UEFA Europa League Thread

[DavidP]

i'll only be half-watching us this time, but yes, absolutely crucial game if you ask me.

[aldair6]

Anyone got a decent link?

[RomaShield27]

[taz]

UEFA Europa League playoffs-2nd legs

Dinamo Bucharest 2-3 Vorskla Poltava (Agg: 3-5)
Spartak Moscow 2-3 Legia Warsaw (Agg: 4-5)
Rennes 4-0 Crvena Zvezda (Agg: 6-1)
PSV Eindhoven 5-0 Ried (Agg: 5-0)
AEK Larnaca 2-1 Rosenborg (Agg: 2-1)
Dynamo Kiev 1-0 Litex Lovech (Agg: 3-1)
Gaz Metan 1-0 Austria Vienna (Agg: 2-3)
Spartak Trnava 1-1 Lokomotiv Moscow (Agg: 1-3)
CSKA Sofia 1-1 Steaua Bucharest (Agg: 1-3)
Hapoel Tel Aviv 4-0 Ekranas (Agg: 4-1)
Young Boys 2-2 Braga (Agg: 2-2) (Braga win on away goals rule)
Dinamo Tbilisi 1-1 AEK Athens (AET) (Agg: 1-2)
Sparta Prague 1-0 Vaslui (Agg: 1-2)
Rapid Bucharest 1-1 Slask Wroclaw (Agg: 4-2)
Alania Vladikavkaz 2-0 Besiktas (Agg: 2-3)
Helsingborgs 1-3 Standard Liege (Agg: 1-4)
Panathinaikos 2-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Agg: 2-4)
Schalke 6-1 HJK Helsinki (Agg: 6-3)
Anderlecht 2-2 Bursaspor (Agg: 4-3)
Club Brugge 2-0 Zestafoni (Agg: 5-3)
Dnipro 1-0 Fulham (Agg: 1-3)
Vitoria Guimaraes 0-4 Atletico Madrid (Agg: 0-6)
Partizan Belgrade 1-2 Shamrock Rovers (AET) (Agg: 2-3)
Rangers 1-1 Maribor (Agg: 2-3)
Sion 3-1 Celtic (Agg: 3-1)
AZ Alkmaar 6-0 Aalesund (Agg: 7-2)
Roma 1-1 Slovan Bratislava (Agg: 1-2)
Birmingham City 3-0 Nacional (Agg: 3-0)
Rabotnicki 1-3 Lazio (Agg: 1-9)
Sochaux 0-4 Metalist Kharkiv (Agg: 0-4)
Stoke City 4-1 Thun (Agg: 5-1)
Karpaty Lviv 1-1 PAOK (Agg: 1-3)
Paris St Germain 2-0 Differdange (Agg: 6-0)
Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Hearts (Agg: 5-0)
Red Bull Salzburg 1-0 Omonia Nicosia (Agg: 2-2) (Red Bull Salzburg win on away goals rule)
Sevilla 1-1 Hannover (Agg: 2-3)
Sporting CP 2-1 Nordsjaelland (Agg: 2-1)

[taz]

UEFA Europa League Group Stage - Seeds

Pot 1: Tottenham Hotspur, PSV Eindhoven, Atletico Madrid, Sporting CP, Braga, Schalke, Dynamo Kiev, Paris St Germain, Copenhagen, AZ, Anderlecht, Twente

Pot 2: Fulham, Besiktas, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Metalist Kharkiv, Standard Liege, Rubin Kazan, Club Brugge, AEK Athens, Steaua Bucharest, Udinese, Athletic Bilbao, Lazio

Pot 3: Red Bull Salzburg, Maccabi Haifa, Zurich, Odense, Lokomotiv Moscow, PAOK, Stoke City, Birmingham City, Rennes, Austria Vienna, Rapid Bucharest, Hannover

Pot 4: Vorksla, Wisla Krakow, Vaslui, Sion, Sturm Graz, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Slovan Bratislava, Legia Warsaw, Maribor, AEK Larnaca, Malmo, Shamrock Rovers

[RomaShield27]

Shamrock Rovers making it to the group stages, what an achievement! First time ever an Irish side has qualified.

[DavidP]

[RomaShield27]

Fuck moi? You insult me, and then you ask me to look for games for you? Hmmm.Yes those games are there, but the download links for them have expired, because nobody gives a fuck.

(no they're not there)

[taz]

UEFA Europa League Group Stage

Group A

Tottenham Hotspur
Rubin Kazan
PAOK
Shamrock Rovers

Group B

Copenhagen
Standard Liege
Hannover
Vorskla Poltava

Group C

PSV Eindhoven
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Rapid Bucharest
Legia Warsaw

Group D

Sporting CP
Lazio
Zurich
Vaslui

Group E

Dynamo Kiev
Besiktas
Stoke City
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Group F

Paris St Germain
Athletic Bilbao
Red Bull Salzburg
Slovan Bratislava

Group G

AZ Alkmaar
Metalist Kharkiv
Austria Vienna
Malmo

Group H

Braga
Club Brugge
Birmingham City
Maribor

Group I

Atletico Madrid
Udinese
Rennes
Sion

Group J

Schalke
Steaua Bucharest
Maccabi Haifa
AEK Larnaca

Group K

Twente
Fulham
Odense
Wisla Krakow

Group L

Anderlecht
AEK Athens
Lokomotiv Moscow
Sturm Graz

[juventino_italiano]

Lazio and Udinese were handed tricky opponents in Sporting and Atletico

But they SHOULD move on

[DavidP]

[forzaitalia]

I don't think Sporting are that good, so the merda should progress.

Udinese haven't had luck on their side since finishing 4th, drawing Arsenal in the CL and now having Atletico in their EL group, but they still should progress too.

(provided both teams take it seriously)

[taz]

UEFA Europa League - Group Stage (Matchday 1)

Group A

PAOK 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Shamrock Rovers 0-3 Rubin Kazan

Group B

Hannover 0-0 Standard Liege
Copenhagen 1-0 Vorskla Poltava

Group C

Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-1 Rapid Bucharest
PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Legia Warsaw

Group D

Zurich 0-2 Sporting CP
Lazio 2-2 Vaslui

Group E

Besiktas 5-1 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dynamo Kiev 1-1 Stoke City

Group F

Slovan Bratislava 1-2 Athletic Bilbao
Paris St Germain 3-1 Red Bull Salzburg

Group G

AZ 4-1 Malmo
Austria Wien 1-2 Metalist Kharkiv

Group H

Club Brugge 2-0 Maribor
Birmingham City 1-3 Braga

Group I

Udinese 2-1 Rennes
Atletico Madrid 2-0 Celtic

Group J

Maccabi Haifa 1-0 AEK Larnaca
Steaua Bucharest 0-0 Schalke

Group K

Wisla Krakow 1-3 Odense
Fulham 1-1 Twente

Group L

Sturm Graz 1-2 Lokomotiv Moscow
Anderlecht 4-1 AEK Athens

[forzaitalia]

Good result for Udinese, lol at Lazio though. Although I don't think I'm in any position to laugh after the Slovan Bratislava episode.

[taz]

UEFA Europa League - Group Stage (Matchday 2)

Group A

Rubin Kazan 2-2 PAOK
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Shamrock Rovers

Group B

Vorskla Poltava 1-2 Hannover
Standard Liege 3-0 Copenhagen

Group C

Legia Warsaw 3-2 Hapoel Tel Aviv
Rapid Bucharest 1-3 PSV Eindhoven

Group D

Vaslui 2-2 Zurich
Sporting CP 2-1 Lazio

On the next matchday (20 October):

Sporting CP will qualify if they defeat Vaslui and Zurich draw with Lazio.


Group E

Maccabi Tel Aviv 1-1 Dynamo Kiev
Stoke City 2-1 Besiktas

Group F

Red Bull Salzburg 3-0 Slovan Bratislava
Athletic Bilbao 2-0 Paris St Germain

Group G

Metalist Kharkiv 1-1 AZ Alkmaar
Malmo 1-2 Austria Vienna

Group H

Braga 1-2 Club Brugge
Maribor 1-2 Birmingham City

Group I

Celtic 1-1 Udinese
Rennes 1-1 Atletico Madrid

Group J

Schalke 3-1 Maccabi Haifa
AEK Larnaca 1-1 Steaua Bucharest

Group K

Twente 4-1 Wisla Krakow
Odense 0-2 Fulham

Group L

Lokomotiv Moscow 0-2 Anderlecht
AEK Athens 1-2 Sturm Graz

[RomaShield27]

As much as the Bald Fuck waffles on and talks complete shite, I have to agree with him here:

Galliani blasts Udinese's Euro snub
– Friday 30 September, 2011

Adriano Galliani is furious with Udinese after fielding a second string team against Celtic. “This is why Italy are ranked below Cyprus!” The Milan Vice-President has long been critical of clubs who snub the Champions League and Europa League, which led to the fourth Champions League qualifying spot being taken away from Serie A.

Udinese Coach Francesco Guidolin drew a great deal of criticism when resting almost all his stars in the 1-1 draw in Glasgow on Thursday.

“Every time we play a round in the Champions League, I get a print-out of the current European ranking,” explained Galliani. “Despite the three victories from Inter, Milan and Napoli, we are in 11th place and even lag behind Cyprus. Do you know why? It’s because some clubs show a lack of interest in the Europa League.

“We even set aside a contribution payment in the Lega to motivate them, but when the games arrive, they rotate the squads. “The problem in Italian football is not knowing who wins Juventus-Milan this Sunday, but rather the 22-point difference from the English ranking.”

Another reason for Serie A’s downturn in recent years has been the state of stadiums, as only Juventus have inaugurated an arena that they own.

“If all Italian clubs owned their own stadiums, the income would change radically. Unfortunately, we are light years away from this change. What happened in Turin cannot be repeated. “The only thing we can try to do at Milan is modernise San Siro so we can soon hope to host a Champions League Final.”

Milan visit the brand new Juventus Stadium on Sunday evening and Galliani was at the inauguration ceremony. “A club that changes its stadium also changes its crowd. Since the Allianz Arena in Munich was rebuilt, Bayern have been consistently sold out, because people are interested in the stadium and not just the match. My compliments to the Juve directors who have been able to achieve this great feat.”

[forzaitalia]

He is correct, definitely, although Udinese are doing alright with 4 points from 2 games. They should get out of the group, if they do I'd like to see them really go far in this competition. Top 3 in Serie A for them will be extremely hard if that's why they want to rest players, so they should give the Europa League a good go.

[RomaShield27]

Yeh Udinese should qualify from that group i'd say. But you never know, i seen their Celtic game last night and they still had a decent enough side out, but their performance was quite poor, they never really got going at all. Celtic are fairly shit at the moment and so with a bit more effort from Udinese they could have won last night, which all goes toward the co-efficient rankings.

[taz]

UEFA Europa League - Group Stage (Matchday 3)

Group A

Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Rubin Kazan
PAOK 2-1 Shamrock Rovers

*On the next matchday, Tottenham Hotspur will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Rubin Kazan.

Group B

Standard Liege 0-0 Vorskla Poltava
Hannover 2-2 Copenhagen

Group C

Rapid Bucharest 0-1 Legia Warsaw
Hapoel Tel Aviv 0-1 PSV Eindhoven

*PSV Eindhoven will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Hapoel Tel Aviv and Legia Warsaw do not lose to Rapid Bucharest or they draw with Hapoel Tel Aviv and Legia Warsaw defeat Rapid Bucharest.

**Legia Warsaw will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Rapid Bucharest and PSV Eindhoven do not lose to Hapoel Tel Aviv.

Group D

Sporting CP 2-0 Vaslui
Zurich 1-1 Lazio

*On the next matchday, Sporting CP are assured of advancing to the round of 32; they will win the group if they defeat Vaslui or both matches are draws.

Group E

Stoke City 3-0 Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dynamo Kiev 1-0 Besiktas

*On the next matchday, Stoke City will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dynamo Kiev defeat Besiktas.

Group F

Athletic Bilbao 2-2 Red Bull Salzburg
Slovan Bratislava 0-0 Paris St Germain

*On the next matchday, Athletic Bilbao will advance to the round of 32 if they defeat Red Bull Salzburg.

Group G

Malmo 1-4 Metalist Kharkiv
AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Austria Vienna

Group H

Maribor 1-1 Braga
Club Brugge 1-2 Birmingham City

Group I

Rennes 1-1 Celtic
Udinese 2-0 Atletico Madrid

*Udinese will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Atletico Madrid.

**Udinese will win the group if they defeat Atletico Madrid and Celtic draws with Rennes.

Group J

AEK Larnaca 0-5 Schalke
Maccabi Haifa 5-0 Steaua Bucharest

*Schalke will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat AEK Larnaca and Maccabi Haifa do not lose to Steaua Bucharest.

**Maccabi Haifa will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Steaua Bucharest and Schalke do not lose to AEK Larnaca.

Group K

Odense 1-4 Twente
Wisla Krakow 1-0 Fulham

*Twente will qualify for the Round of 32 if they defeat Odense and Fulham defeat Wisla Krakow.

Group L

Lokomotiv Moscow 3-1 AEK Athens
Sturm Graz 0-2 Anderlecht

*Anderlecht will qualify for the Round of 32 if they do not lose to Sturm Graz.

[Lupa]

This was posted on a link that I saw in the comments section of today's Guardian article on Serie A. I'm posting it here, because it's the Europa League (and former UEFA cup) that causes the Italian teams to be in possible danger.

UEFA coeffiecients.
http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uef ... k2012.html

The article that linked it
http://www.notevenanoriundo.com/2011/09 ... -only.html