[Football] Europa League

[Deadly Danson]

This all feels fairly similar to our trip to Roma.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Watching the Union Saint-Gilloise game on TNT, know they are not playing at their home ground but still in Brussels, but looks so empty.

It will look empty. USG average crowd for a league game is around 6,000. This season they are playing their European games at Hysel which has a 50,000 capacity. There is no way to make the stadium look full when it’s at just over 10% capacity.

Last season they played their European games at Anderlechts ground and despite their low average attendance in the league they managed to attract crowds ranging from 12k to nearly 17k in the group stage (which is higher than their normal stadium can hold).

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Are Marseilles in one of the European comps?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Tottingham down to ten men….but pull a goal back

 

[FCB]

Are Marseilles in one of the European comps?

No, they only finished 8th in Ligue 1 last season.

 

[El Turi]

Is it fair for one man to be playing against Chelsea? Noah is already 3-0 down.

Edit: 4-0

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Is it fair for one man to be playing against Chelsea? Noah is already 3-0 down.

Edit: 4-0

‘ark now hear the Noah sing…..

 

[LamieRobertson]

Is it fair for one man to be playing against Chelsea? Noah is already 3-0 down.

Edit: 4-0

Noah will be hoping for rain

 

[LamieRobertson]

Greeks out singing the prawn sandwich brigade at old Trafford

 

[veuve]

4k travelling fans for paok,great support.

 

[Is it PotG?]

I'm simply luxuriating in just how shite this Man Ure squad is.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Lively Swiss in Belfast

 

[hart's shirt]

Chelsea 6-0 up at HT against Noah with a flood of goals.

It's already a massacre of biblical proportions.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Chelsea 6-0 up at HT against Noah with a flood of goals.

It's already a massacre of biblical proportions.

Finally 8-0. Scoring them 2 by 2

 

[Slum_Wolf]

It will look empty. USG average crowd for a league game is around 6,000. This season they are playing their European games at Hysel which has a 50,000 capacity. There is no way to make the stadium look full when it’s at just over 10% capacity.

Last season they played their European games at Anderlechts ground and despite their low average attendance in the league they managed to attract crowds ranging from 12k to nearly 17k in the group stage (which is higher than their normal stadium can hold).

Email from Union has it at 16,000 in attendance last night...

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Email from Union has it at 16,000 in attendance last night...

UEFA gave it as 13,000 which is well over double what they got for the Bodo/Glimt game. Roma are obviously a side with European pedigree but it’s a great effort to double their crowd. Hopefully they get similar for the game against Nice. But that would still look better in the smaller Anderlecht stadium than Hysel. Shame they can’t play there this season. @Slum_Wolf do you know why the change?

https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2025/2042143_FR.pdf

 

[trueblue]

Lively Swiss in Belfast

Heidenheim fans looked fun in Scotland...

 

[Ali_rrr]

Heidenheim fans looked fun in Scotland...

Honestly class this and a 2-0 win against Hearts to go with it.

For context, Heidenheim's rise is like ours. Slowly but surely managed to get successive promotions and the manager has been the same since 2007 when they were in the 5th tier of German football. A proper club.

 

[pigmanovich]

For context, Heidenheim's rise is like ours. Slowly but surely managed to get successive promotions and the manager has been the same since 2007 when they were in the 5th tier of German football. A proper club.

Qualified for Europe at the first time of asking too, really impressive!

 

[Slum_Wolf]

UEFA gave it as 13,000 which is well over double what they got for the Bodo/Glimt game. Roma are obviously a side with European pedigree but it’s a great effort to double their crowd. Hopefully they get similar for the game against Nice. But that would still look better in the smaller Anderlecht stadium than Hysel. Shame they can’t play there this season. @Slum_Wolf do you know why the change?

https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/uefacup/2025/2042143_FR.pdf

Didn't see anything but with Anderlecht also in Europe I wonder if it was just for scheduling/pitch reasons.