User:Nitsansh/Sandbox/European football May 14-17

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(as of May 13)

Group stage

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The following teams will compete, along with all 10 winners of the play-off round (5 champions + 5 non-champions), in the group stage of the Champions League:

Qualifying rounds

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In a new system for the Champions League[4], there will be two separate qualifying tournaments. One will be for the Champion clubs who did not automatically qualify for the group stage. The other is for teams who did not win their domestic league and did not automatically qualify for the group stage.

For both sections, the losing teams from the third qualifying round will enter the UEFA Europa League play-off round and the losing teams from the play-off round will enter the UEFA Europa League group stage.

First qualifying round

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The seedings of the first qualifying round are as follows:

Second qualifying round

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The seedings of the second qualifying round are as follows:

Unknown seeding

Third qualifying round

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The seedings of the third qualifying round are as follows:

For champions

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Unknown seeding

For best-placed team

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Unknown seeding

Play-off round

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Champions Play-off

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The 10 winners of the third qualifying round will compete in the play-off round for Champions.

Best-placed team Play-off

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The following teams will enter in the play-off round, joined by the 5 winners of the Best-placed team qualifying round:

(as of May 13)

Group stage

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The following teams are eligible to participate in the group stage:

Qualifying rounds

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First qualifying round

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The following 50 teams are eligible to compete in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Second qualifying round

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The following 55 teams are eligible to participate in the second qualifying round. Also entering are the 25 winners from the previous round.

Third qualifying round

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The following 30 teams are eligible to participate in the third qualifying round. Also entering are the 40 winners from the previous round.

Play-off round

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The following 24 teams are eligible to participate in the play-off round. Also entering are the 35 winners from the previous round along with the 15 losers from the UEFA Champions League 2009-10 3rd qualifying round (10 champions and 5 non-champions)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Milan qualified for UEFA Champions League, but the starting round is unknown. Cite error: The named reference "Italy" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Celtic and Rangers qualified for UEFA Champions League, but the starting round is unknown. Cite error: The named reference "Scotland" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Anderlecht and Standard Liège qualified for UEFA Champions League, but the starting round is unknown.
  4. ^ "2009/10 Competition format". UEFA. 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-18. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ a b c Israel State Cup 2008–09 finalists Beitar Jerusalem have been excluded from participation in European competitions by the Israeli FA.[citation needed] Since Maccabi Haifa, the other team to play in the State Cup Final, have already ensured that they will finish not lower than third place in the league, all three Israeli Europa League spots will be distributed among the best teams of Israeli Premier League 2008–09, with the highest-placed team earning the latest entry.
  6. ^ a b Olimpi Rustavi qualified through either league position or as Georgian Cup 2008-09 finalists, but entry round is not known.
  7. ^ a b c Rabotnički have qualified as losing Macedonian Cup finalists at least. If they lose the final they will enter in the 1st qualifying round, the 2nd placed team of the Macedonian Prva Liga 2008–09 will enter in the 2nd qualifying round.
  8. ^ Juvenes/Dogana have qualified as winners of the Coppa Titana. They may still qualify for the Champions League as winners of the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio.
  9. ^ a b c d Paços Ferreira have qualified as losing Portuguese Cup finalists at least. If they lose the final they will enter in the 2nd qualifying round, the 4th placed team of the Portuguese Liga 2008–09 will enter in the Playoff round and the 5th placed team of the league will enter in the 3rd qualifying round. Benfica and Nacional also qualified through league position.
  10. ^ a b c Beşiktaş have qualified for the Europa League as winner of the Turkish Cup. However, if Beşiktaş qualify for the Champions League, the losing cup finalists Fenerbahçe will enter in the 2nd qualifying round, the 4th placed team in the 3rd qualifying round and the 3rd placed team in the Play-off round – unless Fenerbahçe finish among the top four of the league, in which case the 5th placed team will enter in the 2nd qualifying round, the 4th placed team in the 3rd qualifying round, and the 3rd placed team in the Play-off round.
  11. ^ a b c Sevojno have qualified as losing Serbian Cup finalists at least. If they lose the final they will enter in the 2nd qualifying round, the 2nd placed team of the Serbian Superliga 2008–09 will enter in the 3rd qualifying round. Vojvodina also qualified through league postiion.
  12. ^ a b Heerenveen will qualify for play-off round and PSV Eindhoven will qualify for third qualifying round if Heerenveen win the KNVB Cup. Otherwise they will will switch their starting rounds.