2012-13 Europa League

dsmythy

We have the Champions League thread so here's this season's Europa League. Final to be played at the Amsterdam Arena.

First Qualifying Round first leg is today! Expect for two games which were played two days ago.

Narva Trans v Inter Baku

MTK Budapest v Senica

Tirana v Grevenmacher

Torpedo Kutaisi v Aktobe

Borac Banja Luka v Čelik Nikšić

Baku v Mura 05

Elfsborg v Floriana

Renova v Libertas

FC Santa Coloma v Osijek

Jagodina v Ordabasy

Differdange 03 v NSÍ Runavík

Crusaders v Rosenborg

Cefn Druids v MYPA

Levadia Tallinn v Šiauliai

Bohemians v Þór Akureyri

Sarajevo v Hibernians

FC Twente v UE Santa Coloma

Rudar Pljevlja v Shirak

Flamurtari Vlorë v Honvéd

Dacia Chişinău v Celje

Sūduva Marijampolė v Daugava

KuPS v Llanelli

Cliftonville v Kalmar FF

Víkingur 0-6 Gomel

FH v Eschen/Mauren

Lech Poznań v Zhetysu

Khazar Lankaran v Nõmme Kalju

Birkirkara v Metalurg Skopje

Pyunik v Zeta

Teuta Durrës v Metalurgi Rustavi

Olimpija Ljubljana v Jeunesse Esch

EB/Streymur v Gandzasar

St. Patrick's Athletic v ÍBV

La Fiorita v Liepājas Metalurgs

JJK v Stabæk

Bangor City v Zimbru Chişinău

Shkëndija 0-0 Portadown

Games which may be of interest to some in bold.

BKC

Usually a few good bets in mismatched ties in these earlier rounds.

Hope the two Irish teams can get through!

dsmythy

Results from Thursday

Xazar Lankaran FK (AZE) 2-2 Nomme Kalju (EST)

FK Jagodina (SRB) 0-1 Ordabasy Shymkent (KAZ)

Trans Narva (EST) 0-5 Inter Baku (AZE)

KuPS Kuopio (FIN) 2-1 Llanelli AFC (WAL)

FK Renova (MKD) 4-0 AC Libertas (SMR)

FK Rudar Pljevlja (MNE) 0-1 Shirak (ARM)

Tallinn (EST) 1-0 FC Siauliai (LTU)

Pyunik (ARM) 0-3 FK Zeta (MNE)

JJK Jyvaskyla (FIN) 2-0 Stabaek (NOR)

Elfsborg (SWE) 8-0 Floriana (MLT)

FK Suduva (LTU) 0-1 FC Daugava (LVA)

Differdange (LUX) 3-0 NSI Runavik (FRO)

Dacia Chisinau (MDA) 1-0 NK Celje (SVN)

Birkirkara (MLT) 2-2 Metalurg Skopje (MKD)

Baku FK (AZE) 0-0 NK Mura (SVN)

Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 1-1 FC Aktobe (KAZ)

KF Tirana (ALB) 2-0 Grevenmacher (LUX)

FC Santa Coloma (AND) 0-1 NK Osijek (CRO)

Sarajevo (BIH) 5-2 Hibernians (MLT)

FC Twente (NED) 6-0 UE Santa Coloma (AND)

Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 3-0 Jeunesse Esch (LUX)

MTK Budapest (HUN) 1-1 FK Senica (SVK)

Lech Poznan (POL) 2-0 Zhetysu Taldykorgan (KAZ)

EB/Streymur (FRO) 3-1 Gandzasar Kapan (ARM)

Flamurtari (ALB) 0-1 Budapest Honved (HUN)

La Fiorita (SMR) 0-2 Liepajas Metalurgs (LVA)

KS Teuta (ALB) 0-3 Metalurgi Rustavi (GEO)

Cefn Druids (WAL) 0-0 Myllykosken (FIN)

Cliftonville (NIR) 1-0 Kalmar FF (SWE)

Bangor City (WAL) 0-0 Zimbru Chisinau (MDA)

Saint Patrick’s (IRL) 1-0 Vestmannaeyjar (ISL)

Bohemians (IRL) 0-0 Thor Akureyri (ISL)

Crusaders FC (NIR) 0-3 Rosenborg (NOR)

Borac Banja Luka (BIH) 2-2 Celik Niksic (MNE)

Hafnarfjordur (ISL) 2-1 Eschen-Mauren (LIE)

Floriana of Malta took the worse beating losing 8-0 to Elfsborg.

UE Santa Coloma of Andorra may have relished facing the more illustrious FC Twente but game went to form with a 6-0 thrashing.

Cliftonville with a very commendable win over Kalmar FF of Sweden.

Return legs on the 10th and 12th of July.

citytillidie

Games tonight
Floriana (MLT) V Elfborg (SEW)
Grevenmacher (LUX) V KF Tirana (ALB)
Nomme Kalju (EST) V Xazar Lankaran FK (AZE)
Portadown (NIR) V Shkendija 79 (MAC)

RayCon

dsmythy wrote: »

Floriana of Malta took the worse beating losing 8-0 to Elfsborg.

Balls ... honestly thought this was gonna be Floriana's year.

dsmythy

citytillidie wrote: »

Games tonight
Floriana (MLT) 0-4 Elfborg (SWE)
Grevenmacher (LUX) 0-0 KF Tirana (ALB)
Nomme Kalju (EST) 0-2 Xazar Lankaran FK (AZE)
Portadown (NIR) 2-1Shkendija 79 (MAC)

With results. Bolded teams the first through.

Elfsborg win 4-0 making it 12-0 on aggregate. Tirana's draw in Luxembourg gets them through 2-0. Lankaran through 4-2. And fair play to Portadown they're through to face NK Slaven Belupo of Croatia. The Croatian's club coach was unconcerned who won the game believing his team to be better than both of them.

The remainder of the games tonight!

dsmythy

Results from the remainder of the first qualifiying games' second legs. Team in bold are through.

Zhetysu Taldykorgan 1 - 1 Lech Poznan

FC Metalurgi Rustavi 6 - 1 Teuta Durres

Ordabasy Shymkent 0 - 0 Jagodina

Shirak 1 - 1 Rudar Pljevlja

Aktobe 1 - 0 Torpedo Kutaisi

Fk Metalurg Skopje 0 - 0 Birkirkara

Gandzasar 2 - 0 EB/Streymur

Celik 1 - 1 Borac Banjaluka

FC Daugava 2 - 3 Suduva

Gomel 4 - 0 Vikingur

Inter Baku 2 - 0 Narva JK Trans

Jeunesse Esch 0 - 3 Olimpija Ljubljana

L. Metalurgs 4 - 0 La Fiorita Montegiardino

Siauliai 2 - 1 Tallinna FC Levadia

MyPa 5 - 0 Cefn Druids AFC

Zimbru 2 - 1 Bangor City

Kalmar 4 - 0 Cliftonville

Rosenborg 1 - 0 Crusaders

Stabaek 3 - 2 Jyvaskyla JK

Eschen/Mauren 0 - 1 Hafnarfjordur

FK Senica 2 - 1MTK Budapest

Hibernians 4 - 4 FK Sarajevo

Llanelli 1 - 1 KuPS Kuopio

NSI Runavik 0 - 3 Differdang03

UE Santa Coloma 0 - 3 FC Twente Enschede

NK Mura 2 - 0 FK Baku

NK Osijek 3 - 1 FC Santa Coloma

Publikum Celje 0 - 1 Dacia Chisinau

Zeta Golubovci 1 - 2 Pyunik

Budapest Honved 2 - 0 Flamurtari

SP Libertas 0 - 4 Renova

Thor A 5 - 1 Bohemian FC

Vestmannaeyar 2 - 1 St. Patricks

Iceland did well this time around sending two teams through to the next round.

FK Sarajevo beat Hibernians (of the Maltese variety) 9-6 on aggregate.....

Elfsborg's 12-0 aggregate win the largest.

Metalurgi Rustavi's 6-1 win the best result of the 2nd legs.

Cliftonville couldn't follow follow their surprise win going up to Sweden going down 4-0 in the 2nd leg.

Second round fixtures up next.

dsmythy

Second round qualifiers to be played on the 19th and 26th if July. Games which may be of interest to some in bold.

Khazar Lankaran (Azerbaijan) v (Poland) Lech Poznań

Eskişehirspor (Turkey) v (Scotland) St. Johnstone

Hajduk Split (Croatia) v (Latvia) Skonto

AIK (Sweden) v (Iceland) FH

Renova (Macedonia) v (Belarus) Gomel

Naftan Novopolotsk (Belarus) v (Serbia) Red Star Belgrade

Vojvodina (Serbia) v (Lithuania) Sūduva Marijampolė

JJK (Finland) v (Montenegro) Zeta

Young Boys (Switzerland) v (Moldova) Zimbru Chişinău

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria) v (Netherlands) Vitesse

Tirana (Albania) v (Norway) Aalesund

Metalurh Donetsk (Ukraine) v (Montenegro) Čelik Nikšić

Maccabi Netanya (Israel) v (Finland) KuPS

Mladá Boleslav (Czech Republic) v (Iceland) Þór Akureyri

Levadia Tallinn (Estonia) v (Cyprus) Anorthosis

Milsami Orhei (Moldova) v (Kazakhstan) Aktobe

Slaven Belupo (Croatia) v (Northern Ireland) Portadown

Servette (Switzerland) v (Armenia) Gandzasar

Twente (Netherlands) v (Finland) Inter Turku

Žalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania) v (Austria) Admira Wacker Mödling

Osijek (Croatia) v (Sweden) Kalmar FF

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) v (Hungary) Videoton

Rapid București (Romania) v (Finland) MYPA

Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic) v (Georgia) Metalurgi Rustavi

Mura 05 (Slovenia) v (Bulgaria) CSKA Sofia

Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) v (Greece) Asteras Tripolis

Gent (Belgium) v (Luxembourg) Differdange 03

Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) v (Hungary) Honvéd

Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) v (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Sarajevo

Liepājas Metalurgs (Latvia) v (Poland) Legia Warsaw

Shakhtyor Salihorsk (Belarus) v (Austria) Ried

Bnei Yehuda (Israel) v (Armenia) Shirak

Rosenborg (Norway) v (Kazakhstan) Ordabasy

Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) v (Ireland) Sligo Rovers

Dacia Chişinău (Moldova) v (Sweden) Elfsborg

Široki Brijeg (Bosnia and Herzegovina) v (Ireland) St. Patrick's Athletic

APOEL (Cyprus) v (Slovakia) Senica

Ruch Chorzów (Poland) v (Macedonia) Metalurg Skopje

AGF (Denmark) v (Georgia) Dila Gori

Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) v (Norway) Tromsø

Teams awaiting the winners in the next round include the likes of Inter, Liverpool, Athletic Bilbao and Marseille.

losthorizon

Siroki Brijeg are a Croat club in the Bosnian league. They would be fairly handy so Pats have a tough job on their hands (indeed so have Sligo with their Slovakian team) but after visiting Bosnia I always found the Muslim population there a lot more friendly.

Tough draws.

celtictiger32

just out of curiosity, i can understand why the irish teams are highlighted above but why are the welsh clubs and selected others?..............

dsmythy

celtictiger32 wrote: »

just out of curiosity, i can understand why the irish teams are highlighted above but why are the welsh clubs and selected others?..............

People can have a general interest in teams from Britain, also Irish fans might like to compare Irish clubs against their neighbours.

dsmythy

Results from Thursday night's games.

Anzhi Makhachkala 1 - 0 Kispest Honved

FC Milsami 4 - 2 Aktobe Lento

FK Metalurgs 2 - 2 Legia Warsaw

Khazar Lenkoran 1 - 1 Lech Poznan

Naftan Novopolotsk 3 - 4 Red Star Belgrade

Lokomotiv Plovdiv 4 - 4 Vitesse Arnhem

Renova 0 - 2 Gomel

FC Levadia Tallinn 1 - 3 Anorthosis Famagusta

Inter Baku 1 - 1 Asteras Tripolis

JJK 3 - 2 Zeta

Metalurgi Rustavi 1 - 3 Viktoria Plzen

Olimpija Ljubljana 0 - 0 Tromso

FC 03 Differdange 0 - 1 KAA Gent

Shakhter Soligorsk 1 - 1 SV Josko Ried

AGF Aarhus 1 - 2 Dila Gori

AIK 1 - 1 FH Hafnarfjordur

Apoel Nicosia 2 - 0 FK Senica

Bnei Yehuda 2 - 0 Shirak

Eskisehirspor K 2 - 0 St Johnstone

FC Spartak Trnava 3 - 1 Sligo Rovers

Levski Sofia 1 - 0 FK Sarajevo

Metalurg Donetsk 7 - 0 Celik

Mlada Boleslav 3 - 0 Thor

Rosenborg 2 - 2 Ordabasy Shymkent

Ruch Chorzow 3 - 1 Metalurg

SK Tirana 1 - 1 Aalesund

Slaven Belupo Koprivnica 6 - 0 Portadown

FC Dacia 1 - 0 Elfsborg

Rapid Bucuresti 3 - 1 MyPa

VMFD Zalgiris 1 - 1 FC Trenkwalder Admira

Young Boys 1 - 0 Zimbru Chisinau

Servette 2 - 0 Gandzasar Kapan

FC Twente 1 - 1 FC Inter Turku

Maccabi Netanya 1 - 2 KuPS Kuopio

Mura 0 - 0 CSKA Sofia

Osijek 1 - 3 Kalmar FF

Slovan Bratislava 1 - 1 Videoton FC Fehervar

Hajduk Split 2 - 0 Skonto Riga

Vojvodina 1 - 1 FK Suduva

Siroki Brijeg 1 - 1 St Patricks Athletic

monkey9

I watched the Pat's match online on thursday. It was one of the best away performances Irish side away in Europe. I'd say the Bosnians probably thought we'd hoof up to a big man. To see Pat's pass their way through Siroki was a joy.

They literally equalised with the last play of the match. They scored, we kicked off and the ref blew the whistle for fulltime.

I hope that stupid goal doesn't come back to haunt us. We haven't lost at Richmond Park in Europe for over a decade and we can repeat that performance, we'll go through. Here's hoping.....

BKC

Excellent result for Mura 05 as they draw 1-1 with CSKA Sofia and go through on away goals. Nice little run for them seeing as they were heavily expected to go out in the first round.

dsmythy

Third Qualifying Round 1st legs tomorrow with the return legs the following Thursday. Winners go through to the Playoff Round where a place in the Europa League group stages will be at stake.

Videoton (Hungary) v (Belgium) Gent
AIK (Sweden) v (Poland) Lech Poznań
Eskişehirspor (Turkey) v (France) Marseille
Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) v (Cyprus) Omonia
FK Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) v (Montenegro) Zeta
Admira Wacker Mödling (Austria) v (Czech Republic) Sparta Prague
Kalmar FF (Sweden) v (Switzerland) Young Boys
Dundee United (Scotland) v (Russia) Dynamo Moscow
Arsenal Kyiv (Ukraine) v (Slovenia) Mura 05
KuPS (Finland) v (Turkey) Bursaspor
Steaua București (Romania) v (Slovakia) Spartak Trnava
Gomel (Belarus) v (England) Liverpool
SV Ried (Austria) v (Poland) Legia Warsaw
St. Patrick's Athletic (Republic of Ireland) v (Germany) Hannover 96
Servette (Switzerland) v (Norway) Rosenborg
Athletic Bilbao (Spain) v (Croatia) Slaven Belupo
Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) v (Netherlands) Vitesse
Asteras Tripolis (Greece) v (Portugal) Marítimo
Heerenveen (Netherlands) v (Romania) Rapid București
Ruch Chorzów (Poland) v (Czech Republic) Viktoria Plzeň
Horsens (Denmark) v (Sweden) Elfsborg
APOEL (Cyprus) v (Norway) Aalesund
Hajduk Split (Croatia) v (Italy) Internazionale
Vojvodina (Serbia) v (Austria) Rapid Wien
Genk (Belgium) v (Kazakhstan) Aktobe
Tromsø (Norway) v (Ukraine) Metalurg Donetsk
FC Twente (Netherlands) v (Czech Republic) Mladá Boleslav
Bnei Yehuda (Israel) v (Greece) PAOK
Dila Gori (Georgia) v (Cyprus) Anorthosis

dsmythy

Results from the first legs on Thursday.....

Videoton (Hungary) 1-0 (Belgium) Gent

AIK (Sweden) 3-0 (Poland) Lech Poznań

Eskişehirspor (Turkey) 1-1 (France) Marseille

Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 0-0 (Cyprus) Omonia

FK Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2-1 (Montenegro) Zeta

Admira Wacker Mödling (Austria) 0-2 (Czech Republic) Sparta Prague

Kalmar FF (Sweden) 1-0 (Switzerland) Young Boys

Dundee United (Scotland) 2-2 (Russia) Dynamo Moscow

Arsenal Kyiv (Ukraine) 3-0 (Slovenia) Mura 05

KuPS (Finland) 1-0 (Turkey) Bursaspor

Steaua București (Romania) 0-1 (Slovakia) Spartak Trnava

Gomel (Belarus) 0-1 (England) Liverpool

SV Ried (Austria) 2-1 (Poland) Legia Warsaw

St. Patrick's Athletic (Republic of Ireland) 0-3 (Germany) Hannover 96

Servette (Switzerland) 1-1 (Norway) Rosenborg

Athletic Bilbao (Spain) 3-1 (Croatia) Slaven Belupo

Anzhi Makhachkala (Russia) 2-0 (Netherlands) Vitesse

Asteras Tripolis (Greece) 1-1 (Portugal) Marítimo

Heerenveen (Netherlands) 4-0 (Romania) Rapid București

Ruch Chorzów (Poland) 0-2 (Czech Republic) Viktoria Plzeň

Horsens (Denmark) 1-1 (Sweden) Elfsborg

APOEL (Cyprus) 2-1 (Norway) Aalesund

Hajduk Split (Croatia) 0-3 (Italy) Internazionale

Vojvodina (Serbia) 2-1 (Austria) Rapid Wien

Genk (Belgium) 2-1 (Kazakhstan) Aktobe

Tromsø (Norway) 1-1 (Ukraine) Metalurg Donetsk

FC Twente (Netherlands) 2-0 (Czech Republic) Mladá Boleslav

Bnei Yehuda (Israel) 0-2 (Greece) PAOK

Dila Gori (Georgia) 0-1 (Cyprus) Anorthosis

Arsenal Kyiv's 3-0 victory over Mura 05 is under investigation as they fielded a suspended player. Decision due tomorrow.

citytillidie

UEFA Europa League play-off draw

Group 1
Seeded
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
APOEL FC (CYP)
FK Partizan (SRB)
Newcastle United FC (ENG)

Unseeded
FC Vaslui (ROU)
Atromitos FC (GRE)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS)
Tromsø IL (NOR)
Neftçi PFK (AZE)

Group 2
Seeded
Liverpool FC (ENG)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
Athletic Club (ESP)
sc Heerenveen (NED)
Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP) / FC Dila Gori (GEO)*

Unseeded
Debreceni VSC (HUN)
CS Marítimo (POR)
Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO)
Molde FK (NOR)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)


Group 3
Seeded
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)
Hannover 96 (GER)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)

Unseeded
FC Dinamo Bucureşti (ROU)
FC Midtjylland (DEN)
FC Sheriff (MDA)
WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
Videoton FC (HUN)


Group 4
Seeded
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Levante UD (ESP)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)

Unseeded
FK Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Feyenoord (NED)
AC Horsens (DEN)
Motherwell FC (SCO)
F91 Dudelange (LUX)

Group 5
Seeded
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
FC Twente (NED)
S.S. Lazio (ITA)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)

Unseeded
Bursaspor (TUR)
AIK Solna (SWE)
KSC Lokeren OV (BEL)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
ND Mura 05 (SVN)

Group 6
Seeded
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
PAOK FC (GRE)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
KRC Genk (BEL)

Unseeded
FK Zeta (MNE)
FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE)
FC Luzern (SUI)
FK Ekranas (LTU)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)

citytillidie

Draw for play off round

FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
APOEL FC (CYP) v Neftçi PFK (AZE)
Atromitos FC (GRE) v Newcastle United FC (ENG)
Tromsø IL (NOR) v FK Partizan (SRB)
FC Vaslui (ROU) v FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)

Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) v Liverpool FC (ENG)
Athletic Club (ESP) v HJK Helsinki (FIN)
CS Marítimo (POR) v *FC Dila Gori (GEO) or Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP)
Molde FK (NOR) v sc Heerenveen (NED)
Debreceni VSC (HUN) v Club Brugge KV (BEL)

FC Sheriff (MDA) v Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) v Videoton FC (HUN)
FC Midtjylland (DEN) v BSC Young Boys (SUI)
WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL) v Hannover 96 (GER)
FC Dinamo Bucureşti (ROU) v FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)

AC Horsens (DEN) v Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) v F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Feyenoord (NED) v AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Motherwell FC (SCO) v Levante UD (ESP)
FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) v FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)

KSC Lokeren OV (BEL) v FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
S.S. Lazio (ITA) v ND Mura 05 (SVN)
AIK Solna (SWE) v PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Legia Warszawa (POL) v Rosenborg BK (NOR)
Bursaspor (TUR) v FC Twente (NED)

FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) v FK Ekranas (LTU)
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) v FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) v FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
PAOK FC (GRE) v SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
FC Luzern (SUI) v KRC Genk (BEL)
FK Zeta (MNE) v PSV Eindhoven (NED)

dsmythy

First legs up tomorrow! Some nice encounters in this round. Special best of luck to F91 Dudelange of Luxembourg looking to make history against Hapoel Tel-Aviv!

The 31 winners from the Playoff round will be joined by 10 losers from the Champions League Playoff round and 7 teams who qualified for the Europa League group stage automatically.

Pot 1 (so far) - Atletico Madrid, Lyon, Tottenham, Bayer Leverkuson.

Other teams already sitting in the group stage - Rubin Kazan (pot 1 or 2), Napoli (pot 1-3), Academica (pot 2-4).

dsmythy

Results from the Playoff Round 1st legs.

FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 1-0 AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Neftçi PFK (AZE) 1-1 APOEL FC (CYP)
Atromitos FC (GRE) 1-1 Newcastle United FC (ENG)
Tromsø IL (NOR) 3-2 FK Partizan (SRB)
FC Vaslui (ROU) 0-2 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)

Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) 0-1 Liverpool FC (ENG)
Athletic Club (ESP) 6-0 HJK Helsinki (FIN)
CS Marítimo (POR) 1-0 FC Dila Gori (GEO)
Molde FK (NOR) 2-0 sc Heerenveen (NED)
Debreceni VSC (HUN) 0-3 Club Brugge KV (BEL)

FC Sheriff (MDA) 1-2 Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) 0-0 Videoton FC (HUN)
FC Midtjylland (DEN) 0-3 BSC Young Boys (SUI)
WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL) 5-3 Hannover 96 (GER)
FC Dinamo Bucureşti (ROU) 0-2 FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)

AC Horsens (DEN) 1-1 Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) 1-3 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Feyenoord (NED) 2-2 AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Motherwell FC (SCO) 0-2 Levante UD (ESP)
FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 0-0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)

KSC Lokeren OV (BEL) 2-1 FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
ND Mura 05 (SVN) 0-2 S.S. Lazio (ITA)
AIK Solna (SWE) 0-1 PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Legia Warszawa (POL) 1-1 Rosenborg BK (NOR)
Bursaspor (TUR) 3-1 FC Twente (NED)

FK Ekranas (LTU) 0-2 FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) 2-2 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) 2-0 FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
PAOK FC (GRE) 2-1 SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
FC Luzern (SUI) 2-1 KRC Genk (BEL)
FK Zeta (MNE) 0-5 PSV Eindhoven (NED)


Dudelange played at home first but lost 3-1 so my best wishes of luck were futile.

HJK Helsinki, here after their defeat by Celtic over two legs in the Champions League qualifiers, went to Bilbao and promptly got stuffed 6-0.

FC Dila Gori, lost 1-0 at Maritimo where I'm sure they had a nicer time than in the previous round when Anorthosis Famagusta fans invaded the pitch before the game ended. As it was already 3-0 the forfeit just produced the same scoreline.

FC Twente having fought to here from the 1st round thanks to their fair play qualification to the competition lost 3-1 in Turkey to Bursaspor and have some work to do to make it to the next round.

citytillidie

Pots for the Draw

Draw seedings
Pot 1
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Liverpool FC (ENG)
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
FC Twente (NED)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)

Pot 2
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Athletic Club (ESP)
FC København (DEN)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
SSC Napoli (ITA)
Udinese Calcio (ITA)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Hannover 96 (GER)

Pot 3
S.S. Lazio (ITA)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
Newcastle United FC (ENG)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)
Levante UD (ESP)
KRC Genk (BEL)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
FK Partizan (SRB)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)

Pot 4
Helsingborgs IF (SWE)
CS Marítimo (POR)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
A. Académica de Coimbra (POR)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS)
NK Maribor (SVN)
AIK Solna (SWE)
AEL Limassol FC (CYP)
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (ISR)
Molde FK (NOR)
Videoton FC (HUN)
Neftçi PFK (AZE)

citytillidie

Europa League Groups

Group A
Liverpool FC (ENG)
Udinese Calcio (ITA)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS)

Group B
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
A. Académica de Coimbra (POR)

Group C
Olympique de Marseille (FRA)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
AEL Limassol FC (CYP)

Group D
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Club Brugge KV (BEL)
Newcastle United FC (ENG)
CS Marítimo (POR)

Group E
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
FC København (DEN)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
Molde FK (NOR)

Group F
PSV Eindhoven (NED)
SSC Napoli (ITA)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
AIK Solna (SWE)

Group G
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
KRC Genk (BEL)
Videoton FC (HUN)

Group H
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
FK Partizan (SRB)
Neftçi PFK (AZE)

Group I
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Athletic Club (ESP)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (ISR)

Group J
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
S.S. Lazio (ITA)
NK Maribor (SVN)

Group K
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
SK Rapid Wien (AUT)

Group L
FC Twente (NED)
Hannover 96 (GER)
Levante UD (ESP)
Helsingborgs IF (SWE)

carlop

Potentially some interesting ties there but ultimately most 'big' teams will field weakened teams and devalue the whole competition.

It's a shame, because for a lot of the teams who are going to play the reserves or rest key players, this is the only real chance they have of winning silverware.

I was in Madrid when Atleti won last year and the place was buzzing (almost too much so, ended the night having rubber bullets fired at us). Winning a competition where you have beaten off teams from all over Europe is great for any side.

Lex Luthor

any dates posted yet for the matches? I'm looking for the Young Boys v Liverpool fixture date

Lawrence1895

Groups C and D look very tough, but it seems to be a decent enough group for Liverpool

RayCon

carlop wrote: »

Winning a competition where you have beaten off teams from all over Europe is great for any side.

Jeez you've to do that too ? ... thank fUkc they dont televise that part of the competition ...

dsmythy

carlop wrote: »

Potentially some interesting ties there but ultimately most 'big' teams will field weakened teams and devalue the whole competition.

It's a shame, because for a lot of the teams who are going to play the reserves or rest key players, this is the only real chance they have of winning silverware.

I was in Madrid when Atleti won last year and the place was buzzing (almost too much so, ended the night having rubber bullets fired at us). Winning a competition where you have beaten off teams from all over Europe is great for any side.

Let the teams who give a damn battle it out then. Still plenty of good teams from both the top leagues and the medium sized leagues in the competition who won't field weakened sides andwould be ony to delighted to bring the trophy home.

Lex Luthor wrote: »

any dates posted yet for the matches? I'm looking for the Young Boys v Liverpool fixture date

Matchday one. 20th of September.

Charisteas

citytillidie wrote: »

Group I
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
Athletic Club (ESP)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (ISR)

Doubt many people care really about this but I was just reading up on a bit of French Football and saw that Lyon qualified to the Europa League by winning the Coupe de France. But a few points which fascinated me were the fact that 7,422 teams enter this cup (I thought the English FA Cup was big but only a mere 758 enter that this year) and not only that but teams from overseas French terrotories enter this cup too (Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Réunion). I was just thinking how mad it would be if a team from one of these countries went onto win the French Cup and qualify for the Europa League, would they be allowed to enter or would we actually have Europa League games in the Carribean or Oceania.

citytillidie

Here are the teams for the last 32

Seeded
Liverpool FC (ENG)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
KRC Genk (BEL)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
S.S. Lazio (ITA)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Hannover 96 (GER)
Chelsea (ENG)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Benfica (POR)

Unseeded
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
Newcastle United FC (ENG)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
SSC Napoli (ITA)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
Levante UD (ESP)
Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Ajax Amesterdam (NED)

carlop

Strangely enough I think the unseeded teams are stronger than the seeded ones. Some pretty tasty potential ties in there.

citytillidie

Thursday see the return of the Europa League with the round of 32 ties below

FC BATE Borisov (BLR) V Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) V CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
Levante UD (ESP) V Olympiacos (GRE)
Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) V Liverpool FC (ENG)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) V Benfica (POR)
Newcastle United FC (ENG) V FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) V KRC Genk (BEL)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) V FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
Ajax Amesterdam (NED) V FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) V FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) V Hannover 96 (GER)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) V Chelsea (ENG)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) V S.S. Lazio (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) V Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
SSC Napoli (ITA) V FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

citytillidie

Tonight's Results

FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 0 V 0 Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) 2 V 0 CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
Levante UD (ESP) 3 V 0 Olympiacos (GRE)
Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 2 V 0 Liverpool FC (ENG)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1 V 1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 0 V 1 Benfica (POR)
Newcastle United FC (ENG) 0 V 0 FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) 1 V 1 KRC Genk (BEL)
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 0 V 2 FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
Ajax Amesterdam (NED) 2 V 0 FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 2 V 0 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 3 V 1 Hannover 96 (GER)
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 0 V 1 Chelsea (ENG)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) 3 V 3 S.S. Lazio (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 2 V 1 Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
SSC Napoli (ITA) 0 V 3 FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

dan1895

Good night for the Russian teams particularly Rubin Kazan. Would of had Atletico Madrid down as one of the favourites.

Oat23

Watching the highlight show now. Why would Atletico send the keeper forward in injury time?

They've made the job twice as hard next week.

citytillidie

Tonight's games

Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) V FC BATE Borisov (BLR) (agg 0-0)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) V FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) (agg 0-2)
Olympiacos (GRE) V Levante UD (ESP) (agg 0-3)
Liverpool FC (ENG) V Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) (agg 0-2)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) V FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) (agg 1-1)
Benfica (POR) V Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) (agg 1-0)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) V Newcastle United FC (ENG) (agg 0-0)
KRC Genk (BEL) V VfB Stuttgart (GER) (agg 1-1)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) v Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) (agg 2-0)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) V Ajax Amesterdam (NED) (agg 0-2)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) V FC Basel 1893 (SUI) (agg 0-2)
Hannover 96 (GER) V FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) (agg 1-3)
Chelsea (ENG) V AC Sparta Praha (CZE) (agg 1-0)
S.S. Lazio (ITA) V VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) (agg 3-3)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) V Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) (agg 1-2)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) V SSC Napoli (ITA) (agg 3-0)

Nuri Sahin

Atleti have been knocked out of the Europa League there by Rubin.

dan1895

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Atleti have been knocked out of the Europa League there by Rubin.

Madness sending the keeper up for that corner last week

Jelle1880

Lazio and Stuttgart through, they'll meet next.

Nuri Sahin

GARETH F'N BALE vs Inter in the next round

KingdomYid

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

GARETH F'N BALE vs Inter in the next round

Not sure if you are calling Spurs a one man team or showing your dislike for Bale here??

everdead.ie

Spurs v Inter is going to be great hopefully like last time in Milan we wont have any trouble.

Nuri Sahin

KingdomYid wrote: »

Not sure if you are calling Spurs a one man team or showing your dislike for Bale here??

It's a joke. It'll be built up as Bale vs Inter III by the English press.

citytillidie

Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) 1 V 0 FC BATE Borisov (BLR) (agg 1-0)
CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU) 0 V 3 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) (agg 0-5)
Olympiacos (GRE) 0 V 1 Levante UD (ESP) (agg 0-4)
Liverpool FC (ENG) 3 V 1 Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) (agg 3-3 Zenit win on away goals)
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA) 1 V 0 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) (agg 2-1)
Benfica (POR) 2 V 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) (agg 3-1)
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) 0 V 1 Newcastle United FC (ENG) (agg 0-1)
KRC Genk (BEL) 0 V 2 VfB Stuttgart (GER) (agg 1-3)
FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) 0 v 1 Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) (agg 2-1)
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (UKR) 1 V 1 FC Basel 1893 (SUI) (agg 1-3)
Hannover 96 (GER) 1 V 1 FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) (agg 2-4)
Chelsea (ENG) 1 V 1 AC Sparta Praha (CZE) (agg 2-1)
S.S. Lazio (ITA) 2 V 0 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER) (agg 5-3)
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1 V 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) (agg 2-3)
FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 2 V 0 SSC Napoli (ITA) (agg 5-0)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) 2 V 0 Ajax Amesterdam (NED) (agg 2-2 Steaua Win 4-2 on Pens)

citytillidie

Next Round draw
FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) V Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
Benfica (POR) V FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) V Newcastle United FC (ENG)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) V S.S. Lazio (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) V FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Levante UD (ESP) V FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) V Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) V Chelsea (ENG)

Crann na Beatha

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That_Guy

Anzhi a really tough tie for us.

MaroonAndGreen

Would like to see Chelsea v Inter/Spurs in the final

citytillidie

Tonight's results

FC Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 0 V 1 Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
Benfica (POR) 1 V 0 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (FRA)
FC Anzhi Makhachkala (RUS) 0 V 0 Newcastle United FC (ENG)
VfB Stuttgart (GER) 0 V 2 S.S. Lazio (ITA)
Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 3 V 0 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Levante UD (ESP) 0 V 0 FC Rubin Kazan (RUS)
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) 2 V 0 Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)
FC Steaua Bucuresti (ROU) 1 V 0 Chelsea (ENG)

Lawrence1895

There is the last German team going out of the competition...

brianregan09

Great result for Basel nice to see them continue there recent pedigree in europe

Giggsy11

Fantastic game between Inter vs Spurs. Inter leading 3-0 and aggregate is 3-3.