UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio Municipal de Braga - Braga Thursday 28 September 2017 21.05CET (20.05 local time) SC Braga Group C - Matchday 2 İstanbul Başakşehir Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 SC Braga - İstanbul Başakşehir Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams SC Braga - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Velázquez 34, Wilson Eduardo 45+1, 03/11/2016 GS SC Braga - Konyaspor 3-1 Braga Ricardo Horta 90+7; Rangelov 30 Milošević 9; Ahmed 20/10/2016 GS Konyaspor - SC Braga 1-1 Konya Hassan 55 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ahmed Hassan 11, Josué 69 (P), 4-1 17/03/2016 R16 SC Braga - Fenerbahçe SK Braga Stoiljković 74, Rafa agg: 4-2 Silva 83; Alper Potuk 45+3 10/03/2016 R16 Fenerbahçe SK - SC Braga 1-0 Istanbul Mehmet Topal 82 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mossoró 32; Burak 05/12/2012 GS SC Braga - Galatasaray AŞ 1-2 Braga Yılmaz 58, Aydın Yılmaz 78 Rúben Micael 27, 02/10/2012 GS Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga 0-2 Istanbul Alan 90+4 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 23/02/2012 R32 Beşiktaş JK - SC Braga Istanbul Lima 25 agg: 2-1 14/02/2012 R32 SC Braga - Beşiktaş JK 0-2 Braga Sivok 37, Simão 58 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Matheus 45, Linz 57, 26/07/2008 R3 SC Braga - Sivasspor Braga agg: 5-0 Aguiar 70 (P) 20/07/2008 R3 Sivasspor - SC Braga 0-2 Sivas Linz 45+1, Moisés 78 İstanbul Başakşehir - Record versus clubs from opponents' country İstanbul Başakşehir 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 SC Braga 5 3 0 2 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 6 1 3 17 8 2 SC Braga - İstanbul Başakşehir Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA İstanbul Başakşehir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 SC Braga - İstanbul Başakşehir Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Match background Braga are on a four-game UEFA Europa League winning streak coming into their Group C meeting with İstanbul Başakşehir, who have yet to win a European game away from home. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time, and it is Başakşehir's maiden encounter with Portuguese opponents. • Braga have had the better of their ten previous meetings with Turkish clubs: W6 D1 L3 (W3 L2 in Braga). They have beaten Turkish opposition at home in each of the past two UEFA Europa League campaigns: Fenerbahçe 4-1 in 2015/16 and Konyaspor 3-1 last season. Form guide • A 2-1 success at Hoffenheim on matchday one extended Braga's European winning streak to four games. • Braga have scored two or more goals in seven of their last eight UEFA games, but have gone 17 fixtures without a European clean sheet. • Başakşehir have yet to win in five European away games (D3 L2) or keep a clean sheet in a UEFA away fixture, conceding at least two goals in each encounter. • Fifth in Portugal last term, and runners-up in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League, Braga are competing in the group stage for the third season in succession. • Beaten by Sevilla in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, Başakşehir are making their UEFA group stage debut this season. Links and trivia • The journey from Istanbul to Braga is around 3,100km. • Başakşehir's Mossoró was a Braga player from 2008–13, and featured in their 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final defeat to Porto. • Başakşehir's other Brazilian player Júnior Caiçara also played in Portugal for Gil Vicente (2010–12) • Braga's Bruno Viana and Başakşehir's one-time Portugal youth international Manuel da Costa were team-mates at Olympiacos (2016–17) up until this summer. The coaches • At the helm since April 2017, Abel Ferreira was previously Braga's B team coach. A right-back, he graduated from home-town side Penafiel to Vitória Guimarães, Braga and Sporting CP, where he won two Portuguese Cups before retiring in 2011. • Abdullah Avcı led Turkey to success in the 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship before taking charge of Başakşehir for the first time from 2006–11. He returned in 2014 following an unsuccessful stint as Turkey coach. 4 SC Braga - İstanbul Başakşehir Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Team facts SC Braga Formed: 1921 Nickname: Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenal fans) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Europa League: (2011) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Portuguese Cup: 2 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage 2015/16: quarter-finals 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: play-offs 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: round of 16 2007/08: round of 32 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City v Braga 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: Artmedia Petržalka v Braga 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-2: Galatasaray v Braga 02/10/12, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v Shakhtar Donetsk 28/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur 19/09/84, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal v Braga 15/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur v Braga 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City v Braga (see above) 0-2: Artmedia Petržalka v Braga (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur v Braga (see above) İstanbul Başakşehir 5 SC Braga - İstanbul Başakşehir Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Formed: 2014 Nickname: Baykuş (The Owls) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) none Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: play-offs 2015/16: third qualifying round 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-0: İstanbul Başakşehir v Club Brugge 02/08/17, UEFA Champions League play-off second leg • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: İstanbul Başakşehir v Shakhtar Donetsk 18/08/16, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg 1-2: İstanbul Başakşehir v AZ Alkmaar 06/08/2015, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Shakhtar Donetsk v İstanbul Başakşehir 25/08/16, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 2-0: AZ Alkmaar v İstanbul Başakşehir 30/07/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: İstanbul Başakşehir v Shakhtar Donetsk (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Shakhtar Donetsk v İstanbul Başakşehir (see above) 2-0: AZ Alkmaar v İstanbul Başakşehir (see above) 6 SC Braga - İstanbul Başakşehir Thursday 28 September 2017 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Squad list SC Braga 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 Matheus BRA 29/03/1992 25 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 17 - 21 - 12 Tiago Sá POR 11/01/1995 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 André Moreira POR 02/12/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 73 Ricardo Velho POR 20/08/1998 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Lazar Rosić SRB 29/06/1993 24 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 7 - 9 - 4 Jefferson BRA 05/07/1988 29 - 4 - - - 3 - 5 - 14 1 5 Nuno Sequeira POR 19/08/1990 27 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 24 Ricardo Ferreira POR 25/11/1992 24 - - - - - - - 9 1 9 1 34 Raúl Silva BRA 04/11/1989 27 - 4 2 1 - 4 - 1 - 5 2 36 Bruno Viana BRA 05/02/1995 22 - 2 - - - 4 - 3 - 5 - 47 Ricardo Esgaio POR 16/05/1993 24 - 4 - 1 - 4 1 5 - 11 - 74 Francisco Moura POR 16/08/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 87 Marcelo Goiano BRA 13/10/1987 29 - - - 1 - 5 - 17 - 17 - 97 Lucas Cunha BRA 23/01/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 10 Bruno Xadas POR 02/12/1997 19 - 4 - - - 6 1 - - 4 - 11 Danilo BRA 28/02/1996 21 - 4 - 1 - 7 1 5 - 14 - 15 André Horta POR 07/11/1996 20 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 16 Robert Murić CRO 12/03/1996 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 João Carlos POR 18/01/1993 24 - - - 1 1 3 - 2 1 2 1 27 Fransérgio BRA 18/10/1990 26 - 4 - 1 - 7