Champions League play-offs: Qarabağ vs Ferencváros facts

Qarabağ are well placed to reach the UEFA Champions League proper for only the second time when Ferencváros visit Baku for the conclusion of their play-off.

Last match

Qarabağ lead 3-1 from the first leg in Budapest, Barnabás Varga's first-half strike overturned by second-half goals from Marko Janković, Kevin Medina and Musa Gurbanli.

The teams' only other matches came in the 2022/23 Champions League third qualifying round, Qarabağ progressing with a 4-2 aggregate victory (1-1 h, 3-1 a).

Qarabağ

Qarabağ are aiming to reach the Champions League proper for the second time having finished fourth in their section in 2017/18, both their points coming against Atlético de Madrid.

They are the only Azerbaijani team to have participated in the group stage or league phase.

Qarabağ have lost their last two play-offs since they reached the 2017/18 group stage with a victory on away goals against Copenhagen (1-0 h, 1-2 a), going down 0-5 on aggregate against GNK Dinamo (0-3 a, 0-2 h) last season to make their overall play-off record W1 L2.

The Horsemen lost seven of their eight games (W1) in last season's league phase of the UEFA Europa League to finish in 36th place.

Qarabağ's last six Champions League campaigns have all ended in the qualifying rounds.

Ferencváros

Ferencváros are aiming for a third appearance in the Champions League proper. They reached the group stage in 1995/96 and 2020/21, when they progressed through the play-off round with an away-goals victory against Molde (3-3 a, 0-0 h).

The Hungarian side last featured in the play-offs in 2021/22, a 4-6 aggregate loss against Young Boys (2-3 a, 2-3 h) making their record at this stage W1 L1.

Ferencváros lost 1-3 on aggregate to Danish side Midtjylland in the 2024/25 third qualifying round, going on to reach the Europa League knockout phase play-offs.

Key stats

Qarabağ have won all five Champions League matches in 2025/26, scoring 13 goals and conceding only two.

The Horsemen beat Shelbourne 4-0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round (3-0 a, 1-0 h) and Shkëndija 6-1 in the third (1-0 a, 5-1 h).

Ferencváros defeated Noah 6-4 on aggregate in the second qualifying round (2-1 a, 4-3 h) and Ludogorets 3-0 in the third (0-0 a, 3-0 h).

Fradi have won only two of their last nine away European games (D2 L5).

Varga has scored five goals in five Champions League appearances this season.

Penalty shoot-outs

Qarabağ's record in two UEFA shoot-outs is W0 L2:
5-6 v Molde, 2020/21 Champions League third qualifying round
3-5 v Gent, 2022/23 Conference League knockout round play-off

Ferencváros' record in six UEFA shoot-outs is W3 L3:
5-4 v Željezničar, 1971/72 UEFA Cup quarter-final
4-3 v Helsingborg, 1997/98 UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4-5 v Hajduk Split, 2001/02 Champions League second qualifying round
2-3 v Copenhagen, 2003/04 UEFA Cup first round
1-3 v Partizani, 2016/17 Champions League second qualifying round
3-2 v Borac Banja Luka, 2024/25 Europa League qualifying play-offs