Champions League 2017/18

[ChesterDave]

Less than a week till the first and second round qualifying draws

[Charly]

Its soooo exciting

[ChesterDave]

Starts on Tuesday!

First Qualifying Round Draw
1) Víkingur Gøta v Kosovo Trepça'89
2 )Hibernians v FCI Tallinn
3) Alashkert v FC Santa Coloma
4) The New Saints v Europa FC
5) Linfield v La Fiorita

Second Qualifying Round Draw
APOEL v F91 Dudelange
Žalgiris Vilnius v Ludogorets Razgrad
Qarabağ v Samtredia
Partizan v Budućnost Podgorica
Winners of Match 2 v Red Bull Salzburg
Sheriff Tiraspol v Kukësi
Astana v Spartaks Jūrmala
BATE Borisov v Winners of Match 3
Žilina v Copenhagen
Hapoel Be'er Sheva v Honvéd
Rijeka v Winners of Match 4
Malmö v Vardar
Zrinjski Mostar v Maribor
Dundalk v Rosenborg
FH v Winners of Match 1
Winners of Match 5 v Celtic
IFK Mariehamn v Legia Warsaw

3rd Qualifying Round Draw 14 July
Play Off Draw 4 August

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Liverpool have moved a step closer to discovering their Champions League play-off opponent after the draw for the third qualifying round.

Nice, widely considered one of the toughest sides the Reds could meet in the fourth round, will take on Europa League finalists Ajax in the tie of the round.

That means Liverpool – guaranteed to be seeded for the next stage – could avoid a reunion with Mario Balotelli, whose 15 goals helped fire his side to third in Ligue 1.

Of the other four matches, Dynamo Kyiv's game with Young Boys is the one could have bearing on the seedings for the next stage.

Kyiv, along with Ajax, are the sides scheduled to be seeded if they progress to the fourth round – but defeat for either the Ukrainians or Dutch would see Viktoria Plzen, of the Czech Republic, seeded if they navigate past Steaua Bucharest.

CSKA Moscow, who would be next to benefit from sides with higher coefficients being eliminated at the third round stage, will face off against AEK Athens.

In the other tie, Club Brugge with meet Istanbul BB, with the winner highly likely to be a potential opponent for the Reds when the fourth round is draw on August 4.

Sevilla and Napoli will join Liverpool as seeds for the final qualifying round, while Sporting CP and Hoffenheim will be unseeded in the draw.

Third qualifying round draw (ties to take place 25/26 July and 1/2 August)

FCSB (ROU) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Nice (FRA) v Ajax (NED)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v Young Boys (SUI)
AEK Athens (GRE) v CSKA Moscow (RUS)
Club Brugge (BEL) v İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)

Potential teams Liverpool could meet (based on club with higher coefficient winning their third round ties):

Viktoria Plzen

CSKA Moscow

Club Brugge

Sporting CP

Hoffenheim

[Fosterbloke]

Return to his former club for Firmino?

[Irishnev]

Return to his former club for Firmino?

No thanks

[Exiled_red]

There's a few potentially tricky ties in there, none of them will be a walkover.

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There's a few potentially tricky ties in there, none of them will be a walkover.

none will be a walkover but if we can;t beat them we don;t deserve to be there anyway!

[RedReet]

Final is in Kiev. Anyone been before?

[Irishnev]

Final is in Kiev. Anyone been before?

U krainne go wrong there - excellent place

[Shaggy]

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[ChesterDave]

Nice Young Boys. Sounds a bit like a honeytrap to be honest

[danperkins]

Few potential banana skins in there

[Chris]

Sporting please! A few straighteners on the beautiful Lisbon cobbles!

[Shaggy]

Sporting please! A few straighteners on the beautiful Lisbon cobbles!