Champions League Qualifying Pairs Bodø/Glimt with Union Saint-Gilloise in Clash of Overachievers
The winner advances to the qualifying playoffs for a place in the 36-team main phase.
- On Monday, the Champions League third qualifying round draw paired Norwegian club Bodo Glimt against Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise, setting up fixtures in August.
- As the Norwegian league runner-up, Glimt faces an extra qualifying round this season and will travel to Brussels on August 4 or 5 to face Union.
- Lyon, majority-owned by United States businesswoman Michele Kang, drew Czech club Sparta Prague. Red Star Belgrade, the 1991 European Cup winner, awaits the winner of Larne versus Hapoel Beer-Sheva or Víkingur Reykjav.
- Winners of the qualifying playoffs advance to the lucrative 36-team Champions League main phase. Olympiakos faces NEC Nijmegen, while Fenerbahce-Gornik Zabrze winner meets Sturm Graz or Heart of Midlothian.
- The second qualifying round begins Tuesday, setting the stage for these third-round pairings. Glimt will host its second leg at the 8,000-capacity Aspmyra Stadium on August 11.
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Champions League qualifying pairs Bodø/Glimt with Union Saint-Gilloise in clash of overachievers
Bodø/Glimt was the Champions League feel-good story last season and the Norwegian club's path to return to the main competition starts against Union Saint-Gilloise.
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folkebladet.noBodø/Glimt skal ut mot Union Saint-Gilloise fra Belgia i tredje kvalifiseringsrunde til masterligaen. It will be clear during Monday's trek.
It was the story that left a good taste of mouth in the Champions League last season, now the Bodø/Glimt will start its way back to the main competition against Union Saint-Gilloise in the qualifying rounds.
The Norwegian cup champion will face a Belgian opponent.
Bodø/Glimt trakk Union Saint-Gilloise Trener Kjetil Knutsen og Bodø/Glimt må ta seg forbi Union Saint-Gilloise på veien mot nye eventyr i den gjeveste europacupen til høsten. Glimt skal spille det første oppgjøret av de to kampene mot belgierne på burtebane. Dette ble klart i trekningen til Det europeiske fotballforbundet (Uefa) mandag. Les også: Kjempebyks for Norge Union Saint-Gilloise vant grunnspillet i Belgias Pro League sist sesong, men ko…
This luncheon took place the drawing by lot of the European foreplays, and in particular of the Champions League. The Union Saint-Gilloise, vice-champion, was concerned and now knows its opponent in preliminaries of Champions League: it is Bodo-Glimt.
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