Europa League 2025-26

[cdbearsfan]

We had more time to deal with the issues.

[cdbearsfan]

Draw for the First Qualifying Round made today at 1400. There is also the draw for the First Qualifying Round of the Champions League at 1300... doesn't affect us yet, but from the Second Qualifying round onwards the losers will drop straight into the Europa League (either into the qualifying rounds or straight into the group stage, depending on the round of elimination).

Preliminary Europa League pairings here...

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lrrv75fs2p2a

Champions League pairings here...

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lrrv5npp5p2y

Hopefully Legia get twatted.

Draws for all the Second Qualifying Rounds are tomorrow.

[cdbearsfan]

Shelbourne vs Linfield in Champions League Qualifier, so one of them will enter the Europa League (assuming they don't make it all the way to the CL League stage).

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lrshzdebsd24

[Sexual Ealing]

You’re having a typo nightmare cd!

[cdbearsfan]

I even went back and amended it to a different wrong spelling!

[cdbearsfan]

There's the Europa League First Qualifying Round:

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lrsl3sorx72v

Back tomorrow with even more fun!

[Demitri_C]

AEK larnaca please 😃

[Meanwood Villa]

I had a look and by my reckoning one team from this round got through to the league stage last season so someone would have to have a good run to make it. Hopefully Legia Bellends get knocked out nice and early.

[eamonn]

Maguire dismissed this possibility out of hand on his podcast, which I listened to yesterday (don’t know when it came out).

Kieron's gone to shit during the same time that his big-head cousin Harry has fought back from the brink. Families, eh?

[Small Rodent]

I want Legia through or Poznan for a Polish visit.

[Demitri_C]

I want Legia through or Poznan for a Polish visit.

Polands a wonderful  place bud just ashame about the football fans. I would wantvto avoid legia at all costs aftee what happened a few seasons  ago. There is bad blood with their  fans

[cdbearsfan]

Here's the Second Qualifying Round draw for the Europa League. Winners from this round go into the Third Qualifying Round which is the penultimate set of qualifying ties before we enter in the League Stage.

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lruuy62klq25

Here's the Second Qualifying Round of the Champions League, split into two sections. The losers from this round will drop into the Third Qualifying Round of the Europa League. Winners will still drop into the Europa League if they lose in either of the remaining Champions League qualifying rounds.

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lrusg6clcx2v

https://bsky.app/profile/footrankings.bsky.social/post/3lrushncnpy25

[Meanwood Villa]

Winners in the Champions path could still end up in Conference League if they lose CL 3QR and EL playoff round.

Winners of the main path drop straight into league stage from CL 3QR.

[algy]

Winners in the Champions path could still end up in Conference League if they lose CL 3QR and EL playoff round.

Winners of the main path drop straight into league stage from CL 3QR.

That’s yer hope for the likes of TNS, win the first round qualifier for the Champions League and then you only have to win 1 more game to qualify for the Conference League and bank a load of money from that. Guess the same would be true for the Irish sides

[cdbearsfan]

Yeah, I think The New Saints and Shamrock Rovers both played in all three competitions last season.