Europa League 2009

[dcfcsteve]

http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/F...fs/gnid-55300/

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has announced that five referees will be used during the first ever Europa League campaign next season.

A principal referee will still be in charge, as well as two linesmen, but the big news is that Uefa and Fifa have decided to put two more officials behind each goal during the entire competition.

The addition of two officials will help the man in black to have two more eyes on each penalty area and will make his task easier.

This new measure is a test and could become general in the close future if it proves fruitful and improves the game.

“In agreement with Michel Platini and Uefa, we have decided that Uefa will test this new measure during the Europa League, not only during group stages but until the end [of the competition],” Blatter said.

Seems a strange one.

What are they there primarily to do ? Ajudicate on penalty decisions ? Look at goal-line/contentious goal issues ? I can assume it's to deal with penalties, given the growth in crying over this issue, and the growth in diving as well.

[A N Mouse]

http://www.setanta.com/uk/Articles/F...fs/gnid-55300/

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has announced that five referees will be used during the first ever Europa League campaign next season.

A principal referee will still be in charge, as well as two linesmen, but the big news is that Uefa and Fifa have decided to put two more officials behind each goal during the entire competition.

The addition of two officials will help the man in black to have two more eyes on each penalty area and will make his task easier.

This new measure is a test and could become general in the close future if it proves fruitful and improves the game.

“In agreement with Michel Platini and Uefa, we have decided that Uefa will test this new measure during the Europa League, not only during group stages but until the end [of the competition],” Blatter said.

Has anyone a link to the official announcement [tried searching uefa.com]? Is it any less ambiguous than what is in the quoted article?

The bits in bold seem contradictory, with no specific mention of qualifying rounds.

[dcfcsteve]

Has anyone a link to the official announcement [tried searching uefa.com]? Is it any less ambiguous than what is in the quoted article?

The bits in bold seem contradictory, with no specific mention of qualifying rounds.

Surely those bits you put in bold just say the same thing though ANM...?

[A N Mouse]

Surely those bits you put in bold just say the same thing though ANM...?

Well they do and they don't steve.

Put the two together

during the entire competition [setanta], "not only during group stages but until the end [of the competition]" Blatter said.

Now setanta may view it as the whole competition, as we established before they're paying for the group stages and beyond. But to me the entire competition would include the qualifiers (= contradictory), which aren't mentioned (= ambiguity)

[sligoman]

Bump.

Draw is on Monday. From the sites I've been looking at we can't get Andorra or San Marino anymore, they don't enter til 2nd round now. Not regionalised so chances are tis gonna be an expensive trip.

Anyone know what time the draw's at? I've heard different stories that it's not exactly live, that clubs are informed first and then it's announced officially then.

[Rovers1]

. Not regionalised so chances are tis gonna be an expensive trip.

It's ridiculous that the 1st round isn't regionalised if so. Could bankrupt the club!

[Dazzy]

Anyone know what time the draw's at? I've heard different stories that it's not exactly live, that clubs are informed first and then it's announced officially then.

13.30CET on the UEFA site.

[Dodge]

Anyone know what time the draw's at? I've heard different stories that it's not exactly live, that clubs are informed first and then it's announced officially then.

No, its live on the UEFA website

Or at least it was the last couple of years.

Chances are we'll have a game against the winner of a first round tie. Could be NI, could be a team in a disputed zone between Armenia and Azerbaijain


I'm dreading the draw

[Martinho II]

God I miss the buzz of going live on uefa.com and seeing who your team will be playin in the next round of europe! best of luck with all teams in the draw

[sligoman]

God I miss the buzz of going live on uefa.com and seeing who your team will be playin in the next round of europe! best of luck with all teams in the draw

Will you be joining us on our European away leg Marty?

[Martinho II]

Will you be joining us on our European away leg Marty?

I doubt it! funds are very low for the away game! im tempted to go to the home match and do an overnighter.would you be able to get me a ticket for it? I still have those two programs for you!

[MariborKev]

could be a team in a disputed zone between Armenia and Azerbaijain

Was chatting to a mate of my brothers who works for an NGO out there. Some of his stories...........

Still, probably still more pleasant than a Thursday night in Lurgan in July or August.

[CuanaD]

13.30CET on the UEFA site.

Anyone got a direct link to the live page? - I can never seem to find it

[OneRedArmy]

Michael Hayes of the FAI told me at the Fans Forum that's some clubs had requested a delay of a few hours between the draw being made and it being published to allow clubs to make arrangements. Previously the draw was live. No idea whether or not this proposal has been accepted.

[A N Mouse]

Damned if I can find it now, but there was something in one the of releases from the start of this month indicating that the press would be informed in due course about the exact format of the draw etc.. Read into that what you will.

As regards getting the live draw visit uefa.com anytime from 11am (for the champions league and 1230 for the europa league, don't expect to see anything happen for a while) on Monday and it should be hard to miss, as long as you have flash/javscript enabled. Generally speaking bbc and eurosport will also have some form of live coverage. And if you check listings the whole thing may be on eurosport itself.

I can't see them conducting the draw behind closed doors, they like to be seen to be open about these things.

[Dodge]

I'm nearly certain Pats would be one opf those clubs looking for the delay after the Berlin balls up but I can't see UEFA agreeing to it.

The press release probably hints at the fact that it may still be regionalised, and we're not sure exactly how the seeding will work as the draw for the first two rounds takes place at the same time. Some teams seeded in the first round would be seeded in the second round if they won through, others wouldn't be.

Time/money is an issue forme this year so I'm hoping for wales. I'll settle for anything west of budapest

[Red&White Rover]

Aye was working it out, and I think out of the ten or so countries we can get in the First Round, there's no way I could make it to at least 4 of those...

Some mad expensive trips...

[dcfcsteve]

I'll settle for anything west of budapest

Or anything south of €400.....

[Dodge]

Well, yeah, absolutely

One and the same though I think

[SkStu]

dont know if this has been listed already but here are Bohs' possible opponents in the CL qualifiers. Some really tough draws there but got to say we have a slightly better chance against some of the teams in the bottom half. Gonna be a tough one for us i think.

Possible opponents are:

FC Copenhagen (Denmark)
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Wisła Kraków (Poland)
BATE Borisov (Belarus)
Red Bull Salzburg (Austria)
Kalmar FF (Sweden)
APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus)
Stabæk (Norway)
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Ventspils (Latvia)
Maribor (Slovenia)
FH Hafnarfjörður (Iceland)
Inter Turku (Finland)
Ekranas (Lithuania)