UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 4-0) Stadio San Paolo - Naples Thursday 26 February 2015 SSC Napoli 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Trabzonspor AŞ Round of 32, Second leg Last updated 29/08/2019 17:54CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 SSC Napoli - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 26 February 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Henrique 6, Higuaín 19/02/2015 R32 Trabzonspor AŞ - SSC Napoli 0-4 Trabzon 20, Gabbiadini 27, Zapata 90+2 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 Trabzonspor AŞ 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country SSC Napoli have not played against a club from their opponents' country Trabzonspor AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 27/02/2014 R32 Trabzonspor AŞ - Juventus Trabzon Vidal 18, Osvaldo 33 agg: 0-4 Osvaldo 16, Pogba 20/02/2014 R32 Juventus - Trabzonspor AŞ 2-0 Turin 90+4 12/12/2013 GS SS Lazio - Trabzonspor AŞ 0-0 Roma Yusuf Erdoğan 12, Mierzejewski 22, 03/10/2013 GS Trabzonspor AŞ - SS Lazio 3-3 Trabzon Paulo Henrique 35; Onazi 29, Floccari 84, 85 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Trabzonspor AŞ - FC Halil Altıntop 23; 22/11/2011 GS 1-1 Trabzon Internazionale Milano Álvarez 18 FC Internazionale Milano - 14/09/2011 GS 0-1 Milan Čelůstka 76 Trabzonspor AŞ UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 24/07/1999 R3 AC Perugia - Trabzonspor AŞ Perugia Match forfeited f Vugrinec 53; Olive 4, 17/07/1999 R3 Trabzonspor AŞ - AC Perugia 1-2 Trabzon Nakata 51 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Cravero 27, Di Vaio 06/12/1994 R3 SS Lazio - Trabzonspor AŞ Rome agg: 4-2 76; Hami Mandıralı 73 2 SSC Napoli - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 26 February 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples UEFA Cup Ünal Karaman 75; 22/11/1994 R3 Trabzonspor AŞ - SS Lazio 1-2 Trabzon Rambaudi 60, Negro 64 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 03/11/1993 R2 Cagliari Calcio - Trabzonspor AŞ Cagliari agg: 1-1 ag Orhan Çıkırıkçı 26; 20/10/1993 R2 Trabzonspor AŞ - Cagliari Calcio 1-1 Trabzon Dely Valdés 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - 2-0 Altobelli 48, Collovati 28/09/1983 R1 Cesena Trabzonspor AŞ agg: 2-1 84 Trabzonspor AŞ - FC 14/09/1983 R1 1-0 Trabzon Tuncay Soyak 88 Internazionale Milano Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 Trabzonspor AŞ 8 1 3 4 7 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 15 3 5 7 13 21 3 SSC Napoli - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 26 February 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Match background Knocked out at this stage by Italian opposition last season, Trabzonspor AŞ are heading for another round-of-32 exit after suffering a first-leg mauling by SSC Napoli. What they say Napoli coach Rafael Benítez: "We can speak about how Napoli will fare against the other teams left in the UEFA Europa League after the Trabzonspor match. I will select players who showed in training that they deserve it, even if they haven't played a lot this season. They are ready and this is an important chance for them. We have to be responsible – this is a serious match." Trabzonspor coach Ersun Yanal: "We didn't show our real value in the home game. We were missing a lot of players and we will miss others tomorrow, too. We are having trouble this year with injuries and players being doubtful until the last minute. This is an important match for us because we want to show that we are a different team to what you saw last week." Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition last time out, in what was Napoli's first encounter with Turkish opponents. It was one-way traffic in Trabzon as the visitors were three up inside the first half-hour. Dries Mertens missed a penalty but Duván Zapata rounded off the Napoli performance in added-time to seal a dominant 4-0 win. • Trabzonspor have recorded a draw and a defeat in Italy since they beat FC Internazionale Milano 1-0 in a 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group stage game – their most celebrated result to date in Italy. They were eliminated by Juventus in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 32. Form guide • Napoli are unbeaten in nine European home games (W7 D2) since a shock 3-0 loss to FC Viktoria Plzeň in the 2012/13 round of 32. They have scored three in each of their last three continental home fixtures. • Trabzonspor went into the first leg having lost all four of their springtime UEFA club competition games to date (2-0 twice v Juventus; 2-1, 4-1 v PSV Eindhoven in 2012). Trivia and links • Trabzonspor's Ivorian midfielder Kévin Constant played in Italy with AC Chievo Verona, Genoa CFC and AC Milan. He and Napoli's Giandomenico Mesto were team-mates at Genoa during the 2011/12 season. • Napoli (1989) are among 11 former UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League winners in the round of 32 along with Tottenham Hotspur FC (1972, 1984), Liverpool FC (1973, 1976, 2001), VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (1974, 1979), Feyenoord (1975, 2002), PSV Eindhoven (1978), RSC Anderlecht (1983), Inter (1991, 1994, 1998), AFC Ajax (1992), holders Sevilla FC (2006, 2007, 2014) and FC Zenit (2008). The coaches • Napoli coach since May 2013, Rafael Benítez won two Spanish titles and the 2003/04 UEFA Cup with Valencia CF, the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League with Liverpool FC and the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League with Chelsea FC. The Spaniard lifted the Coppa Italia in his first Napoli campaign. Benítez could match Giovanni Trapattoni in becoming only the second coach to win the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League for a third time. • Benítez (Chelsea, 2013) is one of three coaches involved in the round of 32 who have won the UEFA Europa League since the competition took on its current incarnation, along with Zenit's André Villas-Boas (FC Porto, 2011) and Sevilla's Unai Emery (Sevilla, 2014). Benitez is the only coach in the last 32 to have won the UEFA Champions League. • The attack-minded Ersun Yanal returned for a second spell as Trabzonspor boss in November, replacing former Yugoslavia striker Vahid Halilhodžić. Coach of Turkey from 2004 to 2005, the former MKE Ankaragüçü and Gençlerbirliği SK boss was in charge of the Black Sea club from 2007 to 2009, and more recently led Fenerbahçe SK to the 2013/14 Turkish title only to resign in the summer. 4 SSC Napoli - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 26 February 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Team facts SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 1989 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1990) Italian Cup: 5 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 32 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v KF Vllaznia 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-4: Trabzonspor AŞ v Napoli 19/02/15, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Napoli v FC Viktoria Plzeň 14/02/13, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli 06/12/89, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v KF Vllaznia (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli (see above) 0-4: Trabzonspor AŞ v Napoli (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Napoli v FC Viktoria Plzeň (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli (see above) Trabzonspor AŞ Formed: 1967 Nickname: Karadeniz Fırtınası (Black Sea Storm) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League titles: 6 (1984) 5 SSC Napoli - Trabzonspor AŞ Thursday 26 February 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Turkish Cup: 8 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2004/05: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Trabzonspor v KF Vllaznia 08/07/07, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg • Biggest