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Our representative in the UEFA Europa League, Fenerbahçe, will face off against Athletic Bilbao in the 6th week. The yellow-dark blue team, which turned its route to Europe after a single-goal defeat against Beşiktaş in the Super League, will take the field to take an important step on the way to the top 8 and to make people forget their derby defeat. Fred, who was suspended due to the yellow card he received in the Slavia Prague match, will not play in the match. The match will be managed by Irfan Peljto from the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
FENERBAHÇE – ATHLETIC BILBAO MATCH 11’S
Fenerbahce: Livakovic, Osayi, Djiku, Samet, Mert, İsmail, Amrabat, Szymanski, Tadic, Maximin, En Nesyri.
Athletic Bilbao: Agirrezabala, Gorosabel, Yeray, Paredes, Yuri, Galarreta, Jauregizar, Williams, Sancet, Williams Jr., Guruzeta.
WHEN, AT WHAT TIME AND ON WHICH CHANNEL IS THE FENERBAHÇE – ATHLETIC BILBAO MATCH?
Fenerbahçe – Athletic Bilbao match Wednesday, December 11 at 18.30 will be played. Encounter TRT 1 It will be broadcast live on screens.
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CRITICAL STEP FOR THE TOP 8
In the league stage, which was played for the first time in the organization this year, the yellow-dark blue team is in the 15th place with 8 points, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. The Spanish representative collected 13 points with 4 wins and 1 draw and is in 2nd place with goal difference. The red-whites, who last defeated Elfsborg in the Europa League, have an unbeaten streak of 11 matches in total in LaLiga and European cups. Fenerbahçe, which lost the Beşiktaş derby at the weekend, wants to gain morale and maintain its claim for the top 8 by defeating Athletic, which it will face for the first time.
The two teams competed in a friendly match on July 17, 2017, and the match ended goalless.
TWO TURKISH RIVALS FOR BILBAO
Athletic started their European cups this season from the UEFA Europa League league stage. While the Spanish team drew with Rome in the first match; AZ Alkmaar managed to beat Slavia Prague, Ludogorets and Elfsborg. The red-whites will also be the guest of Beşiktaş in the 7th match of this organization on Wednesday, January 22.
280TH MATCH IN EUROPEAN CUP
Fenerbahçe has appeared in European cups 279 times so far. While the yellow-dark blue team won 111 times during this period, they also drew with their opponents in 58 matches. He suffered defeat in 110 matches. Canary scored 381 goals in the previous matches and conceded 398 goals.
The yellow-dark blue team will play their 142nd game in the organization organized under the names of UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. Canary had 62 wins, 35 draws and 44 losses in 141 matches played in this field. Fenerbahçe scored 198 goals in this period and conceded 178 goals.
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12TH APPOINTMENT WITH SPAIN TEAMS
Fenerbahçe has played 11 matches with Spanish teams so far. Matched with Real Betis, Real Zaragoza and Celta Vigo in the UEFA Cup, the yellow-dark blue team lost in a total of 5 competitions. While Fenerbahçe was in the same group with Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League in the 2001-2002 season, they lost 3-0 at home and 1-0 away. Canary has played against Sevilla the most among the Spanish teams. Fenerbahçe, which eliminated its opponent in the Champions League in the 2007-2008 season, made its name into the quarter-finals. In the 2022-2023 season, Sevilla was the one to advance (2-0, 0-1) among the two teams that duke it out in the last 16 rounds of the Europa League.
4TH RANK IN LA LIGA
Athletic Bilbao is in the 4th place in the Spanish LaLiga with 32 points after playing 17 matches this season, with 9 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. While the Basque region team left the field with wins in their last 4 matches, their unbeaten streak increased to 8 matches. Athletic sent 26 goals to the opponent’s net and conceded 15 goals. Ohian Sancet stood out in the team with 7 goals, while Gorka Guruzeta and Inaki Williams contributed 4 goals.
FRED PENALIZED
While Fenerbahçe’s Brazilian midfielder Fred played in all matches in the Europa League, he was suspended after receiving a yellow card in the match against Slavia Prague. The 31-year-old football player will not be in the squad due to a yellow card penalty against Athletic Bilbao.
IRFAN PELJTO WILL BLOW THE WHISTLE
Irfan Peljto from the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina will blow the whistle in the match between Fenerbahçe and Athletic. Peljto’s assistants will be Senad Ibrisimbegovic and Davor Beljo. The fourth referee of the match will be Antoni Bandic. Italian Marco Di Bello will sit in the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) chair of the match. Michael Fabbri will appear in AVAR.
FENERBAHÇE UEFA EUROPEAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Fenerbahçe, which has 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the UEFA Europa League, ranks 15th in Europe with 8 points. Continuing their preparations before the Athletic Bilbao match, the yellow-dark blue team aims to continue their Europa League adventure after the remaining 3 matches. Alright, How is Fenerbahçe’s UEFA Europa League fixture?
Wednesday, December 11: Fenerbahçe – Athletic Bilbao
Thursday, January 23: Fenerbahçe – Olympique Lyon
Thursday, January 30: FC Midtjylland – Fenerbahçe