It would be the darkest scenario! FCSB and CFR Cluj know who they will play with if they will “retrograde” in Europe
Article by Romeo Ene – published Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 16:31 / Updated Wednesday, June 18, 2025 16:32
Fcsbthe champion of Romania, will evolve in the first preliminary round of the Champions League, where he will meet on Inter Club D'Haxes, the champion in Andorra. Elias Charalambous's band (44 years old) He already knows and with whom he would play in the second round, if he will qualify. The red-blue will meet the winner of the “double” between The New Saints and Shkendija. But there is also a scenario, unlikely, but disastrous, in which the champion will be eliminated by the band from Andorra.
As and CFR Cluj He knows his opponents from the first two preliminary tours in the Europa League. The winner of the Betano Romanian Cup will face Paksi, 3rd place in Hungary. And if he passes he will come across Lugano, the 4th place in Switzerland last season.
If the two bands will be eliminated from the competitions in which they evolve, they will evolve in round 2 of the league preliminaries.
Who does FCSB play in Conference League preliminaries if eliminated by Inter Club D'Acaldes from the Champions League
Therefore, FCSB will “retrograde” in the preliminary second round of Conference League if it does not respect its favorite status and will play against the loser of the “double” between Olimija Ljubljana (Slovenia), respectively Kairat Almaty (Kazakhststan).
Olimpija Ljubljana is the champion in Slovenia and the former team of Raul Florucz, the footballer who refused Romania for that of Austria and who signed with Royal Union Saint Gilloise, the Belgian champion.
Kairat Almaty is the champion in Kazakhstan. It is currently in the second place in the internal competition after 13 stages, with 27 points, at 3 by the leader of FC Astana.
With whom CFR Cluj plays in the preliminaries of Conference League if it is eliminated by Lugano from the Europa League
Also, CFR Cluj has a much more complicated mission. If Paksi passes in the first preliminary round in the Europa League, he will meet in the second round on Lugano, a band that has a batch quoted by the specialized site transfermarkt at 70 million euros.
In the worst case, if Dan Petrescu's band is eliminated by the Swiss band, it still has a chance in the league preliminaries, more precisely in the second round.
The defeated from Paksi – CFR Cluj will play against NK Maribor (Slovenia), a band that finished in the second place in the internal competition, with 67 points, at 7 by the champion Olimpija Ljubljana.
