UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Geoffroy Guichard - Saint- Etienne Thursday 20 October 2016 AS Saint-Étienne 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Gabala SC Group C - Matchday 3 Last updated 01/12/2016 20:50CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 1 AS Saint-Étienne - Gabala SC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams AS Saint-Étienne - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Van Wolfswinkel 21; 27/11/2014 GS AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK 1-1 Saint-Etienne Nadirov 15 18/09/2014 GS Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne 0-0 Baku Gabala SC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 04/08/2016 QR3 Gabala SC - LOSC Lille Baku Ozobić 34 agg: 2-1 Mendes 47; Vernydub 28/07/2016 QR3 LOSC Lille - Gabala SC 1-1 Lille Métropole 13 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AS Saint-Étienne 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 Gabala SC 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 AS Saint-Étienne - Gabala SC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Match background St-Étienne will seek to end a peculiar sequence of UEFA Europa League group stage results as they welcome Gabala, who have nothing to show for their three goals in Group C. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • St-Étienne drew twice with Gabala's countrymen Qarabağ in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage in their only encounters with Azerbaijani opponents. • Gabala had their first experience of French opposition in this season's UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, eliminating LOSC Lille with a 1-0 win at home and a 1-1 draw in France. Form guide • After drawing their opening two Group C matches, St-Étienne are now unbeaten in six European fixtures (W3 D3); they are on a run of four straight 1-1 draws in UEFA Europa League group stage games; and of their 18 group appearances in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League, 12 have finished in draws. • St-Étienne have qualified in two of their past three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group campaigns. • Gabala are without a point in Group C, or a win in their last three European away fixtures (D1 L2). They have conceded three goals in each of their two group matches this season. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Gabala are the only sides who have advanced from the first qualifying round to the group stage in the current UEFA Europa League. • Gabala picked up two points and scored two goals overall when they made their UEFA Europa League group debut last term. They have exceeded that goals' total already, scoring three. Links and trivia • The journey from Gabala to St-Etienne is around 3,500km. • St-Étienne are the sole team not to have received a booking or red card in the first two matchdays. • Gabala defender Vitaliy Vernydub will be looking out for other results in this season's group stage; his father Yuriy coaches Group A contenders Zorya Luhansk. • St-Étienne's Florentin Pogba is the older brother of another Group A contender, Manchester United's Paul Pogba. • Gabala defender Ricardinho can make his 50th UEFA club competition outing in this game. The coaches • St-Étienne coach since 2009, Christophe Galtier steered Les Verts to French League Cup success in 2012/13. He had worked as assistant to Alain Perrin at St-Étienne before getting the senior job. Originally a defender, he started his playing career at home-town club Marseille. • Gabala finished third in Azerbaijan last term in their first campaign under Ukrainian coach Roman Hrygorchuk. He made his name in management in Latvia and previously got through the UEFA Europa League group stage as boss of Chornomorets Odesa in 2013/14. 3 AS Saint-Étienne - Gabala SC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Team facts AS Saint-Étienne Formed: 1919 Nickname: Les Verts (The Greens) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1976) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 10 (1981) French Cup: 6 (1977) French League Cup: 1 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: round of 32 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: play-offs 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: round of 16 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 7-0: St-Étienne v KuPS Kuopio 01/01/80, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: KuPS Kuopio v St-Étienne 17/09/80, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Ipswich Town FC 04/03/81, UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 twice, most recently v Bohemians 1905 03/11/82, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 7-0: St-Étienne v KuPS Kuopio (see above) • Biggest away win 0-7: KuPS Kuopio v St-Étienne (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4 twice, most recently v Ipswich Town FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Bohemians 1905 v St-Étienne (see above) Gabala SC Formed: 2005 Nickname: Radarlar (The Radars) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 4 AS Saint-Étienne - Gabala SC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: first qualifying round 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 5-1: Gabala v Samtredia 30/06/16, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-2: MTK Budapest v Gabala 14/07/16, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Gabala v Krasnodar 10/12/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Dortmund v Gabala 05/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-1: Gabala v Samtredia (see above) • Biggest away win 1-2: MTK Budapest v Gabala (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Gabala v Krasnodar (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Dortmund v Gabala (see above) 5 AS Saint-Étienne - Gabala SC Thursday 20 October 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Etienne Squad list AS Saint-Étienne Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Anthony Maisonnial FRA 23/03/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Stéphane Ruffier FRA 27/09/1986 30 S 4 - - - 9 - 13 - 27 - 30 Jessy Moulin FRA 13/01/1986 30 - 1 - 2 - - - 3 - 4 - 40 Alexis Guendouz FRA 26/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Alexis Sevestre FRA 02/03/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Nathan Cremillieux FRA 09/01/2000 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 50 Ryan Bouallak FRA 19/08/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Kévin Théophile-Catherine FRA 28/10/1989 26 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 10 - 22 - 3 Pierre-Yves Polomat FRA 27/12/1993 22 - 3 - - - 1 - 4 - 8 - 4 Léo Lacroix SUI 27/02/1992 24 - - - 1 - 5 - 8 1 8 1 12 Cheikh Mbengué SEN 23/07/1988 28 - - - - - 3 - 7 - 9 - 19 Florentin Pogba FRA 19/08/1990 26 - 4 - 1 - 5 - 11 - 19 - 24 Loïc Perrin FRA 07/08/1985 31 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 15 1 29 2 25 Kevin Malcuit FRA 31/07/1991 25 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 3 - 31 Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel FRA 13/06/1998 18 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 32 Benjamin Karamoko FRA 17/05/1995 21 - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 34 Clement Cabaton FRA 06/06/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Clement Etchebar FRA 30/06/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Gabay Allaigre FRA 07/09/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Mickael Nade FRA 04/03/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 60 Leo Petrot FRA 15/04/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 61 Ilies Rahmani FRA 12/09/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Yahya Nadrani FRA 14/01/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Thomas Vogel FRA 18/03/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Vincent Pajot FRA 19/08/1990 26 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 11 - 17 1 6 Jérémy Clément FRA 26/08/1984 32 - - - 1 - 3 - 33 - 53 - 7 Bryan Dabo FRA 18/02/1992 24 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 8 Benjamin Corgnet FRA 06/04/1987 29 - - - 1 - 1 - 7 - 13 1 11 Henri Saivet FRA 26/10/1990 25 - - - 1 - 3 - 17 1 22 1 14 Jordan Veretout FRA 01/03/1993 23 - - - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 17 Ole Selnæs NOR 07/07/1994 22 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 12 - 36 - 18 Fabien Lemoine FRA 16/03/1987 29 - 4 1 1 - 5 - 14 - 29 1 33 Habib Maiga CIV 01/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Rayan Souici FRA 28/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Dylan Chambost FRA 19/08/1997