UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Chornomorets - Odessa Thursday 15 September 2016 19.00CET (20.00 local time) FC Zorya Luhansk Group A - Matchday 1 Fenerbahçe SK Last updated 13/12/2016 14:15CET 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 FC Zorya Luhansk - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 15 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Zorya Luhansk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Zorya Luhansk have not played against a club from their opponents' country Fenerbahçe SK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Shakhtar Donetsk - 3-0 Gladkiy 25, Srna 65 05/08/2015 QR3 Lviv Fenerbahçe SK agg: 3-0 (P), Alex Teixeira 68 Fenerbahçe SK - FC Shakhtar 28/07/2015 QR3 0-0 Istanbul Donetsk UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Dynamo Kyiv - Fenerbahçe 10/12/2008 GS 1-0 Kyiv Eremenko 20 SK Fenerbahçe SK - FC Dynamo 30/09/2008 GS 0-0 Istanbul Kyiv UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Appiah 34, Kerim Fenerbahçe SK - FC Dynamo 2-2 23/08/2006 QR3 Istanbul Zengin 76; Shatskikh Kyiv agg: 3-5 5, 41 Diogo Rincón 1, 67, FC Dynamo Kyiv - Fenerbahçe 09/08/2006 QR3 3-1 Kyiv Yussuf 83; Mehmet SK Aurélio 48 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Zorya Luhansk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fenerbahçe SK 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 3 3 9 2 FC Zorya Luhansk - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 15 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa Match background Zorya Luhansk face a stern test in their debut match in a UEFA group stage as they play host to European regulars Fenerbahçe. Previous meetings • This UEFA Europa League Group A fixture is the clubs' first meeting in UEFA competition and Zorya's maiden encounter with Turkish opposition. • Fenerbahçe have not won in six games (D3 L3) against Ukrainian teams, all of them versus Shakhtar Donetsk or Dynamo Kyiv. • Most recently, the Yellow Canaries lost 3-0 to Shakhtar last term in the second leg of a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie. Form guide • Zorya's record in seven European home matches since they made their continental debut in 1973/74 is W3 D2 L2. • This is Zorya's maiden UEFA group stage campaign. • Semi-finalists in 2012/13, Fenerbahçe successfully negotiated all four of their previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Fenerbahçe won their two fixtures in this season's qualifying competition without conceding, beating Grasshoppers 5-0 on aggregate. Links and trivia • The journey from Istanbul to Odessa, where Zorya are playing their European games, is around 625km across the Black Sea. The coaches • Yuriy Vernydub has been in charge at Zorya since stepping up from his role as assistant coach in November 2011. A Russian Cup winner with Zenit in 1999, towards the end of his playing career, he steered Zorya to a fourth-placed finish in Ukraine last season. • Dick Advocaat is in his first term with Fenerbahçe. The one-time Oranje coach has amassed domestic league titles in the Netherlands (with PSV), Scotland (Rangers) and Russia (Zenit), having also led Zenit to glory in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup. 3 FC Zorya Luhansk - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 15 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa Team facts FC Zorya Luhansk Formed: 1923 Nickname: Chorno-Bili (Black-and-Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Soviet/Ukrainian league title: 1 (1972) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: play-offs 2014/15: play-offs 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 3-0: Zorya v R. Charleroi SC 06/08/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: KF Laçi v Zorya 10/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Zorya v Legia Warszawa 20/08/15, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg 0-1: Zorya v FC Spartak Trnava 07/11/73, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-3: Feyenoord v Zorya 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 3-2: Legia Warszawa v Zorya 27/08/15, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: Zorya v R. Charleroi SC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: KF Laçi v Zorya (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Zorya v Legia Warszawa (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-3: Feyenoord v Zorya (see above) 3-2: Legia Warszawa v Zorya (see above) Fenerbahçe SK Formed: 1907 Nickname: Sarı Kanaryalar (Yellow Canaries) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) 4 FC Zorya Luhansk - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 15 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa League title: 19 (2014) Turkish Cup: 6 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League play-offs 2012/13: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz PFK 09/08/94, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v MTK Budapest 06/08/08, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Fenerbahçe v AS Cannes 27/09/94, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-4 twice, most recently v AC Milan 23/11/05, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: SL Benfica v Fenerbahçe 17/09/75, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Fenerbahçe v Turan Tovuz PFK (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: FK Partizani v Fenerbahçe 22/08/95, preliminary round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Fenerbahçe v AS Cannes (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: SK Sigma Olomouc v Fenerbahçe 04/11/92, second round second leg 5 FC Zorya Luhansk - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 15 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa Squad list FC Zorya Luhansk Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Oleksii Shevchenko UKR 24/02/1992 24 - - - 7 - - - 2 - 77 Oleh Chuvayev UKR 25/10/1987 28 - - - - - - - - - 91 Igor Levchenko UKR 23/02/1991 25 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Artem Sukhotskiy UKR 06/12/1992 23 - - - 4 - - - - - 3 Mikhail Sivakov BLR 16/01/1988 28 - - - 6 - 1 - 30 - 4 Ihor Chaykovskiy UKR 07/10/1991 24 - - - 3 1 - - 8 - 6 Mykyta Kamenyuka UKR 03/06/1985 31 - - - 7 - - - 10 2 12 Rafael Forster BRA 23/07/1990 26 - - - 3 - - - - - 16 Grigoriy Yarmash UKR 04/01/1985 31 - - - - - - - 4 - 27 Yevhen Tkachuk UKR 27/06/1991 25 - - - 2 1 3 - 5 1 39 Yevhen Opanasenko UKR 25/08/1990 26 - - - - - - - 5 - 44 Vyacheslav Checher UKR 15/12/1980 35 - - - 5 - 12 - 31 1 95 Eduard Sobol UKR 20/04/1995 21 - - - 6 - - - - - Midfielders 5 Artem Gordiyenko UKR 04/03/1991 25 - - - 7 2 - - 4 - 7 Ivan Petriak UKR 13/03/1994 22 - - - 7 2 - - 5 - 8 Ihor Kharatin UKR 02/02/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - 10 Jaba Lipartia GEO 16/11/1987 28 - - - 6 - - - 12 - 20 Olexandr Karavaev UKR 02/06/1992 24 - - - 7 4 - - 10 - 22 Željko Ljubenović SRB 09/07/1981 35 - - - 7 2 - - 15 4 24 Dmytro Grechyshkin UKR 22/09/1991 24 - - - 6 - - - 4 - Forwards 9 Vladyslav Kulach UKR 07/05/1993 23 - - - 2 - - - - - 11 Paulinho BRA 29/05/1993 23 - - - 7 - - - - - 21 Denys Bezborodko UKR 31/05/1994 22 - - - 1 - - - - - 42 Emmanuel Bonaventure NGA 15/11/1997 18 - - - 4 1 - - - - Coach - Yuriy Vernydub UKR 22/01/1966 50 - - - - - - - 10 - 6 FC Zorya Luhansk - Fenerbahçe SK Thursday 15 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa Fenerbahçe SK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.