Medianews.az has reviewed the list of potential opponents for the teams that will represent Azerbaijan in UEFA club tournaments in the 2026-2027 season.
“Sabah,” which will start from the first qualifying round of the Champions League, may be drawn against “Shamrock Rovers” from Ireland, KuPS from Finland, “Drita” from Kosovo, “Lincoln” from Gibraltar, “Borac” from Bosnia, “Vikingur” from Iceland, “Kairat” from Kazakhstan, “Universitatea” (Craiova) from Romania, “Riga” from Latvia, “Klaksvik” from the Faroe Islands, “Flora” from Estonia, “Larne” from Northern Ireland, or “Petrocub” from Moldova.
Among the possible opponents for “Qarabağ” in the first qualifying round of the Europa League are “Žilina” (Slovakia), “Vojvodina” (Serbia), “Universitatea” (Cluj, Romania), “Aluminij” (Slovenia), “Derry City” (Ireland), and “Vestri” (Iceland).
In the Conference League, “Neftçi,” starting from the first qualifying round, might face these teams: “Liepāja” (Latvia), “Ilves” (Finland), “Santa Coloma” (Andorra), “Connah’s Quay,” “Pen-y-Bont,” “Caernarfon Town” (Wales), “Bohemians” (Ireland), “Stjarnan” (Iceland), “Europa” (Gibraltar), “Inter” (Finland), “Malisheva” (Kosovo), “Yelimai” (Kazakhstan), “Hegelmann” (Lithuania), “Runavík” (Faroe Islands), “Sileks” (North Macedonia), “Glentoran” (Northern Ireland), “Marsaxlokk” (Malta), and “Kalev” (Estonia).
“Turan Tovuz,” which will start from the second qualifying round of the Conference League, may face these teams: “Panathinaikos” (Greece), “Partizan” (Serbia), “Lugano” (Switzerland), AEK (Cyprus), “Rijeka” (Croatia), “Cluj” (Romania), HJK (Finland), “Zrinjski” (Bosnia), “Brann” (Norway), “Spartak” (Slovakia), “Hradec” (Czech Republic), “Austria” (Austria), “Vaduz” (Liechtenstein), “Nordsjælland” (Denmark), and “Tobol” (Kazakhstan).
Each of the three tournaments has four qualifying rounds. Teams eliminated in the first round of the Champions League will transfer to the Conference League; those eliminated in the subsequent rounds will move to the Europa League. Teams eliminated from Europa League qualifiers will drop to the Conference League. In the 36-team league phases, the top 8 teams will advance to the round of 16, while those finishing 9th to 24th will enter the round of 32.