Europa League 2020/21

[The Cockney Don]

Draw for the First Qualifying Round is Monday 10th August with the single legged match played on Thursday 27th August(although games can be played on the Tuesday or Wednesday if there are scheduling conflicts).

[muttonhumper]

This is shit.

Only 50/50 chance of getting an away trip.

Then zero chance of getting to the game if we are drawn away.

That's before we start on our minimal chances of progress due to a gutless manager.

[ericblack4boss]

Absolutely no chance of progression in this competition, hopefully this will signal the countdown to the sleekit bastard departure 

[The Cockney Don]

Would the Dons be seeded in the 2nd Qualifying Round ?

Some decent sides in there now.

Tottenham, AC Milan, Basel, Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Standard Liege.

[Tord31]

Seeded in QR1 and QR2.

Unseeded in QR3 and QR4.

This is our year to get a bit further. It's always down to the luck of the draw more than how shite we are.

[RUL]

Call me negative but hopefully a home draw against a decent side so we can go out without embarrassing ourselves. 

[NEM]

6 hours ago, The Cockney Don said:

Would the Dons be seeded in the 2nd Qualifying Round ?

Some decent sides in there now.

Tottenham, AC Milan, Basel, Wolfsburg, Galatasaray, Standard Liege.

When do their leagues start up again? Chance to catch the likes of spurs cold?

[The Cockney Don]

2 minutes ago, NEM said:

When do their leagues start up again? Chance to catch the likes of spurs cold?

Dons are apparently seeded in the 2nd qualifying round so wouldn't meet the likes of them till the 3rd round(24th September) which by then all the top leagues new seasons will be up and running.

English Premier League starts back 12th September.   

[WesthillWanderersFC]

18 minutes ago, NEM said:

When do their leagues start up again? Chance to catch the likes of spurs cold?

Did you see how utterly shite we were yesterday? 

[strachanmcgheegoal]

Need to ride our luck and get any kind of winnable draw In Q3.  And then just see where ever Q4 might take us.  Rounds 1-3 being well into our season has to help, surely to fuck.

[The Cockney Don]

Not much that's too special joining in the 3rd Round.

PSV and Sporting Lisbon the standouts.

I reckon the Tims will make the Champions League Groups.

[NEM]

1 hour ago, WesthillWanderersFC said:

Did you see how utterly shite we were yesterday? 

Afraid so aye ?

 

Clutching at straws 

[afc1903mad]

13 hours ago, The Cockney Don said:

Not much that's too special joining in the 3rd Round.

PSV and Sporting Lisbon the standouts.

I reckon the Tims will make the Champions League Groups.

Couple of teams still to be determined, but the QR3 round would likely include these seeded teams: -

 

Tottenham Hotspur **     Eng  85.000              .
FC Basel **              Sui >54.500              .
Sporting CP Lisbon       Por  50.000 
FC København **          Den >38.000
PSV Eindhoven            Ned  37.000
VfL Wolfsburg **         Ger >36.000
Sparta Praha             Cze  30.500
APOEL Nicosia *          Cyp  27.500
BATE Borisov **          Bls  24.000
Galatasaray **           Tur  23.500
Malmö FF *               Swe  22.000
Partizan Belgrade *      Srb  22.000
CL-Q2nc @2                    21.000 - 54.000
Standard Liège **        Bel  20.500
FCSB *                   Rom  20.500
Granada CF **            Esp >19.885
AC Milan **              Ita  19.000
CL-Q2nc @2                    18.500 - 34.000
AEK Athens               Gre  16.500
Glasgow Rangers **       Sco >16.250
LASK                     Aut >14.000
NK Maribor *             Slo  14.000
Hapoel Beer-Sheva *      Isr  14.000
Rosenborg BK *           Nor  13.500 

[strachanmcgheegoal]

....shivers...

[aberdeen1970]

We'll get to round 3 and get papped oot. 

Not really expecting any more.  The chances of this team navigating 4 Cup ties to get to the groups seems like a pipe dream at the moment. 

Although an away tie in round 2 might be problematic for us. 

 

[afc1903mad]

1 minute ago, aberdeen1970 said:

We'll get to round 3 and get papped oot. 

Not really expecting any more.  The chances of this team navigating 4 Cup ties to get to the groups seems like a pipe dream at the moment. 

Just showed on another thread that winning the Scottish cup / getting the third place spot as a default, is even more crucial for next seasons campaign.

Doing so puts us automatically into QR3 and have two shots at group stages (EL or EL2)

[afc1903mad]

3 minutes ago, aberdeen1970 said:

Although an away tie in round 2 might be problematic for us. 

Depending on who we get, it could prove a difficult tie, although I'd still be confident with most of them

 

Here's who's expected to be unseeded in QR2: -

Zalgiris Vilnius *       Lit   6.000

AGF Aarhus *             Den  >5.650
Motherwell *             Sco  >5.575
FC Vaduz *               Lie   5.500
FK Kukësi *              Alb   5.500
Anorthosis Famagusta     Cyp   5.350
Aris Thessaloniki        Gre  >5.260
OFI Heraklion            Gre  >5.260
Valletta FC *            Mlt   5.250
FK Ventspils *           Lat   5.250
Olimpija Ljubljana *     Slo   5.250
Lincoln Red Imps *p      Gib   5.250
Servette FC Genève *     Sui  >5.120
Vojvodina Novi Sad       Srb   5.100
TSC Backa Topola *       Srb   5.100
Kalju Nomme *            Est   5.000
NK Osijek                Cro   4.975
Shakhtior Saligorsk *    Bls   4.750
IFK Göteborg             Swe   4.550
Hammarby IF *            Swe   4.550
FC Santa Coloma *p       And   4.500
FH Hafnarfjardar *       Isl   4.500
Bodø/Glimt *             Nor   4.350
Viking Stavanger         Nor   4.350
Progrès Niederkorn *     Lux   4.250
FK Riteriai *            Lit   4.250
CSKA Sofia *             Bul   4.000
Sutjeska Niksic *        Mon   4.000
Honvéd Budapest *        Hun   4.000
Maccabi Haifa *          Isr   3.925
Beitar Jerusalem *       Isr   3.925
Ordabasy Shymkent *      Kaz   3.850
Kaysar Kyzylorda         Kaz   3.850
Neftchi Baku *           Azb   3.750
Shamrock Rovers *        Irl   3.750
B36 Torshavn *p          Far   3.750
Kesla FK *               Azb   3.750

[strachanmcgheegoal]

I assume it’s country specific is it? So ignoring seeding for the moment we can’t get Motherwell or der hun 

[afc1903mad]

Just now, strachanmcgheegoal said:

I assume it’s country specific is it? So ignoring seeding for the moment we can’t get Motherwell or der hun 

Yes, we will be put into pots meaning we will not be able to draw teams from our own country

[Tord31]

Next week for the first round draw.

It's still not 100% confirmed how this all works. I'm mostly meaning the dollars but 2 more pages of speaking about away goals would be fun

[dazzy_deff]

6 minutes ago, Tord31 said:

Next week for the first round draw.

It's still not 100% confirmed how this all works. I'm mostly meaning the dollars but 2 more pages of speaking about away goals would be fun

Please dont bring that up again. All the zoomers will be out in force. 

[Tord31]

Draw tomorrow for Aberdeen and Motherwell

 

I see Celtic got an Icelandic team at home

[Betty Swallicks]

Groups have been confirmed now.

Regionalised,

Iceland, Northern Ireland (Glentoran), Wales (Barry Town) or 2 teams from Faroes.

[Tord31]

Seems like we've got off lightly there.

 

[Ten Caat]

A trip to Iceland would be no gimme. and we weren't exactly brilliant when we last faced Barry Town in Wales

[Simply Red]

59 minutes ago, Ten Caat said:

A trip to Iceland would be no gimme. and we weren't exactly brilliant when we last faced Barry Town in Wales

A trip to spar is like a trip to Mars

 

[CalgaryDon]

1 hour ago, Betty Swallicks said:

Groups have been confirmed now.

Regionalised,

Iceland, Northern Ireland (Glentoran), Wales (Barry Town) or 2 teams from Faroes.

Are bohemian FC in the competition? Would be delighted if we drew them and knocked them out.

[The Cockney Don]

[The Cockney Don]

5 minutes ago, CalgaryDon said:

Are bohemian FC in the competition? Would be delighted if we drew them and knocked them out.

They are yes.

They'll be playing one of :

FK Bodø/Glimt (NOR)

Nõmme Kalju FC (EST)

Fehérvár FC (HUN) .

[aberdeen1970]

10 minutes ago, The Cockney Don said:

Away in Iceland would be the toughest.  But we should really be beating any of this lot