A Great Start by FC Zürich Europa Grupa A 20 September 2018 AEK Larnaca 0-1 Zürich Ludogorets 2-3 Leverkusen 04 October 2018 Zürich - Ludogorets Leverkusen - AEK Larnaca 25 October 2018 Zürich - Leverkusen AEK Larnaca - Ludogorets 08 November 2018 Leverkusen - Zürich Ludogorets - AEK Larnaca 29 November 2018 Zürich - AEK Larnaca Leverkusen - Ludogorets 13 December 2018 Ludogorets - Zürich AEK Larnaca - Leverkusen
YB goes down 3-1 in Spain. Swiss teams do not do well in Spain. FCZ is in Germany today. If they win today, they have will qualify for the knock-out round. A draw might do it as well.
YB loses in 90+ 1-0 FCZ goes down 1-2 at home in a match with little import except for the UEFA Coefficient.
So as an unseeded team, FCZ could end up with one of the following. Arsenal (ENG) Bayer Leverkusen (GER) Benfica (POR)* Chelsea (ENG) Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) Eintracht Frankfurt (GER) Genk (BEL) Internazionale Milano (ITA)* Napoli (ITA)* Real Betis (ESP) Salzburg (AUT) Sevilla (ESP) Valencia (ESP)* Villarreal (ESP) Zenit (RUS)
This is a terrible draw for FCZ. The only way it could've been worse is if they'd drawn Chelsea or Sevilla. Napoli will tear them apart, and no Swiss teams will remain after the round of 32. This will also knock Switzerland down to 15th in the coefficient, and that will be a disaster.
It's actually worse than that. They're about to drop down to 18th to start the next campaign which means that they'll lose a Champions League spot. They'll still retain 3 spots in the Europa League since almost every league except the bottom three (and Liechtenstein) gets three teams in Europa. YB going to the group stages was wonderful, and their defeat of Juventus was magical, but, other than that, this has been an absolutely disastrous European campaign.