UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade de Nice - Nice Thursday 3 November 2016 21.05CET (21.05 local time) OGC Nice Group I - Matchday 4 FC Salzburg Last updated 02/11/2016 05:12CET

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1 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice

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Nice ended a long wait for a first European away win when they visited Salzburg on matchday three, with the Austrian side close to an early exit as the teams meet again in Group I. • Section leaders Schalke are through with a victory, or if they draw and Nice do not win. • Salzburg are out if they lose, or if they draw and Krasnodar avoid defeat. Previous meetings • The clubs met for the first time in UEFA competition on 20 October, Alessane Pléa scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win for the visitors. It was Nice's first brush with Austrian opposition. • Nice's 1-0 success was their first genuine away victory in UEFA competition; the only previous match they had won away from Nice was a 5-1 triumph over Fenerbahçe in a European Cup first-round replay – staged on neutral territory in Geneva – in December 1959. • In their only past encounters with French sides, Salzburg lost 3-1 away and won 2-0 at home against Paris Saint- Germain in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Gabala and Salzburg are the only teams who have lost all three of their group games this season. Form guide • Nice's last four European home fixtures have produced just four goals – a home win, an away win and two draws. • Salzburg are without a victory in five European matches – a 1-1 draw followed by four straight defeats. • This is Nice's first UEFA group stage campaign. • Salzburg have successfully negotiated four of their preceding five UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Salzburg to Nice is around 650km. • Nice were the most-fouled side in the first three matchdays with 55 infringements against them. • Salzburg boast French talent in defender Dayot Upamecano, the 17-year-old having joined from Valenciennes in summer 2015 after winning the UEFA European Under-17 Championship with France. • Prior to this term, Mario Balotelli had scored five goals in 11 UEFA Europa League outings, for Manchester City and Liverpool. • Balotelli and on-loan Salzburg defender André Wisdom were team-mates at Anfield from 2014–15, though the latter was out on loan that season. • Jonatan Soriano is Salzburg's all-time top scorer in UEFA competition, taking his total to 25 with a strike on matchday two. • Former team-mates: Wanderson (Salzburg) & Julien Vercauteren (Nice) – Lierse, 2013–14 The coaches • Lucien Favre was appointed Nice coach this summer. Twice a championship winner with Zürich in his native Switzerland, he made a positive impression in Germany with Hertha Berlin and Mönchengladbach. He was capped 24 times as a midfielder. • This game is taking place the day after Favre's 59th birthday. • A midfielder – and later youth coach – at Barcelona, Salzburg's Spanish boss Óscar García has managed abroad with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford. He guided Salzburg to the Austrian title in his first campaign in charge, 2015/16.

2 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice Legend Competitions

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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