UEFA Europa League: Qarabag FC To Face IF Elfsborg
Date
12/12/2024 5:11:18 AM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Laman Ismayilova
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Qarabag FC will play a next match in the 6th round of the UEFA
Europa League Main Stage on December 12, Azernews
reports.
The Azerbaijani champion will face Swedish team IF Elfsborg at
the Boras Arena.
The match will be refereed by Portuguese main referee António
Nobre. The game starts at 00:00 (Baku time).
The players coached by Gurban Gurbanov will start the match with
significant losses.
Due to injuries, defenders Kevin Medina, Bahlu Mustafazadeh and
midfielder Alexey Isaev will miss the game.
Note that Qarabag FC which has three points, ranks 32nd in the
tournament table.
To advance to the playoffs, the Azerbaijani representative must
enter the top 24 teams.
The 2024–25 UEFA Europa League is the 54th season of Europe's
secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 16th
season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa
League.
This is the first season played under a new format, which
replaces the 32-team group stage with a 36-team league phase.
This increases the total number of matches played in the
competition (excluding qualifying rounds) from 141 to 189.
The new format also does not allow teams to transfer from the
Champions League league or knockout phase to the Europa League
knockout phase, and thus Europa League winners (Atalanta in the
2023–24 edition) can no longer defend their title as the winner of
the Europa League automatically qualifies for the Champions League
league phase.
The final will be played on May 21, 2025 at the San Mamés
Stadium in Bilbao, Spain. The winners of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa
League will automatically qualify for the 2025–26 UEFA Champions
League league phase and earn the right to play against the winners
of the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League in the 2025 UEFA Super
Cup.
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