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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium - Baku Thursday 20 October 2016 Qarabağ FK 19.00CET (21.00 local time) PAOK FC Group J - Matchday 3 Last updated 20/02/2017 14:28CET 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 Qarabağ FK - PAOK FC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Qarabağ FK have not played against a club from their opponents' country PAOK FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/2015 GS PAOK FC - Gabala SC 0-0 Salonika 17/09/2015 GS Gabala SC - PAOK FC 0-0 Baku Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Qarabağ FK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PAOK FC 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 Qarabağ FK - PAOK FC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Match background Qarabağ can take encouragement from the results of PAOK's previous games against Azerbaijani opponents as they prepare to face the 'Two-Headed Eagle of the North' in Group J. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time, and this is Qarabağ's first experience of Greek opposition. • PAOK played Gabala in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage, with both matches against the Azeri team ending 0-0. Form guide • Astra and Qarabağ have the worst defensive records so far in this group stage, with seven goals conceded each. • Qarabağ are featuring in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the third campaign running but have yet to make it to the round of 32. • PAOK are unbeaten in four European away games (W3 D1) and are regarded as draw specialists at this level. Four of their last eight group-stage fixtures have ended goalless. PAOK are joint top of the UEFA Europa League's charts for both draws (16, with Lazio) and goalless draws (7, with Liverpool). • The Salonika outfit have qualified from three of their previous six UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Salonika to Baku is around 2,300km. • PAOK forward Stefanos Athanasiadis can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance in this game. • Qarabağ goalkeeper Bojan Šaranov (Ergotelis, 2015) and midfielder Míchel (AEK Athens, 2011) have played club football in Greece. • PAOK striker Facundo Pereyra spent last season in Azerbaijan with Gabala; he came off the bench to figure in their 0-0 UEFA Europa League draw at home to PAOK. • Former team-mates: Dino Ndlovu (Qarabağ) & Efthymis Koulouris (PAOK) – Anorthosis, 2015–16 The coaches • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's highest-scoring international with 12 goals in 62 games and played in Russia and Ukraine as well as Azerbaijan. Coach since 2008, he has led Qarabağ to domestic championships in the last three campaigns. • Vladimir Ivić took charge at PAOK in March this year following a spell as the club's youth coach. An attacking midfielder, he won three Serbian titles with Partizan and played for AEK Athens and Aris Thessaloniki before a four- season PAOK stint. 3 Qarabağ FK - PAOK FC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Team facts Qarabağ FK Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 4 (2016) Azerbaijani Cup: 5 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs 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: first qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta 22/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Banga v Qarabağ 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Qarabağ v København 27/08/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying phase second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: København v Qarabağ 13/08/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying phase first leg 6-0: Montpellier v Qarabağ 10/07/99, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Banga v Qarabağ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Qarabağ v Jablonec 30/07/97, first qualifying phase second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Jablonec v Qarabağ 23/07/97, first qualifying phase first leg 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) 4 Qarabağ FK - PAOK FC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku League title: 2 (1985) Greek Cup: 4 (2003) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage 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 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 Qarabağ FK - PAOK FC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku Squad list Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Bojan Šaranov SRB 22/10/1987 28 - - - - - - - 2 - 10 - 23 - Shakhrudin 12 AZE 12/06/1994 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Magomedaliyev 13 Ibrahim Šehić BIH 02/09/1988 28 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 5 - 14 - 34 - Defenders 5 Maksim Medvedev AZE 29/09/1989 27 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 4 2 13 - 52 - 14 Rashad F. Sadygov AZE 16/06/1982 34 - 4 - 2 1 2 1 4 - 14 1 79 7 18 Ilgar Gurbanov TUR 25/04/1986 30 - 1 - - - - - 5 1 4 - 20 - 21 Arif Dashdemirov AZE 10/02/1987 29 - - - - - - - 6 - 6 - 30 1 25 Ansi Agolli ALB 11/10/1982 34 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 13 - 56 2 32 Elvin Yunuszadä AZE 22/08/1992 24 S 1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 22 - 33 Eltun Turabov AZE 18/02/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Badavi Hüseynov AZE 11/07/1991 25 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 13 - 31 - Midfielders 2 Gara Garayev AZE 12/10/1992 24 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 13 - 45 - 8 Míchel ESP 08/11/1985 30 * 4 - 2 - 2 1 8 2 4 1 10 1 10 Muarem Muarem MKD 22/10/1988 27 - 4 1 2 1 2 - 6 1 8 1 32 5 15 Rahid Amirguliyev AZE 01/09/1989 27 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 2 1 - 18 1 20 Richard Almeida BRA 20/03/1989 27 - 4 2 2 - 2 - 7 - 14 2 39 7 22 Afran Ismayilov AZE 08/10/1988 28 - 4 - - - 2 - 4 - 8 - 30 6 34 Salman Cafarov AZE 04/11/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67 Alharbi El Jadeyaoui FRA 08/08/1986 30 - 1 - - - - - 1 1 4 - 11 - 91 Joshgun Diniyev AZE 13/09/1995 21 - 1 - - - - - 7 - 1 - 7 - 99 Dani Quintana ESP 08/03/1987 29 - 4 - 2 1 2 - 7 2 8 1 20 2 Forwards 6 Dino Ndlovu RSA 15/02/1990 26 - - - 1 - 2 1 5 1 7 2 14 3 9 Reynaldo BRA 24/08/1989 27 - 4 1 2 - 2 - 6 4 8 - 38 11 11 Mahir Madatov AZE 01/07/1997 19 - 3 - - - 1 - 5 1 1 - 4 - 17 Namik Alaskarov AZE 03/02/1995 21 - - - 2 - - - 5 - 4 - 7 - 71 Vüqar Nadirov AZE 15/06/1987 29 - - - - - - - 1 - 6 1 36 5 Coach - Gurban Gurbanov AZE 13/04/1972 44 - 4 - 2 - 2 - - - 14 - 59 - 6 Qarabağ FK - PAOK FC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Tofig Bahramov Republican stadium, Baku PAOK FC Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.