UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

José Alvalade - Thursday 14 February 2019 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Sporting Clube de Villarreal CF Portugal Round of 32, First leg

Last updated 19/04/2019 23:07CET

Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 20

1 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon

Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Sporting Clube de Portugal - versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Club 1-0 12/04/2018 QF Lisbon Montero 28 Atlético de Madrid agg: 1-2 Club Atlético de Madrid - 05/04/2018 QF 2-0 Madrid Koke 1, Griezmann 40 Sporting Clube de Portugal

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube Paco Alcácer 59, 05/12/2017 GS 2-0 Barcelona de Portugal Mathieu 90+1 (og) Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 27/09/2017 GS 0-1 Lisbon Coates 49 (og) Barcelona

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 80 (P); Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real 22/11/2016 GS 1-2 Lisbon Varane 29, Benzema Madrid CF 87 Real Madrid CF - Sporting Clube Ronaldo 89, Morata 14/09/2016 GS 2-1 Madrid de Portugal 90+4; Bruno César 48

UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Susaeta 17, Ibai Athletic Club - Sporting Clube de 3-1 Gómez 45+1, Llorente 26/04/2012 SF Bilbao Portugal agg: 4-3 88; Van Wolfswinkel 44 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Insua 76, Diego Capel 19/04/2012 SF 2-1 Lisbon Athletic Club 80; Aurtenetxe 54

UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Club 2-2 Liedson 19, Polga 18/03/2010 R16 Lisbon Atlético de Madrid agg: 2-2 ag 45+1; Agüero 3, 33 Club Atlético de Madrid - Sporting 11/03/2010 R16 0-0 Madrid Clube de Portugal

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UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 65, Liedson 66; Henry 14, Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC Piqué 17, Messi 49, 26/11/2008 GS 2-5 Lisbon Barcelona Marco Caneira 67 (og), Bojan Krkić 73 (P) Márquez 21, Eto'o 60 FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube 16/09/2008 GS 3-1 Barcelona (P), Xavi Hernández de Portugal 87; 72

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - Sporting Clube Guti 12, Sávio 42, 25/10/2000 GS1 4-0 Madrid de Portugal Morientes 62, 70 Sá Pinto 39, André Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real Cruz 42; Roberto 12/09/2000 GS1 2-2 Lisbon Madrid CF Carlos 50, 75 (og)

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real 2-1 Sá Pinto 3, Oceano 27/09/1994 R1 Lisbon Madrid CF agg: 2-2 ag 31; M. Laudrup 15 Real Madrid CF - Sporting Clube 13/09/1994 R1 1-0 Madrid Martín Vázquez 11 de Portugal

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Sociedad de Fútbol - 0-0 09/11/1988 R2 San Sebastian Sporting Clube de Portugal agg: 2-1 Bacinello 30 (P); Sporting Clube de Portugal - Real 26/10/1988 R2 1-2 Lisbon Iturrino Cenekorta 16, Sociedad de Fútbol Juarros Garcia 50

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 2-1 Negrete Arias 41, 05/11/1986 R2 Lisbon Barcelona agg: 2-2 ag Meade 61; Roberto 83 FC Barcelona - Sporting Clube 22/10/1986 R2 1-0 Barcelona Julio Alberto 72 de Portugal

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - 3-0 Fernandes 20 (P), 11/12/1985 R3 Lisbon Athletic Club agg: 4-2 Meade 56, Sousa 74 Athletic Club - Sporting Clube de Sarabia 13, Salinas 27/11/1985 R3 2-1 Bilbao Portugal 58; Meade 72

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UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Buyo 30 (og), Fernandes 60, Sporting Clube de Portugal - 3-2 28/09/1983 R1 Lisbon António Oliveira 88; Sevilla FC agg: 4-3 Montero 27, Francisco López 51 Sevilla FC - Sporting Clube de Magdaleno 19; 14/09/1983 R1 1-1 Portugal Fernandes 72

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Sociedad de Fútbol - 2-0 Gurruchaga 42, 16/03/1983 QF San Sebastian Sporting Clube de Portugal agg: 2-1 Bakero 68 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 02/03/1983 QF 1-0 Lisbon Fernandes 88 Real Sociedad de Fútbol

Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cani 17, Capdevila 3-2 75, Rossi 80 (P); 05/05/2011 SF Villarreal CF - FC Porto Villarreal agg: 4-7 Musacchio 39 (og), Falcao 48 Falcao 49 (P), 67, 75, 28/04/2011 SF FC Porto - Villarreal CF 5-1 Porto 90, Guarín 61; Cani 45

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/2005 GS SL Benfica - Villarreal CF 0-1 Lisbon Senna 81 Riquelme 72 (P); 18/10/2005 GS Villarreal CF - SL Benfica 1-1 Villarreal Manuel Fernandes 77

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sporting Clube de Portugal 13 7 2 4 13 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 26 7 5 14 27 42 Villarreal CF 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 6 8

4 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Match background

Two of the UEFA Europa League's most experienced campaigners go head to head in Lisbon as Sporting CP and Villarreal, who are meeting for the first time, each embark on a record-equalling seventh knockout campaign. • Sporting came through Group E as runners-up to Arsenal, their 13-point tally not only the best of all the second- placed qualifiers but better also than that of six group winners. Those included Villarreal, who managed ten points but progressed undefeated from a highly competitive Group G, their fifth qualification in five successive seasons for the knockout phase sealed only with a 2-1 matchday six win at home against Spartak Moskva. Previous meetings • Sporting have played 26 UEFA matches against Spanish opposition and won only seven, although all have come in Lisbon – against six different clubs, Athletic Club the only team defeated twice. Atlético Madrid went down 1-0 at the Estádio José Alvalade in the second leg of last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-final but went through after winning the first leg 2-0 in Madrid. That made it seven aggregate defeats for Sporting in nine two-legged European ties against Spanish teams, their last win coming in the 1985/86 UEFA Cup third round against Athletic. • Villarreal have played only one previous knockout tie against Portuguese opposition, a 7-4 defeat against Porto in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League semi-final, when they lost the away first leg 5-1. Form guide Sporting • Sporting finished third in the 2017/18 Portuguese Liga. They suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Aves in the Portuguese Cup final, but nevertheless claimed a place in the UEFA Europa League group stage. • The Lisbon club have been regular participants in the UEFA Europa League since its inception in 2009/10, featuring in the competition proper in eight of its ten seasons – a record they share with Ajax and Salzburg. Their fifth successful qualification from the group stage in six attempts was achieved on the back of home and away wins against Qarabağ and Vorskla Poltava, although they failed to score against Arsenal (0-1 home, 0-0 away). Semi- finalists in 2011/12, they reached last season's quarter-finals after transferring from the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Sporting have won three of their six UEFA Europa League round of 32 ties. Their successes came in 2009/10 against Everton (1-2 away, 3-0 home), 2011/12 against Legia Warszawa (2-2 away, 1-0 home) and last season against Astana (3-1 away, 3-3 home), but they were eliminated in 2010/11 by Rangers (1-1 away, 2-2 home), in 2014/15 by Wolfsburg (0-2 away, 0-0 home) and in 2015/16 by Bayer Leverkusen (0-1 home, 1-3 away). Their home record at this stage is W2 D3 L1. • Sporting's 0-1 defeat by Arsenal on matchday three ended a run of three European home wins without conceding. They have only lost two other games in Lisbon in the UEFA Europa League proper; their home record in the competition overall, including qualifying, is W22 D8 L4. Villarreal • Villarreal finished fifth in the 2017/18 Spanish Liga to qualify for Europe for the fifth successive season, all of them featuring UEFA Europa League group stage participation and subsequent progress to the knockout phase. • In total they have made seven UEFA Europa League group appearances and have never finished outside the top two. They topped their section for only the third time this term, drawing at Spartak (3-3), Rapid Wien (0-0) and Rangers (0-0) and picking up seven points at home. Their best seasons in the competition were 2010/11 and 2015/16, when they reached the semi-finals. • Like Sporting, Villarreal have a 50% success rate in the round of 32, with three qualifications out of six. The victories came against Napoli in 2010/11 (0-0 away, 2-1 home) and 2015/16 (1-0 away, 1-1 home) and Salzburg in 2014/15 (2- 1 home, 3-1 away); the defeats were by Wolfsburg in 2009/10 (2-2 home, 1-4 away), Roma in 2016/17 (0-4 home, 1-0 away) and Lyon in 2017/18 (1-3 away, 0-1 home). Their away record at this stage is W3 D1 L2. • Villarreal are unbeaten in 11 UEFA Europa League group stage away matches (W3 D8), but have lost the away match in three of their last four two-legged ties. Their away record overall in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase is W5 D3 L5. UEFA Europa League squad changes • Sporting In: , Cristian Borja, Out: Emiliano Viviano, Carlos Mané, Elves Baldé, Tiago Djaló, Daniel Bragança, Rodrigo Battaglia • Villarreal In: Vicente Iborra, Xavi Quintillà, Ramón Bueno

5 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Out: Nicola Sansone, Miguel Layún, Emmanuel Lomotey Links and trivia • made 25 Liga appearances for Villarreal's local rivals Valencia in 2016/17, scoring five times. He faced Villarreal twice, scoring once (W1 L1). He also appeared against Villarreal with Manchester United in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage, both games ending scoreless. • Jérémy Mathieu played for Valencia between 2009 and 2014, before making a further 62 Liga appearances for Barcelona between 2014 and 2017. He played against Villarreal 13 times in all competitions (W8 D3 L2). During part of his time at Valencia (2011–13) he had Víctor Ruiz, now at Villarreal, as a team-mate. • Villarreal goalkeeper Andrés Fernández played briefly for Porto in 2014/15. • Marcos Acuña (Sporting) and Ramiro Funes Mori (Valencia) are Argentina internationals. • Sporting and Villarreal are appearing in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase for the seventh time – a competition record they share with Ajax and fellow 2018/19 participants Napoli. • Villarreal are one of seven teams to have come through the UEFA Europa League group stage undefeated, alongside Salzburg, Dinamo Zagreb, Arsenal, Real Betis, and Chelsea. • Villarreal hold the record not only for the most games played in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final (68), but also the most goals scored (116). The coaches • was named as the new Sporting coach on 8 November last year, filling the gap left by the dismissal of José Peseiro a week earlier. The 50-year-old Dutchman was lured to Lisbon from Al-Jazira in the United Arab Emirates, his previous job in Europe having been at Ajax, where he was promoted from the youth team in June 2017 to replace Peter Bosz as head coach but lasted only half a season. His playing career started at Ajax but was spent mostly in the Dutch second tier at Cambuur. • First appointed on 25 September 2017, Javier Calleja was reinstated as Villarreal's coach on 29 January – just 50 days after being dismissed and replaced by Luis García Plaza. He represented the club as a player from 1999 to 2006, having started out at academy level with Real Madrid, and returned as a youth coach in 2012/13 after hanging up his boots. He was coaching the B team, a position he had held for only a few weeks, when he was originally promoted to the top job. Villarreal finished fifth in the Liga in his first season in charge.

6 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Team facts

Sporting Clube de Portugal Formed: 1906 Nickname: Leões (Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (2005) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1964 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (2002) Portuguese Cup: 16 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: semi-finals 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 16-1: Sporting CP v APOEL 13/11/63, European Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg • Biggest away win 0-9: ÍA Akranes v Sporting CP 17/09/86, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Sporting CP v Bayern München 25/02/09, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Bayern München v Sporting CP 10/03/09, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Sporting CP v Politehnica Timisoara 24/10/90, second round first leg • Biggest away win 0-9: ÍA Akranes v Sporting CP (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Sporting CP v Gençlerbirligi 27/11/03, second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Celtic v Sporting CP 02/11/83, second round second leg

Villarreal CF Formed: 1923 Nickname: El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (2): 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets)

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None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: round of 32 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: semi-finals 2014/15: round of 16 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: semi-finals 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Villarreal v NAC Breda 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0 twice, most recently v Rapid Wien 25/10/18, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 0-3 three times, most recently v Astana 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Villarreal v Roma 16/02/17, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Porto v Villarreal 28/04/11, UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Villarreal v NAC Breda (see above) 5-0: twice, most recently v Rapid Wien (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: Astana v Villarreal (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Villarreal v Roma (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Porto v Villarreal (see above)

8 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Squad list

Sporting Clube de Portugal Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 19 Romain Salin FRA 29/07/1984 34 - 3 - 7 - 9 - 13 - 40 BRA 23/03/1990 28 - 3 - 15 - 3 - 3 - 81 Luís Maximiano POR 05/01/1999 20 ------99 Diogo Sousa POR 16/09/1998 20 ------Defenders 3 Tiago Ilori POR 26/02/1993 25 - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 Sebastián Coates URU 07/10/1990 28 - 6 - 20 1 14 1 27 1 5 Jefferson BRA 05/07/1988 30 - 2 - 10 - 12 - 21 1 6 André Pinto POR 05/10/1989 29 - 5 - 9 - 21 1 25 1 13 Stefan Ristovski MKD 12/02/1992 27 - 3 - 11 - 6 - 17 1 22 Jérémy Mathieu FRA 29/10/1983 35 - 2 - 13 2 43 3 86 4 26 Cristian Borja COL 18/02/1993 25 - - - 1 - - - - - 75 Abdu Conté POR 24/03/1998 20 ------76 POR 21/04/1993 25 - 4 - 13 1 4 - 4 - 95 Thierry Correia POR 09/03/1999 19 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 8 POR 08/09/1994 24 - 6 2 20 10 12 5 20 6 9 Marcos Acuña ARG 28/10/1991 27 - 5 - 17 1 11 - 18 1 17 Nani POR 17/11/1986 32 - 5 1 18 7 26 2 92 11 21 Raphinha BRA 14/12/1996 22 - 2 1 14 - 8 1 8 1 25 Radosav Petrović SRB 08/03/1989 29 - 4 - 10 - 15 - 36 1 37 Wendel BRA 28/08/1997 21 - 1 - 9 - 1 - 1 - 61 Diogo Brás POR 16/03/2000 18 ------80 POR 23/04/1998 20 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 86 Nemanja Gudelj SRB 16/11/1991 27 - 4 - 16 - 26 1 35 2 90 Miguel Luís POR 27/02/1999 19 - 2 1 5 1 2 1 2 1 91 Dimitar Mitrovski MKD 28/01/1999 20 ------Forwards 10 Fredy Montero COL 26/07/1987 31 - 5 2 9 2 17 8 23 8 23 Abdoulay Diaby MLI 21/05/1991 27 - 5 2 17 1 10 2 19 2 28 NED 31/05/1989 29 - 2 1 15 12 14 4 34 9 29 Luiz Phellype BRA 27/09/1993 25 - - - 2 - - - - - 54 Pedro Marques POR 25/04/1998 20 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 77 Jovane Cabral CPV 14/06/1998 20 - 6 2 13 2 6 2 6 2 Coach - Marcel Keizer NED 15/01/1969 50 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 -

9 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon

Villarreal CF Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sergio Asenjo ESP 28/06/1989 29 - - - 23 - 26 - 36 - 13 Andrés Fernández ESP 17/12/1986 32 - 6 - - - 11 - 11 - 25 Mariano Barbosa ARG 27/07/1984 34 - - - - - 12 - 19 - 35 Diego Lázaro ESP 20/10/1997 21 ------45 Josele ESP 13/01/1998 21 ------Defenders 2 Mario Gaspar ESP 24/11/1990 28 - 4 - 18 1 40 - 50 1 3 Álvaro ESP 08/01/1990 29 * 3 - 20 - 11 - 11 - 4 Ramiro Funes Mori ARG 05/03/1991 27 - 5 - 17 1 5 - 5 - 6 Víctor Ruiz ESP 25/01/1989 30 - 4 - 14 - 45 1 56 1 11 Jaume Costa ESP 18/03/1988 30 S 3 - 16 - 24 - 27 - 15 Miguel Llambrich ESP 18/01/1996 23 - 2 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 23 Daniele Bonera ITA 31/05/1981 37 - 3 - 2 - 36 - 71 - 29 Edu Adell ESP 08/01/1999 20 ------33 José Castaño ESP 10/12/1998 20 ------38 Andrei Ratiu ROU 20/06/1998 20 ------39 Xavi Quintillà ESP 23/08/1996 22 ------40 Ramón Bueno ESP 07/04/1995 23 ------Midfielders 5 Santiago Cáseres ARG 25/02/1997 21 * 4 - 14 - 4 - 4 - 8 Pablo Fornals ESP 22/02/1996 22 - 6 2 23 1 13 3 13 3 10 Vicente Iborra ESP 16/01/1988 31 - - - 5 1 38 6 54 6 14 Manu Trigueros ESP 17/10/1991 27 - 4 - 20 - 34 2 38 2 16 Alfonso Pedraza ESP 09/04/1996 22 - 4 - 20 1 5 - 5 - 18 Javi Fuego ESP 04/01/1984 35 - 1 - 3 - 16 - 23 - 19 Santi Cazorla ESP 13/12/1984 34 - 6 1 20 3 39 7 91 10 21 Bruno Soriano ESP 12/06/1984 34 - - - - - 52 4 72 5 22 Daniel Raba ESP 29/10/1995 23 - 2 1 6 - 6 2 6 2 26 Sergio Lozano ESP 24/03/1999 19 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 28 Manu Morlanes ESP 12/01/1999 20 - 1 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 30 Samu Chukwueze NGA 22/05/1999 19 - 5 1 13 2 5 1 5 1 32 Fran Alvarez ESP 21/01/1998 21 ------37 Iván Martín ESP 14/02/1999 20 ------Forwards 7 ESP 07/04/1992 26 - 6 2 23 4 12 6 13 6 9 Carlos Bacca COL 08/09/1986 32 - 3 1 20 4 42 15 48 20 17 Karl Toko Ekambi CMR 14/09/1992 26 - 6 3 21 3 6 3 6 3 27 Daniel Villanueva ESP 01/02/1998 21 ------31 Mukwelle Akale USA 18/01/1997 22 ------34 Nikola Vujnović MNE 11/01/1997 22 ------36 Simón Moreno ESP 02/07/1997 21 ------

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Villarreal CF Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA Coach - Javier Calleja ESP 12/05/1978 40 - 5 - - - 12 - 12 -

11 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Fixtures and results

Sporting Clube de Portugal Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 12/08/2018 League Moreirense FC (A) W 3-1 Bruno Fernandes 16, Dost 74 (P), 90+2 18/08/2018 League Vitória FC (H) W 2-1 Nani 9, 66 25/08/2018 League SL Benfica (A) D 1-1 Nani 64 (P) 01/09/2018 League CD Feirense (H) W 1-0 Boges Cabral 88 20/09/2018 UEL Qarabağ FK (H) W 2-0 Raphinha 54, Jovane Cabral 88 24/09/2018 League SC Braga (A) L 0-1 29/09/2018 League CS Marítimo (H) W 2-0 Bruno Fernandes 12 (P), Montero 35 04/10/2018 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (A) W 2-1 Montero 90+1, Jovane Cabral 90+3 07/10/2018 League Portimonense SC (A) L 2-4 Montero 63, Coates 88 20/10/2018 Cup GS Loures (A) W 2-1 Bruno Fernandes 41, Nani 55 25/10/2018 UEL Arsenal FC (H) L 0-1 28/10/2018 League Boavista FC (H) W 3-0 Nani 31, 66, Bruno Fernandes 64 04/11/2018 League CD Santa Clara (A) W 2-1 Dost 62 (P), Acuña 75 08/11/2018 UEL Arsenal FC (A) D 0-0 11/11/2018 League GD Chaves (H) W 2-1 Dost 23, 86 (P) Dost 42, 71, Bruno Fernandes 64, Diaby 24/11/2018 Cup Lusitano FCV (A) W 4-1 73 Dost 5 (P), Bruno Fernandes 20, 75, Nani 29/11/2018 UEL Qarabağ FK (A) W 6-1 33, Diaby 65, 82 Bruno Fernandes 8, Dost 23, Boges 03/12/2018 League Rio Ave FC (A) W 3-1 Cabral 72 09/12/2018 League CD Aves (H) W 4-1 Dost 40 (P), 48, Nani 45+1, Diaby 59 13/12/2018 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (H) W 3-0 Montero 17, Miguel Luís 35, Dallku 44 (og) Dost 35 (P), 87 (P), Bruno Fernandes 70, 16/12/2018 League CD Nacional (H) W 5-2 90+1, Mathieu 75 Diaby 4, 77, Dost 32, 61, Bruno Fernandes 19/12/2018 Cup Rio Ave FC (H) W 5-2 42 23/12/2018 League Vitória SC (A) L 0-1 03/01/2019 League Os Belenenses (H) W 2-1 Gaspar 57, Miguel Luís 80 07/01/2019 League CD Tondela (A) L 1-2 Mathieu 76 12/01/2019 League FC Porto (H) D 0-0 16/01/2019 Cup CD Feirense (A) W 2-0 Wendel 64, Bruno Fernandes 66 19/01/2019 League Moreirense FC (H) W 2-1 Nani 3, Bruno Fernandes 26 30/01/2019 League Vitória FC (A) D 1-1 Dost 80 03/02/2019 League SL Benfica (H) L 2-4 Bruno Fernandes 43, Dost 89 (P) 06/02/2019 Cup SL Benfica (A) L 1-2 Bruno Fernandes 82 10/02/2019 League CD Feirense (A) W 3-1 Briseño 44 (og), Bruno Fernandes 58, 68 14/02/2019 UEL Villarreal CF (H) 17/02/2019 League SC Braga (H) 21/02/2019 UEL Villarreal CF (A) 25/02/2019 League CS Marítimo (A) 03/03/2019 League Portimonense SC (H) 10/03/2019 League Boavista FC (A)

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Sporting Clube de Portugal 17/03/2019 League CD Santa Clara (H) 31/03/2019 League GD Chaves (A) 03/04/2019 Cup SL Benfica (H) 07/04/2019 League Rio Ave FC (H) 14/04/2019 League CD Aves (A) 20/04/2019 League CD Nacional (A) 28/04/2019 League Vitória SC (H) 05/05/2019 League Os Belenenses (A) 12/05/2019 League CD Tondela (H) 19/05/2019 League FC Porto (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Porto 21 16 3 2 42 12 51 2 SL Benfica 21 16 2 3 57 20 50 3 SC Braga 21 15 4 2 40 18 49 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 21 13 3 5 41 25 42 5 Moreirense FC 21 11 2 8 23 25 35 6 Vitória SC 21 9 5 7 24 20 32 7 Os Belenenses 21 7 9 5 23 22 30 8 Rio Ave FC 21 7 7 7 32 32 28 9 Portimonense SC 21 8 3 10 27 32 27 10 CD Santa Clara 21 7 3 11 28 31 24 11 CD Tondela 21 6 5 10 26 31 23 12 Vitória FC 21 5 7 9 18 22 22 13 Boavista FC 21 6 4 11 16 26 22 14 CD Aves 21 6 3 12 23 34 21 15 CS Marítimo 21 6 2 13 12 25 20 16 CD Nacional 21 5 5 11 20 45 20 17 GD Chaves 21 5 3 13 16 30 18 18 CD Feirense 21 2 8 11 13 31 14

Villarreal CF Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 18/08/2018 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) L 1-2 Moreno 16 26/08/2018 League Sevilla FC (A) D 0-0 31/08/2018 League Girona FC (H) L 0-1 16/09/2018 League CD Leganés (A) W 1-0 Bacca 65 20/09/2018 UEL Rangers FC (H) D 2-2 Bacca 1, Moreno 69 23/09/2018 League Valencia CF (H) D 0-0 26/09/2018 League Athletic Club (A) W 3-0 Fornals 65, Funes Mori 80, Ekambi 89 30/09/2018 League Real Valladolid CF (H) L 0-1 Ekambi 13, Fornals 49, Santi Cazorla 90+6 04/10/2018 UEL FC Spartak Moskva (A) D 3-3 (P) 07/10/2018 League RCD Espanyol (A) L 1-3 Ekambi 45 20/10/2018 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H) D 1-1 Mario Gaspar 65

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Villarreal CF Fornals 26, Ekambi 30, Barać 45 (og), 25/10/2018 UEL SK Rapid Wien (H) W 5-0 Raba 63, Moreno 85 28/10/2018 League Deportivo Alavés (A) L 1-2 Moreno 10 Santi Cazorla 67, Callejón 78 (og), 01/11/2018 Cup UD Almería (A) D 3-3 Chukwueze 83 04/11/2018 League Levante UD (H) D 1-1 Pedraza 90+3 08/11/2018 UEL SK Rapid Wien (A) D 0-0 11/11/2018 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (A) D 2-2 Chukwueze 33, Sansone 80 25/11/2018 League Real Betis Balompié (H) W 2-1 Moreno 52, Chukwueze 54 29/11/2018 UEL Rangers FC (A) D 0-0 02/12/2018 League FC Barcelona (A) L 0-2 Ekambi 23, 30, 36, 47, Bacca 45+2, 83 05/12/2018 Cup UD Almería (H) W 8-0 (P), Moreno 67, Raba 89 08/12/2018 League RC Celta de Vigo (H) L 2-3 Bacca 83, 87 13/12/2018 UEL FC Spartak Moskva (H) W 2-0 Chukwueze 11, Ekambi 48 16/12/2018 League SD Huesca (A) D 2-2 Bacca 63 (P), Moreno 81 03/01/2019 League Real Madrid CF (H) D 2-2 Santi Cazorla 4, 82 06/01/2019 League SD Eibar (A) D 0-0 09/01/2019 Cup RCD Espanyol (H) D 2-2 Ekambi 85, Bacca 89 12/01/2019 League Getafe CF (H) L 1-2 Cabrera 75 (og) 17/01/2019 Cup RCD Espanyol (A) L 1-3 Chukwueze 42 20/01/2019 League Athletic Club (H) D 1-1 Ekambi 71 26/01/2019 League Valencia CF (A) L 0-3 03/02/2019 League RCD Espanyol (H) D 2-2 Iborra 37, Santi Cazorla 65 (P) 08/02/2019 League Real Valladolid CF (A) D 0-0 Sporting Clube de Portugal 14/02/2019 UEL (A) 17/02/2019 League Sevilla FC (H) Sporting Clube de Portugal 21/02/2019 UEL (H) 24/02/2019 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 02/03/2019 League Deportivo Alavés (H) 10/03/2019 League Levante UD (A) 17/03/2019 League Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (H) 31/03/2019 League RC Celta de Vigo (A) 03/04/2019 League FC Barcelona (H) 07/04/2019 League Real Betis Balompié (A) 14/04/2019 League Girona FC (A) 21/04/2019 League CD Leganés (H) 24/04/2019 League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) 28/04/2019 League SD Huesca (H) 05/05/2019 League Real Madrid CF (A) 12/05/2019 League SD Eibar (H) 19/05/2019 League Getafe CF (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Barcelona 23 15 6 2 60 23 51

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Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 2 Real Madrid CF 23 14 3 6 40 27 45 3 Club Atlético de Madrid 23 12 8 3 33 17 44 4 Sevilla FC 23 10 7 6 38 25 37 5 Getafe CF 23 9 8 6 28 19 35 6 Deportivo Alavés 23 10 5 8 24 27 35 7 Real Betis Balompié 23 9 5 9 26 29 32 8 Valencia CF 23 6 13 4 24 20 31 9 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 23 8 7 8 27 25 31 10 SD Eibar 23 7 9 7 31 32 30 11 CD Leganés 23 7 8 8 25 27 29 12 RCD Espanyol 23 8 4 11 27 37 28 13 Athletic Club 23 5 12 6 23 28 27 14 Levante UD 23 7 6 10 32 42 27 15 Real Valladolid CF 23 6 8 9 19 28 26 16 RC Celta de Vigo 23 6 6 11 35 39 24 17 Girona FC 23 5 9 9 23 33 24 18 Rayo Vallecano de Madrid 23 6 5 12 27 40 23 19 Villarreal CF 23 3 11 9 23 31 20 20 SD Huesca 23 4 6 13 23 39 18

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UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group E Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Arsenal FC 6 5 1 0 12 2 16 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6 4 1 1 13 3 13 FC Vorskla Poltava 6 1 0 5 4 13 3 Qarabağ FK 6 1 0 5 2 13 3

Matchday 1 (20/09/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-0 Qarabağ FK Goals: 1-0 Raphinha 54, 2-0 Jovane Cabral 88 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Salin, Coates, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Montero (91 Diaby), Ristovski, Battaglia, Nani (86 Jovane Cabral), Raphinha, Mathieu (75 André Pinto), Gudelj Matchday 2 (04/10/2018) FC Vorskla Poltava 1-2 Sporting Clube de Portugal Goals: 1-0 Kulach 10, 1-1 Montero 90+1, 1-2 Jovane Cabral 90+3 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Salin, Coates, Jefferson, André Pinto, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Nani, Carlos Mané (58 Montero), Diaby (70 Raphinha), Petrović (70 Jovane Cabral), Gaspar Matchday 3 (25/10/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-1 Arsenal FC Goals: 0-1 Welbeck 78 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Ribeiro, Coates, André Pinto, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Montero, Ristovski (46 Gaspar), Battaglia, Nani (86 Diaby), Petrović, Gudelj (71 Jovane Cabral) Matchday 4 (08/11/2018) Arsenal FC 0-0 Sporting Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal: Ribeiro, Coates, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Montero (69 Dost), Nani, Mathieu, Diaby (83 Jovane Cabral), Gaspar, Gudelj, Miguel Luís (85 Petrović) Matchday 5 (29/11/2018) Qarabağ FK 1-6 Sporting Clube de Portugal Goals: 0-1 Dost 5 (P) , 1-1 Zoubir 14, 1-2 Bruno Fernandes 20, 1-3 Nani 33, 1-4 Diaby 65, 1-5 Bruno Fernandes 75, 1-6 Diaby 82 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Ribeiro, Coates, Jefferson, André Pinto, Bruno Fernandes, Nani (79 Carlos Mané), Diaby, Dost (71 Jovane Cabral), Wendel, Gaspar (74 Thierry Correia), Gudelj Matchday 6 (13/12/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-0 FC Vorskla Poltava Goals: 1-0 Montero 17, 2-0 Miguel Luís 35, 3-0 Dallku 44 (og) Sporting Clube de Portugal: Salin, Coates, André Pinto, Bruno Fernandes (73 Bruno Paz), Acuña, Montero (59 Pedro Marques), Ristovski (64 Thierry Correia), Carlos Mané, Petrović, Jovane Cabral, Miguel Luís

Round of 32 Matchday 7 (14/02/2019) Sporting Clube de Portugal-Villarreal CF Matchday 8 (21/02/2019) Villarreal CF-Sporting Clube de Portugal Villarreal CF

UEFA Europa League - Group stage

16 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Villarreal CF Thursday 14 February 2019 - 21.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Villarreal CF 6 2 4 0 12 5 10 SK Rapid Wien 6 3 1 2 6 9 10 Rangers FC 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 FC Spartak Moskva 6 1 2 3 8 12 5

Matchday 1 (20/09/2018) Villarreal CF 2-2 Rangers FC Goals: 1-0 Bacca 1, 1-1 Arfield 67, 2-1 Moreno 69, 2-2 Lafferty 76 Villarreal CF: Andrés Fernández, Funes Mori (67 Moreno), Víctor Ruiz, Fornals, Bacca, Sansone (79 Chukwueze), Llambrich, Pedraza, Ekambi (60 Trigueros), Santi Cazorla, Bonera Matchday 2 (04/10/2018) FC Spartak Moskva 3-3 Villarreal CF Goals: 0-1 Ekambi 13, 1-1 Zé Luís 34 (P) , 1-2 Fornals 49, 2-2 Zé Luís 82, 3-2 Melgarejo 85, 3-3 Santi Cazorla 90+6 (P) Villarreal CF: Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Funes Mori, Víctor Ruiz, Fornals, Sansone (61 Moreno), Trigueros, Pedraza, Ekambi (76 Layún), Bonera, Chukwueze (70 Santi Cazorla) Matchday 3 (25/10/2018) Villarreal CF 5-0 SK Rapid Wien Goals: 1-0 Fornals 26, 2-0 Ekambi 30, 3-0 Barać 45 (og) , 4-0 Raba 63, 5-0 Moreno 85 Villarreal CF: Andrés Fernández, Álvaro, Funes Mori, Cáseres (77 Santi Cazorla), Fornals (64 Chukwueze), Jaume Costa, Trigueros, Llambrich, Ekambi, Raba (70 Moreno), Layún Matchday 4 (08/11/2018) SK Rapid Wien 0-0 Villarreal CF Villarreal CF: Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Cáseres, Víctor Ruiz, Moreno, Sansone, Pedraza, Santi Cazorla, Raba (75 Fornals), Bonera (46 Funes Mori), Layún (61 Ekambi) Matchday 5 (29/11/2018) Rangers FC 0-0 Villarreal CF Villarreal CF: Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro, Funes Mori, Cáseres, Fornals (74 Chukwueze), Bacca (62 Moreno), Jaume Costa, Trigueros (62 Santi Cazorla), Ekambi, Morlanes Matchday 6 (13/12/2018) Villarreal CF 2-0 FC Spartak Moskva Goals: 1-0 Chukwueze 11, 2-0 Ekambi 48 Villarreal CF: Andrés Fernández, Mario Gaspar, Álvaro, Cáseres, Víctor Ruiz, Moreno (77 Pedraza), Fornals, Jaume Costa, Ekambi (72 Bacca), Javi Fuego, Chukwueze (80 Santi Cazorla)

Round of 32 Matchday 7 (14/02/2019) Sporting Clube de Portugal-Villarreal CF Matchday 8 (21/02/2019) Villarreal CF-Sporting Clube de Portugal

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Referee Clément Turpin (FRA) Assistant referees Nicolas Danos (FRA) , Cyril Gringore (FRA) Additional assistant referees Benoît Bastien (FRA) , Karim Abed (FRA) Fourth official Frédéric Haquette (FRA) UEFA Delegate Clive Whitehead (ENG) UEFA Referee observer Gylfi Thor Orrason (ISL)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Clément Turpin 16/05/1982 23 66

Clément Turpin First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2010

Tournaments: 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2016 Olympic Games, UEFA EURO 2016, 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Finals N/A

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 18/08/2011 UEL PO Club Atlético de Madrid Vitória SC 2-0 Madrid 20/10/2011 UEL GS Sporting Clube de Portugal FC Vaslui 2-0 Lisbon 30/08/2012 UEL PO Levante UD Motherwell FC 1-0 Valencia 13/03/2014 UEL R16 PFC Ludogorets 1945 Valencia CF 0-3 Sofia 10/03/2016 UEL R16 Fenerbahçe SK SC Braga 1-0 Istanbul 13/04/2017 UEL QF RC Celta de Vigo KRC Genk 3-2 Vigo 26/04/2018 UEL SF Arsenal FC Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 London

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 29/07/2011 U19 SF Spain Republic of Ireland 5-0 Chiajna 18/08/2011 UEL PO Club Atlético de Madrid Vitória SC 2-0 Madrid Sporting Clube de 20/10/2011 UEL GS FC Vaslui 2-0 Lisbon Portugal 30/08/2012 UEL PO Levante UD Motherwell FC 1-0 Valencia 13/03/2014 UEL R16 PFC Ludogorets 1945 Valencia CF 0-3 Sofia Sporting Clube de 17/09/2014 UCL GS NK Maribor 1-1 Maribor Portugal 09/12/2014 UCL GS Real Madrid CF PFC Ludogorets 1945 4-0 Madrid

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Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached Uherske 24/06/2015 U21 GS-FT Portugal Sweden 1-1 Hradiste 20/10/2015 UCL GS FC Porto Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2-0 Porto 10/03/2016 UEL R16 Fenerbahçe SK SC Braga 1-0 Istanbul 01/11/2016 UCL GS SL Benfica FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 Lisbon 06/12/2016 UCL GS FC Bayern München Club Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Munich 22/02/2017 UCL R16 Sevilla FC Leicester City FC 2-1 Seville 13/04/2017 UEL QF RC Celta de Vigo KRC Genk 3-2 Vigo 16/08/2017 UCL PO İstanbul Başakşehir Sevilla FC 1-2 Istanbul Sporting Clube de 31/10/2017 UCL GS Juventus 1-1 Lisbon Portugal 21/02/2018 UCL R16 Sevilla FC Manchester United FC 0-0 Seville 10/04/2018 UCL QF AS Roma FC Barcelona 3-0 Rome 26/04/2018 UEL SF Arsenal FC Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 London 27/11/2018 UCL GS AS Roma Real Madrid CF 0-2 Rome

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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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