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Club Brugge vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Just a few hours ahead of PAOK’s crucial 2023-24 UEFA Europa Conference League quarter-final, first-leg clash against Club Brugge, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match at the Jan Breydel Stadium.
- PAOK have faced Club Brugge once before in the UEFA Europa League groups in the 2010–11 season and there were two 1–1 draws. Initially in Belgium, Malezas equalized late in the game to cancel out Quemaja’s opening strike. At the Toumba, Vieirinha opened the scoring in the 25th minute and Sepovic made it 1-1 in the 89th minute.
- PAOK is competing for the third time in teh club’s history in the quarter-final stage of a European competition, with the first appearance taking place in the 1973-74 season, when they eliminated Legia Warsaw and Lyon, to arrive in March 1974 to face Milan over two legs. A 3-0 defeat in Italy was followed by a 2-2 draw at the Toumba with two goals from Stavros Sarafis, while Bigon and Tresoldi scored for the Italians.
- Next was in the Conference League, where in the 2021-22 season after the group stage, they eliminated FC Midtjylland and Ghent to compete in the last eight with Marseille. The first match was again away from home, where PAOK were defeated 2-1. In the second leg Marseille prevailed again with a 1-0 win.
- PAOK have faced a total of four teams from Belgium. The first on their European journeys was Liege in the 1967-68 season for the Exhibition Cup. The elimination came after two defeats, 2-0 at the Toumba and 3-2 in Belgium. The matches with Mechelen followed in 1991-92, where the Double-headed Eagle qualified in the UEFA Cup with a 1-0 away win, which was followed by a 1-1 draw at the Toumba.
- The next match was against Bruges in the UEFA Europa League group stage, while in 2021-22 they eliminated Ghent in the «Round of 16» of the UEFA Europa Conference League with two victories, first a 1-0 result at the Toumba and a 2-1 win in Belgium.
- In total, PAOK have played eight matches against teams from Belgium, and count three wins, three draws and two losses, while three of the four matches were in knockout stages and PAOK progressed twice, while being eliminated once.’
- This is PAOK’s 33rd UEFA Europa Conference League match, with a record of 18 wins, 7 draws and 7 losses, while the goal ratio stands at 55-31.
