On Friday, February 27, at the House of European Football in Nyon, following the draw for the Champions League and Europa League, the draw for the Conference League play-offs was made. In particular, Shakhtar Donetsk, who finished 6th in the main round of the tournament, learned their opponent in the round of 16 and potential opponents in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.
As you know, the opponents of the teams that made it to the 1/8 finals directly – Strasbourg, Rakuwa, AEK (Greece), Sparta, Rayo Vallecano, Shakhtar, Mainz, AEK (Cyprus) – were the 8 winners of the play-off matches – Samsunspor, Rijeka, Celje, Fiorentina, AZ, Crystal Palace, Lech and Sigma.
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Shakhtar got the Polish Lech Poznan, which is in 3rd place in the national championship.
The full round of 16 pairs look like this:
Lech (Poland) — Shakhtar (Ukraine)
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AZ (Netherlands) — Sparta (Czech Republic)
Crystal Palace (England) — AEK (Cyprus)
Fiorentina (Italy) — Rakuw (Poland)
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Samsunspor (Turkey) – Rayo Vallecano (Spain)
Celje (Slovenia) – AEK (Greece)
Sigma (Czech Republic) – Mainz (Germany)
Rijeka (Croatia) – Strasbourg (France)
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The quarterfinal pairings will be:
Lech (Poland) / Shakhtar (Ukraine) — AZ (Netherlands) / Sparta (Czech Republic)
Crystal Palace (England) / AEK Athens (Cyprus) – Fiorentina (Italy) / Rakuw (Poland)
Samsunspor (Turkey) / Rayo Vallecano (Spain) — Celje (Slovenia) / AEK (Greece)
Sigma (Czech Republic) / Mainz (Germany) — Rijeka (Croatia) / Strasbourg (France)
The semi-finals of the tournament will feature:
Lech (Poland) — Shakhtar (Ukraine) / AZ (Netherlands) — Sparta (Czech Republic) — Crystal Palace (England) — AEK (Cyprus) / Fiorentina (Italy) — Rakuw (Poland)
Samsunspor (Turkey) — Rayo Vallecano (Spain) / Celje (Slovenia) — AEK (Greece) — Sigma (Czech Republic) — Mainz (Germany) / Rijeka (Croatia) — Strasbourg (France)
We would like to add that the round of 16 matches of the Conference League will be played on March 12 and 19, the quarterfinals on April 9 and 16, the semifinals on April 30 and May 7, and the final will be held on May 27 at the Red Bull Arena in Leipzig, Germany.
Previously, “FACTS” reported that last season, the English “Chelsea” became the winner of the Conference League.
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