UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio Municipal de Braga - Braga Thursday 26 November 2015 21.05CET (20.05 local time) SC Braga Group F - Matchday 5 FC Slovan Liberec Last updated 24/11/2015 13:09CET 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 SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/09/2015 GS FC Slovan Liberec - SC Braga 0-1 Liberec Rafa Silva 60 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ricardo Chaves 30, Marcel 33, Césinha 02/11/2006 GS SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec 4-0 Braga 53 (P), Bruno Gama 90 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SC Braga 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 FC Slovan Liberec 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 SC Braga - Record versus clubs from opponents' country SC Braga have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Slovan Liberec - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sebá 82; Šural 18, 12/12/2013 GS Estoril Praia - FC Slovan Liberec 1-2 Estoril Rabušic 70 Šural 15, Kováč 62; 03/10/2013 GS FC Slovan Liberec - Estoril Praia 2-1 Liberec Leal 45 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SC Braga 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 FC Slovan Liberec 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 4 7 2 SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Match background SC Braga will secure a first-place finish in UEFA Europa League Group F if they defeat away-day specialists FC Slovan Liberec for a third time. • Braga qualify with a win or if they draw and Marseille lose to eliminated FC Groningen. • Slovan need to win, and for Marseille to lose, to progress on matchday five. Previous meetings • Rafa Silva scored on his European debut as Braga beat Liberec 1-0 in the Czech Republic on matchday one in their second encounter in UEFA competition. It was Braga's 100th UEFA game. • The clubs first met in a 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage match when Carlos Carvalhal's Braga beat Vítězslav Lavička's Slovan 4-0 in Portugal. • Liberec defeated Estoril Praia 2-1 home and away in their only other fixtures against Portuguese opponents, in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage. Form guide • Braga have won their last four UEFA Europa League group stage home games. • Liberec have won all four of their European away matches this season without conceding – a 3-0 followed by three 1-0s. • Losing finalists in 2011 – when they transferred over at the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage – Braga have made it to the round of 32 in all four of their previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • This is Liberec's third appearance in this group stage; they fell short in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, but advanced to the round of 32 in 2013/14. Trivia and links • The journey from Liberec to Braga is just over 2,050km. • The game is taking place the day after Braga defender Ricardo Ferreira's 23rd birthday. The coaches • Appointed Braga coach this summer, former defender Paulo Fonseca had a low-key playing career. Having made his name in the second division as boss of CD Aves, Fonseca twice coached FC Paços de Ferreira in the top flight either side of a stint in charge of FC Porto, where he was once on the books as a player. • Jindřich Trpišovský took control at Slovan in June. It was a major top-flight appointment for the coach, who models himself on Liverpool FC's Jürgen Klopp. Once a youth coach at AC Sparta Praha, he previously led second-division FK Viktoria Žižkov, impressing despite the club's financial problems. 3 SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 26 November 2015 - 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: 1 (1966) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 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 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: first round 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) FC Slovan Liberec 4 SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Formed: 1958 Nickname: Modrobílí (Blue and Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2012) Czech Cup: 2 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Liberec v MFK Dubnica 10/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC v Liberec 06/08/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 0-3 (default): FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Liberec 20/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liberec v FC Dinamo Bucureşti 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SC Braga v Liberec 02/11/06, UEFA Cup group stage 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Liberec 21/03/02, UEFA Cup quarter-finals second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-1: Liberec v Grasshopper Club Zürich 23/11/06, group stage 4-1: Liberec v Olympique Lyonnais 28/02/02, fourth round second leg 3-0: Liberec v RC Celta de Vigo 01/11/01, second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC v Liberec (see above) 0-3 (default): FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Liberec (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liberec v FC Dinamo Bucureşti (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SC Braga v Liberec (see above) 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Liberec (see above for details) 5 SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Squad list SC Braga Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Stanislav Kritsuk RUS 01/12/1990 24 - - - 10 - - - - - 76 Tiago Sá POR 11/01/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - 92 Matheus BRA 29/03/1992 23 - 4 - - - 4 - 4 - Defenders 5 Willy Boly FRA 03/02/1991 24 - 4 - 7 - 4 - 4 - 6 André Pinto POR 05/10/1989 26 - 1 - 7 - 3 - 5 - 15 Baiano BRA 23/02/1987 28 - 2 - 9 - 6 - 13 - 16 Djavan BRA 31/12/1987 27 - 3 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 24 Ricardo Ferreira POR 25/11/1992 22 * 3 - 6 1 3 - 3 - 32 Arghus ITA 19/01/1988 27 - 1 - - - 19 - 39 1 44 Artur Jorge POR 14/08/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - 55 Núrio Fortuna POR 24/03/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - 60 José Gomes POR 20/07/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - 87 Marcelo Goiano BRA 13/10/1987 28 * 3 - 6 - 3 - 3 - Midfielders 8 Luíz Carlos BRA 05/07/1985 30 - 3 - 9 - 3 - 5 - 18 Rafa Silva POR 17/05/1993 22 - 4 1 10 3 4 1 4 1 21 Filipe Augusto BRA 12/08/1993 22 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 30 Alan BRA 19/09/1979 36 - 4 1 9 2 33 5 66 11 35 Nikola Vukčević MNE 13/12/1991 23 - 4 - 7 2 4 - 8 1 50 Joca POR 30/01/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - 63 Mauro BRA 31/10/1990 25 - 4 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 80 Rui Correia POR 10/06/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - 95 Luís Silva POR 25/07/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Wilson Eduardo POR 08/07/1990 25 - 4 1 3 - 13 4 16 4 9 Crislan BRA 13/03/1992 23 - 3 - 6 1 3 - 3 - 10 Joan Roman ESP 18/05/1993 22 - - - 4 1 - - - - 17 Rui Fonte POR 23/04/1990 25 - 4 - 5 1 4 - 4 - 20 Ahmed Hassan EGY 05/03/1993 22 - 3 2 4 1 8 2 12 3 23 Pedro Santos POR 22/04/1988 27 - 1 - 6 1 1 - 1 - Coach - Paulo Fonseca POR 05/03/1973 42 - 4 - - - 4 - 4 - 6 SC Braga - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 26 November 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga FC Slovan Liberec Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.