Today, Thursday, August 6, 2026, the qualifying matches for the Europa League and the Europa League continue, along with a match in the English League Cup, and a number of friendly matches that the clubs are playing as part of their preparations for the start of the new season.
The Europa League matches will witness strong encounters, most notably the meeting between Turkish Besiktas and Hradec Králové, while Belgian Anderlecht will be hosted by Greek PAOK Thessaloniki, and Austrian Salzburg will meet Cypriot Paphos.
In the Europa League qualifiers, Ajax of the Netherlands will host Shelburn of Ireland, while Dynamo Kyiv will meet Qarabag, and Sporting Braga will face Dynamo Minsk, in a series of highly anticipated matches.
In friendly matches, Monaco of France will meet Getafe of Spain, while Fiorentina of Italy will face Deportivo La Coruña of Spain, and Zed of Egypt will play against Al-Muharraq of Bahrain.
Europa League qualifying match dates
Hradec Králové vs Beşiktaş – 9:00 PM UAE time (8:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
Salzburg vs Paphos – 9:00 PM UAE time (8:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
PAOK Thessaloniki vs Anderlecht – 9:45 PM UAE time (8:45 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
Benfica vs Hearts – 11:00 PM UAE time (10:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
Schedule of matches for the European Conference League qualifiers
FC Noah vs Sion – 8:00 PM UAE Time (7:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
Bied vs Rapid Vienna – 8:00 PM UAE Time (7:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
Dynamo Kyiv vs Qarabağ – 9:00 PM UAE Time (8:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
Debrechisen vs Copenhagen – 9:00 PM UAE Time (8:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
FC Sheriff vs St. Gallen – 9:00 PM UAE Time (8:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
Ajax vs Shelburn – 10:00 PM UAE Time (9:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
Sporting Braga vs Dinamo Minsk – 10:30 PM UAE Time (9:30 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time).
Lugano vs Ranavík – 10:30 PM UAE Time (9:30 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia Time). Bohemians vs Midtjylland – 10:45 PM UAE time (9:45 PM Egypt and Saudi Arabia time).
English League Cup fixtures
Bristol City vs Walsall – 10:45 PM UAE time (9:45 PM Egypt and Saudi Arabia time).
Friendly match dates
Zed vs. Al-Muharraq – 6:00 PM UAE time (5:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
Fiorentina vs. Deportivo La Coruña – 10:00 PM UAE time (9:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
Málaga vs Al-Arabi – 10:00 PM UAE time (9:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
Monaco vs Getafe – 10:00 PM UAE time (9:00 PM Egypt & Saudi Arabia time).
