Football. ua represents rival Dynamo in the 1/16 finals of the Europa League - Greek AEK.
Performances in the playoffs of the Europa League Dynamo will start against AEK, which, like the people of Kiev, failed in the qualification of the Champions League.
One of the most popular Greek clubs was created by emigrants from Constantinople (Istanbul), settled in the suburbs of Athens after the Greco-Turkish war in the 20s of the last century. On April 13, 1924, former players of the Turkish-Greek club Pera, who moved from Turkey to Greece, and a group of local enthusiasts created the AEK - "Athletic Union of Constantinople", electing as their emblem (as well as their emigration gathering in Thessaloniki and creating PAOK) Byzantine Empire - two-headed eagle.
His first match AEK won in November 1924 from the team Aias Atinon - 2: 0, and quickly surpassed the popularity previously organized in Athens, "emigrant" teams Panionios and Apollo. In 1928, AEK recognized as equal to such Greek giants as Panathinaikos and Olympiakos, and this trio, dissatisfied with the work of the national federation, for a year out of its jurisdiction and played matches only among themselves.
AEK 11 times became the champion of Greece (1939, 1940, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994), 15 times defeated in the Cup (1932, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2011 and 2016), 3 times in the Greek Super Cup (1971, 1989 and 1996) and once in the League Cup (1990).
In the European Cups, AEK made his debut in 1963, giving way in the preliminary round of the European Champions Cup in Monaco - 1: 1 and 2: 7. The highest achievements of the Athenians in the European arena are reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup season-1976/1977, two hits in the quarterfinals of the Cup Winners' Cup (1996/1997 and 1997/1998) and the quarter finals of the Champions Cup in the season-1968/1969.
With the representatives of Ukraine AEK in club tournaments of the Old World did not meet, although in the current composition of the "Byzantines" is a football player who knows firsthand about Ukraine in general and Dynamo in particular - our fellow countryman, ex-defender Shakhtar, Barcelona, ??Dnipro and the Ukrainian national team Dmitry Chygrynsky. At the moment, Dmitry has 32 matches and 1 goal in AEK.
In this season, AEK started with the third qualifying round, in which twice he lost to CSKA - 0: 2 and 0: 1. In the play-off round of the Europa League, the Greeks defeated Bruges 0-0 and 3-0, and the group stage was uneventful: Rijeka 2: 1 and 2-2, Austria 2: 2 and 0-0, Milan 0: 0 and 0: 0.
The first match of Dynamo will play against AEK on February 15 in Athens at the stadium Spyros Louis, which accommodates 71 030 spectators. The recipient - on February 22 in Kiev at the NSC Olympic.
Composition Goalkeepers: Panagiotis Cintotas, Yannis Anestis, Panagiotis Ntunis.
Defenders: Michalis Bakakis, Elder Lopez, Ognjen Vranjes, Rodrigo Galo, Uros Kosic, Dmitry Chygrynsky, Giorgos Jannusos, Adam Tsanetopulos.
Midfielders:
Astrit Adzharevich, Lazaris Christodoulopoulos, Andre Simoes, Jacob Johansson, Petros Mantalos, Panagiotis Kone, Costas Galanopoulos, Patricio Rodriguez, Arnor Yngvi Traustason, Andreas Vlahomitros, Christos Giusis.
Forwards: Giorgos Yakumakis, Marco Livaya, Sergio Araujo, Thasos Bakasetas, Victor Clonaridis.
Coach: Manolo Jimenez.
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