UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Euroborg - Thursday 17 September 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Groningen Group F - Matchday 1 Olympique de Marseille Last updated 16/02/2016 18:21CET

Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 14 Legend 15

1 FC Groningen - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen

Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Groningen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Montpellier Hérault SC - FC Deplace 11, Rouviere 19/07/1997 GS 3-0 Montpellier Groningen 27, Alicarte 64

Olympique de Marseille - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Enoh 33, Sulejmani AFC Ajax - Olympique de 2-2 18/03/2009 R16 Amsterdam 74; Niang 35, Mears Marseille agg 3-4 (aet) 110 ET Olympique de Marseille - AFC Cheyrou 19, Niang 12/03/2009 R16 2-1 Marseille Ajax 33; Suárez 36 (P) 0-1 FC Twente - Olympique de 26/02/2009 R3 agg: 1-1 (aet, 6- Enschede Ben Arfa 24 Marseille 7pens) Olympique de Marseille - FC 19/02/2009 R3 0-1 Marseille Arnautovic 22 Twente

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - PSV Koné 30, Niang 63, 04/11/2008 GS 3-0 Marseille Eindhoven 71 PSV Eindhoven - Olympique de 22/10/2008 GS 2-0 Eindhoven Koevermans 71, 85 Marseille

UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - sc 24/11/2005 GS 1-0 Marseille Taiwo 88 (P) Heerenveen

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Olympique de Marseille - 22/03/2000 GS2 0-0 Marseille Feyenoord - Olympique de Cruz 72, 90+3, 07/12/1999 GS2 3-0 Rotterdam Marseille Bosvelt 83

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AFC Ajax - Olympique de 1-2 Larsson 22; Papin 64, 20/04/1988 SF Amsterdam Marseille agg: 4-2 K. Allofs 90+1

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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Olympique de Marseille - AFC Witschge 11, 41, 06/04/1988 SF 0-3 Marseille Ajax Bergkamp 88

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cruyff 32, 64, Swart AFC Ajax - Olympique de 4-1 03/11/1971 R2 Amsterdam 37, Haan 80; Marseille agg: 6-2 Couécou 17 Olympique de Marseille - AFC Gress 10; Keizer 37, 20/10/1971 R2 1-2 Marseille Ajax Cruyff 68

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 Olympique de Marseille 7 3 1 3 6 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 13 5 2 6 13 19

3 FC Groningen - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Match background

FC Groningen embark on their first UEFA Europa League group stage campaign with a somewhat intimidating home game against 1993 European champions Olympique de Marseille in Group F. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in European competition. • Groningen's only previous encounter with French opponents was a 3-0 1997 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage loss at Montpellier Hérault SC. • Marseille's 13 matches against Dutch sides ended W5 D2 L6 (W3 D1 L3 at home - W2 D1 L3 in the ). Their most recent memories of the Netherlands are positive ones: Tyrone Mears scored an extra-time goal to earn them a 2-2 draw at AFC Ajax – and a 4-3 aggregate win – in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 16. Form guide • Groningen are without a win in their last four European games – W0 D3 L1 • Marseille are without a win in ten European games (D1 L9), with their most recent European campaign in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stage ending point-less. They have not won in six European away games (D1 L5) since a 2-1 win at FC Sheriff in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Groningen are featuring in the group stage of a major UEFA competition for the first time. They are set to match their longest-ever European campaign with their six Group F games, having also played six matches by reaching the third round of the 1988/89 UEFA Cup. • Marseille have featured in this group stage in two previous campaigns; they made it through to the 2005/06 UEFA Cup round of 32, but missed the cut in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League. Trivia and links • The journey from Marseille to Groningen is just over 1,100km, from the Mediterranean to within a few kilometres of the North Sea. • Marseille defender Paolo De Ceglie – on loan from Juventus – turns 29 on the day of the Groningen game. • Groningen midfielder Hedwiges Maduro can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance on matchday one. The former AFC Ajax man returned to the Netherlands this summer after spells with Valencia CF, Sevilla FC and PAOK FC. • Marseille boast Dutch talent in the form of centre-back Karim Rekik; the 20-year-old former Feyenoord trainee came to France this summer from Manchester City FC. He spent the last two seasons on loan at PSV Eindhoven, with whom he won the 2014/15 title. The coaches • Previously assistant coach, Erwin van de Looi took sole command at Groningen in 2013; they qualified for Europe in his first season, and last time out won their first Dutch Cup. A former Dutch Under-21 international, he played UEFA Cup football with Vitesse, ending his injury-ravaged playing days at Groningen in 2002. • Míchel replaced Marcelo Bielsa as Marseille coach in August 2015. A two-time UEFA Cup winner with Real Madrid CF in the 1980s, he has coached Getafe CF and Sevilla FC in his native Spain, and came to France after leading Olympiacos FC to three successive domestic titles in Greece.

4 FC Groningen - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Team facts

FC Groningen Formed: 1971 Nickname: Trots van het Noorden (Pride of the North) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Dutch Cup: 1 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: second 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: first round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Groningen v Galway United FC 16/09/86, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: JK Trans Narva v Groningen 29/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Groningen v VfB Stuttgart 22/11/98, third round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v Groningen 02/11/83, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-1: Groningen v Galway United FC (see above)

• Biggest away win 1-3: Galway United FC v Groningen 01/10/86, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Groningen v VfB Stuttgart (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v Groningen (see above)

Olympique de Marseille Formed: 1899 Nicknames: Les Olympiens (The Olympians), Les Phocéens (The Phocians), OM UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup (1): (1991), 1993 • UEFA Cup: (1999), (2004) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2005 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 (2010)

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French Cup: 10 (1989) League Cup: 3 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2006/07: first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2005/06: round of 16 (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-1: Marseille v US Luxembourg 03/10/73, UEFA Cup first round second leg 6-0: Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva 17/03/93, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest away win 0-7: MŠK Žilina v Marseille 03/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Marseille v Liverpool FC 11/12/07, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: 1. FC Köln v Marseille 06/11/73, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-1: Marseille v US Luxembourg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: US Luxembourg v Marseille 18/09/73, first round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 1-2 twice, most recently v SL Benfica 18/03/10, round of 16 first leg 0-1 four times, most recently v Fenerbahçe SK 22/11/12, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: 1. FC Köln v Marseille (see above)

6 FC Groningen - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Squad list

FC Groningen Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sergio Padt NED 06/06/1990 25 - - - 5 - - - 5 - 26 Peter van der Vlag NED 05/12/1977 37 ------30 Stefan Van Der Lei NED 05/03/1993 22 ------40 Jeroen Gies GER 23/01/1995 20 ------Defenders 2 Johan Kappelhof NED 05/08/1990 25 - - - 4 - - - 2 - 3 Kasper Larsen DEN 25/01/1993 22 - - - 2 - - - - - 5 Lorenzo Burnet NED 11/01/1991 24 - - - 3 - - - 2 - 6 Etienne Reijnen NED 05/04/1987 28 - - - 3 - 9 - 11 - 28 Abel Tamata NED 05/12/1990 24 - - - 2 - 6 - 11 - 33 Hans Hateboer NED 09/01/1994 21 - - - 5 - - - 2 - 34 Roland Baas NED 02/03/1996 19 ------35 Glenn Bijl NED 13/07/1995 20 ------37 Desevio Payne NED 30/11/1995 19 ------42 Daro Faraj NED 14/03/1996 19 ------47 Jim De Leeuw NED 05/01/1996 19 ------50 Keziah Veendorp NED 17/02/1997 18 ------Midfielders 8 NED 07/10/1986 28 - - - 5 1 - - 1 - 10 Albert Rusnák SVK 07/07/1994 21 - - - 4 - - - - - 14 Mimoun Mahi NED 13/03/1994 21 - - - 5 3 - - - - 17 Jesper Drost NED 11/01/1993 22 - - - 4 - - - 2 - 21 Rasmus Lindgren SWE 29/11/1984 30 - - - 2 - 18 - 35 1 22 SWE 07/09/1994 21 - - - 5 - - - - - 23 Hedwiges Maduro NED 13/02/1985 30 - - - 2 - 29 1 49 1 24 Tom Hiariej NED 25/07/1988 27 - - - 4 - - - - - 38 Juninho Bacuna NED 07/08/1997 18 ------43 Willem Gootjes NED 30/07/1996 19 ------44 Ajdin Hrustic ROU 05/07/1996 19 ------49 Niels Stenekes NED 17/04/1996 19 ------52 Robbert De Vos NED 26/05/1996 19 ------Forwards 7 Jarchinio Antonia NED 27/12/1990 24 - - - 4 - - - 2 - 9 Danny Hoesen NED 15/01/1991 24 - - - 4 1 - - 8 2 11 Bryan Linssen NED 08/10/1990 24 - - - 5 1 - - - - 19 Dino Islamoviс SWE 17/01/1994 21 ------1 - 46 Gijs Jasper NED 15/11/1996 18 ------48 Kasper Olderburger NED 12/02/1996 19 ------51 Pier Veldman NED 18/06/1996 19 ------

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FC Groningen Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA Coach - Erwin Van De Looi NED 25/02/1972 43 ------2 -

8 FC Groningen - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen

Olympique de Marseille Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 16 Yohann Pelé FRA 04/11/1982 32 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 30 Steve Mandanda FRA 28/03/1985 30 - - - 5 - 19 - 66 - 40 Florian Escales FRA 03/02/1996 19 ------Defenders 2 Javi Manquillo ESP 05/05/1994 21 - - - 3 - 3 - 8 - 3 Nicolas Nkoulou CMR 27/03/1990 25 - - - 4 - 3 - 22 - 4 Karim Rekik NED 02/12/1994 20 - - - 5 - 8 - 14 - 6 Rolando POR 31/08/1985 30 - - - - - 21 2 46 4 12 Gael Andonian ARM 07/02/1995 20 ------15 Stéphane Sparagna FRA 17/02/1995 20 - - - 4 - - - - - 23 Benjamin Mendy FRA 17/07/1994 21 - - - 5 1 - - 2 - 25 Paolo De Ceglie ITA 17/09/1986 28 - - - 1 - 6 - 17 - 26 Brice Dja Djedjé CIV 23/12/1990 24 - - - 2 - - - - - 34 Alphousseyni Sané FRA 17/01/1996 19 ------35 Gabriel Dubois FRA 04/03/1996 19 ------Midfielders 8 Lucas Silva BRA 16/02/1993 22 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 10 Lassana Diarra FRA 10/03/1985 30 - - - 3 1 7 - 41 1 11 Romain Alessandrini FRA 03/04/1989 26 - - - 5 3 - - - - 13 Rémy Cabella FRA 08/03/1990 25 - - - 3 - - - 6 - 14 Georges-Kévin N'Koudou FRA 13/02/1995 20 - - - 2 - - - - - 17 Bouna Sarr FRA 31/01/1992 23 - - - 4 - - - - - 18 Mauricio Isla CHI 12/06/1988 27 - - - - - 19 - 30 - 19 Abdelaziz Barrada FRA 19/06/1989 26 - - - 4 1 - - - - 20 Alaixys Romao TGO 18/01/1984 31 - - - 3 - - - 5 - 29 André Zambo Anguissa CMR 16/11/1995 19 ------36 Maxime Lopez FRA 04/12/1997 17 ------39 Michel Araai FRA 29/04/1996 19 ------41 Anthony Gimenes FRA 09/02/1996 19 ------Forwards 7 Lucas Ocampos ARG 11/07/1994 21 - - - 5 1 - - 6 1 22 Michy Batshuayi BEL 02/10/1993 21 - - - 5 3 12 1 18 3 31 Billel Omrani FRA 02/06/1993 22 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 32 Bilal Boutobba FRA 29/08/1998 17 ------37 Samad Mouhammadou CMR 13/01/1995 20 ------38 Jeremie Porsan-Clemente FRA 16/12/1997 17 ------Coach - Míchel ESP 23/03/1963 52 - - - - - 8 - 24 -

9 FC Groningen - Olympique de Marseille Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Fixtures and results

FC Groningen Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 12/08/2015 League FC Twente (H) D 1-1 De Leeuw 84 16/08/2015 League PSV Eindhoven (A) L 0-2 21/08/2015 League SBV Excelsior (H) W 2-0 Mahi 70, 86 29/08/2015 League FC Utrecht (A) L 0-2 13/09/2015 League (H) W 3-1 Hoesen 1, Linssen 16, Mahi 82 17/09/2015 UEL Olympique de Marseille (H) 20/09/2015 League AZ Alkmaar (H) 23/09/2015 Cup FC Twente (H) 26/09/2015 League AFC Ajax (A) 01/10/2015 UEL SC Braga (A) 04/10/2015 League Vitesse (A) 17/10/2015 League Willem II (H) 22/10/2015 UEL FC Slovan Liberec (A) 25/10/2015 League NEC Nijmegen (A) 31/10/2015 League PEC Zwolle (H) 05/11/2015 UEL FC Slovan Liberec (H) 08/11/2015 League SC Cambuur (A) 21/11/2015 League (A) 26/11/2015 UEL Olympique de Marseille (A) 29/11/2015 League ADO Den Haag (H) 06/12/2015 League Roda JC (A) 10/12/2015 UEL SC Braga (H) 13/12/2015 League Feyenoord (H) 19/12/2015 League (A) 17/01/2016 League FC Utrecht (H) 22/01/2016 League NEC Nijmegen (H) 26/01/2016 League Willem II (A) 30/01/2016 League PEC Zwolle (A) 07/02/2016 League SC Cambuur (H) 14/02/2016 League AFC Ajax (H) 20/02/2016 League AZ Alkmaar (A) 27/02/2016 League FC Twente (A) 05/03/2016 League PSV Eindhoven (H) 12/03/2016 League SBV Excelsior (A) 20/03/2016 League Vitesse (H) 03/04/2016 League ADO Den Haag (A) 10/04/2016 League De Graafschap (H) 16/04/2016 League Feyenoord (A) 19/04/2016 League Roda JC (H) 01/05/2016 League sc Heerenveen (A) 08/05/2016 League Heracles Almelo (H)

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Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 AFC Ajax 5 4 1 0 14 2 13 2 Heracles Almelo 5 4 0 1 13 4 12 3 Feyenoord 5 4 0 1 9 5 12 4 PSV Eindhoven 5 3 2 0 14 4 11 5 PEC Zwolle 5 3 2 0 11 4 11 6 Roda JC 5 3 1 1 5 4 10 7 FC Utrecht 5 2 2 1 8 6 8 8 Vitesse 5 2 1 2 9 6 7 9 FC Groningen 5 2 1 2 6 6 7 10 NEC Nijmegen 5 2 1 2 2 5 7 11 sc Heerenveen 5 1 3 1 7 7 6 12 ADO Den Haag 5 1 2 2 7 9 5 13 AZ Alkmaar 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 14 SBV Excelsior 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 15 Willem II 5 0 2 3 1 6 2 16 FC Twente 5 0 2 3 5 11 2 17 SC Cambuur 5 0 1 4 4 20 1 18 De Graafschap 5 0 0 5 2 13 0

Olympique de Marseille Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 08/08/2015 League SM Caen (H) L 0-1 16/08/2015 League Stade de Reims (A) L 0-1 Barrada 19, L. Diarra 47, Batshuayi 56, 90, 23/08/2015 League ES Troyes AC (H) W 6-0 Ocampos 63, Alessandrini 87 28/08/2015 League EA Guingamp (A) L 0-2 B. Mendy 15, Alessandrini 46, 66, 13/09/2015 League SC Bastia (H) W 4-1 Batshuayi 70 17/09/2015 UEL FC Groningen (A) 20/09/2015 League Olympique Lyonnais (H) 23/09/2015 League Toulouse FC (A) 27/09/2015 League Angers SCO (H) 01/10/2015 UEL FC Slovan Liberec (H) 04/10/2015 League Paris Saint-Germain (A) 17/10/2015 League FC Lorient (H) 22/10/2015 UEL SC Braga (A) 24/10/2015 League LOSC Lille (A) 31/10/2015 League FC Nantes (A) 05/11/2015 UEL SC Braga (H) 07/11/2015 League OGC Nice (H) 21/11/2015 League AS Saint-Étienne (A) 26/11/2015 UEL FC Groningen (H) 29/11/2015 League AS Monaco FC (H) 02/12/2015 League Stade Rennais FC (A) 05/12/2015 League Montpellier Hérault SC (H) 10/12/2015 UEL FC Slovan Liberec (A)

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Olympique de Marseille 12/12/2015 League Gazélec Ajaccio (H) 19/12/2015 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) 09/01/2016 League EA Guingamp (H) 16/01/2016 League SM Caen (A) 23/01/2016 League Olympique Lyonnais (A) 30/01/2016 League LOSC Lille (H) 03/02/2016 League Montpellier Hérault SC (A) 06/02/2016 League Paris Saint-Germain (H) 13/02/2016 League OGC Nice (A) 20/02/2016 League AS Saint-Étienne (H) 27/02/2016 League Gazélec Ajaccio (A) 05/03/2016 League Toulouse FC (H) 12/03/2016 League FC Lorient (A) 19/03/2016 League Stade Rennais FC (H) 02/04/2016 League SC Bastia (A) FC Girondins de Bordeaux 09/04/2016 League (H) 16/04/2016 League AS Monaco FC (A) 24/04/2016 League FC Nantes (H) 30/04/2016 League Angers SCO (A) 07/05/2016 League Stade de Reims (H) 14/05/2016 League ES Troyes AC (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 5 4 1 0 9 2 13 2 Stade Rennais FC 5 4 0 1 9 4 12 3 Stade de Reims 5 3 1 1 9 5 10 4 AS Saint-Étienne 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 5 SM Caen 5 3 0 2 6 7 9 6 Olympique Lyonnais 5 2 2 1 6 2 8 7 Angers SCO 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 8 AS Monaco FC 5 2 2 1 4 5 8 9 SC Bastia 5 2 1 2 8 8 7 10 FC Nantes 5 2 1 2 2 4 7 11 Olympique de Marseille 5 2 0 3 10 5 6 12 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 5 1 3 1 6 5 6 13 LOSC Lille 5 1 3 1 1 1 6 14 EA Guingamp 5 2 0 3 3 5 6 15 OGC Nice 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 16 Toulouse FC 5 1 2 2 6 8 5 17 FC Lorient 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 18 ES Troyes AC 5 0 3 2 4 12 3 19 Montpellier Hérault SC 5 0 1 4 1 6 1 20 Gazélec Ajaccio 5 0 1 4 0 6 1

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UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group F Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Slovan Liberec 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olympique de Marseille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (17/09/2015) FC Groningen-Olympique de Marseille Matchday 2 (01/10/2015) SC Braga-FC Groningen Matchday 3 (22/10/2015) FC Slovan Liberec-FC Groningen Matchday 4 (05/11/2015) FC Groningen-FC Slovan Liberec Matchday 5 (26/11/2015) Olympique de Marseille-FC Groningen Matchday 6 (10/12/2015) FC Groningen-SC Braga Olympique de Marseille

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Matchday 1 (17/09/2015) FC Groningen-Olympique de Marseille Matchday 2 (01/10/2015) Olympique de Marseille-FC Slovan Liberec Matchday 3 (22/10/2015) SC Braga-Olympique de Marseille Matchday 4 (05/11/2015) Olympique de Marseille-SC Braga Matchday 5 (26/11/2015) Olympique de Marseille-FC Groningen Matchday 6 (10/12/2015) FC Slovan Liberec-Olympique de Marseille

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Referee Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR) Assistant referees Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR) , Serhiy Bekker (UKR) Additional assistant referees Anatoliy Abdula (UKR) , Anatolii Zhabchenko (UKR) Fourth official Oleg Pluzhnyk (UKR) UEFA Referee observer Ray Ellingham (WAL)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Yevhen Aranovskiy 13/10/1976 13 27

Ievgenii Aranovskyi Referee since: 1995 First division: 2009 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: N/A

Finals N/A

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 24/10/2013 UEL GS FC Shakhter Karagandy AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Astana 28/08/2014 UEL PO AS Saint-Étienne Kardemir Karabükspor 1-0 Saint-Etienne

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 24/10/2013 UEL GS FC Shakhter Karagandy AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Astana 28/08/2014 UEL PO AS Saint-Étienne Kardemir Karabükspor 1-0 Saint-Etienne

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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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