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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Artemio Franchi - Florence Thursday 24 November 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) ACF Fiorentina Group J - Matchday 5 PAOK FC Last updated 20/02/2017 14:33CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/09/2016 GS PAOK FC - ACF Fiorentina 0-0 Salonika UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pasqual 88; Martens 06/11/2014 GS ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC 1-1 Florence 81 23/10/2014 GS PAOK FC - ACF Fiorentina 0-1 Salonika Vargas 38 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 PAOK FC 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 ACF Fiorentina - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Balzaretti 33 (og); 29/11/2007 GS AEK Athens FC - ACF Fiorentina 1-1 Athens Osvaldo 29 PAOK FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 Danilo 6, Floro Flores 23/02/2012 R32 PAOK FC - Udinese Calcio Salonika agg: 0-3 15, Domizzi 51 (P) 16/02/2012 R32 Udinese Calcio - PAOK FC 0-0 Udine UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Camps 73, 102 ET, 09/11/2000 R2 PAOK FC - Udinese Calcio Salonika agg 3-1 (aet) Frousos 108 ET 24/10/2000 R2 Udinese Calcio - PAOK FC 1-0 Udine Margiotta 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Skartados 65; Careca 06/10/1988 R1 PAOK FC - SSC Napoli Salonika agg: 1-2 17 07/09/1988 R1 SSC Napoli - PAOK FC 1-0 Naples Maradona 59 (P) European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Vasilakos 3; Larsen- 02/10/1985 R1 PAOK FC - Hellas Verona FC Salonika agg: 2-5 Elkjaer 30, 68 2 ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence European Champions Clubs' Cup Larsen-Elkjaer 13, 84, 18/09/1985 R1 Hellas Verona FC - PAOK FC 3-1 Verona Volpati 87; Skartados 71 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Sarafis 29, 72; Bigon 20/03/1974 QF PAOK FC - AC Milan Salonika agg: 2-5 54, Turini 78 Bigon 13, Benetti 38, 13/03/1974 QF AC Milan - PAOK FC 3-0 Milan Chiarugi 86 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 1 0 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 2 PAOK FC 7 1 3 3 6 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 13 1 5 7 9 18 3 ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match background Fiorentina are inching towards the round of 32 as they welcome PAOK on matchday five, with the Salonika side out to regain their Group J balance after back-to-back defeats. • Fiorentina are through with a draw; PAOK must win, or draw and hope Qarabağ lose away to Slovan Liberec to maintain their hopes. • Qarabağ qualify with a victory or with a draw if PAOK do not win; Liberec need three points to stay in contention. Previous meetings • PAOK held Fiorentina to a 0-0 draw in the teams' first Group J encounter on matchday one. • The clubs had previously met in the 2014/15 group stage, Vincenzo Montella's Fiorentina winning 1-0 in Greece before a 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture against Angelos Anastasiadis's men. The line-ups for the match in Florence on 6 November 2014 were: Fiorentina: Tătăruşanu, Rodríguez, Vargas (Valero 70), Pizarro, Kurtič, Basanta, Pasqual, Lazzari (Marin 57), Gomez, Tomović (Babacar 86). PAOK: Glykos, Katsikas, Tziolis, Golasa, Pereyra (Maduro 46), Salpingidis (Martens 71), Miguel Vítor, Spyropoulos (Tzavellas 90), Tzandaris, Athanasiadis. • Fiorentina's one other game against Greek opposition was a 1-1 draw at AEK Athens in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage. • PAOK's overall record against Serie A sides is W1 D5 L7 (D2 L4 in Italy). They have scored just once in their five matches in Italy. Form guide • Fiorentina are unbeaten in seven group stage fixtures (W5 D2). • PAOK have lost only one of their four European away games this season (W2 D1 L1) – 2-0 at Qarabağ on matchday three. • Fiorentina have a 100% qualification success rate in four UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • The Salonika outfit have qualified from three of their previous six UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage forays. Links and trivia • The journey from Salonika to Florence is around 1,000km. • PAOK's Mame Baba Thiam (Internazionale, Lanciano, Juventus), José Angel Crespo (Padova, Bologna and Verona) and Željko Brkić (Udinese, Siena, Cagliari and Carpi) have all played for Italian clubs. The coaches • A European champion as a player with Juventus (1996) and Borussia Dortmund (1997), former Portugal midfielder Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June 2015 fresh from landing the 2013/14 Israeli crown with Maccabi Tel-Aviv and the 2014/15 Swiss championship with Basel. • Vladimir Ivić took charge at PAOK in March this year following a spell as the club's youth coach. An attacking midfielder, he won three Serbian titles with Partizan and played for AEK Athens and Aris Thessaloniki before a four- season PAOK stint. 4 ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Team facts ACF Fiorentina Formed: 1926 Nickname: Viola (Purples) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1957) • UEFA Cup: (1990) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1961, (1962) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1969) Italian Cup: 6 (2001) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 32 2014/15: semi-finals 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: semi-finals 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v Elfsborg 08/11/07, UEFA Cup group stage • Biggest away win 2-6: Rapid Wien v Fiorentina 25/10/61, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 0-4: Os Belenenses v Fiorentina 01/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club 03/11/98, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Schalke 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-3: Fiorentina v Atlético Madrid 05/09/62, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final replay (played in Stuttgart) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: Anderlecht v Fiorentina 07/11/84, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v Elfsborg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Os Belenenses v Fiorentina (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club (see above) 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Schalke (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: Anderlecht v Fiorentina (see above) PAOK FC 5 ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Formed: 1926 Nickname: Dikefalos tou Vora (Two-Headed Eagle of the North) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1985) Greek Cup: 4 (2003) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: PAOK v NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 23/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi v PAOK 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v Udinese Calcio 23/02/12, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Barcelona v PAOK 1/10/75, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: PAOK v NK Lokomotiva Zagreb (see above) • Biggest away win 0-7: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi v PAOK (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v Udinese Calcio (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Barcelona v PAOK (see above) 6 ACF Fiorentina - PAOK FC Thursday 24 November 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Squad list ACF Fiorentina Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.