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LIVERPOOL FC: REDS ARE ONE OF 74 CHAMPS LEAGUE ENTRANTS

/noticias.info/ The complete list of entrants for the 2005/06 Champions League has been finalised and it confirms Liverpool could face the prospect of a trip to some far flung destination when the first qualifying round draw takes place next week.
A total of 74 clubs will compete in this season's competition and, as UEFA decreed last Friday, the reigning European Champions will begin their defence of the trophy alongside the minnows of the continent.

That means new ground could well be broken with trips to the likes of Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan, for example, a distinct possibility.

Alternatively, and more ideally, they could be sent over the Irish Sea to Dublin and Belfast, or through the Mersey tunnel to Wales.

The Reds are one of 24 clubs in at the first qualifying stage and this is the complete list of fellow entrants as published on UEFA's website...

First qualifying round (draw takes place June 24)

FC Artmedia Bratislava (Slovakia)
NK Gorica (Slovenia)
Anorthosis Famagusta FC (Cyprus)
FC Sheriff (Moldova)
FC Skonto (Latvia)
FC Haka (Finland)
NK Zrinjski (Bosnia Herzegovina)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)
FK Rabotnicki (Macedonia)
FBK Kaunas (Lithuania)
FC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
FH Hafnarfjordur (Iceland)
Sliema Wanderers FC (Malta)
Shelbourne FC (Republic of Ireland)
FC Pyunik (Armenia)
Total Network Solutions (Wales)
KF Tirana (Albania)
Glentoran FC (Northern Ireland)
FC Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)
F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg)
PFC Nefchi (Azerbaijan)
HB Torshavn (Faroe Islands)
FC Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan)

(1st leg games to take place 12/13 July, 2nd leg games to take place 19/20 July)

Twelve teams will then move into the second qualifying round where they will join the following...

Second qualifying round (draw takes place 24 June)

Trabzonspor (Turkey)
Celtic (Scotland)
RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
FC Thun (Switzerland)
Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine)
Valerenga IF (Norway)
Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
SK Rapid Vienna (Austria)
FK Partizan (Serbia & Montenegro)
CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)
Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia)
Brondby IF (Denmark)
Hadjuk Split (Croatia)
Malmo FF (Sweden)
Debreceni VSC (Hungary)
Steaua Bucharest (Rumania)

(1st leg games to take place 26/27 July, 2nd leg games to take place 2/3 August)

Fourteen teams will then progress to the third qualifying round where they will join the following...

Third qualifying round (draw takes place July 29)

Villarreal CF (Spain)
Real Betis (Spain)
Manchester United (England)
Everton (England)
Internazionale (Italy)
Udinese (Italy)
Werder Bremen (Germany)
AS Monaco (France)
Sporting Lisbon (Portugal)
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Ajax (Holland)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Rangers (Scotland)
Club Brugge KV (Belgium)
FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland)
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Rosenborg BK (Norway)
Wisla Krakow (Poland)

(1st leg games to take place 9/10 August, 2nd leg games to take place 23/34 August)

The sixteen winners of the third qualifying round ties will then advance in to the group stage of the competition, of which the following teams have already qualified...

Group Stage (draw takes place August 25)

FC Barcelona (Spain)
Real Madrid (Spain)
Chelsea (England)
Arsenal (England)
Juventus (Italy)
AC Milan (Italy)
Bayern Munich (Germany)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Olympique Lyonnais (France)
LOSC Lille Metropole (France)
SL Benfica (Portugal)
FC Porto (Portugal)
Olympiacos (Greece)
PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)
Fenerbahce SK (Turkey)

All seedings will be confirmed prior to each draw.

Please note: The information included in this list is provisional and will be confirmed by UEFA in mid-June following the receipt of the official entry documents from each of the national associations. notas_de_prensa_archivo