BATE's rival in Champions' League play-off— "Hapoel" from Israel (updated)
The drawing ceremony took place in the UEFA HQ in Nyon, Switzerland. BATE will play the first game at home.
"Hapoel" represents the city Kiryat Shmona, and plays in the Champions' League for the first time.
The games have been appointed on August 21/22 і 28/29.
In case of success, Victar Hancharenka's team will play in the group stage of the Champions' League. If BATE fail to go through the play-off round, they will play in the Europa League group stage.
The full name of the Israeli club is Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (the working city [club] of Kiryat Shmona). It was founded in 2000 by a merger of two city teams "Hapoel" and "Maccabi". The team plays in the Israel Championship National League. The best achievement - the first place in the championship season 2011/2012. In this year’s Champions' League qualification "Hapoel" defeated Slovakian "Zilina" 2:0, 0:1 and "Neftchi" from Baku 4:0, 2:2.
The stadium "Ironi" admits 5 200 viewers.
Other play-off pairs:
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) v CFR 1907 Cluj (ROU)
Helsingborgs IF (SWE) v
Celtic FC (SCO)
AEL Limassol FC (CYP) v RSC
Anderlecht (BEL)
GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v NK
Maribor (SVN)
SC Braga (POR) v Udinese
Calcio (ITA)
FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) v
Fenerbahçe SK (TUR)
Málaga CF (ESP) v
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
(GER) v FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) v
FC København (DEN)
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