At the Toumba stadium, PAOK was the dominant team, but they were unable to capitalize on their chances, eventually losing to the visiting Steaua Bucharest 1-0.
PAOK missed several clear-cut opportunities, while Steaua managed to find the back of the net just before the end of the first half, thanks to a goal from Daniel Birligea.
Even when Steaua was reduced to 10 men after Darius Olaru received a second yellow card, the Romanian side held on and managed to secure all three points, leaving PAOK empty-handed at the bottom of the Europa League table after two rounds of games. Olympiakos, on the other hand, has three points.
On October 24, PAOK will host Viktoria Plzen, and Olympiakos will travel to Malmoe.