Europa League 2025-2026: Go Ahead Eagles-FCSB, the likely lineups
For the first time in their history, the Go Ahead Eagles will play in the main stage of the Europa League: the Deventer-based club will host, at De Adelaarshorst, the Romanians of FCSB, who last year climbed all the way to the round of 16 of Europe’s second competition, bowing out to Paulo Fonseca’s Lyon.
The Eagles started the season poorly, with an unsuccessful month of August, but in September they picked up the pace, beating Volendam 3-0 in the league and Zwolle 2-0 away. The big star of this last game was striker Milan Smit, who scored both goals: however, the 2003-born is expected to start from the bench, leaving room at least from the 1′ for Edvardsen.
On the other hand, the red-blacks coached by Elias Charalambous, who arrived at the League Phase after beating Drita and Aberdeen in the preliminaries, started the season by winning the national supercup but in the league they did not even get into second gear, so much so that they picked up just 7 points in their first 10 games. To the’attack composed of Miculescu, Olaru and Tanase in support of Thiam the task of finding goals and victories again.
Probable lineups
GO AHEAD EAGLES (4-2-3-1): De Busser; Deijl, Nauber, Kramer, James; Meulensteen, Twigt; Goudmijn, Breum, Suray; Edvardsen. All. Boel.
FCSB (4-2-3-1): Tarnovanu; Cretu, Ngezana, Popescu, Radunovic; Alhassan, Lixandru; Miculescu, Olaru, Tanase; Thiam. All. Charalambous.
