UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium - Istanbul Thursday 1 October 2015 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Beşiktaş JK Sporting Clube de Group H - Matchday 2 Portugal

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1 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul

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Beşiktaş JK made a positive start in Group H on matchday one and will look to keep that momentum going against Sporting Clube de Portugal, though their past home results against Portuguese sides have been poor. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Beşiktaş's record in seven games against Portuguese clubs is W2 D1 L4 (W0 D0 L3 at home – W2 D1 L1 in Portugal). • Sporting's record in four matches against Turkish opposition is W1 D2 L1 (W1 D0 L1 at home – W0 D2 L0 in Turkey). Form guide • Beşiktaş's 3-1 loss to Club Brugge KV in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16 ended a seven-game unbeaten run at home in Europe (W5 D2). • Sporting are without a win in 15 European away trips (D4 L11) since a 2-0 success at FC Zürich at the start of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Beşiktaş made it through last season's UEFA Europa League group stage unbeaten, then eliminated Liverpool FC on penalties before bowing out to Club Brugge. • The competition's new identity has played well with Beşiktaş: they failed to make it through all three of their UEFA Cup group stage campaigns, but have been successful in all three of their UEFA Europa League ones. • In five previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, Sporting have only once failed to make it to the round of 32 – in their most recent campaign, in 2012/13. Trivia and links • The journey from Istanbul to Lisbon is around 3,250km. • Beşiktaş's Portugal winger Ricardo Quaresma started his playing career at Sporting, leaving the club for FC Barcelona in 2004. This is the first time he has faced his erstwhile employers in a UEFA game. • Sporting's Alberto Aquilani and Beşiktaş loanee Mario Gómez were team-mates at ACF Fiorentina last season. • Sporting's and Beşiktaş's Kerim Frei were team-mates at Fulham FC from 2011 to 2013. • Sporting forward Teófilo Gutiérrez played in Turkey for Trabzonspor AŞ from 2010 to 2011, where his team-mates included Beşiktaş goalkeeper Tolga Zengin. The coaches • Former Trabzonspor AŞ and Turkey goalkeeper Şenol Günes took charge at Beşiktaş in June this year. He famously coached Turkey to a bronze-medal finish at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He has also won two Turkish Cups in the course of four spells as Trabzonspor coach. • A losing UEFA Europa League finalist with SL Benfica in 2013 and 2014, Jorge Jesus unexpectedly left the Eagles for fierce local rivals Sporting this summer. The 61-year-old had started his playing career at Sporting – where his father Virgolino had also been a player – and had coached Benfica since 2009.

2 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Legend Competitions

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