Analyzing next opponent in details
News / 26 August 2016 | 19:05348
Gabala have been drawn against RSC Anderlecht (Belgium), AS Saint-Etienne (France) and 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Germany) in the C group of the UEFA Europa League in the drawing event in Monaco. Let”s meet them in detailed information:
RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)
The team from Brussel started to the European championships with the UEFA Champions League after ending runners-up of the domestic league last season. Going 7 points behind the leader team, joined the highest-class continental campaign from the 3rd qualifying round where they lost to Rostov (Russia) in 2:2 and 0:2 before quitting the contest.
Going on with the UEFA EL play-off, they won over Slavia (Czech) by 3:0 and 3:0.
RSC Anderlecht, coached by Rene Veyler, are sitting 2nd in the domestic top flight with 8 points after early 4 tours.
Suffering from the lack of a great achievement last seasons, Anderlecht are having titles more than any other Belgian sides after they were founded in 1908. The team won 33 Belgian league triumphs (1946–1947, 1948–1949, 1949–1950, 1950–1951, 1953–1954, 1954–1955, 1955–1956, 1958–1959, 1961–1962, 1963–1964, 1964–1965, 1965–1966, 1966–1967, 1967–1968, 1971–1972, 1973–1974, 1980–1981, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1986–1987, 1990–1991, 1992–1993, 1993–1994, 1994–1995, 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2009–2010, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2014) and 9 cups (1964–1965, 1971–1972, 1972–1973, 1974–1975, 1975–1976, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1993–1994, 2007–2008), as well as 12 Super Cups (1985, 1987, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014).
They host home matches at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium with 28,063 seats (21,845 seats during European cups).
More details about RSC Anderlecht:
- They made their premier league debut in 1921 before going in and out of devisions.
- The team hit their first-ever champion title in 1947 and kept up the lead for 70 years.
- They struck the record of five-times-champion during 1963 to 1968.
- The 3 gold medals they gained before being unable to earn the championship for the last 2 seasons are their best evident to their possession.
- They are having 5 titles in the continental championships: Cups Cup (1975-1976 and 1977-1978), UEFA Supercup (1975-1976 and 1977-1978).
- Last continental achievement is UEFA cup in 1983.
- They are in desperate need for continental achievement, almost 32 years, like Cups Cup final (1977 and 1990), Fair Cup final (1970) and UEFA Cup final (1984).
- They appeared 379 times in the continental campaigns following 2 games against Azerbaijan clubs – Neftchi (2005-2006 season - 5:0, 0:1) and Qarabagh (2015-2016 - 0:1, 2:1).
AS Saint-Etienne (France)
AS Saint-Etienne joined up with the UEFA EL from the 3rd Qualifying Round after ending the French Premier League 6th. First they won over AEK (Greece) before forcing out Beytar (Israel) in the play-off. AS Saint-Etienne, coached by Christophe Galtier, are having 3 points in this season of the French top flight. AS Saint-Etienne was founded in 1919 and is known also with nick-name of “greens”. They host home matches at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard stadium with 35, 616 seats.
More details:
- AS Saint-Etienne are the top French premier League team with their 10 triumphs: (1956–1957, 1963–1964, 1966–1967, 1967–1968, 1968–1969, 1969–1970, 1973–1974, 1974–1975, 1975–1976, 1980–1981).
- They also are having 6 domestic cup titles (1961–1962, 1967–1968, 1969–1970, 1973–1974, 1974–1975, 1976–1977).
- They performed in lower leagues up to 1938 they made debut in the high class division.
- Their first-ever basic achievement was in 1946 when they ended the domestic top flight as the runners-up 11 years before they hit the first league triumph, as well as the first chance of the Champions Cup debut.
- Then they failed into the streak of no titles even going down to the first division.
- They made return from the first division again in the season of 1962-1963 to become the French football leaders for 19 years before legendary Michel Platini moved to Juventus.
- Their last champion title was registered in the 1980-1981 season, when the legendary footballer was still playing for Saint-Etienne.
- They are in desperate need for a basic success for the last 35 years.
- The team earned the last vital continental success in 1975-1976 progressing into the Eurocup final.
- The uproars in 1982 and 2000 left blots to the club”s history affecting also to their further results.
- They could regain a foothold amongst winners only in 2004.
- Saint-Etienne came on 111 Eurocup games, including two matches against Qarabagh 2 years ago in the group stage of the UEFA EL, where they ended as a better side – 0:0, 1:1.
FSV Mainz 05 (Germany)
The German side are going to start to the UEFA EL from the group stage after ending 6th with the Bundesliga. This earned the club their fourth chance of playing in the continental campaign.
The club was created in 1905, in Mainz and kept waiting for their first achievement for 100 years, when they played in regional and amateur championships, also in the 2nd Bundesleague at their best chance.
FSV Mainz 05 host homematches at the Opel Arena with 34,034 seats.
The German side could reach up to the Bundesliga only in their 99th year old, in 2004, after failing in their last legs 3 times - 1997, 2002 and 2003.
All the thanks for the first-ever great achievement just before the jubilee go to Jurgen Klopp guided the team to the high-class league as a coach. He previously played for this squad as a footballer.
More details:
- They ended the contest 11th two times in a row earning debut in the Eurocups before going down to the lower division again the next year.
- Then in 2009, the team made return to the league again to hit their record in the 2010-2011 season ending 5th.
- FSV Mainz 05 won 2 UEFA Cup qualifying rounds in 2005 before losing to Seville.
- They joined up with the EL from the 3rd Qualifying Round in 2011 and 2014. The team lost their both first legs.
- The German side came on 10 Eurocup games and are going to the next under lead of head coach Martin Schmidt.
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