UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS 8KM Stadium - Baku Thursday 29 September 2016 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Gabala SC Group C - Matchday 2 1. FSV Mainz 05 Last updated 03/11/2016 23:28CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 Gabala SC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thursday 29 September 2016 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit 8KM Stadium, Baku Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Gabala SC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Reus 28, Aubameyang 45, 05/11/2015 GS Borussia Dortmund - Gabala SC 4-0 Dortmund Zenjov 67 (og), Mkhitaryan 70 Dodô 90+3; 22/10/2015 GS Gabala SC - Borussia Dortmund 1-3 Baku Aubameyang 31, 38, 72 1. FSV Mainz 05 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 1. FSV Mainz 05 have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Gabala SC 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 1. FSV Mainz 05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Gabala SC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thursday 29 September 2016 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit 8KM Stadium, Baku Match background Gabala will look to make it five home wins from five in the UEFA Europa League this season as they welcome group stage newcomers Mainz on matchday two. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in what is Mainz's first encounter with Azerbaijani opponents. • Gabala are facing Bundesliga opposition for the second time in as many UEFA Europa League campaigns, having lost 3-1 at home and 4-0 away to Borussia Dortmund in last term's competition. • To date, all 19 UEFA fixtures (including six UEFA club competition games) between Azerbaijani and German teams have been won by the German representative. Form guide • Gabala have won all four of their European home matches this season. • Mainz's record in five away fixtures to date is W1 D3 L1. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Gabala are the only sides who have advanced from the first qualifying round to the group stage in the current UEFA Europa League. • Gabala picked up two points and scored just the two goals when they made their UEFA Europa League group debut last term. • Mainz are making their UEFA Europa League group stage debut. Links and trivia • The journey from Mainz to Gabala is around 3,200km. • Gabala defender Vitaliy Vernydub will be keeping a look-out for other results in this season's group stage; his father Yuriy coaches Zorya Luhansk, who take on Manchester United on matchday two. The coaches • Gabala finished third in Azerbaijan last term in their first campaign under Ukrainian coach Roman Hrygorchuk. He made his name in management in Latvia and previously got through the UEFA Europa League group stage as boss of Chornomorets Odesa in 2013/14. • Martin Schmidt guided Mainz to an impressive sixth-place finish in the Bundesliga last season, his first in command of the senior team. A lower-league player in his native Switzerland, he managed Mainz's reserves from 2010–15. 3 Gabala SC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thursday 29 September 2016 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit 8KM Stadium, Baku Team facts Gabala SC Formed: 2005 Nickname: Radarlar (The Radars) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: first qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 5-1: Gabala v FC Samtredia 30/06/16, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-2: MTK Budapest v Gabala 14/07/16, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Gabala v FC Krasnodar 10/12/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Gabala 05/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-1: Gabala v FC Samtredia (see above) • Biggest away win 1-2: MTK Budapest v Gabala (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Gabala v FC Krasnodar (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Gabala (see above) 1. FSV Mainz 05 Formed: 1905 Nickname: Karnevalsverein (Carnival club) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) none Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 4 Gabala SC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thursday 29 September 2016 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit 8KM Stadium, Baku 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: third qualifying round 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: Mainz v FC Mika 14/07/05, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Keflavík v Mainz 25/08/05, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Mainz v Sevilla FC 29/09/05, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Asteras Tripolis FC v Mainz 07/08/14, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Mainz v FC Mika (see above) • Biggest away win 0-2: Keflavík v Mainz (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Mainz v Sevilla FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Asteras Tripolis FC v Mainz (see above) 5 Gabala SC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thursday 29 September 2016 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit 8KM Stadium, Baku Squad list Gabala SC 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 22 Dmytro Bezotosniy UKR 15/11/1983 32 - 8 - 1 - 6 - 11 - 35 - 33 Dawid Pietrzkiewicz POL 09/02/1988 28 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 35 Murad Popov AZE 05/03/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Suleyman Suleymanov AZE 20/03/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Vojislav Stanković SRB 22/09/1987 29 - 8 1 1 - 4 - 13 - 42 1 13 Murad Musayev AZE 13/06/1994 22 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 15 Vitaliy Vernydub UKR 17/10/1987 28 - 8 1 1 - 3 1 5 - 21 1 17 Magomed Mirzabekov AZE 16/11/1990 25 - 6 - 1 - 6 - 2 - 8 - 20 Ricardinho BRA 09/09/1984 32 - 8 - 1 - 2 - 13 - 48 - 34 Urfan Abbasov AZE 14/10/1992 23 - 2 - - - 6 - - - 9 - 39 Sadig Guliyev AZE 09/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 44 Rafael BRA 10/11/1984 31 - 5 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 18 - Midfielders 4 Elvin Jamalov AZE 04/02/1995 21 - 3 - - - 4 - 2 - 8 - 6 Rashad A. Sadygov AZE 08/10/1983 32 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 11 1 64 7 7 Nika Kvekveskiri GEO 29/05/1992 24 - 8 1 - - 2 - - - 21 4 8 Gismat Aliyev AZE 24/10/1996 19 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 11 Asif Mammadov AZE 05/08/1986 30 - 6 - 1 - 6 - 1 - 25 3 18 Bagaliy Dabo FRA 27/07/1988 28 - 8 2 1 1 5 6 1 1 9 3 19 Filip Ozobić CRO 08/04/1991 25 - 8 2 1 - 6 2 1 - 13 2 21 Roman Huseynov AZE 26/12/1997 18 - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 27 Theo Weeks LBR 19/01/1990 26 S 8 5 - - 5 2 - - 8 5 29 Hajiaga Hajiyev AZE 30/01/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Petar Franjić CRO 21/08/1991 25 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 32 Rashad Eyubov AZE 03/12/1992 23 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 70 Farid Nabiyev AZE 22/07/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Tellur Mutallimov AZE 08/04/1995 21 - 2 - - - 3 1 - - 2 - Forwards 9 Sergei Zenjov EST 20/04/1989 27 - 8 3 1 - 5 - 11 - 40 8 10 Ruslan Gurbanov AZE 12/09/1991 25 - - - 1 - 4 3 1 - 10 1 77 Ehtiram Shahverdiyev AZE 01/10/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 90 Ramil Hasanov UKR 15/02/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Roman Hrygorchuk UKR 22/03/1965 51 - 8 - 1 - - - 15 - 69 - 6 Gabala SC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 Thursday 29 September 2016 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit 8KM Stadium, Baku 1.