The Europa League

does every single team hoping to compete in the group stages of the europa league have to play this qualifyer or has some team already qualified automatically?

 

atletico madrid are the only team who doesnt have to qualify and also the teams that drop out champs league play offs

 

look from my point of view Bollocks to this league, would just consentrate on the spl for now.

 

As much as I agree with 'Caterpillar' and would like European football to go away until at least this time next year, when I hope both Manager and Players (most of them) will still be around and be better equipped to handle the CL, sadly we need a long run in Europe each and every year,
1. For the money it generates.
2. To attract the better quality players ...usually from other Leagues.
3. To keep the likes of Suarez and Ledley happy as they came to The Club not to play in the SPL but in the CL.
If all we had to offer was the SPL, we would have a lower standard of Team and a 1/2 empty stadium for every home match. However, whoever we get in the play-offs (even The New Saints from Wales) we are bound to make it difficult for ourselves.

 

we'll need to wait to see if we get the money for these defenders first, i.e. aiden mcgeady's transfer

 

Celtic :bbpd:

 

draw format

The 74 clubs are divided into seven groups for the draw – five of ten teams and two of 12. Within the seven groups an equal number of sides will be seeded and unseeded in accordance with the club rankings established at the beginning of the season. A ball will be taken from each of the bowls containing seeded and unseeded teams, and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle where they will be shuffled. The first club drawn will play its first match at home and sides from the same association cannot be drawn against each other.ny draw format

 

Easiest? This team?

<TABLE class=table2 summary="This table is for divisional live scores" caption=""><TBODY><TR class=matchScore><TD class="team strong right homeTeam">Lausanne Sports</TD><TD class="center strong score">1-1</TD><TD class="team strong awayTeam">Randers FC</TD><TD class="center strong end matchStatus">FT</TD></TR><TR class=htScoreRow><TD class=subrow colSpan=4>(HT 0-0)(agg 4-3)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


The club currently plays in the Challenge League, the second tier of Swiss football. Recently, Lausanne-Sport qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League after they lost the 2010 Swiss Cup final against Champions League-qualified Basel

 

will the draw be on uefa.com tomorrow

 

i herd whoever gets mallorca gets a bi into the group stages

 

that would be fecking amazing.
are you sure another team didnt go through to the play off instead of them

 

whos this suarez guy thought it was juarez


haha good celtic fan you are if you cant get a * celtic players name right

 

The SPL is obv the main concern this year, but ssome sort of run in europe is essensial, weather it be the group stages or 1st knock out round, as Celtic and Scotlands co-efficiants are falling fast. We need to get our rating up quickly. If im not mistaking the SPL winners this year need to qualify to get into the CL next season (it may be the season after this), but a much easier route than what we have faced the last 2 seasons.
Thats why im happy Motherwell are through, even though they will prob go out next round as they are unseeded. And none of us want Rangers to win and I think they will strugle big time in the CL this year but we need them to bring something to the table also

 

Can someone give me a list of teams which we can face in Europa Leageu? (seeded/unseeded?)

 

Are you lot seeded ??

 

yep

 

Eh excuse me,but i dont think you are in any position to laugh at him,and decide he is not a good fan because of the way he spelt someones name.

Have you forgotten your little outburst last night ?


Back to topic......im hoping for a good away game.
Not too concerned about Europa.

 

Well said Bob ,short memories .

 

Celtic are seeded for the draw
There are 37 seeded teams and 37 non-seeded teams
Celtic are the 15th best team out of the 37 seeded teams according to the UEFA club rankings
Mallorca are unable to take their place due to financial reasons so Villareal have taken their place
Teams Celtic could face:
Anorthosis
Aris Thessaloniki
Brondby
Grasshopper
Rapid Vienna
Timisoara
APOEL Nicosia
PAOK
Vaslui
Lech Poznan
Trabzonspor
Sibir
Genk
Tavriya
Karpaty
Maritimo
Elfsborg
Utrecht
Sturm Graz
Gent
Lausanne-Sport
Debrecen
Slovan BRATISLAVA
Omonia
AIK Stockholm
Maccabi Tel-Aviv
Hadjuk Split
Maribor
Dinamo Minsk
Qarabag
HJK Helsinki
Aktobe
Dnepr
Gyori ETO
The New Saints
Motherwell and Dundee Utd are also non-seeded but we cannot draw them
Hope this cleared things up

 

The majority of teams are really bad, but there are some good teams like Dortmund, Rapid, trabzon.