{"id":78907,"date":"2014-08-11T12:16:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T09:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/?p=78907"},"modified":"2015-02-13T09:45:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T07:45:14","slug":"paok-face-zimbru-chisinau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/paok-face-zimbru-chisinau\/","title":{"rendered":"PAOK to face Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PAOK will face Moldovan Cup holders Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u in the UEFA Europa League play-offs. The first leg will be held in Zimbru Stadium of the Moldovan capital on 21 August and the return leg at Toumba Stadium on 28 August.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u are a traditional club of Moldovan football with 8 league titles and 6 domestic cups in their trophy cabinet. They won the latest edition of the Moldovan Cup (2014) but haven\u2019t won the league since 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u\u2019s coach is <strong>Oleg Kubarev<\/strong> who was appointed at the post in September 2013. To reach the UEFA Europa League play-offs, Zimbru eliminated <strong>KF Shk\u00ebndija<\/strong> of FYROM in the first round (2-1 defeat at Tetovo and 2-0 home win), then saw off <strong>CSKA Sofia<\/strong> (1-1 in Bulgaria, 0-0 at Moldova) and eventually claimed the scalp of Austrian outfit <strong>SV Gr\u00f6dig<\/strong> (won away 1-2 and then lost 1-0 at home).<\/p>\n<p>The Moldovan league is underway. Zimbru Chi\u0219in\u0103u defeated <strong>FC Academia Chi\u015fin\u0103u<\/strong> 2-0 in the capital derby and then recorded a 1-0 win over <strong>Veris Chi\u0219in\u0103u<\/strong> on Sunday. On Saturday 16 August, they face <strong>FC Dinamo-Auto Tiraspol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, they finished 5th in the league standings. They have 7 Moldovan internationals in their ranks, with central forward <strong>Serghei Alexeev<\/strong> (signed this season from Veris) having scored 5 goals in 20 caps. He has already netted twice in the current UEL qualifiers and is considered their finest striker. Attacking forward <strong>Alexandru Dedov<\/strong> also stands out with his assists and dead-ball expertise. <strong>Iulian Erhan<\/strong> is the captain of the squad, who also claim three foreign players in their ranks: Belarussians <strong>Kirill Pavlyuchek<\/strong> (central defender) and <strong>Dzmitry Klimovich<\/strong> (left full-back) and French midfielder <strong>Jean-Marie Amani<\/strong>. Zimbru are a young squad, with an age average of 24,3 years.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbru Stadium at Chi\u0219in\u0103u has a 10.500 capacity. Chi\u0219in\u0103u is the Moldovan capital with an approximate population of 800.000. 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