Europa League: Union against Braga, Malmo and Saint-Gilloise
Created: 2022-08-26Updated: 2022-08-26 2:26 PM
The players thank the fans after a win.
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The team and coach should have cheered.
Especially the fans.
The 1. FC Union stadium will be full for the first magical European Cup nights in Köpenick anyway. And in terms of sport, the tasks for the premiere in the Europa League give hope.
Berlin - This is very feasible for the iron.
1. FC Union Berlin will play SC Braga of Portugal, Malmö FF of Sweden and Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in their Europa League debut in the group stage.
That was the result of the draw on Friday in Istanbul, in which Bundesliga record player Karl-Heinz Körbel was also involved.
This means that in the Alte Försterei there is no cracker against well-known teams such as Manchester United or AS Roma.
Coach Urs Fischer, who started training a little later on Friday to prepare for the Unioner championship game at FC Schalke 04, can have legitimate hopes of surviving the group phase with his pros.
No wonder Union smiled at the tweet with the opponents in Group D with two hearts.
Because one thing is clear: the mood temple in Köpenick will be full anyway when the second European adventure in a row begins for the Irons.
After UEFA released standing room for European Cup games, the Unioners really want to enjoy their home games at home this time.
Last season, when Fischer and his team did not survive the group stage of the Conference League, Union had to play their games in the stadium of their capital rivals Hertha BSC.
The group phase will start on September 8th and will last until November 3rd.
The final will kick off in Budapest on May 31, 2023.
Defending champions Eintracht Frankfurt will play in the Champions League this season.
Braga moved into the Europa League after being fourth in the table last season in Portugal.
Malmö FF won the league but are currently only fifth in the table.
Saint-Gillose is likely to be a blatant outsider in the group, even if the Belgian Unioner just missed out on the championship title as a promoted team in the Jupiler League last season.
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