UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS - Florence Thursday 3 November 2016 21.05CET (21.05 local time) ACF Fiorentina Group J - Matchday 4 FC Slovan Liberec Last updated 02/11/2016 05:15CET

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1 ACF Fiorentina - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

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The top and bottom sides in UEFA Europa League Group J come together again on matchday four, with six points separating Fiorentina and Slovan Liberec. Previous meetings • Fiorentina won 3-1 in the Czech Republic when the teams met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three. • Fiorentina are unbeaten in six matches against Czech opponents (W4 D2 – W3 in Italy). • Liberec's record in five encounters with Italian opposition is W2 D1 L2 (W1 L1 in Italy). Form guide • Fiorentina are unbeaten in three European home games (W2 D1). • Liberec are unbeaten on their travels after three European away assignments this season (W2 D1). They also scored in the first minute of their first two Group J fixtures; Jan Sýkora struck less than 11 seconds into their opener at Qarabağ – a competition record – and Nikolai Komlinchenko took 41 seconds to break through against PAOK on matchday two. • Fiorentina have a 100% qualification success rate in four UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage forays. • Liberec have qualified in one of their three previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Liberec to Florence is a little shy of 850km. • Fiorentina's Nikola Kalinić and Khouma Babacar are among seven players topping the group stage scorers chart with seven goals along with Giuliano (Zenit), Joãozinho (Krasnodar), Leon Bailey (Genk), Guillaume Hoarau (Young Boys) and Aleksandar Kokorin (Zenit). • Milan Baroš has bagged 17 UEFA club competition goals, two more than all of his Liberec team-mates combined. • Liberec's Serbian forward Miroslav Marković turns 27 the day after the match. • Fiorentina Borja Valero can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance on matchday four. The coaches • A European champion as a player with Juventus (1996) and 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. • Jindřich Trpišovský assumed control at Liberec in June 2015. The coach models himself on Jürgen Klopp. Once a youth coach at Sparta Praha, he previously led second-division Viktoria Žižkov, impressing despite the club's financial constraints.

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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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