Captain Graeme Shinnie has called on Aberdeen to give their travelling supporters a Conference League “night to remember” in Athens.
The 34-year-old is preparing for what will be his 28th European outing for the Dons over the course of his two spells when they face AEK in the hostile OPAP Arena on Thursday.
Shinnie pinpointed the 3-0 victory away to Croatian side Rijeka in 2015 and the 2-2 draw against PAOK in Greece as two of his best evenings on the continent, and now he wants to help last season’s Scottish Cup winners experience more delight in the Greek capital.
“I absolutely love these games, I’m really grateful that I’m still involved in games like this,” he said in a club interview. “I can’t wait.
“A lot of the boys have some sort of European experience behind them and