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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Bucharest Thursday 23 October 2014 19.00CET (20.00 local time) FC Steaua Bucureşti Group J - Matchday 3 Rio Ave FC Last updated 09/06/2015 16:01CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Steaua Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Panduru 27; Hélder 02/11/1994 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - SL Benfica 1-1 Bucharest 63 SL Benfica - FC Steaua Caniggia 43 (P), João 19/10/1994 GS 2-1 Lisbon Bucureşti Pinto 60; Militaru 89 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SL Benfica - FC Steaua 2-0 20/04/1988 SF Lisbon Rui Águas 22, 33 Bucureşti agg: 2-0 06/04/1988 SF FC Steaua Bucureşti - SL Benfica 0-0 Bucharest Rio Ave FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Rio Ave FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Steaua Bucureşti 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 5 Rio Ave FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match background FC Steaua Bucureşti secured a record-breaking result in their last UEFA Europa League home game and will look to maintain that momentum against Rio Ave FC in Group J. Form guide • Steaua have drawn both of their previous home games against Portuguese sides and have yet to beat a Portuguese team in UEFA competition. • Steaua are unbeaten in six European home fixtures (W4 D2) and have won all four of their UEFA encounters in Bucharest this season. • Steaua are currently the highest scoring side in the group stage, having notched seven goals in their two outings. • European debutants Rio Ave have yet to score more than once in any UEFA away game. Trivia and links • Rio Ave's Brazilian right-back Lionn played in Romania with CFR 1907 Cluj. • Steaua striker Raul Rusescu played in Portugal last season for SC Braga. • Steaua's Cape Verde international defender Fernando Varela was born in Portugal – Cascais – and played for Estoril Praia, CD Trofense and CD Feirense before moving to Romania. • Rio Ave's Belarusian midfielder Renan Bressan has scored 12 goals in UEFA club competition – more than twice as many as the rest of his club-mates' combined total of five. • Steaua's 6-0 win against Aalborg BK on matchday one matched their best previous European result – a 6-0 defeat of BSC Young Boys in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup on 3 October 1979. • Claudiu Keșerü's 12-minute hat-trick in that match was the fastest in UEFA Europa League history (Liverpool FC's Steven Gerrard had held the record with a 13-minute treble against SSC Napoli in 2010/11). • It was also the first UEFA Europa League match (group stage to final game) in which a team had scored six goals. The coaches • Steaua coach Constantin Gâlcă was capped 68 times as a midfielder and played in Spain with RCD Mallorca, RCD Espanyol and Villarreal CF among others after making his name at Steaua. He took charge of his old club in June 2014 following a spell working as Romania's Under-17 coach. • As a defensive midfielder, Rio Ave coach Pedro Martins' career peaked during a three-year spell at Sporting – during which he earned, in 1997, his only cap for Portugal. As a coach, he worked his way up the leagues, joining Rio Ave in 2014 after a four-year stint at CS Marítimo. 3 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Team facts FC Steaua Bucureşti Formed: 1947 Nickname: Militarii (Army Men) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1986, (1989) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1986 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 25 (2014) Romanian Cup: 21 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2004/05: round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v Aalborg BK 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 6-0: Steaua v BSC Young Boys 03/10/79, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: AC Sparta Praha v Steaua 07/09/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Steaua v VfB Stuttgart 22/11/12, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-4: Steaua v Chelsea FC 01/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v Maccabi Haifa FC 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v Aalborg BK (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: FC Levadia Maardu v Steaua 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v FC Spartak Trnava 09/08/12, third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Steaua v VfB Stuttgart (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Maccabi Haifa FC v Steaua (see above) Formed: 1939 Nickname: Vilacondenses (The Vila do Conde Side) 4 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None 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: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 1-0: Rio Ave v IF Elfsborg 28/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Biggest away win 0-1: IFK Göteborg v Rio Ave 31/07/14, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rio Ave v FC Dynamo Kyiv 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: IF Elfsborg v Rio Ave 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg 1-0: Aalborg BK v Rio Ave 02/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 1-0: Rio Ave v IF Elfsborg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-1: IFK Göteborg v Rio Ave (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rio Ave v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: IF Elfsborg v Rio Ave (see above) 1-0: Aalborg BK v Rio Ave (see above) 5 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Rio Ave FC Thursday 23 October 2014 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Squad list FC Steaua Bucureşti Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Florin Niță ROU 03/07/1987 27 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 24 Giedrius Arlauskis LTU 01/12/1987 26 - 6 - 2 - 10 - 9 - 27 - 95 Valentin Cojocaru ROU 01/10/1995 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Defenders 2 Cornel Râpă ROU 16/01/1990 24 - 6 1 1 - 7 - 5 - 16 1 4 Łukasz Szukała POL 26/05/1984 30 - 6 - 2 - 10 2 8 - 26 - 5 Srgian Luchin ROU 04/03/1986 28 - - - - - 5 - - - 9 - 6 Paul Papp ROU 11/11/1989 24 - - - 2 - 5 1 6 - 10 - 13 Alin Dorinel Toşca ROU 14/03/1992 22 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 14 Iasmin Latovlevici ROU 11/05/1986 28 - 6 - 2 - 8 1 24 2 52 3 33 Fernando Varela POR 26/11/1987 26 - 6 - 2 - - - 2 - 10 - Midfielders 7 Alexandru Chipciu ROU 18/05/1989 25 - 5 2 2 - 9 2 12 2 24 4 8 Lucian Filip ROU 25/09/1990 24 - 6 - - - 3 - 3 - 15 - 10 Cristian Tănase ROU 18/02/1987 27 - 5 - 1 - 5 1 25 4 45 6 11 Andrei Prepeliţă ROU 08/12/1985 28 - 6 1 2 - 9 - 15 - 27 1 12 Nicolae Stanciu ROU 07/05/1993 21 - 6 2 1 - 9 - 1 - 23 4 18 Lucian Sânmărtean ROU 13/03/1980 34 - 5 - 2 1 8 3 8 1 34 6 21 Nicandro Breeveld NED 07/07/1986 28 - 2 - 1 - 7 - 7 - 20 2 22 Paul Pîrvulescu ROU 11/08/1988 26 - 3 - - - 5 - 4 - 13 - 26 Ionuţ Neagu ROU 26/10/1989 24 - - - - - 3 - - - 5 - 27 Toni Grădinaru ROU 23/08/1995 19 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 55 Alexandru Bourceanu ROU 24/04/1985 29 - - - - - - - 24 - 47 1 77 Adrian Popa ROU 24/07/1988 26 - 5 - 1 - 8 3 10 - 28 1 97 Robert Vâlceanu ROU 29/03/1997 17 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 2 - Forwards 9 Gabriel Iancu ROU 15/04/1994 20 - 4 1 2 - 6 1 2 - 14 3 25 Raul Rusescu ROU 09/07/1988 26 - - - 2 3 5 - 21 10 35 13 28 Claudiu Keșerü ROU 02/12/1986 27 - 3 1 2 3 11 10 2 3 5 4 Coach - Constantin Gâlcă ROU 08/03/1972 42 - 6 - 2 - - - 2 - 8 - Rio Ave FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.