We landed in Athens on Wednesday afternoon, ahead of what will be our first away match in the competitive phase of the Conference League.

The Blues face Panathinaikos at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday evening (kick-off 5.45pm UK time) and will look to follow up on our opening day win over Ghent, with Renato Veiga, Christopher Nkunku, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Pedro Neto engraving all had their names on the scoresheet at Stamford Bridge.

The likes of Marcus Bettinelli, Ben Chilwell, Wesley Fofana, Romeo Lavia and Cole Palmer have all remained at Cobham as they are not registered for the competition, while Levi Colwill, Moises Caicedo, Nicolas Jackson, Reece James and Malo Gusto have also stayed behind. in England.

The team also consists of four Academy graduates: goalkeeper Lucas Bergstrom, 19-year-old midfielder Samuel Rak-Sakyi, Tyrique George, who made his senior debut with Servette earlier in the competition, and striker Shumaira Mheuka, who only turned 17 on Sunday. .

See below for the full list of players who traveled to the Greek capital for our Conference League match.

Chelsea traveling team

Goalkeepers: Robert Sanchez, Filip Jorgensen, Lucas Bergstrom

Defenders: Tosin Adarabioyo, Benoit Badiashile, Marc Cucurella, Axel Disasi, Renato Veiga

Midfielders: Enzo Fernandez, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Cesare Casadei, Carney Chukwuemeka, Samuel Rak-Sakyi

Forward: Noni Madueke, Mykhailo Mudryk, Pedro Neto, Joao Felix, Christopher Nkunku, Jadon Sancho, Tyrique George, Marc Guiu, Shumaira Mheuka