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Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Shels, Shamrock Rovers, and Pats find out European routes
Shelbourne's potential route to the European group stages has been mapped out following Monday's draws at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Last week's completion of a 2-1 aggregate victory over Linfield advanced the League of Ireland title holders to the second round of the Champions League. A byproduct of progression is the guarantee of three extra European ties, ensuring two backdoors to the lucrative €3m group phase, were they to come up short against Qarabag. Joey O'Brien's side host the Azerbaijani champions in Wednesday's first leg at Tolka Park before making the long trek to Baku a week later. Group stage involvement has been a constant for Qarabag over the last 11 years but should they be rumbled by the Reds, the Irish kingpins will be rewarded by facing the winner of a tie between Macedonians Shkendija and FCBS, the club rebuilt from the ashes of 1986 champions Steaua Bucharest from Romania. Were stature and resources to apply, and Shels slip out of the supreme competition, awaiting them in the Europa League will be the loser of a Champions League clash between Ludogorets (Bulgaria) or Rijeka (Croatia). Failure to advance there still leaves them a third life of a Conference League playoff. Elsewhere, Shamrock Rovers have fared well by drawing either Ballkani of Kosovo or Malta's Floriana in the third round. They must first dispose of St Joseph's of Gibraltar, starting with Thursday's away leg. St Patrick's Athletic will also be favourites to see off Nomme Kalju of Estonia, kicking off at Richmond Park on Thursday, and will meet in the third round the loser of the tie between Ole Gunnar Solskjær's Besiktas or Shakhtar Donetsk if they prevail.
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
St Patrick's Athletic eye Conference League glamour tie with Champions League regulars if they can overcome Nomme Kalju
ST PAT'S will have a glamour tie against either Besiktas or Shakhtar Donetsk if they further progress in the Conference League. Advertisement 2 St Patrick's Athletic overcame FC Hegelmann in the UEFA Conference League First Qualifying Round 2 Stephen Kenny's side now face Nomme Kalju of Estonia - and a big money tie awaits if they can win They have already disposed of Besiktas are managed by former If the Saints got the toughest potential draw, then Dublin rivals Shelbourne and In the same competition, Rovers would face Ballkani of Kosovo or Malta's Floriana if they can overcome St Joseph's of Gibraltar. Advertisement read more on football Three years ago, Stephen Bradley's side comfortably dealt with another Maltese side, Hibernians, winning 3-0 on aggregate. If Shels progress in the Champions League, they would pit their wits against FCSB of Romania or Macedonia's KF Shkëndija. But if they are knocked out by Qarabag, they will drop down to the Europa League where they would face either HNK Rijeka of Croatia or Ludogorets. The Bulgarian side beat Rovers 4-2 on aggregate in the Champions League in 2022. Advertisement Most read in Football Roma fans mob and serenade Ireland star Evan Ferguson at airport ahead of loan move from Brighton
