The Champions League starts again in the first week of July for its 72nd season.

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1st Rd 2nd leg results

KuPS (Finland) 2 FK Vardar Skopje (Macedonia) 3 (Aeg 4-3)

FC Iberia (Georgia) 2 Flora FC (Estonia) 2 (Aeg 5-4)

Inter Club d'Escaldes (Andorra) 1 Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) 1 (Aeg 2-4)

ETO FC Gyor (Hungary) 2 Vikingur Reykjavik (Iceland) 2 (Aeg 2-3)

Riga FC (Latvia) 3 Ararat Armenia (Armenia) 2 (Aeg 3-4)

Levski Sofia (Bulgaria) 4 Borac Banja Luka (Bosnia & Herzegovina) 0 (Aeg 5-1)

TNS (Wales) 1 Sabah FK (Azerbaijan) 2 (Aeg 1-4)

FK Drita (Albania) 2 Kuano Zalgiris (Lithuania) 3 (Aeg 3-4)

Larne (NI) 2 Tre Fiori (Malta) 1 (Aeg 3-1)

Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) 5 Floriana Tallinn (Estonia) 1 (Aeg 5-3)

Universitatea Craovia (Romania) 1 ML Vitebsk (Belarussia) 0 (Aeg 5-1)

FC Atert Bissen (Luxembourg) 1 KI Klaksevik (Faroe Islands) 2 (Aeg 2-4)

KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë (Albania) 6 CS Petroclub Hînceşti (Moldavia) 1 (Aeg 7-2)

Sutjeska Nikisic (Montenegro) 0 Kairat Almaty (Kazakstan) 2 (Aeg 1-4)

Edited July 16Jul 16 by Steve201

Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round

Ararat Armenia vs Shamrock Rovers

FC Iberia vs Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

Mjallby (Sweden) vs Lincoln Red Imps

Sabah FK va KuPS

Aarhus GF (Denmark) vs Lech Poznan (Poland)

Fenerbache (Turkey) vs Gornik Zabrze (Poland)

FC Thun (Switzerland) vs Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Sturm Graz (Austria) vs Hearts (Scotland)

KI Klaksevik vs Kuano Zalgiris

Larne vs Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Vikingur Reykjavik Vs H Be'er Sheva (Isreal)

Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) vs Kairat Almaty

Levski Sofia vs Universitatea Craovia

KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë Vs Celje (Slovenia)

Edited July 17Jul 17 by Steve201

I’ve added the new countries that have entered this second round in brackets.

As usual in the champions league there’s a champions route where the winners of the respective leagues play each other and the league route where teams who come outside of the top positions play each other. Assume UEFA add teams in respect of their leagues coefficient. As two Polish sides have entered here whereas the second place Scottish team (Hearts) enter. Celtic the champions enter in round 3.

Some tasty ties as N.Irish champions Larne get a plum tie against Serbian champions and 1991 winners Red Star Belgrade. Hell, I may go and watch the game myself albeit I’m sure the Serbs, who normally challenge to make the league phase, will win easily. Would be nice to see them though.

We also have the champions of the following leagues enter at this stage:

Switzerland

Cyprus

Israel

Croatia

Slovenia

Poland

Denmark

Slovakia

Sweden

The plum tie of the round is def the Swiss vs the Croatian champions as FC Thun play Dinamo Zagreb!

Edited July 17Jul 17 by Steve201

2nd Qualifying Rd 1st Leg

Ararat Armenia 2-0 Shamrock Rovers

FC Iberia 0-2 Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)

Mjallby (Sweden) 3-0 Lincoln Red Imps

Sabah FK 1-0 KuPS

Aarhus GF (Denmark) 1-4 Lech Poznan (Poland)

Fenerbache (Turkey) 1-0 Gornik Zabrze (Poland)

FC Thun (Switzerland) 1-1 Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Sturm Graz (Austria) 4-0 Hearts (Scotland)

KI Klaksevik 0-0 Kuano Zalgiris

Larne 0-4 Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Vikingur Reykjavik 2-1 H Be'er Sheva (Isreal)

Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) 1-0 Kairat Almaty

Levski Sofia 1-0 Universitatea Craovia

KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë 3-3 Celje (Slovenia)

Edited July 24Jul 24 by Steve201

2nd Qualifying Rd 2nd Leg

Shamrock Rovers 2-1 Aratat Armenia (Agg 2-3)

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 1-1 FC Iberia (Agg 3-1)

Lincoln Red Imps 0-0 Mjalby (Agg 0-3)

KuPS 0-2 Sabah FK (Agg 0-3)

Lech Poznan (Poland) 1-4 Aarhus GF (Agg 5-5 AET, Aarhus win 4-3 on pens)

Gornik Zabrze (Poland) 1-1 Fenerbache (Agg 1-2)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) 3-2 FC Thun (Agg 4-3)

Hearts (Scotland) 0-2 Sturm Graz (Agg 0-6)

Kuano Zalgiris 1-0 KI Klaksevik (Agg 1-0)

Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) 5-0 Larne (Agg 9-0)

H Be'er Sheva (Isreal) 2-0 Vikingur Reykjavik (Agg 3-2)

Kairat Almaty 1-0 Omonia Nicosia (Agg 1-1 AET, Kairat win 6-5 on pens)

Universitatea Craovia 2-2 Levski Sofia (Agg 2-3)

Celje (Slovenia) 2-2 KS Egnatia Rrogozhinë (Agg 5-5 AET, Celje win 4-1 on pens)

3rd Qualifying Rd

The third qualifying round got underway tonight with bigger European leagues entering the league route including Olympiakos, Lyon, Sparta Prague, Union St and the team that have shocked everyone in European competition over the past few years Bodo/Glimt.

While in the champions route the minnow leagues of European football continue to cancel each other out in their unlikely aim to reach the few group stage spots they get after playing 8 gruelling summertime games.

Maybe that 5th spot shouldn’t go to the top 5 leagues and give one of these leagues a windfall. Albeit the result will be the same team being in from that league every season as they dominate it financially.

Edited August 5Aug 5 by Steve201

3rd Qualifying Rd 1st leg 4/8/26

Ararat Armenia 2-1 Celje

Mjallby 1-2 Slovan Bratislava

Hapoel Beer Sheva 1-0 Red Star Belgrade

Levski Sofia 1-0 Kairat Almaty

Dinamo Zagreb 5-0 Kuano Zalgiris

Olympiakos (Greece) 0-0 NEC Breda (Netherlands)

Sparta Prague (Czechia) 2-1 Lyon (France)

R Union SG (Belgium) 3-3 Bodo/Glimt (Norway)

5/8/26

Aarhus GF 2-1 Sabah FK

Fenerbache 2-0 Sturm Graz

Edited August 5Aug 5 by Steve201