European Football 2025-26 Thread

[swaddon2]

The draw starts at high noon Scotland time. These are our potential opponents:

Winners of Pairing 2: Panathinaikos FC (GRE) vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Winners of Pairing 3: Fredrikstad FK (NOR) vs FC Midtjylland (DEN)
Winners of Pairing 4: Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) vs FC Drita (KOS)
Pairing 6: KKS Lech Poznań (POL) vs FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB )

[blowupsheep]

The draw starts at high noon Scotland time. These are our potential opponents:

Winners of Pairing 2: Panathinaikos FC (GRE) vs FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Winners of Pairing 3: Fredrikstad FK (NOR) vs FC Midtjylland (DEN)
Winners of Pairing 4: Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) vs FC Drita (KOS)
Pairing 6: KKS Lech Poznań (POL) vs FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB )

why the fk do they have to make everything so fkn complicated these days.
What happened to the good old days all the names or numbers into a thing that they called a hat (some names or numbers heated up for obvious reasons as that has been going on for years)

But anyway number 5 will paly number 2 etc etc
Fit a heap oh pesh it has all turned into.

But enough of a grumble for the day, fkn delighted we are back in the mix of Europe again and from that lot above I would happily take the winners of pairing 3: which could give us a chance to rub some salt in the wounds of Hibs who hibsed it once again

[swaddon2]

It's been made complicated to suit the big teams. Otherwise they will go and start their own European League.

[swaddon2]

It's live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/0fTIco6_uMI

I can't see who is there representing the AFC, I'm guessing it's Alan Burrows. We are in draw group 2, so not too long to wait.

[Don Julio]

It?s a gripping watch so far?

[swaddon2]

Aberdeen will be at home against Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) or FC Drita (KOS).

[Br0chred]

best we could have got?

[Don Julio]

Home tie first versus Steau Bucharest or Drita from Kosovo

[swaddon2]

best we could have got?

I don't know, FCSB (previously known as Steaua Bucharest) are the Romanian champions, and will most likely beat the Kosovar team.

[blowupsheep]

Aberdeen will be at home against Fotbal Club FCSB (ROU) or FC Drita (KOS).

would have to imagine it will be Steau Bucharest out of that tie.
That's nae going to be an easy tie at all especially in Romania. They are a decent outfit.
Then again don't suppose there are any so called "easy" ties nowadays.

We gotta be in it to win it, so let's have a go and see what happens.

[InversneckieDob]

Steauvco, if you will.

[Jupiter]

Steaua have already been knocked out of the champions league by some diddy team from North Macedonia, so they must be a bit diddy themselves.

[GASC1980]

Anyone booked anything yet? I booked Glasgow to Bucharest via Charleroi for ?47 just after the draw. Can get from there to Pristina if need be on the Thursday morning or sack the ?47 i've paid and fly to Skopje cheap enough then 2 hour bus from there for 8 euros to Pristina. Have a couple of routes home from both places but not booked any of them yet. Plenty of options for Bucharest from all sorts of places. Sofia might be a good shout also as it is almost equidistant from Bucharest and Pristina.

[InversneckieDob]

Anyone booked anything yet? I booked Glasgow to Bucharest via Charleroi for ?47 just after the draw. Can get from there to Pristina if need be on the Thursday morning or sack the ?47 i've paid and fly to Skopje cheap enough then 2 hour bus from there for 8 euros to Pristina. Have a couple of routes home from both places but not booked any of them yet. Plenty of options for Bucharest from all sorts of places. Sofia might be a good shout also as it is almost equidistant from Bucharest and Pristina.

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[InversneckieDob]

Anyone booked anything yet? I booked Glasgow to Bucharest via Charleroi for ?47 just after the draw. Can get from there to Pristina if need be on the Thursday morning or sack the ?47 i've paid and fly to Skopje cheap enough then 2 hour bus from there for 8 euros to Pristina. Have a couple of routes home from both places but not booked any of them yet. Plenty of options for Bucharest from all sorts of places. Sofia might be a good shout also as it is almost equidistant from Bucharest and Pristina.

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