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Celta vs. PAOK: Facts & Figures
Paokfc.gr puts you in the mood for the match against Celta at the Estadio Abanca Balaidos for the second matchday of the League Phase of the 2025/26 UEFA Europa League. Get in the know with some interesting information and statistics about the background of the match.
- PAOK will face the seventh different team from Spain in European competitions on Matchday 2 of the Europa League. All of the previous meetings were in the UEFA Cup and its successor, the Europa League.
- The first meeting was with Barcelona, who had a certain Johan Cruyff in their ranks. On September 16, 1975, PAOK won 1-0 in Thessaloniki (72’ Koudas) and in the return match, the Double-headed Eagle lost 6-1.
- In the next two meetings with teams from Spain, they faced Sevilla, in 1982-83 and 1990-91, and were eliminated both times. In their first meeting, PAOK won 2-0 at the Toumba and lost 4-0 in Spain.
- In 1990-91, no goals were scored in 210 minutes of matches and qualification was decided on penalties, where the Spaniards prevailed 4-3 at the Toumba.
- This was followed by the matches with Atletico Madrid in 1997-98, where PAOK were defeated 5-2 in Spain and in the return match there was an impressive 4-4 draw.
- The 2010-11 season was the first tie in the group stage, where the matches with Villarreal ended with a victory for each team, 1-0 in Spain for Villarreal and 1-0 in Thessaloniki for PAOK.
- In 2020-21, PAOK were in the same group as Granada and the matches ended with two goalless draws.
- Their last experience with a team from Spain was last season, where again in the League Phase of the Europa League on January 30, 2025 they were defeated 2-0 in Spain by Real Sociedad.
- In total, PAOK have played 13 games with teams from Spain and his record is three wins, five draws and five losses. Four of the draws are 0-0 and one is 4-4.
- Celta will face a Greek team for the third time. Their previous clashes were in 1999 against Aris and in 2016 against Panathinaikos. In both of these cases, the Galician club qualified, while in four matches their record was three wins and one draw.
