Champions League Qualifying Rounds Draw
Northern Ireland side Linfield were handed the toughest possible Champions League 2nd-round qualifying tie against top seeds BATE Borisov of Belarus in Monday draw.
The IFA Premiership winners will be looking 2 take full advantage of the 1st leg played @ Windsor Park in Belfast on July 12/13 against the only Belarusian team 2 hv qualified 4 the group stage of the Champions League, in 2008-09.
League of Ireland Premier Division winners Shamrock Rovers were paired with Estonian side FC Flora Tallinn.
The Hoops - who were beaten by Italian giants Juventus in last season's Europa League qualifiers - r also set 2 be @ home 4 the 1st leg, ahead of their away trip on July 19/20.
HJK Helsinki will provide the opposition 4 Wales Premier League champions Bangor City, who will travel 2 Finland 4 the 1st leg.
Should any of the 3 sides make it thru 2 the 3rd qualifying round, there is the chance they could face Scottish giants Rangers.
1st Qualifying Round: June 28/29 & July 5/6
Tre Fiori(San Marino) vs Valletta(Malta)
Santa Coloma(Andorran) vs F91 Dudelange(Luxembourg)
2nd Qualifying Round: July 12/13 & 19/20
Maccabi Haifa(Israeli) vs Borac(Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Mogren(Montenegrin) vs Litex Lovech(Bulgarian)
Maribor(Slovenia) vs Santa Coloma/F91 Dudelange
Skenderbeu(Albanian) vs APOEL Nicosia(Greek)
Slovan Bratislava(Slovakia) vs Tobol(Kazakhstan)
SK Sturm Graz(Austrian) vs Videoton FC(Hungarian)
FC Zestafoni(Georgian) vs FC Dacia(Moldovan)
Dinamo Zagreb(Croatian) vs Neftci(Azerbaijani)
Partizan Belgrade(Serbian) vs Shkendija Tetovo(Macedonia)
Tre Fiori/Valletta vs FK Ekranas(Lithuanian)
Malmo FF(Swedish) vs HB Torshavn(Faroe Islands)
Shamrock Rovers(Irish) vs Flora Tallinn(Estonian)
Rosenborg(Norwegian) vs Breidablik(Iceland)
HJK Helsinki(Finnish) vs Bangor City(Welsh)
Skonto FC(Latvian) vs Wisla Krakow(Polish)
Linfield(Northern Irish) vs BATE(Belarusian)
Pyunik(Armenian) vs Plzen(Czech)
3rd Qualifying Round: Draw Date 15 July 2011
Games to be play on July 26/27 & Aug 2/3
Teams already in the 3rd Round:
K.R.C. Genk(Belgian)
FC Rubin Kazan(Russian)
FC Twente(Dutch)
FC Zürich(Swiss)
F.C. Copenhagen(Danish)
FC Dynamo Kyiv(Ukrainian)
Trabzonspor(Turkish)
Standard Liège(Belgian)
Rangers(Scottish)
FC Vaslui(Romania)
Panathinaikos(Greek)
Odense Boldklub(Danish)
Benfica(Portuguese)
Play-off round: Draw Date 5 Aug 2011
Games to be play on Aug 16/17 & Aug 23/24
Teams already in the Play Off Round:
Arsenal(English)
Villarreal(Spanish)
Udinese(Italian)
Bayern Munich(German)
Lyon(French)
Group Stage: Draw Date 25 Aug 2011
Teams already in the Group Stage:
Barcelona(Spanish)
Milan(Italian)
Marseille(French)
Porto(Portuguese)
Manchester United(English)
Internazionale(Italian)
Zenit St. Petersburg(Russian)
Ajax(Dutch)
Chelsea(English)
Napoli(Italian)
CSKA Moscow(Russian)
Fenerbahçe(Turkish)
Manchester City(English)
Borussia Dortmund(German)
Shakhtar Donetsk(Ukraine)
Olympiacos(Greek)
Real Madrid(Spanish)
Bayer Leverkusen(German)
Oţelul Galaţi(Romanian)
Basel(Swiss)
Valencia(Spanish)
Lille(French)
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