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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Paolo - Naples Thursday 17 September 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) SSC Napoli Group D - Matchday 1 Club Brugge KV Last updated 06/11/2015 13:36CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SSC Napoli - R. Standard de 1-1 07/11/1979 R2 Naples Damiani 77; Riedl 40 Liège agg: 2-3 Plessers 50, R. Standard de Liège - SSC 24/10/1979 R2 2-1 Liege Sigurvinsson 56 (P); Napoli Capone 25 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Thissen 30, Van Der 20/04/1977 SF RSC Anderlecht - SSC Napoli Brussels agg: 2-1 Elst 58 06/04/1977 SF SSC Napoli - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 Naples Bruscolotti 81 Club Brugge KV - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/2014 GS Torino FC - Club Brugge KV 0-0 Turin 18/09/2014 GS Club Brugge KV - Torino FC 0-0 Bruges UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Mancini 55, Bovo 71; 23/02/2006 R3 AS Roma - Club Brugge KV Rome agg: 4-2 Verheyen 60 Portillo 61; 15/02/2006 R3 Club Brugge KV - AS Roma 1-2 Bruges Vanaudenaerde 44 (og), Perrotta 74 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/11/2005 GS Juventus - Club Brugge KV 1-0 Turin Del Piero 80 Yulu-Matondo 85; 14/09/2005 GS Club Brugge KV - Juventus 1-2 Bruges Nedvěd 66, Trezeguet 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/2003 GS1 Club Brugge KV - AC Milan 0-1 Bruges Kaká 86 22/10/2003 GS1 AC Milan - Club Brugge KV 0-1 Milan Mendoza 33 2 SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 07/11/1990 R2 Club Brugge KV - AC Milan Bruges Carbone 47 agg: 0-1 24/10/1990 R2 AC Milan - Club Brugge KV 0-0 Milan European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Bastijns 3, 12/04/1978 SF Club Brugge KV - Juventus Bruges agg 2-1 (aet) Vandereycken 116 ET 29/03/1978 SF Juventus - Club Brugge KV 1-0 Turin Bettega 86 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Bigon 31, Chiarugi 65; 17/03/1976 QF AC Milan - Club Brugge KV Milan agg: 2-3 Sanders 74 03/03/1976 QF Club Brugge KV - AC Milan 2-0 Bruges Le Fevre 5, Krieger 62 0-1 10/12/1975 R3 AS Roma - Club Brugge KV Rome Lambert 69 agg: 0-2 26/11/1975 R3 Club Brugge KV - AS Roma 1-0 Bruges Cools 42 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 5 Club Brugge KV 8 3 1 4 8 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 16 5 3 8 11 12 3 SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Match background Maurizio Sarri will take charge of SSC Napoli for the first time in European competition as his side take on Club Brugge KV in UEFA Europa League Group D. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA club competition. • Napoli are unbeaten in their two home games against Belgian sides (W1 D1) but lost both of their previous matches in Belgium. • Club Brugge's record in Italy is W2 D2 L4, with the scorelines close in all of those fixtures; they have never lost or won by a margin of more than one goal in Italy. Form guide • Both sides were eliminated by losing finalists FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in last season's UEFA Europa League; Club Brugge in the quarter-finals, Napoli in the semi-finals. • Napoli are unbeaten in 13 European home games (W9 D4) since a shock 3-0 loss to FC Viktoria Plzeň in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League round of 32. • Club Brugge are on a three-game losing streak on the road in UEFA competition. • Napoli made it through to the knockout stage in all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns; Club Brugge have featured at this stage of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League eight times, qualifying three times and missing out five times. Trivia and links • The journey from Naples to Bruges is just over 1400km. • Napoli boast Belgian talent in the form of winger Dries Mertens. • Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina has made 142 UEFA club competition appearances – more than any other player in this season's competition. One more appearance will see him join Edwin van der Sar and Andriy Shevchenko in tenth place on the all time club appearances leaderboard. • Club Brugge's Timmy Simons has made more outfield appearances than any other player in this season's group stage: 118. The coaches • Naples-born Maurizio Sarri came in to replace Rafael Benítez when he left Napoli for Real Madrid CF at the end of last season. Having spent much of his career in the lower leagues, he led Empoli FC up to Serie A in 2013/14, and surprisingly kept them up comfortably last season. • A great goalkeeper in his time, Club Brugge coach Michel Preud'homme has carved out a fine career as a coach, winning titles in Belgium (with R. Standard de Liège) and Saudi Arabia (Al-Shabab). Club Brugge coach since 2013, he led them to Belgian Cup success last season. 4 SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Team facts SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 1989 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1990) Italian Cup: 5 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 32 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 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 5-0: Napoli v KF Vllaznia 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-4: Trabzonspor AŞ v Napoli 19/02/15, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Napoli v FC Viktoria Plzeň 14/02/13, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli 06/12/89, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v KF Vllaznia (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli (see above) 0-4: Trabzonspor AŞ v Napoli (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Napoli v FC Viktoria Plzeň (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli (see above) Club Brugge KV Formed: 1891 Nickname: Blauw-Zwart (Blue and Black) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1978) • UEFA Cup: (1976) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) 5 SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples League title: 13 (2005) Belgian Cup: 11 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: quarter-finals 2013/14: third qualifying round 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: first round 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Club Brugge v Floriana FC 19/09/73, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: ÍA Akranes v Club Brugge 23/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg 0-5: Újpesti TE v Club Brugge 15/09/98, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Club Brugge v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 17/09/09, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: AS Monaco FC v Club Brugge 09/11/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-1: Club Brugge v Olympiakos Nicosia FC 27/09/01, first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: ÍA Akranes v Club Brugge (see above) 0-5: Újpesti TE v Club Brugge (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Club Brugge v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Girondins de Bordeaux v Club Brugge 20/09/12, group stage 6 SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Squad list SSC Napoli Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.