UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Geoffroy-Guichard - Saint-Etienne Thursday 17 September 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AS Saint-Étienne Group G - Matchday 1 Rosenborg BK Last updated 14/09/2015 14:47CET

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1 AS Saint-Étienne - Rosenborg BK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne

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AS Saint-Étienne will look to make a positive start in UEFA Europa League Group G as they are reunited with a Rosenborg BK side on a remarkable run of form away from home in Europe. Previous meetings • 's St-Étienne beat Erik Hamrén's Rosenborg 3-0 in the sides' only previous meeting – a UEFA Cup group stage match. It was St-Étienne's only game against Norwegian opponents to date. • The lineups for that game on 6 November 2008 were: St-Étienne: Viviani, Varrault, Benalouane, Tavlaridis, Sauget, Machado, Dernis, Matuidi, Payet (Linganzi 82), Ilan (Hautcoeur 66), Gomis (Mirallas 74). Rosenborg: Jarstein, Lustig (Nordvik 89), Lago, Demidov, Dorsin, Skjelbred, Tettey, Sapara (Aas 80), Strand, Ya Konan, Iversen (Traoré 65). • Rosenborg's seven games against French opponents have ended W1 D1 L5 (W1 D1 L1 at home – W0 D0 L4 away). They have not won in their last six meetings with sides, and have conceded an average of 4.25 goals per game in their previous four matches in France. Form guide • St-Étienne kicked off last season's group stage with five straight draws: three 0-0s and then two 1-1s. • St-Étienne have scored just nine goals in their last 13 European games – scoring more than once in only one of those matches. • Rosenborg are unbeaten in their last nine European away games (W7 D2). • St-Étienne made it through the UEFA Cup group stage at the first attempt in 2008/09 but missed the cut last season in their first UEFA Europa League group stage tilt. • Rosenborg's three previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns have all ended in elimination. Trivia and links • The journey from Trondheim to St-Etienne is just over 2,000km. • Qäbälä FK and Rosenborg are the only sides who have made it all the way from the first qualifying round to the group stage in this season's competition. • This is St-Étienne's 100th UEFA club competition game, the previous 99 having ended W41 D27 L31. • Rosenborg's Danish forward Tobias Mikkelsen turns 29 the day after the St-Étienne game. • Rosenborg's Mikael Dorsin (RC Strasbourg 2003-04) and Anders Konradsen (Stade Rennais FC 2013-15) both have Ligue 1 experience. Konradsen's Rennes team-mates included St-Étienne's Kévin Théophile-Catherine and Vincent Pajot. The coaches • St-Étienne coach since 2009, led Les Verts to French League Cup success in 2012/13. A defender, he started his playing career at hometown club . He returned to Marseille as a coach, and worked as assistant to Alain Perrin at St-Étienne before getting the senior job. • Kåre Ingebrigtsen was born in Trondheim and has been with Rosenborg as a player or a coach for long periods of his professional career. As a midfielder, he spent two years abroad with Manchester City FC, and was assistant coach at Viking FK when he was offered the senior job at Rosenborg.

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Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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