Greek clubs look towards Champions League Draw

Officials from Olympiacos and Panathinaikos will be present in Nyon tomorrow (13:00 GR; 6:00am Eastern), for the 3rd Round Qualifying draw for the 2008/2009 edition of the UEFA Champions League. Olympiacos will make their entrance into the competition in the upcoming round, while Panathinaikos currently have a 3-0 aggregate lead over their Georgian opponents Dinamo Tbilisi and are favourites to progress to the final qualifying round.

Both clubs will be seeded in the draw, but there is a possibility that both teams could be drawn against stiff competition. Olympiacos must qualify for the first time in ten years — all this thanks to a dismal effort by Greek clubs in European competition in recent years. Meanwhile, Panathinaikos has returned to the most prestigious club competition for the first time since the 200/2006 season.

Seeded Clubs:
Liverpool (England)
Barcelona (Spain)
Arsenal (England)
Schalke 04 (Germany)
Juventus (Italy)
Rangers (Scotland) / Kaunas (Lithuania) * Clubs level 0-0.
Marseille (France)
Steaua Bucuresti (Romania)
Panathinaikos (Greece) / Dinamo Tbilisi (Georgia) * Panathinaikos leads 3-0.
IFK Goteborg (Sweden) / Basel (Switzerland) * Clubs level 1-1.
Olympiacos (Greece)
Fenerbahce (Turkey) / MTK Hungaria (Hungary) * Fenerbahce leads 2-0.
Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)
Anderlecht (Belgium) / BATE (Belarus) * BATE leads 2-1.
Fiorentina (Italy)
Spartak Moscow (Russia)

Unseeded Clubs:
Atletico Madrid (Spain)
Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova) / Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) * Sparta Prague leads 1-0.
Drogheda United (Republic of Ireland) / Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) * Dynamo Kyive leads 2-1.
Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Galatasaray (Turkey)
Inter Baku (Azerbaijan) / Partizan (Serbia) * Clubs level 1-1.
Vitoria Guimaraes (Portugal)
Domzale (Slovenia) / Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) * Dinamo leads 3-0.
Beitar Jerusalem (Israel) / Wisla Krakow (Poland) * Beitar Jerusalem leads 2-1.
Standard Liege (Belgium)
Twente (Netherlands)
Tampere United (Finland) / Artmedia Petrzalka (Slovakia) * Artmedia leads 3-1.
Aalborg BK (Denmark) / Modrica (Bosnia Herzegovina) * Aalborg Bk leads 5-0.
Brann (Norway) / Ventspils (Latvia) * Brann leads 1-0
Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus) / Rapid Wien (Austria) * Anorthosis Famagusta leads 3-0.

*** Clubs that are still locked in a 2nd Qualifying Round tie are ranked based upon the higher coefficient of the two. The team progressing will be determined by Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.