The Europa League in the current season it wears a new… suit, like the other two UEFA club competitions, to make it more attractive and essentially turns into a mini Champions League. The previous format is a thing of the past and in the group phase (the so-called League Phase) Greek football is represented by two teams, the PAOK and him Olympicwho will witness a historic year for European football.
The “red and white» after his dream conquest Conference League they qualified directly to the group stage of the Europa League, while the Greek champions, who failed in the Champions League qualifiers, secured their participation in it. Based on the new system of conducting the Europa League, 36 teams participate in the group stage instead of 32 that were in previous years in the corresponding stage. Each team will play against eight teams (two from each capacity group), giving a total of eight games – four home and four away. However, in terms of points, the 36 clubs will not be divided into groups, but a single score will be formed. The teams that will finish from 1st to 8th place will qualify directly to the round of 16 of the competition. The teams from places 9 to 24 will play each other in double playoff games. The first matches will be held at the headquarters of teams 17-24 and the return matches at the headquarters of teams 9-16. The bottom twelve teams in the overall standings will be eliminated and will not continue in Europe.
OR starting point of the group phase of Europa is set in the last ten days of September and this particular phase ends at the end of January. The first match in the glittering football festival for the Greek champions is next Wednesday (25/9) in Istanbul against the ambitious Galatasaray. The following day, Piraeus are hosted by Lyon at the Groupama Stadium, which will not be full of fans due to the suspension of the French team. The two matches of the Greek teams in previous seasons could have been part of the Champions League schedule.
The ultimate in Toumba
In his group PAOK the big name is Manchester United, whom he will face in the “theatre of dreams”, Old Trafford. The key to the course of the “double-header of the north” to be in the orbit of Europe after January 2025 is to prevail in the matches in Tuba, where they will face Steaua, Viktoria Plzen, Ferencvaros and Slavia Prague. Groups that are in his… cubes.
Its “architect”. PAOK Razvan Lucescu finds ways and presents a team capable of making a difference abroad. The team’s performances in recent years are the biggest proof.
The European DNA
THE Olympic with last year’s historic European course he proved that his goals have no ceiling. Who expected that the “red and whites” would eliminate the powerful Aston Villa in the semi-finals and in the final of the Conference League they would throw the tough Fiorentina on the canvas of the OPAP Arena, writing a mythical finale? By winning the first title of a Greek team in Europe, Olympiacos raised its bar in UEFA competitions. The European title passed into the DNA of the entire “red and white” edifice and in the club they have the right to dream of new heights.
THE Jose Luis Mendiliber he lifted Olympiacos to the top of Europe and this year’s Europa final will be held in his home country. In particular, the next trophy of the competition will be judged on May 21 at the home of Athletic Bilbao, “San Mames”, and Mendiliber will aim to go with his team to the end.
THE Olympic on his European road he will meet, apart from Lyon, teams that have made history in UEFA competitions, such as Porto, Steaua (PAOK also faces them) and Rangers. And Piraeus if they take advantage of the home factor, they can hope to continue in Europa and in the knockout phase. “We have to take all opponents seriously and take advantage of our home ground. We have to be more careful and more ready since now, after our success in the Conference League, our opponents are counting on us much more” Olympiakos president Vangelis Marinakis said when the team’s opponents became known.
The tie criteria in the group stage are:
- goal difference
- better attack
- better attack in away matches
- number of wins
- number of wins in away matches.
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