{"id":680236,"date":"2022-03-10T19:09:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T17:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20220310-rival-analysis-to-profil-tis-gandis\/"},"modified":"2022-03-10T22:37:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T20:37:57","slug":"20220310-rival-analysis-to-profil-tis-gandis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20220310-rival-analysis-to-profil-tis-gandis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rival Analysis: Gent profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

History<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Gent<\/strong> are one of the oldest clubs in Belgium<\/strong>. The club was founded in 1864, while its football department was created in 1900. Despite their long history, Gent<\/strong> have only managed to win the league championship once, in the 2014-15 season, while they have won the Belgian Cup<\/strong> three times (1964, 1984, 2010).<\/p>\n

In European competitions, the Belgians<\/strong> have a long history, mainly in the UEFA Cup<\/strong> and later in the Europa League<\/strong>, while their most important success was in 1991 when they reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup<\/strong>, where they were eliminated by Ajax<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also worth mentioning are Gent’s<\/strong> two appearances in finals of the Intertoto Cup <\/strong>in 2006<\/strong> and 2007<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Route to the UECL Round of 16<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Gent<\/strong> finished last season in 7th place in the Belgian<\/strong> league during the regular season and entered the Play Offs<\/strong> for the position in the UEFA Europa Conference League<\/strong>. The Belgians<\/strong> changed the format of their league last year, including only the first four teams in the group to decide the champions.<\/p>\n

Gent<\/strong> managed to win their group and get a ticket for the newly-formed Europa Conference League<\/strong>. They began in the 2nd qualifying round, where they faced Valerenga<\/strong>, whom they defeated 4-0 at home before losing 2-0 away, going through on aggregate. They then eliminated Riga<\/strong>, grinding out the qualification since they drew 2-2 at home and won 1-0 in Latvia<\/strong> to get a ticket to the Play Offs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Rakov Chekhov<\/strong> also proved to be a tough opponent and won the first game 1-0 in Poland<\/strong>, but Gent<\/strong> turned the tie around and qualified for the group stage.<\/p>\n

There they faced Flora Tallinn, Partizan<\/strong> and Anorthosis<\/strong> and managed to win the group, qualifiying directly to the Round of 16 with four wins, one draw and one defeat.<\/p>\n

The coach<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Hein Vanhaezebrouck <\/strong>is perhaps the most successful coach in Gent’s <\/b>history and the only man who has guided the club to a title in their 122 years of existence.<\/p>\n

After a long spell with Kortrijk, <\/strong>the Belgian<\/strong> coach took over at Gent <\/b>in 2014, and remained for three seasons. In 2017<\/strong> he went to Anderlecht<\/strong>, before then being out of work for a stint. In 2020, he then returned to the club where he grew up.<\/p>\n

The squad<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Quality, youth, talent, experience, and strength. At first glance, Gent<\/strong> seems full of all of the above.<\/p>\n

The team’s major protagonist this season is the 28-year-old winger Tariq Tissoudali<\/strong>. He is the top scorer in all competitions with 20 goals and 7 assists from 40 games. Although he was born in Amsterdam, he is an international with Morocco, with whom he has already made four appearances.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old striker Laurent <\/strong>Depoitre <\/strong>is also having an excellent season with eight goals in 34 matches. The captain of the team is the well-known-in-Greek-circles Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe<\/strong>, who played with Olympiacos<\/strong> in the 2017-18 season, while he has also played against PAOK<\/strong> with Club Brugge<\/strong> in the 2011-12 season in the UEFA Europa League <\/strong>group stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gent stand in PAOK’s way for a place in the last eight of the 2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League. 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