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CFR Cluj, Emotions when drawing in the Europa League preliminaries »Full list of possible opponents


Article by Alexandru Stanciu – published Tuesday, June 17, 2025, 00:06 / Updated Tuesday, June 17, 2025 00:06

CFR Cluj, the winner of the Romanian Cup, is today, June 17, the first opponent of the Europa League preliminaries. The band prepared by Dan Petrescu (57 years) will be a series head in round 1, but will not be in the 2 round. The draw for the second most important European competition will take place at 4:00 pm.

  • The draw of the first preliminary round of the Europa League, which takes place in Nyon, in Switzerland, can be watched in LiveText format on gsp.ro and on uefa.com.

Also on Tuesday, from 3:00 pm, FCSB also finds its first opponent in the preliminary round of the Champions League.

Live from 16:00 »Preliminary Tour 1 Sink in the Europa League

CFR Cluj will enter tour 1 of the Europa League preliminaries. Dan Petrescu's band begins the season with a good coefficient, 19,000, and will be a series head in round 1.

  • The tour match from the debut in the Europa League preliminaries is scheduled on July 10, the return on July 17;

  • The draw for tour 2 in the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League takes place on Wednesday, June 18;

  • The matches in the preliminary round of the Europa League are played on July 24, respectively July 31.

List of possible opponents in the 1 Preliminary Europa League tour for CFR Cluj

  • Hacken (Sweden)

  • Paks (Hungary)

  • Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)

  • Ilves (Finland)

  • Aktobe (Kazakhstan)

  • Prishtina (Kosovo)

The situation is complicated in round 2

CFR Cluj will not be a series head in round 2, but it will be the first team, based on the coefficient, in the second ballot box.

The opponent will choose from:

  • Shahtior Donetsk (Ukraine)

  • Braga (Portugal)

  • Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel)

  • Midtjylland (Denmark)

  • Legia Warsaw (Poland)

  • Anderlecht (Belgium)

  • Partisan (Serbia)

  • Sheriff Tiraspol (Moldova)

If it is eliminated in round 2 of the Europa League preliminaries, CFR Cluj goes to the league preliminaries, in the round.

In round 3, if you arrive there, CFR Cluj can be a series. Depending on the opponent in round 2.

  • If CFR Cluj plays in round 2 with chess, Braga, Maccabi, Midtjylland, Legia or Anderlecht and will be a series. And the opponent will be chosen between Partizan, Sheriff, Snaper, Wolfsberger, Brann, Fredrikstad and Austria Vienna.

  • If CFR Cluj plays in round 2 with Partizan or Sheriff and passes, it will not be a series. And the opponent will be chosen from: Shahtior, Braga, Paok, Maccabi, Midtjyland, Legia or Anderlecht.

If he arrives in the play-off, CFR Cluj would have a chance to have a series head status, if it will be helped by other results (if a team with a better coefficient is eliminated).

  • If CFR Cluj is a series head, the opponent will be chosen among: Olimija Ljubljana, Hapoel Beer-Sheva, Beșiktaș, Malmo, Nk Rijeka, Zalgiris, Genk, Pafos, RFS Riga, Zrinjski Mostar, Lincol Red Imps and Herbnian.

  • If it is not a series head, the CFR opponent will choose from: Shahtior, Braga, PAOK, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Young Boys, Midtjyland, Legia, Broke Prague, Anderlecht, Dinamo Kiev or Lech Poznan.

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