Sentences with phrase «league group runners»
The Europa League group runners - up can will be unseeded along with Sevilla, Valencia, Galatasaray and Shakhtar Donetsk.
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Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.
Allow me to rattle off what this group has accomplished in the past 3 seasons: 2010 All Sports Series Champion, 2011 Chicago League Runners - Up, 2012 Chicago League Champion, 2010 and 2011 Volleyball Tourney Runners - Up, 2012 Volleyball Tourney Champions, 2010, 2011, 2012 Regular Season Points Champion..
It was only a week or so ago that some Arsenal fans were wringing their hands with despair and predicting a collapse of form and results that would see Arsenal slide out of the Premier League title race, exit the EFL cup and suffer the usual fate of being runners up in our Champions League group which would see us knocked out in the first knockout stage.
As ever, the third - placed team in the group will automatically go into the Europa League round of 32, while the eight group winners and runners - up advance to the knock - out rounds of the 2014/15 Champions League.
Premier League runners - up Arsenal take on Paris St - Germain, Basel and Ludogorets in Group A, while London rivals Tottenham, returning to the competition for the first time since 2011, will be content with a draw that pits them against CSKA Moscow, Bayer Leverkusen and Monaco.
The Restoration Boys who are in group B1 of the Nigeria National League alongside Shooting stars of Ibadan, Gateway Fc, Agege Spartan, Akwa Starlet and Neighbours Julius Atete as well as 2014 NPFL runners Warri Wolves will kick start their season on 3rd March against Abia Comet.
• Runners - up to Salzburg in the group stage, Marseille overcame Braga 3 - 1 on aggregate in the round of 32 before home (3 - 1) and away (2 - 1) wins against UEFA Europa League regulars Athletic Club in the last 16, Lucas Ocampos scoring three goals and captain Dimitri Payet the other two.
That is because the clubs dropping down from the UEFA Champions League will make their starts and it means that front - runner from the group stage of the competition, such as Arsenal and AC Milan may not ultimately look quite as strong now with the addition of more tough opponents joining the fray.