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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Artemio Franchi - Florence Thursday 10 December 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) ACF Fiorentina Group I - Matchday 6 Os Belenenses Last updated 10/12/2015 22:21CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 ACF Fiorentina - Os Belenenses Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bernardeschi 18, 01/10/2015 GS Os Belenenses - ACF Fiorentina 0-4 Lisbon Babacar 45+1, Tonel 83 (og), Rossi 90 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 Os Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 ACF Fiorentina - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Paços de Ferreira - ACF 28/11/2013 GS 0-0 Guimaraes Fiorentina Gonzalo Rodríguez ACF Fiorentina - FC Paços de 19/09/2013 GS 3-0 Florence 30, Ryder Matos 67, Ferreira Rossi 76 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers ACF Fiorentina - Sporting Clube 1-1 Jovetić 54; João 26/08/2009 PO Florence de Portugal agg: 3-3 ag Moutinho 35 S. Vukčević 58, Sporting Clube de Portugal - ACF 18/08/2009 PO 2-2 Lisbon Miguel Veloso 66; Fiorentina Vargas 6, Gilardino 79 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 20/03/1997 QF ACF Fiorentina - SL Benfica Florence Edgar 22 agg: 2-1 Baiano 45, Batistuta 06/03/1997 QF SL Benfica - ACF Fiorentina 0-2 Lisbon 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 02/10/1986 R1 Boavista FC - ACF Fiorentina agg: 1-1 (aet, 3- Porto Bertolazzi 12 1pens) 17/09/1986 R1 ACF Fiorentina - Boavista FC 1-0 Florence Pin 32 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 Clerici 3, Perego 21; 01/11/1972 R2 ACF Fiorentina - Vitória FC Florence agg: 2-3 Machado 28, 40 25/10/1972 R2 Vitória FC - ACF Fiorentina 1-0 Setubal Machado 60 2 ACF Fiorentina - Os Belenenses Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Os Belenenses - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Os Belenenses 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 ACF Fiorentina 5 2 2 1 6 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 4 4 3 15 8 Os Belenenses 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 ACF Fiorentina - Os Belenenses Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match background ACF Fiorentina's home form is a cause for concern as Os Belenenses come to Florence hoping for a win to take them to the UEFA Europa League round of 32. • A draw will be enough to secure Fiorentina's place in the round of 32, due to their head-to-head record against KKS Lech Poznań. • To progress at their hosts' expense, Belenenses must win and hope Lech do not beat FC Basel 1893. • In the event that Lech and Belenenses finish level on eight points, goal difference – and then goals scored – would separate them since the sides have an identical head-to-head record. Previous meetings • Fiorentina won 4-0 in Lisbon when the sides met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday two. It was Belenenses' first encounter with Italian opponents, and their heaviest home defeat in UEFA competition – as well as the Viola's biggest UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League away success. • Fiorentina's 11 games against Portuguese teams have ended W4 D4 L3 (W2 D2 L1 at home). They are unbeaten in their last five fixtures against Liga clubs (W2 D3). Form guide • Fiorentina have lost both of their Group I home games by the same 2-1 scoreline, and have lost their last three UEFA home fixtures. • Belenenses are unbeaten in four away games in Europe this season (W2 D2). Four of their nine games in Europe this season have ended goalless, and they have scored in only one of their Group I games to date – a 2-1 win at FC Basel 1893 on matchday three. • Fiorentina have made it through to the round of 32 in all three of their previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Belenenses are making their UEFA group stage debut. At ten games, this is the longest campaign in their European history. Trivia and links • The journey from Lisbon to Florence is around 1,800km. • Fiorentina striker Giuseppe Rossi can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance in this game. He has scored 24 goals in his first 49 UEFA outings. • Fiorentina midfielder Matías Fernández played for Sporting Clube de Portugal from 2009 to 2012 – his coach there for a time was Belenenses boss Ricardo Sá Pinto. He also played alongside Belenenses's Tonel and Betinho in Lisbon. • Belenenses's Gonçalo Brandão played in Italy for AC Siena, Parma FC and AC Cesena from 2008 to 2013. • Fiorentina striker Nikola Kalinić was a losing UEFA Europa League finalist with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk last season. The coaches • A European champion as a player with Juventus (1996) and Borussia Dortmund (1997), former Portugal midfielder Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June. He is on the hunt for a third league title in as many seasons, having won the 2013/14 Israeli crown with Maccabi Tel Aviv FC and the Swiss top flight last term with Basel. • Ricardo Sá Pinto returned to Portugal to take charge of Belenenses in the summer, following two years abroad with FK Crvena zvezda, OFI Crete and Atromitos FC. He had earlier coached Sporting, the side where he made his name and where he was a losing UEFA Cup finalist in 2005. 4 ACF Fiorentina - Os Belenenses Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Team facts ACF Fiorentina Formed: 1926 Nickname: Viola (Purples) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1957) • UEFA Cup: (1990) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1961, (1962) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1969) Italian Cup: 6 (2001) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: semi-finals 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: semi-finals 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg 08/11/07, UEFA Cup group stage • Biggest away win 2-6: SK Rapid Wien v Fiorentina 25/10/61, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 0-4: Os Belenenses v Fiorentina 01/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club Zürich 03/11/98, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v FC Schalke 04 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-3: Fiorentina v Club Atlético de Madrid 05/09/62, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final replay (played in Stuttgart) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RSC Anderlecht v Fiorentina 07/11/84, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg • Biggest away win 0-4: Os Belenenses v Fiorentina • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club Zürich (see above) 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v FC Schalke 04 (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RSC Anderlecht v Fiorentina (see above) Os Belenenses 5 ACF Fiorentina - Os Belenenses Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Formed: 1919 Nickname: Azuis do Restelo (Restelo Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (1946) Portuguese Cup: 3 (1989) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: first round 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 2-1: Belenenses v IFK Göteborg 30/07/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 1-0: Belenenses v Bayer 04 Leverkusen 12/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg 1-0: Belenenses v FC Barcelona 30/09/87, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-2: FC Basel 1893 v Belenenses 22/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-1: SCR Altach v Belenenses 20/08/15, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Belenenses v ACF Fiorentina 01/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: AS Monaco FC v Belenenses 26/09/89, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 2-1: Belenenses v IFK Göteborg (see above) 1-0: Belenenses v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (see above) 1-0: Belenenses v FC Barcelona (see above) • Biggest away win 1-2: FC Basel 1893 v Belenenses (see above) 0-1: SCR Altach v Belenenses (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Belenenses v ACF Fiorentina (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: AS Monaco FC v Belenenses (see above) 6 ACF Fiorentina - Os Belenenses Thursday 10 December 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Squad list ACF Fiorentina Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.