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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Wojska Polskiego - Warsaw Thursday 1 October 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Legia Warszawa Group D - Matchday 2 SSC Napoli Last updated 06/11/2015 13:38CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli Thursday 1 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Legia Warszawa - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Perea 24, Felipe 28/11/2013 GS Legia Warszawa - SS Lazio 0-2 Warsaw Anderson 57 19/09/2013 GS SS Lazio - Legia Warszawa 1-0 Roma Hernanes 53 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Legia Warszawa - Udinese 1-1 Czereszewski 11; 04/11/1999 R2 Warsaw Calcio agg: 1-2 Sosa 41 Udinese Calcio - Legia 19/10/1999 R2 1-0 Udine Sosa 29 Warszawa UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Legia Warszawa - Vicenza 1-1 02/10/1997 R1 Warsaw Kacprzak 57; Zauli 86 Calcio agg: 1-3 Vicenza Calcio - Legia Luiso 10, Ambrosetti 18/09/1997 R1 2-0 Vicenza Warszawa 24 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Mancini 61, Vialli 84; 20/03/1991 QF UC Sampdoria - Legia Warszawa Genoa agg: 2-3 Kowalczyk 19, 55 06/03/1991 QF Legia Warszawa - UC Sampdoria 1-0 Warsaw Czykier 44 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - Legia 1-0 05/11/1986 R2 Milan Fanna 44 Warszawa agg: 3-3 ag Sikorski 42, Legia Warszawa - FC Dziekanowski 57, 22/10/1986 R2 3-2 Warsaw Internazionale Milano Karas 60; Altobelli 17, Ferri 76 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Legia Warszawa - FC 0-1 11/12/1985 R3 Warsaw Fanna 109 ET Internazionale Milano agg 0-1 (aet) FC Internazionale Milano - Legia 27/11/1985 R3 0-0 Milan Warszawa 2 Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli Thursday 1 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Zignoli 10, Chiarugi 08/11/1972 R2 AC Milan - Legia Warszawa Milan agg 3-2 (aet) 118 ET; Pieszko 44 25/10/1972 R2 Legia Warszawa - AC Milan 1-1 Warsaw Deyna 79; Golin 75 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SSC Napoli - WKS Śląsk 2-0 16/03/1977 QF Naples Massa 9, Chiarugi 50 Wrocław agg: 2-0 02/03/1977 QF WKS Śląsk Wrocław - SSC Napoli 0-0 Wroclaw Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Legia Warszawa 7 2 3 2 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 14 2 5 7 10 17 SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli Thursday 1 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Match background Legia Warszawa have won all of their UEFA Europa League home games this season but have a tough task on their hands if they are to keep that run going against SSC Napoli in Group D. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Legia's 14 games against Italian teams have ended W2 D5 L7 (W2 D3 L2 in Warsaw – W0 D2 L5 in Italy). • They have not won in the most recent seven of those matches (D3 L4) since a 1-0 success against UC Sampdoria in March 1991. • Napoli's only encounter with a Polish club was a 2-0 aggregate victory against WKS Śląsk Wrocław in the 1976/77 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. Form guide • Legia have won all three of their European home games this season by a one-goal margin. They have been victorious in eight of their last nine continental home fixtures – a 3-0 loss to AFC Ajax spoiling a 100% run. • Semi-finalists last term, Napoli started their Group D campaign by defeating Club Brugge KV 5-0 – their joint biggest European win. • Legia have made it to the round of 32 in two of their three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Napoli made it through to the knockout stage in all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Trivia and links • The journey from Naples to Warsaw is around 1,350km. • This is Legia's 100th UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League game: the previous 99 ended W45 D20 L34. • Legia's Ondrej Duda and Dušan Kuciak play for Slovakia alongside Napoli's Marek Hamšík. • Legia's Swiss forward Aleksandar Prijovic started his professional career in Italy with Parma FC (2006–08). • Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina has made 143 UEFA club competition outings – more than any other player in this season's tournament. He is tenth, alongside Edwin van der Sar and Andriy Shevchenko, on the all-time club appearance leaderboard. One more game and he will join Roberto Carlos in ninth place. The coaches • Henning Berg won a league title and a Polish Cup in his first two seasons in Poland. A defender, he lifted English titles with Blackburn Rovers FC and Manchester United FC. He returned to his native Norway to start his coaching career with Lyn Fotball and then Lillestrøm SK. • Naples-born Maurizio Sarri replaced Rafael Benítez when the Spaniard left Napoli for Real Madrid CF at the end of last season. Having spent much of his career in the lower leagues, he led Empoli FC into Serie A in 2013/14 and kept them up comfortably last term. 4 Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli Thursday 1 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Team facts Legia Warszawa Formed: 1916 Nickname: Wojskowi (Army Men), Legionisci (Legionnaires) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) • League title: 10 (2014) • Polish Cup: 17 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Legia v Víkingur Reykjavík 27/09/72, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: IF Elfsborg v Legia 27/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-5: Saint Patrick's Athletic FC v Legia 23/07/14, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg 0-5: FK Vardar v Legia 12/08/99, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-7: Legia v FC Bayern München 05/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-4: Legia v TSV 1860 München 03/03/65, European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia 01/11/01, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Legia v FC Tbilisi 26/08/04, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: IF Elfsborg v Legia (see above) 0-5: FK Vardar v Legia (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 3-7: Legia v FC Bayern München (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia (see above) SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 5 Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli Thursday 1 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw 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 Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v Club Brugge KV 17/09/15, UEFA Europa League group stage 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 Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v Club Brugge KV (see above) 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) 6 Legia Warszawa - SSC Napoli Thursday 1 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Squad list Legia Warszawa Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.