PastyHusty

Intertoto Cup Finals, 1st leg, Results
Lille 0-0 Leiria
Schalke 2-1 Liberec
Villarreal 2-0 Atletico

Villarreal have a great position to be in the UEFA Cup again this season. One away goal at Athletico could be enough to send them through. The other matches look like they could be close. I'd fancy Liberec to put Schalke out.

PastyHusty

Selected 2nd Qualifying Round, 1st leg, Results
Zeleznik 2-4 Steaua Bucharest
Ventspils 0-0 Brondby
Stabek 3-1 Haka
Levski Sofia 5-0 Modrica
AEK Larnaca 3-0 Maccabi Petach-Tikva
Odd Grenland 3-1 Ekranas
Genclerbirligi 1-0 Rijeka
Glentoran 0-1 Elfsborg
Sakhnin 3-0 Partizani
Beveren 3-1 Vaduz
Bodo-Glimt 2-1 Levadia Maardu
Hafnarfjordur 2-2 Dunfermline

I enjoyed this round of the UEFA Cup very much because it gained me a total of 76 points in another PL!

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I hoped Glentoran would win. I hope they turn it around.

PastyHusty

Intertoto Cup Finals, 2nd leg, Results
Atletico (2)2-0(2) Villarreal (aet) [Villarreal win 3-1 on aggregate]
Leiria (0)0-2(2) Lille (aet)
Liberec (1)0-1(3) Schalke

Lille, Schalke and Villarreal all qualify for the UEFA Cup. Tommorow, 32 more teams will join them and the other 45 teams in the 1st round, with the draw taking place on Friday.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Glentoran kick off soon, Go Glentoran!

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Never mind. Glentoran out. Thats a pity.

PastyHusty

Selected 2nd Qualifying Round, 2nd leg, Results
Brondby (1)1-1(1) Ventspils [Ventspils win on away goals rule!]
Dinamo Tbilisi (3)2-0(3) Slavia Prague [Dinamo win on away goals rule]
Dunfermline (3)1-2(4) Hafnarfjordur
Ekranas (3)2-1(4) Odd Grenland
Elfsborg (3)2-1(1) Glentoran
Haka (2)1-3(6) Stabek
IA Akranes (1)1-2(4) Hammarby
Legia Warsaw (7)6-0(0) FC Tbilisi
Levadia Maardu (3)2-1(3) Bodo-Glimt (aet) [Bodo-Glimt win 8-7 on penalties]
Liteks Lovech (9)7-0(1) Zeljeznicar
Maccabi Petach-Tikva (4)4-0(3) AEK Larnaca
Metallurg (3)1-1(3) Oster [Metallurg win on away goals rule!]
Modrica (0)0-3(8) Levski Sofia
Partizan (1)1-0(0) Otelul
Partizani (1)1-3(6) Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin
Rijeka (2)2-1(2) Genclerbirligi [Genclerbirligi win on away goals rule]
Steaua Bucharest (5)1-2(4) Zeleznik
Vaduz (2)1-2(5) Beveren


A few shocks in the 2nd Qualifying round tonight, several good sides out already. It just goes to show no sides in Europe are to be underestimated.

It's a shame neither of the British clubs made it. Dunfermline were 1-0 up at one stage with 10 minutes to go, but a dodgy goal that appeared to be offside drew the Icelandic side level .. with the winner being struck in the 90th minute. It was a cruel blow for the Scottish side, but they didn't put in such a great performance.


The draw tommorow will be at 12:30 CET with 80 teams involved. The teams have been split into 5 groups of 10, with 5 seeded and 5 unseeded teams in each group to be drawn against each other. I believe the idea of this is that the 5 winners involving the teams named 'Group A', will become the 5 teams in Group A at the Group Stage, which follows the 1st round. The groups are here ----> http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEF...Id=218624.html

I'm looking forward to seeing who the English clubs could face.

Newcastle .v. Sakhnin?
Millwall .v. Odd Grenland?
Middlesbrough .v. Alkmaar?

Hehe.

PastyHusty

1st Round Draw
Group 1
Grazer AK (Aus) .v. Litex Lovech (Bul)
Lazio (I) .v. Metalurh Donetsk (Ukr)
Bodo-Glimt (Nor) .v. Besiktas (Tur)
Shelbourne (Ire) .v. Lille (F)
Hearts (Sco) .v. Braga (P)

Group 2
Austria Wien (Aus) .v. Legia Warsaw (Pol)
Banska Bystrica (Svk) .v. Benfica (P)
Partizan (Scg) .v. Dinamo Bucharest (Rom)
Parma (I) .v. Maribor Branik (Slo)
Real Zaragoza (S) .v. Sigma Olomouc (Cze)

Group 3
Sporting Lisbon (P) .v. Rapid Vienna (Aus)
Newcastle United (E) .v. Hapoel Bnei-Sakhnin (Isr)
Steaua Bucharest (Rom) .v. CSKA Sofia (Bul)
Wisla Krakow (Pol) .v. Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo)
Utrecht (H) .v. Djurgardens (Swe)

Group 4
Millwall (E) .v. Ferencvaros (Hun)
FC Schalke (G) .v. Liepajas Metalurgs (Lat)
Maccabi Haifa (Isr) .v. Dnipro (Ukr)
Terek Grozny (Rus) .v. Basel (Swi)
Odd Grenland (Nor) .v. Feyenoord (H)

Group 5
Aalborg (Den) .v. Auxerre (F)
Sevilla (S) .v. Nacional (P)
Nova Gorica (Slo) .v. AEK Athens (Gre)
Standard Liege (Bel) .v. Bochum (G)
Crveda Zvezda (Scg) .v. Zenit (Rus)

Group 6
Trabzonspor (Tur) .v. Athletic Bilbao (S)
Ujpest (Hun) .v. Stuttgart (G)
Maccabi Petach-Tikva (Isr) .v. Heerenveen (H)
Panionios (Gre) .v. Udinese (I)
Levski Sofia (Bul) .v. Beveren (Bel)

Group 7
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) .v. Elfsborg (Swe)
Hafnarfjordur (Ice) .v. Alemannia Aachen (G)
Middelsbrough (E) .v. Banik Ostrava (Cze)
Club Brugge (Bel) .v. Chateauroux (F)
PAOK Salonika (Gre) .v. Alkmaar (H)

Group 8
Ventspils (Lat) .v. Amica Wronki (Pol)
Sochaux (F) .v. Stabek (Nor)
Egaleo (Gre) .v. Genclerbirligi (Tur)
Rangers (Sco) .v. Maritimo (P)
Villarreal (S) .v. Hammarby (Swe)

Ties to be played September 16th and 30th


Our of the British clubs, I reckon Newcastle and Middlesbrough have the easiest ties. Millwall's opponents will be very tricky. I would love for them to make it into the group stage, but it will be tough.

Nice to see a Norway .v. Holland tie.

RoM

ajax, Juventous, Munich, Newcastle.....we are in for a busy season in Israel

DrTagnian

Odd Grenland ... seems an easy match for Feyenoord. Chris, how are they doing in the competition?