Sparta’s road to Europe: How can the team get into the group stage and how many attempts do they have?

Last year, Sparta made it to the Europa League group stage by winning the cup, but this year they will have a difficult road to the preliminary rounds. Which way to Europe?

As runners-up in the Fortuna League, the Leten players have jumped into the second preliminary round of the Champions League. There they faced Rapid Vienna, but failed to win their first match at the Allianz Stadion. They will have to avenge the 2-1 defeat next week at Letná.

If Pavel Vrba’s charges had eliminated the Austrian side, they would have faced Monaco. However, they would have already been assured of the Europa League.

In case of elimination against Rapid, the Letná team would face Famagusta. If they manage to outwit this opponent in the 3rd round of the Europa League, they would still have a playoff in this competition.

Otherwise, the Spartans would have to face someone else in the Conference League Playoffs. If they make it through this double-header, they would be facing the regular group of this new competition. However, if the Spartans fail to win this match, they would not play in the European Cup at all.

If they want to be sure of the European Cup, they will have to go through Rapid Vienna. Anything could happen if they travel to the Europa League preliminary round against Famagusta.

Source: FlashSport