UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium - Istanbul Thursday 1 October 2015 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Beşiktaş JK Sporting Clube de Group H - Matchday 2 Portugal Last updated 02/08/2016 00:13CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 17 1 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Beşiktaş JK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 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 Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Falcao 36 (P); Nihat 04/11/2010 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 1-1 Porto Kahveci 62 Bobô 90+2; Falcao 21/10/2010 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 1-3 Istanbul 26, Hulk 59, 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lucho González 44, 11/12/2007 GS FC Porto - Beşiktaş JK 2-0 Porto Quaresma 62 03/10/2007 GS Beşiktaş JK - FC Porto 0-1 Istanbul Quaresma 90+2 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Saganowski 11; 14/12/2005 GS Vitória SC - Beşiktaş JK 1-3 Guimaraes İbrahim Toraman 7, 60, Youla 17 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ali Tandoğan 44, Sporting Clube de Portugal - 0-3 27/11/2003 R2 Lisbon Mário Sérgio 45 (og), Gençlerbirliği SK agg: 1-4 Veysel 48 Gençlerbirliği SK - Sporting Clube 06/11/2003 R2 1-1 Ankara Veysel 55; Liedson 50 de Portugal UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - 2-0 29/09/1993 R1 Lisbon Cadete 7, Pacheco 60 Kocaelispor agg: 2-0 Kocaelispor - Sporting Clube de 15/09/1993 R1 0-0 Izmit Portugal 2 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Beşiktaş JK 3 0 0 3 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 4 7 9 Sporting Clube de Portugal 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 3 4 3 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Match background Beşiktaş JK made a positive start in Group H on matchday one and will look to keep that momentum going against Sporting Clube de Portugal, though their past home results against Portuguese sides have been poor. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Beşiktaş's record in seven games against Portuguese clubs is W2 D1 L4 (W0 D0 L3 at home – W2 D1 L1 in Portugal). • Sporting's record in four matches against Turkish opposition is W1 D2 L1 (W1 D0 L1 at home – W0 D2 L0 in Turkey). Form guide • Beşiktaş's 3-1 loss to Club Brugge KV in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16 ended a seven-game unbeaten run at home in Europe (W5 D2). • Sporting are without a win in 15 European away trips (D4 L11) since a 2-0 success at FC Zürich at the start of the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Beşiktaş made it through last season's UEFA Europa League group stage unbeaten, then eliminated Liverpool FC on penalties before bowing out to Club Brugge. • The competition's new identity has played well with Beşiktaş: they failed to make it through all three of their UEFA Cup group stage campaigns, but have been successful in all three of their UEFA Europa League ones. • In five previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns, Sporting have only once failed to make it to the round of 32 – in their most recent campaign, in 2012/13. Trivia and links • The journey from Istanbul to Lisbon is around 3,250km. • Beşiktaş's Portugal winger Ricardo Quaresma started his playing career at Sporting, leaving the club for FC Barcelona in 2004. This is the first time he has faced his erstwhile employers in a UEFA game. • Sporting's Alberto Aquilani and Beşiktaş loanee Mario Gómez were team-mates at ACF Fiorentina last season. • Sporting's Bryan Ruiz and Beşiktaş's Kerim Frei were team-mates at Fulham FC from 2011 to 2013. • Sporting forward Teófilo Gutiérrez played in Turkey for Trabzonspor AŞ from 2010 to 2011, where his team-mates included Beşiktaş goalkeeper Tolga Zengin. The coaches • Former Trabzonspor AŞ and Turkey goalkeeper Şenol Günes took charge at Beşiktaş in June this year. He famously coached Turkey to a bronze-medal finish at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He has also won two Turkish Cups in the course of four spells as Trabzonspor coach. • A losing UEFA Europa League finalist with SL Benfica in 2013 and 2014, Jorge Jesus unexpectedly left the Eagles for fierce local rivals Sporting this summer. The 61-year-old had started his playing career at Sporting – where his father Virgolino had also been a player – and had coached Benfica since 2009. 4 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Team facts Beşiktaş JK Formed: 1903 Nickname: Kara Kartal (The Black Eagles) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2009) Turkish Cup: 9 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless otherwise indicated) 2014/15: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: play-offs (excluded from the group stage) 2012/13: did not participate in UEFA competition 2011/12: round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: first round 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Beşiktaş v Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: Beşiktaş v FC Vaduz 25/08/05, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg 4-0: Beşiktaş JK v NK Široki Brijeg 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FK Sarajevo v Beşiktaş 03/10/02, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Beşiktaş v FC Dynamo Kyiv 14/03/87, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals first leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Liverpool FC v Beşiktaş 06/11/07, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-1: Beşiktaş v Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (see above) 5-1: Beşiktaş v FC Vaduz (see above) 4-0: Beşiktaş JK v NK Široki Brijeg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: FK Sarajevo v Beşiktaş (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Beşiktaş v FC Dynamo Kyiv 17/02/11, round of 32 first leg 0-3: Beşiktaş v Club Atlético de Madrid 15/03/12, round of 16 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Beşiktaş 24/02/11, round of 32 second leg 5 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Sporting Clube de Portugal Formed: 1906 Nickname: Leões (Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (2005) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1964 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (2002) Portuguese Cup: 16 (2015) 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 competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: semi-finals 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2007/08: quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2006/07: UEFA Champions League group stage 2005/06: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 16-1: Sporting v APOEL FC 13/11/63, European Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg • Biggest away win 0-9: ÍA Akranes v Sporting 17/09/86, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Sporting v FC Bayern München 25/02/09, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: FC Bayern München v Sporting 10/03/09, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Sporting v CS Politehnica Timisoara 24/10/90, second round first leg • Biggest away win 0-9: ÍA Akranes v Sporting (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Sporting v Gençlerbirligi SK 27/11/03, second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Celtic FC v Sporting 02/11/83, second round second leg 6 Beşiktaş JK - Sporting Clube de Portugal Thursday 1 October 2015 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul Squad list Beşiktaş JK Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.