The teams are slowly being announced... Andorra - FC Encamp Armenia - FC Kotayk Abovyan Cyprus - Ethnikos Achans, Olympiakos Nicosia Estonia - Trans Narva Finland - AC Allianssi, Tampere United Germany - FC Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, Vfl Wolfsburg Greece - Akratitos Ano Liosia Attiki, Egaleo Athens Iceland - KA Akureyi Latvia - Dinaburg Daugavpils Lithuania - Zalgiris Vilnuis Malta - Hibernians Northern Ireland - Omagh Town Poland - Odra Wodzislaw, Polonia Warsaw Ireland - Shamrock Rovers Romania - Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt, Gloria Bistrita Slovakia - Spartak Trnava, ZTS Dubnica Slovenia - NK Koper Sweden - Goteborg Switzerland - FC Zurich Wales - Bangor City More teams will be announced over the next few days.
According to the Inter-Toto Cup site... FC Thun will represent Switzerland. Belarus - Shakhtior Soligorsk
More teams... Albania - FK Partizani Tirana Bosnia & Herzogovina - Sloboda Tuzla Faroe Islands - GI Gotu
Czech Republic - Synot Stare Mesto, Brno, Liberec Look for Liberec to have a long run in the Inter-Toto Cup. They finished fourth in the Czech league this season, but missed out on the UEFA Cup on goal differential. I think this is the third straight year in the Inter-Toto for Synot Stare Mesto. Brno will be looking for redemption after they lost to Ashod (Israel) at home 5-0 in last years Inter-Toto. Brno will have to play their Inter-Toto games at Postorna (third division club) because their field is under repair.
THE FIRST THREE rounds are posted on uefa.com i like the draw the croatian teams got croatia cibalia zagreb
1st Round SV Pasching (AUT) - FC WIT Georgia (GEO) FC Encamp (AND) - K. Lierse SK (BEL2) FC Spartak Trnava (SVK1) - FK Pobeda (MKD) KF Partizani (ALB) - Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR) 1. FC Brno (CZE3) - FC Kotayk (ARM) FC Koper (SLO) - NK Zagreb (CRO2) FK Zalgiris Vilnius (LIT) - Örgryte IS (SWE) Györi ETO FC (HUN1) - Ethnikos Achnas FC (CYP2) Videoton FCF (HUN2) - PFC Cherno More Varna (BUL) MKS Odra Wodzislaw Slaski (POL1) - Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) Tampere United (FIN2) - FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (ROM2) FK Sutjeska (YUG2) - US Luxembourg (LUX) Bangor City FC (WAL) - CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita (ROM1) OFK Beograd (YUG2) - JK Trans Narva (EST) FC Dinaburg (LAT) - FC Wil 1900 (SUI2) KP Polonia Warszawa (POL2) - FC Tobol Kostanay (KZK) FK ZTS Dubnica (SVK2) - Olympiakos Nicosia FC (CYP1) FC Dacia Chisinau (MOL) - GI Gotu (FAR) FK Sloboda Tuzla (BHZ) - KA Akureyri (ISL) FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLS) - Omagh Town FC (NIR) AC Allianssi (FIN1) - Hibernians FC (MLT) Brno should be able to beat the Armenian team, but Brno lost last year in the first round....
FC Koper (SLO) - NK Zagreb (CRO2) zagreb should beat them------ last year the croatian team slaven belupo got knocked out by stuttgart who eventually won one of the three spots hopefully this year one of em can make it to one of the finals (three finals in intertoto)
Results from the first round first leg... http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-intertotoresults&prov=reuters&type=lgns
Trans Narva have been awarded a 3-0 default win over OFK Belgrade because a incident involving a "smoke bomb" (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=76858.html).
OFK Belgrade succesfully appealed against the desicion to award Trans Narva a 0-3 win, but UEFA has now declared the first game void, so both teams start equally at the 2nd game and the winner of the 2nd leg will progress. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=77736.html
Intertoto Cup 2003, tournament draw, fixtures,results and live scores for some games: http://www.euro-football.cjb.net
2nd leg WIT Georgia Tbilisi (Georgia) 2 SV Pasching (Austria) 1 (SV Pasching win on away goals) Pobeda (Macedonia) 2 Trnava (Slovakia) 1 (Pobeda win 7-2 on aggregate) NK Zagreb (Croatia) 2 Koper (Slovenia) 2 (Koper win 3-2 on aggregate) Orgryte (Sweden) 3 Zalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania) 0 (Orgryte win 4-1 on aggregate) Hibernians (Malta) 1 AC Allianssi (Finland) 1 (AC Allianssi win 2-1 on aggregate) Maccabi Netanya (Israel) 3 Partizani Tirana (Albania) 1 (Partizani win on away goals) Kotayk (Armenia) 3 Brno (Czech Republic) 2 (Brno win on away goals) Ethnikos Achna (Cyprus) 2 Gyori ETO (Hungary) 2 (Gyori win on away goals) Gloria Bistrita (Romania) 5 Bangor City (Wales) 2 (Gloria Bistrita win 6-2 on aggregate) Olympiakos Nicosia (Cyprus) 1 Dubnica (Slovakia) 4 (Dubnica win 7-1 on aggregate) GI Gotu (Faroe Islands) 0 Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) 1 (Dacia Chisinau win 5-1 on aggregate) KA Akureyri (Iceland) 1 Sloboda (Bosnia) 1 (Sloboda win on penalties, after extra time) Omagh Town (Northern Ireland) 1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarus) 7 (Shakhtyor win 8-1 on aggregate) More second leg games tomorrow...
2nd leg results from today Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) 1 Odra Wodzislaw (Poland) 0 (Shamrock Rovers win 3-1 on aggregate) US Luxembourg (Luxembourg) 1 Sutjeska (San Marino) 1 (Sutjeska win 4-1 on aggregate) Trans Narva (Estonia) 3 OFK Belgrade 5 (Serbia & Montenegro) (OFK Belgrade advance 11-4 on aggregate) Marek Dupnitsa (Bulgaria) 3 Videoton (Hungary) 2 (Marek Dupnitsa win 5-4 on aggregate) Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (Romania) 2 Tampere (Finland) 1 (Tampere win on away goals) Lierse (Belgium) 4 Encamp (Andorra)1 (Lierse advance 7-1 on aggregate) Wil (Switzerland) 2Dinaburg (Latvia) 0 (FC Wil win 2-1 on aggregate) Tobol Kostanay (Kazakhstan) 2 Polonia Warsaw (Poland) 1 (Tobol Kostanay win 5-1 on aggregate)
First leg --- weekend of July 5th Second leg --- weekend of July 12th Second round fixtures Akratitos (Greece) - AC Allianssi (Finland) Örgryte IS (Sweden) - Nice (France) OFK Beograd (SerbM) - 1. FC Synot (Czech) Györi ETO FC (Hungary) - Racing Santander (Spain) Shamrock Rovers FC (Ireland) - Slovan Liberec (Czech) FC Thun (Swi) - 1. FC Brno (Czech Republic) Brescia Calcio (Italy) - CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita (Romania) CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita (Romania) - VfL Wolfsburgp (Germany) FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarus) - NK Cibalia (Croatia) K. Sint-Truidense VV (Belgium) - FC Tobol Kostanay (Kazakh.) Willem II (Netherlands) - FC Wil 1900 (Swi.) FK Pobeda (Macedonia) - SV Pasching (Austria) FK Sloboda Tuzla (Bosnia&Her) - K. Lierse SK (Belgium) Tampere United (Finland) - FK Sutjeska (Serb&M.) FC Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) - KF Partizani (Albania) FC Koper (Slovenia) - FK ZTS Dubnica (Slovakia)
Saturday -- First leg -- 2nd round Orgryte (Sweden) 3 Nice (France) 2 Pobeda (Macedonia) 1 SV Pasching (Austria) 1 Shakhtyor Soligorsk (Belarus) 1 NK Cibalia (Croatia) 1 Marek Dupnitsa (Bulgaria) 1 VfL Wolfsburg (Germany) 1 Dacia Chisinau (Moldova) 2 Partizani Tirana (Albania) Koper (Slovenia) 1 Dubnica (Slovakia) 0 FC Thun (Switzerland) 2 FC Brno (Czech Republic) 3 Sloboda (Bosnia) 1 Lierse (Belgium) 0 Willem II Tilburg (Netherlands) 2 FC Wil (Switzerland) 1 Brescia (Italy) 2 Gloria Bistrita (Romania) 1
Hey, Willem II won. Hopefully they win one of the spots so I see more UEFA Cup football on my tv next season
Todays results FT Tobol Kostanay 1 - 0 Sint-Truiden FT Gloria Bistrita (Rom) 1 - 1 Brescia FT OFK Belgrade 3 - 3 Synot St. Mesto (Cze) FT Brno (Cze) 1 - 1 Thun FT Cibalia Vinkovci 4 - 2 Soligorsk FT Dubnica 3 - 2 NK Koper (Slo) FT Partizani 0 - 3 Dacia Chisinau FT Gyor 2 - 1 Racing Santander FT Lierse 5 - 1 Sloboda Tuzla FT Wil 3 - 1 Willem II Tilburg (Hol) FT ASKO Pasching 2 - 1 Pobeda FT Nice 2 - 1 Orgryte FT Wolfsburg 2 - 0 Marek Dupnitsa (Bul)
Nice only beat Orgryte on away goals? It seems so long ago when they were top of the French league...