By JB
May 27 2004

As seeds, Millwall will avoid the competition's big guns in that round (such as Lazio, Parma, Stuttgart, Feyenoord and Athletic Bilbao) and are also guaranteed to avoid other English clubs such as Newcastle and Middlesbrough. As seeds, Millwall will avoid the competitions big guns in that round, such as Lazio, Parma, Stuttgart, Feyenoord and Athletic Bilbao.

Millwall are also guaranteed to avoid other English clubs such as Newcastle and Middlesbrough in either the first round or the group stage, with rules preventing teams from the same association being matched up.

That said, the Lions could still face a potentially tricky first round tie on 16 and 30 September, with Belgian club Standard Liege, Dinamo Bucharest of Romania, Trabzonspor of Turkey and Russian outfit CSKA Moscow being among the non-seeded teams.

Knowing Millwall's luck, don't be surprised if the Lions draw Dunfermline, who similarly lost a cup final on the same day!

The list of unseeded teams entering at the same stage of the competition appears below.

Unseeded teams coef.
------------------------ --- -------
Panionios Gre 15.467
Dnipro Dniprop. **/*** Ukr 14.301
Maccabi Tel-Aviv *** Isr 14.012
Nacional Funchal Por 13.970
Sporting Braga Por 13.970
Sigma Olomouc ** Cze 13.915
Rapid Wien ** Aut 12.971
Dinamo Bucuresti */*** Rom 12.880
FC Lovech ** Bul 12.599
Standard Liège Bel 12.529
Hajduk Split *** Cro 11.734
Trabzonspor *** Tur 11.656
Aigaleo Athens Gre 11.467
Stabaek IF ** Nor 11.227
AZ Alkmaar Ned 11.246
Baník Ostrava *** Cze 10.915
Dunfermline Athletic ** Sco 10.601
Zenit St. Petersburg ** Rus 9.572
SK Beveren ** Bel 9.529
Odd Grenland ** Nor 9.227
Austria Wien ** Aut 8.971
CSKA Moscow *** Rus 8.572
Djurgårdens IF *** Swe 8.516


Plus there's this lot, taking part in the 1st qualifying round:



Unknown seeding coef.
------------------------ --- -------
Shakhtior Saligorsk Bls 1.182
BATE Borisov Bls 1.182
IA Akranes Isl 1.099
FP1
FP2
FP3


Unseeded teams coef.
------------------------ --- -------
FH Hafnarfjardar Isl 1.099
Marsaxlokk Mlt 1.099
Longford Town Irl 1.044
Shirak Gyumri Arm 0.934
Banants Yerevan Arm 0.934
Llansantffraid Wal 0.769
Haverfordwest County Wal 0.769
FC Vaduz Lie 0.660
Dinamo Tirana Alb 0.604
Partizani Tirana Alb 0.604
Levadia Tallinn Est 0.549
Tallina VMK Est 0.549
Glentoran Nir 0.549
Portadown Nir 0.549
Etzella Ettelbrück Lux 0.494
F91 Dudelange Lux 0.494
FK Shamkir Azb 0.384
Garabag Agdam Azb 0.384
B36 Torshavn Far 0.274
B68 Toftir Far 0.274
Kairat Almaty Kaz 0.220
Tobol Kostanay Kaz 0.220
SS Pennarossa Sma 0.000
Santa Coloma And 0.000


And even more entering at the 2nd qualifying round stage:


Unknown seeding coef.
------------------------ --- -------
Bodø/Glimt Nor 8.227
FC Wil Sui 7.384
UC2 Ukr 7.301 - 41.301
CW/UC3 Pol 7.177 - 12.177
Bnei Sakhnin Isr 7.012
Maccabi Petah-Tikva Isr 7.012
SV Pasching Aut 6.971
UC2 Den 6.758 - 21.758
NK Rijeka Cro 6.734
Zeleznik Belgrade Srb 6.654
Buducnost Banatski Dvor Srb 6.654
CW Den 5.758 - 15.758
UC2 * Hun 5.045 - 16.045
CW Rom 4.880 - 12.880
CW * Rom 4.880 - 12.880
UC2 * Svk 4.234 - 14.234
CW * Slo 3.024 - 7.024
UC2 * Slo 3.024 - 7.024
winner QR1 * 1.374 - FPmax1
winner QR1 * 1.182 - FPmax2
winner QR1 * 1.182 - FPmax3


Unseeded teams coef.
------------------------ --- -------
Rubin Kazan Rus 6.572
CW Rus 6.572
IF Elfsborg Swe 5.516
Hammarby IF Swe 5.516
FC Petrzalka Svk 5.234
Zeljeznicar Sarajevo * Bos 3.814
Bohemians Dublin * Irl 3.044
Omonia Nicosia * Cyp 2.969
CW * Cyp 2.969
Haka Valkeakoski * Fin 2.938
CW * Mol 2.254 - 4.254
UC2 * Mol 2.254
Birkirkara * Mlt 2.099
FK Ventspils * Lat 1.979
Metalurgs Liepaja * Lat 1.979
Allianssi Vantaa * Fin 1.938
FK Modrica * Bos 1.814
Dinamo Tbilisi * Geo 1.649
UC2 * Geo 1.649
Sloga Skopje * Mac 1.594
Sileks Kratovo * Mac 1.594
Zalgiris Vilnius * Lit 1.374


Quite a few possible opponents, let's just hope the draw's not fixed!