YKPAIHIAH Teams in Europe 2012-13

Shakhtar as champions qualify to ECL - Group Phase

The Miners are once again are a Pot 2 team for the round robin groupings. They start the new 2012-13 season ranked #16 down two places from the end of last season.

Dynamo as runners-up qualify to ECL - 3rd Qualifying Round for Non-Champions

Dynamo in their usual spot of qualification again. However, the big difference this season is that Dynamo will be seeded!!! YPA! (Loden - Don't get too excited...)
If Dynamo do advance to the round robin Group stage they will be a Pot Team . (Wow!!!!)

The unseeded teams that Dynamo could face in the 3rd qualifying round are as follows:

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Unseeded teams                 coef.
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Club Brugge              Bel  35.480
FC Vaslui                Rom  13.764
Feyenoord                Ned  12.603
Motherwell               Sco   6.728

Dynamo should get through here and in the 4th qualifying round they list could be as follows:

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Unseeded teams                 coef.
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Fenerbahçe *3            Tur  41.615
Udinese                  Ita  38.996
Lille OSC                Fra  38.835
Málaga CF                Esp  16.837
Borussia Mönchengladbach Ger  15.037

A little bit tuffer but not impossible to say the least compared to the previous last two season which has been Dynamo's exit to the UEFA Cup.

BTW Dynamo is ranked 31st in Europe at the start of the season, one spot lower than they finished last season.
Both YKPAIHIAH Teams need to advance and pickup valuable coefficient points this season to stay in contention in future seedings.

 

The "#2" was missing from posting....

I'll be positive and give DK the credit of being the possible 8th team in Pot 2.

 

Europa League

Metalurh Donetsk as YKPAIHIAH Cup runner's up qualifying to the Europa League - 2nd qualifying round

Not surprisingly the team has enough coefficient points to be a seeded team for the 2nd qualifying round and the third qualifying round, so they should at least get to the play-off round. This unfortunately will be where they will draw a team that has a lot more European experience and give them a nice sending back to YKPAIHA.

Known teams they could face:

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Unseeded teams                coef.
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Omonia Nicosia          Cyp  9.099
Dundee United           Sco  6.228
AC Horsens              Den  5.505
and many others that need to qualfy into this round.

Arsenal Kyiv as the 5th placed team in the 2011-12 season qualifying to the Europa League - 3rd qualifying round

Arsenal Kyiv did well to qualify for Europe but since they have the misfortune of having little European experience they find themselves as a high unseeded team. If they luck out in the draw then they might advance to the next round but the prospect are very slim.

Known teams that they could face:

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Seeded teams                  coef.   
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Internazionale           Ita 104.996   
Liverpool                Eng  90.882   
Olympique Marseille      Fra  85.835   
Athletic Bilbao          Esp  47.837   
Hannover 96              Ger  31.037   
PAOK Thessaloniki        Gre  27.920   
Steaua Bucuresti         Rom  26.764   
Sparta Praha             Cze  25.570   
Heerenveen               Ned  20.103   
Racing Genk              Bel  16.480   
Bursaspor                Tur  13.310   
Maritimo Funchal         Por  12.569   
Dinamo Moscow            Rus  11.066 

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk as the 4th placed team in the 2011-12 season qualifying to the Europa League - playoff round

For the last few seasons Dnipro have been major underachievers and because of this their coefficient has suffered. However, due to the sequence of events which had teams qualify for the Europa Liha they accumulated just enough coefficient points to be the last seeded team for the playoff round. This should be something that the team should take advantage and secure a place in the Group stage of the competition. Lately their advantage as a seeded team has not helped them but this season could be a chance for a major contribution not only to their coefficient but also to YKPAIHAs. The are of course seeded as a Pot 4 team if they do in fact reach the Group stage.

Metalist XAPKIB as the 3rd placed team in the 2011-12 season qualifying to the Europa League - playoff round

Metalist have become regular Europa League group stage qualifiers. They have raised their position to 39th in Europe and are now considered as major conributor to YKPAIHA's total coeffcient. Probably they will end up being seeded as a Pot 2 team in the Group stage but they is a small chance they may even end up as a Pot 1 team. The exepcetation would be that they at least get to the last 16 stage.

Known teams that both Dnipro and Metalist could face:

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Unseeded teams                coef.
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Dinamo Bucuresti         Rom  13.264
Atromitos FC             Gre   7.420
Hearts FC                Sco   7.228
FC Midtjylland           Den   6.505
KSC Lokeren              Bel   6.480
FC Luzern                Sui   6.360
as well as teams from the ECL 3rd quaifying round and other qualifiers.

 

For DK not to get out of the ECL 3rd qualifying round would be extremely disappointing.

This season DK should at least get in the Group stage of the ECL. An exit to the Europa League should always be on the cards as well.

 

Just some more info on these possible opponents.

FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
Currently ranked #290 with 3.066 coefficient points.
Last season they finished 3rd in Bosnian & Herzogovina league.

In Europe they were eliminated by Maccabi Haifa in the ECL 2nd qualifying round 7-4

In the 1988-89 season they were defeated by Metalist XAPKIB in the defunct Cup Winners' Cup
in the First round 4-2 when they were participating in the Yugoslavian League.

FK Čelik Nikšić (MNE)
Currently ranked #405 with 1.025 coefficient points.
They qualified into the Europa League by winning the Montenegrin Cup.
They won the Second League championship and were promoted to the First League.
No European experience at all.

 

2-2 result in the First Leg

 

FK Čelik Nikšić (MNE) 3-3 FK Borac Banja Luka (BIH)

Čelik advance on away goals.

Metalurh Donets'k will face them in the 2nd qualifying round starting next Thursday.
First leg is in Donets'k.

 

Europe League 2nd qualifying round - 1st Leg

Metalurh Donets'k (YKP) 2/7on
Draw 11/2
FK Čelik Nikšić (MNE) 12/1