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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Grand Stade Lille Métropole - Villeneuve d'Ascq Thursday 11 December 2014 LOSC Lille 21.05CET (21.05 local time) VfL Wolfsburg Group H - Matchday 6 Last updated 09/06/2015 18:52CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers De Bruyne 82; Origi 02/10/2014 GS VfL Wolfsburg - LOSC Lille 1-1 Wolfsburg 77 (P) Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA LOSC Lille 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 VfL Wolfsburg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 LOSC Lille - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Schweinsteiger 5, FC Bayern München - LOSC Pizarro 18, 28, 33, 07/11/2012 GS 6-1 Munich Lille Robben 23, Kroos 66; Kalou 57 LOSC Lille - FC Bayern Villeneuve 23/10/2012 GS 0-1 T. Müller 20 (P) München d'Ascq UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers TSV Alemannia Aachen - LOSC 21/10/2004 GS 1-0 Cologne Meijer 67 Lille UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Balakov 81, Kuranyi 27/08/2002 F VfB Stuttgart - LOSC Lille Stuttgart agg: 2-1 88 13/08/2002 F LOSC Lille - VfB Stuttgart 1-0 Lille Bonnal 20 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 28/02/2002 R4 Borussia Dortmund - LOSC Lille Dortmund agg: 1-1 ag Bassir 72; Ewerthon 21/02/2002 R4 LOSC Lille - Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Lille 67 VfL Wolfsburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Wolfsburg - Paris Saint- 1-3 Hasebe 63; Luyindula 26/02/2009 R3 Wolfsburg Germain agg: 1-5 38 (P), 73, Rothen 60 Paris Saint-Germain - VfL 18/02/2009 R3 2-0 Paris Hoarau 80, 83 Wolfsburg 2 LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-0 Dindane 42, Keita 48, 03/08/2005 SF RC Lens - VfL Wolfsburg Lens agg: 4-0 Jemaa 89, 90 27/07/2005 SF VfL Wolfsburg - RC Lens 0-0 Wolfsburg UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers M.Petrov 22, Biliskov 2-2 01/08/2001 SF VfL Wolfsburg - ES Troyes AC Wolfsburg 35; Amzine 29, agg: 2-3 Rothen 90 25/07/2001 SF ES Troyes AC - VfL Wolfsburg 1-0 Troyes Goussé 8 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-2 Tomislav Maric 50; 02/08/2000 SF VfL Wolfsburg - AJ Auxerre Wolfsburg agg 2-3 (aet) Kłos 26, Cissé 100 ET Sebescen 71 (og); 26/07/2000 SF AJ Auxerre - VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Auxerre Rische 21 VfL Wolfsburg - CS Sedan- 2-1 Akonnor 33, Adjaoud 22/07/2000 R3 Wolfsburg Ardennes agg: 2-1 78 (og); N'diefi 57 CS Sedan-Ardennes - VfL 15/07/2000 R3 0-0 Sedan Wolfsburg Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA LOSC Lille 2 0 1 1 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 8 1 3 4 4 12 VfL Wolfsburg 6 1 3 2 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 11 1 5 5 8 17 3 LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq Match background LOSC Lille will look to steal a UEFA Europa League round of 32 place away from VfL Wolfsburg as the sides reconvene in Group H on matchday six. • LOSC will finish second in the section if they beat Wolfsburg. • Wolfsburg need only avoid defeat to hold on to their runners-up slot. Form guide • Kevin De Bruyne's volley earned Wolfsburg a 1-1 draw when they met LOSC on matchday two. • Wolfsburg have yet to win in five games in France (D2 L3) and have scored just once in the course of those visits, drawing blanks in each of the last three. • LOSC are without a win in four European home matches this season (D3 L1); they have not won in seven European home contests (D3 L4) since a 2-0 success against FC København in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League play- offs. Trivia and links • Wolfsburg have had more attempts on goal than any other side in this season's group stage: 109. They have also committed the fewest fouls: 42. • LOSC's Danish defender Simon Kjær played for Wolfsburg from 2010 to 2013. • Wolfsburg's French midfielder Josuha Guilavogui met LOSC seven times as an AS Saint-Étienne player without winning (D2 L5). He was sent off in a 1-1 draw against LOSC on 26 May 2013. • Wolfsburg's Ivan Perišić started his playing career in France, playing for FC Sochaux-Montbéliard's reserves. He was a trainee at the club at the same time as LOSC's Marvin Martin. • Wolfsburg's Junior Malanda and LOSC's Jonathan Delaplace were midfield team-mates at SV Zulte-Waregem from 2012 to 2013. • LOSC forward Divock Origi and Wolfsburg midfielder Kevin De Bruyne are international team-mates with Belgium. The coaches • As a midfielder, LOSC coach René Girard won three titles and two French Cups with FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the 1980s. After a long spell coaching national age-group teams, he won Ligue 1 as Montpellier Hérault SC boss in 2011/12, moving to Lille in July 2013. • At one stage a lower-league midfielder and trainee policeman, Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking is back in Europe for the first time since leading second-tier TSV Alemannia Aachen into the 2004/05 UEFA Cup group stage. More recently, he has coached Hannover 96 and 1. FC Nürnberg, taking up his current post in December 2012. 4 LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq Team facts LOSC Lille Formed: 1944 Nickname: Les Dogues (The Mastiffs) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2011) French Cup: 6 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: round of 16 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2005/06: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2004/05: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0 on four occasions, most recently v KAA Gent 16/12/10, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 1-5: SK Slavia Praha v LOSC 01/10/09, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: LOSC v FC BATE Borisov 19/09/12, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Bayern München v LOSC 07/11/12, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0 on two occasions, most recently v KAA Gent (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: SK Slavia Praha v LOSC (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: LOSC v Sporting Clube de Portugal 16/09/10, group stage 0-1: LOSC v AJ Auxerre 10/03/05, round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Everton FC v LOSC 06/11/14, group stage 3-0: Liverpool FC v LOSC 18/03/10, round of 16 second leg VfL Wolfsburg Formed: 1945 Nickname: Die Wölfe (The Wolves) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) 5 LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 2004/05: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Wolfsburg v FC Krasnodar 06/11/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: Wolfsburg v SC Heerenveen 06/11/08, UEFA Cup group stage 4-0: Wolfsburg v HNK Cibalia 06/08/03, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: HNK Cibalia v Wolfsburg 30/07/03, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals first leg 0-3: Beşiktaş JK v Wolfsburg 03/11/09, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Wolfsburg v Paris Saint-Germain FC 26/02/09, UEFA Cup Round of 32 second leg 0-2: Wolfsburg v Everton FC 27/11/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: Wolfsburg v AC Perugia 26/08/03, UEFA Intertoto Cup final match second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: RC Lens v Wolfsburg 03/08/05, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: Wolfsburg v FC Krasnodar (group stage) 5-1: Wolfsburg v SC Heerenveen (group stage) • Biggest away win 2-4: FK Krasnodar v Wolfsburg 23/10/14, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Wolfsburg v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above) 0-2: Wolfsburg v Everton FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Everton FC v Wolfsburg 18/09/14, group stage 6 LOSC Lille - VfL Wolfsburg Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Grand Stade Lille Métropole, Villeneuve d'Ascq Squad list LOSC Lille Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.