League of Ireland in Europe 2015

**pineapple stu** · 25/05/2015, 3:24 PM

Originally Posted by seand

Thanks. Big boo for Targu Mures who have fooked it up in Romania- they lost their second last game

Looks like they put up a fight at least!

Four reds - two apiece - in the last three minutes of the game. Three were straight reds; there were another 11 yellows all told.

**seand** · 25/05/2015, 4:55 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

Looks like they put up a fight at least!

Four reds - two apiece - in the last three minutes of the game. Three were straight reds; there were another 11 yellows all told.

Well it's never an easy game at Astra Giurgiu

**pineapple stu** · 26/05/2015, 2:51 PM

West Ham confirmed as the English team in the first round draw.

**seand** · 26/05/2015, 4:16 PM

West Ham would be a great draw. It'll be the first game for the new manager too, so could be a decent bit of TV money in it. Apart from that it's hard to pick a 'good' draw for UCD and Cork. Most of the lower ranked seeds are in the east, but you could always get lucky (like Dundalk) and pull a seed from Luxembourg or Faeroes.

**Nesta99** · 26/05/2015, 9:02 PM

Or Iceland - we cant miss out on razor's annual rant. No bother for Cork anyway as they are used to all the travel and keep it tight away and crowd numbers intimidating at home, its made for Cork to advance. UCD would be the luckiest club for years to pull West Ham out of the hat all things considered where it is all about the money in what will most likely be a one off tie for them this season...

**PartySaint** · 28/05/2015, 3:58 PM

Just looking at Berts seedings for the Europa League http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/...eedel2015.html

There will be more seeded teams from the 'Northern Section' than unseeded teams which is probably good news for Pats and Rovers as it is less likely that either side will be moved to a different section but not great for UCD and Cork who now might be moved to even up the pots

Wales, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia all have 3 unseeded team so I'd imagine a few of those teams might be moved first.

**Dodge** · 28/05/2015, 4:15 PM

Originally Posted by PartySaint

Wales, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia all have 3 unseeded team so I'd imagine a few of those teams might be moved first.

I think the opposite. As there may be big groups and they can't play a team from their own country, they're less likely to be moved as it's just easier. Cork and UCD have to be in different groups to Pats and Rovers so if there were only 3 Northern groups, one of them would be moved. Likely to be more than that though

**legendz** · 31/05/2015, 1:00 AM

There was one year Sligo started out in Q2 of the EL. UEFA have done a bit of restructuring to give the top 12 leagues 16 direct placed places in the EL group stage. If they make any more changes, they'll probably start taking a 3rd EL spot off lower ranked leagues. Stopping 3rd placed CL teams dropping in wouldn't be considered. We'll see a return of some form of Intertoto Cup in the near future to appease lower leagues. Even that got restructured in favour of the bigger nations. A never ending cycle of UEFA competitions.

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/06/2015, 11:22 AM

UCD granted Europa licence.

Originally Posted by FAI

UEFA has informed the Football Association of Ireland that it has granted special permission to UCD to participate in the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League.The FAI had made a request to UEFA for the extraordinary application of the club licensing system in respect of UCD, in accordance with Article 15 and Annex IV of the UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations (Edition 2012). UEFA made its decision following the assessment of the documentary evidence which had been submitted in order to demonstrate compliance with the set criteria.
UCD, who play in the SSE Airtricity League First Division, had qualified for the Europa League after the Republic of Ireland was granted an extra place after finishing third in UEFA’s 2014-15 Fair Play table. UCD had finished third in the 2014 SSE Airtricity League Fair Play table but qualified as first place Dundalk and second place Cork City had already qualified for the Champions League and Europa League respectively.
As a result of UCD receiving their UEFA Licence the SSE Airtricity League has announced a number of fixture changes because of the participation in Europe. The First Division game between UCD and Shelbourne originally scheduled for Friday, July 3 has been rescheduled to Tuesday, June 9 at The UCD Bowl with a kick-off time of 7.45 pm while the UCD v Athlone Town fixture, originally scheduled for Friday, July 10, has been rescheduled to Sunday, July 12 at The UCD Bowl with a kick-off time of 7pm.

**patrickccfc** · 06/06/2015, 11:59 AM

Got my European ticket today. Any other clubs have them on sale yet? Hopefully all involved get a somewhat favorable draw

**holidaysong** · 06/06/2015, 2:35 PM

With the Polish league just left to announce a champion, unfortunately TNS just missed out on being seeded according to Bert's site. Bit of a shame as would have been the ideal draw.

**legendz** · 08/06/2015, 11:20 PM

Dundalk, Cork and Shamrock are the stand out performers in the league as we near European qualifiers.

**Charlie Darwin** · 08/06/2015, 11:41 PM

Originally Posted by legendz

Dundalk, Cork and Shamrock are the stand out performers in the league as we near European qualifiers.

I think Sligo have been terrific as well.

**Dodge** · 09/06/2015, 9:21 AM

Originally Posted by legendz

Dundalk, Cork and Shamrock are the stand out performers in the league as we near European qualifiers.

Bold call picking the top three in the league as the stand outs

**Nesta99** · 09/06/2015, 1:52 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Bold call picking the top three in the league as the stand outs

It is true even if stating the obvious. When was the last time that the 3 strongest clubs were qualified for Europe?

**Dunny** · 09/06/2015, 10:53 PM

I'm sure a lot of you that are on Twitter would have seen this image that was posted by an Italian fan of Dundalk and LOI.I don't know how accurate it is but its a damned good attempt.
Fair play and credit to Japoco Ghiradon.

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One for my Dundalk FC friends.
In Two weeks time there will be the draw for the 1st and 2nd Round of the Champions League Qualifiers, so that's all the 17 teams we can face in the draw! Probably there will be a geographical split, anyway as of today it's not confirmed yet. Below on the pic all the teams, my own rating plus some info about the place!
'Mon the Town!

dundalk europe 2015.jpg

**oriel** · 10/06/2015, 12:38 PM

I read this, he is some man. Think its the same guy that planned to go to the away game in Split last year, and was also over for the away Bray game last year, 2nd last match of the season.

I think Videoton would be a decent draw for Dundalk. We might have a chance there.

**bennocelt** · 10/06/2015, 7:21 PM

Originally Posted by Dunny

I'm sure a lot of you that are on Twitter would have seen this image that was posted by an Italian fan of Dundalk and LOI.I don't know how accurate it is but its a damned good attempt.
Fair play and credit to Japoco Ghiradon.

ha ha thats exactly how I rank it too. Its hard to decide if its better to get a good trip over a decent draw )for the neutral). But looking at my bank balance at the moment, perhaps Andorra, Luxembourg and San Marino wud be good draws for the LOI this year, and me!

by the way, what is his twitter account?