UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu - Konya Thursday 20 October 2016 Konyaspor 19.00CET (20.00 local time) SC Braga Group H - Matchday 3 Last updated 01/12/2016 20:18CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 1 Konyaspor - SC Braga Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Konyaspor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Konyaspor have not played against a club from their opponents' country SC Braga - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Konyaspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Braga 4 2 0 2 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 3 13 6 2 Konyaspor - SC Braga Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Match background The have-nots of UEFA Europa League Group H meet for the first time on matchday three, with Konyaspor and Braga having just a point and a goal between them after two games. Previous meetings • This is the sides' first encounter and Konyaspor's first experience of Portuguese opposition. • Braga's eight matches against Turkish teams have ended W5 L3 (W3 L1 in Turkey). They won on their first three trips to Turkey but that run came to a halt with a 1-0 defeat by Fenerbahçe in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16. Even so, they won the home return leg 4-1 to progress. Form guide • Newcomers Konyaspor have lost both of their European games to date, without scoring. • Sassuolo and Konyaspor are the only sides in the 2016/17 group stage who are in their debut European seasons. • Braga have failed to score in five of their last six away fixtures in Europe. • Losing finalists in 2011, Braga have made it through all five of their preceding UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Braga to Konya is around 3,500km. • Konyaspor's Ibrahim Sissoko and Braga's André Pinto were team-mates at Panathinaikos in 2012/13. The coaches • A striker celebrated for his chest-and-volley goals for Fenerbahçe, Aykut Kocaman started his second spell as Konyaspor coach in 2014. He was in charge at Fenerbahçe from 2010–13, lifting a league title and two Turkish Cups. • José Peseiro returned for a second stint as Braga coach this summer, following a brief tenure at Porto. A lower- league forward, he was Carlos Queiroz's assistant at Real Madrid and later occupied the helms of Sporting, Panathinaikos and Rapid Bucureşti. 3 Konyaspor - SC Braga Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Team facts Konyaspor Formed: 1981 Nickname: Anadolu Kartalı (Anatolian Eagle) 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) 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win none • Biggest away win none • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Konyaspor v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 15/09/16, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Gent v Konyaspor 29/09/16, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win none • Biggest away win none • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Konyaspor v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Gent v Konyaspor (see above) 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) 2015/16: quarter-finals 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: play-offs 4 Konyaspor - SC Braga Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya 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 2006/07: round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-2: Galatasaray AŞ v Braga 02/10/12, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 28/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC 19/09/84, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal FC v Braga 15/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga (see above) 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga (see above) 5 Konyaspor - SC Braga Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya Squad list Konyaspor Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kaya Tarakcı TUR 23/04/1981 35 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 25 Abdulaziz Demircan TUR 05/02/1991 25 - - - - - - - - - 30 Serkan Kırıntılı TUR 15/02/1985 31 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 - Defenders 3 Barry Douglas SCO 04/09/1989 27 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 13 1 4 Ali Turan TUR 06/09/1983 33 - 2 - 6 - 4 - 8 - 5 Selim Ay TUR 31/07/1991 25 - - - 1 - - - - - 26 Jagoš Vuković SRB 10/06/1988 28 - 2 - 6 2 8 - 10 - 42 Abdülkerim Bardakcı TUR 07/09/1994 22 - - - 2 - - - - - 54 Mehmet Uslu TUR 25/02/1988 28 - - - 4 - - - - - 89 Nejc Skubic SVN 13/06/1989 27 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 6 - Midfielders 2 Volkan Fındıklı TUR 13/10/1990 26 - 1 - 7 - 1 - 1 - 6 Jens Jønsson DEN 10/01/1993 23 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 7 Ömer Ali Şahiner TUR 02/01/1992 24 - 2 - 7 2 2 - 2 - 8 Ali Çamdalı TUR 22/02/1984 32 - 2 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 11 Deni Milošević BIH 09/03/1995 21 - 2 - 7 - 4 - 4 - 14 Marc Kibong Mbamba CMR 15/10/1988 28 - - - - - - - - - 15 Emre Can Atila TUR 02/09/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - 17 Ali Dere TUR 29/09/1992 24 - - - - - - - - - 18 Amir Hadžiahmetović BIH 08/03/1997 19 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 8 - 27 Alban Meha KOS 26/04/1986 30 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - Forwards 9 Dimitar Rangelov BUL 09/02/1983 33 S - - 7 1 - - 3 1 10 Riad Bajić BIH 06/05/1994 22 - 2 - 6 3 2 - 14 3 61 Halil Ibrahim Sönmez TUR 01/10/1990 26 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - 88 Ioan Hora ROU 21/08/1988 28 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 8 - Coach - Aykut Kocaman TUR 05/04/1965 51 - 2 - - - 16 - 24 - 6 Konyaspor - SC Braga Thursday 20 October 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Konya Büyükşehir Belediyesi Stadyumu, Konya SC Braga Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.