UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Turner Stadium - Beer Sheva Thursday 29 September 2016 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Group K - Matchday 2 Southampton FC Last updated 23/08/2017 10:50CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 16 1 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Southampton FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Southampton FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Southampton FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Southampton FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Match background Hapoel Beer-Sheva's Turner Stadium has the makings of a European fortress as the Israeli champions welcome Southampton in Group K, both sides glowing after big matchday one wins. Previous meetings • These clubs are meeting for the first time, neither having previously played teams from their opponents' home country. • In 16 games between the two nations' representatives in UEFA club competition, the Israeli sides' record reads W2 D3 L11 (W2 D1 L5 as the nominal 'hosts' – W1 L4 in Israel itself). Form guide • Beer-Sheva have won all three of their European home matches at their new Turner Stadium, and are unbeaten in five UEFA home fixtures (W3 D2) since a 3-0 forfeit loss to Vllaznia in the first round of the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup. • Beer-Sheva have won all five of their competitive home games at the Turner Stadium this season – three in Europe and two in the Israeli Premier League. • Southampton have won only one of their last six European away matches (W1 D2 L3) since a 3-0 success at Limerick in the first round of the 1981/82 UEFA Cup. • The Israeli team are making their UEFA group stage debut this season, having fallen to Celtic in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. • Southampton are debuting in a UEFA competition group stage. Links and trivia • The journey from Southampton to Beer Sheva is around 3,700km, making this comfortably the longest trip in Saints's European history. • The game is taking place the day after Beer-Sheva forward Lúcio Maranhão's 28th birthday. • Former team-mates Miguel Vítor (Beer-Sheva) & José Fonte (Southampton) – Benfica, 2007–08 Ben Sahar (Beer-Sheva) & Ryan Bertrand (Southampton) – Chelsea, 2006–09 • Miguel Vítor (Leicester, 2010–11) and Ben Sahar (Chelsea, 2006–09, including loan spells with QPR, 2007, Sheffield Wednesday, 2008 and Portsmouth, 2008) are the only Beer-Sheva players with English experience. The coaches • Beer-Sheva boss Barak Bakhar steered the club to their first Israeli championship in 2015/16, his first term in charge. He previously landed the 2013/14 Israeli Cup at the helm of Kiryat Shmona, where he had spent the bulk of his playing career as a defender. • Frenchman Claude Puel was appointed by Southampton this summer. A one-club man, he spent his entire playing career with Monaco, claiming two league titles as a player and one more as a coach. He has since held the reins at LOSC, Lyon and – for the past four seasons – Nice. 3 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Southampton FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Team facts Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Formed: 1949 Nickname: The Camels UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2016) Israeli Cup: 1 (1997) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2014/15: UEFA Europa League second qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-0: Hapoel v SK Tirana 22/08/95, UEFA Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: FC Internazionale Milano v Hapoel 15/09/16, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Hapoel v FC Barcelona 12/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 10-0: Roda JC v Hapoel 02/10/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 2-0: Hapoel v SK Tirana (see above) • Biggest away win 0-2: FC Internazionale Milano v Hapoel (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Hapoel v FC Barcelona (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Barcelona v Hapoel 26/09/95, first round second leg Southampton FC Formed: 1885 Nickname: The Saints UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) FA Cup: 1 (1976) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 4 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Southampton FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva 2015/16: play-offs 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Southampton v Olympique de Marseille 15/09/76, European Cup Winners’ Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Limerick FC v Southampton 16/09/81, UEFA Cup first round first leg 2-5: Carrick Rangers FC v Southampton 20/10/76, European Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-4: Southampton v Sporting Clube de Portugal 21/10/81, UEFA Cup second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 2-0 on three occasions, most recently v Hamburger SV 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: Southampton v Steaua 15/09/16, group stage 3-0: Southampton v Vitesse 30/07/15, third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Limerick FC v Southampton (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 2-4: Southampton v Sporting Clube de Portugal (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-0 twice, most recently v Hamburger SV (see above) 5 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Southampton FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Squad list Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 David Goresh ISR 01/02/1980 36 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 9 - 36 Gal Navon ISR 11/12/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Guy Haimov ISR 09/03/1986 30 - - - - - - - 4 - 14 - Defenders 2 Ben Bitton ISR 03/01/1991 25 - 6 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 11 - 3 Ben Turjman ISR 09/01/1989 27 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 4 Miguel Vítor POR 30/06/1989 27 - 4 - 1 1 4 - 19 2 38 2 5 Shir Tzedek ISR 22/08/1989 27 - 3 1 1 - 5 - 6 - 19 1 17 Matan Ohayon ISR 25/02/1986 30 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 20 Loai Taha ISR 26/11/1989 26 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 6 - 23 Noam Gamoun ISR 08/03/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 26 Amit Bitton ISR 24/07/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Mihály Korhut HUN 01/12/1988 27 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 23 - Midfielders 7 Maharan Radi ISR 01/07/1982 34 - 6 1 - - 5 1 8 - 34 2 11 Maor Buzaglo ISR 14/01/1988 28 - 4 - 1 1 5 1 5 1 21 2 12 Ovidiu Hoban ROU 27/12/1982 33 - 5 1 1 - 2 - 1 - 26 4 15 Vladimir Broun ISR 06/05/1989 27 - 3 - - - 4 - - - 7 - 19 Dan Biton ISR 20/07/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Yuval Shabtai ISR 18/12/1986 29 - 3 - - - 2 - - - 6 - 24 Maor Melikson ISR 30/10/1984 31 - 6 1 1 - 3 - 13 - 34 4 27 Roei Gordana ISR 06/07/1990 26 - - - - - - - 7 - 15 - 29 Ran Robin ISR 23/03/1995 21 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 30 John Ogu NGA 20/04/1988 28 - 6 1 1 - 3 - 6 - 14 2 Forwards 8 Mohammad Ghadir ISR 21/01/1991 25 - - - - - - - 2 1 18 4 9 Anthony Nwakaeme NGA 21/03/1989 27 - 6 - 1 - 5 4 1 - 9 - 10 Elyaniv Barda ISR 15/12/1981 34 - 4 1 - - 1 - 17 5 45 9 14 Ben Sahar ISR 10/08/1989 27 - 5 1 1 - 4 1 1 - 18 4 22 Lúcio Maranhão BRA 28/09/1988 28 - 3 1 1 - 5 2 1 - 4 1 Coach - Barak Bakhar ISR 21/09/1979 37 - 6 - 1 - - - 6 - 16 - 6 Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC - Southampton FC Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Turner Stadium, Beer Sheva Southampton FC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.