (ie didn't win their national league) draw will also begin tomorrow.

The seeded teams - Basel and Olympiacos, will play the unseeded teams - PSV Eindhoven and Viktoria Plzen.

In the following round, the two winners will be seeded and joined by Porto and Dynamo Kyiv, who will play unseeded sides Club Brugge, Krasnodar (Russia), Istanbul Basaksehir, or LASK Linz (Austria).

The four winners of those will then play one final play off tie, and the two winners will enter into the group stage.
 
1st Round draw today.

The 32 teams are divided into two groups (group 1 and 2) of ten teams and into one group (group 3) of 12 teams.

Within the three groups, the 32 teams are divided equally as 16 seeded teams and 16 unseeded teams.

Group 1 (seeded sides in bold)

Astana (KAZ)
Ludogorets (BUL)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Shkëndija (MKD)
AIK (SWE)

Sūduva (LTU)
CFR Cluj (ROU)
Ferencváros (HUN)
Nõmme Kalju (EST)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM)

Group 2 (seeded sides in bold)

Celtic (SCO)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Valletta (MLT)
Sarajevo (BIH)
Sutjeska (MNE)
Partizani (ALB)
Saburtalo (GEO)

Group 3 (seeded sides in bold)

BATE Borisov (BLR)
Maribor (SVN)
Rosenborg (NOR)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Dundalk (IRL)
The New Saints (WAL)

Winners of the preliminary round (a team from Gibraltar, Kosovo, San Marino or Andorra)
Piast Gliwice (POL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)
Linfield (NIR)
HB Tórshavn (FRO)
Riga (LVA)

I don't understand the logic in the three groups (doesn't seem to be geographic) but so be it. I think Celtic will get through this round but will come a cropper in the next.

2nd round is drawn tomorrow and is done on the assumption the seeded sides progress. They will be joined by and FC Kobenhavn, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Ajax and PAOK will be added in the 3rd Round and then , Young Boys and Slavia Praha will be added in the final play off Round.

A total of 4 teams from that will make it into the group stage.
___________________

The "league" route (ie didn't win their national league) draw will also begin tomorrow.

The seeded teams - Basel and Olympiacos, will play the unseeded teams - PSV Eindhoven and Viktoria Plzen.

In the following round, the two winners will be seeded and joined by Porto and Dynamo Kyiv, who will play unseeded sides Club Brugge, Krasnodar (Russia), Istanbul Basaksehir, or LASK Linz (Austria).

The four winners of those will then play one final play off tie, and the two winners will enter into the group stage.

Who the f..k thought of that? It’s a good job UEFA weren’t involved... oh.
 
1st Round draw today.

The 32 teams are divided into two groups (group 1 and 2) of ten teams and into one group (group 3) of 12 teams.

Within the three groups, the 32 teams are divided equally as 16 seeded teams and 16 unseeded teams.

Group 1 (seeded sides in bold)

Astana (KAZ)
Ludogorets (BUL)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Shkëndija (MKD)
AIK (SWE)

Sūduva (LTU)
CFR Cluj (ROU)
Ferencváros (HUN)
Nõmme Kalju (EST)
Ararat-Armenia (ARM)

Group 2 (seeded sides in bold)

Celtic (SCO)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Valletta (MLT)
Sarajevo (BIH)
Sutjeska (MNE)
Partizani (ALB)
Saburtalo (GEO)

Group 3 (seeded sides in bold)

BATE Borisov (BLR)
Maribor (SVN)
Rosenborg (NOR)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Dundalk (IRL)
The New Saints (WAL)

Winners of the preliminary round (a team from Gibraltar, Kosovo, San Marino or Andorra)
Piast Gliwice (POL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)
Linfield (NIR)
HB Tórshavn (FRO)
Riga (LVA)

I don't understand the logic in the three groups (doesn't seem to be geographic) but so be it. I think Celtic will get through this round but will come a cropper in the next.

2nd round is drawn tomorrow and is done on the assumption the seeded sides progress. They will be joined by and FC Kobenhavn, Dinamo Zagreb, APOEL, and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Ajax and PAOK will be added in the 3rd Round and then , Young Boys and Slavia Praha will be added in the final play off Round.

A total of 4 teams from that will make it into the group stage.
___________________

The "league" route (ie didn't win their national league) draw will also begin tomorrow.

The seeded teams - Basel and Olympiacos, will play the unseeded teams - PSV Eindhoven and Viktoria Plzen.

In the following round, the two winners will be seeded and joined by Porto and Dynamo Kyiv, who will play unseeded sides Club Brugge, Krasnodar (Russia), Istanbul Basaksehir, or LASK Linz (Austria).

The four winners of those will then play one final play off tie, and the two winners will enter into the group stage.
And here lies the problem of the so called Champions League .....
 
Draw is as follows;

Nomme Kalju (EST) v Shkendija (MKD)
Suduva (LTH) v Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
Ararat (ARM) v AIK (SWE)
Astana (KAZ) v Cluj (ROM)
Ludogorets (BUL) v Ferencvaros (HUN)
Partizani (ALB) v Qarabag (AZE)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK) v Sutjeska (MNG)
Celtic (SCO) v Sarajevo (BIH)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) v Saburtalo Tbilisi (GEO)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Valletta (MLT)
Linfield (NIR) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Valur (ISL) v Maribor (SVN)
Dundalk (IRL) v Riga FC (LTV)
The New Saints (WAL) v Winners of Preliminary Round TBC
HJK (FIN) v HB Torshavn (FRO)
BATE Borisov (BLR) v Piast Gliwice (POL)
 
2nd Round Draw:

Champions Path

Astana / CFR Cluj v Maccabi Tel Aviv
BATE Borisov / Piast Gliwice v Linfield / Rosenborg
The New Saints / (winners of preliminary round) v FC Kobenhavn
Ferencvaros / Ludogorets v Dudelange / Valletta
Dundalk / Riga v Partizani / Qarabag
Sheriff Tiraspol / Saburtalo Tbilisi v Dinamo Zagreb
Celtic / Sarajevo v Nomme Kalju / Shkendija
Suduva / Red Star v HJK Helsinki / HB Torshavn
Slovan Bratislava / Sutjeska v APOEL
Valur / Maribor v Ararat / AIK

League Path
Viktoria Plzen v Olympiacos
PSV Eindhoven v Basel

Ties to take place 23/24 and 30/31 July
 
Third Qualifying Round was drawn today in advance of the Second Qualifying Round beginning tomorrow.

Champions Path
CFR Cluj / Maccabi Tel Aviv v Celtic / Nomme Kalju
Sutjeska Niksic / APOEL v Dundalk / Qarabag
PAOK v Ajax
Saburtalo Tbilisi / Dinamo Zagreb v Ferencvaros / Valletta
Red Star Belgrade / HJK Helsinki v The New Saints / FC Kobenhavn
Maribor / AIK v BATE Borisov / Rosenborg

League Path
Istanbul Basaksehir v Viktoria Plzen / Olympiacos
Krasnodar v Porto
Club Brugge v Dynamo Kyiv
PSV Eindhoven / Basel v LASK Linz

These games will take place on 6/7th August and the 2nd Leg will take place on 13th August (Super Cup on the 14th).
 

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