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Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu - Baku Thursday 29 November 2018 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Qarabağ FK Sporting Clube de Group E - Matchday 5 Portugal

Last updated 22/02/2019 14:19CET

Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16

1 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku

Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - Raphinha 54, Jovane 20/09/2018 GS 2-0 Lisbon Qarabağ FK Cabral 88

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Qarabağ FK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Qarabağ FK have not played against a club from their opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal have not played against a club from their opponents' country

2 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Match background

Having finally registered their first points of Group E on matchday four with a 1-0 victory at Vorskla Poltava after three successive defeats, Qarabağ know that they must win again, at home to Sporting, to stay in the hunt for a round of 32 place. Their Portuguese visitors, on seven points, can secure qualification with a positive result in Baku. • Qarabağ failed to score in any of those opening three defeats, two of them at home to Arsenal (0-3) and Vorskla (0- 1), but Araz Abdullayev's 13th-minute penalty proved enough to beat the Ukrainian side in the return fixture. • Sporting opened their campaign with back-to-back wins, including a dramatic late turnaround away to Vorskla, but took just one point and failed to score in two games against Arsenal, drawing in London after a 0-1 defeat in Lisbon. Previous meetings • The clubs broke new ground when they met in the Portuguese capital on matchday one – the home side prevailing 2-0 thanks to goals from Raphinha and substitute Jovane Cabral – as it was the first meeting in UEFA competition between clubs from Portugal and Azerbaijan. Form guide Qarabağ • Champions of Azerbaijan for the fifth successive year in 2017/18, Qarabağ are also competing in a UEFA group stage for the fifth season running, three appearances in the UEFA Europa League preceding a landmark UEFA Champions League adventure last term. BATE Borisov blocked their route back into that competition this season, in the third qualifying round, but a UEFA Europa League play-off victory against FC Sheriff kept that sequence of group stage appearances going. • Qarabağ have never extended a European campaign into the spring. Their home record in the UEFA Europa League group stage is W2 D4 L5, the only victories having come against Anderlecht in 2015/16 (1-0) and PAOK in 2016/17 (2-0). • Qarabağ have won just two of their last nine European fixtures in Baku and are without a home win in six group games, five defeats supplemented by a goalless draw against Atlético Madrid in last season's UEFA Champions League. They have managed just one goal in those six contests. 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 seven previous seasons and the group stage in five of those, most recently in 2015/16. Semi-finalists in 2011/12, they reached the quarter-finals last season after transferring from the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Sporting's UEFA Europa League group stage record away from Lisbon is W6 D2 L9. The 0-0 draw at Arsenal on matchday four ended the club's extraordinary run of 30 European away fixtures without a clean sheet – a sequence that had lasted more than seven years. Links and trivia • Qarabağ's Bulgarian midfielder Simeon Slavchev was on Sporting's books from 2014 to 2018 but did not play a single match for the first team, spending most of that time out on loan. • Qarabağ's Polish defender Jakub Rzeźniczak played four European matches against Sporting for Legia Warszawa – in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 32 and 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage. • The red card shown to Jérémy Mathieu at Arsenal was the 11th received by a Sporting player in the UEFA Europa League, matching the competition record for a single club, group stage to final, held by Dynamo Kyiv. • Should Sporting qualify for the round of 32, they will equal Ajax's record of seven appearances in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase. The coaches • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's highest-scoring international with 12 goals in 64 matches. While he regularly changed club as a player, he celebrated ten years as head coach of Qarabağ in August 2018, during which time he has led the club to five successive national league titles, four Azerbaijani Cups and regular European group stage involvement, including a maiden UEFA Champions League adventure in 2017/18. He has doubled up as the coach of Azerbaijan since November 2017. • Marcel Keizer was named as the new Sporting coach on 8 November, filling the gap left by the sacking of José Peseiro a week earlier. The 49-year-old Dutchman was lured to Lisbon from Al-Jazira in the United Arab Emirates, his

3 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku 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 Eerste Divisie (second tier) at Cambuur.

4 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Team facts

Qarabağ FK Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 6 (2018) Azerbaijani Cup: 6 (2017) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: UEFA Champions League group stage 2016/17: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Qarabağ v Samtredia 11/07/17, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Banga v Qarabağ 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4 twice, most recently v Chelsea 22/11/17, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: three times, most recently v Chelsea 12/09/17, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta 22/07/14, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Banga v Qarabağ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v Arsenal 04/10/18, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Jablonec v Qarabağ 23/07/97, first qualifying round first leg

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)

5 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku

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

6 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Squad list

Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Hannes Halldórsson ISL 27/04/1984 34 - 2 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 17 - Shakhrudin 12 AZE 12/06/1994 24 ------6 - - - - - Magomedaliyev 13 Vagner BRA 06/06/1986 32 - 4 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 12 - 22 - 94 Nijat Mehbaliyev AZE 11/09/2000 18 ------95 Mammad Huseynov AZE 29/05/1999 19 ------Defenders 4 Rahil Mammadov AZE 24/11/1995 23 ------8 - - - 3 - 5 Maksim Medvedev AZE 29/09/1989 29 * 6 - 2 1 4 - 5 - 20 - 79 1 14 Rashad F. Sadygov AZE 16/06/1982 36 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 19 1 99 7 25 Ansi Agolli ALB 11/10/1982 36 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 18 - 74 2 30 Abbas Hüseynov AZE 13/06/1995 23 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 11 - 1 - 8 1 52 Jakub Rzeźniczak POL 26/10/1986 32 - 3 - - - 4 - 9 1 25 - 79 2 55 Badavi Hüseynov AZE 11/07/1991 27 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 19 - 54 - 77 Donald Guerrier HAI 31/03/1989 29 - 6 1 2 1 3 - 7 - 3 - 23 4 Midfielders 2 Gara Garayev AZE 12/10/1992 26 - 5 - 2 - 4 - 11 - 21 - 72 - 6 Simeon Slavchev BUL 25/09/1993 25 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 4 1 3 - 11 - 8 Míchel ESP 08/11/1985 33 - 6 1 1 - 4 - 10 3 10 2 35 6 9 Araz Abdullayev AZE 18/04/1992 26 - - - - - 4 1 8 1 9 1 29 4 10 Dani Quintana ESP 08/03/1987 31 - 3 2 - - - - 2 - 12 2 31 5 11 Mahir Madatov AZE 01/07/1997 21 - 6 - 2 - 4 - 12 3 7 - 29 1 17 Abdellah Zoubir FRA 05/12/1991 26 - 5 - 2 - 4 - 10 3 4 - 11 - 18 Ismayil Ibrahimli AZE 13/02/1998 20 ------3 - - - - - 19 Filip Ozobić CRO 08/04/1991 27 - 5 - 2 1 4 - 12 3 10 - 33 4 21 Zaur Farzaliyev AZE 01/10/1998 20 ------28 Dzon Delarge CGO 24/06/1990 28 - 3 1 2 - 3 - 10 2 16 1 41 8 91 Joshgun Diniyev AZE 13/09/1995 23 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 7 - 2 - 14 - Forwards 7 Innocent Emeghara SUI 27/05/1989 29 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 9 5 3 - 9 - Coach - Gurban Gurbanov AZE 13/04/1972 46 - 6 - 2 - 4 - - - 22 - 87 -

7 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku

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 1 Emiliano Viviano ITA 01/12/1985 32 ------2 - 19 Romain Salin FRA 29/07/1984 34 - 2 - 7 - 8 - 12 - 40 Renan Ribeiro BRA 23/03/1990 28 - 2 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 81 Luís Maximiano POR 05/01/1999 19 ------99 Diogo Sousa POR 16/09/1998 20 ------Defenders 4 Sebastián Coates URU 07/10/1990 28 - 4 - 10 1 12 1 25 1 5 Jefferson BRA 05/07/1988 30 - 1 - 4 - 11 - 20 1 6 André Pinto POR 05/10/1989 29 - 3 - 6 - 19 1 23 1 13 Stefan Ristovski MKD 12/02/1992 26 - 2 - 7 - 5 - 16 1 22 Jérémy Mathieu FRA 29/10/1983 35 S 2 - 5 - 43 3 86 4 63 Tiago Djaló POR 09/04/2000 18 ------75 Abdu Conté POR 24/03/1998 20 ------76 Bruno Gaspar POR 21/04/1993 25 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 95 Thierry Correia POR 09/03/1999 19 ------Midfielders 8 Bruno Fernandes POR 08/09/1994 24 - 4 - 10 3 10 3 18 4 9 Marcos Acuña ARG 28/10/1991 27 S 4 - 10 1 10 - 17 1 16 Rodrigo Battaglia ARG 12/07/1991 27 - 2 - 8 - 8 1 16 2 17 Nani POR 17/11/1986 32 - 4 - 9 5 25 1 91 10 18 Carlos Mané POR 11/03/1994 24 - 1 - 1 - 9 - 15 1 21 Raphinha BRA 14/12/1996 21 - 2 1 6 - 8 1 8 1 25 Radosav Petrović SRB 08/03/1989 29 - 3 - 5 - 14 - 35 1 37 Wendel BRA 28/08/1997 21 ------61 Diogo Brás POR 16/03/2000 18 ------68 Daniel Bragança POR 27/05/1999 19 ------80 Bruno Paz POR 23/04/1998 20 ------86 Nemanja Gudelj SRB 16/11/1991 27 - 3 - 6 - 25 1 34 2 90 Miguel Luís POR 27/02/1999 19 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - Forwards 10 Fredy Montero COL 26/07/1987 31 - 4 1 8 2 16 7 22 7 23 Abdoulay Diaby MLI 21/05/1991 27 - 4 - 6 - 9 - 18 - 28 Bas Dost NED 31/05/1989 29 - 1 - 5 5 13 3 33 8 54 Pedro Marques POR 25/04/1998 20 ------77 Jovane Cabral CPV 14/06/1998 20 - 4 2 8 1 4 2 4 2 89 Elves Baldé POR 02/10/1999 19 ------Coach - Marcel Keizer NED 15/01/1969 49 ------4 -

8 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Fixtures and results

Qarabağ FK Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 11/07/2018 UCL NK Olimpija Ljubljana (A) W 1-0 Guerrier 79 18/07/2018 UCL NK Olimpija Ljubljana (H) D 0-0 25/07/2018 UCL FK Kukësi (A) D 0-0 01/08/2018 UCL FK Kukësi (H) W 3-0 Dani Quintana 24 (P), 57 (P), Delarge 89 07/08/2018 UCL FC BATE Borisov (H) L 0-1 14/08/2018 UCL FC BATE Borisov (A) D 1-1 Míchel 54 18/08/2018 League Sabail (A) W 2-0 Madatov 27, 86 23/08/2018 UEL FC Sheriff Tiraspol (A) L 0-1 26/08/2018 League Neftçi PFK (H) D 1-1 Emeghara 71 30/08/2018 UEL FC Sheriff Tiraspol (H) W 3-0 Medvedev 9, Guerrier 42, Ozobić 55 14/09/2018 League Sumqayıt FK (H) W 1-0 Ozobić 21 Sporting Clube de Portugal 20/09/2018 UEL L 0-2 (A) Zoubir 30, 72, А. Abdullayev 45+1, 23/09/2018 League Gabala SC (H) W 4-1 Delarge 61 26/09/2018 League Zirä FK (H) W 3-2 Ozobić 28 (P), Emeghara 48, 85 29/09/2018 League Sabah (A) W 2-0 Míchel 82, Emeghara 88 04/10/2018 UEL Arsenal FC (H) L 0-3 20/10/2018 League Sabail (H) L 0-3 Zoubir 62 25/10/2018 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (H) L 0-1 28/10/2018 League Neftçi PFK (A) L 1-3 Madatov 85 31/10/2018 League Keşla FK (A) D 1-1 Míchel 56 03/11/2018 League Sumqayıt FK (H) W 2-0 Slavchev 25, Delarge 57 08/11/2018 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (A) W 1-0 А. Abdullayev 13 (P) 11/11/2018 League Gabala SC (A) W 3-1 Emeghara 47, Míchel 64, Ozobić 69 24/11/2018 League Sabah (H) D 1-1 Rzeźniczak 45+1 Sporting Clube de Portugal 29/11/2018 UEL (H) 02/12/2018 League Keşla FK (H) 09/12/2018 League Zirä FK (A) 13/12/2018 UEL Arsenal FC (A) 03/02/2019 League Neftçi PFK (H) 09/02/2019 League Sumqayıt FK (A) 17/02/2019 League Gabala SC (H) 23/02/2019 League Sabah (A) 03/03/2019 League Keşla FK (A) 09/03/2019 League Zirä FK (H) 16/03/2019 League Sabail (A) 01/04/2019 League Sumqayıt FK (H) 04/04/2019 League Sumqayıt FK (A) 07/04/2019 League Gabala SC (A) 13/04/2019 League Sabah (H) 18/04/2019 League Keşla FK (H)

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Qarabağ FK 27/04/2019 League Zirä FK (A) 05/05/2019 League Sabail (H) 11/05/2019 League Neftçi PFK (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Neftçi PFK 12 9 2 1 24 9 29 2 Qarabağ FK 12 7 3 2 21 13 24 3 Sabail 12 6 2 4 16 13 20 4 Sabah 12 5 2 5 10 16 17 5 Gabala SC 12 4 3 5 17 18 15 6 Sumqayıt FK 12 3 2 7 12 20 11 7 Keşla FK 12 2 3 7 13 17 9 8 Zirä FK 12 2 3 7 12 19 9

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 29/11/2018 UEL Qarabağ FK (A) 03/12/2018 League Rio Ave FC (A) 09/12/2018 League CD Aves (H) 13/12/2018 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (H) 16/12/2018 League CD Nacional (H) 23/12/2018 League Vitória SC (A) 02/01/2019 League Os Belenenses (H) 06/01/2019 League CD Tondela (A) 12/01/2019 League FC Porto (H) 19/01/2019 League Moreirense FC (H) 30/01/2019 League Vitória FC (A) 03/02/2019 League SL Benfica (H) 10/02/2019 League CD Feirense (A)

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Sporting Clube de Portugal 17/02/2019 League SC Braga (H) 24/02/2019 League CS Marítimo (A) 03/03/2019 League Portimonense SC (H) 10/03/2019 League Boavista FC (A) 17/03/2019 League CD Santa Clara (H) 31/03/2019 League GD Chaves (A) 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 10 8 0 2 21 6 24 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal 10 7 1 2 18 10 22 3 SC Braga 10 6 3 1 19 10 21 4 SL Benfica 10 6 2 2 19 11 20 5 Rio Ave FC 10 5 3 2 17 13 18 6 Moreirense FC 10 5 1 4 11 14 16 7 Vitória SC 10 4 3 3 15 12 15 8 Vitória FC 10 4 2 4 13 11 14 9 CD Santa Clara 10 4 2 4 17 16 14 10 Os Belenenses 10 2 6 2 7 8 12 11 Portimonense SC 10 3 2 5 12 18 11 12 CD Aves 10 3 1 6 11 15 10 13 CS Marítimo 10 3 1 6 6 13 10 14 CD Tondela 10 2 3 5 12 14 9 15 CD Feirense 10 2 3 5 7 11 9 16 Boavista FC 10 2 3 5 8 14 9 17 CD Nacional 10 2 3 5 10 19 9 18 GD Chaves 10 2 1 7 9 17 7

11 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Match-by-match lineups Qarabağ FK

UEFA Champions League - First qualifying round (11/07/2018) NK Olimpija Ljubljana 0-1 Qarabağ FK Goals: 0-1 Guerrier 79 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev, Míchel, Madatov, Zoubir (93 R. F. Sadygov), Ozobić (63 Dani Quintana), Rzeźniczak, Hüseynov, Guerrier , Diniyev (46 Slavchev) (18/07/2018) Qarabağ FK 0-0 NK Olimpija Ljubljana (agg: 1-0) Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Medvedev, Slavchev, Míchel, Dani Quintana (42 Ozobić), Madatov (94 Agolli), Zoubir, Rzeźniczak, Hüseynov, Guerrier , Diniyev

Second qualifying round (25/07/2018) FK Kukësi 0-0 Qarabağ FK Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev, Míchel, Madatov, R. F. Sadygov, Ozobić, Agolli, Hüseynov, Guerrier (89 Hüseynov) (01/08/2018) Qarabağ FK 3-0 FK Kukësi (agg: 3-0) Goals: 1-0 Dani Quintana 24 (P) , 2-0 Dani Quintana 57 (P) , 3-0 Delarge 89 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev, Emeghara (66 Madatov), Míchel, Dani Quintana (60 Delarge), R. F. Sadygov (77 Rzeźniczak), Zoubir, Hüseynov, Guerrier

Third qualifying round (07/08/2018) Qarabağ FK 0-1 FC BATE Borisov Goals: 0-1 Dragun 36 Qarabağ FK: Halldórsson, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev (80 Ozobić), Emeghara, Míchel, R. F. Sadygov, Zoubir, Delarge (67 Madatov), Hüseynov, Guerrier (14/08/2018) FC BATE Borisov 1-1 Qarabağ FK (agg: 2-1) Goals: 1-0 Ivanić 20, 1-1 Míchel 54 Qarabağ FK: Halldórsson, Garayev, Medvedev (85 Delarge), Slavchev (77 Ozobić), Emeghara, Míchel, Madatov, R. F. Sadygov, Zoubir, Hüseynov, Guerrier

UEFA Europa League - Play-off (23/08/2018) FC Sheriff Tiraspol 1-0 Qarabağ FK Goals: 1-0 Kapić 8 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev (73 Agolli), Míchel, Madatov, R. F. Sadygov, Ozobić, Delarge (46 Zoubir), Hüseynov, Guerrier (30/08/2018) Qarabağ FK 3-0 FC Sheriff Tiraspol (agg: 3-1) Goals: 1-0 Medvedev 9, 2-0 Guerrier 42, 3-0 Ozobić 55 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev, Emeghara, Madatov (88 Hüseynov), R. F. Sadygov, Zoubir (80 Delarge), Ozobić (82 Diniyev), Hüseynov, Guerrier

Group stage Group E Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Arsenal FC 4 3 1 0 8 2 10

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Sporting Clube de Portugal 4 2 1 1 4 2 7 FC Vorskla Poltava 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 Qarabağ FK 4 1 0 3 1 6 3

Matchday 1 (20/09/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-0 Qarabağ FK Goals: 1-0 Raphinha 54, 2-0 Jovane Cabral 88 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev (62 Hüseynov), Emeghara, Madatov, Zoubir (68 А. Abdullayev), Ozobić, Rzeźniczak, Hüseynov, Guerrier , Diniyev (58 Míchel) Matchday 2 (04/10/2018) Qarabağ FK 0-3 Arsenal FC Goals: 0-1 Papastathopoulos 4, 0-2 Smith Rowe 53, 0-3 Guendouzi 80 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev (84 Slavchev), Medvedev, Emeghara, Míchel, Madatov (61 Delarge), Zoubir, Ozobić (67 А. Abdullayev), Agolli, Rzeźniczak, Hüseynov Matchday 3 (25/10/2018) Qarabağ FK 0-1 FC Vorskla Poltava Goals: 0-1 Kulach 48 Qarabağ FK: Vagner, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev (58 Ozobić), Emeghara (58 Madatov), Míchel, А. Abdullayev (69 Delarge), R. F. Sadygov, Zoubir, Rzeźniczak, Guerrier Matchday 4 (08/11/2018) FC Vorskla Poltava 0-1 Qarabağ FK Goals: 0-1 А. Abdullayev 13 (P) Qarabağ FK: Halldórsson, Garayev, Medvedev, Slavchev, Míchel, А. Abdullayev, R. F. Sadygov, Zoubir (81 Madatov), Delarge (88 Ozobić), Rzeźniczak, Guerrier Matchday 5 (29/11/2018) Qarabağ FK-Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday 6 (13/12/2018) Arsenal FC-Qarabağ FK Sporting Clube de Portugal

UEFA Europa League - Group stage 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-Sporting Clube de Portugal

13 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Matchday 6 (13/12/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal-FC Vorskla Poltava

14 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Match officials

Referee Petr Ardeleanu (CZE) Assistant referees Petr Blažej (CZE) , Tomáš Mokrusch (CZE) Additional assistant referees Zbynek Proske (CZE) , Emanuel Marek (CZE) Fourth official Jan Paták (CZE) UEFA Delegate David McDowell (SVN) UEFA Referee observer Bernardino González Vázquez (ESP)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Petr Ardeleanu 14/12/1980 10 41

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 15/11/2013 U21 QR FYR Macedonia Azerbaijan 1-0 Skopje 08/05/2016 U17 GS-FT Azerbaijan Belgium 1-1 Baku 21/05/2016 U17 Final Portugal Spain 1-1 Baku 12/09/2017 UYL GS SL Benfica PFC CSKA Moskva 5-1 Seixal

15 Qarabağ FK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 29 November 2018 - 18.55CET (21.55 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku 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.