UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS White Hart Lane - London Thursday 17 September 2015 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Tottenham Hotspur FC Group J - Matchday 1 Qarabağ FK Last updated 11/03/2016 09:28CET 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 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Qarabağ FK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Tottenham Hotspur FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Tottenham Hotspur FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Qarabağ FK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Qarabağ FK have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Qarabağ FK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Match background Tottenham Hotspur FC will hope for a gentle reintroduction to UEFA Europa League football as Qarabağ FK play their first competitive game in England in Group J. Previous meetings • This is the first UEFA club competition meeting between Azeri and English sides. • Qarabağ have made two previous visits to the British Isles; they won 2-1 away to Northern Irish side Portadown FC in 2010/11 UEFA Europa League qualifying, then lost 1-0 at Celtic FC in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Form guide • Spurs have lost just once in their last 17 European home games (W12 D4 L1), SL Benfica beating them 3-1 in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League round of 16. • Qarabağ have won three of their last five European away games – notably beating last season's UEFA Europa League finalists FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-0 in the group stage. • In seven previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League campaigns, Spurs have only once failed to reach the round of 32 – they missed the cut in 2011/12. • This is Qarabağ's second UEFA Europa League group stage campaign; they narrowly missed the cut for the round of 32 last season, having become the second Azeri side to make it to a major UEFA group stage - after Neftçi PFK in 2012/13 – and the first one to win a group stage game. Trivia and links • The journey from Baku to London is just shy of 4,000km, meaning Qarabağ have the longest journey of all the sides in action on matchday one. • Qarabağ are one of ten domestic champions in this season's group stage, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), FK Partizan (Serbia), Celtic FC (Scotland), Molde FK (Norway) and FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland). • Qarabağ's Spanish midfielder Míchel played in England for Birmingham City FC in the 2010/11 season. He was an unused substitute when Birmingham held Spurs to a 1-1 home Premier League draw in December 2010. The coaches • Mauricio Pochettino has been coach of Tottenham since 2014, the former RSC Espanyol and Paris Saint-Germain defender brought to London after an impressive season at Southampton FC. He was capped 20 times by Argentina, and featured at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. • Qarabağ coach Gurban Gurbanov is his nation's highest scoring international with 12 goals in 62 Azerbaijan games, and played club football in Russia and Ukraine as well as Azerbaijan. Coach since 2008, the former striker has led Qarabağ to domestic titles in the last two seasons. 3 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Qarabağ FK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Team facts Tottenham Hotspur FC Formed: 1882 Nickname: Spurs UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (2): 1972, (1974), 1984 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1963 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1961) FA Cup: 8 (1991) League Cup: 4 (2008) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 32 2013/14: round of 16 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: round of 16 2006/07: quarter-finals 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík 28/09/71, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United FC v Tottenham 14/09/83, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Tottenham v SL Benfica 13/03/14, UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg 0-2: Tottenham v FC Luzern 25/06/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: 1. FC Köln v Tottenham 22/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United FC v Tottenham (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Tottenham v SL Benfica (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1 (aet): FC Internazionale Milano v Tottenham 14/03/13, round of 16 second leg Qarabağ FK Formed: 1951 Nickname: Atlılar (The Horsemen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Qarabağ FK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 3 (2015) Azerbaijani Cup: 4 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 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 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Qarabağ FK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Squad list Tottenham Hotspur FC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Hugo Lloris FRA 26/12/1986 28 - - - 4 - 16 - 59 - 13 Michel Vorm NED 20/10/1983 31 - - - 1 - 12 - 17 - Defenders 2 Kyle Walker ENG 28/05/1990 25 - - - 5 - 21 - 23 - 3 Danny Rose ENG 02/07/1990 25 - - - 1 - 10 - 11 1 4 Toby Alderweireld BEL 02/03/1989 26 - - - 5 - 18 3 42 5 5 Jan Vertonghen BEL 24/04/1987 28 - - - 5 - 46 3 69 4 15 Eric Dier ENG 15/01/1994 21 - - - 5 1 3 - 4 - 16 Kieran Trippier ENG 19/09/1990 24 - - - - - - - - - 21 Federico Fazio ARG 17/03/1987 28 - - - - - 22 1 36 1 27 Kevin Wimmer AUT 15/11/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - 33 Ben Davies WAL 24/04/1993 22 - - - 4 - 12 - 16 - Midfielders 8 Ryan Mason ENG 13/06/1991 24 - - - 5 1 5 - 5 - 11 Erik Lamela ARG 04/03/1992 23 - - - 4 - 13 3 14 3 14 Clinton Njié CMR 15/08/1993 22 - - - - - 3 - 5 1 17 Andros Townsend ENG 16/07/1991 24 - - - 1 - 19 2 25 4 19 Mousa Dembélé BEL 16/07/1987 28 - - - 4 - 46 7 59 7 20 Dele Alli ENG 11/04/1996 19 - - - 4 1 - - - - 22 Nacer Chadli BEL 02/08/1989 26 - - - 5 1 26 6 40 14 23 Christian Eriksen DEN 14/02/1992 23 - - - 2 - 23 4 43 6 24 Alex Pritchard ENG 03/05/1993 22 - - - 1 - - - - - 28 Tom Carroll ENG 28/05/1992 23 - - - 2 - 8 - 11 - Forwards 7 Son Heung-Min KOR 08/07/1992 23 - - - 1 - - - 19 5 10 Harry Kane ENG 28/07/1993 22 - - - 5 - 17 6 22 8 Coach - Mauricio Pochettino ESP 02/03/1972 43 - - - - - 8 - 10 - 6 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Qarabağ FK Thursday 17 September 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Qarabağ FK Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Farkhad Veliyev AZE 01/11/1980 34 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 - 13 Ibrahim Šehić BIH 02/09/1988 27 - 4 - 2 - - - 4 - 6 - 20 - 94 Halit Oğuzhan TUR 14/05/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 5 Maksim Medvedev AZE 29/09/1989 25 - 2 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 38 - 14 Rashad F.