UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion FK Partizan - Belgrade Thursday 22 October 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FK Partizan Group L - Matchday 3 Athletic Club Last updated 22/10/2015 18:38CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 FK Partizan - Athletic Club Thursday 22 October 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FK Partizan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luís Fabiano 32 (P), 03/12/2008 GS Sevilla FC - FK Partizan 3-0 Seville 73, Renato 46 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tomić 65 (P); Santi 02/12/2004 GS FK Partizan - Villarreal CF 1-1 Belgrade Cazorla 17 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/2003 GS1 FK Partizan - Real Madrid CF 0-0 Belgrade 22/10/2003 GS1 Real Madrid CF - FK Partizan 1-0 Madrid Raúl González 38 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 FK Partizan - Real Sporting de Mijatović 86, 03/10/1991 R1 agg: 2-2 (aet, 2- Istanbul Gijón Krcmarevic 88 3pens) Real Sporting de Gijón - FK Suarez Del Valle 63, 18/09/1991 R1 2-0 Gijon Partizan Luhovy 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 FK Partizan - Real Sociedad de 08/11/1990 R2 agg: 1-1 (aet, 4- Belgrade Stevanović 48 Fútbol 3pens) Real Sociedad de Fútbol - FK 24/10/1990 R2 1-0 San Sebastian Gurruchaga 90 Partizan European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Amancio Amaro 70, 11/05/1966 F Real Madrid CF - FK Partizan 2-1 Brussels Serena 76; Vasović 55 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Milutinović 24, 87, 29/01/1956 QF FK Partizan - Real Madrid CF Belgrade agg: 3-4 Mihajlovic 46 2 FK Partizan - Athletic Club Thursday 22 October 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade European Champions Clubs' Cup Castaño 12, 23, 25/12/1955 QF Real Madrid CF - FK Partizan 4-0 Madrid Gento 36, Di Stéfano 70 Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Athletic Club 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 FK Partizan 5 3 2 0 5 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 11 3 2 6 8 14 Athletic Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 FK Partizan - Athletic Club Thursday 22 October 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Match background FK Partizan will look to maintain their unbeaten record at home against Spanish opponents as Athletic Club make a long journey east from Bilbao in Group L. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition and this is also Athletic's first encounter with Serbian opponents. • Partizan's 11 games against Spanish teams – including their 2-1 loss to Real Madrid CF in the 1966 European Champion Clubs' Cup final in Brussels – have ended W3 D2 L6 (W3 D2 L0 at home, including a win played in Istanbul – W0 D0 L5 in Spain, where they have yet to score). Form guide • Partizan have won all four of their European home games this season and have maximum points in Group L. • Athletic have yet to win away in UEFA competition this term (D1 L2). • Partizan have featured in this group stage six times previously yet have not advanced to the round of 32 since their first appearance in 2004/05. • Losing finalists in 2012, Athletic made it through to the round of 32 in their first two UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns but fell short in their most recent one, 2012/13. Trivia and links • The journey from Bilbao to Belgrade is around 1,850km. • Partizan's Saša Ilić, 119, has made the most UEFA club competition appearances of the players in this season's group stage. • Partizan's Gregor Balažic (RCD Espanyol), Stefan Babović (Real Zaragoza) and Saša Ilić (RC Celta de Vigo) have all spent time with Spanish clubs. • Partizan are one of ten domestic champions in this season's group stage, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), Celtic FC (Scotland), Molde FK (Norway) and FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland). The coaches • Zoran Milinković stepped down as Partizan coach in the wake of a 2-2 league draw against promoted FK Radnik Surdulica, with the Serbian champions well off the pace in the title race. • His replacement is Ljubinko Drulović, most recently coach of FYR Macedonia, who was a winger at Partizan towards the end of a playing career in which he won five Portuguese titles with FC Porto. Now 47, the former Yugoslavia international was briefly stand-in coach of Serbia in 2014. • Ernesto Valverde took charge of Athletic for a second time in 2013. As a player, he had enjoyed the most stable period of his career in Bilbao, and he promptly returned to the club after retiring, including as head coach from 2003– 05. Subsequently, he landed three Greek titles with Olympiacos FC and coached Villarreal CF and Valencia FC. 4 FK Partizan - Athletic Club Thursday 22 October 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Team facts FK Partizan Formed: 1945 Nickname: Crno-beli (Black-and-Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1966) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 26 (2015) Yugoslavian/Serbian Cup: 12 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage 2009/10: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2008/09: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: first qualifying round 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Partizan v Rhyl FC 21/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: HŠK Zrinjski v Partizan 19/07/07, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg 0-5: PFC Slavia Sofia v Partizan 12/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Partizan v Beşiktaş JK 23/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v GNK Dinamo Zagreb 30/07/97, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0 twice, most recently v SK Slavia Sofia 07/09/88, first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: HŠK Zrinjski v Partizan (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Partizan v Beşiktaş JK (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Videoton FC v Partizan 28/11/84, UEFA Cup third round first leg Athletic Club Formed: 1898 Nickname: Los Leones (The Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: (1977), (2012) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) 5 FK Partizan - Athletic Club Thursday 22 October 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade League title: 8 (1984) Spanish Cup: 23 (1984) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: runners-up 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: round of 32 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 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki 23/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 1-7: R. Standard de Liège v Athletic 16/12/04, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Athletic v SV Werder Bremen 16/12/09, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Juventus v Athletic 26/10/88, UEFA Cup second round first leg 4-0: RSC Anderlecht v Athletic 25/02/10, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Athletic v HJK Helsinki (see above) • Biggest away win 1-7: R. Standard de Liège v Athletic (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Athletic v SV Werder Bremen (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Juventus v Athletic (see above) 4-0: RSC Anderlecht v Athletic (see above) 6 FK Partizan - Athletic Club Thursday 22 October 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade Squad list FK Partizan Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.