Champions League thread here:
https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/94254/2022-23-uefa-champions-league#latestEuropa League qualifying is much reduced since the introduction of the Conference League.
Manchester United and Arsenal both enter the Europa League at the group stage and will be seeded in pot 1.
Hearts will enter in the final playoff round, the draw for this will be held on 1st August.
With the Conference League, no teams qualify immediately for the Group Stages.
West Ham along with the 7th placed teams from Italy, Germany and Spain (and 5th in France) will all enter in the final play off round. The draw for this will be on the 2nd August.
Other British interest in the Conference League,
Welsh teams Newtown and The New Saints are both trailing after the 1st leg of their 2nd qualifying round.
Motherwell were upset by Sligo Rovers in their 1st leg and will need to turn it around to join Dundee United in the 3rd qualifying round. Dundee will likely face AZ Alkmaar in the 3rd round. Motherwell could face Sparta Prague.
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In the Europa League, Hearts will face either Linfield or Zurich for a place in the group stages.
While in the Europa Conference League, West Ham will face either Viborg from Denmark or B36 Torshavn from the Faroe Islands.
Dundee United have to beat AZ then Riga or Gil Vicente to make the group stage.
so what could have been Motherwell v Sparta Prague has ended up being Sligo Rovers vs Viking Stavanger.
They'll play one of the teams that finished 3rd in the Champions League.
Ajax, Leverkusen, Barca, Sporting, Salzburg, Shakhtar, Sevilla or Juventus.
One of these huge clubs will be out of the Europa before the last 16!
Winners will advance to R16 against group winners: Arsenal, Fenerbahce, Betis, Union SG, Sociedad, Feyenoord, Freiburg, Ferencvaros
Rashford is on absolute fire at the moment though, dunno how he squeezed in the equaliser
End to end game. 2-2 but could have been a double Desmond.
Europa: Sevilla, Feyenoord, Man Utd, Juventus, Leverkusen, Roma, Union St Gilloise, Arsenal OR Sporting
Conference: Gent, Lech Poznan, Fiorentina, Basel, West Ham, AZ Alkmaar, Anderlecht, Nice
1-1 on the night, 3-3 on aggregate
Europa League quarter-final draw
Manchester United v Sevilla
Juventus v Sporting Lisbon
Bayer Leverkusen v Union Saint-Gilloise
Feyenoord v Roma
Europa League semi-final draw
Juventus or Sporting Lisbon v Manchester United or Sevilla
Feyenoord or Roma v Bayer Leverkusen or Union Saint-Gilloise
Europa Conference League quarter-final draw
Lech Poznan v Fiorentina
Gent v West Ham
AZ Alkmaar v Anderlecht
Basel v Nice
Europa Conference League semi-final draw
Lech Poznan or Fiorentina v Basel or Nice
Gent or West Ham v AZ Alkmaar or Anderlecht
Sevilla 2 up on the night, first was awful defending from De Gea and Maguire.
De Gea without doubt has been the worst of the lot.
I can't see West Ham winning the Sevilla Cup.