UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 4 October 2018 21.00CET (21.00 Local Time) R
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 4 October 2018 21.00CET (21.00 local time) R. Standard de Liège Group J - Matchday 2 Akhisar Belediyespor Last updated 15/12/2018 03:18CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 R. Standard de Liège - Akhisar Belediyespor Thursday 4 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Beşiktaş JK - R. Standard de Okan Buruk 30; 01/12/2004 GS 1-1 Istanbul Liège Bangoura 81 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 18/10/1967 R1 R. Standard de Liège - Altay GK Liege agg: 3-2 Doğan Akı 23, Icten 20/09/1967 R1 Altay GK - R. Standard de Liège 2-3 Izmir 42; Colonval 11, Claessen 72, 82 Akhisar Belediyespor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Akhisar Belediyespor have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA R. Standard de Liège 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 4 3 Akhisar Belediyespor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 R. Standard de Liège - Akhisar Belediyespor Thursday 4 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Match background Defeated 5-1 at Sevilla on matchday one, Standard Liège will be eager to get their UEFA Europa League Group J campaign back on track against European debutants Akhisar, whose first continental outing ended in a 0-1 home defeat by Krasnodar. Previous meetings • While this is Akhisar’s first European game outside Turkey, Standard are unbeaten in three games against Turkish opponents, the only home fixture ending 0-0 against Altay 51 years ago in the first round of the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Form guide Standard • Standard enjoyed a fruitful 2017/18 season, finishing runners-up in the Belgian league and winning an eighth domestic cup. Their hopes of a first UEFA Champions League group campaign in nine years ended at the hands of Ajax in this season's third qualifying round – their point of entry – with a 5-2 aggregate defeat, sending them instead into the UEFA Europa League group stage. • The Liege club have competed in the UEFA Europa League group stage in four previous campaigns, but have only once made further progress, back in 2011/12, when they went on to the round of 16. They were quarter-finalists in the inaugural 2009/10 season after switching over mid-campaign from the UEFA Champions League. • Standard's record at home in the UEFA Europa League group stage is W2 D5 L5. They drew all three games in Liege – against Celta Vigo, Panathinaikos and Ajax – on their last participation, in 2016/17, and are unbeaten at home in six European home fixtures, having drawn the last four. Akhisar • Akhisar qualified for their first European campaign – and an automatic place in the UEFA Europa League group stage – with a shock 3-2 win over Fenerbahçe in the 2018 Turkish Cup final. They finished 11th in the league – nine places and 30 points behind their illustrious Istanbul opponents. Links and trivia • Akhisar are one of five clubs making their debut this season in the UEFA Europa League proper. The other four are Dudelange, Jablonec, Sarpsborg and Spartak Trnava. Furthermore, Akhisar and Sarpsborg had never played in Europe before this season. • Standard's Miloš Kosanović played on loan in Turkey for Göztepe in 2017/18 and his team-mate Luis Pedro Cavanda had spells at both Trabzonspor (2015/16) and Galatasaray (2016–2018). • Standard's matchday one defeat at Sevilla was the first time they have conceded five goals away from home in a UEFA match. The coaches • A former goalkeeper who played 58 times for Belgium, Michel Preud'homme started out with Standard, winning two league titles before making further waves with Mechelen, notably in their European Cup Winners' Cup triumph of 1988/89. He has enjoyed similar success as a coach, winning trophies with every club he has managed, most recently the 2015/16 Belgian league with Club Brugge. This is his third spell in charge at Standard. • Cihat Arslan was appointed as Akhisar's new head coach on 25 September, succeeding Safet Sušić. It is his second spell at the club, the first lasting for the duration of the 2015/16 season when he led Akhisar to an eighth-placed finish in the Turkish Süper Lig. A former defender who was a national champion early in his playing career with Galatasaray, he has coached a host of Turkish clubs, most recently Karşiyaka and Adanaspor, bot none in European competition until now. 3 R. Standard de Liège - Akhisar Belediyespor Thursday 4 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Team facts R. Standard de Liège Formed: 1898 Nickname: Les Rouches (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1982) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2009) Belgian Cup: 8 (2018) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2016/17: group stage 2015/16: play-offs 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Standard v Floriana 01/10/81, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Dynamo Dresden v Standard 10/12/80, third round second leg 0-3 on four occasions, most recently v Panathinaikos 03/11/16, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Standard v Arsenal 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Sevilla v Standard 20/09/18, UEFA Europa League group stage 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v Hannover 15/03/12, UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Standard v Ards 19/09/73, first round second leg 5-0: Standard v Portadown 16/09/92, first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Dynamo Dresden v Standard (see above) 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v Panathinaikos (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Standard v Athletic Club 16/12/04, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Sevilla v Standard (see above) 4-0 twice, most recently v Hannover (see above) 4 R. Standard de Liège - Akhisar Belediyespor Thursday 4 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Akhisar Formed: 1970 UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Turkish Cup: 1 (2018) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Akhisar v Krasnodar 20/09/18, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat N/A UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Akhisar v Krasnodar (see above) • Heaviest away defeat N/A 5 R. Standard de Liège - Akhisar Belediyespor Thursday 4 October 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Squad list R. Standard de Liège Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Jean-François Gillet BEL 31/05/1979 39 - - - - - - - 5 - 5 - 13 Guillermo Ochoa MEX 13/07/1985 33 - 2 - 1 - 9 - 1 - 3 - 16 Arnaud Bodart BEL 11/03/1998 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Timothy Galje BEL 05/06/2001 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Réginal Goreux HAI 31/12/1987 30 - - - - - 2 - 13 - 20 - 3 Zinho Vanheusden BEL 29/07/1999 19 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 6 Miloš Kosanović SRB 28/05/1990 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Sébastien Pocognoli BEL 01/08/1987 31 - 1 - - - 4 - 22 1 32 1 21 Collins Fai CMR 13/08/1992 26 - 2 - 1 - 7 1 6 - 8 - 23 Senna Miangue BEL 05/02/1997 21 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 26 Christian Luyindama COD 08/01/1994 24 - 2 - 1 - 8 1 1 - 3 - 29 Luis Cavanda BEL 02/01/1991 27 - 2 - 1 - 7 - 15 - 20 - 37 Trey Ryan Itangishaka BEL 16/03/2001 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Keith Groeneveld BEL 24/06/1999 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Artuur Zutterman BEL 27/03/2001 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Hugo Debenest BEL 06/01/2000 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Uche Agbo NGA 04/12/1995 22 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 8 Gojko Cimirot BIH 19/12/1992 25 - 2 - 1 - 7 - 10 - 32 1 10 Medhi Carcela MAR 01/07/1989 29 - 2 1 1 - 8 1 1 - 3