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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Paolo - Naples Thursday 10 December 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) SSC Napoli Group D - Matchday 6 Legia Warszawa Last updated 08/12/2015 16:48CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 SSC Napoli - Legia Warszawa Thursday 10 December 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mertens 53, Higuaín 01/10/2015 GS Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli 0-2 Warsaw 84 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Legia Warszawa 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SSC Napoli - WKS Śląsk 2-0 16/03/1977 QF Naples Massa 9, Chiarugi 50 Wrocław agg: 2-0 02/03/1977 QF WKS Śląsk Wrocław - SSC Napoli 0-0 Wroclaw Legia Warszawa - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Perea 24, Felipe 28/11/2013 GS Legia Warszawa - SS Lazio 0-2 Warsaw Anderson 57 19/09/2013 GS SS Lazio - Legia Warszawa 1-0 Rome Hernanes 53 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Legia Warszawa - Udinese 1-1 Czereszewski 11; 04/11/1999 R2 Warsaw Calcio agg: 1-2 Sosa 41 Udinese Calcio - Legia 19/10/1999 R2 1-0 Udine Sosa 29 Warszawa UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Legia Warszawa - Vicenza 1-1 02/10/1997 R1 Warsaw Kacprzak 57; Zauli 86 Calcio agg: 1-3 Vicenza Calcio - Legia Luiso 10, Ambrosetti 18/09/1997 R1 2-0 Vicenza Warszawa 24 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Mancini 61, Vialli 84; 20/03/1991 QF UC Sampdoria - Legia Warszawa Genoa agg: 2-3 Kowalczyk 19, 55 06/03/1991 QF Legia Warszawa - UC Sampdoria 1-0 Warsaw Czykier 44 2 SSC Napoli - Legia Warszawa Thursday 10 December 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - Legia 1-0 05/11/1986 R2 Milan Fanna 44 Warszawa agg: 3-3 ag Sikorski 42, Legia Warszawa - FC Dziekanowski 57, 22/10/1986 R2 3-2 Warsaw Internazionale Milano Karas 60; Altobelli 17, Ferri 76 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Legia Warszawa - FC 0-1 11/12/1985 R3 Warsaw Fanna 109 ET Internazionale Milano agg 0-1 (aet) FC Internazionale Milano - Legia 27/11/1985 R3 0-0 Milan Warszawa UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Zignoli 10, Chiarugi 08/11/1972 R2 AC Milan - Legia Warszawa Milan agg 3-2 (aet) 118 ET; Pieszko 44 25/10/1972 R2 Legia Warszawa - AC Milan 1-1 Warsaw Deyna 79; Golin 75 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 Legia Warszawa 8 2 3 3 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 15 2 5 8 10 19 3 SSC Napoli - Legia Warszawa Thursday 10 December 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Match background SSC Napoli will look to maintain their imperious form in UEFA Europa League Group D, but Legia Warszawa will be eager to pounce if their hosts have an off day. • Napoli are confirmed as group winners. • Legia can only qualify if they win and the other game is drawn, since they would then pip FC Midtjylland on goal difference. Previous meetings • Napoli won 2-0 in Warsaw when the sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday two. • Napoli's only previous encounter with a Polish club was a 2-0 aggregate victory against WKS Śląsk Wrocław in the 1976/77 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. • Legia's 15 games against Italian teams have ended W2 D5 L8 (W0 D2 L5 in Italy). They have not won in the most recent eight of those matches (D3 L5) since a 1-0 success against UC Sampdoria in March 1991. Form guide • Napoli are the only side with a 100% record in this season's group stage. They have also scored the most goals (17 – an average of 3.4 per game) and conceded the fewest (one). • Legia won all three of their qualifying away games this season without conceding, but have lost both of their Group D away games without scoring. • Napoli made it through to the knockout stage in all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Legia have made it to the round of 32 in two of their three previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Trivia and links • The journey from Warsaw to Naples is around 1,350km. • Napoli's Gonzalo Higuaín turns 28 on the day of the Legia game. • Legia's Ondrej Duda and Dušan Kuciak play for Slovakia alongside Napoli's Marek Hamšík. • Legia's Swiss forward Aleksandar Prijovic started his professional career in Italy with Parma FC (2006–08). • Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina has made 145 UEFA club competition outings – more than any other player in this season's tournament. He is ninth on the all-time list, and will join former Liverpool team-mate Jamie Carragher in eighth if he makes it to 150 games. The coaches • Stanislav Cherchesov replaced Henning Berg as Legia coach on 6 October. The former FC Spartak Moskva and Russia goalkeeper led Spartak through the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage and repeated the feat with FC Dinamo Moskva last season, his side winning all six games. • Naples-born Maurizio Sarri replaced Rafael Benítez when the Spaniard left Napoli for Real Madrid CF at the end of last season. Having spent much of his career in the lower leagues, he led Empoli FC into Serie A in 2013/14 and kept them up comfortably last term. 4 SSC Napoli - Legia Warszawa Thursday 10 December 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Team facts SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 1989 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1990) Italian Cup: 5 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 32 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v FC Midtjylland 05/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-0: Napoli v Club Brugge KV 17/09/15, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-0: Napoli v KF Vllaznia 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-4: Trabzonspor AŞ v Napoli 19/02/15, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Napoli v FC Viktoria Plzeň 14/02/13, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli 06/12/89, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v FC Midtjylland (see above) 5-0: Napoli v Club Brugge KV (see above) 5-0: Napoli v KF Vllaznia (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli (see above) 0-4: Trabzonspor AŞ v Napoli (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Napoli v FC Viktoria Plzeň (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli (see above) Legia Warszawa 5 SSC Napoli - Legia Warszawa Thursday 10 December 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Formed: 1916 Nickname: Wojskowi (Army Men), Legionisci (Legionnaires) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) • League title: 10 (2014) • Polish Cup: 17 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Legia v Víkingur Reykjavík 27/09/72, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: IF Elfsborg v Legia 27/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-5: Saint Patrick's Athletic FC v Legia 23/07/14, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg 0-5: FK Vardar v Legia 12/08/99, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-7: Legia v FC Bayern München 05/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-4: Legia v TSV 1860 München 03/03/65, European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia 01/11/01, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Legia v FC Tbilisi 26/08/04, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: IF Elfsborg v Legia (see above) 0-5: FK Vardar v Legia (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 3-7: Legia v FC Bayern München (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia (see above) 6 SSC Napoli - Legia Warszawa Thursday 10 December 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Squad list SSC Napoli Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.