Spartak learns possible rivals in the qualification of the Champions League football – Eurocups News – Football

The Russian club is making its way into the main tournament of the Champions League on the way of league representatives, the halls of Mbadimo Carrera have to overcome two qualifying stages. In the third round, the opponents of Spartak may be Benfica, who won the second place in the Portuguese league, as well as the winners of the two pairs of the second round – between the Greek PAOK and the Swiss Basel, as well as the Ajax of Netherlands and Austrian "Storm" of Graz. The second round matches will take place on July 24-25 and July 31-August 1.

Spartak was not among the seeded teams of the round, like the Turkish Fenerbahce, the Belgian Standard and the Czech "Slavia". The Ukrainian Vice-Champion of Ukraine [Dynamo] was sown, but the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) continues to multiply the clubs of Ukraine and of Russia by drawing lots.

The draw will take place at UEFA in the Swiss Nyon, start – 13:00 MSK.

The matches of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League will take place on August 7th and 8th and on August 14th. In the draw, the pairs of teams and home team will be determined in the first matches. The winners of the 3rd round go on the stage of the playoffs, the losing teams have the opportunity to play in the group tournament of the Europa League. In addition to the teams of "league representatives", will be defined Monday pairs of teams of the course of the champion, where will compete the Austrian "Salzburg" and the Greek AEK, and the remaining teams will be determined by the results of the second round

off The Champions League will take place on August 6th. In the main tournament of the Champions League will occur 32 clubs, of which 26 are already known. These are the Russian "Lokomotiv" and CSKA, Spanish "Real", "Atletico", "Barcelona" and "Valencia", German "Bavaria", "Schalke", "Hoffenheim" and Dortmund "Borussia", English "Manchester City" Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool, Italian Juventus, Napoli, Roma and Inter, French Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco and Lyon, as well as the champions of Portugal (Porto), Ukraine (Shakhtar), Belgium (Bruges), Turkey (Galatasaray) and the Czech Republic (Victoria). Six other teams will determine the qualification, two clubs will qualify on the way representatives of the leagues, four – on the way to the champion.

The draw of the group stage of the Champions League will take place on August 30 in Monaco. In the new season, the final of the main European Cup is scheduled for June 1, 2019 in Madrid at the stadium "Vanda Metropolitano."

Monday at 14:00 Moscow will also draw the third round of the League of Europe, which will determine the rival of "Zenith" place in the national championship. "Zenith" was among the seeded teams, his opponent could be a certain club or a winner of a second round pair.

In the third round of the Europa League, Ufa can also play – in case of a victory in the second round on the Slovenian Domžale. "Ufimtsev will hold his second round matches on 26 July and 2 August.

In the second round European Cup, the teams also go to the main tournament on the way to the leagues and champions (clubs that started the season in the Champions League here) .In the main tournament of the Europa League 48 teams will perform, 17 among them, including "Krasnodar", received automatic visits.The draw of the group stage of the Europa League will take place in Monaco on August 31. The final of the tournament this season will have held on May 29 in Baku.