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If FC St.Gallen passes the second round of the Europa League qualifier against Sarpsborg, they will face a team from the finalist country of the World Cup, Croatia.
Draw lots for the matches of the Europa League. (Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi / Keystone)
(PL / sda) On Monday, the Norwegians of the East and the Norwegians were awarded the HNK Rijeka, the former club of the Swiss international Mario Gavranovic. The first stage will take place on Thursday 9 August at Kybunpark. St. Gallen will have to survive the second and third rounds to qualify for the play-off of the Europa League group stage.
Rijeka finished second in the national league last season, behind the Dinamo champions. Zagreb but before Hajduk Split. Until a year ago, the former St. Gallen Ivan Martic belonged to the Rijeka team, before settling in Romania in Craiova. The most useful player of the port city club on the northern Adriatic is the Croatian international Filip Bradaric, who came to the World Cup in Russia for partial use.
Lucerne gets in the third qualifying round of the Europa League with Olympiakos Piraeus, An alluring opponent would likely wait for FC Vaduz, he won the second round against Zalgiris Vilnius. The winner of the Liechtenstein Cup will likely face the best Spanish club, Sevilla FC, who has won the Europa League five times since 2006. Ujpest Budapest, the first opponent of Sevilla, is unlikely to pose a major hurdle disappointing Andalusians last season.
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