"Sabah" - "Celje" Match Report

"Sabah" will play its first game of the 2025/26 season in the Eurocups today. Sport24.az reports that the "owls" will host Slovenia's "Celje" in the first leg of the Europa League first qualifying round.

The match, which will be held at the "Bank Respublika Arena", will start at 20:00. The meeting will be managed by a team of referees from Kazakhstan. 

The return match between these teams will be held on July 17 in Slovenia. 

The winner of the two-match total will face the winner of the AEK (Cyprus) – "Partizan" (Serbia) pair in the second round. The losing team will continue its journey in the Conference League and will face the winner of the "Birkirkara" (Malta) - "Petrocub" (Moldova) pair.

Europa League

I qualifying round, first match

July 10

20:00. "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) - "Celje" (Slovenia) 1:1 (First half)

Goal: Shafranko, 3 – Kovacevic, 8

"Sabah": 92. Stas Pokatilov, 80. Akim Zedadka, 40. Igor Nogueira, 3. Steve Solvet, 5. Rahman Dashdemirov, 13. Ivan Lepinica, 6. Abdullah Khaybullayev, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 88. Khayal Aliyev, 20. Joy-Lance Mickels, 18.  Pavol Shafranko (c)

Head coach: Valdas Dambrauskas

"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 23. Zan Karnicnik (c), 6. Artemijus Tutyskinas, 3. Damjan Vuklisevic,  2. Juanjo Nieto, 8. Mario Kvesic, 19. Mark Zabukovnik, 11. Milot Avdili, 10.  Daniel Sturm, 20. Nikita Iosifov, 9. Franko Kovacevic

Head coach: Albert Riera

Referees: Daniyar Sakhi, Samat Tergeussizov, Sergey Klachyo, Saken Baiymbet (Kazakhstan)

Masazir. "Bank Respublika Arena"