[Nicky91]

which draw is first

conference league or europa league?

[Nicky91]

definitely going to follow those two draws as well


for what is next for our AZ ofc, but also what is next for lithuanian side Zalgiris and liechtensteiners Vaduz

[Calderyon]

Europa League draw is today at 12 PM UK.

[Calderyon]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Is HJK Helsinki the team that you support out of interest?

No, but it's the only Finnish club that has any chance of good results tbh. It's more supporting a Finnish football itself than club allegiance.

There is not really a club that I support.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Arsenal have got Zurich Bodo Glimt and PSV

[Crimson Dynamo]

Man U got Omonia Sheriff and Real Sociedad

Omonia managed by Neil Lennon

[Calderyon]

Groups:

Spoiler:

[Calderyon]

Not a bad group for HJK.

Pity we didn't get Manchester United or Arsenal though.

[Nicky91]

conference league draw ongoing now

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

Not a bad group for HJK.

Pity we didn't get Manchester United or Arsenal though.

chances for 3rd place, against Ludogorets maybe

[Nicky91]

West Ham United will play in Group B

[Nicky91]

former europa league winners Villarreal will play in group C

[Nicky91]

Group A so far

Basaksehir, Fiorentina

[Nicky91]

FCSB join West Ham in Group B

[Nicky91]

interesting draw so far

[Crimson Dynamo]

Anderlecht also for the Hammers

[Crimson Dynamo]

and some Romanian team

[Crimson Dynamo]

Hearts get Fiorentia, Istanbul Başakşehir, and RFS of Latvia

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Nicky91]

Group A

Basaksehir
Fiorentina
Hearts
RFS

Group B
West Ham
FCSB
Anderlecht
Silkeborg

Group C
Villarreal
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Austria Wien
Lech Poznan

Group D
FK Partizan
FC Koln
Nice
Slovacko

Group E
AZ
Apollon
Vaduz
Dnipro-1

Group F
AA Gent
Molde
Shamrock Rovers
Djurgarden

Group G
Slavia Prague
CFR Cluj
Sivasspor
Ballkani

Group H
Basel
Slovan Bratislava
Zalgiris Vilnius
Pyunik Yerevan

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Nicky91]

FCSB are the second Steaua Bucharest btw, LT

but they cannot use that name because of copyrights from the other CSA Steaua which is owned by the royal army

[Nicky91]

Gent really got lucky there lol


good draw for Djurgarden as well from that same perspective, they are quite a decent team in sweden


Zalgiris not a chanceless first group of theirs i think, maybe not group win, obviously Basel but Slovan is not unbeatable and Pyunik well they are also tough, so could be a close call group that one for the 2nd place

[Nicky91]

loving this for FC Vaduz


fun facts about them


they got quite a few veterans in their team

Liechtenstein internationals too

Benjamin Buchel (GK) captain, with 48 appearances in national team

Nicolas Hasler (MID) 88 appearances in national team

Sandro Wieser (MID) 53 appearances in national team



and lols
if Vaduz want to play in the CL they have to

1. win domestic cup
2. win conference league
3. win europa league
4. playing in cl group stage

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they play in swiss challenge league btw, only club ever in a european group stage not to play at the highest level of football

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

and some Romanian team

Steaua Bucharest, not sure why they refer to them as FCSB these days (edit - never mind, just seen Nicky explained why lol)

Actually a bit of a group of death tbh, both Steaua and Anderlecht have a lot of European pedigree. I've been wanting to visit Bucharest anyway so might tie that in with our game depending on date, although not sure if visiting the same time as West Ham being in town would enhance the visit or not lol