UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Salzburg - Salzburg Wednesday 23 October 2019 21.00CET (21.00 local time) FC Salzburg Group E - Matchday 3 SSC Napoli Last updated 14/09/2020 18:14CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 18 Legend 20 1 FC Salzburg - SSC Napoli Wednesday 23 October 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dabbur 25, 3-1 14/03/2019 R16 FC Salzburg - SSC Napoli Salzburg Gulbrandsen 65, agg: 3-4 Leitgeb 90+2; Milik 14 Milik 10, Fabián Ruiz 07/03/2019 R16 SSC Napoli - FC Salzburg 3-0 Naples 18, Onguéné 58 (og) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Salzburg 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 FC Salzburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dabbur 56, Haidara 4-1 12/04/2018 QF FC Salzburg - SS Lazio Salzburg 72, Hwang 74, Lainer agg: 6-5 76; Immobile 55 Lulić 8, Parolo 49, Felipe Anderson 74, 05/04/2018 QF SS Lazio - FC Salzburg 4-2 Rome Immobile 76; V. Berisha 30 (P), Minamino 71 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/2010 GS Juventus - FC Salzburg 0-0 Turin 21/10/2010 GS FC Salzburg - Juventus 1-1 Salzburg Švento 36; Krasić 47 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Afolabi 52, Tchoyi 78; 02/12/2009 GS FC Salzburg - SS Lazio 2-1 Salzburg Foggia 57 Foggia 59; Schiemer 17/09/2009 GS SS Lazio - FC Salzburg 1-2 Rome 82, Janko 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 5-0 Carbone 1, 7, Filippini 27/11/2003 R2 Parma FC - FC Salzburg Parma agg: 9-0 43, Sorrentino 47, 87 Filippini 60 (P), 06/11/2003 R2 FC Salzburg - Parma FC 0-4 Linz Gilardino 65, Nakata 84, Rosina 87 1-2 Bertotto 14; Hässler 15/10/2003 R1 Udinese Calcio - FC Salzburg Udine agg: 2-2 ag 61, Eder 77 24/09/2003 R1 FC Salzburg - Udinese Calcio 0-1 Linz Fava 36 2 FC Salzburg - SSC Napoli Wednesday 23 October 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/1994 GS FC Salzburg - AC Milan 0-1 Vienna Massaro 27 Stroppa 39, Simone 28/09/1994 GS AC Milan - FC Salzburg 3-0 Milan 60, 63 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Internazionale Milano - FC 1-0 11/05/1994 F Milan Jonk 65 Salzburg agg: 2-0 FC Salzburg - FC Internazionale 26/04/1994 F 0-1 Vienna Berti 35 Milano SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country SSC Napoli have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Salzburg 7 3 1 3 7 2 1 4 2 0 0 2 16 5 2 9 16 29 SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 FC Salzburg - SSC Napoli Wednesday 23 October 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg Match background Salzburg's 2018/19 European campaign was ended by Napoli, although the Austrian team will be able to draw on the memory of last season's home success as the teams meet again. • Napoli came out on top in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16 and lead the way in UEFA Champions League Group E having collected four points from their first two fixtures. Salzburg have recorded a win and a loss – although with nine goals, they are the second top scorers in the competition, behind only Bayern München (ten). Previous meetings • Napoli were 4-3 victors in the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League in March, doing the damage in the Naples first leg thanks to unanswered goals from Arkadiusz Milik, Fabián Ruiz and a Jérôme Onguéné own goal. • Milik's second goal of the tie 14 minutes into the return proved decisive, although Napoli were made to survive a Salzburg revival, goals from Munas Dabbur, Fredrik Gulbrandsen and Christoph Leitgeb proving enough only for a 3-1 victory. Form guide Salzburg • Having not featured in the group stage since 1994/95, Salzburg returned with a bang thanks to a 6-2 win against Genk on Matchday 1, scoring five goals in the first half – only the seventh team to do so in the UEFA Champions League. • Erling Braut Haaland's three goals made him the eighth player to score a UEFA Champions League debut hat-trick, and the first to do so in the first half. Aged 19 years 58 days, the Norwegian is the third youngest player to score a UEFA Champions League hat-trick, behind Raúl González (18 years 113 days) and Wayne Rooney (18 years 340 days). • Salzburg scored another three goals in their last fixture, but conceded four to lose against Liverpool at Anfield. • The Austrian club won a sixth successive Bundesliga title in 2018/19 – their 13th overall – adding the Austrian Cup to complete a domestic double for the sixth time, all since 2011/12. As Austrian champions, Salzburg qualified automatically for the group stage. • Salzburg's sole previous UEFA Champions League group stage appearance came in 1994/95, their European Cup debut, when they finished third in a group involving eventual winners Ajax, a Milan side who went on to lose to the Dutch club in the final, and AEK Athens. With two points then awarded for a win, Salzburg picked up five from their six matches, a 3-1 victory away to AEK their sole success. • Of Salzburg's seven consecutive eliminations in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds between 2012/13 and 2018/19, three took place in the play-offs, including last season's defeat against Crvena zvezda (0-0 a, 2-2 h). • The Austrian club therefore moved into the UEFA Europa League, a competition in which they had reached the semi-finals in 2017/18, and won all six of their group games for the third time – a competition record – to head a section including Celtic, Leipzig and Rosenborg. Marco Rose's side then beat Belgium's Club Brugge in the round of 32 (1-2 a, 4-0 h), before bowing out against Napoli. • Salzburg are undefeated in 19 European home games, winning 15 including nine of the last ten and all the last six. • Last season's second-leg defeat of Napoli was only Salzburg's fifth win against an Italian club in their 16th match. They lost their first four home games against Serie A opposition, all without scoring, but are unbeaten in the last four, winning three. • Their only European final appearance, in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup, ended with them losing both legs 1-0 to Internazionale, and their joint heaviest home European defeat (0-4) came against Parma in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup second round. Napoli • Late goals from Dries Mertens, a penalty, and substitute Fernando Llorente gave Napoli a 2-0 win against holders Liverpool in their first fixture. They were held 0-0 at Genk last time out. • Serie A runners-up for the second season running in 2018/19, Napoli are in the group stage for the sixth time – all in the last nine seasons. They reached the round of 16 in 2011/12 and 2016/17 but have finished third in their section in the other three campaigns. • The Partenopei picked up only two points in last season's group stage away from home, and are without a win in eight away matches in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final (D3 L5). • Napoli have won only five of their last 16 matches in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final (D4 L7) – all 4 FC Salzburg - SSC Napoli Wednesday 23 October 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Salzburg, Salzburg those victories coming at the Stadio San Paolo. • Having finished third behind Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool in last season's group stage, Napoli kicked off their UEFA Europa League campaign with a comfortable 5-1 aggregate win against Zürich before edging out Salzburg 4-3 over two legs in the round of 16. They were then eliminated from a second European competition of the season by an English club, however, losing 2-0 away to Arsenal and 1-0 at home in the quarter-finals. • A 3-1 success at Zürich last season is Napoli's only victory in their last seven away European fixtures (D3 L3). • The Naples club had never faced an Austrian club in UEFA competition before last season's tie against Salzburg. Links and trivia • Two Llorente penalties helped Athletic Club come from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw against Salzburg in the UEFA Europa League group stage on 20 October 2011.