What challenges await "Qarabag" in the Champions League? - ANALYSIS

Two more possible opponents of "Qarabag" in the Champions League, the winner of the Misli Premier League, have been determined.

Idman.biz reports that if the Azerbaijani champion competes in the first qualifying round of the continent's most prestigious club tournament, 8 potential rivals are known.

Qurban Gurbanov's team, which will be in the seeded pot, may also face "Levadia" (Estonia) and "Dinamo" (Minsk, Belarus). Before that, "Kayrat" (Kazakhstan), "Differdange" (Luxembourg), "Iberia" (Georgia), "Vikingur" (Faroe Islands), "Shelbourne" (Ireland) and "Virtus" (San Marino) were in the unseeded group.

Of course, as in the past year, the Champions League can again be won by a team that qualified for the tournament from its own country. This may also affect the distribution of clubs. It is not excluded that this also applies to "Qarabag", which has the 2nd highest rating among those who have already qualified for the first qualifying round of the Champions League.

If the Azerbaijani champion starts from the second qualifying round, it will again be among the seeded teams. Although our representative has to play in the first round, they will be in the pot of strong teams in the next round.

Champions League
First qualifying round

Seeded
"Slovan" (Slovakia)
"Qarabag" (Azerbaijan)
"Ludogorets" (Bulgaria)
"Malmö" (Sweden)
"Žalgiris" (Lithuania)
RFS (Latvia)
"Lincoln" (Gibraltar)
"Kuopio" (Finland)
TNS (Wales)
"Drita" (Kosovo)
"Breidablik" (Iceland)
Slovenian champion

Unseeded
"Levadia" (Estonia)
"Dinamo" (Minsk, Belarus)
"Kayrat" (Kazakhstan)
"Differdange" (Luxembourg)
"Iberia" (Georgia)
"Vikingur" (Faroe Islands)
"Shelbourne" (Ireland)
"Virtus" (San Marino)

Uncertain
"Linfield" (Northern Ireland)
"Budućnost" (Montenegro)
"Inter" (Andorra)
Bosnian and Herzegovinian champion
Armenian champion
Romanian champion
Moldovan champion
Maltese champion
North Macedonian champion
Albanian champion

Second qualifying round
Seeded
"Olympiacos" (Greece)
"Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia)
Danish champion

Uncertain
"Pafos" (Cyprus)
Israeli champion
Polish champion
Croatian champion
Ukrainian champion
Hungarian champion

It should be noted that the draw for the first qualifying round will take place on June 17. The draw for the second qualifying round will be held the next day.

Vugar Khayrullayev
Idman.biz