UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu - Trabzon Thursday 3 October 2013 AŞ 19.00CET (20.00 local time) SS Lazio Group J - Matchday 2 Last updated 16/10/2013 10:32CET

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1 Trabzonspor AŞ - SS Lazio Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (20.00 local time) Match press kit Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu, Trabzon Match background

Trabzonspor AŞ take on SS Lazio again in UEFA Europa League Group J, with the Italian club having come out on top when the teams last met nearly 19 years ago. Previous meetings • The sides faced each other in the third round of the 1994/95 UEFA Cup, where Zdeněk Zeman's Lazio beat Şenol Günes's Trabzonspor 2-1 home and away. • The teams for their previous meeting in Trabzon on 22 November 1994 were: Trabzonspor: Grischko, Lemi Çelik, Aslan Hamdi, Serdar Kemal, Tolunay Kafkas, Abdullah Ercan, Osman Özköylü, Ünal Karaman, Soner Boz, Hami Mandıralı, Orhan Kaynak (Ender Traş 82). Lazio: Marchegiani, Negro, Chamot, Di Matteo (Venturin 83), Bergodi, Cravero, Rambaudi, Fuser (Bacci 89), Casiraghi, Winter, Signori. Match background • Trabzonspor's ten games against Italian clubs stand at W3 D3 L4 (W1 D2 L2 at home – W2 D1 L2 in Italy). • Lazio's ten fixtures against Turkish selections stand at W6 D2 L2 (W3 D2 L0 in – W3 D0 L2 in Turkey). • Trabzonspor are making their debut in the UEFA Europa League group stage, though they played in the 2011/12 round of 32 after finishing third in their section in their maiden UEFA Champions League campaign. • Following a 2-1 win at Apollon Limassol FC on matchday one, Trabzonspor are unbeaten in regular and extra time in nine European games (W6 D3), including victories in five of their six games in qualifying this season. • This is Lazio's fifth group stage campaign; they missed the cut in their first two, in 2004/05 and 2009/10, but reached the 2011/12 round of 32 and last season's quarter-finals. • Lazio beat Legia Warszawa 1-0 on matchday one. Their 2-0 loss at Fenerbahçe SK in last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals – their most recent continental away fixture – ended Lazio's six-game unbeaten run on the road (W3 D3). Team facts • Trabzonspor Didier Zokora and Lazio counterpart Abdoulay Konko were team-mates at Sevilla FC in 2009/10. • Trabzonspor's Paulo Henrique was the most prolific scorer in UEFA Europa League qualifying this season with seven goals in six games. • Lazio's midfielder Lorik Cana spent the 2010/11 season in Turkey at Galatasaray AŞ. • Lazio coach Vladimir Petković also knows Turkish football, having managed Samsunspor from 2011–12. Coach information • Trabzonspor's Mustafa Akçay spent several spells observing AFC Ajax at close hand during his coach education. He made his name by winning promotion to the second tier with TKİ Tavşanlı Linyitspor in 2009/10; their survival at that level the following season prompted Trabzonspor's feeder club 1461 Trabzon to take him on. Their third-place finish in the same division last term earned the trainer a move to Trabzonspor in summer 2013. • Hired in summer 2012, Petković led Lazio to the in his first season in charge. Nicknamed Il Dottore (The Doctor), the Sarajevo-born coach reportedly speaks eight languages and has spent most of his career in as a midfielder and then a coach. Prior to joining Lazio, he took BSC Young Boys to the UEFA Europa League group stage and reached the last eight with the Biancocelesti last season.

2 Trabzonspor AŞ - SS Lazio Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (20.00 local time) Match press kit Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadyumu, Trabzon 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 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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