Conference League
Club Brugge will face Norwegian Molde in the eighth finals of the Conference League. After Bodo/Glimt in the group stage, it will be the second Norwegian opponent in this Conference League for the people of Bruges. Molde is the current Norwegian cup holder.
Club Brugge will face Norwegian Molde in the eighth finals of the Conference League. After Bodo/Glimt in the group stage, it will be the second Norwegian opponent in this Conference League for the people of Bruges. Molde is the current Norwegian cup holder.
As group winners, Club Brugge immediately ended up in the eighth finals. At the draw, blue-black, which has many European ambitions this season, was the seed, avoiding some more difficult opponents. The Norwegian national champion of 2022 emerged with Molde, last year they finished fifth in the Eliteserien. The club has been a regular customer in Europe for years. Last season they suffered a 4-0 defeat against AA Gent in the group stage of the Conference League. This season they reached the group stage of the Europa League through the Champions League qualifications. They finished third in a group with Häcken, Bayer Leverkusen and Qarabag, and finally passed the Polish Legia Warsaw in the jump-offs. Through the waterfall system they now reach the third European level.
League leader Union will face the Turkish Fenerbahçe in the last sixteen, as the draw showed on Friday afternoon at the headquarters of the European Football Confederation UEFA in Nyon, Switzerland. In other words, a duel with Red Devil Michy Batshuayi. Fenerbahce are currently second in the Turkish Super Lig.
For Club it is the second European wintering in a row, after a place in the second round of the Champions League last season. Union can also prepare for a second European spring in a row. The Belgian competition leader came third from the group stage of the Europa League to the jump-offs of the Conference League, where it reached the last sixteen with a stunt victory against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday evening. There it gets a big chunk with the Turkish cup winner Fenerbahçe. Red Devil Michy Batshuayi and co. became group winners in the Conference League. They are currently in second place in the Turkish first division.
The competitions will take place on March 7 and 14.
All matches
Molde-Club Brugge
Union-Fenerbahce
Olympiacos-Maccabi Tel Aviv
Maccabi Haifa-Fiorentina
Sturm Graz-Lille
Dinamo Zagreb-PAOK Thessaloniki
Ajax-Aston Villa
Servette-Viktoria Plzen
