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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Anfield - Liverpool Thursday 22 October 2015 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Liverpool FC Group B - Matchday 3 FC Rubin Kazan Last updated 20/10/2015 23:04CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 17 1 Liverpool FC - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Liverpool FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Suárez 28, 59, Allen 21/02/2013 R32 Liverpool FC - FC Zenit Liverpool agg: 3-3 ag 43; Hulk 19 14/02/2013 R32 FC Zenit - Liverpool FC 2-0 St Petersburg Hulk 69, Semak 72 FC Anji Makhachkala - Liverpool 08/11/2012 GS 1-0 Moscow L. Traoré 45+1 FC Liverpool FC - FC Anji 25/10/2012 GS 1-0 Liverpool Downing 53 Makhachkala UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Cissé 82, 103 ET, Liverpool FC - PFC CSKA 3-1 26/08/2005 F Monaco Luis García 109 ET; Moskva (aet) Carvalho 28 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Spartak Moskva - Liverpool Danishevski 23; Owen 22/10/2002 GS1 1-3 Moscow FC 29, 70, 90+1 Heskey 7, 89, Liverpool FC - FC Spartak 02/10/2002 GS1 5-0 Liverpool Cheyrou 15, Hyypiä Moskva 28, Diao 81 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - FC Alania 0-0 26/09/1995 R1 Liverpool Vladikavkaz agg: 2-1 Kasymov 20; FC Alania Vladikavkaz - 12/09/1995 R1 1-2 Vladikavkaz McManaman 33, Liverpool FC Redknapp 52 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - FC Spartak 0-2 Radchenko 62, 04/11/1992 R2 Liverpool Moskva agg: 2-6 Piatnitsky 88 Pisarev 10, Karpin 69, FC Spartak Moskva - Liverpool 84 (P), Ledyakhov 89; 22/10/1992 R2 4-2 Moscow FC M. Wright 67, McManaman 78 FC Rubin Kazan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country 2 Liverpool FC - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Rubin Kazan - Wigan Athletic 07/11/2013 GS 1-0 Kazan Kuzmin 22 FC Wigan Athletic FC - FC Rubin Powell 40; Prudnikov 24/10/2013 GS 1-1 Wigan Kazan 15 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Marcano 51, 3-2 Gökdeniz Karadeniz 11/04/2013 QF FC Rubin Kazan - Chelsea FC Moscow agg: 4-5 62, Natcho 75 (P); Torres 5, Moses 55 Torres 16, 70, Moses 04/04/2013 QF Chelsea FC - FC Rubin Kazan 3-1 London 32; Natcho 41 (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Rubin Kazan - Tottenham 03/11/2011 GS 1-0 Kazan Natcho 55 Hotspur FC Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC 20/10/2011 GS 1-0 London Pavlyuchenko 33 Rubin Kazan Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Liverpool FC 5 3 1 1 5 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 11 6 1 4 19 13 FC Rubin Kazan 3 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 3 1 2 7 7 3 Liverpool FC - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool Match background Liverpool FC will look to recover some momentum after an uninspiring start in UEFA Europa League Group B when they welcome FC Rubin Kazan in Jürgen Klopp's first continental engagement as Reds manager. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Liverpool's record in 11 encounters with Russian sides is W6 D1 L4 (W3 D1 L1 at home – W2 D0 L3 away), those games including a 3-1 UEFA Super Cup victory against PFC CSKA Moskva, played in Monaco, in August 2005. They have won their last three Anfield games against Russian visitors. • Rubin's six matches against English teams have ended W3 D1 L2 (W3 D0 L0 in Russia – W0 D1 L2 in England). Form guide • Liverpool started their Group B campaign with two 1-1 draws; Rubin are bottom of the section with just a point to their name. • Liverpool advanced to the knockout phase in both of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns – in 2010/11 and 2012/13. • Rubin navigated their way through to the round of 32 in all three of their previous UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Trivia and links • The journey from Kazan to Liverpool is around 3,300km. The coaches • Both clubs have changed coaches since the group stage draw. • Liverpool manager since 2012, Brendan Rodgers was sacked on 4 October after an uninspiring run of results. • Rodgers' replacement is former Borussia Dortmund coach Klopp. The 48-year-old enjoyed an immensely successful spell in charge at the Westfalenstadion, winning the Bundesliga in 2010/11, completing the double the following season and narrowly missing out against Bayern München in the 2013 UEFA Champions League Final. • Valeri Chaly is in temporary charge at Rubin, following Rinat Bilyaletdinov's dismissal in September. A lower-league player in the Soviet Union, he was later a beach soccer and futsal trainer. Once coach of Moldova's FC Iskra-Stal, he joined Rubin after a short spell with FC Chayka Sevastopol's reserves. 4 Liverpool FC - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool Team facts Liverpool FC Formed: 1892 Nickname: The Reds UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (5): 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, (1985), 2005, (2007) • UEFA Cup (3): 1973, 1976, 2001 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1966) • UEFA Super Cup (3): 1977, (1978), (1984), 2001, 2005 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (1990) FA Cup: 7 (2006) League Cup: 8 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: round of 32 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2007/08: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2006/07: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2005/06: UEFA Champions League round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-0: Liverpool v Strømsgodset IF 17/09/74, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 three times, most recently v FC Haka 08/08/01, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liverpool v Real Madrid CF 22/10/14, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: AFC Ajax v Liverpool 07/12/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Liverpool v Real Sociedad de Fútbol 04/11/75, second round second leg • Biggest away win 3-5: BSC Young Boys v Liverpool 20/09/12, group stage 2-4: PFC Levskia Sofia v Liverpool 03/03/04, third round second leg 1-3 three times, most recently v FC Unirea Urziceni 25/02/10, round of 32 second leg 0-2 twice, most recently v AS Roma 15/02/01, fourth round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Liverpool v Celtic FC 23/03/03, quarter-final second leg 5 Liverpool FC - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: RC Strasbourg v Liverpool 21/10/97, second round first leg FC Rubin Kazan Formed: 1958 Nickname: Tatarstantsi (The Tatarstan Side) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (2009) Domestic cup: 1 (2012) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Rubin v SV Zulte Waregem 03/10/13, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 2-5: NK Maribor v Rubin 19/09/13, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-3 twice, most recently v Shamrock Rovers FC 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rubin v SK Rapid Wien 26/08/04, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-1 four times, most recently v Chelsea FC 04/04/13, UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg 2-0 twice, most recently v FC Barcelona 07/12/10, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Rubin v SV Zulte Waregem (see above) • Biggest away win 2-5: NK Maribor v Rubin (see above) 0-3: Shamrock Rovers FC v Rubin (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rubin v SK Rapid Wien (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Chelsea FC v Rubin (see above) 6 Liverpool FC - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Match press kit Anfield, Liverpool Squad list Liverpool FC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.
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  • 5882 FC Rubin Kazan V

    5882 FC Rubin Kazan V

    Tribunal Arbitral du Sport Court of Arbitration for Sport Arbitration CAS 2018/A/5882 FC Rubin Kazan v. Denis Gennadievich Tkachuk & Russian Football Union (RFU), award of 28 August 2019 Panel: Alexander McLin (Switzerland), Sole Arbitrator Football Payment of bonuses Establishment of bonus by contract Interpretation of a bonus scheme in order to achieve its goal Club’s lack of financial means 1. The language of Article 135 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation (LCRF) specifies that wages of an employee are set out in an employment contract, and that “stimulation payments and supplements and bonus systems shall be established by collective agreements, agreements…”. As a result, the LCRF does not make the establishment of a bonus scheme obligatory per se, but rather states that where it exists, it shall form part of a contract and one which may be of a collective nature. If Bonus Regulations were established by the club and, as an annex to the employment contract, were incorporated therein, the Bonus Regulations constitute the document that binds the parties as to the manner in which they should be paid out. Their existence, and the fact that they provide for the payment of bonuses establishes that the payment of bonuses is mandatory by contract. 2. There can only be one correct interpretation if a bonus scheme is to achieve its goal of motivating the team to achieve the desired results. For incentive schemes of this kind to provide the necessary motivation, those striving to achieve this goal must be able to expect that payment of the bonus must be certain upon obtention of the result.