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UEFA EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Victoria Stadium - Gibraltar Thursday 16 September 2021 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Lincoln Red Imps FC Group F - Matchday 1 PAOK FC Last updated 27/09/2021 18:06CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 10 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 Lincoln Red Imps FC - PAOK FC Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Lincoln Red Imps FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Lincoln Red Imps FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country PAOK FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PAOK FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Lincoln Red Imps FC - PAOK FC Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Match background Lincoln Red Imps have broken new ground for football in Gibraltar by becoming the first team from the tiny nation at the foot of the Iberian peninsula to compete in a European group stage. Their first visitors to the Victoria Stadium in UEFA Europa Conference League Group F are Greek Cup winners PAOK. Previous meetings • Lincoln have never previously met Greek opponents in their eight European campaigns, while PAOK are also facing a side from Gibraltar for the first time in their 37 seasons of UEFA competition. Form guide Lincoln • As domestic double winners, for the 16th time, in 2020/21, the Red Imps entered this season in the UEFA Champions League, and won their opening qualifying tie against Luxembourg's Fola Esch (2-2 a, 5-0 h). However, subsequent defeats by CFR Cluj (1-2 h, 0-2 a) and, in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, Group F rivals Slovan Bratislava (1-3 h, 1-1 a) sent them into the UEFA Europa Conference League play-offs, where they made history by eliminating Latvian champions Riga after extra time (1-1 a, 3-1 h). • Prior to this season the record champions of Gibraltar (25 league titles) had never progressed beyond the second qualifying round of either European competition, going out to Rangers (0-5 h) at that stage of last season's UEFA Europa League. • The Red Imps' overall home record in UEFA competition is W7 D4 L6. This includes two games played as preliminary round hosts at the Victoria Stadium in the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League. PAOK • Regular performers in the UEFA Europa League group stage, where they have made eight appearances, PAOK are Greece's first representatives in the UEFA Europa Conference League equivalent. They qualified for the competition twice over last season, as runners-up in the league to Olympiacos and winners of the Greek Cup – for the eighth time – thanks to a 2-1 victory over the champions in the final. • Having exited last season's UEFA Europa League at the group stage, with PSV Eindhoven and Granada both getting the better of them, PAOK entered the UEFA Europa Conference League in the third qualifying round, where, under returning head coach Răzvan Lucescu, they edged out Irish club Bohemians (1-2 a, 2-0 h) before beating Rijeka in the play-offs (1-1 h, 2-0 a). • That victory at Rijeka in August ended PAOK's nine-match winless run on the road in UEFA competition (D1 L8). Links and trivia • Lincoln's Argentinian winger Brian Gómez featured in Greece's second tier last season, playing for Doxa Dramas. • Liam Walker scored his first international goal for Gibraltar in a 1-4 defeat by Greece at the Estádio Algarve on 6 September 2016. • Lincoln are one of eight clubs making their debut appearance in a UEFA group stage this season; the others – one in each group – are Alashkert (Group A), Flora Tallinn (B), Bodø/Glimt (C), Randers (D), Union Berlin (E), Mura (G) and Kairat (H). 3 Lincoln Red Imps FC - PAOK FC Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Team facts Lincoln Red Imps FC Formed: 1976 Nickname: Red Imps, The Imps UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 25 (2021) Gibraltar Cup: 18 (2021) Ten-year European record 2020/21: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2019/20: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League preliminary round) 2018/19: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League preliminary round) 2017/18: UEFA Europa League first qualifying round 2016/17: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2015/16: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2014/15: UEFA Champions League first qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Lincoln Red Imps v Fola Esch 13/07/21, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 2-1: FC Santa Coloma v Lincoln Red Imps 07/07/15, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg Lincoln Red Imps also won 2-0 against La Fiorita in the UEFA Champions League preliminary round on 26/06/18 in Gibraltar, a match in which they were the designated away team • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Lincoln Red Imps v Rangers 17/09/20, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: AEK Larnaca v Lincoln Red Imps 29/06/17, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg UEFA Europa Conference League • Biggest home win 3-1: Lincoln Red Imps v Riga (aet) 26/08/21, play-off second leg • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat N/A PAOK FC Formed: 1926 Nickname: Dikefalos tou Vora (Two-Headed Eagle of the North) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None 4 Lincoln Red Imps FC - PAOK FC Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2019) Greek Cup: 8 (2021) Ten-year European record 2020/21: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2019/20: UEFA Europa League play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2018/19: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2017/18: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2016/17: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League group stage 2014/15: UEFA Europa League group stage 2013/14: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: PAOK v Lokomotiva Zagreb 23/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Lokomotivi Tbilisi v PAOK 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: PAOK v Benfica 29/08/18, UEFA Champions League play-off second leg 0-3 four times, most recently v Schalke 16/02/17, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Barcelona v PAOK 01/10/75, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa Conference League • Biggest home win 2-0: PAOK v Bohemians 12/08/21, third qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Rijeka v PAOK 26/08/21, play-off second leg • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: Bohemians v PAOK 03/08/21, third qualifying round first leg 5 Lincoln Red Imps FC - PAOK FC Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Squad list Lincoln Red Imps FC Current season All-time QUAL UECL League UECL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Manuel Soler ESP 17/09/1986 34 - 2 - - - - - - - 15 - 13 Kyle Goldwin GIB 24/04/1985 36 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 23 Dayle Coleing GIB 23/10/1996 24 - - - - - - - - - 7 - 25 Francisco Paulino GIB 27/03/2001 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Joseph Chipolina GIB 14/12/1987 33 - 1 - - - - - - - 20 4 5 Scott Wiseman GIB 09/10/1985 35 - 2 - - - - - - - 11 - 6 Bernardo Lopes POR 30/07/1993 28 - 2 - - - - - - - 23 - 14 Roy Chipolina GIB 20/01/1983 38 - 1 1 - - - - - - 23 1 16 Jesus Toscano ESP 13/12/1990 30 - 2 - - - - - - - 20 - 24 John Sergeant GIB 27/02/1995 26 - 2 - - - - - - - 10 - 66 Ethan Britto GIB 30/11/2000 20 - 1 - - - - - - - 10 1 Midfielders 4 Kian Ronan GIB 09/03/2001 20 - 2 1 - - - - - - 7 2 8 Graeme Torrilla GIB 03/09/1997 24 - 2 - - - - - - - 10 - 10 Liam Walker GIB 13/04/1988 33 - 2 1 - - - - - - 26 6 17 Marco Rosa ESP 30/11/1995 25 - 2 - - - - - - - 8 1 32 Mustapha Yahaya GHA 09/01/1994 27 - 1 - - - - - - - 19 1 86 Javier Añón ESP 30/08/1986 35 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - Forwards 7 Lee Casciaro GIB 29/09/1981 39 - 1 - - - - - - - 25 3 9 Dylan Peacock GIB 24/08/2001 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 11 Alan Araiza MEX 23/02/1996 25 - 2 - - - - - - - 4 - 20 Fernando Carralero ESP 16/05/1986 35 - 2 1 - - - - - - 7 2 29 Kike Gómez ESP 04/05/1994 27 - 2 - - - - - - - 14 2 77 Kyle Clinton GIB 18/03/2004 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Emmanuel Ocran GHA 19/02/1996 25 - 2 - - - - - - - 6 - Coach - Raul Castillo ESP 25/03/1981 40 - 2 - - - - - - - 8 - 6 Lincoln Red Imps FC - PAOK FC Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (18.45 local time) Match press kit Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar PAOK FC Current season All-time QUAL UECL League UECL UEFA No.