Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Hamburg, Hamburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45CET (20.45 Local Time) Group F - Matchday 5
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Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Hamburg, Hamburg Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group F - Matchday 5 Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Match background Hamburger SV will look to hold on to top spot in Group F as Aston Villa FC head to Germany for their final UEFA Cup group-stage game of 2008/09, with both sides mindful that AFC Ajax could yet steal their thunder on Matchday 5. • Hamburg, Villa and Ajax are already sure of their UEFA Cup Round of 32 places, but with all three teams level on six points, the final round of games will decide who finishes where in the section – a crucial consideration for the draw for the next phase of the tournament. • Group winners will be paired with third-placed sides from other UEFA Cup sections, while second-placed finishers will be drawn against one of the eight sides who finished third in the UEFA Champions League groups. The UEFA Cup group winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. • Goal difference, then goals scored and then number of goals scored away from home will be the crucial factors in deciding the positioning after the final whistle, with Ajax taking on eliminated SK Slavia Praha in the day's other Group F fixture. • Hamburg won 2-0 at Slavia on 4 December, while a second-string Villa side lost 2-1 at home against MŠK Žilina. • This is Hamburg and Villa's first meeting in UEFA club competition. • Hamburg have played nine games against English sides, with their record reading W2 D2 L5. At home their record reads W2 D1 L1. • Hamburg have lost two European finals against English opponents. They lost 7-1 on aggregate to Liverpool FC in the 1977 UEFA Super Cup and went down 1-0 to Nottingham Forest FC in the 1979/80 European Champion Clubs' Cup final. • Villa manager Martin O'Neill was on the winning side in that latter match, played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid. • Villa have played three games against German sides, including the final of the 1981/82 European Cup, which ended in a 1-0 win against FC Bayern München in Rotterdam – their defining achievement in European competition. • They won their only previous competitive game on German soil in their run to that final, beating Berliner FC Dynamo 2-1 in the second round. In total their record against Bundesliga sides reads W2 D0 L1. • Hamburg trainer Martin Jol has featured in three European games against English sides – two as a coach and one as a player – and lost all of them. Last updated 16.12.2008 9:33:44CET www.uefa.com Match background 1 Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Hamburg, Hamburg • Jol coached in England at Tottenham Hotspur FC between 2004 and 2007. During that time, he took charge of seven games against Villa, with his record reading W2 D4 L1. He pitted wits against O'Neill in three of those games, with Tottenham winning one and the remaining two ending in draws. • Jol's three games at Villa Park ended in a 1-0 defeat and two 1-1 draws. • Villa's Wayne Routledge, who is currently on loan at Cardiff City FC, played under Jol during his time at White Hart Lane. • O'Neill faced German opponents in four games as coach of Celtic FC, with his record reading W1 D1 L2. The draw and the win came at home. • He also played five games against German sides as a Forest player, with his record reading W3 D1 L1. He was a member of the Northern Ireland side that beat West Germany 1-0 home and away in 1984 UEFA European Championship qualifying. • Two Hamburg players have experience of English football. Guy Demel was at Arsenal FC in the 2000/01 season but did not make a league appearance, while Thimothée Atouba played under Jol at Tottenham in 2004/05. • Hamburg have not won – or scored – at home in two UEFA Cup games this season, drawing 0-0 and losing 1-0. They have won just once in their last five European home games with their record reading W1 D3 L1. • Villa are unbeaten in their last five European away games, with their record reading W3 D2 L0. They have never lost away in Europe under O'Neill. • Villa's Craig Gardner is within a booking of a one-match suspension. • The draw for the UEFA Cup Round of 32 (when teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other) and Round of 16 will be held at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon on Friday 19 December at 13.00CET. Last updated 16.12.2008 9:33:44CET www.uefa.com Match background 2 Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Hamburg, Hamburg Squad list Hamburg Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Frank Rost GER 30.06.1973 35 - - - - - 5 - 65 - 102 - 12 Wolfgang Hesl GER 13.01.1986 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Raphael Wolf GER 06.06.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Alex Silva BRA 10.03.1985 23 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 Thimothée Atouba CMR 17.02.1982 26 - - - - - 3 - 20 - 43 1 4 Bastian Reinhardt GER 19.11.1975 33 - - - - - 5 - 19 - 35 - 5 Joris Mathijsen NED 05.04.1980 28 - - - - - 4 - 29 2 46 2 6 Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe BEL 21.02.1989 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 7 Marcell Jansen GER 04.11.1985 23 - - - - - 3 - 13 - 13 - 19 Jerome Boateng GER 03.09.1988 20 - - - - - 2 - 9 - 9 - 20 Guy Demel FRA 13.06.1981 27 - - - - - 5 - 24 - 39 1 26 Volker Schmidt GER 22.09.1978 30 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 40 Dennis Aogo GER 14.01.1987 21 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - Midfielders 8 Nigel de Jong NED 30.11.1984 24 - - - - - 2 - 15 1 51 7 14 David Jarolím CZE 17.05.1979 29 - - - - - 5 - 24 1 45 2 15 Piotr Trochowski GER 22.03.1984 24 - - - - - 4 - 23 3 42 6 21 Jonathan Pitroipa BFA 12.04.1986 22 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 27 Thiago Neves BRA 27.02.1985 23 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 30 Collin Benjamin NAM 03.08.1978 30 - - - - - 3 - 9 - 18 1 36 Hanno Behrens GER 26.03.1990 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 José Paolo Guerrero PER 01.01.1984 24 - - - - - 5 - 12 3 33 7 10 Mladen Petrić CRO 01.01.1981 27 - - - - - 5 4 38 11 49 15 11 Ivica Olić CRO 14.09.1979 29 - - - - - 5 2 27 7 46 10 18 Romeo Castelen NED 03.05.1983 25 - - - - - - - 13 1 15 1 22 Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingGER 23.03.1989 19 - - - - - - - 5 1 7 2 Coach - Martin Jol NED 16.01.1956 52 - - - - - 5 - 18 - 27 - Last updated 16.12.2008 9:33:45CET www.uefa.com Squad list 1 Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Hamburg, Hamburg Aston Villa Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel USA 18.05.1971 37 - - - - - 3 - 21 - 27 - 13 Stuart Taylor ENG 28.11.1980 28 - 2 - - - - - - - 7 - 22 Bradley Guzan USA 09.09.1984 24 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - Defenders 2 Luke Young ENG 19.07.1979 29 - - - - - 3 - 6 - 6 - 3 Wilfred Bouma NED 15.06.1978 30 - 2 - - - - - 15 - 61 3 5 Martin Laursen DEN 26.07.1977 31 - 2 1 - - 2 1 11 1 28 3 6 Gareth Barry ENG 23.02.1981 27 - 1 - - - 3 2 7 2 24 4 15 Curtis Davies ENG 15.03.1985 23 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 4 - 16 Zat Knight ENG 02.05.1980 28 - 2 - - - 2 - 3 - 10 - 21 Nicky Shorey ENG 19.02.1981 27 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 5 - 24 Carlos Cuéllar ESP 23.08.1981 27 - - - - - 4 - 22 1 34 2 29 Stephen O'Halloran IRL 29.11.1987 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 4 Steve Sidwell ENG 14.12.1982 26 - 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 8 James Milner ENG 04.01.1986 22 - - - - - 3 - 23 - 31 2 18 Wayne Routledge ENG 07.01.1985 23 - 1 - - - 2 - 2 - 5 - 19 Stiliyan Petrov BUL 05.07.1979 29 - 2 - - - 3 1 32 3 65 6 20 Nigel Reo-Coker ENG 14.05.1984 24 - 2 - - - 2 1 4 1 8 1 26 Craig Gardner ENG 25.11.1986 22 * 2 - - - 3 - 3 - 7 1 27 Isaiah Osbourne ENG 05.11.1987 21 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - Forwards 7 Ashley Young ENG 09.07.1985 23 - 2 1 - - 3 - 3 - 6 2 9 Marlon Harewood ENG 25.08.1979 29 - - - - - 2 1 4 1 7 1 10 John Carew NOR 05.09.1979 29 - 2 1 - - 1 1 18 3 83 27 11 Gabriel Agbonlahor ENG 13.10.1986 22 - 2 - - - 3 - 3 - 7 1 17 Moustapha Salifou TGO 01.06.1983 25 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 5 - 41 Harry Forrester ENG 02.01.1991 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Martin O'Neill NIR 01.03.1952 56 - 2 - - - 5 - 16 - 38 - Last updated 16.12.2008 9:33:45CET www.uefa.com Squad list 2 Hamburger SV - Aston Villa FC Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arena Hamburg, Hamburg Match officials Referee Aleksei Nikolaev (RUS) Assistant referees Tikhon Kalugin (RUS), Oleg Tselovalnikov (RUS) Fourth official Vladimir Pettai (RUS) UEFA Delegate Jacques Antenen (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Kaare Inge Lindboe (NOR) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp.