UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu - Baku Wednesday 18 October 2017 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Qarabağ FK Group C - Matchday 3 Club Atlético de Madrid Last updated 06/12/2017 19:57CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Competition facts 15 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 Qarabağ FK - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Qarabağ FK have not played against a club from their opponents' country Club Atlético de Madrid - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Club Atlético de Madrid have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Qarabağ FK - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Match background Qarabağ FK and Club Atlético de Madrid are both aiming to bounce back from matchday two defeats at home as they meet for the first time at the Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu. • This is Qarabağ's first game against Spanish opponents; Atlético have never before played a team from Azerbaijan. Match background Qarabağ • The debutants have lost their first two Group C matches, going down 2-1 at home to AS Roma on matchday two in their first home group stage game. That was only Qarabağ's second defeat in their last ten European home matches (W5 D3); the other also came at the hands of Italian opponents, 1-2 against ACF Fiorentina in the UEFA Europa League on 8 December 2016. • Qarabağ were beaten 6-0 at Chelsea FC in their first Group C game. • Qarabağ's record in home group games in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League is W2 D4 L4. • The Azerbaijani club reached the group stage for the first time by beating Georgian champions FC Samtredia in the second qualifying round (5-0 home, 1-0 away), followed by Moldova's FC Sheriff (0-0 home, 2-1 away) in the third. In the play-offs, they won 1-0 at home to FC København and advanced on away goals after a 2-1 defeat in Denmark. • This is Qarabağ's fourth UEFA Champions League campaign; in each of the previous three they were eliminated in the third qualifying round. Last year they ousted F91 Dudelange 3-1 on aggregate in the second qualifying round, but then lost to FC Viktoria Plzeň (0-0 away, 1-1 home) in the next stage. • In 2016/17, the Baku-based team contested the UEFA Europa League group stage – for the third consecutive year – after being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League. They have never reached the knockout stages. • Qarabağ qualified for the UEFA Champions League after winning the Azerbaijani Premier League for a fifth time in 2016/17 – their fourth straight championship. Atlético • The Spanish side played a friendly against FC Baku in 2013, winning 3-0 with Diego Costa – who returned to Atlético in September but is not in their UEFA Champions League squad – scoring one of the goals. • Atlético opened Group C with a 0-0 draw at Roma and were beaten 2-1 at home by Chelsea on matchday two. • The Roma stalemate meant Atlético have managed just three victories in their last ten UEFA Champions League away matches (D3 L4). They did, however, win two of their three away fixtures in last year's group stage. • Third in Spain in 2016/17, Atlético missed out on becoming only the seventh team to win all six matches in a UEFA Champions League group when they went down 1-0 at FC Bayern München on matchday six last season. • Diego Simeone's men went on to reach the semi-finals, but a 3-0 first-leg reversal at Real Madrid proved too much to retrieve despite a 2-1 second-leg success in the last European game to be played at the Vicente Calderón. Coach and player links • Míchel scored in Getafe CF's 3-2 win against Atlético on 6 November 2011 – his only goal in 60 games for the club. He also featured in a 7-0 away defeat in November 2013 for Getafe, and in Sporting Gijón's 3-1 loss at Atlético's former home the Vicente Calderón on 26 April 2009. • Míchel and Atlético's Miguel Ángel Moyà were team-mates at Getafe between 2011 and 2014. • Daniel Quintana started his career in Valencia CF's B team (2006–08) and had spells at UD Puçol (2006/07, loan), Ontinyent CF (2008), UD Alzira (2008/09), Racing de Ferrol (2009/10), AD Huracán (2010/11), CD Olímpic de Xàtiva (2011/12) and Gimnàstic de Tarragona (2012/13) in his native Spain. He never faced Atlético. Match facts Qarabağ • Going for their fifth successive Azerbaijani title, Qarabağ have 19 points from seven league matches this season, six more than they had at the same stage last term. • Qarabağ are 18 games unbeaten (W14 D4) in domestic competition, a run dating back to 28 February. • Badavi Hüseynov, Rahid Amirguliyev, Gara Garayev, Ramil Sheydaev, Afran Ismayilov and Richard Almeida played in Azerbaijan's losses to the Czech Republic and Germany in the European Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup on 5 and 8 October respectively. Rashad F. Sadygov and Mahir Madatov featured in the first of those fixtures. • Sadygov, Azerbaijan's most-capped player, made his 111th and last appearance for his country against the Czechs. 3 Qarabağ FK - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Amirguliyev took over as captain. Atlético • The 2-1 loss to Chelsea is Atlético's only defeat in their last 14 matches in all competitions, a sequence stretching back to early May. • Diego Godín (Uruguay), José María Giménez (Uruguay), Koke (Spain), Saúl Ñíguez (Spain) and Antoine Griezmann (France) played during the international break as their teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. • Griezmann is on the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or. The winner will be announced in December. 4 Qarabağ FK - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Squad list Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Anton Kanibolotskiy UKR 16/05/1988 29 - 1 - - - 5 - 2 - 7 - 12 Shakhrudin Magomedaliyev AZE 12/06/1994 23 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 13 Ibrahim Šehić BIH 02/09/1988 29 - 5 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 45 - 94 Mammad Huseynov AZE 29/05/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 5 Maksim Medvedev AZE 29/09/1989 28 - 6 - 2 - 4 - 2 - 63 - 14 Rashad F. Sadygov AZE 16/06/1982 35 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 87 7 21 Arif Dashdemirov AZE 10/02/1987 30 - - - - - 2 - - - 31 1 25 Ansi Agolli ALB 11/10/1982 35 - 6 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 67 2 30 Abbas Huseynov AZE 13/06/1995 22 - - - - - 4 - - - 5 1 32 Elvin Yunuszadä AZE 22/08/1992 25 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 24 - 33 Eltun Turabov AZE 18/02/1997 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 52 Jakub Rzeźniczak POL 26/10/1986 30 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 6 - 68 2 55 Badavi Hüseynov AZE 11/07/1991 26 - 6 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 43 - Midfielders 2 Gara Garayev AZE 12/10/1992 25 - 6 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 57 - 7 Rahid Amirguliyev AZE 01/09/1989 28 - 1 - - - 5 - - - 22 2 8 Míchel ESP 08/11/1985 31 - 6 2 2 - 4 1 2 - 20 4 10 Pedro Henrique BRA 16/06/1990 27 - - - 2 1 4 1 2 1 10 2 20 Richard Almeida AZE 20/03/1989 28 - 6 - 2 - 5 1 2 - 51 7 22 Afran Ismayilov AZE 08/10/1988 29 - 6 1 - - 4 1 - - 39 7 77 Donald Guerrier HAI 31/03/1989 28 - 6 2 2 - 1 - 2 - 8 2 91 Joshgun Diniyev AZE 13/09/1995 22 - 1 - 1 - 5 1 1 - 9 - 99 Dani Quintana ESP 08/03/1987 30 - - - 1 - 3 1 1 - 25 3 Forwards 9 Dino Ndlovu RSA 15/02/1990 27 - 6 4 2 - 7 3 2 - 26 7 11 Mahir Madatov AZE 01/07/1997 20 - 6 1 2 - 7 5 2 - 14 1 18 Tarik Elyounoussi NOR 23/02/1988 29 - - - 2 - 4 - 2 - 27 9 44 Agabala Ramazanov AZE 20/01/1993 24 - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - 90 Ramil Sheydaev AZE 15/03/1996 21 - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - Coach - Gurban Gurbanov AZE 13/04/1972 45 - 6 - 2 - - - 2 - 71 - 5 Qarabağ FK - Club Atlético de Madrid Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku Club Atlético de Madrid Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Miguel Ángel Moyà ESP 02/04/1984 33 - - - - - - - 9 - 15 - 13 Jan Oblak SVN 07/01/1993 24 - - - 2 - 8 - 30 - 34 - 25 Axel Werner ARG 28/02/1996 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Carlos Marín ESP 20/02/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Miguel San Román ESP 14/07/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Diego Conde ESP 20/10/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Alex Dos Santos ESP 15/01/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Diego Godín URU 16/02/1986 31 - - - 2 - 5 - 51 3 83 5 3 Filipe Luís BRA 09/08/1985 32 - - - 2 - 5 - 37 1 72 1 15 Stefan Savić MNE 08/01/1991 26 - - - 1 - 7 - 24 - 40 - 16 Šime Vrsaljko CRO 10/01/1992 25 - - - - - 3 - 11 - 28 - 19 Lucas Hernández FRA 14/02/1996 21 - - - 1 - 6 - 9 - 9 - 20 Juanfran ESP 09/01/1985 32 - - - 2 - 4 - 42 - 74 2 24 José María Giménez URU 20/01/1995 22 - - - 1 - 4 1 19 - 19 - 29 Sergi ESP 26/05/1995 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 32 Alberto Rodríguez ESP 10/09/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Carlos Isaac ESP 30/04/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Antonio Montoro ESP 10/05/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Francisco Montero ESP 14/01/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Fernando Gastañaga ESP 26/03/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 68 Eduardo Viaña Campuzano ESP 24/02/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Rafael Muñoz ESP 19/06/1994 23 - - -