Familiar Faces Find Fate in Qualifying Rounds Draw

By: Rob | July 1st, 2008

Fenerbahce and Rangers, among others found out thier potential hurdles in making it to the Champions League group stage today, as the draw took place for the CL qualifying round. Rangers will face either Santa Coloma (Andorra) or Kaunus (Lithuania), depending who wins thier first qualifying round match. Last seasons Quarter-finalists are now without Zico, but they can look forward to playing MTK Budapest in the 2nd Qualifying round.

Full draw after the jump.

UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round.
Matches to be played 15th and 16th of July, and the 22nd and 23rd of July.

1 Linfield FC (NIR) v NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
2 Valetta FC (MLT) v FC Artmedia Petržalka (SVK)
3 FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
4 FC Santa Coloma (AND) v FBK Kaunus (LTU)
5 S.S. Murata (SMR) v IFK Göteborg (SWE)
6 Llanelli AFC (WAL) v FK Ventspils (LVA)
7 Anorthosis Famugusta (CYP) v FC Pyunik (ARM)
8 FK İnter Bakı (AZE) v FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
9 Tampere United (FIN) v FK Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
10 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v NK Domžale (SVN)
11 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FK Modriča (BIH)
12 FK Aktobe (KAZ) v FC Sheriff (MDA)
13 Drogheda United FC (IRL) v FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
14 FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v Valur Reykjavík (ISL)

Champions League Second Qualifying Round Draw:
Matches will be played 29/30th of July (First Leg) and the 5/6th August (Second Leg)

Rangers FC (SCO) v Winners Match 4
SK Brann (NOR) v Winners Match 6
Winners Match 8 v FK Partizan (SRB)
Winners Match 9 v Winners Match 2
Winners Match 7 v SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
Winners Match 10 v Winners Match 1
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) v Winners Match 3
Winners Match 5 v FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
Winners Match 12 v AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Winners Match 13 v FC Dinamo Kyiv (UKR)
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) v Winners Match 14
Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR) v Wisla Kraków (POL)
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) v MTK Budapest (HUN)
Aalborg BK (DEN) v Winners Match 11

So only two weeks till club football kicks off again. Time to pick a minnow and hope they make it to the Group stage. Come on Llanelli!