Thank you very much! (y)
Someone had to succeed the work that I've done, I'm already exhausted from all of it 😅
The 2023-24 UEFA Europa League will certainly be entertaining for us Brighton fans and I'm sure there will be lots of memories to come!
So just enjoy this moment, whether you get those...
It has been a busy day, but I might as well do a final report on the qualifying matches - this time, the Europa League play-offs.
Today, we now know the last 10 qualifiers for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League as they won their play-off matches!
So who are they?
Slavia Prague (Czechia) won on...
Gosh, there are so many good options!
Pot 1: AS Roma (ITA) or Leverkusen (GER)
Pot 2: Sporting CP (POR) or Slavia Prague (CZE)
Pot 4: Panathinaikos (GRE)
Brighton & Hove Albion's journey in the Europa League begins!
Here is the full list of teams who have qualified for the competition:
What you need to know:
- We cannot draw a club from the same football association (England) so that will mean no Liverpool or West Ham in the group stage.
- We...
I think that since BK Hacken's stadium (Bravida Arena) holds 6,500 spectators, that would b3 too small for UEFA's requirements (min. 8,000) so they would have to move to a larger ground - so it doesn't really matter anyway.
I would prefer a trip to the Faroe Islands but it is looking unlikely... here are the scores so far:
FT: Qarabag 1-1 Ljubljana (3-1 agg.)
90': Aris Limassol 6-2 Slovan Bratislava (7-4 agg.)
90': Sheriff Tiraspol 2-1 Klaksvik (3-2 agg.)
90': Sparta Prague 4-1 Dinamo Zagreb (5-4 agg.)
90': Zorya...
REMINDER: The EUROPA LEAGUE DRAW will be TOMORROW @ 12PM BST so keep your eyes peeled for it 😲
But TODAY is the EUROPA LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS where the winners will proceed to the Europa League Group Stage, inc. Ajax & Olympiacos!
Panathinaikos played at the Olympic Stadium in their play-off match against Braga yesterday.
The stadium accompanied 60,000+ spectators for that game, so it'll be likely we'll play there too - if we get them 🤞
EDIT: The reason for this is that they are, I think, renovating their 15,000 stadium...
You have probably researched this better than I have previously, so I'll take your word about wanting those teams to win for pot two, albeit unlikely.
The only thing is that I think it will be four of the six, right? Because if it was three, it would only make us the highest ranked team in pot...
AEK Athens (Greece), Rakow Czestochowa (Poland) and Rangers (Scotland) have all qualified for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League!
This is because they lost their Champions League play-off matches...
AEK Athens (Greece) lost 2-1 at home to Antwerp (Belgium) in the second leg, conceding a 1-3 defeat...
Yes, they did but not for this play-off stage where they played at ArcelorMittal Park in Sosnowiec (Poland) for the first leg against Copenhagen.
Rakow will also not play at their 5,000 capacity stadium in the group stage of either the Champions League or Europa League.
Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Molde (Norway) and Panathinaikos (Greece) have all qualified for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League!
This is because they lost their Champions League play-off matches...
Maccabi Haifa (Israel) lost 3-0 away at Young Boys (Switzerland), with the same aggregate scoreline...
I've seen that there has been a lot of discussion about when the fixtures for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League will be released.
I had a look myself and found that UEFA Rankings, a well-respected Twitter account, has reported that it will most likely be Saturday - a day after the draw.
This is...
The first legs of the Europa League play-offs have been completed.
A few teams may have already confirmed their place in the Europa League group stage:
Ajax (Netherlands) won 4-1 away at Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria), with a hat-trick from someone called "Kudus" 🤔
Olympiacos (Greece) and...
The first legs of the Champions League play-offs have been completed...
The six losers of this round will be transferred into the Europa League group stage.
These are who I predict will be the six losers, from most confident to least:
1. Rakow Czestochowa (Poland) who lost 1-0 at home to...
Sixteen teams have qualified for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League, but which other sixteen teams will also reach the group stage?
Well, it all comes down to the play-offs in the Champions League and Europa League qualifying phases...
2023-24 UEFA Champions League play-off round
The six losers...
Brighton will not play a team from Belarus, Finland, Iceland, Kazakhstan and Lithuania in this season's Europa League.
This is after the completion of the Europa League third qualifying round...
...whereby BATE Borisov (Belarus), HJK (Finland), Breidablik (Iceland), Astana (Kazakhstan) and...