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Besiktas will take on Czech side Hradec Kralove away on Aug. 6 in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, with the Istanbul club looking to move closer to the play-offs and pick up its 100th victory in European competitions.
The match at FINEP Arena will kick off at 8:00 p.m. Türkiye time and will be shown live on TV100.
Romanian referee Horatiu Fesnic will oversee the game, with Alexandru Cerei and Alexandru Mihai Voda serving as his assistants.
Besiktas has won both of its competitive matches in the 2026-27 season after knocking out Danish club Midtjylland in the Europa League second qualifying round.
Hradec Kralove also moved through comfortably, beating Norwegian side Tromso 3-1 in the first match and 1-0 in the return leg to set up the meeting with Besiktas.
A victory in Czechia would bring Besiktas up to 100 wins in European competitions. The Black Eagles have so far recorded 99 victories, 50 draws and 111 defeats across 260 European matches.
The second leg will take place in Istanbul on Aug. 13.
The team that moves on from the tie will face the loser of the Dinamo Zagreb-Kauno Zalgiris matchup in the Europa League play-off round.
The eliminated side will drop into the UEFA Conference League play-offs, where it will take on the winner of the Panathinaikos-CSKA 1948 tie.
Besiktas has registered Leandro Trossard with UEFA for the Hradec Kralove tie. However, the Belgian player was not included in the traveling squad for the opening match.
Trossard will be eligible to feature in the return leg in Istanbul should the coaching staff decide to bring him into the team.
The FC Hradec Kralove lineup features Adam Zadrazil, Jakub Uhrincat, Filip Cihak, Frantisek Cech, Jakub Kucera, Vladimir Darida, Samuel Dancak, Daniel Horak, Mick van Buren, Ondrej Mihalik, and Tom Sloncik.
The Besiktas lineup features Alexander Nubel, Kassoum Ouattara, Emirhan Topcu, Tiago Djalo, Amir Murillo, Salih Ozcan, Ilhan Fakili, Orkun Kokcu, Junior Olaitan, Vaclav Cerny, and Hyeon-gyu Oh.
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