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Donetsk Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov personally attended the Champions League match against Greek AEK, ending a years-long stadium attendance hiatus.

Donetsk Shakhtar's youth team lost 1:2 to Greece's AEK in the UEFA Youth League second round and dropped to 33rd place in the standings.

In the first matchday of the 2026/27 Champions League league phase, Aston Villa beat Bruges 3:2, while AEK narrowly edged out LASK. John McGinn opened the scoring in the new edition.

In the Champions League playoff second legs, Fenerbahce knocked out Lyon (3:2 on aggregate), Norway's Viking reached the main stage for the first time in history, and AEK thrashed Levski 4:0. Ukrainian footballers Zubkov and Ignatenko kept their chance to play in the Champions League.