SG Flensburg-Handewitt Vs Telekom Veszprem Saturday, 24 September 2016, 17:30 Hrs Playing Hall Flens Arena Campusallee 2 24943 Flensburg Germany Capacity: 6,000

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Match of the Week - Round 1 SG Flensburg-Handewitt (GER) vs Telekom Veszprém (HUN) FLENS Arena, Flensburg Saturday 24 September, 17:30 hrs GROUP A Match of the Week Round 1 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Telekom Veszprem Saturday, 24 September 2016, 17:30 hrs Playing hall Flens Arena Campusallee 2 24943 Flensburg Germany Capacity: 6,000

• both teams had been EHF Champions League finalists three times each - while Flensburg took the trophy in 2014 after failing Most Games vs Veszprem: twice (2004, 2007), Veszprem (finalist in 2002, 2015, 2016) still wait Most Games vs Flensburg: for their first title Lars Christiansen 4 Gergő Iváncsik 5 Lasse Svan Hansen 4 • while Veszprém already won 25 league championship titles Carlos E. Reinaldo Perez 4 Thomas Mogensen 4 in Hungary (including nine straight since 2008), Flensburg were Mirko Alilovic and 34 others 2 Jacob Heinl 3 German champions only once (2004) Mattias Andersson and 31 others 2 • Flensburg are the only club to win four different EHF European Cup competitions: Champions League (2014), EHF Cup (1997), Cup Most Goals vs Veszprem: Winners’ Cup (2001, 2012), City-Cup (1999) Most Goals vs Flensburg: Lars Christiansen 36 Marko Vujin 16 • Veszprém’s 29:28 away win in Round 12 was the only home Carlos E. Reinaldo Perez 14 Lasse Svan Hansen 16 defeat for SG in the CL season 2015/16 (7 wins-1draw-1 defeat) Thomas Mogensen 12 Laszlo Nagy 13 Michael V. Knudsen 11 • this victory was Veszprém’s first CL victory on German ground István Pásztor 12 Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 11 (except VELUX EHF FINAL4 matches) since 2004 Momir Ilic 10 • Veszprém are the only Hungarian club, which managed to beat Flensburg in international matches - three times in total Domestic leagues Domestic league • Flensburg had been represented in squads of both Rio Olympic German Bundesliga finalists with Lasse Svan and Henrik Toft Hansen (Denmark/gold) SEHA Liga - last 3 games and Kentin Mahe (France/silver) Last 4 games 18.09. @ HC Meshkov Brest W16:19 • the Flensburg players Andersson, Karlsson, Gottfridsson and 11.09. @ Metalurg W20:23 21.09. vs MT Melsungen W29:25 Jakobsson had been part of the Swedish Olympic squad at Rio 17.09. @ Rhein-Neckar L. W21:17 together with Andreas Nilsson (Veszprém) 10.09. @ Vardar L29:22 14.09. vs SC Magdeburg W26:25 • Veszprém’s new arrival Dragan Gajic had been eliminated by Next game Flensburg with his former club Montpellier in last season’s Last16 04.10. vs Celje 10.09. @ Hannover-Burgdorf W20:35 - his last international match for the French side was at Flensburg Next game (30:31 - 12 goals) where he returns for his first with his new club Standings 9.10. @ Lemgo • in the previous season, Flensburg had a similar challenge in 1. Vardar 6 198:161 16 their opener - but beat PSG 39:33. On the other hand, Veszprém 2. Veszprem 4 98:94 9 tied at Plock in their first match - and coach Carlos Antonio Ortega Standings lost his job, getting replaced by his assistant Xavier Sabate 3. Celje 5 148:156 9 1. Flensburg 5 146:110 10 • 14 different nations will be represented on court, with players from Sweden, Croatia and Serbia on both sides. Veszprém count Hungarian league - last 3 games 2. THW Kiel 5 149:116 8 on 10 different nationalities (HUN, RUS, CRO, SLO, SRB, MNE, SWE, 3. Rhein-Neckar L. 5 132:110 8 ISL, ESP, BIH), while Flensburg have seven in their squad (GER, SWE, 20.09. @ Komloi W27:31 DEN, SRB, CRO, LAT, FRA) ... 13.09. @ Csurgoi �26:31 • Flensburg’s coach Ljubomir Vranjes is again on the players’ list 7.09. vs Budakalasz W29:20 18. Bergischer 4 90:121 0 for the CL - one week before turning 43 the former playmaker is the third oldest and the shortest (168) among all 641 eligible players Next game • while Flensburg only replaced Kresimir Kozina by his fellow 27.09. vs Balmazujvaros Croatian Ivan Horvat, Veszprem squads underwent much more Standings radical change as they signed Blaz Blagotinsek from Celje, Marko Kopljar from PSG, Gabor Ancsin from Szeged or former Zaporozhye 1. Veszprem 9 300:198 18 centre back Inal Aflitulin apart from Gajic and let Zeitz go back to 2. Szeged 5 169:110 10 Kiel and Isaias Guardiola to Erlangen 3. Csurgoi 3 78:77 4

2 Historic encounters in the EC SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Telekom Veszprém 3-0-3 (165:157) 6:6 24.02.2001 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Fotex KC Veszprém, Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 31:22 (13:12) 03.03.2001 Fotex KC Veszprém vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 20:22 (9:10) 05.10.2008 MKB Veszprém KC vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, EHF Champions League – Group F 29:28 (14:14) 16.11.2008 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs MKB Veszprém KC, EHF Champions League – Group F 32:29 (15:15) 26.09.2015 MVM Veszprém vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:24 (15:14) 27.02.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:29 (12:10)

Matchdetails of last match - 27.02.2016 (Flensburg, Germany) SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs MVM Veszprém 28:29 (12:10) VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A Referees: Matija Gubica/Boris Milosevic (Croatia). Suspensions: 4’ – 4’ (Karlsson 2’, Kozina 2’ – Nagy 2’, Terzic 2’). Number of 7m: 1/1 – 3/2. Attendance: 6,300

Mattias Andersson Roland Mikler Kevin Møller Mirko Alilovic - - Tobias Karlsson Peter Gulyas Anders Eggert Magnussen (3) (1) Gergö Ivancsik Holger Glandorf (1) Istvan Timuzsin Schuch Thomas Mogensen (5) (1) Momir Ilic Lasse Svan (5) (1) Aron Palmarsson Hampus Wanne (1) Andreas Nilsson Johan Mikael Jakobsson (2) (9) Laszlo Nagy Jacob Heinl, Henrik Toft Hansen (1) (1) Cristian Ugalde Garcia Jim Gottfridsson (8) Gasper Marguc Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (8) Chema Rodriguez Kentin Mahe (1) Mirsad Terzic Bogdan Radivojevic (4) Renato Sulic Kresimir Kozina (2) Mate Lekai (3) Ivan Sliskovic

3 Most goals in one game SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Telekom Veszprem:

Lars Christiansen 10 16.11.2008 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-MKB Veszprém KC 32:29 Lars Christiansen 9 24.02.2001 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-Fotex KC Veszprém 31:22 Lars Christiansen 9 05.10.2008 MKB Veszprém KC-SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 Lars Christiansen 8 03.03.2001 Fotex KC Veszprém-SG Flensburg-Handewitt 20:22 Rasmus Lauge Schmidt 8 27.02.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-MVM Veszprém 28:29

Most goals in one game Telekom Veszprem vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt:

Marko Vujin 9 05.10.2008 MKB Veszprém KC-SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 Momir Ilic 9 26.09.2015 MVM Veszprém-SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:24 Laszlo Nagy 9 27.02.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-MVM Veszprém 28:29 Gasper Marguc 8 27.02.2016 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-MVM Veszprém 28:29 Zlatko Saracevic 7 24.02.2001 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-Fotex KC Veszprém 31:22 Marko Vujin 7 16.11.2008 SG Flensburg-Handewitt-MKB Veszprém KC 32:29

Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League:

SG Flensburg-Handewitt: current run - lost one 25.11.2015 Flensburg GER vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 27:25 06.12.2015 Istanbul TUR @ Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 26:34 14.02.2016 Flensburg GER vs THW Kiel GER W 37:27 20.02.2016 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 26:30 27.02.2016 Flensburg GER vs MVM Veszprém HUN L 28:29 06.03.2016 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 35:32 19.03.2016 Montpellier FRA @ Montpellier HB FRA W 27:28 27.03.2016 Flensburg GER vs Montpellier HB FRA W 31:30 23.04.2016 Flensburg GER vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL D 28:28 27.04.2016 Kielce POL @ KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL L 29:28

Telekom Veszprem: current run - lost one 13.02.2016 Istanbul TUR @ Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu TUR W 34:38 21.02.2016 Veszprém HUN vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 27:25 27.02.2016 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 28:29 05.03.2016 Veszprém HUN vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 27:25 19.03.2016 Brovary UKR @ HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 24:29 26.03.2016 Veszprém HUN vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 41:28 23.04.2016 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD W 26:29 30.04.2016 Veszprém HUN vs HC Vardar MKD D 30:30 28.05.2016 Köln GER @ THW Kiel GER W 28:31 ET 29.05.2016 Köln GER @ KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL L 39:38 7M

4 SG Flensburg-Handewitt vs Hungarian clubs 9-0-3

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2000/01 Fotex KC Veszprém 31:22 22:20 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 2001/02 Dunaferr SE 25:21 22:21 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 2008/09 MKB Veszprém KC 32:29 28:29 EHF Champions League – Group F 2010/11 Pick Szeged 33:20 27:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2011/12 FTC-PLER 32:25 32:26 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 28:29 24:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A

Telekom Veszprém vs German clubs 29-4-25

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

1984/85 SC Dynamo Berlin 18:23 20:21 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 1986/87 Empor Rostock 23:26 20:30 Champions Cup – Last 16 1988/89 TuSEM Essen 23:20 15:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 1990/91 TSV Milbertshofen 20:15 15:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final 1991/92 TSV Milbertshofen 24:14 27:20 Cup Winners’ Cup – Final 1992/93 TuSEM Essen 29:18 23:22 Cup Winners’ Cup – Semi-final

1995/96 THW Kiel 23:21 25:28 EHF Champions League – Group A 1997/98 TBV Lemgo 24:24 26:29 EHF Champions League – Group D 2000/01 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 20:22 22:31 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final 2001/02 Sportclub Magdeburg 24:20 22:25 EHF Champions League – Group D 2001/02 THW Kiel 31:23 ECh for Club Teams – Semi-final 2001/02 Sportclub Magdeburg 30:31 ECh for Club Teams – Final 2001/02 Sportclub Magdeburg 23:21 25:30 EHF Champions League – Final 2002/03 Sportclub Magdeburg 31:22 28:27 EHF Champions League – Group A 2004/05 TBV Lemgo 29:23 28:23 EHF Champions League – Group G 2006/07 THW Kiel 39:36 32:39 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2007/08 HSG Nordhorn 39:30 Champions Trophy – Semi-final 2007/08 VfL Gummersbach 35:35 30:32 EHF Champions League – Group F 2007/08 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 37:32 28:28 Cup Winners’ Cup – Final 2008/09 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 29:32 EHF Champions League – Group F 2009/10 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34:30 29:32 EHF Champions League – Group B 2010/11 HSV Hamburg 33:30 26:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2011/12 Füchse Berlin 24:33 29:24 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2012/13 THW Kiel 31:30 21:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2012/13 THW Kiel 28:29 31:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2013/14 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30:29 25:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2013/14 THW Kiel 26:29 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2014/15 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 27:24 25:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2014/15 THW Kiel 31:27 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2015/16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:24 29:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 29:27 24:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 31:28 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final

2016/17 VELUX EHF Champions League - MOTW #1

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