Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16

Match of the Week - Round 13

MOL-Pick (HUN) vs HC Vardar (MKD) Varosi Sportcsarnok, Szeged Sunday 28 February, 17:30 hrs ROUND 13 Match of the Week GROUP B MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) vs HC Vardar (MKD) Sunday, 28 February 2016, 17:30 hrs

Playing hall Varosi Sportcsarnok Temesvari Krt.33 6726 Szeged, Capacity: 3,200

Most Games vs Vardar: Most Games vs Szeged: Ferenc Ilyés 3 • two Spanish coaches meet: Juan Carlos Pastor (Szeged) Gorjan Anastasovski 2 Danijel Andjelkovic 2 and Raul Gonzales (Vardar). Their balance of matches against Filip Angelovski 2 Sándor Bajuzs 2 other Spanish coaches in this group phase of this season is Zlatko Daskalovski 2 Csaba Bendo 2 quite similar: Szeged took two wins against Kielce and Kolding Ace Jonovski 2 Róbert Berta 2 (when Ortega arrived) and were defeated by Vardar and Ognen Kajganic 2 Ratko Djurkovic 2 Barcelona twice (4:6 points). Vardar beat Kielce and Szeged Marjan Kolev 2 and lost against Barcelona twice and Kielce once to have 4:6 Balasz Laluska 2 Vladan Krasavac 2 points too (when they faced Kolding, Ortega was not their Vladan Matic 2 coach) Ivan Markovski 2 Richard Mezei 2 Nikola Miricki 2 Nenad Puljezovic 2 • in total, seven Spanish players on court - including five Slavoljub Mitrovic 2 Peter Szabo 2 EHF EURO 2016 silver medallists: Antonio Garcia and Niko Zoran Petkovski 2 Mindegia (Szeged) and , and Gabor Szente 2 Aleksandar Stojanovic 2 (Vardar) Atila Vatkerti 2 Nikola Stojchevski 2 • both goalkeepers - Jose Manuel Sierra (Szeged) and Most Goals vs Vardar: Sterbik (Vardar) were the Spanish duo, when becoming world Most Goals vs Szeged: Peter Szabo 10 champions in 2013 on home court Ognen Kajganic 8 Balasz Laluska 8 • three former CL winners on court: Jonas Källman, Marjan Kolev 7 Danijel Andjelkovic 7 Roberto Garcia Parrondo (Szeged, both with Ciudad Real) and Slavoljub Mitrovic 6 Jonas Källman 6 Arpad Sterbik (with Barcelona and Ciudad Real) Gorjan Anastasovski 5 Igor Karacic 5 Csaba Bendo 5 • Matjaz Brumen (Vardar) and Dean Bombac (Szeged) Dean Bombac 5 played together at the Slovenian record champion Celje and Ivan Markovski 5 Ferenc Ilyés 5 in the national team Atila Vatkerti 5 • both sides were quarter-finalists in the 2014/15 season, but both failed on their way to Cologne: Szeged against Kiel, Domestic league Vardar against Kielce Domestic league Hungarian NB I • Vardar’s Russian left back Sergey Gorbok will join Szeged SEHA League from next season Last 4 games Last 4 games • in the full club history, Vardar did not take a single point 10.02. vs VfL Gummersbach W31:26 23.02. @ Oroshazi W39:26 in any away match in Hungary, but only played one match 16.02. @ Cegledi W37:27 each at Szeged (18:24 in 2004) and Veszprem (22:27 in 2002) 27.12. @ Bergischer HC W31:28 09.02. vs Balmazujvaros W38:30 • Szeged’s home balance this season is five wins and 23.12. vs Rhein-Neckar L. W31:20 one defeat so far, Vardar’s away balance two wins and four 19.12. @ Lemgo W34:26 07.02. @ Vaci W33:21 defeats Next game Next game • Szeged’s Brazilian back player Thiago Santos is the only 01.03. @ Balatonfüredi player of this duel, who already booked his ticket for the 21.02. vs SC-DHFK Leipzig Olympic Games in Rio, being host of the event

• ten different nations represented on court: , Standings Standings , , by both of them, FYR Macedonia, 1. Szeged 21 704:519 40 Russia in the Vardar squad and Hungary, Brazil, and 1. Veszprem 14 497:313 40 Bosnia Herzegovina in the Szeged squad 2. Tatabanya 21 568:480 36 2. HC Vardar 16 541:431 40 ...... 13. Mezokovesdi 20 465:512 10 12. Maks Strumica 16 346:555 2

2 Historic encounters in the EC

MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar 1-1-1 (72:69) 3:3 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje vs SC Pick Szeged, EHF Champions League – Group A 24:24 (9:10) 30.10.2004 SC Pick Szeged vs Vardar Vatrost. Skopje, EHF Champions League – Group A 25:18 (13:8) 27.09.2015 HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 27:23 (11:11)

Matchdetails of last match - 27.09.2015 (Skopje, FYR Macedonia) HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 (11:11) VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B Referees: Michal Badura/Jaroslav Ondogrecula (). Suspensions: 4’ – 6’ (Toskic 2’, Karacic 2’ – Ilyés 2’, Blazevic 2’, Vranjes 2’). Number of 7m: 4/2 – 7/4. Attendance: 5,000.

Arpad Sterbik Capar Jose Manuel Sierra Mendez Strahinja Milic Piotr Wyszomirski - - Stojanche Stoilov (2) Niko Mindegia Elizaga Matjaz Brumen (6) Jonas Källman Alem Toskic (1) Peter Velky Dejan Manaskov (2) (2) Thiagus Petrus Goncalves Dos Santos Jorge Maqueda Pena Balint Fekete Alexander Dereven (2) Szabolcs Zubai Igor Karacic (5) (2) Ferenc Ilyés Alex Dujshebaev Dovichebaeva (4) (3) Ilija Abutovic (1) Alen Blazevic Luka Cindric (4) Márk Hegedüs Timur Dibirov (4) (5) Dean Bombac Sergei Gorbok (2) Marko Curuvija Daniil Shishkarev (1) Vladimir Vranjes Mijajlo Marsenic (3) (3) Gabor Ancsin

Most Goals MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar Individual Game:

Peter Szabo 7 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje-SC Pick Szeged 24:24 Balazs Laluska 6 30.10.2004 SC Pick Szeged-Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25:18 Jonas Källman 6 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 Dean Bombac 5 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 Csaba Bendo 4 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje-SC Pick Szeged 24:24 Danijel Andjelkovic 4 30.10.2004 SC Pick Szeged-Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25:18

Most Goals HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged Individual Game:

Marjan Kolev 5 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje-SC Pick Szeged 24:24 Slavoljub Mitrovic 5 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje-SC Pick Szeged 24:24 Ognjen Kajganic 5 30.10.2004 SC Pick Szeged-Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25:18 Igor Karacic 5 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 Ivan Markovski 4 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje-SC Pick Szeged 24:24 Luka Cindric 4 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 Timur Dibirov 4 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 Alex Dujshebaev Dovichebaeva 4 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23

3 MOL-Pick Szeged vs Macedonian clubs 2-1-2

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2004/05 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25:18 24:24 EHF Champions League – Group A 2013/14 HC Metalurg 23:19 16:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Qualification Tournament W 2015/16 HC Vardar 23:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B

HC Vardar vs Hungarian clubs 1-1-5

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2001/02 Fotex KC Veszprém 24:27 22:27 EHF Champions League – Group D 2004/05 SC Pick Szeged 24:24 18:25 EHF Champions League – Group A 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 23:24 24:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2015/16 MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B

Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League:

MOL-Pick Szeged: current run - lost one 04.10.2015 Szeged HUN vs FC Barcelona Lassa ESP L 28:30 11.10.2015 Brøndby DEN @ KIF Kolding Kobenhavn DEN W 27:22 17.10.2015 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 25:30 24.10.2015 Szeged HUN vs Montpellier HB FRA W 28:27 14.11.2015 Szeged HUN vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 35:28 18.11.2015 Kristianstad SWE @ IFK Kristianstad SWE W 34:32 29.11.2015 Montpellier FRA @ Montpellier HB FRA D 29:29 05.12.2015 Szeged HUN vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER W 30:24 14.02.2016 Szeged HUN vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn DEN W 34:23 21.02.2016 Barcelona ESP @ FC Barcelona Lassa ESP L 25:30

HC Vardar: current run - won one 04.10.2015 Kristianstad SWE @ IFK Kristianstad SWE W 25:30 10.10.2015 Skopje MKD vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen W 25:19 18.10.2015 Brøndby DEN @ KIF Kolding Kobenhavn L 31:33 24.10.2015 Skopje MKD vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL W 34:24 14.11.2015 Barcelona ESP @ FC Barcelona Lassa ESP L 30:31 22.11.2015 Skopje MKD vs FC Barcelona Lassa ESP L 25:27 28.11.2015 Kielce POL @ KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL L 20:23 05.12.2015 Skopje MKD vs KIF Kolding Kobenhavn DEN W 34:24 11.02.2016 Frankfurt am Main GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 27:28 20.02.2016 Skopje MKD vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 38:36

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