On Friday, the UEFA Conference League groups were drawn, a stage of the competition in which teams from Romania did not manage to get into (Farul Constanta and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe were eliminated from the playoffs).​

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HIK Helsinki, the team that beat Farul (Romanian champions) 3-2 on aggregate, will face Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany), PAOK Thessaloniki (Greece, coach Rezvan Lucescu) and Aberdeen (Scotland) in Group G.

After defeating Sepsi in overtime (5-4 on aggregate), Bodo/Glimt will play in Group D along with Club Brugge (Belgium), Besiktas (Turkey) and Lugano (Switzerland).

Conference league, group composition in the 2023/24 season

Group A: Lille, Slovan Bratislava, Olimpia Ljubljana, Klaksvik

Group B: Gent, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Zorya Luhansk, Breidablik

Group C: Dinamo Zagreb, Viktoria Plzen, Astana, Balkans

Group D: Brugge, Bodo/Glimt, Besiktas, Lugano

Group E: Alkmaar, Aston Villa, Legia Warsaw, Zrynski

Group F: Ferencvaros, Fiorentina, Genk, Cukaricki

Group G: Eintracht Frankfurt, PAOK, HIK Helsinki, Aberdeen

Group H: Fenerbahce, Ludogorets, Spartak Trnava, Nordsjælland.

Conference league, group schedule for the 2023/24 season

1st stage: September 21

2nd stage: October 5

3rd stage: October 26

4th stage: November 9

Stage 5: November 30

6th stage: December 14.