[Albion] Are we through to the next round?

[The Wookiee]

Keep reading and hearing that we have now secured knock out football in Europe- but what if Marseille beat us at the Amex and we finish second?
Doesn’t that mean we have to play off against a team dropping out if the Champions League?

 

[Coldeanseagull]

yes, if we lose that we go to the conference. If we win the group, we play a winner from those playoffs

 

[Cotton Socks]

I'd like to know this as well as I'm getting more confused the further we get.

 

[Sussax]

I’d class getting ‘out of the group stages’ as being through to the next round, even if there was a further game to play.

 

[Flounce]

Keep reading and hearing that we have now secured knock out football in Europe- but what if Marseille beat us at the Amex and we finish second?
Doesn’t that mean we have to play off against a team dropping out if the Champions League?

f*** that, we need to win the group

 

[upthealbion1970]

Keep reading and hearing that we have now secured knock out football in Europe- but what if Marseille beat us at the Amex and we finish second?
Doesn’t that mean we have to play off against a team dropping out if the Champions League?

That’s still 2 legged knock out though isn’t it?

 

[Chicken Run]

Keep reading and hearing that we have now secured knock out football in Europe- but what if Marseille beat us at the Amex and we finish second?
Doesn’t that mean we have to play off against a team dropping out if the Champions League?

No it means we have a knockout game that will have teams from third place CL groups

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Keep reading and hearing that we have now secured knock out football in Europe- but what if Marseille beat us at the Amex and we finish second?
Doesn’t that mean we have to play off against a team dropping out if the Champions League?

You mean like in a knock out game?

 

[Gazwag]

We can I only finish 1st or 2nd, 1st=last 16, 2nd=play off v Champions League 3rd place team to get to the last 16

 

[Chicken Run]

That’s still 2 legged knock out though isn’t it?

Yes

 

[Djmiles]

Win the group: Straight through to Round of 16,
Finish 2nd: Knockout against CL 3rd place team.

No?

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

yes, if we lose that we go to the conference. If we win the group, we play a winner from those playoffs

No we don't. If we finish second we play a team who finished third in the Champions League. The winners go into the last 16, the losers are out. Teams finishing 3rd drop into Conference League.

We cannot play in the Conference League this season.

 

[Bozza]

The worst we can do is finish second. Second-place sides meet Champions League third place dropouts in the snappily-titled "Preliminary knockout round".

The eight winners from that Preliminary knockout round progress to the Knockout phase, where they meet the eight sides who won the Europa League groups.

We now can not feature in this season's Europa Conference.

 

[The Wookiee]

yes, if we lose that we go to the conference. If we win the group, we play a winner from those playoffs

Are you sure ?
I thought it’s as follows:
Finish 1st - qualify for next round
Finish 2nd - play off against team dropping out if champions league - win that then qualify for next round - lose it then out of Europe all together
Finish 3rd - drop to Conference league
Finish 4th - out

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

We could seriously do without the extra games.

Though intriguingly Shakhtar Donetsk are one of the 3rd place teams currently. Nothing to say we may not still meet them though

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

yes, if we lose that we go to the conference. If we win the group, we play a winner from those playoffs

So if we finish second and lose the play off with a CL third place team we still drop down the conference?

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Second-place sides meet Champions League third place dropouts in the snappily-titled "Preliminary knockout round".

Sounds like when I had my hernia checked out by the GP.

 

[The Hermit Kingdom]

We now can not feature in this season's Europa Conference.

Every cloud. Even the Sussex Senior Cup is less Mickey Mouse than that shite.

 

[The Grockle]

yes, if we lose that we go to the conference. If we win the group, we play a winner from those playoffs

I don't think that's right.

Beat Marseille, we make the last 16, finish behind them, a play off against 3rd places champions league team....lose that game and we're out of Europe.


Unless I've misunderstood, there's no path to europa conference for us now??!!

 

[KZNSeagull]

So if we finish second and lose the play off with a CL third place team we still drop down the conference?

No. We are out of Europe completely. We will not be big enough losers to end up in another competition.