{"id":45140,"date":"2024-08-03T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/europa-conference-league-chelseas-possible-play-off-opponents-full-list\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T06:00:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T06:00:14","slug":"europa-conference-league-chelseas-possible-play-off-opponents-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/europa-conference-league-chelseas-possible-play-off-opponents-full-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Europa Conference League: Chelsea\u2019s possible play-off opponents [Full list]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Chelsea are facing an early start to the 2024\/2025 season following their qualification for the Europa Conference League.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues missed out on a Europa League spot after Manchester United defeated Manchester City 2-1 in last season\u2019s FA Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>The win secured Europa League qualification for the Red Devils after they had finished eighth in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea will enter the Conference League at the play-off round stage.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Maresca\u2019s men will play a two-legged tie to secure a place in the league stage.<\/p>\n<p>They will face the winner of Europa Conference League third-qualifying round ties:<\/p>\n<p>Botev Plovdid (BUL) or Zrinjski Mostar (BOS)<\/p>\n<p>Maribor (SVN) or Vojvodina (SRB)<\/p>\n<p>Ruzomberok (SVK) or Hajduk Split (CRO)<\/p>\n<p>Osijek (CRO) or Zira (AZE)<\/p>\n<p>Spartak Trnava (SVK) or Wisla Krakow (POL)<\/p>\n<p>Ararat-Armenia (ARM) or Puskas Akadenua (HUN)<\/p>\n<p>Kilmarnock (SCO) or Tromso (NOR)<\/p>\n<p>St Mirren (SCO) or Brann (NOR)<\/p>\n<p>St Gallen (SUI) or Slask Wroclaw (POL)<\/p>\n<p>Auda (LAT) or Drita (KOS)<\/p>\n<p>Hacken (SWE) or Paide Linnameeskond (EST)<\/p>\n<p>CSKA 1948 (BUL) or Pafos (CYP)<\/p>\n<p>Paks (HUN) or Mornar (MNE)<\/p>\n<p>St Patrick\u2019s Athletic (IRE) or Sabah (AZE)<\/p>\n<p>The loser of Europa League third-qualifying round tie:<\/p>\n<p>Braga (POR) or Servette (SUI)<\/p>\n<p>Partizan Belgrade (SRB) or Lugano (SUI)<\/p>\n<p>Panathinaikos (GRE) or Ajax (NED)<\/p>\n<p>Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (UKR) or Viktoria Plzen (CZE)<\/p>\n<p>Rijeka (CRO) or Elfsborg (SWE)<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the Europa Conference League play-off round will be held on August 5 at 1pm, while the two play-off fixtures will take place on August 22 and 29.<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the league phase will be held on August 30.<\/p>\n<p>Europa Conference League: Chelsea\u2019s possible play-off opponents [Full list]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are facing an early start to the 2024\/2025 season following their qualification for the Europa Conference League. The Blues&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[606,14095,15,160],"tags":[2545,609,1115,4120,2757,1145,2547,180,18743,20442,2656,201],"class_list":["post-45140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea","category-europa-conference-league","category-news","category-sport","tag-full","tag-chelsea","tag-chelseas","tag-conference","tag-europa","tag-league","tag-list","tag-news","tag-opponents","tag-play-off","tag-possible","tag-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}