Europa League Draw - Liverpool v Trabzonspor

Draw is today for the last ko round.

Hope we dont get to see Arda Turan up close.

Draw looms large for Galatasaray's Arda
Published: Thursday 5 August 2010, 19.30CET
Arda Turan turned attentions to Friday's draw after scoring in Galatasaray AŞ's 5-1 win against OFK Beograd to earn a play-off place. "The most important thing is we're through," he said.
by Ivan Vjetrovic
from Belgrade

Galatasaray celebrate in Belgrade
©UEFA
Galatasaray AŞ playmaker Arda Turan is looking forward to Friday's UEFA Europa League play-off draw after scoring in the Turkish side's 5-1 third qualifying round second-leg win against OFK Beograd that took them through 7-3 on aggregate.

OFK had come from 2-0 down to earn a shock 2-2 draw in Istanbul last week, but Frank Rijkaard's team were quick to ensure there would not be another upset at the Omladinski stadium. Mustafa Sarp and Harry Kewell put the visitors 2-0 up by the midway point of the first half and though Danilo Nikolić pulled a goal back on 32 minutes, his dismissal 12 minutes after the restart for pulling down Kewell in the area turned the tie definitively Galatasaray's way.

The Australian converted the resulting penalty before further goals from Arda (71) and substitute Mehmet Batdal (81) completed a comfortable evening. "We played well, better than in Istanbul where we made a lot of tactical mistakes," Arda said. "Here we tried to correct those mistakes. It was harder to play in Belgrade because of the temperature and humidity, but we gave everything and the most important thing is that we are through to the play-off."

Rijkaard was delighted with his side's desire to make amends after a disappointing first leg at the Ali Sami Yen. "This was a very important match for me," he said. "We tried to control the game throughout the 90 minutes. In the first match OFK surprised us with their play and finally with the result. We were in shock. Here we quickly went 2-0 up, but OFK didn't back down and pulled a goal back. The penalty was the turning point."

OFK coach Dejan Djurdjević added: "This was a great experience for my team and I'm satisfied because we played a good game and the fans were pleased. This match has made a big impression on the players, and I don't think it will affect their morale. Galatasaray showed today what a great club they are and how experienced their players are."

We cant. We can only get:

 Grasshopper
 Trabzonspor
 Utrecht
 AIK
 Qarabağ

Thats Group 4. With us are:

Steaua Bucureşti
Celtic
Levski Sofia
Borussia Dortmund

I'd like to get Qarabag because I've heard of the other 4.

Posted this in the Europa League 2010-11 who is excited thread!!

Draw for the final playoff round before the groups is today, looks like we could play any of the unseeded teams in our group:

Group 4
Seeded                                            Unseeeded
Liverpool FC (ENG)                         Grasshopper-Club (SUI)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)                 Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)
Celtic FC (SCO)                                 FC Utrecht (NED)
PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)                         AIK (SWE)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)                 FK Qarabağ (AZE)

Full details available here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1510070.html

Quite like to play grasshoppers. Nice gentle start, minimal travel.

Who's representing us?

And it's Trabzonspor. Turkey.

We got Trabzonspor! Not ideal, long trip to Turkey!

Here we go

Liverpool v Trabzonspor

I imagine its as the draw goes were home 1st? Tough enough tie

Away 1st leg?

Not the greatest draw that.

Home first and a trip to Turkey.

anyone know anything about Trabzonspor?

Could of being better but we will go through.

They finished 5th last year in the Turkish league, I don't think it should be too hard of a tie to win as Turkish sides don't travel well but another trip across Europe was something I was hoping we avoid.

May 16, 20102009/2010 Turkish Super Lig Table     Overall      Home      Away       RK      TEAM   P   W   D   L   GS   GA      W   D   L   GS   GA      W   D   L   GS   GA      GD   Pts 1      Bursaspor   34   23   6   5   65   26      14   1   2   37   9      9   5   3   28   17      39   75 2      Fenerbahce   34   23   5   6   61   28      13   2   2   33   13      10   3   4   28   15      33   74 3      Galatasaray   34   19   7   8   61   35      11   4   2   37   13      8   3   6   24   22      26   64 4      Besiktas   34   18   10   6   47   25      10   5   2   28   11      8   5   4   19   14      22   64 5      Trabzonspor   34   16   9   9   53   32      11   3   3   29   12      5   6   6   24   20      21   57 6      Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK   34   16   8   10   47   44      9   4   4   24   20      7   4   6   23   24      3   56 7      Eskisehirspor K   34   15   10   9   44   34      11   4   2   24   11      4   6   7   20   23      10   55 8      Kayserispor   34   14   9   11   45   37      6   7   4   25   14      8   2   7   20   23      8   51 9      Antalyaspor   34   14   7   13   49   38      9   3   5   29   15      5   4   8   20   23      11   49 10      Genclerbirligi   34   12   11   11   38   35      6   7   4   18   14      6   4   7   20   21      3   47 11      Kasimpasa   34   10   11   13   50   53      7   5   5   29   25      3   6   8   21   28      -3   41 12      Ankaragucu   34   9   14   11   39   40      6   8   3   24   16      3   6   8   15   24      -1   41 13      Gaziantepspor   34   9   13   12   38   39      6   6   5   23   20      3   7   7   15   19      -1   40 14      Manisaspor   34   8   13   13   27   34      5   7   5   15   15      3   6   8   12   19      -7   37 15      Sivasspor   34   8   10   16   42   59      6   3   8   23   26      2   7   8   19   33      -17   34 16      Diyarbakirspor   34   6   9   19   28   54      3   4   10   16   31      3   5   9   12   23      -26   27 17      Denizlispor   34   6   8   20   30   49      4   7   6   17   17      2   1   14   13   32      -19   26 18      Ankaraspor   34   0   0   34   0   102      0   0   17   0   51      0   0   17   0   51      -102   0

They beat Fenerbache on the last day of the season. Costing the latter the title and causing riots. NICE

EDIT: Theyre in the Europa Leagua via winning the domestic cup

3    Croatia    DF    Hrvoje Čale
4    Poland    DF    Arkadiusz Głowacki
5    Turkey    MF    Engin Baytar
6    Turkey    MF    Ceyhun Gülselam
7    Turkey    MF    Murat Tosun
8    Turkey    MF    Selçuk İnan
9    Colombia    FW    Teófilo Gutiérrez
10    Turkey    FW    Umut Bulut
11    Turkey    MF    Barış Memiş
16    Turkey    DF    Egemen Korkmaz
17    Turkey    FW    Burak Yilmaz
18    Turkey    DF    Tayfun Cora
20    Argentina    MF    Gustavo Colman
      
No.       Position    Player
21    Turkey    MF    Barış Ataş
22    Turkey    DF    Mustafa Yumlu
23    Turkey    DF    Remzi Giray Kaçar
25    Brazil    MF    Alanzinho
26    Turkey    MF    Sezer Badur
29    Turkey    GK    Tolga Zengin
30    Turkey    DF    Serkan Balcı
33    Croatia    MF    Drago Gabrić
35    Turkey    GK    Onur Recep Kıvrak
45    Turkey    GK    Yakup Bugun
61    Guinea    FW    Ibrahim Yattara (C)[14]
66    Turkey    DF    Ferhat Öztorun
91    Turkey    GK    Bora Sevim



Well there's their squad anyway.

Trabzonspor's ground:

Need to get the job completley done at Anfield so we can send the kids to Turkey

Hi guys from Turkey/Trabzon.. It'll be nice to play you again (do you remember the first one in 1977 ) I believe we're gonna watch tough games and for sure it'll not be easy for Liverpool. we are not like Besiktas

Trabzonspor's ground:

We've extended the places behind the posts.. Now we have more capacity than the picture, and we removed the shade (because of the columns) on the right side.

LFC are playing Trabz.  I reckon I wont be the only scouser laughing at that.

Hi guys from Turkey/Trabzon.. It'll be nice to play you again (do you remember the first one in 1984 ) I believe we're gonna watch tough games and for sure it'll not be easy for Liverpool. we are not like Besiktas

Welcome mate! Looking forward to a good game with your team. All the best!

Would of preffered not to go to Turkey.

Thanks mate.. All the best for you also, but get prepared for the surprise

It can be a great favor for Liverpool if Trabzonspor wins, because if you dont continue in European League you can play better in EPL and you can be the champions again after long years...