Fenerbahçe to face Belgian side in UEFA Europa League

Fenerbahçe will face Belgium's Union Saint-Gilloise in the UEFA Europa League this evening at 19:45 at Ülker Stadium. The match will be officiated by Benoit Bastien from the French Football Federation; the assistant referees will be Hicham Zakrani and Aurelien Berthomieu. Mathieu Vernice will serve as the fourth official for the match.

Fenerbahçe advanced to the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League after eliminating Switzerland's Lugano, but was subsequently eliminated by France's Lille, earning the right to compete in the UEFA Europa League. In the Trendyol Süper Lig, the yellow-navies have recorded 4 wins and 1 draw in their first 5 matches, most recently suffering a 3-1 home defeat to their arch-rivals Galatasaray, which drew criticism from their fans.

Fenerbahçe, who also faced their Belgian opponent Union Saint-Gilloise in the UEFA Conference League last season, won the away leg 3-0 and lost the return leg at home 1-0, yet still managed to advance to the quarter-finals.

SQUAD

There are 5 names missing from the squad Fenerbahçe submitted to UEFA. New signings Levent Mercan, Oğuz Aydın, and Filip Kostic, as well as Bartuğ Elmaz and Ryan Kent, will not be able to play in European competitions. The status of Bright Osayi-Samuel, who has been away from the team for some time due to injury, will be clarified at match time.

UEFA SQUAD

Fenerbahçe's UEFA Europa League squad consists of the following names:

• Dominik Livakovic
• İrfan Can Eğribayat
• Ertuğrul Çetin
• Samet Akaydin
• Çağlar Söyüncü
• Alexander Djiku
• Rodrigo Becao
• Bright Osayi-Samuel
• Mert Müldür
• Jayden Oosterwolde
• İsmail Yüksek
• Mert Hakan Yandaş
• Fred
• İrfan Can Kahveci
• Sofyan Amrabat
• Sebastian Szymanski
• Tadic
• Allan Saint-Maximin
• Cengiz Ünder
• Cenk Tosun
• Youssef En-Nesyri
• Dzeko

Fenerbahçe fans are preparing to fill the stadium to support their team for this important encounter. The team's performance in the UEFA Europa League carries great importance for their goals in the group stage.

News Source: AA