UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 0-1) Estádio Municipal de Braga - Braga Thursday 17 March 2016 SC Braga 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Fenerbahçe SK Round of 16, Second leg Last updated 16/03/2016 04:10CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 16 Legend 18 1 SC Braga - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 17 March 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/03/2016 R16 Fenerbahçe SK - SC Braga 1-0 Istanbul Mehmet Topal 82 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SC Braga 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 Fenerbahçe SK 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 SC Braga - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mossoró 32; Burak 05/12/2012 GS SC Braga - Galatasaray AŞ 1-2 Braga Yılmaz 58, Aydın Yılmaz 78 Rúben Micael 27, 02/10/2012 GS Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga 0-2 Istanbul Alan 90+4 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 23/02/2012 R32 Beşiktaş JK - SC Braga Istanbul Lima 25 agg: 2-1 14/02/2012 R32 SC Braga - Beşiktaş JK 0-2 Braga Sivok 37, Simão 58 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Matheus 45, Linz 57, 26/07/2008 R3 SC Braga - Sivasspor Braga agg: 5-0 Aguiar 70 (P) 20/07/2008 R3 Sivasspor - SC Braga 0-2 Sivas Linz 45+1, Moisés 78 Fenerbahçe SK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Gaitán 9, Cardozo 35, 02/05/2013 SF SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK Lisbon agg: 3-2 66; Kuyt 23 (P) 25/04/2013 SF Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica 1-0 Istanbul Egemen Korkmaz 72 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kazım-Richards 63; 25/11/2008 GS Fenerbahçe SK - FC Porto 1-2 Istanbul Lisandro 19, 28 Lisandro 10, Lucho 17/09/2008 GS FC Porto - Fenerbahçe SK 3-1 Porto González 13, Lino 90+2; Güiza 29 2 SC Braga - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 17 March 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Silva 32, Basaula 79; 2-3 Santos 6 (og), 03/10/1990 R1 Vitória SC - Fenerbahçe SK Guimaraes agg: 2-6 Yetkiner 9, Kocaman 25 Vokri 35, Sofuoglu 40, 19/09/1990 R1 Fenerbahçe SK - Vitória SC 3-0 Istanbul Çorlu 63 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 01/10/1975 R1 Fenerbahçe SK - SL Benfica Izmir Verel 75 agg: 1-7 Shéu 22, Nené 33, 17/09/1975 R1 SL Benfica - Fenerbahçe SK 7-0 Lisbon 43, 72, Rui Jordão 60, 75, 84 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SC Braga 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 3 9 5 Fenerbahçe SK 5 4 0 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 5 0 4 12 17 3 SC Braga - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 17 March 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Match background Fenerbahçe SK's significant Portuguese contingent face a long journey home for the conclusion of their UEFA Europa League round of 16 tie with SC Braga. Previous meetings • Mehmet Topal's late goal secured a 1-0 win for Fenerbahçe in the sides' first UEFA meeting. It was Braga's first defeat in four trips to Turkey (W3 L1). • Braga's record in seven UEFA games against Turkish clubs is W4 D0 L3 (W1 D0 L2 at home – W3 D0 L1 in Turkey). They have lost their two most recent home meetings with Turkish sides. • Fenerbahçe's record in nine matches against Portuguese teams is W5 D0 L4 (W4 D0 L1 at home – W1 D0 L3 in Portugal). They have lost both of their two games in Portugal this century by 3-1 margins. Form guide • Braga are unbeaten at home in Europe this season (W3 D1), but only once in 14 UEFA home matches since they reached the 2011 UEFA Europa League final have they won by a margin of more than one goal – beating NK Maribor 5-1 in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Fenerbahçe's away record this season suggests they should hang on for an aggregate victory; they are unbeaten in five UEFA Europa League games on the road (W2 D3). • Braga are through to the round of 16 for the first time since their finest campaign in Europe, when they were losing UEFA Europa League finalists in 2011 – having transferred over after the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Fenerbahçe went all the way to the semi-finals when they last contested the round of 16 in 2012/13. That was their best ever campaign in this competition. Trivia and links • The journey from Istanbul to Braga is around 3,100km, making Fenerbahçe's the longest trip of matchday ten by some distance. • Fenerbahçe midfielder Raul Meireles turns 33 the day of the second leg. • Three Portuguese players represent Fenerbahçe: Meireles, Nani and Bruno Alves. • Both the clubs' coaches – and a good number of their players – have been at FC Porto: Braga's Alan (2005–08), André Pinto (2008–12), Josué (2013–14) and Fenerbahçe's Meireles (2004–10), Diego (2004–06), Souza (2010–12), Alves (2001–10), while Fabiano (2012–) and Abdoulaye Ba (2010–) are both on loan to the Yellow Canaries from the Portuguese outfit. • Braga boss Paulo Fonseca replaced Vítor Pereira as Porto coach in summer 2013. He coached Fenerbahçe's Fabiano and Ba during his time in the Porto dug-out, from 2013–14. • Fenerbahçe coach Pereira led Porto from 2011–13, with Fenerbahçe's André Pinto one of his players at the Estadio do Dragão. The coaches • Appointed to the Braga hot seat last summer, former defender Paulo Fonseca, 43, had a low-key playing career. Having made his name in the second division as boss of CD Aves, Fonseca twice coached FC Paços de Ferreira in the top flight either side of a stint at Porto, where he was once on the books as a player. • Fenerbahçe boss since June, Portuguese technician Pereira was André Villas-Boas's assistant when Porto claimed the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League. The 47-year-old later landed two league titles as the Dragons' coach and a domestic double in Greece with Olympiacos FC in 2014/15. He hails from Espinho, which is about an hour's drive south of Braga. Penalty shoot-outs • Braga won their only previous UEFA penalty shoot-out: W 5-4 A v Udinese Calcio (2012/13 UEFA Champions League play-offs) • Fenerbahçe won their only previous UEFA penalty shoot-out: W 3-2 A v Sevilla FC (2007/08 UEFA Champions League round of 16) 4 SC Braga - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 17 March 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Team facts SC Braga Formed: 1921 Nickname: Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenal fans) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Europa League: (2011) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Portuguese Cup: 1 (1966) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-2: Galatasaray AŞ v Braga 02/10/12, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 28/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC 19/09/84, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal FC v Braga 15/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga (see above) 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga (see above) Fenerbahçe SK 5 SC Braga - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 17 March 2016 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Formed: 1907 Nickname: Sarı Kanaryalar (Yellow Canaries) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 19 (2014) Turkish Cup: 6 (2013) 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 play-offs 2012/13: UEFA Europa League semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz PFK 09/08/94, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v MTK Budapest 06/08/08, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat