Today, the 1st qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League will come to an end. Sport24.az reports that our representative "Sabah" will also play a return match.
The latest winner of the national cup will be a 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 according to the results of two matches, the superior side will face the winner of the AEK (Cyprus) - Partizan (Serbia) pair in the 2nd round. The defeated 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 first qualifying round
22:00. "Celje" (Slovenia) - "Sabah" (Azerbaijan) - 2:2 (Second half)
Goals: Joy-Lance Mickels, 9 (0:1), Kovačevič, 19 - pen. (1:1), Vukliševič, 49 (2:1), Joy-Lance Mickels, 63 (2:2), 66 (2:3)
First game - 3:2
Referees: Dragomir Draganov, Hristo Hadjiyski, Krasimir Atanasov, Martin Zhivkov Velikov (Bulgaria)
"Celje": 21. Simon Sluga, 2. Juanjo Nieto, 3. Vukliševič, 6. Tutuškinas, 8. Kvesič, 9. Kovačevič, 10. Šturm, 11. Milot Avdyli, 19. Zabukovnik, 20. Iosifov, 23. Jan Karničnik (c)
Substitute players: 1. Leban, 12. Kolar, 4. Hrka, 5. Vodeb, 7. Jevšenak, 14. Čidi, 16. Vidovič, 17. Kotnik, 24. Cevahiric, 44. Beyger.
"Sabah": 92. Stas Pokatilov, 3. Steve Solvet, 5. Rahman Dashdemirov, 6. Abdullah Khaybullayev, 10. Anatoli Nuriyev, 13. Ivan Lepinitsa, 18. Pavol Šafranko (c), 20. Joy-Lance Mickels, 40. Igor Nogueira, 80. Akim Zedadka, 88. Khayal Aliyev
Substitute players: 55. Nijat Mehbaliyev (g), 89. Rauf Ayyubov (g), 2. Amin Seydiyev, 7. Bojan Letić, 8. Ayaz Guliyev, 11. Kahim Parris, 17. Tellur Mutallimov, 22. Zineddine Ould Khaled, 33. Umarali Rakhmonaliyev, 53. Andrey Viktor, 70. Jesse Sekidika, 99. Nyegoš Kupusović