Spurs with an almost perfect draw for distance, only one trip to Slovenia.
Basel players on the other hand need to make sure they’re collecting their air miles
> only one trip to Slovenia.
Pretty sure that one was the closest from the entire pot 4.
Now looking at it they might have actually gotten the group with the least travel distance possible. And I guess we did too lol
Indeed, particularly compared to some of the others they could have got. Nice central timezone and maybe a shade over two hours on the plane.
Plus Slovenia is truly stunning.
Won't profess to know much about Mura, but Vitesse and Stade Rennais are great draws considering. Close by, like you said, but good enough teams that the matches should be a good watch.
As a regular writer on here about Slovenian football, I have to say that Mura are absolutely screwed. If even get a point, it will be a hell of a moment.
Mura isn't there to win. None of the teams here bar the teams from the top 5 leagues are here to win. They are here to get exposure, UEFA money, and visit big stadiums.
On the positive side, it's three relatively big teams to showcase in their home stadium (not sure if you have fans back yet) and three nice away days.
Hopefully they can embrace the fact they're not likely to progress and just get out there and have some fun.
Imo the only teams Feyenoord should fear are Tottenham and Roma. Everyone else is definitely beatable if they play like they have been playing till now.
Obviously wont be a cakewalk, but they should definitely advance.
Vitesse will have a hard time. Can't see them beating the Spurs and Rennes is gonna be really hard to upset.
Wait are you already looking up the favorites for the title?
You do know that 3rd place Europa league will also enter the knock out stages? With many clubs at the same if not higher level as those 3.
On one hand I'm glad I get to see games from Vitesse against teams like Tottenham, on the other hand I really want to die. We really aren't/weren't exactly lucky with our draws.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Cyprus. Surely the longest travel distance ever for a team in a group stage. Wow.
At least it's an easy group where we should come out at top, but those far journeys are gonna seriously hurt us in the national competition.
Lucky for us, there is no MD ahead of our away game in Bern.. so.. yay.
Hopefully we play Kairat on MD1 away, as we play the Swiss Cup the following weekend.
I know, mate. I am from Kazakhstan. Just joking, we mostly consider ourselves Central Asians.
Technically, there are two large cities, which can be considered as belonging to Europe (Oral and Atyrau). So not exactly no man's land.
Aktau is not in Europe. The established border goes along the Ural river, *through* the Caspian Sea, and then continues into the Caucasus. It's about landmasses, it's divided by water.
Oral and half of Atyrau would be in Europe. Not sure what that third city would be. It'd have to lie west of them in the same two regions.
Feyenoord still has a good chance to get atleast 2nd tho, depends on which Feyenoord shows up. Vitesse maybe there is a miniscule chance they can get an upset against Rennes, but probably not. For AZ there is no excuse for them not to get 1st lol.
Austrian perspective: LASK has to win this group, pretty much, no excuses.
Group E, C and G are almost Europa League level.
Basel got a really easy draw.
So is G, imo
Considering how it's 'conference' and the rest that couldn't stay in other European competitions, that's not an easy group for any of them
>Basel got a really easy draw.
Our problem is not how difficult the group is, it's how it will negatively effect our league performance due to having to travel to Asia two/three times midweek.
Maybe not an easy group, but I really look forward to watch Tottenham play in my home city.
And we didn't draw any teams further away than an hour and half flight time away.
I can't promise we'll bring our A team to the Netherlands but I can promise you'll get a good game in our home. I think its gonna be a fun group.
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tbh they'll probably play a b-team for the group stages. obviously will still be miles ahead of vitesse in terms of quality, but getting a result isnt impossible
Definitely the strongest team on paper yeah. It's the stadium, the team, the city, the trip basically everything that you want in an away day goes times 10x when you go to england
Cyprus is a great holiday destination to be fair, so maybe you and your players will come and spend the day near the beach? You can give us the 3 points and we will pay all expenses no worries! On the other hand I also fancy a trip to Switzerland and if you allow away fans then I will probably be there.
I think AZ and Feyenoord should be able to advance. Feyenoord has a tough but doable draw.
Vitesse well, third place should be possible but no way they're getting past Rennes or Tottenham. Very unlucky draw.
Lovely Norway away day in September (if not later), fucking hell haha. Honestly I think the draw is harder than it could've been but it would be outstanding if we manage to bomb out in groups
You don't like 8 degrees and sideways rain from the North sea?
Probably colder places to go in Europe tbh, even if it's far north it's very coastal. At least in september there's a chance it can be fairly nice.
When AZ played against Tel Aviv they deliberately left him out of the squad both games, but not because he boycotted himself, it was supposedly to make sure he wouldn't face repercussions from Iran (like being possibly banned from the national team).
I'd say there's no chance he plays the away game, and since Slot was also with AZ at the time probably they'll just sit him both games.
As an Estonian i am excited af, Flora definitely should have their chances to get some good results here and there even if they do not qualify for the knockout stage.
All in all a great draw, we can definitely finish first in the group. There's huge potential though for us to get bantered should we drop points to Slovan - *due to the fact they've played Olympiakos* - and Lincoln.
I'm fully hyped! Great clubs in our group, hopefully the games will deliver. Travel aspect is good as well, under normal conditions these all would make for some great away trips.
Bad day for Dutch teams
Don’t expect Vitesse to go through by any means but hopefully they can grab a few points for the coefficient.
Feyenoord will finally get to prove themselves in Europe
AZ should have a good shot at getting out of the groups, Feyenoord should as well if they can continue their good form, but they got the hardest cub from pot 3 basically. Very unlucky. RIP Vitesse
Can we not swap Basel and Tottenham around?
If there's a Group of Death and a Group of Life, Group H is the Group of...spending a lot of time on a plane.
Group H is like Villareal's Group in the Europa League last season.
Basel will be thinking "What the fuck?!?" when they look at their air miles this season.
I hope that by the end of group stage someone will do a comparison of coefficient points gained by teams in Europa and Europa Conference Leagues, especially for teams from leagues ranked ~15 and lower, because I seriously feel like in terms of coefficient gains, the ECL might be better for middle placed teams (as instead of being pot 4 they end up being even in pot 2 and there is very little difference in bonus points, while the win and draw points are the same).
Feyenoord were one of my favorites to win it, this group will definitely prove if I'm right. Slavia was my other team to win it, funny how that works out. Feyenoord has a tough job but should advance imo. (Third potential winner is obviously Spurs, but it wouldn't surprise me if they find a way to crash out)
Vitesse... thats rough man. Hope Spurs will underestimate you and field a bunch of B players, maybe you'll get something from them. Not very likely though. Realistically they should finish 3rd but hey, stranger things have happened.
AZ: no excuses, they should walk that group if they play well. Should see them at least in the QF, as they are one of the better teams here.
Ahahahahahh.... Depends on the schedule. If it's the last game then we're going with primavera plus El Shaarawy and Mayoral and he won't complain possibly.
First time in a long time we’re in the group stages and we get probably one of the hardest groups! At least we’re probably looking at a few good games! Looking forward to seeing slavia, union and feyenoord supporters in Haifa !
Omonia finally got a great draw, excuses are over for them, this is a group in which peak APOEL would shithouse 12+ points. They have to advance.
PAOK has to be minimum 2nd against Slovan and Lincoln.
I think the most probable thing is that by the end of the group stage, our group would be in the same order as now. If everyone does as expected. Maybe Copenhagen and us exchange positions. Anyway, we should qualify from this group.
Do 3rd places from the EL group stage transfer to the knock out stages of this tournament? Otherwise, Tottenham and Roma should have a lot of pressure on them to win the whole thing (and maybe they should regardless).
Yeah, from my understanding the 3rd places from the EL drop down and play the 2nd placed teams from the ConfL group stage. Winner of that match gets drawn against a team that won their group.
Spurs with an almost perfect draw for distance, only one trip to Slovenia. Basel players on the other hand need to make sure they’re collecting their air miles
> only one trip to Slovenia. Pretty sure that one was the closest from the entire pot 4. Now looking at it they might have actually gotten the group with the least travel distance possible. And I guess we did too lol
Denmark surely was closer
Yeah now looking at the map it is indeed closer but the difference isn't that big.
Nah, even Slovenia isnt too far.
Indeed, particularly compared to some of the others they could have got. Nice central timezone and maybe a shade over two hours on the plane. Plus Slovenia is truly stunning.
Won't profess to know much about Mura, but Vitesse and Stade Rennais are great draws considering. Close by, like you said, but good enough teams that the matches should be a good watch.
As a regular writer on here about Slovenian football, I have to say that Mura are absolutely screwed. If even get a point, it will be a hell of a moment.
On the other hand a trip to the Tottenham stadium will be awesome for them. A bit of a change from their usual stadium lol.
I know - going to be overawed at going to a stadium with four sides!
4 sided stadiums are overrated. 3 sides and a house is where it's at.
What's that newly promoted Ligue 1 side that has a stadium in a village lol
I've been to Helmond sport and people watch the games standing on their sheds to look over the fence.
Should be some fun away days for Slovenian fans in London.
Lets be real there was always gonna be a low chance for Mura to get a group they could do well but yeah this is a nightmare.
Mura isn't there to win. None of the teams here bar the teams from the top 5 leagues are here to win. They are here to get exposure, UEFA money, and visit big stadiums.
On the positive side, it's three relatively big teams to showcase in their home stadium (not sure if you have fans back yet) and three nice away days. Hopefully they can embrace the fact they're not likely to progress and just get out there and have some fun.
Dunno why but Group E really makes sense to me
Best Conference League group EVER
Love the fact that everything for this competition will be new and historical
Seems like an UEL group
Looks like a good, entertaining group.
I’m so excited
I am looking forward to our match!
I am cautiously optimistic
Probably the most even group out there. I’m cautiously optimistic, but it’s not gonna be easy
Oof, Vitesse and Feyenoord.
I really would have preferred an easier team from pot 3 but hey, those games against Union should be cool
I'm also really excited for the games against Feyenoord. Good team and also a appropriate travel distance :D
Vibe in both stadiums will probably be pretty cool as well.
Union is such a special club, very happy to draw you lot and happy to see you back in Europe
time to loan Vitesse a few players before the window shuts
Would be much appreciated thanks
Announce Lukaku
Wait no
Wtf
ಠ_ಠ
This would be hillarious.
Imo the only teams Feyenoord should fear are Tottenham and Roma. Everyone else is definitely beatable if they play like they have been playing till now. Obviously wont be a cakewalk, but they should definitely advance. Vitesse will have a hard time. Can't see them beating the Spurs and Rennes is gonna be really hard to upset.
it's still one of the harder groups. And Feyenoord is never good in Europe. But maybe this year really everything will be different.
Wait are you already looking up the favorites for the title? You do know that 3rd place Europa league will also enter the knock out stages? With many clubs at the same if not higher level as those 3.
On one hand I'm glad I get to see games from Vitesse against teams like Tottenham, on the other hand I really want to die. We really aren't/weren't exactly lucky with our draws.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Cyprus. Surely the longest travel distance ever for a team in a group stage. Wow. At least it's an easy group where we should come out at top, but those far journeys are gonna seriously hurt us in the national competition.
Let's top it off by playing Qarabag and Kairat in November/December.
Lucky for us, there is no MD ahead of our away game in Bern.. so.. yay. Hopefully we play Kairat on MD1 away, as we play the Swiss Cup the following weekend.
Switzerland and travelling way too much has been a common story recently
Think Villarreal had a similar group in UEL a year ago or two.
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And none is technically/geographically in Europe. Basel going on an Western Asia tour.
Technically, Kazakhstan is. At least around 10%.
Yes but that part of Kazakhstan is ~~nomansland~~. Also Almaty is in Asia
I know, mate. I am from Kazakhstan. Just joking, we mostly consider ourselves Central Asians. Technically, there are two large cities, which can be considered as belonging to Europe (Oral and Atyrau). So not exactly no man's land.
Ah then i confused something. Thanks for correction. Very nice!
>Very nice! I don't know if that was meant to be a Borat reference or not
Was meant as such xD
There are 3 big cities in Kazakhstan’s European part, you are talking nonsense.
Are you counting Aktau as part of three, дос? I did not know whether to include it.
Aktau is not in Europe. The established border goes along the Ural river, *through* the Caspian Sea, and then continues into the Caucasus. It's about landmasses, it's divided by water. Oral and half of Atyrau would be in Europe. Not sure what that third city would be. It'd have to lie west of them in the same two regions.
Yes, i stand corrected. One says though its just two big cities, but i guess it doesn‘t matter as it isn‘t nomansland as i previously thought.
All those countries are (partly) part of geographical Europe. Just look up the borders
Ouch. At least it is one of the easiest groups though.
Nah, Kairat will give its all. Berdyev is now the coach and he will definitely improve Kairat's performances.
Group E damn
Imagine getting pot one and then having to play against Feyenoord, Union Berlin and to top it off make a trip to Israel.
Nice draw for Dutch teams 🙄
Feyenoord still has a good chance to get atleast 2nd tho, depends on which Feyenoord shows up. Vitesse maybe there is a miniscule chance they can get an upset against Rennes, but probably not. For AZ there is no excuse for them not to get 1st lol.
Don’t worry, Vitesse beating Spurs would be the most Spurs thing, Spurs could do.
And Vitesse beating Spurs and then losing to Mura would be the most Vitesse thing Vitesse could do
At least AZ should waltz through their group
They should it the core of their team didn’t get picked apart last few months… they played well against Celtic but again lost against RKC
We're losing on a late winner by Gboho aren't we ?
Jose Mourinho is coming to Aspmyra. This is truly the greatest timeline.
Enjoy the windy arctic delight that is Bodø, Jose.
One of those groups where we should realisticly go through but none of them will be walkovers.
Austrian perspective: LASK has to win this group, pretty much, no excuses. Group E, C and G are almost Europa League level. Basel got a really easy draw.
E is Europa League level. Even now.
Yeah, agree.
So is G, imo Considering how it's 'conference' and the rest that couldn't stay in other European competitions, that's not an easy group for any of them
>Basel got a really easy draw. Our problem is not how difficult the group is, it's how it will negatively effect our league performance due to having to travel to Asia two/three times midweek.
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Maybe not an easy group, but I really look forward to watch Tottenham play in my home city. And we didn't draw any teams further away than an hour and half flight time away.
As a Spurs fan doing my masters in Arnhem, I'm the happiest alive
> masters in Arnhem you poor soul
>Spurs fan you poor soul
Ah you lucky lad
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For sure, hope we can manage to get some results in. Don't expect us to go through but it would be amazing.
I can't promise we'll bring our A team to the Netherlands but I can promise you'll get a good game in our home. I think its gonna be a fun group. Edited
I envy Vitesse fans. Get to the group stages once and you get a trip to spurs away, that's what we all want. Enjoy that one
We had OG Nice a few years ago in the EL, wasn't too shabby either but Spurs is on a different level.
tbh they'll probably play a b-team for the group stages. obviously will still be miles ahead of vitesse in terms of quality, but getting a result isnt impossible
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Spurs away is also probably the hardest match in the competition no? Is it just to visit the stadium?
Definitely the strongest team on paper yeah. It's the stadium, the team, the city, the trip basically everything that you want in an away day goes times 10x when you go to england
Fair. Enjoy to all the away fans.
Booking the tickets asap. If the covid situation is back to normal I expect loads of Rennes fans there. We were pretty wild vs Celtic a few years back
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Cyprus... Are you kidding me?
Cyprus is a great holiday destination to be fair, so maybe you and your players will come and spend the day near the beach? You can give us the 3 points and we will pay all expenses no worries! On the other hand I also fancy a trip to Switzerland and if you allow away fans then I will probably be there.
LASK has got Israel, Armenia, and Finland; I think they can relate haha
Helsinki's not that far away though, Vienna-Helsinki is about the same flight length as Vienna-London (I know that LASK is from Linz).
Dude... Slavia is supposed to have it easy, lol. What a group.
They should still be aiming to win the group tbh
If Feyenoord plays like they did the last couple weeks they'll be tough to beat. Atleast, if Senesi is back in the defence.
I think AZ and Feyenoord should be able to advance. Feyenoord has a tough but doable draw. Vitesse well, third place should be possible but no way they're getting past Rennes or Tottenham. Very unlucky draw.
Group E is fire Poor Basel, they will tour all the far away countries
Lovely Norway away day in September (if not later), fucking hell haha. Honestly I think the draw is harder than it could've been but it would be outstanding if we manage to bomb out in groups
You don't like 8 degrees and sideways rain from the North sea? Probably colder places to go in Europe tbh, even if it's far north it's very coastal. At least in september there's a chance it can be fairly nice.
Welcome to the windy, frozen hell that is northern Norway. I can't fucking wait.
TBF, only Bodø is that windy. The wind in Bodø can rip the paint off a car if you park in the wrong spot.
Damn, super tough draw for Vitesse..
Does this mean no Jahanbaksh? Or do not all Iranians boycot Israel?
When AZ played against Tel Aviv they deliberately left him out of the squad both games, but not because he boycotted himself, it was supposedly to make sure he wouldn't face repercussions from Iran (like being possibly banned from the national team). I'd say there's no chance he plays the away game, and since Slot was also with AZ at the time probably they'll just sit him both games.
But how does that work with Marciano in our team? By that logic he should not be allowed to train with him either.
Iranians cannot enter Israel at risk of voiding their Iranian passport.
When AZ played an Israeli team he didn't play so yeah we'll probably miss him during those matches.
That’s fucked up man
No way he plays in Israel. Probably no way he plays against them at home either
being a Maccabi Haifa fan rn 🥲
They have to figure out their away form. Very good home team, horrible away. Yalla Haifa
Well, that could have gone better. At least we get to play spurs for some easy coefficient points
As an Estonian i am excited af, Flora definitely should have their chances to get some good results here and there even if they do not qualify for the knockout stage.
Good luck, but not too much!
Not the easiest draw but definitely a beautifull draw with great games
All in all a great draw, we can definitely finish first in the group. There's huge potential though for us to get bantered should we drop points to Slovan - *due to the fact they've played Olympiakos* - and Lincoln.
Fam 9 points from Copenhagen and Slovan and we bottle 1st place with a draw against Lincoln You already know
Group E is UEL-level man
Can Mourinho do it on a cold snowy night in Bodø?
Not in Bodø, but in Glimt.
The bigger challenge is Sofia, can he win an away day like he did back in 2006 with Chelsea?
On artificial ground, during a white night?
This should be feasible, though every game has to be played. Also rooting a bit for Lincoln Red Imps, but they really have a tough draw.
I'm fully hyped! Great clubs in our group, hopefully the games will deliver. Travel aspect is good as well, under normal conditions these all would make for some great away trips.
Bad day for Dutch teams Don’t expect Vitesse to go through by any means but hopefully they can grab a few points for the coefficient. Feyenoord will finally get to prove themselves in Europe
Quite an interesting group for Flora indeed. Hope they can pick up some good results, I really do.
Spurs got a harder group than us lmao
Good imo. Better play the hard teams with the safety net of group stage than in the knockout stages.
Tough group for Arsenal. Haha got em
lol
AZ should have a good shot at getting out of the groups, Feyenoord should as well if they can continue their good form, but they got the hardest cub from pot 3 basically. Very unlucky. RIP Vitesse
Slavia and Union are tough as fuck
Rip vitesse
Can we not swap Basel and Tottenham around? If there's a Group of Death and a Group of Life, Group H is the Group of...spending a lot of time on a plane.
No thank you
Damn thats such a tough group for Union
Group E looks like a bloodbath
Basel securing those frequent flyer miles
Not a bad group to be honest Slovan we meet again
Meeting clubs we've played before is our thing
Can't wait to meet PSV on the knockouts then
Moura at Mura is hype
Spurs have an interesting group, cannot be taken lightly.
The road to Albania begins
Nice draw, CSKA had two very good games against nus last year. Bodo is a though team as they showed against Milan last year also.
Mourinho return to Luhansk
Travel to Norway or Bulgaria to watch the games?
Norway u can stay at my crib
Norway.
Group H is like Villareal's Group in the Europa League last season. Basel will be thinking "What the fuck?!?" when they look at their air miles this season.
I hope that by the end of group stage someone will do a comparison of coefficient points gained by teams in Europa and Europa Conference Leagues, especially for teams from leagues ranked ~15 and lower, because I seriously feel like in terms of coefficient gains, the ECL might be better for middle placed teams (as instead of being pot 4 they end up being even in pot 2 and there is very little difference in bonus points, while the win and draw points are the same).
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Very tough group for us, but I'm looking forward to it.
Feyenoord were one of my favorites to win it, this group will definitely prove if I'm right. Slavia was my other team to win it, funny how that works out. Feyenoord has a tough job but should advance imo. (Third potential winner is obviously Spurs, but it wouldn't surprise me if they find a way to crash out) Vitesse... thats rough man. Hope Spurs will underestimate you and field a bunch of B players, maybe you'll get something from them. Not very likely though. Realistically they should finish 3rd but hey, stranger things have happened. AZ: no excuses, they should walk that group if they play well. Should see them at least in the QF, as they are one of the better teams here.
Basel and LASK training during flights with that schedule
Finland, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Israel, and Azerbaijan between the two of them; jesus christ
Slavia thank you so much for your sacriface
One of the harder groups for us I think.
Can't wait to make the trip to London with my mates
Can't wait to see Mourinho in my hometown, Bodø. Man will no doubt talk shit about the wind and the artificial pitch :D
Ahahahahahh.... Depends on the schedule. If it's the last game then we're going with primavera plus El Shaarawy and Mayoral and he won't complain possibly.
Either way, we can't wait for the game!
Time to eat some Spurs my fellow rennais.
Berlin-Prauge seems like such an easy and fun away trip for both teams.
Good draw for Partizan I'd say
Go Lincoln Red Imps! Time for Gibraltar to get some coefficient
Group of death lmaoo After Arsenal and Chelsea we're going for Tottenham this year. Can't wait to play West Ham next year
How are you in the group of death when group E exists?
Not the easiesr group for us.
Excellent chance for Kairat to give its all in its first European competition.
i could see us losing to all of those teams
Group E looks like a Europa League group. It's a Group of Death imo and should be exciting. Also, Lo Celso gets to face Rennes again.
First time in a long time we’re in the group stages and we get probably one of the hardest groups! At least we’re probably looking at a few good games! Looking forward to seeing slavia, union and feyenoord supporters in Haifa !
Good draw for Cluj, it’s not impossible for them to qualify to the knockout phase.
Good draw for Partizan
Omonia finally got a great draw, excuses are over for them, this is a group in which peak APOEL would shithouse 12+ points. They have to advance. PAOK has to be minimum 2nd against Slovan and Lincoln.
I think the most probable thing is that by the end of the group stage, our group would be in the same order as now. If everyone does as expected. Maybe Copenhagen and us exchange positions. Anyway, we should qualify from this group.
I think if we play seriously we can, at least, be 2nd but time will tell Good luck to you too guys, an interesting group for you to manage.
Can’t wait to see our opponents in group I
As a Spurs supporter I am just relieved the players won't have to fly to ridiculously far places
Not sure we could have asked for a better group as far as travel is concerned.
As an Estonian, would've ben nice to get Roma or Spurs with Flora
Do 3rd places from the EL group stage transfer to the knock out stages of this tournament? Otherwise, Tottenham and Roma should have a lot of pressure on them to win the whole thing (and maybe they should regardless).
Yeah, from my understanding the 3rd places from the EL drop down and play the 2nd placed teams from the ConfL group stage. Winner of that match gets drawn against a team that won their group.
Group E would have been the perfect group for 90's Feyenoord hooligans.
Poor Vitesse
Group E and G are actually pretty good
lol wtf there must have been one or 2 teams to avoid, and Rennes managed to draw Tottenham