Champions League 2026/27-now with added Super Cup

[Dogtanian]

No, CD is a good lad.

Sometimes. He can also be naughty.

[cdbearsfan]

Never.

[Meanwood Villa]

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.

Yeah I can easily see them losing three ties and having no league stage football. Rangers could lose two and get nowt. We can but hope.

[cdbearsfan]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/champions-league/scores-fixtures

Starts on Tuesday at 5pm our time.

[cdbearsfan]

Sabah vs TNS is on S4C/iPlayer at 5pm if anyone wants to start scouting our (very unlikely) potential opponents. Lots of others seem be streaming on Bet365. No Larne though, probably too busy preparing bonfires.

[cdbearsfan]

TNS doesn't seem to be on telly after all, will just have to watch the World Cup.

[Dogtanian]

TNS doesn't seem to be on telly after all, will just have to watch the World Cup.

Awww.  :'(

[Jon Crofts]

Booo, Botev Plovdiv forever!

Booo Lokomotiv forever! 

I used to visit Plovdiv for work and saw them play Slavia Sofia one time, a 1-1 draw (proper farmers league stuff)

[Pat McMahon]

Booo, Botev Plovdiv forever!

Booo Lokomotiv forever! 


I used to visit Plovdiv for work and saw them play Slavia Sofia one time, a 1-1 draw (proper farmers league stuff)

I've been to a few places in Bulgaria but never Plovdiv. My colleague in Sofia tells me it is a lovely city.

[Sexual Ealing]

Booo, Botev Plovdiv forever!

Booo Lokomotiv forever! 


I used to visit Plovdiv for work and saw them play Slavia Sofia one time, a 1-1 draw (proper farmers league stuff)

I've been to a few places in Bulgaria but never Plovdiv. My colleague in Sofia tells me it is a lovely city.

It is. I spent six months there. It's a fantastic place - with the running joke of the locals being that they dare not dig in their gardens in case they find another Roman ruin and have to move house. The amphitheatre is mental when you consider they only discovered it at the turn of the last century.

[cdbearsfan]

1st Qualifying Round, 1st Leg

Sabah (Aze) 2 The New Saints (Wal)
Floriana (Mal) 2 Shamrock Rovers (Ire) 0
Flora (Est) 2 Iberia 1999 (Geo) 3
Lincoln Red Imps (Gib) 3 Inter Club d'Escaldes (And) 1
Tre Fiori (San) 0 Larne (NI) 1
Ararat-Armenia (Arm) 2 Riga (Lat) 0
Vardar (Mac) 0 KuPS (Fin) 2
Kauno Žalgiris (Lit) 1 Drita (Kos) 1
ML Vitebsk (Blr) 1 Universitat Craiova (Rom) 4
Petrocub Hînceşti (Mol) 1 Egnatia (Alb) 1
Borac Banja Luka (Bos) 1 Levski Sofia (Bul) 1
Vikingur Reykjavík (Ice) 1 ETO Győr (Hun) 0
Kairat (Kaz) 2 Sutjeska (Mon) 1
KÍ (Far) 2 Atert Bissen (Lux) 1

Second legs next week, 14th-15th July.

[cdbearsfan]

Also, Plovdiv is nice.