UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Benito Villamarín - Seville Thursday 20 February 2014 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Real Betis Balompié Round of 32, First leg FC Rubin Kazan Last updated 02/09/2015 12:09CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 16 Legend 18 1 Real Betis Balompié - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 20 February 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Benito Villamarín, Seville Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Real Betis Balompié - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gershkovich 57, FC Dinamo Moskva - Real Betis 3-0 15/03/1978 QF Tbilisi Kazachyenok 61, Balompié agg: 3-0 Maksimenkov 82 Real Betis Balompié - FC Dinamo 02/03/1978 QF 0-0 Seville Moskva FC Rubin Kazan - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Rondón 100 ET, 14/03/2013 R16 FC Rubin Kazan - Levante UD Moscow agg 2-0 (aet) Dyadyun 112 ET 07/03/2013 R16 Levante UD - FC Rubin Kazan 0-0 Valencia FC Rubin Kazan - Club Atlético 0-1 21/02/2013 R32 Moscow Falcao 84 de Madrid agg: 2-1 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Gökdeniz Karadeniz 14/02/2013 R32 0-2 Madrid Rubin Kazan 6, Orbaiz 90+5 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Fontàs 51, Vázquez 07/12/2010 GS FC Barcelona - FC Rubin Kazan 2-0 Barcelona 83 Noboa 30 (P); Villa 60 29/09/2010 GS FC Rubin Kazan - FC Barcelona 1-1 Kazan (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/2009 GS FC Rubin Kazan - FC Barcelona 0-0 Kazan Ibrahimović 48; Ryazantsev 2, 20/10/2009 GS FC Barcelona - FC Rubin Kazan 1-2 Barcelona Gökdeniz Karadeniz 73 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Real Betis Balompié 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 FC Rubin Kazan 4 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 2 7 5 2 Real Betis Balompié - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 20 February 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Benito Villamarín, Seville Match background Low-scoring Real Betis Balompié will see some familiar faces in the FC Rubin Kazan ranks as they look to steal a march on the Russian side in the UEFA Europa League round of 32. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA club competition. • Betis's only previous encounter with Russian opponents was a 3-0 aggregate defeat by FC Dinamo Moskva that ended their first European campaign – the 1977/78 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – in the quarter-finals. The clubs drew 0- 0 in Seville, but Betis were overrun in the second leg, which was played in Tbilisi. Hence they will visit Russia for the first time in the second leg. • Rubin's eight games against Spanish sides have ended W3 D3 L2 (W1 D2 L1 at home – W2 D1 L1 in Spain). Of those home matches, two were played in Kazan (D2) and two in Moscow (W1 L1). • Rubin beat FC Barcelona 2-1 at the Camp Nou in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage, and twice held the Blaugrana in Kazan. • Rubin eliminated Spanish opponents in last season's round of 32 (Club Atlético de Madrid) and round of 16 (Levante UD). Match background • Betis have lost just once in eight European fixtures this season and have yet to concede in their four 2013/14 UEFA home games (W2 D2). However, they were the lowest-scoring side to make it through the group stage, with just three goals in their six Group I outings. • Betis last made it to this stage in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, overcoming AZ Alkmaar in the round of 32 en route to a round of 16 loss to FC Steaua Bucureşti. • Rubin are playing in the round of 32 for the fifth successive time, having won two and lost two of their previous encounters at this juncture. • Rubin are unbeaten in 12 European games this season (W10 D2). • Rubin have played UEFA home games in Kazan and Moscow in recent years, but are more daunting hosts at their own Centralniy Stadium, where they are unbeaten in 24 matches (W14 D10) since a 1-0 UEFA Cup loss to Parma FC in September 2006. • A 1-1 draw against NK Maribor in Rubin's final group stage home game this season ended their run of ten straight European victories in Kazan, during which they conceded just once. Team facts • Betis centre-back Jordi represented Rubin from 2010–12, though he played just eight league games for the club, being loaned back to Real Valladolid CF and Rayo Vallecano de Madrid. • Rubin midfielder Mubarak Wakaso played with Betis forward Jorge Molina at Elche CF from 2009–10 then, following a spell at Villarreal, teamed up with Betis counterpart Joan Verdú at RCD Espanyol from 2012–13. • Rubin's César Navas moved to Russia after playing for Real Madrid CF's reserves, Málaga CF, CF Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Racing in his native Spain. • Betis's biggest achievements in Europe were reaching two UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals, going out to Dinamo in 1977/78 and Chelsea FC in 1997/98. • Rubin got to a UEFA quarter-final for the first time last season, losing out to Chelsea in the UEFA Europa League. Coach information • Betis have changed coach twice since the start of December with former striker Pepe Mel and then his replacement Juan Carlos Garrido being ushered out, the latter after just ten games in charge. • Former Betis midfielder Gabriel Calderón took over on 19 January. An international team-mate of Diego Maradona, Calderón played for Betis in the mid-80s, then joined Paris Saint-Germain, finishing his career with spells at FC Lausanne-Sport and SM Caen, and going on to coach both sides. He then left for the Middle East, where he led club sides and the national teams of Saudi Arabia, Oman and – most recently – Bahrain. • Rubin dismissed coach Kurban Berdyev in December, following a poor start to the Russian season. In charge since 2001, his biggest achievements at the club included Russian titles in 2008 and 2009. • Rinat Bilyaletdinov took over as Rubin coach in January, taking up his first permanent senior coaching post at the age of 56. Once a midfielder, with FC Lokomotiv Moskva and FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, the ethnic Tatar established his 3 Real Betis Balompié - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 20 February 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Benito Villamarín, Seville reputation as a youth coach with Lokomotiv – notable finds including his son, Russia midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov. He briefly took charge of the senior team at Lokomotiv in a caretaker capacity in 2007. Round of 16 • The winners of this tie will meet the victors between Maribor and Sevilla FC in the round of 16, playing the second leg at home. • Betis have never met Maribor, but they know their city rivals Sevilla well – though they have yet to meet in UEFA competition. • Rubin have yet to encounter Sevilla, but met Maribor in this season's group stage, winning 5-2 in Slovenia – their highest-scoring European away performance – then drawing 1-1 in the return fixture. 4 Real Betis Balompié - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 20 February 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Benito Villamarín, Seville Team facts Real Betis Balompié Formed: 1907 Nickname: Verdiblancos (Green-and-Whites) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (1935) Spanish Cup: 2 (2005) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 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: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League 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 6-0: Betis v FK Jablonec 29/08/13, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Biggest away win 1-3: 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Betis 18/10/95, UEFA Cup second round first leg 0-2 four times, most recently v Sevilla FC 13/03/14, UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Betis v FC Steaua Bucureşti 16/03/06, UEFA Cup round of 16 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Chelsea FC v Betis 19/10/05, UEFA Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Betis v FK Jablonec (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Betis (see above) 0-2 three times, most recently v Sevilla FC (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Betis v FC Steaua Bucureşti (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Chelsea FC v Betis (see above) 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) 5 Real Betis Balompié - FC Rubin Kazan Thursday 20 February 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Benito Villamarín, Seville Domestic cup: 1 (2012) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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: