Hamburger SV v Viking FK PRESS KIT AOL Arena, Hamburg Thursday, 3 November 2005 - 18:30 local time Group A - Matchday 2 Something has to give at the AOL Arena as the two Group A winners from Matchday 1 meet looking to maintain perfect starts. Hamburger SV won their opening game 1-0 at PFC CSKA Sofia thanks to a Rafael van der Vaart goal, while Viking FK secured a fine home win against the 2004 UEFA Champions League finalists AS Monaco FC, Nkosinathi Nhleko scoring the only goal in another 1-0 success. •Despite beginning their European adventure in the 1960/61 season, Hamburg now face Norwegian opposition for the first time. The Bundesliga club (who qualified for this competition as one of the three UEFA Intertoto Cup winners along with RC Lens and Olympique de Marseille), are looking to complete a quartet of European trophies. •Hamburg have also won the 1976/77 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the 1982/83 European Champion Clubs' Cup. •However, they were beaten 1-0 by Nottingham Forest FC in the 1979/80 European Cup final and lost 2-0 to AC Milan in the 1967/68 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final. The German side completed a hat-trick of losing major finals when they lost to IFK Göteborg in the 1981/82 UEFA Cup final, 4-0 on aggregate. •Viking have met German clubs in five previous ties in UEFA competition, and have come out on top only once, against 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig, now VfB Leipzig but then of the East German league, with a win on away goals in the 1982/83 UEFA Cup first round. Viking won the home leg 1-0 before going down 3-2 away. •The four aggregate defeats suffered by Viking at the hands of Bundesliga clubs began in 1972/73 when the Norwegian club were paired with 1. FC Köln in the UEFA Cup second round. Viking won 1-0 at home, but Köln dominated the return leg - Johannes Löhr scoring five times in a 9-1 romp. •Viking then lost to eventual finalists VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 4-1 on aggregate in the first round of the 1979/80 UEFA Cup, and to Werder Bremen on away goals after a 2-2 draw on aggregate in the 1999/00 UEFA Cup second round. •The last meeting with German opposition was in the second round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup against Hertha BSC Berlin. Michael Preetz gave Hertha a first-leg win at the Stavanger stadion, before Alex Alves and Eyjölfur Sverrisson scored in Germany for a 3- 0 aggregate victory. Team facts: Hamburg •This is Hamburg's third successive appearance in UEFA competition. Their best sequence came from 1979/80 to 1985/86, a period which included a 1-0 victory in the uefa.com 1/15 Hamburger SV v Viking FK PRESS KIT 1982/83 European Champion Clubs' Cup final against Juventus FC. •Of all their matches in European competition, 24 have come in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Croatian side NK Slaven Koprivnica hold the record as all of their 34 matches in UEFA competition have come in the Intertoto Cup. Second are SC Heerenveen with 28 matches with Hamburg and VfL Wolfsburg joint third. •Hamburg were also involved in the Intertoto Cup in 2004, reaching the semi-final stage before losing 2-0 on aggregate to Villarreal CF, both matches finishing 1-0. Earlier in the competition, Hamburg accounted for Swiss side FC Thun 5-3 on aggregate. •Excluding two UEFA Super Cup appearances, Hamburg have competed in five UEFA club competition finals, winning two and losing three. Their most recent success came in the 1982/83 European Cup final where Magath's eighth-minute goal proved sufficient to defeat Juventus in Athens. Their other success came six years previous in the 1976/77 Cup Winners' Cup final against RSC Anderlecht. Magath was again on the scoresheet, this time scoring the second goal in the 90th minute after Georg Volkert's opener ten minutes earlier. Their final defeats came in the 1967/68 Cup Winners' Cup, a 2-0 loss to AC Milan, the 1979/80 European Cup, won 1-0 by Nottingham Forest FC, and the 1981/82 UEFA Cup, which IFK Göteborg won 4-0 on aggregate. •Hamburg finished in eighth position in the Bundesliga in 2004/05, good enough for them to compete in the 2005 Intertoto Cup as one of Germany's three representatives. •The German side entered the Intertoto Cup in the second round, meaning that their first game in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage will be their eleventh match this season in UEFA competition. •FK Pobeda, UD Leiria, SK Sigma Olomouc and Valencia CF provided Hamburg's opposition in the Intertoto Cup, with the German club winning seven of their eight matches and drawing the other – the second leg of their final meeting away to Valencia. In total, Hamburg scored 16 goals and conceded only twice. •The Intertoto Cup final against Valencia was the closest of all their four ties as Sergej Barbarez's 50th-minute first-leg goal was all that separated the two sides after 180 minutes of football. •Hamburg's reward was a UEFA Cup first round engagement against Danish side FC København. The first leg ended 1-1 at the AOL Arena with Rafael van der Vaart scoring for the German side after 37 minutes, only for Elrio van Heerden to reply three minutes later. Hamburg left it late in Danish capital, Van der Vaart's 89th-minute penalty allowing the visitors to book their place in the group stage. •A single goal from Rafael van der Vaart steered Hamburg to victory against PFC CSKA Sofia in the opening matchday of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. The Bundesliga outfit took three points from the Bulgarian capital thanks to a sumptuous long-range strike from the Dutch midfielder just short of the hour. •Prior to Matchday 2 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Hamburg had played 170 uefa.com 2/15 Hamburger SV v Viking FK PRESS KIT matches in UEFA competition. Overall, the German side have won 87, drawn 36 and lost 47 matches with 309 goals scored against 196 conceded. In the UEFA Cup alone, they have played 73 matches with 35 wins, 14 draws and 24 defeats in which 121 goals have been scored with 87 conceded. Team facts: Viking •This season, Viking are making their first European appearance since the 2002/03 season. •Viking are participating in their 18th season of UEFA competition following their debut in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup. •Viking's last appearance in UEFA competition came in second round of 2002/03 UEFA Cup when they lost 4-1 on aggregate to RC Celta de Vigo having defeated Chelsea FC 5-4 on aggregate in the first round. Peter Kopteff, still playing for Viking, scored one of the goals, with John Terry, Frank Lampard and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink among Chelsea's goalscorers. •They last played in the European Cup in 1992/93 when they lost 1-0 on aggregate to FC Barcelona in the first round. Since then have exclusively featured in the UCUP; this is their sixth appearance in the competition since 1995/96. •Viking have advanced to the UEFA Cup second round on five occasions, but never further. They came closest in 1999/00 season when they lost on away goals against Werder Bremen, drawing 0-0 away before being held 2-2 at home. Bjørn Berland gave Viking the lead after three minutes, but goals from Andre Wiedener and Andreas Herzog put Bremen in control before Rikhardur Dadason levelled for the Norwegian team. •Viking entered the first qualifying round as one of the three Fair Play winners. They defeated Portadown FC 3-1 on aggregate, before beating Rhyl FC by the same margin in the second qualifying round – winning all four matches against both sides. South African striker Nkosinathi Nhleko scored three times with Finnish international midfield player contributing Peter Kopteff two goals. •The Norwegian side then overcame FK Austria Wien in the first round, advancing on away goals following a 2-2 aggregate draw. Viking won the first leg at home thanks to Robert Mambo Mumba's 71st-minute goal. They then lost 2-1 in Vienna having taken the lead through Trygve Nygaard's 12th-minute goal. Austria hit back through Sigurd Rushfeldt (21) and Andreas Lasnik (47), but it was not enough for the team that reached the quarter-finals in 2004/05. •Nkosinathi Nhleko scored the only goal as Viking’s UEFA Cup adventure continued with a home victory against AS Monaco FC on the opening matchday of the 2005/06 group stage. The South African striker turned in Thomas Pereira's cross in the 18th minute to give the Norwegian side the victory. Monaco, the 2004 UEFA Champions League runners-up, were frustrated by Viking goalkeeper Anthony Basso throughout, although substitute David Gigliotti almost salvaged an equaliser when he struck a post uefa.com 3/15 Hamburger SV v Viking FK PRESS KIT in added time. •Prior to Matchday 2 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Viking had played 59 matches in UEFA competition. In that time, the Stavanger-based club have won 20, drawn 13 and lost 26 times with 75 goals scored against 86 conceded. uefa.com 4/15 Hamburger SV v Viking FK PRESS KIT All-time statistics Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs Home team's record versus clubs from the away team's country Home club has never played against clubs of the country of the away team Away team's record versus clubs from the home team's country Date Comp.