2018-19 UEFA Champions League

citytillidie

Well just under two weeks until the draw and here is the changes to qualification.

Group stage
26 teams are already in the group stage

Qualifying
With more teams in the group stage it means there is less spots available for Qualification

Champions Route will have 4 places with those losing in these rounds going into the Champions route in Europa League Qualification

League Route will have 2 places with those losing going into the League Qualification path in Europa League

Match and Draw dates for qualification

Preliminary Round - Draw 12th June Semi Final 26th June Final 29th June
1st Qualifying Round - Draw 19th June 1st leg 10/11th July 2nd leg 17/18th July
2nd Qualifying Round - Draw 19th June 1st leg 24/25th July 2nd leg 31st July/1st Aug
3rd Qualifying Round - Draw 23rd July 7/8th Aug 2nd leg 14th Aug
Play-off - Draw 6th Aug 1st leg 21st/22nd Aug 2nd leg 28/29th Aug

Local Interest for teams from Island of Ireland and GB starting rounds

1st Qualifying Round
Irish Team - Cork City
NI Team - Crusaders
Scottish Team - Celtic
Welsh Team - The New Saints

Group Stage
English Teams - Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd & Spurs

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Full Match Day Calendar

26 June: Preliminary round semi-finals
29 June: Preliminary round final
10/11 July: First qualifying round, first leg
17/18 July: First qualifying round, second leg
24/25 July: Second qualifying round, first leg
31 July/1 August: Second qualifying round, second leg
7/8 August: Third qualifying round, first leg
14 August: Third qualifying round, second leg
21/22 August: Play-off round, first leg
28/29 August: Play-off round, second leg

18/19 September: Group stage, matchday one
2/3 October: Group stage, matchday two
23/24 October: Group stage, matchday three
6/7 November: Group stage, matchday four
27/28 November: Group stage, matchday five
11/12 December: Group stage, matchday six

12/13/19/20 February: Round of 16, first leg
5/6/12/13 March: Round of 16, second leg
9/10 April: Quarter-finals, first leg
16/17 April: Quarter-finals, second leg
30 April/1 May: Semi-finals, first leg
7/8 May: Semi-finals, second leg

Saturday 1 June: Final – Estadio Metropolitano, Madrid

The Golden Miller

The New Saints? When are Barry Town going to get their act together?

major bill

With the new format, Uefa more or less telling the smaller nations they are not wanted in the Champions League. A super League without disbanding the National Leagues.

I agree nobody has an interest in the Steaua's or Legia Warsaw's of this world bar their fans but 6 qualifying places up for grabs is fairly ****. Prob bound to be even less in a few years

Badabing

Next Champions league and Europa league cycle is 2021/24, the way things are going unless the smaller league clubs get together the main cash cow for them will be more opportunities to get into the Europa league and bigger prize money for playing in it, and actually Peter Lawell Celtic CEO came up with the idea of a 64 team group stage.

GavRedKing

I always thought Celtic went in later into the qualifying rounds than round 1.

citytillidie

GavRedKing wrote: »

I always thought Celtic went in later into the qualifying rounds than round 1.

They have added an extra preliminary round that used to be called the 1st round

So instead of 4 rounds there is now 5 with the preliminary round being a semi final and final were the winner will go into the 1st qualifying round

Paz-CCFC

GavRedKing wrote: »

I always thought Celtic went in later into the qualifying rounds than round 1.

Most of the teams in round 1 started in round 2 in previous years. Round 1 was more or less a preliminary round.

But UEFA have given an extra group spot to the top 3 leagues (Spain, England and Germany), two extra spots to the 4th (Italy) and an extra spot to 5th and 6th (France and Russia). (As an aside, Italy have actually jumped ahead of Germany in the league rankings, but the use the rankings from the end of the season before last when allocating spots for a current season). I believe they did it when England were in danger of losing the fourth spot. Italy probably weren't too happy about only having two group places as well.

This means that there are less group places up for grabs. The top four countries have half of the places themselves. There are only six places up for grabs for the teams in the qualifiers (four champions and two non-champions); there used to be ten (five champions and five non-champions). To allow for this, they've had to push teams back round. One country has lost their automatic group stage spot. All teams outside of the elite countries now have an extra hurdle to qualify. It's made even tougher again, as the latter qualifying rounds are narrower, with bigger teams (PSV and Young Boys) starting there.

It's toughest on middle tier sides - like Celtic, BATE, Apoel - who have turned themselves somewhat regulars in the group stages in recent years. BATE were borderline seeds in the play-offs - now they won't even be seeded in the third round, if they get there.

For the smaller sides - like City, TNS, NI champs etc. - it makes things even tougher. We're likely to never see a CL run like Dundalk in 2016. But they're giving clubs a second bite of the cherry via the EL from the start (you used to have to get to the 3rd round, to parachute in) and it's closed off to just champions, so you avoid the tough 5th, 6th etc. place sides from bigger nations. They're likely to up the prize money, as well. The likes of Celtic, BATE etc. will probably coast into the EL group stages if they miss out, but they'll probably lose out on a good deal of prize money. The extra money in the earlier rounds is likely worth it to the smaller teams to give up their slim chance of CL qualification.

From a purely footballing point of view, it's a bit sad, though. This year, there'll be an equal number of champions as non-champions in the groups (counting Real as champions). They should really drop that "champions" tag, as soon enough, there'll be more non-champions in it.

citytillidie

Preliminary round semi-finals – 26 June
FC Santa Coloma (AND) v Drita (KOS)
La Fiorita (SMR) v Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)

Preliminary round final – 29 June
La Fiorita (SMR)/Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) v FC Santa Coloma (AND)/Drita (KOS)

Winners move onto the 1st qualifying round Champions League.

3 Losers move onto the 2nd qualifying round in the Europa League

LuckyLloyd

citytillidie wrote: »

Preliminary round semi-finals – 26 June
FC Santa Coloma (AND) v Drita (KOS)
La Fiorita (SMR) v Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)

Preliminary round final – 29 June
La Fiorita (SMR)/Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) v FC Santa Coloma (AND)/Drita (KOS)

Winners move onto the 1st qualifying round Champions League.

3 Losers move onto the 2nd qualifying round in the Europa League

Where's this being played? Kind of interesting to have a mini tournament like this. Probably very exciting for the clubs involved.

citytillidie

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Where's this being played? Kind of interesting to have a mini tournament like this. Probably very exciting for the clubs involved.

Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar. So the 4G pitch there that should really give Lincoln Red Imps a big advantage

citytillidie

First qualifying round draw (matches 10/11 & 17/18 July)
Draw groupings

Group 1
Seeded
APOEL (CYP)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Sheriff (MDA)
The New Saints (WAL)
Videoton (HUN)

Unseeded
Shkëndija (MKD)
F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
Sūduva (LTU)
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)

Group 2
Seeded
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
Malmö (SWE)
Rosenborg (NOR)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)

Unseeded
Víkingur (FRO)
Crusaders (NIR)
Winners of the preliminary round
Cork City (IRL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)

Group 3
Seeded
Celtic (SCO)
Astana (KAZ)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Kukës (ALB)
Zrinjski (BIH)

Unseeded
Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Valletta (MLT)
Alashkert (ARM)
Sutjeska (MNE)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA)
Flora Tallinn (EST)

Draw procedure
The 31 teams entering in this round will be joined by the winners of the preliminary round final on 29 June.
The 32 teams are divided into two groups (Group 1 and 2) of ten teams and into one group (Group 3) of 12 teams. Within the three groups, the 32 teams are divided equally as 16 seeded teams and 16 unseeded teams.

A ball is taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they are shuffled. The first team drawn plays its first match at home, against the second one drawn.
The sides beaten in this round transfer to the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round (the draw for which is also on 19 June).

Second qualifying round draw (matches 24/25 July & 31 July/1 August)
Champions Path
Groupings will be made available after the first qualifying round draw.

Draw procedure
The four teams entering in this round (i.e. the champions of the associations ranked 16th to 19th) will be joined by the winners of the 16 first qualifying round ties.
The teams will be separated into two pots of ten according to their coefficient (the winners of the first qualifying round ties take the coefficients of the seeded club in those ties), with the highest-ranked sides seeded. Balls containing these seeded teams are placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded clubs positioned in another.
A ball is taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they are shuffled. The first side drawn plays its first match at home, against the second one drawn.
The teams beaten in this round transfer to the champions path of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

League path
Draw groupings

Seeded
Basel (SUI)
Ajax (NED)

Unseeded
PAOK (GRE)
Sturm Graz (AUT)

Draw procedure
The four teams entering in this round (the runners-up from the associations ranked 12th to 15th) are separated into two pots of two (seeded and unseeded) according to their coefficient.
A ball is taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they are shuffled. The first team drawn plays its first match at home, against the second one drawn.
The sides beaten in this round transfer to the main path of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

citytillidie

First qualifying round draw (matches 10/11 & 17/18 July)
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Sheriff (MDA)
Shkëndija (MKD) v The New Saints (WAL)
Sūduva (LTU) v APOEL (CYP)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Qarabağ (AZE)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Videoton (HUN)
Winners of the preliminary round v Malmö (SWE)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) v Víkingur (FRO)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Crusaders (NIR)
Cork City (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Kukës (ALB) v Valletta (MLT)
Flora Tallinn (EST) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) v Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Alashkert (ARM) v Celtic (SCO)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) v Zrinjski (BIH)
Astana (KAZ) v Sutjeska (MNE)

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Second qualifying round draw (matches 24/25 July & 31 July/1 August)
Champions Path
Astana (KAZ)/Sutjeska (MNE) V Midtjylland (DEN)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)/Crusaders (NIR) V F91 Dudelange (LUX)/Videoton (HUN)
Kukës (ALB)/Valletta (MLT) V Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)/Qarabağ (AZE)
CFR Cluj (ROU) V Winners of the preliminary round/Malmö (SWE)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) V Flora Tallinn (EST)/Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA)/Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Sūduva (LTU)/APOEL (CYP)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V HJK Helsinki (FIN)/Víkingur (FRO)
Shkëndija (MKD)/The New Saints (WAL) V Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)/Sheriff (MDA)
Cork City (IRL)/Legia Warszawa (POL) V Spartak Trnava (SVK)/Zrinjski (BIH)
Alashkert (ARM)/Celtic (SCO) V Valur Reykjavík (ISL)/Rosenborg (NOR)

League Path
PAOK (GRE) V Basel (SUI)
Ajax (NED) V Sturm Graz (AUT)

LuckyLloyd

So Warsaw for Cork. Tough draw to say the least.

citytillidie

Preliminary Round semi-finals – Tuesday 26th June
FC Santa Coloma (AND) 0 V 2 Drita (KOS) 4pm AET
La Fiorita (SMR) 0 v 2 Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) 8pm


Final Friday 29th June 7:30pm
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) V Drita (KOS)

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Preliminary Final
Lincoln Red Imps (GIB) 1 V 4 Drita (KOS) AET

First qualifying round draw (matches 10/11 & 17/18 July)
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Sheriff (MDA)
Shkëndija (MKD) v The New Saints (WAL)
Sūduva (LTU) v APOEL (CYP)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Qarabağ (AZE)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Videoton (HUN)
Drita (KOS) v Malmö (SWE)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) v Víkingur (FRO)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Crusaders (NIR)
Cork City (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Kukës (ALB) v Valletta (MLT)
Flora Tallinn (EST) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) v Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Alashkert (ARM) v Celtic (SCO)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) v Zrinjski (BIH)
Astana (KAZ) v Sutjeska (MNE)

citytillidie

First Qualifying Round 1st Legs
Tuesday July 10th
Flora Tallinn (EST) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 16:30 Kick Off
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Sheriff (MDA) 16:30 Kick Off
Alashkert (ARM) v Celtic (SCO) 17:00 Kick off - Live on Premier Sports
F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Videoton (HUN) 17:00 Kick off
Víkingur (FRO) v HJK Helsinki (FIN) 19:00 Kick off
Shkëndija (MKD) v The New Saints (WAL) 19:15 Kick off
Cork City (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL) 19:45 Kick off
Drita (KOS) v Malmö (SWE) 19:45 Kick off

Wednesday July 11th
Astana (KAZ) v Sutjeska (MNE) 15:00 Kick off
Spartak Trnava (SVK) v Zrinjski (BIH) 17:00 Kick off
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) v Crvena zvezda (SRB) 17:00 Kick off
Sūduva (LTU) v APOEL (CYP) 17:00 Kick off
Kukës (ALB) v Valletta (MLT) 18:00 Kick off
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Crusaders (NIR) 18:00 Kick off
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Qarabağ (AZE) 19:00 Kick off
Valur Reykjavík (ISL) v Rosenborg (NOR) 21:00 Kick off

LuckyLloyd

Is the Cork game on Irish TV?

citytillidie

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Is the Cork game on Irish TV?

Does not look to be RTE will be showing the World Cup Semi Final

Guffy

citytillidie wrote: »

Does not look to be RTE will be showing the World Cup Semi Final

News channel surely?

Paz-CCFC

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Is the Cork game on Irish TV?

City planning on streaming it. Full details later, keep an eye on the LoI in Europe thread.


https://twitter.com/CorkCityFC/status/1016640555433054209

citytillidie

First Qualifying Round 1st Leg Results
Flora Tallinn (EST) 1 V 4 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 2 V 1 Sheriff (MDA)
Alashkert (ARM) 0 V 3 Celtic (SCO)
F91 Dudelange (LUX) 1 V 1 Videoton (HUN)
Víkingur (FRO) 1 V 2 HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Shkëndija (MKD) 5 V 0 The New Saints (WAL)
Cork City (IRL) 0 V 1 Legia Warszawa (POL)
Drita (KOS) 0 V 3 Malmö (SWE)
Astana (KAZ) 1 V 0 Sutjeska (MNE)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) 1 V 0 Zrinjski (BIH)
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) 0 V 0 Crvena zvezda (SRB)
Sūduva (LTU) 3 V 1 APOEL (CYP)
Kukës (ALB) 0 V 0 Valletta (MLT)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 7 V 0 Crusaders (NIR)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 0 V 1 Qarabağ (AZE)
Valur Reykjavík (ISL) 1 V 0 Rosenborg (NOR)

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First Qualifying Round 2nd Legs
Tuesday 17th July
Valletta (MLT) V Kukës (ALB) (Agg 0-0)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) V Víkingur (FRO) (Agg 2-1)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) V Flora Tallinn (EST) (Agg 4-1)
Malmö (SWE) V Drita (KOS) (Agg 3-0)
APOEL (CYP) V Sūduva (LTU) (Agg 1-3)
The New Saints (WAL)V Shkëndija (MKD) (Agg 0-5)
Videoton (HUN) V F91 Dudelange (LUX) (Agg 1-1)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) (Agg 0-0)
Legia Warszawa (POL) V Cork City (IRL) (Agg 1-0)
Crusaders (NIR) V Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) (Agg 0-7)

Wednesday 18th July
Zrinjski (BIH) V Spartak Trnava (SVK) (Agg 0-1)
Qarabağ (AZE) V Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) (Agg 1-0)
Sheriff (MDA) V Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) (Agg 1-2)
Rosenborg (NOR) V Valur Reykjavík (ISL) (Agg 0-1)
Sutjeska (MNE) V Astana (KAZ) (Agg 0-1)
Celtic (SCO) V Alashkert (ARM) (Agg 3-0)

kksaints

3-0 for TNS after 36 minutes. It would be some comeback if they could go through.

major bill

4-0 in the end Dean Ebbe and Kurtis Byrne both on the scoresheet bit of a sickner

citytillidie

First Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Results
Valletta (MLT) 1 V 1 Kukës (ALB) (Agg 1-1) Kukës (ALB) win on Away Goals
HJK Helsinki (FIN) 3 V 1 Víkingur (FRO) (Agg 5-2)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 3 V 1 Flora Tallinn (EST) (Agg 7-2)
Malmö (SWE) 2 V 0 Drita (KOS) (Agg 5-0)
APOEL (CYP) 1 V 0 Sūduva (LTU) (Agg 2-3)
The New Saints (WAL) 4 V 0 Shkëndija (MKD) (Agg 4-5)
MOL Vidi (HUN) 2 V 1 F91 Dudelange (LUX) (Agg 3-2)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 2 V 0 Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) (Agg 2-0)
Legia Warszawa (POL) 3 V 0 Cork City (IRL) (Agg 4-0)
Crusaders (NIR) 0 V 2 Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) (Agg 0-9)
Zrinjski (BIH) 1 V 1 Spartak Trnava (SVK) (Agg 1-2)
Qarabağ (AZE) 0 V 0 Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) (Agg 1-0)
Sheriff (MDA) 3 V 0 Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) (Agg 4-2)
Rosenborg (NOR) 3 V 1 Valur Reykjavík (ISL) (Agg 3-2)
Sutjeska (MNE) 0 V 2 Astana (KAZ) (Agg 0-3)
Celtic (SCO) 3 V 0 Alashkert (ARM) (Agg 6-0)

2nd Qualifying Round
Champions Path
Astana (KAZ) V Midtjylland (DEN)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V MOL Vidi (HUN)
Kukës (ALB) V Qarabağ (AZE)
CFR Cluj (ROU) V Malmö (SWE)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) V Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Sūduva (LTU)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Shkëndija (MKD) V Sheriff (MDA)
Legia Warszawa (POL) V Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Celtic (SCO) V Rosenborg (NOR)

League Path
PAOK (GRE) V Basel (SUI)
Ajax (NED) V Sturm Graz (AUT)

major bill

Heartbreaking for Valur, knocked out by a 94th min penalty. would have been some scalp for the Icelandic side.

Guffy

major bill wrote: »

Heartbreaking for Valur, knocked out by a 94th min penalty. would have been some scalp for the Icelandic side.

Never a pen either.

citytillidie

2nd Qualifying Round 1st Legs
Tuesday July 24th
Astana (KAZ) V Midtjylland (DEN)
CFR Cluj (ROU) V Malmö (SWE)
PAOK (GRE) V Basel (SUI)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) V Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Shkëndija (MKD) V Sheriff (MDA)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Sūduva (LTU)
Legia Warszawa (POL) V Spartak Trnava (SVK)

Wednesday July 25th
BATE Borisov (BLR) V HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Kukës (ALB) V Qarabağ (AZE)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) V MOL Vidi (HUN)
Ajax (NED) V Sturm Graz (AUT)
Celtic (SCO) V Rosenborg (NOR)

citytillidie

3rd Qualifying Round
Champions Route
Celtic (SCO)/Rosenborg (NOR) V AEK Athens (GRE)
Salzburg (AUT) V Shkëndija (MKD)/Sheriff (MDA)
Crvena zvezda (SRB)/Sūduva (LTU) V Legia Warszawa (POL)/Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Kukës (ALB)/Qarabağ (AZE) V BATE Borisov (BLR)/HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Astana (KAZ)/Midtjylland (DEN) V Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)/Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
CFR Cluj (ROU)/Malmö (SWE) V Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)/Vidi (HUN)

League Route
Standard Liège (BEL) V Ajax (NED)/Sturm Graz (AUT)
Benfica (POR) V Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Slavia Praha (CZE) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
PAOK (GRE)/Basel (SUI) V Spartak Moskva (RUS)

Loafing Oaf

Anyone know if the Celtic game is televised anywhere?

citytillidie

HT 1-1 in Celtic game Celtic were getting beat

citytillidie

2nd Qualifying Round 1st Leg Results
Astana (KAZ) 2 V 1 Midtjylland (DEN)
CFR Cluj (ROU) 0 V 1 Malmö (SWE)
PAOK (GRE) 2 V 1 Basel (SUI)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 5 V 0 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Shkëndija (MKD) 1 V 0 Sheriff (MDA)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 3 V 0 Sūduva (LTU)
Legia Warszawa (POL) 0 V 2 Spartak Trnava (SVK)
BATE Borisov (BLR) 0 V 0 HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Kukës (ALB) 0 V 0 Qarabağ (AZE)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) 0 V 0 MOL Vidi (HUN)
Ajax (NED) 2 V 0 Sturm Graz (AUT)
Celtic (SCO) 3 V 1 Rosenborg (NOR)

citytillidie

2nd Qualifying Round 2nd Legs
Tuesday
Sheriff (MDA) V Shkëndija (MKD) (Agg 0-1)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) V Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) (Agg 0-5)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) V Legia Warszawa (POL) (Agg 2-0)

Wednesday
HJK Helsinki (FIN) V BATE Borisov (BLR) (Agg 0-0)
Qarabağ (AZE) V Kukës (ALB) (Agg 0-0)
Midtjylland (DEN) V Astana (KAZ) (Agg 1-2)
Malmö (SWE) V CFR Cluj (ROU) (Agg 1-0)
Sūduva (LTU) V Crvena zvezda (SRB) (Agg 0-3)
Basel (SUI) V PAOK (GRE) (Agg 1-2)
MOL Vidi (HUN) V Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) (Agg 0-0)
Sturm Graz (AUT) V Ajax (NED) (Agg 0-2)
Rosenborg (NOR) V Celtic (SCO) (Agg 1-3) - Premier Sport 2

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2nd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Results
Sheriff (MDA) 0 V 0 Shkëndija (MKD) (Agg 0-1)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 2 V 2 Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) (Agg 2-7)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) 0 V 1 Legia Warszawa (POL) (Agg 2-1)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) 1 V 2 BATE Borisov (BLR) (Agg 1-2)
Qarabağ (AZE) 3 V 0 Kukës (ALB) (Agg 3-0)
Midtjylland (DEN) 0 V 0 Astana (KAZ) (Agg 1-2)
Malmö (SWE) 1 V 1 CFR Cluj (ROU) (Agg 2-1)
Sūduva (LTU) 0 V 2 Crvena zvezda (SRB) (Agg 0-5)
Basel (SUI) 1 V 3 PAOK (GRE) (Agg 2-5)
MOL Vidi (HUN) 1 V 0 Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) (Agg 1-0)
Sturm Graz (AUT) 1 V 3 Ajax (NED) (Agg 1-5)
Rosenborg (NOR) 0 V 0 Celtic (SCO) (Agg 1-3)

3rd Qualifying Round
Champions Path
Celtic (SCO) V AEK Athens (GRE)
Salzburg (AUT) V Shkëndija (MKD)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Qarabağ (AZE) V BATE Borisov (BLR)
Astana (KAZ) V Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Malmö (SWE) V Vidi (HUN)

League Path
Standard Liège (BEL) V Ajax (NED)
Benfica (POR) V Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Slavia Praha (CZE) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
PAOK (GRE) V Spartak Moskva (RUS)

blueser

So, one more qualifying round, then the playoffs, before we get to the group stage, yes?

citytillidie

blueser wrote: »

So, one more qualifying round, then the playoffs, before we get to the group stage, yes?

Play off draw will be made on Monday before 3rd Round is played

Left to play
3rd Qualifying Round 1st legs 7/8th August
3rd Qualifying Round 2nd legs 14th August

Play-Off Round 1st legs 21st/22nd August
Play-Off Round 2nd legs 28th/29th August

Group stage draw 30th August

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Play Off Round
Champions path
Crvena zvezda (SRB)/Spartak Trnava (SVK) v Salzburg (AUT)/Shkëndija (MKD)
Qarabağ (AZE)/BATE Borisov (BLR) v PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Young Boys (SUI) v Astana (KAZ)/Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Malmö (SWE)/Vidi (HUN) v Celtic (SCO)/AEK Athens (GRE)

League path
Benfica (POR)/Fenerbahçe (TUR) v PAOK (GRE)/Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Standard Liège (BEL)/Ajax (NED) v Slavia Praha (CZE)/Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

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3rd Qualifying Round 1st Legs
Tuesday August 7th
Astana (KAZ) V Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Qarabağ (AZE) V BATE Borisov (BLR)
Malmö (SWE) V Vidi (HUN)
Slavia Praha (CZE) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Standard Liège (BEL) V Ajax (NED)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Benfica (POR) V Fenerbahçe (TUR)

Wednesday August 8th
PAOK (GRE) V Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Salzburg (AUT) V Shkëndija (MKD)
Celtic (SCO) V AEK Athens (GRE)

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3rd Qualifying Round 1st Leg Results
Astana (KAZ) 0 V 2 Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Qarabağ (AZE) 0 V 1 BATE Borisov (BLR)
Malmö (SWE) 1 V 1 Vidi (HUN)
Slavia Praha (CZE) 1 V 1 Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
Standard Liège (BEL) 2 V 2 Ajax (NED)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 1 V 1 Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Benfica (POR) 1 V 0 Fenerbahçe (TUR)
PAOK (GRE) 3 V 2 Spartak Moskva (RUS)
Salzburg (AUT) 3 V 0 Shkëndija (MKD)
Celtic (SCO) 1 V 1 AEK Athens (GRE)

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3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Legs
Tuesday
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) V Slavia Praha (CZE) (Agg 1-1)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V Qarabağ (AZE) (Agg 1-0)
Spartak Moskva (RUS) V PAOK (GRE) (Agg 2-3)
Fenerbahçe (TUR) V Benfica (POR) (Agg 0-1)
Vidi (HUN) V Malmö (SWE) (Agg 1-1)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) V Astana (KAZ) (Agg 2-0)
AEK Athens (GRE) V Celtic (SCO) (Agg 1-1) - Live on BT Sport 2
Shkëndija (MKD) V Salzburg (AUT) (Agg 0-3)
Ajax (NED) V Standard Liège (BEL) (Agg 2-2)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) V Crvena zvezda (SRB) (Agg 1-1)

Loafing Oaf

Not the start Celtic wanted, as the old saying goes...

Mr.Nice Guy

2-1 now. Lifeline for Celtic.

Update: Not enough in the end. Celtic out. AEK Athens advance.

Loafing Oaf

Yeovil THE team in green and white tonight...

citytillidie

3rd Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Results
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 2 V 0 Slavia Praha (CZE) (Agg 3-1)
BATE Borisov (BLR) 1 V 1 Qarabağ (AZE) (Agg 2-1)
Spartak Moskva (RUS) 0 V 0 PAOK (GRE) (Agg 2-3)
Fenerbahçe (TUR) 1 V 1 Benfica (POR) (Agg 1-2)
Vidi (HUN) 0 V 0 Malmö (SWE) (Agg 1-1) Vidi (HUN) win on Away goals
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 1 V 0 Astana (KAZ) (Agg 3-0)
AEK Athens (GRE) 2 V 1 Celtic (SCO) (Agg 3-2)
Shkëndija (MKD) 0 V 1 Salzburg (AUT) (Agg 0-4)
Ajax (NED) 3 V 0 Standard Liège (BEL) (Agg 5-2)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) 1 V 2 Crvena zvezda (SRB) AET (Agg 2-3)

Play-off Round
Champions Route
Crvena zvezda (SRB) V Salzburg (AUT)
BATE Borisov (BLR) V PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Young Boys (SUI) V Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Vidi (HUN) V AEK Athens (GRE)

League Path
Benfica (POR) V PAOK (GRE)
Ajax (NED) V Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

Those beat in the 3rd round Champions Route dropped into the play off round of the losers route of the Europa League
Those beat in the League Route drop into the group stage of the Europa League

Mr.Nice Guy

I was impressed by Salzburg in last season's Europa League. Hope they can make the Champions League this time.

Pauliedragon

There's been a bit of back and forth between Liverpool and Real the last few days. I hope they get each other in the group stages, it might liven them up the groups are boring these days.

Mr.Nice Guy

Pauliedragon wrote: »

There's been a bit of back and forth between Liverpool and Real the last few days. I hope they get each other in the group stages, it might liven them up the groups are boring these days.

Nice to see a rivalry developing there. Feels like proper dislike between clubs is become more of a rarity in the modern game. It was one of the things I loved about United vs Arsenal games when Keane and Vieira were playing. Nowadays you'd be more likely to see United and Arsenal players hugging each other in the tunnel. I don't think we'd see hugs though if Madrid and Liverpool were paired off against each other.

Shanotheslayer

I'm pretty sure Liverpool just made this rivalry up because of what happend to Salah

I doubt very much Real Madrid care half as much as Liverpool about this rivalry.

gimli2112

There's no special rivalry between Liverpool and RM. Would have liked to bring their European domination to an end in the final last year but if Liverpool knocked them out in the group stages I'd be just as happy.