European club tournament research 2026/27 snapshot Generated 30 Aug 2026
Road to Football

Europa League · 2026/27

OFI Crete

Pankritio Stadium · Heraklion Municipality · confirmed competition venue

Path difficulty68Rank 2 of 36
Opponent coefficient348.58Rank 2 of 36
Round-trip travel16,430 kmRank 5 of 36
Estimated controls00 of 4 away trips
Club coefficient9.682Frozen at the draw

Club schedule

Fixtures & results

Official home/away ordering, Central European kick-off times and verified scores from every edition with published match coverage.

Europa League

2026/27 match programme

All competition fixtures
Home team: OFI Crete
Away team: Hoffenheim
VenuePankritioHeraklion
ScheduledHome
Home team: Rennes
Away team: OFI Crete
VenueRoazhon ParkRennes
ScheduledAway
Nominal home team: H. Beer-Sheva
Nominal away team: OFI Crete
VenueStadionul GiuleștiNeutral venue · Bucharest
ScheduledAway
Home team: OFI Crete
Away team: Anderlecht
VenuePankritioHeraklion
ScheduledHome
Home team: Benfica
Away team: OFI Crete
VenueEstádio do SL BenficaLisbon
ScheduledAway
Home team: Sturm Graz
Away team: OFI Crete
VenueStadion Graz LiebenauGraz
ScheduledAway
Home team: OFI Crete
Away team: Lech Poznań
VenuePankritioHeraklion
ScheduledHome

League-phase draw

8 roads, 8 opponents

Opponent coefficient values use the same frozen snapshot as the competition ranking.

H

At the assigned home venue

Home opponents

Bayer Leverkusen

BayArena · Leverkusen

Club coefficient
105
Travel
Estimated controls

Anderlecht

Lotto Park · Anderlecht

Club coefficient
30.75
Travel
Estimated controls

Lech Poznań

Enea Stadion · Poznań

Club coefficient
27.25
Travel
Estimated controls

Hoffenheim

SNP Arena · Sinsheim

Club coefficient
18.58
Travel
Estimated controls
A

Travel required

Away opponents

Benfica

Estádio da Luz · Lisbon

Club coefficient
90
Return travel
6,098 km
Estimated controls
0

Rennes

Roazhon Park · Rennes

Club coefficient
35
Return travel
5,239 km
Estimated controls
0

Sturm Graz

Merkur Arena · Graz

Club coefficient
28
Return travel
3,059 km
Estimated controls
0

H. Beer-Sheva

Stadionul Rapid-Giulești · Bucharest

Club coefficient
14
Return travel
2,034 km
Estimated controls
0

Assigned competition venues

The away map

Great-circle distances are estimates. The map shows the venue assignments currently held in the draw snapshot.

4 away routes16,430 km estimated return travel
Away opponentAssigned venueCityOne wayReturnControls
awayBenficaEstádio da LuzLisbon3,049 km6,098 km0
awayRennesRoazhon ParkRennes2,619 km5,239 km0
awaySturm GrazMerkur ArenaGraz1,530 km3,059 km0
awayH. Beer-ShevaStadionul Rapid-GiuleștiBucharest1,017 km2,034 km0

Path Difficulty Index v1

Why this path scores 68

The score is relative to clubs in this competition and is not comparable across competitions.

Competition rank02 / 36

Harder than the competition median.

  1. Rival strength65% weight81.9 · 53.2 pts
  2. Round-trip travel25% weight58.9 · 14.7 pts
  3. Estimated controls10% weight0 · 0 pts
Published formula

65% opponent coefficient total, 25% round-trip travel and 10% estimated routine arrival controls after min-max normalization within Europa League.

Methodology

Tournament participation

Edition record

Absence from this table does not prove non-participation.

SeasonCompetitionPublished stagePosition / result
2026/27Europa LeagueLeague-phase fixtures8 fixtures

Published matches

Final record

No final in the published record

This club appears in a league-phase top eight, but not in a final currently included in the snapshot.