UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Alfheim - Tromso Thursday 28 November 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Tromsø IL Group K - Matchday 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC Last updated 04/09/2014 14:31CET

Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Match officials 9 Legend 10

1 Tromsø IL - Tottenham Hotspur FC Thursday 28 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso

Previous meetings

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2 Tromsø IL - Tottenham Hotspur FC Thursday 28 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Match background

Tromsø IL will have a chance to see how Tottenham Hotspur FC bear up to cold weather on matchday five as bottom hosts top in UEFA Europa League Group K. • Tromsø can finish no higher than third in the section, and while Spurs have already confirmed their place in the knockout stage, a win in would guarantee top spot in Group K – and mean they play the second leg of their round of 32 tie at home as one of the 16 seeded teams. Previous meetings • Two strikes and a effort late on secured a 3-0 win for Spurs when the sides met for the first time on matchday one. It was Tromsø's heaviest away defeat in this competition. • Tromsø's previous experience of English opponents amounted to a single tie. The club recorded a famous 3-2 victory at home against Chelsea FC in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round – it might have been even better had Gianluca Vialli not scored twice for the Blues in the last ten minutes. The Italian then scored a hat-trick in the second leg as Chelsea won 7-1 – still Tromsø's heaviest defeat in Europe. • Tottenham's only prior experience of Norwegian opponents dates back 41 years to a two-legged UEFA Cup first round tie against FK Lyn. The then holders won 6-3 in Oslo and 6-0 at White Hart Lane, with England international Martin Chivers scoring a total of five goals in the tie. Match background • Tromsø have had the fewest shots on target in the group stage, with just four going into matchday five – an average of one a game. • Tromsø reached the group phase of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, but finished bottom of their section with a win and three defeats. This season they started in the first qualifying round, and have reached this stage despite losing their last five European away games without scoring. Beaten 3-2 by Beşiktaş JK in the play-offs, Tromsø were reinstated following the Turkish club's disqualification. • Tottenham, ACF Fiorentina and FC Salzburg are the only sides with 100% records in this season's group stage. Only three clubs have ever won all six of their group stage matches, the first of these being Salzburg, in the competition’s inaugural 2009/10 season. Their feat was subsequently matched by FC Zenit (2010/11) and RSC Anderlecht (2011/12). • This is Tottenham's sixth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaign, and they also competed in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage, meaning that they have been involved in one group stage or another for seven of the last eight seasons; their only absence was in 2009/10. They have only once missed out on the knockout stage in those campaigns – in 2011/12. Team facts • Jermain Defoe's successful penalty for Tottenham at home to FC Sheriff brought him his fifth UEFA Europa League goal of the season, putting him top of the 2013/14 scoring charts outright. It was his 23rd goal in European competition, enabling him to bypass Chivers as Spurs' all-time top European marksman. • Hugo Lloris, and Mousa Dembélé are all in line to make their 50th UEFA club competition appearances if they are selected for the London club in Norway. • Spurs are within four goals of their 350th in UEFA club competition; this is their 170th UEFA game. • Spurs have the group stage's best disciplinary record, with just two yellow cards in the first four matchdays. • Based inside the Arctic Circle, Tromsø are the most northerly side in the group stage – 4,299km separates them from the southernmost representatives, Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC. • Tottenham’s American goalkeeper Brad Friedel became the UEFA Europa League’s oldest participant with his appearance against Sheriff at White Hart Lane. He displaced another keeper, FC Twente’s Sander Boschker, as he took to the field aged 42 years and 173 days – 140 days older than Boschker. • Tottenham (1972, 1984) are one of five teams in the group stage who have won this trophy before. The others are Valencia CF (2004), Eintracht Frankfurt (1980), PSV Eindhoven (1978) and fellow two-time winners Sevilla FC (2006, 2007). • Tromsø defender Jaroslaw Fojut was a trainee at Bolton Wanderers FC from 2004 to 2009. He spent time out on loan at Luton Town FC and Stockport County FC before returning home to Poland. • Notable Norwegians who have played for Tottenham in the past include goalkeepers Erik Thorstvedt (1989-96) and Espen Baardsen (1996-2000), midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen (1999-2002) and forward Steffen Iversen (1996-2003).

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• Former Tromsø goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld was on Tottenham's books from 2002 to 2004 but never made a competitive appearance for the club. Coach information • Tromsø dismissed coach Agnar Christensen on 1 October after a 3-2 league defeat at home against IK Start. They finished second from bottom in Norway and have been relegated. • Steinar Nilsen has taken temporary command at Tromsø after serving as Christensen's assistant. Born in the city, the twice-capped 41-year-old defender served Tromsø in two spells as a player, either side of five years in Italy with AC Milan and SSC Napoli. This is his third spell as the club's coach – he notably led them into the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage in his first period in charge. • The only coach in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage to have won the competition in its current incarnation, André Villas-Boas learned his coaching craft under Sir Bobby Robson and José Mourinho. After a first solo venture at A. Académica de Coimbra, he led FC Porto to an extraordinary league, cup and UEFA Europa League treble in 2010/11. He fared less well at Chelsea FC, but regained his footing after joining Tottenham in July 2012. • Villas-Boas is one of four coaches in the group stage who have had their hands on the trophy before, winning the UEFA Europa League with Porto in 2010/11. The others are new AZ Almaar boss Dick Advocaat (FC Zenit, 2008), PAOK FC's Huub Stevens, who won it as a player (PSV Eindhoven, 1978) and a coach (FC Schalke 04, 1997) and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's Juande Ramos (Sevilla FC, 2006 and 2007).

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Tromsø IL Formed: 1920 Nickname: Gutan (The Lads) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Norwegian Cup: 2 (1996) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: second qualifying round 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: group stage 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: Tromsø v HB Tórshavn 02/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Daugava v Tromsø 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Tromsø v Paksi SE 21/07/11, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Chelsea FC v Tromsø 06/11/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-1: Tromsø v FC Dinamo Minsk 23/07/09, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Daugava v Tromsø (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Tromsø v Paksi SE (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Tromsø 29/08/13, group stage

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6 Tromsø IL - Tottenham Hotspur FC Thursday 28 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Fixtures and results

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8 Tromsø IL - Tottenham Hotspur FC Thursday 28 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Match officials

Referee Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR) Assistant referees Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR) , Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR) Additional assistant referees Serhiy Boiko (UKR) , Anatoliy Abdula (UKR) Fourth official Volodymyr Volodin (UKR) UEFA Delegate Wolf-Günter Wiesel (GER) UEFA Referee observer Frank De Bleeckere (BEL)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Yevhen Aranovskiy 13/10/1976 2 16

Ievgenii Aranovskyi Referee since: 1995 First division: 2009 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: N/A

Finals N/A

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 31/05/2011 U19 ELITE England Montenegro 1-0 Yverdon 02/06/2011 U19 ELITE Switzerland England 2-3 Nyon 12/06/2012 U21 QR Norway Iceland 2-1 Drammen

9 Tromsø IL - Tottenham Hotspur FC Thursday 28 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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