UEFA Conference League: Chelsea to play Copenhagen in Round of 16 [Full draw]

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UEFA Conference League: Chelsea to play Copenhagen in Round of 16 [Full draw]

Chelsea will face Copenhagen in the UEFA Conference League Round of 16.

The draw conducted on Friday, also separated the heavily favoured Blues from Fiorentina in a different half of the bracket.

Enzo Maresca’s men finished top of the new 36-team league phase and secured the No.1 seeding.

The first leg will be played in Denmark on March 6 and the return leg is scheduled for one week later.

Fiorentina, who lost the last two Conference League finals, were paired with Panathinaikos.

The Serie A side now cannot meet Chelsea until the final on May 28 in Wroclaw, Poland.

If Chelsea beat Copenhagen, they will face Legia Warsaw or Molde in the quarter-finals.

Copenhagen eliminated Germany’s representative, Heidenheim, in the knockout playoffs round Thursday, while France didn’t even have a team in the league phase.

UEFA Conference League round-of-16 draw:

Chelsea vs. Copenhagen
Jagiellonia Bialystok vs. Cercle Brugge
Celje vs. Lugano
Pafos vs. Djurgarden
Borac Banja Luka vs. Rapid Vienna