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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A
RSC Anderlecht
(BEL)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Roger VANDEN STOCK
Founded: 1908
Address: Theo Verbeecklaan 2, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 522 15 39
Website: rsca.be
Date of Birth: 13.08.1942
Elected/Appointed: 20.06.1996
HEAD COACH: Ariël JACOBS
Press Officer: David Steegen
Team Captain: Olivier Deschacht
Date/Place of Birth: 26.07.1953
in Vilvorde, Belgium
Nationality: BEL
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
K. Diegem Sport (1965-70), Racing
White (1970-73), K. Diegem Sport
(1973-79), SK Halle (1979-80),
K. Diegem Sport (1980-83),
KFC Diest (1983-84), K. Diegem Sport (1984-87)
National Championship (29)
1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1962,
1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1985,
1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004,
2006, 2007
National Cup (9)
1965, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2008
UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup (2)
1976, 1978
UEFA Cup (1)
1983
UEFA Super Cup (2)
1976, 1978
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Belgian Football Association (1982-99), RWD Molenbeek
(1999-2001), RAA La Louvière (2001-04), KRC Genk
(technical director) (2004-06), KSC Lokeren OV (2006), R.
Excelsior Mouscron (2007), RSC Anderlecht (2007-)
Major Honours – Belgian Cup (2003, 2008)
STADIUM: STADE CONSTANT VANDEN STOCK
Ground Capacity: 21,845
Opened: 1983
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
18
RSC Anderlecht | Group A
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
Ondřej MAZUCH
Olivier DESCHACHT
Arnold KRUISWIJK
Lucas BIGLIA
Jelle VAN DAMME
Jan POLÁK
Matías SUÁREZ
KANU
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
15.03.1989
16.02.1981
02.11.1984
30.01.1986
10.10.1983
14.03.1981
09.05.1988
23.09.1987
CZE
BEL
NED
ARG
BEL
CZE
ARG
BRA
189
185
187
179
194
181
182
190
2009
1997
2008
2006
2006
2007
2008
2008
11
12
13
16
19
21
22
23
24
Mbark BOUSSOUFA
Thomas CHATELLE
Jonathan LEGEAR
Cheikhou KOUYATÉ
Nicolás FRUTOS
Tom DE SUTTER
Davy SCHOLLEN
Roland JUHÁSZ
Silvio PROTO
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Forward
Goalkeeper
Defender
Goalkeeper
15.08.1984
31.03.1981
13.04.1987
21.12.1989
10.05.1981
03.07.1985
28.02.1978
01.07.1983
23.05.1983
MAR
BEL
BEL
SEN
ARG
BEL
BEL
HUN
BEL
167
175
179
192
194
192
190
194
187
2006
2008
2003
2008
2005
2009
2006
2005
2005
26
28
30
32
37
44
Víctor BERNÁRDEZ
Michaël CORDIER
Guillaume GILLET
Christophe DIANDY
REYNALDO
Nemanja RNIĆ
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
24.05.1982
27.03.1984
09.03.1984
25.11.1990
24.08.1989
30.09.1984
HON
BEL
BEL
SEN
BRA
SRB
184
184
186
186
174
180
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2008
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Belgian Eerste Klasse
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 28 July
RSC Anderlecht – Sivasspor (TUR)
Second leg, 4 August
Sivasspor (TUR) - RSC Anderlecht
Play-off Round
First leg, 19 August
Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) - RSC Anderlecht
Second leg, 25 August
RSC Anderlecht – Olympique Lyonnais (FRA)
ACF Fiorentina
KSC Lokeren OV
FC Groningen
CA Independiente
Werder Bremen
1. FC Nürnberg
CA Belgrano
KSV Cercle Brugge
(loan)
KAA Gent
KRC Genk
R. Standard de Liège
KV Kortrijk (loan)
CA Independiente
KSV Cercle Brugge
NAC Breda
MTK Budapest
KFC Germinal Beerschot
Antwerpen (loan)
CD Motagua
FC Brussels
KAA Gent
Liberty Professionals FC
Clube Náutico
FK Partizan
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
5-0
166
44
94
4
0
0
308
62
29
46
2
0
0
139
35
3
25
0
0
0
63
1-3
GROUP FIXTURES: Group A
5-1
Matchday One: 17 September
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – RSC Anderlecht
Matchday Two: 1 October
RSC Anderlecht – AFC Ajax (NED)
Matchday Three: 22 October
FC Timişoara (ROU) - RSC Anderlecht
Matchday Four: 5 November
RSC Anderlecht – FC Timişoara (ROU)
Matchday Five: 2 December
RSC Anderlecht – NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Matchday Six: 17 December
AFC Ajax (NED) - RSC Anderlecht
1-3
19
L GF GA
69 238
12 86
23 162
2 9
0 0
0 0
106 495
256
34
101
6
0
0
397
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A
AFC Ajax
(NED)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Uri CORONEL
Founded: 1900
Address: Arena Boulevard 29, 1101 AX AmsterdamZuidoost, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 20 311 1444
Website: ajax.nl
Date of Birth: 24.12.1946
Elected/Appointed: 18.04.2008
HEAD COACH: Martin JOL
Date/Place of Birth: 16.01.1956
in The Hague, Netherlands
Nationality: NED
Press Officer: Riske Betten
Team Captain: Luis Suárez
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
ADO Den Haag (1973-77), FC
Bayern München (1977-79), FC
Twente (1979-81), West Bromwich
Albion FC (1984-85), Coventry City
FC (1984-85), ADO Den Haag (1985-89)
Major Honours – Dutch Cup (1975)
International Caps/Goals – 3/0 for the Netherlands
National Championship (29)
1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1957,
1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979,
1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998,
2002, 2004
National Cup (17)
1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1983,
1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007
European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions
League (4)
1971, 1972, 1973, 1995
UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup (1)
1987
UEFA Cup (1)
1992
Managerial/Coaching Career:
ADO Den Haag (amateurs) (1991-95), Scheveningen
(1995-96), Roda JC (1996-98), RKC Waalwijk (19982004), Tottenham Hotspur FC (2004-2007), Hamburger
SV (2008-09), AFC Ajax (2009-)
Major Honours – Dutch Cup (1997)
STADIUM: AMSTERDAM ARENA
Ground Capacity: 51,638
Opened: 1996
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
20
AFC Ajax | Group A
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
15
16
17
18
20
21
28
30
32
33
34
40
41
51
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Defender
Forward
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Forward
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
22.09.1982
02.02.1980
16.08.1991
24.04.1987
29.11.1984
17.02.1982
16.06.1986
15.09.1978
05.12.1988
16.08.1988
10.01.1986
29.03.1980
24.01.1987
29.12.1978
10.02.1979
16.05.1984
23.03.1986
22.07.1978
03.02.1980
27.01.1988
01.02.1987
02.11.1980
26.05.1983
30.04.1980
14.02.1992
Maarten STEKELENBURG
OLEGUER Presas
ZÉ EDUARDO
Jan VERTONGHEN
Rasmus LINDGREN
Thimothée ATOUBA
Urby EMANUELSON
Marko PANTELIĆ
Miralem SULEJMANI
Ismail AISSATI
Kenneth VERMEER
Bruno SILVA
Luis SUÁREZ
Rob WIELAERT
GABRI García
Darío CVITANICH
Eyong ENOH
Dennis ROMMEDAHL
George OGĂRARU
KERLON
Javier MARTINA
Kennedy BAKIRCIOGLÜ
Demy DE ZEEUW
Jeroen VERHOEVEN
Christian ERIKSEN
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
194
188
186
189
180
191
176
183
178
174
182
180
181
178
175
175
178
177
178
167
175
181
174
194
???
2001
2008
2009
2006
2008
2009
2004
2009
2008
2008
2005
2008
2007
2009
2006
2008
2008
2007
2006
2009
2005
2007
2009
2009
2009
none
FC Barcelona
Cruzeiro EC
RKC Waalwijk (loan)
FC Groningen
Hamburger SV
none
Hertha BSC Berlin
SC Heerenveen
PSV Eindhoven
Willem II (loan)
FC Groningen
FC Groningen
FC Twente
FC Barcelona
CA Banfield
Ajax Cape Town FC
NEC Nijmegen (loan)
FC Steaua Bucureşti (loan)
FC Internazionale Milano
none
FC Twente
AZ Alkmaar
FC Volendam
Odense BK
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
3rd in Dutch Eredivisie
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
AFC Ajax – ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Second leg, 27 August
ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – AFC Ajax
NED
ESP
BRA
BEL
SWE
CMR
NED
SRB
SRB
NED
NED
NED
URU
NED
ESP
CRO
CMR
DEN
ROU
BRA
NED
SWE
NED
NED
DEN
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
5-0
MP W D
L GF GA
157
28
94
6
0
3
288
43
8
27
3
0
0
81
1-2
GROUP FIXTURES: Group A
Matchday One: 17 September
AFC Ajax – FC Timişoara (ROU)
Matchday Two: 1 October
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) – AFC Ajax
Matchday Three: 22 October
AFC Ajax – NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Matchday Four: 5 November
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – AFC Ajax
Matchday Five: 2 December
FC Timişoara (ROU) – AFC Ajax
Matchday Six: 17 December
AFC Ajax – RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
21
77
18
52
2
0
1
150
37
2
15
1
0
2
57
250
53
186
11
0
4
504
153
22
89
4
0
1
269
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A
FC Timişoara
(ROU)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Marian Alexandru IANCU
Founded: 2002
Address: Casa Tineretului, Etaj 1, Strada Aries Nr. 19,
Timişoara, Romania
Telephone: +40 256 487 880
Website: politimisoara.com
Date of Birth: 10.07.1965
Elected/Appointed: February 2005
HEAD COACH: Ioan Ovidiu SABĂU
Press Officer: Levente Balint
Team Captain: Dan Alexa
Date/Place of Birth: 12.02.1968
in Campia-Turzii, Romania
Nationality: ROU
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
(1985-88), ASA Târgu Mureş
(1988), FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti
(1988-90), Feyenoord (1990-92),
Brescia Calcio (1992-96), AC
Reggiana (1996-97), Brescia Calcio
(1997-98), FC Rapid Bucureşti (1998-2000), CS
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (2000-01), FC Rapid
Bucureşti (2001-03), CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (2004-05)
Major Honours – Romanian Championship (1990,
1999, 2003), Romanian Cup (1990,
2002), Dutch Cup (1991, 1992)
International Caps/Goals – 52/8 for
Romania
none
STADIUM: DAN PĂLTINIŞANU
Ground Capacity: 32,019
Opened: 1963
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
Managerial/Coaching Career:
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
(2003), CS Gaz Metan Mediaş
(2003-05), ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa
(2005-09); FC Timişoara (2009-)
22
FC Timişoara | Group A
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
2
5
ÉDER Bonfim
Dan ALEXA
Defender
Midfielder
03.04.1981
28.10.1979
BRA
ROU
181
181
6
7
9
10
11
13
14
18
Daré NIBOMBÉ
Stelian STANCU
Winston PARKS
Artavazd KARAMYAN
Arman KARAMYAN
Cristian SCUTARU
Ioan MERA
Gheorghe BUCUR
Defender
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Defender
Forward
16.06.1980
22.09.1981
12.10.1981
14.11.1979
14.11.1979
13.04.1987
05.01.1987
08.04.1980
TGO
ROU
CRC
ARM
ARM
ROU
ROU
ROU
196
179
184
177
177
185
193
171
20 Florin MAXIM
21 Dorin GOGA
Midfielder
Midfielder
02.03.1981
02.07.1984
ROU
ROU
178
182
22
23
25
27
28
29
31
32
33
55
77
99
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
14.12.1987
20.03.1983
02.07.1984
17.01.1983
02.11.1979
01.02.1987
13.10.1987
21.11.1989
11.10.1990
24.04.1985
27.03.1987
22.06.1978
ROU
ROU
ROU
CZE
SVK
ROU
ROU
ROU
COL
ROU
ROU
POR
177
174
176
195
186
197
171
186
167
175
180
190
Adrian GANEA
Claudiu IONESCU
Ionuţ MATEI
Lukáš MAGERA
Marián CIŠOVSKÝ
Costel PANTILIMON
Adrian POPARADU
Lucian GAVRILUŢĂ
Christian MEJIA
Alexandru BOURCEANU
Alexandru CURTEAN
Pedro TABORDA
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Romanian Seria I
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 29 July
FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – FC Timişoara
Second leg, 5 August
FC Timişoara – FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Play-off Round
First leg, 18 August
FC Timişoara – VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Second leg, 26 August
VfB Stuttgart (GER) – FC Timişoara
2008 FC Gloria Buzău (loan)
2006 FC Dinamo 1948
Bucureşti
2009 CS Otopeni
2007 FC Steaua Bucureşti
2008 LD Alajuelense
2007 FC Rapid Bucureşti
2007 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
2005 CS Jiul Petroşani
2005 FC Gloria Buzău (loan)
2005 FC Sportul Studenţesc
Bucureşti
2009 FC Farul Constanţa
2008 CS Universitatea ClujNapoca
1999 none
2009 FC Gloria Buzău
2007 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ
2008 FC Baník Ostrava
2008 FC Artmedia Petržalka
2006 CS Aerostar Bacău
2006 FCM Reşiţa (loan)
2003 none
2009 FC Deportivo Tolima
2009 FC Oţelul Galaţi
2009 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş
2008 A. Naval 1˚ de Maio
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
2-2
4
6
12
0
0
0
22
0
3
4
0
0
0
7
0-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group A
0-2
Matchday One: 17 September
AFC Ajax (NED) – FC Timişoara
Matchday Two: 1 October
FC Timişoara – NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Matchday Three: 22 October
FC Timişoara – RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
Matchday Four: 5 November
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) - FC Timişoara
Matchday Five: 2 December
FC Timişoara – AFC Ajax (NED)
Matchday Six: 17 December
NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) - FC Timişoara
0-0
23
L GF GA
3 1
0 3
1 7
0 0
0 0
0 0
4 11
2 4
5 11
11 22
0 0
0 0
0 0
18 37
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A
NK Dinamo
Zagreb
(CRO)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Mirko BARIŠIĆ
Founded: 1945
Address: Maksimirska 128, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Telephone: +385 1 2386 111
Website: nk-dinamo.hr
Date of Birth: 05.11.1936
Elected/Appointed: April 2000
HEAD COACH: Krunoslav JURČIĆ
Press Officer: Siniša Jagodić
Team Captain: Igor Bišćan
Date/Place of Birth: 26.11.1969
in Ljubuski, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Nationality: CRO
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
NK Dinamo Zagreb (1988-91), NK
Inter Zaprešić (1991-93), NK Istra
(1993-95), KSK Beveren (1995-96),
NK Dinamo Zagreb (1996-99),
Torino FC (1999-2001), UC
Sampdoria (2001-02), NK Slaven
Koprivnica (2002-04)
Major Honours – Croatian Championship (1997, 1998,
1999), Croatian Cup (1992, 1997, 1998)
International Caps/Goals – 21/0 for Croatia
National Championship (15)
1948, 1954, 1958, 1982; 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
National Cup (17)
1951, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1983; 1994, 1996,
1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009
Fairs Cup (1)
1967
STADIUM: MAKSIMIR
Managerial/Coaching Career:
NK Istra (2005-06), NK Slaven Koprivnica (2007-08),
NK Dinamo Zagreb (2009-)
Major Honours – Croatian Championship (2009),
Croatian Cup (2009)
Ground Capacity: 38,923
Opened: 1912
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
24
NK Dinamo Zagreb | Group A
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
3
4
5
7
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
30.03.1974
15.07.1988
06.04.1974
14.05.1987
08.03.1981
CRO
ARG
CRO
ARG
BRA
191
167
182
177
178
2008
2008
2009
2009
2005
8
Ante TOMIĆ
10 SAMMIR
Midfielder
Midfielder
23.05.1983
23.04.1987
CRO
BRA
186
178
2001
2007
11
13
15
17
20
21
22
24
25
30
33
77
99
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Forward
Defender
Defender
Forward
Defender
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward
03.03.1986
06.03.1983
25.02.1985
27.05.1986
10.11.1981
19.09.1983
04.05.1978
13.01.1987
09.05.1978
17.09.1986
12.02.1992
25.05.1985
20.10.1981
CRO
CMR
BRA
CRO
CZE
CRO
CRO
CRO
ARG
CRO
CRO
ARG
GRE
184
183
187
186
181
187
190
179
177
191
192
181
181
2009
2005
2005
2007
2009
2007
2007
2008
2009
2005
2009
2008
2009
Tomislav BUTINA
Luis IBÁÑEZ
Robert KOVAČ
Adrián CALELLO
ETTO
Denis GLAVINA
Mathias CHAGO
CARLOS
Mario MANDŽUKIĆ
Miroslav SLEPIČKA
Ivica VRDOLJAK
Igor BIŠĆAN
Ilija SIVONJIĆ
Leandro CUFRÉ
Filip LONČARIĆ
Dominik PICAK
Pedro MORALES
Dimitris PAPADOPOULOS
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
Winners of Croatian 1.HNL
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Second Qualifying Round
First leg, 14 July
FC Pyunik (ARM) – NK Dinamo Zagreb
Second leg, 21 July
NK Dinamo Zagreb – FC Pyunik (ARM)
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 29 July
FC Salzburg (AUT) - NK Dinamo Zagreb
Second leg, 4 August
NK Dinamo Zagreb – FC Salzburg (AUT)
Olympiacos CFP
CA Boca Juniors
BV Borussia Dortmund
CA Independiente
Clube Atlético
Paranaense
Skoda Xanthi FC (loan)
Clube Atlético
Paranaense
FC Vorskla Poltava
NK Metalac Osijek
São Paulo FC
NK Zagreb
AC Sparta Praha
NK Zagreb
Panathinaikos FC
NK Inter Zaprešić
Gimnasia y Esgrima
none
none
Universidad de Chile
US Lecce
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-0
MP W D
L GF GA
54
31
74
0
0
0
159
22
14
27
0
0
0
63
20
11
26
0
0
0
57
12
6
21
0
0
0
39
3-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group A
1-1
Matchday One: 17 September
NK Dinamo Zagreb – RSC Anderlecht (BEL)
Matchday Two: 1 October
FC Timişoara (ROU) - NK Dinamo Zagreb
Matchday Three: 22 October
AFC Ajax (NED) - NK Dinamo Zagreb
Matchday Four: 5 November
NK Dinamo Zagreb – AFC Ajax (NED)
Matchday Five: 2 December
RSC Anderlecht (BEL) - NK Dinamo Zagreb
Matchday Six: 17 December
NK Dinamo Zagreb – FC Timişoara (ROU)
1-2
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
NK Dinamo Zagreb – Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) 4-0
Second leg, 27 August
Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) - NK Dinamo Zagreb 2-0
25
86
31
116
0
0
0
233
72
38
93
0
0
0
203
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B
SK Slavia Praha
(CZE)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Petr DOLEŽAL
Founded: 1892
Address: Vladivostocká 1460/2, 10005 Praha 10,
Czech Republic
Telephone: +420 233 081 751
Website: slavia.cz
Date of Birth: 24.02.1966
Elected/Appointed: 01.02.2006
HEAD COACH: Karel JAROLĺM
Date/Place of Birth: 23.07.1956
in Caslav, Czech Republic
Nationality: CZE
Press Officer: Ondřej Zlámal
Team Captain: Stanislav Vlček
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
VCHZ Pardubice (1971-77), SK
Slavia Praha (1977-78), Dukla
Praha (1978-79), Dukla Tábor
(1979-80), SK Slavia Praha (198087), FC Rouen (1989-90), AS
Amiens (1990-91), SK Slavia Praha
(1991-92), FK Viktoria Žižkov (1992), Švarc Benešov
(1993-94), FC Bohemians Praha (1994-95)
Major Honours – Czechoslovakian Cup (1979)
International Caps/Goals – 13/2 for Czechoslovakia
National Championship (12)
1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1947,
1996, 2008, 2009
National Cup (3)
1997, 1999, 2002
STADIUM: EDEN
Ground Capacity: 20,800
Opened: 2008
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
Managerial/Coaching Career:
FK Dukla Příbram (1997-98), SK Slavia Praha (assistant)
(1999-2000), SK Slavia Praha
(2000-01), RC Strasbourg
(assistant) (2001-03), 1. FC
Synot/1.FC Slovácko (2003-05), SK
Slavia Praha (2005-)
Major Honours – Czech
Championship (2008, 2009)
26
SK Slavia Praha | Group B
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Petr TRAPP
David HUBÁČEK
Ondřej ČELŮSTKA
Hocine RAGUED
Stanislav VLČEK
Petr JANDA
Adam HLOUŠEK
Marek JAROLĺM
Vladimír ŠMICER
Midfielder
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
06.12.1985
23.02.1977
18.06.1989
11.02.1983
26.02.1976
05.01.1987
20.12.1988
21.05.1984
24.05.1973
CZE
CZE
CZE
TUN
CZE
CZE
CZE
CZE
CZE
184
175
185
182
183
186
188
183
180
2009
2005
2009
2009
2009
2005
2009
2008
2007
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
21
22
23
24
25
26
Dušan VASILIJEVIČ
Milan ČERNÝ
Zdeněk ŠENKEŘĺK
Tomáš PEKHART
Marek SUCHÝ
Riste NAUMOV
Matej KRAJČĺK
Tijani BELAID
Benjamin VOMÁČKA
Ladislav VOLEŠÁK
Vitali TRUBILA
Jan HOŠEK
Jaroslav ČERNÝ
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Defender
Forward
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
07.05.1982
16.03.1988
19.12.1980
26.05.1989
29.03.1988
14.04.1981
19.03.1978
06.09.1987
27.06.1978
07.04.1984
07.01.1985
01.04.1989
26.06.1979
SRB
CZE
CZE
CZE
CZE
MKD
SVK
FRA
CZE
CZE
BLR
CZE
CZE
186
178
175
190
183
183
183
181
186
176
172
188
179
2009
2005
2007
2009
2005
2009
2009
2007
2009
2007
2009
2005
2008
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
17.09.1983
04.10.1970
02.09.1978
SVK
CZE
LVA
182
189
187
2008
2007
2009
27 Peter GRAJCIAR
28 Martin VANIAK
31 Deniss ROMANOVS
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
Winners of the Czech 1. Liga
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 29 July
FC Sheriff (MDA) – SK Slavia Praha
Second leg, 5 August
SK Slavia Praha – FC Sheriff (MDA)
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
SK Slavia Praha – FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
Second leg, 27 August
FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) – SK Slavia Praha
FC Viktoria Plzeň
FC Zlín
FC Zlín
RAEC Mons
RSC Anderlecht
none
FK Jablonec
FC Viktoria Plzeň
FC Girondins de
Bordeaux
FC Energie Cottbus
SK Kladno (loan)
Stabæk IF (loan)
Tottenham Hotspur FC
none
FK Viktoria Žižkov
Reggina Calcio
FC Internazionale Milano
MŠK Žilina
AC Sparta Praha
FC Zlín
none
SK Dynamo České
Budějovice
FC Nitra
FK Siad Most
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-0
MP W D
L GF GA
28
8
92
0
0
0
128
12
2
32
0
0
0
46
9
3
38
0
0
0
50
7
3
22
0
0
0
32
1-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group B
Matchday One: 17 September
Genoa CFC (ITA) – SK Slavia Praha
Matchday Two: 1 October
SK Slavia Praha – LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Valencia CF (ESP) – SK Slavia Praha
Matchday Four: 5 November
SK Slavia Praha – Valencia CF (ESP)
Matchday Five: 2 December
SK Slavia Praha – Genoa CFC (ITA)
Matchday Six: 17 December
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – SK Slavia Praha
3-0
2-1
27
23
11
124
0
0
0
158
40
9
99
0
0
0
148
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B
LOSC Lille
Métropole
(FRA)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Michel SEYDOUX
Founded: 1944
Address: Domaine de Luchin, Grand Rue, 59780
Camphin en Pévèle, France
Telephone: +33 320 177 177
Website: losc.fr
Date of Birth: 11.09.1947
Elected/Appointed: 2002
HEAD COACH: Rudi GARCIA
Press Officer: Laetitia Masson
Team Captain: Rio Antonio Mavuba
Date/Place of Birth: 20.02.1964
in Nemours, France
Nationality: FRA
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
AS Corbeil-Essonnes (1970-79), ES
Viry-Châtillon (1979-82), LOSC Lille
Métropole (1982-88), SM Caen
(1988-91), FC Martigues (1991-92),
AS Corbeil-Essonnes (1994-96)
National Championship (2)
1946, 1954
National Cup (5)
1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955
Managerial/Coaching Career:
AS Corbeil-Essonnes (1994-98), AS Saint-Etienne
(1999-2001), Dijon FCO (2002-07), Le Mans UC 72
(2007-08), LOSC Lille Métropole (2008-)
STADIUM: STADIUM LILLE MÉTROPOLE
Ground Capacity: 18,086
Opened: 1976
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
28
LOSC Lille Métropole | Group B
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
4
7
9
10
11
14
15
Ludovic BUTELLE
Mathieu DEBUCHY
Florent BALMONT
Yohan CABAYE
Túlio DE MELO
Ludovic OBRANIAK
Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG
Róbert VITTEK
EMERSON da Conceição
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Defender
03.04.1983
28.07.1985
02.02.1980
14.01.1986
31.01.1985
10.11.1984
18.06.1989
01.04.1982
23.02.1986
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
BRA
FRA
GAB
SVK
BRA
188
178
168
175
193
174
185
188
185
2008
2003
2008
2004
2008
2007
2009
2008
2006
16
17
18
20
22
23
24
25
27
28
29
31
32
34
40
Mickaël LANDREAU
Pierre-Alain FRAU
Franck BÉRIA
Larsen TOURE
Aurélien CHEDJOU
Adil RAMI
Rio Antonio MAVUBA
Nicolas PLESTAN
GERVINHO
Emil LYNG
Stéphane DUMONT
Idrissa GUEYE
Pape SOUARE
Pierre BAHERLE
Barel MOUKO
Goalkeeper
Forward
Defender
Forward
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
14.05.1979
15.04.1980
23.05.1983
20.07.1984
20.06.1985
27.12.1985
08.03.1984
02.06.1981
27.05.1987
03.08.1989
06.09.1982
20.09.1989
06.06.1990
07.07.1991
05.04.1979
FRA
FRA
FRA
FRA
CMR
FRA
FRA
FRA
CIV
DEN
FRA
SEN
SEN
FRA
FRA
184
175
177
184
184
190
172
184
179
187
183
174
179
180
185
2009
2008
2007
2005
2007
2006
2008
2003
2009
2008
2003
2008
2008
2008
2009
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
5th in French Ligue 1
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
FK Sevojno (SRB) – LOSC Lille Métropole
Second leg, 6 August
LOSC Lille Métropole – FK Sevojno (SRB)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
KRC Genk (BEL) – LOSC Lille Métropole
Second leg, 27 August
LOSC Lille Métropole – KRC Genk (BEL)
Valencia CF
none
OGC Nice
none
US Città di Palermo
FC Metz
AC Milan
1. FC Nürnberg
SC Corinthians
Paranaense
Paris Saint-Germain FC
Paris Saint-Germain FC
FC Metz
Grenoble Foot 38 (loan)
FC Rouen
ES Fréjus
Villarreal CF
AS Monaco FC
Le Mans UC 72
AGF Århus
none
none
none
US Boulogne
FC Gueugnon
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-2
2-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group B
1-2
Matchday One: 17 September
LOSC Lille Métropole – Valencia CF (ESP)
Matchday Two: 1 October
SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – LOSC Lille Métropole
Matchday Three: 22 October
LOSC Lille Métropole – Genoa CFC (ITA)
Matchday Four: 5 November
Genoa CFC (ITA) – LOSC Lille Métropole
Matchday Five: 2 December
Valencia CF (ESP) – LOSC Lille Métropole
Matchday Six: 17 December
LOSC Lille Métropole – SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
4-2
29
L GF GA
24 7 9 8
0 0 0 0
22 13 6 3
0 0 0 0
12 7 4 1
0 0 0 0
58 27 19 12
22 17
0 0
29 14
0 0
17 7
0 0
68 38
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B
Valencia CF
(ESP)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Manuel LLORENTE MARTÍN
Founded: 1919
Address: Pintor Monleón 4, 46023 Valencia, Spain
Telephone: +34 902 01 19 19
Website: valenciacf.com
Date of Birth: 25.01.1952
Elected/Appointed: 07.06.2009
HEAD COACH: Unai EMERY
Press Officer: Damià Vidagany
Team Captain: Carlos Marchena
Date/Place of Birth: 03.11.1971
in Hondarribia, Spain
Nationality: ESP
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (6)
1942, 1944, 1947, 1971, 2002, 2004
National Cup (7)
1941, 1949, 1954, 1967, 1979, 1999, 2008
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1)
1980
UEFA Cup (1)
2004
Fairs Cup (2)
1962, 1963
UEFA Super Cup (2)
1980, 2004
Playing Career:
Real Sociedad B (1990-95), Real
Sociedad de Fútbol (1995-96), CD
Toledo (1996-2000), Racing Club
de Ferrol (2000-2002), CD Leganés (2002-03), Lorca
Deportiva CF (2003-05)
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Lorca Deportiva CF (2004-06), UD Almería (2006-08),
Valencia CF (2008-)
STADIUM: ESTADIO MESTALLA
Ground Capacity: 55,000
Opened: 1923
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
30
Valencia CF | Group B
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
CÉSAR Sánchez
BRUNO Saltor
Hedwiges MADURO
David NAVARRO
Carlos MARCHENA
David ALBELDA
DAVID VILLA
Rubén BARAJA
Nikola ŽIGIĆ
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
02.09.1971
01.10.1980
13.02.1985
25.05.1980
31.07.1979
01.09.1977
03.12.1981
11.07.1975
25.09.1980
ESP
ESP
NED
ESP
ESP
ESP
ESP
ESP
SRB
185
181
185
188
183
181
175
180
202
2009
2009
2008
2001
2001
1997
2005
2000
2007
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Asier DEL HORNO
Miguel Ángel MOYÁ
VICENTE Rodríguez
Ángel DEALBERT
MIKU
JOAQUĺN Sánchez
MANUEL FERNANDES
PABLO Hernández
ALEXIS Ruano
David SILVA
Jérémy MATHIEU
MIGUEL
ÉVER BANEGA
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
19.01.1981
02.04.1984
16.07.1981
01.01.1983
19.08.1985
21.07.1981
05.02.1986
11.04.1985
04.08.1985
08.01.1986
29.10.1983
04.01.1980
29.06.1988
ESP
ESP
ESP
ESP
HUN
ESP
POR
ESP
ESP
ESP
FRA
POR
ARG
183
187
175
185
185
179
176
173
183
170
190
179
174
2006
2009
2000
2009
2004
2006
2007
2008
2007
2004
2009
2005
2008
25 NACHO GONZÁLEZ
Midfielder
14.05.1982
ITA
180
2008
28 JORDI ALBA
Midfielder
21.03.1989
ESP
165
2007
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
6th in Spanish Liga
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
Stabæk IF (NOR) – Valencia CF
Second leg, 27 August
Valencia CF – Stabæk IF (NOR)
Tottenham Hotspur FC
UD Almería
AFC Ajax
RCD Mallorca (loan)
SL Benfica
Villarreal CF
Real Zaragoza
Club Atlético de Madrid
Real Racing Club
Santander (loan)
Chelsea FC
RCD Mallorca
Levante UD
CD Castellón
UD Salamanca (loan)
Real Betis Balompié
Everton FC (loan)
Getafe CF
Getafe CF
RC Celta de Vigo (loan)
Toulouse FC
SL Benfica
Club Atlético de Madrid
(loan)
Newcastle United FC
(loan)
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-3
MP W D
L GF GA
84
19
87
3
12
0
205
20
4
21
1
2
0
48
40
10
41
2
7
0
100
4-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group B
Matchday One: 17 September
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – Valencia CF
Matchday Two: 1 October
Valencia CF – Genoa CFC (ITA)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Valencia CF – SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Matchday Four: 5 November
SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – Valencia CF
Matchday Five: 2 December
Valencia CF – LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)
Matchday Six: 17 December
Genoa CFC (ITA) – Valencia CF
31
24
5
25
0
3
0
57
120
39
138
4
17
0
318
74
20
94
3
4
0
195
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B
Genoa CFC
(ITA)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Enrico PREZIOSI
Founded: 1893
Address: Via Ronchi 67, 16155 Genova Pegli, Italy
Telephone: +39 10 612831
Website: genoacfc.it
Date of Birth: 18.02.1948
Elected/Appointed: 07.07.2003
HEAD COACH: Gian Piero GASPERINI
Press Officer: Dino Storace
Team Captain: Marco Rossi
Date/Place of Birth: 26.01.1958
in Turin, Italy
Nationality: ITA
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
Juventus (1976-77), AC Reggiana
1919 (loan) (1977-78), US Città di
Palermo (1978-83), SS Cavese
(1983-84), US Pistoiese (1984-85),
Pescara Calcio (1985-90), Salernitana Calcio 1919
(1990-91), Vis Pesaro (1991-93)
National Championship (9)
1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1915, 1923, 1924
National Cup (1)
1937
STADIUM: STADIO LUIGI FERRARIS
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Juventus (youth team) (1994-2003), FC Crotone (200306), Genoa CFC (2006-)
Ground Capacity: 36,536
Opened: 1911
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
32
Genoa CFC | Group B
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
4
5
7
8
9
Danilo RUSSO
Domenico CRISCITO
Houssine KHARJA
Marco ROSSI
Rodrigo PALACIO
Hernán CRESPO
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
08.07.1987
30.12.1986
09.11.1982
01.04.1978
05.02.1982
05.07.1975
ITA
ITA
MAR
ITA
ARG
ARG
186
183
181
179
175
184
2001
2008
2009
2003
2009
2009
10
14
15
16
20
21
23
24
25
26
28
30
32
33
40
41
42
73
Raffaele PALLADINO
Giuseppe SCULLI
Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS
Andrea ESPOSITO
Giandomenico MESTO
Alberto ZAPATER
Francesco MODESTO
Emiliano MORETTI
Giuseppe BIAVA
Salvatore BOCCHETTI
Ivan JURIĆ
Luciano FIGUEROA
Marco AMELIA
Sergio FLOCCARI
Nenad TOMOVIĆ
Alessio GREA
Mattia FERRARO
Alessio SCARPI
Forward
Forward
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Goalkeeper
Forward
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
17.04.1984
23.03.1981
09.08.1988
17.05.1986
25.05.1982
13.06.1985
16.02.1982
11.06.1981
08.05.1977
30.11.1986
25.08.1975
19.05.1981
02.04.1982
12.11.1981
30.08.1987
29.05.1990
21.05.1990
19.04.1973
ITA
ITA
GRE
ITA
ITA
ESP
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
CRO
ARG
ITA
ITA
SRB
ITA
ITA
ITA
182
177
186
187
181
180
177
183
180
186
175
182
188
180
182
184
178
188
2008
2007
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2008
2006
2006
2009
2009
2009
2004
2004
2004
Midfielder
30.11.1975
ITA
176
2006
77 Omar MILANETTO
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
5th in Italian Serie A
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
Genoa CFC – Odense BK (DEN)
Second leg, 27 August
Odense BK (DEN) – Genoa CFC
US Pergocrema (loan)
Juventus
AC Siena
Como Calcio
CA Boca Juniors
FC Internazionale
Milano
Juventus
Juventus
AEK Athens FC
US Lecce
Reggina Calcio
Real Zaragoza
Reggina Calcio
Valencia CF
US Città di Palermo
Frosinone Calcio
FC Crotone
CA Boca Juniors (loan)
US Città di Palermo
Atalanta BC
FK Crvena Zvezda
none
none
FC Internazionale
Milano
Brescia Calcio
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
3-1
MP W D
L GF GA
0
0
12
0
0
0
12
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 21 12
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 21 12
0
0
7
0
0
0
7
1-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group B
Matchday One: 17 September
Genoa CFC – SK Slavia Praha (CZE)
Matchday Two: 1 October
Valencia CF (ESP) – Genoa CFC
Matchday Three: 22 October
LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – Genoa CFC
Matchday Four: 5 November
Genoa CFC – LOSC Lille Metropole (FRA)
Matchday Five: 2 December
SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – Genoa CFC
Matchday Six: 17 December
Genoa CFC – Valencia CF (ESP)
33
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C
Hamburger SV
(GER)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Bernd HOFFMANN
Founded: 1887
Address: Sylvesterallee 7, 22525 Hamburg, Germany
Telephone: +49 1805 478 478
Website: hsv.de
Date of Birth: 21.01.1963
Elected/Appointed: 01.02.2003
HEAD COACH: Bruno LABBADIA
Press Officer: Jörn Wolf
Team Captain: David Jarolím
Date/Place of Birth: 08.02.1966
in Darmstadt, Germany
Nationality: GER
Playing Career:
SV Darmstadt 98 (1984-87),
Hamburger SV (1987-88), 1. FC
Kaiserslautern (1988-91), FC Bayern München (1991-94),
1. FC Köln (1994-95), Werder Bremen (1995-98), DSC
Arminia Bielefeld (1998-2001), Karlsruher SC (2001-03)
Major Honours – German Championship (1991, 1994),
German Cup (1990)
International Caps/Goals – 2/0 for Germany
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (6)
1923, 1928, 1960, 1979, 1982, 1983
National Cup (3)
1963, 1976, 1987
National League Cup (2)
1973, 2003
European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1)
1983
UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup (1)
1977
Managerial/Coaching Career:
SV Darmstadt 98 (2003-06), SpVgg Greuther Fürth
(2007-08), Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2008-09),
Hamburger SV (2009-)
STADIUM: HAMBURG ARENA
Ground Capacity: 57,000
Opened: 2000
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
34
Hamburger SV | Group C
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
3
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
25
26
28
30
35
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Forward
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
30.06.1973
05.07.1980
05.04.1980
14.01.1987
04.11.1985
06.07.1974
01.01.1984
01.01.1981
13.02.1987
13.01.1986
27.05.1987
17.05.1979
22.03.1984
17.08.1986
03.09.1988
03.05.1983
13.06.1981
12.04.1986
13.01.1988
22.09.1978
25.10.1982
03.08.1978
21.04.1990
Frank ROST
David ROZEHNAL
Joris MATHIJSEN
Dennis AOGO
Marcell JANSEN
ZÉ ROBERTO
José Paolo GUERRERO
Mladen PETRIĆ
Eljero ELIA
Wolfgang HESL
Robert TESCHE
David JAROLÍM
Piotr TROCHOWSKI
Marcus BERG
Jerome BOATENG
Romeo CASTELEN
Guy DEMEL
Jonathan PITROIPA
TOMÁS RINCÓN
Volker SCHMIDT
Mickaël TAVARES
Collin BENJAMIN
Tunay TORUN
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
194
199
183
184
191
172
184
185
176
185
180
174
169
184
192
170
188
176
175
179
185
182
179
2007
2009
2006
2008
2008
2009
2006
2008
2009
2004
2009
2003
2005
2009
2007
2007
2005
2008
2009
1991
2009
2001
2006
FC Schalke 04
S.S. Lazio
AZ Alkmaar
SC Freiburg
FC Bayern München
FC Bayern München
FC Bayern München
BV Borussia Dortmund
FC Twente
FC Amberg
DSC Arminia Bielefeld
1. FC Nürnberg
FC Bayern München
FC Groningen
Hertha BSC Berlin
Feyenoord
BV Borussia Dortmund
SC Freiburg
Deportivo Táchira FC
none
SK Slavia Praha
none
FC St. Pauli
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
5th in German Bundesliga
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
Randers FC (DEN) – Hamburger SV
Second leg, 6 August
Hamburger SV – Randers FC (DEN)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
En Avant Guingamp (FRA) – Hamburger SV
Second leg, 27 August
Hamburger SV – En Avant Guingamp (FRA)
GER
CZE
NED
GER
GER
BRA
PER
CRO
NED
GER
GER
CZE
GER
SWE
GER
NED
FRA
BFA
VEN
GER
FRA
NAM
TUR
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-4
MP W D
L GF GA
43
34
110
4
26
1
218
15
7
32
2
4
1
61
19
20
60
0
15
0
114
0-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group C
1-5
Matchday One: 17 September
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) – Hamburger SV
Matchday Two: 1 October
Hamburger SV – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Celtic FC (SCO) – Hamburger SV
Matchday Four: 5 November
Hamburger SV – Celtic FC (SCO)
Matchday Five: 2 December
Hamburger SV – SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
Matchday Six: 17 December
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) - Hamburger SV
3-1
35
9
7
18
2
7
0
43
72
81
187
1
47
1
389
56
39
114
9
22
2
242
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C
Hapoel
Tel-Aviv FC
(ISR)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Moni HAREL
Founded: 1927
Address: Halochamim 8, PO Box 8402, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Telephone: +972 3 6821275
Website: hapoelta-fc.co.il
Date of Birth: 12.05.1955
Elected/Appointed: 2006
HEAD COACH: Eli GUTTMAN
Press Officer: Geva Telem
Team Captain: Walid Badir
Date/Place of Birth: 24.02.1958
in Haifa, Israel
Nationality: ISR
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (13)
1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1957, 1966, 1969,
1981, 1986, 1988, 2000
National Cup (12)
1928, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1960, 1972, 1983, 1999,
2000, 2006, 2007
National League Cup (1)
2002
Asian Champion Clubs’ Cup (1)
1967
Playing Career:
Beitar Netanya FC (1979-80),
Maccabi Neve Shanan FC (198084), Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC
(1984-85)
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC (1985-86), Beitar Haifa FC
(1986-87), Maccabi Tirat Carmel FC (1988-89), Maccabi
Tamra FC (1989-90), Maccabi Haifa FC (assistant)
(1990-92), Hapoel Tzafririm Holon FC (1992-93),
Maccabi Herzliya FC (1994-95), Hapoel Beit Sha’an FC
(1995), Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC (1996-97), Hapoel Haifa
FC (1997-2000), Beitar Jerusalem FC (2000-01), Hapoel
Petach-Tikva FC (2001-02), Hapoel Haifa FC (2002-03),
Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC (2003-04), Enosis Neon
Paralimni FC (2004-06), Maccabi Netanya FC (2006-07),
AEL Limassol FC (2007), Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (2007-)
Major Honours – Israeli Championship (1999), Israeli
Cup (1997)
STADIUM: BLOOMFIELD
Ground Capacity: 15,500
Opened: 1962
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
36
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC | Group C
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
3
4
5
7
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
29.08.1982
07.03.1984
07.02.1987
16.04.1980
11.08.1979
22.02.1987
12.03.1974
25.06.1986
31.05.1989
05.08.1985
30.01.1980
25.07.1987
NGA
BRA
ISR
ISR
SRB
ISR
ISR
GHA
ISR
ISR
GEO
ISR
180
186
177
180
181
178
183
175
177
173
176
180
2007
2008
2006
2009
2009
2009
2005
2008
2009
2008
2009
2007
17 Maaran LALA
Forward
07.03.1982
ISR
180
2009
18
19
22
23
26
29
Midfielder
Defender
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
16.01.1983
27.11.1978
19.06.1987
06.07.1986
26.10.1986
24.05.1987
ISR
ISR
ISR
ISR
ISR
ISR
180
179
193
175
183
189
2002
2009
2006
2007
2008
2006
Vincent ENYEAMA
DOUGLAS da Silva
Dani BONDARV
Michael ZANDBERG
Nemanja VUČIĆEVIĆ
Itay SHECHTER
Walid BADIR
Samuel YEBOAH
Victor MARE
Gil VERMOUTH
Zurab MENTESHASHVILI
Eran ZAHAVI
Shay ABUTBUL
David BEN DAYAN
Nil ABARBANEL
Omri KANADA
Avihay YADIN
Rami DUANI
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Israeli Ligat Ha’al
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
IFK Göteborg (SWE) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Second leg, 6 August
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – IFK Göteborg (SWE)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
FK Teplice (CZE) - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Second leg, 27 August
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – FK Teplice (CZE)
Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC
Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC
none
Beitar Jerusalem FC
1. FC Köln
Maccabi Netanya FC
Maccabi Haifa FC
Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC
none
KAA Gent
FK Ventspils
Ironi Ramat Hasharon
FC
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth
FC
none
Maccabi Netanya FC
Hapoel Bnei Lod FC
Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC
Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC
Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC
(loan)
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
1-3
1-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group C
1-2
Matchday One: 17 September
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – Celtic FC (SCO)
Matchday Two: 1 October
Hamburger SV (GER) - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Matchday Three: 22 October
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
Matchday Four: 5 November
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Matchday Five: 2 December
Celtic FC (SCO) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC
Matchday Six: 17 December
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – Hamburger SV (GER)
1-1
37
L GF GA
2 0 0 2
0 0 0 0
60 31 12 17
0 0 0 0
4 0 0 4
0 0 0 0
66 31 12 23
1 5
0 0
84 56
0 0
1 10
0 0
86 71
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C
Celtic FC
(SCO)
GENERAL INFORMATION
CHAIRMAN: John REID
Founded: 1888
Address: Celtic Park, Glasgow G40 3RE, Scotland
Telephone: +44 871 226 1888
Website: celticfc.net
Date of Birth: 08.05.1947
Elected/Appointed: 19.11.2007
MANAGER: Tony MOWBRAY
Press Officers: Iain Jamieson & Rhona Macdonald
Team Captain: Stephen McManus
Date/Place of Birth: 22.11.1963
in Saltburn, England
Nationality: ENG
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (42)
1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909,
1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936,
1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972,
1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998,
2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
National Cup (34)
1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914,
1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965,
1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985,
1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007
National League Cup (14)
1957, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1983,
1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009
European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1)
1967
Playing Career:
Middlesbrough FC (1982-91),
Celtic FC (1991-95), Ipswich Town
FC (1995-2000)
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Ipswich Town FC (caretaker) (2002), Hibernian FC
(2004-06), West Bromwich Albion FC (2006-09), Celtic
FC (2009-)
STADIUM: CELTIC PARK
Ground Capacity: 60,832
Opened: 1892
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
38
Celtic FC | Group C
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
3
Artur BORUC
Andreas HINKEL
Lee NAYLOR
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
20.02.1980
26.03.1982
19.03.1980
POL
GER
ENG
193
183
178
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
16
17
19
20
22
24
29
Stephen McMANUS
Gary CALDWELL
Landry N’GUÉMO
Scott McDONALD
Scott BROWN
Georgios SAMARAS
Marc-Antoine FORTUNÉ
Daniel FOX
Mark WILSON
Shaun MALONEY
Niall McGINN
Willo FLOOD
Marc CROSAS
Barry ROBSON
Patrick McCOURT
Glenn LOOVENS
Łukasz ZAŁUSKA
Koki MIZUNO
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Defender
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
10.09.1982
12.04.1982
28.11.1985
21.08.1983
25.06.1985
21.02.1985
02.07.1981
29.05.1986
05.06.1984
24.01.1983
20.07.1987
10.04.1985
09.01.1988
07.11.1978
16.12.1983
22.09.1983
16.06.1982
06.09.1985
SCO
SCO
CMR
AUS
SCO
GRE
FRA
ENG
SCO
SCO
NIR
IRL
ESP
SCO
NIR
NED
POL
JPN
187
184
173
171
178
192
183
183
180
170
183
168
174
180
182
187
193
173
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
08.10.1981
04.04.1986
07.10.1987
NZL
IRL
SCO
185
174
170
33 Chris KILLEN
46 Aiden McGEADY
55 Paul McGOWAN
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Scottish Premier League
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 29 July
Celtic FC – FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
Second leg, 5 August
FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) – Celtic FC
Play-off Round
First leg, 18 August
Celtic FC - Arsenal FC (ENG)
Second leg, 26 August
Arsenal FC (ENG) – Celtic FC
2005 Legia Warszawa
2008 Sevilla FC
2006 Wolverhampton
Wanderers FC
2000 none
2006 Hibernian FC
2009 AS Nancy-Lorraine
2007 Motherwell FC
2007 Hibernian FC
2008 Manchester City FC
2009 AS Nancy-Lorraine
2009 Coventry City FC
2006 Dundee United FC
2008 Aston Villa FC
1009 Derry City FC
2009 Cardiff City FC
2008 FC Barcelona
2008 Dundee United FC
2008 Derry City FC
2008 Cardiff City FC
2009 Dundee United FC
2008 JEF United Ichihara
Chiba
2007 Hibernian FC
2002 none
2005 Hamilton Academical
FC (loan)
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-1
MP W D
L GF GA
138
38
69
0
0
3
248
49
13
23
0
0
2
87
0-2
GROUP FIXTURES: Group C
0-2
Matchday One: 17 September
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Celtic FC
Matchday Two: 1 October
Celtic FC – SK Rapid Wien (AUT)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Celtic FC – Hamburger SV (GER)
Matchday Four: 5 November
Hamburger SV (GER) – Celtic FC
Matchday Five: 2 December
Celtic FC – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Matchday Six: 17 December
SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - Celtic FC
3-1
39
65
21
33
0
0
1
120
24
4
13
0
0
0
41
210
75
113
0
0
2
400
149
37
67
0
0
3
256
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C
SK Rapid Wien
(AUT)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Rudolf EDLINGER
Founded: 1899
Address: Keisslergasse 3, 1140 Wien, Austria
Telephone: +43 1 72743 0
Website: skrapid.at
Date of Birth: 20.02.1940
Elected/Appointed: October 2001
HEAD COACH: Peter PACULT
Press Officer: Sharif Shoukry
Team Captain: Steffen Hofmann
Date/Place of Birth: 28.10.1959
in Vienna, Austria
Nationality: AUT
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (33)
(Austria) 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921,
1923, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948,
1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968,
1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2008; (Germany)
1941
National Cup (15)
(Austria) 1919, 1920, 1927, 1946, 1961, 1968, 1969,
1972, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995; (Germany)
1938.
Playing Career:
Wiener Sportsclub (1981-84), SK
Rapid Wien (1984-86), FC Wacker
Tirol (1986-92), FC Stahl Linz (199293), TSV 1860 München (1993-95),
FK Austria Wien (1995-96)
Major Honours – Austrain Championship (1989, 1990),
Austrian Cup (1985, 1989)
International Caps/Goals – 24/1 for Austria
Managerial/Coaching Career:
TSV 1860 München (assistant) (1996-2001), TSV 1860
München (2001-03), FC Kärnten (2004-05), SG Dynamo
Dresden (2005-06), SK Rapid Wien (2006-)
Major Honours – Austrian Championship (2008)
STADIUM: ERNST HAPPEL STADION
Ground Capacity: 53,008
Opened: 1931
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
40
SK Rapid Wien | Group C
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
3
4
6
Raimund HEDL
Jürgen PATOCKA
Milan JOVANOVIĆ
Christian THONHOFER
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
31.08.1974
30.07.1977
21.07.1983
26.05.1985
AUT
AUT
MNE
AUT
188
192
187
177
2005
2007
2009
2006
7
8
9
11
13
14
Stefan KULOVITS
Markus HEIKKINEN
Hamdi SALIHI
Steffen HOFMANN
Christoph SCHÖSSWENDTER
Markus KATZER
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Defender
19.04.1983
13.10.1978
19.01.1984
09.09.1980
16.07.1988
11.12.1979
AUT
FIN
ALB
GER
AUT
AUT
178
185
185
173
192
186
2000
2007
2009
2006
2009
2004
16
17
18
19
20
22
23
24
27
28
30
33
35
Nikica JELAVIĆ
Veli KAVLAK
Hannes EDER
Christopher DRAZAN
René GARTLER
Ragnvald SOMA
Andreas DOBER
Helge PAYER
Branko BOŠKOVIĆ
Christopher TRIMMEL
Lukas KÖNIGSHOFER
Mario KONRAD
Yasin PEHLIVAN
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward
Goalkeeper
Forward
Midfielder
27.08.1985
03.11.1988
05.09.1983
02.10.1990
21.10.1985
10.11.1979
31.03.1986
09.08.1979
21.06.1980
24.02.1987
16.03.1989
22.01.1983
05.01.1989
CRO
AUT
AUT
AUT
AUT
NOR
AUT
AUT
MNE
AUT
AUT
AUT
AUT
188
173
178
184
176
189
182
184
185
189
192
183
183
2008
2005
2007
2008
2008
2009
2004
1997
2007
2008
2009
2009
2009
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Austrian Bundesliga
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Second Qualifying Round
First leg, 16 July
SK Rapid Wien – KS Vllaznia (ALB)
Second leg, 23 July
KS Vllaznia (ALB) - SK Rapid Wien
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
SK Rapid Wien – APOP Kinyras Peyias FC (CYP)
Second leg, 6 August
APOP Kinyras Peyias FC (CYP) – SK Rapid Wien
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
SK Rapid Wien – Aston Villa FC (ENG)
Second leg, 27 August
Aston Villa FC (ENG) - SK Rapid Wien
SV Mattersburg
SV Mattersburg
FC Spartak Nalchik
VfB Admira Wacker
Mödling
none
Luton Town FC
SV Ried
TSV 1860 München
1. FC Vöcklabruck
VfB Admira Wacker
Mödling
SV Zulte Waregem
none
FC Wacker Tirol
none
FC Lustenau
FK Viking
SCR Altach (loan)
ASK Kottingbrunn (loan)
Paris Saint-Germain FC
ASK Horitschon
SK Austria Kärnten
SCR Altach
none
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
5-0
MP W D
L GF GA
73
52
72
0
4
0
201
34
16
31
0
1
0
82
32
19
29
0
2
0
82
0-3
GROUP FIXTURES: Group C
2-1
Matchday One: 17 September
SK Rapid Wien – Hamburger SV (GER)
Matchday Two: 1 October
Celtic FC (SCO) - SK Rapid Wien
Matchday Three: 22 October
Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – SK Rapid Wien
Matchday Four: 5 November
SK Rapid Wien – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)
Matchday Five: 2 December
Hamburger SV (GER) - SK Rapid Wien
Matchday Six: 17 December
SK Rapid Wien – Celtic FC (SCO)
2-2
1-0
2-1
41
7
17
12
0
1
0
37
119
87
101
0
6
0
313
110
73
87
0
3
0
273
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group D
Sporting Clube
de Portugal
(POR)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: José Eduardo BETTENCOURT
Founded: 1906
Address: Edifício Visconde de Alvalade, Rua Prof
Fernando da Fonseca, Apartado 42099, 1601-801
Lisboa, Portugal
Telephone: +351 21 751 6822
Website: sporting.pt
Date of Birth: 24.10.1960
Elected/Appointed: June 2009
HEAD COACH: PAULO BENTO
Date/Place of Birth: 20.06.1969
in Lisbon, Portugal
Nationality: POR
Press Officer: Miguel Salema Garção
Team Captain: João Moutinho
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
SL Benfica (1988-89), CF Estrela da
Amadora (1989-91), Vitória SC
(1991-94), SL Benfica (1994-96),
Real Oviedo (1996-2000), Sporting
Clube de Portugal (2000-04)
Major Honours – Portuguese Championship (2002),
Portuguese Cup (1990, 1996, 2002)
International Caps/Goals – 35/0 for Portugal
National Championship (18)
1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954,
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1982, 2000, 2002
National Cup (15)
1941, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1974,
1978, 1982, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1)
1964
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Sporting Clube de Portugal (youth) (2004-05),
Sporting Clube de Portugal (2005-)
Major Honours – Portuguese Cup (2007, 2008)
STADIUM: ESTÁDIO JOSÉ ALVALADE
Ground Capacity: 50,080
Opened: 2003
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
42
Sporting Clube de Portugal | Group D
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
4
5
7
9
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
15.02.1988
09.02.1979
25.04.1981
21.09.1982
25.02.1986
POR
BRA
BRA
RUS
POR
188
182
180
172
185
2006
2003
2007
2007
2005
10 Simon VUKČEVIĆ
Midfielder
29.01.1986
MNE
179
2007
11
12
13
14
16
Felipe CAICEDO
Marco CANEIRA
TONEL
MATÍAS FERNÁNDEZ
TIAGO
Forward
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
05.09.1988
09.02.1979
13.04.1980
15.05.1986
16.04.1975
ECU
POR
POR
CHI
POR
185
178
184
176
180
2009
2008
2005
2009
1995
17
18
19
20
23
24
Miguel Ángel ANGULO
Leandro GRIMI
RICARDO BATISTA
YANNICK DJALÓ
HÉLDER POSTIGA
MIGUEL VELOSO
Forward
Defender
Goalkeeper
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
23.06.1977
09.02.1985
19.11.1986
05.05.1986
02.08.1982
11.05.1986
ESP
ITA
POR
POR
POR
POR
180
182
187
171
182
180
2009
2008
2008
2005
2008
2005
25 Bruno PEREIRINHA
Midfielder
02.03.1988
POR
173
2006
28
31
34
55
78
Midfielder
Forward
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
08.09.1986
17.12.1977
28.07.1983
01.08.1987
22.12.1978
POR
BRA
SRB
POR
POR
170
175
195
185
178
2004
2003
2007
2005
2006
RUI PATRÍCIO
ANDERSON POLGA
PEDRO SILVA
Marat IZMAILOV
Carlos SALEIRO
JOÃO MOUTINHO
LIEDSON
Vladimir STOJKOVIĆ
ANDRÉ MARQUES
ABEL
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Portuguese Primeira Liga
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 29 July
Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Twente (NED)
Second leg, 4 August
FC Twente (NED) – Sporting Clube de Portugal
Play-off Round
First leg, 18 August
Sporting Clube de Portugal – ACF Fiorentina (ITA)
Second leg, 26 August
ACF Fiorentina (ITA) – Sporting Clube de Portugal
none
Grêmio FBPA
SC Internacional
FC Lokomotiv Moskva
A. Académica de
Coimbra (loan)
FC Saturn Moskovskaya
Oblast
Manchester City FC
Valencia CF
CS Marítimo
Villarreal CF
CF Estrela da Amadora
(loan)
Valencia CF
AC Milan
Fulham FC
Casa Pia AC (loan)
FC Porto
CD Olivas e Moscavide
(loan)
CD Olivas e Moscavide
(loan)
none
SC Corinthians
Getafe CF (loan)
Vitória FC (loan)
SC Braga
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-0
MP W D
L GF GA
70
40
107
0
0
0
217
34
13
32
0
0
0
79
19
18
52
0
0
0
89
17
9
23
0
0
0
49
85
82
171
0
0
0
338
118
49
114
0
0
0
281
1-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group D
2-2
Matchday One: 17 September
SC Heerenveen (NED) – Sporting Clube de Portugal
Matchday Two: 1 October
Sporting Clube de Portugal – Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)
Matchday Three: 22 October
FK Ventspils (LVA) – Sporting Clube de Portugal
Matchday Four: 5 November
Sporting Clube de Portugal – FK Ventspils (LVA)
Matchday Five: 3 December
Sporting Clube de Portugal – SC Heerenveen (NED)
Matchday Six: 16 December
Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) – Sporting Clube de Portugal
1-1
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Hertha BSC
Berlin
(GER)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Werner GEGENBAUER
Founded: 1892
Address: Hans-Braun-Strase, Friesenhaus 2, 14053
Berlin, Germany
Telephone: +49 30 20 09 28 0
Website: herthabsc.de
Date of Birth: 28.05.1950
Elected/Appointed: 23.05.2008
HEAD COACH: Lucien FAVRE
Date/Place of Birth: 02.11.1957
in Saint-Barthelemy, Switzerland
Nationality: SUI
Press Officer: Gerd Graus
Team Captain: Arne Friedrich
Playing Career:
Lausanne Sports (1976-79),
Neuchâtel Xamax FC (1979-81),
Servette FC (1976-80), Toulouse FC
(1980-83), Servette FC (1983-86)
Major Honours – Swiss Championship (1985)
International Caps/Goals – 24/1 for Switzerland
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (2)
1930, 1931
National League Cup (2)
2001, 2002
Managerial/Coaching Career:
FC Echallens (1993-95), Yverdon-Sport FC (1997-2000),
Servette FC (2000-02), FC Zürich (2003-07), Hertha BSC
Berlin (2007-)
Major Honours – Swiss Championship (2006, 2007),
Swiss Cup (2001, 2005)
STADIUM: OLYMPIASTADION
Ground Capacity: 74,244
Opened: 1936
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
44
Hertha BSC Berlin | Group D
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
Jaroslav DROBNÝ
KAKÁ
Goalkeeper
Defender
18.10.1979
16.05.1981
CZE
BRA
192
186
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
13
18
20
22
23
25
26
27
30
44
Arne FRIEDRICH
Steve VON BERGEN
Nemanja PEJČINOVIĆ
Christoph JANKER
CÍCERO Santos
Pál DÁRDAI
Adrián RAMOS
RAFFAEL
Florian KRINGE
Marc STEIN
Artur WICHNIAREK
Patrick EBERT
Rasmus BENGTSSON
Valeri DOMOVCHIYSKI
Maximilian NICU
Łukasz PISZCZEK
CLÉDERSON César
Christopher GÄNG
Gojko KAČAR
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
29.05.1979
10.06.1983
04.11.1987
14.02.1985
26.08.1984
16.03.1976
22.01.1986
28.03.1985
18.08.1982
07.07.1985
28.02.1977
17.03.1987
26.06.1986
05.10.1986
25.11.1982
03.06.1985
14.07.1979
10.05.1988
26.01.1987
GER
SUI
SRB
GER
BRA
HUN
COL
BRA
GER
GER
POL
GER
SWE
BUL
GER
POL
BRA
GER
SRB
185
182
185
185
180
179
185
174
187
183
183
176
186
180
185
184
188
188
183
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
4th in German Bundesliga
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
Brøndby IF (DEN) – Hertha BSC Berlin
Second leg, 27 August
Hertha BSC Berlin – Brøndby IF (DEN)
2007 VfL Bochum
2008 A. Académica de
Coimbra
2002 DSC Arminia Bielefeld
2007 FC Zürich
2009 FK Rad
2009 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2008 Fluminense FC
1997 BVSC Budapest
2009 América de Cali
2008 FC Zürich
2009 BV Borussia Dortmund
2008 FC Hansa Rostock
2009 DSC Arminia Bielefeld
2004 none
2009 Trelleborgs FF
2008 PFC Levski Sofia
2008 SV Wehen Wiesbaden
2007 Zagłębie Lubin
2009 Al-Ahli FC
2007 SV Waldhof Mannheim
2008 FK Vojvodina
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
2-1
L GF GA
14 3 5 6
0 0 0 0
64 32 17 15
0 0 0 0
2 1 1 0
0 0 0 0
80 36 23 21
12
0
87
0
2
0
101
18
0
53
0
0
0
71
3-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group D
Matchday One: 17 September
Hertha BSC Berlin – FK Ventspils (LVA)
Matchday Two: 1 October
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - Hertha BSC Berlin
Matchday Three: 22 October
Hertha BSC Berlin – SC Heerenveen (NED)
Matchday Four: 5 November
SC Heerenveen (NED) - Hertha BSC Berlin
Matchday Five: 3 December
FK Ventspils (LVA) - Hertha BSC Berlin
Matchday Six: 16 December
Hertha BSC Berlin – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
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FK Ventspils
(LVA)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Jurijs BESPALOVS
Founded: 1997
Address: Sporta iela 7/9, Ventspils, Latvia
Telephone: +371 636 81354
Website: fkventspils.lv
Date of Birth: 13.07.1960
Elected/Appointed: 2001
HEAD COACH: Nunzio ZAVETTIERI
Press Officer: Mihail Korolev
Team Captain: Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs
Date/Place of Birth: 19.04.1967
in Reggio Calabria, Italy
Nationality: ITA
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (3)
2006, 2007, 2008
National Cup (4)
2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Reggina Calcio (youth) (1995-97),
AC Milan (youth) (1999-2000), AC
Chioggia (youth) (1999-2000), SSC
Venezia (youth) (2000-03),
Udinese Calcio (youth) (2004-06),
Udinese Calcio (assistant) (2006-08), FC Internazionale
Milano (youth) (2008-09); FK Ventspils (2009-)
STADIUM: SKONTO
Ground Capacity: 10,007
Opened: 2000
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
46
FK Ventspils | Group D
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
3
4
6
8
11
14
15
16
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
04.03.1986
12.08.1980
03.04.1971
14.11.1985
03.05.1986
27.11.1979
03.02.1984
08.06.1986
26.02.1986
18.06.1975
BLR
LVA
LVA
LVA
LVA
LVA
LVA
RUS
RUS
LVA
193
180
180
168
181
180
176
175
172
190
2009
2004
2009
2008
2006
2002
2009
2009
2009
2009
17 Jean-Paul NDEKI
18 Pāvels MIHADJUKS
Defender
Defender
27.10.1982
27.05.1980
CMR
LVA
196
189
2006
2009
20
22
24
26
27
28
29
30
Alexandru DEDOV
Igor ŢIGÎRLAŞ
Azamat BAIMATOV
Uche IHERUOME
Edgars GAURAČS
Eduards VIŠŅAKOVS
Aleksandrs SOLOVJOVS
Andrejs PAVLOVS
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
26.07.1989
24.02.1984
03.12.1989
14.04.1987
10.03.1988
10.05.1990
25.02.1988
22.02.1979
MDA
MDA
KGZ
NGA
LVA
LVA
LVA
LVA
175
176
188
185
188
188
177
198
2007
2007
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
31
32
33
34
35
Ronny HODEL
Andrejs BUTRIKS
JOÃO MARTINS
Juris LAIZĀNS
Alessandro ZAMPERINI
Defender
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
27.10.1982
20.12.1982
20.06.1982
06.01.1979
15.08.1982
SUI
LVA
POR
LVA
ITA
182
177
182
186
185
2009
2001
2009
2009
2009
Pavel CHESNOVSKI
Aleksejs SOLEIČUKS
Vitālijs ASTAFJEVS
Jurijs ŽIGAJEVS
Artis LAZDIŅS
Deniss KAČANOVS
Aleksejs VIŠŅAKOVS
Ivan SHPAKOV
Grigori CHIRKIN
Aleksandrs KOĻINKO
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
Winners of Latvian Vīrsliga
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Second Qualifying Round
First leg, 15 July
FK Ventspils – F91 Dudelange (LUX)
Second leg, 22 July
F91 Dudelange (LUX) – FK Ventspils
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 29 July
FK Ventspils – FC BATE Borisov (BLR)
Second leg, 5 August
FC BATE Borisov (BLR) – FK Ventspils
Play-off Round
First leg, 18 August
FK Ventspils – FC Zürich (SUI)
Second leg, 25 August
FC Zürich (SUI) – FK Ventspils
FC Vitebsk
none
RFS/Olimps
FK Rīga
none
FK Daugava Rīga
Skonto FC
FK Rīga
FC Dynamo Barnaul
FC Dinamo 1948
Bucureşti
Qingdao Jonoon FC
Inverness Caledonian
Thistle FC
none
FC Zimbru Chişinău
FC Dordoi-Dinamo Naryn
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
Ascoli Calcio 1898
FK Tranzīts
FK Tranzīts
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
(loan)
FC Basel 1893
none
FC Sibir Novosibirsk
RFS/Olimps
AS Cisco Calcio Roma
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
3-0
14 6
0 0
24 7
0 0
4 1
0 0
42 14
L GF GA
0 8 19 22
0 0 0 0
6 11 32 36
0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4
0 0 0 0
7 21 54 62
1-3
GROUP FIXTURES: Group D
1-0
Matchday One: 17 September
Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) - FK Ventspils
Matchday Two: 1 October
FK Ventspils – SC Heerenveen (NED)
Matchday Three: 22 October
FK Ventspils – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Matchday Four: 5 November
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - FK Ventspils
Matchday Five: 3 December
FK Ventspils – Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)
Matchday Six: 16 December
SC Heerenveen (NED) - FK Ventspils
2-1
0-3
2-1
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SC Heerenveen
(NED)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: None
Founded: 1920
Address: Abe Lenstra boulevard 19, Postbus 513, 8440
AM Heerenveen, Netherlands
Telephone: +31 513 612 100
Website: sc-heerenveen.nl
HEAD COACH: Jan DE JONGE
Date/Place of Birth: 08.05.1963
in Emmen, Netherlands
Nationality: NED
Press Officer: Erica Kooyenga
Team Captain: Michel Breuer
Playing Career:
FC Groningen (1982-84), SC
Heerenveen (1984-89), FC Emmen
(1989-96)
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Cup (1)
2009
Managerial/Coaching Career:
FC Emmen (assistant) (1996-98), FC Emmen (19982001), SC Heerenveen (assistant) (2001-05), De
Graafschap (2005-08), SC Heerenveen (youth) (200809), SC Heerenveen (interim) (2009-)
STADIUM: ABE LENSTRA STADION
Ground Capacity: 26,100
Opened: 1994
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
48
SC Heerenveen | Group D
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
17
19
20
22
23
24
25
27
31
32
35
37
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Defender
20.10.1992
25.05.1980
18.10.1982
22.02.1985
13.11.1985
22.12.1987
02.03.1988
28.12.1981
14.04.1985
13.03.1989
23.02.1988
25.01.1982
19.03.1987
17.07.1983
22.07.1979
02.10.1984
15.08.1988
09.05.1982
16.09.1982
24.09.1981
22.05.1990
07.09.1988
08.01.1990
19.04.1974
03.01.1980
Kristian BAK NIELSEN
Michel BREUER
Michael DINGSDAG
Igor DJURIĆ
Viktor ELM
Roy BEERENS
Geert Arend ROORDA
Mika VÄYRYNEN
Michal PAPADOPULOS
PAULO HENRIQUE
Tarik ELYOUNOUSSI
Patrik INGELSTEN
Michal ŠVEC
Christian GRINDHEIM
Daryl JANMAAT
Goran POPOV
Oussama ASSAIDI
Hernán LOSADA
Martin LEJSAL
Brian VANDENBUSSCHE
Diederik BANGMA
Arnór SMÁRASON
Richard STOLTE
Gerald SIBON
Gerry KONING
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
182
183
189
192
192
174
190
180
183
180
176
179
181
179
176
189
175
171
196
196
185
184
182
198
173
2007
2004
2006
2009
2009
2007
2007
2008
2009
2007
2008
2009
2008
2007
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2004
2009
2008
2009
2007
2009
FC Midtjylland
SBV Excelsior
BV Vitesse
FK Vojvodina
Kalmar FF
PSV Eindhoven
none
PSV Eindhoven
FK Mladá Boleslav
Clube Atlético Mineiro
Fredrikstad FK
Kalmar FF
SK Slavia Praha
Vålerenga IF
ADO Den Haag
Levadiakos FC
De Graafschap
RSC Anderlecht
1. FC Brno
Sparta Rotterdam
GVVV Veenendaal
ÍA Akranes
none
1. FC Nürnberg
FC Volendam
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
Winners of Dutch Cup
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
PAOK FC (GRE) – SC Heerenveen
Second leg, 27 August
SC Heerenveen – PAOK FC (GRE)
DEN
NED
NED
SRB
SWE
NED
NED
FIN
CZE
BRA
NOR
SWE
CZE
NOR
ANT
MKD
NED
ARG
CZE
BEL
NED
ISL
NED
NED
NED
MP W D
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
1-1
L GF GA
6 1 1 4 3
4 3 0 1 8
33 11 8 14 45
0 0 0 0 0
28 12 3 13 52
0 0 0 0 0
71 27 12 32 108
0-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group D
Matchday One: 17 September
SC Heerenveen – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)
Matchday Two: 1 October
FK Ventspils (LVA) - SC Heerenveen
Matchday Three: 22 October
Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) - SC Heerenveen
Matchday Four: 5 November
SC Heerenveen – Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)
Matchday Five: 3 December
Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - SC Heerenveen
Matchday Six: 16 December
SC Heerenveen – FK Ventspils (LVA)
49
9
6
49
0
29
0
93
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E
AS Roma
(ITA)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Rosella SENSI
Founded: 1927
Address: Via di Trigoria Km 3,600, 00128 Roma, Italy
Telephone: +39 06 506 0200
Website: asroma.it
Date of Birth: 18.12.1971
Elected/Appointed: 29.08.2008
HEAD COACH: Claudio RANIERI
Press Officer: Elena Turra
Team Captain: Francesco Totti
Date/Place of Birth: 20.10.1951
in Rome, Italy
Nationality: ITA
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
AS Roma (1973-74), US Catanzaro
(1974-82), Calcio Catania (198284), US Città di Palermo (1984-86)
National Championship (3)
1942, 1983, 2001
National Cup (9)
1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2007, 2008
Fairs Cup (1)
1961
Managerial/Coaching Career:
SSC Campania Puteolana (198788), Cagliari Calcio (1988-91), SSC Napoli (1991-93),
ACF Fiorentina (1993-97), Valencia CF (1997-99), Club
Atlético de Madrid (1999-2000), Chelsea FC (2000-04),
Valencia CF (2004-05), Parma FC (2007), Juventus
(2007-09), AS Roma (2009-)
Major Honours – UEFA Super Cup (2004), Italian Cup
(1996), Spanish Cup (1999)
STADIUM: STADIO OLIMPICO
Ground Capacity: 72,698
Opened: 1937
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
50
AS Roma | Group E
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
Bogdan LOBONŢ
Goalkeeper
18.01.1978
ROU
184
2
3
4
5
7
9
10
11
13
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
27
29
32
33
77
94
CICINHO
Marco ANDREOLLI
JUAN
Philippe MÈXES
David PIZARRO
Mirko VUČINIĆ
Francesco TOTTI
Rodrigo TADDEI
Marco MOTTA
Daniele DE ROSSI
John Arne RIISE
JÚLIO BAPTISTA
Simone PERROTTA
Stefano GUBERTI
Max TONETTO
Leandro GRECO
Alessio CERCI
ARTUR
JÚLIO SÉRGIO
Nicolás BURDISSO
DONI
Matteo BRIGHI
Marco CASSETTI
Jérémy MENEZ
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
24.06.1980
10.06.1986
01.02.1979
30.03.1982
11.09.1979
01.10.1983
27.09.1976
06.03.1980
14.05.1986
24.07.1983
24.09.1980
01.10.1981
17.09.1977
06.11.1984
18.11.1974
19.07.1986
23.07.1987
25.01.1981
08.11.1978
12.04.1981
22.10.1979
14.02.1981
29.05.1977
07.05.1987
BRA
ITA
BRA
FRA
CHI
MNE
ITA
BRA
ITA
ITA
NOR
BRA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
ITA
BRA
BRA
ARG
BRA
ITA
ITA
FRA
172
187
182
187
170
186
180
177
183
184
185
187
178
180
174
183
180
192
187
182
194
179
187
181
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
6th in Italian Serie A
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
AS Roma – KAA Gent (BEL)
Second leg, 6 August
KAA Gent (BEL) – AS Roma
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
MFK Košice (SVK) – AS Roma
Second leg, 27 August
AS Roma – MFK Košice (SVK)
2009 FC Dinamo 1948
Bucureşti
2007 Real Madrid CF
2007 US Sassuolo (loan)
2007 Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2004 AJ Auxerre
2006 FC Internazionale Milano
2006 US Lecce
1989 none
2005 AC Siena
2009 Udinese Calcio
2000 none
2008 Liverpool FC
2008 Real Madrid CF
2004 AC Chievo Verona
2009 AS Bari
2006 UC Sampdoria
2003 Pisa Calcio (loan)
2004 Atalanta BC (loan)
2008 AC Siena
2006 América FC
2009 FC Internazionale Milano
2005 EC Juventude
2004 AC Chievo Verona (loan)
2006 US Lecce
2008 AS Monaco FC
MP W
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
3-1
52
4
64
0
22
0
142
1-7
GROUP FIXTURES: Group E
3-3
Matchday One: 17 September
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) – AS Roma
Matchday Two: 1 October
AS Roma – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Fulham FC (ENG) – AS Roma
Matchday Four: 5 November
AS Roma – Fulham FC (ENG)
Matchday Five: 3 December
AS Roma – FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
Matchday Six: 16 December
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) – AS Roma
7-1
51
D
L
GF GA
19 11 22 80 95
0 1 3 3 13
30 13 21 120 85
0 0 0 0 0
12 5 5 50 28
0 0 0 0 0
61 30 51 253 221
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E
PFC CSKA Sofia
(BUL)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Dimitar BORISOV
Founded: 1948
Address: Bul. Dragan Tsankov 3, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
Telephone: +359 2 9630998
Website: cska.bg
Date of Birth: 10.11.1964
Elected/Appointed: 09.04.2009
HEAD COACH: Luboslav PENEV
Press Officer: Vladimir Rupov
Team Captain: Todor Yanchev
Date/Place of Birth: 31.08.1966
in Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality: BUL
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (31)
1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959,
1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975,
1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992,
1997, 2003, 2005, 2008
National Cup (19)
1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974,
1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999,
2006
Playing Career:
PFC CSKA Sofia (1984-89), Valencia
CF (1989-95), Club Atlético de
Madrid (1995-96), SD Compostela
(1996-98), RC Celta de Vigo (199899), PFC CSKA Sofia (2000-01), PFC
Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 (2002)
Major Honours – Bulgarian Championship (1987,
1989), Spanish Championship (1996), Bulgarian Cup
(1987, 1988, 1989), Spanish Cup (1996)
International Caps/Goals – 62/13 for Bulgaria
STADIUM: VASIL LEVSKI NATIONAL
Ground Capacity: 43,632
Opened: 1953
Size of Pitch: 105 x 68m
Managerial/Coaching Career:
PFC CSKA Sofia (2009-)
52
PFC CSKA Sofia | Group E
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
Zdravko CHAVDAROV
Pavel VIDANOV
Goalkeeper
Defender
24.01.1981
08.01.1988
BUL
BUL
183
185
4
5
6
Kostadin STOYANOV
Todor YANCHEV
Kiril KOTEV
Defender
Midfielder
Defender
02.05.1986
19.05.1976
18.04.1982
BUL
BUL
BUL
179
178
186
7
8
10
11
13
Vladimir MANCHEV
Todor TIMONOV
RUI MIGUEL
Orlin ORLINOV
Aleksandar BRANEKOV
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
06.10.1977
03.09.1986
30.01.1984
08.06.1988
31.05.1987
BUL
BUL
POR
BUL
BUL
183
181
183
182
187
14 Svetoslav PETROV
15 Ivan IVANOV
Midfielder
Defender
12.02.1978
25.02.1988
BUL
BUL
179
186
18
19
20
21
22
Atanas ZEHIROV
Apostol POPOV
Nikolay MANCHEV
Kosta YANEV
MICHEL
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
13.02.1989
22.12.1982
04.01.1985
21.07.1983
08.09.1983
BUL
BUL
BUL
BUL
BRA
180
183
176
175
187
24
27
28
30
HUGO BAÉZ
Ivaylo PETROV
MARQUINHOS
Yordan TODOROV
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Defender
18.09.1987
03.05.1973
30.04.1982
27.07.1981
PAR
BUL
BUL
BUL
185
182
184
172
32
52
73
77
Viktors MOROZS
Yordan MINEV
Ivan STOYANOV
Spas DELEV
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
30.07.1980
14.10.1980
24.07.1983
22.09.1989
LVA
BUL
BUL
BUL
186
175
176
170
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
2nd in Bulgarian A PFG
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
PFC CSKA Sofia – Derry City FC (IRL)
Second leg, 6 August
Derry City FC (IRL) – PFC CSKA Sofia
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
PFC CSKA Sofia – FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS)
Second leg, 27 August
FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) – PFC CSKA Sofia
2009 FC Sliven
2007 PFC Vihren Sandanski
(loan)
2009 FC Sliven
2007 Randers FC
2005 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1936
2008 Real Valladolid
2009 PFC Botev Plovdiv
2009 PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra
2009 PFC Slavia Sofia
2004 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1936
2009 PFC Neftçi
2005 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
1936 (loan)
2007 none
2009 PFC Botev Plovdiv
2009 PFC Botev Plovdiv
2009 FC Sliven
2009 PFC Chernomorets
Burgas
2009 Sportivo Iteño
2009 AEK Larnaca FC
2007 PFC Belasitsa Petrich
2003 PFC Chernomorets
Burgas
2008 Skonto FC
2008 PFC Botev Plovdiv
2009 FC Silven
2009 PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad
1-0
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
1-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group E
MP W
D
L
GF GA
98
22
72
0
4
0
196
16
0
23
0
1
0
40
41
10
23
0
1
0
75
140
49
101
0
8
0
298
41
12
26
0
2
0
81
Matchday One: 17 September
PFC CSKA Sofia – Fulham FC (ENG)
Matchday Two: 1 October
AS Roma (ITA) – PFC CSKA Sofia
Matchday Three: 22 October
PFC CSKA Sofia – FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
Matchday Four: 5 November
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) – PFC CSKA Sofia
Matchday Five: 3 December
Fulham FC (ENG) – PFC CSKA Sofia
Matchday Six: 16 December
PFC CSKA Sofia – AS Roma (ITA)
0-0
1-2
53
144
29
91
0
4
0
268
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E
Fulham FC
(ENG)
GENERAL INFORMATION
CHAIRMAN: Mohamed AL FAYED
Founded: 1879
Address: Craven Cottage, Stevenage Road, London
SW6 6HH, England
Telephone: +44 20 8336 7510
Website: fulhamfc.com
Date of Birth: 27.01.1929
Elected/Appointed: 1997
MANAGER: Roy HODGSON
Date/Place of Birth: 09.08.1947
in Croydon, England
Nationality: ENG
Press Officer: Carmelo Mifsud
Team Captain: Danny Murphy
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Halmstads BK (1976-80), Bristol City
FC (1982), Örebro SK (1982-85),
Malmö FF (1984-90), Neuchâtel
Xamax FC (1990-92), Switzerland (1992-95), FC
Internazionale Milano (1995-97), Blackburn Rovers FC
(1997-98), FC Internazionale Milano (1999), GrasshopperClub (1999-2000), FC København (2000-01), Udinese
Calcio (2001), United Arab Emirates (2002-04), Viking FK
(2004-05), Finland (2006-07), Fulham FC (2007-)
Major Honours – Swedish Championship (1976, 1979,
1986, 1988), Danish Championship (2001), Swedish
Cup (1986, 1989)
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
none
STADIUM: CRAVEN COTTAGE
Ground Capacity: 25,678
Opened: 1896
Size of Pitch: 100m x 65m
54
Fulham FC | Group E
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
10
11
Mark SCHWARZER
Stephen KELLY
Paul KONCHESKY
John PANTSIL
Brede HANGELAND
Chris BAIRD
Andrew JOHNSON
Erik NEVLAND
Zoltán GERA
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Forward
Forward
Midfielder
06.10.1972
06.09.1983
15.05.1981
15.06.1981
20.06.1981
25.02.1982
10.02.1981
10.11.1977
22.04.1979
AUS
IRL
ENG
GHA
NOR
NIR
ENG
NOR
HUN
194
184
178
178
195
179
170
178
183
2008
2009
2007
2008
2008
2007
2008
2008
2008
12 David STOCKDALE
13 Danny MURPHY
15 Diomansy KAMARA
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Forward
20.09.1985
18.03.1977
08.11.1980
ENG
ENG
SEN
191
175
181
2008
2007
2007
16
17
18
20
23
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
02.03.1979
21.06.1983
08.11.1979
08.06.1982
09.03.1983
IRL
NOR
NIR
NGA
USA
178
174
183
188
186
2009
2009
2007
2008
2007
25 Bobby ZAMORA
26 Chris SMALLING
27 Jonathan GREENING
Forward
Defender
Midfielder
16.01.1981
22.11.1989
02.01.1979
ENG
ENG
ENG
183
192
180
2008
2008
2009
29 Simon DAVIES
Midfielder
23.10.1979
WAL
178
2005
Damien DUFF
Bjørn Helge RIISE
Aaron HUGHES
Dickson ETUHU
Clint DEMPSEY
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
7th in English Premier League
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
FK Vėtra (LTU) – Fulham FC
Second leg, 6 August
Fulham FC - FK Vėtra (LTU)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
Fulham FC – FC Amkar Perm (RUS)
Second leg, 27 August
FC Amkar Perm (RUS) – Fulham FC
Middlesbrough FC
Birmingham City FC
West Ham United FC
West Ham United FC
FC København
Southampton FC
Everton FC
FC Groningen
West Bromwich
Albion FC
Darlington FC
Tottenham Hotspur FC
West Bromwich
Albion FC
Newcastle United FC
Lillestrøm SK
Aston Villa FC
Sunderland AFC
New England
Revolution
West Ham United FC
Maidstone United FC
West Bromwich
Albion FC
Everton FC
MP W
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
0-3
3-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group E
3-1
Matchday One: 17 September
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - Fulham FC
Matchday Two: 1 October
Fulham FC – FC Basel 1893 (SUI)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Fulham FC – AS Roma (ITA)
Matchday Four: 5 November
AS Roma (ITA) - Fulham FC
Matchday Five: 3 December
Fulham FC – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
Matchday Six: 16 December
FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - Fulham FC
1-0
55
D
0 0 0
0 0 0
10 6 2
0 0 0
8 4 4
0 0 0
18 10 6
L
GF GA
0 0 0
0 0 0
2 18 7
0 0 0
0 11 5
0 0 0
2 29 12
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E
FC Basel 1893
(SUI)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Gigi OERI
Founded: 1893
Address: Birsstrase 320 A, 4052 Basel, Switzerland
Telephone: +41 61 375 10 10
Website: fcb.ch
Date of Birth: 08.11.1955
Elected/Appointed: 09.05.2006
HEAD COACH: Thorsten FINK
Press Officer: Josef Zindel
Team Captain: Franco Costanzo
Date/Place of Birth: 29.10.1967
in Dortmund, Germany
Nationality: GER
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
National Championship (12)
1953, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 2002,
2004, 2005, 2008
National Cup (9)
1933, 1947, 1963, 1967, 1975, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008.
National League Cup (1)
1972
STADIUM: ST. JAKOB PARK
Playing Career:
SG Wattenscheid 09 (1989-94),
Karlsruher SC (1994-97), FC Bayern
München (1997-2006)
Major Honours – UEFA Champions
League (2001), World Club Cup
(2001), European/South American Cup (2001), German
Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), German Cup
(1998, 2000, 2003)
Ground Capacity: 28,500
Opened: 2001
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
Managerial/Coaching Career:
FC Salzburg (assistant) (2006-07), FC Ingolstadt 04
(2007-09), FC Basel 1893 (2009-)
56
FC Basel 1893 | Group E
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
4
6
8
9
10
11
13
15
19
20
22
23
24
25
26
28
29
30
32
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Forward
Defender
Defender
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
05.09.1980
29.02.1980
16.09.1981
07.07.1977
18.06.1981
11.01.1984
30.12.1975
15.07.1979
02.05.1985
15.07.1986
09.02.1985
22.08.1989
24.08.1977
22.10.1988
13.06.1978
18.01.1990
10.11.1986
04.04.1990
06.09.1982
09.02.1980
Franco COSTANZO
ÇAĞDAŞ Atan
Marcos GELABERT
Benjamin HUGGEL
Marco STRELLER
Marko PEROVIĆ
Scott CHIPPERFIELD
Alexander FREI
Federico ALMERARES
David ABRAHAM
Behrang SAFARI
Samuel INKOOM
Massimo COLOMBA
CABRAL
Antônio DA SILVA
Daniel UNAL
Beg FERATI
Orhan MUSTAFI
CARLITOS
Reto ZANNI
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
187
187
176
199
195
185
180
180
183
188
183
179
191
176
175
172
186
190
181
188
2006
2009
2008
2007
2007
2008
2001
2009
2008
2008
2008
2009
2006
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2007
2005
Deportivo Alavés
FC Energie Cottbus
FC St. Gallen
Eintracht Frankfurt
VfB Stuttgart
FK Crvena Zvezda
Perth Glory FC
BV Borussia Dortmund
CA River Plate
Gimnàstic de Tarragona
Malmö FF
Asante Kotoko FC
Grasshopper-Club
Lausanne Sports
Karlsruher SC
AC Bellinzona
FC Concordia Basel
FC Zürich
SL Benfica
FC Thun
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
3rd in Swiss Super Liga
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Second Qualifying Round
First leg, 16 July
FC Basel 1893 – FC Santa Coloma (AND)
Second leg, 23 July
FC Santa Coloma (AND) - FC Basel 1893
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
KR Reykjavík (ISL) - FC Basel 1893
Second leg, 6 August
FC Basel 1893 - KR Reykjavík (ISL)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
FK Bakı (AZE) - FC Basel 1893
Second leg, 27 August
FC Basel 1983 – FK Bakı (AZE)
ITA
TUR
ARG
SUI
SUI
SRB
AUS
SUI
SUI
ARG
SWE
GHA
SUI
SUI
BRA
SUI
SUI
SUI
POR
SUI
MP W
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
3-0
52
4
64
0
22
0
142
1-4
GROUP FIXTURES: Group E
2-2
Matchday One: 17 September
FC Basel 1983 – AS Roma (ITA)
Matchday Two: 1 October
Fulham FC (ENG) - FC Basel 1983
Matchday Three: 22 October
PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - FC Basel 1983
Matchday Four: 5 November
FC Basel 1983 – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)
Matchday Five: 3 December
AS Roma (ITA) - FC Basel 1983
Matchday Six: 16 December
FC Basel 1983 – Fulham FC (ENG)
3-1
1-3
5-1
57
D
L
GF GA
19 11 22 80 95
0 1 3 3 13
30 13 21 120 85
0 0 0 0 0
12 5 5 50 28
0 0 0 0 0
61 30 51 253 221
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F
FC Dinamo
1948 Bucureşti
(ROU)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Nicolae BADEA
Founded: 1948
Address: 18-20 Soş. Ştefan cel Mare, Bucureşti,
Romania
Telephone: +40 21 210 69 74
Website: fcdinamo.ro
Date of Birth: 02.10.1948
Elected/Appointed: 01.03.1999
HEAD COACH: Dario BONETTI
Date/Place of Birth: 05.08.1961
in Brescia, Italy
Nationality: ITA
Press Officer: Ionel Culina
Team Captain: Gabriel Tamaş
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
Brescia Calcio (1978-80), AS Roma
(1980-82), UC Sampdoria (198283), AS Roma (1983-86), AC Milan
(1986-87), Hellas Verona FC (198789), Juventus (1989-91), UC
Sampdoria (1991-92), Spal 1907 (1992-93)
Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1990), Italian Cup (1981,
1984, 1986, 1990)
National Championship (18)
1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977,
1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007
National Cup (12)
1959, 1964, 1968, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2000, 2001,
2003, 2004, 2005
STADIUM: DINAMO
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Sestrese Calcio 1919 (1999-00), Dundee FC (assistant)
(2000-02), Potenza Calcio (2005), MFC Sopron (200506 & 2007), Gallipoli Calcio (2007-08), S.S. Juve Stabia
(2008-09), FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (2009-)
Ground Capacity: 15,031
Opened: 1951
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
58
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti | Group F
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
2
3
Zie DIABATÉ
Cristian PULHAC
Defender
Defender
02.03.1989
17.08.1984
CIV
ROU
178
176
4
5
6
7
8
9
Cosmin MOŢI
Djakaridja KONÉ
Laurenţiu RUS
Ianis ZICU
Gabriel BOŞTINĂ
Marius NICULAE
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
03.12.1984
01.01.1986
07.05.1985
23.10.1983
22.05.1977
16.05.1981
ROU
CIV
ROU
ROU
ROU
ROU
183
183
178
177
182
188
10 Ionel DĂNCIULESCU
Forward
06.12.1976
ROU
178
12
14
15
17
18
Goalkeeper
Defender
Forward
Forward
Defender
03.11.1979
26.07.1985
02.01.1980
15.05.1984
10.02.1983
ROU
ESP
ROU
ROU
ROU
195
175
186
179
186
20 Adrian CRISTEA
21 Dragoş GRIGORE
22 Gabriel TORJE
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
30.11.1983
07.09.1986
22.11.1989
ROU
ROU
ROU
179
185
167
23
25
27
28
29
30
36
99
Goalkeeper
Defender
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Goalkeeper
Forward
03.08.1982
05.12.1986
12.10.1983
24.06.1984
21.03.1978
09.11.1983
08.05.1981
23.06.1976
ROU
ROU
ANG
ARG
SEN
ROU
ROU
ROU
190
180
175
190
185
188
187
182
Emilian DOLHA
Francisco MOLINERO
Florin BRATU
Andrei CRISTEA
Lucian GOIAN
Florin MATACHE
Adrian SCARLATACHE
ZÉ KALANGA
Osvaldo MIRANDA
Ousmane N’DOYE
Gabriel TAMAŞ
George CURCĂ
Claudiu NICULESCU
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
3rd in Romanian Liga I
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti – FC Slovan
Liberec (CZE)
Second leg, 27 August
FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) – FC Dinamo 1948
Bucureşti
(* won 9-8 on penalties)
2008 IFER
2001 FC Sportul Studenţesc
Bucureşti (loan)
2005 FC Universitatea Craiova
2009 Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC
2009 CF Liberty Salonta
2007 FC Internazionale Milano
2007 FC Steaua Bucureşti
2008 Inverness Caledonian
Thistle FC
2006 Shandong Luneng
Taishan FC (loan)
2008 KKS Lech Poznań
2009 Levante UD
2007 FC Nantes
2008 FC Politehnica Iaşi (loan)
2004 FC Ceahlăul Piatra
Neamţ (loan)
2004 FC Politehnica Iaşi
2008 CFR Timişoara
2008 FCU Politehnica
Timişoara
2004 CS Otopeni (loan)
2004 CS Otopeni (loan)
2006 Boavista FC (loan)
2008 CA Gimnasia y Esgrima
2009 SC Vaslui
2008 AJ Auxerre
2009 FC Farul Constanţa
2009 AC Omonia
MP W
European Champion Clubs’ Cup 66
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
20
UEFA Cup/Europa League
72
UEFA Super Cup
0
UEFA Intertoto Cup
4
European/South American Cup 0
Total
162
D
L
GF GA
24 10 32 96
8 4 8 25
31 12 29 124
0 0 0 0
1 0 3 4
0 0 0 0
64 26 72 249
106
18
94
0
6
0
224
0-3
GROUP FIXTURES: Group F
0-3*
Matchday One: 17 September
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti
Matchday Two: 1 October
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti – Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Galatasaray AS (TUR) - FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti
Matchday Four: 5 November
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti - Galatasaray AS (TUR)
Matchday Five: 3 December
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti – SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
Matchday Six: 16 December
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti
59
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F
Panathinaikos FC
(GRE)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Nikos PATERAS
Founded: 1908
Address: 12A Herodou Attikou Str, Marousi, 15124
Athens, Greece
Telephone: +30 210 809 3630
Website: pao.gr
Date of Birth: 26.08.1963
Elected/Appointed: 27.05.2008
HEAD COACH: Henk TEN CATE
Press Officer: Vera Triantafyllopoulou
Team Captain: Georgios Karagounis
Date/Place of Birth: 09.12.1954
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality: NED
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
Go Ahead Eagles (1979-85),
Edmonton Drillers (loan) (1980),
Telstar (loan (1981-82),
SC Heracles (1985-86)
National Championship (19)
1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969,
1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996,
2004
National Cup (16)
1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986,
1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Go Ahead Eagles (1990), SC Heracles (1990-92), VV
Rheden (1992-93), Go Ahead Eagles (1993-95), Sparta
Rotterdam (1995-97), BV Vitesse (1997-98), KFC
Uerdingen 05 (1998-99), MTK Hungária FC (19992000), NAC Breda (2000-03), FC Barcelona (assistant)
(2003-06), AFC Ajax (2006-07), Chelsea FC (assistant)
(2007-08), Panathinaikos FC (2008-)
Major Honours – Hungarian Cup (2000),
Dutch Cup (2007)
STADIUM: OACA SPIROS LOUIS
Ground Capacity: 68,079
Opened: 1982
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
60
Panathinaikos FC | Group F
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
3
5
7
8
9
11
14
15
17
18
19
21
22
23
Mario GALINOVIĆ
José SARRIEGI
Ante RUKAVINA
Sotiris NINIS
Cédric KANTÉ
Djibril CISSÉ
Sebastian LETO
Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS
GILBERTO SILVA
Lazaros HRISTODOULOPOULOS
Mattias BJÄRSMYR
GABRIEL
Filippos DARLAS
Stergos MARINOS
SIMÃO
Goalkeeper
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
15.11.1976
19.01.1979
18.06.1986
03.04.1990
06.07.1979
12.08.1981
30.08.1986
18.08.1981
07.10.1976
19.12.1986
03.01.1986
05.06.1981
23.10.1983
17.09.1987
23.07.1988
CRO
ESP
CRO
GRE
FRA
FRA
ARG
GRE
BRA
GRE
SWE
BRA
GRE
GRE
MOZ
195
185
188
173
182
183
188
172
184
183
187
170
182
178
178
2004
2007
2008
2006
2009
2009
2009
2006
2008
2008
2009
2008
2001
2009
2007
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
34
Loukas VINTRA
Georgios KARAGOUNIS
Orestis KARNEZIS
Antonis PETROPOULOS
Konstantinos KATSOURANIS
Alexandros TZORVAS
Nikolaos SPIROPOULOS
Georgios MACHLELIS
Defender
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Forward
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
05.02.1981
06.03.1977
11.07.1985
28.01.1986
21.06.1979
12.08.1982
10.10.1983
10.05.1991
GRE
GRE
GRE
GRE
GRE
GRE
GRE
GRE
184
176
179
186
183
190
172
175
2004
2007
2007
2008
2009
2008
2008
2008
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
3rd in Greek Superleague; won play-offs
2009/10
UEFA Champions League
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 28 July
AC Sparta Praha (CZE) – Panathinaikos FC
Second leg, 4 August
Panathinaikos FC – AC Sparta Praha (CZE)
Play-off Round
First leg, 19 August
Panathinaikos FC – Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)
Second leg, 25 August
Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) – Panathinaikos FC
NK Kamen Ingrad Velika
Athletic Club Bilbao
HNK Hajduk Split
none
OGC Nice
Olympique de Marseille
Liverpool FC
PAOK FC
Arsenal FC
PAOK FC
IFK Göteborg
Fluminense FC
PAOK FC (loan)
Atromitos FC
Clube Ferroviário de
Maputo
Paniliakos FC
SL Benfica
OFI Crete FC
OFI Crete FC (loan)
SL Benfica
OFI Crete FC
Panionios GSS
Koropi FC
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
3-1
MP W D
L GF GA
141
22
62
0
0
2
227
55
10
23
0
0
1
89
46
9
27
0
0
0
82
40
3
12
0
0
1
56
168
29
84
0
0
2
283
188
36
73
0
0
3
300
3-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group F
2-3
Matchday One: 17 September
Panathinaikos FC – Galatasaray AS (TUR)
Matchday Two: 1 October
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) - Panathinaikos FC
Matchday Three: 22 October
Panathinaikos FC – SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
Matchday Four: 5 November
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) - Panathinaikos FC
Matchday Five: 3 December
Galatasaray AS (TUR) - Panathinaikos FC
Matchday Six: 16 December
Panathinaikos FC – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU)
2-0
61
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F
Galatasaray AS
(TUR)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: ADNAN POLAT
Founded: 1905
Address: Hasnun Galip Sokak, No 7-9 Beyoğlu, 34420
İstanbul, Turkey
Telephone: +90 212 663 0090
Website: galatasaray.org
Date of Birth: 23.04.1953
Elected/Appointed: 22.03.2008
HEAD COACH: Frank RIJKAARD
Date/Place of Birth: 30.09.1962
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality: NED
Press Officer: Yako Igual
Team Captain: Arda Turan
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
AFC Ajax (1980-87), Sporting
Clube de Portugal (1987-88), Real
Zaragoza (loan) (1987-88),
AC Milan (1988-93), AFC Ajax
(1993-95)
Major Honours – UEFA European
Championship (1988), European Champion Clubs’ Cup
(1989, 1990), UEFA Champions League (1995), UEFA
Cup Winners’ Cup (1987), European/South American
Cup (1989, 1990), UEFA Super Cup (1989, 1990),
Dutch Championship (1982, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1995),
Italian Championship (1992, 1993), Dutch Cup (1983,
1986, 1987)
International Caps/Goals – 73/10 for the Netherlands
National Championship (17)
1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1993,
1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008
National Cup (14)
1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991,
1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005
UEFA Cup (1)
2000
UEFA Super Cup (1)
2000
STADIUM: ALİ SAMİ YEN
Ground Capacity: 23,257
Opened: 1964
Size of Pitch: 105 x 68m
Managerial/Coaching Career:
Netherlands (1998-2000), Sparta Rotterdam (2001-02),
FC Barcelona (2003-08),
Galatasaray AS (2009)
Major Honours – UEFA Champions
League (2006), Spanish
Championship (2005, 2006)
62
Galatasaray AS | Group F
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
3
5
6
8
9
10
11
14
AYKUT Erçetin
EMRE Güngör
UĞUR Uçar
GÖKHAN Zan
Tobias LINDEROTH
BARIŞ Özbek
ELANO Blumer
ARDA Turan
Kader KEITA
MEHMET Topal
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Midfielder
14.09.1982
01.08.1984
05.04.1987
07.09.1981
21.04.1979
14.09.1986
14.06.1981
30.01.1987
06.08.1981
03.03.1986
TUR
TUR
TUR
TUR
SWE
GER
BRA
TUR
CIV
TUR
187
182
180
192
177
180
175
176
184
187
2003
2007
2004
2009
2007
2007
2009
2004
2009
2006
15
16
18
19
20
21
22
23
25
55
60
76
86
88
Milan BAROŠ
MUSTAFA Sarp
AYHAN Akman
Harry KEWELL
Shabani NONDA
EMRE Aşık
HAKAN Balta
SERKAN Kurtuluş
LEO FRANCO
SABRİ Sarıoğlu
ALPARSLAN Erdem
SERVET Çetin
CANER Erkin
UFUK Ceylan
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
Defender
Defender
Defender
Goalkeeper
Midfielder
Midfielder
Defender
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
28.10.1981
05.11.1980
23.02.1977
22.09.1978
06.03.1977
13.12.1973
23.03.1983
01.01.1990
20.05.1977
26.07.1984
11.12.1988
17.03.1981
04.10.1988
23.06.1986
CZE
TUR
TUR
AUS
CGO
TUR
TUR
TUR
ARG
TUR
TUR
TUR
TUR
TUR
184
187
173
180
182
183
184
181
188
170
174
192
181
195
2008
2009
2001
2008
2007
2006
2007
2008
2009
2001
2008
2007
2009
2009
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
5th in Turkish Süper Lig
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Second Qualifying Round
First leg, 16 July
FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) – Galatasaray AS
Second leg, 23 July
Galatasaray AS – FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR) – Galatasaray AS
Second leg, 6 August
Galatasaray AS – Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
Galatasaray AS – FC Levadia Tallinn (EST)
Second leg, 27 August
FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) – Galatasaray AS
VfB Stuttgart
MKE Ankaragücü
Kayserispor (loan)
Beşiktaş JK
FC København
Rot-Weiss Essen
Manchester City FC
Manisaspor (loan)
Olympique Lyonnais
Çanakkale
Dardanelspor
Olympique Lyonnais
Bursaspor
Beşiktaş JK
Liverpool FC
AS Roma
Ankaraspor (loan)
Manisaspor
Bursaspor
Club Atlético de Madrid
none
Werder Bremen
Sivasspor
PFC CSKA Moskva
Manisaspor
MP W
European Champion Clubs’ Cup 133
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
32
UEFA Cup/Europa League
59
UEFA Super Cup
1
UEFA Intertoto Cup
0
European/South American Cup 0
Total
225
1-1
D
L
GF GA
48 33 52 174 190
12 7 13 42 55
24 17 18 92 78
1 0 0 2 1
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
85 57 83 310 324
2-0
GROUP FIXTURES: Group F
1-4
Matchday One: 17 September
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) – Galatasaray AS
Matchday Two: 1 October
Galatasaray AS – SK Sturm Graz (AUT)
Matchday Three: 22 October
Galatasaray AS – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU)
Matchday Four: 5 November
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) – Galatasaray AS
Matchday Five: 3 December
Galatasaray AS – Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Matchday Six: 16 December
SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – Galatasaray AS
6-0
5-0
1-1
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F
SK Sturm Graz
(AUT)
GENERAL INFORMATION
PRESIDENT: Hans RINNER
Founded: 1909
Address: Triesterstrasse 359/1, 8055 Graz, Austria
Telephone: +43 316 771 771 0
Website: sksturm.at
Date of Birth: 18.03.1963
Elected/Appointed: 18.01.2007
HEAD COACH: Franco FODA
Press Officer: Daniela Mayr
Team Captain: Mario Haas
Date/Place of Birth: 23.04.1966
in Mainz, Germany
Nationality: GER
MAJOR CLUB HONOURS
Playing Career:
1. FC Kaiserslautern (1983-84), DSC
Arminia Bielefeld (1984-85), FC
Saarbrücken (1985-87), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1987-90),
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1990-94), VfB Stuttgart (1994-96),
FC Basel 1893 (1997), SK Sturm Graz (1997-2001)
Major Honours – Austrian Championship (1998, 1999),
German Cup (1990, 1993), Austrian Cup (1999)
International Caps/Goals – 2/0 for West Germany
National Championship (2)
1998, 1999
National Cup (3)
1996, 1997, 1999
STADIUM: GRAZ-LIEBENAU
Managerial/Coaching Career:
SK Sturm Graz (amateurs) (2001-02), SK Sturm Graz
(assistant) (2002-03), SK Sturm Graz (2003), SK Sturm
Graz (amateurs) (2003-06), SK Sturm Graz (2006-)
Ground Capacity: 15,323
Opened: 1997
Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m
64
SK Sturm Graz | Group F
PLAYERS
No. Name
Position
Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club
1
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Christian GRATZEI
Fabian LAMOTTE
Mario SONNLEITNER
Ferdinand FELDHOFER
Manuel WEBER
Peter HLINKA
Andreas HÖLZL
Haris BUKVA
Samir MURATOVIĆ
Mario HAAS
Goalkeeper
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Forward
19.09.1981
25.02.1983
08.10.1986
23.10.1979
28.08.1985
05.12.1978
16.03.1985
15.03.1988
25.02.1976
16.09.1974
AUT
GER
AUT
AUT
AUT
SVK
AUT
AUT
BIH
AUT
185
188
181
181
182
190
177
186
185
181
2002
2007
2007
2008
2009
2008
2008
2009
2007
2006
12
13
15
17
18
20
21
22
23
25
26
27
28
29
30
Dominic HASSLER
Jakob JANTSCHER
Luca TAUSCHMANN
Martin EHRENREICH
Ilia KANDELAKI
Mark PRETTENHALER
Dean MARIC
Andreas LUKSE
Gordon SCHILDENFELD
Uwe KROPFHOFER
Marvin WEINBERGER
Christian KLEM
Daniel BEICHLER
Sandro FODA
Klemen LAVRIČ
Forward
Midfielder
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Goalkeeper
Defender
Goalkeeper
Forward
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
30.03.1981
08.01.1989
26.06.1991
10.05.1983
26.12.1981
11.04.1983
10.10.1989
08.11.1987
18.03.1985
21.01.1986
04.04.1989
21.04.1991
13.10.1988
28.12.1989
12.06.1981
AUT
AUT
AUT
AUT
GEO
AUT
AUT
AUT
CRO
AUT
AUT
AUT
AUT
GER
SVN
185
178
186
180
180
183
178
185
191
178
171
163
183
170
188
2009
2003
2009
2009
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2009
2006
2007
2009
HOW THEY QUALIFIED
ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE
2008/09
4th in Austrian Bundesliga
2009/10
UEFA Europa League
Second Qualifying Round
First leg, 16 July
SK Sturm Graz – NK Široki Brijeg (BIH)
Second leg, 23 July
NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) - SK Sturm Graz
Third Qualifying Round
First leg, 30 July
FK Petrovac (MNE) - SK Sturm Graz
Second leg, 6 August
SK Sturm Graz – FK Petrovac (MNE)
Play-off Round
First leg, 20 August
SK Sturm Graz – FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)
Second leg, 27 August
FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) - SK Sturm Graz
Grazer AK
TSV 1860 München
Grazer AK
FC Wacker Innsbruck
SK Austria Kärnten
FC Augsburg
FC Wacker Innsbruck
SK Austria Kärnten
Grazer AK
JEF United Ichihara
Chiba
FC Gratkorn
none
none
FC Gratkorn
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Augsburg
none
SK Rapid Wien
Beşiktaş JK
SV Spittal/Drau
none
none
Reggina Calcio (loan)
none
Omiya Ardija
MP W
European Champion Clubs’ Cup
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
UEFA Cup/Europa League
UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Intertoto Cup
European/South American Cup
Total
2-1
D
L
34 13 5 16
12 5 3 4
38 11 12 15
0 0 0 0
10 3 5 2
0 0 0 0
94 32 25 37
GF GA
42
14
48
0
16
0
120
1-1
GROUP FIXTURES: Group F
2-1
Matchday One: 17 September
SK Sturm Graz – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU)
Matchday Two: 1 October
Galatsaaray AS (TUR) - SK Sturm Graz
Matchday Three: 22 October
Panathinaikos FC (GRE) - SK Sturm Graz
Matchday Four: 5 November
SK Sturm Graz – Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Matchday Five: 3 December
FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) - SK Sturm Graz
Matchday Six: 16 December
SK Sturm Graz – Galatasaray AS (TUR)
5-0
1-1
0-1
65
66
11
50
0
11
0
138