Olympiacos will face runner-up and Turkish Cup winner Fenerbahce in the quarterfinals of the Conference League. Fenerbahçe reached the quarter-finals of the competition starting from its second qualifying round by eliminating Zibru from Moldova with two wins (5-0, 0-4) and then Maribor from Slovenia also with two wins (3-1, 0 -3) and the Dutch Twente in the playoffs (5-1, 0-1) to enter the groups. In the group stage, they were first with four wins and two losses. They lost to Norgeland (6-1) and Ludogorets (2-0) away, while they beat the Danes and Bulgarians (3-1) at home and made two wins over Spartak Trnava (4-0, 1-2) .
In the Turkish league, they are in second place with 76 points, -2 behind the leader Galatasaray. The coach of the team is Ismail Kartal, 62 years old.
The market value of Fener’s roster is estimated at 201 million euros by transfermarkt, while that of Olympiakos is at 110 million euros. The goalkeeper is Dominik Livakovic, the main player of the Croatian national team, whom he acquired for 6.6 million euros from Dinamo Zagreb. In defense, the 37-year-old Italian Leonardo Bonucci and Caglar Soyuncu, who was acquired on loan from Atlético Madrid, stand out. Bosnian Rade Krunic, on loan from AC Milan, along with Poland’s Sebastian Szymanski and Brazilian Fred stand out in midfield, while in midfield there is Serbian Dusan Tadic and Turkish internationals Cengiz Uder and Irfan Kahveci. The team’s attackers are the 38-year-old Bosnian Edin Dzeko and the Belgian Michy Batshuayi.
Fener and Olympiacos had faced each other in the group stage of the Europa League in 2021/22, with the red and whites celebrating two victories, 0-3 in Poli with Tiquinio (6′) and Masoura (62′, 68′) and 1-0 in Faliro with Tikinio (89′).
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