Crystal Palace is the toughest opponent. The English started in the Premier League with two equal games and debut in Europe. In the previous round they settled with the Norwegian Frederikstad (1-0, 0-0). In 2017, Frank de Boer was the trainer on Selhurst Park for three months where there is room for around 25,000 spectators.
Jagiellonia Bialystok was the last horde of Ajax on his way to the main tournament of the Europa League last season. The Amsterdammers then won 4-1 and 3-0 against the Poland. Slovan Bratislava came out in ’24/’25 in the competition phase of the Champions League, but lost all competitions in it.
FC Drita played against Feyenoord in 2021 and made it difficult for the team of then trainer Arne Slot. The Rotterdammers played from 0-0 and narrowly won 3-2 in De Kuip thanks to a hat trick by Guus Til.
Strangers
The Cypriot AEK Larnaca never played in a European context against a Dutch team. The same applies to the weakest team on paper: Shelbourne from Dublin is the national champion of Ireland.
Football Az Max director of AZ Max Huiberts gave his first reaction at Ziggo Sport: “There is a lot of unknown. I think Crystal Palace is the most beautiful poster for the fans. If you look at the teams we draw, we must come through the first round.”
Competition phase
The competition phase of the Conference League starts October 2. All six games were completed before the winter break. The schedule will be announced no later than Sunday.
The numbers 1 to 8 qualified for the knockout phase. The numbers 9 to 24 go into the play-offs and the numbers 25 to 36 are eliminated.