With Swansea's impending entry into the Europa League 3rd qualifying round, here's 10 teams who are likely to get through the 1st qualifying round and are therefore potential opponents. But do you know where the hell they come from? (Which country). 1. MIK Celje 2. Gefle 3. MSK Zilina 4. Breidablik 5. Zrinjski Mostar 6. Teuta Durres 7. Vojvodina 8. Aktobe 9. Ventspils 10. Inter Turku Answers lower down.
1. Slovenia (MIK Celje) 2. Sweden (Gefle) 3. Slovakia (MSK Zilina) 4. Iceland (Breidablik) 5. Bosnia-Herzegovina (Zrinjski Mostar) 6. Albania (Teuta Durres) 7. Serbia (Vojvodina) 8. Kazakhstan (Aktobe) 9. Latvia (Ventspils) 10. Finland (Inter Turku)
Guessing only: 1. Serbia 2. Sweden 3. Croatia 4. Belarus 5. Bosnia-Herz 6. Slovakia 7. Ukraine 8. Cyprus 9. Latvia 10. Finland
I'm enjoying tracking down these weird Europa League teams. There are many well-known teams in the 2nd Q round such as Dinamo Minsk, Hapoel Tel-Aviv, Hajduk Split, IFK Gothenburg, Standard Liege, Malmo, Rosenborg, Rubin Kazan, Sparta Prague, Red Star Belgrade, Trabzonspor, Honved. But then we have: Dila Gori - Georgia FC Honka - Finland FK Qarabag - Azerbaijan Beroe - Bulgaria Hodd - Norway Siroki Brijeg - Bosnia-Herzegovina Pyunik - Armenia Differdange - Luxembourg Kukesi - Albania Rijeka - Croatia FK Jagodina - Serbia Hacken - Sweden Rudar Pljevlja - Montenegro