Although very experienced in European competitions, the Toumba Stadium’s next visiting team are is in 29th place with just four points, compared to the seven points won by PAOK, who are in 23rd place.

• This is the second time that PAOK will meet Slavia. On 28.11.2002, the home side won 1-0 at the Toumba (Giorgos Georgiadis was the scorer) in the 3rd round of the UEFA Cup. However, in the second leg in Prague (12.12.2002) PAOK were defeated 4-0 and said goodbye to the qualifying for the «Round of 32».
• Slavia have won 21 championships (13 Czechoslovakian and eight as the Czech Republic, 11 Czech Cups and the Mitropa Cup in 1938. They have reached the semi-finals of the 1995–96 UEFA Cup and qualified for the group stage of the Champions League for the first time in their history in the 2007–08 season.
• In 2019, they reached the quarter-finals of the 2018–19 Europa League and also qualified for the group stage of the 2019–20 Champions League.
• Slavia played in the quarter-finals of the Europa League in the 2020–21 season, when they also won the Czech championship with an impressive 54-game unbeaten run.
• The club was founded on 02.11.1892 by medical students, as a sports club with the aim of increasing sports activity among students. The club initially focused on cycling and then expanded into football in 1896.
• In 1905, Scottish manager and former Celtic player Johnny Madden brought new tactics and views on football to the club from his homeland. He managed to establish an early golden era for the club that lasted 25 years. Under Madden, Slavia won 134 domestic matches out of a total of 169, and 304 European matches out of 429 between 1905 and 1930. In 1930, Madden retired from Slavia and professional football at the age of 66, although he remained in Prague for the rest of his life.
• In the 1934 World Cup, the Czechoslovakia national team had eight Slavia players in the squad.
• The second golden period came when Slavia brought Josef Bišan from Admira Vienna. Slavia won titles in 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943 with Bišan.
• On the other hand, the 1950s and 1960s were not as good when Slavia was relegated twice, in 1961 and 1963.
• In 1996 Slavia won their 14th title after 49 years. During that season, Slavia also played in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, while four players of the team played a key role in winning second place at EURO ’96.
• In October 2006, construction began on the new and long-awaited stadium in Eden (Eden Stadium or Synot Tip Arena) for 21,000 spectators. The stadium opened on 7 May 2008.
• In the autumn of 2010, the club found itself in crisis due to financial problems. After several changes in its ownership, Slavia was bought in December 2023 by Czech businessman Pavel Tykač, who bought the club from Chinese owners for 2 billion Czech crowns.
• The club’s colors, red and white, were chosen as representative of heart and blood…
• Slavia’s biggest rival is Sparta Prague.
• Often, Sparta Prague fans in particular, see Slavia as a Jewish club, even though the club was neither founded by Jews nor has any Jewish history. According to football historian Vladimír Zapotocký, if this were the case, the Nazis would have dissolved the club during the German occupation.