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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Weststadion - Vienna Thursday 20 September 2018 18.55CET (18.55 local time) SK Rapid Wien Group G - Matchday 1 FC Spartak Moskva Last updated 22/02/2019 14:57CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 SK Rapid Wien - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 20 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Weststadion, Vienna Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Rapid Wien - FC Spartak 1-0 08/12/1966 R2 Vienna Starek 49 Moskva agg: 2-1 FC Spartak Moskva - SK Rapid Khusainov 40; 09/11/1966 R2 1-1 Moscow Wien Bjerregaard 23 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SK Rapid Wien 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 FC Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 SK Rapid Wien - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 29/07/2007 R3 FC Rubin - SK Rapid Wien Kazan agg: 1-3 S. Hofmann 69, 90+3, 21/07/2007 R3 SK Rapid Wien - FC Rubin 3-1 Vienna Bilić 80 (P); Ryazantsev 29 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Lokomotiv Moskva - SK Rapid 0-1 23/08/2005 QR3 Moscow Valachovič 84 Wien agg: 1-2 SK Rapid Wien - FC Lokomotiv Valachovič 75 (P); 10/08/2005 QR3 1-1 Vienna Moskva Samedov 9 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-3 S. Hofmann 17, 70, 26/08/2004 2QR FC Rubin - SK Rapid Wien Kazan agg: 2-3 Kincl 29 Roni 50, Boyarintsev 12/08/2004 2QR SK Rapid Wien - FC Rubin 0-2 Vienna 64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Rapid Wien - FC Dinamo 3-0 Jancker 49, 74, 21/03/1996 QF Vienna Moskva agg: 4-0 Stöger 61 FC Dinamo Moskva - SK Rapid 07/03/1996 QF 0-1 Moscow Stumpf 33 Wien UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Dinamo Moskva - SK Rapid 1-1 Pozdniakov 29; 24/04/1985 SF Moscow Wien agg: 2-4 Panenka 4 2 SK Rapid Wien - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 20 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Weststadion, Vienna UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Lainer 67, Krankl 70, SK Rapid Wien - FC Dinamo 10/04/1985 SF 3-1 Vienna Hrstic 72; Karataev 25 Moskva (P) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Torpedo Moskva - SK Rapid 1-1 Gershkovich 88; Redl 03/09/1969 PR Moscow Wien agg: 1-1 ag 53 SK Rapid Wien - FC Torpedo 27/08/1969 PR 0-0 Vienna Moskva FC Spartak Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - SK Sturm 25/11/1998 GS 0-0 Moscow Graz SK Sturm Graz - FC Spartak Titov 60, Tsymbalar 16/09/1998 GS 0-2 Graz Moskva 63 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Wacker Innsbruck - FC 2-0 Roscher 70, H. Müller 10/12/1986 R3 Innsbruck Spartak Moskva agg: 2-1 72 FC Spartak Moskva - FC Wacker 26/11/1986 R3 1-0 Simferopol Rudakov 26 Innsbruck Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SK Rapid Wien 7 4 2 1 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 6 1 19 8 FC Spartak Moskva 3 1 2 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 2 2 4 4 3 SK Rapid Wien - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 20 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Weststadion, Vienna Match background Rapid Wien and Spartak Moskva, the record champions respectively of Austria and Russia, come face to face for the first time in over half a century as they open their UEFA Europa League Group G campaign in Vienna. Previous meetings • The only previous tie between the clubs occurred back in 1966, when Rapid defeated Spartak 2-1 on aggregate in the second round of the European Cup Winners' Cup (1-1 away, 1-0 home). • Rapid have lost only once in 14 matches against Russian opposition (W7 D6) – 0-2 at home to Rubin in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup second qualifying round; they turned the tie around with a 3-0 victory in Kazan. • Spartak, in contrast, have a perfectly balanced record against Austrian clubs (W2 D2 L2 F4 A4), though there have been no such meetings for 20 years. Form guide Rapid • Third place in the 2017/18 Austrian Bundesliga earned Rapid a place in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, where they overcame Slovan Bratislava 5-2 on aggregate (1-2 away, 4-0 home) before eliminating FCSB in the play-offs (3-1 home, 1-2 away). • Although there was no European campaign for Rapid last season, they are very familiar with the UEFA Europa League group stage, this their seventh appearance – only fellow Austrians Salzburg have been involved in more. On just one occasion, however, have the Vienna side reached the round of 32 – in 2015/16, when they were eliminated after a record 10-0 aggregate defeat by Valencia. • Rapid are unbeaten in five European home games (W3 D2) – and ten in the UEFA Europa League group stage (W6 D4) since going down 0-4 to Bayer Leverkusen on matchday three in 2012/13. Spartak • Spartak were unable to defend their Russian Premier League title in 2017/18, finishing third behind Moscow rivals Lokomotiv and CSKA. Their only European tie this season brought defeat – 2-3 on aggregate v PAOK in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, a result that propelled them into the UEFA Europa League group stage. • The Muscovites have played UEFA Europa League football in five previous seasons but never in the group stage. They reached the quarter-finals in 2010/11 and the round of 32 last term, when, having crossed over from the UEFA Champions League in mid-campaign, they lost 4-3 on aggregate to Athletic Club. In the other three seasons they fell at the first hurdle in the qualifying phase. • Spartak won 2-1 in Bilbao in that round of 32 tie, but that is their only European away victory in the last 13 such fixtures (D5 L7). Among the defeats was a record 7-0 loss at Liverpool in last season's UEFA Champions League. Links and trivia • Rapid's Andrija Pavlović and Spartak's Marko Petković are both Serbian internationals. The coaches • Vienna-born Goran Djuricin was a youth player with Rapid before going on to enjoy the best days of a modest playing career with city rivals Austria Wien. His first coaching appointment was back at Rapid with the Under-18s before he worked as an assistant to various Austrian national youth selections. He was handed his dream job as Rapid head coach in April 2017, a third-placed finish in the 2017/18 Austrian Bundesliga enabling him to restore European football to the club after a one-year absence. • A former Italian defender who remained active until he was 44, Massimo Carrera's playing career reached a zenith with Juventus in the 1990s, a series of trophy successes beginning with the 1992/93 UEFA Cup. He returned to Turin to become assistant to Antonio Conte, later serving under him for Italy before taking over at Spartak and leading them to the 2016/17 Russian title at the first attempt. His first European foray with the club ended in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. 4 SK Rapid Wien - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 20 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Weststadion, Vienna Team facts SK Rapid Wien Formed: 1899 Nickname: Die Grün-Weißen (The Green-Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1985), (1996) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 32 (2008) Austrian Cup: 14 (1995) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2016/17: group stage 2015/16: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2014/15: play-offs 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v Avenir Beggen 29/09/82, European Champions Clubs' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: F91 Dudelange v Rapid 27/07/05, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg 0-5: Avenir Beggen v Rapid 15/09/82, European Champions Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-6: Rapid v Fiorentina 25/10/61, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 0-4 twice, most recently v Valencia 25/02/16, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Valencia v Rapid 18/02/16, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Rapid v Brno 12/08/97, second qualifying phase first leg 5-0 twice, most recently v Vllaznia 16/07/09, second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: twice, most recently v Trenčín 18/08/16, play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4 twice, most recently v Valencia (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Valencia v Rapid (see above) FC Spartak Moskva 5 SK Rapid Wien - FC Spartak Moskva Thursday 20 September 2018 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Weststadion, Vienna Formed: 1922 Nickname: Narodnaya Komanda (The People's Club) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 22 (2017) Domestic cup: 13 (2003) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2017/18: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2016/17: third qualifying round 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: play-offs