Olympiacos will host Jagiellonia Bialystok on Wednesday, September 16, at 22:00 at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, in the opening matchday of the UEFA Europa League League Phase. The match will be shown live in Greece on ANT1 and streamed on antenna.gr.
The game marks a fresh start for Olympiacos following the end of Jose Luis Mendilibar's spell as head coach. The Spaniard has been succeeded by his compatriot Imanol Alguacil, who takes the Piraeus club into a European campaign for the first time.
New coach, new arrivals
Olympiacos are looking for a positive opening result in the League Phase to build a solid foundation for a long European run this season. This year's Europa League is played in a League Phase format, in which each club faces a set of different opponents in a single table before the knockout stage begins.
Alongside the change on the bench, the squad includes several new faces added during a busy summer transfer window. Supporters at Karaiskakis are expected to turn out in force to see new signings including Bailey, Puerta, Gonzalez, Sa, Zota and Freuler up close for the first time.
Jagiellonia's European pedigree
Jagiellonia Bialystok, the visiting Polish side, are described as a capable opponent with a consistent recent presence in European competition.
Broadcast details
Manolis Sfakakis will call the match for ANT1, with Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, a former Greece international, alongside him as co-commentator. Nikos Kotsis will provide pitch-side reporting from the Olympiacos bench.
Coverage begins at 21:00 with a pre-game show on ANT1 and antenna.gr, featuring live interviews with players and coaches from both sides from Karaiskakis Stadium ahead of the 22:00 kickoff. Alexandros Xenikakis will host the broadcast, joined at the stadium by actor Marios Athanasiou.
Antenna.gr/football also carries a dedicated section for the Europa League and the Conference League, with exclusive material not shown on television, highlights from every match in both competitions, player and coach statements, social media clips, articles, podcasts, vlogs and news coverage of Greek clubs' progress in Europe.
What's next
Immediately after full time, at 00:00, ANT1 airs "The Football Show," with extensive live reporting from the stadium in Faliro and reaction from the main figures in the match. Ariana Papagianni and Grigoris Atreidis present the programme, bringing viewers highlights from the opening day of Europa League action along with a preview of OFI Crete's own Europa League opener against Hoffenheim.
Journalistic support for the broadcasts is provided by a team that includes Giorgos Triantafyllidis, Dimosthenis Georgakopoulos, Litsa Ioannou, Manolis Manis, Alexandros Xenikakis, Giorgos Spanoudakis, Vasilis Plakogiannis, Michalis Tsigkris, Giorgos Ananidas, Tereza Kouik and Vasilis Papadopoulos.
