Antonsson faces up to his past

Mikael Antonsson will have an early reunion with his former Panathinaikos FC team-mates as the Greek side travel to face FC København in Group B.

• Antonsson left Panathinaikos to join the Copenhagen club in June. The Swedish international spent one season in Greece, appearing in eight games as the club finished third in the Super League and lost the Greek Cup final 2-1 against Larissa FC.

• København, who entered this competition after losing in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League to SL Benfica, are playing in their first group stage game of the season while Panathinaikos won their opener 3-0 at home against Aberdeen FC.

• The two sides have never met in European competition.

• København have never come up against Greek opposition before.

• Panathinaikos met København's Superligaen rivals Aalborg BK in the 1995/96 UEFA Champions League, losing 2-1 in Denmark but winning 2-0 in Athens. The Greens won Group A and went on to reach the semi-finals.

• Current København midfielder Jesper Grønkjær came on as a substitute in both games for AaB.

• This will be the sixth meeting of Danish and Greek sides on Danish soil. Of the previous five games, the home side has won three to the away side's two.

• Panathinaikos have fond memories of Danish players René Henriksen and Jan Michaelsen, who helped them reach the quarter-finals of the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League.

• København coach Ståle Solbakken played one game against Greece with the Norway national team, earning a 2-0 win in a UEFA EURO 2000™ qualifier.

• Panathinaikos have won three of their last five UEFA Cup away games, losing the other two.

• København have won four of their last five home games in UEFA club competition, losing the other.

• København have averaged exactly one goal a game in their six European ties this season.

• Panathinaikos are one of five Greek clubs in the group stage along with AEK Athens FC, Aris Thessaloniki FC, Larissa and Panionios GSS.

• Aberdeen are at home against FC Lokomotiv Moskva in the day's other Group B game.