Celje 3-1 AEK Athens: result and report
Europa Conference League · Thursday 2 October 2025
Result
Celje 3-1 AEK Athens
Europa Conference League · Thursday 2 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Celje 3-1 AEK Athens: match report
Celje defeated AEK Athens 3-1 in the Europa Conference League on Thursday 2 October 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Dereck Kutesa opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Celje's goals came from Franko Kovacevic (34'), Franko Kovacevic (55') and Franko Kovacevic (80'). AEK Athens scored through Dereck Kutesa (7').
Discipline: Celje received 3 yellow cards; AEK Athens received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Celje were 19th on 9 points from 4 and AEK Athens 15th on 10 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa Conference League season and is kept for reference.
Celje lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and AEK Athens in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Franko Kovacevic of Celje (7.3), ahead of Dereck Kutesa (6.9).
Going into the match Celje's last five read W-W-L-W and AEK Athens's W-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Dereck Kutesa
- 18'Yellow card · Thomas Strakosha
- 34'Goal · Franko Kovacevic
- 52'Yellow card · Răzvan Marin
- 55'Goal · Franko Kovacevic
- 63'Yellow card · Lazaros Rota
- 70'Yellow card · Darko Hrka
- 74'Yellow card · Petros Mantalos
- 77'Yellow card · Vitaliy Lisakovich
- 80'Goal · Franko Kovacevic
- 81'Yellow card · Franko Kovacevic
Team news
Unavailable
- Armandas Kučys
- Mark Zabukovnik
- Robert Ljubicic
- Moses Odubajo
- Jens Jønsson
- Dimitris Kaloskamis
- Gerasimos Mitoglou
Celje line-up (3-4-2-1)
Zan-Luk Leban, Juanjo Nieto, Łukasz Bejger, Artemijus Tutyškinas, Nikita Iosifov, Darko Hrka, Zan Karnicnik, Danijel Sturm, Vitaliy Lisakovich, Mario Kvesic, Franko Kovacevic
AEK Athens line-up (4-4-1-1)
Thomas Strakosha, Lazaros Rota, Harold Moukoudi, Filipe Relvas, Stavros Pilios, Niclas Eliasson, Orbelín Pineda, Marko Grujić, Dereck Kutesa, Răzvan Marin, Luka Jović