UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS NSK Olimpiyskyi - Kyiv Thursday 23 October 2014 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Group F - Matchday 3 Qarabağ FK Last updated 03/06/2015 03:14CET

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1 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Qarabağ FK Thursday 23 October 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv

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FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk will tackle FK Qarabağ for the first time with both sides on the hunt for their first UEFA Europa League Group F goals. Form guide • The only previous UEFA club competition tie between Azerbaijani and Ukrainian sides ended in a 5-0 aggregate win for FC Kryvbas against FK Shamkir in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup qualifying round. • Dnipro have gone three games without a European goal since a 2-1 victory against HNK Hajduk Split in the first leg of this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. Those were the only goals they have scored in six European matches this term (having lost 2-0 on aggregate to FC København in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round). • Qarabağ have yet to score in Group F and have not won in their last three European away fixtures (D1 L2). • FC Internazionale Milano are the only side to have found the net on the opening two matchdays in Group F. Trivia and links • Dnipro midfielder Serhiy Kravchenko spent the 2005/06 season at Qarabağ; his side finished fifth in the table and won the Azerbaijani Cup, though he did not play in the final. • Dnipro's Georgian midfielder (2010-11) and Croatian international Mladen Bartulović (2009-10) played alongside Qarabağ's Albanian international Ansi Agolli in with Kryvbas. • Qarabağ's Macedonian midfielder Muarem Muarem turns 26 on the eve of the Dnipro game. • Qarabağ's 2-0 loss at Inter on matchday two was their 50th UEFA club competition game; their record in those fixtures is W19 D12 L19. • Qarabağ are only the second Azeri club to feature in this group stage; Neftçi PFK recorded three draws and three defeats in their pioneering 2012/13 group stage campaign, so Qarabağ could yet become the first Azerbaijani team to win a UEFA group stage match. The coaches • Dnipro coach since 2014, started out as a midfielder with hometown club FC Karpaty , and while his playing career was not a huge success, he served Karpaty in four spells as a coach before a lengthy stint at FC Metalist Kharkiv earned him a reputation for attacking football. He briefly coached Ukraine in 2010. • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is '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.

2 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Qarabağ FK Thursday 23 October 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit NSK Olimpiyskyi, Kyiv Legend Competitions

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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