League of Ireland in Europe 2015

[seand]

Absolute motherfookin disaster for Dundalk. BATE probably the strongest team in the draw, one of the least attractive, one of the least accessible. Away first too so it'll probably be dead and buried by the time we get back to Oriel... unless the great Irish sporting public demand that its moved to Lansdowne

[Real ale Madrid]

Didn't a Stephen Kenny Managed Bohs beat them before ?

[D24Saint]

That is the worst we could have gotten. Gonna be some effort to get over there.

not really fly into Vilnius, get transport to Minsk then from there to Barysaw bit in it but very doable.The transport costs in Lithuania & Belarus wont be high either.

[seand]

Yes, Kenny has a 100% record v BATE. At that stage BATE had won 2 and lost 4 ties in Europe. Now they've played CL group stage four times and EL groups twice in the past 7 seasons.

[White Horse]

Graham Byrne, the fitness and condition coach, tweeted that this team "would play in a car park in Afghanistan and just get on with it".

That is the spirit.

[ForzaHoop]

Hibernians FC (MLT) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
APOEL FC (CYP) v FK Vardar (MKD)
Qarabağ FK (AZE) v FK Rudar Pljevlja (MNE)
FK Sarajevo (BIH) v KKS Lech Poznań (POL)
NK Maribor (SVN) v FC Astana (KAZ)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v Dundalk FC (IRL)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) v FK Ventspils (LVA)
FC Midtjylland (DEN) v Lincoln FC (GIB)/FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Molde FK (NOR) v FC Pyunik (ARM)/SS Folgore (SMR)
Malmö FF (SWE) v FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
Celtic FC (SCO) v Stjarnan (ISL)
FK AS Trenčín (SVK) v FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FK Partizan (SRB) v FC Dila Gori (GEO)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)
CS Fola Esch (LUX) v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
KF Skënderbeu (ALB) v Crusaders FC (NIR)/FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO)/ The New Saints FC (WAL) v Videoton FC (HUN)

• Ties played on 14/15 and 21/22 July.

[White Horse]

Apparently, fans on Borisov forum are sh1tting themselves about having to travel to Dundalk.

[pineapple stu]

Away first too, just to make it worse.

[Dodge]

Away first too, just to make it worse.

Or better if they want to get through. Dundalk have a genuine chance IMO

[pineapple stu]

Do you reckon?

Dundalk - like last year - are a form team, which is rare enough for LoI teams in Europe. So if anyone can get by them, it's Dundalk. I'd just rather they'd have gotten an easier tie in the first round and then chanced a decent draw in the next round - get a Europa League group spot (or is there an extra round now or something)?

[pineapple stu]

Rovers away to the Luxembourg side

Cork home to the Iceland side.

Good start so far there.

[pineapple stu]

I don't understand how this draw is working?

But Slovenia and Slovakia are out for us. Just Norway, Luxembourg and Azerbaijan left as options.

[pineapple stu]

Pat's away to Skonto.

We're not going to Norway

[pineapple stu]

And we're not going to Azerbaijan!

Looks like it's Luxembourg

Four great draws if that's the case

[pineapple stu]

West Ham off to Andorra, which will be interesting! Though they've already said they won't be fielding a full team in the early rounds.

We're home against F91 Dudelange first leg.

[Yossarian]

So to sum up. Great draws for all the Europa teams and a terrible draw for us!

[Real ale Madrid]

Did they draw all the groups at once ?

[pineapple stu]

Did they draw all the groups at once ?
I think they decided that the second placed seeds were playing the third placed unseeded teams in each group - or something like that.

[colonelwest]

Disaster of a draw for us travel wise, regionalisation me hole. BATE's record over the last few seasons goes from great results to getting absolutely tonked so they seem to be hit and miss, hopefully this year it's miss.


Also it's charter or bust for us, not a hope of fans paying these prices, getting time off work, hotel, accomodation, visa etc all sorted in the next week or two.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CIGWVYwWUAAg-ny.png:large

[bennocelt]

Happy with the Europa draws, was hoping for a Luxembourg tie and end up getting two. great, its less than 3.5 hours by train..........:D

Pity about Dundalk, but as Dodge said, second leg at home can be an advantage if the tie is still alive

[The Donie Forde]

Did they draw all the groups at once ?

Yeah, as far as I can tell.

Ours was pulled as 9 v 4, and this then applied to all the groups at once.

[pineapple stu]

Are they drawing round 2 now?

(Cocky I know! :))

[colonelwest]

Half 2 for round 2!

[Pablo Escobar]

Half 2 for round 2!

I think it's 1:30 our time.

[colonelwest]

I think it's 1:30 our time.

That it would be, they forgot to stick CET on the tweet I saw from Uefa. Kind of wrecks the poetic lilt to half 2 though ! :D

[Nah Nah Nah Nah]

Are they drawing round 2 now?

(Cocky I know! :))

The final is in Basel by the way

[Trainee]

Hibernians FC (MLT) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
APOEL FC (CYP) v FK Vardar (MKD)
Qarabağ FK (AZE) v FK Rudar Pljevlja (MNE)
FK Sarajevo (BIH) v KKS Lech Poznań (POL)
NK Maribor (SVN) v FC Astana (KAZ)
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v Dundalk FC (IRL)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) v FK Ventspils (LVA)
FC Midtjylland (DEN) v Lincoln FC (GIB)/FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Molde FK (NOR) v FC Pyunik (ARM)/SS Folgore (SMR)
Malmö FF (SWE) v FK Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)
Celtic FC (SCO) v Stjarnan (ISL)
FK AS Trenčín (SVK) v FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
FK Partizan (SRB) v FC Dila Gori (GEO)
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v FC Milsami Orhei (MDA)
CS Fola Esch (LUX) v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
KF Skënderbeu (ALB) v Crusaders FC (NIR)/FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
B36 Tórshavn (FRO)/ The New Saints FC (WAL) v Videoton FC (HUN)

• Ties played on 14/15 and 21/22 July.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season%3D2014/draws/index.html


Very good draw for Dundalk

[pineapple stu]

The final is in Basel by the way
Hey, I'm new to this; give me a break!

The last time we qualified for Europe, the draw had already been made.

[Dodge]

I think they decided that the second placed seeds were playing the third placed unseeded teams in each group - or something like that.

Not really on seeds. There's 5 seeds, then "randomly" assigned a number 1-5. The non-seeds are assigned 6-10.

Then its' 3 v 9, 6 v 2 or whatver

[geysir]

Tough draw for Dundalk against a top east european club from a summer league.
Cork? best possible draw for KR :)

Linfield yet again draw a Faroese team, is that 3 times in a row?

[colonelwest]

https://twitter.com/ChampionsLeague/status/612958595529986048

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[pineapple stu]

Not really on seeds. There's 5 seeds, then "randomly" assigned a number 1-5. The non-seeds are assigned 6-10.

Then its' 3 v 9, 6 v 2 or whatver
Yeah, sorry - when I said "second placed seeds", I meant the second of the seeded teams as per the list.

So, what you said.

[pineapple stu]

Rovers off to Moldova or Norway in the second round if they get there - Odd FK or Sheriff. Tough but not impossible

[pineapple stu]

Cork v Vikingur of the Faroes or Rosenborg of Norway if they get past KR

[pineapple stu]

UCD off to Gibraltar or Slovakia (Slovan Bratislava)

[ger121]

Rovers off to Moldova or Norway in the second round if they get there - Odd FK or Sheriff. Tough but not impossible
They'd prefer Odd for multiple reasons I'm sure.

[colonelwest]

Not to bad a draw this year for Europe for our teams so far, bar ourselves!

[pineapple stu]

Tee hee - the guy having to pronounce Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho!

Or KR, whoever gets through.

[pineapple stu]

Have West Ham got the easiest ever European draw?

After Andorra comes - some Armenian crowd who've never scored in six games in Europe, or Birkirkara of Malta.

[pineapple stu]

Pat's v Debrecen (Hungary) or Sutjeska (Montenegro)

Debrecen are decent, but still, that's not a scary draw. Cliftonville drew 0-0 and lost 2-0 to them a couple of years ago.

[D24Saint]

First things first but id love a trip to Montenegro if we got past Skonto.

[desaintsno.12]

fuk you infantino

[MeathDrog]

I think Dundalk can get a result in Belarus like 1-1 or a 2-1 loss to keep it alive for the 2nd leg.

[D24Saint]

http://skontofc.com/?zina=792

we look set to be in Latvia on the 2nd it hasn't been confirmed on our end yet but id be shocked to see it changed.

[pineapple stu]

Can't imagine any of the ties will be changed unless there's two games in one city. Handy that Rovers and UCD are playing in Luxembourg in different legs in that regard. I was advised 6pm this evening and everything will be formalised.

[El-Pietro]

Can't imagine any of the ties will be changed unless there's two games in one city. Handy that Rovers and UCD are playing in Luxembourg in different legs in that regard. I was advised 6pm this evening and everything will be formalised.

City game v KR could be changed apparently. We're all waiting for confirmation as they potentially want to move it to the national stadium.

No disrespect to KR, but of all the seeds we could have gotten that was not the worst. I feel a lot more hopeful about progression than I did yesterday. I reckon we'd be fairly even.

Rosenborg isn't the worst draw in the second round, wed be massive underdogs but its doable in theory. Seeded in Round 3 then.....

Ah I'm just delighted to be back in the big time!

[Charlie Darwin]

Best possible draw for Rovers that, and should we progress it's not the worst second round draw either.

[shep]

Not best pleased with the BATE draw,but as our near neighbours the drogs proved a few years back against Dinamo Kiev,anything is possible.Pats result away to Legia last year also.Where would you reckon BATE would rank along side Legia or that Kiev side,because this Dundalk team is one of best sides I have seen in 25 years in Ireland

[Charlie Darwin]

BATE would be better than Legia I think, but the main difference will be BATE are mid-season.

[placid casual]

I'd fancy Pats to be the only team from LOI to get through one round