Europa Conference League

Tension erupted among soccer fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv earlier on Thursday in Syntagma Square in downtown Athens with the Israeli team's fans allegedly assaulting a man of Arab descent who was exiting the metro station. 

The Israeli club's supporters had gathered at Syntagma a few hours before their match against the Greek team Olympiakos in the Europa Conference League.

Olympiakos has taken the first step to reach the last 16 of the Europa Conference League as it beat Hungary's Ferencvaros 1-0 in Piraeus on Thursday.

This was also the debut of new Olympiakos manager Jose Luis Mendilibar, with the Spaniard starting his career at the Georgios Karaiskakis with victory.

Olympiakos and PAOK will represent Greece in Europe in the new year, playing in the knock-out stages of the Europa Conference League, while AEK and Panathinaikos dropped out of Europe after their losses on Thursday.

Russian soccer player Magomed Ozdoev being denied a visa to enter Scotland for a European game was a "huge injustice," his coach at Greek club PAOK said Wednesday.

Ozdoev was refused entry by British authorities for the team's Europa Conference League qualifying game in Edinburgh on Thursday against Hearts.

NYON - Serbian runner-up football champions TSC Backa Topola were on Monday drawn to play Portuguese side Braga in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, while Partizan Belgrade will face the winner of the tie between Latvian outfit RFS and Azerbaijan's Sabah in the UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round.

Trabzonspor and Fenerbahçe launch their Europa League group stage campaigns on Sept. 8, hoping to go the distance after missing out on the Champions League.

Former Real Madrid and Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil signed with Istanbul Başakşehir on July 14 after leaving fellow Turkish club Fenerbahçe.

Istanbul Başakşehir said the deal with Özil was for a one-year contract with an optional extension for another year.

Turkish Süper Lig leader Trabzonspor will be out to extend its stay atop the standings when it visits Alanyaspor on Feb. 20 for a Week 26 game.

The Black Sea side leads the league by 12 points ahead of second-placed Konyaspor thanks to a 1-0 win last weekend over its closest rival in a season usual title chasers are far from their glory days.

Δείτε τους υποψηφίους αντιπάλους της ΑΕΚ και του Άρη στον δεύτερο γύρο του Europa Conference League

Cosmote TV announced on Wednesday that it had secured the television broadcasting rights for all UEFA European club soccer tournaments - i.e. the Champions League, the Europa League, the new club competition Europa Conference League and the Super Cup - until 2024.