Silver medalist of the Azerbaijani championship "Zira" today hosted "Hajduk" in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League.

Offsideplus.az reports that the "eagles" managed to advance to the play-off stage in this tournament last season.

In the match against "Hajduk", which finished third in the Croatian championship, "Zira" head coach Rashad Sadigov was unable to use the services of two key members of the team - Salifu Suma and Rafael Utzig.

Suma intends to continue his career in another club. Utzig was punished for indiscipline and does not train with the main team.

The Baku representative strengthened its squad this summer with Brahim Konate, Yegor Bogomolski, Ismail Ibrahimli, Rovlan Muradov, Abdulaziz Batibie and Vincent Till.

Till, Bogomolski and Eldar Guliyev were unable to participate in today's match due to injuries.

Conference League, 2nd qualifying round

19:30 "Zira" - "Hajduk" (Split) 1:1

Goals: Brahim Konate, 31 - Kalik, 67

Referee: Christos Vergetis (Greece)

8th km stadium ("Neftchi Arena"), Baku