Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2019/20

Group B Saturday 2 November 2019, 19:30 CET Round 6 Playing hall Pavilhão Dragão Arena Via Futebol Clube do Porto 4350419 Porto Portugal Capacity: 2,225

• This is the first ever European Cup match between Porto and Montpellier; it is also the first ever MOTW played in Portugal. • Porto faced a French opponent in the VELUX EHF Champions League only once before: Dunkerque in the 2013/14 season. Top scorers FC Porto Sofarma in the Top scorers Montpellier HB in the VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20: • Porto eliminated a French opponent, St. Raphaël, on their VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20: way to the EHF Cup Finals last season. Antonio Areia 22 • Both teams played at EHF Cup Finals once: Montpellier were Hugo Descat 24 Diogo Branquinho 20 runners-up in Berlin in 2014, Porto finished third in Kiel in 2019. Valentin Porte 23 Andre Gomes 16 Melvyn Richardson 17 • Montpellier beat a Portuguese team, Sporting CP, twice in the Daymaro Salina 15 Diego Simonet 12 CL 2017/18 group stage and went on to win the title that season. Alexis Borges 13 Fredric Pettersson 10 Victor Iturriza 12 • Montpellier are in their 22nd CL season, Porto in their 3rd. Mohamed Soussi 10 Miguel Martins 12 Kyllian Villeminot 10 • Both coaches have won two European Cups: Patrice Canayer Djibril Mbengue 10 Julien Bos 7 won the CL with Montpellier in 2003 and 2018; Porto’s Magnus Angel Hernandez 9 Andersson won the EHF Cup with Göppingen in 2016 and 2017. Gilberto Duarte 7 Fabio Magalhães 9 Yanis Lenne 7 Yoan Blanco 6 • As a player, Andersson won two World Championships, four Mathieu Grebille 6 Rui Silva 3 EHF EURO titles, and three Olympic silver medals with Sweden. Jonas Truchanovicius 5 Miguel Alves 3 • Canayer is coaching Montpellier in his 24th season; Benjamin Afgour 2 Andersson arrived at Porto in 2018. • Porto are unbeaten at home this CL season, their first in Group A/B, beating Brest and Kielce and drawing with Zaporozhye. • Montpellier have gained more points from two away matches (four points) than from three home matches (two). Domestic league • Montpellier’s Hugo Descat with 24 goals and Porto’s Antonio Domestic league Areia with 22 are their teams' best scorers so far this CL season.

Andebol 1 • One of Areia’s 56 goals from last EHF Cup season was voted Lidl Starligue best goal of the season in that competition. • Montpellier’s Gilberto Duarte will face many of his Last 3 games: teammates from the Portuguese national team. Last 3 games: 30/10 vs ADA Maia/ISMAI W41:29 • Montpellier are the only French men’s team to win a 16/10 @ Istres Provence D25:25 16/10 @ Boa Hora FC W29:33 European Cup (CL in 2003 and 2018). The only other CL finalists 09/10 @ St.-Raphaël D29:29 09/10 vs Boavista FC W34:21 from France were PSG Handball in 2017 and HBC Nantes in 2018. 02/10 vs C'Chartres W29:25 Next game: • Three of the five Cuban players competing in the CL this Next game: season play for Porto. 06/11 @ S.L. Benfica 06/11 vs US Ivry Handball • Goalkeeper Marin Sego is Montpellier’s only player who won the CL with a different club - with Kielce in 2016. Standings as of 01/11: Standings as of 01/11: • None of the Porto players has won the CL so far, although 1. FC Porto 10 344:256 30 Alexis Borges played for former CL winners Barça in 2017/18. 1. PSDG Handball 7 230:193 14 2. Sporting CP 10 333:245 30 2. HBC Nantes 7 223:187 10 • Porto's Andre Gomes and Leonel Fernandes helped the 3. S.L. Benfica 10 306:244 28 3. Montpellier HB 7 197:181 10 Portuguese team reach its first ever SF at the U21 WCh in 2019. 4. Boa Hora FC 9 247:247 21 4. Pays d'Aix UC 7 191:177 10 5. ADA Maia 10 275:298 20 • 16-year-old Bernardo Pegas (Porto) is the youngest player in 5. USAM Nîmes 7 199:192 8 … any CL squad this season but he has yet to make his debut. … 14. Boavista 10 275:298 20 • Both teams have German-speaking goalkeepers: Porto’s 14. US Créteil 7 184:208 2 Thomas Bauer is Austrian, Montpellier’s Nikola Portner is Swiss.

2 Previous matches in European Cup competitions

FC Porto Sofarma vs Montpellier HB 0-0-0

No previous matches in European Cup competitions.

Last 10 games in VELUX EHF Champions League:

FC Porto Sofarma: current run – winless two 19.10.2019 Porto POR vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR D 35:35 13.10.2019 Veszprém HUN @ Telekom Veszprém HC HUN L 38:28 28.09.2019 Porto POR vs PGE VIVE Kielce POL W 33:30 22.09.2019 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 32:27 14.09.2019 Porto POR vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 27:25 05.12.2015 Porto POR vs Vojvodina SRB W 37:15 26.11.2015 Chekhov RUS @ Chekhovskie Medvedi RUS L 30:29 21.11.2015 Porto POR vs Naturhouse La Rioja ESP W 35:31 11.11.2015 Prešov SVK @ TATRAN Presov SVK W 24:25 24.10.2015 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR L 34:27

Montpellier HB: current run – lost one 19.10.2019 Pérols FRA vs THW Kiel GER L 30:33 12.10.2019 Kielce POL @ PGE VIVE Kielce POL W 27:29 29.09.2019 Montpellier FRA vs Telekom Veszprém HC HUN W 23:18 21.09.2019 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 25:27 14.09.2019 Montpellier FRA vs HC Vardar MKD L 31:33 02.03.2019 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 33:27 24.02.2019 Pérols FRA vs Barça Lassa ESP L 28:36 16.02.2019 Kielce POL @ PGE Vive Kielce POL W 27:28 09.02.2019 Montpellier FRA vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 29:23 02.12.2018 Veszprém HUN @ Telekom Veszprém HC HUN L 25:19

3 FC Porto Sofarma vs French clubs 4-2-8

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1959/60 PUC Paris 13:18 Champions Cup – Quarter-final 1964/65 US Ivry Paris 13:18 Champions Cup – Qualification Round 1976/77 SMUC Marseille 18:26 17:27 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 1992/93 US Créteil 23:25 22:27 IHF Cup – Last 16 ------2007/08 Paris Handball 30:23 20:26 Cup Winners’ Cup – Round 3 2011/12 Saint-Raphael Var Handball 28:26 24:29 EHF Cup – Last 16 2013/14 Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral 22:21 25:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2018/19 Saint-Raphael Var Handball 34:30 30:30 EHF Cup – Quarter-final

Montpellier HB vs Portuguese clubs 5-0-1

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

1996/97 Sporting Lisboa 26:17 16:22 EHF Cup – Round 2 2013/14 Sporting CP 36:31 30:27 EHF Cup – Group B 2017/18 Sporting CP 33:32 33:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D

FC Porto Sofarma players’ career statistics against Montpellier HB

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Thomas Bauer AUT 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Hugo Madeira POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Francisco Oliveira POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Goncalo Oliveira POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Alfredo Quintana POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Tomas Abreu POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Miguel Alves POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Antonio Areia POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Yoan Blanco CUB 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Alexis Borges POR 2 1 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Diogo Branquinho POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Leonel Fernandes POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Andre Gomes POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Angel Hernandez CUB 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Victor Iturriza CUB 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Fabio Magalhães POR 2 0 0 2 8 4,00 5 0 Miguel Martins POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Djibril Mbengue GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Goncalo Meireles POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Miguel Novoa POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Gustavo Oliveira POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Bernardo Pegas POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ruben Ribeiro POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Daymaro Salina POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Fabio Silva POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Rui Silva POR 2 0 0 2 6 3,00 5 2’ Andre Sousa POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Alexis Borges (FC Barcelona Lassa 2017/18); Fabio Magalhães (Sporting CP 2013/14); Rui Silva (Sporting CP 2013/14)

4 Montpellier HB players’ career statistics against FC Porto Sofarma

Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Charles Bolzinger FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kevin Bonnefoi FRA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nikola Portner SUI 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Marin Sego CRO 2 2 0 0 1 0,50 1 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Benjamin Afgour FRA 2 0 1 1 7 3,50 4 2’ Julien Bos FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Hugo Descat FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Gilberto Duarte POR 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mathieu Grebille FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Paul-Louis Guiraudou FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Yanis Lenne FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Marco Mengon ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Simone Mengon ITA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Fredric Pettersson SWE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Valentin Porte FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Melvyn Richardson FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Diego Simonet ARG 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mohamed Soussi SUI 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jonas Truchanovicius LTU 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Giorgi Tskhovrebadze GEO 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Kyllian Villeminot FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Elio Zammit FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Benjamin Afgour (Dunkerque HB Grand Littoral 2013/14); Kevin Bonnefoi (Saint Raphael Var Handball 2011/12); Marin Sego (Orlen Wisla Plock 2013/14)

'Player of the Match' trophy

The Match of the Week 'Player of the Match' trophy, introduced by EHF Marketing GmbH in the 2017/18 season, is being awarded at all MOTWs in the VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 season. The trophy will be handed over on court shortly after the match by alternating sponsors throughout the season. In Round 5 the trophy will be presented by VELUX and handed over by Pedro Gonçalves. Awarded players in the 2019/20 season: Round 1: Nikola Bilyk (THW Kiel) Round 2: Harald Reinkind (THW Kiel) Round 3: Rodrigo Corrales (PSG Handball) Round 4: Bence Banhidi (MOL-Pick Szeged) Round 5: Lukas Nilsson (THW Kiel)

VELUX EHF Champions League 2019/20 - MOTW #6 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 01/11/2019 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert