The wait is over! The league phase of the Europa Conference League started on Thursday, October 3. For Polish fans, the most important were two clashes – Legia Warsaw with Real Betis and FC Copenhagen with Jagiellonia Białystok. The capital team, doomed to destruction, quite unexpectedly won 1-0. Adrian Siemieniec's team followed in her footsteps. She scored a goal in stoppage time to make it 2-1, beating FC Copenhagen. Such results are important for the LKE summary table.
A hail of goals and an unexpected leader. This is what the LKE table looks like
It will decide who will advance directly to the 1/8 finals, who will compete in the play-offs, and who will definitely be eliminated from the European cups. The first eight teams will play in the knockout phase, and those from places 9 to 24 will play in the so-called Round of 16.
Thanks to a sensational victory thanks to a goal by Steve Kapuadi, Goncalo Feio's players took a big step towards the knockout stage. Even though they won, they are in quite a distant position, 15th. This is because in the remaining matches there were significantly more goals and the teams could boast a better goal balance. Jagiellonia, in turn, ranks higher than Legia, in 11th place.
So who is at the top of the table? This is Cercle Brugge. The Belgian club outright defeated St. Gallen, and there were as many as six goals scored in the match – four for the winner and two for the loser. And although Cercle was the favorite, the audience also supported him. Only two fewer goals were scored in the match of the current runner-up. It is Omonia Nicosia. The Cypriot team won 4-0 against Vikingur Reykjavik, also benefiting from the support of their own crowd. In third place is Paphos FC, which defeated Petrocub, another rival of Jagiellonia, 4:1. He crashed it in Moldova.
And where is it located, among others? favorite for the final triumph? Of course I'm talking about Chelseawhich spends millions every year on transfers. She is currently in sixth place after defeating KAA Gent 4-2.
European Conference League table after the 1st round of LKE:
- Cercle Brugge – 3 points, goal balance: 6:2
- Omonia Nicosia – 3 points, 4:0
- Paphos FC – 3 points, 4:1
- Lugano – 3 points, 3:0
- Molde – 3 points, 3:0
- Chelsea – 3 points, 4:2
- Vitoria SC – 3 points, 3:1
- Fiorentina – 3 points, 2:0
- FC Noah – 3 points, 2:0
- Heart of Midlothian FC – 3 points, 2:1
- Jagiellonia Białystok – 3 points, 2:1
- Rapid Vienna – 3 points, 2:1
- Heidenheim – 3 points, 2:1
- FC Astana – 3 points, 1:0
- Legia Warszawa – 3 points, 1:0
- Djurgardens – 1 point, 2:2
- LASK Linz – 1 point, 2:2
- APOEL FC – 1 point, 1:1
- Panathinaikos – 1 point, 1:1
- FK Borac Banja Luka – 1 point, 1:1
- Shamrock Rovers FC – 1 point, 1-1
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana – 0 points, 1:2
- Dynamo Minsk – 0 points, 1:2
- FC Copenhagen – 0 points, 1:2
- Basaksehir – 0 points, 1:2
- Real Betis – 0 points, 0:1
- FK TSC Backa Topola – 0 points, 0:1
- KAA Gent – 0 points, 2:4
- NK Celje – 0 points, 1:3
- Mlada Boleslav – 0 points, 0:2
- TNS – 0 points, 0:2
- Petrocub – 0 points, 1:4
- HJK – 0 points, 0:3
- Larne – 0 points, 0:3
- St. Gallen – 0 points, 2:6
- Vikingur Reykjavik- 0 points, 0:4.
The matches of the 2nd round of LKE will be played on October 24.