Saints Europa League Opponents Confirmed
Friday, 26th Aug 2016 12:33

Saints will be playing the following teams after the Europa League draw in Monaco this afternoon. (Updated as draw comes through)

Saints will be in pot 3 and so technically speaking are considered in the third tier.

There will be 12 groups of 4 and the winners and runners up will qualify for the round of 32 where they will be joined by 8 clubs eliminated from the Champions League.

Saints will be paired with.

Inter Milan & Sparta Prague & Happoel Beer Sheva of Israel.

A decent draw for Saints although a trip to Israel might be tricky

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BaselSaint added 12:49 - Aug 26 Proud to be a Saint and the San Siro is a befitting venue for a world class club like Southampton FC.
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saintstuinoz added 12:57 - Aug 26 Nick, any idea when the actual fixtures are announced?
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SanMarco added 13:34 - Aug 26 Two wonderful cities and the San Siro + the Negev desert. A good test for us - I hope we take it seriously...
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Cjay80 added 13:58 - Aug 26 Hugely excited by this draw. I was hoping to get Inter since the FA Cup final confirmed we would enter at the group phase. Does anyone know when fixtures are confirmed and ticket details? Already planning a trip to Milan.
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highfield49 added 14:19 - Aug 26 Great opportunity to qualify for the next round. No iffy long haul flights into the back end of nowhere and minimal disruption to preparation for league matches post travel. Couldn't realistically have been a better draw.
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BoondockSaint added 15:01 - Aug 26

"...where they will be joined by 8 teams.." with bigger budgets who got beat by their peers so they are now allowed to take advantage of teams with lower budgets and win a trophy so their fans can pretend they have achieved something. Not to mention they can pick up some more much needed cash.

This is what makes this competition a joke and shows it what it is: a cash grab by owners by way of tickets, tv rights, etc. It's like the video game scam where you pay for the game, slog through hours and hours to get to the final stage and them the developer nerfs your weapons and says actually it's not the final stage and you have to pay more for the expansion pack.

No Champions League loser should be allowed and make it either for teams under 21s or home born players. Then it would be really interesting.

ItchenNorth added 16:14 - Aug 26

I kind of agree with Boondock; losing teams from the Champions League should not be dropped into the Europa League, that's just farcical and be littles the competition.
CL or EL; UEFA is hell bent on creating a European Super League eventually. It maybe 20 year away but it's on the agenda.
Looking forward to Inter Milan though, no question about it, an exciting match.