Europa League Qualification Poll

[ToffeeDan]

Details of Round 2 draw and Round 3 situation (the 52 possible teams we might meet - though the draw will reduce that to 6 possible teams (some as winners of 2nd round ties)

Spoiler: Latest Information

Team in CAPITALS - seed for Rd 2 purposes
Winners of these ties will be seeded in Round 3 draw - ranking in that draw shown next to seeded team name
Östersund (SWE) v GALATASARAY (TUR) 3
16 MACCABI TEL AVIV (ISR) v KR Reykjavík (ISL)*
Zirä (AZE) v ASTRA GIURGIU (ROU) 18
Ferencváros (HUN) v MIDTJYLLAND (DEN) 20
24 HAJDUK SPLIT (CRO) v Levski Sofia (BUL)
Rabotnicki (MKD) v DINAMO MINSK (BLR) 25
Haugesund (NOR) v LECH POZNAN (POL) 26
27 APOLLON LIMASSOL (CYP) v Zaria Balti (MDA)*
Shkëndija (MKD)* v HJK HELSINKI (FIN) 28
Shamrock Rovers (IRL)* v MLADA BOLESLAV (CZE) 29

and will join the following pre-qualified teams

Seeded Pre-qualified
1 Zenit St Petersburg
2 Athletic Bilbao
4 Fenerbahce
5 Sparta Praha
6 AC Milan
7 PSV Eindhoven
8 Sporting Braga
9 AA Gent
10 PAOK Thessalonika
11 FC Krasnodar
12 Girondins Bordeaux
13 Everton
14 Olympique Marseille
15 Dinamo Zagreb
17 SC Freiburg
19 Austria Vienna
21 Panathinaikos
22 Maritimo Funchal
23 FC Sion

The bit that matters to us:

Winners of these ties will be unseeded in Round 3 draw
Željezničar (BIH) v AIK (SWE) 1
Osijek (CRO) v LUZERN (SUI) 3
4 BRONDBY (DEN) v VPS Vaasa (FIN)*
Nõmme Kalju (EST) v VIDEOTON (HUN) 5
Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)* v AEL LIMASSOL (CYP) 8
9 GABALA (AZE) v Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)
10 SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) v Lyngby (DEN)
Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ) v CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) 11
12 TRENCIN (SVK) v Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v SKENDERBEU (ALB) 13
14 ABERDEEN (SCO) v Široki Brijeg (BIH)*
Valletta (MLT) v UTRECHT (NED) 15
16 ALTACH (AUT) v Dinamo Brest (BLR)
17 STURM GRAZ (AUT) v Mladost Podgorica (MNE)
19 AEK LARNACA (CYP) v Cork City (IRL)*
20 INTER BAKU (AZE) v Fola Esch (LUX)*
Botev Plovdiv (BUL) v BEITAR JERUSALEM (ISR) 21
Vaduz (LIE) v ODD (NOR) 22
23 PANIONOS (GRE) v Gorica (SVN)*
24 IFK NORRKOPING (SWE) v Trakai (LTU)*
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)* v DOMZALE (SVN) 25
Ružomberok (SVK)** v BRANN (NOR) 28
29 LIEPAJA (LVA)** v Suduva (LTU)*

* Defeated a First Round seed
** Defeated a First Round seed and inherited 2nd Round seeding

And will join the following non-seeds

2 FC Olegsandriya
6 Olimpik Donetsk
7 KV Oostende
18 Dinamo Bucharesti
26 Universitatea Craova
27 Arka Gdynia

Who's the hardest we could get?

See above.. further info to follow on tonight's results.

 

[ToffeeDan]

Seeded for Rd 3 - winners of following ties cannot meet Everton in next Round

Seeds losing first leg (or drawing at home) are highlighted
Östersund (SWE) v GALATASARAY (TUR) -
MACCABI TEL AVIV (ISR) v KR Reykjavík (ISL)* 3 - 1
ASTRA GIURGIU (ROU) v Zirä (AZE) -
Ferencváros (HUN) v MIDTJYLLAND (DEN) -
HAJDUK SPLIT (CRO) v Levski Sofia (BUL) -
Rabotnicki (MKD) v DINAMO MINSK (BLR) 1 - 1
Haugesund (NOR) v LECH POZNAN (POL) -
APOLLON LIMASSOL (CYP) v Zaria Balti (MDA)* -
Shkëndija (MKD)* HJK HELSINKI (FIN) 3 - 1
Shamrock Rovers (IRL)* v MLADA BOLESLAV (CZE) -


Winners of these ties will be unseeded in Round 3 draw
Željezničar (BIH) v AIK (SWE) -
Osijek (CRO) v LUZERN (SUI) -
BRONDBY (DEN) v VPS Vaasa (FIN)* 2 - 0
Nõmme Kalju (EST) v VIDEOTON (HUN) 0 - 3
Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)* v AEL LIMASSOL (CYP) -
GABALA (AZE) v Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) -
SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) v Lyngby (DEN) -
Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ) v CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) 1 - 1
TRENCIN (SVK) v Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv (ISR) -
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v SKENDERBEU (ALB) 1 - 1
ABERDEEN (SCO) v Široki Brijeg (BIH)* -
Valletta (MLT) v UTRECHT (NED) -
ALTACH (AUT) v Dinamo Brest (BLR) 1 - 1
STURM GRAZ (AUT) v Mladost Podgorica (MNE) -
Cork City (IRL)* v AEK LARNACA (CYP) -
INTER BAKU (AZE) v Fola Esch (LUX)* 1 - 0
BEITAR JERUSALEM (ISR) v Botev Plovdiv (BUL) -
Vaduz (LIE) v ODD (NOR) -
PANIONOS (GRE) v Gorica (SVN)* -
IFK NORRKOPING (SWE) v Trakai (LTU)* -
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)* v DOMZALE (SVN) -
Ružomberok (SVK)** v BRANN (NOR) -
LIEPAJA (LVA)** v Suduva (LTU)* 0 - 2

 

[roydo]

I see we now have a current EL thread. Rather than this one, which is really a bit redundant.

So, its been fun, but