Draws for the first and second Champions League qualifying rounds take place today.
As usual, the teams have been grouped geographically for the second qualifying round. Celtic are top seeds in their group and can draw:
Malmo (Sweden)
KR (Iceland)
The New Saints (Wales)
Cliftonville (Ireland)
or one of the teams from the first round:
Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)
HB (Faroes)
Santa Coloma (Andorra)
Banants (Armenia)
La Fiorita (San Marino)
Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar)
Not sure if those first round teams will also be grouped geographically because one of those winners will be playing in the eastern group. Probably wouldn’t want to be playing in Armenia anyway.
Malmo are obviously the team to avoid there. They destroyed Hibs last season but didn’t cruise past Drogheda and Swansea hammered them.
Matches are on 15/16 July and then the following week which I understand to be the 22/23 July.
[QUOTE=“mickee321, post: 969058, member: 367”]@Rocko , Im OOP on International Business, can you fire up the draw if possible?, or who Maccabi TA, Celtic and Pats got?
thanks a lot[/QUOTE]
Delighted to help mate:
A likely trip to Armenia for Maccabi. Pats are off to Poland where they will be expecting numbers to rival the Irish invasion of Poznan for Euro 2012.
First qualifying round (1/2 and 8/9 July)
FC Santa Coloma (AND) v FC Banants (ARM)
Lincoln FC (GIB) v HB Tórshavn (FRO)
SP La Fiorita (SMR) v FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Second qualifying round (15/16 and 22/23 July)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v KS Skënderbeu (ALB) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) v FC Santa Coloma (ARM)/FC Banants (ARM)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v FK Aktobe (KAZ)
HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) v NK Maribor (SVN)
FC Sheriff (MDA) v FK Sutjeska (MNE)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) v SP La Fiorita (SMR)/FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Malmö FF (SWE) v FK Ventspils (LVA)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) v The New Saints FC (WAL) Celtic FC (IRL) v KR Reykjavík (ISL) Cliftonville FC (IRL) v Debreceni VSC (HUN)
FK Partizan (SRB) v Lincoln FC (GIB)/HB Tórshavn (FRO)
Legia Warszawa (POL) v Saint Patrick’s Athletic (IRL)
FK Rabotnicki (MKD) v HJK Helsinki (FIN)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v VMFD Žalgiris (LTU)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Valletta FC (MLT) v Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Strømsgodset IF (NOR) v FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
[QUOTE=“Rocko, post: 969087, member: 1”]Delighted to help mate:
A likely trip to Armenia for Maccabi. Pats are off to Poland where they will be expecting numbers to rival the Irish invasion of Poznan for Euro 2012.
First qualifying round (1/2 and 8/9 July)
FC Santa Coloma (AND) v FC Banants (ARM)
Lincoln FC (GIB) v HB Tórshavn (FRO)
SP La Fiorita (SMR) v FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Second qualifying round (15/16 and 22/23 July)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v KS Skënderbeu (ALB) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) v FC Santa Coloma (ARM)/FC Banants (ARM)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v FK Aktobe (KAZ)
HŠK Zrinjski (BIH) v NK Maribor (SVN)
FC Sheriff (MDA) v FK Sutjeska (MNE)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) v SP La Fiorita (SMR)/FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Malmö FF (SWE) v FK Ventspils (LVA)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) v The New Saints FC (WAL) Celtic FC (IRL) v KR Reykjavík (ISL) Cliftonville FC (IRL) v Debreceni VSC (HUN)
FK Partizan (SRB) v Lincoln FC (GIB)/HB Tórshavn (FRO)
Legia Warszawa (POL) v Saint Patrick’s Athletic (IRL)
FK Rabotnicki (MKD) v HJK Helsinki (FIN)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v VMFD Žalgiris (LTU)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Valletta FC (MLT) v Qarabağ FK (AZE)
Strømsgodset IF (NOR) v FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)[/QUOTE]
I’m taking it that Geography isn’t your strong point…
When i was on international business in dublin in december 2013 i drank on my own frequently in The Living Room at the top of O"Connell Street where they are showing the Polish equivilant of sky sports 1 and i must say the Polish football was of a very decent standard… Maor Melikson, a half decent Israeli player who was a target of Celtic not so long back played with Wisla Krakow before he moved to Valencinees there last year… Id imagine the Polish league is strong enough… back in the great days of Communisom their clubs were always featuring at the business end of competitions like the European Cup Winners Cup , @The Scouse Cafu , did united beat Legia in the 1991 CWC semi final?.. i think the last club side to compete in the CL group stages was Widesz Lodz about 15 years ago
