UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen Thursday 29 September 2016 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Schalke 04 Group I - Matchday 2 FC Salzburg Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Schalke 04 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Schalke 04 - SK Austria 0-0 26/08/2003 F Gelsenkirchen Kärnten agg: 2-0 SK Austria Kärnten - FC Schalke Hamit Altıntop 18, 12/08/2003 F 0-2 Pasching 04 Agali 47 FC Salzburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Frankfurt am Krieg 54; Feiersinger 12/04/1994 SF Karlsruher SC - FC Salzburg agg: 1-1 ag Main 12 29/03/1994 SF FC Salzburg - Karlsruher SC 0-0 Vienna 1-0 Frankfurt am 15/03/1994 QF Eintracht Frankfurt - FC Salzburg agg: 1-1 (aet, 4- Gaudino 19 Main 5pens) 03/03/1994 QF FC Salzburg - Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Vienna Hütter 30 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Salzburg - Fortuna 0-3 T. Allofs 43, Dusend 01/10/1980 R1 Salzburg Düsseldorf agg: 0-8 70, 89 Köhnen 28, 62, Fortuna Düsseldorf - FC 17/09/1980 R1 5-0 Dusseldorf Wenzel 42, K. Allofs Salzburg 78, Dusend 90 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 FC Salzburg 3 1 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3 2 10 2 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Match background Schalke will look to maintain their impressive unbeaten run in UEFA Europa League group stage games as they welcome Salzburg in Group I. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • In their only previous encounters with Austrian opponents, Schalke won 2-0 away and drew 0-0 at home against Kärnten (now Pasching) in a 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup final. • Salzburg's six matches against German sides have ended W1 D2 L3 (D1 L2 in Germany), that lone victory coming at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. Form guide • Schalke opened their Group I campaign with a 1-0 triumph in Nice. They have yet to lose in 13 UEFA Europa League group stage fixtures (W9 D4), • Salzburg were undefeated in 14 UEFA Europa League group stage appearances (W13 D1) until they lost 1-0 at home to Krasnodar on matchday one, but they are unbeaten in three European away games this season (W2 D1). • Schalke have made it through three of their past four UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Salzburg have successfully negotiated four of their previous five UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Salzburg to Gelsenkirchen is around 600km. • Klaas-Jan Huntelaar's next goal will be his 50th in UEFA club competition. The Schalke forward has not scored in his last five European outings. • Schalke's Ukraine winger Yevhen Konoplyanka turns 27 the day of the Salzburg match. • Schalke boast Austrian talent in the form of midfielder Alessandro Schöpf. • Jonatan Soriano is Salzburg's all-time top scorer in UEFA competitions with 24 goals. • Former team-mates: Leon Goretzka (Schalke) & Marc Rzatkowski (Salzburg) – Bochum, 2012–13 Dennis Aogo and Sascha Riether (Schalke) & Alexander Walke (Salzburg) – Freiburg, 2005–07 The coaches • New Schalke coach Markus Weinzierl made it to last season's UEFA Europa League round of 32 with Augsburg, whom he had led since 2012. His playing career peaked when he spent a season with the first-team squad at Bayern München in 1998/99, though he never played a senior game. • A midfielder – and later youth coach – at Barcelona, Salzburg's Spanish coach Óscar García has managed abroad with Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford. He guided Salzburg to the Austrian title in his first campaign in charge in 2015/16. 3 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Team facts FC Schalke 04 Formed: 1904 Nickname: S04, Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: 1997 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2003, 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 7 (1958) German Cup: 5 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 32 2014/15: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2011/12: quarter-finals 2010/11: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2006/07: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki 25/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg 5-0: Schalke v FK Vardar 17/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Schalke v Real Madrid CF 26/02/14, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg 0-5: Schalke v Chelsea FC 25/11/14, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Manchester City FC v Schalke 15/04/70, European Cup Winners' Cup semi-final second leg 4-0: Club Atlético de Madrid v Schalke 27/08/08, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Schalke v HJK Helsinki (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: AEK Larnaca FC v Schalke (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Schalke v Wisła Kraków 10/12/02, third round second leg 0-3: Schalke v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 25/02/16, round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-2: 1. FC Magdeburg v Schalke 02/11/77, second round first leg 4 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen 3-1: AS Nancy-Lorraine v Schalke 28/09/06, first round second leg 2-0: HJK Helsinki v Schalke 18/08/11, play-off first leg FC Salzburg Formed: 1933 UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1994) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2016) Austrian Cup: 4 (2016) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2012/13: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: first round 2007/08: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Salzburg v FC Banants 17/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 2-6: FC Nistru Otaci v Salzburg 01/07/00, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg 1-5: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Salzburg 06/11/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Salzburg v FC Metalist Kharkiv 16/02/12, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg 0-4: Salzburg v Parma FC 06/11/03, UEFA Cup second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Parma FC v Salzburg 27/11/03, UEFA Cup second round second leg 5-0: Fortuna Düsseldorf v Salzburg 17/09/80, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: Salzburg v FC Banants (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Salzburg (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Salzburg v FC Metalist Kharkiv (see above) 0-4: Salzburg v Parma FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Parma FC v Salzburg (see above) 5 FC Schalke 04 - FC Salzburg Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Squad list FC Schalke 04 Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Ralf Fährmann GER 27/09/1988 28 - 1 - 5 - 12 - 24 - 30 Timon Wellenreuther GER 03/12/1995 20 - - - - - - - 2 - 34 Fabian Giefer GER 17/05/1990 26 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 35 Alexander Nübel GER 30/09/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Júnior Caiçara BUL 27/04/1989 27 - - - 1 - 7 - 7 - 4 Benedikt Höwedes GER 29/02/1988 28 - 1 - 5 - 15 - 56 5 6 Sead Kolašinac BIH 20/06/1993 23 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 16 - 14 Abdul Baba Rahman GHA 02/07/1994 22 - 1 1 5 - 1 1 5 1 22 Atsuto Uchida JPN 27/03/1988 28 - - - - - 6 - 39 1 27 Sascha Riether GER 23/03/1983 33 - - - 2 - 14 - 20 - 28 Joshua Bitter GER 01/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - 29 Naldo BRA 10/09/1982 34 - 1 - 4 - 42 8 80 13 31 Matija Nastasić SRB 28/03/1993 23 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 12 - 40 Phil Neumann GER 08/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Johannes Geis GER 17/08/1993 23 - - - 2 - 8 1