Europa League Draw: Rangers / Progrès Niederkorn v AEL Limassol / St Joseph's

[JFK-1 1,675]

Just dawned on me that the draw for both the first and second qualifying rounds will be made today so we're going to know our first round opponent and both potential second round opponents.

[Frankie 8,151]

Live here at 12noon: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2477938.html

[Frankie 8,151]

So we can face the following teams - including Lincoln Red Imps:

 

Group 6

 

Seeded

Skënderbeu (ALB) 6.825

Valletta (MLT) 4.550

FK Sarajevo (BIH) 5.300

AEK Larnaca (CYP) 6.210

Rangers (SCO) 3.785

 

Unseeded

Lincoln (GIB) 3.000

Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) 1.225

Zaria Balti (MDA) 2.150

Folgore (SMR) 1.066

Sant Julià (AND) 0.733

[Uilleam 5,429]

Gibraltar; Luxembourg; Moldova; San Marino; Andorra.

 

God help us, this is the level at which we operate?

[Frankie 8,151]

If we do draw Red Imps, then the game would be played in Faro (Portugal) due to 'circumstances' beyond their control. That's probably a positive given their awful artificial pitch.

[Darthter 542]

Red Imps would be a great draw - IF we went on to absolutely hammer them.

[jhunter 0]

Gibraltar; Luxembourg; Moldova; San Marino; Andorra.

 

God help us, this is the level at which we operate?

 

we couldn't beat ross County in 3 attempts

 

where exactly is it you think we currently are?

[ian1964 10,416]

Live link: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2018/draws/round=2000886/index.html

[BrahimHemdani 1]

Is it still the same arrangement when if Team A gets drawn against Team B (with Team B having a lower coefficient), and if Team B wins the round - that they would then assume the coefficient points which are held by Team A for the draw of the next round? I seem to recall that was how UEFA ran this now.

 

So in essence, if we can get drawn against betters team in the first & second round - if we can get past these rounds then we may have a decent shout of being seeded for the third round.

 

Will still be a real challenge to make the group stages.

 

No, that only works when two rounds are drawn together. It works for us in the 2nd round. We wouldn't be seeded in the 3rd round if we get there.

[BrahimHemdani 1]

We're seeded for the first round so it will only be for the 2nd, 3rd and playoff rounds where that could possibly happen. The Europa League rules are in a cycle from 2015/16 until the end of this season so I assume the coefficient stuff you highlight will remain in place if that happened in the last two seasons.

 

"Unseeded teams in the 1st qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round. The reason for this is that the draw for the 2nd qualifying round is made before the results of the 1st qualifying round are known."

 

Doesn't apply after that.

 

https://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/seedel2017.html