Champions League qualifiers draw

[Shaggy]

Liverpool will discover their first European opponents of the new season when the Champions League third round qualifying draw takes place in Nyon tomorrow.

Rafael Benitez's men are top seeds in the draw but with not all of the 18 third round entrants receiving a seeding, there is the possibility of the Reds being paired with Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray or Slavia Prague.

With many of the second round ties still to be decided 46 teams will enter the third round draw, which takes place from 11am on Friday morning.

The third round games will take place on August 16/17 and August 26/27.

The teams Liverpool could face in the qualifying round:

Atletico Madrid (Spain)
FC Sheriff (Moldova) or Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Drogheda United (Ireland) or Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Plovdiv Blobdiv (Blobdiv Republic)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Inter Baki (Azerbaijan) or FK Partizan (Serbia)
Vitoria SC (Portugal)
NK Domzale (Slovenia) or Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) or Wisla Krakow (Poland)
Standard Liege (Belgium)
FC Twente (Netherlands)
Tampere United (Finland) or Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia)
Aalborg (Denmark) or FC Modrica (Bosnia)
SK Brann (Norway) or FK Ventspils (Latvia)
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) or Rapid Vienna (Austria)

[Joe King]

I would think Kiev would be more difficult than Slavia. I would love it if we knocked out McClaren's Twente

[zimbo]

The teams Liverpool could face in the qualifying round:

Atletico Madrid (Spain)
FC Sheriff (Moldova) or Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Drogheda United (Ireland) or Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Plovdiv Blobdiv (Blobdiv Republic)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Inter Baki (Azerbaijan) or FK Partizan (Serbia)
Vitoria SC (Portugal)
NK Domzale (Slovenia) or Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) or Wisla Krakow (Poland)
Standard Liege (Belgium)
FC Twente (Netherlands)
Tampere United (Finland) or Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia)
Aalborg (Denmark) or FC Modrica (Bosnia)
SK Brann (Norway) or FK Ventspils (Latvia)
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) or Rapid Vienna (Austria)

Potential banana skin there, I feel.

[Craig_H]

Drogheda please.

[dom9]

I would certainly hope to avoid Galatasaray.

[Joe King]

Potential banana skin there, I feel.

It could be a team from Lesbos

Da dum dsshhhh!

[Chris]

Drogheda please.

They wont be in it.

Not really arsed who we play to be honest, the easier the better but we'd beat any of them if needs be.

[Craig_H]

Atletico, Galatasary, Dynamo Kiev and Vitoria are best avoided.

They wont be in it.

Not really arsed who we play to be honest, the easier the better but we'd beat any of them if needs be.

While they're still in it, i'm rooting for them

[meffin]

bet we get Galatasaray

[peekay]

bet we get Galatasaray

meffin knows

[meffin]

meffin knows

yea, i wasnt say i bet we do, im telling you all to bet that we do, the draws been fixed and was drawn 4 weeks ago

[hamshanks]

that's us through then

[Parm]

for once, the other teams will be ****ting it at the prospect of drawing us.

[Vermilion]

Aye, Galatasaray or Atletico, Kewell or Pongolle. And a Torres reunion.

[El Jefecito]

for once, the other teams will be ****ting it at the prospect of drawing us.

Do you really think that there is a team in Europe who do not **** it when they come up against us in the CL?

We must be the most feared team in the CL.