UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi - Istanbul Thursday 16 September 2021 Galatasaray AŞ 18.45CET (19.45 local time) SS Lazio Group E - Matchday 1 Last updated 17/09/2021 19:23CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 16 Match officials 18 Legend 20 1 Galatasaray AŞ - SS Lazio Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Parolo 59, Felipe 3-1 25/02/2016 R32 SS Lazio - Galatasaray AŞ Rome Anderson 61, Klose agg: 4-2 72; Yasin Öztekin 62 Sabri Sarıoğlu 12; S. 18/02/2016 R32 Galatasaray AŞ - SS Lazio 1-1 Istanbul Milinković-Savić 21 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/10/2001 GS1 SS Lazio - Galatasaray AŞ 1-0 Rome Stanković 76 11/09/2001 GS1 Galatasaray AŞ - SS Lazio 1-0 Istanbul Ümit Karan 79 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 2 3 5 SS Lazio 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 5 3 Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/12/2013 GS Galatasaray AŞ - Juventus 1-0 Istanbul Sneijder 85 Vidal 78 (P), Quagliarella 87; 02/10/2013 GS Juventus - Galatasaray AŞ 2-2 Turin Drogba 36, Umut Bulut 88 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hakan Şükür 47, 02/12/2003 GS1 Galatasaray AŞ - Juventus 2-0 Dortmund 90+4 Del Piero 5, 73; 17/09/2003 GS1 Juventus - Galatasaray AŞ 2-1 Turin Hakan Şükür 19 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cafu 52; Ümit Karan 13/03/2002 GS2 AS Roma - Galatasaray AŞ 1-1 Rome 45 Pérez 22; Emerson 20/11/2001 GS2 Galatasaray AŞ - AS Roma 1-1 Istanbul 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/03/2001 GS2 Galatasaray AŞ - AC Milan 2-0 Istanbul Hagi 20, Jardel 86 2 Galatasaray AŞ - SS Lazio Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul UEFA Champions League José Mari 47, Shevchenko 73 (P); 21/11/2000 GS2 AC Milan - Galatasaray AŞ 2-2 Milan Jardel 39, Hasan Şaş 41 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Hasan Şaş 5, Ümit 09/12/1999 R3 Galatasaray AŞ - Bologna FC Istanbul agg: 3-2 Davala 30; Ventola 8 Signori 66; Hakan 23/11/1999 R3 Bologna FC - Galatasaray AŞ 1-1 Bologna Şükür 81 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Capone 27, Hakan Şükür 87, Ümit 03/11/1999 GS1 Galatasaray AŞ - AC Milan 3-2 Istanbul Davala 90 (P); Weah 20, Giunti 51 Leonardo 44, 21/09/1999 GS1 AC Milan - Galatasaray AŞ 2-1 Milan Shevchenko 45; Ümit Davala 50 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Suat Kaya 90; 02/12/1998 GS Galatasaray AŞ - Juventus 1-1 Istanbul Amoruso 78 F. Inzaghi 17, Birindelli 69; Hakan 16/09/1998 GS Juventus - Galatasaray AŞ 2-2 Turin Şükür 44, Ümit Davala 63 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/12/1997 GS Galatasaray AŞ - Parma FC 1-1 Istanbul Ilie 52; Chiesa 47 01/10/1997 GS Parma FC - Galatasaray AŞ 2-0 Parma Sensini 24, Crespo 30 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kocabey 22, 58, Arif 3-2 09/12/1992 R3 Galatasaray AŞ - AS Roma Istanbul Erdem 75; Caniggia 8, agg: 4-5 Hässler 47 Aldair 59, 90, Muzzi 25/11/1992 R3 AS Roma - Galatasaray AŞ 3-1 Rome 81; Hakan Şükür 86 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 5-0 Pivatelli 11, 42, 13/03/1963 QF AC Milan - Galatasaray AŞ Milan agg: 8-1 Altafini 50, 66, 70 Köken 4; Mora 34 (P), 23/01/1963 QF Galatasaray AŞ - AC Milan 1-3 Istanbul Barison 38, Altafini 76 3 Galatasaray AŞ - SS Lazio Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul SS Lazio - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/12/2013 GS SS Lazio - Trabzonspor AŞ 0-0 Rome Yusuf Erdoğan 12, Mierzejewski 22, 03/10/2013 GS Trabzonspor AŞ - SS Lazio 3-3 Trabzon Paulo Henrique 35; Onazi 29, Floccari 84, 85 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Lulić 60; Caner Erkin 11/04/2013 QF SS Lazio - Fenerbahçe SK Rome agg: 1-3 73 Webó 78 (P), Kuyt 04/04/2013 QF Fenerbahçe SK - SS Lazio 2-0 Istanbul 90+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Muzzi 56; Pancu 45+2 26/11/2003 GS1 SS Lazio - Beşiktaş JK 1-1 Rome (P) 16/09/2003 GS1 Beşiktaş JK - SS Lazio 0-2 Istanbul Stam 37, Fiore 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sergen Yalçın 82; 20/03/2003 QF Beşiktaş JK - SS Lazio 1-2 Istanbul Fiore 5, Castroman 9 13/03/2003 QF SS Lazio - Beşiktaş JK 1-0 Rome S. Inzaghi 55 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Cravero 27, Di Vaio 06/12/1994 R3 SS Lazio - Trabzonspor AŞ Rome agg: 4-2 76; Hami Mandıralı 73 Ünal Karaman 75; 22/11/1994 R3 Trabzonspor AŞ - SS Lazio 1-2 Trabzon Rambaudi 60, Negro 64 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Galatasaray AŞ 12 7 4 1 12 0 5 7 0 0 0 0 24 7 9 8 31 38 SS Lazio 7 4 3 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 14 7 5 2 19 13 4 Galatasaray AŞ - SS Lazio Thursday 16 September 2021 - 18.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match background Two former UEFA club competition trophy-winners go head to head on Matchday 1 of the 2021/22 UEFA Europa League as Galatasaray, who have already played six continental fixtures this season, entertain a Lazio side yet to kick a ball in Europe this term. Previous meetings • The clubs first met in the opening group stage of the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League, when they traded 1-0 home wins, but Galatasaray, with ten points, progressed to the second group stage while Lazio, with six, went out. The only other encounters came in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League round of 32, where the Italian side, led by Stefano Pioli, triumphed 4-2 on aggregate against Mustafa Denizli's Galatasaray (1-1 a, 3-1 h). • Those were Cimbom's most recent matches against Serie A opposition, taking the club's overall record against Italian clubs to W7 D9 L8. All of those wins have been in Istanbul, where they are unbeaten by Italian visitors in 11 games (W7 D4), their only home defeat having been in the first encounter, 1-3 against AC Milan in the 1962/63 European Cup quarter-final first leg. • Lazio, whose most recent meetings with Süper Lig opposition were also those in 2016 against Galatasaray, have lost only two of their 14 UEFA matches against Turkish teams, winning three of the seven away fixtures but none of the last three (D2 L1). Form guide Galatasaray • Runners-up to Beşiktaş in the 2020/21 Turkish Süper Lig by the narrowest of margins, Galatasaray were unable to join their Istanbul rivals in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage as they were overwhelmed by PSV Eindhoven in the second qualifying round (1-5 a, 1-2 h). However, Fatih Terim's side ensured an autumn of UEFA Europa League involvement by subsequently defeating Saint Johnstone (1-1 h, 4-2 a) and Randers (1-1 a, 2-1 h). • Ousted by Rangers in the play-offs of last season's UEFA Europa League (1-2 a), Galatasaray are featuring in the competition's group stage for only the second time, their debut having come in the inaugural 2009/10 season, when, under coach Frank Rijkaard, they topped their group before losing to eventual winners Atlético de Madrid in the round of 32 (1-1 a, 1-2 h). The 1999/2000 UEFA Cup winners have appeared twice more in the round of 32 since then, in 2015/16 and 2018/19 – after transferring from the UEFA Champions League – but also lost those knockout ties, the first of them to Lazio. • Galatasaray's home record in all rounds of the UEFA Europa League is W7 D6 L2, those two defeats both incurred in the round of 32 – against Atlético and Benfica. They have kept a clean sheet in just one of their last nine home games in the competition. Lazio • Sixth in Serie A last term, Lazio are back for a record-equalling ninth appearance in the UEFA Europa League group stage, having spent the 2020/21 season in the UEFA Champions League, where they were unbeaten runners-up to Borussia Dortmund in the autumn before going out to another German club, holders Bayern München, in the round of 16 (1-4 h, 1-2 a).