Friday, August 8, 2014
Champions League play-off: Arsenal face Besiktas
Stockpile will play Turkish side Besiktas in the Champions League play-off round, while Celtic face Slovenian champions Maribor in the wake of being restored.
The Gunners have showed up in the gathering phases of the Champions League in each of the previous 14 seasons.
Celtic lost 6-1 to Legia Warsaw in qualifying, however the Polish champions fielded an ineligible player.
In the Europa League, Tottenham will play AEL Limassol of Cyprus and Hull City face Belgian side Lokeren.
Besiktas completed third in the Turkish Super League, are overseen by previous West Ham and Everton protector Slaven Bilic and their squad incorporates striker Demba Ba, who moved from Chelsea in July.
Demba Ba
Striker Demba Ba moved from Chelsea to Besiktas for £4.7m in July
Scottish champions Celtic will play Maribor in a two-legged match with the victors propelling into the principle Champions League gathering stage.
It is another opportunity for the Bhoys after they lost 4-1 in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie in Poland, and 2-0 at home in the second leg on Wednesday.
Be that as it may, Legia safeguard Bartosz Bereszynski went ahead a substitute for the last two minutes of the second leg.
He was sent off against Apollon in the last match of Legia's Europa League battle last season, procuring a three-match suspension.
The club neglected to enlist Bereszynski for both legs of Legia's tie against St Patrick's Athletic in the second qualifying round, so along these lines he was still suspended for both amusements against Celtic.
Champions League play-off round
Maribor (Slovenia) v Celtic (Scotland)
Salzburg (Austria) v Malmo (Sweden)
Aalborg (Denmark) v Apoel Nicosia (Cyprus)
Steaua Bucharest (Romania) v Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) v BATE Borisov (Belarus)
Besiktas (Turkey) v Arsenal (England)
Standard Liege (Belgium) v Zenit St Petersburg (Russia)
FC Copenhagen (Denmark) v Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)
Lille (France) v Porto (Portugal)
Napoli (Italy) v Athletic Bilbao (Spain)
For Arsenal, it is the second progressive season they will have confronted Istanbul restriction at this stage, after they beat Fenerbahce 5-0 on total a year ago.
The primary legs will occur on either 19 or 20 August with the second legs after a week.
Head League champions Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea have effectively secured their spot in the gathering stage.
FA Cup finalists Hull, playing in European rivalry surprisingly, beat Trencin of Sloavkia 2-1 on total in the third qualifying round of the Europa League.
The principal legs of the Europa League play-offs will be played on Thursday, 21 August and the second legs on 28 August.
Frame and Tottenham will be planning to join Everton in the gathering stage.
Europa League play-off round
FK Sarajevo (Bosnia-Hercegovina) v Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany)
Astana (Kazakhstan) v Villarreal (Spain)
Apollon Limassol (Cyprus) v Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
PEC Zwolle (Netherlands) v Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Young people (Switzerland) v Debrecen (Hungary)
Asteras Tripoli (Greece) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel)
FC Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) v FC Zurich (Switzerland)
AEL Limassol (Cyprus) v Tottenham Hotspur (England)
Dnipro (Ukraine) v Hajduk Split (Croatia)
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus) v Nacional (Portugal)
Karabakh (Azerbaijan) v FC Twente (Netherlands)
Petrolul Ploiesti (Romania) v Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)
HJK Helsinki (Finland) v Rapid Vienna (Austria)
Trabzonspor (Turkey) v Rostov (Russia)
FC Zimbru (Moldova) v PAOK (Greece)
RNK Split (Croatia) v Torino (Italy)
Omonia Nicosia (Cyprus) v Dinamo Moscow (Russia)
Aktobe (Kazakhstan) v Legia Warsaw (Poland)
Lyon (France) v Astra Giurgiu (Romania)
Lokeren (Belgium) v Hull (England)
Neftchi (Azerbaijan) v Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)
Ruch Chorzow (Poland) v Metalist Kharkiv (Ukraine)
On the off chance that Elfsborg (Sweden) v Rio Ave (Portugal)
PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) v Shakhtyor (Belarus)
Karabukspor (Turkey) v St Etienne (France)
Stjarnan (Iceland) v Inter Milan (Italy)
Panathinaikos (Greece) v FC Midtjylland (Denmark)
Feyenoord (Netherlands) v Zarya Luhansk (Ukraine)
Grasshoppers (Switzerland) v Club Brugge (Belgium)
True Sociedad (Spain) v Krasnodar (Russia)
Rijeka (Croatia) v FC Sheriff (Moldova
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