2016-17 UEFA Champions League

citytillidie

Yes it is that time again

Draw for 1st and 2nd Qualifying Rounds are on Monday at 11am.

1st Round
Seeds
The New Saints (WAL)
Valletta FC (MLT)
Flora Tallinn (EST)
FC Santa Coloma (AND)

Unseeded
B36 Torshavn (FAR)
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)
Alashkert FC (ARM)
Tre Penne (SMA)

2nd Round
Seeds
FC Salzburg (AUT)
Celtic FC (SCO)
APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
BATE Borisov (BLS)
Legia Warsaw(POL)
Dinamo Zargreb (CRO)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
FC København (DEN)
Garabag Agdam (AZB)
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
FK Astana (KAZ)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL)
Red Star Belgrade (SRB)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)
FH Hafnarfjardar (ISL)
AS Trencín (SVK)
Winners of match with The New Saints

Unseeded
F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Zalgiris Vilnius (LIT)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SLO)
Winners of match with Valletta FC
Vardar Skopje (MAC)
IFK Norrköping (SWE)
Ferencváros (HUN)
Crusaders Belfast (NIR)
Winners of game with Flora Tallinn
Zrinjski Mostar (BOS)
Winners of game with FC Santa Coloma
Dundalk (IRL)
Mladost Podgorica (MON)
SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
Partizani Tirana (ALB)* TBC
FK Liepaja (LAT)

Agent Coulson

So in what round do Pep and City enter?

OldMrBrennan83

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citytillidie

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So in what round do Pep and City enter?

Play off round still a little while yet for them

brianregan09

Looking forward to seeing who Dundalk get and if they learned any lessons from the Bate games last year

citytillidie

1st Qualifying Round

1st Legs June 28th/29th
2nd Legs July 5th/6th

Flora Tallinn (EST) V Lincoln (GIB)
The New Saints FC (WAL) V Tre Penne (SMR)
Valletta (MLT) V B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Santa Coloma (AND) V Alashkert (ARM)

2nd Qualifying Round

1st Legs 12th/13th July
2nd Legs 19th/20th July

Qarabağ (AZE) V F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) V Sheriff (MDA)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) V Trenčín (SVK)
Salzburg (AUT) V Liepāja (LVA)
Vardar (MKD) V GNK Dinamo (CRO)
The New Saints FC (WAL)/Tre Penne (SMR) V APOEL (CYP)
Zrinjski (BIH) V Legia Warszawa (POL)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V Mladost Podgorica (MNE)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) V Santa Coloma (AND)/Alashkert (ARM)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) V Astana (KAZ)
Skënderbeu* (ALB) V Ferencvárosi (HUN)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
Valletta (MLT)/B36 Tórshavn (FRO) V Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Rosenborg (NOR) V IFK Norrköping (SWE)
Dundalk (IRL) V FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
Flora Tallinn (EST)/Lincoln (GIB) V Celtic (SCO)
Crusaders (NIR) V FC København (DEN)

*Skënderbeu TBC

Oymyakon

Great draw for Dundalk

retalivity

Skenderbrau have been banned for a year for matchfixing... presumably the tbc is cos theyre (laughingly) appealing it?

citytillidie

This starts tomorrow night with the following games

Flora Tallinn (EST) 2 V 1 Lincoln (GIB)
The New Saints FC (WAL) 2 V 1 Tre Penne (SMR)
Valletta (MLT) 1 V 0 B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
Santa Coloma (AND) 0 V 0 Alashkert (ARM)

citytillidie

Playing tonight

Alashkert (ARM) 3 V 0 Santa Coloma (AND) (Agg 3-0)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) 2 V 1 Valletta (MLT) (Agg 2-2) Valletta (MLT) win on away goals
Tre Penne (SMR) 0 V 3 The New Saints FC (WAL) (Agg 1-5)

citytillidie

Playing Tonight

One for all Celtic fans to look out for as the winners are the 2nd round opponents

Lincoln (GIB) 2 V 0 Flora Tallinn (EST) (Agg 3-2)

citytillidie

Updated 2nd Qualifying Round

1st Legs 12th/13th July
2nd Legs 19th/20th July

Qarabağ (AZE) V F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) V Sheriff (MDA)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) V Trenčín (SVK)
Salzburg (AUT) V Liepāja (LVA)
Vardar (MKD) V GNK Dinamo (CRO)
The New Saints FC (WAL) V APOEL (CYP)
Zrinjski (BIH) V Legia Warszawa (POL)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V Mladost Podgorica (MNE)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) V Alashkert (ARM)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) V Astana (KAZ)
Partizani (ALB) V Ferencvárosi (HUN)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
Valletta (MLT) V Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Rosenborg (NOR) V IFK Norrköping (SWE)
Dundalk (IRL) V FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
Lincoln (GIB) V Celtic (SCO)
Crusaders (NIR) V FC København (DEN)

SantryRed

Am I right in saying that if Dundalk win this round they're guaranteed at least another four games in Europe? And winning another tie would guarantee them at least a Europa League group stage spot? If so, it's a great opportunity considering the draw they got.

namloc1980

SantryRed wrote: »

Am I right in saying that if Dundalk win this round they're guaranteed at least another four games in Europe? And winning another tie would guarantee them at least a Europa League group stage spot? If so, it's a great opportunity considering the draw they got.

Yeah. Spot on. They're also guanteed a minimum of €1.2m in prize money if they beat the Icelandic team - which is huge in LoI terms. And win another tie and they're guanteed millions more for getting into the group stages.

LuckyLloyd

SantryRed wrote: »

Am I right in saying that if Dundalk win this round they're guaranteed at least another four games in Europe? And winning another tie would guarantee them at least a Europa League group stage spot? If so, it's a great opportunity considering the draw they got.

Best opportunity for this to happen since 2011. Hopefully Dundalk can thread the same path Rovers did.

citytillidie

Playing Tonight
Qarabağ (AZE) V F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) V Sheriff (MDA)
Salzburg (AUT) V Liepāja (LVA)
Vardar (MKD) V GNK Dinamo (CRO)
The New Saints FC (WAL) V APOEL (CYP)
Zrinjski (BIH) V Legia Warszawa (POL)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) V Alashkert (ARM)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
Valletta (MLT) V Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Lincoln (GIB) V Celtic (SCO) - Live on BT Sport

An Ciarraioch

Celtic surpringly being held scoreless after 35 minutes.

Agent Coulson

That's a really cool location for a football pitch right under The Rock of Gibraltar.

Oat23

I don't understand why they have astro turf. It's Gibraltar ffs.

Possibly because the place is small and a lot of teams have to use it? They should still have a proper grass pitch for the main teams and separate ones for the pub leagues.

Mint Sauce

Oat23 wrote: »

I don't understand why they have astro turf. It's Gibraltar ffs.

Possibly because the place is small and a lot of teams have to use it? They should still have a proper grass pitch for the main teams and separate ones for the pub leagues.

Was one ground for the entire league up until recently, maybe still is. Same ground is being replaced since they were granted Uefa Status.

Agent Coulson

Celtic 1 down and lucky not to be 2 down.

super_furry

Celtic look like a a team who've never played together before. The pitch isn't helping but this is shockingly poor stuff from them.

Lovely Bloke

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Celtic 1 down and lucky not to be 2 down.

namloc1980

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Celtic 1 down and lucky not to be 2 down.

super_furry

Did I just hear a chant of "You're getting sacked in the morning"?

Oat23

This would surely be the worst result in Celtic's history? THe guy who scored is a policeman I think, or a postman. Not sure which of the brothers it is that scored.

citytillidie

Only bad thing about this is Gregory Campbell will be loving it after his vile post leading up to the game

Oat23

I regret having so much faith in Celtic. I only bet on 1-1

People defending Rodgers talking about a lack of investment and blaming one player..come on. They lost to a team of public servants. They should be hammering them.

Omackeral

96 Mins gone.

Lincoln Red Imps 1
Celtic 0

Agent Coulson

A deserved win for Lincoln.

super_furry

Any League of Ireland side, Premier or First Division, would have don't better than Celtic tonight. Rodger's would want to demand a big cheque book in a hurry.

keith16

Celtic seem to hit a new low every season in Champions League Qualifying.

Badabing

Really need defenders that can defend unlike ambrose. We'll win the tie overall but a big job for Rodgers to get to the group stage

kksaints

Thats an incredible result.

Bret Hart

Character.

MD1990

I think Dundalk would beat Lincoln. Very strange Roberts was left on the bench. Griffiths who scored 40 goals last season playing out wide. Really bizarre decisions from Rodgers.

Oat23

kksaints wrote: »

Thats an incredible result.

If only Dundalk had managed to draw them. Came so close to it as well.

Would have been a serious result for the league if Dundalk had played that team Celtic fielded.

super_furry

MD1990 wrote: »

I think Dundalk would beat Lincoln. Very strange Roberts was left on the bench.

They wouldn't have just beaten then, they would have beaten them 4 or 5-0.

ShaneU

Celtic deserve that result, they've been stagnating ever since Rangers left the league. Rodgers has some job on his hands.

The Backwards Man

The standard in Gibraltar seems to be a lot higher than you would imagine in fairness. Their clubs have beaten teams from Armenia and Estonia in Europe in their three seasons, and run clubs from the likes of the Danish and the Swiss leagues close as well.

The 4th lowest ranked team in Europe beat Celtic!

namloc1980

Badabing wrote: »

Really need defenders that can defend unlike ambrose. We'll win the tie overall but a big job for Rodgers to get to the group stage

They'll do well to get to the group stage of the Europa League never mind the Champions League.

Paully D

Some of the Lincoln players had to work today before going to the game too!

Superb :pac:

CSF

That has to be up there with the biggest one match upsets in football?

super_furry

Paully D wrote: »

Some of the Lincoln players had to work today before going to the game too!

Superb :pac:

Apparently their left-back was driving a taxi until 1pm.

super_furry

CSF wrote: »

That has to be up there with the biggest one match upsets in football?

40-1 for Lincoln to win and Rodgers denies it's an embarrassment.

A Dub in Glasgo

super_furry wrote: »

Apparently their left-back was driving a taxi until 1pm.

Should have kept driving and picked up that numpty Ambrose

RasTa

What bookies were offering 40/1?

MD1990

super_furry wrote: »

Apparently their left-back was driving a taxi until 1pm.

Taxi for Rodgers

super_furry

RasTa wrote: »

What bookies were offering 40/1?

Dunno, John Hartson made the claim on BT.

Oat23

RasTa wrote: »

What bookies were offering 40/1?

Betway were offering 33s when I bet on 1-1 this afternoon. Bet365 were only offering 22s.

Some sites might have been offering 40/1 but only after the teams were announced.