Celje 2-4 Lugano: result and report
Europa Conference League · Thursday 14 August 2025
Result
Celje 2-4 Lugano
Europa Conference League · Thursday 14 August 2025, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celje 2-4 Lugano: match report
Celje were beaten by Lugano 2-4 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 14 August 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Anto Grgic opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Celje's goals came from Franko Kovacevic (22') and Mario Kvesic (66'). Lugano scored through Anto Grgic (13', penalty), Antonios Papadopoulos (69'), Renato Steffen (81') and Pablo Acebal (84', penalty).
Discipline: Celje received 1 yellow card; Lugano received 3 yellow cards.
This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.
Celje lined up in a 3-4-3 and Lugano in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Kvesic of Celje (8.6), ahead of Antonios Papadopoulos (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Celje wins, 0 draws and 1 for Lugano.
Key events
- 13'Penalty goal · Anto Grgic
- 22'Goal · Franko Kovacevic
- 58'Yellow card · Renato Steffen
- 59'Yellow card · Zan Karnicnik
- 62'Yellow card · Anto Grgic
- 66'Goal · Mario Kvesic
- 69'Goal · Antonios Papadopoulos
- 74'Yellow card · Uran Bislimi
- 81'Goal · Renato Steffen
- 84'Penalty goal · Pablo Acebal
Head-to-head
Team news
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Celje line-up (3-4-3)
Zan-Luk Leban, Juanjo Nieto, Damjan Vuklisevic, Artemijus Tutyškinas, Nikita Iosifov, Mark Zabukovnik, Zan Karnicnik, Mario Kvesic, Milot Avdyli, Franko Kovacevic, Danijel Sturm
Lugano line-up (3-5-1-1)
Amir Saipi, Damian Kelvin, Antonios Papadopoulos, Ayman El Wafi, Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud, Renato Steffen, Anto Grgic, Elias Pihlström, Ezgjan Alioski, Georgios Koutsias, Alexandre Parsemain