Cherchesov’s Ferencvaros recognized possible opponents in the Champions League play-off round

The UEFA Champions League play-off round draw for the 2022/23 season has taken place at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland, according to the organization’s official website.

The draw determined six couples, the winners of which will fill the remaining vacancies in the group stage.

Hungarian “Ferencvaros” from Budapest, whose head coach is Russian specialist Stanislav Cherchesov, in case of victory over the Azerbaijani “Karabakh” in the third qualifying round, will go to the winner of the confrontation between the Moldavian “Sheriff” and the Czech “Victoria”.

Path of Champions:

Karabakh (Azerbaijan) / Ferencvaros (Hungary) – Sheriff (Moldova) / Victoria (Czech Republic)

Boude-Glimt (Norway) / Zalgiris (Lithuania) – Ludogorets (Bulgaria) / Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Maccabi Haifa (Israel) / Apollo Limassol (Cyprus) – Red Star (Serbia) / Pyunik (Armenia)

Copenhagen (Denmark) – Trabzonspor (Turkey)

From this stage, two clubs entered the fray: Trabzonspor and Copenhagen.

The path of the representatives of the leagues:

Union (Belgium) / Rangers (Scotland) – Monaco (France) / PSV (Netherlands)

Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine) / Sturm (Austria) – Benfica (Portugal) / Midtjylland (Denmark)

Key dates:

August 2/3 – first legs of the third qualifying round

August 9 – second legs of the third qualifying round

August 16/17 – First leg of the play-offs

August 23/24 – Play-off second legs

August 25 – Group stage draw

The winners will join 26 clubs in the Champions League group stage, the losing teams will advance to the Europa League group stage (draw on 26 August).