Kick-off on 06.03.25 22:00.

In the Round of 16 of the Conference League, the first match between Celje and Lugano will take place at Z'dežele Stadium. The hosts eliminated APOEL in the previous round (2-2, 2-0). The visitors finished sixth in the final group stage standings, thus skipping the Round of 32. The Yellow and Blues have hosted a Swiss team only once in their European history. In the third round of the 2001 Intertoto Cup, the team from Lower Styria drew 1-1 at home against Lausanne-Sport. The Bianconeri will be playing in Slovenia for the first time in a UEFA competition. The club from the eponymous city has remained unbeaten at home in its last ten matches.

The media service will broadcast the first match between Celje and Lugano online on 06.03.2025.

In the fourth round of qualification, the hosts thrashed Pyunik 4-1 at Z'dežele. In the group stage, they secured victories against Başakşehir (5-1) and The New Saints (3-2), while drawing with Jagiellonia (3-3). Swit Sešlar has provided seven assists, the highest tally in the tournament. Lithuanian forward Armandas Kučys has contributed to six goals. Since the early 2000s, the Yellow and Blues have suffered only five defeats in 23 home matches. In 13 of those, the Slovenian side scored at least twice.

Lugano claimed away wins over Mladá Boleslav (1-0) and Legia (2-1) in the group stage but fell to Bačka Topola (1-4). Tunisian midfielder Mohamed Belhadj has been involved in three goal-scoring attacks. In ten of their 26 away matches in UEFA competitions, the Pride of Ticino failed to score at all. They have drawn only three times away from home, against Legia (0-0, UEFA Cup 1971/72), Jeunesse (0-0, UEFA Cup 1995/96), and Dynamo Kyiv (1-1, Europa League 2019/20).

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