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Belfast Telegraph
5 days ago
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- Belfast Telegraph
All the action as Linfield, Larne and Dungannon Swifts target first leg joy in Conference League qualifying duels
Linfield face off against Zalgiris Vilnius in the Lithuanian capital first up at 5.00pm BST before Dungannon Swifts are in Liechtenstein to take on FC Vaduz (6.30pm BST). In Ballymena, meanwhile, Larne entertain Kosovo's FC Prishtina in a game with an 8.00pm BST kick-off.
Belfast Telegraph
5 days ago
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
All the action as Linfield, Larne and Dungannon Swifts target first leg joy in Conference League qualifying battles
Linfield face off against Zalgiris Vilnius in the Lithuanian capital first up at 5.00pm BST before Dungannon Swifts are in Liechtenstein to take on FC Vaduz (6.30pm BST). In Ballymena, meanwhile, Larne entertain Kosovo's FC Prishtina in a game with an 8.00pm BST kick-off.
The Irish Sun
18-06-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
St Patrick's Athletic to face old foe in Europa Conference League as Stephen Kenny warns of task ahead
ST PAT'S will face an old foe when they come up against FC Hegelmann in the Europa Conference League. The Saints were pitted with the Lithuanian side who were runners-up in their league last year and again lie second in the current standings. St Pat's will be at home on July 10 before travelling to the Baltics a week later. Hegelmann are managed by former PSV Eindhoven and Dunfermine defender Andrius Skerla. Skerla left the Pars in 2005, a year before St Pat's boss Stephen Kenny took over at East End Park. But he does have previous with the Saints as a club. Read More On Irish Football The former Lithuania international was captain of Zalgiris Vilnius when they knocked the Inchicore outfit of the Europa League in 2013. Liam Buckley's side had claimed a 2-2 draw in Vilnius thanks to an 88th minute equaliser from Ger O'Brien, the club's current director of football. That raised hopes of progression but the visitors claimed a 2-1 win at Richmond Park before going on to knock out Zalgiris Vilnius and Lech Poznan. Last year, St Pat's finished the season strongly after a good European run when they got through two rounds and Kenny is hoping for a similar kickstart this time around. Most read in Football Kenny said: "I think it definitely helped us because the tempo and level you were playing and you were bringing that into your league form so it definitely was advantageous. 'But there's no guarantee you're replicating that. You've got to earn the right to do that.' Liverpool owners plot takeover of LaLiga club after they part-destroy iconic stadium ahead of stunning rebuild Heglemann was founded in 2009 and named after a freight and logistics company. Their debut season in the top flight was in 2021. Their best placing was runners-up last year and they currently lie second, a point off the top with a game in hand. Their only previous European experience was a 5-0 aggregate defeat to Shkupi of Macedonia two years ago. 1 Kenny's men have flattered to deceive so far in the league this season
