UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Astana Arena - Astana Wednesday 30 September 2015 18.00CET (22.00 local time) FC Astana Group C - Matchday 2 Galatasaray AŞ Last updated 22/02/2016 15:50CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Group Standings 15 Team facts 17 Legend 19 1 FC Astana - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Astana Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Astana - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Astana have not played against a club from their opponents' country Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Galatasaray AŞ - FC Tobol 2-0 Mustafa Sarp 64, 23/07/2009 2QR Istanbul Kostanay agg: 3-1 Servet Çetin 90+2 FC Tobol Kostanay - Galatasaray Zhumaskaliyev 2; 16/07/2009 2QR 1-1 Kostanay AŞ Baroš 58 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Astana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Galatasaray AŞ 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 FC Astana - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Astana Match background Debutants FC Astana made a good impression despite a 2-0 defeat at SL Benfica on matchday one and will be looking for their first three points against Galatasaray AŞ. • The clubs are more than sporting rivals: on 29 April 2014 in Astana, they signed a memorandum of cooperation, with the Kazakhstani team hoping to learn from Galatasaray's international experience. Match background Astana • Astana secured the first participation by a Kazakh club in the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 2-1 aggregate victory over APOEL FC in August's play-off round. • Nemanja Maksimović’s dramatic equaliser six minutes from time in Cyprus proved decisive after Baurzhan Dzholchiyev had sealed a 1-0 first-leg success. • In the third qualifying round Stanimir Stoilov's side prevailed 4-3 at home to HJK Helsinki after a goalless away leg. In the previous round they defeated NK Maribor, winning 3-1 at home to overturn a 1-0 away reverse. Galatasaray • The Turkish double winners, competing in their 14th group stage campaign and their fourth in a row, lost 2-0 at home to Club Atlético de Madrid on matchday one. • It stretched the Turkish team's winless European run to nine matches. • In last season's group stage Galatasaray suffered successive 4-1 defeats on their travels against Arsenal FC and then Borussia Dortmund before a third reversal, 2-0 at RSC Anderlecht, to finish bottom of Group D. • Cimbom's best performance came in 1988/89 when they reached the European Cup semi-finals. • Galatasaray's sole previous fixture against Kazakhstani opponents was a 2009/10 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round tie. Frank Rijkaard's men, including current squad members Sabri Sarıoğlu and Hakan Balta, beat FC Tobol Kostanay 2-0 at home after a 1-1 draw away. Coach and player links • Burak Yılmaz scored twice for Turkey – who featured Selçuk İnan, Semih Kaya and Umut Bulut – in a 3-1 victory over a Kazakhstan side containing Aleksei Schetkin, Abzal Beysebekov, Dmitri Shomko and Dzholchiyev, in a UEFA EURO 2016 qualifier at the Ali Sami Yen stadium on 16 November 2014. • Burak also got the opening goal in Turkey’s 2-1 win over Kazakhstan in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier in Istanbul on 2 September 2011. Selçuk was sent off in the last minute. • Stoilov captained PFC Levski Sofia in a 2001/02 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie against Galatasaray, who triumphed 2-1 in Turkey before a 1-1 draw away. • Stoilov also played for Fenerbahçe SK in 1992/93 and faced their Istanbul rivals on two occasions, scoring against them on his debut in a pre-season tournament as the Yellow Canaries lost 3-2. • Lukas Podolski registered Germany's final goal in their 3-0 away success over Kazakhstan in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier at the Astana Arena on 12 October 2010. Match facts Astana • Patrick Twumasi serves the second of a four-game ban imposed for his red card in the third qualifying round second leg against HJK. • Astana succumbed 1-0 to title rivals Kairat Almaty on 20 September, their first home setback since a 3-0 defeat by Villarreal CF in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Two of Astana's five league losses in 2015 have come against Kairat. They went down 2-1 against FC Irtysh Pavlodar on Saturday and have not won in four games in all competitions (D1 L3). • Astana drew 1-1 at home with FK Aktobe on 23 September in the second leg of their Kazakh Cup semi-final, prevailing 3-1 on aggregate. Stoilov's men play Kairat on 22 November in the club's third final. • Yeldos Akhmetov was carried off on a stretcher three minutes into the second half of that match although he is back in training. Galatasaray • Galatasaray are unbeaten in three away games this term, winning two of them. 3 FC Astana - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Astana • Burak sustained a hamstring injury in the 1-0 victory at Trabzonspor AŞ on 19 September and was subsequently ruled out for a month. 4 FC Astana - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Astana Squad list FC Astana Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Nenad Erić KAZ 26/05/1982 33 - 4 - 1 - 21 - 1 - 16 - 35 Aleksandr Konochkin KAZ 20/01/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 40 Mikhail Golubnichi KAZ 31/01/1995 20 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 49 Dastan Dulatov KAZ 14/04/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 85 Vladimir Loginovski KAZ 08/10/1985 29 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 5 - Defenders 2 Yeldos Akhmetov KAZ 01/06/1990 25 - - - - - 15 - - - 4 - 5 Marin Aničić BIH 17/08/1989 26 - 6 - 1 - 23 - 1 - 23 - 12 Igor Pikalkin KAZ 19/03/1992 23 - - - - - 4 - - - 3 - 15 Abzal Beysebekov KAZ 30/11/1992 22 - 5 - 1 - 24 - 1 - 16 1 28 Birzhan Kulbekov KAZ 22/04/1994 21 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 33 Branko Ilić SVN 06/02/1983 32 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 38 - 34 Adil Zhakipbayev KAZ 23/11/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Yerbol Zhailaubekov KAZ 03/06/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Abilkaiyr Ismailov KAZ 26/03/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 44 Evgeni Postnikov KAZ 16/04/1986 29 - 6 1 1 - 24 - 1 - 24 1 50 Aikhan Kozhabekov KAZ 01/07/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Aizat Bersembayev KAZ 14/01/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Sanzhar Umurzakov KAZ 03/05/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Dmitri Shomko KAZ 19/03/1990 25 - 6 1 1 - 20 1 1 - 19 4 Midfielders 6 Nemanja Maksimović SRB 26/01/1995 20 - 6 1 1 - 18 6 1 - 7 1 8 Georgi Zhukov KAZ 19/11/1994 20 - 6 - 1 - 22 2 1 - 15 - 10 Foxi Kéthévoama CTA 30/05/1986 29 - 6 - 1 - 25 4 1 - 20 2 11 Serikzhan Muzhikov KAZ 17/06/1989 26 - 2 - - - 5 1 - - 10 1 14 Ardak Saulet KAZ 12/01/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Vladislav Mendybayev KAZ 01/05/1996 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 18 Rinat Khairullin KAZ 19/02/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 Zhakyp Kozhamberdy KAZ 26/02/1992 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Denys Dedechko UKR 02/07/1987 28 - 2 - 1 - 8 1 1 - 3 - 27 Azat Sametov KAZ 02/07/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Islambek Kulekenov KAZ 15/09/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Amir Kalabayev KAZ 13/11/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Madiyar Mukhametzhanov KAZ 01/05/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Aleksandr Sharifullin KAZ 21/03/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 80 Kuat Seksimbayev KAZ 14/02/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Roger Cañas COL 27/03/1990 25 - 5 2 1 - 24 6 1 - 29 5 95 Madi Zamatayev KAZ 28/03/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 99 Islam Akhmetov KAZ 03/07/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 FC Astana - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Astana FC Astana Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA Forwards 9 Aleksei Schetkin KAZ 21/05/1991 24 - 2 - 1 - 17 3 1 - 5 - 17 Tanat Nuserbayev KAZ 01/01/1987 28 - 6 - - - 19 7 - - 16 3 22 Baurzhan Dzholchiyev KAZ 08/05/1990 25 - 6 2 1 - 20 3 1 - 16 5 23 Patrick Twumasi GHA 09/05/1994 21 S 4 2 - - 23 6 - - 9 2 26 Adil Balgabayev KAZ 13/07/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Daulet Yesbergenov KAZ 16/09/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Viktor Pron KAZ 23/09/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Amanbol Aliyev KAZ 10/07/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Igor Aspednikov KAZ 31/05/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 89 Junior Kabananga COD 04/04/1989 26 - 4 - 1 - 9 3 1 - 5 - Coach - Stanimir Stoilov BUL 13/02/1967 48 - 6 - 1 - - - 7 - 61 - 6 FC Astana - Galatasaray AŞ Wednesday 30 September 2015 - 18.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Astana Arena, Astana Galatasaray AŞ Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat.