Article by Sergiu Alexandru – published Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 09:37 / Updated Wednesday, July 30, 2025 09:45
Defeated in the tour, 0-1, FCSB must turn the score to continue the road to the UEFA Champions League group. If it qualifies, the champion will have the place in the Conference League group. Which means 3 million euros.
- FCSB and Shkendija meet in the second leg of the 2nd round of the UEFA Champions League. The match is played on the National Arena, from 8:30 pm, will be livetext on gsp.ro and live on TV on Antena 1.
The Romanian champion is in a complicated situation in the preliminaries of the Champions League. He must return the defeat from the tour in order to hope for qualifying in the UEFA Champions League group. And if required, FCSB will provide a significant amount of the UEFA prizes.
FCSB – Shkendija, 3 million euro match match
Specifically, if FCSB arrives in round 3 of the UEFA Champions League, then it will have the insured place in the Conference League group.
Calculation is simple:
- An elimination in the 3 round of UCL preliminaries will take FCSB to the Europa League play-off, where it will be a series head. And if it is eliminated in this round, the red-blue team will fall into the Conference League group.
Thus, this evening's match has not only an important sports stake, but also a very big financial. FCSB received 175,000 euros after passing the 1 tour, and if a tour will advance, it will receive another bonus, also of 175,000 euros. And in addition to this money, it will also provide the amount of 3.17 million euros, which UEFA offers the teams qualified in the Conference League group. So FCSB, with a victory, will be sure that it will receive 3.52 million euros.
To this amount is added 100,000 euros the money already received for the television of Tour 1 and the Tour 2 in UCL, the money from tickets and other amounts that will enter the club accounts in Conference.
What is waiting for FCSB
If he passes Shkendija, FCSB will play in round 3 with Qarabag, a team that had a series head before the match. The shooting for the play-off takes place on August 4.
If he loses, FCSB will play in the 3rd Europa League round with Drita, eliminated in the UCL preliminaries by FC Copehnaga. In the tour, 2-0 for the Danes, on return 1-0.
Photo. The lawn on the national arena looks flawless
This evening's match will be played on a flawless, recently mounted lawn. It will be the first match that is played on the National Arena after the operation of changing the playing surface. The Sports Gazette inspected the stadium on Saturday, one day after replacing the lawn, made after the Neversea Kapital Festival was held here. And everything looked perfect for the match tonight.
