Shamrock Rovers

Stephen Bradley's side reached the final Europa League qualifier before being knocked into Conference League.

They are currently third in the Allsvenskan and have reached this stage of Europe after seeing off APOEL of Cyprus. Stephen Bradley’s side reached the final Europa League qualifier before being knocked out 4-1 on aggregate by Ferencváros of Hungary. Gent, akin to Rovers, were knocked out at the final stage of Europa League qualifying, losing 4-0 on aggregate across two legs to Omonia.

Stephen Bradley made five changes to the side that beat Dundalk 3-0 on the weekend, with Sean Gannon, Sean Kavanagh, Justin Ferizaj, Neil Farrugia and Aidomo ...

As they have so often this season, Bradley’s substitutions paid off as Rovers found a winner as we entered the final minute of the game. The 17-year-old cut in from the left wing and curled a brilliant shot with his right foot that just missed the target by a matter of yards. That late winner meant the Hoops have now won all four home games in Europe this season. A Ferencváros free kick from the left reached Ryan Mmaee whose powerful header was spectacularly saved by Alan Mannus to keep it scoreless at half-time. Ferizaj would have the first real opportunity of the game 27 minutes in. The opening 15 minutes of the game did not provide many clear-cut opportunities for either side.

The draw for the 2022/23 UEFA Europa Conference League Group Stage took place in Istanbul this afternoon. Club Secretary Noel Byrne represented the Club at ...

Rovers manager Stephen Bradley. Image: PA. SHAMROCK ROVERS TODAY learned their opponents in the Europa Conference League group phase, so let's learn a little ...

The duo have been in charge at Djurgardens since 2018, and they led them to the league title in 2019. Djurgardens are the only side in the group playing with a back four regularly. He has been loaned to Gent for the season, and made his debut in the defeat to Omonia. They started with a back four in the second leg against Omonia – presumably to chase the tie – but abandoned it at half-time. A couple of Liverpool fans bought tickets to the game in Genk and then missed the game by turning up in Gent by mistake. They play out of the 20,000-capacity Ghelamco Arena in the city of Ghent. Gent lost the Belgian Super Cup final to Club Brugge and then drew their first two league games, the first 2-2 against Standard Liege in spite of playing against 10 men for 75 minutes. They went to the last-16 of the competition last year before being knocked out by PAOK, who had beaten Bohemians in the qualifying rounds. He led them to the league title in 2014/15, and then through the Champions League group phase the following season. It’s pooled across the group and then distributed to the four teams, proportional to the number of wins on the board. Wins in the group are worth €500,000, with draws worth €166,000 to each team. They will also receive a co-efficient ranking fee, which is a trickle down of a money-grab by the biggest clubs a few years ago, who cut a deal to award the historically successful Champions League sides more money.

Late on Thursday night, Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley spoke about a discussion with his players in January.

Third-placed finish in Sweden last term, two points off the top in a thrilling title race. They finished second in the top flight, three points behind the Bodo Glimt side that narrowly missed out on the Champions League. They play in the 20,000 capacity Ghelamco Arena. They have no reason to be terrified of a pool comprised of Gent (Belgium), Molde (Norway) and Djurgarden (Sweden) but it’s hardly a great outcome either. “The aim is to get out of the group. “The talk in January wasn’t let’s get to the groups and go and have a party,” said Bradley, outlining how they want to become the first Irish side to reach a knockout stage.