FCSB vs. Viking Stavanger, the UEFA Conference League play-off first leg match, is scheduled for Thursday, August 18 at 9:30 p.m. at the National Arena in the capital and will be broadcast live on Pro TV.

FCSB has another jump to the money and the UEFA Conference League group matches, a “double” with Viking Stavanger, a modest team from Norway that, apart from the 2005-2006 season, when it reached the Europa League groups, has hardly mattered in international competition .

FCSB have already received €750,000 from UEFA for reaching the Conference League play-offs, and qualifying for the group stage will earn them another €2.94 million.

In addition, each group win brings a €500,000 bonus, while a draw brings €166,000. Added to this money are significant sums from the market pool and from ticket sales.

“Well, we know the money is coming in. Because if we qualify, a million plus another million or so is two million, and another two million eight hundred is about six million. Six million insured, plus bonuses for group wins, so you can take about 7-8 million euros,” FCSB owner Gigi Bekali said.

FKSHB beat Tbilisi Saburtalo (0-1 away and 4-2 at home) and Dunayska-Streda (1-0 away and 1-0 at home) in the previous competitions, and in the Super League they just won their first victory, only at the stage of the 5th , 3-2 at home to Chindia Tirgovishte as he bounced back from 0-2 down at half-time.

Unfortunately, FCSB will not have as many fans as they would like after UEFA forced the Berceny club to close two pitches for this match due to a flag displayed by the ultras during the Dunajské Streda match, which was considered by a match observer to have neo-Nazi insignia.

Thus, FCSB avoided playing behind closed doors, but will be able to count on a maximum of 30,000 fans.

The Vikings have beaten Sparta Prague (0-0 away and 2-1 at home) and Sligo Rovers (5-1 at home and 0-1 away) in the previous competition, and in the Eliteserien, Norway’s top flight, they are 5th place after 18 stages (the spring-autumn system is played), at a great distance from the places reserved for the European Cups.

The group from Stavanger has eight titles and six national cups under its belt, but the last championship won was in 1991.

At the moment, the team has two coaches (a fairly common situation in Scandinavia), Bjarte Lunde Arsheim and Morten Jensen, both without notable career results.

Superbet offers odds of 2.25 for FCSB to win against Viking and at least two goals scored in the match.

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