The potential opponents of “Sabah”, “Qarabag”, “Neftchi” and “Zira”, representing Azerbaijan in European cups, in the third qualifying round will be known today.
“Elchi” reports that the draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League will be held first.
The draw ceremony, which will take place in Nyon, Switzerland, will begin at 14:00 Baku time.
“Sabah”, which will face Finland’s KuPS in the second qualifying round, will be in the unseeded pot for the draw. The possible opponents of the Baku representative are:
– Winner of the “Larne” (Northern Ireland) – “Crvena Zvezda” (Serbia) pair;
– Winner of the “Thun” (Switzerland) – “Dinamo” (Zagreb, Croatia) pair;
– Winner of the “Iberia” (Georgia) – “Slovan” (Slovakia) pair;
– Winner of the “Aarhus” (Denmark) – “Lech” (Poland) pair;
– “Egnatia” (Albania) – “Celje” (Slovenia);
– “Omonia” (Cyprus) – “Kairat” (Kazakhstan).
The draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League will be held at 15:00. “Qarabag”, which will face Bulgaria’s CSKA, will be in the seeded pot.
Possible opponents of the Aghdam club:
– Winner of the “Sheriff” (Moldova) – “Maccabi” (Tel Aviv, Israel) pair;
– Winner of the “Sturm” (Austria) – “Hearts” (Scotland) pair;
– Winner of the “Fenerbahce” (Turkey) – “Gornik” (Poland) pair.
In the UEFA Conference League, “Neftchi” and “Zira” will also learn their possible opponents in the third qualifying round. Both clubs will be in the unseeded pot for the draw. “Neftchi” will face Belarus’s “Dinamo” (Minsk) in the second qualifying round, and “Zira” will face Estonia’s “Paide”.
Possible opponents of “Neftchi”:
– “Zeleznicar” (Serbia) – “Braga” (Portugal);
– “Paks” (Hungary) – “Panathinaikos” (Greece);
– “Lugano” (Switzerland) – “Dukagjini” (Kosovo);
– AEK (Larnaca, Cyprus) – “Beitar” (Israel).
Possible opponents of “Zira”:
– “Bravo” (Slovenia) – “Shkendija” (North Macedonia);
– “Santa Coloma” (Andorra) – “Rapid” (Austria);
– “Rakow” (Poland) – “Valletta” (Malta);
– “Rijeka” (Croatia) – “Derry City” (Ireland);
– “Polissya” (Ukraine) – “Copenhagen” (Denmark).
Note that the matches of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League will be held on August 5-6 and 12, and the matches of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and Conference League will be held on August 7 and 14.