Toulouse FC - AC Sparta Praha MATCH PRESS KIT Stadium, Toulouse Thursday 8 November 2007 - 20.30 CET (20.30 local time) Group E - Matchday 2

Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups

Match background

Toulouse FC coach Elie Baup will look to outwit AC Sparta Praha at the third attempt having come up against the Czech giants earlier in his career. • Baup met Sparta during his time as coach of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, playing two games in the 1999/00 UEFA Champions League campaign. Each match ended 0-0, and both teams progressed to the second group stage.

• Toulouse lost their opener 1-0 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen while Sparta went down 2-1 at home against FC Zürich. That defeat means Sparta are without a win in their past 12 home European matches.

• The two sides have never met in European competition.

• Toulouse have never come up against Czech opposition in Europe - hardly surprising as they have only played 13 UEFA club competition games to date.

• Sparta have played six games against French sides in the past, winning one, drawing two and losing three. On French soil, they have drawn once and lost twice - most recently going down 5-0 at in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage.

• Sparta midfielder Ludovic Sylvestre will head home to France for the match. He is in his second season at Sparta after joining the club from FC Barcelona in the summer of 2006.

• Sparta coach Michal Bílek's only experience of French opposition as a player came when his Czechoslovakia side lost 2-1 in France in a EURO '92 qualifier. Jean-Pierre Papin scored both goals for Les Bleus.

• During his time as Czech Under-19 coach, Bílek's side earned a 3-3 draw against France in the 2003 finals to help them progress to the semi-finals, where they fell to eventual winners Italy.

• Sparta midfielder Milan Petržela is within one booking of a one-match suspension.

• Sparta striker Miroslav Slepička celebrates his 26th birthday on 10 November, two days after the Toulouse game.

• Toulouse have not won in their last three European home games.

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• Sparta have not won in their two UEFA club competition away games this season.

• FC Spartak Moskva are at home against Leverkusen in the day's other Group E game.

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Squad list

Toulouse Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Rudy Riou FRA 22.01.1980 27 ------3 - 16 Nicolas Douchez FRA 22.04.1980 27 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 30 Alan Mermillod FRA 05.10.1987 20 ------Defenders 2 Mohamed Fofana FRA 07.03.1985 22 - - - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 Daniel Congré FRA 05.04.1985 22 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 Dominique Arribagé FRA 11.05.1971 36 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 4 1 6 Jon Jönsson SWE 08.07.1983 24 ------2 - 5 - 12 Cheik Mbengue FRA 23.07.1988 19 ------13 Albin Ebondo FRA 23.02.1984 23 - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 24 Nkongolo Ilunga FRA 25.02.1982 25 - - - 1 - 3 - 3 - 7 - 26 Issoumaila Dao FRA 27.10.1983 24 ------28 Mauro Cetto ARG 14.04.1982 25 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 12 - Midfielders 5 Jérémy Mathieu FRA 29.10.1983 24 - - - 2 - - - 14 2 22 3 7 Fodé Mansare FRA 03.09.1981 26 - - - 1 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 8 Laurent Battles FRA 23.09.1975 32 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 14 Pantxi Sirieix FRA 07.10.1980 27 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 15 Paulo César BRA 28.06.1978 29 - - - 2 - 1 - 8 - 10 - 17 Fabinho BRA 10.01.1980 27 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 19 Nabil Taider FRA 26.05.1983 24 ------20 Achille Emana CMR 05.06.1982 25 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 5 - 22 Sissoko Moussa FRA 16.08.1989 18 - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - 23 Constant Kévin FRA 10.05.1987 20 ------27 Oumar N'Diaye FRA 09.12.1988 18 ------29 Etienne Capoue FRA 11.07.1988 19 ------Forwards 9 Johan Elmander SWE 27.05.1981 26 - - - 2 - 2 - 21 3 32 7 10 Bryan Bergougnoux FRA 12.01.1983 24 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 8 1 11 Santos TUN 20.03.1979 28 ------10 4 17 4 18 Kevin Dupuis FRA 14.01.1987 20 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 21 André-Pierre Gignac FRA 05.12.1985 21 - - - 2 - 3 1 3 1 5 1 25 Nicolas Dieuze FRA 07.02.1979 28 - - - 2 - 3 - 3 - 7 - Coach - Elie Baup FRA 17.03.1955 52 - - - 1 - 3 - 33 - 50 -

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Sparta Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Tomáš Poštulka CZE 02.02.1974 33 - - - 2 - 3 - 9 - 48 - 24 Matúš Kozáčík SVK 27.12.1983 23 - - - - - 1 - 11 - 15 - 29 Tomáš Grigar CZE 01.02.1983 24 ------2 - 2 - Defenders 2 Tomáš Řepka CZE 02.01.1974 33 - - - 2 - 3 - 19 1 49 2 8 Radoslav Zabavník SVK 16.09.1980 27 ------15 - 29 - 15 Jiri Kladrubský CZE 19.11.1985 21 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 19 Miloš Brezinský SVK 02.04.1984 23 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 13 2 20 Zdeněk Pospěch CZE 14.12.1978 28 - - - 2 - 2 - 10 - 20 - 23 Michal Kadlec CZE 13.12.1984 22 - - - 2 - 3 - 9 - 18 - 25 Pavel Mareš CZE 18.01.1976 31 ------18 - 26 1 32 Jan Krob CZE 27.04.1987 20 ------Midfielders 4 Milan Petržela CZE 19.06.1983 24 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 6 David Limberský CZE 06.10.1983 24 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 11 Daniel Kolář CZE 27.10.1985 22 - - - 1 - 1 - 7 1 8 1 14 Pavel Horváth CZE 22.04.1975 32 - - - 2 - 2 - 22 2 43 5 17 Ludovic Sylvestre FRA 05.02.1984 23 - - - - - 2 - 8 - 8 - 18 Karol Kisel SVK 15.03.1977 30 - - - - - 3 - 8 - 24 - 22 Ondrej Kúdela CZE 26.03.1987 20 ------26 Martin Abrahám CZE 20.09.1978 29 - - - 2 - 2 - 6 - 28 1 27 Luboš Hušek CZE 26.01.1984 23 - - - 2 - - - - - 2 - 28 Miroslav Matušovic CZE 02.11.1980 27 - - - 1 - 2 - 10 1 17 2 31 Martin Zeman CZE 28.03.1989 18 ------Forwards 9 Libor Došek CZE 24.04.1978 29 - - - 2 - 3 - 19 1 44 8 10 Miroslav Slepička CZE 10.11.1981 25 - - - - - 3 1 9 1 27 4 12 Jan Rezek CZE 05.05.1982 25 - - - 2 - 2 - 6 2 13 2 21 Igor Žofcák SVK 10.04.1983 24 - - - 1 - - - 2 - 7 1 30 Marek Kulič CZE 11.10.1975 32 - - - 2 - 1 - 11 3 20 9 33 Bohumil Nádenícek CZE 27.10.1987 20 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - Coach - Michal Bílek CZE 13.04.1965 42 - - - 2 - 3 - 9 - 11 -

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Match officials

Referee Eduardo Iturralde González (ESP) Assistant referees Rafael Guerrero Alonso (ESP), Pedro Medina Hernandez (ESP) Fourth official Javier Turienzo Alvarez (ESP) UEFA Delegate Milos Markovic (SRB) UEFA Referee observer Rodger Gifford (WAL)

Referee

UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 20.09.2001 UCUP R1 R. Standard de Liège - RC Strasbourg 2-0 Liege 29.09.2005 UCUP R1 Willem II - AS Monaco FC 1-3 Tilburg 28.09.2006 UCUP R1 AS Nancy-Lorraine - FC Schalke 04 3-1 Nancy 04.10.2007 UCUP R1 US Città di Palermo - FK Mladá Boleslav 0-1 Palermo

Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 26.03.1998 U18 IR England - France 3-0 11.07.1999 UIC R2 1. FC Brno - FC Basel 1893 2-4 Brno 16.11.2000 U18 PR - France 3-1 Hoffenheim 10.11.2001 U21 P-O Croatia - 1-1 Split 25.05.2002 U21 SF France - Switzerland 2-0 Basle 30.09.2003 UCL GS1 Celtic FC - Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Glasgow 05.12.2006 UCL GS PSV Eindhoven - FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1-3 Eindhoven

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Domestic information Toulouse FC () Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 04/08/07 Valenciennes FC (A) 1-3 Dieuze 11 League 11/08/07 Olympique Lyonnais (H) 1-0 Elmander 90 League 18/08/07 RC Strasbourg (H) 1-3 Gignac 35 League 25/08/07 OGC Nice (A) 1-1 Gignac 87 League 01/09/07 AJ Auxerre (H) 2-0 Elmander 68, Sissoko 90 League 15/09/07 (A) 2-1 Emana 11, Elmander 37 League 22/09/07 RC Lens (H) 1-1 Bergougnoux 24 Cup 26/09/07 SM Caen (H) 3-3 Sirieix 30, Fabinho 45, 93 League 30/09/07 SM Caen (A) 1-2 Emana 90 League 07/10/07 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A) 1-0 Emana 73 League 20/10/07 AS Saint-Etienne (H) 0-2 League 28/10/07 Le Mans UC 72 (A) 1-1 Dieuze 82 League 04/11/07 FC Metz (H) 0-0 League 11/11/07 FC Lorient (A) League 24/11/07 AS Monaco FC (H) League 01/12/07 FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) League 05/12/07 AS Nancy-Lorraine (H) League 08/12/07 LOSC Lille Métropole (H) League 15/12/07 Paris Saint-Germain FC (A) League 22/12/07 Stade Rennais FC (H) League 12/01/08 Olympique Lyonnais (A) League 19/01/08 SM Caen (H) League 23/01/08 RC Strasbourg (A) League 26/01/08 OGC Nice (H) League 09/02/08 AS Nancy-Lorraine (A) League 16/02/08 AJ Auxerre (A) League 23/02/08 Olympique de Marseille (H) League 01/03/08 RC Lens (A) League 08/03/08 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (H) League 15/03/08 AS Saint-Etienne (A) League 22/03/08 Le Mans UC 72 (H) League 30/03/08 FC Metz (A) League 05/04/08 FC Lorient (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympique Lyonnais 13 10 1 2 29 12 31 2 AS Nancy-Lorraine 12 8 3 1 20 7 27 3 Stade Rennais FC 13 7 3 3 17 10 24 4 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 13 6 4 3 16 12 22 5 Le Mans UC 72 13 6 2 5 18 18 20 6 RC Strasbourg 13 5 4 4 15 10 19 7 OGC Nice 13 5 4 4 13 10 19 8 AS Saint-Etienne 13 5 3 5 14 12 18 9 Valenciennes FC 13 5 3 5 14 16 18 10 AS Monaco FC 13 5 2 6 16 15 17 11 LOSC Lille Métropole 13 3 7 3 13 13 16 12 Toulouse FC 12 4 4 4 12 14 16 13 FC Lorient 13 3 6 4 13 16 15 14 Paris Saint-Germain FC 13 3 6 4 12 15 15 15 SM Caen 12 4 3 5 11 14 15 16 AJ Auxerre 13 4 1 8 11 21 13 17 RC Lens 12 3 3 6 9 13 12 18 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 13 2 6 5 11 17 12 19 Olympique de Marseille 13 2 5 6 9 15 11 20 FC Metz 13 1 4 8 6 19 7

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Domestic information AC Sparta Praha (Liga)

Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 06/08/07 FC Slovan Liberec (H) 1-0 Došek 19 League 11/08/07 FC Viktoria Plzen (A) 0-0 League 18/08/07 FC Zlín (H) 2-1 Došek 58, Matušovič 73 League 25/08/07 FK Viktoria Žižkov (A) 4-1 Kisel 1, Horváth 48(pen), M. Abrahám 60, Došek 89(pen) League 02/09/07 SK Sigma Olomouc (H) 1-0 Došek 85 Cup 05/09/07 Banik Sokolov (A) 5-1 Došek 7, Slepička 24, Limberský 65, Sylvestre 80(pen), Kolář 89 League 16/09/07 FK Teplice (A) 1-2 Slepička 66 League 24/09/07 FK Mladá Boleslav (H) 0-1 Cup 27/09/07 Dukla (A) 3-1 Slepička 3, Rezek 44(pen), Kulič 67 League 30/09/07 FK Jablonec 97 (A) 2-0 Kisel 82, 90 League 08/10/07 SK Slavia Praha (H) 0-2 League 21/10/07 SK Dynamo Ceské Budéjovice (A) 1-1 Slepička 77 League 28/10/07 SK Kladno (H) 4-1 Kisel 38, Pospěch 43, Došek 74, Slepička 90 Cup 31/10/07 FC Bohemians Praha (H) 2-0 Kisel 37, Došek 87 League 04/11/07 FK SIAD Most (A) 5-0 Kulič 12, 57, Rezek 68, Kolář 84, Došek 88 League 12/11/07 FC Bohemians Praha (H) League 25/11/07 1. FC Brno (A) League 01/12/07 FC Baník Ostrava (A) League 08/12/07 FC Viktoria Plzen (H) League 16/02/08 FC Zlín (A) League 23/02/08 FK Viktoria Žižkov (H) League 01/03/08 SK Sigma Olomouc (A) League 08/03/08 FK Teplice (H) League 15/03/08 FK Mladá Boleslav (A) League 19/03/08 SK Slavia Praha (A) League 22/03/08 FK Jablonec 97 (H) League 05/04/08 SK Dynamo Ceské Budéjovice (H) League 12/04/08 SK Kladno (A) League 19/04/08 FK SIAD Most (H) League 26/04/08 FC Bohemians Praha (A) League 03/05/08 1. FC Brno (H) League 12/05/08 FC Baník Ostrava (H) League 19/05/08 FC Slovan Liberec (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 SK Slavia Praha 12 9 2 1 23 7 29 2 AC Sparta Praha 12 7 2 3 21 9 23 3 FK Teplice 12 7 2 3 17 9 23 4 FC Baník Ostrava 12 5 5 2 20 13 20 5 1. FC Brno 12 5 4 3 17 16 19 6 FC Viktoria Plzen 12 5 3 4 12 12 18 7 FK Mladá Boleslav 12 4 4 4 15 13 16 8 SK Sigma Olomouc 12 4 4 4 7 10 16 9 FC Zlín 12 4 4 4 9 15 16 10 SK Dynamo Ceské Budéjovice 12 4 3 5 15 15 15 11 FC Slovan Liberec 12 3 4 5 10 12 13 12 SK Kladno 12 3 3 6 18 22 12 13 FK Viktoria Žižkov 12 3 3 6 17 24 12 14 FK Jablonec 97 12 2 4 6 8 13 10 15 FC Bohemians Praha 12 2 4 6 6 14 10 16 FK SIAD Most 12 1 5 6 16 27 8

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Competition facts

• UEFA Cup : All-time records

Most final wins: by club 3 FC Internazionale Milano 3 Juventus 3 Liverpool FC 2 Feyenoord 2 IFK Göteborg 2 Parma FC 2 Real Madrid CF 2 Sevilla FC 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 2 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach

Most final wins: by player 3 Ray Clemence (Liverpool FC - 1972/73, 1975/76, Tottenham Hotspur FC - 1983/84) 3 Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano - 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98) 3 Nicola Berti (FC Internazionale Milano - 1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98)

Most final wins: by country 9 Italy 6 England 6 Germany 5 Spain 4 Netherlands 2 Sweden 1 Belgium 1 Portugal 1 Russia 1 Turkey

Most appearances: by player 96 Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano)

Most goals: by player 29 Dieter Müller (1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, FC Girondins de Bordeaux)

Most goals (in one season): by player 15 Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern München, 1995/96) 14 John Wark (Ipswich Town FC, 1981/82) 12 Derlei (FC Porto, 2002/03)

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Team facts

Toulouse FC

UEFA club competition milestones • Competing in their third European campaign, Toulouse started in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round but were no match for Liverpool FC, losing 5-0 over two legs to enter the UEFA Cup first round.

UEFA Cup milestones • Toulouse reached the second round in both of their previous campaigns but are returning to the UEFA Cup after a 20-year absence.

UEFA club competition honours• None

Ten-year record 2006/07: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2004/05: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2003/04: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2002/03: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2000/01: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1999/00: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1998/99: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition

2006/07 season Domestic record: Toulouse emerged from a throng of clubs to snatch third place in Ligue 1 and earn a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. However, they failed to progress beyond the last 32 of the French Cup, losing to AS Monaco FC.

European record: N/A

Key facts UEFA club competition • Pld: 13 W: 4 D: 3 L: 6 GF: 13 GA: 17

UEFA Cup • Pld: 11 W: 4 D: 3 L: 4 GF: 13 GA: 12

Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 5-1: Toulouse FC v Panionios GSS 16.09.1987, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Biggest home win 5-1: Toulouse FC v Panionios GSS (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-1: Panionios GSS v Toulouse FC 30.09.1987, UEFA Cup first round second leg

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• Heaviest defeat 4-0: Liverpool FC v Toulouse FC 28.08.2007, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg 5-1: SK Spartak Moskva v Toulouse FC 05.11.1986, UEFA Cup second round second leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Toulouse FC v Liverpool FC 15.08.2007, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Liverpool FC v Toulouse FC (see above for details) 5-1: SK Spartak Moskva v Toulouse FC (see above for details)

UEFA Cup • Biggest win 5-1: Toulouse FC v Panionios GSS (see above for details)

• Biggest home win 5-1: Toulouse FC v Panionios GSS (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-1: Panionios GSS v Toulouse FC (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat 5-1: SK Spartak Moskva v Toulouse FC (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat No home defeats recorded in UEFA Cup competition

• Heaviest away defeat 5-1: SK Spartak Moskva v Toulouse FC (see above for details)

Last updated: 26.10.2007

AC Sparta Praha

UEFA club competition milestones • Sparta's best return came in the 1972/73 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup where they advanced to the semi-finals only to exit 2-0 on aggregate to AC Milan. Between 1998/99 and 2005/06, Sparta featured in the UEFA Champions League for eight successive seasons. In that time they advanced to the second group stage on two occasions, but the 2003/04 season provided them with their first trip into the knockout stages although they would lose 4-1 on aggregate to Milan.

UEFA Cup milestones • A 2-1 aggregate quarter-final defeat to NK Hajduk Split in 1983/84 marked Sparta's best run in the UEFA Cup so far.

UEFA club competition honours • None

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Ten-year record 2006/07: UEFA Cup - group stage 2005/06: UEFA Champions League - group stage 2004/05: UEFA Champions League - group stage 2003/04: UEFA Champions League - first knockout round 2002/03: UEFA Cup - second round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2001/02: UEFA Champions League - second group stage 2000/01: UEFA Champions League - first group stage 1999/00: UEFA Champions League - second group stage 1998/99: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round) 1997/98: UEFA Champions League - group stage 2006/07 season Domestic record: Sparta clinched the league and cup double last season, edging out city rivals SK Slavia Praha by four points in the 1. Liga. They successfully defended the by defeating FK Jablonec 97 2-1 in the final

European record: After overcoming Heart of Midlothian FC 2-0 on aggregate in the UEFA Cup first round, Sparta failed to advance from the group stage, finishing fourth in a section containing RCD Espanyol, AFC Ajax, SV Zulte Waregem and FK Austria Wien.

Key facts UEFA club competition • Pld: 187 W: 74 D: 40 L: 73 GF: 267 GA: 245

UEFA Cup • Pld: 35 W: 15 D: 8 L: 12 GF: 44 GA: 40

Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 10-0: TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo v Anorthosis Famagusta FC 16.09.1964, UEFA Cup Winners Cup preliminary round first leg

• Biggest home win 10-0: TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo v Anorthosis Famagusta FC(see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-6: Anorthosis Famagusta FC v TJ Spartak Praha Sokolovo, 20.09.1964, UEFA Cup Winners Cup preliminary round second leg

• Heaviest defeat 5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v AC Sparta Praha 08.12.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-0: FC Barcelona v AC Sparta Praha 08.12.1999, UEFA Champions League second group stage 5-0: FK Partizan v TJ Spartak CKD Praha 09.03.1966, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-final second leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AC Sparta Praha v BV Borussia Dortmund 10.12.1997, UEFA Champions League group stage

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• Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Olympique Lyonnais v AC Sparta Praha (see above for details) 5-0: FC Barcelona v AC Sparta Praha (see above for details) 5-0: FK Partizan v TJ Spartak CKD Praha (see above for details)

UEFA Cup • Biggest win 4-0: TJ Sparta CKD Praha v Watford FC, UEFA Cup third round first leg second leg

• Biggest home win 4-0: TJ Sparta CKD Praha v Watford FC (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-2: Heart of Midlothian FC v AC Sparta Praha 14.09.2006, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-2: FC Zimbru Chisinau v AC Sparta Praha 31.10.1995, UEFA Cup second round second leg

• Heaviest defeat 4-0: Neuchâtel Xamax FC v TJ Sparta CKD Praha 15.09.1981, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-2: AC Sparta Praha v RCD Espanyol 19.10.2006, UEFA Cup group stage 2-4: AC Sparta Praha v Real Sociedad de Fútbol 15.09.1998, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Neuchâtel Xamax FC v TJ Sparta CKD Praha (see above for details)

Last updated: 26.10.2007

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Competition information

The UEFA Cup grew out of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and was first held in 1971/72. The UEFA Cup is open to the holders, the teams finishing in leading positions behind the champions in their domestic top flights, the winners of national cup competitions, the winners of the League Cup in certain countries, the eleven winners of the final matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, three clubs from UEFA's Fair Play League and 16 clubs eliminated from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The eight third-placed clubs at the end of the UEFA Champions League group stage drop into the UEFA Cup, in time for the tournament's knockout phase.

• Format: If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria will be applied to determine the rankings: a) superior goal difference from all group matches played; b) higher number of goals scored; c) higher number of goals scored away; d) higher number of wins; e) higher number of away wins; f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced that the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA club competitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from 2007/08, at least six places on this list will be reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from within the same association of the said club.

The 'B' list will also continue to exist - involving an unlimited number of Under-21 players who have been at the club for two seasons. In 2006/07 the number of locally-trained players required began at four but the current six will rise to eight in 2008/09, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained.

A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at least three seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21.

UEFA is concerned some clubs are not training enough of their own players, but simply taking them from elsewhere. The proposed measures have the objective of creating a better balance in domestic competitions, preventing clubs from simply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system whereby locally-trained players would be given a greater opportunity to play regularly in club sides - ensuring a large reservoir of talent for national teams as a consequence.

• Competition format: Two qualifying rounds produce a first round of 80 teams who play over two legs to find the 40 clubs that make up the group stage. This phase comprises eight groups of five, with each side playing four games, two at home and two away. The winners, runners-up and third-placed teams from each section advance to the last 32 where they are joined by the eight third-placed clubs from the UEFA Champions League. Here, the traditional two-match knockout format resumes, until the final. The dates for the games are as follows: the Round of 32 takes place on 13/14 and 21 February; Round of 16 on 6 and 12/13 March; quarter-finals on 3 and 10 April; semi-finals on 24 April and 1 May. The 2007/08 UEFA Cup final will be held at the City of Manchester Stadium on 14 May.

• Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Cup matches from the start of the Round of 32, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of 25 for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 1 February at the latest. One player from the above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFA Cup this season.

Last updated 06.11.2007 17:04:40CET Competition information 1 Toulouse FC - AC Sparta Praha Thursday 8 November 2007 - 20.30 CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadium, Toulouse

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Last updated 06.11.2007 17:04:40CET Competition information 2 Toulouse FC - AC Sparta Praha Thursday 8 November 2007 - 20.30 CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadium, Toulouse

Legend

:: Competitions Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round AP: Appearances No: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round Comp.: Competition Pld: Matches played GS1: First group stage R2: Second round D: Drawn Pos.: Position GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round DoB: Date of birth Pts: Points KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round GA: Goals against R: Sent off (red card) PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals GF: Goals for Res.: Result QF: Quarter-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals L: Lost W: Won QR: Qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals Nat.: Nationality Y: Booked QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg N/a: Not Applicable Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg red) FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted

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