European club tournament research 2026/27 snapshot Generated 30 Aug 2026
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Europa League · 2026/27

Celje

Stadion Z'dežele · Hudinja · provisional competition venue

Path difficulty48.7Rank 7 of 36
Opponent coefficient333.335Rank 3 of 36
Round-trip travel7,336 kmRank 33 of 36
Estimated controls21 of 4 away trips
Club coefficient23Frozen at the draw

Club schedule

Fixtures & results

Official home/away ordering, Central European kick-off times and verified scores from every edition with published match coverage.

Europa League

2026/27 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: Bayer Leverkusen
Away team: Celje
VenueBayArenaLeverkusen
ScheduledAway
Home team: Celje
Away team: Omonia
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
ScheduledHome
Home team: Celje
Away team: Salzburg
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
ScheduledHome
Home team: Sturm Graz
Away team: Celje
VenueStadion Graz LiebenauGraz
ScheduledAway
Home team: Ferencváros
Away team: Celje
VenueFerencváros StadionBudapest
ScheduledAway
Home team: Celje
Away team: Olympiacos
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
ScheduledHome
Home team: Ararat-Armenia
Away team: Celje
VenueRepublican Stadium after Vazgen SargsyanYerevan
ScheduledAway
Home team: Celje
Away team: N.E.C.
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
ScheduledHome
Conference League

2025/26 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: Celje3
Away team: AEK Athens1
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeWin
Home team: Shamrock Rovers FC0
Away team: Celje2
VenueTallaght StadiumDublin
Full timeWin
Home team: Celje2
Away team: Legia Warszawa1
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeWin
Home team: SK Sigma Olomouc2
Away team: Celje1
VenueAndrův stadionOlomouc
Full timeLoss
Home team: HNK Rijeka3
Away team: Celje0
VenueStadion HNK RijekaRijeka
Full timeLoss
Home team: Celje0
Away team: Shelbourne FC0
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeDraw
Home team: FC Drita2
Away team: Celje3
VenueStadiumi Fadil VokrriPristina
Full timeWin
Home team: Celje3
Away team: FC Drita2
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeWin
Home team: Celje0
Away team: AEK Athens4
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeLoss
Home team: AEK Athens0
Away team: Celje2
VenueAEK ArenaAthens
Full timeWin
Conference League

2024/25 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: Vitória SC3
Away team: Celje1
VenueEstádio D. Afonso HenriquesGuimarães
Full timeLoss
Home team: Real Betis2
Away team: Celje1
VenueEstadio Benito VillamarínSeville
Full timeLoss
Home team: Celje3
Away team: Jagiellonia3
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeDraw
Home team: Pafos2
Away team: Celje0
VenueLimassol StadiumLimassol
Full timeLoss
Home team: Celje3
Away team: The New Saints FC2
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeWin
Home team: Celje2
Away team: APOEL FC2
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeDraw
Home team: APOEL FC0
Away team: Celje2
VenueGSPNicosia
Full timeWin
Home team: Celje1
Away team: Lugano0
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeWin
Home team: Lugano5
Away team: Celje4
VenueArena ThunThun
Decided on penalties1–3 on pensWin
Home team: Celje1
Away team: Fiorentina2
VenueStadion CeljeCelje
Full timeLoss
Home team: Fiorentina2
Away team: Celje2
VenueStadio Artemio FranchiFlorence
Full timeDraw

League-phase draw

8 roads, 8 opponents

Opponent coefficient values use the same frozen snapshot as the competition ranking.

H

At the assigned home venue

Home opponents

Olympiacos

Karaiskakis Stadium · Piraeus Municipality

Club coefficient
62.25
Travel
Estimated controls

Salzburg

Red Bull Arena · Wals-Siezenheim

Club coefficient
45
Travel
Estimated controls

Omonia

GSP Stadium · Strovolos

Club coefficient
21.25
Travel
Estimated controls

N.E.C.

Goffertstadion · Nijmegen

Club coefficient
13.585
Travel
Estimated controls
A

Travel required

Away opponents

Bayer Leverkusen

BayArena · Leverkusen

Club coefficient
105
Return travel
1,614 km
Estimated controls
0

Ferencváros

Groupama Arena · Budapest

Club coefficient
51.25
Return travel
643 km
Estimated controls
0

Sturm Graz

Merkur Arena · Graz

Club coefficient
28
Return travel
180 km
Estimated controls
0

Ararat-Armenia

Football Academy Stadium (Yerevan) · Yerevan

Club coefficient
7
Return travel
4,899 km
Estimated controls
2

Assigned competition venues

The away map

Great-circle distances are estimates. The map shows the venue assignments currently held in the draw snapshot.

4 away routes7,336 km estimated return travel
Away opponentAssigned venueCityOne wayReturnControls
awayBayer LeverkusenBayArenaLeverkusen807 km1,614 km0
awayFerencvárosGroupama ArenaBudapest321 km643 km0
awaySturm GrazMerkur ArenaGraz90 km180 km0
awayArarat-ArmeniaFootball Academy Stadium (Yerevan)Yerevan2,450 km4,899 km2

Path Difficulty Index v1

Why this path scores 48.7

The score is relative to clubs in this competition and is not comparable across competitions.

Competition rank07 / 36

Harder than the competition median.

  1. Rival strength65% weight66.4 · 43.2 pts
  2. Round-trip travel25% weight12 · 3 pts
  3. Estimated controls10% weight25 · 2.5 pts
Published formula

65% opponent coefficient total, 25% round-trip travel and 10% estimated routine arrival controls after min-max normalization within Europa League.

Methodology

Tournament participation

Edition record

Absence from this table does not prove non-participation.

SeasonCompetitionPublished stagePosition / result
2026/27Europa LeagueLeague-phase fixtures8 fixtures
2025/26Conference LeagueLeague-phase fixtures10 fixtures
2024/25Conference LeagueLeague-phase fixtures12 fixtures

Published matches

Final record

No final in the published record

This club appears in a league-phase top eight, but not in a final currently included in the snapshot.