UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Thursday 7 November 2013 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Chornomorets Odesa Group B - Matchday 4 Last updated 04/09/2014 15:16CET
Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Match officials 9 Legend 10
1 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Chornomorets Odesa Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia
Previous meetings
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2 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Chornomorets Odesa Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match background
PFC Ludogorets Razgrad will look to maintain their tremendous start in UEFA Europa League Group B, and will be sure of reaching the next stage of the competition if they avoid defeat at home against FC Chornomorets Odesa. Previous meetings • Hristo Zlatinski scored the only goal on matchday three as Ludogorets won their first encounter with Chornomorets. It was Chornomorets' maiden encounter with a side from Bulgaria and Ludogorets' first game against a Ukrainian club. • Ukrainian teams have had much the better of previous meetings between clubs representing the two nations, boasting the record W12 D5 L5. The record of Ukrainian teams in ten games in Bulgaria is W3 D3 L4. Match background • Five clubs go into matchday four with 100% records: ACF Fiorentina, Eintracht Frankfurt, Ludogorets, FC Salzburg and Tottenham Hotspur FC. Eintracht, Ludogorets and Tottenham are also yet to concede. No club has ever gone through a UEFA Europa League group with six clean sheets. The record mark of just one goal conceded was set by R. Standard de Liège in 2011/12. • This is only Ludogorets' second European campaign. They were promoted to the Bulgarian top flight for the first time at the end of the 2010/11 season. • This is group stage debutants Chornomorets' tenth game since entering the competition in the second qualifying round. Their longest previous European campaign was a six-match voyage to the second round of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup. Team facts • Chornomorets midfielder Olexiy Gai celebrates his 31st birthday on the eve of the Ludogorets match. • Ludogorets are the only one of the nine domestic champions in this season's group stage to have won all their opening fixtures. The other domestic champions are Group B rivals Dinamo (Croatia), NK Maribor (Slovenia), FC Sheriff (Moldova), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (Israel), Legia Warszawa (Poland), FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan), APOEL FC (Cyprus) and IF Elfsborg (Sweden). • Ludogorets' Romanian defender Cosmin Moţi and Chornomorets' Albanian midfielder Elis Bakaj were team-mates at FC Dinamo Bucureşti in 2011. Coach information • Brought in to replace Ivaylo Petev as Ludogorets coach in July, Stoicho Stoev was a stylish forward with PFC Lokomotiv Sofia in the 1980s, though he maintained a European outlook and classed Arrigo Sacchi as his coaching idol. After taking charge of a number of smaller Bulgarian clubs, the cool-headed coach led champions Ludogorets – his local side – to their first UEFA Europa League group stage campaign after defeat by FC Basel 1893 in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. • Chornomorets coach since November 2010, Roman Grygorchuk was a successful striker in his native Ukraine, also playing in Austria, Poland and Russia before going from the pitch to the bench in Latvia. He won three Latvian titles as FK Ventspils coach but then opted to return to Ukraine. In Odessa, he won promotion to the top division in his first season in charge, while a sixth-place finish in 2012/13 opened the door to Europe.
3 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Chornomorets Odesa Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Team facts
FC Ludogorets Razgrad Formed: 1945 Nickname: The Eagles from Razgrad UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Bulgarian league title: 2 (2013) Bulgarian Cup: 1 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 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 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0: Ludogorets v GNK Dinamo Zagreb 03/10/13, UEFA Europa League group stage 3-0: Ludogorets v ŠK Slovan Bratislava 24/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-2: PSV Eindhoven v Ludogorets 19/09/13, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Ludogorets v Valencia CF 13/03/14, UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-2: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Ludogorets 25/07/12, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg 2-1: ŠK Slovan Bratislava v Ludogorets 17/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg 1-0: Valencia CF v Ludogorets 20/03/14, UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0: Ludogorets v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (see above) • Biggest away win 0-2: PSV Eindhoven v Ludogorets (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Ludogorets v Valencia CF (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 1-0: Valencia CF v Ludogorets (see above)
FC Chornomorets Odesa Formed: 1936 Nickname: Moryaki (The Sailors) UEFA club competition honours
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• None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Ukrainian Cup: 2 (1994) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-1: Chornomorets v FC Vaduz 02/09/92, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Vaduz v Chornomorets 19/08/92, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Chornomorets v Olympiacos FC 30/09/92, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: RC Lens v Chornomorets 01/11/95, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-1 twice, most recently v FK Crvena zvezda 01/08/13, third qualifying round first leg 2-0 twice, most recently v FC Dacia Chisinau 18/07/13, second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 2-5: Hibernians FC v Chornomorets 08/08/95, preliminary round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Chornomorets v PSV Eindhoven 03/10/13, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: RC Lens v Chornomorets (see above)
5 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Chornomorets Odesa Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list
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8 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Chornomorets Odesa Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials
Referee Stefan Johannesson (SWE) Assistant referees Daniel Gustavsson (SWE) , Joakim Flink (SWE) Additional assistant referees Martin Strömbergsson (SWE) , Andreas Ekberg (SWE) Fourth official Magnus Sjöblom (SWE) UEFA Delegate Irakli Nakaidze (GEO) UEFA Referee observer Neale Barry (ENG)
Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Stefan Johannesson 22/11/1971 16 59
Stefan Johannesson Referee since: 1994 First division: 2001 FIFA badge: 2003
Tournaments: 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Finals N/A
UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 18/08/2011 UEL PO FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 0-0 Kharkiv
Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 18/09/2003 U19 1QR Republic of Ireland Bulgaria 1-1 Serravalle 20/09/2003 U19 1QR Lithuania Bulgaria 1-0 Fiorentino 26/07/2008 UIC R3 SC Tavriya Simferopol Stade Rennais FC 1-0 Simferopol 05/08/2009 UCL 3QR PFC Levski Sofia Bakı FK 2-0 Sofia
9 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Chornomorets Odesa Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Legend Competitions
Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited 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 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 UEFA.com.
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