UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Kazan Arena - Kazan Thursday 26 November 2015 17.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Rubin Group B - Matchday 5 FC Sion Last updated 24/11/2015 12:48CET 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 Rubin - FC Sion Thursday 26 November 2015 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Kazan Arena, Kazan Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Konaté 11, 82; 17/09/2015 GS FC Sion - FC Rubin Kazan 2-1 Sion Kanunnikov 65 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rubin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Sion 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 FC Rubin - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Rubin have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Sion - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Buznikin 14, Titov 34, Ketchinov 41, 15/10/1997 R1 (Rep) FC Spartak Moskva - FC Sion 5-1 (Rep) Moscow Tikhonov 60, Romaschenko 83; Ouattara 65 Tikhonov 19, 2-2 30/09/1997 R1 FC Spartak Moskva - FC Sion Moscow Alenichev 55; Lota 4, agg: 3-2 75 16/09/1997 R1 FC Sion - FC Spartak Moskva 0-1 Sion Ketchinov 73 Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rubin 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Sion 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 5 9 2 FC Rubin - FC Sion Thursday 26 November 2015 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Kazan Arena, Kazan Match background Bottom of UEFA Europa League Group B after four games, FC Rubin Kazan are running out of chances as they welcome surprise section leaders FC Sion. • If Sion win, they are through; if Rubin lose they are out. Previous meetings • Moussa Konaté struck twice on matchday one as Sion beat Rubin 2-1 in the Russian side's first encounter with Swiss opponents. • Sion's only previous encounters with Russian opposition came in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup first round. They lost 1-0 at home against FC Spartak Moskva then drew the return leg 2-2 in Moscow. However, the game was replayed after it was discovered that the goalposts were not the regulation height. Spartak won that match 5-1. Form guide • Without a win in Group B, Rubin have been low scorers this season – they have not registered more than once in their last seven UEFA games. • Sion are unbeaten in Group B, where they have not conceded more than once in a single match. • Rubin successfully navigated their way through to the round of 32 in all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Sion are featuring in the group stage of a major UEFA competition for the first time. Trivia and links • The journey from Sion to Kazan is over 3,000km. • Sion's Latvia goalkeeper Andrijs Vaņins has some Russian experience, having played for FC Moskva from 2003–05 – though he did not break into the first team. • Sion striker Konaté also played in Russia with FC Krasnodar from 2012–14. Konaté and Rubin's Sergei Kislyak were team-mates at Krasnodar for the first half of the 2012/13 season. The coaches • Valeri Chaly is in temporary charge at Rubin, following Rinat Bilyaletdinov's dismissal in September. A lower-league player in the Soviet Union, he was later a beach soccer and futsal trainer. Once coach of Moldova's FC Iskra-Stal, he joined Rubin after a short spell with FC Chayka Sevastopol's reserves. • A UEFA Cup finalist with FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 1996, striker Didier Tholot ended his playing career as player- coach at Sion and took charge of the club for a third time in 2014. He led Sion to Swiss Cup success in 2009 in his second stint and won that trophy again last term. 3 FC Rubin - FC Sion Thursday 26 November 2015 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Kazan Arena, Kazan Team facts FC Rubin Kazan Formed: 1958 Nickname: Tatarstantsi (The Tatarstan Side) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (2009) Domestic cup: 1 (2012) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Rubin v SV Zulte Waregem 03/10/13, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 2-5: NK Maribor v Rubin 19/09/13, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-3 twice, most recently v Shamrock Rovers FC 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rubin v SK Rapid Wien 26/08/04, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-1 four times, most recently v Chelsea FC 04/04/13, UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg 2-0 twice, most recently v FC Barcelona 07/12/10, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Rubin v SV Zulte Waregem (see above) • Biggest away win 2-5: NK Maribor v Rubin (see above) 0-3: Shamrock Rovers FC v Rubin (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rubin v SK Rapid Wien (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Chelsea FC v Rubin (see above) FC Sion Formed: 1909 Nickname: Les Sédunois (local name for Sion natives) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None 4 FC Rubin - FC Sion Thursday 26 November 2015 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Kazan Arena, Kazan Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1997) Swiss Cup: 13 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: first round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Sion v Galatasaray AŞ 15/09/65, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg 4-0: Sion v AS Jeunesse Esch 23/07/97, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Vinnytsa v Sion 26/09/96, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Sion v Galatasaray AŞ 13/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg 1-4: Sion v Aberdeen FC 01/09/82, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round second leg 0-3 (forfeit): Sion v Celtic FC 25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-1: 1. FC Magdeburg v Sion 17/11/65, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 7-0: Aberdeen FC v Sion 18/08/82, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: Sion v FK Velež 30/09/87, first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Apollon Limassol FC v Sion 13/09/94, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 (forfeit): Sion v Celtic FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FK Velež v Sion 16/09/87, first round first leg 5 FC Rubin - FC Sion Thursday 26 November 2015 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Kazan Arena, Kazan Squad list FC Rubin Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sergei Ryzhikov RUS 19/09/1980 35 - 4 - 4 - 16 - 34 - 57 - 13 Alireza Haghighi IRN 02/05/1988 27 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Timur Akmurzin RUS 07/12/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Evgeni Schetinin RUS 19/02/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 91 Yuri Nesterenko RUS 12/06/1991 24 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Defenders 2 Oleg Kuzmin RUS 09/05/1981 34 - 4 1 3 - 13 2 28 1 44 3 4 Mauricio Lemos URU 28/12/1995 19 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 2 - 5 Solomon Kverkvelia GEO 06/02/1992 23 - 4 - 4 - 15 - 6 - 15 - 21 Guillermo Cotugno URU 12/03/1995 20 - 4 - 2 - 12 - 2 - 6 - 49 Vitali Ustinov RUS 03/05/1991 24 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 83 Aleksandr Kuznetsov RUS 21/03/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 85 Ilzat Akhmetov RUS 31/12/1997 17 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 88 Ruslan Kambolov RUS 01/01/1990 25 - 3 - 4 - 16 - 4 - 7 - Midfielders 3 Elmir Nabiullin RUS 08/03/1995 20 - 2 - 4 - 11 1 4 - 6 - 8 Maksim Batov RUS 05/06/1992 23 - 3 - - - 3 - - - 3 - 10 Carlos Eduardo BRA 18/07/1987 28 - 3 1 4 - 14 1 7 - 12 1 14 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov RUS 27/02/1985 30 - 3 - 2 - 11 2 25 5 37 5 15 Sergei Kislyak BLR 06/08/1987 28 - 2 - 2 - 9 1 12 - 37 2 27 Magomed Ozdoev RUS 05/11/1992 23 - 4 - 4 - 15 1 10 - 15 - 61 Gökdeniz Karadeniz TUR 11/01/1980 35 - 3 2 3 - 10 3 40 9 73 14 77 Blagoy Georgiev BUL 21/12/1981 33 - 4 - 3 - 13 - 5 - 13 - Forwards 7 Igor Portnyagin RUS 07/01/1989 26 - 4 1 3 - 12 1 4 - 8 1 9 Ramil Sheydaev RUS 15/03/1996 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 11 Marko Dević UKR 27/10/1983 32 - - - 4 1 7 4 30 7 42 11 22 Vladimir Dyadyun RUS 12/07/1988 27 - 2 - 3 - 8 - 19 3 25 5 99 Maksim Kanunnikov RUS 14/07/1991 24 - 4 1 4 1 16 2 9 1 19 2 Coach - Valeri Chaly RUS 13/03/1958 57 - - - 4 - - - 4 - 4 - 6 FC Rubin - FC Sion Thursday 26 November 2015 - 17.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Kazan Arena, Kazan FC Sion Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.