Champions League 2026/27-now with added Super Cup & possible CONMEBOL Challenge?

[cdbearsfan]

Second Qualifying Round

Ties to be played 21-22 July/28-29 July

Champions Path

Mjällby AIF (Swe) vs Lincoln Red Imps (Gib) or Inter d'Escaldes (And)
Tre Fiori (San)/Larne (NI) vs Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) (Ser)
Sabah (Aze) or The New Saints (Wal) vs Vardar (Mac) or KuPS (Fin)
KÍ (Far) or Atert Bissen (Lux) vs Kauno Żalgiris (Lit) or Drita (Kos)
AGF (Den) vs Lech Poznań (Pol)
Ararat Armenia (Arm) or Riga (Lat) vs Floriana (Mal) or Shamrock Rovers (Ire)
Borac Banja Luka (Bos) or Levski Sofia (Bul) vs ML Vitebsk (Blr) or Universitat Craiova (Rom)
Omonia (Cyp) vs Kairat (Kaz) or Sutjeska (Mon)
Thun (Swi) vs Dinamo Zagreb (Cro)
Víkingur (Ice) or ETO Győr (Hun) vs Hapoel Beverly Sheva (Isr)
Flora Tallinn (Est) or Iberia 1999 (Geo) vs Slovan Bratislava (Svk)
Petrocub Hînceşti (Mol) or Egnatia (Alb) vs Celje (Svn)

League Path

Fenerbahçe (Tur) vs Górnik Zabrze (Pol)
Sturm Graz (Aut) vs Heart of Midlothian (Sco)

[Monty]

That's a tough game for Hearts.

[cdbearsfan]

It's the best draw they could have got, it was either them or Fenerbahçe. It does mean they would be unseeded if they do get through, though, so chances of getting through two rounds would be very slim.

Realistically, I think they need to win a qualifying round to be sure of at least Conference League Group Stage football.

[cdbearsfan]

Still, their day might just have got a lot worse.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn8k5jd0788o

[Dogtanian]

I don't know enough about football in Scotland to say, but aren't Rangers a complete shit show?

[dorsetvillian]

We visited a bar in Sofia on the way out and back from Istanbul where the owner supported Levski Sofia. They won the league for the first time in ages. He showed us the highlights on the TV. It looked pretty mental. Great bloke and bar. We left him a Villa scarf to put up. It would be a great away trip.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Booo, Botev Plovdiv forever!

[eamonn]

Stop calling them "SHAMROCK" ffs (not you, him).

[Brazilian Villain]

Stop calling them "SHAMROCK" ffs (not you, him).

Thank you!

[cdbearsfan]

I'm not sure who is being told off.

[Somniloquism]

Not you, apparently but HIM.

[cdbearsfan]

Death, from the Terry Pratchett novels?

[Dogtanian]

Not you, apparently but HIM.

RJ from Buffy?

[eamonn]

No, CD is a good lad. I was just pre-empting the eejits on Sky or BBC.

[cdbearsfan]

Phew!