eircom League in Europe - 2008

Uefa Champions League – first qualifying round draw:

Linfield (Northern Ireland) v Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Valletta (Malta) v Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)
Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) v NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands)
Santa Coloma (San Marino) v FBK Kaunas (Lithuania)
Murata (San Marino) v IFK Gothenburg (Sweden)
Llanelli (Wales) v Ventspils (Latvia)
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) v FC Pyunik (Armenia)
Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) v Rabotnicki (Macedonia)
Tampere United (Finland) v Buducnost Podgorica (Montenegro)
Duderange (Luxembourg) v Domzale (Slovenia)
Dinamo Tirana (Albania) v Modrica (Bosnia-Herzegovina)
Aktobe (Kazakhstan) v Sheriff (Moldova)
DROGHEDA UNITED (Republic of Ireland) v Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)
BATE Borisov (Belarus) v Valur Reykjavik (Iceland)

Uefa Champions League – second qualifying round draw (selected):

DROGHEDA UNITED or Levadia Tallinn v Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Rangers (Scotland) v Santa Coloma or Kaunas
Dudelange or Domzale v Linfield or Dinamo Zagreb

thats not bad - drogs should come thru the first round. ya never know against kiev..

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Originally Posted by Duggie

thats not bad - drogs should come thru the first round. ya never know against kiev..

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They've no chance of beating Kiev

When will we know of the UEFA cup and intertoto draws?

EDIT: 12.30 our time for the UEFA cup draw.

UEFA Cup draw is on at 12.30pm Irish time.

It is a really good first round draw but Dynamo is too hard for most teams to contend, like last year, one of worst 2nd Round Draws, the league needs a lucky break some time in the 2nd Round thats how other small teams got into the Champions League over the years, their draws were favourable.

Brings back memnories of the sheer excitement waiting for the Euro draws in 2006... :D

Drogs should have too much for Levadia over two legs, one would hope.

Kiev would be a very tough challenge for them. On the plus side they're a well-known name so should attract a few curious people along to Dalymount (I assume that's where they'll play). On the downside, Kiev is probably an expensive trip for an Irish team.

Difficult to see Linfield getting anywhere with Zagreb.

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Originally Posted by Titan

We'll have to wait another year for an Irish team to reach the group stages then! Seriously the way Drogs are playing Levadia will stuff them. Wot does that do to the co-efficeint Stu?!

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I think the year we're losing is a really bad year (is it five years since Shels lost to Hibs?), so anything is a gain this year really.

There has never been a better time to play Dinamo Kyiv. Last year FK Sarajevo nearly beat them in R3.

Agree with the other comments, Linfield have no chance against Dynamo Zagreb.

UEFA Cup draw in about 2 mins. Going through Central/East region now.

Best of luck to Cork and Pat's in the draw.

Decent enough draw for Drogs.

Great draw for Glentoran - Pats or Cork would have loved Metalurgs

Manchester City are gone.

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Originally Posted by Titan

We'll have to wait another year for an Irish team to reach the group stages then! Seriously the way Drogs are playing Levadia will stuff them. Wot does that do to the co-efficeint Stu?!

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We are nowhere near to playing at the Group stages.

Sorry to burst your bubble...

Olimps v Pats

Olimps (Latvia) vs. St. Pat's.

Brilliant! Great chance for Pats - second worst seed available!

look who pats got,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JFK_Olimps_R%C4%ABga
we can take this lot

Cork City vs. Haka (Finland)

Could have been worse for Cork as well - I'd give them a fighting chance in Finland - the way the draw was coming out I thought they'd get Copenhagen for a while there.

Them draws aren't too bad. Couldn't have been much easier for St. Pat's and Cork managed to avoid the bigger clubs.