Post by QPR Report on Jun 22, 2009 12:25:12 GMT
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Glentoran to play Maccabi Haifa
Glentoran won the Irish League title by one point from Linfield
Irish League title winners Glentoran have been drawn against Maccabi Haifa of Israel in the Champions League second qualifying round.
The clubs met in the 1998 European Cup Winners' Cup with Maccabi winning both legs and progressing 3-1 on aggregate.
Maccabi clinched their 11th Israeli Premier League success in May.
In the Europa League, Linfield have been drawn against Randers of Denmark while Lisburn Distillery will play Georgia's FC Zestafoni.
Randers are managed by former Arsenal player John Jensen, who took over from Colin Todd in January 2009.
Glentoran's Champions League matches will be played on 14/15 and 21/22 July.
The first legs in the Europa League take place on 2 July with Distillery facing Zestafoni at Mourneview Park in Lurgan and Linfield playing Randers away.
Mourneview is also the venue for Linfield's return match against their Danish opponents on 9 July with Distillery playing their second leg in Georgia on the same night.
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Motherwell face Llanelli Euro tie
Motherwell were knocked out the Uefa Cup by Nancy last season
Motherwell will meet Llanelli in the first qualifying round of the Europa League, with the ties on 2 and 9 July.
Welsh side TNS face Fram from Iceland, while Northern Irish pair Linfield and Lisburn meet Randers (Denmark) and Zestafoni (Georgia), respectively.
Scottish Cup runners-up Falkirk will discover their second round opponents later on Monday.
Crusaders and Bangor enter the draw at that stage, with the first round teams also going into the draw.
The tournament replaces both the Intertoto Cup and the Uefa Cup, with three qualifying rounds and a play-off round being held before the group stages.
Aberdeen will be seeded for the third qualifying round draw on 17 July, along with English Premier League outfit Fulham.
Meanwhile, Aston Villa, Everton and Hearts enter at the next stage, the draw for which is on 7 August.
At that level 35 winners are joined in the final play-off round by another 41 clubs, including the 15 losing teams for the Champions League third qualifying round, on 20 and 27 August, for a place in the group stages.
From those ties, 38 winners will be joined by 10 losing sides from the Champions League play-off round in 12 groups of four teams.
After playing each other on a home and away basis, the top two teams in each of the 12 groups progress to the Round of 32, being joined by eight teams who finish third in their Champions League group.
The tournament then progresses to the Round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals.
Hamburg will host the final on 12 Ma
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