The draw in Nyon has decided - Buducnost players will play against Armenian Noa in the 1st round of Champions League qualifying.
The "Blue and White", who were among the seeded teams, will play their first match away.
Possible rivals, after UEFA narrowed down the number of potential rivals this morning, included Dinamo Minsk, Kairat from Almaty and Virtus from San Marino, so it is clear that Ivan Brnović's team could have done better.
Noa is a young club - founded only eight years ago - from Armavir, and last year they became champions of Armenia for the first time. The fact that Buducnost is facing a serious rival is also evidenced by the fact that this club played in the group stage of the Conference League last season.
On the way to the European autumn, he eliminated Škendija, Sliema, but also a big name like AEK Athens, then Ružomberok.
The Noa squad is international, dominated by players from Brazil and Portugal, followed by players from Argentina, Cameroon, France, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina... The team was taken over this summer by Sandro Perković, a Croatian coach who succeeded Fabio Cannavaro on the Dinamo bench at the end of this season and failed to win the title alongside Rijeka and our own Radomir Đalović.
The first round will also be the most important in these qualifications for the Montenegrin champion, because if they pass, they will have secured at least a play-off spot in the Conference League. And then the group stage of the youngest UEFA competition is not far away either.
The first matches are scheduled for July 8th and 9th, with the return matches on the 15th and 16th.
The draw for the 16st round of the Conference League will take place at 1 pm, when Dečić and Sutjeska will find out the names of their rivals.
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