UEFA Conference League 2025/26 - Second qualifying round - Statistics
Arda 0-0 HJK (Helsinki)
time: 24 July 2025, Thursday, 19:00 EEST, 36/33 C, sunny/clear
place: "Arena Arda" st., Kardzhali, 3 500 spectators
referee: Bulat Sariyev (Kazakhstan); assistants: Denis Labashov (Kazakhstan), Sergei Vassyutin (Kazakhstan); fourth official: Arman Ismuratov (Kazakhstan)
kits: sky blue w/ white edging, white w/ dark blue edging, white (dark blue numbers) ; dark blue w sky blue edging and area in the middle, dark blue w/ sky blue edging, dark blue w/ sky blue edging (white numbers)
captains: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) ; 4.Alexander Ring
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 21.Vyacheslav Velyev, 93.Félix Eboa Eboa, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
80.Lachezar Kotev, 39.Antonio Vutov - 99.Birsent Karagaren, 20.Serkan Yusein, 33.Ivan Tilev - 9.Georgi Nikolov.
bench: 12.Ivaylo Nedelchev (GK), 92.Mesut Yusuf (GK) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo -
4.David Idowu, 10.Svetoslav Kovachev, 15.Eray Kyamil, 26.Burak Akandzha, 27.Boris Todev - 30.Ivo Kazakov, 45.Isnaba Mané.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
HJK: 25.Thijmen Nijhuis (GK) - 28.Miska Ylitolva, 3.Georgios Antzoulas, 6.Ville Tikkanen, 2.Brooklyn Lyons-Foster -
10.Lucas Lingman, 8.Georgios Kanellopoulos - 99.Benjamin Michel, 4.Alexander Ring (c), 7.Santeri Hostikka - 20.Teemu Pukki.
bench: 1.Jesse Öst (GK) - 13.Kaius Simojoki, 24.Michael Boamah, 27.Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan -
15.Jere Kallinen, 17.Vicente Besuijen, 21.Pyry Mentu - 42.Kai Meriluoto.
coach: Miika Nuutinen
tactics: arda: 1 - 21, 93, 18, 35 - 80, 39 - 99, 20, 33 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
hjk: 25 - 28, 3, 6, 2 - 10, 8 - 99, 4, 7 - 20; (4-2-3-1)
events:
yc - 33 - 99.Birsent Karagaren arda (reckless foul)
yc - 34 - 39.Antonio Vutov arda (striking an opponent's head with hand)
yc - 41 - 8.Georgios Kanellopoulos hjk (reckless foul)
yc - 44 - 20.Teemu Pukki hjk (foul stopping a promising attack)
+ 2 min
yc - 47 - 18.Cəlal Hüseynov arda (striking an opponent's head with hand)
sub - 51 - '1 4.David Idowu on 93.Félix Eboa Eboa arda /injury/ - same position
sub - 60 - '1 42.Kai Meriluoto on 20.Teemu Pukki hjk - same position
sub - 61 - '1 15.Jere Kallinen on 8.Georgios Kanellopoulos hjk - same position
sub - 61 - '1 17.Vicente Besuijen on 7.Santeri Hostikka hjk - same position
sub - 66 - '2 10.Svetoslav Kovachev on 39.Antonio Vutov arda -> 10, 80, 20, 99 - 33, 9; (4-4-2)
sub - 76 - '3 2.Gustavo Cascardo on 20.Serkan Yusein arda
sub - 77 - '3 45.Isnaba Mané on 9.Georgi Nikolov arda -> 2, 21, 18, 35 - 10, 80, 4, 45 - 33, 99
sub - 80 - '2 27.Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan on 99.Benjamin Michel hjk - same position
sub - 84 - '3 21.Pyry Mentu on 10.Lucas Lingman hjk - same position
yc - 86 - 80.Lachezar Kotev arda (foul stopping a promising attack)
+ 5 min
abbreviations and event notes
Cherno more 0-1 İstanbul Başakşehir (İstanbul)
time: 24 July 2025, Thursday, 20:00 EEST, 29/25 C, sunny/clear
place: "Huvepharma arena" st., Razgrad, 3 601 spectators
referee: Luka Bilbija (Bosnia and Herzegovina); assistants: Damir Lazić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Marko Perić (Bosnia and Herzegovina); fourth official: Dragan Petrović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
kits: broad white-green horizontal stripe, black, green white horizontal stripe (black numbers) ; orange w/ white and dark blue edging, orange w/ dark blue edging, orange (dark blue numbers)
captains: 71.Vasil Panayotov ; 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner
Ch.more: 33.Plamen Iliev (GK) - 8.Asen Donchev, 3.Zhivko Atanasov, 28.Vlatko Drobarov, 2.Tsvetomir Panov -
71.Vasil Panayotov (c), 24.David Teles - 99.Weslen Júnior, 10.Asen Chandarov, 39.Nikolay Zlatev - 77.Celso Sidney.
bench: 70.Antoan Manasiev (GK), 81.Kristian Tomov (GK) - 4.Rosen Stefanov, 15.Daniel Martín, 26.João Bandaró -
11.João Pedro, 17.Martin Milushev, 22.Nikolay Kostadinov, 23.Dimitar Tonev - 19.Georgi Lazarov, 20.Phellipe Cardoso.
coach: Ilian Iliev
Başak.: 16.Muhammed Şengezer (GK) - 6.Onur Bulut, 5.Léo Duarte, 27.Ousseynou Ba, 21.Christopher Opéri -
2.Berat Özdemir - 7.Yusuf Sarı, 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner (c), 13.Miguel Crespo, 77.Ivan Brnić - 10.Nuno da Costa.
bench: 1.Volkan Babacan (GK), 98.Deniz Dilmen (GK) - 15.Hamza Güreler, 34.Yağız Dilek, 36.Festy Ebosele -
4.Onur Ergün, 8.Olivier Kemen, 17.Ömer Beyaz, 20.Umut Güneş - 9.Davie Selke, 14.Eldor Shomurodov, 23.Deniz Türüç.
coach: Çağdaş Atan
tactics: chm: 33 - 8, 3, 28, 2 - 71, 24 - 99, 10, 39 - 77; (4-2-3-1)
bas: 16 - 6, 5, 27, 21 - 2 - 7, 42, 13, 77 - 10; (4-1-4-1)
events:
yc - 45+3 - 77.Celso Sidney chm (reckless foul)
+ 4 min
yc - 49 - 27.Ousseynou Ba bas (foul stopping a promising attack)
0-1 - 52 - 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner (left/open play/10.Nuno da Costa/pass)
sub - 62 - '1 23.Dimitar Tonev on 10.Asen Chandarov chm - same position
sub - 62 - '1 19.Georgi Lazarov on 39.Nikolay Zlatev chm - same position
sub - 65 - '1 15.Hamza Güreler on 27.Ousseynou Ba bas /injury/ - same position
sub - 66 - '1 8.Olivier Kemen on 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner bas - same position
cap - 66 - 5.Léo Duarte bas
sub - 73 - '2 14.Eldor Shomurodov on 77.Ivan Brnić bas
sub - 73 - '2 23.Deniz Türüç on 10.Nuno da Costa bas -> 23, 8, 13, 7 - 14
sub - 79 - '2 11.João Pedro on 99.Weslen Júnior chm - same position
yc - 82 - 3.Zhivko Atanasov chm (reckless foul)
sub - 83 - '3 20.Phellipe Cardoso on 77.Celso Sidney chm -> 11, 20, 23 - 19
sub - 88 - '3 4.Onur Ergün on 2.Berat Özdemir bas - same position
yc - 90+6 - 8.Asen Donchev chm (foul stopping a promising attack)
+ 7 min
abbreviations and event notes
HJK (Helsinki) 2-2 Arda
time: 31 July 2025, Thursday, 19:00 EEST, 24/23 C, partly cloudy
place: "Bolt Arena" st. /"Sonera" st./, Helsinki, 7 587 spectators
referee: Iwan Griffith (Wales); assistants: Lewiss Edwards (Wales), Ashley Davis (Wales); fourth official: Alex Mcinch (Wales)
kits: spaced out white-blue vert.stripe, blue w/ white edging, white w/ blue edging (blue numbers) ; black, black, black (white numbers)
captains: 4.Alexander Ring ; 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK)
HJK: 25.Thijmen Nijhuis (GK) - 28.Miska Ylitolva, 3.Georgios Antzoulas, 6.Ville Tikkanen, 2.Brooklyn Lyons-Foster -
10.Lucas Lingman, 15.Jere Kallinen - 99.Benjamin Michel, 4.Alexander Ring (c), 42.Kai Meriluoto - 20.Teemu Pukki.
bench: 1.Jesse Öst (GK), 16.Elmo Henriksson (GK) - 13.Kaius Simojoki, 24.Michael Boamah, 27.Kevin Kouassivi-Benissan, 98.Johan Lietsa -
8.Georgios Kanellopoulos, 21.Pyry Mentu, 49.Otto Hannula, 74.Marlo Hyvönen - 7.Santeri Hostikka, 17.Vicente Besuijen.
coach: Miika Nuutinen
Arda: 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov (GK) (c) - 2.Gustavo Cascardo, 21.Vyacheslav Velyev, 18.Cəlal Hüseynov, 35.Dimitar Velkovski -
4.David Idowu, 80.Lachezar Kotev - 10.Svetoslav Kovachev, 20.Serkan Yusein, 99.Birsent Karagaren - 9.Georgi Nikolov.
bench: 12.Ivaylo Nedelchev (GK), 92.Mesut Yusuf (GK) - 93.Félix Eboa Eboa -
26.Burak Akandzha, 27.Boris Todev, 33.Ivan Tilev, 39.Antonio Vutov - 11.André Shinyashiki, 30.Ivo Kazakov, 45.Isnaba Mané.
coach: Aleksandar Tunchev
tactics: hjk: 25 - 28, 3, 6, 2 - 10, 15 - 99, 4, 42 - 20; (4-2-3-1)
arda: 1 - 2, 21, 18, 35 - 4, 80 - 10, 20, 99 - 9; (4-2-3-1)
events:
0-1 - 24 - 4.David Idowu (left/open play/no assist)
1-1 - 38 - 42.Kai Meriluoto (right/open play/4.Alexander Ring/pass)
+ 3 min
yc - 55 - 42.Kai Meriluoto hjk (reckless foul)
sub - 61 - '1 13.Kaius Simojoki on 2.Brooklyn Lyons-Foster hjk - same position
sub - 61 - '1 7.Santeri Hostikka on 42.Kai Meriluoto hjk - same position
2-1 - 69 - 20.Teemu Pukki (right/open play/4.Alexander Ring/pass)
sub - 76 - '1 11.André Shinyashiki on 10.Svetoslav Kovachev arda - same position
sub - 77 - '1 39.Antonio Vutov on 20.Serkan Yusein arda - same position
2-2 - 85 - 99.Birsent Karagaren (right/open play/9.Georgi Nikolov/pass)
sub - 90 - '2 45.Isnaba Mané on 99.Birsent Karagaren arda -> 45, 39, 11
yc - 90+1 - 11.André Shinyashiki arda (reckless foul)
+ 4 min
sub - br - 21.Pyry Mentu on 10.Lucas Lingman hjk -> 15, 21
----
yc - 96 - 3.Georgios Antzoulas hjk (striking an opponent's head with hand)
yc - 96 - 4.Alexander Ring hjk (dissent)
yc - 104 - 7.Santeri Hostikka hjk (holding an opponent with hand)
sub - 105+1 - '3 30.Ivo Kazakov on 9.Georgi Nikolov arda - same position
sub - 105+1 - '2 17.Vicente Besuijen on 15.Jere Kallinen hjk -> 4, 21 - 99, 17, 7
+ 2 min
yc - 108 - 2.Gustavo Cascardo arda (reckless foul)
+ 1 min
penalties (started by HJK)
1. hjk: 20.Teemu Pukki - right foot, lower left placed, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov left - 1-0,
.arda: 39.Antonio Vutov - left foot, lower right placed, 25.Thijmen Nijhuis left - 1-1;
2. hjk: 99.Benjamin Michel - right foot, lower left placed, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov left - saves - 1-1,
.arda: 35.Dimitar Velkovski - left foot, lower left placed, 25.Thijmen Nijhuis middle - 1-2;
3. hjk: 7.Santeri Hostikka - right foot, upper left with force, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov right - 2-2,
.arda: 80.Lachezar Kotev - right foot, lower left placed, 25.Thijmen Nijhuis left - 2-3;
4. hjk: 4.Alexander Ring - right foot, upper left placed, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov left - 3-3,
.arda: 4.David Idowu - right foot, upper left with force, 25.Thijmen Nijhuis left - post - 3-3;
5. hjk: 3.Georgios Antzoulas - right foot, lower left placed, 1.Anatoliy Gospodinov left - saves - 3-3,
.arda: 11.André Shinyashiki - right foot, upper right placed, 25.Thijmen Nijhuis left - 3-4.
abbreviations and event notes
İstanbul Başakşehir (İstanbul) 4-0 Cherno more
time: 31 July 2025, Thursday, 20:45 EEST, 26/25 C, partly cloudy
place: "Başakşehir Fatih Terim" st., İstanbul, 7 158 spectators
referee: Viktor Kopiievskyi (Ukraine); assistants: Semyon Shlonchak (Ukraine), Vitaliy Skoblya (Ukraine); fourth official: Klym Zabroda (Ukraine)
kits: orange w/ white and dark blue edging, dark blue, orange (dark blue numbers) ; broad white-green horizontal stripe, white, green white horizontal stripe (black numbers)
captains: 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner ; 71.Vasil Panayotov
Başak.: 16.Muhammed Şengezer (GK) - 6.Onur Bulut, 5.Léo Duarte, 27.Ousseynou Ba, 21.Christopher Opéri -
2.Berat Özdemir - 7.Yusuf Sarı, 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner (c), 13.Miguel Crespo, 77.Ivan Brnić - 10.Nuno da Costa.
bench: 1.Volkan Babacan (GK), 98.Deniz Dilmen (GK) - 15.Hamza Güreler, 34.Yağız Dilek, 36.Festy Ebosele -
4.Onur Ergün, 8.Olivier Kemen, 17.Ömer Beyaz, 20.Umut Güneş - 9.Davie Selke, 14.Eldor Shomurodov, 23.Deniz Türüç.
coach: Çağdaş Atan
Ch.more: 33.Plamen Iliev (GK) - 8.Asen Donchev, 4.Rosen Stefanov, 3.Zhivko Atanasov, 28.Vlatko Drobarov, 2.Tsvetomir Panov -
99.Weslen Júnior, 71.Vasil Panayotov (c), 24.David Teles, 19.Georgi Lazarov - 77.Celso Sidney.
bench: 70.Antoan Manasiev (GK), 81.Kristian Tomov (GK) - 15.Daniel Martín, 26.João Bandaró -
10.Asen Chandarov, 17.Martin Milushev, 22.Nikolay Kostadinov, 23.Dimitar Tonev, 27.Petar Marinov, 39.Nikolay Zlatev - 11.João Pedro, 20.Phellipe Cardoso.
coach: Ilian Iliev
tactics: bas: 16 - 6, 5, 27, 21 - 2 - 7, 42, 13, 77 - 10; (4-1-4-1)
chm: 33 - 8, 4, 3, 28, 2 - 99, 71, 24, 19 - 77; (5-4-1)
events:
1-0 - 17 - 77.Ivan Brnić (head/open play/7.Yusuf Sarı/pass)
2-0 - 31 - 13.Miguel Crespo (left/open play/7.Yusuf Sarı/shot)
3-0 - 36 - 10.Nuno da Costa (right/open play/13.Miguel Crespo/pass)
yc - 40 - 99.Weslen Júnior chm (foul stopping a promising attack)
yc - 42 - 2.Tsvetomir Panov chm (reckless foul)
+ 1 min
sub - ht - 10.Asen Chandarov on 4.Rosen Stefanov chm
sub - ht - 11.João Pedro on 99.Weslen Júnior chm
sub - ht - 15.Daniel Martín on 8.Asen Donchev chm -> 2, 3, 28, 15 - 71, 24 - 11, 10, 19; (4-2-3-1)
----
sub - 58 - '1 14.Eldor Shomurodov on 10.Nuno da Costa bas - same position
sub - 67 - '2 23.Deniz Türüç on 7.Yusuf Sarı bas
sub - 68 - '2 8.Olivier Kemen on 42.Ömer Ali Şahiner bas
cap - 68 - 5.Léo Duarte bas
sub - 68 - '2 9.Davie Selke on 77.Ivan Brnić bas -> 23, 8, 13, 14 - 9
yc - 72 - 71.Vasil Panayotov chm (dissent)
sub - 77 - '3 20.Umut Güneş on 2.Berat Özdemir bas - same position
sub - 79 - '1 39.Nikolay Zlatev on 77.Celso Sidney chm -> 11, 10, 39 - 19
4-0 - 80 - 21.Christopher Opéri (head/corner/8.Olivier Kemen/pass)
sub - 90+2 - '2 23.Dimitar Tonev on 24.David Teles chm -> 71, 10 - 11, 23, 39
+ 2 min
abbreviations and event notes
Abbreviations and event notes:
yc - yellow card
rc - red card
sub - substitution
'1/'2/'3 - the substitution is part of the first/second/third allowed break for substitutions for the respective team
same position - the substitution does not lead to any tactical changes
lws - left without a substitute (usually due to injury after all allowed substitutions are used by the team)
tct - a change to a team's tactical formation
cap - new captain
mp - missed penalty
ref - new referee (usually following an injury)
ar - new assistant referee (usually following an injury)
var - beginning and end of a VAR review and the decisions it yielded
cnc - cancelled event (usually following a var review)
ht - the event takes place during the half-time break
br - the event takes place during the break between extra time periods
pen - the event takes place during the penalty shoot-out
ft - the event takes place after full time
stp - the match is stopped
res - the match is resumed
abd - the match is abandoned
+ X min. - there have been X minutes of added time played for that half
about penalty kick direction notes - the point of view of the penalty taker is always considered, with the goal being divided into 6 areas,
in which the ball can be directed to - upper left, upper middle, upper right, lower left, lower middle and lower right;
while the penalty kick might be either placed (i.e. weaker shot) or taken with force.
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