Europa draw (last 32) - the possibilities

[liamctid]

I'd absolutely buzz if we got to go back to Salzburg

 

[WakeBlue]

Is Alan still at Salzburg? That could be a good game

Yeah he's still there!!!!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Will be in group B as the top seed and one of the likeliest options seems to be the Greek team PAOK.

United could draw PSV as it stands.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

I put all the perms up in a thread but some smart guy decided to merge it into 5 other threads so it's in a heap somewhere.

Anyway we'll have a better idea of who we'll face next thursday, draw's next friday and we're seeded.

 

[Kakhaber Tskhadadze K.O.T.A.]

Will be in group B as the top seed and one of the likeliest options seems to be the Greek team PAOK.

United could draw PSV as it stands.

Is it not just 16 non-seeded teams v 16 seeded teams or is there another criteria ?

I know we cannot play another English team but I thought we could be drawn against any of the other 16 non-seeded teams as in the OP.

 

[Kakhaber Tskhadadze K.O.T.A.]

There ya go JMW

The final will be in Bucharest.

We're in the Round of 32, the draw for that and the Last 16 is on 16th December.

The Last 32 legs are the 16th and 23rd of February(not including permutations such as Aris/PAOK clash last season).

The Last 16 legs are the 8th and 15th of March, should we progress.

The 12 group winners + the 4 best placed 3rd placed teams in the Champions League are seeded, the runners-up and other 4 CL teams are not.

So we are seeded for the draw, the final round of group games are next week but here's how it's looking.

Seeded:

Manchester City
Manchester United
Olympiacos
Valencia
Standard Liege
PSV Eindhoven
Sporting CP
Athletic Bilbao
Schalke 04
Metalist Kharkiv
FC Twente

Unseeded:

FC Porto
AFC Ajax
Trabzonspor
Viktoria Plzen
Hannover 96
Legia Warsaw.

PAOK, Stoke, Braga, Atletico Madrid, RSC Anderlecht and Lokomotiv Moskva have all qualified but their final position isn't determined.

In Group A it's likely Rubin Kazan will qualify ahead of Spurs, Group D is between Vaslui and Lazio, Group E between Besiktas and our nemesis Dynamo Kyiv, Group F is between Salzburg and PSG(would be interesting), Group G is between AZ Alkmaar and Austria Wien, Group G is between Club Brugge and Birmingham, Group I between Udinese and Celtic, Group J is tight between Maccabi Haifa, Steaua Bucharest & AEK Larnaca and Group K is between Fulham and Wisla Krakow.

I should also add that country protection rules apply for the Round of 32 only, so if Birmingham, Fulham, Stoke and/or Spurs qualify 2nd and are unseeded we can't draw them for the Last 32.

 

[cibaman]

If City and United are both seeded does that mean that both play the home leg last? And if so does that mean that we might not play on the Thursday?

 

[bainy]

If City and United are both seeded does that mean that both play the home leg last? And if so does that mean that we might not play on the Thursday?

Yes - been on sky. they are not allowed to play at home on same night need to be 31 miles apart!! Sky suggesting that one team will play on tuesdays.

 

[kplfishtank]

regards the teams playing at home last, they sometimes switch it so the team drawn out hat second has to switch it, happened with gers last year at lisbon.

 

[alky313]

If City and United are both seeded does that mean that both play the home leg last? And if so does that mean that we might not play on the Thursday?

Yes - been on sky. they are not allowed to play at home on same night need to be 31 miles apart!! Sky suggesting that one team will play on tuesdays.

*Raises hand*

If theres one time City should bribe its now.