Swiss Young Boys, Austrian Salzburg and Czech Sparta Prague sealed their ticket to the renewed Champions Leaguewhich will feature 36 teams, after passing their respective play-off rounds on Tuesday.
Swiss champions Young Boys return to European football’s top competition after their 1-0 victory in Türkiye against Galatasaray with a goal from Frenchman Alan Virginiusin a match in which the local goalkeeper, the Uruguayan Fernando Muslera was expelled for assaulting a visiting player.
Salzburg will experience their sixth consecutive presence in the Champions League group stage after their 1-1 draw at home to Dynamo kyivafter their 2-0 first-leg victory.
And Sparta Prague defeated Swedish side Malmö 2-0which they had already beaten by the same score in the first leg in Sweden.
The final four names in the Champions League group stage will be announced on Wednesday.
Champions League play-off second leg results
Galatasaray (TUR) 0
Young Boys (SUI) 1 (Virginius 87)
Sparta Prague (CZE) 2 (Haraslin 80 penalty, Rrahmani 83)
Malmö (SWE) 0
Salzburg (AUT) 1 (Daghim 12)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1 (Vanat 29)
Wednesday (in parentheses, result of the first leg):
Qarabag (AZE) – Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) (0-3)
Slavia Prague (CZE) – Lille (FRA) (0-2)
Red Star (SRB) – Bodo/Glimt (NOR) (1-2)
Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – Midtjylland (DEN) (1-1)
