Today, the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League will be concluded. Sport24.az reports that our representative "Sabah" will also play the return match.
The last winner of the national cup will be the 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 the team that is superior according to the results of two matches will face the winner of the AEK (Cyprus) - "Partizan" (Serbia) pair in the 2nd round. The losing team will continue its way in the Conference League and will face the winner of the "Birkirkara" (Malta) - "Petrocub" (Moldova) pair.
July 17
Europa League
Return match of the I qualifying round
22:00 "Celje" (Slovenia) – "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) 1:1 (Second half)
Goals: F.Kovacevic, 19, - C.Mikels, 10
First match - 3:2
Referees: Dragomir Draganov, Hristo Hadjiyski, Krasimir Atanasov, Martin Zhivkov Velikov (Bulgaria)
"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 2. Juanjo Nieto, 3. Vuklisevic, 6. Tutyskinas, 8. Kvesic, 9. Kovacevic, 10. Sturm, 11. Milot Avdyli, 19. Zabukovnik, 20. Iosifov, 23. Jan Karnicnik (c)
Substitutes: 1. Leban, 12. Kolar, 4. Hrka, 5. Vodeb, 7. Jevsenak, 14. Cidi, 16. Vidovic, 17. Kotnik, 24. Cevahiric, 44. Beyger.
"Sabah": 92. Stas Pokatilov, 3. Steve Solvet, 5. Rahman Dasdemirov, 6. Abdullah Khaybullayev, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 13. Ivan Lepinitsa, 18. Pavol Safranko (c), 20. Joy-Lance Mickels, 40. Igor Nogueira, 80. Akim Zedadka, 88. Khayal Aliyev
Substitutes: 55. Nijat Mehbaliyev (g), 89. Rauf Ayyubov (g), 2. Amin Seydiyev, 7. Bojan Letic, 8. Ayaz Guliyev, 11. Kahim Parris, 17. Tellur Mutallimov, 22. Zineddine Ould Khaled, 33. Umarali Rakhmonaliyev, 53. Andrey Viktor, 70. Jesse Sekidika, 99. Njegos Kupusovic