Who will in the Europa League if Rijeka win the Cup and Championship?
Rabuzin's Sun will not stay on Maksimir, and we learned that on Wednesday after Osijek dropped Dinamo from the quarterfinals of the Cup. The catastrophic season of 'Blue' has suffered another severe blow, and can go to irreversion if the Croatian champion loses on Sunday to Hajduk in the biggest derby of Croatian football. That match is the final of the season, and at the same time fateful for the coach Fabia Cannavara.
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Hajduk also flew out of the Cup, so Rijeka is now the only club to win the championship and clean the Rabuzin Sun in the showcases. In the reform of UEFA competitions since this season, Croatia has again have representatives in the Europa League qualifiers, that is, from its first round. The chance is a much more generous competition to enter the financially (starting premium 4.31 million euros against 3.17 million for a conference league) belonging to the Cup winner. Or, if the same club won the championship, the runner -up in the league.
Rijeka kicked Hajduk and went to the semi -finals of the Cup |
If the Rijeka people do not win the title, they have the opportunity to win the European League qualifications through the Cup, which means a greater chance of fall in Europe. In the same competition, they started the European story this season thanks to the second place in the championship, Dinamo won the title and the Cup, so they belonged to the second in the second in the European competition. The people of Rijeka then failed to win the group stage, they dropped in the conference league play-offs. If, however, they win the championship and the Cup this season, runner -up He goes to the Europa League, which will be Hajduk or Dinamo. This place will not belong to the Cup finalist.
Rijeka will be the biggest favorite to conquer Rabuzin's sun, but of course, something will be asked Osijek and the other two semi -finalists, which will be the winners of the Istria and Lokomotiva duel and Gorica and Slaven Belupo.
Dinamo and Osijek met in the quarterfinals of the Croatian Football Cup |
If he fails to win the championship title and thus win the Champions League qualifications, Dinamo the comforting prize can be a direct placement in the main phase of the Europa League, and several things have to cover for such a thing. The most important requirement is that Rijeka has to win the championship and the Cup, and 'Blue' finish the second in the HNL. In this case, the conference league winner must compete in the Champions League or the Europa League through the domestic championship or the Cup. In doing so, one place in the Europa League league phase would be released by the club with the largest coefficient in qualifiers.
Clubs from the five strongest European leagues participate in, but a five -ranked club from the Netherlands, the fourth place from Portugal, third place from Belgium and Turkey and others. According to the calculation of the Croatian platform Football Meets Data. In front of Dinamo in that race could be Port (If the fourth), Feyenoord (If the heel is completed), Az alkmaar (If he achieves two more wins this season EL and finish the fifth in the championship), Olympiacos (If he achieves at least two more draws or a victory in EL and ends the third in Greece) and Club Brugge (if the third in Belgium is completed).
On the other hand, if Hajduk is second in the HNL, he will start from the first European League round, but for now they are not thinking about the club. The main goal is to win the title of champion …
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