2023-2024 Conference League 1st and 2nd qualifying rounds

[AnelZ]

Grbavica stadium (FK Željezničar) was sold out already on Monday, Sunday was the first day of ticket sale and 11500 tickets out of the capacity or 13000 was on sale (price: 3.5€ south stand, 7.5€ north stand and 10€ east stand). We hope we will start construction on a new south stand (stand where the ultras are located and it is currently a full-on old-school stand) this year but most likely we will have to wait next year. A new south stand would increase the capacity from the current ~13000 to around ~16000.

[ecrivain 93]

Besiktas defeated Tirana by 3-1. 4 years after its last win, Besiktas won a match in Europe. The first match is always hard, specifically staff of Besiktas lacks 2-3 football players, transfers continue.

[nogomet]

feeling like 50 times entering the box 40 shots towards goalline which is exactly 68 m wide and feeling like 20 corners. But the real facts were 23 shots and only 8 corners! Tabakovic the garant for scoring Austria"s goals scored in the very last action. No team in Austria league stands this deep like Borač BL. So it's a learn curve as well to play against defensive teams. But Borač had some good opportunities too and enough space for counterattacks. Could be a bit more comfortable in Banja Luka I mean more space as Borač now has to win.

It's Borac (pronounced Borats), not Borač (which would be pronounced Borach).

Borac means a fighter. Fighter from the city of Banja Luka.

[seso]

Twerrible MD for Swedish clubs.

Good results for KA, Inter Club d'Escaldes, Tobol and Omonia!

Let's see what Haverfordwest County can do in the return leg! That was the first goal by Martell Taylor-Crossdale!

[Club-Mate]

feeling like 50 times entering the box 40 shots towards goalline which is exactly 68 m wide and feeling like 20 corners. But the real facts were 23 shots and only 8 corners! Tabakovic the garant for scoring Austria"s goals scored in the very last action. No team in Austria league stands this deep like Borač BL. So it's a learn curve as well to play against defensive teams. But Borač had some good opportunities too and enough space for counterattacks. Could be a bit more comfortable in Banja Luka I mean more space as Borač now has to win.

It's Borac (pronounced Borats), not Borač (which would be pronounced Borach).

Borac means a fighter. Fighter from the city of Banja Luka.

the reason is that here in German language we do not have č and ć and so on and they always write 'c' . I think I heard "Borach" on TV so I translated it then into Borač. However I do know the difference of pronuncation of č and ć and c. It is much easier to find these special letters on smartphone than on PC keyboard.

[JPV]

wow never seen such a bunch of filthy players, now I get why serbs exerted such a violence on them. scum people

What a shitty post.
Number of wins/draws/losses per country this week

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Cty	Win	Draw	Loss	Total
Cyp	4			4
Cro	3			3
Por	1			1
Ned	1			1
Aut	1			1
Pol	3	1		4
Rom	3	1		4
Hun	3		1	4
Tur	2	2		4
Bel	2	1		3
Isr	2	1	1	4
Kaz	2	1	1	4
Den	2		1	3
Mlt	2		1	3
Gre	1	2		3
Far	1	1		2
Lat	1	1	2	4
Arm	1	1	2	4
Azb	1	1	2	4
Bul	1	1	2	4
Nor	1	1	1	3
Svk	1	1	1	3
Kos	1	1	1	3
Sui	1	1	1	3
And	1		2	3
Irl	1		2	3
Bls	1		2	3
Mol	1		2	3
Mon	1		1	2
Isl	1		1	2
Alb	1		1	2
Ukr	1		1	2
Mac	1		1	2
Fin	1		1	2
Lux		2	2	4
Slo		2	1	3
Swe		1	3	4
Bos		1	2	3
Nir		1	2	3
Lit		1	2	3
Cze		1	1	2
Wal		1	1	2
Geo			3	3
Sco			1	1
Srb			1	1
Sma			1	1

[Polak]

The Basel defeat at home to Tobol was obviously the shock of the day.

A few other slight surprises. I would say Viktoria Plzen's draw at home to Drita and perhaps Rosenborg's draw at Crusaders.

Kazakh teams did well, which makes me even more surprised at how bad Astana have been recently. They're supposed to be the best team in Kazakhstan and yet were beaten 6-0 on aggregate by Rakow last year and have lost the first leg against Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 already. Yes

[Lubomir25]

It's no longer a shock Scottish teams losing to lower ranked teams. It's actually unprofessional how often it happens, it's not as if they don't have the quality to win the ties.

It also happens a lot in our league cup where lower teams knock out the top division teams over the group stage of the league cup, some of the clubs are a joke how often they get caught out in that as well.

[seso]

I noticed that both Inter Club d'Escaldes and Atlètic Club d'Escaldes played their ECL-Q2 matches in the same stadium (Estadi Comunal in the capital Andorra la Vella, capacity 1,300). In both matches the attendance was about 200 people. Too bad that so few people watched Inter beating Hibs (four-time winner of the Scottish league championship).

[Forza AZ]

I noticed that both Inter Club d'Escaldes and Atlètic Club d'Escaldes played their ECL-Q2 matches in the same stadium (Estadi Comunal in the capital Andorra la Vella, capacity 1,300). In both matches the attendance was about 200 people. Too bad that so few people watched Inter beating Hibs (four-time winner of the Scottish league championship).

I believe that is the only stadium in Andorra that meets the UEFA-criteria, so all clubs play there.

[seso]

I noticed that both Inter Club d'Escaldes and Atlètic Club d'Escaldes played their ECL-Q2 matches in the same stadium (Estadi Comunal in the capital Andorra la Vella, capacity 1,300). In both matches the attendance was about 200 people. Too bad that so few people watched Inter beating Hibs (four-time winner of the Scottish league championship).

I believe that is the only stadium in Andorra that meets the UEFA-criteria, so all clubs play there.

I read that "UEFA does not publish lists of stadiums fulfilling the criteria for any of the categories defined in the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations", so we'll never know for sure!

[babaluj1]

The Basel defeat at home to Tobol was obviously the shock of the day.

A few other slight surprises. I would say Viktoria Plzen's draw at home to Drita and perhaps Rosenborg's draw at Crusaders.

Kazakh teams did well, which makes me even more surprised at how bad Astana have been recently. They're supposed to be the best team in Kazakhstan and yet were beaten 6-0 on aggregate by Rakow last year and have lost the first leg against Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 already. Yes

2 years ago Tobol shocked Hajduk. In Split, absolute dominance of Hajduk, it ended 2:0, and 5.6 goals could have ended in Tobol's net. In return, Hajduk travels to Kazakhstan as a tourist, leaving their best player, scorer and assistant, Marko Livaja, in Split to rest.
When it was a shock in Kazakhstan, Tobol beat them 4:1 and eliminated Hajduk. It will be difficult for Basel to save themselves after this defeat, because Tobol is a distinct home team.

[Bulgarian]

First legs attendances

Twente - Hammarby 29,500
Fenerbahçe - Zimbru 26,526
Lech - Kauno Žalgiris 26,157
Beşiktaş - Tirana 22,820
Maccabi Tel-Aviv - Petrocub 20,091
Club Brugge - AGF 18,925
Ordabasy - Legia 18,056
Djurgården - Luzern 17,921
PAOK - Beitar Jerusalem 16,851
Željezničar - Neftçi 13,157
Hapoel Beer-Sheva - Panevezys 12,343
Basel - Tobol 12,287
APOEL - Vojvodina 12,024
Osijek - ZTE FC 12,011
Ferencváros - Shamrock Rovers 10,735
Plzeň - Drita 10,334
Torpedo Kutaisi - Aktobe 9,976
CFR Cluj - Adana Demirspor 9,847
Austria Wien - Borac 9,717
Gent - Žilina 8,904
CSKA Sofia - Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 7,966
Bodø/Glimt - Bohemians Praha 1905 7,476
Kalmar - Pyunik 7,421
Midtjylland - Progrès 6,609
Shkupi - Levski 6,000
Linfield - Pogoń 4,570
Kecskemét - Riga 3,991
Farul Constanța - Urartu 3,912
Derry - KuPS 3,355
Alashkert - Debrecen 2,870
Celje - Vitória SC 2,840
Ballkani - Larne 2,500
Crusaders - Rosenborg 2,278
Dukagjini - Rijeka 2,000
Gabala - Omonoia 1,957
Differdange - Maribor 1,925
FC RFS - Sabah 1,855
Ararat-Armenia - Aris 1,400
CSKA 1948 - FCSB 1,381
Hamrun - Dinamo Tbilisi 1,319
B36 - Haverfordwest 1,231
Auda - Spartak Trnava 1,134
KA - Dundalk 915
Vorskla - Dila 886
TNS - Swift 789
Struga - Budućnost Podgorica 700
Gżira - Diddeleng 358
Sutjeska - FC Santa Coloma 350
Tre Penne - Valmiera 303
Inter Escaldes - Hibernian 223
Atlètic Escaldes - Partizani 155
Torpedo Zhodino - AEK Larnaca 0 (behind closed doors)
Neman - Balzan 0 (behind closed doors)

A lot of matches, if there are mistakes or some numbers have to be verified, please let me know.

CSKA Sofia’s game was sold out at 12 000 lucky people who witnessed an absolute shitstorm.

[Greyn]

Playing away Kazakh teams is always difficult, particularly in the middle of summer. For instance, I consider a 2-2 draw vs Ordabasy a good result for Legia. Refereeing in that match is a different story. I have to admit that Kazakh fans have a full right to complain. I expect that it will be very hard task for Basel to overturn that 2-goal deficit from the 1st leg. It will be harder than against a club with same quality, but located somewhere closer to central Europe. Tobol are currently clear favourites to progress in my opinion.

[soyderedstarbelgrade]

Perfect week for Cyprus. 4/4 wins

Buth AEK and APOEL should have gotten a bigger win today.
Let's hope there will be a 4/4 next week too.

Vojvodina deserved to lose if anything for the display in the first half, second half was much better though and 2:1 is not a bad result at the end. I hope they can turn this around in Novi Sad. They have tough schedule though. On Sunday they are playing Zvezda away and next weekend Partizan at home.