The profile of Club Brugge that PAOK will find in the “8” of the Europa Conference League

With the Club Brugge will face o PAOK in his quarterfinals European Conference League, after the draw that took place in Nyon, Switzerland, while if the “black and white” manage to pass to the semi-finals, they will find the winner of the match between Viktoria Plzen and Fiorentina. The first away game on April 11 for Thessaloniki and the second leg, a week later, on April 18.

The Belgians, founded in 1891 and based in Bruges, have colors of dark blue and black and are based in “Jan Breidel”, with a capacity of 29,042 seats. It is a traditional powerhouse of Belgian football, with 18 Championships, 11 Cups and 17 Super Cups.

Club Brugge started their journey in the 2nd qualifying round of the competition and left out Aarhus, Akureyri and Osasuna, while in the group they managed to finish in first place, above Bodo Glimt, Besiktas and Lugano. Indicative, of her excellence, that she counted five wins and one draw. In the round of 16 they found Molde and may have lost the first leg in Norway 2-1, but in the second leg they were amazing, punching their ticket to the quarter-finals with a 3-0 win. Olsen and Skoras scored twice.

In the league things are not going so well for them, since they are in third place with 51 degrees: at -12 from the second, Anderlecht and at -18 from the leader, Union Saint-Jiloise with one game remaining before the end of the regular season before the playoffs.

The coach is the Norwegian, Ronnie Deila, while its market value amounts to 125 million euros. More expensive players Skov Olsen and Antonio Nusa worth 18 million Euros and 17 million Euros respectively, while striker Igor Thiago is having a terrific season with 26 goals and four assists in 43 appearances in all competitions. Undoubtedly, the star of the Belgians is Olsen: a player of immense quality and technical training, with 22 goals and eight assists this year. Important units are the former ace of Olympiakos, Philip Zinkernagel and the experienced midfielder and captain, Hans Vanaken.

Beneath the rafters is the polypyrus, Simon Mignolet, while in defense Maxime de Kuyper stands out, having huge potential in the offensive part as well with 12 assists. In the center of the defense “pillars” are Brandon Mehele and Jorne Spillers.

They won’t meet for the first time PAOK and Club Brugge, after they were in the Europa League group in the 2010-11 season. Both matches had drawn 1-1, while there is also a player who is still on the “black and white” roster: Of course, we are talking about the captain, Andre Vierignawho had even scored in the Toumba match.