Against Cluj for the Champions League

Slavia will play CFR Cluj in the Champions League play-off on 20 and 28 August.
CFR Cluj are traditional Romanian club founded 1907, fivefold champions of Romanian top division. In 2018/19 Cluj finished on top of the league 5 points ahead of FCSB, in Romanian Cup they lost to Astra in semi-finals. Last year CFR lost to Malmö in UCL 2nd qualifying round and later was surprisingly eliminated by Dudelange in Europa League play-off.

This season the Romanians have been much more successful eliminating Astana and Maccabi Tel Aviv on their path to 3rd qualifying round. After a 1-1 home game against Celtic FC Cluj have played extraordinary second leg in Glasgow coming from behind losing 1-2 and 2-3 to win 4-3 after goals on 80th and 97th minute.

After 5 games of Romanian League 1 CFR Cluj sit on top of the table with 13 points (W4 D1 L0).

Slavia will play first game away in Romania on
Tuesday, 20 August (KO at 9 pm CET). Second leg will be played on Sinobo Stadium in Prague on Wednesday 28 August (9 pm CET). Ticket info will be released in following days.

Articles

Cup throwers have the opportunity to rectify their mistake

23.03.2024
Forced interruption of the match, likely high penalties from UEFA, and disgrace for the entire Slavia. Such is the outcome of the behavior of some individuals during the home game against AC Milan, who decided to resolve their current frustration by throwing beverage cups or other objects onto the playing field.

Footballer of the Year: Trpišovský´s triumph and two silvers

19.03.2024
The Czech Footballer of the Year awards revealed its winners on Monday evening. The Coach of the Year is Jindřich Trpišovský, with other Slavia representatives also recognized. Congratulations to all!

Liberec scalped. Excellent Staněk, two goals for Jurečka.

18.03.2024
Slavia triumphed 3-0 over Liberec in the last match before the international break. Václav Jurečka scored twice, while Mojmír Chytil also added a goal. Jindřich Staněk kept a clean sheet in his third league match in red-white, making several exclusive saves in front of 17,513 fans.

More articles