UEFA Quenches Soccer Thirst, Releases Champions League Qualifying Draw

Just in the nick of time to subdue our soccer withdrawals and sequential convulsions, UEFA has released this year’s Champions League qualifying draw. Usually the teams come from Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland (to name a few) and either we’ve never heard of them, or can’t even begin to pronounce their names, but we’re always inclined to watch the games unfold on GameCast since it’s virtually impossible to find them televised. The full schedule (which starts in two weeks!) after the jump.

First qualifying round draw
First leg: 15/16 July
Second leg: 22/23 July
• 1 Linfield FC (NIR) v NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
• 2 Valetta FC (MLT) v FC Artmedia Petr~alka (SVK)
• 3 FC Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
• 4 FC Santa Coloma (AND) v FBK Kaunus (LTU)
• 5 S.S. Murata (SMR) v IFK Göteborg (SWE)
• 6 Llanelli AFC (WAL) v FK Ventspils (LVA)
• 7 Anorthosis Famugusta (CYP) v FC Pyunik (ARM)
• 8 FK Inter Baki (AZE) v FK Rabotnicki (MKD)
• 9 Tampere United (FIN) v FK Buducnost Podgorica (MNE)
• 10 F91 Dudelange (LUX) v NK Dom~ale (SVN)
• 11 KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB) v FK Modrica (BIH)
• 12 FK Aktobe (KAZ) v FC Sheriff (MDA)
• 13 Drogheda United FC (IRL) v FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
• 14 FC BATE Borisov (BLR) v Valur Reykjavík (ISL)
Second qualifying round draw
First leg: 29/30 July
Second leg: 5/6 August
• Rangers FC (SCO) v Winners Match 4
• SK Brann (NOR) v Winners Match 6
• Winners Match 8 v FK Partizan (SRB)
• Winners Match 9 v Winners Match 2
• Winners Match 7 v SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
• Winners Match 10 v Winners Match 1
• Panathinaikos FC (GRE) v Winners Match 3
• Winners Match 5 v FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
• Winners Match 12 v AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
• Winners Match 13 v FC Dinamo Kyiv (UKR)
• RSC Anderlecht (BEL) v Winners Match 14
• Beitar Jerusalem FC (ISR) v Wisla Kraków (POL)
• Fenerbahçe SK (TUR) v MTK Budapest (HUN)
• Aalborg BK (DEN) v Winners Match 11

Champions League draw: Fenerbahce face MTK [ESPN]
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