Champions League Play off's

IF we get passed St Pats/Legia Warsaw in the next round of the Champs League, what teams are we likely to face in the Play off's?

 

The play-off round is not drawn until after the 3rd QR is completed, so there is no way to know who we will be up against.

We will be seeded though but you will have to wait until the 6th August for a more definitive answer.

EDIT

It definitely won't be...
Steaua Bucharest
BATE Borisov
Red Bull Salzburg
APOEL

As they are seeded with us in the top 5.

There are some higher ranked unseeded teams like Legia Warsaw, Dinamo Tbilisi and Maribor that are in danger of crashing out tonight.

Luckily for us some of the 'better' teams have been drawn against each other in the 3rd Round.

AaB v Dinamo Zagreb
Malmö/Ventspils v Sparta Prague
Maribor/Zrinjski Mostar v Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dinamo Tbilisi/Aktobe v Strømsgodset/Steaua București

 

Sparta praha
Dinamo Zagreb
Ludogrets razgrad
Maccabai tel-aviv
Sheriff tiraspol
1 of them if they all get through and if the 5 seeded teams get through

 

We definitely can't face APOEL, Red Bull Salzburg, Steaua Bucureşti or BATE Borisov.

So possible opponents are:

Strømsgodset
Qarabağ
Debrecen
Partizan
Ludogorets Razgrad
Sparta Praha
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Dinamo Zagreb
AaB
Slovan Bratislava
Sheriff Tiraspol
Rabotnički/HJK
Malmö FF/Ventspils
Zrinjski Mostar/Maribor
Aktobe/Dinamo Tbilisi

 

Those first 3 have been drawn against 3 of the teams we can't possibly meet.

 

Yes and if they beat them, we can draw them. So they are possible opponents.

 

Teams that are left. Bold denotes QF for 3rd Rnd.

Red Bull Salzburg 46.185
Steaua București 39.451 OR Strømsgodset 4.855
APOEL 37.650
Celtic 36.813
BATE Borisov 33.725
Sparta Prague 28.870
Dinamo Zagreb 23.925
Ludogorets Razgrad 18.125
Maccabi Tel Aviv 17.875
Sheriff Tiraspol 17.075
Maribor 16.200 OR Zrinjski Mostar 4.000
Legia Warsaw 15.275 OR St Patrick's Athletic 4.775
Partizan 14.825
Debrecen 10.325
Slovan Bratislava 8.700
Aktobe 8.150 OR Dinamo Tbilisi 6.975
Ventspils 7.750 OR Malmö FF 6.265
Qarabağ 7.575
HJK 7.435 OR Rabotnički 4.550
AaB 5.260

Play-Off round. Assuming we qualify. So in bold I'd assume that these teams will Qualify.

Celtic 36.813
Red Bull Salzburg 46.185 OR Qarabağ 7.575
Steaua 39.451 / Strømsgodset 4.855 OR Aktobe 8.150 / Dinamo Tbilisi 6.975
BATE Borisov 33.725 OR Debrecen 10.325
Sparta Prague 28.870 OR Ventspils 7.750 / Malmö FF 6.265
Dinamo Zagreb 23.925 OR AaB 5.260
Ludogorets Razgrad 18.125 OR Partizan 14.825
Maccabi Tel Aviv 17.875 OR Maribor 16.200 / Zrinjski Mostar 4.000
Sheriff Tiraspol 17.075 OR Slovan Bratislava 8.700
APOEL 37.650 OR HJK 7.435 / Rabotnički 4.550

So seeded

Celtic
Red Bull
APOEL
BATE
Steaua

Unseeded

Sheriff
AaB (Beat us 08-09)
Ludogorets Razgrad (Reached Last 16 of EL last season)
Maribor (Knocked out Rangers 11/12 - helped kill them off)
Sparta Prague (100% record over Scottish teams)

 

Yh, was just pointing out that 3 of the most dangerous unseeded side will be going out or replaced.

Potentially anyone apart from the 4 mentioned we can play but if they were knocked out obviously another 4 will replace them.

 

Got you.

I'll be happy enough with any draw there. provided it's not Aktobe. The sacrifice of that sheep almost cost us last year. :smiley-laughing002:

 

Cheers Bhoys HH

 

Would like to avoid any Israeli and Ukrainian teams for obvious non football reasons.

Don't think many would travel to Ukraine if any. Israel obviously not that dangerous but you have the chance of some dafties that think Celtic has something to do with the Palestine/Israel debate causing unneeded bother for our club.

Would really like it to be AaB actually, never been to Denmark.

 

Oh, no. UEFA might give us into trouble.

 

No Ukrainian teams in our side of the draw thankfully - Israel home games are to be moved elsewhere.

Ukrainian and Russian teams kept apart as well.

 

Ah good stuff had no idea, cheers!

 

Yh you are quite right about dafties etc but I'd imagine the Palestinian community will be desperate for the draw - given our fans natural sympathy to their cause and because we have both an Israeli and an Arab in our team.

 

There is not much to see in Aalborg (fourth largest city as I remember) so you don't miss a lot of things. On the other hand I think Aab will be an easier opponent than Legia. The danish league is not that strong at the moment. FC Copenhagen is playing like * atm, Brøndby are still developing and everyone else are really not worth mentioning.

When talking about FC Copenhagen and Ukraine. FC Copenhagen will have to play against Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk which are located pretty close to the eastern part of Ukraine. No planes can take them there and the insurance companies don't want to cover. UEFA told them for some days ago that the match will still be played in Dnipropetrovsk which a lot of people are talking about at the moment in Denmark. Dnipro wrote on their twitter account for some hours ago that the match will be moved to Kiev but of course FC Copenhagen would like to be as far as possible away from Dnipropetrovsk because of the home field advantage they otherwise will have. It will be interesting to see what happens.

Two of the three Donetsk teams have moved their home games in this season away from Donetsk. Shakhtar will be playing in Lviv in the western part of Ukraine which will be interesting to see how that will be.

 

If someone shows solidarity with Palestinians at a Celtic game, they're a daftie?

 

If the only time they ever do it is at a Celtic game then yes they are.

 

And how would you know how politically active they are?

 

I hope if we do draw Maccabi Tel Aviv that our fans make a statement.