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DAC will face a team from a village with less than 1,000 inhabitants in the European Cup

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FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda football players will enter the battles in the 2nd preliminary round of the European Conference League as the first among the three Slovak representatives. Already on Wednesday at 20:00 CET, they will present themselves at the Víkinguru Göta field in the Faroe Islands, they will welcome the opponent in the rematch on July 28.

On Thursday, it will be the turn of other lucky players MFK Ružomberok and FC Spartak Trnava.

Dunajská Streda, after progressing from the 1st preliminary round over the Northern Irish FC Cliftonville, got in the mood for the next qualification phase with success in the opening round of the highest domestic competition. On Sunday, MFK Tatran defeated Liptovský Mikuláš 2:1, turning the tide in the second half with goals from Nikola Krstovič and Dominik Kružliak. Víkingur, the third team of the previous season in the Faroe League, eliminated the Gibraltar club FC Europa in the 1st preliminary round of the EKL after winning 1-0 at home and 2-1 away.

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“The boys immediately moved to the Academy after the match, where they had not only regeneration processes, but also a diet. They have the maximum conditions provided by the club, the service of four physiotherapists. It is essential to train the players immediately after the match to match the intensity so that they are ready for the next match. Fatigue must be caught not only with diet, but also with a quality regeneration part. We had to adjust that a little, we did it with pleasure. We know what awaits us in the next few days, not only travel, but matches in close succession, again the change to artificial grass. Now I’m already concentrating on the next match, we’re going to watch the Vikings,” said new coach Adrian Guľa.

His charges headed to the Faroe Islands already on Monday, a day after Fortunaliga’s performance and two days before the match of the European club competition number three. After a stopover in Norway to refuel, they landed at the only airport in the island country of 50,000 people. Their opponent comes from the smallest municipality that plays in the European competition, Nordragöta, Göta for short, doesn’t even have 700 inhabitants.

However, the match will take place in the capital Tórshavn at the 5,000-capacity Tórsvöllur Stadium. It will be led by Slovenian referees led by the main referee Nejc Kajtazovič, the live broadcast will be broadcast by Šport RTVS. In case of promotion, DAC will meet in the 3rd preliminary round with the successful pair of Saburtalo Tbilisi and FCSB.

2nd preliminary round EKL 2022/2023 – 1st match:
Víkingur Göta – FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda /Wednesday 20 July, 20.00 SELČ, Tórsvöllur stadium in Tórshavn, Sport RTVS/
Referees: Kajtazovič – Kordež, Kasapovič (all Slovak)

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