Uefa Europa League
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Old Trafford - Manchester Thursday 20 October 2016 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Manchester United FC Group A - Matchday 3 Fenerbahçe SK Last updated 19/10/2016 04:01CET Match background 2 Legend 4 1 Manchester United FC - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Old Trafford, Manchester Match background Manchester United's Wayne Rooney scored his first senior hat-trick against Fenerbahçe, but the Yellow Canaries retain fond Old Trafford memories as the sides reconvene in UEFA Europa League Group A. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the fifth time, having been paired in two previous UEFA Champions League group stages. Both teams have won twice, once at home and once away, with United 8-6 ahead in terms of goals. • In the 1996/97 group stage, Sebastião Lazaroni's Fenerbahçe lost 2-0 at home to Sir Alex Ferguson's United but won the return fixture 1-0 thanks to Elvir Bolić's goal – the Red Devils' first ever UEFA home defeat. • The line-ups for that game at Old Trafford on 30 October 1996 were: United: Schmeichel, G Neville (P Neville 78), Irwin, May, Johnsen, Cantona, Butt, Beckham, Scholes (Poborský 67), Cruyff (Solskjær 67), Keane. Fenerbahçe: Rüştü Reçber, İlker Yağcıoğlu, Okechukwu, Høgh (Bülent Uygun 78), Kemalettin Şentürk, Tuncay Akgün (Mustafa Doğan 72), Bolić (Tarik Daşgün 81), Okocha, Kostadinov, Saffet Akbaş, Erol Bulut. • In the 2004/05 group stage, a hat-trick by United debutant Rooney helped Sir Alex's men win 6-2 at home to Christoph Daum's Fenerbahçe.
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