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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Jan Breydelstadion - Bruges Thursday 26 November 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Club Brugge KV Group D - Matchday 5 SSC Napoli Last updated 24/11/2015 12:54CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Club Brugge KV - SSC Napoli Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Callejón 5, 77, 17/09/2015 GS SSC Napoli - Club Brugge KV 5-0 Naples Mertens 19, 25, Hamšík 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Club Brugge KV 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 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 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 2 Club Brugge KV - SSC Napoli Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges 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 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Club Brugge KV 8 3 1 4 9 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 17 5 3 9 11 17 SSC Napoli 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 2 1 2 8 5 3 Club Brugge KV - SSC Napoli Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Match background Club Brugge KV will look to put their first meeting with SSC Napoli behind them knowing that a win will keep them in contention for a place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. • Club Brugge will be out if they fail to beat Napoli and FC Midtylland defeat Legia Warszawa. • Napoli are confirmed as group winners. Previous meetings • Napoli triumphed 5-0 when the sides met for the first time on matchday one – Club Brugge had never previously lost by a margin of more than one goal in Italy. • They also overcame Midtjylland 5-0 on matchday four to become the first team to record two 5-0 wins in a UEFA Europa League group stage. • Club Brugge's home record against Italian opposition is W3 D1 L4, with the draw and the four defeats coming in the most recent five of those contests. • Napoli have lost both of their previous matches in Belgium, though the most recent of them was in October 1979. Form guide • Club Brugge's 1-0 win against Legia on matchday four was their first European victory since they defeated Panathinaikos FC 3-0 in the second leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie on 5 August. • With 16 goals scored in their first four matches, Napoli require five more to equal the UEFA Europa League group stage record of 21 set last season by FC Salzburg. • Napoli and SK Rapid Wien are the only sides with 100% records going into matchday five. Only six teams have ever won all six group games in a UEFA Europa League season and in only one previous campaign have two clubs achieved the feat – 2013/14, Tottenham Hotspur FC and Salzburg. • Both teams 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. • Club Brugge have featured at this juncture of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League eight times, qualifying on three occasions. Napoli made it through to the knockout phase in all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Trivia and links • The journey from Naples to Bruges is just over 1,400km. • Napoli's José Callejon and Manolo Gabbiadini are among six players to have scored four goals in the first four matchdays along with Franco Di Santo (FC Schalke 04), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) and Raúl Bobadilla (FC Augsburg). • Gabbiadini turns 24 on the day of the Club Brugge game. • Napoli boast Belgian talent in the form of winger Dries Mertens. • Napoli goalkeeper Pepe Reina has made 145 UEFA club competition appearances – more than any other player in this season's edition. Only eight players have more European outings to their name. • Club Brugge's Timmy Simons has made more outfield appearances than any other player in this season's group stage: 120. The coaches • Naples-born Maurizio Sarri replaced Rafael Benítez when the Spaniard 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 into Serie A in 2013/14 and 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 guided them to Belgian Cup success last term. 4 Club Brugge KV - SSC Napoli Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Team facts 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) 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 5-0: SSC Napoli v Club Brugge 17/09/15, UEFA Europa League group stage 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 5-0: SSC Napoli v Club Brugge (see above) SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) 5 Club Brugge KV - SSC Napoli Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges 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