UEFA Champions League Qualifiers 09/10

Well it looks like the Champions League is at the point where some club we heard of are playing to see who getting into the group stage of the competition. This year format is different from the past years but should get interesting when they get the final qualifier round with sides like Arsenal and Lyon are in the draw. Anyway the result of the past round 1st leg.

Champions Path

Aktobe 0-0 M. Haifa
Bakı 0-0 Levski   
Salzburg 1-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Ventspils 1-0 BATE   
Levadia 0-1 Debrecen
Sheriff 0-0 Slavia Praha
APOEL 2-0 Partizan
Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Olympiacos
Zürich 2-3 Maribor 2-3
København    3-1 Stabæk

Non-Champions Path

Sporting 0-0 Twente
Shakhtar 2-2 Timişoara   
Celtic    0-1   Dinamo Moskva
Sparta 3-1 Panathinaikos   
Anderlecht    5-0 Sivasspor

To explain it, the 5 winners of the non-champions path will be in the random draw with Arsenal, Lyon, Athletico Madrid, Stuttgart and Fiorentina to play for 5 spots in the group stage. While the 10 winners of the champions path will be in a draw then the 5 winners of those games will be in the group stage.

Results from yesterdays games were

Aktobe 3-4 M. Haifa
Salzburg 2-1 Dinamo Zagreb
Sporting 1-1Twente
Sparta 0-3 Panathinaikos   
Anderlecht 1-3 Sivasspor

All the bold mark clubs are the ones who are going through to the next round. The rest of the games will be played today.

Arsenal to play Celtic in Champions League qualifying round.

Arsenal to play Celtic in Champions League qualifying round.

Going to be a cracking tie that.

Going to be a cracking tie that.

Would be nice to see the hoops go through, but can't see it.

Scott Mcdonald to get a hat-trick you heard it here first.

Celtic will go through on away goals

easy draw for Arsenal,they might have a tough-ish game away,but when they get them back to London,i expect Arsenal to ease through.

Wow, that'd be some game between Arsenal and Celtic.

I wanted Celtic to go through to the group stages but I cant see it happening but they'll give it a hell of a go.

Think its a shame two British teams clash so one must go out already. There seems to be a couple of signs early that we may struggle to dominate the competition as in recent years.

Big names are heading to the continent after Real Madrids sudden 170 million spend and the conservative approach by managers in the prem. Man City only seem to be stalking players from the prem, so thats not helping either. Maybe its got something to do with those tax laws and the pound crashing against the euro.

Think its a shame two British teams clash so one must go out already. There seems to be a couple of signs early that we may struggle to dominate the competition as in recent years.

Good, and it's a shame the mancs and chelsea couldn't be knocked by the end of the group stages.

As per last year, it's too big a competition to have in one thread.

I'm going to rename this.

Celtic to get through here would be huge, really hope they can do it. Aussie Scotty Mac to score the winner

Celtic 1-1 Arsenal
Arsenal 3-0 Celtic

Watch this space.

Arsenal will be too strong over two legs

I think Arsenal will win it but it will be interesting to see how well they do in the first leg in Glasgow as not many teams come away with a win from Park Head. I think it could make it interesting for a second leg back in London if Celtic can get something like a 2-0 win.

I think Celtic will hold Arsenal in Celtic's home game, Arsenal to scrape it at Highbury...i mean, Emirates.

Celtic haven't lost at home in Europe for ages.

Can't see Arsenal changing that with their weakened back and forward lines.

Does anyone know when the games are?

I hope Celtic at least give a good game against Arse. Don't really care who goes through.

Celtic will be tough to break down but they'll be poor going forward. They will really miss Nakamura's creativity.

Celtic 0-0 Arsenal

Arsenal 2-0 Celtic

Celtic haven't lost at home in Europe for ages.

I think the only team to beat them at Park Head in the last 6 years were Barca

Does anyone know when the games are?

Next week is the first leg and the second leg games will be the week after than at the end of the month they have the Super Cup game and the group stage draw

Celtic will be too strong at Parkhead I think, but it will be vice versa at the Emirates. So.....

Celtic 1-0 Arsenal
Arsenal 2-1 Celtic