The Kazakh football champion FK Cairat and the Cypriot Champion FC Paphos have qualified for the Champions League for the first time.
After a 0-0 in the first leg, Cairat prevailed 3-2 against the traditional Scottish Club Celtic Glasgow after 120 goalless minutes. Paphos was enough for a 1-1 (0: 0) against Red Star Belgrade in his own stadium, the cypri won the Cyprus in Serbia’s capital 2-1.
Cairate is the second club made of Kazakhstan, which reaches the premier class in the premier class. Before that, only the FK Astana had done this ten years ago. Cairate and paphos in international business are not completely inexperienced.
In 2021/22, the Kazachen played in the Conference League, but failed in the group phase. It went better for the club from Cyprus last year, he reached the round of 16.
Royal Union Saint-Gilloise from Belgium is also represented in the Champions League this year. The preliminary round in Monaco will be drawn on Thursday (6 p.m./DAZN).