Olympiacos: Fenerbahce’s profile, rival of Piraeus in the Conference League quarterfinals

The Conference League quarterfinals draw sent Fenerbahce to the Olympic road. The “radiography” of the Turkish team. Fenerbahce was drawn with Olympiacos in the Conference League quarterfinals and aspires to compete for the second time in her history in a semi-final phase of a European event. The Turkish Cup and second-sponsor had managed to find herself in the “4” European event in the 2012/13 season, when she was eliminated by Benfica in the Europa League semifinals. It is based in “Suru Sarachoglu” (47,000 spectators) and has won 28 championships (with more recent 2014) as well as seven Cups. After 29 games in the Turkish league it is in second place with 76 points, in -2 by pioneer Galatasaray. He reached the Conference League quarterfinals, starting with the second qualifying round of the event excluding Zimbru from Moldova with two wins (5–0–4) and then Maribor from Slovenia also with two wins (3–1, 0–3) and Dutch Tvende in the playoffs (5–1, 0–1) to enter the groups. In the group phase, Fenerbahce took first place in her group, with four wins and two draws. He lost only to Norgelant (6-1) and Ludogorets (2–0) away, while winning inside the Danes and Bulgarians (3–1) and made two wins over Spartak Trnava (4–0, 1-2). In the “16” phase he surpassed Union St.-Zilouz’s “object” after the away victory he scored (3–0), losing in Turkey 1–0. Roster with “great” names Coach of Fenerbahce is the 62-year-old, Ismail Kartal. The value of the roster he manages is estimated at 201m euros from the transfermarkt. The goalkeeper is Dominic Livakovic, a key Croatian player, who he acquired for 6.6m euros from Dinamo Zagreb. The defense is dominated by 37-year-old Italian Leonardo Bonucci and Chaglar Soyunchu who was borrowed from Atletico Madrid. Bosniak Rade Krunic, loaned by Milan, along with Polish Sebastian Simanski and Brazilian Fred stand out on the midline, while inter-aggressively there are Serbian Dusan Tadic and Turkish international Chengiz Unter and Irfan Kahveci, while the team’s foors are 38-year-old Bosnian Edin Jekko and Belgian Mishi Batsuagi. The time that Olympiacos and Fenerbachse faced Fenerbahce and Olympiacos were faced in the Europa League group phase in 2021/22, with the Piraeus team celebrating two wins, 0-3 in the City with Tikinio (6’) and Masura (62’, 68’) and 1–0 in Faliro with Tikinio (89’). Fenerbahce had been eliminated in the second round of UEFA by Panathinaikos in 2002 (1-1 in, 4-1 in Athens) and by PAOK in the playoffs of the Europa League in 2010 (1-0 in Toumba and 1-1 in the extension in the City), however in 2015 in the same phase he eliminated Atromitos with two wins (3–0, 0-1).