UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis - Piraeus Thursday 20 October 2016 Olympiacos FC 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FC Astana Group B - Matchday 3 Last updated 23/08/2017 10:52CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Olympiacos FC - FC Astana Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Olympiacos FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Olympiacos FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Astana - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Astana have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Olympiacos FC - FC Astana Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Match background Olympiacos are smarting from a 1-0 home loss to APOEL on matchday two and will look to get their Group B house back in order against Astana, the Kazakh side short of wins on their travels. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time. • This is only the fifth encounter between Greek and Kazakh clubs in UEFA competition with honours even at this stage – two victories each. Tobol Kostanay beat OFI Crete 1-0 home and away in a 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup tie, while PAOK overcame Shakhter Karagandy 2-1 at home and 2-0 in Astana in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage. Form guide • Olympiacos have won just one of their last five European home games (W1 D1 L3) – 2-1 against Arouca in this season's play-offs. • Olympiacos made it through to the round of 32 in their one previous UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage, in 2008/09. • Astana are without a victory in 11 European away matches (D5 L6) since a 3-0 success at AIK Solna in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. • Astana are making their UEFA Europa League group stage debut, having participated in the UEFA Champions League group stage last term. Links and trivia • The journey from Astana to Piraeus is about 4,000km. • Astana's Junior Kabananga was flagged offside ten times in the opening two matchdays – three more times than any other player. He is also the most fouled player in this group phase with nine infringements against him. The coaches • Paulo Bento was hired as Olympiacos coach in August 2016 following a brief interlude in Brazil. A player for Benfica and Sporting CP in his native Lisbon, he later won two Portuguese Cups as Sporting coach and was Portugal boss from September 2010 to September 2014. • Former Bulgaria midfielder Stanimir Stoilov has won two league titles since coming to Kazakhstan in 2014, as well as leading Astana into last autumn's UEFA Champions League group stage – an arena he had earlier graced as a coach with Levski Sofia. 3 Olympiacos FC - FC Astana Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Team facts Olympiacos FC Formed: 1925 Nickname: Erythrolefki (Red and Whites), Thrylos (Legend) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 43 (2016) Greek Cup: 27 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2012/13: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2006/07: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Olympiacos v Besa 22/07/10, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg 5-0 twice, most recently v Nordsjælland 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Besa v Olympiacos 15/07/10, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Olympiacos v Hambur 03/11/82, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos 10/12/03, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Olympiacos v Besa (see above) 5-0: Olympiacos v Nordsjælland (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: Besa v Olympiacos (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Olympiacos v St-Étienne 18/02/09, round of 32 first leg 1-3: Olympiacos v Newcastle 10/03/05, round of 16 first leg 1-3: Olympiacos v Juventus 25/11/99, third round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Dinamo Zagreb v Olympiacos 28/09/77, first round second leg 4-0 twice, most recently v Newcastle 16/03/05, round of 16 second leg 4 Olympiacos FC - FC Astana Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus FC Astana Formed: 2009 Nickname: The Blue and Yellows UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 2 (2015) Kazakhstan Cup: 2 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: play-offs 2013/14: first qualifying round 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 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0: Astana v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 17/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Pyunik v Astana 03/07/14, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg 0-3: AIK Solna v Astana 07/08/14, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Astana v Villarreal 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Botev Plovdiv v Astana 11/07/13, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: Astana v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: Pyunik v Astana (see above) 0-3: AIK Solna v Astana (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Astana v Villarreal (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Botev Plovdiv v Astana (see above) 5 Olympiacos FC - FC Astana Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus Squad list Olympiacos FC Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 27 Stefanos Kapino GRE 18/03/1994 22 - 2 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 4 - 31 Nicola Leali ITA 17/02/1993 23 - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 33 Lefteris Choutesiotis GRE 20/07/1994 22 - - - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Alberto Botía ESP 27/01/1989 27 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 1 4 - 17 1 6 Manuel da Costa MAR 06/05/1986 30 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 10 - 26 - 14 Omar Elabdellaoui NOR 05/12/1991 24 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 16 - 20 Kostas Tsimikas GRE 12/05/1996 20 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 23 Dimitris Siovas GRE 16/09/1988 28 - 1 - - - - - - - 3 - 20 - 24 Alberto de la Bella ESP 02/12/1985 30 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 16 - 29 Praxitelis Vouros GRE 05/05/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 36 Bruno Viana BRA 05/02/1995 21 - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 43 Dimitris Nikolaou GRE 13/08/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Takis Retsos GRE 09/08/1998 18 - - - 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - 77 Diogo Figueiras POR 07/01/1991 25 - - - - - 2 - 5 - 21 - 24 - Midfielders 4 Alaixys Romao TGO 18/01/1984 32 - - - - - 1 - - - 6 - 11 - 5 Luka Milivojević SRB 07/04/1991 25 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 5 2 6 - 33 - 7 Kostas Fortounis GRE 16/10/1992 24 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 1 5 1 14 1 8 Andreas Bouchalakis GRE 05/04/1993 23 - 2 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 10 Alejandro Domínguez ARG 10/06/1981 35 - 2 - 2 1 - - 3 1 13 1 54 11 11 Marko Marin GER 13/03/1989 27 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 29 4 41 7 18 Tarik Elyounoussi NOR 23/02/1988 28 - - - - - 2 - 5 1 14 6 18 6 19 Esteban Cambiasso ARG 18/08/1980 36 - 1 - 2 - 2 1 3 - 12 1 105 8 28 André Martins POR 21/01/1990 26 - - - 1 - 2 - 4 1 14 - 20 - 32 Thanasis Androutsos GRE 06/05/1997 19 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 52 Giorgos Manthatis GRE 11/05/1997 19 - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 92 Sebá BRA 08/06/1992 24 - 1 - 2 1 2 - 5 1 16 2 28 3 Forwards 9 Óscar Cardozo PAR 20/05/1983 33 - - - - - 2 - 3 - 52 21 90 35 99 Ideye Brown NGA 10/10/1988 28 - 2 - 2 1 2 - 5 5 16 1 42 10 Coach - Paulo Bento POR 20/06/1969 47 - - - 2 - 2 - - - 12 - 32 - 6 Olympiacos FC - FC Astana Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Piraeus FC Astana Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.