yardımcı hakemler: fredrik nilsson (swe), magnus sjöblom (swe)
4. hakem: daniel stålhammar (swe)
çizgi hakemleri: michael lerjeus (swe), martin strömbergsson (swe)
olympiacos: roy carroll (gk), giannis maniatis, olof mellberg, ariel ibagaza (dk. 72 jean makoun), rafik djebbour (dk. 88 djamel abdoun), kevin mirallas, david fuster (dk. 81 françois modesto), avraam papadopoulos, iván marcano, pablo orbaiz, vassilis torossidis (c)
yedekler: ivan babovic (gk), tassos papazoglou, colin kazım richards, giannis fetfatzidis
teknik direktör: ernesto valverde (esp)
rubin: sergei ryzhikov (gk), oleg kuzmin, césar navas, obafemi martins (dk. 63 alan kasaev), aleksandr ryazantsev, sergei kislyak (dk. 46 vladimir dyadyun), nelson valdez, salvatore bocchetti, gökdeniz karadeniz, bebras natcho, roman sharonov (c) (dk. 68 petr nemov)
yedekler: petr bystrov, giedrius arlauskis (gk), solomon kverkvelia, vakhyt orazsakhedov
published: thursday 23 february 2012, 23.10cet olympiacos fc 1-0 fc rubin kazan (agg: 2-0)
rafik djebbour struck on 14 minutes to rubber-stamp the greek outfit's progress and a last-16 encounter against fc metalist kharkiv.
olympiacos fc sealed their place in the uefa europa league round of 16 at the expense of fc rubin kazan, a 1-0 second-leg win completing a 2-0 aggregate victory.
one up thanks to david fuster's effort in moscow last week, olympiacos ensured their progress thanks to rafik djebbour's 14th-minute goal at the georgios karaiskakis stadium. they will now face fc metalist kharkiv in the last 16 after the ukrainian outfit eased past fc salzburg.
both sides made a strong start in piraeus, though it was the visitors who had the first real chance on nine minutes when defender césar navas sent obafemi martins through on goal with a superb pass. the nigeria striker took one touch too many, however, allowing avraam papadopoulos to make a last-ditch tackle.
olympiacos responded by taking the lead. ariel ıbagaza was the provider, sending over a precise free-kick from the right which was headed on by ıván marcano before being flicked in by djebbour. the hosts grew in confidence thereafter and djebbour could have made it 2-0 after latching on to giannis maniatis' pass; his shot was blocked by goalkeeper sergei ryzhikov.
roy carroll, the hero in the first leg after coming off the bench to save a penalty, produced a great stop on the half-hour at the feet of nelson valdez, who also went close with a glancing header seven minutes later. carroll then made two further sprawling saves to deny martins and navas in the second half as kurban berdyev's rubin sought a way back.
the 34-year-old keeper was visibly struggling with a leg injury in the latter stages but remained as the hosts stood firm despite rubin hitting the bar late on.
