ForeverInLoveWithJus

The mighty Shels get a good draw, Another big night in Tolka Park.

Riapanonias

Odd grenland had luck on the last round, and now that they face one of the big ones in Netherland.

I dont see Odd grenland having an easy game.
I think they'll loose Big time.

PastyHusty

1st Round, 1st leg Results
Group 1
Grazer AK (Aus) 5-0 Litex Lovech (Bul)
Metalurh Donetsk (Ukr) 0-3 Lazio (I)
Bodo-Glimt (Nor) 1-1 Besiktas (Tur)
Shelbourne (Ire) 2-2 Lille (F)
Hearts (Sco) 3-1 Braga (P)

Group 2
Austria Wien (Aus) 1-0 Legia Warsaw (Pol)
Banska Bystrica (Svk) 0-3 Benfica (P)
Partizan (Scg) 3-1 Dinamo Bucharest (Rom)
Parma (I) 3-2 Maribor Branik (Slo)
Real Zaragoza (S) 1-0 Sigma Olomouc (Cze)

Group 3
Sporting Lisbon (P) 2-0 Rapid Vienna (Aus)
Newcastle United (E) 2-0 Hapoel Bnei-Sakhnin (Isr)
Steaua Bucharest (Rom) 2-1 CSKA Sofia (Bul)
Wisla Krakow (Pol) 4-3 Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo)
Utrecht (H) 4-0 Djurgardens (Swe)

Group 4
Millwall (E) 1-1 Ferencvaros (Hun)
FC Schalke (G) 5-1 Liepajas Metalurgs (Lat)
Maccabi Haifa (Isr) 1-0 Dnipro (Ukr)
Terek Grozny (Rus) 1-1 Basel (Swi)
Odd Grenland (Nor) 0-1 Feyenoord (H)

Group 5
Aalborg (Den) 1-1 Auxerre (F)
Sevilla (S) 2-0 Nacional (P)
Nova Gorica (Slo) 1-1 AEK Athens (Gre)
Standard Liege (Bel) 0-0 Bochum (G)
Zenit (Rus) 4-0 Crveda Zvezda (Scg)

Group 6
Trabzonspor (Tur) 3-2 Athletic Bilbao (S)
Ujpest (Hun) 1-3 Stuttgart (G)
Panionios (Gre) 3-1 Udinese (I)
Levski Sofia (Bul) 1-1 Beveren (Bel)

Group 7
Dinamo Zagreb (Cro) 2-0 Elfsborg (Swe)
Hafnarfjordur (Ice) 1-5 Alemannia Aachen (G)
Middlesbrough (E) 3-0 Banik Ostrava (Cze)
Club Brugge (Bel) 4-0 Chateauroux (F)
PAOK Salonika (Gre) 2-3 Alkmaar (H)

Group 8
Ventspils (Lat) 1-1 Amica Wronki (Pol)
Sochaux (F) 4-0 Stabek (Nor)
Egaleo (Gre) 1-0 Genclerbirligi (Tur)
Maritimo (P) 1-0 Rangers (Sco)
Hammarby (Swe) 1-2 Villarreal (S)

Great results for the English clubs last night! Middlesbrough and Millwall had impressive matches on their first UEFA Cup showing. Hasselbaink and Viduka scored the goals for Middlesbrough in the second-half to give them a big advantage over the Czech Champions. Surely it'll be enough to take them through. Millwall lead against Ferencvaros with a free-kick from Dennis Wise, but one slopy mistake let Ferencvaros back in. I think they still have a good chance in the second leg.

Newcastle won 2-0 over Sahknin, but the tactics from the Israeli side were awful. They recieved a red card and many yellows for cynical tackles that seemed like nothing more than attempts at fouling the Newcastle players. Based on that, I hope they get thrashed in the second leg.

Hearts and Shelbourne had a great night as well! Hearts won the first ever football match to be held at Murrayfield, 3-1 over Braga. The Portugese side may have an away goal, but it'll be a brilliant lead to take over to Portugal in two weeks. Shelbourne had to come from behind to draw 2-2 at home with Lille. They've given themselves a good chance of progressing.

The only disappointment was Rangers 1-0 defeat in Maritimo, but with the 2nd leg at home to come, they can still recover the defecit.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I was so happy when Rangers lost that one. Well done to Shels. they did well and finally started to play in the second half. Though they could have been 6 or 7 behind at half time.

DrTagnian

Three nice wins for the Dutch teams, although Feyenoord's match was very poor.

I'm excited to see the next round ... the poule system.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I wonder if Millwall can make it through, Hope they dont get a turkish team in the next round lol.

PastyHusty

Maccabi Petach-Tikva .v. Heerenveen will now be played as a one off tie next week due to strikes in Israel, which lead to the match being delayed. The match was initially delayed from last week when it clashed with Tel-Aviv's CL match with Bayern Munich.

PastyHusty

1st Round, 2nd Leg - Results
Aachen (5)0-0(1) Hafnarfjordur
AEK Athens (2)1-0(1) Nova Gorica
Alkmaar (5)2-1(3) PAOK
Amica (2)1-0(1) Ventspils
Athletic (4)2-0(3) Trabzonspor
Auxerre (3)2-0(1) AaB
Banik (1)1-1(4) Middlesbrough
Basel (3)2-0(1) Terek Grozny
Benfica (5)2-0(0) Banska Bystrica
Besiktas (2)1-0(1) Bodo-Glimt
Beveren (2)1-0(1) Levski Sofia
Bochum (1)1-1(1) Standard *
Braga (3)2-2(5) Hearts
Chateauroux (1)1-2(6) Club Brugge
Crvena Zvezda (1)1-2(6) Zenit
CSKA Sofia (3)2-2(4) Steaua Bucharest
Dinamo Bucharest (1)0-0(3) Partizan Belrgade
Dinamo Tbilisi (5)2-1(5) Wisla Krakow *
Djurgardens (3)3-0(4) Utrecht
Dnipro (2)2-0(1) Maccabi Haifa
Elfsborg (0)0-0(2) Dinamo Zagreb
Ferencvaros (4)3-1(2) Millwall
Feyenoord (5)4-1(1) Odd Grenland
Genclirbirligi (1)1-1(2) Egaleo
Hapoel Bnei Sakhnin (1)1-5(7) Newcastle United
Heerenveen 5-0 Maccabi Petach-Tikva
Lazio (6)3-0(0) Metalurh
Legia Warsaw (1)1-3(4) Austria Wien
Lille (4)2-0(2) Shelbourne
Litex Lovech (1)1-0(5) Grazer AK
Maribor Branik (2)0-0(3) Parma
Metalurgs (1)0-4(9) Schalke 04
Nacional (1)1-2(4) Sevilla
Rangers (1)1-0(1) Maritimo **
Rapid (0)0-0(2) Sporting Lisbon
Sigma (2)2-3(4) Real Zaragoza
Stabek (0)0-5(9) Sochaux
Stuttgart (7)4-0(1) Ujpest
Udinese (2)1-0(3) Panionias
Villarreal (5)3-0(1) Hammarby

* Won on away goals rule
** Rangers win 4-2 on penalties


2 of the English teams made it through - Newcastle and Middlesbrough. In the end it was very comfortable for both teams. Millwall weren't quite as fortunate at Ferencvaros. Some incidents made the game memorable for the wrong reasons.. but Ferencvaros were the team that impressed on the pitch. Millwall will now be able to concentrate on the league.

Rangers and Hearts did well for Scotland. Hearts had to fight back from being a goal behind to make sure their aggragate lead stayed safe, while Rangers were the only team in 40 ties that ended up winning in a penalty shoot-out. This'll be a massive boost for both clubs! - especially for Rangers as they're seeded in the top group.

Shelbourne did very well to only lose by two goals on aggragate. Lille are a strong French side and the Irish team can only gain good points from such a nice display over two legs! May they progress well again next season.

All 4 Dutch teams through - most without problems. Feyenoord and Heerenveen thrashed their opponents! Utrecht had a 4-0 lead from the 1st leg and they more than needed it after being beaten 3-0 in Sweden..

Lazio and Parma are the only two teams left that represent Italy, while Spain have 4, Germany 3 and France 3. All teams from Norway and Israel were eliminated.


Seeding for the Group Phase Draw
Pot 1
Lazio (83.531)
Parma (66.531)
Feyenoord (65.247)
Newcastle United (61.511)
AEK Athens (51.467)
Stuttgart (47.331)
Club Brugge (43.528)
Rangers (42.600)

Pot 2
Villarreal (42.350)
Auxerre (34.947)
Schalke 04 (34.331)
Sporting Lisbon (33.969)
Real Zaragoza (33.350)
Besiktas (32.656)
Benfica (29.969)
Lille (27.947)

Pot 3
Athletic Club (26.350)
Sevilla (26.350)
Dinamo Zagreb (25.733)
Basel (25.382)
Sochaux (24.947)
Middlesbrough (20.511)
Utrecht (20.247)
Grazer AK (19.970)

Pot 4
Partizan Belgrade (18.655)
Steaua Bucharest (17.881)
Hearts (17.600)
Heerenveen (17.247)
Aachen (16.331)
Amica Wronki (16.176)
Panionios (15.467)
Dnipro (14.300)

Pot 5
Ferencvaros (13.046)
Standard (12.528)
Egaleo (11.467)
Alkmaar (11.247)
Zenit (9.572)
Beveren (9.528)
Austria Wien (8.970)
Dinamo Tbilisi (1.650)

The number in brackets is the UEFA Co-Efficient of each team. The draw is due to take place on Tuesday and the group matches will be played between mid-week two weeks after the draw and the middle of December.

DrTagnian

We never had such a good first round.

Duffyboy

Is there any way Ferencvaros can be kicked out after their behaviour in the second leg?

The racist abuse chanted was shocking.