At the risk of jinxing everything, I am trying to piece together my schedule so I can make myself free just on the off chance we have a jolly jaunt into Europe next season.

 

Does anyone know the likely dates that we will be playing?

It doesn't feel like so long ago that we were getting humped by Albion Rovers and East Stirling in the 4th tier. A truly meteoric rise! Congratulations to the players and coaching staff.

To be fair, these teams used to take a humping in Inverness long before we were in the 4th tier ;-)

Seems European qualifications are like buses - you wait for 21 years and then two come along together   

I want to go to Istanbul so I can stay at my daughters flat there

Beer is cheap too,

I want to go to Istanbul so I can stay at my daughters flat there

Beer is cheap too,

There is an Istanbul team lurking in the next round, so if we can win our Qualifying round 2 tie, there's a chance!

Cool - I've always quite fancied going to one of those places where you are met at the airport by mental fans with flares and "WELCOME TO HELL" banners.

 

And we should of course reciprocate when they come here!

It's quite surreal to think that a European team will be flying into Dalcross to play Caley Thistle!

 

Just the Polish and Greek leagues are left to complete their seasons (on Sunday) and the full list of clubs we can face will then be known!

We'll be one of 117 clubs involved in the Europa draw on 22nd June - and of our potential 116 opponents, at this stage, only 5 can be 'ruled out'.

St Johnstone and Aberdeen obviously, but 3 others who will definitely be joining us as unseeded clubs in the Q2 draw, with IFK Gothenburg being one we won't face.

Exciting times!

I've been digging a bit and have found a site that lists the seeded and unseeded sides for the Europa League.  According to that site we'll be unseeded when we enter in the second qualifying round and the following teams will be seeded:

 

FC København    Den    40.960    
Trabzonspor AŞ    Tur    36.520    
Legia Warszawa    Pol    24.800    
West Ham United FC *    Eng    16.078    
FC Sheriff *    Mda    14.500    
HNK Rijeka    Cro    13.700    
Rosenborg BK *    Nor    11.875    
IF Elfsborg *    Swe    11.545    
HNK Hajduk Split *    Cro    11.200    
Apollon Limassol FC *    Cyp    10.460    
AC Omonia *    Cyp    10.460    
FC Astra Giurgiu    Rou    9.759    
FC Dinamo Minsk    Blr    9.650    
ŠK Slovan Bratislava *    Svk    9.250    
SK Sturm Graz    Aut    9.135    
AIK Solna *    Swe    9.045    
Neftçi PFK *    Aze    9.000    
FK Mladá Boleslav    Cze    8.825    
MŠK Žilina *    Svk    8.750    
FC Aktobe *    Kaz    8.575    
Go Ahead Eagles *    Ned    8.195    
FK Crvena zvezda *    Srb    7.775    
Debreceni VSC *    ***    7.700    
Brøndby IF *    Den    7.460    
R. Charleroi SC    Bel    7.440    
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk *    Blr    7.150    
FC Dinamo Tbilisi *    Geo    6.875    
FK Vojvodina *    Srb    6.275    
FC Spartak Trnava *    Svk    6.250    
5.    Gre    10,380 - 40,880    
4./5.    Sui    10,375 - 10,875

 

teams marked with a * are first qualifying round teams.

What chance Aberdeen or St Johnstone!!!! If they win their first round games we have a one in 65 chance of getting one of them..................in Round 2.

No we don't!!

'Country- protection' as UEFA call it.

No teams from the same Association can play each other until the 'last 16'. (Quarter-finals in Champions League).

We could get West Ham though?

Teams are then split into groups of 7 or 8 teams I think it is. So once that is done we could only draw one of the seeds from our paired group. So will be a limited number of teams we could draw.

We could get West Ham though?

Yes! Would be a great draw in my opinion!

I can imagine I'd buy a tee-shirt from Maarlon for that - West Ham-Inverness Cup!  

The teams from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Georgia are probably the worst choice for us travel wise.

There's no team from Armenia or Israel in the list?

Doh! They are obviously unseeded like us...

Doh! They are obviously unseeded like us...

Not necessarily - although very likely.

We absolutely could meet teams from Israel or Armenia.

Cyprus would be a nice place to go to. Plus I would be able to sort out free flights into Akrotiri with work...and probably free accommodation :P

Since we are unseeded does that mean that the away trip will be the second leg and therefore... the 23rd of July is nailed on as our away trip????

I'm on holiday in Cyprus when these games are on so I can only go if it's there.

I think there are ferries from there to Israel!

 

You'd have a job getting to Turkey though.

23rd of July for the away trip??

 

Someone much smarter than me must to be able to work this out for definite... I need to get my holidays booked in ASAP.

Since we are unseeded does that mean that the away trip will be the second leg and therefore... the 23rd of July is nailed on as our away trip????

I thought that but according to UEFA Regulations Article 9.05 the team that is drawn first plays the home leg first. Seems we therefore have a 50/50 chance of home leg first (unless Sepp Blatter manages to get involved)

Edited June 1, 201511 yr by DalgetyBayJaggy

Since we are unseeded does that mean that the away trip will be the second leg and therefore... the 23rd of July is nailed on as our away trip????

I thought that but according to UEFA Regulations Article 9.05 the team that is drawn first plays the home leg first. Seems we therefore have a 50/50 chance of home leg first (unless Sepp Blatter manages to get involved)

That says 2012/2015. No change in rules? This is fifa.

23rd of July for the away trip??

 

Someone much smarter than me must to be able to work this out for definite... I need to get my holidays booked in ASAP.

 

I've just been summoned for jury service starting 20 July!!!

23rd of July for the away trip??

Someone much smarter than me must to be able to work this out for definite... I need to get my holidays booked in ASAP.

I've just been summoned for jury service starting 20 July!!!

One of our pals wrote to them. Exact same scenario and they pardoned him. Get writing

Home/away will be decided on the day of the draw. So, in essence, we won't know until the draw!