Trip Home for Hermann? Wednesday, 29th May 2002 11:52
A number of names leap out from the list of the other sides involved in the UEFA Cup qualifying round. Sides familiar from previous UEFA Cup campaigns, and at least one which would mean a lot to a current player. Meanwhile unofficial reports say Town could be seeded for the qualifying round.
Hermann Hreidarsson's old club ÃBV Vestmannæyjar are in the draw along with fellow Icelanders Fylkir. Hermann is from the Vestmann Islands and last season expressed a desire to play against his countrymen in the UEFA Cup.
One name familiar from Town's 1979/80 European campaign is Swiss side Grasshoppers. Back then the Blues lost on the away goals rule after drawing 0-0 at home and 1-1 away.
Also there are Aberdeen who Town lost to in 1981/82, drawing 1-1 at home and losing 3-1 away.
Bobby Robson's old side FC Porto are also there as are Bontcho Guentchev's former club CSKA Sofia.
Uofficial sources say that Town will be seeded for the qualifying round as they have a high UEFA Team Ranking.
Full list: ALBANIA SK Tirana ALBANIA KS Partizani ANDORRA FC Encamp ARMENIA FC Zvartnots AAL ARMENIA FC Spartak Yerevan AUSTRIA FK Austria Wien AZERBAIJAN FC Neftchi AZERBAIJAN FC Kapaz BELGIUM RSC Anderlecht BOSNIA FK Sarajevo BOSNIA NK Å iroki Brijeg BELARUS FC Gomel BELARUS FC Dinamo Minsk BULGARIA FC CSKA Sofia BULGARIA PFC Litex Lovech CROATIA NK Dinamo Zagreb CROATIA HNK Hajduk Split CROATIA NK Varteks CYPRUS Anorthosis Famagusta FC CYPRUS AEL Limassol FC CZECH REPUBLIC FK Viktoria Zizkov CZECH REPUBLIC SK Sigma Olomouc DENMARK Odense BK DENMARK FC København DENMARK FC Midtjylland ESTONIA To be confirmed ESTONIA TVMK Tallinn FAROE ISLANDS Kà KlaksvÃk FAROE ISLANDS Gà Gøtu FINLAND To be confirmed FINLAND HJK Helsinki GEORGIA FC Lokomotiv Tbilisi GEORGIA FC Dinamo Tbilisi HUNGARY Újpesti TE HUNGARY Ferencvárosi TC IRELAND Dundalk FC IRELAND Shamrock Rovers FC ICELAND Fylkir ICELAND ÃBV Vestmannæyjar ISRAEL Maccabi Tel-Aviv ISRAEL Hapoel Tel-Aviv LATVIA FC Dinaburg LATVIA FK Ventspils LIECHTENSTEIN FC Vaduz LITHUANIA FK Sudava LITHUANIA FK Atlantas LUXEMBOURG FC Avenir Beggen LUXEMBOURG CS Grevenmacher MACEDONIA FK Pobeda MACEDONIA FK Belasica GC MALTA Birkirkara FC MALTA Sliema Wanderers FC MOLDOVA FC Nistru Otaci MOLDOVA FC Zimbru Chisinau NORTHERN IRELAND Linfield FC NORTHERN IRELAND Glentoran FC NOR Stabæk IF POLAND TS Wisla Kraków POLAND KS Amica Wronki POLAND KP Polonia Warszawa PORTUGAL FC Porto ROMANIA To be confirmed ROMANIA FC Dinamo Bucuresti RUSSIA FC Zenit St. Petersburg SCOTLAND Aberdeen FC SCOTLAND Livingston FC SLOVENIA NK Gorica SLOVENIA NK Primorje SAN MARINO SP Domagnano SWITZERLAND Grasshopper-Club SWITZERLAND FC Lugano SWITZERLAND Servette FC SLOVAKIA FK VTJ KOBA Senec SLOVAKIA Å KM Púchov SWEDEN To be confirmed SWEDEN Djurgådens IF SWEDEN AIK Solna UKRAINE FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya WALES Bangor City FC WALES TNS Llansantffraid FC YUGOSLAVIA To be confirmed YUGOSLAVIA FK Crvena Zvezda
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