Champions League Qualifiers

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Draw kicks off at 10:30 today. Teams are as follows:

LEAGUE ROUTE
Seeded: Arsenal FC, Olympique Lyonnais, AC Milan, FC Schalke 04, FC Zenit St Petersburg

Unseeded: PSV Eindhoven, FC Metalist Kharkiv, Fenerbahçe SK, Real Sociedad de Fútbol, FC Paços de Ferreira


CHAMPIONS ROUTE
Seeded: FC Basel 1893, Celtic FC, FC Steaua Bucureşti, FC Viktoria Plzeň, GNK Dinamo Zagreb

Unseeded: FK Austria Wien, Legia Warszawa, NK Maribor, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, FC Shakhter Karagandy



FC Metalist Kharkiv or FC Paços de Ferreira please! Can't see Celtic struggling with any of the unseeded teams.
 
Arsenal get Fenerbahçe SK, should get through fairly easily but not the best draw we could have hoped for.
 
Sociedad were the only team to beat Barca, give Real a stupidly tough game, beat Atletico, beat Malaga, Valencia. ON last seasons form Sociedad would be the toughest opposition and possibly with that new to the competition(this set of players at least) performance like Spurs had that year.
 
BaZ87 said:
Arsenal drawn with Fenerbahçe. That's far and away the hardest tie they could have got.
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Real Sociedad were the team we needed to avoid I think, they were brilliant last year, saying that Fenerbahçe will be a tough test, glad we are away 1st leg.
 
Dutch sides are usually pretty good technically but a bit of a soft touch. Going to Turkey won't be easy and they're more than capable of beating you over there. Fenerbahçe have put together a handy side - they very nearly made the EL final last season.
 
All the fixtures:

LEAGUE ROUTE
Lyon v Real Sociedad
Schalke 04 v FC Metalist Kharkiv
Pacos Ferreira v Zenit St Petersburg
PSV v AC Milan
Fenerbahce v Arsenal

CHAMPIONS ROUTE
Dinamo Zagreb v FK Austria Vienna
Ludogorets v Basle
Plzen v Maribor
Shakhter Karaganda v Celtic
Steaua Bucuresti v Legia Warsaw
 
From BBC:

Arsenal's Champions League opponents Fenerbahce's future in the competition is uncertain after they were handed a two-year European ban by UEFA over domestic match-fixing in June.

However, they were re-admitted to the competition pending an appeal at CAS.

The decision on Fenerbahce is due to be announced after the fourth qualifying round has been played which could create a problem for UEFA if they progress that far and then lose their appeal.
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The result of the appeal is due before the 29th. Should Fenerbahce lose then I believe that Bursaspor will take their place.
 
Celtic should qualify with ease, although it is a farce that they have needed to play 6 games in total to get into the group stages when they got into the last 16 and beat the likes of barcelona along the way.

The way the co-efficient point system works, the teams who play in stronger leagues have a huge advantage over the smaller teams. I guess it's all about money now rather than a fair competition.
 
Fenerbache it is, dont know much about them tbh but playing in Turkey isnt going to be easy.

Seeing as we havent signed anyone and doesnt look likely we will before this tie is played, i have fingers and legs crossed we manage to beat them as it looks pretty tricky.
 
Not the easiest of ties but if Arsenal can't win it then they don't deserve to be in the champions league anyway.

I bet the odds of Suarez joining have just gone down (or is that up?)
 
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