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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Bakcell Arena - Baku Thursday 17 September 2015 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Qäbälä FK Group C - Matchday 1 PAOK FC Last updated 15/12/2015 18:48CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Qäbälä FK - PAOK FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Bakcell Arena, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Qäbälä FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Berg 34, Nano 78; 27/08/2015 PO Panathinaikos FC - Qäbälä FK Athens agg: 2-2 ag Dodô 6, 60 20/08/2015 PO Qäbälä FK - Panathinaikos FC 0-0 Baku PAOK FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PAOK FC 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 Qäbälä FK 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 PAOK FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Qäbälä FK - PAOK FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Bakcell Arena, Baku Match background Qäbäla FK have reason to be proud having made it all the way from the first qualifying round to the UEFA Europa League group stage, with PAOK FC their first Group C visitors. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition and this is PAOK's first encounter with Azerbaijani opponents. • Qäbälä have cause for optimism, having eliminated PAOK's league rivals Panathinaikos FC on away goals in this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs, drawing 0-0 at home and 2-2 in Athens. • Oddly, all four games between Azeri and Greek clubs in UEFA competition have ended in draws – in addition to the two Qäbälä v Panathinaikos games, İnter Bakı PİK and Asteras Tripolis FC drew 1-1 home and away in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. Asteras went through on penalties. Form guide • Qäbälä are unbeaten in four European home games this season (W3 D1) and have not conceded in that run. • PAOK are without a European away win this season (D2 L1). • Qäbälä are making their UEFA group stage debut this season; this is only their second European campaign. • PAOK have featured in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stages in five previous campaigns; they have made it to the knockout phase three times. Trivia and links • The journey from Salonika to Baku – where this game will be played – is just over 2,250km. • Qäbälä and Rosenborg BK are the only sides who have made it all the way from the first qualifying round to the group stage in this season's competition. • Dimitar Berbatov can make his European debut for PAOK; his only previous game in Baku was Bulgaria's 0-0 friendly draw against Azerbaijan in November 2004. He last played in this competition for Tottenham Hotspur FC, in March 2008. The coaches • Qäbälä's Ukrainian coach Roman Grygorchuk made his name in Latvia, where he won three domestic titles with FK Ventspils from 2006-08. He took charge at Qäbälä in December 2014 after a four-year spell at FC Chornomorets Odesa. • PAOK have been led by former Croatia defender Igor Tudor since June. Now 37, he won two league titles with Juventus, and started his coaching career with HNK Hajduk Split – the club where he started and ended his playing career – winning the Croatian Cup in 2013. 3 Qäbälä FK - PAOK FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Bakcell Arena, Baku Team facts Qäbälä FK Formed: 2005 Nickname: Radarlar (The Radars) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: first qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-0: Qäbälä v FK Čukarički 23/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg 2-0: Qäbälä v FC Dinamo Tbilisi 02/07/15, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Qäbälä v NK Široki Brijeg 03/07/14, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: NK Široki Brijeg v Qäbälä 10/07/14, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 2-0: Qäbälä v FK Čukarički (see above) 2-0: Qäbälä v FC Dinamo Tbilisi (see above) • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Qäbälä v NK Široki Brijeg (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: NK Široki Brijeg v Qäbälä (see above) PAOK FC Formed: 1926 Nickname: Dikefalos tou Vora (Two-Headed Eagle of the North) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1985) 4 Qäbälä FK - PAOK FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Bakcell Arena, Baku Greek Cup: 4 (2003) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: PAOK v NK Lokomotiva Zagreb 23/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi v PAOK 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v Udinese Calcio 23/02/12, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Barcelona v PAOK 1/10/75, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: PAOK v NK Lokomotiva Zagreb (see above) • Biggest away win 0-7: FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi v PAOK (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v Udinese Calcio (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Barcelona v PAOK (see above) 5 Qäbälä FK - PAOK FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Bakcell Arena, Baku Squad list Qäbälä FK Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Andriy Popovich AZE 04/04/1992 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Dmytro Bezotosniy UKR 15/11/1983 31 - 8 - - - 3 - 6 - 22 - 33 Dawid Pietrzkiewicz POL 09/02/1988 27 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Vojislav Stanković SRB 22/09/1987 27 - 5 - - - 1 - 6 - 27 - 8 Magomed Mirzabekov AZE 16/11/1990 24 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 15 Vitaliy Vernydub UKR 17/10/1987 27 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 8 - 20 Ricardinho BRA 09/09/1984 31 - 7 - - - - - 6 - 33 - 21 Arif Dashdemirov AZE 10/02/1987 28 - 8 - - - 1 - - - 24 1 34 Urfan Abbasov AZE 14/10/1992 22 S 6 - - - 3 - - - 7 - 44 Rafael BRA 10/11/1984 30 - 7 - - - 3 - - - 9 - Midfielders 5 George Florescu ROU 21/05/1984 31 - 3 - - - - - 6 1 24 3 6 Rashad A. Sadygov AZE 08/10/1983 31 - 8 - - - 1 - 6 1 53 7 10 Dodô BRA 16/10/1987 27 - 8 2 - - 3 - - - 14 2 14 Javid Hüseynov AZE 09/03/1988 27 - 6 3 - - - - - - 14 3 19 Olexiy Gai UKR 06/11/1982 32 - 8 - - - 3 1 25 3 63 6 66 Samir Zargarov AZE 29/08/1986 29 - 3 - - - 3 1 - - 5 - 70 Vagif Javadov AZE 25/05/1989 26 - - - - - - - - - 10 1 88 David Meza ITA 15/08/1988 27 - - - - - - - - - 4 - Forwards 7 Ermin Zec BIH 18/02/1988 27 - 4 - - - 2 1 - - 4 - 9 Sergei Zenjov EST 20/04/1989 26 - 8 2 - - 3 1 4 - 25 5 32 Facundo Pereyra ARG 03/09/1987 28 - - - - - - - 4 - 6 1 69 Olexiy Antonov UKR 08/05/1986 29 - 8 1 - - 4 2 9 2 30 6 Coach - Roman Hrygorchuk UKR 22/03/1965 50 - 8 - - - - - 8 - 54 - 6 Qäbälä FK - PAOK FC Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Bakcell Arena, Baku PAOK FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 25 Robin Olsen SWE 08/01/1990 25 - 5 - - - 3 - - - 17 - 30 Nikos Melissas GRE 24/02/1993 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 71 Panagiotis Glykos GRE 10/10/1986 28 - 1 - - - - - 11 - 18 - Defenders 2 Giannis Skondras GRE 21/02/1990 25 S 3 - - - - - 7 - 15 - 4 Marin Leovac CRO 07/08/1988 27 - - - - - 3 - 5 - 25 2 13 Stelios Malezas GRE 11/03/1985 30 - 1 - - - - - 9 1 19 1 15 Miguel Vítor POR 30/06/1989 26 - 5 - - - 3 1 15 1 30 1 20 Ricardo Costa POR 16/05/1981 34 - 6 1 - - 3 - 25 3 65 6 22 Dimitris Konstantinidis GRE 02/06/1994 21 - 3 1 - - 3 - 1 - 4 1 31 Giorgos Tzavellas GRE 26/11/1987 27 - 5 - - - 2 - 7 - 14 - 70 Stelios Kitsiou GRE 28/09/1993 21 - 5 1 - - 1 - 9 1 20 2 Midfielders 6 Alexandros Tziolis GRE 13/02/1985 30 - 6 - - - 3 1 39 - 60 - 7 Eyal Golasa ISR 07/10/1991 23 - - - - - - - 14 1 36 6 11 Róbert Mak SVK 08/03/1991 24 - 6 6 - - 3 1 2 - 10 7 16 Gojko Cimirot BIH 19/12/1992 22 - - - - - 1 - - - 12 - 21 Charis Charisis GRE 12/01/1995 20 - - -