UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Artemio Franchi - Florence Thursday 29 September 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) ACF Fiorentina Group J - Matchday 2 Qarabağ FK Last updated 04/11/2016 01:16CET 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 ACF Fiorentina - Qarabağ FK Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams ACF Fiorentina - Record versus clubs from opponents' country ACF Fiorentina have not played against a club from their opponents' country Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Qarabağ FK - FC Internazionale 11/12/2014 GS 0-0 Baku Milano FC Internazionale Milano - D'Ambrosio 18, Icardi 02/10/2014 GS 2-0 Milan Qarabağ FK 85 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qarabağ FK 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 ACF Fiorentina - Qarabağ FK Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Match background Fiorentina will bid to break their European duck for 2016 as Qarabağ head to Italy on matchday two, the Azerbaijani side having come from behind to earn a 2-2 draw against Liberec in their first Group J game. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time and it is Fiorentina's first experience of Azerbaijani opponents. • Qarabağ took on Internazionale in the 2014/15 group stage, losing 2-0 in Milan and then drawing 0-0 in Baku – a result that spelled elimination from the competition. Form guide • A 0-0 draw at PAOK on matchday one means Fiorentina are still to win in three UEFA matches in 2016 (D2 L1). • Qarabağ are without a victory in six European away games (D2 L4) since a 1-0 triumph at Young Boys in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Fiorentina have a 100% qualification success rate in four UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Qarabağ are featuring in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the third season in succession but have yet to make it to the round of 32. Links and trivia • The journey from Qarabağ's base in Baku to Florence is around 3,200km. The Horsemen have not played in their home town, Agdam, since 1993. • Fiorentina's Mexican defender Carlos Salcedo (23) and Qarabağ's Maksim Medvedev (27) both celebrate birthdays on the day of the match. The coaches • A European champion as a player with Juventus (1996) and Borussia Dortmund (1997), former Portugal midfielder Paulo Sousa joined Fiorentina in June 2015 fresh from landing the 2013/14 Israeli crown with Maccabi Tel-Aviv and the 2014/15 Swiss championship with Basel. • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's highest-scoring international with 12 goals in 62 games and played in Russia and Ukraine as well as Azerbaijan. Coach since 2008, he has led Qarabağ to domestic championships in the last three campaigns. 3 ACF Fiorentina - Qarabağ FK Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Team facts ACF Fiorentina Formed: 1926 Nickname: Viola (Purples) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1957) • UEFA Cup: (1990) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1961, (1962) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1969) Italian Cup: 6 (2001) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 32 2014/15: semi-finals 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: semi-finals 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg 08/11/07, UEFA Cup group stage • Biggest away win 2-6: SK Rapid Wien v Fiorentina 25/10/61, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 0-4: Os Belenenses v Fiorentina 01/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club Zürich 03/11/98, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v FC Schalke 04 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-3: Fiorentina v Club Atlético de Madrid 05/09/62, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final replay (played in Stuttgart) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RSC Anderlecht v Fiorentina 07/11/84, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Os Belenenses v Fiorentina (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v Grasshopper Club Zürich (see above) 0-3 (forfeit): Fiorentina v FC Schalke 04 (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RSC Anderlecht v Fiorentina (see above) Qarabağ FK 4 ACF Fiorentina - Qarabağ FK Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 4 (2016) Azerbaijani Cup: 5 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 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 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 Hérault SC v Qarabağ 10/07/99, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • 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 ACF Fiorentina - Qarabağ FK Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Squad list ACF Fiorentina Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Luca Lezzerini ITA 24/03/1995 21 - - - 1 - - - - - 12 Ciprian Tătăruşanu ROU 09/02/1986 30 - 1 - 6 - 31 - 56 - 23 Giacomo Satalino ITA 20/05/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - 97 Bartłomiej Drągowski POL 19/08/1997 19 - - - - - - - 4 - Defenders 2 Gonzalo Rodríguez ARG 10/04/1984 32 - 1 - 5 - 52 5 86 6 4 Sebastian De Maio FRA 05/03/1987 29 - - - 1 - - - 2 - 13 Davide Astori ITA 07/01/1987 29 - 1 - 4 - 11 - 13 - 15 Maximiliano Olivera ITA 05/03/1992 24 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 18 Carlos Salcedo MEX 29/09/1993 23 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 31 Hrvoje Milić CRO 10/05/1989 27 - - - 4 - - - 8 - 40 Nenad Tomović SRB 30/08/1987 29 - 1 - 6 - 31 - 33 - Midfielders 5 Milan Badelj CRO 25/02/1989 27 - 1 - 6 1 38 2 73 5 6 Carlos Sánchez FRA 06/02/1986 30 - 1 - 6 1 1 - 1 - 8 Matías Vecino URU 24/08/1991 25 - - - 3 - 7 - 7 - 10 Federico Bernardeschi ITA 16/02/1994 22 - 1 - 5 1 11 6 11 6 16 Cristian Tello ESP 11/08/1991 25 - 1 - 6 - 1 - 23 6 19 Sebastián Cristóforo URU 23/08/1993 23 - - - 2 - 13 - 13 - 20 Borja Valero ESP 12/01/1985 31 - 1 - 5 - 39 2 48 3 25 Federico Chiesa ITA 25/10/1997 18 - - - 2 - - - - - 72 Josip Iličić SVN 29/01/1988 28 - 1 - 5 - 21 6 32 10 Forwards 7 Mauro Zárate ARG 18/03/1987 29 - - - - - 11 3 26 7 9 Nikola Kalinić CRO 05/01/1988 28 - 1 - 6 1 30 8 45 11 30 Khouma Babacar SEN 17/03/1993 23 - 1 - 3 1 11 4 11 4 Coach - Paulo Sousa POR 30/08/1970 46 - - - - - 21 - 41 - 6 ACF Fiorentina - Qarabağ FK Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.
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