Galatasaray and Young Boys, champions of the Turkish and Swiss leagues, will play against each other for their place in the group stage of the 2024/2025 Champions League, while the winner of the tie between Lille and Fenerbache Jose Mourinho They will face the winner of Slavia Prague and Royal Union Saint-Gilloise.
In the draw for the so-called playoff, the last qualifying round of the qualifying phase, held this morning at the UEFA headquarters, Young Boys, Dinamo Zagreb, Red Star and Ludogorets entered as seeded teams in the so-called Champions Route. Galatasaray also joined the competition but were not seeded.
On the other hand, in the League Route, contested by 8 teams, the winner of Lille and Fenerbache of Mourinho They will face the winner of Slavia Prague and Royal Union Saint-Gilloise and the winner of Dinamo kyiv/Rangers vs. the winner of Salzburg/Twente.
The draw is set for the first leg on August 20/21 and the second leg on August 27/28 to determine the final teams that will go to the next edition of the Champions League.
Draw for the final Champions League preview
Route of Champions
1) Young Boys (SUI)- Galatasaray (TUR)
2) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)- Winner Qarabag FK (AZE)/Ludogorets 1945 (BUL)
3) Winner Midtjylland (DIN)/Ferencvaros (HUN) – Winner Slovan Bratislava (SVK)/ Apoel (CYP)
4) Red Star (SER) – Winner Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL)/Bodo Glimt (NOR)
5) Winner Malmö (SUE)/Paok (GRE) – Winner Sparta Prague (RCE)/Fotbal Club FCSB (RUM)
ROUTE League
1) Winner Lille (FRA)/Fenerbache (TUR) – Winner Slavia Prague (RCE)/R.Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)
2) Winner Dinamo kyiv (UCR)/Rangers (ESC) – Winner Salzburg (AUT)/Twente (NED)
Ajax’s path to the Europa League
Meanwhile, in the Europa League, the winner of the match between Dutch Ajax and Greek Panathinaikos will face the winner of the match between Norwegian Bodo/Glimt and Polish Jagiellonia Białystok to seek access to the group stage.
In the playoff draw, which will be held this morning in Nyon (Switzerland), the winners of the matches between Ajax-Panathinaikos, Qarabağ-Ludogorets and Partizan-Lugano will be seeded in group 1 with Anderlecht. Beşiktaş also made it into this group, albeit unseeded.
In group 3, Portuguese team Braga will play against Swiss team Servette, and the winner of this match will face the winner between Turkish Trabzonspor and Austrian Rapid Vienna.
The matches in the first leg of the qualifying rounds will be played on August 22, while the second leg will be decided on the 29th of the same month to determine the teams that will complete the group stage of the Europa League.
Draw for the final Europa League preview
Group 1
1) Anderlecht (BEL)- Winner Dinamo Minsk (BLR) / Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)
2) Winner Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) / Bodø/Glimt (NOR) – Winner Panathinaikos (GRE) / Ajax (NED)
3) Winner Qarabağ (AZE) / PFC Ludogorets 1945 (BUL) – Winner Petrocub (MDA) / The New Saints (WAL)
4) Beşiktaş (TUR)- Winner Partizan (SRB) / Lugano (SUI)
Group 2
1) LASK (AUT)- Winner Sparta Praha (CZE) / Football Club FCSB (ROU)
2) Winner UE Santa Coloma (AND) / RFS (LVA) – Winner Slovan Bratislava (SVK) / APOEL (CYP)
3) Winner Panevėžys (LTU) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)- TSC / Bačka Topola (SRB)
4) Winner Malmö FF (SWE) / PAOK (GRE) – Winner NK Celje (SVN) / Shamrock Rovers (IRL)
Group 3
1) Winner Midtjylland (DEN) / Ferencvárosi TC (HUN) – Winner KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) / Borac Banja Luka (BIH)
2) Winner Molde (NOR) / Círculo Brujas (BEL) – Winner HNK Rijeka (CRO) / IF Elfsborg (SWE)
3) Won SC Braga (POR) / Servette FC (SUI) – Won Trabzonspor A.Ş (TUR) / SK Rapid Vienna (AUT)
4) Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO)- Winner Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (UKR) / Viktoria Plzeň (CZE).
Source: La Verdad
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