Sport24.az
"Sabah" will play its first match in the 2025/26 season of European cups today. According to Sport24.az, 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 take place on July 17 in Slovenia.
The team that wins on aggregate over the two matches 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
First qualifying round, first leg
July 10
20:00. "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) - "Celje" (Slovenia)
"Sabah": 92. Stas Pokatilov, 80. Akim Zedadka, 40. Igor Nogueira, 3. Steve Solvet, 5. Rahman Dashdemirov, 13. Ivan Lepinitsa, 6. Abdullah Khaybullayev, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 88. Khayal Aliyev, 20. Joy-Lance Mickels, 18. Pavol Safranko (c)
Head coach: Valdas Dambrauskas
"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 23. Zan Karnicnik (c), 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. Franco Kovacevic
Head coach: Albert Riera
Referees: Daniyar Sakhi, Samat Tergeussizov, Sergey Klatchev, Saken Baiymbet (Kazakhstan)
Masazir. "Bank Respublika Arena"
