League of Ireland in Europe 2014
Well, that time of the year is coming around soon and with most of the leagues now finished, we can see the possible opponents for the Irish sides.
In Champions League, Pats will face a difficult selection of teams, the fact that Swedish Champions Malmo and Norwegian Champions Stromsgodset are not seeded would be evidence of that. So, it will be tough ask for Pats to progress. UEFA do regionalise the draw, so it is likely to assume that it would be one of the following:
*Possible
Celtic
BATE Borisov
Ventspils
HJK Helsinki
*Sparta Praha
*Slovan Bratislava
*Maribor
*Polish Winners
Full List: http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/...eedcl2014.html
In the Europa League, Sligo being seeded will aid their attempts to progress and they have a chance to get a game they would consider 'winnable', again the draw will be regionalised, so the usual clubs from the northern nations that LOI fans are familiar to. Obviously like Sligo, Dundalk and Derry will face northern teams as well, with Rosenborg the major team to avoid, other than them, the teams would not be super hard but probably just a bit better than them apart from 1 or 2 of them.
Full List: http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/...eedel2014.html