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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium - Baku Thursday 18 September 2014 Qarabağ FK 18.00CET (21.00 local time) AS Saint-Étienne Group F - Matchday 1 Last updated 02/09/2015 15:03CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 18 September 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mahouve 11, Dzodic Montpellier Hérault SC - 6-0 10/07/1999 R2 Montpellier 16, 74, Loko 66, Guei Qarabağ FK agg: 9-0 80, Barbosa 87 Qarabağ FK - Montpellier Silvestre 20, Delaye 03/07/1999 R2 0-3 Baku Hérault SC 35, Maoulida 42 AS Saint-Étienne - Record versus clubs from opponents' country AS Saint-Étienne have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Qarabağ FK 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 AS Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 18 September 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Match background Qarabağ FK will hope to become the first Azerbaijani side to win a major UEFA club competition group stage fixture when they open their Group F account at home to AS Saint-Étienne. Form guide • Qarabağ's only previous meeting with French opponents ended in a 9-0 aggregate defeat by Montpellier Hérault SC in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup second round. Those are the only games played thus far between French and Azerbaijani sides in UEFA club competition. • In the nations' only encounters at senior level, France beat Azerbaijan 2-0 away and 10-0 at home in EURO '96 qualifying. Azerbaijan's only victory against France in a men's UEFA competition was a 2-0 success in the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round. Their other three age-group meetings ended in French wins. • Qarabağ have lost just once in their last ten European home games (W7 D2 L1) – 2-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt in last season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. • St-Étienne were unbeaten on the road in their only previous UEFA group stage campaign (W1 D1) – in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup – when they made it all the way to the round of 16. Trivia and links • Qarabağ are only the second Azeri side to feature in a UEFA club competition group stage. Neftçi PFK were the pioneers, in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage, recording three draws and three defeats. Qarabağ could thus become the first Azerbaijani team to win a UEFA group stage game. • Qarabağ had reached the UEFA Europa League play-offs three times before finally making it through with an away- goals success against FC Twente, who eliminated them at that stage in 2009/10, this time around. • St-Étienne striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel has struck nine times in 24 appearances in the UEFA Europa League proper, and 17 goals in 33 games including qualifying. The coaches • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's all-time top scorer at international level with 14 goals. He played in Russia, but enjoyed perhaps his most celebrated years with Neftçi, where he later started out as a coach. In charge at Qarabağ since 2008, he led the club to their second title – after a 21-year wait – last season. • A defender for hometown club Olympique de Marseille, LOSC Lille and Toulouse FC among others, St-Étienne boss Christophe Galtier took up his current position in 2009, helping Les Verts to win the 2012/13 French Cup. He had previously assisted Alain Perrin and Richard Tardy, working in England and Greece as well as France. 3 Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 18 September 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Team facts Qarabağ FK Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 2 (2014) Azerbaijani Cup: 3 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: first qualifying round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: first qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta FC 22/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FK Banga v Qarabağ 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Qarabağ v FC København 27/08/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying phase second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: FC København v Qarabağ 13/08/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying phase first leg 6-0: Montpellier Herault SC v Qarabağ 10/07/99, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta FC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: FK Banga v Qarabağ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Qarabağ v FK Jablonec 30/07/97, first qualifying phase second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FK Jablonec v Qarabağ 23/07/97, first qualifying phase first leg AS Saint-Étienne Formed: 1919 Nickname: Les Verts (The Greens) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1976) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) 4 Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 18 September 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Domestic title: 10 (1981) French Cup: 6 (1977) French League Cup: 1 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: St-Étienne v KuPS Kuopio 01/01/80, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: KuPS Kuopio v St-Étienne 17/09/80, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Ipswich Town FC 04/03/81, UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Bohemians 1905 03/11/82, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: St-Étienne v KuPS Kuopio (see above) • Biggest away win 0-7: KuPS Kuopio v St-Étienne (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Ipswich Town FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Bohemians 1905 v St-Étienne (see above) 5 Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 18 September 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Squad list Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Farkhad Veliyev AZE 01/11/1980 33 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 12 Aghaseyid Gasimov AZE 26/03/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 Ibrahim Šehić BIH 02/09/1988 26 - 4 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 8 - Defenders 2 Qara Qarayev AZE 12/10/1992 21 - 4 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 20 - 3 Tarlan Guliyev AZE 19/04/1992 22 - 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 4 Bilal Abbaszade AZE 18/08/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Maksim Medvedev AZE 29/09/1989 24 - 2 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 31 - 14 Rashad Sadygov AZE 16/06/1982 32 - 2 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 53 5 21 Tural Rzayev AZE 27/07/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Admir Teli ALB 02/06/1981 33 - 3 - 1 - - - 4 - - - 45 1 25 Ansi Agolli ALB 11/10/1982 31 - 4 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 31 2 33 Shahriyar Aliyev AZE 25/12/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Badavi Guseynov AZE 11/07/1991 23 - 4 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 7 - Midfielders 7 Namig Yusifov AZE 14/08/1986 28 - 4 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 31 - 9 Reynaldo BRA 24/08/1989 25 - 3 2 2 - - - 4 1 - - 18 8 10 Muarem Muarem MKD 22/10/1988 25 - 1 - 2 1 - - 3 1 - - 18 2 11 Danilo Dias BRA 06/11/1985 28 - 4 2 2 - - - - - - - 6 2 18 Ilgar Gurbanov TUR 25/04/1986 28 - 4 - - - - - - - - - 10 - 20 Richard Almeida BRA 20/03/1989 25 - 4 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 13 1 41 Leroy George NED 21/04/1987 27 - 4 1 1 - - - - - - - 13 3 70 Chumbinho BRA 21/09/1986 27 - 4 2 1 - - - 4 2 - - 11 3 77 Javid Taghiyev AZE 22/07/1992 22 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - Forwards 6 Haji Ahmadov AZE 23/11/1993 20 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - 17 Vüqar Nadirov AZE 15/06/1987 27 - 3 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 30 4 23 Tural Isgandarov AZE 09/02/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 99 Namik Alaskarov AZE 03/02/1995 19 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - Coach - Gurban Gurbanov AZE 13/04/1972 42 - 4 - 2 - - - - - - - 33 - 6 Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne Thursday 18 September 2014 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku AS Saint-Étienne Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.