Europa League Draw last 32 and last 16

mike65

POT 1

*Team transferring from UEFA Champions League

- Initial letters refer to UEFA Europa League group

A: Manchester City FC (ENG)
B: Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
C: Sporting Club de Portugal (POR)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
E: FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
F: PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
G: FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
H: VfB Stuttgart (GER)
I: PSV Eindhoven (NED)
J: Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA)
K: Liverpool FC (ENG)
L: FC Porto (POR)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS)*
SC Braga (POR)*
AFC Ajax (NED)*
FC Twente (NED)*

POT 2

*Team transferring from UEFA Champions League

- Initial letters refer to UEFA Europa League group

A: KKS Lech Poznań (POL)
B: Aris Thessaloniki FC (GRE)
C: LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
PAOK FC (GRE)
E: FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
F: AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
G: RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
H: BSC Young Boys (SUI)
I: FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
J: Sevilla FC (ESP)
K: SSC Napoli (ITA)
L: Beşiktaş JK (TUR)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)*
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)*
Rangers FC (SCO)*
SL Benfica (POR)*

ironbluedun

Always very hard to predict a winner of that competition at this stage at least with the CL its an easy choice between Barcelona or Barcelona.

tvnutz

What time is this draw on at?

mike65

Midday I think, or when the booze and canapes have been finished off.

Mr.Nice Guy

Is Ronnie Whelan doing the draw again?

Warper

Is this an open draw? Can teams from the same country play each other?

mike65

http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/draws/index.html

ironbluedun

Warper wrote: »

Is this an open draw? Can teams from the same country play each other?

i heard something about eastern teams being kept together or something like that, not sure though, bound to be some form of messing by UEFA

mike65

:rolleyes:

Dolph Starbeam

That music for Ronnie Whelans clip was fail.

mike65

Round of 32

Napoli v Villarreal CF
Rangers FC v Sporting Club de Portugal
AC Sparta Praha v Liverpool FC
RSC Anderlecht v AFC Ajax
KKS Lech Poznań v Braga
Beşiktaş JK v FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Basel v FC Spartak Moskva
Young Boys v FC Zenit St Petersburg (that'll be a cracker)
Aris Thessaloniki FC v Manchester City FC
PAOK FC v CSKA Moskva
Sevilla v FC Porto (another cracker)
Rubin Kazan v FC Twente
Lille v PSV Eindhoven (good tie)
Benfica v Stuttgart
BATE Borisov v PSG
Metalist Kharkiv v Leverkusen

Raskolnikov

Nice tie for Liverpool, it has to be said.

ironbluedun

mike65 wrote: »

Round of 32

Napoli v Villarreal CF
Rangers FC v Sporting Club de Portugal
AC Sparta Praha v Liverpool FC
RSC Anderlecht v AFC Ajax
KKS Lech Poznań v Braga
Beşiktaş JK v FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Basel v FC Spartak Moskva
Young Boys v FC Zenit St Petersburg (that'll be a cracker)
Aris Thessaloniki FC v Manchester City FC

where are Aris Thessaloniki from? greece?

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yes i see they are greeks
both city and liverpool got good draws it seems.

speedboatchase

Funny how Sky Sports News couldn't give two ****s about this draw, since they don't have the broadcast rights :rolleyes:

flahavaj

speedboatchase wrote: »

Funny how Sky Sports News couldn't give two ****s about this draw, since they don't have the broadcast rights :rolleyes:

I doubt they want the rights tbh.:pac:

mike65

Benfica v Stuttgart / BATE Borisov v PSG
Beşiktaş JK v FC Dynamo Kyiv / Aris Thessaloniki FC v Manchester City FC
Rubin Kazan v FC Twente / Young Boys v FC Zenit St Petersburg
PAOK FC v CSKA Moskva / Sevilla v FC Porto
Lille v PSV Eindhoven / Rangers FC v Sporting Club de Portugal
Metalist Kharkiv v Leverkusen / Napoli v Villarreal CF
RSC Anderlecht v AFC Ajax / FC Basel v FC Spartak Moskva
AC Sparta Praha v Liverpool FC / KKS Lech Poznań v Braga

JimsAlterEgo

speedboatchase wrote: »

Sky Sports News couldn't give two ****s about this draw, since its a crap competion that no-one cares about:rolleyes:

FYP

Kimono-Girl

so let me get this straight if Liverpool get to the last 16 they get a home game against lech or braga?

ironbluedun

speedboatchase wrote: »

Funny how Sky Sports News couldn't give two ****s about this draw, since they don't have the broadcast rights :rolleyes:

Sky sports news is a total load of crap they ignore all sporting events and sports that they are not covering and give huge coverage to poxy stuff they are covering like darts. The standard of reporting is juvenile.

mike65

Kimono-Girl

Correct.

ironbluedun

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

so let me get this straight if Liverpool get to the last 16 they get a home game against lech or braga?

yes Lech are not bad...watch out.

average_runner

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.

Its a nothing trophy as Liverpool fans said last year!


Bet they changed their mind now, or is just Liverpool are a nothing team!!

dreamers75

flahavaj wrote: »

I doubt they want the rights tbh.:pac:

Cant have afaik if they have CL rights, but doubt they would actually want them.

dougal

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

so let me get this straight if Liverpool get to the last 16 they get a home game against lech or braga?

Home in first leg - I'd say by the looks of it.

Kimono-Girl

ironbluedun wrote: »

yes Lech are not bad...watch out.

yeah??? i'll try watch the braga v lech game so...
to be honest i think i haven't seen either team play.

digme

average_runner wrote: »

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.

Its a nothing trophy as Liverpool fans said last year!


Bet they changed their mind now, or is just Liverpool are a nothing team!!

some people like soccer.

ziggy

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average_runner

digme wrote: »

some people like soccer.

And??


You still cant slag a trophy off one year because ye werent in it and all of sudden ye are in and now its a good trophy

carlop

Ugh almost the toughest draw possible for Napoli. Aris beat Atleti in Madrid fwiw so they can't be too bad, though I'm sure City will qualify easily enough.

digme

average_runner wrote: »

And??


You still cant slag a trophy off one year because ye werent in it and all of sudden ye are in and now its a good trophy

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.?
did liverpool also say this or was that your view?
if the former i agree with ya

Xavi6

This is a great draw for City in terms of the last 32 but I don't fancy playin the winner of Besiktas/Kiev.

average_runner

digme wrote: »

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.?
did liverpool also say this or was that your view?
if the former i agree with ya

Yeah Liverpool fans did say it, they were saying it all season long last year to the Everton fans!

ironbluedun

Xavi6 wrote: »

This is a great draw for City in terms of the last 32 but I don't fancy playin the winner of Besiktas/Kiev.

true i was thinking that myself. a trip to turkey or kiev yuck.

Mr.Nice Guy

The problem with lack of interest is that the competition is now an over bloated mess. It should go back to being a tournament with knockout rounds to separate the wheat from the chaff. I'm sick of this current format with uncompetitive groups and more and more teams being shoved into it.

ironbluedun

average_runner wrote: »

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.

Its a nothing trophy as Liverpool fans said last year!


Bet they changed their mind now, or is just Liverpool are a nothing team!!

oh yes its crap competition huge money and effort for crap.. just like there are 100s of other better trophies for european teams to play each other for........:rolleyes:

ironbluedun

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

The problem with lack of interest is that the competition is now an over bloated mess. It should go back to being a tournament with knockout rounds to separate the wheat from the chaff. I'm sick of this current format with uncompetitive groups and more and more teams being shoved into it.

I agree, and look at the CL group stages total rubbish...that competition doesnt really start until after xmas...champions league! sure half the teams in it have not won a domestic championship in decades.

Ferris_Bueller

The knockout stages are home and away legs, yes?

digme

average_runner wrote: »

Yeah Liverpool fans did say it, they were saying it all season long last year to the Everton fans!

ah well whatever way the wind blows haha

Broxi_Bear_Eire

ziggy wrote: »

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Ach just makes it all the sweeter when we beat them

Warper

Damn, I have Porto backed at 22-1 and still think they are the team to beat but what a tough draw they got. Next up is Seville and then the winner looks like playing another one of the favs in CSKA Moscow in the last 16. Toughest draw they could have got. The 2 English teams got handy draws in both the last 32 and the last 16 considering what they could have got.

LiamMc

One team from the Europe League Rd.2 qualifiers Besiktas and three teams from the Champions League rd 2 qualifiers Sparta Prague, Lech Poznan, and BATE Borisov.

citytillidie

average_runner wrote: »

And??


You still cant slag a trophy off one year because ye werent in it and all of sudden ye are in and now its a good trophy

Its just like supporters of teams who get knocked out the carling cup ahh its just a mickey mouse cup, and then celebrate if their team wins it.

Daemos

average_runner wrote: »

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.

Its a nothing trophy as Liverpool fans said last year!


Bet they changed their mind now, or is just Liverpool are a nothing team!!

average_runner wrote: »

And??


You still cant slag a trophy off one year because ye werent in it and all of sudden ye are in and now its a good trophy

average_runner wrote: »

Yeah Liverpool fans did say it, they were saying it all season long last year to the Everton fans!

Nice of you to tar every Liverpool fan with the same brush :rolleyes:

Out of curiosity who do you support? Are you saying you wouldn't care if they won the Europa League? Because anyone who says that is talking bull IMO.

The UEFA cup is Liverpool's biggest goal this season as 4th spot is as good as gone imo.

It also may be our best chance to get back into Europe next year.

A bit of realism is needed from some so called fans. If you don't want to support them in the Uefa Cup, sure why not go thw whole hog and boycott FA cup matches too next month.

Nothing worse than a shíte fan imo.

rossie1977

Xavi6 wrote: »

This is a great draw for City in terms of the last 32 but I don't fancy playin the winner of Besiktas/Kiev.

Bursaspor and Trabzonspor are the top two in turkey by a distance this year, we saw how poor both were against man utd and liverpool in europe this year, Besiktas while traditionally strong at home are awful away from home, truly terrible

the only thing i would worry about in kiev is the cold, that match will be in march so the snow will be gone

rossie1977

average_runner wrote: »

Europa League is a load of crap also and deserves to be ignored.

Its a nothing trophy as Liverpool fans said last year!


Bet they changed their mind now, or is just Liverpool are a nothing team!!

any liverpool or indeed any so called fan from any team that would say such a thing isn't a fan in my eyes, liverpool are still the only british team to win that trophy in the last 25 years, if it was good enough for bill shankly to win it should be good enough for any fan of any team, liverpool fans and indeed rangers or city fans right now would give their right arm and leg for some of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM67XkqZ-Wg

Warper

The Europa League Group stages are a farce but the competition itself is a serious competition. There are good teams left in it and is far superior than any domestic cup competition like the FA Cup or the Copa del Rey in terms of quality. It is the second biggest Cup competiton in Europe behind the CL and is a quality tournament. The likes of the Carling Cup should be scrapped as one domestic cup competition is more than enough.

carlop

rarnes1 wrote: »

The UEFA cup is Liverpool's biggest goal this season as 4th spot is as good as gone imo.

It also may be our best chance to get nack into Europe next year.

A bit of realism is needed from some so called fans. If you don't want to support them in the Uefa Cup, sure why not go thw whole hog and boycott FA cup matches too next month.

Nothing worse than a shíte fan imo.

Actually, kind of related to this, does anyone think the winners of the UEFA cup should qualify for the Champions League? It would give teams an added incentive to take it seriously.

mike65

Nope, I see that as being no better than allowing CL flops join the EL at the knock-out stage.

Warper

carlop wrote: »

Actually, kind of related to this, does anyone think the winners of the UEFA cup should qualify for the Champions League? It would give teams an added incentive to take it seriously.

What teams are not taking the EL seriously?

Teams dont take the Carling Cup or the FA Cup seriously but teams in the EL do. Practically all the teams will play their best 11 in the last 32 unlike every other cup competition in Europe bar the CL.

carlop

mike65 wrote: »

Nope, I see that as being no better than allowing CL flops join the EL at the knock-out stage.

Well it would only be one team joining next year's competition, as opposed to 8 teams joining a competition half way through a season.

Warper wrote: »

What teams are not taking the EL seriously?

Teams dont take the Carling Cup or the FA Cup seriously but teams in the EL do. Practically all the teams will play their best 11 in the last 32 unlike every other cup competition in Europe bar the CL.

Just off the top of my head I remember Villa fielding a fairly weak team in the knockout stages a couple of years ago, but in general I get the impression teams don't prioritise it.