FC Sabah, Azerbaijan’s representative in the UEFA Champions League, will play the first match of the 2026/2027 season today. The club from Baku will host the Welsh football team, The New Saints, within the first qualifying round first-leg matches.
The match takes place at Bank Respublika Arena and kicks off at 20:00. The match will be officiated by referees from Poland and be broadcast live on CBC Sport channel.
July 7
20:00. Sabah (Azerbaijan) vs The New Saints (Wales)
Referee: Patryk Gryckiewicz
Assistant referees: Marcin Boniek, Bartocz Kaszynski
Fourth official: Wojciech Myc
VAR: Kornel Paszkiewicz
AVAR: Bartosz Frankowski
(The match officials are from Poland)
Bank Respublika Arena
