Women's Championsleague

[Malko]

Leeuw.....you got it ! If you watch live, changing from France2 to France3 is jhust a button-push....but if you do a programmated recording, it's another thing.
Women football, it depends on what you see. here you saw 2 of the best teams in the world playing........if physically, they could not win vs a thried, fourth or even fifth-league team of men, they play technically better than most first league-teams.....and a lot less fouls !

[spoonman]

Women's CL qualifying round draw is on Friday, 24th June at 13:30cet. KF Hajvalia will be the first team from Kosovo to enter a European competition.

There will be 9 qualifying groups of 4 teams. Each group plays a single round-robin tournament, hosted by one of the teams. Only the 9 group winners advance to the Round of 32 where they're joined by 23 top-seeded teams from 12 countries.

http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleag ... 73109.html

Qualifying round (*group hosts): draw details tbc
Seeding position 1
1 FC Zürich (SUI) 34.240
2 Apollon (CYP)* 23.940
3 Standard Liège (BEL) 22.610
4 FC Twente (NED)* 21.600
5 Olimpia Cluj (ROU) 21.280
6 ŽFK Spartak (SRB) 19.950
7 BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) 17.270
8 PK-35 Vantaa (FIN)* 16.290
9 SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH)* 14.630

Seeding position 2
10 Gintra Universitetas (LTU) 13.965
11 Konak Belediyespor (TUR) 13.795
12 Medyk Konin (POL)* 13.445
13 Pomurje (SVN)* 11.970
14 Osijek (CRO)* 11.970
15 WFC Kharkiv (UKR) 11.300
16 PAOK (GRE) 10.305
17 Avaldsnes (NOR) 9.405
18 NSA Sofia (BUL) 8.645

Seeding position 3
19 Pärnu (EST) 7.980
20 Minsk (BLR) 7.800
21 Ferencváros (HUN) 6.455
22 Slovak Bratislava (SVK) 5.815
23 Wexford Youths (IRL)* 5.630
24 CF Benfica (POR) 5.465
25 Breidablik (IRL) 5.445
26 KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) 3.990
27 Ramat HaSharon (ISR) 2.640

Seeding position 4
28 KS Vllaznia (ALB) 1.995
29 Cardiff Met (WAL)* 1.660
30 Rīgas FS (LVA) 1.330
31 Dragon 2014 (MKD) 0.990
32 Newry City (NIR) 0.990
33 Hibernians (MLT) 0.665
34 Breznica Pljevija (MNE) 0.330
35 Criuleni (MDA) 0.000
36 Hajvalia (KOS) 0.000

Bye to round of 32
1 Lyon (FRA, holders) 114.410
2 Wolfsburg (GER) 116.535
3 FC Rosengård (SWE) 85.615
4 Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) 74.410
5 Fortuna Hjørring (DEN) 51.705
6 Brøndby (DEN) 50.705
7 Barcelona (ESP) 49.695
8 Rossiyanka (RUS) 44.365
9 Glasgow City (SCO) 39.900
10 Sparta Praha (CZE) 36.550
11 Bayern München (GER) 34.535
12 Zvezda-2005 (RUS) 32.365
13 Brescia (ITA) 27.705
14 Verona (ITA) 25.705
15 Slavia Praha (CZE) 25.550
16 Chelsea (ENG) 24.830
17 Eskilstuna United (SWE) 21.615
18 LSK Kvinner (NOR) 21.405
19 St. Pölten (AUT) 18.065
20 Manchester City (ENG) 16.830
21 Athletic Club (ESP) 13.695
22 Sturm Graz (AUT) 10.065
23 Hibernian (SCO) 9.900

Tournament calendar
Qualifying round draw: 13.30CET, 24 June
Qualifying round: 23–28 August
Round of 32 draw: 1 September
Round of 32: 5/6 & 12/13 October
Round of 16 draw: 17 October
Round of 16: 9/10 November & 16/17 November
Quarter-final & Semi-final draw: 25 November
Quarter-finals: 22/23 & 29/30 March
Semi-finals: 22/23 & 29/30 April
Final (Cardiff City Stadium): 1 June

[Malko]

shouldn-t we start a new topic for a new season?..and where is our Luxembourgish Champion Junglinster? not participating?

[spoonman]

Qualifying Round: 23–28 August
(*group hosts)

Group 1
Apollon (CYP)*
PAOK (GRE)
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Hajvalia (KOS)

Group 2
Standard Liège (BEL)
Osijek (CRO)*
Minsk (BLR)
Dragon 2014 (MKD)

Group 3
ŽFK Spartak (SRB)
NSA Sofia (BUL)
Breidablik (ISL)
Cardiff Met (WAL)*

Group 4
Olimpia Cluj (ROU)
Medyk Konin (POL)*
Pärnu (EST)
Breznica Pljevija (MNE)

Group 5
FC Zürich (SUI)
Pomurje (SVN)*
Slovak Bratislava (SVK)
KS Vllaznia (ALB)

Group 6
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH)*
WFC Kharkiv (UKR)
Ramat HaSharon (ISR)
Rīgas FS (LVA)

Group 7
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ)
Gintra Universitetas (LTU)
Wexford Youths (IRL)*
Criuleni (MDA)

Group 8
PK-35 Vantaa (FIN)*
Avaldsnes (NOR)
CF Benfica (POR)
Newry City (NIR)

Group 9
FC Twente (NED)*
Konak Belediyespor (TUR)
Ferencváros (HUN)
Hibernians (MLT) 0.665

[EarlofBug]

Group 6
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH)*
WFC Kharkiv (UKR)
Ramat HaSharon (ISR)
Rīgas FS (LVA)

I know almost nothing about Women's football, but it looks like the Israeli team got a decent draw.
If it's like men's football, then the Ukrainian club is the favourite. The Israeli club should be able to beat the other teams, although the Bosnian team has the home advantage.

[spoonman]

Sarajevo were the lowest team in Pot 1 but HaSharon also were the lowest team in Pot 3.

[Lorric]

Chelsea need someone to stop Zurich. Doubt it will happen though. Expect both English teams will be unseeded.

[AnelZ]

SFK 2000 Sarajevo is a decent club when it comes to womens football and I'm quite sure that they are better then HaSharon but the Ukranians could prove troublesome if they are keeping their quality from the previous years. Unless the Israelis made some decent player transfer as Dinamo Minsk had last summer by bringing players from Nigeria which were superior to our players on the physical side

[Forza AZ]

Group 9
FC Twente (NED)*
Konak Belediyespor (TUR)
Ferencváros (HUN)
Hibernians (MLT) 0.665

Twente played Ferencvaros also last year (2-0). Hibernians should not be a problem for Twente. I have no idea what the level of Konak Belediyespor is, but normally Twente should win this group, also because they play all matches at home.

[spoonman]

Round of 32 draw

1st leg: 5/6 October - unseeded teams play at home
2nd leg: 12/13 October

Sturm Graz (AUT) v FC Zürich (SUI)
Breidablik (ISL) v Rosengård (SWE)
LSK Kvinner (NOR) v Paris Saint-Germain (FRA)
Avaldsnes (NOR) v Lyon (FRA, holders)
Eskilstuna United (SWE) v Glasgow City (SCO)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH) v Rossiyanka (RUS)
Chelsea (ENG) v Wolfsburg (GER)
Twente (NED) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
Apollon (CYP) v Slavia Praha (CZE)
Athletic Club (ESP) v Fortuna Hjørring (DEN)
Minsk (BLR) v Barcelona (ESP)
Medyk Konin (POL) v Brescia (ITA)
Manchester City (ENG) v Zvezda-2005 (RUS)
BIIK-Kazygurt (KAZ) v Verona (ITA)
Hibernian (SCO) v Bayern München (GER)
St. Pölten (AUT) v Brøndby (DEN)

http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleag ... index.html

[AnelZ]

Hard task in front of SFK 2000 who proceeded from the qualifyings ahead of champions of Israel, Ukraine and Latvia. Rossiyanka is a formidable opponent and the chances for SFK are very, very low. I would probably give just decent chances if they had drawn Slavia Prague. But the again, qualifying for Round of 32 is already a big result for the club

[spoonman]

The first game of R32 is already over, with Kazygurt winning 3-1 against Verona.
http://www.uefa.com/womenschampionsleague/index.html

All games are being played today. Chelsea v Wolfsburg is live on Eurosport Germany at 20:00cet. I'm not sure about other Eurosport regions, so check local listings. Hibernian v Bayern is live on BBC Alba. For German viewers, there's only a pay stream on fcbayern.tv.

Avaldsnes v Lyon is covered by pay channels in Norway and France. I'm not sure where PSG's game is televised. Both Austrian clubs are live on ORFsport+, which is encrypted via satellite.

Any other live games on TV?

[AlanK]

Apparently only 12 of the 16 games are today. (Edit: uefa.com presents the schedule in a very confusing format. I also thought all the games were today, but you have to click on the date in the upper right-hand corner of the schedule to get the games broken down by day. ) I haven't been following this very much; Spain's participants are Athletic Bilbao and Barça. Games

Wed. 5 Oct. 19:30 Athletic-Fortuna

Thurs. 6 Oct. 15:00 Minsk-Barça Sometimes fcbarcelona.com will carry the women's CL home games live, but they won't be carrying this road game.

[spoonman]

Apparently only 12 of the 16 games are today.

Oh yes, of course. Sorry.

[Forza AZ]

Twente-Sparta Praha is live on regional "TV Oost". You can also watch this on their site: http://www.rtvoost.nl/tv/live.aspx