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Europa League fact file: The teams Wolves could face in second qualifying round

Wolves are facing either Crusaders or B36 Torshavn in the Europa League second qualifying round – but who are they?

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The ties will be played on July 25 and August 1, with Nuno Espirito Santo's side at home first, so let's find out more about Wolves' potential opponents.

Crusaders

The name, at first glance, is somewhat misleading, as Crusaders are actually not that far away at all.

Founded in 1898, they are based in Belfast, play on an artificial pitch at Seaview, and finished fourth in the Northern Ireland Football League Premiership last season.

They are nicknamed the Hatchetmen or the Crues and have won 28 senior trophies in their history – seven league titles, four Irish Cups, two League Cups, eight County Antrim Shields, one Setanta Sports Cup, two Gold Cups, three Ulster Cups and one Carlsberg Cup.

Crusaders have been managed by former player Stephen Baxter for the last 14 years, and he was awarded a British Empire Medal for his services to football in Northern Ireland last year.

Seaview, home of Crusaders

As you would expect, they do not boast any household names but skipper Colin Coates, a centre half, has six Northern Ireland caps to his name. Brothers Ronan and Rory Hale used to be with Birmingham and Villa respectively too.

In fairness, Crusaders have been in either Champions League or Europa League qualifiers regularly over the past decade.

But, last season, they were thrashed 9-0 by Bulgarian outfit Ludogorets over two legs in Champions League qualifying, and then beaten 6-2 by Olimpija Ljubljana over two legs in the Europa League second qualifying round.

Their two triumphs in Europe came against Lithuania's Ekranas in 2014, and Estonia's Levadia Tallinn in 2015.

B36 Torshavn

It is the postcode that covers Castle Bromwich, Smith's Wood, Bromford and Hodge Hill down the road in Birmingham – but B36's home is a far cry from the second city.

Torshavn is the capital city of the Faroe Islands, north of Scotland and south of Greenland.

Established in 1936 and nicknamed the White Tigers or – you guessed it – B36, they finished third in the top flight last term and play at Gundadalur, which also has an artificial surface.

B36's Gundadalur ground

B36 have won the league 11 times, the Faroese Cup six times and the Faroese Super Cup once, and manager Jakup a Borg was capped by the country 62 times.

Again, you will not have heard of any of their players, but Polish forward Lukasz Cieslewicz, whose younger brother Adrian is at Welsh champions The New Saints, would be worth keeping an eye on should Wolves meet them.

The 31-year-old has been with the club since 2011 and chipped in with a respectable 69 goals in 180 games. Defender Jonas Tor Naes has played in the Danish and Icelandic leagues too.

Their European record is four wins, 10 draws and 32 losses from 46 games. They have scored 34 goals along the way, conceding 106.

B36 made it through the preliminary round and first qualifying round last season though, beating Gibraltar's St Joseph's on penalties after a couple of draws and then winning 2-1 over two legs against Montenegro's OFK Titograd.

An 8-0 demolition at the hands of Turkish giants Besiktas finally sent them out the competition.