UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Balaídos - Vigo Thursday 29 September 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) RC Celta de Vigo Group G - Matchday 2 Panathinaikos FC Last updated 28/09/2016 04:34CET Match background 2 Legend 3 1 RC Celta de Vigo - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo Match background Celta's first European home game in nearly a decade brings Panathinaikos to Galicia in UEFA Europa League Group G, the Greek side hoping to win in Spain for the first time. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Celta beat Aris Thessaloniki 4-2 on aggregate in the 1999/2000 UEFA Cup second round in their only previous encounter with Greek opponents. • Panathinaikos's record in 25 matches with Spanish sides is W3 D7 L15 (D1 L11 in Spain). That lone away draw was a 1-1 at Villarreal in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16. Form guide • Celta lost their most recent European home fixture 1-0 to Werder Bremen, in the UEFA Cup round of 16 in March 2007. • This is Celta's first European campaign since they made it through the group stage and into the round of 16 of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. • Panathinaikos are unbeaten in their last three UEFA away games (W1 D2), but are without a victory in ten UEFA group stage away trips (D2 L8) since a 3-2 win at Roma in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32. • Having successfully negotiated their first three UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, Panathinaikos have missed the cut in their last two attempts. Links and trivia • The journey from Athens to Vigo is around 2,800km. • Panathinaikos's Swedish forward Marcus Berg scored on matchday one to mark his 50th UEFA club competition appearance. • Celta's Giuseppe Rossi notched his 17th UEFA Europa League goal on matchday one; only Radamel Falcao (30) and Óscar Cardozo (20) have registered more in the competition. • Panathinaikos's Ghanaian midfielder Mubarak Wakaso played in Spain with Elche, Villarreal and Espanyol. The coaches • Eduardo Berizzo played in the UEFA Champions League for both Marseille and Celta, the former Argentina centre- back returning to Europe in 2014 to take charge of the Galician club. He led them back into Europe with a sixth-placed finish in 2015/16. • Italian coach Andrea Stramaccioni steered Panathinaikos to a third-place finish in Greece last term, his first season with the club. A qualified lawyer whose playing career was ended by injury, he specialised as a youth coach before managing Internazionale Milano and Udinese in Serie A. 2 RC Celta de Vigo - Panathinaikos FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Balaídos, Vigo Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. 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