League of Ireland in Europe 2015

**seand** · 22/06/2015, 10:20 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 10:26 AM

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

**D24Saint** · 22/06/2015, 10:28 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 10:30 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 10:47 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 10:50 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 10:54 AM

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

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2015, 10:54 AM

Away first too, just to make it worse.

**Dodge** · 22/06/2015, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Away first too, just to make it worse.

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

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2015, 10:57 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 11:08 AM

Rovers away to the Luxembourg side

Cork home to the Iceland side.

Good start so far there.

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2015, 11:10 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 11:11 AM

Pat's away to Skonto.

We're not going to Norway

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2015, 11:12 AM

And we're not going to Azerbaijan!

Looks like it's Luxembourg

Four great draws if that's the case

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2015, 11:17 AM

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** · 22/06/2015, 11:17 AM

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

**Real ale Madrid** · 22/06/2015, 11:19 AM

Did they draw all the groups at once ?

**pineapple stu** · 22/06/2015, 11:19 AM

Originally Posted by Real ale Madrid

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** · 22/06/2015, 11:20 AM

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.