UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Maksimir - Zagreb Thursday 20 September 2018 21.00CET (21.00 local time) GNK Dinamo Zagreb Group D - Matchday 1 Fenerbahçe SK Last updated 15/03/2019 11:53CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 20 September 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Trabzonspor AŞ - GNK Dinamo 1-1 02/10/1991 R1 Trabzon Aslan 65; Petrovic 42 Zagreb agg: 4-3 Petrovic 60 (P), 81 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - (P); Cyzio 25, Hami 17/09/1991 R1 2-3 Klagenfurt Trabzonspor AŞ Mandıralı 39, Ünal Karaman 55 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Beşiktaş 2-0 05/10/1988 R1 Zagreb Mihajlović 40, 65 (P) JK agg: 2-1 Beşiktaş JK - GNK Dinamo 07/09/1988 R1 1-0 Istanbul Feyyaz Uçar 4 Zagreb Fenerbahçe SK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Fenerbahçe SK have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 5 5 Fenerbahçe SK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 20 September 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Match background Dinamo Zagreb and Fenerbahçe both aim to get their European season back on track in the UEFA Europa League group stage after disappointment in the UEFA Champions League qualifying phase. Despite the clubs' continental pedigree, they have never previously crossed swords in a competitive match. Previous meetings • This will be Fenerbahçe's first European encounter with a Croatian club. • Dinamo's two ties with Turkish opposition came when the club was representing Yugoslavia, a victory over Beşiktaş in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup first round followed by defeat at the same stage of the same competition against Trabzonspor three years later. Form guide Dinamo Zagreb • Dinamo made amends for a rare trophy-less 2016/17 campaign by winning the Croatian league and cup double in 2017/18 – their third in four seasons. They also appeared to be heading for a third UEFA Champions League group stage in four seasons when they eliminated Hapoel Beer Sheva and Astana, then drew 1-1 in the first leg of their play- off away to Young Boys, but a 1-2 defeat in Zagreb sent them into the UEFA Europa League instead. • Dinamo will be looking to progress beyond the group stage of this competition for the first time in five attempts. Indeed, they have yet to qualify from a group stage in any competition and have never stretched their European involvement into the spring while representing Croatia. • While the defeat by Young Boys ended a run of four European home games unbeaten, Dinamo's record in Zagreb for the UEFA Europa League group stage is W3 D2 L7. Fenerbahçe • Fenerbahçe finished runners-up in the Turkish league and cup last season, with arch-rivals Galatasaray edging them out in the Süper Lig and unheralded Akhisar shocking them with a 3-2 cup final win. They opened their 2017/18 European campaign with a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round defeat by Benfica (0-1 away, 1-1 home), which sent them directly into the UEFA Europa League group stage. • This is the Istanbul club's fifth appearance at this stage of the competition and they have qualified for the knockout phase on each of the previous four occasions, most recently in 2016/17 when they topped a group featuring eventual winners Manchester United. Their most successful campaign was in 2012/13, when they reached the semi-finals. • Defeated in three of their last four European away fixtures, Fenerbahçe nevertheless have an exceptionally good record on the road in the UEFA Europa League group stage, with eight wins in 12 games and just one defeat – 1-4 at Manchester United two seasons ago. Links and trivia • Dinamo skipper Arijan Ademi and Fenerbahçe's teenage talent Elif Elmas are team-mates for FYR Macedonia. • Dinamo are one of two domestic double-winning teams in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage, Celtic being the other. The coaches • A former Croatian international midfielder, capped nine times between 2001 and 2004, Nenad Bjelica played for Osijek in his homeland, winning the Croatian Cup in 1999, but spent most of his career abroad – in Spain, Germany and Austria. He began coaching while still playing for FC Kärnten and had spells in Italy with Spezia and Poland with Lech Poznań before being appointed Dinamo Zagreb boss in May 2018 – just days before the club completed a league and cup double. • A gifted left-footed midfield all-rounder, Phillip Cocu sandwiched a six-year sojourn at Barcelona with two spells at PSV Eindhoven, collecting five Eredivisie titles in the process. He was also a Dutch international for a decade, winning 101 caps, scoring ten goals and appearing in five major tournaments. His coaching career began as Bert van Marwijk's assistant with the Oranje before he struck out on his own at PSV, winning three league titles in four years. He joined Fenerbahçe in July 2018. 3 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 20 September 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Team facts GNK Dinamo Zagreb Formed: 1911 Nickname: Modri (Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 29 (2018) Yugoslavian/Croatian Cup: 22 (2018) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: play-offs 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2008/09: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0 twice, most recently v Zalaegerszeg 19/09/02, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 three times, most recently v Fola Esch 16/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Dinamo v Lyon 08/12/11, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Bayern München v Dinamo 29/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Dinamo v Zalaegerszeg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: Grasshoppers v Dinamo 30/09/97, first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Dinamo v Salzburg 06/11/14, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Tottenham v Dinamo 06/11/08, group stage Fenerbahçe SK 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) 4 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 20 September 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Turkish Cup: 6 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: play-offs 2016/17: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League play-offs 2012/13: 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz 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 1-5: Fenerbahçe v Cannes 27/09/94, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-4 twice, most recently v AC Milan 23/11/05, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Benfica v Fenerbahçe 17/09/75, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Partizani v Fenerbahçe 22/08/95, preliminary round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Fenerbahçe v Cannes (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Sigma Olomouc v Fenerbahçe 04/11/92, second round second leg 5 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 20 September 2018 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Squad list GNK Dinamo Zagreb Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.