Today, the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League will come to an end. Sport24.az reports that our representative "Sabah" will also play the return match.
The last winner of the country's cup will be a guest of "Celje" away. In the first match held in Baku, the Slovenian representative won with a score of 3:2.
It should be noted that according to the results of the two matches, the superior side will face the winner of the AEK (Cyprus) - "Partizan" (Serbia) pair in the 2nd round. The defeated team will continue its journey in the Conference League and will face the winner of the "Birkirkara" (Malta) - "Petrokub" (Moldova) pair.
July 17
Europa League
Return match of the I qualifying round
22:00. "Celje" (Slovenia) – "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) - 2:3 (Extra time)
Goals: Joy-Lens Mikels, 9 (0:1), Kovačević, 19 - pen. (1:1), Vuklišević, 49 (2:1), Joy-Lens Mikels, 63 (2:2), 66 (2:3)
First match - 3:2
Referees: Dragomir Draganov, Hristo Haciyyski, Krasimir Atanasov, Martin Zhivkov Velikov (Bulgaria)
"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 2. Juanjo Nieto, 3. Vuklišević, 6. Tutyshkynas, 8. Kvesić, 9. Kovačević, 10. Sturm, 11. Milot Avdyli, 19. Zabukovnik, 20. Iosifov, 23. Jan Karničnik (k)
Substitutes: 1. Leban, 12. Kolar, 4. Hrka, 5. Vodeb, 7. Jevšenak, 14. Chidi, 16. Vidović, 17. Kotnik, 24. Cevahiric, 44. Beyger.
"Sabah": 92. Stas Pokatilov, 3. Steve Solvet, 5. Rahman Dashdemirov, 6. Abdullah Khaybullayev, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 13. Ivan Lepinitsa, 18. Pavol Šafranko (k), 20. Joy-Lens Mikels, 40. Igor Nogueira, 80. Akim Zedadka, 88. Khayal Aliyev
Substitutes: 55. Nijat Mehbaliyev (g), 89. Rauf Ayyubov (g), 2. Amin Seydiyev, 7. Bojan Letić, 8. Ayaz Guliyev, 11. Kahim Parris, 17. Tellur Mutallimov, 22. Zineddine Ould Khaled, 33. Umarali Rakhmonaliyev, 53. Andrey Viktor, 70. Jesse Sekidika, 99. Nyegos Kupusovic