Zed Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 Some decent teams there : - Intertoto Cup play is now finished, with 11 teams advancing to the second Qualifying round of the UEFA Cup. The advancing teams are: Lens Blackburn Hamburg Sampdoria Atletico Madrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Here's our update on the race to lock down a spot on the seeded side of the first round draw after the first leg of UCL 3rd round qualifying: We're in excellent shape. To simplify a lot of mathematics, there are nine teams we are rooting against in the UCL qualifying: Red Star Belgrade, FC Copenhagen, Toulouse, Dinamo Zagreb, FK Sarajevo, Elfsborg, Zurich, Salzburg, and BATE Borisov. If six of those nine teams get into the UCL group stages (and consequently banish higher-ranked teams to the UEFA Cup), we'll lose our seed. The good news is that those nine teams combined for six losses, two draws, and only one win in the first leg. So basically it would take an awful lot of stunning reversals to deny us a seed at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Here's our update on the race to lock down a spot on the seeded side of the first round draw after the first leg of UCL 3rd round qualifying: We're in excellent shape. To simplify a lot of mathematics, there are nine teams we are rooting against in the UCL qualifying: Red Star Belgrade, FC Copenhagen, Toulouse, Dinamo Zagreb, FK Sarajevo, Elfsborg, Zurich, Salzburg, and BATE Borisov. If six of those nine teams get into the UCL group stages (and consequently banish higher-ranked teams to the UEFA Cup), we'll lose our seed. The good news is that those nine teams combined for six losses, two draws, and only one win in the first leg. So basically it would take an awful lot of stunning reversals to deny us a seed at this point. Nice one JD, reliable as ever, could live with Toulouse pulling a stunning reversal out of the hat (although as my brother lives there a Toulouse/Everton match at some point would suit me nicely....cheap flights from Bristol also ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philinsuffolk Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Thanks JD. If I can be so bold as to think ahead. Say we get our seeded place and get through to the group stages. I assume the teams with most co-efficients get top seedings and so on through. What kind of seeding are we likely to get or is it impossible to judge at this stage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 17, 2007 Report Share Posted August 17, 2007 Just looking at the regulations it appears the group draw could be a bit complicated. If you work on the assumption that we end up ranked about 36-38 out of the eighty teams in the first round and that the majority of the seeded (top forty) get through then we'd be rated pretty near the bottom for the group stage draw. Then it says that half the remaining forty (almost certainly not us) would be seeded for the group draw; how that works in practice when there's eight groups of five which would mean two seeded teams in four groups and three seeded in the other four (while keeping clubs from the same country separate) I don't know. Still think we're gonna win it though....bring on Bayern ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Berno Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 I think Everton will do good but i dont think they will win it. We havnt got enough experince in europe as a team but i think we can get to the semis or quaters its just the luck of the draw. If we get in UEFA this season who knows what we can do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J*A*C*K*E*L*Z Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 August 31st. Far off. not so far of now eh mikeO!!!! :lmaosmiley: COYBB!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 ^^ Haha ive just notised when his post was, can't wait for the draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 To simplify a lot of mathematics, there are nine teams we are rooting against in the UCL qualifying: Red Star Belgrade, FC Copenhagen, Toulouse, Dinamo Zagreb, FK Sarajevo, Elfsborg, Zurich, Salzburg, and BATE Borisov. If six of those nine teams get into the UCL group stages (and consequently banish higher-ranked teams to the UEFA Cup), we'll lose our seed. ....and none of the nine got through, so our seeding is confirmed. Breathe a little easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Yup. Good deal for us. The only real "big name" team that crashed out of UCL qualifying today was Ajax Amsterdam - they immediately slot in as the third-highest ranked team in the UEFA Cup, behind Villareal and Bayern. There are some other UCL refugees coming in that are decent - Anderlecht, Sparta Prague, Dinamo Bucharest, Spartak Moscow - but not really a major threat to win this tournament. They're very capable of making our life miserable in the group stage if we take them lightly, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko 1990 Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 the road to the finl has been Paved, Come on you blues! Channel 5 football here we come! Whens the 1st game in uefa? whens the draw for the games ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldfishMemory Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 the road to the finl has been Paved, Come on you blues! Channel 5 football here we come! Whens the 1st game in uefa? whens the draw for the games ? Draw is tomorrow & the game will be around 23rd Sept most probs away first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Glad that we seeded and not got to worry about Munich or Villareal to at least the group stages. Heres hoping get a nice draw and get into the groups. If its around the 23rd September I will be on my honeymoon in Tenerife so will have to go out to watch it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Qualifying is finished and the first round field of 80 is as set as it's going to be for tomorrow's draw. You can see the list of qualified teams by going to http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seeduc2007.html and scrolling down to "round 1." All of the teams in the right column are the teams we could potentially draw tomorrow. The country breakdown for the 40 unseeded teams is: 5 - Sweden 4 - Denmark 3 - Greece, Portugal 2 - Bulgaria, Holland, Norway, Austria, Switzerland 1 - 15 other countries Myself, I'll gladly take a nice, easy draw against one of those Swedish teams. :-) And I'd just as soon avoid anyone from Holland, Portugal, or Turkey, thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxeneer Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 if i have got it its one of these teams: odense (denmark) standard liège (belgium) kayseri erciyesspor (turkey) red bull salzburg (austria) rabotnički (macedonia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 I thought it was any one of the unseeded teams from the list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldfishMemory Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 ^^^ It is mate theres very few I'v even heard of! Draws at 12 UK time apparently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big gorgeous Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 leys hope we do the business this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) Live video of the draw here...>>>UEFA.COM<<< Edited August 31, 2007 by MikeO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Who on earh are metalist???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jofanon Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Ukrainian team. I'm there. Beers. Girlies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Anyone any idea if any good? they championship material or lower down? Never heard of them so maybe that is good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EFCfanatic Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Should be easy enough. Would prefer somewhere different to the Ukraine to visit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) Some info... >>>LINK<<< and (helpfully ) >>Official Site<<. Click top right for the English version. And even a webcam to have a look at the place .... >>>>LINK<<< Edited August 31, 2007 by MikeO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldfishMemory Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 What a fuckin mad draw, cant believe I'll be on a plane goin the Ukrane that sounds so wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 quailty draw =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomness Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Just seen the uefa Website java application or whatever it is, we were in the same seed pot as leverkusen, villareal and Zenit St Petersburg And Galatasary!! Neat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue4Ever Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 We best had hammer these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaGTiR Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 im happy with the draw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaGTiR Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 (edited) Little Bit Of Info on Metalist Team: FC Metalist Kharkiv was initially founded in December 1925, when a local train construction facility provided funding and allowed use of its territory to start a football club. In 1981 the club won the Soviet First League outright to earn a spot in Soviet Top League. The club would appear in the remaining 10 seasons of the Soviet Top League with several successes on the domestic front. In 1983, Metalist was a runner-up in the USSR Cup (losing 1-0 to Shakhtar Donetsk) and few years later in 1988 would win the cup, beating Torpedo Moscow by a score of 2-0. As a result, Metalist Kharkiv earned a trip to the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup--their only European appearance to date. Metalist would only advance to the lat 16, beating Yugoslavia side Borac Banja Luka and losing to the Dutch club Roda JC. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Metalist would take part in the premier season of the Ukrainian Premier League in 1992. That season, Metalist took 5th place, an achievement it would never top until the 2006-07 season, finishing in 5th place three more times since, the most notable coming during the 2001-02 season. Stadium: As Metalist Stadium is scheduled to be one of the venues for Euro 2012, it was decided to reconstruct and expand the arena and turn it into a modern recreational and leisure facility. Capacity of the stadium is planned to increase by 13,000, with final capacity being around 43,000. The restoration works commenced in autumn 2006 and are due to be finished by the end of 2008. Edited August 31, 2007 by KillaGTiR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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