UEFA Champions League Qualifying Rounds 2022-23

[HajdukSplit]

The qualifications are already underway with the first round being completed tomorrow and the 2nd round draw already been made. There's already been one minor surprise with Azeri champs Qarabag dismantling Polish champs Lech Poznan today while Malmo had a pretty difficult time with Vikingur from Iceland

SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND (July 19/20 & July 26/27)
Champions Path
Tobol/Ferencvaros (0-0) vs. Slovan Bratislava/Dinamo Batumi (0-0)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Shkupi (MKD)
Qarabag (AZE) vs. FC Zurich (SUI)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) vs. Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
TNS/Linfield (1-0) vs. Bodo-Glimt/KI (3-0)
Zalgiris (LTU) vs. Malmo (SWE)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) vs. Shamrock Rovers (IRL)
Maribor/Soligorsk (0-0) vs. Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) vs. Olympiakos (GRE)
Pyunik/Cluj (0-0) vs. F91 Dudelange (LUX)

League Path
Midtjylland (DEN) vs. AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) vs. Fenerbahce (TUR)

The third round draw will be conducted next Monday and the teams entering are:
CHAMPIONS: Red Star Belgrade (SRB), Apollon Limassol (CYP)
LEAGUE: Benfica (POR), Rangers (SCO), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Monaco (FRA), Strum Graz (AUT), Union SG (BEL)

In the playoff round the following teams will enter:
CHAMPIONS: FC Copenhagen (DEN), Trabzonspor (TUR)

Four teams from the Champions Path will qualify for the group stages while two from the League Path will qualify

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[Eye of Ra]

Might sound weird to kick on your own team, but i hope my own Malmö FF dont quality to CL again.....man it was embarrassing, level is too high for us. We are better off in Europe League, where we reached playoffs twice...also money is good in Europe League...for a swedish team.

 

[Savi]

Might sound weird to kick on your own team, but i hope my own Malmö FF dont quality to CL again.....man it was embarrassing, level is too high for us. We are better off in Europe League, where we reached playoffs twice...also money is good in Europe League...for a swedish team.

Nothing matches CL money though, even if you get embarrassed thats a guaranteef €30M just to be in the group stages.

Bodo losing 3-1 to Klaksvik in Faeröer is another weird result. They’re still through but surprising nonetheless.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Nothing matches CL money though, even if you get embarrassed thats a guaranteef €30M just to be in the group stages.

Bodo losing 3-1 to Klaksvik in Faeröer is another weird result. They’re still through but surprising nonetheless.

Malmö been in CL 3 times since 2014...we had our share.

We have about 60M in our bank, which is more than many Bundesliga teams for exemple. We are already super rich.

 

[Brunkmeister]

Nothing matches CL money though, even if you get embarrassed thats a guaranteef €30M just to be in the group stages.

Bodo losing 3-1 to Klaksvik in Faeröer is another weird result. They’re still through but surprising nonetheless.

Bodö is not good this season. Losing all of their best players have finally caught up on them. They are far behind this season.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Pyunik (Armenia) eliminated Cluj on penalty kicks, they needed a 89th minute equalizer to take the game to ET then they equalized again in the 119th minute to force PKs, they will face Dudelange in the next round and an open path for one of these teams to get to a group stage of one of the EL or Conference Leagues

Ferencvaros (HUN) vs. Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) vs. Shkupi (MKD)
Qarabag (AZE) vs. Zurich (SUI)
HJK Helsinki (FIN) vs. Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
Linfield (NIR) vs. Bodo/Glimt (NOR)
Zalgiris (LTU) vs. Malmo (SWE)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) vs. Shamrock Rovers (IRL)
Maribor (SVN) vs. Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA)
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) vs. Olympiakos (GRE)
Pyunik (ARM) vs. F91 Dudelange (LUX)

Midtjylland (DEN) vs. AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) vs. Fenerbahce (TUR)

 

[luiginb]

It seems like every year is a new low for Romanian football.

 

[Savi]

Where will Kiev/Fener be played?

 

[HajdukSplit]

Where will Kiev/Fener be played?

Lodz, Poland

 

[Evilo]

Notorious slow starter Monaco get one of two extremely difficult draws.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Some surprising results today as Malmo and Bodo/Glimt lost 1:0 away to Zalgiris and Linfield. Dinamo drew 2:2 at home to Macedonian side Shkupi

 

[Eye of Ra]

Sheriff, Zagreb, Viktoria, Ludogoretz, Pyunnik, Midjylland have all advance.

3rd round matches already sealed is:

Sheriff vs Viktoria Plzen
Red Star Belgrade vs Pyunik
Monaco vs PSV
Union vs Rangers
Benfica vs Midjylland

 

[HajdukSplit]

Malmo on their way out to Zalgiris, Bodo/Glimt hammered Linfield at home to overturn that tie

 

[Eye of Ra]

Not suprised. We are shit and coach is a big joke. He plays with zero defensive guys in the middle. All offensive players.

 

[HajdukSplit]

Ferencvaros and Maccabi Haifa with big away wins, Haifa doing it in Greece as Olympiakos already out. Also with Zalgiris winning at Malmo they are guaranteed some form of group stage football this fall, think the first side from Lithuania to do that though it will become more common now with UEFA introducing a third tournament

 

[Savi]

Pretty much a bloodbath already so early in the Qualifiers. Fenerbahce, Olympiacos, Malmö, Zürich,... all out

 

[Jersey Fresh]

No idea about Apollon, but Haifa destroyed Olympiacos. Would be cool to see them in the group stage. Actually, I think they also beat Olympiacos the last time they were in the CL group stage.

Edit: Actually, they had been once since that campaign (2009), but it was their first group stage appearance in 2003.

 

[sabremike]

Malmo on their way out to Zalgiris, Bodo/Glimt hammered Linfield at home to overturn that tie

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL at the baby huns getting crushed 8-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[HajdukSplit]

Third round draw, winners advance to the playoff round, losers in this round are at least guaranteed either a Europa League or Conference League group stage spot depending on they do in the next round of the competition they drop to

Champions Path
Maccabi Haifa (ISR) vs. Apollon Limassol (CYP)
Qarabag (AZE) vs. Ferencvaros (HUN)
Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA) vs. Viktoria Plzen (CZE)
Bodo/Glimt (NOR) vs. Zalgiris (LTU)
Red Star Belgrade (SRB) vs. Pyunik (ARM)

League Path
Monaco (FRA) vs. PSV Eindhoven (NED)
Dynamo Kiev (UKR) vs. Strum Graz (AUT)
Union SG (BEL) vs. Rangers (SCO)
Benfica (POR) vs. Midtjylland (DEN)

 

[Jussi]

Sounds like Fenerbache got exactly what they deserved after the shit their fans pulled.

 

[gary69]

Monaco had a penalty claim turned down, rightly so, imo.

The ball did hit PSV players's hand, but he his hand behind his back ) albeit he turned slightly sideways) and the sheer power of the shot moved his hand loose and it looked like he made himself bigger.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Monaco had a penalty claim turned down, rightly so, imo.

The ball did hit PSV players's hand, but he his hand behind his back ) albeit he turned slightly sideways) and the sheer power of the shot moved his hand loose and it looked like he made himself bigger.

The way the Monaco players reacted you would have thought the defender reached out and volleyballed it out of the box. Agree with your assessment of the play.

And now PSV scores.

 

[PanniniClaus]

This is very critical for Monaco... tough draw but getting punted here again would really hurt.

 

[gary69]

Yeah, together with Benfica they have the best squad of this stage.

 

[Evilo]

It's no surprise though. Monaco are notorious slow starters. They suck between August and December and then turn their season around.
1-1 now.

And Fofana hits the post!