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Witness history! Champions League record night! The three teams entered the Champions League for the first time in history, and 32 seats have been confirmed in the Champions League main competition

7:15am, 27 August 2025【Football】

The Champions League ushered in a comprehensive expansion last season, and more records are waiting to be written! Small teams also have big dreams! After the reform of the Champions League, the league's direct quota was 28 seats, plus the UEFA Cup champion direct quota, there were seven places, which were given to the play-off area! In the fourth round of the Champions League playoffs, there are three teams: Bode Shine, Paphos and Almaty Keilat are all trying to win the Champions League main championship. If successful, it will be the first time in the history of the three teams!

Bodd Shining Team's first tournament in the Champions League

The two teams confronted in the first leg. Bood Shining took over the Devil's home court Asmira Stadium, defeated Graz Storm 5-0, and almost entered the Champions League main match with one foot! As the Europa League semi-final team last season, Bode Shining is eager to take it to the next level! This is the third time that Bode Shine's team has reached the Champions League qualification! In the 2022-23 Champions League playoff, the team won 1-0 at home in the first leg, 1-2 in the second leg, 1-4 in overtime, and the total score was reversed by Dynamo Zagreb 2-4. In the 2024-25 Champions League playoff, the team also won 2-1 at home in the first leg, and the second leg was reversed by Belgrade Red Star 2-3! Now, with a huge lead of 5-0 in the first leg, Bode Shining has finally made history and advanced to the Champions League for the first time in the team's history!

Bodd Shining is in full swing in the Norwegian Premier League and has been unbeaten for nine consecutive games. Knutson's team has won six consecutive victories! Knutson did not forget to encourage the team: "Rosenberg was also a regular visitor to the European competition back then, and it took them a lot of time to get to this point. We are the same!" When Bode Shining can enter such a field year after year, a new record in team history was finally born at this moment!

Bodd shines with assists from Hayjog, and Jorgensen scored in the 15th minute to lead the team. Then, the Graz Storm launched a counterattack, and Sedi Jata successfully sent the ball into the opponent's goal in the 30th minute to equalize the score. In the second half, Leon Gergich gave Urman an assist, and Urman scored calmly to help Graz Storm overtake. In the end, the game ended, and Graz Storm beat Bode Shining 2-1. The total score of the two rounds Graz Storm lost to the opponent 2-6, and unfortunately stopped! This season, the third time this season, the 5-0 victory at home in the first leg became the key to Bode's shining promotion. In the end, they successfully created history and entered the Champions League for the first time in team history!

Paphos creates new history

As a dark horse in the qualifying round of the Champions League this season, they eliminated Tel Aviv Maccabi and Dynamo Kiev! You know, Paphos has never advanced to the Champions League! In the first leg, Paphos FC won 2-1 at home at Belgrade, taking the lead in advance. When he returned to home in the second leg, Paphos FC is expected to defend his advantage and complete the great achievement of entering the Champions League for the first time in the team's history! All tickets for the home game of this game were sold out after three days of issuance. Facing the Serbian giants, Paphos tied and advanced! The team has shown a more mature tactical system this year than last season. After ensuring the qualification of the Europa League, it is striving to make a historical breakthrough in the Champions League! The team will give everything to repay the support of the fans and let Cyprus football shine in Europe!

The game was in progress, Belgrade Red Star player Ivanic successfully scored after receiving a pass from his teammate Ndiaye. Then, Paphos player Pepe Rodriguez assisted Jaja to score a goal. The final game ended with a 1-1 draw. Paphos defeated Belgrade Red Star 3-2 in total in two rounds!

Almaty Keirat wrote a new chapter

Kazakhstan joined UEFA in 2002, and Almaty Keirat participated in the UEFA qualifying round for the first time in 2005. In the past 20 years, they have made three attacks, and were eliminated in the first two first rounds and second rounds. Now they have entered the playoffs and have set a new high in team history! With a 0-0 score, in the second leg of the Champions League qualifying play-off, Kazakhstan team Almaty Keilat took the home court against the Scottish Celtics!

The two teams fought fiercely overtime until the penalty shootout, and in the end, Almaty Keira's special ball game 3-2 Celtics, creating a new history! Team history has advanced to the Champions League for the first time! Now 32 seats have been decided in the top 36 of the Champions League this season, and the remaining 4 seats will be generated in the second leg of the last four playoffs!