UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS FC Astana Astana Arena - Astana Thursday 15 February CET (22.00 local time) Round of 32, First leg Sporting Clube de Portugal Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 10 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Astana - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/2015 GS FC Astana - SL Benfica 2-2 Astana 15/09/2015 GS SL Benfica - FC Astana 2-0 Lisbon Twumasi 19, Aničić 31; Jiménez 40, 72 Gaitán 51, Mitroglou 62 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Astana Sporting Clube de Portugal

3 Match background Sporting CP make the long, continent-spanning journey from Lisbon to Astana to take on the champions of Kazakhstan in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 32. FC Astana are the first Kazakh club to participate in the knockout phase of a UEFA club competition. They claimed their place as runners-up to Villarreal in Group A, while Sporting dropped into the UEFA Europa League after finishing third behind Barcelona and Juventus in their UEFA Champions League group. Previous meetings There have been no previous meetings between the two clubs, and Sporting have never faced opposition from Kazakhstan. Astana took on Sporting's city rivals Benfica in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League. They made their group stage debut in Lisbon, losing 2-0 before drawing the return fixture 2-2 in Astana letting slip a two-goal lead. Current players Patrick Twumasi and Marin Aničić scored the home team's goals. Form guide Defeat in the Astana Arena against Villarreal on matchday five (2-3) ended a 17-game unbeaten European home run for Astana (W9 D8) since they lost 3-0 to the same opponents in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League play-offs. They recovered, however, to win 1-0 at Slavia Praha on matchday six and secure their historic qualification for the round of 32 at their hosts' expense. Astana have found the net in each of their last eight European home fixtures, scoring 18 goals over that period at an average of 2.25 per game. Sporting have lost six of their last eight European away fixtures and 18 of their last 26 (W3 D5). They have won only one of their last 15 games outside Lisbon in the UEFA Europa League, play-offs included, losing ten. The Lions, who finished runners-up in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup, losing the final in their own stadium to CSKA Moskva (1-3), are playing in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 for the sixth time. They have won two of their previous five ties at this stage against Everton in 2009/10 and Legia Warszawa in 2011/12 but lost the last two, in 2015 and Sporting have never won the away leg at this stage of the competition (D2 L3). Beaten 8-4 on aggregate by Celtic in the UEFA Champions League play-offs (0-5 away, 4-3 home), Astana have made it through to the spring phase of European competition for the first time, having played continental group stage football three autumns running: UEFA Champions League in 2015/16 and UEFA Europa League in 2016/17 and 2017/18. Sporting finished third in last season's Portuguese Liga and reached the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 5-1 win away to Romanian side FCSB in the play-offs, which clinched an aggregate success by the same margin. Links and trivia At 6,171km, the journey from Lisbon to Astana is one of the longest in European football. Although this is Sporting's first match in Kazakhstan, the Lions' futsal team appeared in the final four of the 2010/11 UEFA Futsal Cup in Almaty, where they finished runners-up to Italian team Montesilvano. Sporting's Stefan Ristovski and Astana's Marin Tomasov played together at Rijeka in 2015/16. Sporting's Bas Dost and Astana's Ivan Maevski faced each other in October 2017 as the Netherlands beat Belarus 3-1 in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Astana clinched their fourth successive Kazakh Premier League title on 5 November 2017, finishing one point ahead of perennial rivals Kairat Almaty. Sporting's transfer from the UEFA Champions League means they have participated in seven of the nine UEFA Europa League campaigns. Only Ajax (eight appearances) have been involved in more. Sporting's Portuguese international goalkeeper and UEFA EURO 2016 winner Rui Patrício could celebrate a special birthday a long way from home as he turns 30 on the day of the game. Astana's Serikhan Muzhikov is suspended for this fixture. Suspended from next match if booked: Igor Shitov (Astana); Marcos Acuña, Fábio Coentrão, Gelson Martins, Bruno Fernandes (Sporting). The coaches Recruited in June 2014, Stanimir Stoilov led Astana to their fourth successive Kazakh title last November. The former Bulgaria midfielder and national team coach enjoyed his most fruitful years as a player at Levski Sofia, whom he later guided to two national championships as well as the 2005/06 UEFA Cup quarter-finals and the following 3

4 season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Jorge Jesus was lured to Sporting from Lisbon rivals Benfica in 2015 after six seasons as head coach with the Eagles that brought nine domestic trophies, including three Liga titles, plus two runners-up berths in the UEFA Europa League in 2012/13 to Chelsea and 2013/14 to Sevilla. His relatively discreet playing career started with Sporting in the early 1970s. 4

5 Team facts 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: 4 (2017) Kazakhstan Cup: 3 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 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 Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 4-0: Astana v Maccabi Tel-Aviv 19/10/17, UEFA Europa League group stage 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 5-0: Celtic v Astana 16/08/17, UEFA Champions League play-off first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup Biggest home win 4-0: Astana v Maccabi 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) Sporting Clube de Portugal Formed: 1906 Nickname: Leões (Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) UEFA Cup: (2005) 5

6 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1964 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (2002) Portuguese Cup: 16 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: semi-finals 2010/11: round of /10: round of 16 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League round of /08: quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 16-1: Sporting CP v APOEL 13/11/63, European Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg Biggest away win 0-9: ÍA Akranes v Sporting CP 17/09/86, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Sporting CP v Bayern München 25/02/09, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Bayern München v Sporting CP 10/03/09, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League Biggest home win 7-0: Sporting CP v Politehnica Timisoara 24/10/90, second round first leg Biggest away win 0-9: ÍA Akranes v Sporting CP (see above) Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Sporting CP v Gençlerbirligi 27/11/03, second round second leg Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Celtic v Sporting CP 02/11/83, second round second leg 6

7 Match-by-match lineups FC Astana UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (12/07/2017) FK Spartaks Jūrmala 0-1 FC Astana Goals: 0-1 Twumasi 73 FC Astana: Mokin, Shitov, Aničić, Kleinheisler (75 Murtazayev), Muzhikov (88 Beysebekov), Grahovac, Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga (91 Despotović), Shomko (18/07/2017) FC Astana 1-1 FK Spartaks Jūrmala (agg: 2-1) Goals: 1-0 Twumasi 59, 1-1 Vardanjans 72 FC Astana: Mokin, Shitov, Aničić, Kleinheisler (76 Murtazayev), Muzhikov (87 Postnikov), Grahovac (72 Beysebekov), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga, Shomko Third qualifying round (26/07/2017) FC Astana 3-1 Legia Warszawa Goals: 1-0 Kabananga 36, 2-0 Maevski 45, 2-1 Sadiku 79, 3-1 Twumasi 90+4 FC Astana: Mokin, Shitov, Aničić, Kleinheisler (80 Grahovac), Muzhikov, Despotović (20 Murtazayev), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga, Shomko (02/08/2017) Legia Warszawa 1-0 FC Astana (agg: 2-3) Goals: 1-0 Czerwiński 76 FC Astana: Mokin, Shitov, Aničić (63 Postnikov), Kleinheisler, Muzhikov (84 Grahovac), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga, Murtazayev (57 Beysebekov), Shomko Play-off (16/08/2017) Celtic FC 5-0 FC Astana Goals: 1-0 Postnikov 32 (og), 2-0 Sinclair 42, 3-0 Sinclair 60, 4-0 Forrest 79, 5-0 Shitov 88 (og) FC Astana: Mokin, Shitov, Kleinheisler, Muzhikov (82 Grahovac), Tomasov (77 Murtazayev), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko (66 Beysebekov), Kabananga, Postnikov, Shomko (22/08/2017) FC Astana 4-3 Celtic FC (agg: 4-8) Goals: 1-0 Ajer 26 (og), 1-1 Sinclair 34, 2-1 Muzhikov 48, 3-1 Twumasi 49, 4-1 Twumasi 69, 4-2 Ntcham 80, 4-3 Griffiths 90 FC Astana: Erić, Shitov, Aničić, Kleinheisler (13 Grahovac), Muzhikov, Tomasov (46 Beysebekov), Maevski, Twumasi, Kabananga, Postnikov, Shomko UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group A Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Villarreal CF FC Astana SK Slavia Praha Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday 1 (14/09/2017) Villarreal CF 3-1 FC Astana Goals: 1-0 Sansone 16, 1-1 Logvinenko 68, 2-1 Bakambu 75, 3-1 Cheryshev 77 FC Astana: Erić, Aničić, Muzhikov (83 Shitov), Grahovac, Beysebekov (87 Tagybergen), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Postnikov, Murtazayev (67 Tomasov ), Shomko 7

8 Matchday 2 (28/09/2017) FC Astana 1-1 SK Slavia Praha Goals: 0-1 Ngadeu-Ngadjui 18, 1-1 Tomasov 42 FC Astana: Erić, Shitov, Muzhikov (87 Tagybergen), Tomasov (82 Murtazayev), Beysebekov, Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga, Postnikov, Shomko Matchday 3 (19/10/2017) FC Astana 4-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Goals: 1-0 Twumasi 33 (P), 2-0 Twumasi 42, 3-0 Kabananga 47, 4-0 Kabananga 52 FC Astana: Erić, Shitov, Aničić, Muzhikov (68 Grahovac), Beysebekov (85 Tagybergen), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko, Kabananga, Murtazayev (74 Tomasov ), Shomko Matchday 4 (02/11/2017) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 0-1 FC Astana Goals: 0-1 Twumasi 57 FC Astana: Erić, Shitov (88 Aničić), Tomasov (75 Murtazayev), Beysebekov, Tagybergen (73 Muzhikov), Maevski, Twumasi, Maliy, Kabananga, Postnikov, Shomko Matchday 5 (23/11/2017) FC Astana 2-3 Villarreal CF Goals: 1-0 Kabananga 22, 1-1 Raba 39, 1-2 Bakambu 65, 1-3 Bakambu 83, 2-3 Twumasi 88 FC Astana: Erić, Shitov, Aničić, Muzhikov (71 Tomasov ), Beysebekov (68 Grahovac), Maevski, Twumasi, Logvinenko (82 Despotović), Kabananga, Postnikov, Shomko Matchday 6 (07/12/2017) SK Slavia Praha 0-1 FC Astana Goals: 0-1 Aničić 38 FC Astana: Erić, Shitov, Aničić, Muzhikov (84 Maliy), Grahovac, Tomasov (68 Murtazayev), Maevski, Twumasi (93 Despotović), Logvinenko, Kabananga, Shomko Round of 32 Matchday 7 (15/02/2018) FC Astana-Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday 8 (22/02/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal-FC Astana Sporting Clube de Portugal UEFA Champions League - Play-off (15/08/2017) Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-0 FCSB Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Coates, Fábio Coentrão (86 Iuri Medeiros), Acuña, Battaglia, Daniel Podence (60 Doumbia), Mathieu, Adrien Silva (67 Bruno Fernandes), Dost, Gelson Martins, Piccini (23/08/2017) FCSB 1-5 Sporting Clube de Portugal (agg: 1-5) Goals: 0-1 Doumbia 13, 1-1 Júnior Morais 20, 1-2 Acuña 60, 1-3 Gelson Martins 64, 1-4 Dost 75, 1-5 Battaglia 88 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Coates, Fábio Coentrão, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Battaglia, Mathieu, Adrien Silva (72 Petrović), Gelson Martins (80 Bruno César), Doumbia (59 Dost), Piccini Group stage Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Barcelona Juventus Sporting Clube de Portugal Olympiacos FC

9 Matchday 1 (12/09/2017) Olympiacos FC 2-3 Sporting Clube de Portugal Goals: 0-1 Doumbia 2, 0-2 Gelson Martins 13, 0-3 Bruno Fernandes 43, 1-3 Pardo 89, 2-3 Pardo 90+3 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Silva, Coates, Bruno Fernandes (87 Ristovski), Acuña, William Carvalho, Battaglia, Mathieu, Gelson Martins (72 Bruno César), Doumbia (63 Dost), Piccini Matchday 2 (27/09/2017) Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-1 FC Barcelona Goals: 0-1 Coates 49 (og) Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Coates, Fábio Coentrão (74 Silva), Bruno Fernandes, Acuña (73 Bruno César), William Carvalho, Battaglia, Mathieu, Gelson Martins, Doumbia (44 Dost), Piccini Matchday 3 (18/10/2017) Juventus 2-1 Sporting Clube de Portugal Goals: 0-1 Alex Sandro 12 (og), 1-1 Pjanić 29, 2-1 Mandžukić 84 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Coates, Fábio Coentrão (77 Silva), Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, William Carvalho, Battaglia (87 Doumbia), Mathieu, Dost, Gelson Martins (76 João Palhinha), Piccini Matchday 4 (31/10/2017) Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-1 Juventus Goals: 1-0 Bruno César 20, 1-1 Higuaín 79 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Silva, Coates, André Pinto, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Bruno César (64 João Palhinha), Ristovski (91 Petrović), Battaglia, Dost (81 Doumbia), Gelson Martins Matchday 5 (22/11/2017) Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-1 Olympiacos FC Goals: 1-0 Dost 40, 2-0 Bruno César 43, 3-0 Dost 66, 3-1 Odjidja 86 Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Fábio Coentrão, André Pinto, Bruno Fernandes, Bruno César (90 Mattheus), William Carvalho, Battaglia, Mathieu (77 Tobias Figueiredo), Dost, Gelson Martins, Piccini (85 Ristovski) Matchday 6 (05/12/2017) FC Barcelona 2-0 Sporting Clube de Portugal Goals: 1-0 Paco Alcácer 59, 2-0 Mathieu 90+1 (og) Sporting Clube de Portugal: Rui Patrício, Coates, Bruno Fernandes, Acuña, Ruiz (46 Dost), Bruno César (64 Fábio Coentrão), Ristovski (46 Gelson Martins), William Carvalho, Battaglia, Mathieu, Piccini UEFA Europa League - Round of 32 Matchday 7 (15/02/2018) FC Astana-Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday 8 (22/02/2018) Sporting Clube de Portugal-FC Astana 9

10 Legend Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final Tournament GS-FT: Group stage final tournament Statistics National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 10