UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen Thursday 29 September 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Schalke 04 Group I - Matchday 2 FC Salzburg Last updated 28/09/2016 04:38CET Match background 2 Legend 3 1 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Match background Schalke will look to maintain their impressive unbeaten run in UEFA Europa League group stage games as they welcome Salzburg in Group I. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • In their only previous encounters with Austrian opponents, Schalke won 2-0 away and drew 0-0 at home against Kärnten (now Pasching) in a 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup final. • Salzburg's six matches against German sides have ended W1 D2 L3 (D1 L2 in Germany), that lone victory coming at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Form guide • Schalke opened their Group I campaign with a 1-0 triumph in Nice. They have yet to lose in 13 UEFA Europa League group stage fixtures (W9 D4), • Salzburg were undefeated in 14 UEFA Europa League group stage appearances (W13 D1) until they lost 1-0 at home to Krasnodar on matchday one, but they are unbeaten in three European away games this season (W2 D1). • Schalke have made it through three of their past four UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Salzburg have successfully negotiated four of their previous five UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Salzburg to Gelsenkirchen is around 600km. • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's next goal will be his 50th in UEFA club competition. The Schalke forward has not scored in his last five European outings. • Schalke's Ukraine winger Yevhen Konoplyanka turns 27 the day of the Salzburg match. • Schalke boast Austrian talent in the form of midfielder Alessandro Schöpf. • Jonatan Soriano is Salzburg's all-time top scorer in UEFA competitions with 24 goals. • Former team-mates: Leon Goretzka (Schalke) & Marc Rzatkowski (Salzburg) – Bochum, 2012–13 Dennis Aogo and Sascha Riether (Schalke) & Alexander Walke (Salzburg) – Freiburg, 2005–07 The coaches • New Schalke coach Markus Weinzierl made it to last season's UEFA Europa League round of 32 with Augsburg, whom he had led since 2012. His playing career peaked when he spent a season with the first-team squad at Bayern München in 1998/99, though he never played a senior game. • A midfielder – and later youth coach – at Barcelona, Salzburg's Spanish coach Óscar García has managed abroad with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford. He guided Salzburg to the Austrian title in his first campaign in charge in 2015/16. 2 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen 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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