After a heartbreaking UEFA Champions League exit, Turkish Süper Lig holders Galatasaray put together to proceed their continental marketing campaign within the Europa League with playoff attracts set for Monday.
Having dropped into the second-tier by ending third in Champions League Group A, Galatasaray’s opponent within the subsequent spherical might be decided within the draw ceremony on the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Galatasaray’s potential opponents span throughout Europe. These embrace Freiburg from Germany, Olympic Marseille, Rennes and Toulouse from France, Azerbaijan’s Qarabağ, Roma from Italy, Sparta Prague from Czechia and Sporting Lisbon from Portugal.
Building on final season’s construction, the competitors has shifted from the earlier Round of 32 knockout stage main into the final 16. It now incorporates a playoff spherical.
This spherical contains the second-place groups from every Europa League group competing towards the groups that positioned third of their respective Champions League teams.
The winners of those matches will transfer ahead to the final 16, becoming a member of the victorious groups from the Europa League group stage.
The eight groups that topped their teams within the Europa League and superior to the knockouts will bypass the draw and transfer on to the final 16.
The draw will seed the eight groups that completed second of their group levels, whereas the eight groups that positioned third of their Champions League teams will stay unseeded.
Each match-up will pit one seeded workforce towards one unseeded workforce, with the seeded workforce having the home-field benefit within the second leg.
While Galatasaray awaits their destiny within the Europa League, Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe, who’ve already superior on to the final 16 rounds within the European Conference League after topping Group H, will get to be taught their opponent within the final 16 draw scheduled for Feb. 23, 2024, following the conclusion of the play-off spherical.
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