UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Bucharest Thursday 23 October 2014 19.00CET (20.00 local time) FC Steaua Bucureşti Group J - Matchday 3 Rio Ave FC Last updated 21/10/2014 01:04CET

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1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest

Fixtures and results

FC Steaua Bucureşti Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 16/07/2014 UCL Strømsgodset IF (A) W 1-0 Iancu 49 23/07/2014 UCL Strømsgodset IF (H) W 2-0 Râpă 72, Stanciu 84 26/07/2014 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (A) W 3-1 Keșerü 28, Popa 67, Chipciu 73 30/07/2014 UCL FC Aktobe (A) D 2-2 Keșerü 44, Prepeliţă 78 02/08/2014 League FC Universitatea (H) W 3-1 Popa 3, Sânmărtean 34, Varela 90+3 06/08/2014 UCL FC Aktobe (H) W 2-1 Chipciu 3, Stanciu 39 10/08/2014 League CFR 1907 Cluj (A) W 1-0 C. Tănase 15 15/08/2014 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (H) W 6-0 Keșerü 23, 26 (P), 34, 64, 82, 86 19/08/2014 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (H) W 1-0 Chipciu 88 23/08/2014 League FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (H) L 0-1 L 27/08/2014 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (A) 0-1 (aet, 5-6 pens) 30/08/2014 League FC Viitorul Constanţa (A) W 1-0 Iancu 51 (P) 12/09/2014 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (H) W 3-1 Keșerü 13, 61, Sânmărtean 49 Sânmărtean 51, Rusescu 59 (P), 73, 18/09/2014 UEL Aalborg BK (H) W 6-0 Keșerü 61, 65, 72 21/09/2014 League FC Petrolul Ploieşti (A) W 3-2 Chipciu 14, Keșerü 17, Varela 73 28/09/2014 League FC Astra (H) D 0-0 02/10/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) L 1-3 Rusescu 89 05/10/2014 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) W 3-0 Latovlevici 21, Sânmărtean 24, Szukała 64 19/10/2014 League FC Universitatea Cluj (H) W 4-1 Papp 12, Szukała 31, Popa 65, Varela 74 23/10/2014 UEL Rio Ave FC (H) 26/10/2014 League FCM Târgu Mureş (A) 31/10/2014 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (H) 06/11/2014 UEL Rio Ave FC (A) 09/11/2014 League CS Concordia Chiajna (A) 22/11/2014 League FC Braşov (H) 27/11/2014 UEL Aalborg BK (A) 29/11/2014 League FC Botoşani (A) 06/12/2014 League CSMS Iaşi (H) 11/12/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) 21/02/2015 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) 28/02/2015 League FC Universitatea Craiova (A) 07/03/2015 League CFR 1907 Cluj (H) 14/03/2015 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) 18/03/2015 League FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (A) 21/03/2015 League FC Viitorul Constanţa (H) 04/04/2015 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (A) 08/04/2015 League FC Petrolul Ploieşti (H) 11/04/2015 League FC Astra Giurgiu (A) 18/04/2015 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (H)

2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest

FC Steaua Bucureşti 25/04/2015 League FC Universitatea Cluj (A) 29/04/2015 League FCM Târgu Mureş (H) 02/05/2015 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (A) 09/05/2015 League CS Concordia Chiajna (H) 16/05/2015 League FC Braşov (A) 23/05/2015 League FC Botoşani (H) 28/05/2015 League CSMS Iaşi (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti 11 9 1 1 27 7 28 2 CFR 1907 Cluj 11 8 1 2 20 7 25 3 FC Petrolul Ploieşti 11 7 2 2 22 9 23 4 FC Astra Giurgiu 11 6 2 3 20 9 20 5 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 11 5 4 2 19 11 19 6 FCM Târgu Mureş 11 5 4 2 16 9 19 7 FC Botoşani 11 5 3 3 14 16 18 8 FC Braşov 11 4 4 3 14 14 16 9 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 11 3 4 4 13 15 13 10 FC Universitatea Craiova 11 3 4 4 10 16 13 11 FC Viitorul Constanţa 11 3 3 5 12 14 12 12 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 11 3 3 5 10 18 12 13 FC Universitatea Cluj 11 3 2 6 11 14 11 14 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 11 2 5 4 11 15 11 15 CS Concordia Chiajna 11 2 4 5 9 18 10 16 FC Rapid Bucureşti 11 2 3 6 6 15 9 17 CSMS Iaşi 11 0 5 6 7 18 5 18 FC Oţelul Galaţi 11 1 2 8 4 20 5

Rio Ave FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 31/07/2014 UEL IFK Göteborg (A) W 1-0 Ahmed Hassan 22 07/08/2014 UEL IFK Göteborg (H) D 0-0 17/08/2014 League Vitória FC (H) W 2-0 Diego Lopes 53, Marcelo 77 21/08/2014 UEL IF Elfsborg (A) L 1-2 Marcelo 65 Ahmed Hassan 38, 45, 60, Pedro Moreira 24/08/2014 League Estoril Praia (A) W 5-1 74, 81 28/08/2014 UEL IF Elfsborg (H) W 1-0 Esmaël Gonçalves 90+2 Renan Bressan 26, Diego Lopes 28, 01/09/2014 League Boavista FC (H) W 4-0 Esmaël Gonçalves 80, Boateng 90 13/09/2014 League Moreirense FC (A) D 1-1 Diego Lopes 28 18/09/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) L 0-3 21/09/2014 League FC Arouca (H) L 1-2 Tarantini 48 27/09/2014 League SC Braga (A) L 0-3 02/10/2014 UEL Aalborg BK (A) L 0-1 05/10/2014 League CD Nacional (A) D 0-0 19/10/2014 Cup SC Coimbroes (A) W 1-0 Del Valle 39

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Rio Ave FC 23/10/2014 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) 27/10/2014 League FC Penafiel (H) 31/10/2014 League SL Benfica (A) 06/11/2014 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (H) 10/11/2014 League A. Académica de Coimbra (H) 27/11/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) 30/11/2014 League FC Porto (A) 06/12/2014 League Gil Vicente FC (H) 11/12/2014 UEL Aalborg BK (H) 14/12/2014 League Vitória SC (A) 21/12/2014 League CF Os Belenenses (H) 04/01/2015 League FC Paços de Ferreira (A) 11/01/2015 League CS Marítimo (H) Sporting Clube de Portugal 18/01/2015 League (A) 25/01/2015 League Vitória FC (A) 01/02/2015 League Estoril Praia (H) 08/02/2015 League Boavista FC (A) 15/02/2015 League Moreirense FC (H) 22/02/2015 League FC Arouca (A) 01/03/2015 League SC Braga (H) 08/03/2015 League CD Nacional (H) 15/03/2015 League FC Penafiel (A) 22/03/2015 League SL Benfica (H) 04/04/2015 League A. Académica de Coimbra (A) 12/04/2015 League FC Porto (H) 19/04/2015 League Gil Vicente FC (A) 26/04/2015 League Vitória SC (H) 03/05/2015 League CF Os Belenenses (A) 10/05/2015 League FC Paços de Ferreira (H) 17/05/2015 League CS Marítimo (A) Sporting Clube de Portugal 24/05/2015 League (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 SL Benfica 7 6 1 0 19 4 19 2 FC Porto 7 4 3 0 10 3 15 3 Vitória SC 7 4 2 1 14 7 14 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 3 4 0 13 4 13 5 CS Marítimo 7 4 0 3 12 8 12 6 Rio Ave FC 7 3 2 2 13 7 11 7 SC Braga 7 3 2 2 10 5 11 8 FC Paços de Ferreira 7 3 2 2 8 7 11 9 CF Os Belenenses 7 3 2 2 9 9 11 10 Vitória FC 7 2 2 3 6 11 8 11 A. Académica de Coimbra 7 1 4 2 6 7 7

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Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 12 Moreirense FC 7 1 4 2 3 7 7 13 FC Arouca 7 2 1 4 4 10 7 14 Boavista FC 7 2 1 4 4 13 7 15 Estoril Praia 7 1 3 3 10 15 6 16 CD Nacional 7 1 2 4 5 9 5 17 FC Penafiel 7 1 1 5 3 13 4 18 Gil Vicente FC 7 0 2 5 6 16 2

5 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest 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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