Andy SC

Andy SC NOTE; The League phase will start on the 16th February. The 15th February will be spent adding the fixtures manually.

Andy SC

Andy SC Also, here's the link where you can pick your teams.

Andy SC

Andy SC https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14JL8OzkQDNiv8oBf8hPz3bwjSS2nayPZomcdODlaiWU/edit?gid=569262936#gid=569262936

Dave Kempshall

Dave Kempshall Aston Villa please :)

George Armstrong

George Armstrong Man Utd ofc please

Mike Lee

Mike Lee Hamrun Spartans, please

Tom Cappleman

Tom Cappleman I will attempt to retain Bodo/Glimt's title please

Adam Latchford

Adam Latchford paks pls

Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts Hi Andy, can we choose any team from the spreadsheet regardless of which real life european competition they are in, and we still all play in the same apto tourney? Or are there separate apto tourneys for Champions, Europa, and Conference Leagues?

Andy SC

Andy SC @Trevor - You can pick any team on the spreadsheet regardless of what real life competition they are in. On Apto, there will only be separate competitions from the knockout stages onwards (providing that numbers allow).

Trevor Potts

Trevor Potts Thanks Andy. In that case then, given that it looks like that Tractor factory team haven't qualified for UEFA competition this season, I will go for the delightfully named Bruno's Magpies please.

Dave Robjohns

Dave Robjohns I'm a big fan of Brest personally, so I'll have a go at playing with them please.

Perry Sarb

Perry Sarb I'll go for sunny TransINVEST please Andy :)

Matt Gould

Matt Gould Tottenham please :)

Stephen Elsley

Stephen Elsley I don't mind which team I have, thanks Andy

Andy SC

Andy SC @Stephen - That's no problem. I'll just assign you the team with the highest coefficient in the Champions League - League Phase that hasn't been taken yet once sign-ups close.

Andy SC

Andy SC Link where you can pick your team: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14JL8OzkQDNiv8oBf8hPz3bwjSS2nayPZomcdODlaiWU/edit?gid=1341802680#gid=1341802680 - In case anybody that signed up has missed it.

Matt OC

Matt OC I'll choose Vikingur Gota please

Ben Bazzard

Ben Bazzard Arsenal please :)

Andy SC

Andy SC Sarah M has picked Rangers.

Ravi Choudhary

Ravi Choudhary I wonder if anyone fancies their chances with Brest?

Andy SC

Andy SC @Ravi - Dave R fancies his chances with Brest.

Ravi Choudhary

Ravi Choudhary Say you pick a team that plays in the Champion's League - does that mean you'll face opponents only from that league?

Robin M

Robin M Bayern Munich if available

Ben Bazzard

Ben Bazzard Oh, Ravi!
Andy has already answered that question :(

Ravi Choudhary

Ravi Choudhary So he did! Didn't see the earlier comments.

Ravi Choudhary

Ravi Choudhary I'll pluck for the Rossoneri, Andy.

Ian Wray

Ian Wray I’d like Fiorentina, please, Andy

Andy SC

Andy SC Since Robin has not picked Barcelona, anybody else is free to pick Barcelona if they wish.

Ned Telling

Ned Telling Can I have Liverpool please?!

Dan Spinks

Dan Spinks Shakhtar Donetsk please

Andy SC

Andy SC Andres S has selected Chelsea.

Robin M

Robin M Barcelona aren’t as good as they once were sodedcifed to go with something different

Andy SC

Andy SC Richard Decker has selected Monaco.

Andy SC

Andy SC Jase Cullen has selected Atalanta

Andy SC

Andy SC Colin Thompson has selected Shamrock Rovers.

Dan Byrom

Dan Byrom Sumgayit please

Adam Dexter

Adam Dexter Struga please

Thomas Carey

Thomas Carey progres niederkorn uta

Elwin Carlos

Elwin Carlos Egnatia please!

Elwin Carlos

Elwin Carlos Shame there's no Partizani this year. No party without Partizani!

Andy SC

Andy SC @Elwin - Partizani did compete in the UEFA Conference League this season so would be available to select here if you did want to pick them.

Andy SC

Andy SC Anthony Endsor has selected Man City.

Elwin Carlos

Elwin Carlos Oh, I must have missed that, thanks for pointing that out! Can I switch to Partizani then please? :)

Andy SC

Andy SC You sure can, Elwin.

Ben Bazzard

Ben Bazzard will Man City start with -80 points as they should in real life?

Andy SC

Andy SC @Ben - Being a Man United fan, I could do that anyway :)

Dave Kempshall

Dave Kempshall Man Utd probably hoping they bring back the Anglo-Italian Cup soon.

Andy SC

Andy SC Chris Parfitt has selected Sheriff Tiraspol.

Luke S

Luke S Red Star Belgrade for me, please.

Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry Celtic please

Trevor MacEoin

Trevor MacEoin Can't believe Shamrock Rovers aren't taken. My lucky day. :)

Andy SC

Andy SC @Trevor - Unfortunately it's your unlucky day. Colin picked them via aptomail.

Richard Barnett

Richard Barnett Dortmund please

Trevor MacEoin

Trevor MacEoin thanks @Andy. I don't mind who I get so!

Andy SC

Andy SC Jason Turner has selected Girona.

David Holmes

David Holmes I would have chosen Villa so don't mind who I get instead.

Stephen Elsley

Stephen Elsley Hi Andy I said I didn't mind who I had but I've just remembered Rangers. Are they still available please?

Andy SC

Andy SC @Stephen - Rangers are available.

Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry Oldco or Newco?

Perry Sarb

Perry Sarb Fair play to Stephen though, I've picked TransINVEST for the same reason: it's always good to see a team win their first European trophy ;)

Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry Who needs Europe when you have a Petrofac trophy in the bag?

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Jason C.

Jason C. @AndySC PSG, s.v.p. Merci!

Andy SC

Andy SC Brian Huang has picked Bayer Leverkusen.

Tom B

Tom B Juventus please, Andy.

Andy SC

Andy SC Steven Oldham has selected Club Brugge.

Andy SC

Andy SC Ciaran M has selected Inter Milan

Tourney round: Champions League: 2025: Sign-up page

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Notes from the organizer: Welcome to this year's Apterous Champions League.

Firstly a recap of last year's edition. Tom Cappleman managing Bodo/Glimt claimed the Champions League crown with a 7-2 aggregate victory over Johnny Canuck's Red Bull Salzburg.

In the Europa League final it was a bit closer where Robin M's Barcelona claimed a 3-1 aggregate victory over Darren Godfrey's Lazio.

Now into this year's edition. This year we will play the new league phase format introduced for the Champions League season. Like last year you will be required to pick a team to represent (please comment your choice of team in the comments section) As reigning champions, Tom and Robin get first refusal over the teams they managed last year and will be automatically seeded into Pot 1 apart from that its a first come first serve basis.

In this format it will be one league table where you will play so many games. It will be at least 8-league games or a bit more, depends entirely on numbers that sign-up. Players will be divided into pots based on a combination of your teams coefficient and your pro rank. You will then be drawn to play so many teams from each of the other pots as well as your own pot. Bots might be added in order to make up the numbers. If bots are added, then nobody will be drawn to play a bot twice.

The top 24 will advance to the knockout stages of the Champions League. If numbers allow, the next 24 will advance to the Europa League. If numbers allow even further, then a UEFA Conference League will be done as well for the knockout stages.

If you have any questions please ask.

Runs from: 2 – 15 February 2025. Format: Champions League. Matches: One-off. Approved.

Organizers: Andy SC.

Fixtures: 0. Completed: 0.

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