GNU_Linux Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Obviously last seasons competition is still on the go but this seasons starts officially tomorrow. Teams taking part are as follows (the * indicates club on champions path): Group Stage Champions League winnerEuropa League winnerReal Madrid (Spain)Barcelona (Spain)Atlético Madrid (Spain)Sevilla (Spain)Liverpool (England)Manchester City (England)Manchester United (England)Chelsea (England)Juventus (Italy)Inter Milan (Italty)Atalanta (Italy)Lazio (Italty)Bayern Munich (Germany)Borussia Dortmund (Germany)RB Leipzig (Germany)Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany)Paris Saint-Germain (France)Marseille (France)Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia)Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)Porto (Portugal)Club Brugge (Belgium)Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)Īstanbul Başakşehir (Turkey) Play-Off Round Ajax (Netherlands)RB Salzburg (Austria) Qualifying Round 3 Slavia Prague* (Czechia)Olympiacos* (Greece)Rennes (France)Krasnodar (Russia)Benfica (Portugal)Gent (Belgium)Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) Qualifying Round 2 Dinamo Zagreb* (Croatia)Midtjylland* (Denmark)Young Boys* (Switzerland)Beşiktaş (Turkey)AZ (Netherlands)Rapid Wien (Austria)Viktoria Plzeň (Czechia)PAOK (Greece)Lokomotiva (Croatia) Qualifying Round 1 Omonia (Cyprus)Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)Celtic (Scotland)Dynamo Brest (Belarus)Djurgårdens IF (Sweden)Molde (Norway)Astana (Kazakhstan)Legia Warsaw (Poland)Qarabağ (Azerbaijan)Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria)CFR Cluj (Romania)Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)Celje (Slovenia)Ferencváros (Hungary)Sileks (Macedonia)Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)Tirana (Albania)Dundalk (Ireland)KuPS (Finland)KR (Iceland)Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina)Sūduva (Lithuania)Riga (Latvia)Fola Esch (Luxembourg)Ararat-Armenia (Armenia)Floriana (Malta)Flora (Estonia)Dinamo Tblisi (Georgia)Connah's Quay Nomads (Wales)Budućnost Podgorica (Montenegro)KÎ (Faroe Islands)Europa (Gibraltar) Preliminary Round Linfield (Northern Ireland)Drita (Kosovo)Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra)Tre Fiori (San Marino) Four debutants this season those being Inter d'Escalades of Andorra, Connah's Quay Nomads of Wales, Celje of Slovenia & Lokomotiva of Croatia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 Preliminary Round starts tomorrow with the final on the 11th. All games being played at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland across from UEFA hq. Linfield (NIR) vs Tre Fiori (SMR)Drita (XKX) vs Inter Club d'Escaldes (AND) Bit of a minter for Linfield being relegated to the prelim stage. Would be hilarious if they failed to qualify for QR1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Greece, Cyprus, Hungary & Poland have put themselves forward as neutral venues if travel restrictions are in place between drawn together teams. Can't remember the exact number of stadiums but I'm sure it's in the teens.Seems like a lot of the responsibility will be on the home team for any issues. If they don't reschedule quick enough (or can't) they will forfeit the match. Hopefully everything will go smoothly but I'm not sure given the sheer number of games across competitions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 8, 2020 Author Share Posted August 8, 2020 Preliminary Semi Finals Tre Fiori 0-2 Linfield Drita 2-1 Inter Club d'Escaldes The expected two clubs progress to the prelim final. Linfield took until the 70th minute to score with ex-Motherwell player Christy Mazinga getting the blues second goal. Linfield & the Kosovars Drita play each other on the 11th in the final. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 9, 2020 Author Share Posted August 9, 2020 First Qualifying Round Ferencvaros (***) vs Djurgardens IF (SWE)Celtic (SCO) vs KR (ICE)Legia Warsaw (POL) vs Winner of prelimSheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs Fola Esch (Lux)Connah's Quays Nomads (WAL) vs Sarajevo (BIH)Red Star Belgrade (SRB) vs Europa (GIB)Budocnost Podgorica (MNE) vs Ludogoret (BGR)Ararat-Armenia (ARM) vs Omonia (CYP)Floriana (MLT) vs CFR Cluj (ROU)Maccabi Tel Aviv (ISR) vs Riga (LVA)Qarabag (AZE) vs Sileks (MKD)Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) vs Tirana (ALB)Dynamo Brest (BLR) vs Astana (KAZ)Molde (NOR) vs KuPS (FIN)Flora (EST) vs Suduva (LTU)Celje (SVN) vs Dundalk (IRE)KI (FRO) vs Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Games to be played 18/19th of August 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 On 08/08/2020 at 20:32, GNU_Linux said: Preliminary Semi Finals Tre Fiori 0-2 Linfield Drita 2-1 Inter Club d'Escaldes The expected two clubs progress to the prelim final. Linfield took until the 70th minute to score with ex-Motherwell player Christy Mazinga getting the blues second goal. Linfield & the Kosovars Drita play each other on the 11th in the final. The final has now been a 3-0 default win for Linfield due to Coronavirus cases at Drita... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottMc77 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Interesting that this has happened. I would assume this will be the result of any similar situations in the UEFA competitions? Would be mad if, for example, Man City get knocked out because there are a couple of COVID cases in their ranks, but it seems a precedent has been set here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Interesting that this has happened. I would assume this will be the result of any similar situations in the UEFA competitions? Would be mad if, for example, Man City get knocked out because there are a couple of COVID cases in their ranks, but it seems a precedent has been set here. Think so. Doesn't even have to be a player for there to be issues. UEFA don't care as long as there are 13 players available. But if the local/national government say no because of a case, the team with the case lose the match.It seems like Switzerland are taking a strong stance but there is an element of unpredictability about every country (including our own).Also what's happening to the Kosovan players? Are they all self isolating in Switzerland for a 2 weeks? That's going to make a mess of league's across Europe if it happens regularly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marten Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 13/08/2020 at 09:36, ScottMc77 said: Interesting that this has happened. I would assume this will be the result of any similar situations in the UEFA competitions? Would be mad if, for example, Man City get knocked out because there are a couple of COVID cases in their ranks, but it seems a precedent has been set here. Absolutely no chance this will happen to the likes of City, they use Drita as an example but will let bigger clubs off, just like with Financial "Fair Play". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 That's a bad example, since UEFA fought tooth and nail to give City the ultimate punishment for their FFP breaches, only for CAS to overturn it on a technicality. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Legia Warsaw take the lead against ten man Linfield nine minutes from time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Celtic beating some Icelandic mob. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 19 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Celtic beating some Icelandic mob. 2-0 at the moment 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 19, 2020 Author Share Posted August 19, 2020 First Qualifying Round Ferencvaros 2-0 Djurgardens IFCeltic 6-0 KRLegia Warsaw 1-0 LinfieldSherrif Tiraspol 2-0 Fola EschConnah's Quay Nomads 0-2 SarajevoRed Star Belgrade 5-0 EuropaBuducnost Pogodrica 0-2 Ludogorets RazgradArarat Armenia 0-1 (aet) OmoniaFloriana 0-2 CFR ClujMaccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 RigaQarabag 4-0 SileksDinamo Tibilisi 0-2 Tirana Dynamo Brest 6-3 AstanaMolde 5-0 KuPSFlora 1-1 (2-4p) Suduva Celje 3-0 DundalkKI 21/8 Slovan Bratislava Suprise of the round is Hungarian club Ferencvaros putting out Djurgardens IF of Sweden. Cypriot club Omonia required extra time to see off Aremnian club Ararat whose leagues are 26 places apart in the coefficient. Northern Ireland, Wales & Ireland all bow out early. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger29 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Some of the ties are turning into a complete mess. Slovan Bratislava were due to play in the Faroes on Wednesday. They got negative results before they left but one positive test when they arrived. The Faroe Islands take it seriously and tell Bratislava none of the squad can play. They negotiate with UEFA and Bratislava agree to bring another squad over, mainly full of their youth team, to play the game today.Same again for the youth team. Negative on departure, one positive on arrival. Game now postponed for the second time.Presumably the same thing as the Linfield game will happen now with Bratislava forfeiting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 When is there a decision with the above.I noticed young boys have a qualifier against TBC this Wednesday 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 On 13/08/2020 at 09:36, ScottMc77 said: Interesting that this has happened. I would assume this will be the result of any similar situations in the UEFA competitions? Would be mad if, for example, Man City get knocked out because there are a couple of COVID cases in their ranks, but it seems a precedent has been set here. It seems a bit unfair, you can take all the precautions in the world but still catch it - to forfeit the game because of something out of the clubs control is really harsh. I can’t wait to see the double standards in play when a player from a bigger team catches it and they should put them out but won’t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 When is there a decision with the above.I noticed young boys have a qualifier against TBC this Wednesday Decision was made tonight apparently and KI have been handed a 3-0 win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Second Qualifying Round CFR Cluj vs Dinamo ZagrebYoung Boys vs KICeltic vs FerencvarosSuduva vs Maccabi Tel AvivLegia Warsaw vs OmoniaCelje vs MoldeLudogorets Razrad vs MidtyjllandDynamo Brest vs SarajevoQarabag vs Sheriff TiraspolTirana vs Red Star Belgrade AZ vs Viktoria PlzenPAOK vs BesiktasLokomotiva vs Rapid Wien 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Might stick a fiver on KI for the whole thing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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