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PAOK vs. Riejka: Facts & Figures
Ahead of PAOK’s 2025-26 UEFA Europa League Play Offs qualifier second leg against Rijeka, paokfc.gr puts you in the picture about the background to the match.
- PAOK welcome Rijeka in the second leg of their Europa League Play Offs tie. The Double-headed Eagle also faced Rijeka in the 2021-22 Conference League Playoffs without a positive result, as the Toumba Stadium match ended 1-1, and they secured qualification in the second leg with a 2-0 win in Croatia.
- PAOK last faced a team from Croatia in the 2023-24 Conference League Round of 16, losing 2-0 away to Dinamo Zagreb, and in the second leg in Thessaloniki they won with an impressive 5-1 result to qualify for the last eight.
- This is the sixth time that PAOK have faced a team from Croatia and in all of those games they have managed to qualify from knockout games, but also to advance to the next phase if they have met them in the group stage.
- In total, PAOK have played 11 matches with teams from Croatia home and away, where they counts six wins, two draws and three losses.
- The first opponent was Dinamo Zagreb in the 2010-11 season in the group stage of the Europa League.
- On September 30, 2010, they prevailed 1-0 at the Toumba Stadium thanks to a goal by Vladan Ivic, while on December 15, 2010, they also won 1-0 in Croatia thanks to a goal by Dimitris Salpingidis.
- Then PAOK came up against Lokomotiv in their path for the 2nd qualifying round of the 2015-16 Europa League and while the Double-headed Eagle were defeated 2-1 in Croatia, they prevailed 6-0 in the return leg and qualified for the next round.
- In 2021-22 it was Rijeka’s turn to visit Thessaloniki for the Conference League Playoffs and the 1-1 draw was followed by the second leg in Croatia ending with a 2-0 victory for PAOK which have them qualification to the group stage.
- In 2023-24 PAOK found themselves facing two teams from Croatia, with Hajduk Split being the opposition in the Conference League qualifiers, and Dinamo Zagreb faced them in the Round of 16 phase of the competition.
- There was a goalless draw with Hajduk Split in Croatia and PAOK prevailed 3-0 at the Toumba and qualified for the next phase, where they eliminated Hearts from Scotland and competed in the group stages of the competition.
