ClintonGrey 365 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Im currently trying to work out exactly what Celtic will have to face in the new qualifying for the Champs League. Taken from the UEFA website. • Best-placed path: The third-placed side from the sixth-ranked member association, plus the runners-up from the associations ranked 7 to 15, start the competition in the third qualifying round. The winners of these five ties progress to the play-off round, where they are joined by the fourth-placed sides from the associations ranked 1 to 3 and the third-placed teams from the associations ranked 4 and 5. The victorious teams from the five play-off ties qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Teams from the Champions Path and the Best-Placed Path cannot meet in UEFA Champions League qualifying. • The losing team from each of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round ties will go into the UEFA Europa League play-offs. • The losing team from each of the UEFA Champions League play-off ties will go into the UEFA Europa League group stage. Teams involved in the best place third qualifying round are the following. (* = seeded, only three are seeded as theres still two spots being played for.) Celtic FC* Shaktar Donetsk* Sporting CP* FC Twente (guaranteed unseeded) Dynamo Moscow (guaranteed unseeded) Anderlecht Romanian Team (Unirea, Dinamo Bucharest or Timişoara (unlikely)) Turkish Team (Beşiktaş, Sivasspor or Trabzonspor) Greek Team (Panathinaikos or AEK Athens (unlikely)) Czech Team (Sparta Prague or Slovan Liberec) Therefore the bolded teams are the ones Celtic could possibly play in the 3rd qualifying round. If Celtic get past the home/away ties then they go onto the best placed playoff rounds. They will therefore possibly play any winner of the other 4 games in the third round, or the following teams. Arsenal Stuttgart Lyon Spanish Team (Atlético Madrid or Villareal) Italian Team (Fiorentina or Genoa (very unlikely)) If they get dumped out on any of these two ties, then they go into the Europa League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1993 101 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 At looks pritty tough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 At looks pritty tough Aye it will be very hard, apparently FC Twente and Dynamo Moscow are guaranteed unseeded for the 3rd round, both very hard teams to play and Celtic have a 2/5th chance of getting them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 766 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Just as long as they get beat, don't really care who by Imagine them playing Arsenal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu1993 101 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Hartley marking or always trailing van persie :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtin281 0 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 but with celtics great world class goalie and winger aids mcweedy shoorly they cant be beaten at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royalbluebell 38 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 but with celtics great world class goalie and winger aids mcweedy shoorly they cant be beaten at home. Of course not, not when they deserve to win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRodgA2k8 542 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Its definately a difficult path and as Walter said yesterday, he'd rather be in the tournament automatically than have to qualify Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Just got the info that Celtic will be UNSEEDED for the play-offs. :gerbad: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRodgA2k8 542 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Just got the info that Celtic will be UNSEEDED for the play-offs. :gerbad: THey will be seeded for the first section of their qualifying campaign.... the phase where Arsenal etc join becomes and open draw with no seedings Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Just got the info that Celtic will be UNSEEDED for the play-offs. :gerbad: THey will be seeded for the first section of their qualifying campaign.... the phase where Arsenal etc join becomes and open draw with no seedings http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2009.html From Danny. Check the best placed playoffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRodgA2k8 542 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Just got the info that Celtic will be UNSEEDED for the play-offs. :gerbad: THey will be seeded for the first section of their qualifying campaign.... the phase where Arsenal etc join becomes and open draw with no seedings http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/seedcl2009.html From Danny. Check the best placed playoffs I know mate but I think thats wrong....im going against a proven stats thing I know. I'm fairly convinced it's an Open Draw when Arsenal etc join, as many pundits have discussed over the following weeks! If thats true then they really are screwed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietspam 733 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Guys, you're all forgetting timmies unbeaten away run in Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Guys, you're all forgetting timmies unbeaten away run in Europe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 When you see it like that it just go' to show you how important it was to win the league, ............a big pfewwwww!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,710 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 No Naka :O They prob won't even be able to beat Aalborg without him, forget about Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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