FCSB, CFR Cluj and Sepsi Sf.Gheorghe, the latter of which is the winner of the Romanian Betano Cup, have learned the names of the opponents they will face in the 2nd preliminary round of the Conference League. Fate was not at all kind to the three teams from Romania, the mission was declared as difficult from the beginning of the road to the group stage. Betano has launched special antepost bets for its players, in which they can bet on the qualification of FCSB, CFR Cluj and Sepsi in the groups of the Conference League.

FCSB – Go to the European Conference League groups

Yes – 7.50

Romania’s runners-up at the end of last season FCSB were seeded in the draw of the 2nd preliminary round of the Conference League and the results of the draw put Bulgarian side ȚSKA 1948 Sofia on their way to the red and blue. The club, which appeared in 2016 on the initiative of several supporters of the traditional team ȚSKA Sofia, who did not agree with the merger of Litex Loveci and ȚSKA Sofia, the latter of which went bankrupt.

FCSB, the Romanian club with the most experience in the European Cups, will start with the first chance against the opponent, who will make his debut in the continental competition after finishing third in the championship in Bulgaria last season.

Over the past decade, FCSB have reached the group stages of the European Cups five times: once in the Champions League groups, three times in the Europa League groups and once in the Conference League groups last season.

If they get past CSKA 1948 Sofia and advance to the 3rd preliminary round, FCSB will be seeded in the next draw.

History of FCSB in European Cups over the last 10 years

2022/23 Conference League groups

Preliminary round 2 of the Conference League 2021/22 (elimination of “Shakhtar” Karaganda)

3 preliminary round of the Europa League 2020/21 (Slovan Liberec was eliminated)

Play-offs of the Europa League 2019/20 (elimination of Vitoria Guimaraes)

Playoffs of the Europa League 2018/19 (elimination from “Rapid” Vienna)

2017/18 Europa League groups

2016/17 Europa League groups

2015/16 Champions League 3rd Preliminary Round (Partizan Belgrade eliminated) / Europa League Playoffs (Rosenborg eliminated)

2014/15 Europa League groups

2013/14 Champions League groups

CFR Cluj – Go to the European Conference League groups

Yes – 6.50

Champions of Romania in five of the last six seasons, CFR Cluj will have a difficult task in the 2nd preliminary round of the Conference League against Adana Demirspor, fourth in the Turkish league in the recently concluded season.

CFR Cluj was the first team from Romania to reach the groups of the Conference League in 2021 after back-to-back exits in the previous matches of the Champions League and then the Europa League.

The team from Gruja got into the Conference League groups last season as well, when they even managed to go to the European spring, where they lost to Lazio (1:0 on aggregate).

CFR Cluj head into this European season on the back of no less than four consecutive group stage qualifications, two in the Europa League and two more in the Conference League.

This time the CFR team’s mission is declared hellish, the first opponent they faced was formidable, even if Cluj were in the field of scatters at the time of the draw

History of CFR Clujin the European Cups of the last 10 years

2022/23 Conference League groups

2021/22 Conference League groups

Europa League groups 2020/21

Europa League groups 2019/20

Europa League play-offs 2018/19 (elimination from Dudelange)

2017/18 – did not participate –

2016/17 – did not participate –

2015/16 – did not participate –

3rd qualifying round of the Europa League 2014/15 (eliminated by Dynamo Minsk)

2013/14 – did not participate –

Sepsi – Go to the European Conference League groups

Yes – 18.00

For the second consecutive year, Sepsi Sf.Gheorghe team won the Betano Cup Romania and will represent Romania in the preliminary tournaments of the Conference League.

Kovasnen made his debut in the European Cups last season, when he managed to pass the round, and then was eliminated from the Swedish team “Djurgardens” in categorical form.

This time, Sepsi will play against CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria’s most successful team with 31 titles to their credit, the last one won in 2008.

The history of the Sepsi team in the European Cups

Conference League 2022/23 Round 3 (Djurgardens eliminated)

Now, after the draw of the matches of the 2nd preliminary round, you can place special ante-post bets on the qualification of Romanian teams in the groups of the European Conference League at Betano.

CFR Cluj has the best share due to the prism of four consecutive group stage qualifications (6.50), followed by FCSB with 7.50 due to the prism of the richest experience at the European level among the Romanian teams. Sepsi has odds of 18.00 to qualify first in the group.

The matches of the 2nd preliminary round of the Conference League will take place on July 27 (stage) and August 3 (stage).

Preliminary bids for the qualification of the three representatives of Romania in the Conference League groups close on July 13 at 00:00.