Uefa Europa League 2012/13 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT AIK SSC Napoli Group F - Matchday 5 Råsundastadion, Solna Thursday 22 November 2012 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Match officials..................................................................................................................14 Legend............................................................................................................................15 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html AIK - SSC Napoli Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Råsundastadion, Solna Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/09/12 GS SSC Napoli - AIK 4-0 Naples Vargas 6, 46, 69, Dzemaili 90+1 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AIK 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 SSC Napoli 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 AIK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/10/99 GS ACF Fiorentina - AIK 3-0 Florence Batistuta 5, Chiesa 32, Balbo 86 29/09/99 GS AIK - ACF Fiorentina 0-0 Solna UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/94 R2 Parma FC - AIK 2-0 Parma Minotti 5, 15 agg: 3-0 20/10/94 R2 AIK - Parma FC 0-1 Solna Crippa 71 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/08/10 PO IF Elfsborg - SSC Napoli 0-2 Boras Cavani 29, 38 agg: 0-3 19/08/10 PO SSC Napoli - IF Elfsborg 1-0 Naples Lavezzi 45+1 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA AIK 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 0 10 SSC Napoli 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 7 0 Last updated 21/11/12 12:27:56CET 2 Previous meetings AIK - SSC Napoli Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Råsundastadion, Solna Match background AIK will look to build on a first Group F victory on matchday four as they meet an SSC Napoli side boasting the most prolific striker in the UEFA Europa League group stage. • AIK must avoid defeat to have something to play for on matchday six. Napoli will qualify with a win against AIK, provided PSV Eindhoven fail to win against section leaders FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Previous meetings • Eduardo Vargas ensured that SSC Napoli's 100th European fixture was one to remember as he scored a hat-trick in the sides' first meeting on matchday one. The young Chile striker contributed the bulk of the Italian club's goals in a 4-0 win, with Blerim Dzemaili's deflected strike in added time finishing AIK off. • Napoli's only previous experience of Swedish opponents saw them get the better of IF Elfsborg in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League play-offs, winning 1-0 in Naples and 2-0 in Boras. Thus, they have yet to concede against Swedish teams. • AIK, meanwhile, have not scored in five meetings with Italian sides, with their record reading W0 D1 L4 (W0 D1 L1 at home – W0 D0 L3 in Italy). Match background • AIK's Group F results have gradually improved since they last met Napoli: they lost 3-2 to Dnipro, then drew 1-1 and won 1-0 against PSV. • Napoli have lost their last three European away games by margins of two goals or more. They have gone six games without an away win in the UEFA Europa League (D2 L4). Team facts • Following his four goals against Dnipro on matchday four, Edinson Cavani is the top scorer in the group stage with five goals, which have come from eight shots on target. Falcao was the only previous player to have scored four in a UEFA Europa League game, for FC Porto in the semi-finals of the 2010/11 competition against Villarreal CF. • Napoli come into their own in the second half – seven of their nine group stage goals have been scored after the break, two of them in added time. • With Helsingborgs IF also having qualified, this is the first time that more than one Swedish club has competed in the group stage of a UEFA competition in the same season. • AIK striker Henok Goitom was under contract at Udinese Calcio from 2004-07, scoring in his only Serie A appearance, as a substitute against FC Internazionale Milano. Much of his time in Italy was spent out on loan with Spanish side CF Ciudad de Murcia. His Udinese team-mates included Napoli goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis (2004-07) and right-back Andrea Dossena (2006-07). • AIK coach since December 2010, Andreas Alm played for Stockholm rivals Hammarby before coming to his current club as a striker from 2000-03. After hanging up his boots, Alm worked as a TV summariser and then joined the coaching staff at AIK, helping them to win a 2009 domestic double under Mikael Stahre, and assisted two further coaches before taking sole command. • Napoli coach Mazzarri spent most of his playing career as a central defender outside Serie A, and after assisting Renzo Ulivieri as Napoli boss, struck out on his own. He worked his way up the divisions as a coach, before reaching Serie A with AS Livorno Calcio and Reggina FC, guiding UC Sampdoria through the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage and then taking command at Napoli in October 2009. Last updated 21/11/12 12:27:56CET 3 Match background AIK - SSC Napoli Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Råsundastadion, Solna Team facts AIK Formed: 1891 Nickname: Gnaget (The Gnaw) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National title: 11 (2009) Swedish Cup: 8 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: first round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: first round 2002/03: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: AIK v FA Red Boys Differdange 18/09/85, European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Glentoran FC v AIK 19/07/07, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg 0-5: FA Red Boys Differdange v AIK 02/10/85, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: AIK v FC Karviná 30/09/87, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Barcelona v AIK 27/10/99, UEFA Champions League first group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: AIK v Glentoran FC 02/08/07, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Glentoran FC v AIK (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: AIK v FC Karviná (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SSC Napoli v AIK 20/09/12, group stage Last updated 21/11/12 12:27:56CET 4 Team facts AIK - SSC Napoli Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Råsundastadion, Solna SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 1989 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1990) Italian Cup: 4 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v KS Vllaznia 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Napoli v OFK Beograd (played on neutral ground in Marseille) 03/04/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final replay 0-2: Napoli v Paris Saint-Germain FC 21/10/92, UEFA Cup second round first leg 0-2: Napoli v FC Baník Ostrava 24/11/74, UEFA Cup third round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli 06/12/89, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v KS Vllaznia (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Napoli v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above) 0-2: Napoli v FC Baník Ostrava (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SV Werder Bremen v Napoli (see above) Last updated 21/11/12 12:27:56CET 5 Team facts AIK - SSC Napoli Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Råsundastadion, Solna Squad list AIK Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.