UEFA Champions League 20-21

[GNU_Linux]

 

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 winner

Europa League winner

Real 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.

 

 

 

 

[GNU_Linux]

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.

 

 

 

 

[charger29]

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.

[GNU_Linux]

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.

 

 

 

 

[GNU_Linux]

First Qualifying Round

 

Ferencvaros (***) vs Djurgardens IF (SWE)

Celtic (SCO) vs KR (ICE)

Legia Warsaw (POL) vs Winner of prelim

Sheriff 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

 

 

 

 

[Marten]

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...

[ScottMc77]

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.

 

 

[charger29]

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.

[Marten]

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".

[craigkillie]

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.

[Bully Wee Villa]

Legia Warsaw take the lead against ten man Linfield nine minutes from time.

[Bully Wee Villa]

Celtic beating some Icelandic mob.

[Tutankhamen]

19 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said:

Celtic beating some Icelandic mob.

2-0 at the moment

[GNU_Linux]

First Qualifying Round

 

Ferencvaros 2-0 Djurgardens IF

Celtic 6-0 KR

Legia Warsaw 1-0 Linfield

Sherrif Tiraspol 2-0 Fola Esch

Connah's Quay Nomads 0-2 Sarajevo

Red Star Belgrade 5-0 Europa

Buducnost Pogodrica 0-2 Ludogorets Razgrad

Ararat Armenia 0-1 (aet) Omonia

Floriana 0-2 CFR Cluj

Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-0 Riga

Qarabag 4-0 Sileks

Dinamo Tibilisi 0-2 Tirana

Dynamo Brest 6-3 Astana

Molde 5-0 KuPS

Flora 1-1 (2-4p) Suduva

Celje 3-0 Dundalk

KI 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.

 

 

[charger29]

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.

[Guest DAVIDB69]

When is there a decision with the above.

I noticed young boys have a qualifier against TBC this Wednesday

[Jambomo]

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.

[lichtie23]

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.

[GNU_Linux]

Second Qualifying Round

 

CFR Cluj vs Dinamo Zagreb

Young Boys vs KI

Celtic vs Ferencvaros

Suduva vs Maccabi Tel Aviv

Legia Warsaw vs Omonia

Celje vs Molde

Ludogorets Razrad vs Midtyjlland

Dynamo Brest vs Sarajevo

Qarabag vs Sheriff Tiraspol

Tirana vs Red Star Belgrade

 

AZ vs Viktoria Plzen

PAOK vs Besiktas

Lokomotiva vs Rapid Wien

 

 

 

 

[invergowrie arab]

Might stick a fiver on KI for the whole thing