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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Constant Vanden Stock Stadium - Brussels Thursday 17 September 2015 RSC Anderlecht 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AS Monaco FC Group J - Matchday 1 Last updated 14/09/2015 16:07CET Match background 2 Legend 3 1 RSC Anderlecht - AS Monaco FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match background RSC Anderlecht will look to put an end to a grim run of results against French opponents when they welcome AS Monaco FC in their opening UEFA Europa League Group J game. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Anderlecht's record in 18 UEFA games against French sides is W6 D8 L4 (W4 D3 L2 at home – W2 D5 L2 away). They are without a win in their last five encounters with Ligue 1 sides (D2 L3), which include a 5-0 2013 loss to Paris Saint-Germain FC – their equal-worst European home result to date. • Monaco's four games against Belgian sides have ended W3 D0 L1 (W2 D0 L0 at home – W1 D0 L1 away). They scored 12 goals in those fixtures – and average of three per game. Form guide • Anderlecht have won only one of their last eight European home games (W1 D1 L6). • Monaco scored just seven goals in their ten-game voyage to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals last season; they have already scored ten in four qualifiers this season. • Anderlecht made it through to the round of 32 in all four of their previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, most recently in 2011/12. • Monaco were successful in their only previous UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League group stage campaign, making it to the round of 32 in 2005/06. Trivia and links • The journey from Monaco to Brussels is around 800km. • Monaco's João Moutinho can make his 100th UEFA club competition appearance in the Anderlecht game; team- mate and countryman Ricardo Carvalho starts this game on 100 UEFA club appearances. • Anderlecht's Fabrice N'Sakala (ES Troyes AC), Idrissa Sylla (Le Mans UC 72, SC Bastia) and Guillaume Gillet (SC Bastia) all have French league experience. • Monaco's Nabil Dirar (Diegem Sport, KVC Westerlo, Club Brugge KV) and Adama Traoré (R. Mouscron-Péruwelz) have both played in Belgium. The coaches • Previously assistant coach, Besnik Hasi took sole command at Anderlecht in 2014. Capped 47 times for Albania, his playing career took off after he came to Belgium in 1994, the midfielder winning a title with KRC Genk and another with Anderlecht, where he returned after ending his playing career at Cercle Brugge KSV. • Venezuelan-born Leonardo Jardim has been coach of Monaco since 2014. A coach since he was in his 20s, he led SC Beira-Mar and SC Braga in the top division in Portugal, and then tried his luck in Greece with Olympiacos FC before earning a second-placed Liga finish with a young Sporting Clube de Portugal side in 2013/14. 2 RSC Anderlecht - AS Monaco FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels 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. 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