Europa League
The referees of AEK, Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and PAOK games in Europe and Conference
UEFA announced on Thursday (December 14th) the referees for the games of AEK, Panathinaikos, Olympiakos and PAOK in the Europa League and the Conference League.
The four Greek teams AEK, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos and PAOK will be put to the test on Thursday (December 14th) in the Europa League and the Conference League, with the first three not yet having secured their European presence and only the doubleheader in 2024 The North will be sure he will also play in Europe in March. UEFA appointed the match referees and announced them on its website.
Greg Pawson at Ajax-AEK
UEFA sends a top English referee to Holland and the AEK game against Ajax. The reason for Greg Pawson, who in the past e.gIn the summer of 2019 he managed Ajax-PAOK (3:2) and was also present in games Super League, like Panathinaikos-PAOK in the playoffs last year, while this year he was also present in Panathinaikos’ victory over Villarreal, in the premiere of the Europa League groups.
His assistants are Simon Bennett and Lee Betts, the fourth is Darren England, while Switzerland’s Fendai San has been appointed VAR with the help of Germany’s Marco Fritz.
Morten Krogh at Olympiacos – Backa Topola
In the Olympiakos game against Batska Topola at “G. Karaiskakis”, UEFA sends the Dane Morten Krogh out of the first division. The 35 year old He refereed Hajduk-PAOK’s 0-0 draw in the summer, his only previous appearance in a Greek team game.
His assistants will be Volenberg’s compatriots Rasmussen, Steffen Bramsen, 4. Peter Kiarsgaard and in the VAR the Italians Maurizio Mariani, Daniele Doveri.
Georgi Kabakov in Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa
An acquaintance of the Greek team, the Bulgarian Giorgi Kambakov, who has officiated several times in Greece, will referee the Panathinaikos game against Maccabi Haifa in Leoforos.
The Bulgarian comes from the first category of UEFA and the tThe 37-year-old Bulgarian’s last game in the Super League was Panathinaikos-AEK 2-1 last year, while he previously took charge of PAOK-AEK’s 1-1 games in the playoffs of the 2021-22 season, Apollon Smyrna-Atromitos 0 -2 (28.2.22), Atromitos-Apollon Smyrni 4-1 (4.12.21), AEK-PAOK 0-1 for the cup 2.5 years ago (7.4.21), while almost three years ago he had again the Panathinaikos derby – AEK (1-1) at Leoforos (28.2.21) was whistled. Previously he was also at AEK-Braga with a 2-4 defeat in the Europa League.
His assistants will be compatriots Martin Margaritov, Diyan Valkov, 4. Radoslva Gizenov and in the VAR Dagomir Draganov, Ivailo Stoyanov.
Georgian Giorgi Kruashvili in PAOK – Helsinki
Finally, Giorgi Kruasvili from Georgia, who has never refereed for a Greek team before, will be there in PAOK – Helsinki. As for the Finns, Kruasvili took part in the Helsinki-Torshavn (3-0) match in 2019 in the Champions League qualification and also refereed the Lokomotiv Zagreb-Rovaniemi (3-0) match in 2016 in the respective Europe -League qualifiers
The 37-year-old referee’s assistants will be his compatriots Levan Varamishvili – Zaza Pipia and the fourth, also Georgian Aleko Aptsiauri.
In the VAR the Spaniard Thesar Soto Grado will be with AVAR his compatriot Eduardo Prieto Iglesias.
Source: sport 24
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Europa League
Poland took the lead. Who is competing for an additional place in the Champions League?
The two countries with the highest UEFA coefficient at the end of a season will gain an additional entry. Champions League 2026/27.
Like last year, 36 clubs will compete in the main stage of the European Cup main tournament. Two of these will be determined by rating.
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The two best-ranked countries in the 2025/26 season will each send one more team to the 2026/27 Champions League.
Next single season rankings:
- P.Olsha (13,625), England (13,486), Germany (12,285), Cyprus (11,406), Italy (11,250), Spain (11,218), France (10,714), Portugal (10,600), Greece (9,500), Denmark (9,500)
The top two countries on this list will be given an additional place in the 2026/27 Champions League.
Leadership Poland It’s about getting bonuses in the Conference League. Three Polish clubs reached the LK play-offs at the same time: Rakow, Lech and Jagiellonia. And only Legia Warsaw withdrew from the tournament.
Ukrainian It ranks 15th among 55 countries in the UEFA single season rankings with 6,812. Shakhtar Donetsk advanced directly to the 1/8 finals of the Conference League and Dynamo Kiev was eliminated from the tournament.
UEFA coefficient For national associations, it is calculated based on the total number of points scored by all clubs in the country. 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 point for a draw, and bonus points are also taken into account. Points received in the qualifying rounds are multiplied by 0.5 times. The total amount is divided by the number of teams representing the country in the European Cup season.
Race for two additional places in the 2026/27 Champions League (top 10)
Top 15 countries in the UEFA rankings for the 2025/26 season
UEFA five-year rankings
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english team Aston VillaThe player continues to show incredible form and has already won his 10th consecutive victory in different tournaments.
The successful series includes 7 Premier League matches and 3 Europa League matches. This is a new club record for Aston Villa.
The last win came on 21 December, when the home team beat Manchester United 2-1 at Villa Park in Birmingham.
This winning streak has allowed Aston Villa to secure a place in the top 3 (36 points) of the Premier League standings, ahead of Arsenal (39) and Man City (37).
In the Europa League, Unai Emery’s team safely passed the league stage and entered the top 3 together with Lyon and Mittjylland (15 points out of 18).
Aston Villa’s 10-match winning streak
- 21.12. 19:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Manchester United – 2:1
- 14.12. 16:00. nuclear submarine West Ham – Aston Villa – 2:3
- 11.12. 22:00. LE. Basel-Aston Villa-1:2
- 06.12. 14:30. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Arsenal – 2:1
- 03.12. 21:30. nuclear submarine Brighton – Aston Villa – 3:4
- 30.11. 16:05. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Wolverhampton – 1:0
- 27.11. 19:45. LE. Aston Villa – Young Men – 2:1
- 23.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Leeds – Aston Villa – 1:2
- 09.11. 16:00. nuclear submarine Aston Villa – Bournemouth – 4:0
- 06.11. 22:00. LE. Aston Villa – Maccabi Tel Aviv – 2:0
Aston Villa’s winning streak in the 2025/26 season
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Ukrainian defender Nottingham Forest Alexander Zinchenko He shared his feelings after his team beat Utrecht (2:1) in the main round of the Europa League.
“It’s a great feeling. First of all, I’m back. Secondly, it’s an incredible feeling to win a match. Getting three points today was very important for us. As you can see, it was a difficult match. But at the end of the match, I think we got what we wanted and let’s continue like that.”
“As a defender you always want to keep a clean sheet, but unfortunately we couldn’t do that today. So it’s something we need to work on in the future.”
“This is one of those matches where whoever wins the most challenges in different areas of the field will win the match. Today we won many more goals which helped us a lot in the game. But to be honest, even the opportunities we created, including me, we should have scored and finished this match earlier,” said Zinchenko.
Nottingham Forest is in 11th place in the rankings with 11 points after 6 matches in the Europa League this season.
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