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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Beşiktaş Park - Istanbul Thursday 25 October 2018 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Beşiktaş JK Group I - Matchday 3 KRC Genk Last updated 22/02/2019 15:14CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 Beşiktaş JK - KRC Genk Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Beşiktaş JK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ramon Motta 48; De 1-3 19/03/2015 R16 Beşiktaş JK - Club Brugge Istanbul Sutter 61, Bolingoli agg: 2-5 80, 90 De Sutter 62, 12/03/2015 R16 Club Brugge - Beşiktaş JK 2-1 Bruges Refaelov 79 (P); Gökhan Töre 46 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers İbrahim Akın 32, 29/11/2006 GS Beşiktaş JK - Club Brugge 2-1 Istanbul Ricardinho 69 (P); Balaban 14 (P) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Beşiktaş JK - R. Standard de Okan Buruk 30; 01/12/2004 GS 1-1 Istanbul Liège Bangoura 81 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sağlam 40, Amokachi Beşiktaş JK - FC Molenbeek 3-0 24/09/1996 R1 Istanbul 50, Oktay Derelioğlu Brussels Strombeek agg: 3-0 87 FC Molenbeek Brussels 10/09/1996 R1 0-0 Brussels Strombeek - Beşiktaş JK KRC Genk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country KRC Genk have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Beşiktaş JK 4 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 8 7 KRC Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Beşiktaş JK - KRC Genk Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul Match background Beşiktaş and Genk are locked together with identical records as they come face to face on matchday three of UEFA Europa League Group I. • Both clubs won their opening home games – Beşiktaş 3-1 against Sarpsborg, Genk 2-0 against Malmö – before losing in Scandinavia on matchday two, the Turkish side going down 2-0 to Malmö in Sweden and the Belgian club falling to a 3-1 defeat in Norway. Previous meetings • This is the first UEFA encounter between the clubs and Genk's first experience of Turkish opposition. • Beşiktaş were unbeaten in four matches against Belgian clubs, winning two of the three matches in Istanbul, until their most recent tie, losing both legs to Club Brugge in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League round of 16 (1-2 away, 1-3 home). Form guide Beşiktaş • Bidding for a hat-trick of Turkish titles, Beşiktaş could only finish fourth in the 2017/18 Süper Lig, which earned them a berth in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. They saw off B36, LASK and, in the play-offs, Partizan to reach the group stage. • Beşiktaş are back in the UEFA Europa League after a season's absence, during which they reached the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League as group winners. They have progressed from their group three times out of four in the UEFA Europa League, though the one failure came on their most recent appearance, in 2015/16. They reached the quarter-finals of the competition the following season after switching over from the UEFA Champions League in mid- campaign. • The Istanbul club's only defeat in their last 17 European home matches (W9 D7) came in last season's UEFA Champions League round of 16 against Bayern München (1-3). They have won all of their last eight at home in the UEFA Europa League, qualifying included, scoring 23 goals. Genk • Fourth in the Belgian First Division A last term and also runners-up in the domestic cup, Genk's European prize was a UEFA Europa League second qualifying round berth. They sailed through their opening tie against Luxembourg's Fola Esch, 9-1 on aggregate (5-0 home, 4-1 away), before also winning both legs against Lech Poznań and Brøndby to make it six wins out of six with 22 goals scored. • Genk have a perfect qualifying record from the UEFA Europa League group stage, having progressed to the knockout phase on each of their previous three participations, in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2016/17. They reached the quarter-finals of the latter campaign, defeating fellow Belgian club Gent in the round of 16. • Genk had won all seven European matches this term, including three away, until the defeat at Sarpsborg last time out. They have won five of their last eight European games on the road, losing only twice during that run, the other occasion at Celta Vigo (2-3) in the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. Their overall away record in the UEFA Europa League group stage is W4 D3 L3. Links and trivia • Genk coach Philippe Clement played for Club Brugge in a UEFA Cup group stage defeat (1-2) at Beşiktaş in November 2006, breaking a toe during the match. • Jeremain Lens, who scored Beşiktaş's third goal in the win against Sarpsborg, became only the third player to make 50 appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final, against Malmö on matchday two. The Dutchman has previously featured in the competition for PSV Eindhoven, Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahçe. • Tanzanian striker Mbwana Samatta's tally of six goals for Genk in this season's UEFA Europa League qualifying phase was bettered by only two players – Aedeleke Akinyemi of Ventspils and Eirik Hestad of Molde, who both scored seven. Samatta also found the net in the matchday one win against Malmö. The coaches • Beşiktaş coach Şenol Güneş famously guided Turkey to third place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. A goalkeeper who spent the majority of his playing career at home-town Trabzonspor, a club he has returned to coach on three occasions – winning Turkish Cups in 1995 and 2010 – he led Beşiktaş to the 2015/16 Turkish title in his first season and subsequently took the Black Eagles to the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals and last term's UEFA Champions League round of 16 for the first time. • A former Belgian international who represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 2000 and won 38 caps, Philippe Clement was a defensive midfielder and centre-back who spent most of his career with Club 3 Beşiktaş JK - KRC Genk Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul Brugge, completing a decade at the club following a short spell in England with Coventry. He had made his Belgian top-flight debut with Genk, and it was to the Limburg club that he returned in December 2017 to become head coach following a six-month stint at Waasland-Beveren. 4 Beşiktaş JK - KRC Genk Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul Team facts Beşiktaş JK Formed: 1903 Nickname: Kara Kartal (The Black Eagles) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 15 (2017) Turkish Cup: 9 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless otherwise indicated) 2017/18: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2016/17: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: play-offs (excluded from the group stage) 2012/13: did not participate in UEFA competition 2011/12: round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Beşiktaş v B36 Tórshavn 02/08/18, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Sarajevo v Beşiktaş 03/10/02, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Beşiktaş v Dynamo Kyiv 14/03/87, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals first leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Liverpool v Beşiktaş 06/11/07, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Beşiktaş v B36 Tórshavn (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: Sarajevo v Beşiktaş (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Beşiktaş v Dynamo Kyiv 17/02/11, round of 32 first leg 0-3: Beşiktaş v Atlético Madrid 15/03/12, round of 16 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Dynamo Kyiv v Beşiktaş 24/02/11, round of 32 second leg KRC Genk Formed: 1988 Nickname: Genkies UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) 5 Beşiktaş JK - KRC Genk Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul League title: 3 (2011) Belgian Cup: 4 (2013) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: quarter-finals 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: round of 32 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0 twice, most recently v Fola Esch 26/07/18, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: B36 Tórshavn v Genk 21/06/97, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Genk v Werder Bremen 09/11/00, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3: Genk v Porto 19/08/10, UEFA Europa League play-offs first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Valencia v Genk 23/11/11, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Genk v Fola Esch (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Inter Turku v Genk 29/07/10, third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Genk v Werder Bremen (see above) 0-3: Genk v Porto (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Werder Bremen v Genk 24/10/00, second round first leg 6 Beşiktaş JK - KRC Genk Thursday 25 October 2018 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Beşiktaş Park, Istanbul Squad list Beşiktaş JK Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.