The European Football Express

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🇦🇩 FC Santa Coloma were at it AGAIN last night! They’ve already beaten Borac Banja Luka, who made the Conference League knockouts last season, in the first qualifying round. Now, they’ve beaten Polissya Zhytomyr away from home and stand a great chance of advancing!

🇹🇷🇺🇦 Back in 2021, both Beşiktaş and Shakhtar Donetsk played in the Champions League Group Stage! Last night, just four years later they played each other in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. Shakhtar Donetsk would win 4-2 away in Türkiye!

🚨🇫🇮 Last season, Ilves knocked out Austria Vienna in the Conference League! This season, they’ve just BEATEN AZ Alkmaar in the Conference League!

🇰🇿🇨🇿 Sparta Prague played in the Champions League League Phase last season. This season, they find themselves in the Conference League Qualifiers, 1-0 down in Kazakhstan to Aktobe!

🇫🇮 The club with arguably the best badge in the world, Ilves are currently BEATING two time champions of The Netherlands AZ Alkmaar! 🤯

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The last time Dundee United played in Europe was three years ago. It went well that night…

🇳🇱 FC Utrecht haven’t played European Football since they were knocked out of the Europa League Qualifiers by HŠk Zrinjski Mostar in 2019. However, having came fourth in the Eredivsie last season they’re back! They face Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League tonight!

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dundee United return to Europe tonight for the first time since 2022 and only for the second time since 2012! They qualified for Europe as a newly promoted club and face FC UNA Strassen of Luxembourg in the second qualifying round of the Conference League.

🇵🇹➡️🇭🇷 Santa Clara, who are based in Ponta Delgada, the capital of the Azores in the middle of the Atlantic qualified for Europe! Their campaign starts TODAY! They face a 3458km journey to Croatia to face NK Varaždin in the second qualifying round of the Conference League!

🇪🇸 Last season, Real Oviedo ended their 24 year wait to return to La Liga. It’s been an incredible journey, from the UEFA Cup, to the fourth tier and back to the promise land of the top tier of Spanish Football. They play at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere (30,500).

🇦🇩 Andorra’s terrific start to the European Qualifiers is CONTINUING as Inter Club d'Escaldes LEAD away at Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana! 🤯 Olimpija Ljubljana were playing in the Champions League just LAST WEEK!

🇳🇴 SK Brann have their first Champions League Goal in SEVENTEEN YEARS!!! Their last Champions League goal came on the 27th of August 2008 when Kristján Örn Sigurdsson scored against Marseille!

🇲🇰 KF Shkëndija have NEVER played in a European Group/League Phase in their history! Last night, they beat FCSB 1-0 in the first leg of the Champions League Second Qualifying round! If they make it past the Romanian champions they’ll be GUARANTEED a League Phase spot!

🇦🇺 STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND WATCH THIS GOAL!!! South Hobart FC, who play on the island of Tasmania are playing in the Australian Cup. Kobe Kemp, their star midfielder has pulled out this OUTRAGEOUS OVERHEAD KICK!!! 🤯 🎥 @AustraliaCup

🇵🇱 Something tells me that Lech Poznań took losing 4-1 on the opening weekend of the Ekstraklasa season a bit personally! 😳 Poor Breiðablik!

🇦🇿➡️🇮🇪 Qarabağ face a MAMMOTH journey as they will travel 4372km to face Shelbourne in Dublin in the second qualifying round of the Champions League tonight! If Shelbourne can make it past Qarabağ, they will be GUARANTEED a first ever Group/League Phase place in their history!

🇽🇰 We absolutely ADORE the Conference League here at the European Football express. Ballkani v Floriana tonight epitomises why! Not just with the fact it’s 3-2 at half time but the fact just before half time there was a POWER CUT! 🔌 🎥 @FootballKosovo

🇫🇮 Kuopion Palloseura have NEVER played in a Major European Group/League Phase! They have one hand on a GUARANTEED League Phase spot after being Kairat Almaty 2-0 in the Champions League second qualifying round first leg. KuPS are very much on the VERGE of HISTORY!

🇽🇰 The second qualifying round of the Conference League also starts TONIGHT! FC Ballkani take on Floriana of Malta at Stadiumi Fadil Vokrri in Kosovo! Just look at the surroundings! 😍 An absolute beaut of a stadium!

🗺️🇮🇹 Serie A 2006/07 may be the up their with the best selection of teams in Italian top flight history! Firstly, there’s no Juventus! 🤯 There’s not one, not two, not three but FOUR island teams! 🏝️ Three clubs from Sicily (Palermo, Messina and Catania) and one from Sardina…