[Football] Who will qualify for the 2023-24 UEFA Europa League?

[Gwylan]

Let's hope Zorya Luhansk don't make a comeback against Slavia Prague - I can't see many takers for a trip to Ukraine. PBOBE will be facing a hefty insurance bill for that one

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Let's hope Zorya Luhansk don't make a comeback against Slavia Prague - I can't see many takers for a trip to Ukraine. PBOBE will be facing a hefty insurance bill for that one

They won’t be playing in Ukraine. The second leg of their qualifier is being played in Poland.

Of the other Ukrainian clubs who have been involved in qualifiers Dnipro-1 have played their qualifiers in Slovakia. Dynamo Kyiv are playing in Romania. Vorskla Poltava played in Poland too (but they have been knocked out).

Shaktar will play their Champions League games in Hamburg.

 

[jackalbion]

Also if we do draw TSC Public transport looks an issue.

 

[Gwylan]

They won’t be playing in Ukraine. The second leg of their qualifier is being played in Poland.

Thanks, that's good to know. Wiki says that since the war, they're playing their matches elsewhere ... but still in Ukraine. They'll have to go some to overturn the deficit on neutral ground.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Thanks, that's good to know. Wiki says that since the war, they're playing their matches elsewhere ... but still in Ukraine. They'll have to go some to overturn the deficit on neutral ground.

I think league games are being played at home grounds in the Ukraine where possible. Zorya are from Luhansk which is in the Russian occupied Dunbas area of Ukraine so they've got to play their league games elsewhere. This season they'll be playing in a stadium near Kyiv, last season they shared the stadium of Dynamo Kyiv.

All european ties, as well as Ukraine's Euro 2024 qualifiers are being played in other countries.

 

[AlexBH]

Is anyone else not as excited about the Europa League as they thought they’d be?! Maybe after the draw comes out and if we get 1 or 2 we’ll known European teams I’ll be looking forward to it, but to me the Premier League seems much more interesting than the Europa League. Now if it had been the Champions League we’d qualified for, that’s be exciting.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Is anyone else not as excited about the Europa League as they thought they’d be?! Maybe after the draw comes out and if we get 1 or 2 we’ll known European teams I’ll be looking forward to it, but to me the Premier League seems much more interesting than the Europa League. Now if it had been the Champions League we’d qualified for, that’s be exciting.

On the contrary for me - the closer it gets the more I excited I am! I don’t usually keep looking how random teams from Norway, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Switzerland and Israel are doing - but I did last night!

 

[Mellotron]

I'm still at the "disbelief we're even in it" stage.

Once we kick off that first game under the lights I think it'll hit me.

 

[Giraffe]

I'm hoping we will be at home in that first game, to allow more time to plan the away trips. Found myself searching various flight options but the variables of which clubs we may get and the possible dates when we might play them are too many to do anything serious before the draw.

 

[patchamalbion]

Is anyone else not as excited about the Europa League as they thought they’d be?! Maybe after the draw comes out and if we get 1 or 2 we’ll known European teams I’ll be looking forward to it, but to me the Premier League seems much more interesting than the Europa League. Now if it had been the Champions League we’d qualified for, that’s be exciting.

Can we add a dislike button for this kinda stuff?

 

[chimneys]

Is anyone else not as excited about the Europa League as they thought they’d be?! Maybe after the draw comes out and if we get 1 or 2 we’ll known European teams I’ll be looking forward to it, but to me the Premier League seems much more interesting than the Europa League. Now if it had been the Champions League we’d qualified for, that’s be exciting.

I smell jealous Palace!!

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Is anyone else not as excited about the Europa League as they thought they’d be?! Maybe after the draw comes out and if we get 1 or 2 we’ll known European teams I’ll be looking forward to it, but to me the Premier League seems much more interesting than the Europa League. Now if it had been the Champions League we’d qualified for, that’s be exciting.

Initially, last season, I wasn’t over-excited as I thought the competition would be full of obscure teams but I’ve now realised that these group stages are packed with legendary names. So I’m definitely excited! Whether I’ll get an away ticket is another matter. I’d love to get a tie against Freiburg, where I used to have a season ticket, or anywhere in Switzerland. But I’d settle for any away game.

 

[PeterT]

Is anyone else not as excited about the Europa League as they thought they’d be?! Maybe after the draw comes out and if we get 1 or 2 we’ll known European teams I’ll be looking forward to it, but to me the Premier League seems much more interesting than the Europa League. Now if it had been the Champions League we’d qualified for, that’s be exciting.

When you were a kid, did you get excited about Christmas or find it all a bit dull and couldn’t wait to get back to school?

 

[jackalbion]

If anyone was planning on trying to catch the train to Backa Topola from Belgrade

 

[Gwylan]

If anyone was planning on trying to catch the train to Backa Topola from Belgrade
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Ha, I remember travelling on this route about 20 years ago. The train seemed to crawl along and then stopped, in the middle of nowhere, for about an hour. It's not far between the two cities (319km) but IIRC, the train took about six or seven hours to get there.

Any ties involving games with east European teams may have quite a few journeys like this.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Molde looks quite difficult to get to…

Involves a change of flight but reasonably cheap

 

[Fiskmås]

Molde looks quite difficult to get to…

But... so worth it!

If we end up playing them I will do my best to convince every lucky sod who gets a ticket to call in sick for a week to explore the surroundings. I am definitely biased (my dad grew up some 40 miles from Molde and I spent all my summers there as a kid), but it really is one of the most beautiful areas on earth.

My tip would be to fly to Ålesund on the coast, and then drive/bus to Molde. Not more than a 3 hour(ish) journey (including the ferry at the end) and majestic doesn't even begin to describe it. Within day trip distance there is also the Goblin wall, the Goblin ladder, the Geiranger fjord and... just too many places to mention.

I gave it 45 seconds to find a video that does it even close to justice, and didn't manage very well, but there are millions of clips of the area for anyone who wants to spend the evening going down that particular YouTube rabbit hole.

 

[chimneys]

But... so worth it!

If we end up playing them I will do my best to convince every lucky sod who gets a ticket to call in sick for a week to explore the surroundings. I am definitely biased (my dad grew up some 40 miles from Molde and I spent all my summers there as a kid), but it really is one of the most beautiful areas on earth.

My tip would be to fly to Ålesund on the coast, and then drive/bus to Molde. Not more than a 3 hour(ish) journey (including the ferry at the end) and majestic doesn't even begin to describe it. Within day trip distance there is also the Goblin wall, the Goblin ladder, the Geiranger fjord and... just too many places to mention.

I gave it 45 seconds to find a video that does it even close to justice, and didn't manage very well, but there are millions of clips of the area for anyone who wants to spend the evening going down that particular YouTube rabbit hole.

AS POINTED OUT ABOVE V V V UNLIKELY WE WILL PLAY MOLDE AS WE ARE BOTH ALMOST CERTAINLY IN POT 3!!!!!

 

[chimneys]

Involves a change of flight but reasonably cheap View attachment 165697

DITTO!!!!

Also can only imagine how expensive beer/food/accommodation would be. Went to Oslo once 22 years ago and still paying for it! Will be prohibitive to most fans if they want the usual fun time.

 

[Fiskmås]

AS POINTED OUT ABOVE V V V UNLIKELY WE WILL PLAY MOLDE AS WE ARE BOTH ALMOST CERTAINLY IN POT 3!!!!!

ALRIGHT, NOTED, DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO READ THE WHOLE THREAD!!! EVEN SO, YOU SHOULD STILL GO TO MOLDE IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE!!!! A WORD OF ADVICE, THOUGH, THE NORWEGIANS DON’T TAKE KINDLY TO RANDOM SHOUTING!!!