Sport24.az
Today, "Sabah" will play its first match in the 2025/26 season of European Cups. According to Sport24.az, the "owls" will host Slovenia's "Celje" in the first leg of the first qualifying round of the Europa League.
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 take place 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 2nd 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 leg
July 10
20:00. "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) - "Celje" (Slovenia) 2:2 (Second half)
Goals: Pavol Safranko, 3, 18, (pen) - Franko Kovačević, 7, 48
Referees: Daniyar Sakhi, Samat Tergeussizov, Sergey Klachyo, Saken Baiymbet (Kazakhstan)
Masazir. "Bank Respublika Arena"
"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 Safranko (k)
Head coach: Valdas Dambrauskas
"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 23. Zan Karnicnik (k), 6. Artemiyus Tutiskinas, 3. Damjan Vuklisevic, 2. Juanjo Nieto, 8. Mario Kvesic, 19. Mark Zabukovnik, 11. Milot Avdili, 10. Daniel Sturm, 20. Nikita Iosifov, 9. Franko Kovačević
Head coach: Albert Riera
