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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A

RSC Anderlecht (BEL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Roger VANDEN STOCK

Founded: 1908 Date of Birth: 13.08.1942 Address: Theo Verbeecklaan 2, 1070 , Elected/Appointed: 20.06.1996 Telephone: +32 2 522 15 39 Website: rsca.be HEAD COACH: Ariël JACOBS Press Officer: David Steegen Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 26.07.1953 in Vilvorde, Belgium Nationality: BEL MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (29) . Diegem Sport (1965-70), Racing 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1962, White (1970-73), K. Diegem Sport 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1985, (1973-79), SK Halle (1979-80), 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, K. Diegem Sport (1980-83), 2006, 2007 KFC Diest (1983-84), K. Diegem Sport (1984-87) National Cup (9) 1965, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2008 Managerial/Coaching Career: UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup (2) Belgian Football Association (1982-99), RWD Molenbeek 1976, 1978 (1999-2001), RAA La Louvière (2001-04), KRC UEFA Cup (1) (technical director) (2004-06), KSC Lokeren OV (2006), . 1983 Excelsior Mouscron (2007), RSC Anderlecht (2007-) UEFA Super Cup (2) Major Honours – (2003, 2008) 1976, 1978

STADIUM: STADE CONSTANT VANDEN STOCK

Ground Capacity: 21,845 Opened: 1983 Size of Pitch: 105m 68m

18 RSC Anderlecht | Group A

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 2 Ondřej MAZUCH Defender 15.03.1989 CZE 189 2009 ACF Fiorentina 3 Olivier DESCHACHT Defender 16.02.1981 BEL 185 1997 KSC Lokeren OV 4 Arnold KRUISWIJK Defender 02.11.1984 NED 187 2008 FC Groningen 5 30.01.1986 ARG 179 2006 CA Independiente 6 Defender 10.10.1983 BEL 194 2006 Werder 8 Jan POLÁK Midfielder 14.03.1981 CZE 181 2007 1. FC Nürnberg 9 Matías SUÁREZ Forward 09.05.1988 ARG 182 2008 CA Belgrano 10 KANU Forward 23.09.1987 BRA 190 2008 KSV Cercle Brugge (loan) 11 Midfielder 15.08.1984 MAR 167 2006 KAA Gent 12 Thomas CHATELLE Defender 31.03.1981 BEL 175 2008 KRC Genk 13 Jonathan LEGEAR Midfielder 13.04.1987 BEL 179 2003 R. Standard de Liège 16 Cheikhou KOUYATÉ Forward 21.12.1989 SEN 192 2008 KV Kortrijk (loan) 19 Nicolás FRUTOS Forward 10.05.1981 ARG 194 2005 CA Independiente 21 Tom DE SUTTER Forward 03.07.1985 BEL 192 2009 KSV Cercle Brugge 22 Davy SCHOLLEN Goalkeeper 28.02.1978 BEL 190 2006 NAC Breda 23 Roland JUHÁSZ Defender 01.07.1983 HUN 194 2005 MTK 24 Goalkeeper 23.05.1983 BEL 187 2005 KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (loan) 26 Víctor BERNÁRDEZ Defender 24.05.1982 HON 184 2008 CD Motagua 28 Michaël CORDIER Goalkeeper 27.03.1984 BEL 184 2009 FC Brussels 30 Midfielder 09.03.1984 BEL 186 2008 KAA Gent 32 Christophe DIANDY Midfielder 25.11.1990 SEN 186 2009 Liberty Professionals FC 37 REYNALDO Midfielder 24.08.1989 BRA 174 2008 Clube Náutico 44 Nemanja RNIĆ Defender 30.09.1984 SRB 180 2008 FK Partizan

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME IN

2008/09 MP GF 2nd in Belgian Eerste Klasse European Champion Clubs’ Cup 166 62 35 69 238 256 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 44 29 3 12 86 34 2009/10 UEFA Cup 94 46 25 23 162 101 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 4 2029 6 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 28 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 RSC Anderlecht – (TUR) 5-0 Total 308 139 63 106 495 397 Second leg, 4 August Sivasspor (TUR) - RSC Anderlecht 1-3 Play-off Round First leg, 19 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group A (FRA) - RSC Anderlecht 5-1 Second leg, 25 August Matchday One: 17 September RSC Anderlecht – Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1-3 NK Dinamo (CRO) – RSC Anderlecht Matchday Two: 1 October RSC Anderlecht – AFC Ajax (NED) Matchday Three: 22 October FC Timişoara (ROU) - RSC Anderlecht Matchday Four: 5 November RSC Anderlecht – FC Timişoara (ROU) Matchday Five: 2 December RSC Anderlecht – NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Matchday Six: 17 December AFC Ajax (NED) - RSC Anderlecht

19 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A

AFC Ajax (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Uri CORONEL

Founded: 1900 Date of Birth: 24.12.1946 Address: Arena Boulevard 29, 1101 AX - Elected/Appointed: 18.04.2008 Zuidoost, Telephone: +31 20 311 1444 Website: ajax.nl HEAD COACH:

Press Officer: Riske Betten Date/Place of Birth: 16.01.1956 Team Captain: Luis Suárez in , Netherlands Nationality: NED MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (29) ADO Den Haag (1973-77), FC 1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1957, Bayern München (1977-79), FC 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, Twente (1979-81), West Bromwich 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, Albion FC (1984-85), Coventry City 2002, 2004 FC (1984-85), ADO Den Haag (1985-89) National Cup (17) Major Honours – Dutch Cup (1975) 1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1983, International Caps/Goals – 3/0 for the Netherlands 1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007 European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions Managerial/Coaching Career: League (4) ADO Den Haag (amateurs) (1991-95), Scheveningen 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 (1995-96), Roda JC (1996-98), RKC Waalwijk (1998- UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup (1) 2004), Tottenham Hotspur FC (2004-2007), Hamburger 1987 SV (2008-09), AFC Ajax (2009-) UEFA Cup (1) Major Honours – Dutch Cup (1997) 1992

STADIUM: AMSTERDAM ARENA

Ground Capacity: 51,638 Opened: 1996 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

20 AFC Ajax | Group A

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Goalkeeper 22.09.1982 NED 194 2001 none 3 OLEGUER Presas Defender 02.02.1980 ESP 188 2008 FC 4 ZÉ EDUARDO Midfielder 16.08.1991 BRA 186 2009 Cruzeiro EC 5 Jan VERTONGHEN Defender 24.04.1987 BEL 189 2006 RKC Waalwijk (loan) 6 Midfielder 29.11.1984 SWE 180 2008 FC Groningen 7 Thimothée ATOUBA Defender 17.02.1982 CMR 191 2009 Hamburger SV 8 Midfielder 16.06.1986 NED 176 2004 none 9 Marko PANTELIĆ Forward 15.09.1978 SRB 183 2009 Hertha BSC 10 Forward 05.12.1988 SRB 178 2008 11 Ismail AISSATI Midfielder 16.08.1988 NED 174 2008 PSV Eindhoven 12 Goalkeeper 10.01.1986 NED 182 2005 Willem II (loan) 15 Bruno SILVA Defender 29.03.1980 NED 180 2008 FC Groningen 16 Luis SUÁREZ Forward 24.01.1987 URU 181 2007 FC Groningen 17 Rob WIELAERT Defender 29.12.1978 NED 178 2009 FC Twente 18 GABRI García Midfielder 10.02.1979 ESP 175 2006 FC Barcelona 20 Darío CVITANICH Forward 16.05.1984 CRO 175 2008 CA Banfield 21 Midfielder 23.03.1986 CMR 178 2008 Ajax Cape Town FC 28 Dennis ROMMEDAHL Forward 22.07.1978 DEN 177 2007 NEC Nijmegen (loan) 30 George OGĂRARU Defender 03.02.1980 ROU 178 2006 FC Steaua Bucureşti (loan) 32 KERLON Forward 27.01.1988 BRA 167 2009 FC Internazionale Milano 33 Javier MARTINA Forward 01.02.1987 NED 175 2005 none 34 Kennedy BAKIRCIOGLÜ Forward 02.11.1980 SWE 181 2007 FC Twente 40 Midfielder 26.05.1983 NED 174 2009 AZ Alkmaar 41 Jeroen VERHOEVEN Goalkeeper 30.04.1980 NED 194 2009 FC Volendam 51 Midfielder 14.02.1992 DEN ??? 2009 BK

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 3rd in Dutch European Champion Clubs’ Cup 157 77 37 43 250 153 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 28 18 2 8 53 22 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 94 52 15 27 186 89 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 6 213114 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 3 1204 1 AFC Ajax – ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 5-0 Total 288 150 57 81 504 269 Second leg, 27 August ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – AFC Ajax 1-2 GROUP FIXTURES: Group A

Matchday One: 17 September AFC Ajax – FC Timişoara (ROU) Matchday Two: 1 October RSC Anderlecht (BEL) – AFC Ajax Matchday Three: 22 October AFC Ajax – NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Matchday Four: 5 November NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – AFC Ajax Matchday Five: 2 December FC Timişoara (ROU) – AFC Ajax Matchday Six: 17 December AFC Ajax – RSC Anderlecht (BEL)

21 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A

FC Timişoara (ROU)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Marian Alexandru IANCU

Founded: 2002 Date of Birth: 10.07.1965 Address: Casa Tineretului, Etaj 1, Strada Aries Nr. 19, Elected/Appointed: February 2005 Timişoara, Telephone: +40 256 487 880 Website: politimisoara.com HEAD COACH: Ioan Ovidiu SABĂU Press Officer: Levente Balint Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 12.02.1968 in Campia-Turzii, Romania Nationality: ROU

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Universitatea Cluj-Napoca none (1985-88), ASA Târgu Mureş (1988), FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (1988-90), (1990-92), Calcio (1992-96), AC STADIUM: DAN PĂLTINIŞANU Reggiana (1996-97), (1997-98), FC Rapid Bucureşti (1998-2000), CS Ground Capacity: 32,019 Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (2000-01), FC Rapid Opened: 1963 Bucureşti (2001-03), CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (2004-05) Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Major Honours – Romanian Championship (1990, 1999, 2003), Romanian Cup (1990, 2002), Dutch Cup (1991, 1992) International Caps/Goals – 52/8 for Romania

Managerial/Coaching Career: CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (2003), CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (2003-05), ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa (2005-09); FC Timişoara (2009-)

22 FC Timişoara | Group A

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 2 ÉDER Bonfim Defender 03.04.1981 BRA 181 2008 FC Gloria Buzău (loan) 5 Dan ALEXA Midfielder 28.10.1979 ROU 181 2006 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 6 Daré NIBOMBÉ Defender 16.06.1980 TGO 196 2009 CS Otopeni 7 Stelian STANCU Defender 22.09.1981 ROU 179 2007 FC Steaua Bucureşti 9 Winston PARKS Forward 12.10.1981 CRC 184 2008 LD Alajuelense 10 Artavazd KARAMYAN Midfielder 14.11.1979 ARM 177 2007 FC Rapid Bucureşti 11 Arman KARAMYAN Forward 14.11.1979 ARM 177 2007 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 13 Cristian SCUTARU Defender 13.04.1987 ROU 185 2005 CS Jiul Petroşani 14 Ioan MERA Defender 05.01.1987 ROU 193 2005 FC Gloria Buzău (loan) 18 Forward 08.04.1980 ROU 171 2005 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti 20 Florin MAXIM Midfielder 02.03.1981 ROU 178 2009 FC Farul Constanţa 21 Dorin GOGA Midfielder 02.07.1984 ROU 182 2008 CS Universitatea Cluj- Napoca 22 Adrian GANEA Midfielder 14.12.1987 ROU 177 1999 none 23 Claudiu IONESCU Forward 20.03.1983 ROU 174 2009 FC Gloria Buzău 25 Ionuţ MATEI Forward 02.07.1984 ROU 176 2007 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 27 Lukáš MAGERA Midfielder 17.01.1983 CZE 195 2008 FC Baník Ostrava 28 Marián CIŠOVSKÝ Defender 02.11.1979 SVK 186 2008 FC Artmedia Petržalka 29 Goalkeeper 01.02.1987 ROU 197 2006 CS Aerostar Bacău 31 Adrian POPARADU Defender 13.10.1987 ROU 171 2006 FCM Reşiţa (loan) 32 Lucian GAVRILUŢĂ Defender 21.11.1989 ROU 186 2003 none 33 Christian MEJIA Midfielder 11.10.1990 COL 167 2009 FC Deportivo Tolima 55 Alexandru BOURCEANU Midfielder 24.04.1985 ROU 175 2009 FC Oţelul Galaţi 77 Alexandru CURTEAN Midfielder 27.03.1987 ROU 180 2009 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 99 Pedro TABORDA Goalkeeper 22.06.1978 POR 190 2008 A. Naval 1˚ de Maio

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 2nd in Romanian Seria I European Champion Clubs’ Cup 4 0312 4 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 6 303511 2009/10 UEFA Cup 12 4 1 7 11 22 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 29 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – FC Timişoara 2-2 Total 22 7 4 11 18 37 Second leg, 5 August FC Timişoara – FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 0-0 Play-off Round First leg, 18 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group A FC Timişoara – VfB (GER) 0-2 Second leg, 26 August Matchday One: 17 September VfB Stuttgart (GER) – FC Timişoara 0-0 AFC Ajax (NED) – FC Timişoara Matchday Two: 1 October FC Timişoara – NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Matchday Three: 22 October FC Timişoara – RSC Anderlecht (BEL) Matchday Four: 5 November RSC Anderlecht (BEL) - FC Timişoara Matchday Five: 2 December FC Timişoara – AFC Ajax (NED) Matchday Six: 17 December NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) - FC Timişoara

23 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group A

NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Mirko BARIŠIĆ

Founded: 1945 Date of Birth: 05.11.1936 Address: Maksimirska 128, 10000 Zagreb, Elected/Appointed: April 2000 Telephone: +385 1 2386 111 Website: nk-dinamo.hr HEAD COACH: Krunoslav JURČIĆ Press Officer: Siniša Jagodić Team Captain: Igor Bišćan Date/Place of Birth: 26.11.1969 in Ljubuski, Bosnia-Herzegovina Nationality: CRO MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: NK Dinamo Zagreb (1988-91), NK National Championship (15) Inter Zaprešić (1991-93), NK Istra 1948, 1954, 1958, 1982; 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, (1993-95), KSK Beveren (1995-96), 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 NK Dinamo Zagreb (1996-99), National Cup (17) Torino FC (1999-2001), UC 1951, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1980, 1983; 1994, 1996, Sampdoria (2001-02), NK Slaven 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 Koprivnica (2002-04) Fairs Cup (1) Major Honours – Croatian Championship (1997, 1998, 1967 1999), Croatian Cup (1992, 1997, 1998) International Caps/Goals – 21/0 for Croatia

STADIUM: MAKSIMIR Managerial/Coaching Career: NK Istra (2005-06), NK Slaven Koprivnica (2007-08), Ground Capacity: 38,923 NK Dinamo Zagreb (2009-) Opened: 1912 Major Honours – Croatian Championship (2009), Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Croatian Cup (2009)

24 NK Dinamo Zagreb | Group A

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Tomislav BUTINA Goalkeeper 30.03.1974 CRO 191 2008 Olympiacos CFP 3 Luis IBÁÑEZ Defender 15.07.1988 ARG 167 2008 CA Boca Juniors 4 Robert KOVAČ Defender 06.04.1974 CRO 182 2009 BV Borussia 5 Adrián CALELLO Midfielder 14.05.1987 ARG 177 2009 CA Independiente 7 ETTO Midfielder 08.03.1981 BRA 178 2005 Clube Atlético Paranaense 8 Ante TOMIĆ Midfielder 23.05.1983 CRO 186 2001 Skoda Xanthi FC (loan) 10 SAMMIR Midfielder 23.04.1987 BRA 178 2007 Clube Atlético Paranaense 11 Denis GLAVINA Forward 03.03.1986 CRO 184 2009 FC Vorskla Poltava 13 Mathias CHAGO Midfielder 06.03.1983 CMR 183 2005 NK Metalac Osijek 15 CARLOS Defender 25.02.1985 BRA 187 2005 São Paulo FC 17 Mario MANDŽUKIĆ Forward 27.05.1986 CRO 186 2007 NK Zagreb 20 Miroslav SLEPIČKA Forward 10.11.1981 CZE 181 2009 AC Sparta Praha 21 Ivica VRDOLJAK Defender 19.09.1983 CRO 187 2007 NK Zagreb 22 Igor BIŠĆAN Defender 04.05.1978 CRO 190 2007 Panathinaikos FC 24 Ilija SIVONJIĆ Forward 13.01.1987 CRO 179 2008 NK Inter Zaprešić 25 Leandro CUFRÉ Defender 09.05.1978 ARG 177 2009 Gimnasia Esgrima 30 Filip LONČARIĆ Goalkeeper 17.09.1986 CRO 191 2005 none 33 Dominik PICAK Goalkeeper 12.02.1992 CRO 192 2009 none 77 Pedro MORALES Midfielder 25.05.1985 ARG 181 2008 Universidad de 99 Dimitris PAPADOPOULOS Forward 20.10.1981 GRE 181 2009 US Lecce

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA Winners of Croatian 1.HNL European Champion Clubs’ Cup 54 20 12 22 86 72 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 31 11 6 14 31 38 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 74 26 21 27 116 93 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 14 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 FC Pyunik (ARM) – NK Dinamo Zagreb 0-0 Total 159 57 39 63 233 203 Second leg, 21 July NK Dinamo Zagreb – FC Pyunik (ARM) 3-0 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 29 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group A FC (AUT) - NK Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 Second leg, 4 August Matchday One: 17 September NK Dinamo Zagreb – FC Salzburg (AUT) 1-2 NK Dinamo Zagreb – RSC Anderlecht (BEL) Matchday Two: 1 October UEFA Europa League FC Timişoara (ROU) - NK Dinamo Zagreb Play-off Round Matchday Three: 22 October First leg, 20 August AFC Ajax (NED) - NK Dinamo Zagreb NK Dinamo Zagreb – Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) 4-0 Matchday Four: 5 November Second leg, 27 August NK Dinamo Zagreb – AFC Ajax (NED) Heart of Midlothian FC (SCO) - NK Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Matchday Five: 2 December RSC Anderlecht (BEL) - NK Dinamo Zagreb Matchday Six: 17 December NK Dinamo Zagreb – FC Timişoara (ROU)

25 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group

SK Slavia Praha (CZE)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Petr DOLEŽAL

Founded: 1892 Date of Birth: 24.02.1966 Address: Vladivostocká 1460/2, 10005 Praha 10, Elected/Appointed: 01.02.2006 Czech Republic Telephone: +420 233 081 751 Website: slavia.cz HEAD COACH: Karel JAROLĺM

Press Officer: Ondřej Zlámal Date/Place of Birth: 23.07.1956 Team Captain: Stanislav Vlček in Caslav, Czech Republic Nationality: CZE

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: VCHZ Pardubice (1971-77), SK National Championship (12) Slavia Praha (1977-78), Dukla 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1947, Praha (1978-79), Dukla Tábor 1996, 2008, 2009 (1979-80), SK Slavia Praha (1980- National Cup (3) 87), FC Rouen (1989-90), AS 1997, 1999, 2002 Amiens (1990-91), SK Slavia Praha (1991-92), FK Viktoria Žižkov (1992), Švarc Benešov (1993-94), FC Bohemians Praha (1994-95) STADIUM: EDEN Major Honours – Czechoslovakian Cup (1979) International Caps/Goals – 13/2 for Ground Capacity: 20,800 Opened: 2008 Managerial/Coaching Career: Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m FK Dukla Příbram (1997-98), SK Slavia Praha (assistant) (1999-2000), SK Slavia Praha (2000-01), RC Strasbourg (assistant) (2001-03), 1. FC Synot/1.FC Slovácko (2003-05), SK Slavia Praha (2005-) Major Honours – Czech Championship (2008, 2009)

26 SK Slavia Praha | Group B

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 2 Petr TRAPP Midfielder 06.12.1985 CZE 184 2009 FC Viktoria Plzeň 4 David HUBÁČEK Defender 23.02.1977 CZE 175 2005 FC Zlín 5 Ondřej ČELŮSTKA Defender 18.06.1989 CZE 185 2009 FC Zlín 6 Hocine RAGUED Midfielder 11.02.1983 TUN 182 2009 RAEC Mons 7 Stanislav VLČEK Forward 26.02.1976 CZE 183 2009 RSC Anderlecht 8 Petr JANDA Midfielder 05.01.1987 CZE 186 2005 none 9 Adam HLOUŠEK Midfielder 20.12.1988 CZE 188 2009 FK Jablonec 10 Marek JAROLĺM Midfielder 21.05.1984 CZE 183 2008 FC Viktoria Plzeň 11 Vladimír ŠMICER Midfielder 24.05.1973 CZE 180 2007 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 12 Dušan VASILIJEVIČ Midfielder 07.05.1982 SRB 186 2009 FC Energie Cottbus 13 Milan ČERNÝ Midfielder 16.03.1988 CZE 178 2005 SK Kladno (loan) 14 Zdeněk ŠENKEŘĺK Forward 19.12.1980 CZE 175 2007 Stabæk IF (loan) 16 Tomáš PEKHART Forward 26.05.1989 CZE 190 2009 Tottenham Hotspur FC 17 Marek SUCHÝ Defender 29.03.1988 CZE 183 2005 none 18 Riste NAUMOV Forward 14.04.1981 MKD 183 2009 FK Viktoria Žižkov 19 Matej KRAJČĺK Defender 19.03.1978 SVK 183 2009 Reggina Calcio 21 Tijani BELAID Midfielder 06.09.1987 FRA 181 2007 FC Internazionale Milano 22 Benjamin VOMÁČKA Defender 27.06.1978 CZE 186 2009 MŠK Žilina 23 Ladislav VOLEŠÁK Midfielder 07.04.1984 CZE 176 2007 AC Sparta Praha 24 Vitali TRUBILA Midfielder 07.01.1985 BLR 172 2009 FC Zlín 25 Jan HOŠEK Defender 01.04.1989 CZE 188 2005 none 26 Jaroslav ČERNÝ Midfielder 26.06.1979 CZE 179 2008 SK Dynamo České Budějovice 27 Peter GRAJCIAR Midfielder 17.09.1983 SVK 182 2008 FC Nitra 28 Martin VANIAK Goalkeeper 04.10.1970 CZE 189 2007 FK Siad Most 31 Deniss ROMANOVS Goalkeeper 02.09.1978 LVA 187 2009 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucuresti

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA Winners of the Czech 1. Liga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 28 9 7 12 23 40 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 8 332119 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 92 38 22 32 124 99 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 29 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 FC Sheriff (MDA) – SK Slavia Praha 0-0 Total 128 50 32 46 158 148 Second leg, 5 August SK Slavia Praha – FC Sheriff (MDA) 1-1

UEFA Europa League GROUP FIXTURES: Group B Play-off Round First leg, 20 August Matchday One: 17 September SK Slavia Praha – FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) 3-0 CFC (ITA) – SK Slavia Praha Second leg, 27 August Matchday Two: 1 October FK Crvena Zvezda (SRB) – SK Slavia Praha 2-1 SK Slavia Praha – LOSC Métropole (FRA) Matchday Three: 22 October CF (ESP) – SK Slavia Praha Matchday Four: 5 November SK Slavia Praha – Valencia CF (ESP) Matchday Five: 2 December SK Slavia Praha – Genoa CFC (ITA) Matchday Six: 17 December LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – SK Slavia Praha

27 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B

LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Michel SEYDOUX

Founded: 1944 Date of Birth: 11.09.1947 Address: Domaine de Luchin, Grand Rue, 59780 Elected/Appointed: 2002 Camphin en Pévèle, France Telephone: +33 320 177 177 Website: losc.fr HEAD COACH:

Press Officer: Laetitia Masson Date/Place of Birth: 20.02.1964 Team Captain: Rio Antonio Mavuba in Nemours, France Nationality: FRA

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: AS Corbeil-Essonnes (1970-79), National Championship (2) Viry-Châtillon (1979-82), LOSC Lille 1946, 1954 Métropole (1982-88), SM Caen National Cup (5) (1988-91), FC Martigues (1991-92), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955 AS Corbeil-Essonnes (1994-96)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: STADIUM LILLE MÉTROPOLE AS Corbeil-Essonnes (1994-98), AS Saint-Etienne (1999-2001), Dijon FCO (2002-07), Le Mans UC 72 Ground Capacity: 18,086 (2007-08), LOSC Lille Métropole (2008-) Opened: 1976 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

28 LOSC Lille Métropole | Group B

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Ludovic BUTELLE Goalkeeper 03.04.1983 FRA 188 2008 Valencia CF 2 Defender 28.07.1985 FRA 178 2003 none 4 Florent BALMONT Midfielder 02.02.1980 FRA 168 2008 OGC Nice 7 Midfielder 14.01.1986 FRA 175 2004 none 9 Túlio DE MELO Forward 31.01.1985 BRA 193 2008 US Città di Palermo 10 Ludovic OBRANIAK Midfielder 10.11.1984 FRA 174 2007 FC 11 Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG Forward 18.06.1989 GAB 185 2009 AC Milan 14 Róbert VITTEK Forward 01.04.1982 SVK 188 2008 1. FC Nürnberg 15 EMERSON da Conceição Defender 23.02.1986 BRA 185 2006 SC Corinthians Paranaense 16 Mickaël LANDREAU Goalkeeper 14.05.1979 FRA 184 2009 Paris Saint-Germain FC 17 Pierre-Alain FRAU Forward 15.04.1980 FRA 175 2008 Paris Saint-Germain FC 18 Franck BÉRIA Defender 23.05.1983 FRA 177 2007 FC Metz 20 Larsen TOURE Forward 20.07.1984 FRA 184 2005 (loan) 22 Aurélien CHEDJOU Defender 20.06.1985 CMR 184 2007 FC Rouen 23 Adil RAMI Defender 27.12.1985 FRA 190 2006 ES Fréjus 24 Rio Antonio MAVUBA Midfielder 08.03.1984 FRA 172 2008 Villarreal CF 25 Nicolas PLESTAN Defender 02.06.1981 FRA 184 2003 AS Monaco FC 27 Midfielder 27.05.1987 CIV 179 2009 Le Mans UC 72 28 Emil LYNG Forward 03.08.1989 DEN 187 2008 AGF Århus 29 Stéphane DUMONT Midfielder 06.09.1982 FRA 183 2003 none 31 Idrissa GUEYE Midfielder 20.09.1989 SEN 174 2008 none 32 Pape SOUARE Defender 06.06.1990 SEN 179 2008 none 34 Pierre BAHERLE Midfielder 07.07.1991 FRA 180 2008 US Boulogne 40 Barel MOUKO Goalkeeper 05.04.1979 FRA 185 2009 FC Gueugnon

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 5th in French European Champion Clubs’ Cup 24 7 9 8 22 17 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0000 0 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 22 13 6 3 29 14 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 7 4 1 17 7 First leg, 30 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 FK Sevojno (SRB) – LOSC Lille Métropole 0-2 Total 58 27 19 12 68 38 Second leg, 6 August LOSC Lille Métropole – FK Sevojno (SRB) 2-0 Play-off Round First leg, 20 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group B KRC Genk (BEL) – LOSC Lille Métropole 1-2 Second leg, 27 August Matchday One: 17 September LOSC Lille Métropole – KRC Genk (BEL) 4-2 LOSC Lille Métropole – Valencia CF (ESP) Matchday Two: 1 October SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – LOSC Lille Métropole Matchday Three: 22 October LOSC Lille Métropole – Genoa CFC (ITA) Matchday Four: 5 November Genoa CFC (ITA) – LOSC Lille Métropole Matchday Five: 2 December Valencia CF (ESP) – LOSC Lille Métropole Matchday Six: 17 December LOSC Lille Métropole – SK Slavia Praha (CZE)

29 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B

Valencia CF (ESP)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Manuel LLORENTE MARTÍN

Founded: 1919 Date of Birth: 25.01.1952 Address: Pintor Monleón 4, 46023 Valencia, Elected/Appointed: 07.06.2009 Telephone: +34 902 01 19 19 Website: valenciacf.com HEAD COACH: Unai EMERY Press Officer: Damià Vidagany Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 03.11.1971 in Hondarribia, Spain MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: ESP

National Championship (6) Playing Career: 1942, 1944, 1947, 1971, 2002, 2004 B (1990-95), Real National Cup (7) Sociedad de Fútbol (1995-96), CD 1941, 1949, 1954, 1967, 1979, 1999, 2008 Toledo (1996-2000), Racing Club UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) de Ferrol (2000-2002), CD Leganés (2002-03), Lorca 1980 Deportiva CF (2003-05) UEFA Cup (1) 2004 Managerial/Coaching Career: Fairs Cup (2) Lorca Deportiva CF (2004-06), UD Almería (2006-08), 1962, 1963 Valencia CF (2008-) UEFA Super Cup (2) 1980, 2004

STADIUM: ESTADIO MESTALLA

Ground Capacity: 55,000 Opened: 1923 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

30 Valencia CF | Group B

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 CÉSAR Sánchez Goalkeeper 02.09.1971 ESP 185 2009 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 BRUNO Saltor Defender 01.10.1980 ESP 181 2009 UD Almería 3 Defender 13.02.1985 NED 185 2008 AFC Ajax 4 David NAVARRO Defender 25.05.1980 ESP 188 2001 RCD Mallorca (loan) 5 Carlos MARCHENA Defender 31.07.1979 ESP 183 2001 SL Benfica 6 Midfielder 01.09.1977 ESP 181 1997 Villarreal CF 7 Forward 03.12.1981 ESP 175 2005 8 Rubén BARAJA Midfielder 11.07.1975 ESP 180 2000 Club Atlético de 9 Nikola ŽIGIĆ Forward 25.09.1980 SRB 202 2007 Real Racing Club Santander (loan) 11 Asier DEL HORNO Defender 19.01.1981 ESP 183 2006 Chelsea FC 13 Miguel Ángel MOYÁ Goalkeeper 02.04.1984 ESP 187 2009 RCD Mallorca 14 VICENTE Rodríguez Midfielder 16.07.1981 ESP 175 2000 Levante UD 15 Ángel DEALBERT Defender 01.01.1983 ESP 185 2009 CD Castellón 16 MIKU Forward 19.08.1985 HUN 185 2004 UD Salamanca (loan) 17 JOAQUĺN Sánchez Midfielder 21.07.1981 ESP 179 2006 Balompié 18 MANUEL FERNANDES Midfielder 05.02.1986 POR 176 2007 Everton FC (loan) 19 PABLO Hernández Midfielder 11.04.1985 ESP 173 2008 Getafe CF 20 ALEXIS Ruano Defender 04.08.1985 ESP 183 2007 Getafe CF 21 Forward 08.01.1986 ESP 170 2004 RC Celta de Vigo (loan) 22 Jérémy MATHIEU Defender 29.10.1983 FRA 190 2009 Toulouse FC 23 MIGUEL Defender 04.01.1980 POR 179 2005 SL Benfica 24 ÉVER BANEGA Midfielder 29.06.1988 ARG 174 2008 Club Atlético de Madrid (loan) 25 NACHO GONZÁLEZ Midfielder 14.05.1982 ITA 180 2008 Newcastle United FC (loan) 28 JORDI ALBA Midfielder 21.03.1989 ESP 165 2007 Gimnàstic de Tarragona

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 6th in Spanish Liga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 84 40 24 20 120 74 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 19 10 5 4 39 20 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 87 41 25 21 138 94 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 3 2014 3 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 7 3 2 17 4 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 Stabæk IF (NOR) – Valencia CF 0-3 Total 205 100 57 48 318 195 Second leg, 27 August Valencia CF – Stabæk IF (NOR) 4-1 GROUP FIXTURES: Group B

Matchday One: 17 September LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – Valencia CF Matchday Two: 1 October Valencia CF – Genoa CFC (ITA) Matchday Three: 22 October Valencia CF – SK Slavia Praha (CZE) Matchday Four: 5 November SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – Valencia CF Matchday Five: 2 December Valencia CF – LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) Matchday Six: 17 December Genoa CFC (ITA) – Valencia CF

31 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group B

Genoa CFC (ITA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Enrico PREZIOSI

Founded: 1893 Date of Birth: 18.02.1948 Address: Via Ronchi 67, 16155 Genova Pegli, Elected/Appointed: 07.07.2003 Telephone: +39 10 612831 Website: genoacfc.it HEAD COACH: Press Officer: Dino Storace Team Captain: Marco Rossi Date/Place of Birth: 26.01.1958 in , Italy Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (9) Juventus (1976-77), AC Reggiana 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1915, 1923, 1924 1919 (loan) (1977-78), US Città di Palermo (1978-83), Cavese National Cup (1) (1983-84), US Pistoiese (1984-85), 1937 Pescara Calcio (1985-90), Salernitana Calcio 1919 (1990-91), Vis Pesaro (1991-93)

STADIUM: STADIO LUIGI FERRARIS Managerial/Coaching Career: Juventus (youth team) (1994-2003), FC Crotone (2003- Ground Capacity: 36,536 06), Genoa CFC (2006-) Opened: 1911 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

32 Genoa CFC | Group B

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Danilo RUSSO Goalkeeper 08.07.1987 ITA 186 2001 US Pergocrema (loan) 4 Domenico CRISCITO Defender 30.12.1986 ITA 183 2008 Juventus 5 Houssine KHARJA Midfielder 09.11.1982 MAR 181 2009 AC Siena 7 Marco ROSSI Midfielder 01.04.1978 ITA 179 2003 Como Calcio 8 Rodrigo PALACIO Forward 05.02.1982 ARG 175 2009 CA Boca Juniors 9 Hernán CRESPO Forward 05.07.1975 ARG 184 2009 FC Internazionale Milano 10 Forward 17.04.1984 ITA 182 2008 Juventus 14 Forward 23.03.1981 ITA 177 2007 Juventus 15 Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS Defender 09.08.1988 GRE 186 2008 AEK FC 16 Andrea ESPOSITO Defender 17.05.1986 ITA 187 2009 US Lecce 20 Midfielder 25.05.1982 ITA 181 2008 Reggina Calcio 21 Alberto ZAPATER Midfielder 13.06.1985 ESP 180 2009 Real Zaragoza 23 Francesco MODESTO Defender 16.02.1982 ITA 177 2008 Reggina Calcio 24 Emiliano MORETTI Defender 11.06.1981 ITA 183 2009 Valencia CF 25 Giuseppe BIAVA Defender 08.05.1977 ITA 180 2008 US Città di Palermo 26 Salvatore BOCCHETTI Defender 30.11.1986 ITA 186 2008 28 Ivan JURIĆ Midfielder 25.08.1975 CRO 175 2006 FC Crotone 30 Luciano FIGUEROA Forward 19.05.1981 ARG 182 2006 CA Boca Juniors (loan) 32 Goalkeeper 02.04.1982 ITA 188 2009 US Città di Palermo 33 Sergio FLOCCARI Forward 12.11.1981 ITA 180 2009 Atalanta BC 40 Nenad TOMOVIĆ Defender 30.08.1987 SRB 182 2009 FK Crvena Zvezda 41 Alessio GREA Defender 29.05.1990 ITA 184 2004 none 42 Mattia FERRARO Midfielder 21.05.1990 ITA 178 2004 none 73 Alessio SCARPI Goalkeeper 19.04.1973 ITA 188 2004 FC Internazionale Milano 77 Omar MILANETTO Midfielder 30.11.1975 ITA 176 2006 Brescia Calcio

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 5th in Italian European Champion Clubs’ Cup 0 0000 0 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0000 0 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 12 7 3 2 21 12 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 Genoa CFC – Odense BK (DEN) 3-1 Total 12 7 3 2 21 12 Second leg, 27 August Odense BK (DEN) – Genoa CFC 1-1 GROUP FIXTURES: Group B

Matchday One: 17 September Genoa CFC – SK Slavia Praha (CZE) Matchday Two: 1 October Valencia CF (ESP) – Genoa CFC Matchday Three: 22 October LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – Genoa CFC Matchday Four: 5 November Genoa CFC – LOSC Lille Metropole (FRA) Matchday Five: 2 December SK Slavia Praha (CZE) – Genoa CFC Matchday Six: 17 December Genoa CFC – Valencia CF (ESP)

33 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group

Hamburger SV (GER)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT:

Founded: 1887 Date of Birth: 21.01.1963 Address: Sylvesterallee 7, 22525 , Germany Elected/Appointed: 01.02.2003 Telephone: +49 1805 478 478 Website: hsv.de HEAD COACH: Press Officer: Jörn Wolf Date/Place of Birth: 08.02.1966 Team Captain: David Jarolím in Darmstadt, Germany Nationality: GER

Playing Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS SV Darmstadt 98 (1984-87), Hamburger SV (1987-88), 1. FC National Championship (6) Kaiserslautern (1988-91), FC Bayern München (1991-94), 1923, 1928, 1960, 1979, 1982, 1983 1. FC Köln (1994-95), Werder Bremen (1995-98), DSC National Cup (3) (1998-2001), Karlsruher SC (2001-03) 1963, 1976, 1987 Major Honours – German Championship (1991, 1994), National League Cup (2) German Cup (1990) 1973, 2003 International Caps/Goals – 2/0 for Germany European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1) 1983 Managerial/Coaching Career: UEFA Cup-Winners’ Cup (1) SV Darmstadt 98 (2003-06), SpVgg Greuther Fürth 1977 (2007-08), (2008-09), Hamburger SV (2009-)

STADIUM: HAMBURG ARENA

Ground Capacity: 57,000 Opened: 2000 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

34 Hamburger SV | Group C

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Goalkeeper 30.06.1973 GER 194 2007 FC Schalke 04 3 Defender 05.07.1980 CZE 199 2009 .S. Lazio 5 Defender 05.04.1980 NED 183 2006 AZ Alkmaar 6 Dennis AOGO Defender 14.01.1987 GER 184 2008 SC Freiburg 7 Defender 04.11.1985 GER 191 2008 FC Bayern München 8 ZÉ ROBERTO Midfielder 06.07.1974 BRA 172 2009 FC Bayern München 9 José Forward 01.01.1984 PER 184 2006 FC Bayern München 10 Mladen PETRIĆ Forward 01.01.1981 CRO 185 2008 BV 11 Forward 13.02.1987 NED 176 2009 FC Twente 12 Wolfgang HESL Goalkeeper 13.01.1986 GER 185 2004 FC Amberg 13 Midfielder 27.05.1987 GER 180 2009 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 14 David JAROLÍM Midfielder 17.05.1979 CZE 174 2003 1. FC Nürnberg 15 Midfielder 22.03.1984 GER 169 2005 FC Bayern München 16 Marcus BERG Forward 17.08.1986 SWE 184 2009 FC Groningen 17 Jerome BOATENG Defender 03.09.1988 GER 192 2007 Hertha BSC Berlin 18 Romeo CASTELEN Midfielder 03.05.1983 NED 170 2007 Feyenoord 20 Guy DEMEL Defender 13.06.1981 FRA 188 2005 BV Borussia Dortmund 21 Jonathan PITROIPA Midfielder 12.04.1986 BFA 176 2008 SC Freiburg 25 TOMÁS RINCÓN Midfielder 13.01.1988 VEN 175 2009 Deportivo Táchira FC 26 Volker SCHMIDT Defender 22.09.1978 GER 179 1991 none 28 Mickaël TAVARES Midfielder 25.10.1982 FRA 185 2009 SK Slavia Praha 30 Collin BENJAMIN Defender 03.08.1978 NAM 182 2001 none 35 Tunay TORUN Forward 21.04.1990 TUR 179 2006 FC St. Pauli

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 5th in German European Champion Clubs’ Cup 43 19 9 15 72 56 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 34 20 7 7 81 39 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 110 60 18 32 187 114 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 4 0221 9 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 26 15 7 4 47 22 First leg, 30 July European/South American Cup 1 0011 2 Randers FC (DEN) – Hamburger SV 0-4 Total 218 114 43 61 389 242 Second leg, 6 August Hamburger SV – Randers FC (DEN) 0-1 Play-off Round First leg, 20 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group C (FRA) – Hamburger SV 1-5 Second leg, 27 August Matchday One: 17 September Hamburger SV – En Avant Guingamp (FRA) 3-1 SK Rapid Wien (AUT) – Hamburger SV Matchday Two: 1 October Hamburger SV – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) Matchday Three: 22 October Celtic FC (SCO) – Hamburger SV Matchday Four: 5 November Hamburger SV – Celtic FC (SCO) Matchday Five: 2 December Hamburger SV – SK Rapid Wien (AUT) Matchday Six: 17 December Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) - Hamburger SV

35 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C

Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Moni HAREL

Founded: 1927 Date of Birth: 12.05.1955 Address: Halochamim 8, PO Box 8402, Tel-Aviv, Elected/Appointed: 2006 Telephone: +972 3 6821275 Website: hapoelta-fc.co.il HEAD COACH: Eli GUTTMAN Press Officer: Geva Telem Team Captain: Walid Badir Date/Place of Birth: 24.02.1958 in , Israel MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: ISR

National Championship (13) Playing Career: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1957, 1966, 1969, Beitar FC (1979-80), 1981, 1986, 1988, 2000 Maccabi Neve Shanan FC (1980- National Cup (12) 84), Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC 1928, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1960, 1972, 1983, 1999, (1984-85) 2000, 2006, 2007 National League Cup (1) Managerial/Coaching Career: 2002 Maccabi Kiryat Bialik FC (1985-86), Beitar Haifa FC Asian Champion Clubs’ Cup (1) (1986-87), Maccabi Tirat Carmel FC (1988-89), Maccabi 1967 Tamra FC (1989-90), Maccabi Haifa FC (assistant) (1990-92), Hapoel Tzafririm Holon FC (1992-93), STADIUM: BLOOMFIELD Maccabi Herzliya FC (1994-95), Hapoel Beit Sha’an FC (1995), Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC (1996-97), Hapoel Haifa Ground Capacity: 15,500 FC (1997-2000), Beitar Jerusalem FC (2000-01), Hapoel Opened: 1962 Petach-Tikva FC (2001-02), Hapoel Haifa FC (2002-03), Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Hapoel Be’er Sheva FC (2003-04), Enosis Neon Paralimni FC (2004-06), Maccabi Netanya FC (2006-07), AEL Limassol FC (2007), Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (2007-) Major Honours – Israeli Championship (1999), Israeli Cup (1997)

36 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC | Group C

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Goalkeeper 29.08.1982 NGA 180 2007 Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 3 Defender 07.03.1984 BRA 186 2008 Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC 4 Dani BONDARV Defender 07.02.1987 ISR 177 2006 none 5 Midfielder 16.04.1980 ISR 180 2009 Beitar Jerusalem FC 7 Nemanja VUČIĆEVIĆ Midfielder 11.08.1979 SRB 181 2009 1. FC Köln 9 Forward 22.02.1987 ISR 178 2009 Maccabi Netanya FC 10 Walid BADIR Midfielder 12.03.1974 ISR 183 2005 Maccabi Haifa FC 11 Samuel YEBOAH Forward 25.06.1986 GHA 175 2008 Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC 12 Victor MARE Forward 31.05.1989 ISR 177 2009 none 14 Midfielder 05.08.1985 ISR 173 2008 KAA Gent 15 Zurab MENTESHASHVILI Midfielder 30.01.1980 GEO 176 2009 FK 16 Eran ZAHAVI Forward 25.07.1987 ISR 180 2007 Ironi Ramat Hasharon FC 17 Maaran LALA Forward 07.03.1982 ISR 180 2009 Maccabi Ahi Nazareth FC 18 Shay ABUTBUL Midfielder 16.01.1983 ISR 180 2002 none 19 David BEN DAYAN Defender 27.11.1978 ISR 179 2009 Maccabi Netanya FC 22 Nil ABARBANEL Goalkeeper 19.06.1987 ISR 193 2006 Hapoel Bnei Lod FC 23 Omri KANADA Defender 06.07.1986 ISR 175 2007 Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC 26 Avihay YADIN Midfielder 26.10.1986 ISR 183 2008 Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC 29 Rami DUANI Defender 24.05.1987 ISR 189 2006 Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC (loan)

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 2nd in Israeli Ligat Ha’al European Champion Clubs’ Cup 2 0021 5 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0000 0 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 60 31 12 17 84 56 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 004110 First leg, 30 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 IFK Göteborg (SWE) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 1-3 Total 66 31 12 23 86 71 Second leg, 6 August Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – IFK Göteborg (SWE) 1-1 Play-off Round First leg, 20 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group C FK Teplice (CZE) - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 1-2 Second leg, 27 August Matchday One: 17 September Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – FK Teplice (CZE) 1-1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – Celtic FC (SCO) Matchday Two: 1 October Hamburger SV (GER) - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Matchday Three: 22 October Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – SK Rapid Wien (AUT) Matchday Four: 5 November SK Rapid Wien (AUT) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Matchday Five: 2 December Celtic FC (SCO) – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Matchday Six: 17 December Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC – Hamburger SV (GER)

37 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C

Celtic FC (SCO)

GENERAL INFORMATION CHAIRMAN: John REID

Founded: 1888 Date of Birth: 08.05.1947 Address: , G40 3RE, Scotland Elected/Appointed: 19.11.2007 Telephone: +44 871 226 1888 Website: celticfc.net MANAGER: Press Officers: Iain Jamieson & Rhona Macdonald Team Captain: Stephen McManus Date/Place of Birth: 22.11.1963 in Saltburn, England MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality:

National Championship (42) Playing Career: 1893, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, Middlesbrough FC (1982-91), 1910, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1926, 1936, Celtic FC (1991-95), Ipswich Town 1938, 1954, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, FC (1995-2000) 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 Managerial/Coaching Career: National Cup (34) Ipswich Town FC (caretaker) (2002), Hibernian FC 1892, 1899, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, (2004-06), West Bromwich Albion FC (2006-09), Celtic 1923, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1951, 1954, 1965, FC (2009-) 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007 National League Cup (14) 1957, 1958, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1983, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2009 European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1) 1967

STADIUM: CELTIC PARK

Ground Capacity: 60,832 Opened: 1892 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

38 Celtic FC | Group C

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Goalkeeper 20.02.1980 POL 193 2005 Legia Warszawa 2 Andreas HINKEL Defender 26.03.1982 GER 183 2008 Sevilla FC 3 Lee NAYLOR Defender 19.03.1980 ENG 178 2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 4 Stephen McMANUS Defender 10.09.1982 SCO 187 2000 none 5 Defender 12.04.1982 SCO 184 2006 Hibernian FC 6 Landry ’GUÉMO Midfielder 28.11.1985 CMR 173 2009 AS Nancy-Lorraine 7 Scott McDONALD Forward 21.08.1983 AUS 171 2007 Motherwell FC 8 Scott BROWN Midfielder 25.06.1985 SCO 178 2007 Hibernian FC 9 Forward 21.02.1985 GRE 192 2008 City FC 10 Marc-Antoine FORTUNÉ Forward 02.07.1981 FRA 183 2009 AS Nancy-Lorraine 11 Daniel FOX Defender 29.05.1986 ENG 183 2009 Coventry City FC 12 Mark WILSON Defender 05.06.1984 SCO 180 2006 Dundee United FC 13 Shaun MALONEY Forward 24.01.1983 SCO 170 2008 Aston Villa FC 14 Niall McGINN Midfielder 20.07.1987 NIR 183 1009 Derry City FC 16 Willo FLOOD Midfielder 10.04.1985 IRL 168 2009 Cardiff City FC 17 Marc CROSAS Midfielder 09.01.1988 ESP 174 2008 FC Barcelona 19 Midfielder 07.11.1978 SCO 180 2008 Dundee United FC 20 Patrick McCOURT Forward 16.12.1983 NIR 182 2008 Derry City FC 22 Glenn LOOVENS Defender 22.09.1983 NED 187 2008 Cardiff City FC 24 Łukasz ZAŁUSKA Goalkeeper 16.06.1982 POL 193 2009 Dundee United FC 29 Koki MIZUNO Midfielder 06.09.1985 JPN 173 2008 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 33 Forward 08.10.1981 NZL 185 2007 Hibernian FC 46 Aiden McGEADY Midfielder 04.04.1986 IRL 174 2002 none 55 Paul McGOWAN Forward 07.10.1987 SCO 170 2005 Hamilton Academical FC (loan)

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 2nd in Scottish European Champion Clubs’ Cup 138 65 24 49 210 149 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 38 21 4 13 75 37 2009/10 UEFA Cup 69 33 13 23 113 67 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 29 July European/South American Cup 3 1022 3 Celtic FC – FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 0-1 Total 248 120 41 87 400 256 Second leg, 5 August FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) – Celtic FC 0-2 Play-off Round GROUP FIXTURES: Group C First leg, 18 August Celtic FC - Arsenal FC (ENG) 0-2 Matchday One: 17 September Second leg, 26 August Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Celtic FC Arsenal FC (ENG) – Celtic FC 3-1 Matchday Two: 1 October Celtic FC – SK Rapid Wien (AUT) Matchday Three: 22 October Celtic FC – Hamburger SV (GER) Matchday Four: 5 November Hamburger SV (GER) – Celtic FC Matchday Five: 2 December Celtic FC – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) Matchday Six: 17 December SK Rapid Wien (AUT) - Celtic FC

39 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group C

SK Rapid Wien (AUT)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Rudolf EDLINGER

Founded: 1899 Date of Birth: 20.02.1940 Address: Keisslergasse 3, 1140 Wien, Elected/Appointed: October 2001 Telephone: +43 1 72743 0 Website: skrapid.at HEAD COACH: Press Officer: Sharif Shoukry Team Captain: Steffen Hofmann Date/Place of Birth: 28.10.1959 in , Austria MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: AUT

National Championship (33) Playing Career: (Austria) 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, Wiener Sportsclub (1981-84), SK 1923, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948, Rapid Wien (1984-86), FC Wacker 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1968, Tirol (1986-92), FC Stahl Linz (1992- 1982, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1996, 2005, 2008; (Germany) 93), TSV 1860 München (1993-95), 1941 FK Austria Wien (1995-96) National Cup (15) Major Honours – Austrain Championship (1989, 1990), (Austria) 1919, 1920, 1927, 1946, 1961, 1968, 1969, (1985, 1989) 1972, 1976, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1995; (Germany) International Caps/Goals – 24/1 for Austria 1938. Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: STADION TSV 1860 München (assistant) (1996-2001), TSV 1860 München (2001-03), FC Kärnten (2004-05), SG Dynamo Ground Capacity: 53,008 Dresden (2005-06), SK Rapid Wien (2006-) Opened: 1931 Major Honours – Austrian Championship (2008) Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

40 SK Rapid Wien | Group C

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Raimund HEDL Goalkeeper 31.08.1974 AUT 188 2005 SV Mattersburg 3 Jürgen PATOCKA Defender 30.07.1977 AUT 192 2007 SV Mattersburg 4 Milan JOVANOVIĆ Defender 21.07.1983 MNE 187 2009 FC Spartak Nalchik 6 Christian THONHOFER Midfielder 26.05.1985 AUT 177 2006 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 7 Stefan KULOVITS Midfielder 19.04.1983 AUT 178 2000 none 8 Markus HEIKKINEN Defender 13.10.1978 FIN 185 2007 Luton Town FC 9 Forward 19.01.1984 ALB 185 2009 SV Ried 11 Steffen HOFMANN Midfielder 09.09.1980 GER 173 2006 TSV 1860 München 13 Christoph SCHÖSSWENDTER Defender 16.07.1988 AUT 192 2009 1. FC Vöcklabruck 14 Markus KATZER Defender 11.12.1979 AUT 186 2004 VfB Admira Wacker Mödling 16 Nikica JELAVIĆ Forward 27.08.1985 CRO 188 2008 SV Zulte Waregem 17 Veli KAVLAK Midfielder 03.11.1988 AUT 173 2005 none 18 Hannes EDER Defender 05.09.1983 AUT 178 2007 FC Wacker Tirol 19 Christopher DRAZAN Midfielder 02.10.1990 AUT 184 2008 none 20 René GARTLER Forward 21.10.1985 AUT 176 2008 FC Lustenau 22 Ragnvald SOMA Defender 10.11.1979 NOR 189 2009 FK Viking 23 Andreas DOBER Defender 31.03.1986 AUT 182 2004 SCR Altach (loan) 24 Helge PAYER Goalkeeper 09.08.1979 AUT 184 1997 ASK Kottingbrunn (loan) 27 Branko BOŠKOVIĆ Midfielder 21.06.1980 MNE 185 2007 Paris Saint-Germain FC 28 Christopher TRIMMEL Forward 24.02.1987 AUT 189 2008 ASK Horitschon 30 Lukas KÖNIGSHOFER Goalkeeper 16.03.1989 AUT 192 2009 SK Austria Kärnten 33 Mario KONRAD Forward 22.01.1983 AUT 183 2009 SCR Altach 35 Midfielder 05.01.1989 AUT 183 2009 none

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 2nd in Austrian Bundesliga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 73 32 7 34 119 110 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 52 19 17 16 87 73 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 72 29 12 31 101 87 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 2116 3 First leg, 16 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 SK Rapid Wien – Vllaznia (ALB) 5-0 Total 201 82 37 82 313 273 Second leg, 23 July KS Vllaznia (ALB) - SK Rapid Wien 0-3 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 30 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group C SK Rapid Wien – APOP Kinyras Peyias FC (CYP) 2-1 Second leg, 6 August Matchday One: 17 September APOP Kinyras Peyias FC (CYP) – SK Rapid Wien 2-2 SK Rapid Wien – Hamburger SV (GER) Play-off Round Matchday Two: 1 October First leg, 20 August Celtic FC (SCO) - SK Rapid Wien SK Rapid Wien – Aston Villa FC (ENG) 1-0 Matchday Three: 22 October Second leg, 27 August Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – SK Rapid Wien Aston Villa FC (ENG) - SK Rapid Wien 2-1 Matchday Four: 5 November SK Rapid Wien – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) Matchday Five: 2 December Hamburger SV (GER) - SK Rapid Wien Matchday Six: 17 December SK Rapid Wien – Celtic FC (SCO)

41 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group D

Sporting Clube de (POR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: José Eduardo BETTENCOURT

Founded: 1906 Date of Birth: 24.10.1960 Address: Edifício Visconde de Alvalade, Rua Prof Elected/Appointed: June 2009 Fernando da Fonseca, Apartado 42099, 1601-801 Lisboa, Portugal Telephone: +351 21 751 6822 HEAD COACH: Website: sporting.pt Date/Place of Birth: 20.06.1969 Press Officer: Miguel Salema Garção in , Portugal Team Captain: João Moutinho Nationality: POR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: SL Benfica (1988-89), CF Estrela da National Championship (18) Amadora (1989-91), Vitória SC 1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, (1991-94), SL Benfica (1994-96), 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1982, 2000, 2002 Real Oviedo (1996-2000), Sporting National Cup (15) Clube de Portugal (2000-04) 1941, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, Major Honours – Portuguese Championship (2002), 1978, 1982, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008 Portuguese Cup (1990, 1996, 2002) UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) International Caps/Goals – 35/0 for Portugal 1964 Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: ESTÁDIO JOSÉ ALVALADE Sporting Clube de Portugal (youth) (2004-05), Sporting Clube de Portugal (2005-) Ground Capacity: 50,080 Major Honours – Portuguese Cup (2007, 2008) Opened: 2003 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

42 Sporting Clube de Portugal | Group D

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 RUI PATRÍCIO Goalkeeper 15.02.1988 POR 188 2006 none 4 ANDERSON POLGA Defender 09.02.1979 BRA 182 2003 Grêmio FBPA 5 PEDRO SILVA Defender 25.04.1981 BRA 180 2007 SC Internacional 7 Marat IZMAILOV Midfielder 21.09.1982 RUS 172 2007 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 9 Carlos SALEIRO Forward 25.02.1986 POR 185 2005 A. Académica de Coimbra (loan) 10 Simon VUKČEVIĆ Midfielder 29.01.1986 MNE 179 2007 FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast 11 Forward 05.09.1988 ECU 185 2009 Manchester City FC 12 Marco CANEIRA Defender 09.02.1979 POR 178 2008 Valencia CF 13 TONEL Defender 13.04.1980 POR 184 2005 CS Marítimo 14 MATÍAS FERNÁNDEZ Midfielder 15.05.1986 CHI 176 2009 Villarreal CF 16 TIAGO Goalkeeper 16.04.1975 POR 180 1995 CF Estrela da Amadora (loan) 17 Miguel Ángel ANGULO Forward 23.06.1977 ESP 180 2009 Valencia CF 18 Leandro GRIMI Defender 09.02.1985 ITA 182 2008 AC Milan 19 RICARDO BATISTA Goalkeeper 19.11.1986 POR 187 2008 Fulham FC 20 YANNICK DJALÓ Forward 05.05.1986 POR 171 2005 Casa Pia AC (loan) 23 HÉLDER POSTIGA Forward 02.08.1982 POR 182 2008 FC Porto 24 Midfielder 11.05.1986 POR 180 2005 CD Olivas Moscavide (loan) 25 Bruno PEREIRINHA Midfielder 02.03.1988 POR 173 2006 CD Olivas e Moscavide (loan) 28 JOÃO MOUTINHO Midfielder 08.09.1986 POR 170 2004 none 31 LIEDSON Forward 17.12.1977 BRA 175 2003 SC Corinthians 34 Vladimir STOJKOVIĆ Goalkeeper 28.07.1983 SRB 195 2007 Getafe CF (loan) 55 ANDRÉ MARQUES Defender 01.08.1987 POR 185 2005 Vitória FC (loan) 78 ABEL Defender 22.12.1978 POR 178 2006 SC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 2nd in Portuguese European Champion Clubs’ Cup 70 19 17 34 85 118 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 40 18 9 13 82 49 2009/10 UEFA Cup 107 52 23 32 171 114 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 29 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Twente (NED) 0-0 Total 217 89 49 79 338 281 Second leg, 4 August FC Twente (NED) – Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-1 Play-off Round First leg, 18 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group D Sporting Clube de Portugal – ACF Fiorentina (ITA) 2-2 Second leg, 26 August Matchday One: 17 September ACF Fiorentina (ITA) – Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-1 SC Heerenveen (NED) – Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday Two: 1 October Sporting Clube de Portugal – Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) Matchday Three: 22 October FK Ventspils (LVA) – Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday Four: 5 November Sporting Clube de Portugal – FK Ventspils (LVA) Matchday Five: 3 December Sporting Clube de Portugal – SC Heerenveen (NED) Matchday Six: 16 December Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) – Sporting Clube de Portugal

43 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group D

Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Werner GEGENBAUER

Founded: 1892 Date of Birth: 28.05.1950 Address: Hans-Braun-Strase, Friesenhaus 2, 14053 Elected/Appointed: 23.05.2008 Berlin, Germany Telephone: +49 30 20 09 28 0 Website: herthabsc.de HEAD COACH: Lucien FAVRE

Press Officer: Gerd Graus Date/Place of Birth: 02.11.1957 Team Captain: in Saint-Barthelemy, Switzerland Nationality: SUI

Playing Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Lausanne Sports (1976-79), Neuchâtel Xamax FC (1979-81), National Championship (2) Servette FC (1976-80), Toulouse FC 1930, 1931 (1980-83), Servette FC (1983-86) National League Cup (2) Major Honours – Swiss Championship (1985) 2001, 2002 International Caps/Goals – 24/1 for Switzerland

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: FC Echallens (1993-95), Yverdon-Sport FC (1997-2000), Servette FC (2000-02), FC Zürich (2003-07), Hertha BSC Ground Capacity: 74,244 Berlin (2007-) Opened: 1936 Major Honours – Swiss Championship (2006, 2007), Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m (2001, 2005)

44 Hertha BSC Berlin | Group D

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Jaroslav DROBNÝ Goalkeeper 18.10.1979 CZE 192 2007 VfL Bochum 2 KAKÁ Defender 16.05.1981 BRA 186 2008 A. Académica de Coimbra 3 Arne FRIEDRICH Defender 29.05.1979 GER 185 2002 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 4 Defender 10.06.1983 SUI 182 2007 FC Zürich 5 Nemanja PEJČINOVIĆ Defender 04.11.1987 SRB 185 2009 FK Rad 6 Christoph JANKER Defender 14.02.1985 GER 185 2009 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 7 CÍCERO Santos Midfielder 26.08.1984 BRA 180 2008 Fluminense FC 8 Pál DÁRDAI Midfielder 16.03.1976 HUN 179 1997 BVSC Budapest 9 Adrián RAMOS Forward 22.01.1986 COL 185 2009 América de Cali 10 RAFFAEL Forward 28.03.1985 BRA 174 2008 FC Zürich 11 Florian KRINGE Midfielder 18.08.1982 GER 187 2009 BV Borussia Dortmund 13 Marc STEIN Defender 07.07.1985 GER 183 2008 FC Hansa 18 Artur WICHNIAREK Forward 28.02.1977 POL 183 2009 DSC Arminia Bielefeld 20 Patrick EBERT Midfielder 17.03.1987 GER 176 2004 none 22 Rasmus BENGTSSON Defender 26.06.1986 SWE 186 2009 Trelleborgs FF 23 Valeri DOMOVCHIYSKI Forward 05.10.1986 BUL 180 2008 PFC Levski 25 Maximilian NICU Midfielder 25.11.1982 GER 185 2008 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 26 Łukasz PISZCZEK Forward 03.06.1985 POL 184 2007 Zagłębie Lubin 27 CLÉDERSON César Midfielder 14.07.1979 BRA 188 2009 Al-Ahli FC 30 Christopher GÄNG Goalkeeper 10.05.1988 GER 188 2007 SV Waldhof Mannheim 44 Gojko KAČAR Midfielder 26.01.1987 SRB 183 2008 FK Vojvodina

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 4th in German Bundesliga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 14 3 5 6 12 18 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0000 0 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 64 32 17 15 87 53 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 1102 0 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 Brøndby IF (DEN) – Hertha BSC Berlin 2-1 Total 80 36 23 21 101 71 Second leg, 27 August Hertha BSC Berlin – Brøndby IF (DEN) 3-1 GROUP FIXTURES: Group D

Matchday One: 17 September Hertha BSC Berlin – FK Ventspils (LVA) Matchday Two: 1 October Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - Hertha BSC Berlin Matchday Three: 22 October Hertha BSC Berlin – SC Heerenveen (NED) Matchday Four: 5 November SC Heerenveen (NED) - Hertha BSC Berlin Matchday Five: 3 December FK Ventspils (LVA) - Hertha BSC Berlin Matchday Six: 16 December Hertha BSC Berlin – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

45 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group D

FK Ventspils (LVA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Jurijs BESPALOVS

Founded: 1997 Date of Birth: 13.07.1960 Address: Sporta iela 7/9, Ventspils, Elected/Appointed: 2001 Telephone: +371 636 81354 Website: fkventspils.lv HEAD COACH: Nunzio ZAVETTIERI Press Officer: Mihail Korolev Team Captain: Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs Date/Place of Birth: 19.04.1967 in Reggio Calabria, Italy MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: ITA

National Championship (3) Managerial/Coaching Career: 2006, 2007, 2008 Reggina Calcio (youth) (1995-97), National Cup (4) AC Milan (youth) (1999-2000), AC 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 Chioggia (youth) (1999-2000), SSC Venezia (youth) (2000-03), STADIUM: SKONTO (youth) (2004-06), Udinese Calcio (assistant) (2006-08), FC Internazionale Ground Capacity: 10,007 Milano (youth) (2008-09); FK Ventspils (2009-) Opened: 2000 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

46 FK Ventspils | Group D

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Pavel CHESNOVSKI Goalkeeper 04.03.1986 BLR 193 2009 FC Vitebsk 2 Aleksejs SOLEIČUKS Defender 12.08.1980 LVA 180 2004 none 3 Vitālijs ASTAFJEVS Midfielder 03.04.1971 LVA 180 2009 RFS/Olimps 4 Jurijs ŽIGAJEVS Midfielder 14.11.1985 LVA 168 2008 FK Rīga 6 Artis LAZDIŅS Midfielder 03.05.1986 LVA 181 2006 none 8 Deniss KAČANOVS Defender 27.11.1979 LVA 180 2002 FK Daugava Rīga 11 Aleksejs VIŠŅAKOVS Midfielder 03.02.1984 LVA 176 2009 Skonto FC 14 Ivan SHPAKOV Forward 08.06.1986 RUS 175 2009 FK Rīga 15 Grigori CHIRKIN Midfielder 26.02.1986 RUS 172 2009 FC Dynamo Barnaul 16 Aleksandrs KOĻINKO Goalkeeper 18.06.1975 LVA 190 2009 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 17 Jean-Paul NDEKI Defender 27.10.1982 CMR 196 2006 Qingdao Jonoon FC 18 Pāvels MIHADJUKS Defender 27.05.1980 LVA 189 2009 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 20 Alexandru DEDOV Forward 26.07.1989 MDA 175 2007 none 22 Igor ŢIGÎRLAŞ Midfielder 24.02.1984 MDA 176 2007 FC Zimbru Chişinău 24 Azamat BAIMATOV Defender 03.12.1989 KGZ 188 2009 FC Dordoi-Dinamo Naryn 26 Uche IHERUOME Forward 14.04.1987 NGA 185 2009 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent 27 Edgars GAURAČS Forward 10.03.1988 LVA 188 2009 Ascoli Calcio 1898 28 Eduards VIŠŅAKOVS Forward 10.05.1990 LVA 188 2009 FK Tranzīts 29 Midfielder 25.02.1988 LVA 177 2009 FK Tranzīts 30 Goalkeeper 22.02.1979 LVA 198 2008 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (loan) 31 Ronny HODEL Defender 27.10.1982 SUI 182 2009 FC 1893 32 Andrejs BUTRIKS Forward 20.12.1982 LVA 177 2001 none 33 JOÃO MARTINS Forward 20.06.1982 POR 182 2009 FC Sibir Novosibirsk 34 Juris LAIZĀNS Midfielder 06.01.1979 LVA 186 2009 RFS/Olimps 35 Alessandro ZAMPERINI Defender 15.08.1982 ITA 185 2009 AS Cisco Calcio Roma

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA Winners of Latvian Vīrsliga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 14 6 0 8 19 22 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0000 0 2009/10 UEFA Cup 24 7 6 11 32 36 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 1123 4 First leg, 15 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 FK Ventspils – (LUX) 3-0 Total 42 14 7 21 54 62 Second leg, 22 July F91 Dudelange (LUX) – FK Ventspils 1-3 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 29 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group D FK Ventspils – FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 1-0 Second leg, 5 August Matchday One: 17 September FC BATE Borisov (BLR) – FK Ventspils 2-1 Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) - FK Ventspils Play-off Round Matchday Two: 1 October First leg, 18 August FK Ventspils – SC Heerenveen (NED) FK Ventspils – FC Zürich (SUI) 0-3 Matchday Three: 22 October Second leg, 25 August FK Ventspils – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) FC Zürich (SUI) – FK Ventspils 2-1 Matchday Four: 5 November Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - FK Ventspils Matchday Five: 3 December FK Ventspils – Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) Matchday Six: 16 December SC Heerenveen (NED) - FK Ventspils

47 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group D

SC Heerenveen (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None

Founded: 1920 Address: Abe Lenstra boulevard 19, Postbus 513, 8440 AM Heerenveen, Netherlands HEAD COACH: Jan DE JONGE Telephone: +31 513 612 100 Website: sc-heerenveen.nl Date/Place of Birth: 08.05.1963 in Emmen, Netherlands Press Officer: Erica Kooyenga Nationality: NED Team Captain: Michel Breuer Playing Career: FC Groningen (1982-84), SC MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Heerenveen (1984-89), FC Emmen (1989-96) National Cup (1) 2009 Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Emmen (assistant) (1996-98), FC Emmen (1998- 2001), SC Heerenveen (assistant) (2001-05), De STADIUM: ABE LENSTRA STADION Graafschap (2005-08), SC Heerenveen (youth) (2008- 09), SC Heerenveen (interim) (2009-) Ground Capacity: 26,100 Opened: 1994 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m

48 SC Heerenveen | Group D

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 3 Kristian BAK NIELSEN Defender 20.10.1992 DEN 182 2007 FC Midtjylland 4 Michel BREUER Defender 25.05.1980 NED 183 2004 SBV Excelsior 5 Michael DINGSDAG Midfielder 18.10.1982 NED 189 2006 BV Vitesse 6 Igor DJURIĆ Defender 22.02.1985 SRB 192 2009 FK Vojvodina 7 Viktor ELM Midfielder 13.11.1985 SWE 192 2009 Kalmar FF 8 Roy BEERENS Forward 22.12.1987 NED 174 2007 PSV Eindhoven 9 Geert Arend ROORDA Midfielder 02.03.1988 NED 190 2007 none 10 Mika VÄYRYNEN Midfielder 28.12.1981 FIN 180 2008 PSV Eindhoven 11 Michal PAPADOPULOS Forward 14.04.1985 CZE 183 2009 FK Mladá Boleslav 12 PAULO HENRIQUE Forward 13.03.1989 BRA 180 2007 Clube Atlético Mineiro 13 Tarik ELYOUNOUSSI Forward 23.02.1988 NOR 176 2008 Fredrikstad FK 14 Patrik INGELSTEN Forward 25.01.1982 SWE 179 2009 Kalmar FF 15 Michal ŠVEC Midfielder 19.03.1987 CZE 181 2008 SK Slavia Praha 17 Christian GRINDHEIM Midfielder 17.07.1983 NOR 179 2007 Vålerenga IF 19 Defender 22.07.1979 ANT 176 2008 ADO Den Haag 20 Goran POPOV Defender 02.10.1984 MKD 189 2008 Levadiakos FC 22 Oussama ASSAIDI Forward 15.08.1988 NED 175 2008 23 Hernán LOSADA Midfielder 09.05.1982 ARG 171 2009 RSC Anderlecht 24 Martin LEJSAL Goalkeeper 16.09.1982 CZE 196 2009 1. FC 25 Brian VANDENBUSSCHE Goalkeeper 24.09.1981 BEL 196 2004 Sparta 27 Diederik BANGMA Goalkeeper 22.05.1990 NED 185 2009 GVVV Veenendaal 31 Arnór SMÁRASON Midfielder 07.09.1988 ISL 184 2008 ÍA Akranes 32 Richard STOLTE Forward 08.01.1990 NED 182 2009 none 35 Gerald SIBON Forward 19.04.1974 NED 198 2007 1. FC Nürnberg 37 Gerry KONING Defender 03.01.1980 NED 173 2009 FC Volendam

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA Winners of Dutch Cup European Champion Clubs’ Cup 6 1143 9 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4 3018 6 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 33 11 8 14 45 49 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 28 12 3 13 52 29 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 PAOK FC (GRE) – SC Heerenveen 1-1 Total 71 27 12 32 108 93 Second leg, 27 August SC Heerenveen – PAOK FC (GRE) 0-0 GROUP FIXTURES: Group D

Matchday One: 17 September SC Heerenveen – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) Matchday Two: 1 October FK Ventspils (LVA) - SC Heerenveen Matchday Three: 22 October Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) - SC Heerenveen Matchday Four: 5 November SC Heerenveen – Hertha BSC Berlin (GER) Matchday Five: 3 December Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) - SC Heerenveen Matchday Six: 16 December SC Heerenveen – FK Ventspils (LVA)

49 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E

AS Roma (ITA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Rosella SENSI

Founded: 1927 Date of Birth: 18.12.1971 Address: Via di Trigoria Km 3,600, 00128 Roma, Italy Elected/Appointed: 29.08.2008 Telephone: +39 06 506 0200 Website: asroma.it HEAD COACH: Press Officer: Elena Turra Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 20.10.1951 in , Italy Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (3) AS Roma (1973-74), US Catanzaro 1942, 1983, 2001 (1974-82), (1982- National Cup (9) 84), US Città di Palermo (1984-86) 1964, 1969, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1991, 2007, 2008 Fairs Cup (1) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1961 SSC Campania Puteolana (1987- 88), (1988-91), SSC Napoli (1991-93), STADIUM: STADIO OLIMPICO ACF Fiorentina (1993-97), Valencia CF (1997-99), Club Atlético de Madrid (1999-2000), Chelsea FC (2000-04), Ground Capacity: 72,698 Valencia CF (2004-05), Parma FC (2007), Juventus Opened: 1937 (2007-09), AS Roma (2009-) Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Major Honours – UEFA Super Cup (2004), Italian Cup (1996), Spanish Cup (1999)

50 AS Roma | Group E

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Bogdan LOBONŢ Goalkeeper 18.01.1978 ROU 184 2009 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 2 CICINHO Defender 24.06.1980 BRA 172 2007 Real Madrid CF 3 Defender 10.06.1986 ITA 187 2007 US Sassuolo (loan) 4 JUAN Defender 01.02.1979 BRA 182 2007 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 Philippe MÈXES Defender 30.03.1982 FRA 187 2004 AJ Auxerre 7 Midfielder 11.09.1979 CHI 170 2006 FC Internazionale Milano 9 Mirko VUČINIĆ Forward 01.10.1983 MNE 186 2006 US Lecce 10 Francesco TOTTI Forward 27.09.1976 ITA 180 1989 none 11 Rodrigo TADDEI Midfielder 06.03.1980 BRA 177 2005 AC Siena 13 Marco MOTTA Defender 14.05.1986 ITA 183 2009 Udinese Calcio 16 Midfielder 24.07.1983 ITA 184 2000 none 17 Defender 24.09.1980 NOR 185 2008 Liverpool FC 19 JÚLIO BAPTISTA Forward 01.10.1981 BRA 187 2008 Real Madrid CF 20 Midfielder 17.09.1977 ITA 178 2004 AC Chievo Verona 21 Stefano GUBERTI Midfielder 06.11.1984 ITA 180 2009 AS Bari 22 Max TONETTO Defender 18.11.1974 ITA 174 2006 UC Sampdoria 23 Leandro GRECO Midfielder 19.07.1986 ITA 183 2003 Pisa Calcio (loan) 24 Forward 23.07.1987 ITA 180 2004 Atalanta BC (loan) 25 ARTUR Goalkeeper 25.01.1981 BRA 192 2008 AC Siena 27 JÚLIO SÉRGIO Goalkeeper 08.11.1978 BRA 187 2006 América FC 29 Nicolás BURDISSO Defender 12.04.1981 ARG 182 2009 FC Internazionale Milano 32 DONI Goalkeeper 22.10.1979 BRA 194 2005 EC Juventude 33 Midfielder 14.02.1981 ITA 179 2004 AC Chievo Verona (loan) 77 Marco CASSETTI Defender 29.05.1977 ITA 187 2006 US Lecce 94 Jérémy MENEZ Forward 07.05.1987 FRA 181 2008 AS Monaco FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 6th in Italian Serie A European Champion Clubs’ Cup 52 19 11 22 80 95 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4013313 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 64 30 13 21 120 85 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 00000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 22 12 5 5 50 28 First leg, 30 July European/South American Cup 00000 0 AS Roma – KAA Gent (BEL) 3-1 Total 142 61 30 51 253 221 Second leg, 6 August KAA Gent (BEL) – AS Roma 1-7 Play-off Round First leg, 20 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group E MFK Košice (SVK) – AS Roma 3-3 Second leg, 27 August Matchday One: 17 September AS Roma – MFK Košice (SVK) 7-1 FC Basel 1893 (SUI) – AS Roma Matchday Two: 1 October AS Roma – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) Matchday Three: 22 October Fulham FC (ENG) – AS Roma Matchday Four: 5 November AS Roma – Fulham FC (ENG) Matchday Five: 3 December AS Roma – FC Basel 1893 (SUI) Matchday Six: 16 December PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) – AS Roma

51 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E

PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Dimitar BORISOV

Founded: 1948 Date of Birth: 10.11.1964 Address: Bul. Dragan Tsankov 3, 1504 Sofia, Elected/Appointed: 09.04.2009 Telephone: +359 2 9630998 Website: cska.bg HEAD COACH: Luboslav PENEV Press Officer: Vladimir Rupov Team Captain: Todor Yanchev Date/Place of Birth: 31.08.1966 in Sofia, Bulgaria MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: BUL

National Championship (31) Playing Career: 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, PFC CSKA Sofia (1984-89), Valencia 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, CF (1989-95), Club Atlético de 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, Madrid (1995-96), SD Compostela 1997, 2003, 2005, 2008 (1996-98), RC Celta de Vigo (1998- National Cup (19) 99), PFC CSKA Sofia (2000-01), PFC 1951, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, Lokomotiv 1936 (2002) 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1997, 1999, Major Honours – Bulgarian Championship (1987, 2006 1989), Spanish Championship (1996), (1987, 1988, 1989), Spanish Cup (1996) STADIUM: VASIL LEVSKI NATIONAL International Caps/Goals – 62/13 for Bulgaria

Ground Capacity: 43,632 Managerial/Coaching Career: Opened: 1953 PFC CSKA Sofia (2009-) Size of Pitch: 105 x 68m

52 PFC CSKA Sofia | Group E

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Zdravko CHAVDAROV Goalkeeper 24.01.1981 BUL 183 2009 FC Sliven 2 Pavel VIDANOV Defender 08.01.1988 BUL 185 2007 PFC Vihren Sandanski (loan) 4 Kostadin STOYANOV Defender 02.05.1986 BUL 179 2009 FC Sliven 5 Todor YANCHEV Midfielder 19.05.1976 BUL 178 2007 Randers FC 6 Kiril KOTEV Defender 18.04.1982 BUL 186 2005 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 7 Forward 06.10.1977 BUL 183 2008 8 Todor TIMONOV Midfielder 03.09.1986 BUL 181 2009 PFC 10 RUI MIGUEL Forward 30.01.1984 POR 183 2009 PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra 11 Orlin ORLINOV Midfielder 08.06.1988 BUL 182 2009 PFC Slavia Sofia 13 Aleksandar BRANEKOV Defender 31.05.1987 BUL 187 2004 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 14 Svetoslav PETROV Midfielder 12.02.1978 BUL 179 2009 PFC Neftçi 15 Ivan IVANOV Defender 25.02.1988 BUL 186 2005 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 (loan) 18 Atanas ZEHIROV Midfielder 13.02.1989 BUL 180 2007 none 19 Apostol POPOV Defender 22.12.1982 BUL 183 2009 PFC Botev Plovdiv 20 Nikolay MANCHEV Midfielder 04.01.1985 BUL 176 2009 PFC Botev Plovdiv 21 Kosta YANEV Midfielder 21.07.1983 BUL 175 2009 FC Sliven 22 MICHEL Forward 08.09.1983 BRA 187 2009 PFC Chernomorets Burgas 24 HUGO BAÉZ Defender 18.09.1987 PAR 185 2009 Sportivo Iteño 27 Ivaylo PETROV Goalkeeper 03.05.1973 BUL 182 2009 AEK Larnaca FC 28 MARQUINHOS Midfielder 30.04.1982 BUL 184 2007 PFC Belasitsa Petrich 30 Yordan TODOROV Defender 27.07.1981 BUL 172 2003 PFC Chernomorets Burgas 32 Viktors MOROZS Midfielder 30.07.1980 LVA 186 2008 Skonto FC 52 Defender 14.10.1980 BUL 175 2008 PFC Botev Plovdiv 73 Ivan STOYANOV Midfielder 24.07.1983 BUL 176 2009 FC Silven 77 Forward 22.09.1989 BUL 170 2009 PFC Pirin Blagoevgrad

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 2nd in Bulgarian A PFG European Champion Clubs’ Cup 98 41 16 41 140 144 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 22 12 0 10 49 29 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 72 26 23 23 101 91 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 00000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 42118 4 First leg, 30 July European/South American Cup 00000 0 PFC CSKA Sofia – Derry City FC (IRL) 1-0 Total 196 81 40 75 298 268 Second leg, 6 August Derry City FC (IRL) – PFC CSKA Sofia 1-1 GROUP FIXTURES: Group E Play-off Round First leg, 20 August Matchday One: 17 September PFC CSKA Sofia – FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 0-0 PFC CSKA Sofia – Fulham FC (ENG) Second leg, 27 August Matchday Two: 1 October FC Dinamo Moskva (RUS) – PFC CSKA Sofia 1-2 AS Roma (ITA) – PFC CSKA Sofia Matchday Three: 22 October PFC CSKA Sofia – FC Basel 1893 (SUI) Matchday Four: 5 November FC Basel 1893 (SUI) – PFC CSKA Sofia Matchday Five: 3 December Fulham FC (ENG) – PFC CSKA Sofia Matchday Six: 16 December PFC CSKA Sofia – AS Roma (ITA)

53 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E

Fulham FC (ENG)

GENERAL INFORMATION CHAIRMAN: Mohamed AL FAYED

Founded: 1879 Date of Birth: 27.01.1929 Address: , Stevenage Road, Elected/Appointed: 1997 SW6 6HH, England Telephone: +44 20 8336 7510 Website: fulhamfc.com MANAGER:

Press Officer: Carmelo Mifsud Date/Place of Birth: 09.08.1947 Team Captain: Danny Murphy in Croydon, England Nationality: ENG

Managerial/Coaching Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Halmstads BK (1976-80), Bristol City FC (1982), Örebro SK (1982-85), none Malmö FF (1984-90), Neuchâtel Xamax FC (1990-92), Switzerland (1992-95), FC Internazionale Milano (1995-97), Blackburn Rovers FC (1997-98), FC Internazionale Milano (1999), Grasshopper- STADIUM: CRAVEN COTTAGE Club (1999-2000), FC København (2000-01), Udinese Calcio (2001), United Arab Emirates (2002-04), Viking FK Ground Capacity: 25,678 (2004-05), Finland (2006-07), Fulham FC (2007-) Opened: 1896 Major Honours – Swedish Championship (1976, 1979, Size of Pitch: 100m x 65m 1986, 1988), Danish Championship (2001), Swedish Cup (1986, 1989)

54 Fulham FC | Group E

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Goalkeeper 06.10.1972 AUS 194 2008 Middlesbrough FC 2 Stephen KELLY Defender 06.09.1983 IRL 184 2009 Birmingham City FC 3 Paul KONCHESKY Defender 15.05.1981 ENG 178 2007 West Ham United FC 4 John PANTSIL Defender 15.06.1981 GHA 178 2008 West Ham United FC 5 Defender 20.06.1981 NOR 195 2008 FC København 6 Defender 25.02.1982 NIR 179 2007 Southampton FC 8 Andrew JOHNSON Forward 10.02.1981 ENG 170 2008 Everton FC 10 Forward 10.11.1977 NOR 178 2008 FC Groningen 11 Zoltán GERA Midfielder 22.04.1979 HUN 183 2008 West Bromwich Albion FC 12 David STOCKDALE Goalkeeper 20.09.1985 ENG 191 2008 Darlington FC 13 Danny MURPHY Midfielder 18.03.1977 ENG 175 2007 Tottenham Hotspur FC 15 Forward 08.11.1980 SEN 181 2007 West Bromwich Albion FC 16 Midfielder 02.03.1979 IRL 178 2009 Newcastle United FC 17 Bjørn Helge RIISE Midfielder 21.06.1983 NOR 174 2009 Lillestrøm SK 18 Defender 08.11.1979 NIR 183 2007 Aston Villa FC 20 Midfielder 08.06.1982 NGA 188 2008 Sunderland AFC 23 Midfielder 09.03.1983 USA 186 2007 New England Revolution 25 Forward 16.01.1981 ENG 183 2008 West Ham United FC 26 Chris SMALLING Defender 22.11.1989 ENG 192 2008 Maidstone United FC 27 Midfielder 02.01.1979 ENG 180 2009 West Bromwich Albion FC 29 Simon DAVIES Midfielder 23.10.1979 WAL 178 2005 Everton FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 7th in English Premier League European Champion Clubs’ Cup 00000 0 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 00000 0 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 10 6 2 2 18 7 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 00000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 8440115 First leg, 30 July European/South American Cup 00000 0 FK Vėtra (LTU) – Fulham FC 0-3 Total 18 10 6 2 29 12 Second leg, 6 August Fulham FC - FK Vėtra (LTU) 3-0 Play-off Round First leg, 20 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group E Fulham FC – FC Amkar Perm (RUS) 3-1 Second leg, 27 August Matchday One: 17 September FC Amkar Perm (RUS) – Fulham FC 1-0 PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - Fulham FC Matchday Two: 1 October Fulham FC – FC Basel 1893 (SUI) Matchday Three: 22 October Fulham FC – AS Roma (ITA) Matchday Four: 5 November AS Roma (ITA) - Fulham FC Matchday Five: 3 December Fulham FC – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) Matchday Six: 16 December FC Basel 1893 (SUI) - Fulham FC

55 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group E

FC Basel 1893 (SUI)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Gigi OERI

Founded: 1893 Date of Birth: 08.11.1955 Address: Birsstrase 320 A, 4052 Basel, Switzerland Elected/Appointed: 09.05.2006 Telephone: +41 61 375 10 10 Website: fcb. HEAD COACH: Press Officer: Josef Zindel Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 29.10.1967 in Dortmund, Germany MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: GER

National Championship (12) Playing Career: 1953, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 2002, SG Wattenscheid 09 (1989-94), 2004, 2005, 2008 Karlsruher SC (1994-97), FC Bayern National Cup (9) München (1997-2006) 1933, 1947, 1963, 1967, 1975, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008. Major Honours – UEFA Champions National League Cup (1) League (2001), World Club Cup 1972 (2001), European/South American Cup (2001), German Championship (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), German Cup STADIUM: ST. JAKOB PARK (1998, 2000, 2003)

Ground Capacity: 28,500 Managerial/Coaching Career: Opened: 2001 FC Salzburg (assistant) (2006-07), FC Ingolstadt 04 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m (2007-09), FC Basel 1893 (2009-)

56 FC Basel 1893 | Group E

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Franco COSTANZO Goalkeeper 05.09.1980 ITA 187 2006 Deportivo Alavés 4 ÇAĞDAŞ Atan Defender 29.02.1980 TUR 187 2009 FC Energie Cottbus 6 Marcos GELABERT Midfielder 16.09.1981 ARG 176 2008 FC St. Gallen 8 Midfielder 07.07.1977 SUI 199 2007 9 Forward 18.06.1981 SUI 195 2007 VfB Stuttgart 10 Marko PEROVIĆ Midfielder 11.01.1984 SRB 185 2008 FK Crvena Zvezda 11 Scott CHIPPERFIELD Midfielder 30.12.1975 AUS 180 2001 Perth Glory FC 13 Alexander FREI Forward 15.07.1979 SUI 180 2009 BV Borussia Dortmund 15 Federico ALMERARES Forward 02.05.1985 SUI 183 2008 CA River Plate 19 David ABRAHAM Defender 15.07.1986 ARG 188 2008 Gimnàstic de Tarragona 20 Behrang SAFARI Defender 09.02.1985 SWE 183 2008 Malmö FF 22 Samuel INKOOM Defender 22.08.1989 GHA 179 2009 Asante Kotoko FC 23 Massimo COLOMBA Goalkeeper 24.08.1977 SUI 191 2006 Grasshopper-Club 24 CABRAL Midfielder 22.10.1988 SUI 176 2009 Lausanne Sports 25 Antônio DA SILVA Midfielder 13.06.1978 BRA 175 2009 Karlsruher SC 26 Daniel UNAL Midfielder 18.01.1990 SUI 172 2008 AC Bellinzona 28 Defender 10.11.1986 SUI 186 2008 FC Concordia Basel 29 Orhan MUSTAFI Forward 04.04.1990 SUI 190 2008 FC Zürich 30 CARLITOS Midfielder 06.09.1982 POR 181 2007 SL Benfica 32 Reto ZANNI Defender 09.02.1980 SUI 188 2005 FC Thun

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 3rd in Swiss Super Liga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 52 19 11 22 80 95 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4013313 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 64 30 13 21 120 85 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 00000 0 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 22 12 5 5 50 28 First leg, 16 July European/South American Cup 00000 0 FC Basel 1893 – FC Santa Coloma (AND) 3-0 Total 142 61 30 51 253 221 Second leg, 23 July FC Santa Coloma (AND) - FC Basel 1893 1-4 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 30 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group E KR Reykjavík (ISL) - FC Basel 1893 2-2 Second leg, 6 August Matchday One: 17 September FC Basel 1893 - KR Reykjavík (ISL) 3-1 FC Basel 1983 – AS Roma (ITA) Play-off Round Matchday Two: 1 October First leg, 20 August Fulham FC (ENG) - FC Basel 1983 FK Bakı (AZE) - FC Basel 1893 1-3 Matchday Three: 22 October Second leg, 27 August PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - FC Basel 1983 FC Basel 1983 – FK Bakı (AZE) 5-1 Matchday Four: 5 November FC Basel 1983 – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) Matchday Five: 3 December AS Roma (ITA) - FC Basel 1983 Matchday Six: 16 December FC Basel 1983 – Fulham FC (ENG)

57 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group

FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Nicolae BADEA

Founded: 1948 Date of Birth: 02.10.1948 Address: 18-20 Soş. Ştefan cel Mare, Bucureşti, Elected/Appointed: 01.03.1999 Romania Telephone: +40 21 210 69 74 Website: fcdinamo.ro HEAD COACH:

Press Officer: Ionel Culina Date/Place of Birth: 05.08.1961 Team Captain: Gabriel Tamaş in Brescia, Italy Nationality: ITA

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Brescia Calcio (1978-80), AS Roma National Championship (18) (1980-82), UC Sampdoria (1982- 1956, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 83), AS Roma (1983-86), AC Milan 1982, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007 (1986-87), Hellas Verona FC (1987- National Cup (12) 89), Juventus (1989-91), UC 1959, 1964, 1968, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2000, 2001, Sampdoria (1991-92), Spal 1907 (1992-93) 2003, 2004, 2005 Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1990), Italian Cup (1981, 1984, 1986, 1990)

STADIUM: DINAMO Managerial/Coaching Career: Sestrese Calcio 1919 (1999-00), Dundee FC (assistant) Ground Capacity: 15,031 (2000-02), (2005), MFC Sopron (2005- Opened: 1951 06 & 2007), Gallipoli Calcio (2007-08), S.S. Juve Stabia Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m (2008-09), FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (2009-)

58 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti | Group F

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 2 Zie DIABATÉ Defender 02.03.1989 CIV 178 2008 IFER 3 Cristian PULHAC Defender 17.08.1984 ROU 176 2001 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (loan) 4 Cosmin MOŢI Defender 03.12.1984 ROU 183 2005 FC Universitatea Craiova 5 Djakaridja KONÉ Midfielder 01.01.1986 CIV 183 2009 Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC 6 Laurenţiu RUS Midfielder 07.05.1985 ROU 178 2009 CF Liberty Salonta 7 Midfielder 23.10.1983 ROU 177 2007 FC Internazionale Milano 8 Gabriel BOŞTINĂ Midfielder 22.05.1977 ROU 182 2007 FC Steaua Bucureşti 9 Forward 16.05.1981 ROU 188 2008 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 10 Ionel DĂNCIULESCU Forward 06.12.1976 ROU 178 2006 Shandong Luneng Taishan FC (loan) 12 Emilian DOLHA Goalkeeper 03.11.1979 ROU 195 2008 KKS Lech Poznań 14 Francisco MOLINERO Defender 26.07.1985 ESP 175 2009 Levante UD 15 Forward 02.01.1980 ROU 186 2007 FC Nantes 17 Forward 15.05.1984 ROU 179 2008 FC Politehnica Iaşi (loan) 18 Lucian GOIAN Defender 10.02.1983 ROU 186 2004 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (loan) 20 Adrian CRISTEA Midfielder 30.11.1983 ROU 179 2004 FC Politehnica Iaşi 21 Dragoş GRIGORE Defender 07.09.1986 ROU 185 2008 CFR Timişoara 22 Gabriel TORJE Midfielder 22.11.1989 ROU 167 2008 FCU Politehnica Timişoara 23 Florin MATACHE Goalkeeper 03.08.1982 ROU 190 2004 CS Otopeni (loan) 25 Adrian SCARLATACHE Defender 05.12.1986 ROU 180 2004 CS Otopeni (loan) 27 ZÉ KALANGA Midfielder 12.10.1983 ANG 175 2006 Boavista FC (loan) 28 Osvaldo MIRANDA Forward 24.06.1984 ARG 190 2008 CA Gimnasia y Esgrima 29 Ousmane N’DOYE Midfielder 21.03.1978 SEN 185 2009 SC Vaslui 30 Gabriel TAMAŞ Defender 09.11.1983 ROU 188 2008 AJ Auxerre 36 George CURCĂ Goalkeeper 08.05.1981 ROU 187 2009 FC Farul Constanţa 99 Forward 23.06.1976 ROU 182 2009 AC Omonia

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 3rd in Romanian European Champion Clubs’ Cup 66 24 10 32 96 106 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 20 8 4 8 25 18 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 72 31 12 29 124 94 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 00000 0 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 41034 6 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 00000 0 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti – FC Slovan Total 162 64 26 72 249 224 Liberec (CZE) 0-3 Second leg, 27 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group F FC Slovan Liberec (CZE) – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 0-3* Matchday One: 17 September (* won 9-8 on penalties) SK Sturm (AUT) – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti Matchday Two: 1 October FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti – Panathinaikos FC (GRE) Matchday Three: 22 October Galatasaray AS (TUR) - FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti Matchday Four: 5 November FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti - Galatasaray AS (TUR) Matchday Five: 3 December FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti – SK Sturm Graz (AUT) Matchday Six: 16 December Panathinaikos FC (GRE) – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti

59 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F

Panathinaikos FC (GRE)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Nikos PATERAS

Founded: 1908 Date of Birth: 26.08.1963 Address: 12A Herodou Attikou Str, Marousi, 15124 Elected/Appointed: 27.05.2008 Athens, Greece Telephone: +30 210 809 3630 Website: pao.gr HEAD COACH: Henk TEN CATE

Press Officer: Vera Triantafyllopoulou Date/Place of Birth: 09.12.1954 Team Captain: Georgios Karagounis in Amsterdam, Netherlands Nationality: NED

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: (1979-85), National Championship (19) Edmonton Drillers (loan) (1980), 1930, 1949, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, Telstar (loan (1981-82), 1970, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, SC Heracles (1985-86) 2004 National Cup (16) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1940, 1948, 1955, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1982, 1984, 1986, Go Ahead Eagles (1990), SC Heracles (1990-92), VV 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2004 Rheden (1992-93), Go Ahead Eagles (1993-95), (1995-97), BV Vitesse (1997-98), KFC Uerdingen 05 (1998-99), MTK Hungária FC (1999- STADIUM: OACA SPIROS LOUIS 2000), NAC Breda (2000-03), FC Barcelona (assistant) (2003-06), AFC Ajax (2006-07), Chelsea FC (assistant) Ground Capacity: 68,079 (2007-08), Panathinaikos FC (2008-) Opened: 1982 Major Honours – Hungarian Cup (2000), Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Dutch Cup (2007)

60 Panathinaikos FC | Group F

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Mario GALINOVIĆ Goalkeeper 15.11.1976 CRO 195 2004 NK Kamen Ingrad Velika 3 José SARRIEGI Defender 19.01.1979 ESP 185 2007 Athletic Club Bilbao 5 Ante RUKAVINA Forward 18.06.1986 CRO 188 2008 HNK Hajduk Split 7 Midfielder 03.04.1990 GRE 173 2006 none 8 Cédric KANTÉ Defender 06.07.1979 FRA 182 2009 OGC Nice 9 Djibril CISSÉ Forward 12.08.1981 FRA 183 2009 Olympique de 11 Sebastian LETO Midfielder 30.08.1986 ARG 188 2009 Liverpool FC 14 Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS Forward 18.08.1981 GRE 172 2006 PAOK FC 15 GILBERTO SILVA Midfielder 07.10.1976 BRA 184 2008 Arsenal FC 17 Lazaros HRISTODOULOPOULOS Forward 19.12.1986 GRE 183 2008 PAOK FC 18 Mattias BJÄRSMYR Defender 03.01.1986 SWE 187 2009 IFK Göteborg 19 GABRIEL Defender 05.06.1981 BRA 170 2008 Fluminense FC 21 Filippos DARLAS Defender 23.10.1983 GRE 182 2001 PAOK FC (loan) 22 Stergos MARINOS Midfielder 17.09.1987 GRE 178 2009 Atromitos FC 23 SIMÃO Midfielder 23.07.1988 MOZ 178 2007 Clube Ferroviário de Maputo 24 Loukas VINTRA Defender 05.02.1981 GRE 184 2004 Paniliakos FC 26 Georgios KARAGOUNIS Midfielder 06.03.1977 GRE 176 2007 SL Benfica 27 Orestis KARNEZIS Goalkeeper 11.07.1985 GRE 179 2007 OFI Crete FC 28 Antonis PETROPOULOS Forward 28.01.1986 GRE 186 2008 OFI Crete FC (loan) 29 Konstantinos KATSOURANIS Midfielder 21.06.1979 GRE 183 2009 SL Benfica 30 Goalkeeper 12.08.1982 GRE 190 2008 OFI Crete FC 31 Nikolaos SPIROPOULOS Defender 10.10.1983 GRE 172 2008 Panionios GSS 34 Georgios MACHLELIS Defender 10.05.1991 GRE 175 2008 Koropi FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 3rd in Greek Superleague; won play-offs European Champion Clubs’ Cup 141 46 40 55 168 188 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 22 9 3 10 29 36 2009/10 UEFA Cup 62 27 12 23 84 73 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 28 July European/South American Cup 2 0112 3 AC Sparta Praha (CZE) – Panathinaikos FC 3-1 Total 227 82 56 89 283 300 Second leg, 4 August Panathinaikos FC – AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 3-0 Play-off Round First leg, 19 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group F Panathinaikos FC – Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 2-3 Second leg, 25 August Matchday One: 17 September Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) – Panathinaikos FC 2-0 Panathinaikos FC – Galatasaray AS (TUR) Matchday Two: 1 October FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) - Panathinaikos FC Matchday Three: 22 October Panathinaikos FC – SK Sturm Graz (AUT) Matchday Four: 5 November SK Sturm Graz (AUT) - Panathinaikos FC Matchday Five: 3 December Galatasaray AS (TUR) - Panathinaikos FC Matchday Six: 16 December Panathinaikos FC – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU)

61 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F

Galatasaray AS (TUR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: ADNAN POLAT

Founded: 1905 Date of Birth: 23.04.1953 Address: Hasnun Galip Sokak, No 7-9 Beyoğlu, 34420 Elected/Appointed: 22.03.2008 , Telephone: +90 212 663 0090 Website: galatasaray.org HEAD COACH: Frank RIJKAARD

Press Officer: Yako Igual Date/Place of Birth: 30.09.1962 Team Captain: in Amsterdam, Netherlands Nationality: NED MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: AFC Ajax (1980-87), Sporting National Championship (17) Clube de Portugal (1987-88), Real 1962, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1993, Zaragoza (loan) (1987-88), 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008 AC Milan (1988-93), AFC Ajax National Cup (14) (1993-95) 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1982, 1985, 1991, Major Honours – UEFA European 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005 Championship (1988), European Champion Clubs’ Cup UEFA Cup (1) (1989, 1990), UEFA Champions League (1995), UEFA 2000 Cup Winners’ Cup (1987), European/South American UEFA Super Cup (1) Cup (1989, 1990), UEFA Super Cup (1989, 1990), 2000 Dutch Championship (1982, 1983, 1985, 1994, 1995), Italian Championship (1992, 1993), Dutch Cup (1983, STADIUM: ALİ SAMİ YEN 1986, 1987) International Caps/Goals – 73/10 for the Netherlands Ground Capacity: 23,257 Opened: 1964 Managerial/Coaching Career: Size of Pitch: 105 x 68m Netherlands (1998-2000), Sparta Rotterdam (2001-02), FC Barcelona (2003-08), Galatasaray AS (2009) Major Honours – UEFA Champions League (2006), Spanish Championship (2005, 2006)

62 Galatasaray AS | Group F

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 AYKUT Erçetin Goalkeeper 14.09.1982 TUR 187 2003 VfB Stuttgart 2 EMRE Güngör Defender 01.08.1984 TUR 182 2007 MKE Ankaragücü 3 UĞUR Uçar Defender 05.04.1987 TUR 180 2004 (loan) 5 GÖKHAN Zan Defender 07.09.1981 TUR 192 2009 Beşiktaş JK 6 Tobias LINDEROTH Midfielder 21.04.1979 SWE 177 2007 FC København 8 BARIŞ Özbek Midfielder 14.09.1986 GER 180 2007 Rot-Weiss Essen 9 ELANO Blumer Midfielder 14.06.1981 BRA 175 2009 Manchester City FC 10 ARDA Turan Midfielder 30.01.1987 TUR 176 2004 (loan) 11 Kader KEITA Forward 06.08.1981 CIV 184 2009 Olympique Lyonnais 14 Midfielder 03.03.1986 TUR 187 2006 Çanakkale Dardanelspor 15 Milan BAROŠ Forward 28.10.1981 CZE 184 2008 Olympique Lyonnais 16 MUSTAFA Sarp Midfielder 05.11.1980 TUR 187 2009 18 AYHAN Akman Midfielder 23.02.1977 TUR 173 2001 Beşiktaş JK 19 Harry KEWELL Midfielder 22.09.1978 AUS 180 2008 Liverpool FC 20 Forward 06.03.1977 CGO 182 2007 AS Roma 21 EMRE Aşık Defender 13.12.1973 TUR 183 2006 Ankaraspor (loan) 22 Defender 23.03.1983 TUR 184 2007 Manisaspor 23 SERKAN Kurtuluş Defender 01.01.1990 TUR 181 2008 Bursaspor 25 LEO FRANCO Goalkeeper 20.05.1977 ARG 188 2009 Club Atlético de Madrid 55 SABRİ Sarıoğlu Midfielder 26.07.1984 TUR 170 2001 none 60 ALPARSLAN Erdem Midfielder 11.12.1988 TUR 174 2008 Werder Bremen 76 SERVET Çetin Defender 17.03.1981 TUR 192 2007 Sivasspor 86 CANER Erkin Midfielder 04.10.1988 TUR 181 2009 PFC CSKA Moskva 88 UFUK Ceylan Goalkeeper 23.06.1986 TUR 195 2009 Manisaspor

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 5th in Turkish Süper Lig European Champion Clubs’ Cup 133 48 33 52 174 190 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 32 12 7 13 42 55 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 59 24 17 18 92 78 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 11002 1 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 00000 0 First leg, 16 July European/South American Cup 00000 0 FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) – Galatasaray AS 1-1 Total 225 85 57 83 310 324 Second leg, 23 July Galatasaray AS – FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) 2-0 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 30 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group F Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR) – Galatasaray AS 1-4 Second leg, 6 August Matchday One: 17 September Galatasaray AS – Maccabi Netanya FC (ISR) 6-0 Panathinaikos FC (GRE) – Galatasaray AS Play-off Round Matchday Two: 1 October First leg, 20 August Galatasaray AS – SK Sturm Graz (AUT) Galatasaray AS – FC Levadia (EST) 5-0 Matchday Three: 22 October Second leg, 27 August Galatasaray AS – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) FC Levadia Tallinn (EST) – Galatasaray AS 1-1 Matchday Four: 5 November FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) – Galatasaray AS Matchday Five: 3 December Galatasaray AS – Panathinaikos FC (GRE) Matchday Six: 16 December SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – Galatasaray AS

63 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group F

SK Sturm Graz (AUT)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Hans RINNER

Founded: 1909 Date of Birth: 18.03.1963 Address: Triesterstrasse 359/1, 8055 Graz, Austria Elected/Appointed: 18.01.2007 Telephone: +43 316 771 771 0 Website: sksturm.at HEAD COACH: Press Officer: Daniela Mayr Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 23.04.1966 in Mainz, Germany Nationality: GER

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1983-84), DSC National Championship (2) Arminia Bielefeld (1984-85), FC 1998, 1999 Saarbrücken (1985-87), 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1987-90), National Cup (3) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (1990-94), VfB Stuttgart (1994-96), 1996, 1997, 1999 FC Basel 1893 (1997), SK Sturm Graz (1997-2001) Major Honours – Austrian Championship (1998, 1999), German Cup (1990, 1993), Austrian Cup (1999) International Caps/Goals – 2/0 for West Germany STADIUM: GRAZ-LIEBENAU Managerial/Coaching Career: Ground Capacity: 15,323 SK Sturm Graz (amateurs) (2001-02), SK Sturm Graz Opened: 1997 (assistant) (2002-03), SK Sturm Graz (2003), SK Sturm Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Graz (amateurs) (2003-06), SK Sturm Graz (2006-)

64 SK Sturm Graz | Group F

PLAYERS

No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Christian GRATZEI Goalkeeper 19.09.1981 AUT 185 2002 Grazer AK 2 Fabian LAMOTTE Defender 25.02.1983 GER 188 2007 TSV 1860 München 4 Defender 08.10.1986 AUT 181 2007 Grazer AK 5 Defender 23.10.1979 AUT 181 2008 FC Wacker 6 Manuel WEBER Midfielder 28.08.1985 AUT 182 2009 SK Austria Kärnten 7 Peter HLINKA Midfielder 05.12.1978 SVK 190 2008 FC Augsburg 8 Andreas HÖLZL Midfielder 16.03.1985 AUT 177 2008 FC Wacker Innsbruck 9 Haris BUKVA Midfielder 15.03.1988 AUT 186 2009 SK Austria Kärnten 10 Samir MURATOVIĆ Midfielder 25.02.1976 BIH 185 2007 Grazer AK 11 Mario HAAS Forward 16.09.1974 AUT 181 2006 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 12 Dominic HASSLER Forward 30.03.1981 AUT 185 2009 FC Gratkorn 13 Midfielder 08.01.1989 AUT 178 2003 none 15 Luca TAUSCHMANN Defender 26.06.1991 AUT 186 2009 none 17 Martin EHRENREICH Defender 10.05.1983 AUT 180 2009 FC Gratkorn 18 Ilia KANDELAKI Defender 26.12.1981 GEO 180 2008 FC Carl Zeiss Jena 20 Mark PRETTENHALER Defender 11.04.1983 AUT 183 2009 FC Augsburg 21 Dean MARIC Midfielder 10.10.1989 AUT 178 2009 none 22 Andreas LUKSE Goalkeeper 08.11.1987 AUT 185 2009 SK Rapid Wien 23 Defender 18.03.1985 CRO 191 2009 Beşiktaş JK 25 Uwe KROPFHOFER Goalkeeper 21.01.1986 AUT 178 2009 SV Spittal/Drau 26 Marvin WEINBERGER Forward 04.04.1989 AUT 171 2009 none 27 Christian KLEM Midfielder 21.04.1991 AUT 163 2009 none 28 Daniel BEICHLER Midfielder 13.10.1988 AUT 183 2006 Reggina Calcio (loan) 29 Sandro FODA Midfielder 28.12.1989 GER 170 2007 none 30 Klemen LAVRIČ Midfielder 12.06.1981 SVN 188 2009 Omiya Ardija

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2008/09 MP W D L GF GA 4th in Austrian Bundesliga European Champion Clubs’ Cup 34 13 5 16 42 66 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 12 5 3 4 14 11 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 38 11 12 15 48 50 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 00000 0 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 10 3 5 2 16 11 First leg, 16 July European/South American Cup 00000 0 SK Sturm Graz – NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) 2-1 Total 94 32 25 37 120 138 Second leg, 23 July NK Široki Brijeg (BIH) - SK Sturm Graz 1-1 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 30 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group F FK Petrovac (MNE) - SK Sturm Graz 2-1 Second leg, 6 August Matchday One: 17 September SK Sturm Graz – FK Petrovac (MNE) 5-0 SK Sturm Graz – FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) Play-off Round Matchday Two: 1 October First leg, 20 August Galatsaaray AS (TUR) - SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz – FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) 1-1 Matchday Three: 22 October Second leg, 27 August Panathinaikos FC (GRE) - SK Sturm Graz FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) - SK Sturm Graz 0-1 Matchday Four: 5 November SK Sturm Graz – Panathinaikos FC (GRE) Matchday Five: 3 December FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (ROU) - SK Sturm Graz Matchday Six: 16 December SK Sturm Graz – Galatasaray AS (TUR)

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