PRESS KITS Round of 32 Thursday, 24 February 2005 - 17:00 (local time) Meteor - Dnepropetrovsk

FC DNIPRO DNIPROPETROVSK FK PARTIZAN

MATCH OFFICIALS Referee Helmut Fleischer (GER) Assistant referees Christian Schräer (GER), Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER) Fourth official Uwe Kemmling (GER) UEFA delegate Jan Damgaard (DEN)

MATCH BACKGROUND Dnipro prepare to deny Partizan FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk twice came from behind to deny FK Partizan in after the 21-year-old Nigerian striker Obiora Odita had twice given the home side the lead on his European debut. The Ukrainian side fought back with goals from in the first half and Andriy Rusol after 57 minutes to wrest the initiative for the return leg.

Although neither side won their championship last season, they both did just that in 1983, when the countries, and leagues, were larger. Partizan won the old Yugoslavian league by two points from NK Dinamo (now of ), while Dnipro were convincing champions of the former Soviet Supreme League, establishing a four-point advantage over FC Spartak Moskva.

The changing boundaries of the old continent mean previous meetings between clubs from Serbo- Montenegrin and Ukrainian are rare. Partizan did lose 5-0 on aggregate to FC Dynamo in the first round of the 1976/77 European Champion Clubs' Cup, however.

Dynamo, Soviet league regulars alongside Dnipro in those days, won 3-0 in Kiev with current coach Oleh Blokhin adding the final goal in the 88th minute. Dynamo confirmed their superiority with a 2-0 win in the return leg in Belgrade, thanks to goals from and Piotr Slobodian.

Dnipro have not previously met Serbian opposition, but did tackle HNK Hajduk Split when the Croatian champions played alongside FK Partizan in Yugoslavia. Dnipro lost both legs in the third round of the 1985/86 UEFA Cup: 1-0 at home to a Sergey Pushkin own goal, and 2-0 in Split where international striker scored both goals in the second half.

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PLAYERS PROFILES FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Goalkeepers No Name Nat. DoB 1 Mykola Medin UKR 04.05.1972 12 Artem Kusliy UKR 07.07.1981 22 Vyacheslav Kernozenko UKR 04.06.1976 33 Anatoliy Pylypenko UKR 04.07.1985 Defenders No Name Nat. DoB 2 Olexandr Poklonskyy UKR 22.01.1975 4 Vitaliy Lysytskyy UKR 16.04.1982 5 Volodymyr Yezerskyy UKR 15.11.1976 13 Viacheslav Shevchuk UKR 13.05.1979 14 Olexandr Radchenko UKR 19.07.1976 15 Serhiy Matiukhin UKR 21.03.1980 16 Andriy Rusol UKR 16.01.1983 Midfielders No Name Nat. DoB 3 Olexandr Grytsay UKR 30.09.1977 6 Oleh Shelayev UKR 05.11.1976 8 Roman Maksymyuk UKR 14.06.1974 18 Denys Andriyenko UKR 12.04.1980 19 Dmytro Mykhaylenko UKR 13.07.1973 20 Olexandr Rykun UKR 06.05.1978 21 Dmytro Semochko UKR 25.01.1979 23 Konstyantyn Kravchenko UKR 24.09.1986 24 Serhiy Motuz UKR 06.07.1982 28 Serhiy Nazarenko UKR 16.02.1980 29 UKR 29.10.1981 30 Ruslan Bidnenko UKR 20.07.1981 Forwards No Name Nat. DoB 7 Olexandr Melashchenko UKR 13.12.1978 9 Ivan Kotenko UKR 28.04.1985 10 Ruslan Kostyshyn UKR 08.01.1977 11 Oleh Venhlinskiy UKR 21.03.1978 27 Siarhei Karnilenka BLS 14.06.1983 Coach No Name Nat. DoB Yevgen Kucherevskyy UKR 06.08.1941

FK Partizan Goalkeepers

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No Name Nat. DoB 12 Nemanja Jovšic YUG 07.10.1983 25 Ivica Kralj YUG 26.03.1973 27 Djordje Pantic YUG 27.01.1980 30 Nikolas Asprogenis CYP 06.04.1986 Defenders No Name Nat. DoB 2 Milivoje Cirkovic YUG 14.04.1977 4 Zoran Mirkovic YUG 21.09.1971 5 Branimir Bajic YUG 19.10.1979 13 Chiwoo Kim KOR 11.11.1983 14 Nenad Djordjevic YUG 07.08.1979 16 Ifeany Emeghara NGA 24.03.1984 20 Milovan Milovic YUG 24.10.1980 24 Nemanja Rnic YUG 30.09.1984 31 Srdan Kneževic YUG 15.04.1985 37 Tomislav Pajovic YUG 15.03.1986 40 Goran Dimitrijevic YUG 22.09.1985 42 Marko Marovic YUG 30.01.1983 Midfielders No Name Nat. DoB 1 Simon Vukcevic YUG 29.01.1986 7 Nenad Brnovic YUG 18.01.1980 10 Dragan Ciric YUG 15.09.1974 11 Miroslav Radovic YUG 16.01.1984 18 Branimir Petrovic YUG 26.06.1982 21 Ivan Tomic YUG 05.01.1976 22 Saša Ilic YUG 30.12.1977 28 Albert Nadj YUG 29.10.1974 43 Milan Sreco YUG 30.01.1984 44 Stefan Babovic YUG 07.01.1987 45 Nikola Drincic YUG 07.09.1984 47 MIlan Smiljanic YUG 19.11.1986 Forwards No Name Nat. DoB 8 Pierre Boya CMR 16.01.1984 9 Srdan Radonjic YUG 08.05.1981 15 Obiora Odita NGA 14.05.1983 34 Nikola Grubješic YUG 29.06.1984 Coach No Name Nat. DoB Vladimir Vermezovic YUG 30.06.1963

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DOMESTIC FORMGUIDE

Partizan put faith in Ilic (Monday, 21 February 2005) With the 32 remaining UEFA Cup hopefuls set to be reduced to 16 by the end of this week, uefa.com looks at the recent domestic form of the clubs involved.

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v FK Partizan Winter breaks continue to starve both Dnipro and Partizan of domestic action following last week's pulsating 2-2 draw in Belgrade. But Partizan, whose coach Vladimir Vermezovic will recall Cameroon's Pierre Boya following suspension, have been training indoors over the weekend due to the cold weather in Eastern Europe. Nenad Brnovic is suspended but Korean Chiwoo Kim is fit again and captain Saša Ilic will also play after having the eight stitches in his head following last week's clash of heads with Dnipro's Andriy Rusol removed prematurely.

Key Dnipro forward Oleh Venhlinskyy has been sidelined with a cold and is still doubtful for the visit of Partizan but Nigerian striker Obiora Odita, who scored twice on his European debut in Belgrade, is sure to feature.

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DOMESTIC LEAGUE DETAILS FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Premier Division) Results Standings Date Match Res R Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 30.10.04 Vorskla - Dnipro 0 - 0 1 Shakhtar 15 13 0 2 31 8 39 07.11.04 Dnipro - Borysfen 0 - 0 2 Dynamo Kyiv 15 12 2 1 33 7 38 11.11.04 Zaporizhya - Dnipro 1 - 1 3 Metalurh 15 10 2 3 24 15 32 28.11.04 Dnipro - Arsenal 1 - 0 4 Volyn 15 7 4 4 19 17 25 05.12.04 Obolon - Dnipro 0 - 1 5 Chornomorets 15 7 2 6 15 12 23 6 Dnipro 15 6 5 4 18 18 23 7 Metalist 15 6 2 7 17 21 20 Fixtures 8 Arsenal 15 5 5 5 17 20 20 Date Match 9 Illichivets 15 5 5 5 24 22 20 01.03.05 Dnipro - Obolon 10 Kryvbas 15 4 6 5 12 15 18 06.03.05 Arsenal - Dnipro 11 Tavriya 15 4 3 8 11 17 18 13.03.05 Dnipro - Zaporizhya 12 Zaporizhya 15 2 8 5 10 17 14 20.03.05 Borysfen - Dnipro 13 Vorskla 15 3 3 9 7 17 12 03.04.05 Dnipro - Vorskla 14 Obolon 15 2 5 8 8 21 11 15 Zakarpattya 15 2 5 7 11 18 11 16 Borysfen 15 0 7 8 6 18 7

FK Partizan (First League) Results Standings Date Match Res R Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 30.10.04 Partizan - Vojvodina 1 - 0 1 Partizan 15 13 2 0 39 8 41 07.11.04 Zemun - Partizan 0 - 5 2 Crvena Zvezda 15 12 2 1 38 11 38 20.11.04 Partizan - Zeta 3 - 2 3 Zeta 15 11 1 3 30 12 34 28.11.04 Hajduk - Partizan 0 - 3 4 OFK 15 8 1 6 22 18 25 05.12.04 Partizan - Cukaricki 3 - 1 5 Buducnost 15 7 2 6 21 20 23 6 Zemun 15 6 4 5 18 19 22 7 Vojvodina 15 5 4 6 18 19 19 8 Sutjeska 15 5 4 6 13 21 19 9 Kula 15 4 6 5 16 18 18 10 Smederevo 15 4 5 6 9 15 17 11 Novi Beograd 15 4 4 7 13 20 16 12 Cukaricki 15 4 4 7 15 18 16 Fixtures 13 Borac 15 4 4 7 12 22 16 Date Match 14 Obilic 15 3 4 8 16 27 13 15 Hajduk 15 1 5 9 11 29 8 16 Železnik 15 1 4 10 12 26 7

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REFEREE Helmut Fleischer (GER) Date of birth: 22.03.1964

Referee has never refereed a match between clubs of the countries of the two clubs of this match

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Head-to-head record Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 16.02.2005 UCUP 1/16 Partizan - Dnipro 2-2 Belgrade Overall record FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Pld: 1, W: 0, D: 1, L: 0, GS: 2, GA: 2 FK Partizan Pld: 1, W: 0, D: 1, L: 0, GS: 2, GA: 2

Home teams record versus clubs from the away teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 16.02.2005 UCUP 1/16 Partizan - Dnipro 2-2 Belgrade Overall record FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Pld: 1, W: 0, D: 1, L: 0, GS: 2, GA: 2

Away teams record versus clubs from the home teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 15.09.1976 UCL R1 Dynamo Kyiv - Partizan 3-0 Kiev 29.09.1976 UCL R1 Partizan - Dynamo Kyiv 0-2 Belgrade 16.02.2005 UCUP 1/16 Partizan - Dnipro 2-2 Belgrade Overall record FK Partizan Pld: 3, W: 0, D: 1, L: 2, GS: 2, GA: 7

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RECORD IN EUROPE FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk AP Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions 2 12 5 3 4 15 13 League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 9 39 17 9 13 52 41 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 11 51 22 12 17 67 54 FK Partizan AP Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions 12 55 19 12 24 86 83 League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 12 4 1 7 19 21 UEFA Cup 14 59 25 14 20 100 79 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 28 126 48 27 51 205 183

LEGEND European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA F: Final(s) ECCC: Champions League GS: Group stage UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage UCUP: UEFA Cup GS2: Second group stage UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup QF: Quarter-finals AP: Appearances QR: Qualifying round DoB: Date of birth QR1: First qualifying round D: Drawn QR2: Second qualifying round GA: Goals against QR3: Third qualifying round GF: Goals for R1: First round L: Lost R2: Second round Pld: Matches played R3: Third round Nat.: Nationality R4: Fourth round No: Number SF: Semi-finals W: Won

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