Teams finishing 3rd in Champions League groups transferring to Europa League:
Shakhtar Donetsk
Benfica (definitely seeded)
Viktoria Plzen (definitely unseeded)
Did Plzen finish 3rd at the expense of CSKA Moscow? Beeb (not that they are the fountain of knowledge) has them 4th.
Plzen qualified on away goals in their head-to-head. You should never trust BBC for anything. Their football stuff is full of errors.
Benfica 6 8-8 10 Shaktar Donetsk 6 9-5 9 Napoli 5 8-9 9 Schalke 5 4-6 7 Ajax 5 5-8 7 Juventus 6 9-9 6 Porto 5 3-4 5 Viktoria Plzen 6 6-17 3
Benfica are guaranteed to be seeded and Viktoria and Juventus unseeded.
SEEDED Valencia Ludogorets Rubin Kazan Eintracht Frankfurt Genk Tottenham Hotspur Napoli Benfica Shakhtar Donetsk Basel | UNSEEDED Anzhi Makhachkala Ajax Juventus Porto Viktoria Plzen |
Not happy with the way these teams get entered into the competition but I can't help but like the fact we could play against the likes of Napoli, Ajax, Juventus etc.
So who CAN we get who dropped out of the CL?
Porto, Ajax, Juventus or Viktoria Plzen
Not bad.
Would love Ajax.
Me too. Just enough glamour and a few recent connections between the clubs without being an insurmountable opponent.
I hope people will now realise there was no point in playing a strong side in the Europa when we would have finished 2nd at least regardless.