| UEFA Europa League | |
| MATCH INFO | |
MATCH :
| Union Saint-Gilloise V/s Roma
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COMPETITION : | Round 4
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| DATE: | 07-11-2024
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TIME:
| 11:15 PM IST (UTC +5:30)
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STADIUM:
| Union Saint-Gilloise
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| Union Saint-Gilloise | Lineup |
Possible XI: Moris; Sykes, Burgess, Mac Allister; Niang, Amani, Sadiki, Vanhoutte, Lapoussin; Rodriguez, Ivanovic. | |
| Roma | Lineup |
Possible XI: Svilar; Mancini, Hummels, Angelino; Abdulhamid, Paredes, Cristante, El Shaarawy; Pisilli, Baldanzi; Shomurodov. | |
Preview: Union Saint-Gilloise Vs Roma
Amid more turmoil off the pitch, Roma resume their Europa League campaign on Thursday, when they meet Union SG at Stade Roi Baudouin.:
When Roma recently earned a first Europa League win of the season, edging out Dynamo Kyiv at Stadio Olimpico as Artem Dovbyk struck the winner against his fellow Ukrainians, prospects of Ivan Juric keeping his job improved.
After a rocky start in Rome, where fans have been protesting against the board and lamenting the loss of club legend Daniele De Rossi - who occupied the dugout before Juric - it seemed that the Croatian coach was on borrowed time.
That win, following an opening draw with Athletic Bilbao and then defeat in Sweden to Elfsborg, lifted Roma up to 19th in the Europa League table, but they have since slid down to 12th in Serie A.
The Giallorossi have lost three of their last four league games following Sunday's mistake-strewn 3-2 defeat at Hellas Verona - formerly managed by Juric - including a 5-1 thumping by top-six rivals Fiorentina.
Their new boss has recorded just four wins in 10 matches, leading to speculation that club owners, the Friedkin Group, would re-hire one of his predecessors, such as De Rossi or Claudio Ranieri - the latter of whom retired from management when leaving Cagliari in May.
Against that background, Roma must head to Brussels, where history will at least be on their side: they are undefeated in 14 meetings with Belgian teams since the mid-1970s.
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About UEFA Europa League:
History
The UEFA Europa League (previously known as the UEFA Cup), abbreviated as UEL, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the second-tier competition of European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Conference League.
Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. The UEFA Cup was the third-tier European club competition from 1971 to 1999 before the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was discontinued, and it is still often referred to as the "C3" in reference to this.[3] Clubs qualify for the competition based on their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions.
In 1999, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was merged with the UEFA Cup and discontinued as a separate competition. From the 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. The competition took on its current name in 2009, following a change in format. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria. The winner of the UEFA Europa League qualifies for the UEFA Super Cup, for the following season's UEFA Champions League since the 2014–15 season, entering at the group stage, as well as for the UEFA–CONMEBOL Club Challenge — a friendly cup against the winners of the CONMEBOL Copa Sudamericana — since 2023. In the 2024–25 season, the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase.
Spanish clubs have the highest number of victories (14 wins), followed by teams from Italy (10 wins) and England (9 wins). The title has been won by 30 clubs, 14 of which have won it more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Sevilla, with seven titles. Colombian striker Radamel Falcao holds the record of most goals (17) scored in a single season of the tournament.
