UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade de Nice - Nice Thursday 3 November 2016 21.05CET (21.05 local time) OGC Nice Group I - Matchday 4 FC Salzburg Last updated 23/08/2017 10:57CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/2016 GS FC Salzburg - OGC Nice 0-1 Salzburg Pléa 13 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA OGC Nice 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 FC Salzburg 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 OGC Nice - Record versus clubs from opponents' country OGC Nice have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Salzburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Salzburg - Paris Saint- Jantscher 20, Švento 01/12/2011 GS 2-0 Salzburg Germain 90+4 Nenê 35 (P), Bodmer Paris Saint-Germain - FC 15/09/2011 GS 3-1 Paris 44, Ménez 67; Salzburg Sekagya 87 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA OGC Nice 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 FC Salzburg 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice Match background Nice ended a long wait for a first European away win when they visited Salzburg on matchday three, with the Austrian side close to an early exit as the teams meet again in Group I. • Section leaders Schalke are through with a victory, or if they draw and Nice do not win. • Salzburg are out if they lose, or if they draw and Krasnodar avoid defeat. Previous meetings • The clubs met for the first time in UEFA competition on 20 October, Alessane Pléa scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win for the visitors. It was Nice's first brush with Austrian opposition. • Nice's 1-0 success was their first genuine away victory in UEFA competition; the only previous match they had won away from Nice was a 5-1 triumph over Fenerbahçe in a European Cup first-round replay – staged on neutral territory in Geneva – in December 1959. • In their only past encounters with French sides, Salzburg lost 3-1 away and won 2-0 at home against Paris Saint- Germain in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Gabala and Salzburg are the only teams who have lost all three of their group games this season. Form guide • Nice's last four European home fixtures have produced just four goals – a home win, an away win and two draws. • Salzburg are without a victory in five European matches – a 1-1 draw followed by four straight defeats. • This is Nice's first UEFA group stage campaign. • Salzburg have successfully negotiated four of their preceding five UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Salzburg to Nice is around 650km. • Nice were the most-fouled side in the first three matchdays with 55 infringements against them. • Salzburg boast French talent in defender Dayot Upamecano, the 17-year-old having joined from Valenciennes in summer 2015 after winning the UEFA European Under-17 Championship with France. • Prior to this term, Mario Balotelli had scored five goals in 11 UEFA Europa League outings, for Manchester City and Liverpool. • Balotelli and on-loan Salzburg defender André Wisdom were team-mates at Anfield from 2014–15, though the latter was out on loan that season. • Jonatan Soriano is Salzburg's all-time top scorer in UEFA competition, taking his total to 25 with a strike on matchday two. • Former team-mates: Wanderson (Salzburg) & Julien Vercauteren (Nice) – Lierse, 2013–14 The coaches • Lucien Favre was appointed Nice coach this summer. Twice a championship winner with Zürich in his native Switzerland, he made a positive impression in Germany with Hertha Berlin and Mönchengladbach. He was capped 24 times as a midfielder. • This game is taking place the day after Favre's 59th birthday. • A midfielder – and later youth coach – at Barcelona, Salzburg's Spanish boss Óscar García has managed abroad with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford. He guided Salzburg to the Austrian title in his first campaign in charge, 2015/16. 3 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice Team facts OGC Nice Formed: 1904 Nickname: Les Aiglons (The Eaglets) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (1959) French Cup: 3 (1997) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Nice v Fenerbahçe 24/10/1973, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 5-1: Nice v Fenerbahçe 23/12/1959, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round replay (played on neutral territory in Geneva) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Nice v Salzburg 03/11/16, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Köln v Nice 12/12/73, UEFA Cup third round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Nice v Fenerbahçe (see above) • Biggest away win 0-1: Salzburg v Nice 20/10/16, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Nice v Salzburg (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Köln v Nice (see above) FC Salzburg Formed: 1933 UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1994) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2016) Austrian Cup: 4 (2016) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 4 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice 2015/16: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: first round 2007/08: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Salzburg v Banants 17/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 2-6: Nistru Otaci v Salzburg 01/07/00, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg 1-5: Dinamo Zagreb v Salzburg 06/11/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Salzburg v Metalist Kharkiv 16/02/12, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg 0-4: Salzburg v Parma 06/11/03, UEFA Cup second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Parma v Salzburg 27/11/03, UEFA Cup second round second leg 5-0: Fortuna Düsseldorf v Salzburg 17/09/80, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Salzburg v Banants (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Dinamo Zagreb v Salzburg (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Salzburg v Metalist Kharkiv (see above) 0-4: Salzburg v Parma (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Parma v Salzburg (see above) 5 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice Squad list OGC Nice Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Mouez Hassen FRA 05/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 16 Simon Pouplin FRA 28/05/1985 31 - - - - - 7 - 7 - 30 Yoan Cardinale FRA 27/03/1994 22 - 3 - 11 - 3 - 3 - 40 Walter Benitez ARG 19/01/1993 23 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Arnaud Souquet FRA 12/02/1992 24 - - - 4 - 1 1 1 1 3 Gautier Lloris FRA 18/07/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 4 Paul Baysse FRA 18/05/1988 28 - 3 - 9 2 5 - 5 - 20 Maxime Le Marchand FRA 10/10/1989 27 - - - - - - - - - 21 Ricardo POR 06/10/1993 23 - 3 - 9 1 5 - 9 - 24 Mathieu Bodmer FRA 22/11/1982 33 - 2 - 9 - 29 5 62 5 28 Olivier Boscagli FRA 18/11/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - 29 Dalbert Estevão BRA 08/09/1993 23 - 3 - 9 - 3 - 3 - 31 Dante BRA 18/10/1983 33 - 3 - 8 - 10 - 56 - 34 Malang Sarr FRA 23/01/1999 17 - 3 - 11 1 3 - 3 - 35 Patrick Burner FRA 11/04/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Younes Belhanda FRA 25/02/1990 26 - 3 - 8 1 21 1 32 4 6 Jean Michel Seri CIV 19/07/1991 25 * 3 - 9 1 9 - 9 - 7 Julien Vercauteren BEL 12/01/1993 23 - - - - - - - - - 8 Arnaud Lusamba FRA 04/01/1997 19 - - - 5 - - - - - 11 Said Benrahma FRA 10/08/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 12 Albert Rafetraniaina FRA 09/09/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - 13 Valentin Eysseric FRA 25/03/1992 24 - 2 - 10 - 7 1 10 1 18 Rémi Walter FRA 26/04/1995 21 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 25 Wylan Cyprien FRA 28/01/1995 21 - 3 1 11 4 3 1 3 1 26 Vincent Koziello FRA 28/10/1995 21 - 3 - 7 1 3 - 3 - 33 Vincent Marcel FRA 09/04/1997 19 - - - 1 - - - - - Forwards 9 Mario Balotelli ITA 12/08/1990 26 - 2 1 5 6 12 5 47 15 10 Mickael Le Bihan FRA 16/05/1990 26 - - - - - - - - - 14 Alassane Pléa FRA 10/03/1993 23 - 3 1 11 7 8 2 8 2 19 Bryan Constant FRA 27/03/1994 22 - - - - - - - 1 - 22 Anastasios Donis GRE 29/08/1996 20 - - - 4 - - - - - 23 Alexy Bosetti FRA 23/04/1993 23 - - - - - - - 2 - 27 Dorian Caddy FRA 20/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - Coach - Lucien Favre SUI 02/11/1957 59 - 3 - - - 36 - 50 - 6 OGC Nice - FC Salzburg Thursday 3 November 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade de Nice, Nice FC Salzburg Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.