Neil
19/06/2002, 10:04 AM
European competition for four eircom League clubs comes into focus this weekend as the draw for the Champions League and UEFA Cup takes place in Geneva on Friday 21st June.
St Patrick’s Athletic go into action in their first round, first leg match in the Intertoto Cup the following day against HNK Rijeka of Croatia.
The draw for the first and second rounds of the Champions League will take place at 11 am Irish time in Geneva on Friday 21st June .
As Shelbourne are seeded, they will face one of the following ten clubs: Hibernians (Malta), Barry Town (Wales), Flora Tallinn (Estonia), Pyunk Yerevan (Armenia), Zeljesnicar Sarajevo (Bosnia), Portadown (Northern Ireland), B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands), Dinamo Tirana (Albania), F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) and the entry from Azerbaijan where a dispute has been ongoing between the national association and its clubs.
The first round matches will take place on the 17th and 24th of July. If Shelbourne are successful in their first round match they will play in the second round against one of fourteen seeded clubs which include such names as Sparta Prague, Boavista, Brondby IF, Sturm Graz , Maccabi Haifa and Partizan Belgrade among others.
The second round matches take place on the 31st July and 7th August. The draw for the third qualifying round takes place on July 26th (which will include Manchester United, Newcastle United, Celtic, Barcelona and Inter Milan) and matches will be played on 13/14th and 27/28th August.
The draw for the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup will also take place in Geneva on Friday 21st June at 11:30 am Irish time. Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk will be drawn in this for matches that will take place on the 15th and 29th August. The draw for the first round of the UEFA Cup will take place on Friday 30th August.
St Patrick’s Athletic go into action on Saturday 22nd June at 5:30pm Irish time against Croatian side HNK Rijeka in Rijeka.
Rijeka is the largest port on the Adriatic with a population of about 220,000. HNK Rijeka finished fifth in the Croatian League last season.
The match against St Patrick’s Athletic will be an early test for new coach Zlatko Kranjcar who joined HNK Rijeka last month having guided NK Zagreb to their first Croatian title last season. The new Croatian League season begins on 27th July.
Four of Croatia’s World Cup squad play in the Croatian League (none for HNK Rijeka). The second leg of the tie will be played in Richmond Park on Sunday 30th June at 3:30 pm.
If St Patrick’s Athletic are successful against HNK Rijeka they will play away in the first leg of the second round of the Intertoto Cup the following weekend against KAA Gent of Belgium on Saturday 6th July
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St Patrick’s Athletic go into action in their first round, first leg match in the Intertoto Cup the following day against HNK Rijeka of Croatia.
The draw for the first and second rounds of the Champions League will take place at 11 am Irish time in Geneva on Friday 21st June .
As Shelbourne are seeded, they will face one of the following ten clubs: Hibernians (Malta), Barry Town (Wales), Flora Tallinn (Estonia), Pyunk Yerevan (Armenia), Zeljesnicar Sarajevo (Bosnia), Portadown (Northern Ireland), B36 Torshavn (Faroe Islands), Dinamo Tirana (Albania), F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) and the entry from Azerbaijan where a dispute has been ongoing between the national association and its clubs.
The first round matches will take place on the 17th and 24th of July. If Shelbourne are successful in their first round match they will play in the second round against one of fourteen seeded clubs which include such names as Sparta Prague, Boavista, Brondby IF, Sturm Graz , Maccabi Haifa and Partizan Belgrade among others.
The second round matches take place on the 31st July and 7th August. The draw for the third qualifying round takes place on July 26th (which will include Manchester United, Newcastle United, Celtic, Barcelona and Inter Milan) and matches will be played on 13/14th and 27/28th August.
The draw for the preliminary round of the UEFA Cup will also take place in Geneva on Friday 21st June at 11:30 am Irish time. Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk will be drawn in this for matches that will take place on the 15th and 29th August. The draw for the first round of the UEFA Cup will take place on Friday 30th August.
St Patrick’s Athletic go into action on Saturday 22nd June at 5:30pm Irish time against Croatian side HNK Rijeka in Rijeka.
Rijeka is the largest port on the Adriatic with a population of about 220,000. HNK Rijeka finished fifth in the Croatian League last season.
The match against St Patrick’s Athletic will be an early test for new coach Zlatko Kranjcar who joined HNK Rijeka last month having guided NK Zagreb to their first Croatian title last season. The new Croatian League season begins on 27th July.
Four of Croatia’s World Cup squad play in the Croatian League (none for HNK Rijeka). The second leg of the tie will be played in Richmond Park on Sunday 30th June at 3:30 pm.
If St Patrick’s Athletic are successful against HNK Rijeka they will play away in the first leg of the second round of the Intertoto Cup the following weekend against KAA Gent of Belgium on Saturday 6th July
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