Europa Conference League 2021/2022

Francie Barrett · 08-03-2021 12:07pm #1

This is very early for this thread, I know. But I think this is something that has (bad) ramifications for Irish football. The 2021/2022 season will see the start of a new tertiary tier European competition that's below the Champions League and the Europa League. It's the kind of thing that sounds initially good in practice (allowing teams from lower ranked nations to compete in European football), but in practice, it looks structured in such a way that will leave Irish teams far worse off than the currently are.

The new set up will grant one Irish team a Champions League qualification spot (the league winner, naturally). No Irish teams at all will be granted a Europa League spot. Three Irish teams will go into the Europa Conference League qualification stage (2nd, 3rd place in the League + the FAI cup winner).

The Irish league winner goes into the first stage of Champions League qualification. They have to go through 4 qualifying rounds to make the group stage (as is the current situation). To just get through the first qualifying round, Shamrock Rovers could easily end up playing either the Greek, Swedish, Norwegian, Serbian, Croatian league champions. The ask at just this initial stage is absolutely huge. Also, unlike last season, losing the first qualification round of the Champions League no longer means dropping into the Europa League. You lose your first round Champions League qualifier (like Dundalk did this season) and you go straight into the Conference League. If Shamrock Rovers can someone get a decent draw and get passed the first qualifying round, but lose in the second round, only then are they parachuted into the Europa League. After that, they will still have to play two further qualifiers to make the Europa League group stage.

If Shamrock Rovers have been given a slightly harder route to the Europa League, it looks far worse for the other teams dumped into the Conference League. For a start, no one else will even get a Europa League spot. Secondly, as a tertiary competition, the prize money involved will likely be less than the Europa League. It gets worse still, all three Irish teams will have to play four qualification rounds just to make the group stages. Whatever tiny chance the Irish league winners have, anyone in the Conference League probably has little chance. The final Conference League qualification round for the group stages will see the Spanish, English, Italian, Germany, French and Portuguese teams join at this stage, combined with a whole pile of teams that were beaten in the final qualification round the the Champions League/Europa League. Short of some sort of miracle that saw Dundalk draw a Faroe Islands team for their final round qualifier, Irish teams have almost no hope of ever making the group stages of this tertiary competition.

It's crazy that they've managed to create a less prestigious competition and actually made it harder for lower ranked associations to compete in it. It's even worse for for some of the higher ranked associations. For example, Greece have virtually the same European places allocation as we have. One team starting at the first round of the Champions League qualification stage, no teams in the Europa League, three teams in the Conference League (the Greeks go in at round 2, rather than round 1 like we do).

The whole change to the format very much has the feel of the financial drawbridge being pulled up by the European elite.

Details for next years CL qualification are here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Champions_League

Europa League here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_League

Conference League here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_Conference_League

GLaDOS · 08-03-2021 5:55pm

Is there any info on prize money? Even one round in the Europa is substantial enough, especially outside of Dundalk/Rovers.

ArmaniJeanss · 08-03-2021 6:21pm

I haven't investigated it in detail but surely the bare maths of it make it easier for teams to get into the group stage.
Currently there is a 32 team CL and a 48 team EL = 80 teams in the group stages.
Now there'll be 3 x 32 team competitions which = 96 teams. 16 extra places.

It also means that extra countries will definitely get a group stage spot. Currently 26 countries are guaranteed a group stage place, but looking at the wiki links in the OP this is now 34 countries mathematically guaranteed a representative. That the LOI hasn't managed to get into the top 34 leagues on coefficient and thus all our teams will have to play qualifiers is frankly terrible, but that's something that on us.

Francie Barrett · 26-05-2021 11:00am

GLaDOS wrote: »

Is there any info on prize money? Even one round in the Europa is substantial enough, especially outside of Dundalk/Rovers.

Prize money has been leaked by a French newspaper.

https://www.newstalk.com/sport/prize-money-for-new-uefa-conference-league-finally-revealed-1200628#:~:text=According%20to%20L'%C3%89quipe%20however,%E2%82%AC390%2C000%20on%202020%2F21.

According to L'Équipe however, each of the 32 qualifying teams will be guaranteed €3million. By contrast, qualification for the group stage of the Europa League earns a club €3.63million, and the Champions League in excess of €15million - up €390,000 on 2020/21.

However, there are three qualifying rounds to reach the group stage of the Conference League.

Dundalk, Bohemians and Sligo Rovers can expect to enter in the first qualifying round.

Tottenham, Roma and Union Berlin are among those entering at the playoff round.

Good news it that the prize money for Europa Conference League group stages is actually slightly higher than last years prize money for the Europa League.

Format with some of the teams and seedings is here -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_UEFA_Europa_Conference_League

Bad news is that it's looking like a real uphill battle for Irish teams to make the group stages.

Bohs and Sligo are in the first qualifying round and are unseeded. Whatever chance they have of winning their first qualifier, the second qualifier looks very difficult with seeded Swiss, Danish, Belgian, Dutch, Greek, Norwegian, Portuguese, Austrian teams being likely opposition.

Dundalk have a slightly easier path. They will be seeded for the first and second round, and maybe even the third round as well depending on how things pan out. They should be winning their first round, have a decent chance in the second round. Winning the third round is likely to be a remote chance, but you never know with a good draw and a decent result on the day. The final round looks an impossibility with the likes of Spurs, Villareal, Rennes, Union Berlin, and Roma dropping in, as well teams who were beaten in the Europa League third round qualifier (these will all be decent teams as well).

tldr - the new format really stinks for Irish teams.

Liam O · 26-05-2021 11:09am

Does it though? The previous best chance of a Europa spot was the team dropping down from the CL into a later qualifying round for it. That spot isn't affected and there is more chance to get a few wins in the Conference and boost the co-efficient maybe?

Always luck of the draw I guess but there is definitely a way of looking both sides.

GLaDOS · 26-05-2021 11:23am

I believe you can drop from CL qualifier, to EL qualifier, to EC qualifier, depending at what stage of each you are knocked out at. So potential for whoever's champion to pick up a few qualifying rounds with associated prize money.

Not much difference for teams going straight into EC, admittedly.

Liberta Per Gli Ultra · 27-05-2021 2:45am

Liam O wrote: »

The previous best chance of a Europa spot was the team dropping down from the CL into a later qualifying round for it. That spot isn't affected and there is more chance to get a few wins in the Conference and boost the co-efficient maybe?

That's not true. Since 2018-19, the League of Ireland champions have had the "luxury" of being able to lose the first CL qualifier and drop into the Europa League qualifiers (à la Dundalk). That was a small piece of compensation from UEFA to the lower leagues, for the extra CL group stage spots given to the top 4 leagues and the extra CL and EL qualifying rounds stuck in because of it.

Lo and behold, another squeeze only a few seasons later, the four highest ranked leagues in Europe keeping the extra group stage spots that were ceded to them by UEFA, while the crappy compensation package to the lower leagues gets even crappier because now the highish leagues need to be appeased by giving them a more exclusive Europa League. What a fùcking way to run a sport.

So the LOI champions will get a lesser consolation prize (Conference) if they lose the first CL qualifier. Five years ago, there was no consolation prize for a first round exit (the way it should be btw). You could be fooled into thinking that's progress until you look at the structure and access back then compared to now. The system was far from egalitarian but at this stage it's obscene.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_UEFA_Champions_League#Second_qualifying_round

The Golden Miller · 27-05-2021 6:38am

It's immaterial really if it makes things slightly harder for LOI teams. If they are good enough they'll get more points to move up in the co-efficients regardless. We're talking minimal differences here.

Nothing will change till more people follow the league. I'm not the biggest Shels fan, but like football, so feel it's only right to go LOI and support it. That's the only way things will change. Two men and a dog at Shels games in Division 1, several thousand when they get promoted. Fans a disgrace. Club nearly out of existence cause they all fcuked off when times went bad.

Conference league or Europa or whatever, it's immaterial until Irish people go to games

27-05-2021 6:41am

I dunno, it seems fair enough from what you have posted OP. Very good post btw.

citytillidie · 14-06-2021 8:55pm

Draw is tomorrow seeding groups

Group 1:
Seeded
1 Levadia Tallinn (EST)
2 Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
3 Drita (KOS)
4 Sūduva (LTU)

Unseeded
5 Dečić (MNE)
6 Inter Turku (FIN)
7 St Joseph's (GIB)
8 Valmiera (LVA)

Group 2:
Seeded
1 La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)
2 Santa Coloma (AND)
3 Coleraine (NIR)
4 Domžale (SVN)

Unseeded
5 Velež (BIH)
6 Mons Calpe (GIB)
7 Birkirkara (MLT)
8 Swift Hesper (LUX)

Group 3:
Seeded
1 Shkupi 1987 (MKD)
2 Tre Penne (SMR)
3 Partizani (ALB)
4 Maribor (SVN)

Unseeded
5 Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA)
6 Dinamo Batumi (GEO)
7 Llapi (KOS)
8 Urartu (ARM)

Group 4:
Seeded
1 Laçi (ALB)
2 FK Sarajevo (BIH)
3 KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
4 Žilina (SVK)

Unseeded
5 Noah (ARM)
6 Milsami Orhei (MDA)
7 Podgorica (MNE)
8 Dila Gori (GEO)

Group 5:
Seeded
1 FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
2 Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
3 KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
4 Bala Town (WAL)

Unseeded
5 RFS (LVA)
6 Paide Linnameeskond (EST)
7 Sligo Rovers (IRL)
8 Larne (NIR)

Group 6:
Seeded
1 Fehérvár FC (HUN)
2 Sutjeska (MNE)
3 Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)
4 Široki Brijeg (BIH)

Unseeded
5 Sileks (MKD)
6 Gagra (GEO)
7 Ararat Yerevan (ARM)
8 Vllaznia (ALB)

Group 7:
Seeded
1 Stjarnan (ISL)
2 The New Saints (WAL)
3 Gzira United FC (MLT)
4 Europa (GIB)

Unseeded
5 Sant Julià (AND)
6 Glentoran (NIR)
7 Bohemians (IRL)
8 Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)

Group 8:
Seeded
1 NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
2 Liepāja (LVA)
3 Spartak Trnava (SVK)
4 Dundalk (IRL)
5 Breidablik

Unseeded
6 Honka Espoo (FIN)
7 Newtown (WAL)
8 Mosta (MLT)
9 Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX)
10 Struga (MKD)

radiospan · 15-06-2021 12:03pm

Very good original post in this thread. I fully agree that it seems to be constructed to avoid cases where clubs like Dundalk can get into group stages and earn a large windfall. Funds being protected for clubs from the top countries.

Been looking through the details of the Europa Conference and the new Europa Leagues this morning.

One thing I haven't worked out, can someone explain whether or not teams go from the Europa Conference up into the Europa League at some stage during the season?

On one hand it seems not. I see it's run separately through to it's own final in Tirana in 2022, and some losing teams from the EL will drop into ECL, but not the other way around. (The ECL winner qualifies for the EL the following year.)

But in this description of the Europa League, it says: "The majority of teams involved in qualifying will have transferred from the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League". As if there is a transfer from ECL to EL at some stage?

Anyone follow?

LuckyLloyd · 15-06-2021 12:53pm

I disagree with the original post tbh.

If Irish football wants better outcomes in European Football and preferential access it needs to win more games and increase the coefficient. It should be easier to win games in the third tier and increase that coefficient. As the coefficient increases we should get more access to the upper two tiers.

If Irish league teams can't win games in the third tier and our coefficient stays low what is there to talk about?

Oat23 · 15-06-2021 1:01pm

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I disagree with the original post tbh.

Shocked

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

If Irish football wants better outcomes in European Football and preferential access it needs to win more games and increase the coefficient. It should be easier to win games in the third tier and increase that coefficient. As the coefficient increases we should get more access to the upper two tiers.

If Irish league teams can't win games in the third tier and our coefficient stays low what is there to talk about?

We are being drawn against the exact same standard of teams we would have faced in the Europa League 1QR. The Europa League doesn't even have a 1QR or 2QR anymore. Where do you think those teams are playing? The Europa Conference is where. They've reduced the size of the EL down to 32 teams from 48 and dumped the rest into a 3rd tier competition.

The Europa Conference is a farce designed to wall off the CL & EL from the minnows.

citytillidie · 15-06-2021 1:03pm

First Qualifying Round
Levadia Tallinn (EST) V St Joseph's (GIB)
Inter Turku (FIN) V Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
Dečić (MNE) V Drita (KOS)
Sūduva (LTU) V Valmiera (LVA)
La Fiorita 1967 (SMR) V Birkirkara (MLT)
Mons Calpe (GIB) V Santa Coloma (AND)
Velež (BIH) V Coleraine (NIR)
Domžale (SVN) V Swift Hesper (LUX)
Shkupi 1987 (MKD) V Llapi (KOS)
Dinamo Batumi (GEO) V Tre Penne (SMR)
Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA) V Partizani (ALB)
Maribor (SVN) V Urartu (ARM)
Laçi (ALB) V Podgorica (MNE)
Milsami Orhei (MDA) V FK Sarajevo (BIH)
Noah (ARM) V KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
Žilina (SVK) V Dila Gori (GEO)
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) V Sligo Rovers (IRL)
Paide Linnameeskond (EST) V Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
RFS (LVA) V KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Bala Town (WAL) V Larne (NIR)
Fehérvár FC (HUN) V Ararat Yerevan (ARM)
Gagra (GEO) V Sutjeska (MNE)
Sileks (MKD) V Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)
Široki Brijeg (BIH) V Vllaznia (ALB)
Stjarnan (ISL) V Bohemians (IRL)
Glentoran (NIR) V The New Saints (WAL)
Sant Julià (AND) V Gzira United FC (MLT)
Europa (GIB) V Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)
Dundalk (IRL) V Newtown (WAL)
Spartak Trnava (SVK) V Mosta (MLT)
Struga (MKD) V Liepāja (LVA)
Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX) V Breidablik (ISL)
Honka Espoo (FIN) V NSÍ Runavík (FRO)

artanevilla · 15-06-2021 1:13pm

All winnable for the Irish teams, though wouldn't be a shock if an Icelandic team beat either Sligo or Bohs. Dundalk are a joke shop at the moment but surely even they can beat a Welsh team?

Unless their players are more interested in bonuses then going through......

Oat23 · 15-06-2021 1:16pm

artanevilla wrote: »

All winnable for the Irish teams, though wouldn't be a shock if an Icelandic team beat either Sligo or Bohs. Dundalk are a joke shop at the moment but surely even they can beat a Welsh team?

Unless their players are more interested in bonuses then going through......

The Dundalk one has TNS vibes. Overpaid mercenaries up against a committed Welsh side. Newtown aren't anywhere near the level TNS would have been at though and they only finished 7th in a 12 team league last season.

Would it be the worst European loss for a LOI team? Cork losing to Niederkorn is also up there, as is Sligo Rovers losing to Vllaznia who were match fixing

artanevilla · 15-06-2021 1:22pm

I would say the worst, particualy in the context. We were also beaten by a 2nd division Icelandic team a couple of years later (5-1) but that was a cobbled together Bohs team and one of those games where once they took the lead we had to chase and ended up conceding to them on the break.

They are probably the 1st and 2nd worst results

LuckyLloyd · 15-06-2021 1:23pm

Oat23 wrote: »

Shocked

We are being drawn against the exact same standard of teams we would have faced in the Europa League 1QR. The Europa League doesn't even have a 1QR or 2QR anymore. Where do you think those teams are playing? The Europa Conference is where. They've reduced the size of the EL down to 32 teams from 48 and dumped the rest into a 3rd tier competition.

The Europa Conference is a farce designed to wall off the CL & EL from the minnows.

Can't win games, get up the yard. Football is about winning games. Dundalk have earned success in European football over the years and fair play to them for it.

Oat23 · 15-06-2021 1:29pm

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Can't win games, get up the yard. Football is about winning games. Dundalk have earned success in European football over the years and fair play to them for it.

Okay? I never said anything about winning games. I was correcting your misinformed opinion that the Conference League makes it easier. It's the same teams in a new competition. Nothing has changed. Irish sides have been drawing Icelandic teams in Europe for years and it has happened again this year.

citytillidie · 15-06-2021 2:10pm

radiospan wrote: »

Very good original post in this thread. I fully agree that it seems to be constructed to avoid cases where clubs like Dundalk can get into group stages and earn a large windfall. Funds being protected for clubs from the top countries.

Been looking through the details of the Europa Conference and the new Europa Leagues this morning.

One thing I haven't worked out, can someone explain whether or not teams go from the Europa Conference up into the Europa League at some stage during the season?

On one hand it seems not. I see it's run separately through to it's own final in Tirana in 2022, and some losing teams from the EL will drop into ECL, but not the other way around. (The ECL winner qualifies for the EL the following year.)

But in this description of the Europa League, it says: "The majority of teams involved in qualifying will have transferred from the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa Conference League". As if there is a transfer from ECL to EL at some stage?

Anyone follow?

The Conference league is the lowest league, there has been a change in how teams drop down.

So in the Europa League and the Conference League there is 2 rounds of 16s one a play-off and one the proper round of 16.

So for the Europa League the 8 group winners will go directly into the proper round of 16, the 8 group runners-up will be joined by the 8 3rd placed teams from the Champions League in the play-off round with the winners of those 8 games going onto playing the group winners.

It is the same for the Conference League the 8 group winners will go into the proper round of 16 with the runners-up being joined with the 8 3rd placed teams in the Europa League in the play-off round.

This will allow the Champions League to stagger that round of 16 as usual.

So the teams drop downwards never up like you never seen teams from the Europa League go up to the Champions League.

Just the winners will go into the following seasons Europa League

radiospan · 15-06-2021 2:33pm

citytillidie wrote: »

The Conference league is the lowest league, there has been a change in how teams drop down.

So in the Europa League and the Conference League there is 2 rounds of 16s one a play-off and one the proper round of 16.

So for the Europa League the 8 group winners will go directly into the proper round of 16, the 8 group runners-up will be joined by the 8 3rd placed teams from the Champions League in the play-off round with the winners of those 8 games going onto playing the group winners.

It is the same for the Conference League the 8 group winners will go into the proper round of 16 with the runners-up being joined with the 8 3rd placed teams in the Europa League in the play-off round.

This will allow the Champions League to stagger that round of 16 as usual.

So the teams drop downwards never up like you never seen teams from the Europa League go up to the Champions League.

Just the winners will go into the following seasons Europa League

Thanks. Makes sense.

It seems to be a mistake on the UEFA website where they say that "teams involved in [the Europa League] qualifying [round] will have transferred from the [...] UEFA Europa Conference League".

citytillidie · 15-06-2021 3:12pm

radiospan wrote: »

Thanks. Makes sense.

It seems to be a mistake on the UEFA website where they say that "teams involved in [the Europa League] qualifying [round] will have transferred from the [...] UEFA Europa Conference League".

Seems to be I say it is meant to say transferred from the UEFA Champions League

jacool · 15-06-2021 3:36pm

This is directly from rte.ie

"Shamrock Rovers have been drawn against Slovakian outfit Slovan Bratislava in Champions League first qualifying round.
The first leg will take place on 6/7 July, with the return game in Tallaght on 13/14 July.
In 2019 Slovan Bratislava beat Dundalk 4-1 on aggregate in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.
It's a tough task for the Hoops, who are guaranteed a windfall of €810,000 as Ireland's Champions League representative.
Following a special one-off draw required to balance the entry list, Stephen Bradley's men will get a bye into the third round of Europa Conference League qualifying if they fail to get past the Slovakians."

citytillidie · 15-06-2021 11:23pm

Seeding information for Second qualifying round

Seeding groups
Champions League Losers Path

GROUP 1
Seeded:
Malmö (SWE) / Riga FC (LVA)
Shkëndija (MKD) / Mura (SVN)
Teuta (ALB) / Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) /Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) / Neftçi (AZE)

Unseeded:
UEFA Champions League preliminary round beaten finalist

GROUP 2
Seeded:
Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) / FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)
CFR Cluj (ROU) / Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU) / Linfield (NIR)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) / Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Fola Esch (LUX) / Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)

Unseeded:
HB Tórshavn (FRO) / Inter Club D'Escaldes (AND)

GROUP 3
Seeded:
Ferencváros TC (HUN) / UEFA Champions League preliminary round winners
Bodø/Glimt (NOR) / Legia Warszawa (POL)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) / Valur (ISL)
Flora Tallinn (EST) / Hibernians (MLT)
Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) / Alashkert (ARM)

Unseeded:
Folgore (SMR) / FC Prishtina (KOS)

Main Path
GROUP 1
Seeded:
1 Apollon Limassol (CYP)
2 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
3 Čukarički (SRB)
4 FCSB (ROU)
5 Vorskla Poltava (UKR)

Unseeded:
6 FC Noah (ARM) / KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
7 Žilina (SVK) / Dila Gori (GEO)
8 Sumgait (AZE)
9 Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)
10 Arda Kardzhali (BUL)

GROUP 2
Seeded:
1 AEL Limassol (CYP)
2 Sivasspor (TUR)
3 Sochi (RUS)
4 Astana (KAZ)
5 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Unseeded:
6 Gagra (GEO) / Sutjeska (MNE)
7 Široki Brijeg (BIH) / Vllaznia (ALB)
8 Keşla (AZE)
9 Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)
10 Sileks (MKD) / Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)

GROUP 3
Seeded:
1 Partizan (SRB)
2 BATE Borisov (BLR)
3 Dundalk (IRL) / Newtown (WAL)
4 RFS (LVA) / KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
5 Milsami Orhei (MDA) / FK Sarajevo (BIH)

Unseeded:
6 IF Elfsborg (SWE)
7 Dunajská Streda (SVK)
8 Levadia Tallinn (EST)/ St Joseph's (GIB)
9 Inter Turku (FIN) / Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
10 Dinamo Batumi (GEO) / Tre Penne (SMR)

GROUP 4
Seeded:
1 Domžale (SVN) / Swift Hesper (LUX)
2 Glentoran (NIR) / The New Saints (WAL)
3 CSKA-Sofia (BUL)
4 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
5 Rijeka (CRO)

Unseeded:
6 Sant Julià (AND) / Gzira United (MLT)
7 Honka Espoo (FIN) /NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
8 Struga (MKD) / Liepāja (LVA)
9 Dynamo Brest (BLR)
10 Europa FC (GIB) / Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)

GROUP 5
Seeded:
1 Gent (BEL)
2 AGF Aarhus (DEN)
3 Dudelange (LUX)
4 Hibernian (SCO)
5 Santa Clara (POR)

Unseeded:
6 Shkupi (MKD) / Llapi (KOS)
7 Vålerenga (NOR)
8 Stjarnan (ISL) - Bohemians (IRL)
9 Mons Calpe (GIB) / FC Santa Coloma (AND)
10 Bala Town (WAL) / Larne (NIR)

GROUP 6
Seeded:
1 Fehérvár (HUN) / Ararat Yerevan (ARM)
2 Slovácko (CZE)
3 Universitatea Craiova (ROU)
4 Qarabağ (AZE)
5 AEK Athens (GRE)

Unseeded:
6 Velež (BIH) / Coleraine (NIR)
7 Paide Linnameeskond (EST) / Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
8 Laçi (ALB) / Podgorica (MNE)
9 Ashdod (ISR)
10 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL)

GROUP 7
Seeded:
1 Austria Wien (AUT)
2 Osijek (CRO)
3 Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
4 Basel 1893 (SUI)
5 Feyenoord (NED)

Unseeded:
6 Dečić (MNE) / Drita (KOS)
7 Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX) / Breidablik (ISL)
8 La Fiorita (SMR) / Birkirkara (MLT)
9 Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA) / Partizani (ALB)
10 Pogoń Szczecin (POL)

GROUP 8
Seeded:
1 Sūduva (LTU) / Valmiera (LVA)
2 Vaduz (LIE)
3 FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) / Mosta (MLT)
4 Molde (NOR)
5 Maribor (SVN) / Urartu (ARM)

Unseeded:
6 Hammarby (SWE)
7 Raków Czestochowa (POL)
8 Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU)
9 Servette (SUI)
10 Újpest (HUN)

GROUP 9
Seeded:
1 Hajduk Split (CRO)
2 Vojvodina (SRB)
3 Aberdeen (SCO)
4 Copenhagen (DEN)
5 Rosenborg (NOR)

Unseeded:
6 FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) / Sligo Rovers (IRL)
7 Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
8 BK Häcken (SWE)
9 Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR)
10 Panevezys (LTU)

Francie Barrett · 16-06-2021 12:18pm

Oat23 wrote: »

Okay? I never said anything about winning games. I was correcting your misinformed opinion that the Conference League makes it easier. It's the same teams in a new competition. Nothing has changed. Irish sides have been drawing Icelandic teams in Europe for years and it has happened again this year.

Yea, that was my original complaint.

The new competition just pushes Irish teams into a lower status competition. They still have to play the same teams in the first round, and will have Champions League/Europa League teams parachuted in at later rounds. The nature of the seedings will ensure that Irish teams will struggle to build by co-efficient points, so they will always have tricky ties.

Dundalk have the best chance as a seeded team with the following possible second round opponents. Should they in their first round match, they'd probably be happy to get Tallinn again, Elfsborg on the other hand would be a nightmare.

6 IF Elfsborg (SWE)
7 Dunajská Streda (SVK)
8 Levadia Tallinn (EST)/ St Joseph's (GIB)
9 Inter Turku (FIN) / Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
10 Dinamo Batumi (GEO) / Tre Penne (SMR)

Bohemians have the following possible opponents in the second round. The likes of Gent or Santa Clara would be horrific teams to get for just a second round qualifier.

GROUP 5
Seeded:
1 Gent (BEL)
2 AGF Aarhus (DEN)
3 Dudelange (LUX)
4 Hibernian (SCO)
5 Santa Clara (POR)

Sligo have the following second round opponents, probably as difficult as what Bohs have.

GROUP 9
Seeded:
1 Hajduk Split (CRO)
2 Vojvodina (SRB)
3 Aberdeen (SCO)
4 Copenhagen (DEN)
5 Rosenborg (NOR)

Francie Barrett · 16-06-2021 12:24pm

jacool wrote: »

This is directly from rte.ie

"Following a special one-off draw required to balance the entry list, Stephen Bradley's men will get a bye into the third round of Europa Conference League qualifying if they fail to get past the Slovakians."

That is great news, looks like they got lucky and get to skip the second round.

Dillonb3 · 16-06-2021 1:03pm

Dundalk if they get through will play levadia talinn or st josephs

Oat23 · 16-06-2021 1:07pm

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Dundalk if they get through will play levadia talinn or st josephs

Bohs will play Dudelange of Luxembourg if they get past Stjarnan.

Sligo Rovers will play Rosenborg (again) if we get past FH.

citytillidie · 16-06-2021 1:14pm

Second Qualifying Round Draw
Champions League Losers Path
Teuta (ALB)/Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) V UEFA Champions League preliminary round beaten finalist
Malmö (SWE)/Riga FC (LVA) V Shkëndija (MKD)/Mura (SVN)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)/Neftçi (AZE) V Maccabi Haifa (ISR)/Kairat Almaty (KAZ)
HJK Helsinki (FIN)/Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) V HB Tórshavn (FRO)/Inter Club D'Escaldes (AND)
Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)/Linfield (NIR) V CFR Cluj (ROU)/Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)/FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) V Fola Esch (LUX)/Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB)
Folgore (SMR)/FC Prishtina (KOS) V Flora Tallinn (EST)/Hibernians (MLT)
Ferencváros TC (HUN)/UEFA Champions League preliminary round winners V Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL)/Alashkert (ARM)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)/Valur (ISL) V Bodø/Glimt (NOR)/Legia Warszawa (POL)

Main Path
FC Noah (ARM)/KuPS Kuopio (FIN) V Vorskla Poltava (UKR)
FCSB (ROU) V Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)
Arda Kardzhali (BUL) V Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Apollon Limassol (CYP) V Žilina (SVK)/Dila Gori (GEO)
Čukarički (SRB) V Sumgait (AZE)
Gagra (GEO)/Sutjeska (MNE) V Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Astana (KAZ) V Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)
Sileks (MKD)/Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA) V Sivasspor (TUR)
AEL Limassol (CYP) V Široki Brijeg (BIH)/Vllaznia (ALB)
Sochi (RUS)V Keşla (AZE)
IF Elfsborg (SWE) V Milsami Orhei (MDA)/FK Sarajevo (BIH)
RFS (LVA)/KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) V Inter Turku (FIN)/Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
Dinamo Batumi (GEO)/Tre Penne (SMR) V BATE Borisov (BLR)
Partizan (SRB) V Dunajská Streda (SVK)
Dundalk (IRL)/Newtown (WAL) V Levadia Tallinn (EST)/St Joseph's (GIB)
Sant Julià (AND)/Gzira United (MLT) V Rijeka (CRO)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) V Dynamo Brest (BLR)
Europa FC (GIB)/Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) V Glentoran (NIR)/The New Saints (WAL)
Domžale (SVN)/Swift Hesper (LUX) V Honka Espoo (FIN)/NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
CSKA-Sofia (BUL) V Struga (MKD)/Liepāja (LVA)
Shkupi (MKD)/Llapi (KOS) V Santa Clara (POR)
Hibernian (SCO) V Mons Calpe (GIB)/FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Bala Town (WAL)/Larne (NIR) V AGF Aarhus (DEN)
Gent (BEL) V Vålerenga (NOR)
Dudelange (LUX) V Stjarnan (ISL)/Bohemians (IRL)
Velež (BIH)/Coleraine (NIR) V AEK Athens (GRE)
Qarabağ (AZE) V Ashdod (ISR)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) V Slovácko (CZE)
Fehérvár (HUN)/Ararat Yerevan (ARM) V Paide Linnameeskond (EST)/Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
Universitatea Craiova (ROU) V Laçi (ALB)/Podgorica (MNE)
Dečić (MNE)/Drita (KOS) V Feyenoord (NED)
Basel 1893 (SUI) V Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA)/Partizani (ALB)
Pogoń Szczecin (POL) V Osijek (CRO)
Austria Wien (AUT) V Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX)/Breidablik (ISL)
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) V La Fiorita (SMR)/Birkirkara (MLT)
Hammarby (SWE) V Maribor (SVN)/Urartu (ARM)
Molde (NOR) V Servette (SUI)
Újpest (HUN) V Vaduz (LIE)
Sūduva (LTU)/Valmiera (LVA) V Raków Czestochowa (POL)
FC Spartak Trnava (SVK)/Mosta (MLT) V Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU)
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)/Sligo Rovers (IRL) V Rosenborg (NOR)
Copenhagen (DEN) V Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR)
Panevezys (LTU) V Vojvodina (SRB)
Hajduk Split (CRO) V Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
Aberdeen (SCO) V BK Häcken (SWE)

Francie Barrett · 16-06-2021 1:36pm

Dillonb3 wrote: »

Dundalk if they get through will play levadia talinn or st josephs

Don't think they could have gotten a better draw yet again.

Brussels Sprout · 25-06-2021 1:17pm

I was very interested when I heard that they were creating a third competition. In my head I was thinking something along the lines of the EFL Trophy (the one for teams from League One and Two) where teams from the lower coefficient nations would likely be able to easily get teams into the Group Stages.

However as far as I can see it's unlikely even to be that. The LOI teams are likely to be facing the same old gate keeper teams from the higher ranked nations through 4 qualifying rounds. It's basically the same scenario they faced in the Europa League, except that if any of them do make it all the way to the group stages then they are far less likely to get a glamour tie from the biggest leagues.

Basically for the lower ranked nations, like Ireland, it's the worst of all worlds. Just as hard to qualify as before but without the same money or potential big ties if they do.

citytillidie · 06-07-2021 1:19pm

First Qualifying Round 1st Legs
Tuesday July 6th
Mosta (MLT) V Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Mons Calpe (GIB) V Santa Coloma (AND)
Podgorica (MNE) V Laçi (ALB)

Thursday July 8th
Levadia Tallinn (EST) V St Joseph's (GIB)
Inter Turku (FIN) V Puskás Akadémia (HUN)
Drita (KOS) V Dečić (MNE)
Sūduva (LTU) V Valmiera (LVA)
Birkirkara (MLT) V La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)
Velež (BIH) V Coleraine (NIR)
Domžale (SVN) V Swift Hesper (LUX)
Shkupi 1987 (MKD) V Llapi (KOS)
Tre Penne (SMR) V Dinamo Batumi (GEO)
Partizani (ALB) V Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA)
Maribor (SVN) V Urartu (ARM)
Milsami Orhei (MDA) V FK Sarajevo (BIH)
Noah (ARM) V KuPS Kuopio (FIN)
Žilina (SVK) V Dila Gori (GEO)
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) V Sligo Rovers (IRL)
Paide Linnameeskond (EST) V Śląsk Wrocław (POL)
RFS (LVA) V KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Bala Town (WAL) V Larne (NIR)
Fehérvár FC (HUN) V Ararat Yerevan (ARM)
Sutjeska (MNE) V Gagra (GEO)
Sileks (MKD) V Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)
Široki Brijeg (BIH) V Vllaznia (ALB)
Stjarnan (ISL) V Bohemians (IRL)
Glentoran (NIR) V The New Saints (WAL)
Sant Julià (AND) V Gzira United FC (MLT)
Europa (GIB) V Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)
Dundalk (IRL) V Newtown (WAL)
Liepāja (LVA) V Struga (MKD)
Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX) V Breidablik (ISL)
Honka Espoo (FIN) V NSÍ Runavík (FRO)

citytillidie · 16-07-2021 7:51pm

First Qualifying Round 1st Leg Results

Mosta (MLT) 3 V 2 Spartak Trnava (SVK)

Mons Calpe (GIB) 1 V 1 Santa Coloma (AND)

Podgorica (MNE) 1 V 0 Laçi (ALB)

Noah (ARM) 1 V 0 KuPS Kuopio (FIN)

Liepāja (LVA) 1 V 1 Struga (MKD)

Sileks (MKD) 1 V 1 Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)

Inter Turku (FIN) 1 V 1 Puskás Akadémia (HUN)

Honka Espoo (FIN) 0 V 0 NSÍ Runavík (FRO)

RFS (LVA) 2 V 3 KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)

Sant Julià (AND) 0 V 0 Gzira United FC (MLT)

Sūduva (LTU) 2 V 1 Valmiera (LVA)

Levadia Tallinn (EST) 3 V 1 St Joseph's (GIB)

Dundalk (IRL) 4 V 0 Newtown (WAL)

Žilina (SVK) 5 V 1 Dila Gori (GEO)

Milsami Orhei (MDA) 0 V 0 FK Sarajevo (BIH)

Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX) 2 V 3 Breidablik (ISL)

Glentoran (NIR) 1 V 1 The New Saints (WAL)

Bala Town (WAL) 0 V 1 Larne (NIR)

Birkirkara (MLT) 1 V 0 La Fiorita 1967 (SMR)

Domžale (SVN) 1 V 0 Swift Hesper (LUX)

Drita (KOS) 2 V 1 Dečić (MNE)

Europa (GIB) 0 V 0 Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)

FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) 1 V 0 Sligo Rovers (IRL)

Fehérvár FC (HUN) 1 V 1 Ararat Yerevan (ARM)

Paide Linnameeskond (EST) 1 V 2 Śląsk Wrocław (POL)

Partizani (ALB) 5 V 2 Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA)

Shkupi 1987 (MKD) 2 V 0 Llapi (KOS)

Velež (BIH) 2 V 1 Coleraine (NIR)

Sutjeska (MNE) 1 V 0 Gagra (GEO)

Tre Penne (SMR) 0 V 4 Dinamo Batumi (GEO)

Maribor (SVN) 1 V 0 Urartu (ARM)

Široki Brijeg (BIH) 3 V 1 Vllaznia (ALB)

Stjarnan (ISL) 1 V 1 Bohemians (IRL)

First Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Results

Newtown (WAL) 0 V 1 Dundalk (IRL) (Agg 0-5)

Ararat Yerevan (ARM) 2 V 0 Fehérvár FC (HUN) (Agg 3-1)

Struga (MKD) 1 V 4 Liepāja (LVA) (Agg 2-5)

Gagra (GEO) 1 V 1 Sutjeska (MNE) (Agg 1-2)

Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) 2 V 0 Europa (GIB) (Agg 2-0)

KuPS Kuopio (FIN) 5 V 0 Noah (ARM) (Agg 5-1)

Urartu (ARM) 0 V 1 Maribor (SVN) (Agg 0-2)

Valmiera (LVA) 0 V 0 Sūduva (LTU) (Agg 1-2)

Dinamo Batumi (GEO) 3 V 0 Tre Penne (SMR) (Agg 7-0)

Santa Coloma (AND) 4 V 1 Mons Calpe (GIB) (Agg 5-2)

St Joseph's (GIB) 1 V 1 Levadia Tallinn (EST) (Agg 2-4)

Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA) 1 V 0 Sileks (MKD) (Agg 2-1)

Dila Gori (GEO) 2 V 1 Žilina (SVK) (Agg 3-6)

Sfintul Gheorghe (MDA) 2 V 3 Partizani (ALB) (Agg 4-8)

NSÍ Runavík (FRO) 1 V 3 Honka Espoo (FIN) (Agg 1-3)

Sligo Rovers (IRL) 1 V 2 FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) (Agg 1-3)

The New Saints (WAL) 2 V 0 Glentoran (NIR) (Agg 3-1)

Llapi (KOS) 1 V 1 Shkupi 1987 (MKD) (Agg 1-3)

Puskás Akadémia (HUN) 2 V 0 Inter Turku (FIN) (Agg 3-1)

Laçi (ALB) 3 V 0 Podgorica (MNE) AET (Agg 3-1)

Swift Hesper (LUX) 1 V 1 Domžale (SVN) (Agg 1-2)

Larne (NIR) 1 V 0 Bala Town (WAL) (Agg 2-0)

La Fiorita 1967 (SMR) 1 V 1 Birkirkara (MLT) (Agg 1-2)

Spartak Trnava (SVK) 2 V 0 Mosta (MLT) (Agg 4-3)

Gzira United FC (MLT) 1 V 1 Sant Julià (AND) AET (Agg 1-1) - Gzira United FC (MLT) win 4-3 on pens

Breidablik (ISL) 2 V 0 Racing FC Union Lëtzebuerg (LUX) (Agg 5-2)

Coleraine (NIR) 1 V 2 Velež (BIH) (Agg 2-4)

Śląsk Wrocław (POL) 2 V 0 Paide Linnameeskond (EST) (Agg 4-1)

Dečić (MNE) 0 V 1 Drita (KOS) (Agg 1-3)

Bohemians (IRL) 3 V 0 Stjarnan (ISL) (Agg 4-1)

FK Sarajevo (BIH) 0 V 1 Milsami Orhei (MDA) (Agg 0-1)

Vllaznia (ALB) 3 V 0 Široki Brijeg (BIH) (Agg 4-3)

KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) 2 V 4 RFS (LVA) AET (Agg 5-6)

2nd Qualifying Round 1st Legs

Tuesday 20th July

Loser Path

Folgore (SMR) V Hibernians (MLT)

FC Prishtina (KOS) V Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL)

Thursday 22nd July

Main Route

KuPS Kuopio (FIN) V Vorskla Poltava (UKR)

FCSB (ROU) V Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)

Arda Kardzhali (BUL) V Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Apollon Limassol (CYP) V Žilina (SVK)

Čukarički (SRB) V Sumgait (AZE)

Sutjeska (MNE) V Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Astana (KAZ) V Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)

Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA) V Sivasspor (TUR)

AEL Limassol (CYP) V Vllaznia (ALB)

Sochi (RUS) V Keşla (AZE)

IF Elfsborg (SWE) V Milsami Orhei (MDA)

RFS (LVA)/KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) V Puskás Akadémia (HUN)

Dinamo Batumi (GEO) V BATE Borisov (BLR)

Partizan (SRB) V Dunajská Streda (SVK)

Dundalk (IRL) V Levadia Tallinn (EST)

Gzira United (MLT) V Rijeka (CRO)

Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) V Dynamo Brest (BLR)

Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) V The New Saints (WAL)

Domžale (SVN) V Honka Espoo (FIN)

CSKA-Sofia (BUL) V Liepāja (LVA)

Shkupi (MKD) V Santa Clara (POR)

Hibernian (SCO) V FC Santa Coloma (AND)

Larne (NIR) V AGF Aarhus (DEN)

Gent (BEL) V Vålerenga (NOR)

Dudelange (LUX) V Bohemians (IRL)

Velež (BIH) V AEK Athens (GRE)

Qarabağ (AZE) V Ashdod (ISR)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) V Slovácko (CZE)

Ararat Yerevan (ARM) V Śląsk Wrocław (POL)

Universitatea Craiova (ROU) V Laçi (ALB)

Drita (KOS) V Feyenoord (NED)

Basel 1893 (SUI) V Partizani (ALB)

Pogoń Szczecin (POL) V Osijek (CRO)

Austria Wien (AUT) V Breidablik (ISL)

Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) V Birkirkara (MLT)

Hammarby (SWE) V Maribor (SVN)

Molde (NOR) V Servette (SUI)

Újpest (HUN) V Vaduz (LIE)

Sūduva (LTU) V Raków Czestochowa (POL)

FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) V Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU)

FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) V Rosenborg (NOR)

Copenhagen (DEN) V Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR)

Panevezys (LTU) V Vojvodina (SRB)

Hajduk Split (CRO) V Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)

Aberdeen (SCO) V BK Häcken (SWE)

Losers Route

Shamrock Rovers (IRL) - Bye

Teuta (ALB) V Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)

Riga FC (LVA) V Shkëndija (MKD)

Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) V Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

HB Tórshavn (FRO) V Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)

Linfield (NIR) V Borac Banja Luka (BIH)

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) V Fola Esch (LUX)

Valur (ISL) V Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Brussels Sprout · 18-07-2021 2:54pm

Looking ahead it seems that the Champions route is quite protected, in that there shouldn't be too many high quality teams ending up there. That is because from this round on teams losing in the CL will end up dropping to the EL qualifiers. it won't be until the playoffs that fresh teams, originating from the CL, drop into this tournament. In addition to that, all of the teams from the major leagues will end up in the Main route. That means that it's going to extremely difficult for Dundalk and especially Bohemians (due to their inferior ranking which will affect seeding) to qualify.

For Shamrock Rovers though they can already see all of their potential opponents for the third round and playoffs. It's the same teams that competed last week in the first-round of champions league qualifiers with the addition of Olympiacos, Young Boys, Red Star Belgrade and Omonia. However it gets even better, in that the best of those teams won't end up anywhere near the UECL since they'll either be still in the CL or will have dropped into the EL and stayed there.

In reality Rovers future opponents will be made up of:

the other teams who lost in the CL first round, or
the teams who lose both their 2nd round CL games and the subsequent 3rd round of the EL.

That means that it's unlikely to include the 4 teams mentioned above nor the best of the rest since they would have to lose 2 games in a row to inferior competition to end up in the UECL playoff round.

We'll find out who the possible 3rd round opponents will be in tomorrow's draw.

Francie Barrett · 18-07-2021 7:39pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627620#Comment_117627620

Yea, it's actually looking reasonably favourable that Rovers could make the group stages. They will get the winner of one of the below ties in the third round qualifier. The Israeli/Norwegian teams would be the nightmare scenario. You'd think it would be well within Rovers ability to beat the rest though.

Teuta/Inter Club d'Escaldes

Riga/Shkëndija

Dinamo Tbilisi/Maccabi Haifa

HB Tórshavn/Budućnost Podgorica

Linfield/Borac Banja Luka

Shakhtyor Soligorsk/Fola Esch

Folgore/Hibernians

Prishtina/Connah's Quay Nomads

Valur/Bodø Glimt

They've already got €1.15m in the bank by just competing in the third round. If they go though to the play off, that will go up to €1.95m. Potential opponents in that round will be the losers of the Champions League second round qualifier, who will then play each other to compete in the Europa League third round qualifiers. The losers of that will then be parachuted into the Europa Conference League play off, to play against the winner of the ties above ^^.

Dinamo Zagreb/Omonia

Slovan Bratislava/Young Boys

Legia Warsaw/Flora

Alashkert/Sheriff Tiraspol

Olympiacos/Neftçi Baku

Kairat/Red Star Belgrade

Lincoln Red Imps/CFR Cluj

Malmö/HJK

Ferencváros/Žalgiris

Mura/Ludogorets Razgrad

Should Rovers make the play off, they'll be looking probably at the following potential opponents Lincoln Red Imps/Flora/Alashkert/Sheriff Tiraspol/Kairat. If they can win that sort of tie and qualify for the group stage, €3m gets added to the €1.95m they've already made in prize money. This is more than what Dundalk got for making the Europa League group stage last year. The incentive is absolutely massive and the opportunity is surely within reach barring a bad draw.

Dillonb3 · 19-07-2021 11:27am

Dundalk will potentially play Vitesse (Netherlands), NK Domzale (Slovenia)/Fc Honka (Finland) or Universitae Craiova (Romania)/ KF Laci (Albania). Not really great draws

Francie Barrett · 19-07-2021 11:31am

Bohemians potential opponents.

Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / Dynamo Brest (BLR)

Austria Wien (AUT) / Breidablik (ISL)

PAOK (GRE)

Molde (NOR) / Servette (SUI)

Nasty.

Brussels Sprout · 19-07-2021 11:38am

That's the difference in being seeded and unseeded. Way tougher potential opponents for Bohs. Obviously Dundalk want to avoid Vitesse

Brussels Sprout · 19-07-2021 11:50am

Do UEFA explain anywhere what the criteria are for those Groups that they make for the various draws? In many ways they look like geographical groupings (Irish teams often are draw with teams from Wales/Northern Ireland & Scandanavia and rarely from the likes of Andorra/San Marino or Georgia) but sometimes they do not and seem to have teams from all corners of the continent in them. Group 6 of the UECL main path draw looks very regional for example (south-eastern Europe) whereas Group 2 is not at all (teams from all over the continent)

Brussels Sprout · 19-07-2021 12:21pm

After the EL draw it looks like Rovers potential playoff opponents (should they win their own 3rd round match) would most likely be one of:

Flora Tallin
Zalgiris Vilnius
Lincoln red Imps
Neftchi
Kairat Almaty/Alashkert/Sheriff Tiraspol

Brussels Sprout · 19-07-2021 1:08pm

Great draw for Rovers. Teuta of Albania or the Andorran champions

Dillonb3 · 19-07-2021 1:19pm

Dundalk drawn against Vitesse

chopperbyrne · 19-07-2021 1:23pm

Rovers should make the playoff with that draw.

Dillonb3 · 19-07-2021 1:33pm

Bohs will play PAOK if they beat Dudelange

Brussels Sprout · 19-07-2021 1:38pm

I think Dundalk and Bohs got the worst possible opponents from those that they could have gotten.

Edit: Plzen would have probably been worse for Bohs

ArmaniJeanss · 19-07-2021 3:45pm

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117631503#Comment_117631503

My basic understanding is that they work on the principles of north, central and south.

That's slightly different to how most people would split Europe, as we'd default to east, central and west.

Doing it the former way helps to spread the more lucrative western european opponents throughout the draw (and also helps stop them knocking each other out if you want to be cynical).

I'd guess it's a continually moving line though, you could be central one year, south the next etc. There's probably also a situation that are teams 'left over' because the geographical numbers aren't perfect, and they end up playing a long distance opponent.

citytillidie · 19-07-2021 6:39pm

Third Qualifying Round Draw

Champions League path

Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)/Maccabi Haifa (ISR) V HB Tórshavn (FRO)/Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)

Linfield (NIR)/Borac Banja Luka (BIH) V Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)/Fola Esch (LUX)

Shamrock Rovers (IRL) V Teuta (ALB)/Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)

Riga FC (LVA)/Shkëndija (MKD) V Folgore (SMR)/Hibernians (MLT)

Prishtina (KOS)/Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) V Valur (ISL)/Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Main Path

Dinamo Batumi (GEO)/BATE Borisov (BLR) V Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA)/Sivasspor (TUR)

KuPS Kuopio (FIN)/Vorskla Poltava (UKR) V Astana (KAZ)/Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)

Sochi (RUS)/Keşla (AZE) V Partizan (SRB)/Dunajská Streda (SVK)

Ararat Yerevan (ARM)/Śląsk Wrocław (POL) V Arda Kardzhali (BUL)/Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Shkupi (MKD)/Santa Clara (POR) V Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)/Birkirkara (MLT)

Újpest (HUN)/Vaduz (LIE) V Basel (SUI)/Partizani (ALB)

Kolos Kovalivka (UKR) V FCSB (ROU)/Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)

Elfsborg (SWE)/Milsami Orhei (MDA) V Velež (BIH)/AEK Athens (GRE)

Paços de Ferreira (POR) V Larne (NIR)/AGF Aarhus (DEN)

FC Luzern (SUI) V Drita (KOS)/Feyenoord (NED)

RFS (LVA)/Puskás Akadémia (HUN) V Gent (BEL)/Vålerenga (NOR)

Hibernian (SCO)/Santa Coloma (AND) V Gżira United (MLT)/Rijeka (CRO)

Austria Wien (AUT)/Breidablik (ISL) V Aberdeen (SCO)/BK Häcken (SWE)

Trabzonspor (TUR) V Molde (NOR)/Servette (SUI)

Dudelange (LUX)/Bohemians (IRL) / PAOK (GRE)

Kauno Žalgiris (LTU)/The New Saints (WAL) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)/Dynamo Brest (BLR)

Sūduva (LTU)/Raków Czestochowa (POL) V Rubin (RUS)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL)/Slovácko (CZE) V Copenhagen (DEN)/Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR)

Čukarički (SRB)/Sumgait (AZE) V Hammarby (SWE)/Maribor (SVN)

Hajduk Split (CRO)/Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) V Apollon Limassol (CYP)/Žilina (SVK)

CSKA-Sofia (BUL)/Liepāja (LVA) V Pogoń Szczecin (POL)/Osijek (CRO)

Panevezys (LTU)/Vojvodina (SRB) V LASK (AUT)

Limassol (CYP)/Vllaznia (ALB) V Qarabağ (AZE)/Ashdod (ISR)

Spartak Trnava (SVK)/Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) V Sutjeska (MNE)/Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Hafnarfjördur (ISL)/Rosenborg (NOR) V Domžale (SVN)/Honka Espoo (FIN)

Universitatea Craiova (ROU)/Laç (ALB) V Anderlecht (BEL)

Vitesse (NED) V Dundalk (IRL)/Levadia Tallinn (EST)

citytillidie · 23-07-2021 5:53pm

2nd Qualifying Round 1st Leg Results

Main Path

Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) 0 V 5 The New Saints (WAL)

Domžale (SVN) 1 V 1 Honka Espoo (FIN)

Čukarički (SRB) 0 V 0 Sumgait (AZE)

KuPS Kuopio (FIN) 2 V 2 Vorskla Poltava (UKR)

FCSB (ROU) 1 V 0 Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)

Arda Kardzhali (BUL) 0 V 2 Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Apollon Limassol (CYP) 1 V 3 Žilina (SVK)

Sutjeska (MNE) 0 V 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Astana (KAZ) 2 V 0 Aris Thessaloniki (GRE)

Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA) 0 V 1 Sivasspor (TUR)

AEL Limassol (CYP) 1 V 0 Vllaznia (ALB)

Sochi (RUS) 3 V 0 Keşla (AZE)

IF Elfsborg (SWE) 4 V 0 Milsami Orhei (MDA)

RFS (LVA) 3 V 0 Puskás Akadémia (HUN)

Dinamo Batumi (GEO) 0 V 1 BATE Borisov (BLR)

Partizan (SRB) 1 V 0 Dunajská Streda (SVK)

Dundalk (IRL) 2 V 2 Levadia Tallinn (EST)

Gzira United (MLT) 0 V 2 Rijeka (CRO)

Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) 2 V 1 Dynamo Brest (BLR)

CSKA-Sofia (BUL) 0 V 0 Liepāja (LVA)

Shkupi (MKD) 0 V 3 Santa Clara (POR)

Hibernian (SCO) 3 V 0 FC Santa Coloma (AND)

Larne (NIR) 2 V 1 AGF Aarhus (DEN)

Gent (BEL) 4 V 0 Vålerenga (NOR)

Dudelange (LUX) 0 V 1 Bohemians (IRL)

Velež (BIH) 2 V 1 AEK Athens (GRE)

Qarabağ (AZE) 0 V 0 Ashdod (ISR)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) 1 V 0 Slovácko (CZE)

Ararat Yerevan (ARM) 2 V 4 Śląsk Wrocław (POL)

Laçi (ALB) 1 V 0 Universitatea Craiova (ROU)

Drita (KOS) 0 V 0 Feyenoord (NED)

Basel 1893 (SUI) 3 V 0 Partizani (ALB)

Pogoń Szczecin (POL) 0 V 0 Osijek (CRO)

Austria Wien (AUT) 1 V 1 Breidablik (ISL)

Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 1 V 0 Birkirkara (MLT)

Hammarby (SWE) 3 V 1 Maribor (SVN)

Molde (NOR) 3 V 0 Servette (SUI)

Újpest (HUN) 2 V 1 Vaduz (LIE)

Sūduva (LTU) 0 V 0 Raków Czestochowa (POL)

FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) 0 V 0 Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU)

FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) 0 V 2 Rosenborg (NOR)

Copenhagen (DEN) 4 V 1 Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR)

Panevezys (LTU) 0 V 1 Vojvodina (SRB)

Hajduk Split (CRO) 2 V 0 Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)

Aberdeen (SCO) 5 V 1 BK Häcken (SWE)

Loser Path

Folgore (SMR) 1 V 3 Hibernians (MLT)

FC Prishtina (KOS) 4 V 1 Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL)

Teuta (ALB) 0 V 2 Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND)

Riga FC (LVA) 2 V 0 Shkëndija (MKD)

Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) 1 V 2 Maccabi Haifa (ISR)

HB Tórshavn (FRO) 4 V 0 Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)

Linfield (NIR) 4 V 0 Borac Banja Luka (BIH)

FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) 1 V 2 Fola Esch (LUX)

Valur (ISL) 0 V 3 Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

citytillidie · 23-07-2021 5:54pm

Second Qualifying Round 2nd Legs

Tuesday 27th July

Losers Path

Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND) V Teuta (ALB) (Agg 0-0)

Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) V HB Tórshavn (FRO) (Agg 0-0)

Hibernians (MLT) V Folgore (SMR) (Agg 0-0)

Thursday 29th July

Main Path

Vorskla Poltava (UKR) V KuPS Kuopio (FIN) (Agg 2-2)

Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) V FCSB (ROU) (Agg 0-1)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) V Arda Kardzhali (BUL) (Agg 2-0)

Žilina (SVK) V Apollon Limassol (CYP) (Agg 3-1)

Sumgait (AZE) V Čukarički (SRB) (Agg 0-0)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) V Sutjeska (MNE) (Agg 0-0)

Aris Thessaloniki (GRE) V Astana (KAZ) (Agg 0-2)

Sivasspor (TUR) V Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA) (Agg 1-0)

Vllaznia (ALB) V AEL Limassol (CYP) (Agg 0-1)

Keşla (AZE) V Sochi (RUS) (Agg 0-3)

Milsami Orhei (MDA) V IF Elfsborg (SWE) (Agg 0-4)

Puskás Akadémia (HUN) V RFS (LVA) (Agg 0-3)

BATE Borisov (BLR) V Dinamo Batumi (GEO) (Agg 1-0)

Dunajská Streda (SVK) V Partizan (SRB) (Agg 0-1)

Levadia Tallinn (EST) V Dundalk (IRL) (Agg 2-2)

Rijeka (CRO) V Gzira United (MLT) (Agg 2-0)

Dynamo Brest (BLR) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) (Agg 0-0)

The New Saints (WAL) V Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) (Agg 0-0)

Honka Espoo (FIN) V Domžale (SVN) (Agg 0-0)

Liepāja (LVA) V CSKA-Sofia (BUL) (Agg 0-0)

Santa Clara (POR) V Shkupi (MKD) (Agg 3-0)

FC Santa Coloma (AND) V Hibernian (SCO) (Agg 0-3)

AGF Aarhus (DEN) V Larne (NIR) (Agg 1-2)

Vålerenga (NOR) V Gent (BEL) (Agg 4-0)

Bohemians (IRL) V Dudelange (LUX) (Agg 1-0)

AEK Athens (GRE) V Velež (BIH) (Agg 1-2)

Ashdod (ISR) V Qarabağ (AZE) (Agg 0-0)

Slovácko (CZE) V Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) (Agg 0-1)

Śląsk Wrocław (POL) V Ararat Yerevan (ARM) (Agg 4-2)

Universitatea Craiova (ROU) V Laçi (ALB) (Agg 0-1)

Feyenoord (NED) V Drita (KOS) (Agg 0-0)

Partizani (ALB) V Basel 1893 (SUI) (Agg 0-3)

Osijek (CRO) V Pogoń Szczecin (POL) (Agg 0-0)

Breidablik (ISL) V Austria Wien (AUT) (Agg 1-1)

Birkirkara (MLT) V Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) (Agg 0-1)

Maribor (SVN) V Hammarby (SWE) (Agg 1-3)

Servette (SUI) V Molde (NOR) (Agg 0-3)

Vaduz (LIE) V Újpest (HUN) (Agg 1-2)

Raków Czestochowa (POL) V Sūduva (LTU) (Agg 0-0)

Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) V FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) (Agg 0-0)

Rosenborg (NOR) V FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) (Agg 2-0)

Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR) V Copenhagen (DEN) (Agg 1-4)

Vojvodina (SRB) V Panevezys (LTU) (Agg 1-0)

Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) V Hajduk Split (CRO) (Agg 0-2)

BK Häcken (SWE) V Aberdeen (SCO) (Agg 1-5)

Losers Path

Shkëndija (MKD) V Riga FC (LVA) (Agg 0-2)

Maccabi Haifa (ISR) V Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) (Agg 2-1)

Borac Banja Luka (BIH) V Linfield (NIR) (Agg 0-4)

Fola Esch (LUX) V FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) (Agg 2-1)

Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) V FC Prishtina (KOS) (Agg 1-4)

Bodø/Glimt (NOR) V Valur (ISL) (Agg 3-0)

citytillidie · 29-07-2021 11:04pm

Second Qualifying Round 2nd Leg Results

Champions Leauge Losers Path

Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND) 0 V 3 Teuta (ALB) AET (Agg 2-3)

Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) 0 V 2 HB Tórshavn (FRO) (Agg 0-6)

Hibernians (MLT) 4 V 2 Folgore (SMR) (Agg 7-3)

Bodø/Glimt (NOR) 3 V 0 Valur (ISL) (Agg 6-0)

Maccabi Haifa (ISR) 5 V 1 Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) (Agg 7-2)

Fola Esch (LUX) 1 V 0 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) (Agg 3-1)

Borac Banja Luka (BIH) 0 V 0 Linfield (NIR) (Agg 0-4)

Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) 4 V 2 FC Prishtina (KOS) (Agg 5-6)

Shkëndija (MKD) 0 V 1 Riga FC (LVA) (Agg 0-3)

Main Path

Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) 4 V 1 Hajduk Split (CRO) AET (Agg 4-3)

Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) 2 V 1 FCSB (ROU) (Agg 2-2) - Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ) win 5-3 on Pens

Liepāja (LVA) 0 V 0 CSKA-Sofia (BUL) (Agg 0-0) - CSKA-Sofia (BUL) win 3-1 on Pens

Dynamo Brest (BLR) 1 V 2 Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) (Agg 1-2)

Vaduz (LIE) 1 V 3 Újpest (HUN) (Agg 2-5)

Honka Espoo (FIN) 0 V 1 Domžale (SVN) (Agg 0-1)

Keşla (AZE) 2 V 4 Sochi (RUS) (Agg 2-7)

Birkirkara (MLT) 1 V 0 Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) (Agg 1-1) - Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) win 5-4 on Pens

Sumgait (AZE) 0 V 2 Čukarički (SRB) (Agg 0-2)

Vorskla Poltava (UKR) 2 V 3 KuPS Kuopio (FIN) AET (Agg 4-5)

FC Santa Coloma (AND) 1 V 2 Hibernian (SCO) (Agg 1-5)

Levadia Tallinn (EST) 1 V 2 Dundalk (IRL) (Agg 3-4)

BK Häcken (SWE) 2 V 0 Aberdeen (SCO) (Agg 3-5)

Sepsi OSK Sfantu Gheorghe (ROU) 1 V 1 FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) (Agg 1-1) - FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) win 4-3 on Pens

Žilina (SVK) 2 V 2 Apollon Limassol (CYP) (Agg 5-3)

AGF Aarhus (DEN) 1 V 1 Larne (NIR) (Agg 2-3)

BATE Borisov (BLR) 1 V 4 Dinamo Batumi (GEO) (Agg 2-4)

Ashdod (ISR) 0 V 1 Qarabağ (AZE) (Agg 0-1)

Milsami Orhei (MDA) 0 V 5 IF Elfsborg (SWE) (Agg 0-9)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) 4 V 0 Arda Kardzhali (BUL) (Agg 6-0)

Raków Czestochowa (POL) 0 V 0 Sūduva (LTU) (Agg 0-0) - Raków Czestochowa (POL) win 4-3 on Pens

Rosenborg (NOR) 4 V 1 FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL) (Agg 6-1)

Sivasspor (TUR) 1 V 0 Petrocub-Hincesti (MDA) (Agg 2-0)

Slovácko (CZE) 1 V 0 Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) (Agg 1-1) - Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) win 3-2 on Pens

Torpedo-Belaz Zhodino (BLR) 0 V 5 Copenhagen (DEN) (Agg 1-9)

Vålerenga (NOR) 2 V 0 Gent (BEL) (Agg 2-4)

The New Saints (WAL) 5 V 1 Kauno Žalgiris (LTU) (Agg 10-1)

Breidablik (ISL) 2 V 1 Austria Wien (AUT) (Agg 3-2)

Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 3 V 1 Sutjeska (MNE) (Agg 3-1)

AEK Athens (GRE) 1 V 0 Velež (BIH) (Agg 2-2) - Velež (BIH) win 3-2 on Pens

Feyenoord (NED) 3 V 2 Drita (KOS) (Agg 3-2)

Partizani (ALB) 0 V 2 Basel 1893 (SUI) (Agg 0-5)

Puskás Akadémia (HUN) 0 V 2 RFS (LVA) (Agg 0-5)

Rijeka (CRO) 1 V 0 Gzira United (MLT) (Agg 3-0)

Śląsk Wrocław (POL) 3 V 3 Ararat Yerevan (ARM) (Agg 7-5)

Vojvodina (SRB) 1 V 0 Panevezys (LTU) (Agg 2-0)

Aris Thessaloniki (GRE) 2 V 1 Astana (KAZ) AET (Agg 2-3)

Universitatea Craiova (ROU) 0 V 0 Laçi (ALB) (Agg 0-1)

Servette (SUI) 2 V 0 Molde (NOR) (Agg 2-3)

Bohemians (IRL) 3 V 0 Dudelange (LUX) (Agg 4-0)

Dunajská Streda (SVK) 0 V 2 Partizan (SRB) (Agg 0-3)

Maribor (SVN) 0 V 1 Hammarby (SWE) (Agg 1-4)

Osijek (CRO) 1 V 0 Pogoń Szczecin (POL) (Agg 1-0)

Vllaznia (ALB) 0 V 1 AEL Limassol (CYP) (Agg 0-2)

Santa Clara (POR) 2 V 0 Shkupi (MKD) (Agg 5-0)

Third Qualifying Round 1st Legs

Thursday 5th August

Champions League Path

Maccabi Haifa (ISR) V HB Tórshavn (FRO)

Linfield (NIR) V Fola Esch (LUX)

Shamrock Rovers (IRL) V Teuta (ALB)

Riga FC (LVA) V Hibernians (MLT)

Prishtina (KOS) V Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Main Path

Dinamo Batumi (GEO) V Sivasspor (TUR)

KuPS Kuopio (FIN) V Astana (KAZ)

Sochi (RUS) V Partizan (SRB)

Śląsk Wrocław (POL) V Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Santa Clara (POR) V Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)

Újpest (HUN) V Basel (SUI)

Elfsborg (SWE) V Velež (BIH)

Kolos Kovalivka (UKR) V Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)

Paços de Ferreira (POR) V Larne (NIR)

FC Luzern (SUI) V Feyenoord (NED)

RFS (LVA) V Gent (BEL)

Hibernian (SCO) V Rijeka (CRO)

Breidablik (ISL) V Aberdeen (SCO)

Trabzonspor (TUR) V Molde (NOR)

Bohemians (IRL) V PAOK (GRE)

The New Saints (WAL) V Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

Raków Czestochowa (POL) V Rubin (RUS)

Lokomotiv Plovdiv (BUL) V Copenhagen (DEN)

Čukarički (SRB) V Hammarby (SWE)

Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) V Žilina (SVK)

CSKA-Sofia (BUL) V Osijek (CRO)

Vojvodina (SRB) V LASK (AUT)

Limassol (CYP) V Qarabağ (AZE)

Spartak Trnava (SVK) V Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Rosenborg (NOR) V Domžale (SVN)

Laçi (ALB) V Anderlecht (BEL)

Vitesse (NED) V Dundalk (IRL)

citytillidie · 31-07-2021 8:42pm

Play-off Round Seeding

Champions League path

Seeded

Omonoia FC (CYP) / FC Flora Tallinn (EST)

NS Mura (SVN) / FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)

FC Kairat Almaty (KAZ) / Alashkert FC (ARM)

Lincoln Red Imps FC (GIB) / ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Neftçi PFK (AZE) / HJK Helsinki (FIN)

Unseeded

Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) / HB Tórshavn (FRO)

Linfield FC (NIR) / CS Fola Esch (LUX)

Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) / KF Teuta (ALB)

Riga FC (LVA) / Hibernians FC (MLT)

FC Prishtina (KOS) / FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Main path

GROUP 1

Seeded

1 Újpest FC (HUN) / FC Basel 1893 (SUI)

2 AEL Limassol FC (CYP) / Qarabağ FK (AZE)

3 The New Saints FC (WAL) / FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

4 Tottenham Hotspur (ENG)

Unseeded

5 PFC CSKA-Sofia (BUL) / NK Osijek (CRO)

6 FC Paços de Ferreira (POR) / Larne FC (NIR)

7 Breidablik (ISL) / Aberdeen FC (SCO)

8 FK Čukarički (SRB) / Hammarby Fotboll (SWE)

GROUP 2

Seeded

1 KF Laçi (ALB) / RSC Anderlecht (BEL)

2 Stade Rennais FC (FRA)

3 FK Vojvodina (SRB) / LASK (AUT)

4 FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)

Unseeded

5 Galatasaray A.Ş. (TUR) / St Johnstone FC (SCO)

6 Kolos Kovalivka (UKR) / FC Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ)

7 Rosenborg BK (NOR) / NK Domžale (SVN)

8 Vitesse (NED) / Dundalk FC (IRL)

GROUP 3

Seeded

1 KuPS Kuopio (FIN) / FC Astana (KAZ)

2 Bohemian FC (IRL) / PAOK FC (GRE)

3 FC Luzern (SUI) / Feyenoord (NED)

4 RFS (LVA) / KAA Gent (BEL)

Unseeded

5 IF Elfsborg (SWE) / FK Velež (BIH)

6 Raków Czestochowa (POL) / FC Rubin (RUS)

7 Hibernian FC (SCO) / HNK Rijeka (CRO)

8 1. FC Union Berlin (GER)

GROUP 4

Seeded

1FK Jablonec (CZE) / Celtic FC (SCO)

2 FC Sochi (RUS) / FK Partizan (SRB)

3 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1926 (BUL) / F.C. Copenhagen (DEN)

4 AS Roma (ITA)

5 WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL) / Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR)

Unseeded

6 SK Rapid Wien (AUT) / Anorthosis Famagusta FC (CYP)

7 FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) / MŠK Žilina (SVK)

8 CD Santa Clara (POR) / NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)

9 Dinamo Batumi (GEO) / Sivasspor (TUR)

10 Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) / Molde FK (NOR)

Europa Conference League 2021/2022

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