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CFR Cluj had a mixed draw. The Transylvanians got rid of the heaviest names in urn 1, such as Arsenal, Tottenham, Napoli and Bayer Leverkusen, but did not find the more accessible rivals, such as Celtic, Gent and Braga. The team from the second ballot box, Young Boys, is accessible, the CFR avoids opponents such as Slavia Prague, Leicester or Real Sociedad. From the fourth urn, CFR caught even the weakest team present in the group stage: CSKA Sofia.
AS Roma
The opponent in the CFR’s first polls is AS Roma, fifth in Italy last season. AS Roma is 3 times Italian champion and has 9 Italian Cups. The Italians have spent no less than 43 million euros on transfers this summer, managing to bring in important names, such as Jordan veretout (Fiorentina, 16 million euros), Carles perez (Barcelona, 11 million euros), Pedro (Chelsea, free of contract) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal, free of contract).
AS Roma and CFR Cluj have met 4 more times, each time in the Champions League groups. Two matches took place in 2008, the other two in 2010. The first match was won by CFR Cluj, 2-1 in Italy in September 2008, one match ended in a draw (1-1), while the Romanians y- had take into account the other two direct duels (3-1 and 2-1).
- Kind of team: Pau Lopez – Mancini, Ibanez, Kumbulla – Santon, Veretout, L. Pellegrini, Spinazzola – Pedro, Dzeko, Mkhitaryan
- Coach: Paulo Fonseca
- The player most value: Zaniolo – 55 million
- Lot value: 340.1 thousand. EUR
- How you rated: directly in groups
Young boys
In the same group, CFR will face Young Boys, a team from Bern, Switzerland. Young Boys is the champion of Switzerland for the last 3 seasons, being 14 times champion in total! Young Boys also faced a Romanian team in 1979. The Swiss then faced Steaua, achieving a draw (2-2) before being crushed by Steaua in the second match, 0-6.
- Kind of team: Von Ballmoos – Hefti, Camara, Lustenberger, Lefort – Aebischer, Martins – Sulejmani, Faasnacht, Ngamaleu – Nsame
- Coach: Gerardo Seoane
- The player most value: Nsame – 7 thousand. euro
- Lot value: 59.08 thousand. EUR
- How you rated: 3-1 with Klaksvik (UCL), 0-3 with Midtjylland (UCL), 3-0 with Tirana
SofiaSKA Sofia
The team from the last ballot box drawn together with CFR Cluj is ȚSKA Sofia. CSKA is less valuable than CFR Cluj (€ 18.53 million vs. € 24.05), but it has a rich history, being the Bulgarian champion 31 times! However, CSKA have not won the title in neighboring Romania since 2008. Last season they finished third, behind Ludogorets and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.
For ȚSKA, the duels with CFR Cluj will represent the fifth meeting with an opponent from Romania. Steaua eliminated the Bulgarians on 3 occasions, their only qualification against a Romanian team in the CCE, in the 1956/1957 season, with Dinamo. The Bulgarians then won 8-1 in the first round, while they lost the second, 2-3.
- Kind of team: Busatto – Galabov – Antov, Mattheij, Mazikou, Youga, Geferson – Yomov, Sankhare, Keita – Sowe
- Coach: Belchev stamen
- The player most value: Sankhare – 4 thousand. euro
- Lot value: 8.53 thousand. EUR
- How you rated: 2-1 with Sirens, 2-0 with BATE Borisov, 3-1 with B36 Torshavn, 3-1 with FC Basel
Europa League program
- Stage 1: October 22
- Stage 2: October 29th
- Stage 3: November 5th
- Stage 4: November 26
- Stage 5: December 3
- Stage 6: December 10
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