UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 2-1) Estádio Municipal de Braga - Braga Wednesday 24 February 2016 SC Braga 18.00CET (17.00 local time) FC Sion Round of 32, Second leg Last updated 24/02/2016 11:23CET 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 SC Braga - FC Sion Wednesday 24 February 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Konaté 53; Stoiljković 18/02/2016 R32 FC Sion - SC Braga 1-2 Sion 13, Rafa Silva 61 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SC Braga 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 FC Sion 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 SC Braga - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mayuka 61, Farnerud 2-2 25/08/2011 PO BSC Young Boys - SC Braga Berne 81; Hélder Barbosa agg: 2-2 ag 24, Lima 78 18/08/2011 PO SC Braga - BSC Young Boys 0-0 Braga UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SC Braga - Grasshopper Club João Pinto 62, 14/12/2006 GS 2-0 Braga Zürich Castanheira 90+1 FC Sion - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jorge Costa 50, 4-0 Kostadinov 64, 04/11/1992 R2 FC Porto - FC Sion Porto agg: 6-2 Domingos 85, Magalhães 86 Orlando 54, Assis 59; 21/10/1992 R2 FC Sion - FC Porto 2-2 Sion Semedo 78, Couto 81 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SC Braga 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 6 3 FC Sion 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 SC Braga - FC Sion Wednesday 24 February 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Match background SC Braga will aim to continue their perfect home record in this season's UEFA Europa League when they host FC Sion leading 2-1 after the first leg of their round of 32 tie. Previous meetings • The sides met for the first time in UEFA competition in the first leg, when Rafa Silva's 61st-minute goal earned Braga victory. Nikola Stoiljković put the Arsenalistas ahead, with Moussa Konaté levelling for Sion early in the second half. Braga's Nikola Vukčević was sent off late on. • Braga are unbeaten in four games against Swiss sides (W2 D2 L0), including eliminating BSC Young Boys in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Sion lost 6-2 on aggregate to FC Porto in the 1992/93 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round in their only previous tie against Portuguese opposition. Form guide • Braga have won all three of their European home matches this season – all by a one-goal margin. Sion's group stage away record was W1 D1 L1. • Losing finalists in 2011 – when they transferred over after the UEFA Champions League group stage – Braga have now made it to the round of 32 from all five of their UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Sion are playing in the spring phase of a UEFA competition for the first time since losing to 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig in the 1986/87 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. Trivia and links • The journey from Sion to Braga is just short of 1,400km. The coaches • Appointed to the Braga hot seat last summer, former defender Paulo Fonseca, 42, had a low-key playing career. Having made his name in the second division as boss of CD Aves, Fonseca twice coached FC Paços de Ferreira in the top flight either side of a stint at FC Porto, where he was once on the books as a player. • A UEFA Cup finalist with FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 1996, French striker Didier Tholot ended his playing career as player-coach at Sion and took charge of the club for a third time in 2014. He led Sion to Swiss Cup success in 2009 during his second spell and lifted that trophy again last term. Penalty shoot-outs • Braga won their only previous UEFA penalty shoot-out: W 5-4 A v Udinese Calcio (2012/13 UEFA Champions League play-offs) • Sion have lost both of their UEFA penalty shoot-outs: L 5-4 H v Malmö FF (1974/75 European Cup Winners' Cup first round) L 5-3 A v Feyenoord (1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup second round) 3 SC Braga - FC Sion Wednesday 24 February 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Team facts SC Braga Formed: 1921 Nickname: Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenal fans) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Europa League: (2011) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Portuguese Cup: 1 (1966) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-2: Galatasaray AŞ v Braga 02/10/12, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 28/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC 19/09/84, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal FC v Braga 15/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga (see above) 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga (see above) FC Sion 4 SC Braga - FC Sion Wednesday 24 February 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Formed: 1909 Nickname: Les Sédunois (local name for Sion natives) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1997) Swiss Cup: 13 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: first round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Sion v Galatasaray AŞ 15/09/65, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg 4-0: Sion v AS Jeunesse Esch 23/07/97, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Vinnytsa v Sion 26/09/96, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Sion v Galatasaray AŞ 13/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg 1-4: Sion v Aberdeen FC 01/09/82, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round second leg 0-3 (forfeit): Sion v Celtic FC 25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-1: 1. FC Magdeburg v Sion 17/11/65, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 7-0: Aberdeen FC v Sion 18/08/82, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: Sion v FK Velež 30/09/87, first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Apollon Limassol FC v Sion 13/09/94, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Sion v Celtic FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FK Velež v Sion 16/09/87, first round first leg 5 SC Braga - FC Sion Wednesday 24 February 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Squad list SC Braga Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 28 Marafona POR 08/05/1987 28 - - - 3 - - - - - 76 Tiago Sá POR 11/01/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 90 Daniel Clemente POR 28/10/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - 92 Matheus BRA 29/03/1992 23 - 7 - 2 - 7 - 7 - Defenders 5 Willy Boly FRA 03/02/1991 25 - 7 - 16 1 7 - 7 - 6 André Pinto POR 05/10/1989 26 - 3 - 15 - 5 - 7 - 15 Baiano BRA 23/02/1987 29 - 4 - 20 - 8 - 15 - 16 Djavan BRA 31/12/1987 28 - 4 - 9 - 4 - 4 - 24 Ricardo Ferreira POR 25/11/1992 23 - 5 1 16 1 5 1 5 1 32 Arghus ITA 19/01/1988 28 - 1 - 3 - 19 - 39 1 44 Artur Jorge POR 14/08/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - 55 Núrio Fortuna POR 24/03/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - 60 José Gomes POR 20/07/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - 87 Marcelo Goiano BRA 13/10/1987 28 - 5 - 17 - 5 - 5 - Midfielders 8 Luíz Carlos BRA 05/07/1985 30 * 6 - 19 - 6 - 8 - 18 Rafa Silva POR 17/05/1993 22 - 7 2 22 5 7 2 7 2 21 Filipe Augusto BRA 12/08/1993 22 - 1 - 11 - 1 - 5 - 27 Josué POR 17/09/1990 25 - 1 - 4 - 3 - 9 - 30 Alan BRA 19/09/1979 36 - 7 1 19 2 36 5 69 11 35 Nikola Vukčević MNE 13/12/1991 24 S 7 - 14 2 7 - 11 1 50 Joca POR 30/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - 63 Mauro BRA 31/10/1990 25 - 4 - 13 - 4 - 6 - 80 Rui Correia POR 10/06/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Wilson Eduardo POR 08/07/1990 25 - 7 1 8 1 16 4 19 4 17 Rui Fonte POR 23/04/1990 25 - 6 - 14 4 6 - 6 - 19 Nikola Stoiljković SRB 17/08/1992 23 - 1 1 21 8 1 1 9 4 20 Ahmed Hassan EGY 05/03/1993 22 - 6 2 14 8 11 2 15 3 23 Pedro Santos POR 22/04/1988 27 - 4 - 17 6 4 - 4 - Coach - Paulo Fonseca POR 05/03/1973 42 - 7 - - - 7 - 7 - 6 SC Braga - FC Sion Wednesday 24 February 2016 - 18.00CET (17.00 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga FC Sion Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.