"Sabah" Defeated "Celje": 2-1

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

The match to be held at "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 matches will face the winner of the AEK (Cyprus) - "Partizan" (Serbia) pair in the second round. The losing team will continue its way 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) 2:1 (Second half)

Goal: Pavol Šafranko, 3 (1:0), Franko Kovačević, 7 (1:1), Pavol Šafranko, 18 - pen.

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 Lepinitsa, 6. Abdullah Khaybullayev, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 88. Khayal Aliyev, 20. Joy-Lens Mickels, 18.  Pavol Safranko (k)

Head coach: Valdas Dambrauskas

"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 23. Jan Karničnik (k), 6. Artemijus Tutyskinas, 3. Damjan Vuklišević,  2. Juanjo Nieto, 8. Mario Kvesić, 19. Mark Zabukovnik, 11. Milot Avdili, 10.  Daniel Sturm, 20. Nikita Iosifov, 9. Franko Kovačević

Head coach: Albert Riera