In Galatasaray, all eyes turned to the draw for the Europa League. The upper round draws in the Champions League, Europa League and European Conference League will be drawn today. The yellow-red team, which finished last season as champion in the Super League, played 3 qualifying rounds for the Champions League. Cimbom, which eliminated Zalgiris in the 2nd qualifying round, Olimpija Ljubljana in the 3rd qualifying round and Molde in the play-off round, earned the right to compete in the group stage. It competed in Group A of the Giants League with teams from Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Copenhagen. Galatasaray collected 5 points with 1 win, 2 draws and 3 defeats in the 6 matches it played in the group.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST
Galatasaray, which finished third above Manchester United in the group where Bayern Munich and Copenhagen received visas for the last 16 rounds, managed to qualify among the 32 teams in the Europa League. The draws for the last 16 rounds of the Champions League will be drawn today at 14.00. At 15.00, the draw ceremony for the Europa League will take place and the play-off round matches will be held. Possible rivals of our representative include Freiburg, Marseille, Rennes, Toulouse, Karabakh, Rome, Sparta Prague and Sporting Lisbon. Galatasaray is not the top seed in the draw, but it is not afraid of any of the rivals. Because the goal of the yellow-red team is to reach the final and the European cup for the second time.
THE FINAL IS IN DUBLIN
The UEFA Europa League Round of 16 draws will be drawn on 23 February 2023. The final will be played on 22 May at the Dublin Arena in the Republic of Ireland.
FIRST MATCH IN ASLANTEPE
EUROPE Two-legged play-off qualifying matches in the league will be played on February 15 and February 22. The winning teams will move on to the Round of 16. The losing team will say goodbye to the European adventure. The first leg of the matches will be played at the home field of the teams from the UEFA Champions League.
THE BEST HITS WILL TOUR
Teams from countries belonging to the same federation will not be able to match in this round. It is not the away goals rule, the team that scores more goals at the end of the two legs will advance to the round. In case of a goal tie, a 30-minute overtime will be played in two halves. Here too, if the tie is not broken, the winner will be determined by penalties.
Knocked down ARSENAL
Galatasaray won the championship in 2000 in the Europa League, formerly known as the UEFA Cup, where it will continue its journey in Europe. The yellow-red team defeated England’s Arsenal team in the final in the penalty shoot-out and took home the number two cup in Europe at the club level.
Galatasaray, which has previously competed in 92 matches in Cup 2, had 36 wins, 31 draws and 25 losses in these competitions. The yellow-red team scored 142 times in the matches in question and conceded 113 goals.
BAG 1
Freiburg (Germany)
Marseille (France)
Rennes (France)
Toulouse (France)
Karabakh (Azerbaijan)
Rome (Italy)
Sparta Prague (Czechia)
S. Lisbon (Portugal)
2. BAG
Benfica (Portugal)
Braga (Portugal)
Feyenoord (Netherlands)
GALATASARAY(Türkiye)
Lens (France)
Milan (Italy)
Shakhtar (Ukraine)
Young Boys (Switzerland)