Galatasaray in the death group of Champions League
Galatasaray will compete in Group B of UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid, Juventus, and Copenhagen
ISTANBUL
Turkey's Galatasaray football club will compete in Group B of UEFA Champions League against Real Madrid (ESP), Juventus (ITA), and Copenhagen (DEN).
UEFA Champions League's draw took place in Monaco. Galatsaray will fight in the group B against Italian champion Juventus, Denmark's champion Copenhagen, and Real Madrid of Spain.
The first matches in the groups of Champions League will be played on 17-18 September.
Groups of Champions League are as follows:
GROUP A: Man. United(ENG) Shakhtar Donetsk(UKR) Leverkusen(GER) Real Sociedad (ESP)
GROUP B: Real Madrid(ESP) Juventus(ITA) Galatasaray(TUR) København(DEN)
GROUP C: Benfica(POR )PSG(FRA) Olympiacos(GRE) Anderlecht(BEL)
GROUP D: Bayern(GER) CSKA Moskva(RUS) Man. City (ENG) Plzeň(CZE)
GROUP E: Chelsea(ENG) Schalke(GER) Basel(SUI) Steaua(ROU)
GROUP F: Arsenal(ENG) Marseille(FRA) Dortmund(GER) Napoli(ITA)
GROUP G: Porto(POR) Atlético(ESP) Zenit(RUS )Austria Wien(AUT)
GROUP H: Barcelona(ESP) Milan(ITA) Ajax(NED) Celtic(SCO)
Trabzonspor of Turkey defeated FK Kukesi of Albania 3-1 on Thursday at the second leg of the play-off tour of UEFA Europa League.
In UEFA Europa League, Trabzonspor defeated Kukesi 3-1 in the second match in Huseyin Avni Aker Stadium, in Trabzon, a north eastern province of Turkey.
The group stage draw will take place in Monaco on August 30.
Stadium: Huseyin Avni Aker
Referees: Libor Kovarik, Krystof Menci, Jiri Molacek (Czech Republic)
Trabzonspor: Onur Recep Kivrak, Zeki Yavru, Aykut Demir, Giray Kacar, Olcan Adin, Aykut Akgun, Zokora, Adrian (77th min. Alanzinho), Malouda (88th min. Abdulkadir Ozdemir), Yusuf Erdogan (60th. min. Batuhan Karadeniz), Henrique
Kukesi: Halili, Smajlaj, Brahja, Malota, Hallaci, Karabeci, Musolli, Almuca (68th min. Cikalleshi), Hoxha (60th min. Manuka), Progni (83rd. min Malindi), Popovic
Scores: 11th min Popovic (Kukesi), 14th min and 64th min Henrique , 54th min. Malouda (Trabzonspor)
Yellow cards: 77th min. Popovic (Kukesi), 83rd. min Batuhan Karadeniz (Trabzonspor)
Besiktas of Turkey defeated Tromso of Norway 2-0 on Thursday in the second leg of the play-off tour of UEFA Europa League.
In the second leg of the play-off tour of UEFA Europa League, Besiktas played the second match in Turkey at the Ataturk Stadium on Thursday, and won the game 2-0 against Tromso.
After Trabzonspor, Besiktas has also qualified for the UEFA Europa League.
Stadium: Ataturk Olympiad
Referees: Marcin Borski, Rafal Rotskowski, Sebastian Mucha (Polond)
Besiktas: Tolga Zengin, Serdar Kurtulus, Sivok, Escude, Ersan Adem Gulum (46th min. Oguzhan Ozyakup), Gokhan Tore (84th min. Muhammed Demirci), Hutchinson, Veli Kavlak, Fernandes, Olcay Sahan, Almeida (61st min Eneramo)
Tromso: Sahlman, Norbye, Causevic (57th min. Koppinen), Fojut, Kristiansen, Andersen, Helmke (71st. min. Ondrasek), Bendiksen, Drage, Johnsen (59th. min. Johansen), Moldkred
Scores: 51st. min. Almeida, 54th min. Oguzhan Ozyakup (Besiktas)
Yellow cards: 74th min. Olcay Sahan, 76th min. Sivok, 87th min. Escude (Besiktas), Mn. 90+3 Koppinen (Tromso)
The group stage draw will take place in Monaco on August 30.
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