Slovan Bratislava win the playoff round — NK Celje 1–2 Slovan Bratislava

Slovan Bratislava beat NK Celje 2–1 at Stadion Z'dezele on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 to win the playoff round.

The goals

• 18' — Andraz Sporar (Slovan Bratislava)
• 34' — Svit Seslar (NK Celje)
• 100' — Cristian Martínez (Slovan Bratislava)

How it unfolded

1. 16'•Pijus Sirvys (Celje) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
2. 18'⚽Goal! Celje 0, SK Slovan Bratislava 1. Andraz Sporar (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenan Bajric with a through ball.
3. 34'⚽Goal! Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 1. Svit Seslar (Celje) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
4. 45'+1'•First Half ends, Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 1.
5. 45'•Second Half begins Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 1.
6. 54'•Sandro Cruz (SK Slovan Bratislava) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
7. 58'•Milot Avdyli (Celje) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
8. 73'•Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Alen Mustafic replaces Rahim Ibrahim.
9. 73'•Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Nino Marcelli replaces Tigran Barseghyan.
10. 73'•Substitution, Celje. Benjamin Verbic replaces Papa Daniel.
11. 73'•Substitution, Celje. Alpha Diounkou replaces Pijus Sirvys because of an injury.
12. 80'•Substitution, Celje. Armandas Kucys replaces Andrej Kotnik.
13. 80'•Substitution, Celje. Matic Ivansek replaces Yaya Dukuly.
14. 81'•Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Roman Cerepkai replaces Andraz Sporar.
15. 84'•Artemijus Tutyskinas (Celje) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
16. 90'+2'•Second Half ends, Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 1.
17. 100'⚽Goal! Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 2. Cristian Martínez (SK Slovan Bratislava) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nino Marcelli.
18. 103'•Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Alexej Maros replaces Suleiman Camara.
19. 105'+2'•First Half Extra Time ends, Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 2.
20. 105'•Substitution, Celje. Leonárdo Koútris replaces Darko Hrka.
21. 105'•Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Danylo Ihnatenko replaces Cristian Martínez.
22. 105'•Substitution, Celje. Matej Poplatnik replaces Mario Kvesic.
23. 105'•Second Half Extra Time begins Celje 1, SK Slovan Bratislava 2.
24. 118'•Delay in match because of an injury Danylo Ihnatenko (SK Slovan Bratislava).
25. 118'•Benjamin Verbic (Celje) is shown the yellow card.
26. 119'•Delay over. They are ready to continue.
27. 119'•Andrej Kotnik (Celje) is shown the red card.
28. 120'•Substitution, SK Slovan Bratislava. Kevin Wimmer replaces César Blackman.
29. 120'+1'•Svit Seslar (Celje) is shown the yellow card.

How they arrived

• NK Celje: 1W 3D 1L in their last 5 — 20% win rate, 9 scored and 8 conceded.
• Slovan Bratislava: 3W 2D 0L in their last 5 — 60% win rate, 8 scored and 3 conceded.

Full match statistics

Team records

Sources

• 2026 UCL Qualifying Playoff Round — live match data

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