2011-12 Champions League

Discussion in 'Soccer Board' started by Det. Frank Bullitt, May 17, 2011.

  1. Det. Frank Bullitt

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  2. broXcore

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    forza napoli
     
  3. Taques

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    cmon fulham
     
  4. El_Pato

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    I hope Porto can keep their team together for at least next season.
     
  5. MA

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    Israel's in Europe?
     
  6. El_Pato

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    You really expect their teams to play the Arab nations in the Asian Champions League?
     
  7. MA

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    Absolutely.

    I also want the Germans to play the Turks, and the Serbs to play the Croats, so it is what it is.
     
  8. El_Pato

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    Fair enough
     
  9. Andy Reocho

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    Damn I didn't realize the Scottish Champs have to win 2 games to get into Group Stage now. I knew the SPL got a bump down, but didn't realize it was that
     
  10. dfmPSU

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    Champs League we hardly knew you

    :tebow:
     
  11. broXcore

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    :C
     
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  14. RoyalShocker

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    REALLY hoping they lose so we can get into the 1st pot.
     
  15. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    well they aren't technically playing any of those teams in that bracket, they are paired with the advancing teams from the previous rounds.
     
  16. snowfx2

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    Dortmund is probably going to end up in Pot 4 for the group stage draw, they're currently ranked #86 in the club coefficient.
     
  17. prerecordedlive

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    You gotta think this is the year for Shamrock Rovers. They have to be favorites.
     
  18. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    could have sworn, i thought. smh. whoops. :idk:

    i thought so, in the same way other teams are dropped in with the advancing teams as the tourney goes on
     
  19. snowfx2

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    I believe the Non-Champion playoff round is determined by the club coefficient ranking at the time. The top 5 teams are "seeded" and are drawn randomly with one of the 5 "unseeded" teams.

    Looking at one of our CL threads from last season, this was how it looked for the non-champs:

    Seeded Teams
    Ajax
    Sevilla
    Tottenheim
    Werder Bremen
    Zenit

    Unseeded Teams

    Auxerre
    Braga
    Dynamo Kiev
    Sampdoria
    Young Boys
     
  20. Corky Bucek

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  21. El_Pato

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  22. prerecordedlive

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    Come on, fighting chans.
     
  23. Leeds Raider

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    The Dudelange is gonna make a run. Just watch.
     
  24. Andy Reocho

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    when do the qualifying rounds start?
     
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  26. soulfly

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    Spain's gonna swag out with 4 teams.
     
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  28. snowfx2

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    Rangers lost at Ibrox to the Swedish champs

    Rangers 0-1 Malmo
    Dynamo Kiev 0-2 Rubin Kazan
    Genk 2-1 Partizan Belgrade
    Twente 2-0 Vaslui
    Zestafoni 1-1 Sturm
    Ekranas 0-0 BATE
    APOEL 0-0 Bratislava
    Litex 1-2 Wisla Krakow
     
  29. NittanyKnight

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    so much for the early start helping Rangers. :loldog:
     
  30. Andy Reocho

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    They're gonna need to have a big game in Sweden to advance to group play
     
  31. NittanyKnight

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    Best part is that Rangers will not have any fans at the game in Sweden as they have a one match travel ban for what happened against the fighting wicket last year.
     
  32. Taques

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    booo
     
  33. Corky Bucek

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    It def hurt them as they had a terrible off season and couldn't sign shit.
     
  34. clemsonvianj

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    yeah, we were in the group stage before. we also lost our 2nd spot (was 3rd qualifying round iirc...hurts Celtic dearly, but hopefully for only one year....).

    :loldog:

    and they drew with Hearts @ Ibrox while we took care of business @ Hibs. glorious beginning to the year.
     
  35. Bigzig06

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    Hey guys. Oh wait, I misread the title. Thought it said Championship.
     
  36. prerecordedlive

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    Shamrock again reminding everyone why Airtricity isn't even a top 30 league in Europe. :facepalm:
     
  37. buffbagwell

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    Olympiacos to win it all.
     
  38. NittanyKnight

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    Hello is it me you are looking for?
     
  39. prerecordedlive

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  40. NittanyKnight

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    Hey it works again
     
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  42. NittanyKnight

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    Yep anyways Rangers are fucked because they have a travel ban for the return leg.
     
  43. Sam Elliott

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    Doesn't matter because they can advance all they want to the group stages of the CL but they will still get pair with a super club and not make it any further. :gocho:
     
  44. soulfly

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    Thought I was wigging out for a second.
     
  45. NittanyKnight

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    Champions Route

    BATE (Belarus) and Copenhagen advanced yesterday.
    Rangers is up 1-0 at the half. They are down 10 after Steven Whittaker throwing the ball at a Malmo player.


    League Route
    Odense (Denmark) won 4-3 yesterday over Panathinaikos and advanced 5-4 on aggregate
    Rubin Kazan beat Dynamo Kiev 2-1 today and advanced 4-0 on aggregate
     
  46. Andy Reocho

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    what's difference in league and Champions route?
     
  47. NittanyKnight

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    They are split until the group stage. The League route gets to avoid the big clubs in the playoff and have a chance to get into the group stage.


    It is usually the smaller countries league champions.
     
  48. Andy Reocho

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    So the Champion route is more difficult than the League route?
     
  49. NittanyKnight

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    This is the first round of the split. The prior rounds were all league champions.

    The League route has more recognizable squads in it.


    Rangers are down 9 men now.