FML, Champions League 2009/2010 FML (8 Viewers)

[Alen]

These 22 teams go directly to the groups:

Manchester United - ENG
Liverpool - ENG
Chelsea - ENG
Internazionale - ITA
Juventus - ITA
Milan - ITA
Barcelona - ESP
Real Madrid - ESP
Sevilla - ESP
Wolfsburg - GER
Bayern Munich - GER
Bordeaux - FRA
Marseille - FRA
Rubin Kazan - RUS
CSKA Moscow - RUS
AZ - NED
Rangers - SCO
Beşiktaş - TUR
Unirea Urziceni - ROM
Dynamo Kyiv - UKR
Porto - POR
Standard Liège - BEL

5 of these teams will qualify for the CL groups:
Arsenal
Fiorentina
Stuttgart
Atlético Madrid
Lyon
Dynamo Moscow
Celtic
Anderlecht
Dinamo Bucureşti
Sivasspor
Panathinaikos
Sporting CP
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sparta Prague
Twente


5 of these teams will qualify for CL groups:
Olympiacos
Levski Sofia
Stabæk
Copenhagen
Slavia Prague
Zürich
Red Bull Salzburg
Partizan
Maccabi Haifa
Kalmar FF
Slovan Bratislava
Zrinjski
Ventspils
Inter Turku
Maribor
APOEL
Dinamo Zagreb
Debrecen
Wisła Kraków
Hibernians Malta
Sant Julià
Mogren
Tre Fiori
Levadia
BATE Borisov
WIT Georgia
Makedonija
FH Hafnarfjörður
Bohemians
Sheriff Tiraspol
Ekranas
Baku
Tirana
Pyunik
Aktobe
Glentoran
Rhyl
EB/Streymur
Dudelange

 

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[The Curr]

5 of these teams will qualify for CL groups:
Olympiacos
Levski Sofia
Stabæk
Copenhagen
Slavia Prague
Zürich
Red Bull Salzburg
Partizan
Maccabi Haifa
Kalmar FF
Slovan Bratislava
Zrinjski
Ventspils
Inter Turku
Maribor
APOEL
Dinamo Zagreb
Debrecen
Wisła Kraków
Hibernians Malta
Sant Julià
Mogren
Tre Fiori
Levadia
BATE Borisov
WIT Georgia
Makedonija
FH Hafnarfjörður
Bohemians
Sheriff Tiraspol
Ekranas
Baku
Tirana
Pyunik
Aktobe
Glentoran
Rhyl
EB/Streymur
Dudelange

Forza Bohs! The first Irish team to make it to the groups :xfinger:

 

[Omair]

In order for us to be seeded in the second spot we need one of the following to be knocked out:

Arsenal
Lyon
Shakhtar Donetsk
Sporting CP

 

[Ahmed]

goodbye Arsenal

 

[Vinny Del Pogba]

When do the qualifying rounds start?

 

[Red]

No doubt Alen has covered this already, but:

The next Champions League is born

The next Champions League is taking shape. While awaiting the name of the last qualified team to be announced on the 10th of June (the runners up of the Romanian championship), UEFA has made official the teams and dates of the next continental tournament. Twenty-two teams have qualified for the group phase while 55 others will be taking part in the preliminaries. These include Fiorentina who will be playing in the last round (first leg on the 18th or 19th of August and return match on the 25th or 26th of August).

From the preliminaries which will see the participation of high level teams such as Arsenal, Lyon, Sporting Lisbon, Shakhtar, Panathinaikos and Stuttgart the teams which complete the group phase will emerge. The draws of the eight groups with four teams each will take place in Montecarlo on the 27th of August, Juventus qualified for this phase together with inter and Milan. The bianconeri have been inserted in the third urn with the highest coefficient meaning that they can progress to the second urn if Arsenal, Lyon, Shakhtar or Sporting is eliminated in the preliminaries. The group phase will begin on the 15th and 16th of September while the final will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on the 22nd of May 2010.

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[Seven]

So there's not much competition for us this year?

 

[Stevie]

Arsenal not getting through would be sweet.

 

[Kosta]

You just got yourself new friend in Fred.

 

[Byrone]

Fred's team should get their priorities in order & concentrate on the EPL.

 

[Fred]

You guys are dreaming, there's no way in hell we'd be out of the preliminary rounds, no matter how bad we get.

 

[Zlatan]

Can someone tell me how come that this year three Serie A teams go directly to the group stage? Wasn't it two in the group stage and two in the preliminaries last year?

 

[Martin]

Can someone tell me how come that this year three Serie A teams go directly to the group stage? Wasn't it two in the group stage and two in the preliminaries last year?

It was.

 

[Zlatan]

I know

So why is it 3 this year?

 

[Red]

You guys are dreaming, there's no way in hell we'd be out of the preliminary rounds, no matter how bad we get.

It's unseeded this year.

You could draw Atletico Madrid or someone else good.

 

[Lawnchair Bes]

I know

So why is it 3 this year?

change of format, so that this year there are more teams from small countries to make it though. i know it sounds counter-intuitive. alen can explain it.

 

[Stephan]

No doubt Alen has covered this already, but:

The next Champions League is born

The next Champions League is taking shape. While awaiting the name of the last qualified team to be announced on the 10th of June (the runners up of the Romanian championship), UEFA has made official the teams and dates of the next continental tournament. Twenty-two teams have qualified for the group phase while 55 others will be taking part in the preliminaries. These include Fiorentina who will be playing in the last round (first leg on the 18th or 19th of August and return match on the 25th or 26th of August).

From the preliminaries which will see the participation of high level teams such as Arsenal, Lyon, Sporting Lisbon, Shakhtar, Panathinaikos and Stuttgart the teams which complete the group phase will emerge. The draws of the eight groups with four teams each will take place in Montecarlo on the 27th of August, Juventus qualified for this phase together with inter and Milan. The bianconeri have been inserted in the third urn with the highest coefficient meaning that they can progress to the second urn if Arsenal, Lyon, Shakhtar or Sporting is eliminated in the preliminaries. The group phase will begin on the 15th and 16th of September while the final will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on the 22nd of May 2010.

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I can see Sporting getting eliminated.

And those 4 could end up drawing each other also, right? So if the draw goes Arsenal vs Sporting than its a win/win situation either way?

 

[Red]

Correct.

 

[Fred]

It's unseeded this year.

You could draw Atletico Madrid or someone else good.

I am aware of that. But i don't see any team in there that we can't beat. Sure, Athletico or Fiorentina will both be tough tests, but we're still good enough to see both teams off.

 

[Red]

I am aware of that. But i don't see any team in there that we can't beat. Sure, Athletico or Fiorentina will both be tough tests, but we're still good enough to see both teams off.

I'm not saying you couldn't go through or that you wouldn't be favourites to qualify, but you were making it sound like it was almost impossible that you would lose in the qualifying round.

You guys are dreaming, there's no way in hell we'd be out of the preliminary rounds, no matter how bad we get.