UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade de Lyon - Décines Thursday 9 March 2017 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Round of 16, First leg AS Roma Last updated 08/03/2017 03:16CET

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1 Olympique Lyonnais - AS Roma Thursday 9 March 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Lyon, Décines

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Ten years after meeting in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, Lyon and Roma come together once again with a place in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals at stake. Previous meetings • The clubs went head to head in the last 16 of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, Roma progressing with a 2-0 win in France following a 0-0 draw at the Stadio Olimpico. Francesco Totti – still with Roma – scored the opening goal, Brazilian winger Mancini hitting the second before the break. • Lyon have faced Italian opponents in 20 UEFA games with the record: W7 D5 L8 (W3 D3 L4 at home – W4 D2 L4 in Italy). • Roma's nine encounters with French sides have ended W5 D3 L1 (W2 D3 in Rome – W3 L1 in France). Form guide • Lyon's record in four UEFA home games at their new Stade de Lyon is W2 D1 L1. • Roma are unbeaten in five European away fixtures this season: W2 D3. • Lyon have yet to participate in a major UEFA final but were UEFA Champions League semi-finalists as recently as 2009/10 and reached the last four of the 1963/64 European Cup Winners' Cup. • Losing European Cup finalists in 1984, and UEFA Cup finalists in 1991, Roma went as far as the UEFA Champions League round of 16 last season. Links and trivia • The journey from Rome to Lyon is around 750km. • Lyon's Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa spent 2014/15 with Roma, scoring once in 28 games, before joining Les Gones. • Midfielder Clément Grenier joined Roma on loan from Lyon in January but has not been included in their UEFA Europa League squad. • Roma's Edin Džeko and Giuliano from eliminated Zenit top the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League scorers' table with eight goals each. Džeko's have come in 344 minutes of football – a goal every 43 minutes, on average. • Džeko (31) and team-mate Federico Fazio (30) celebrate birthdays on 17 March, the day after the second leg of this tie. • Lyon's Maxime Gonalons turns 28 on 10 March, the day after the first leg. • Lyon's Nicolas Nkoulou scored in the Africa Cup of Nations final for Cameroon in February as the Lions defeated an Egypt side featuring Roma's Mohamed Salah. Salah could make his 50th UEFA competition appearance in this game. • Roma forward Stephan El Shaarawy played in with Monaco in the first half of last season but spent only three minutes on the pitch when his side faced Lyon in a 1-1 draw on 16 October 2015. • Lyon's women's team are the reigning European champions and are still in contention for the 2016/17 title. No club has won men's and women's UEFA titles in the same campaign. The coaches • Bruno Génésio took charge at Lyon in December 2015, but his links to the club go back much further. A local boy, he joined OL as a trainee in 1983 and represented Lyon as a midfielder from 1985 to 1995. He later worked as a scout and was assistant coach from 2011 to 2015. • Luciano Spalletti returned to Roma in January 2016 after five years in Russia with Zenit, where he claimed two championships. He lifted the twice with Roma between 2005 and 2009, having first made his name leading unfancied Udinese to fourth place in Serie A in 2004/05.

2 Olympique Lyonnais - AS Roma Thursday 9 March 2017 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Lyon, Décines 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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