Champions League qualifying play-offs second leg: Bodø/Glimt vs N.E.C. Nijmegen facts

Bodø/Glimt are well placed to earn a second successive appearance in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League as they welcome N.E.C. Nijmegen – who are looking to make their debut in the competition proper – with a 3-1 advantage for the second leg of their qualifying play-off.

Previous meetings

Having made their debut in 2025/26, Bodø's hopes of earning a second successive appearance in the Champions League proper were strengthened following a 3-1 win in Netherlands on 19 August. First-half goals from Sondre Brunstad Fet (25) and Andreas Helmersen (44pen) were added to by Haitam Aleesami (50) before a late Clement Bischoff (85) reply for the home side.

That was the teams' first meeting in UEFA competition.

Bodø/Glimt's record in nine matches against Dutch teams is W3 D3 L3.

The Norwegian side's previous encounter with an Eredivisie team was a 6-4 aggregate win against Twente in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League knockout phase play-offs (1-2 a, 5-2 h), the second leg ending a six-game run without a win (D3 L3).

That made Glimt's aggregate record in two-legged ties against Dutch clubs W2 L1.

N.E.C.'s only previous tie against Norwegian opponents was in the 1983/84 European Cup Winners' Cup first round, when they beat Brann 2-1 on aggregate (1-1 h, 1-0 a).

Form guide

Bodø/Glimt

This is Bodø/Glimt's fifth Champions League campaign – all since 2021.

Bodø/Glimt made their debut in the Champions League proper last season, eventually losing to Sporting CP in the round of 16 (3-0 h, 0-5 a aet) after beating Inter in the knockout phase play-offs. They were the third Norwegian side to feature in the competition proper, after Rosenborg (11 times) and Molde (once), and the first since Rosenborg in 2007/08.

Glimt are in the qualifying play-offs for the third season in a row having lost 2-3 on aggregate to Crvena Zvezda in 2024/25; they defeated Sturm Graz 6-2 at this stage last season (5-0 h, 1-2 a). They also went down 2-4 to GNK Dinamo in 2022/23.

N.E.C.

This is N.E.C.'s first European Cup campaign and only their fifth participation in UEFA competition.

The Dutch club have not featured in Europe since reaching the 2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 32, losing 0-4 to Hamburg after finishing third in their group.

Links and trivia

Bodø/Glimt have won seven of their last nine European matches (D1 L1).

Kjetil Knutsen's side have scored two or more goals in ten of their last 11 European games, defeating Union Saint-Gilloise 6-5 on aggregate in this season's third qualifying round (3-3 a, 3-2 h aet).

Glimt have won their last four home matches in UEFA competition, scoring three times in each.

Bodø/Glimt have also won their last nine home games in Champions League qualifying.

N.E.C. beat Olympiacos 2-1 on aggregate in this season's third qualifying round (0-0 a, 2-1 h aet) – their first European games in 17 years.

The Dutch side have won only two of their nine away games in UEFA competition (D2 L5), both by a one-goal margin.