2011/12 Europa League thread

We found out who we have tomorrow, first time in Europe

Anyone know when the draw is?

ROI & UK teams

Karpaty Lviv (Ukraine) 3 St Patrick's Athletic (ROI) 1 5-1
Stoke City (England) 1 Hajduk Split (Croatia) 0 2-0
Vorskla Poltava (Ukraine) 2 Sligo Rovers (ROI) 0 2-0
Paks (Hungary) 1 Hearts (Scotland) 4 2-5
Split (Croatia) 0 Fulham (England) 2 0-2



Blowouts (5 goals or more difference)
Ventspils (Latvia) 0 Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 7 1-9
F.K Željezničar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 6 0-8
Metalurgi Rustavi (Georgia) 0 Rennes (France) 2 2-7
Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Iceland) 0 Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) 2 1-6
*FC Differdange (Luxembourg) 0 Olympiakos Volos (Greece) 3 0-6* may be overturned
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 2 FK Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 0 7-0
Vålerenga (Norway) 0 PAOK (Greece) 3 0-5



away goals AET & penalties
Alania Vladikavkaz (Russia) 1 Aktobe (Kazakhstan) 1 2-2 (4-2) p
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 1 Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) 2 3-3 (4-5) p
Palermo (Italy) 1 Thun (Switzerland) 1 3-3 (a)
Mainz (Germany) 1 Gaz Metan Mediaș (Romania) 1 2-2 (3-4) p
Śląsk Wrocław (Poland) 0 Lokomotiv Sofia (Bulgaria) 0 0-0 (4-3) p
Ried (Austria) 2 Brøndby IF (Denmark) 4 4-4 (a)


upsets (my opinion)
Midtjylland (Denmark) 1 Vitória S.C. (Portugal) 2 1-2
AC Omonia (Cyprus) 0 ADO Den Haag (Netherlands) 1 3-1
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) 2 FK Rabotnički (Macedonia) 1 2-3

Mainz got eliminated.

Palermo as well. Italy and Germany are even right now.

Except I don't care about Palermo.

I take that back. I hope they lose for Mauro.

Rei Andros wrote:Palermo as well. Italy and Germany are even right now.

The longer Germany keeps the spot the harder it will be for Italy to get it back.

The draw is in 30mins for Champions & Europa League

Birmingham could play any of the following

CD Nacional (POR)
FC Sion (SUI)
PFC Litex Lovech (BUL)
SV Ried (AUT)
FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
WKS Śląsk Wrocław (POL)

I dunno to be honest, if we were in the Prem i would be glad of this selection (all 'beatable' teams if we play well enough) but with 40odd games in the Championship i dont really want qualification

Aren't FC Thun in the Challenge League?

Heres a live stream

http://firstrow.me/watch/76785/1/watch-uefa-europa-league---draw.html

EDIT Took me ages to find a livestream...then i realised i had Eurosport on Sky

Hearts v Spurs, battle of Britain.

How are Birmingham seeded.

Blues vs CD Nacional...their stadium only holds 5000

Dinamo Tbilisi vs AEK Athens.



I reckon it's winnable, that.

We'll put Spurs oot

SpiritOfShankly wrote:How are Birmingham seeded.

We won a cup i guess is the reason but i dunno to be honest

Come On You Spurs!

We'll no doubt go through after a tricky away leg.

bcfcben wrote:Blues vs CD Nacional...their stadium only holds 5000

Past precedent makes it seem they might play somewhere else. The most recent example was Levadia Tallinn v Differdange. Levadia's Kadrioru Stadium seats only 5,000 but instead they played at the A. Le Coq Arena which seats 10,300.

Here are a list of ties that I see as interesting;

Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) v Panathinaikos (Greece)
Atletico Madrid (Spain) v Vitória S.C. (Portugal)
Bursapor (Turkey) v Anderlecht (Belgium)
Legia Warsaw (Poland) v Spartak Moscow (Russia)
Trabzonspor (Turkey) v Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
Heart of Midlothian (Scotland) v Tottenham Hotspur (England)
FC Nordsjælland (Denmark) v Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal)
Hannover 96 (Germany) v Sevilla (Spain)

I think the Fulham game is interesting due to the fact it's Martin Jol vs the man who replaced him at us, Juande Ramos. Come on Jol!

Ham wrote:We'll put Spurs oot

Would love that. Can't see it happening though

Weather130 wrote:

bcfcben wrote:Blues vs CD Nacional...their stadium only holds 5000

Past precedent makes it seem they might play somewhere else. The most recent example was Levadia Tallinn v Differdange. Levadia's Kadrioru Stadium seats only 5,000 but instead they played at the A. Le Coq Arena which seats 10,300.

That would be better, especially as none of us Bluenoses have been to Euro competitions. I will still struggle to get a ticket though

bcfcben wrote:

Weather130 wrote:

bcfcben wrote:Blues vs CD Nacional...their stadium only holds 5000

Past precedent makes it seem they might play somewhere else. The most recent example was Levadia Tallinn v Differdange. Levadia's Kadrioru Stadium seats only 5,000 but instead they played at the A. Le Coq Arena which seats 10,300.

That would be better, especially as none of us Bluenoses have been to Euro competitions. I will still struggle to get a ticket though

Nacional are located in Funcal which is part of an island chain in southern Portugal and I think this tie could be moved to maybe 2 different locations. C.S. Maritimo is also located in Funcal and have a stadium that seats 8,922. S.C. Olhanense is also in southern Portugal with a stadium that seats 10,000.

Weather130 wrote:

Im trying to get flight tickets over there but cant find anything as i might just watch it in a local bar because i doubt even if we get the 10,000 seat stadium ill be able to get a ticket

Woo double post

Europa League Play Offs tonight against Nacional Anyone know any links that will show it?

We're going to be right in the Heart of it tonight.

Not really bothered about our game tonight, buzzin' for Hearts - Spurs though!

Panathinaikos To Win

Well that was a good start to our Europa League campaign.

Finished 0-0 with us. We played really well as well and were unlucky not to win. Looking forward to the home game now

scottish football is a joke

and if celtic or rangers fans think they would be challenging for top 4 in england they iz craaaaaaaaaaazy