Meath men help Dundalk to Europa League Group phase
Gary Rogers had to show his quality at the Aviva Stadium tonight with a number of crucial saves as he helped Dundalk into the group phase of the Europa League for the second time.
Dundalk won 3-1 against the team from the Faroe Islands, Klaksvíkar Ítróttarfelag (KI) in the play-off round of the Europa League with a place in the Group phase the reward and an initial financial boost of almost €3,000,000 for the club from the Wee County.
Helping the Louth side tonight on the pitch were Meath Men Gary Rogers, Greg Sloggett and also a member of the panel is Jimmy Corcoran.
Following this win Dundalk now have a fixtures schedule of 10 games from Sunday 4th October to Thursday 5th November (see below)
It's likely that some League games will be rescheduled and that the final round of fixtures will move from Friday 30th October to Sunday 1st November.
Points in the League are crucial also for Dundalk to qualify for Europe again next season and they currently sit in fifth position with games in hand on the all the teams above them.
The draws for the Groups will take place tomorrow at 12 pm Irish time in Nyon, Switzerland.
There will be 48 teams in this phase and they will be in 12 groups of four teams each.
The teams will be split into one, two, three and four seedings that are determined by UEFA's club co-efficient rankings.
DUNDALK REMAINING FIXTURES AT THE MOMENT
Sunday 4th October - Dundalk v Finn Harps.
Friday 9th October - St Pat's v Dundalk.
Tuesday 13th October - Cork v City v Dundalk.
Friday 16th October - Dundalk v Bohemian FC.
Monday 19th October - Derry City v Dundalk.
Thursday 22nd October - Europa League
Saturday 24th October - Waterford v Dundalk
Thursday 29th October - Europa League
Friday 30th October - Dundalk v Sligo Rovers
Thursday 5th November - Europa League
Saturday 14th November - Bohemian FC v Dundalk (FAI Cup)
Thursday 26th November - Europa League
Thursday 3rd December - Europa League
Thursday 10th December - Europa League
Coeff Team Country
ONE
91.000 Arsenal (ENG)
85.000 Tottenham Hotspur* (ENG)
80.000 Roma (ITA)
77.000 Napoli (ITA)
70.000 Benfica*** (POR)
61.000 Leverkusen (GER)
56.000 Villarreal (ESP)
44.000 CSKA Moskva (RUS)
41.000 Braga (POR)
39.500 Gent** (BEL)
37.000 PSV Eindhoven* (NED)
34.000 Celtic* (SCO)
TWO
33.500 Dinamo Zagreb* (CRO)
30.500 Sparta Praha (CZE)
27.500 Slavia Praha** (CZE)
26.000 Ludogorets* (BUL)
25.500 Young Boys* (SUI)
22.750 Crvena zvezda* (SRB)
22.000 Rapid Wien*** (AUT)
22.000 Leicester (ENG)
21.000 PAOK** (GRE)
21.000 Qarabağ* (AZE)
20.500 Standard Liège* (BEL)
20.456 Real Sociedad (ESP)
THREE
20.456 Granada* (ESP)
19.000 AC Milan* (ITA)
18.500 AZ Alkmaar*** (NED)
17.000 Feyenoord (NED)
16.500 AEK Athens* (GRE)
16.500 Maccabi Tel-Aviv** (ISR)
16.250 Rangers* (SCO)
15.000 Molde** (NOR)
14.956 Hoffenheim (GER)
14.000 LASK* (AUT)
14.000 Hapoel Beer-Sheva* (ISR)
12.500 Zorya Luhansk (UKR)
FOUR
12.500 CFR Cluj* (ROU)
11.849 LOSC (FRA)
11.849 Nice (FRA)
11.000 Rijeka* (CRO)
8.500 Dundalk* (IRL)
8.000 Slovan Liberec* (SVK)
7.580 Royal Antwerp (BEL)
7.000 Lech Poznań* (POL)
6.720 Sivasspor (TUR)
6.585 Wolfsberg (AUT)
5.350 Omonoia** (CYP)
3.475 CSKA-Sofia* (BUL)
18 automatic entrants
* 21 Play-off round winners
** 6 Teams eliminated from UEFA Champions League play-off round
*** 3 Teams eliminated from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)