Copenhagen vs Trabzonspor in the Champions League play-off first leg is scheduled for Tuesday, August 16 at 10:00 p.m. live on Digi Sport 2, Prima Sport 2 and Orange Sport 2.

FC Copenhagen, the reigning Danish champions, were coached for two years by Jess Thorup, a former footballer whose career was highlighted by two seasons in the 2.Bundesliga with KFC Uerdingen 05 (1996-1998).

As a coach, he achieved greater success, first achieving promotion with Esbjerg (2012), then two national championship titles, one with Midtjylland (2018) and one with FC Copenhagen (2022).

“Copenhagen” is a team founded in 1992, and in 2006, for the first time in history, it entered the Champions League groups.

They play their home matches at the Parken stadium, the same one where the Danish national team plays.

In the current domestic season, Copenhagen are in 7th place after five stages with only six points, and in their last match they lost 1-3 at home to Randers.

Trabzonspor, Turkey’s surprise champions (in 2022 they celebrated a new title after a 28-year hiatus!), have on the technical bench Abdullah Avci, a former footballer with a far from impressive career, but who as a coach was important to teams like Beşiktaş , Istanbul Basaksehir and the Turkish national team!

Among the team’s stars is the Danish national team player Andreas Cornelius, a striker who won three titles in his native country with FC Copenhagen, which he was the author of, including in the Champions League!

Trabzonspor started the new domestic season right, leading after two stages with six points (2-0 away to Istanbul Basaksehir and 1 at home to Hatayspor), and at the official opening of the 2022-2023 season they won the Turkish Super Cup, 4-0 with Sivasspor!

FC Copenhagen and Trabzonspor, the teams that go directly to the play-offs of the competition, have never met before.

Superbet offers odds of 1.75 for Trabzonspor to win or draw against FC Copenhagen.

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