Krasnodar reached the Europa League playoffs

The Russian football club Krasnodar played a 1:1 draw with the Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg in the fifth round of the Europa League group stage and secured access to the playoffs of the tournament from second place.

The scoring was opened by Munas Dubbur, the Austrian striker. In the 85th minute, Fedor Smolov scored the return goal.

Schalke 04 are first in Group I with 15 points. Last place is occupied by "Nice", which scored only three points.

Krasnodar scored 7 points and is second in the group table, while Salzburg is in third place with 4 points. Krasnodar have an advantage over the Austrian team in personal meetings, so they will be higher in the final standings, regardless of the results of the last round.

R-Sport

• The second Russian club in the Europa League - Zenit St. Petersburg - secured their way out of the group in the fourth round. Rostov and CSKA, playing in the Champions League, also have chances to get into the playoffs of the Europa League - for this they need to take third place in their groups.