UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Geoffroy-Guichard - Saint-Etienne Thursday 27 November 2014 21.05CET (21.05 local time) AS Saint-Étienne Group F - Matchday 5 Qarabağ FK Last updated 02/09/2015 16:44CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 16 Legend 18 1 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/09/2014 GS Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne 0-0 Baku Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AS Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Qarabağ FK 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 AS Saint-Étienne - Record versus clubs from opponents' country AS Saint-Étienne have not played against a club from their opponents' country Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mahouve 11, Dzodic Montpellier Hérault SC - 6-0 10/07/1999 R2 Montpellier 16, 74, Loko 66, Guei Qarabağ FK agg: 9-0 80, Barbosa 87 Qarabağ FK - Montpellier Silvestre 20, Delaye 03/07/1999 R2 0-3 Baku Hérault SC 35, Maoulida 42 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AS Saint-Étienne 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Qarabağ FK 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 9 2 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Match background AS Saint-Étienne could do with getting a first Group F win on the board as they welcome Qarabağ FK on UEFA Europa League matchday five. Form guide • Qarabağ held St-Étienne to a 0-0 draw on matchday one but have yet to score against French opponents in three games. • In the nations' only encounters at senior level, France beat Azerbaijan 2-0 away and 10-0 at home in EURO '96 qualifying. Azerbaijan's only victory against France in a men's UEFA competition was a 2-0 success in the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round. Their other three age-group meetings ended in French wins. • St-Étienne have drawn all four of their group stage games, and had not scored or conceded in Group F until they drew 1-1 with FC Internazionale Milano on matchday four. • Qarabağ earned the first UEFA group stage victory by an Azerbaijani side – home or away – when they beat FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Kyiv on matchday three. Trivia and links • Qarabağ's Brazilian midfielder Richard Almeida is one of the three most fouled players in the group stage; he, Alexander Büttner (FC Dinamo Moskva) and Bruno Gama (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) were infringed against 15 times each over the first four matchdays. • Qarabağ are only the second Azeri side to feature in a UEFA club competition group stage. Neftçi PFK were the pioneers, in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage, recording three draws and three defeats. The coaches • A defender for hometown club Olympique de Marseille, LOSC Lille and Toulouse FC among others, St-Étienne boss Christophe Galtier took up his current position in 2009, helping Les Verts to win the 2012/13 French League Cup. He had previously assisted Alain Perrin and Richard Tardy, working in England and Greece as well as France. • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's all-time top scorer at international level with 14 goals. He played in Russia but enjoyed perhaps his most celebrated years with Neftçi, where he later started out as a coach. In charge at Qarabağ since 2008, he led the club to their second title – after a 21-year wait – last season. 3 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Team facts AS Saint-Étienne Formed: 1919 Nickname: Les Verts (The Greens) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1976) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 10 (1981) French Cup: 6 (1977) French League Cup: 1 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: play-offs 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: round of 16 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: St-Étienne v KuPS Kuopio 01/01/80, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: KuPS Kuopio v St-Étienne 17/09/80, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Ipswich Town FC 04/03/81, UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Bohemians 1905 03/11/82, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: St-Étienne v KuPS Kuopio (see above) • Biggest away win 0-7: KuPS Kuopio v St-Étienne (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Ipswich Town FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Bohemians 1905 v St-Étienne (see above) Qarabağ FK Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 2 (2014) Azerbaijani Cup: 3 (2009) 4 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: first qualifying round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: first qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta FC 22/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FK Banga v Qarabağ 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Qarabağ v FC København 27/08/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying phase second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: FC København v Qarabağ 13/08/98, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying phase first leg 6-0: Montpellier Herault SC v Qarabağ 10/07/99, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Qarabağ v Valletta FC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: FK Banga v Qarabağ (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Qarabağ v FK Jablonec 30/07/97, first qualifying phase second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FK Jablonec v Qarabağ 23/07/97, first qualifying phase first leg 5 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Squad list AS Saint-Étienne Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Baptiste Valette FRA 01/09/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Stéphane Ruffier FRA 27/09/1986 28 - 2 - 4 - 14 - 4 - 10 - 30 Jessy Moulin FRA 13/01/1986 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Alexis Guendouz FRA 26/01/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Axel Kacou FRA 01/08/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Kévin Théophile-Catherine FRA 28/10/1989 25 - 1 - 2 - 8 - 5 - 9 - 20 Jonathan Brison FRA 07/02/1983 31 - 1 - 1 - 6 1 8 - 14 - 23 Paul Baysse FRA 18/05/1988 26 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 26 Moustapha Bayal Sall SEN 30/11/1985 28 * 2 - 4 1 14 - 9 1 14 1 29 François Clerc FRA 18/04/1983 31 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 25 - 32 Jerrold Nyemeck FRA 07/05/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Clement Cabaton FRA 06/06/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Maxence Chapuis FRA 09/04/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Nathan Dekoke FRA 06/01/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Clement Durieu FRA 09/09/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Benjamin Karamoko FRA 17/05/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 48 Cazim Suljic FRA 29/10/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Jérémy Clément FRA 26/08/1984 30 - 2 - 4 - 11 - 23 - 42 - 8 Benjamin Corgnet FRA 06/04/1987 27 - 1 - 2 - 9 - 2 - 6 - 10 Renaud Cohade FRA 29/09/1984 30 - 2 - 3 - 11 - 3 - 9 1 18 Fabien Lemoine FRA 16/03/1987 27 - 2 - 4 - 14 2 4 - 13 - 19 Florentin Pogba FRA 19/08/1990 24 - 1 - 3 - 8 - 3 - 4 - 24 Loïc Perrin FRA 07/08/1985 29 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 5 1 14 2 27 Franck Tabanou FRA 30/01/1989 25 - 2 - 3 - 13 - 8 - 14 1 28 Ismaël Diomande CIV 28/08/1992 22 - - - 3 - 7 - 3 - 3 - 31 Jonathan Bamba FRA 26/03/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Alexandre Assaf FRA 05/03/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 40 Arsene Elogo CMR 22/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Joris Mendy FRA 13/05/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Quentin Vandamme FRA 20/11/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Max-Alain Gradel CIV 30/11/1987 26 - 2 - 3 - 13 3 3 - 5 - 9 Mevlüt Erdinç TUR 25/02/1987 27 - 2 - 2 - 10 3 18 1 21 1 11 Yohan Mollo FRA 18/07/1989 25 - - - - - 6 - - - - - 12 Allan Saint-Maximin FRA 12/03/1997 17 - - - 1 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 13 Ricky van Wolfswinkel NED 27/01/1989 25 - 1 - 3 - 12 2 27 9 36 17 21 Romain Hamouma FRA 29/03/1987 27 - 2 - 2 - 9 - 2 - 8 2 6 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne AS Saint-Étienne Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA 22 Kévin Monnet-Paquet FRA 19/08/1988 26 - 2 1 3 - 12 1 8 - 10 1 41 Eliott Gattier FRA 07/02/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Dylan Saint Louis FRA 26/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Adrien Valente FRA 27/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Christophe Galtier FRA 28/08/1966 48 - 2 - 4 - - - 4 - 10 - 7 AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK Thursday 27 November 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.