Europa League 2016/17

[Jordinho]

FC Midtjylland 1 - 1 (2-1 agg) Videoton FC

HJK 0 - 2 (2-3 agg) IFK Gothenburg

Nomme JK Kalju 0 - 2 (0-3 agg) Osmanlispor FK

FC Krasnodar 3 - 1 (6-1 agg) Birkirkara

Spartak Moscow 0 - 1 (1-2 agg) AEK Larnaca

Spartak Trnava 0 - 1 (1-1 agg) Austria Wien (Austria through on penalties)

AIK 0 - 2 (0-3 agg) Panathinaikos

Arouca 0 - 0 (1-1 agg) Heracles (Arouca through on away goals)

Beitar Jerusalem 3 - 0 (4-1 agg) FK Jelgava

FK Qabala 1 - 0 (2-1 agg) Lille

Mlada Boleslav 1 - 0 (1-2 agg) KF Shkendija

PAS Giannina 1 - 2 (1-3 agg) AZ Alkmaar

Vorskla 2 - 3 (2-3 agg) NK Lokomotiva

SoenderjyskE 1 - 1 (3-2 agg) Zaglebie Lubin

Maccabi Tel Aviv 2 - 1 (5-2 agg) Pandurii

Apollon Limassol 3 - 3 (4-5 agg) Grasshopper (Grasshopper through on away goals)

Dinamo Minsk 0 - 2 (1-3 agg) Vojvodina

AEK Athens 0 - 1 (0-1 agg) Saint-Etienne

Brøndby IF 3 - 1 (3-2 agg) Hertha Berlin

FC Viitorul Constanta 0 - 0 (0-5 agg) Gent

Maribor 1 - 0 (2-1 agg) Aberdeen

Rijeka 2 - 2 (2-2 agg) Istanbul Basaksehir (Istanbul through on away goals)

Hajduk Split 3 - 1 (6-1 agg) FC Olexandria

Sassuolo 3 - 0 (4-1 agg) Luzern

Cork City 1 - 2 (0-3 agg) Genk

West Ham United 3 - 0 (4-2 agg) Domzale

Rio Ave 1 - 1 (1-1 agg) Slavia Praha (Slavia through on away goals)

Rapid Wien 3 - 0 (3-0 agg) Torpedo Zhodino

Playoff round:

Seeded teams: Shaktar Donetsk, Olympiakos, Anderlecht, AZ Alkmaar, Fenerbache, Sparta Praha, PAOK, Genk, BATE Borisov, Saint-Etienne, Gent, Krasnodar, Rapid Wien, Slovan Liberec, Maribor, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Austria Wien, West Ham, Panathinaikos, FC Midtjylland, Sassuolo, Garabag Agdam

Unseeded teams: Rosenborg, FK Astana, Astra Giurgiu, Hajduk Split, Arouca, Grasshopper, AEK Larnaca, Vojvodina, Istanbul Basaksehir, Brøndby, Crvena Zvezda, Osmanlispor, Slavia Praha, IFK Göteborg, Dinamo Tbilisi, Lokomotiva Zagreb, AS Trencin, FK Qabala , Beitar Jerusalem, SonderjyskE, Shkendija Tetovo, Partizani Tirana

 

[Jordinho]

Southampton and West Ham are currently first and second in pot 4 for the group stage draw, so need one and two higher seeded teams respectively to get knocked out with no higher seeds dropping down from the CL.

 

[Jordinho]

UEFA have now divided the teams randomly(ish) into 4 groups and will draw two and two games in a far too complicated system.

Pot 1

Genk(BEL)
Olympiacos(GRE)
BATE(BLR)
Midtjylland(DEN)
Rapid Wien(AUT)
Astana(KAZ)
Osmanlıspor(TUR)
Arouca(POR)
Lokomotiva Zagreb(CRO)
Trenčín(SVK)

Pot 2

AZ(NED)
PAOK(GRE)
Liberec(CZE)
Austria Wien(AUT)
St-Étienne(FRA)
AEK Larnaca(CYP)
Rosenborg(NOR)
Dinamo Tbilisi(GEO)
Vojvodina(SRB)
Beitar Jerusalem(ISR)

Pot 3

Anderlecht(BEL)
West Ham(ENG)
Krasnodar(RUS)
Maribor(SVN)
Fenerbahçe(TUR)
Panathinaikos(GRE)
Qäbälä(AZE)
Slavia Praha(CZE)
Brøndby(DEN)
Grasshoppers(SUI)
Astra(ROU)
Partizani(ALB)

Pot 4

Shakhtar Donetsk(UKR)
Sparta Praha(CZE)
M. Tel-Aviv(ISR)
Gent(BEL)
Sassuolo(ITA)
Qarabağ(AZE)
Shkëndija(MKD)
İstanbul Başakşehir(TUR)
Göteborg(SWE)
Crvena zvezda(SRB)
SønderjyskE(DEN)
Hajduk Split(CRO)

 

[Jordinho]

Astana vs BATE Borisov
Midtjylland vs Osmanlispor
Lokomotiva Zagreb vs Genk
Dinamo Tbilisi vs PAOK
Beitar Jerusalem vs St-Etienne
Maribor vs Qäbälä
Astra Giurgiu vs West Ham
Brøndby vs Panathinaikos
Gent vs Shkëndija
SønderjyskE vs Sparta Praha
IFK Göteborg vs Qarabag
Arouca vs Olympiakos
Trencin vs Rapid Wien
AEK Larnaca vs Liberec
Austria Wien vs Rosenborg
Vojvodina vs AZ Alkmaar
Slavia Praha vs Anderlecht
Fenerbache vs Grasshopper
Krasnodar vs Partizani Tirana
Istanbul Baseksehir vs Shaktar Donetsk
Sassuolo vs Crvena Zvezda
Maccabi Tel-Aviv vs Hajduk Split

 

[Heda SPURSCZ]

Astra Giurgiu vs West Ham

Astra knocked them out of Europe last season

 

[Jordinho]

Pot 1
Schalke (GER)
Zenit (RUS)
Man. United (ENG)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Athletic Club (ESP)
Olympiacos (GRE)
Villarreal (ESP)
Ajax (NED)
Internazionale Milano (ITA)
Fiorentina (ITA)
Anderlecht (BEL)
Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

Pot 2
AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Braga (POR)
Salzburg (AUT)
Roma (ITA)
Fenerbahçe (TUR)
Sparta Praha (CZE)
PAOK (GRE)
Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)
Genk (BEL)
APOEL (CYP)
Standard Liège (BEL)
St-Étienne (FRA)

Pot 3
Gent (BEL)
Young Boys (SUI)
Krasnodar (RUS)
Rapid Wien (AUT)
Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Celta Vigo (ESP)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Feyenoord (NED)
Austria Wien (AUT)
Mainz (GER)
Zürich (SUI)
Southampton (ENG)

Pot 4
Panathinaikos (GRE)
Sassuolo (ITA)
Qarabağ (AZE)
Astana (KAZ)
Nice (FRA)
Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
Astra Giurgiu (ROU)
Konyaspor (TUR)
Osmanlıspor (TUR)
Qäbälä (AZE)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)
Dundalk (IRL)

 

[Jordinho]

Time to stop laughing at West Ham for not qualifying and start laughing at Man U for being in it.

Teams appearing in the EL group stage for the first time: Astana, Celta Vigo*, Dundalk, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Konsyaspor, Olympiacos*, Osmanlıspor, Sassuolo, Southampton, Mainz, Manchester United, Nice, Zorya Luhansk

*appeared in UEFA cup group stage

 

[Jordinho]

A trip to Turkey for United. Throw in some Azerbaijan/Kazakhstan and Israel/Russia from the other two pots and I'll be very happy.

 

[Jordinho]

Group A: Manchester Utd, Fenerbache, Feyenoord, Zorya Luhansk

Group B: Olympiakos, APOEL Nicosia, Young Boys, Astana

Group C: Anderlecht, St-Etienne, Mainz, Qabala

Group D: Zenit St. Petersburg, AZ Alkmaar, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Dundalk

Group E: Viktoria Plzen, Roma, Austria Wien, Astra Giurgiu

Group F: Athletic Bilbao, Genk, Rapid Wien, Sassuolo

Group G: Ajax, Standard Liege, Celta Vigo, Panathinaikos

Group H: Shaktar Donetsk, Braga, Gent, Konyaspor

Group I: Schalke, Salzburg, Krasnodar, Nice

Group J: Fiorentina, PAOK, Slovan Liberec, Qarabag

Group K: Inter, Sparta Praha, Southampton, Hapoel Be'er Sheva

Group L: Villarreal, Steaua Bucuresti, Zürich, Osmanlispor

 

[Jordinho]

Istanbul, rebel parts of Ukraine and the Liverpool of the Netherlands. Good draw.

 

[Kandi1977]

Istanbul, rebel parts of Ukraine and the Liverpool of the Netherlands. Good draw.

For who?

Sent with Miele C1 Vacuum cleaner

 

[jts1882]

Southampton get a more glamorous tie than we do.

 

[Jordinho]

For who?

Sent with Miele C1 Vacuum cleaner

Manchester United.

Their away game in Ukraine will be played in Odessa due to the ongoing war in the Luhansk People's Republic. We play them at Old Trafford three days later.

 

[Robbo]

Manchester United.

Their away game in Ukraine will be played in Odessa due to the ongoing war in the Luhansk People's Republic. We play them at Old Trafford three days later.

José will be complaining, making excuses and arguing for weeks beforehand about how unfair this is for them. And the media will bite, of course.

 

[Glenda's Legs]

José will be complaining, making excuses and arguing for weeks beforehand about how unfair this is for them. And the media will bite, of course.

Without a doubt. I'm pretty sure he started it a month or so ago about the Thursday night games. He will ramp it up to maximum effect for sure.

 

[Jordinho]

José will be complaining, making excuses and arguing for weeks beforehand about how unfair this is for them. And the media will bite, of course.

They do like to go with whatever takes the least amount of effort on their part.

 

[Robbo]

They do like to go with whatever takes the least amount of effort on their part.

Yep, unfortunately. Knowing that it will attract plenty readers as well.

 

[StephenH]

great Feyenoord are winning

 

[Jordinho]

ManU fans already been moaning entire match about their boring play and brick players.

 

[markysimmo]

ManU fans already been moaning entire match about their boring play and brick players.

Nothing has really changed for me apart from them spending another shed load of cash on players