Gabala”s next opponents in the UEFA EL, play-off, Panatinaikos lost the Champions League before turning up on the upcoming contest. Taking the 2nd place of the Greece Superleague 2014/2015, the team from Athens took a poor start to the season defeating to Brugge of Belgium.

Creating in 1908, the green squad is having a home pitch Apostolos Nikolaidis with 16,000 seats.

Panatinaikos permanent opponents are another Greek team Olimpiakos from Prey.

The Athens side hit their first-ever success just a year after the club was created.

Winning the Greek Championship, they took the title 5 times more up to now amongst their further domestic Superleague with 20 cups, 20 silverwares and 15 bronze medals.

Panatinaikos”s possession also includes:

- 18 Domestic cups
- 8 Gold Double
- 5 Supercups

The opponents are in desperate need of their next Superleague success after the only achievement in the 2009/2010 season since the 2003/04 period. In this space of time, they coul strike their only title the domestic cup of the 2013/2014 season.

Panatinaikos is the side with more international achievements than any other clubs of Greece. Taking their Eurocup depute in 1960, Panatinaikos could progress into the final guided by legendary former player Ferens Puskas, who was their head coach since 1970, a year before they hit their best success to come on the Champions League final against Ajax at the Uembli Stadium of London. But the match ended by 2:0 in the favor of the Nederland side before denied to go on with the championship. Then the Greece team failed to earn the title the best side defeating to Nasional (Uruguay) after 1:1 and 1:2.

The green squad also lost to Liverpool in the Champions League semifinal in 1985 3 years before moving up to the UEFA Cup round of 8.

With their current head coach Yannis Anastasiou, Panatinaikos ended the last season only 12 points behind the leaders of the Superleague, as well as sitting last of the European League groups stage. They kept out of this competition during the 2013/14 season.

Panatinaikos Eurocup possession includes 95 wins in their all 269 appearances, as well as loosing 103 and sharing 65 draws.