KuPS to take on fresh faces as draw confirms UEFA Conference League opponents

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/salah-mohamed/08FBycgB/"][b]Mohamed Salah[/b][/a][b] will be making the trip to Kuopio as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/kups/nLBbqJDS/"]KuPS[/a] welcome the Egyptian's new side [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/trabzonspor/MmsYDc03/"]Trabzonspor[/a],[/b] while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cska-sofia/0xFNNECi/"]CSKA Sofia[/a] - the first Bulgarian side the Finnish champions have ever been drawn to play - and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/gent/MgkzUx7T/"]Gent[/a] of Belgium will also head to Finland.[/p][p][b]An away trip to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/braga/dpUer7ht/"]Braga[/a] was not a kind one for KuPS[/b] given the travel involved and the calibre of opponent - the Portuguese side reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Europa League (UEL) last season - while [i]Keltamusta [/i]will also go to Bosnia & Herzegovina to take on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/borac-banja-luka/pWGUPhrD/"]Borac Banja Luka[/a], and to Denmark to face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nordsjaelland/2wZHnGDH/"]Nordsjaelland[/a].[/p][p]KuPS will be aiming to at least match their achievement of last season when they progressed from the UECL league phase before defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lech-poznan/OpNH7Ouf/"]Lech Poznan[/a] in the knockout stage play-off round.[/p][p]As Veikkausliiga winners, KuPS began their European summer this season in the qualifiers for the UEFA Champions League, where they beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vardar/4IQgZaVs/"]Vardar[/a] before defeat to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sabah-baku/fNGcxbyr/"]Sabah Baku[/a]. That saw them drop into the UEL qualifiers, where they made a swift exit against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-u-craiova/nNhLpi8p/"]Universitatea Craiova[/a].[/p][p]A UECL play-off against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/shamrock-rovers/KIN6lmnH/"]Shamrock Rovers[/a] was KuPS' last chance to secure league phase football for the season, which they did via a narrow 2-1 aggregate win against the League of Ireland champions.[/p][embed guid="20bdea8c-189e-46f0-9294-0dd18e31fad4" url="https://x.com/KuPS1923/status/2093317299734286603" social-type="twitter" /][h2]KuPS' UEFA Conference League fixtures[/h2][p]The full list of dates for the fixtures will be announced on 29th August.[/p][p][b]Home[/b][/p][p]KuPS vs Gent[/p][p]KuPS vs Trabzonspor[/p][p]KuPS vs CSKA Sofia[/p][p][b]Away[/b][/p][p]Braga vs KuPS[/p][p]Borac Banja Luka vs KuPS[/p][p]Nordsjaelland vs KuPS[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/soccer/europe/conference-league/"]Follow the UECL this season on Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]