paok to replace metalist in play-offs published: wednesday 14 august 2013, 17.00cet
fc metalist kharkiv, disqualified from 2013/14 uefa competition, have been replaced by paok fc, with maccabi tel-aviv fc qualifying for the uefa europa league proper.
following today's decision of the uefa appeals body to disqualify fc metalist kharkiv from 2013/14 uefa club competition, the uefa emergency panel held a meeting this afternoon.
the uefa emergency panel, which is composed of five members of the uefa executive committee, decided to replace metalist with paok fc for the remainder of the 2013/14 club competitions.
as a consequence the greek side, eliminated by metalist in the third qualifying round, will now face fc schalke 04 in the uefa champions league play-offs, with the first leg to be played on 21 august in germany.
this decision is final. metalist have the opportunity to appeal to the court of arbitration for sport (cas).
paok will not be replaced in the uefa europa league play-offs and their opponents, maccabi tel-aviv fc, thus qualify directly for the group stage.
metalist kharkiv tarafından şampiyonlar ligi 3. eleme turunda elenen paok, ukrayna ekibinin liginde şike yaptığı gerekçesiyle 1 yıl (2013-14) uefa turnuvalarından men edilmesi üzerine, metalist'in şampiyonlar ligi play-off turundaki rakibi schalke 04 ile oynayacak.
bu durumda maccabi tel aviv doğrudan avrupa ligi gruplarına kalacak.
yardımcı hakemler: frédéric cano (fra), cyril gringore (fra)
4. hakem: frédéric haquette (fra)
çizgi hakemleri: fredy fautrel (fra), ruddy buquet (fra)
schalke: timo hildebrand (gk), benedikt höwedes (c), max meyer (dk. 69 christian clemens), julian draxler, marco höger (dk. 77 leon goretzka), jermaine jones, jefferson farfán (dk. 87 teemu pukki), atsuto uchida, christian fuchs, ádám szalai, joel matip
yedekler: ralf fährmann (gk), tim hoogland, felipe santana, roman neustädter
teknik direktör: jens keller (ger)
paok: jacobo (gk), alexandros tziolis, lucas (dk. 90+1 sekou oliseh), miroslav stoch, dimitris salpingidis (c) (dk. 62 ergys kace), miguel vítor, lino, liam lawrence (dk. 62 stefanos athanasiadis), costin lazăr, kostas katsouranis, stelios kitsiou
yedekler: panagiotis glykos (gk), giannis skondras, íñigo lópez, tomáš necid
teknik direktör: huub stevens (ned)
goller: 1-0 jefferson farfán dk. 32 1-1 miroslav stoch dk. 73
published: wednesday 21 august 2013, 23.30cet fc schalke 04 1-1 paok fc
miroslav stoch struck 17 minutes from time to give the greek visitors real hope for the the second leg of their play-off tie.
paok fc will take the slenderest advantage into next week's return thanks to miroslav stoch's away goal in a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their play-off tie at fc schalke 04.
the hosts looked to have put their stuttering bundesliga start behind them when jefferson farfán opened the scoring, but they were punished for some complacent defending as stoch struck what could prove to be a crucial equaliser for the visitors.
having led schalke to glory in the uefa cup in 1997, paok coach huub stevens was afforded a warm reception prior to kick-off. however, his side soon made it clear they were out to make the most of their second chance in the competition after replacing fc metalist kharkiv last wednesday.
the greek side began with plenty of energy, but it was the royal blues who eventually wrested control of possession. after a tentative opening half-hour farfán ended the impasse, slotting in via a post after ádám szalai had showed strength and awareness in the box. the goal sparked a flurry of opportunities, with szalai almost getting on the end of joel matip's knock-down and christian fuchs clearing liam lawrence's finish off the line at the other end.
julian draxler and szalai attempted to add to schalke's lead either side of the interval, but as the game drifted back into a lull it was stoch who seized the initiative, charging in from the left before releasing a fine curling finish past timo hildebrand.
benedikt höwedes had a wonderful opportunity to restore schalke's lead when he popped up clean through with ten minutes remaining, but jacobo made the save to ensure it is paok who hold the chips ahead of next week's second leg.
