Uefa Europa League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

Maccabi Haifa FC FC Steaua Bucureşti Group J - Matchday 3 Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Thursday 20 October 2011 19.00CET (19.00 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Team facts...... 4 Squad list...... 6 Fixtures and results...... 8 Match-by-match lineups...... 11 Match officials...... 13 Legend...... 14

This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Previous meetings

Head to Head None

Maccabi Haifa FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/07/07 R2 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa - 0-2 Bistrita Maymon 6, Hemed 65 Maccabi Haifa FC agg: 2-2 07/07/07 R2 Maccabi Haifa FC - 0-2 Haifa Tilinca 12, Zaharia 41 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa

FC Steaua Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None

Record versus clubs from opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Maccabi Haifa FC 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 FC Steaua Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 2 Previous meetings Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Match background

Israeli and Romanian sides will meet for the second time in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage as Maccabi Haifa FC host FC Steaua Bucureşti in Group J. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time and this is also Steaua's first tie against an Israeli club. • Maccabi have faced Romanian opposition before. They took on ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup; losing the home leg 2-0 and winning away by the same margin, before going on to lose the resulting penalty shoot-out 3-2. • That tainted victory remains the only one an Israeli side have achieved in eight games against Romanian clubs in UEFA competition, with the other seven producing two draws and five defeats. • Israeli and Romanian sides have already met in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage, with FC Rapid Bucureşti triumphing 1-0 at Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC in Group C on matchday one. Match background • Maccabi have won their last five European home games since losing 1-0 to FC Girondins de Bordeaux in their final 2009/10 UEFA Champions League group stage game. • Steaua have not won in nine UEFA away games (five draws and four defeats) since a 2-1 UEFA Europa League play-off win at Saint Patrick's Athletic FC on 27 August 2009. Team facts • Steaua's defender Geraldo Alves and Maccabi's midfielder Seidu Yahaya were on the books at AEK Athens FC together from 2007 to 2010. Alves made 44 appearances and Yahaya just three; with neither player finding the net during their time in Greece. • Steaua's Montenegrin forward Stefan Nikolić and Maccabi's Serbian goalkeeper Bojan Saranov were both registered with OFK Beograd in the 2007/08 season, though the latter was loaned out for much of that campaign and the former never featured for the Serbian side. • Having previously led FC Ashdod in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Elisha Levi won league titles with Maccabi in 2008/09 and 2010/11 and took them through a UEFA Champions League group stage campaign in 2008/09. However his side struggled, finishing bottom of a group they shared with FC Bayern München, Olympique Lyonnais and ACF Fiorentina, picking up just one point along the way. • Levi would have been up against another Israeli coach had Roni Levy not resigned as Steaua boss in the wake of their 1-1 draw at AEK Larnaca FC on matchday two. • The new Steaua boss is Ilie Stan, who spent the bulk of his playing career as a midfielder with the club (1987-95 and 1997), venturing abroad to represent KSV Cercle Brugge, AEL Limassol FC and Israeli sides Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC and Hapoel Tzafririm FC. He was briefly assistant coach of Romania in 2002 and 2004, and led FC Victoria Brăneşti to Romania's top flight with back-to-back promotions before resigning in April 2011.

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 3 Match background Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Team facts

Maccabi Haifa FC Formed: 1913 Nickname: Ha-Yerukim (The Greens) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 12 (2011) State Cup: 5 (1998) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: UEFA Champions League group stage 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2004/05: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2003/04: second round 2002/03: third round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League first group stage) 2001/02: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi Haifa v Glentoran FC 15/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Glentoran FC v Maccabi Haifa 22/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Maccabi Haifa v Valencia CF 11/12/03, UEFA Cup second round second leg (match played in Rotterdam) 0-4: Maccabi Haifa v FC Lokomotiv Nizhni Novgorod 19/07/97, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v RCD Espanyol (15/03/07 UEFA Cup round of 16 second leg) UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0: Maccabi Haifa v Cwmbran Town FC 28/08/03, qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 3-0: Cwmbran Town FC v Maccabi Haifa 14/08/03, qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Maccabi Haifa v Valencia CF (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: RCD Espanyol v Maccabi Haifa 15/03/07, round of 16 second leg 4-0: AEK Athens FC v Maccabi Haifa 28/11/02, third round first leg

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 4 Team facts Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa

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: 23 (2006) Romanian Cup: 21 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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 2003/04: second round 2002/03: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 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 1-4: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Real Madrid CF 17/10/06, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3 on four occasions, most recently v Olympique Lyonnais 26/09/06 UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on two occasions, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain FC 27/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg UEFA Cup/Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Steaua v RC Lens 20/10/05, group stage • Biggest away win 1-4: FC Levadia Maardu v Steaua 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on two occasions, most recently v Real Betis Balompié 09/03/06, round of 16 second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Steaua v FC Barcelona 28/09/77, first round second leg 0-2: Steaua v Sevilla FC 15/02/07, round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Barcelona v Steaua 14/09/77, first round first leg

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 5 Team facts Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Squad list

Maccabi Haifa FC

Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Nir Davidovitch ISR 17/12/76 34 - 6 - - - 1 - 18 - 58 - 22 Bojan Šaranov SRB 22/10/87 23 - 1 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 7 - 44 Amir Edri ISR 26/07/85 26 ------2 - Defenders 2 Sari Falach ISR 22/11/91 19 - 4 - 2 - 8 2 2 - 6 - 3 Jurica Buljat CRO 12/09/86 25 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 7 1 21 1 4 Orel Dgani ISR 08/01/89 22 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 5 - 5 Itzhak Cohen ISR 22/04/83 28 - 2 - - - 5 1 - - 2 - 8 Haim Magralashvili ISR 04/07/82 29 - - - - - 1 - 8 - 12 1 13 Taleb Twatha ISR 21/06/92 19 - 6 - 2 - 6 - 2 - 9 - 18 Ali Osman ISR 08/02/87 24 - 2 - 1 - 4 1 1 - 13 - 27 Eyal Meshumar ISR 10/08/83 28 - 6 - 1 - 5 1 8 - 29 - 29 Gavriel Griner ISR 24/01/92 19 ------Midfielders 6 Seidu Yahaya GHA 31/12/89 21 - 5 - 2 - 8 - 4 - 9 - 7 Gustavo Boccoli BRA 16/02/78 33 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 14 1 37 3 11 Idan Vered ISR 25/05/89 22 - 6 1 2 1 - - 2 1 8 2 12 Shadi Shaban ISR 04/03/92 19 ------15 Eyal Golasa ISR 07/10/91 20 - 6 2 2 - 5 1 2 - 20 4 21 Tamir Cohen ISR 04/03/84 27 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 2 - 19 - 23 Eran Rozenbom ISR 26/08/92 19 ------26 Dela Yampolsky ISR 28/07/88 23 - 6 2 - - 3 - - - 13 3 Forwards 9 Vladimir Dvalishvili GEO 20/04/86 25 - 6 4 1 - 4 - 1 - 23 11 14 Weaam Amasha ISR 08/08/85 26 - 6 4 2 - 8 7 2 - 8 4 16 Mohammad Ghadir ISR 21/01/91 20 - 3 - 2 1 7 1 2 1 18 4 17 Alon Turgeman ISR 09/06/91 20 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 19 Shlomi Azulay ISR 18/10/89 22 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 2 - 20 Yaniv Katan ISR 27/01/81 30 - 2 - 1 - 6 1 20 2 60 12 25 Hen Azriel ISR 26/06/88 23 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 2 - 28 Marlon De Jesus ECU 04/09/91 20 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 2 - Coach - Elisha Levi ISR 18/11/57 53 - 6 - 2 - - - 2 - 22 -

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 6 Squad list Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa

FC Steaua Bucureşti

Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Răzvan Stanca ROU 18/01/80 31 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 12 Ciprian Tătăruşanu ROU 09/02/86 25 - 2 - 1 - 7 - 7 - 18 - 95 Valentin Cojocaru ROU 01/10/95 16 ------Defenders 3 Ifeanyi Emeghara NGA 24/03/84 27 - - - 1 - 3 - 15 - 25 - 4 Valentin Iliev BUL 11/07/80 31 - 2 - 1 - 6 - 10 1 21 3 6 Florin Gardoş ROU 29/10/88 22 - - - 2 - 2 - 7 1 7 1 14 Iasmin Latovlevici ROU 11/05/86 25 - 2 - 2 - 9 - 8 - 14 - 18 Novak Martinović SRB 31/01/85 26 - 1 - 1 - 6 1 3 - 4 - 19 Valeriu Lupu ROU 24/01/91 20 ------22 George Galamaz ROU 05/04/81 30 - 2 1 1 - 6 - 14 - 29 1 23 Geraldo Alves POR 08/11/80 30 - 1 - 1 - 6 1 15 1 22 1 Midfielders 5 Pablo Brandán ARG 05/03/83 28 S 2 - 2 - 10 - 4 - 15 1 10 Cristian Tănase ROU 18/02/87 24 - 2 1 2 - 8 1 11 2 15 3 11 Andrei Prepeliţă ROU 08/12/85 25 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 3 - 15 Bogdan Mustata ROU 28/07/90 21 ------26 Eric Bicfalvi ROU 05/02/88 23 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 10 - 18 - 28 Iulian Roşu ROU 30/05/94 17 ------55 Alexandru Bourceanu ROU 24/04/85 26 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 8 - 17 - Forwards 7 Florin Costea ROU 16/05/85 26 - - - 2 - 3 1 2 - 2 - 8 Mihai Răduţ ROU 17/09/90 21 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 6 - 9 Mihai Costea ROU 29/05/88 23 - 2 - 2 1 9 3 2 1 4 1 24 Raul Rusescu ROU 09/07/88 23 - 2 - 1 - 10 3 2 - 10 - 27 Ionuţ Năstăsie ROU 07/01/92 19 ------77 Leandro Tatu BRA 26/04/82 29 - 2 1 2 - 10 2 2 - 4 1 90 Stefan Nikolić MNE 16/04/90 21 - 2 - 1 - 9 1 1 - 3 - Coach - Ilie Stan ROU 17/10/67 44 ------

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 7 Squad list Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Fixtures and results

Maccabi Haifa FC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 13/07/11 UCL FK Borac Banja Luka (H) W 5-1 Amasha 45+1, 71, 73, Yampolsky 72, Golasa 80 20/07/11 UCL FK Borac Banja Luka (A) L 2-3 Dvalishvili 24, 54 27/07/11 UCL NK Maribor (H) W 2-1 Dvalishvili 8 (p), Yampolsky 70 03/08/11 UCL NK Maribor (A) D 1-1 Vered 10 17/08/11 UCL KRC Genk (H) W 2-1 Amasha 8, Dvalishvili 28 20/08/11 League Maccabi Netanya FC (A) W 4-1 Amasha 29, 55, 61, 86 23/08/11 UCL KRC Genk (A) L 1-2 aet Golasa 37 (1-4p) 27/08/11 League Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC (H) D 2-2 Amasha 46, Ghadir 75 10/09/11 League FC Ashdod (A) L 0-1 15/09/11 UEL AEK Larnaca FC (H) W 1-0 Ghadir 54 18/09/11 League Hapoel Ironi Rishon-LeZion FC (H) W 3-1 I. Cohen 72, Falach 90, Amasha 90+3 21/09/11 League Bnei Sakhnin FC (A) L 0-2 24/09/11 League Hapoel Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon F.C. W 5-0 Katan 13 (p), Amasha 43, Falach 45, Vered 57, Osman 73 (H) 29/09/11 UEL FC Schalke 04 (A) L 1-3 Vered 35 03/10/11 League Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (A) D 1-1 Golasa 27 15/10/11 League Hapoel Beer Sheva FC (A) D 1-1 Meshumar 45 20/10/11 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (H) 23/10/11 League Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (H) 29/10/11 League Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (H) 03/11/11 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) 06/11/11 League Beitar Jerusalem FC (A) 19/11/11 League Hapoel Akko FC (H) 26/11/11 League Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (A) 01/12/11 UEL AEK Larnaca FC (A) 04/12/11 League Hapoel Haifa FC (H) 10/12/11 League Maccabi Netanya FC (H) 14/12/11 UEL FC Schalke 04 (H) 17/12/11 League Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC (A) 23/12/11 League FC Ashdod (H) 28/12/11 League Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC (A) 30/12/11 League Hapoel Ironi Rishon-LeZion FC (A) 07/01/12 League Bnei Sakhnin FC (H) 14/01/12 League Hapoel Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon FC (A) 21/01/12 League Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (H) 28/01/12 League Hapoel Beer Sheva FC (H) 04/02/12 League Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (A)

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 8 Fixtures and results Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 8 5 2 1 16 4 17 2 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 8 5 1 2 18 8 16 3 Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 8 4 2 2 8 6 14 4 Maccabi Netanya FC 8 4 2 2 12 11 14 5 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC 8 3 4 1 7 6 13 6 Maccabi Haifa FC 8 3 3 2 16 9 12 7 Bnei Sakhnin FC 8 4 2 2 15 10 12 8 Hapoel Akko FC 8 3 2 3 12 11 11 9 FC Ashdod 8 3 2 3 9 10 11 10 Beitar Jerusalem FC 8 3 2 3 8 9 11 11 Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC 8 3 2 3 12 15 11 12 Hapoel Ironi Rishon-LeZion FC 8 2 3 3 11 13 9 13 Hapoel Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon FC 8 3 0 5 10 17 9 14 Hapoel Beer Sheva FC 8 1 1 6 8 17 4 15 Hapoel Haifa FC 8 0 2 6 4 13 2 16 Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC 8 1 4 3 7 14 -2

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 9 Fixtures and results Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa

FC Steaua Bucureşti

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 23/07/11 League CSU Voinţa Sibiu (A) D 1-1 Leandro Tatu 36 31/07/11 League CS Mioveni (H) W 4-0 Leandro Tatu 45, M. Costea 62, Tănase 77, Rusescu 87 14/08/11 League FC Universitatea Cluj (H) W 2-1 M. Costea 15, Rusescu 74 18/08/11 UEL PFC CSKA Sofia (H) W 2-0 Galamaz 16, Leandro Tatu 77 21/08/11 League FC Astra Ploieşti (A) L 1-2 M. Costea 90+2 25/08/11 UEL PFC CSKA Sofia (A) D 1-1 Tănase 73 28/08/11 League FCM Târgu Mureş (H) W 2-0 Geraldo Alves 45, Martinović 87 10/09/11 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (A) L 0-3 15/09/11 UEL FC Schalke 04 (H) D 0-0 18/09/11 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (H) L 1-2 Rusescu 3 22/09/11 Cup CS Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj (H) W 4-0 Nikolić 2, Prepeliţă 31, Martinović 50, Popa 87 25/09/11 League FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (A) D 0-0 29/09/11 UEL AEK Larnaca FC (A) D 1-1 M. Costea 65 02/10/11 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) W 2-1 Nikolić 60 (p), F. Costea 90+3 16/10/11 League FC Vaslui (A) D 0-0 20/10/11 UEL Maccabi Haifa FC (A) 24/10/11 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) 27/10/11 Cup FC Timişoara (A) 30/10/11 League FC Petrolul Ploiesti (A) 03/11/11 UEL Maccabi Haifa FC (H) 06/11/11 League CS Concordia Chiajna (H) 19/11/11 League FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (A) 26/11/11 League FC Braşov (H) 01/12/11 UEL FC Schalke 04 (A) 04/12/11 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (A) 10/12/11 League CFR 1907 Cluj (H) 14/12/11 UEL AEK Larnaca FC (H) 17/12/11 League CSU Voinţa Sibiu (H)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 10 8 1 1 25 5 25 2 FC Rapid Bucureşti 10 6 3 1 15 5 21 3 FC Universitatea Cluj 10 6 3 1 16 8 21 4 CFR 1907 Cluj 10 6 2 2 22 7 20 5 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 10 5 3 2 17 11 18 6 FC Vaslui 10 5 2 3 16 9 17 7 FC Astra Ploieşti 10 4 4 2 12 10 16 8 FC Steaua Bucureşti 10 4 3 3 13 10 15 9 FC Oţelul Galaţi 10 3 3 4 8 11 12 10 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 10 4 0 6 15 20 12 11 FC Petrolul Ploiesti 10 3 2 5 12 14 11 12 FC Braşov 10 3 2 5 9 11 11 13 FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 10 2 4 4 7 14 10 14 FCM Târgu Mureş 10 1 5 4 11 15 8 15 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti 10 1 5 4 10 18 8 16 CSU Voinţa Sibiu 10 1 4 5 6 15 7 17 CS Mioveni 10 2 1 7 7 25 7 18 CS Concordia Chiajna 10 1 3 6 4 17 6

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 10 Fixtures and results Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Match-by-match lineups

Maccabi Haifa FC UEFA Champions League - Qualifying Second qualifying round (13/07/11) M. Haifa 5-1 Borac Goals: 0-1 Raspudić 24, 1-1 Amasha 45+1, 2-1 Amasha 71, 3-1 Yampolsky 72, 4-1 Amasha 73, 5-1 Golasa 80 Maccabi Haifa FC: Davidovitch, Buljat, Yahaya, Boccoli (Dvalishvili 39), Vered (Azulay 65), Twatha, Amasha, Golasa, Katan (Yampolsky 60), Pylyavskyi, Meshumar (20/07/11) Borac 3-2 M. Haifa (agg: 4-7) Goals: 1-0 Krunić 9, 1-1 Dvalishvili 24, 2-1 Krunić 34, 2-2 Dvalishvili 54, 3-2 Vidaković 84 Maccabi Haifa FC: Davidovitch, Buljat, Yahaya, Boccoli (Yampolsky 57), Dvalishvili, Vered (Ghadir 75), Twatha, Amasha (Azulay 68), Golasa, Pylyavskyi, Meshumar Third qualifying round (27/07/11) M. Haifa 2-1 Maribor Goals: 1-0 Dvalishvili 8(pen), 1-1 Marcos 27, 2-1 Yampolsky 70 Maccabi Haifa FC: Šaranov (Davidovitch 46), Buljat, Dvalishvili, Vered, Twatha, Amasha, Golasa, Ghadir (Yampolsky 46), Osman, Pylyavskyi (Falach 82), Meshumar (03/08/11) Maribor 1-1 M. Haifa (agg: 2-3) Goals: 0-1 Vered 10, 1-1 Marcos 32 Maccabi Haifa FC: Davidovitch, Falach, Buljat, Yahaya, Boccoli, Dvalishvili (Ghadir 88), Vered (Osman 90+3), Twatha, Amasha (Yampolsky 54), Golasa, Meshumar

Play-offs (17/08/11) M. Haifa 2-1 Genk Goals: 1-0 Amasha 8, 2-0 Dvalishvili 28, 2-1 Barda 61 Maccabi Haifa FC: Davidovitch, Falach, I. Cohen, Yahaya, Boccoli (Yampolsky 65), Dvalishvili, Vered, Twatha, Amasha (Azriel 73), Golasa (T. Cohen 82), Meshumar (23/08/11) Genk 2-1 M. Haifa (agg: 3-3, 4-1 p) Goals: 1-0 Vossen 35, 1-1 Golasa 37, 2-1 Buffel 41 Penalties: Vossen 1-0, Dvalishvili 1-0 missed, Hubert 2-0, Golasa 2-0 missed, Tőzsér 3-0, Twatha 3-1, Pudil 4-1 Maccabi Haifa FC: Davidovitch, Falach, I. Cohen, Yahaya, Boccoli (Yampolsky 46), Dvalishvili, Vered (Katan 79), Twatha, Amasha (T. Cohen 112 ET), Golasa, Meshumar

FC Steaua Bucureşti UEFA Europa League - Qualifying Play-offs (18/08/11) Steaua 2-0 CSKA Sofia Goals: 1-0 Galamaz 16, 2-0 Leandro Tatu 77 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Iliev, Brandán, M. Costea (Nikolić 77), Tănase, Latovlevici, Nicoliţă, Martinović (Rusescu 67), Galamaz (Geraldo Alves 59), Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu (25/08/11) CSKA Sofia 1-1 Steaua (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Tănase 73, 1-1 Michel 83 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Iliev, Brandán, M. Costea (Rusescu 61), Tănase (Nikolić 77), Prepeliţă (Bicfalvi 69), Latovlevici, Nicoliţă, Galamaz, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu

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Group J Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 Maccabi Haifa FC 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 FC Steaua Bucureşti 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 AEK Larnaca FC 2 0 1 1 1 2 1

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) M. Haifa 1-0 AEK Larnaca Goals: 1-0 Ghadir 54 Maccabi Haifa FC: Šaranov, Falach, Dgani, Yahaya, Vered, Twatha, Amasha (De Jesus 73), Golasa, Ghadir (Boccoli 65), Katan (T. Cohen 89), Meshumar Steaua 0-0 Schalke FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Brandán, Gardoş, M. Costea (Nikolić 80), Tănase (F. Costea 90+2), Prepeliţă (Rusescu 67), Latovlevici, Galamaz, Geraldo Alves, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) Schalke 3-1 M. Haifa Goals: 1-0 Fuchs 8, 1-1 Vered 35, 2-1 Fuchs 66, 3-1 Jurado 82 Maccabi Haifa FC: Šaranov, Falach, Buljat, Yahaya, Boccoli (Ghadir 68), Vered, Twatha, Amasha (T. Cohen 55), Golasa, Osman, De Jesus (Dvalishvili 68) AEK Larnaca 1-1 Steaua Goals: 1-0 Mrdaković 59, 1-1 M. Costea 65 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Stanca, Emeghara (Martinović 67), Iliev, Brandán, Gardoş, M. Costea, Tănase (F. Costea 76), Prepeliţă (Bicfalvi 90+3), Latovlevici, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) M. Haifa v Steaua

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) Steaua v M. Haifa

Matchday 5 (01/12/11) AEK Larnaca v M. Haifa Schalke v Steaua

Matchday 6 (14/12/11) M. Haifa v Schalke Steaua v AEK Larnaca

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 12 Match-by-match lineups Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Match officials

Referee Daniel Stålhammar (SWE) Assistant referees Peter Martinsson (SWE), Daniel Wärnmark (SWE) Additional assistant referees Martin Strömbergsson (SWE), Bojan Pandžić (SWE) Fourth official Stefan Johannesson (SWE) UEFA Delegate Sándor Berzi (HUN) UEFA Referee observer Edgar Steinborn (GER) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League UEFA matches matches Daniel Stålhammar 20/10/1974 2 40 UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 24/08/06 UCUP QR2 PFC Lokomotiv Sofia Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 4-0 Sofia 04/08/11 UCUP 3QR FC Vaduz Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 2-1 Vaduz Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 08/10/04 U21 QR Czech Republic Romania 4-1 Mlada Boleslav 17/10/07 U21 QR Northern Ireland Israel 1-3 Lurgan

Last updated 18/10/11 12:45:19CET 13 Match officials Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Thursday 20 October 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Itztadion Kiryat Eliezer, Haifa Legend

:: Competitions National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided on "Silver Goal" FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided on "Golden Goal"W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www.uefa.com.

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