Skënderbeu v Partizan background
Skënderbeu will bid to hint early birthday celebrations for manager Ilir Daja as they acquire Partizan in UEFA Europa League Group B.
Previous meetings
• These sides are assembly for a initial time in UEFA competition, and it is Skënderbeu’s initial confront with Serbian opponents.
• Partizan’s usually past tie opposite an Albanian organisation came in a initial turn of a 1987/88 UEFA Cup, when they went out to Flamurtari – losing 2-0 divided and winning 2-1 during home.
Form guide
• Skënderbeu are dominant in 5 European home games this deteriorate (W3 D2), though have not won any of their final 4 UEFA matches (D3 L1).
• Partizan are dominant in 6 UEFA divided games (D2 L4) – their home record during a same spell is W1 D2 L3.
• Albanian Cup runners-up final term, Skënderbeu were a initial Albanian side to competition a vital UEFA organisation theatre when they featured in a 2015/16 UEFA Europa League.
• Serbian joining and crater winners in 2016/17, Partizan have reached a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre for a fifth time in a competition’s stream incarnation, though are nonetheless to swell to a turn of 32.
Trivia and links
• The tour from Belgrade to Korce is around 460km.
• Partizan are a most-fouled organisation in a organisation stage, with 47 infringements opposite them in a initial dual matchdays.
• Skënderbeu manager Ilir Daja turns 51 a day after this match.
The coaches
• Appointed during a start of 2017, Ilir Daja led Skënderbeu to a losing coming in a Albanian Cup final though afterwards directed them into this organisation stage. A former midfielder with Tirana, he has guided Elbasan and Dinamo Tirana to domestic championships as a coach.
• Miroslav Djukić was reserved a second army as Partizan manager in Jun 2017, carrying assigned a helm in 2007. The 48-times capped Yugoslavia sweeper played in Spain with Deportivo and Valencia, and spent most of a final decade coaching there too.