It's official, the first qualifying round ended today and here are the victourious clubs of the two legged ties:
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[b]Sioni[/b] 2-1 Baku
Elbasan 1-3 [b]Ekranas[/b]
Pyunik 0-2 [b]Sheriff[/b]
Dudelange 0-1 [b]Rabotnicki[/b]
Linfield 3-5 [b]Gorica[/b]
TVMK 3-4 [b]Hafnarfjördur[/b]
Birkirkara 2-5 [b]B36[/b]
[b]Cork[/b] 2-1 Apollon
Shakhtyor 0-2 [b]Široki Brijeg[/b]
[b]MyPa[/b] 2-0 TNS
[b]Metalurgs[/b] 2-1 AktobeThe conclusion of the first qualifying round sets up the match-ups for the second qualifying round which starts on the 25th/26th of July (first leg) and concludes on the 1st/2nd of August (second leg). Here are the match-ups:
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NK Gorica v FC Steaua Bucuresti
PFC Levski Sofia v FC Sioni Bolnisi
FC Zürich v SV Salzburg
Djurgårdens IF v MFK Ružomberok
Debreceni VSC v FK Rabotnicki
Cork City FC v FK Crvena Zvezda
Fenerbahçe SK v B36 Tórshavn
FK Mladá Boleslav v Vålerenga IF
FC Sheriff v FC Spartak Moskva
FHK Liepajas Metalurgs v FC Dynamo Kyiv
FH Hafnarfjördur v Legia Warszawa
FC København v Myllykosken Pallo-47
FK Ekranas v NK Dinamo Zagreb
Heart of Midlothian FC v NK Široki BrijegTwo former champions in that lot might I add and some other respected teams like Dynamo Kyiv, Fenerbahçe, Spartak Moskva, Legia, Dinamo Zagreb and Hearts among others. Should be an interesting round.
PS: I have yet to find the order that these matches will be played in (by order I mean what teams play first home and second away and vice verca). If anyone knows it please post it here. Thanks.
PSS: Before opening this thread I searched to see if there was already a CL thread for this season but I didn't find one. If there is one then feel free to delete this thread.
. Steaua, the Romanian champions have to play starting in the 2nd qualifying round even though they had like the 5th highest coefficient of any team in Europe least season. That coefficient that Steaua and Rapid got for Romanian clubs last year in the UEFA Cup will only come into play starting next year where the winner of this years Liga I (new name for Romanian top division) will automatically qualify for the groups while the second placed team will play starting in the 3rd qualifying round. I just think it's stupid that we have to wait a year for those changes to happen.
