ECL Draw

[Juniper Greens]

Confirmed that we get one of
Gizra (mal) / rijeka (cro)
Pacos (por)
Gent (bel) / valerenga (nor)
Drita (boz) / feyenoord (ned)

As a follower of Portuguese football. That's the tie we want. Outside the top 4 or 5 in Portugal, I really don't rate the league at all

[PatHead]

Bet we get Feyenoord and are up against Rocky. What time is the draw?

[Billy Whizz]

Confirmed that we get one of
Gizra (mal) / rijeka (cro)
Pacos (por)
Gent (bel) / valerenga (nor)
Drita (boz) / feyenoord (ned)

As a follower of Portuguese football. That's the tie we want. Outside the top 4 or 5 in Portugal, I really don't rate the league at all

Are these teams above all seeded against us?

[Souter96Mac]

Suspect the Portuguese team would give us the best chance to progress. However the slight benefit of drawing Gent or Feyenoord would be that we would be then seeded for the Playoff round - should we manage to beat them..

All ifs and buts I appreciate

[Juniper Greens]

Suspect the Portuguese team would give us the best chance to progress. However the slight benefit of drawing Gent or Feyenoord would be that we would be then seeded for the Playoff round - should we manage to beat them..

All ifs and buts I appreciate

Yep. That's a great point.

[Juniper Greens]

Are these teams above all seeded against us?

The better team in each pairing is why they are seeded. Obviously the Maltese team for instance aren't a higher seed that us

[davhibby]

Are these teams above all seeded against us?

Yes.

If we get Gent or Feyenoord then we’d use their coefficient for the playoff draw and be seeded. Obviously that’s the two hardest games though

[SHODAN]

It's destiny that we're going to get Marciano and Feyenoord. The one upside is we could give him the show of appreciation denied to us last season.

[Walter]

Let's get through our immediate tie first

[Billy Whizz]

Yes.

If we get Gent or Feyenoord then we’d use their coefficient for the playoff draw and be seeded. Obviously that’s the two hardest games though

Just noticed the Belgium season starts this weekend, and the Dutch a week or so after us

[PatHead]

It's destiny that we're going to get Marciano and Feyenoord. The one upside is we could give him the show of appreciation denied to us last season.

Not fussy about a show of appreciation. We don't owe him anything. We were good for him, he was good for us but at the end of the day he chose to leave for nothing. Would rather get an easy draw.

[jonny]

Just noticed the Belgium season starts this weekend, and the Dutch a week or so after us

Yeah, Croatia have already started (played 1 game) and Portugal are this weekend as well.
A couple of extra competitive games might make a bit of a difference but shouldn't be the difference between winning and losing.
If the Norwegian team get through then that might be a bit different because they're a good month in front of us

[CapitalGreen]

Let's get through our immediate tie first

Nothing to worry about, will be a walk in the park.

[Juniper Greens]

Dare I say it...Gent don't look like world beaters....and they have a high coefficient. Like others have said, getting them might not be awful, we'd have some sort of chance and would get to be seeded for the PO round

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Nothing to worry about, will be a walk in the park.


Perhaps the only risk is complacency.

[norhfc]

Yeah, Croatia have already started (played 1 game) and Portugal are this weekend as well.
A couple of extra competitive games might make a bit of a difference but shouldn't be the difference between winning and losing.
If the Norwegian team get through then that might be a bit different because they're a good month in front of us

The Norwegian league have played 14 games, Vålerenga are currently 5th with 22 points from 14 games. Scandinavia teams always have this advantage over us. Still hope we get them as I would travel to see the game.

[PatHead]

What time is the draw?

[Big_Franck]

What time is the draw?

1pm today. Next round is played on 5th and 12th August.

[04Sauzee]

Champions League draw 🏆

@RangersFC v Malmo or Helsinki
@CelticFC or FC Midtjylland v PSV Einhoven or Galatasaray

[lord bunberry]

Champions League draw 🏆

@RangersFC v Malmo or Helsinki
@CelticFC or FC Midtjylland v PSV Einhoven or Galatasaray
I thought the huns were straight into the group stages this season.

[nonshinyfinish]

I thought the huns were straight into the group stages this season.

Currently only the top 11 leagues get direct access to the CL groups (see https://kassiesa.net/uefa/AccessList2021.html). Scotland are 14th.

[Billy Whizz]

Champions League draw 🏆

@RangersFC v Malmo or Helsinki
@CelticFC or FC Midtjylland v PSV Einhoven or Galatasaray

Good draw for Rangers, tough one for Celtic if they beat the Danish team

[andrew70]

I thought the huns were straight into the group stages this season.

Next season the champions go straight in i think.

[lord bunberry]

Currently only the top 11 leagues get direct access to the CL groups (see https://kassiesa.net/uefa/AccessList2021.html). Scotland are 14th.


Next season the champions go straight in i think.
Thanks.

[JimBHibees]

Perhaps the only risk is complacency.

Indeed. :greengrin

[JimBHibees]

Good draw for Rangers, tough one for Celtic if they beat the Danish team

Are Malmo Swedish champions? Would have thought they would be a tough match up.

[CentreLine]

First impressions are the The Rangers go through and Celtic are toast 🤔

[flash]

What a draw for St Johnstone. PSV or Galatasaray.

[JohnM1875]

What a draw for St Johnstone. PSV or Galatasaray.

Get pumped by either team.

[PatHead]

1pm today. Next round is played on 5th and 12th August.

Thanks.

[overdrive]

Just me that's confused how Celtic and St Johnstone have drawn the same teams?

Edit: never mind, I guess Celtic would play the winners and St Johnstone would play the losers

[JXM73]

Just me that's confused how Celtic and St Johnstone have drawn the same teams?

Loser drops to Europa...

[peterharrogate]

Get pumped by either team.

Celtic rather than St Johnstone. St J are starting in the playoff round.

[JohnM1875]

Celtic rather than St Johnstone. St J are starting in the playoff round.

St Johnstone play the losers of PSV - Galatasaray. Celtic play the winner.

Reckon either team easily beats St Johnstone.

[CallumLaidlaw]

Celtic rather than St Johnstone. St J are starting in the playoff round.

Nah Saints are in a round before the playoffs.


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[Silky]

Confirmed that we get one of
Gizra (mal) / rijeka (cro)
Pacos (por)
Gent (bel) / valerenga (nor)
Drita (boz) / feyenoord (ned)

As a follower of Portuguese football. That's the tie we want. Outside the top 4 or 5 in Portugal, I really don't rate the league at all

Och well, never mind! We can focus on the season instead!

[St Pauli Hibee]

Teams we can draw

Drita (Kos) v Feyenoord (Ned)
Gent (Bel) v Valarenga (Nor)
Gzira Utd (Mta) v Rijeka (Cro)
Pacos De Ferreira (Por)

[cabbageandribs1875]

Gies Gzira

[Hibs90]

Teams we can draw

Drita (Kos) v Feyenoord (Ned)
Gent (Bel) v Valarenga (Nor)
Gzira Utd (Mta) v Rijeka (Cro)
Pacos De Ferreira (Por)

So realistically it'll probably be either Feyenoord/Valarenga or Gent/Rijeka as the teams who go through and those would be pretty tough games. Ah well.

[JohnM1875]

So realistically it'll probably be either Feyenoord/Valarenga/Rijeka as the teams who go through and those would be pretty tough games. Ah well.

Feyenoord fair enough, but we definitely have a good chance of beating any of the other teams if you ask me.

[Jim Herriot]

Draw streamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IuQr5ZEys4

[Hibs90]

Feyenoord fair enough, but we definitely have a good chance of beating any of the other teams if you ask me.

Maybe so but they are no mugs and it'll be tough.

[SteveHFC]

Gzira Utd (Mta) or Rijeka (Cro)

It is.

[number9dream]

Aberdeen get Austria Vienna or a team from Iceland if they beat Hacken.

[nonshinyfinish]

Gzira or Rijeka

[Jim Herriot]

Hibs or Santa Coloma v Gzira Utd (Mta) or Rijeka (Cro)

[CapitalGreen]

Good draw 👍

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Croatia away sounds nice!

[cabbageandribs1875]

telt yi


Gies Gzira

[patlowe]

If we get through, Rijeka is very tough but not impossible.

[JohnM1875]

That's a decent draw. Win that then it's the play-off round right? So many qualifiers.

[Hibernian Verse]

Rijeka will be a good side but Maltese teams are known for upsets in European ties :greengrin

[nonshinyfinish]

If I've understood correctly, that means we won't be seeded if we make it as far as the play-off round.

[bigwheel]

Croatia will be hot this time of year ..could be easily 30 degrees

[overdrive]

I was hoping we’d be drawn away first. I can’t make the 5th.

[Bristolhibby]

Croatia will be hot this time of year ..could be easily 30 degrees

It’s 30° in Bristol!

J

[1875Sean]

Rijeka Beat Aberdeen 2-0 twice in 2019 so will be a hard game

[Souter96Mac]

Rijeka have Josep Drmic on loan from Norwich, 10 goals in 35 for Switzerland.

[My old man]

So just checked

Malta 🇲🇹 and Croatia 🇭🇷 are both on the UK green list

Might check bookies to see who’s favourites and book flights
GG2TH

[nonshinyfinish]

So just checked

Malta 🇲🇹 and Croatia 🇭🇷 are both on the UK green list

Might check bookies to see who’s favourites and book flights
GG2TH

Would be a big shock if the Maltese team go through I think.

[CapitalGreen]

So just checked

Malta 🇲🇹 and Croatia 🇭🇷 are both on the UK green list

Might check bookies to see who’s favourites and book flights
GG2TH

Only direct Edinburgh to Croatia flights are to Dubrovnik which is 600km away.

[JeMeSouviens]

Only direct Edinburgh to Croatia flights are to Dubrovnik which is 600km away.

Venice would be a good bit closer.

[Sir David Gray]

So just checked

Malta 🇲🇹 and Croatia 🇭🇷 are both on the UK green list

Might check bookies to see who’s favourites and book flights
GG2TH

I'd imagine Rijeka will win that one comfortably.

[MagicSwirlingShip]

Venice would be a good bit closer.

Have flew to Venice before when visiting Croatia.

[hibeedonald]

The hot weather is a huge disadvantage in itself. Hopefully get lucky with it.

[bigwheel]

It’s 30° in Bristol!

J

Yep. Lol. But not all summer ….

[Chorley Hibee]

So just checked

Malta 🇲🇹 and Croatia 🇭🇷 are both on the UK green list

Might check bookies to see who’s favourites and book flights
GG2TH

Already on it.

Best bets are Pula, Zagreb and Ljubljana (Slovenia) for reaching Rijeka from a UK airport.

Nothing direct to Rijeka around the time of the game unfortunately.

[JimBHibees]

The hot weather is a huge disadvantage in itself. Hopefully get lucky with it.

Pretty much a cert to be 30 degrees minimum. Obviously later in the day will help but will be very hot whatever.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rijeka+weather&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

[DIXIHIBS]

Already on it.

Best bets are Pula, Zagreb and Ljubljana (Slovenia) for reaching Rijeka from a UK airport.

Nothing direct to Rijeka around the time of the game unfortunately.
Ljubljana is a good shout. Been there a couple of times with scotland. Lovely place and should be able to get train down to Rijeka.

[oneone73]

Uefa have banned away fans in qualifying and playoff rounds, remember. Might get a ticket in the home end, I suppose. Wouldn't fancy that in Croatia though.

[Nicho87]

They won the league 4 years ago

Proper toughie that one

[davhibby]

Probably the best draw we could’ve had of the 4. A shame the first leg is at home as we would’ve (hopefully) been able to have a good crowd in if the game was after the 9th

[SHODAN]

That's ok.

[Billy Whizz]

Jet 2 fly to Pula in normal times

[1875Sean]

Jet 2 fly to Pula in normal times

Yeah I flew there and stayed in opatija on holiday in 2019, nice town and was able to get a bus into Rijeka

[Nakedmanoncrack]

They won the league 4 years ago

Proper toughie that one

We are very unlikely to progress from this one unfortunately.

[vercol36]

Sorry folks, for the idiots among us (myself included) what happens if we then beat Rijeka? I.E. how many rounds of qualifying are there?

[Sir David Gray]

Sorry folks, for the idiots among us (myself included) what happens if we then beat Rijeka? I.E. how many rounds of qualifying are there?

We then go into the play offs and then if we win that round we'll be in the group stages.

[JimBHibees]

Sorry folks, for the idiots among us (myself included) what happens if we then beat Rijeka? I.E. how many rounds of qualifying are there?

One more to get to group stage unfortunately even if we win we will be unseeded so potentially very tough.

[DIXIHIBS]

One more to get to group stage unfortunately even if we win we will be unseeded so potentially very tough.
According to uefa website the winners of tie involving Rijeka seeding is unconfirmed so we may be seeded...i think.

[Billy Whizz]

Yeah I flew there and stayed in opatija on holiday in 2019, nice town and was able to get a bus into Rijeka

Will be really hot at this time of year too

[JimBHibees]

According to uefa website the winners of tie involving Rijeka seeding is unconfirmed so we may be seeded...i think.

Hope so

[JimBHibees]

We are very unlikely to progress from this one unfortunately.

Not so sure Aberdeen have beaten and lost to them in last 5 years or so. Lost couple of years back when playing first leg with 10 men for 70 mins. Think we should be competitive but they will be tough especially given they have started league season also. We have a chance but will need to be good.

[WhileTheChief..]

Venice would be a good bit closer.

I went to a Scotland Croatia game years ago and flew into Rimini.

Stayed a night there, then Venice, then train on to Zagreb.

Was fantastic, everything about it. Would love to go back.

[.Sean.]

Why is everyone so doom and gloom. It’s Rijeka. A team from Croatia. No Real Madrid

:flag:

[AliboyFC]

Why is everyone so doom and gloom. It’s Rijeka. A team from Croatia. No Real Madrid

:flag:

They have round about the same squad value than us. It will be tough but I think we will win that.

[.Sean.]

What date is the away leg? Me and the missus were planning on going away some time in August and had just planned a wee easy trip to Blackpool for a couple days or something. Then realised Croatia was on the green list and showed her Rijeka, explained it’ll be a trip on the bevvy amd scorching, and funnily enough she seems quite keen.

[Fergus52]

According to uefa website the winners of tie involving Rijeka seeding is unconfirmed so we may be seeded...i think.

Impossible for Rijeka to be seeded in the play off.

The minimum club coefficient to have any chance of being seeded in that round is 17.5, Rijeka's is only around 10/11.

[nonshinyfinish]

Impossible for Rijeka to be seeded in the play off.

The minimum club coefficient to have any chance of being seeded in that round is 17.5, Rijeka's is only around 10/11.

Bert Kassies has it listed as 13.5, but I think you're still correct – it's not high enough for them (or us if we beat them) to be seeded in the play-off round.

[JimBHibees]

What date is the away leg? Me and the missus were planning on going away some time in August and had just planned a wee easy trip to Blackpool for a couple days or something. Then realised Croatia was on the green list and showed her Rijeka, explained it’ll be a trip on the bevvy amd scorching, and funnily enough she seems quite keen.

Thursday 12 August

[.Sean.]

Thursday 12 August
Cheers. Having a wee scan the now, no real ‘easy’ way of getting there it seems

[JimBHibees]

Cheers. Having a wee scan the now, no real ‘easy’ way of getting there it seems

Some have mentioned flying to Venice or llubjana not sure what status of flight guidance is to these places

[Crazyhorse]

Croatia away sounds nice!

Was hoping for Gent because I love the place but Croatia will be great 👍

[.Sean.]

The away end at the place is a barbed wire cage, so I’m assuming the home end will be a no go - anyone know if Hibs will get an official allocation?

[Billy Whizz]

The away end at the place is a barbed wire cage, so I’m assuming the home end will be a no go - anyone know if Hibs will get an official allocation?

Away fans aren’t allowed in the qualifying rounds, uefa decision

[Mantis Toboggan]

Thursday 12 August

Is thia confirmed?

[Billy Whizz]

Is thia confirmed?

No but it shows Hibs as the home team if we get through
In my opinion only thing it would reverse it, would be if there was a game in close proximity the same night

[.Sean.]

Away fans aren’t allowed in the qualifying rounds, uefa decision
Puts a bit of a spanner in the works then

[Iggy Pope]

Why is everyone so doom and gloom. It’s Rijeka. A team from Croatia. No Real Madrid

:flag:

Look up Hadjuk Split!!!! :greengrin

[calumhibee1]

Away fans aren’t allowed in the qualifying rounds, uefa decision

Do we know if that includes the playoff?

If it does then we’ll be doing well to get as far as the group so it’ll be unlikely we’ll get an away trip.

[Billy Whizz]

Do we know if that includes the playoff?

If it does then we’ll be doing well to get as far as the group so it’ll be unlikely we’ll get an away trip.

The original statement from uefa was, fans from the Group stages only

[Sir David Gray]

Do we know if that includes the playoff?

If it does then we’ll be doing well to get as far as the group so it’ll be unlikely we’ll get an away trip.

Away fans are banned from attending all UEFA tournaments in the qualifying and play off rounds.

https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/026a-1287048dd5e8-a23a8a616dd7-1000/final_memo_annex_i_and_away_supporters_exco_090620 21.pdf

[King Cosell]

Let's not rule out Gzira United, they might be quite tasty. They've got a few Brazilians players and a few other South Americans. Knocked out Hajduk Split in 2019/20.

[Chorley Hibee]

The away end at the place is a barbed wire cage, so I’m assuming the home end will be a no go - anyone know if Hibs will get an official allocation?

I watched Rijeka play Hajduk Split in 2017 (day before my wedding in Croatia).

Let's just say it was quite a tasty atmosphere.

If Hibees do head over, I wouldn't be making yourselves that noticeable.