At long last we know who we’ll be playing in the first qualifying round of the Premier League, and it’s a trip to Andorra to face FC Lusitans.
Having snuck in to the competition via the Fair Play league we’ve now got a long and journey ahead before reaching the group stages of the competition.
Our season officially begins on July 2 with the first leg, which will be away, the second leg at the Boleyn Ground will be on July 9.
FC Lusitan’s ground has a capacity of just 899, which means they’ll probably have one hell of a shock when our lot turn up in full voice in just a couple of weeks’ time.
Slaven Bilic’s players returned to training today as they begin pre-season earlier than most and he’s got just under two weeks to prepare his players for what is sure to be a very long, but hopefully successful, final season at the Boleyn Ground.
Here’s how the fans reacted to West Ham’s first draw in a European competition since 2006…
DRAW: We will face Andorran side FC Lusitans in the UEFA @EuropaLeague first qualifying round. #WHUFC #COYI pic.twitter.com/K8iTLC9m4I
— West Ham United (@WestHam) June 22, 2015
This is the ground we will play at: http://t.co/yHAJstYtAD
— West Ham News (@WHUFC_News) June 22, 2015
Our opponents in the first round of the Europa Cup are
FC Lusitans (Andorra)
We are away in the first leg. dgGo to http://t.co/W2wbaCCNgh
— David Gold (@davidgold) June 22, 2015
There ground hold 1000 people ahahaha
— Danny Cranston (@DannyCranston13) June 22, 2015
Zero flights from London to andora on the 2nd July #whufc
— CockneyCoufal⚒ 🫧🫧#GSBOUT (@baileyk120) June 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/MightyHammers1/status/612941746469740545
https://twitter.com/Brad_Pinard/status/612943513622310912
In first Europa game, West Ham will face FC Lusitanos, an Andorran side that has existed less than 20 years #whufc #coyi
— Kiran Moodley (@kirancmoodley) June 22, 2015
WE'RE GOING TO ANDORRA!!! #WHUFC #COYI
— Kris Prowse (@KrisProwse182) June 22, 2015
So @whufc_official will play FC Lusitans of Andorra in the #EuropaLeague. Hammers fans – you've got quite the drive pic.twitter.com/dlnNF9bHjU
— Umbro (@umbro) June 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/WaltonCurt/status/612942074195898368
https://twitter.com/WhufcJamie/status/612941219635793920
In all of their previous European games our opponents have scored 4 and conceded 33. So the real question is, how much will they beat us by?
— Dan (@WesthamDan16) June 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/JackBowers92/status/612943218636931072
What a dream draw for FC Lusitans (Andorra), taking on West Ham in the 1st Qualifying Round of the Europa League
— Golden_FM (@Golden_FM) June 22, 2015
