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Tottenham Hotspur FC fans will recognise Beşiktaş JK coach Slaven Bilić from his time in England when the sides meet again in UEFA Europa League Group C.

Form guide
• Hossam Ghaly and Dimitar Berbatov scored as Martin Jol's Spurs beat Jean Tigana's Beşiktaş 2-0 in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage – the two teams' only previous competitive meeting.

• The lineups for that match on 19 October 2006 were:
Beşiktaş: Runje, Serdar*, Mehmet Sedef (Bobô 46), Gökhan Zan, Burak, Baki, Mert Nobre, Ricardinho, İbrahim Üzülmez, Fahri (İbrahim Akin 66), İbrahim Toraman.
Tottenham: Robinson, Chimbonda, Jenas, Berbatov (Defoe 90), Keane, Murphy (Zeigler 79), Ghaly (Lennon* 82), Dawson, Huddlestone, King, Assou-Ekotto.

* registered to play for their club in this season's UEFA Europa League.

• Beşiktaş's UEFA club competition record in England is W2 D0 L5; in London it is W1 D0 L1 – they beat Chelsea FC 2-0 in 2003 but lost 1-0 at Arsenal FC in this season's UEFA Champions League play-offs.

• Spurs have won ten of their last 13 European home games, losing just one – 3-1 to SL Benfica in last season's UEFA Europa League round of 16.

Trivia and links
• Beşiktaş defender Tomáš Sivok can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance against Tottenham.

• Beşiktaş's Dutch-born midfielder Oğuzhan Özyakup was previously on the books at Spurs' north London rivals Arsenal, but he made just two appearances for the Gunners – both in League Cup games.

• Two other Beşiktaş players have English experience: Demba Ba (West Ham United FC, Newcastle United FC, Chelsea FC), Kerim Koyunlu* (Fulham FC, Cardiff City AFC).
*Was known as Kerim Frei during his time in England

• This is Beşiktaş's sixth group stage campaign in this competition; they failed to make it through three UEFA Cup group stages but have progressed on both attempts since the advent of the UEFA Europa League.

The coaches
• Former Argentina defender Mauricio Pochettino took charge of Tottenham in the summer after a successful first season in England at Southampton FC. A Copa del Rey winner in both of his spells at RCD Espanyol, he also played for Paris Saint-Germain and FC Girondins de Bordeaux but returned to the Barcelona club for his first coaching role in 2009.

• Beşiktaş coach since June 2013, Slaven Bilić earned a bronze medal as a defender with Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals, and went on to lead his team to UEFA EURO 2008 and UEFA EURO 2012 as a coach. A rock music fan with a law degree, he was in charge at FC Lokomotiv Moskva before moving to Turkey.