Olympiacos name squad for Europa League knockouts

Olympiacos have included Ousseynou Ba, Kostas Fortounis and Hillal Soudani in the list of players eligible to participate in the knockout stages of the UEFA Europa League.

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In late February, Olympiacos will face Arsenal in the Last 32 of the Europa League, having finished in third place of their group in the UEFA Champions League behind Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur. The first leg will take place at the Karaiskakis Stadium on February 20, before the return is played in London a week later. 

On Monday, the Erythrolefki revealed the list of players eligible to participate in the knockout stages of the Europa League, notably including defender Ousseynou Ba, midfielder Kostas Fortounis and winger/second striker Hillal Soudani in the squad. The trio did not participate in the Champions League group phase.

Yassine Meriah, Daniel Podence, Yassine Benzia and Miguel Angel Guerrero all left during the winter. January signings Cafu, Emre Mor and Ahmed Hassan miss out, as do Lazaros Christodoulopoulos and Felipe Bruno.

LIST A

Goalkeepers: Jose Sa, Bobby Allain.

Defenders: Ousseynou Ba, Ruben Semedo, Pape Abou Cisse, Omar Elabdellaoui, Avraam Papadopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis, Konstantinos Tsimikas, Bruno Gaspar.

Midfielders: Andreas Bouchalakis, Mohamed Camara, Guilherme, Kostas Fortounis, Maxi Lovera, Giorgos Masouras, Mathieu Valbuena, Lazar Randjelovic.

Forwards: Hillal Soudani, Youssef El Arabi.

LIST B

Goalkeepers: Ilias Karargyris.

Defenders: Apostolos Martinis.

Midfielders: Nikitas Nikolis, Vasilis Sourlis, Giorgos Xenitidis, Giorgos Fekkas, Christos Liatsos.

Forwards: Emiliano Bullari.

By: Shaun Nicolaides

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