If it's Monday - it must be European Draws Day...

**Réiteoir** · 21/06/2009, 11:33 PM

Best of luck to all our representative clubs in the various draws for the Champions League and Europa League this lunchtime - here's hoping for a few good games...

Balls racked up for first draw

The long road to the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League final begins on Monday as the draws for the first two qualifying rounds of the competition are held in Nyon, with 36 teams ready to embark on a new adventure.

First four champions
The first qualifying round features the champions of Malta, Montenegro, Andorra and San Marino – Hibernians FC, FK Mogren, UE Sant Julià and SP Tre Fiori respectively – with two-legged ties to be staged on 30 June/1 July and 7/8 July. Mogren and Sant Julià will be seeded in the 12.00CET draw in accordance with the club rankings established at the beginning of the season. Slots for the winners of those two matches will be set aside in the second qualifying round draw, with fixtures to be played on 14/15 and 21/22 July.

Draw procedure
Once more, the draw will be made up equal numbers of seeded and unseeded sides, with the winners of the 17 ties progressing to the third qualifying round – with the draw to be held at UEFA headquarters on 17 July at 12.00CET. Seeds for this section include FC København, PFC Levski Sofia and FK Partizan. As with the first qualifying round draw, balls containing the seeded clubs will be placed in one bowl, with balls of the unseeded clubs placed in another. A ball will be taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they will be shuffled. The first team drawn will play its first match at home, against the second team drawn.

Final date
This season's UEFA Champions League final will be played at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid on 22 May 2010.

UEFA Champions league first qualifying round draw

Seeded
1 FK Mogren (MNE)
2 UE Sant Julià (AND)

Unseeded
1 Hibernians FC (MLT)
2 SP Tre Fiori (SNM)

UEFA Champions League second qualifying round draw

Seeded
FC København (DEN)
PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)
FK Partizan (SRB)
Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR)
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Wisła Kraków (POL)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
FC Salzburg (AUT)
Kalmar FF (SWE)
APOEL FC (CYP)
Stabæk IF (NOR)
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
FK Ventspils (LAT)
NK Maribor (SLO)
FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)
FC International Turku (FIN)
FK Ekranas (LTU)

Unseeded
Bohemian FC (IRL)
NK Zrinjski (BIH)
Debreceni VSC (HUN)
FC Sheriff (MDA)
FC WIT Georgia (GEO)
FK Makedonija GP Skopje (MKD)
FK Baku (AZE)
FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
KF Tirana (ALB)
FK Aktobe (KAZ)
FC Pyunik (ARM)
Rhyl FC (WAL)
Glentoran FC (NIR)
EB/Streymur (FRO)
F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Winner 1QR match 1
Winner 1QR match 2

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Europa League 1st Qualifying Round Draw

1st Qualifying Round (46 teams)

Seeded teams
Rosenborg BK (NOR)
Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP)
Helsingborg IF (SWE)
Motherwell (SCO)
Randers FC (DEN)
Bnei Yehuda (ISR)
Spartak Trnava (SVK)
Polonia Warsaw (POL)
Slaven Koprivnica (HRV)
FC Lahti (FIN)
Vetra Vilnius (LIT)
Sligo Rovers (IRL)
Dinaburg Daugavpils (LAT)
Rudar Velenje (SLO)
Dinamo Minsk (BLR)
MTZ-Ripo Minsk (BLR)
Siroki Brijeg (BOS)
Haladás Szombathely (HUN)
Olimpi Rustavi (GEO)
FC Zestafoni (GEO)
Zimbru Chisinau (MOL)
Keflavik (ISL)
Fram Reykjavik (ISL)

Unseeded teams
Renova Dzepciste (MKD)
Inter Baku (AZE)
Simurq Zaqatala (AZE)
Trans Narva (EST)
Kalju Nomme (EST)
Vllaznia Shkoder (ALB)
Dinamo Tirana (ALB)
Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ)
Okzhetpes Kokshetau (KAZ)
Mika Ashtarak (ARM)
Banants Yerevan (ARM)
Llanelli FC (WAL)
The New Saints (WAL)
Linfield Belfast (NIR)
Lisburn Distillery (NIR)
B36 Torshavn (FAR)
NSI Runavik (FAR)
CS Grevenmacher (LUX)
UN Kaerjeng (LUX)
Buducnost Podgorica (MON)
Sutjeska Niksic (MON)
Valletta FC (MLT)
Birkirkara (MLT)

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Europa League 2nd Qualifying Round Draw

***Unseeded teams in the 1st qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round. The reason for this is that the draw for the 2nd qualifying round is made before the results of the 1st qualifying round are known.

Below it is assumed that seeded teams of the 1st qualifying round qualify for the 2nd qualifying round.***

Seeded teams
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Steaua Bucuresti (Rom)
FC Basel (Sui)
Galatasaray (Tur)
Rosenborg BK * (Nor)
AaB Aalborg (Den)
Red Star Belgrade (Srb)
Anorthosis Famagusta * (Cyp)
Brøndby IF (Den)
Metalurg Donetsk (Ukr)
Helsingborg IF * (Swe)
MSK Zilina (Svk)
Tromsø IL (Nor)
Rapid Wien (Aut)
Paços de Ferreira (Por)
NAC Breda (Ned)
AE Larissa (Gre)
IF Elfsborg (Swe)
Falkirk FC (Sco)
Motherwell * (Sco)
Cherno More Varna (Bul)
AA Gent (Bel)
Randers FC * (Den)
Sigma Olomouc (Cze)
Legia Warsaw (Pol)
Sturm Graz (Aut)
Dinamo Tbilisi (Geo)
FK Sevojno (Srb)
Maccabi Netanya (Isr)
Bnei Yehuda * (Isr)
Omonia Nicosia (Cyp)
Spartak Trnava * (Svk)
St. Patrick's Athletic (Irl)
Derry City (Irl)
Nova Gorica (Slo)
Polonia Warsaw * (Pol)
NK Rijeka (Cro)
Slaven Koprivnica * (Cro)
Rabotnicki Skopje (Mac)
HJK Helsinki (Fin)
Honka Espoo (Fin)

Unseeded teams
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FC Lahti * (Fin)
Suduva Marijampole (Lit)
FBK Kaunas (Lit)
Vetra Vilnius * (Lit)
Sligo Rovers * (Irl)
Metalurgs Liepaja (Lat)
Skonto Riga (Lat)
Dinaburg Daugavpils * (Lat)
Rudar Velenje * (Slo)
Naftan Novopolotsk (Bls)
Dinamo Minsk * (Bls)
MTZ-Ripo Minsk * (Bls)
Slavija Sarajevo (Bos)
FK Sarajevo (Bos)
Siroki Brijeg * (Bos)
Újpest TE (Hun)
Haladás Szombathely * (Hun)
Olimpi Rustavi * (Geo)
FC Zestafoni * (Geo)
Dacia Chisinau (Mol)
Iskra-Stal Ribnita (Mol)
Zimbru Chisinau * (Mol)
KR Reykjavik (Isl)
Keflavik * (Isl)
Fram Reykjavik * (Isl)
FC Vaduz (Lie)
Milano Kumanovo (Mac)
Garabag Agdam (Azb)
Flora Tallinn (Est)
KS Flamurtari Vlorë (Alb)
Tobol Kustanai (Kaz)
Gandzasar Kapan (Arm)
Bangor City (Wal)
Crusaders Belfast (Nir)
HB Torshavn (Far)
Differdange 03 (Lux)
OFK Petrovac (Mon)
Santa Coloma (And)
Sliema Wanderers (Mlt)
Juvenes Dogana (Sma)

**thischarmingman** · 21/06/2009, 11:44 PM

Thanks for blowing my post out of the water.

Can't wait now, bring it on.

**mypost** · 21/06/2009, 11:56 PM

Good luck to the 3 representatives in Europe, (Pats, Derry, and Sligo) and that they maintain the country co-efficient as high as it currently is.

**Dodge** · 21/06/2009, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by mypost

Good luck to the 3 representatives in Europe, (Pats, Derry, and Sligo) and that they maintain the country co-efficient as high as it currently is.

They aleady are. new rules sees teams gain points for the round they exit at, so Pats and Derry have already earned points for the league

Which is just as well as I'm dreading this draw. fingers crossed for Wales/NI

**sligoman** · 21/06/2009, 11:59 PM

Been looking forward to this for so long, it feels like it's come around so quick in the end up. Hope we get a favourable draw tomorrow morning. It will be tough either way. Good luck to all teams

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**Boo_Boy** · 22/06/2009, 12:02 AM

Can't wait, day off tomorrow so if i don't go to bed now i won't get up till about 4

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Good luck to all of the other teams in the draw, hope ye get who you want along with Rovers.

**pól-dcfc** · 22/06/2009, 1:47 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

Good luck to the 3 representatives in Europe, (Pats, Derry, and Sligo) and that they maintain the country co-efficient as high as it currently is.

Nice exclusion of Bohs there!

**Dalymountrower** · 22/06/2009, 7:23 AM

Originally Posted by mypost

Good luck to the 3 representatives in Europe, (Pats, Derry, and Sligo) and that they maintain the country co-efficient as high as it currently is.

You just stick to the glamour friendlies and you`ll be grand.

**srfc1928** · 22/06/2009, 7:32 AM

cant wait for this. please God we get a decent draw.
Good luck to all clubs involved

**Mayo Red** · 22/06/2009, 7:59 AM

Good luck to all our clubs involved. Hopefully Rovers will get a good draw, an away trip to Wales would be nice!!

**Martinho II** · 22/06/2009, 8:05 AM

best of luck to all clubs on their european draw today. god I miss the buzz of my club being in the european draw and waiting for it online..

**Partizan** · 22/06/2009, 8:43 AM

Originally Posted by Martinho II

best of luck to all clubs on their european draw today. god I miss the buzz of my club being in the european draw and waiting for it online..

Yes, we all miss Longford trendsetting achievements in Europe.

**Martinho II** · 22/06/2009, 8:56 AM

Originally Posted by Partizan

Yes, we all miss Longford trendsetting achievements in Europe.

so do I

but I miss the recent trips like liechtenstein and wales anyway.

**OneRedArmy** · 22/06/2009, 8:59 AM

I reckon we've at least 4 opportunities to go to a disputed region with a recent history of armed conflict.

Talk about a busman's holiday...

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2009, 9:00 AM

At least your opposition will have it just as bad.

**OneRedArmy** · 22/06/2009, 9:04 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

At least your opposition will have it just as bad.

Unless we draw Crusaders and have to go to Lurgan in the middle of July.

I'd rather dance down Bobby Sands Boulevard in Tehran wearing a Down With The Clerics T-shirt.

**Hibs4Ever** · 22/06/2009, 9:21 AM

Sligo's opponents will be either:

KS Vllaznia (ALB)
FC Okzheptes Kokshetau (KAZ)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
UN Käerjéng 97 (LUX)
Birkirkara FC (MLT)

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...id=839710.html

**Dodge** · 22/06/2009, 9:22 AM

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uef...id=839710.html

SLigo to get one of these 5 teams only

KS Vllaznia (ALB)
FC Okzheptes Kokshetau (KAZ)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO)
UN Käerjéng 97 (LUX)
Birkirkara FC (MLT)

**ifk101** · 22/06/2009, 9:27 AM

I hope for Sligo's sake they don't draw that team from Kazakstan.

**A N Mouse** · 22/06/2009, 9:31 AM

Originally Posted by Dodge

They aleady are. new rules sees teams gain points for the round they exit at, so Pats and Derry have already earned points for the league

Which is just as well as I'm dreading this draw. fingers crossed for Wales/NI

If you were paying attention in the other thread

you'd know that not true. They have already earned club points, which previously could only be achieved by getting to the first round proper of the uefa cup.

The country co-efficient is still results based.

Looks around for ucd fan to back this up.

This new system will start to benefit teams like linfield and glentoran, in a few years time. And may eventually see them seeded despite poor results.