UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Herning - Herning Thursday 17 September 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Midtjylland Group D - Matchday 1 Legia Warszawa Last updated 06/11/2015 13:09CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 FC Midtjylland - Legia Warszawa Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Herning, Herning Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Midtjylland - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Midtjylland have not played against a club from their opponents' country Legia Warszawa - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Giza 16, Jwanski 55 2-2 06/08/2009 QR3 Legia Warszawa - Brøndby IF Warsaw (P); Von Schlebrügge agg: 3-3 ag 6, 59 Farnerud 73 (P); 30/07/2009 QR3 Brøndby IF - Legia Warszawa 1-1 Brondby Jwanski 40 (P) European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 05/10/1960 PR Legia Warszawa - AGF Aarhus Warsaw Nowak 30 agg: 1-3 Amdisen 32, Kjaer 51, 21/09/1960 PR AGF Aarhus - Legia Warszawa 3-0 Aarhus Jensen 75 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Midtjylland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Legia Warszawa 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 4 6 2 FC Midtjylland - Legia Warszawa Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Herning, Herning Match background Danish champions FC Midtjylland embark on their first ever UEFA Europa League group stage campaign with a tough home test against seasoned campaigners Legia Warszawa in Group D. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time; it is Midtjylland's first encounter with Polish opponents. • Legia's four previous games against Danish sides ended W1 D2 L1 (D1 L1 in Denmark). Form guide • Midtjylland eliminated Southampton FC to make it through the play-offs. • Legia won all six of their qualifying games to make it to the group stage. • This is Midtjylland's first UEFA group stage campaign. • Legia have made it to the round of 32 in two of their three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Trivia and links • The journey from Warsaw to Herning is just under 900km. • Midtjylland are one of ten domestic champions in this season's group stage, along with KF Skenderbëu (Albania), FK Qarabağ (Azerbaijan), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), FK Partizan (Serbia), Celtic FC (Scotland), Molde FK (Norway) and FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland). • Midtjylland (literally: central Jutland) were formed in 1999 with the merger of Ikast fS and Herning Fremad BK. • Midtjylland boast Polish talent in the form of goalkeeper Patryk Wolański, formerly on the books at RTS Widzew Łódź – where his team-mates included Legia defender Łukasz Broź. • Legia striker Marek Saganowski has some experience of Danish football; he spent the first half of the 2008/09 season on loan at Aalborg BK. The coaches • Midtjylland boss Jess Thorup played in Germany and Austria as a forward. He made his name as a coach at Esbjerg fB, where he won a Danish Cup before taking Denmark to the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Danish champions Midtjylland hired him this summer. • Henning Berg won a league title and a Polish Cup in his first two seasons in Poland. A defender, he won English titles with both Blackburn Rovers FC and Manchester United FC. He returned to his native Norway to start his coaching career with Lyn Fotball and then Lillestrøm SK. 3 FC Midtjylland - Legia Warszawa Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Herning, Herning Team facts FC Midtjylland Formed: 1999 Nickname: Ulvene (The Wolves) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: play-offs 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: first round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Midtjylland v Bangor City FC 31/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: Bangor City FC v Midtjylland 17/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v BSC Young Boys 23/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Panathinaikos FC v Midtjylland 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Midtjylland v Bangor City FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-6: Bangor City FC v Midtjylland (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v BSC Young Boys (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Panathinaikos FC v Midtjylland (see above) Legia Warszawa Formed: 1916 Nickname: Wojskowi (Army Men), Legionisci (Legionnaires) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) • League title: 10 (2014) • Polish Cup: 17 (2015) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 4 FC Midtjylland - Legia Warszawa Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Herning, Herning 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Legia v Víkingur Reykjavík 27/09/72, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: IF Elfsborg v Legia 27/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-5: Saint Patrick's Athletic FC v Legia 23/07/14, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg 0-5: FK Vardar v Legia 12/08/99, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-7: Legia v FC Bayern München 05/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-4: Legia v TSV 1860 München 03/03/65, European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia 01/11/01, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Legia v FC Tbilisi 26/08/04, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-6: IF Elfsborg v Legia (see above) 0-5: FK Vardar v Legia (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 3-7: Legia v FC Bayern München (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia (see above) 5 FC Midtjylland - Legia Warszawa Thursday 17 September 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Herning, Herning Squad list FC Midtjylland Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 16 Johan Dahlin SWE 08/09/1986 29 - 3 - 2 - - - 4 - 6 - 18 - 25 Oliver Saalbach Ottesen DEN 22/08/1998 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Andreas Raahauge DEN 29/06/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Mikkel Andersen DEN 17/12/1988 26 - 1 - - - - - 4 - - - 3 - Defenders 2 Kian Hansen DEN 03/03/1989 26 - 4 - 2 - - - 7 - 6 - 14 - 4 Erik Sviatchenko DEN 04/10/1991 23 - 4 1 2 - - - 7 - - - 9 1 6 Jim Larsen DEN 06/11/1985 29 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 1 15 Jesper Lauridsen DEN 27/03/1991 24 - 4 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 9 1 20 Francis Dickoh DEN 13/12/1982 32 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 7 - 26 Patrick Banggaard DEN 04/04/1994 21 - 1 - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - 28 André Rømer DEN 18/07/1993 22 - 3 - 2 - - - 7 - - - 6 - 32 Kristian Bach Bak DEN 20/10/1982 32 - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - 11 1 21 3 35 Anders Hagelskjær DEN 16/02/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Rasmus Lauritsen DEN 27/02/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38 Rasmus Nicolaisen DEN 16/03/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Alexander Munksgaard DEN 12/12/1997 17 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 43 Rasmus Nissen DEN 11/07/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 46 Kristian Riis DEN 17/02/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Filip Novák CZE 26/06/1990 25 - - - - - - - 2 - - - 10 - Midfielders 3 Tim Sparv FIN 20/02/1987 28 - 4 - 2 1 - - 8 - - - 7 1 7 Jakob Poulsen DEN 07/07/1983 32 - 4 1 2 - - - 8 - 5 - 31 3 8 Petter Andersson SWE 20/02/1985 30 - 3 - 2 - - - 4 - 3 2 17 3 17 Kristoffer Olsson SWE 30/06/1995 20 - 2 - 1 - - - 6 - - - 3 - 18 Nikolaj Hammelsvang Kirk DEN 19/03/1998 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Marco Larsen DEN 15/05/1993 22 - 3 - - - - - 4 - - - 5 - 21 Eyjólfur Hédinsson ISL 01/01/1985 30 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 27 Pione Sisto DEN 04/02/1995 20 - 4 - 2 - - - - - - - 6 - 29 Jonas Gemmer DEN 31/01/1996 19 - 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 34 Mikael Anderson DEN 01/07/1998 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 42 David Akintola NGA 13/01/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Awer Mabil AUS 15/09/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Gloire Rutikanga COD 04/02/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Daniel Royer AUT 22/05/1990 25 - 3 - 2 - - - 7 1 - - 19 3 Forwards 9 Morten Rasmussen