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1 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS AS Saint-Étienne Last updated 01/12/ :50CET Stade Geoffroy Guichard - Saint- Etienne Thursday 20 October CET (21.05 local time) Group C - Matchday 3 Gabala SC 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

2 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 27/11/2014 GS AS Saint-Étienne - Qarabağ FK 1-1 Saint-Etienne 18/09/2014 GS Qarabağ FK - AS Saint-Étienne 0-0 Baku Gabala SC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Van Wolfswinkel 21; Nadirov 15 Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/08/2016 QR3 Gabala SC - LOSC Lille 1-0 agg: 2-1 Baku Ozobić 34 28/07/2016 QR3 LOSC Lille - Gabala SC 1-1 Lille Métropole Mendes 47; Vernydub 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 Gabala SC

3 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

4 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 /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 /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 /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

5 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

6 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/ Stéphane Ruffier FRA 27/09/ S Jessy Moulin FRA 13/01/ Alexis Guendouz FRA 26/01/ Alexis Sevestre FRA 02/03/ Nathan Cremillieux FRA 09/01/ Ryan Bouallak FRA 19/08/ Defenders 2 Kévin Théophile-Catherine FRA 28/10/ Pierre-Yves Polomat FRA 27/12/ Léo Lacroix SUI 27/02/ Cheikh Mbengué SEN 23/07/ Florentin Pogba FRA 19/08/ Loïc Perrin FRA 07/08/ Kevin Malcuit FRA 31/07/ Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel FRA 13/06/ Benjamin Karamoko FRA 17/05/ Clement Cabaton FRA 06/06/ Clement Etchebar FRA 30/06/ Gabay Allaigre FRA 07/09/ Mickael Nade FRA 04/03/ Leo Petrot FRA 15/04/ Ilies Rahmani FRA 12/09/ Yahya Nadrani FRA 14/01/ Thomas Vogel FRA 18/03/ Midfielders 5 Vincent Pajot FRA 19/08/ Jérémy Clément FRA 26/08/ Bryan Dabo FRA 18/02/ Benjamin Corgnet FRA 06/04/ Henri Saivet FRA 26/10/ Jordan Veretout FRA 01/03/ Ole Selnæs NOR 07/07/ Fabien Lemoine FRA 16/03/ Habib Maiga CIV 01/01/ Rayan Souici FRA 28/02/ Dylan Chambost FRA 19/08/ Augustin Bangoura GNB 13/06/ Mahdi Camara FRA 30/06/

7 AS Saint-Étienne Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA 52 Nais Djouahra FRA 23/11/ Adrien Fleury FRA 10/06/ Cyril Martin Pichon FRA 23/01/ Florian Milla FRA 14/02/ Joris Mendy FRA 13/05/ Forwards 9 Nolan Roux FRA 01/03/ Oussama Tannane MAR 23/03/ Romain Hamouma FRA 29/03/ Kévin Monnet-Paquet FRA 19/08/ Alexander Søderlund NOR 03/08/ Robert Berić SVN 17/06/ Arnaud Nordin FRA 17/06/ Dylan Saint-Louis FRA 26/04/ Zinedine Touati FRA 27/01/ Benjamin Aulagnier FRA 10/03/ Hugo Roussey FRA 02/01/ Lamine Ghezali FRA 06/07/ William Gomis FRA 21/12/ Coach - Christophe Galtier FRA 28/08/ S

8 Gabala SC 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 22 Dmytro Bezotosniy UKR 15/11/ Dawid Pietrzkiewicz POL 09/02/ Murad Popov AZE 05/03/ Suleyman Suleymanov AZE 20/03/ Defenders 3 Vojislav Stanković SRB 22/09/ Murad Musayev AZE 13/06/ Vitaliy Vernydub UKR 17/10/ Magomed Mirzabekov AZE 16/11/ Ricardinho BRA 09/09/ Urfan Abbasov AZE 14/10/ Sadig Guliyev AZE 09/03/ Rafael BRA 10/11/ Midfielders 4 Elvin Jamalov AZE 04/02/ Rashad A. Sadygov AZE 08/10/ Nika Kvekveskiri GEO 29/05/ Gismat Aliyev AZE 24/10/ Asif Mammadov AZE 05/08/ Bagaliy Dabo FRA 27/07/ Filip Ozobić CRO 08/04/ Roman Huseynov AZE 26/12/ Theo Weeks LBR 19/01/ Hajiaga Hajiyev AZE 30/01/ Petar Franjić CRO 21/08/ Rashad Eyubov AZE 03/12/ Farid Nabiyev AZE 22/07/ Tellur Mutallimov AZE 08/04/ Forwards 9 Sergei Zenjov EST 20/04/ Ruslan Gurbanov AZE 12/09/ Ehtiram Shahverdiyev AZE 01/10/ Ramil Hasanov UKR 15/02/ Coach - Roman Hrygorchuk UKR 22/03/

9 Fixtures and results AS Saint-Étienne Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 28/07/2016 UEL AEK Athens FC (H) D /08/2016 UEL AEK Athens FC (A) W 1-0 Berić 23 13/08/2016 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) L 2-3 Hamouma 81, Søderlund 89 17/08/2016 UEL Beitar Jerusalem FC (A) W 2-1 Lemoine 15, Rueda 30 (og) 21/08/2016 League Montpellier Hérault SC (H) 25/08/2016 UEL Beitar Jerusalem FC (H) 28/08/2016 League Toulouse FC (H) W 3-1 D 0-0 D /09/2016 League Paris Saint-Germain (A) D 1-1 Berić /09/2016 UEL 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A) D 1-1 Berić 88 18/09/2016 League SC Bastia (H) W 1-0 Hamouma 90+3 (P) 21/09/2016 League FC Nantes (A) D /09/2016 League LOSC Lille (H) W 3-1 Berić 63, Nordin 72, Roux /09/2016 UEL RSC Anderlecht (H) D 1-1 Roux /10/2016 League Olympique Lyonnais (A) L /10/2016 League Dijon FCO (H) D 1-1 Roux 90+5 (P) 20/10/2016 UEL Gabala SC (H) 23/10/2016 League SM Caen (A) 29/10/2016 League AS Monaco FC (H) 03/11/2016 UEL Gabala SC (A) 06/11/2016 League FC Metz (A) 19/11/2016 League OGC Nice (H) 24/11/2016 UEL 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H) 26/11/2016 League Angers SCO (A) 30/11/2016 League Olympique de Marseille (H) 03/12/2016 League Stade Rennais FC (A) 08/12/2016 UEL RSC Anderlecht (A) 10/12/2016 League EA Guingamp (H) 17/12/2016 League FC Lorient (A) 21/12/2016 League AS Nancy-Lorraine (H) 14/01/2017 League LOSC Lille (A) 21/01/2017 League Angers SCO (H) 28/01/2017 League Toulouse FC (A) 04/02/2017 League Olympique Lyonnais (H) 08/02/2017 League OGC Nice (A) 11/02/2017 League FC Lorient (H) 18/02/2017 League Montpellier Hérault SC (A) 25/02/2017 League SM Caen (H) 04/03/2017 League SC Bastia (A) 11/03/2017 League FC Metz (H) 18/03/2017 League Dijon FCO (A) 02/04/2017 League AS Monaco FC (A) 08/04/2017 League FC Nantes (H) Monnet-Paquet 47, Saint-Louis 50, Berić 85 9

10 AS Saint-Étienne 15/04/2017 League Olympique de Marseille (A) 22/04/2017 League Stade Rennais FC (H) 29/04/2017 League EA Guingamp (A) 06/05/2017 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (H) 14/05/2017 League Paris Saint-Germain (H) 20/05/2017 League AS Nancy-Lorraine (A) Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 OGC Nice Paris Saint-Germain AS Monaco FC Toulouse FC EA Guingamp FC Girondins de Bordeaux Stade Rennais FC Olympique Lyonnais AS Saint-Étienne Angers SCO FC Metz Olympique de Marseille FC Nantes SC Bastia Montpellier Hérault SC SM Caen Dijon FCO LOSC Lille FC Lorient AS Nancy-Lorraine Gabala SC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 30/06/2016 UEL FC Samtredia (H) W 5-1 Stanković 16, Zenjov 19, Weeks 30, 69, 72 07/07/2016 UEL FC Samtredia (A) L 1-2 Weeks 42 14/07/2016 UEL MTK Budapest (A) W 2-1 Kvekveskiri 25, Ozobić 63 21/07/2016 UEL MTK Budapest (H) W 2-0 Zenjov 7, Weeks 37 28/07/2016 UEL LOSC Lille (A) D 1-1 Vernydub 13 04/08/2016 UEL LOSC Lille (H) W 1-0 Ozobić 34 08/08/2016 League Käpäz PFK (H) W 2-0 Mutallimov 58, Dabo 79 12/08/2016 League İnter Bakı PİK (H) D /08/2016 UEL NK Maribor (H) W 3-1 Zenjov 37, Dabo 50, 52 25/08/2016 UEL NK Maribor (A) 10/09/2016 League Neftçi PFK (A) L 0-1 W /09/2016 UEL RSC Anderlecht (A) L 1-3 Dabo 20 Dabo 6, 16, 59, Vernydub 10, Ozobić 29, R. Gurbanov 45+1, 83, Peixoto Filho 70 (og) 10

11 Gabala SC 19/09/2016 League Olimpik-Şüvälan PFK (H) W 3-0 Ozobić 31, R. Gurbanov 56, Huseynov 65 22/09/2016 League Sumqayıt FK (H) W 2-0 Dabo 85, 90 25/09/2016 League FC Zire (A) W 2-0 Weeks 19, 76 29/09/2016 UEL 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H) L 2-3 R. Gurbanov 57 (P), Zenjov 62 02/10/2016 League Qarabağ FK (H) W 2-0 Ozobić 11, Dabo 14 15/10/2016 League İnter Bakı PİK (A) D 1-1 Zenjov 69 20/10/2016 UEL AS Saint-Étienne (A) 25/10/2016 League Sumqayıt FK (A) 30/10/2016 League Neftçi PFK (H) 03/11/2016 UEL AS Saint-Étienne (H) 05/11/2016 League Olimpik-Şüvälan PFK (A) 19/11/2016 League FC Zire (H) 24/11/2016 UEL RSC Anderlecht (H) 29/11/2016 League Qarabağ FK (A) 02/12/2016 Cup Zaqatala (H) 08/12/2016 UEL 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A) 17/12/2016 League Käpäz PFK (A) 28/01/2017 League Sumqayıt FK (H) 03/02/2017 League Neftçi PFK (A) 08/02/2017 League Olimpik-Şüvälan PFK (H) 12/02/2017 League FC Zire (A) 19/02/2017 League Qarabağ FK (H) 28/02/2017 League Käpäz PFK (H) 04/03/2017 League İnter Bakı PİK (A) 12/03/2017 League Neftçi PFK (H) 19/03/2017 League Olimpik-Şüvälan PFK (A) 02/04/2017 League FC Zire (H) 09/04/2017 League Qarabağ FK (A) 16/04/2017 League Käpäz PFK (A) 23/04/2017 League İnter Bakı PİK (H) 29/04/2017 League Sumqayıt FK (A) Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Gabala SC İnter Bakı PİK Qarabağ FK Käpäz PFK FC Zire Sumqayıt FK Neftçi PFK Olimpik-Şüvälan PFK

12 Match-by-match lineups AS Saint-Étienne UEFA Europa League - Third qualifying round (28/07/2016) AS Saint-Étienne 0-0 AEK Athens FC AS Saint-Étienne: Ruffier, Théophile-Catherine, Polomat, Pajot (69 Dabo), Roux, Tannane (64 Berić), Selnæs, Lemoine, Pogba, Hamouma (86 Monnet-Paquet), Perrin (04/08/2016) AEK Athens FC 0-1 AS Saint-Étienne (agg: 0-1) Goals: 0-1 Berić 23 AS Saint-Étienne: Ruffier, Théophile-Catherine, Polomat, Dabo (30 Pajot), Tannane, Selnæs, Lemoine (79 Monnet- Paquet), Pogba, Hamouma (84 Roux), Perrin, Berić Play-off (17/08/2016) Beitar Jerusalem FC 1-2 AS Saint-Étienne Goals: 1-0 Vered 8, 1-1 Lemoine 15, 1-2 Rueda 30 (og) AS Saint-Étienne: Ruffier, Théophile-Catherine, Polomat, Pajot, Selnæs, Lemoine, Pogba, Hamouma (46 Roux), Monnet-Paquet, Perrin, Berić (78 Tannane) (25/08/2016) AS Saint-Étienne 0-0 Beitar Jerusalem FC (agg: 2-1) AS Saint-Étienne: Ruffier, Théophile-Catherine, Roux (86 Pajot), Selnæs, Lemoine, Pogba, Monnet-Paquet (53 Tannane), Perrin, Malcuit, Berić, Saint-Louis (45 Moulin) Group stage Group C Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1. FSV Mainz RSC Anderlecht AS Saint-Étienne Gabala SC Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) 1. FSV Mainz AS Saint-Étienne Goals: 1-0 Bungert 57, 1-1 Berić 88 AS Saint-Étienne: Moulin, Théophile-Catherine, Dabo (57 Tannane), Saivet (80 Søderlund), Selnæs, Lemoine (67 Veretout), Pogba, Hamouma, Perrin, Malcuit, Berić Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) AS Saint-Étienne 1-1 RSC Anderlecht Goals: 0-1 Tielemans 62 (P), 1-1 Roux 90+4 AS Saint-Étienne: Moulin, Lacroix, Pajot (76 Søderlund), Clément (86 Corgnet), Dabo (77 Tannane), Roux, Veretout, Hamouma, Monnet-Paquet, Malcuit, Karamoko Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) AS Saint-Étienne-Gabala SC Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) Gabala SC-AS Saint-Étienne Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) AS Saint-Étienne-1. FSV Mainz 05 Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) RSC Anderlecht-AS Saint-Étienne 12

13 Gabala SC UEFA Europa League - First qualifying round (30/06/2016) Gabala SC 5-1 FC Samtredia Goals: 1-0 Stanković 16, 2-0 Zenjov 19, 3-0 Weeks 30, 3-1 Shergelashvili 59, 4-1 Weeks 69, 5-1 Weeks 72 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Sadygov, Kvekveskiri, Zenjov (83 Mutallimov), Vernydub, Dabo (77 Eyubov), Ozobić, Ricardinho, Weeks (86 Aliyev), Abbasov (07/07/2016) FC Samtredia 2-1 Gabala SC (agg: 3-6) Goals: 1-0 Zivzivadze 14 (P), 1-1 Weeks 42, 2-1 Shergelashvili 90+2 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Sadygov (69 Jamalov), Kvekveskiri, Zenjov, Vernydub (46 Rafael), Dabo, Ozobić (52 Mutallimov), Ricardinho, Weeks, Abbasov Second qualifying round (14/07/2016) MTK Budapest 1-2 Gabala SC Goals: 0-1 Kvekveskiri 25, 0-2 Ozobić 63, 1-2 Torghelle 70 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Sadygov, Kvekveskiri, Zenjov, Vernydub, Mirzabekov, Dabo (86 A. Mammadov), Ozobić, Ricardinho, Weeks (21/07/2016) Gabala SC 2-0 MTK Budapest (agg: 4-1) Goals: 1-0 Zenjov 7, 2-0 Weeks 37 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković (88 Rafael), Sadygov, Kvekveskiri (79 Jamalov), Zenjov (77 A. Mammadov), Vernydub, Mirzabekov, Dabo, Ozobić, Ricardinho, Weeks Third qualifying round (28/07/2016) LOSC Lille 1-1 Gabala SC Goals: 0-1 Vernydub 13, 1-1 Mendes 47 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković (76 Rafael), Sadygov, Kvekveskiri, Zenjov (81 A. Mammadov), Vernydub, Mirzabekov, Dabo (93 Eyubov), Ozobić, Ricardinho, Weeks (04/08/2016) Gabala SC 1-0 LOSC Lille (agg: 2-1) Goals: 1-0 Ozobić 34 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Sadygov, Kvekveskiri, Zenjov, Vernydub, Mirzabekov, Dabo, Ozobić (77 A. Mammadov), Ricardinho, Weeks Play-off (18/08/2016) Gabala SC 3-1 NK Maribor Goals: 0-1 Tavares 17, 1-1 Zenjov 37, 2-1 Dabo 50, 3-1 Dabo 52 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Kvekveskiri, Zenjov, Vernydub (90 Jamalov), Mirzabekov, Dabo, Ozobić (80 A. Mammadov), Ricardinho, Weeks (92 Eyubov), Rafael (25/08/2016) NK Maribor 1-0 Gabala SC (agg: 2-3) Goals: 1-0 Tavares 66 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Kvekveskiri, Zenjov (86 A. Mammadov), Vernydub, Mirzabekov, Dabo (96 Eyubov), Ozobić, Ricardinho, Weeks, Rafael Group stage Matchday 1 (15/09/2016) RSC Anderlecht 3-1 Gabala SC Goals: 1-0 Teodorczyk 14, 1-1 Dabo 20, 2-1 Rafael 41 (og), 3-1 Diego Capel 77 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Sadygov, Zenjov (92 Eyubov), R. Gurbanov (46 A. Mammadov), Vernydub (59 13

14 Franjić), Mirzabekov, Dabo, Ozobić, Ricardinho, Rafael Matchday 2 (29/09/2016) Gabala SC FSV Mainz 05 Goals: 0-1 Muto 41, 1-1 R. Gurbanov 57 (P), 2-1 Zenjov 62, 2-2 Córdoba 68, 2-3 Öztunali 78 Gabala SC: Bezotosniy, Stanković, Sadygov (81 A. Mammadov), Zenjov, R. Gurbanov (81 Franjić), Vernydub (86 Jamalov), Mirzabekov, Dabo, Ozobić, Ricardinho, Rafael Matchday 3 (20/10/2016) AS Saint-Étienne-Gabala SC Matchday 4 (03/11/2016) Gabala SC-AS Saint-Étienne Matchday 5 (24/11/2016) Gabala SC-RSC Anderlecht Matchday 6 (08/12/2016) 1. FSV Mainz 05-Gabala SC 14

15 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Ali Palabıyık (TUR) Çem Satman (TUR), Ekrem Kan (TUR) Alper Ulusoy (TUR), Bayarslan Volkan (TUR) Ceyhun Sesigüzel (TUR) Jacob Erel (ISR) László Vagner (HUN) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League matches UEFA matches Ali Palabıyık 14/08/ UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 02/07/2015 UEL 1QR Neftçi PFK FK Mladost Podgorica 2-2 Baku Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 02/07/2015 UEL 1QR Neftçi PFK FK Mladost Podgorica 2-2 Baku 09/12/2015 UYL GS Valencia CF Olympique Lyonnais 1-1 Valencia 15