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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena - Esbjerg Thursday 7 November 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Esbjerg fB Group C - Matchday 4 IF Elfsborg Last updated 07/10/2014 16:27CET

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 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg

Previous meetings

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2 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg Match background

Esbjerg fB can put an end to IF Elfsborg's chances of reaching the UEFA Europa League round of 32 as the 2012 Swedish champions cross the Skaggerak still looking for their first Group C win. Previous meetings • Two headed goals from Esbjerg captain Hans Henrik Andreasen laid the groundwork for a 2-1 Esbjerg win when the sides met for the first time on matchday three, Jon Jönsson striking back for the hosts with a powerful free-kick. • Esbjerg's only prior experience of Swedish opposition was a 1980/81 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round tie against Halmstads BK, which they won with a 3-2 home win after a 0-0 draw in . • Elfsborg's five games against Danish sides have ended W1 D2 L2 (W0 D1 L2 at home – W1 D1 L0 in ). Their only win against Danish opponents was a 1-0 success at FC Nordsjælland, part of a 2-1 aggregate triumph in this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. • A draw looks the most likely outcome judging by the previous 23 encounters between Swedish and Danish clubs in UEFA competition; the Swedes trail the Danes 7-4 in terms of wins, but 12 of those matches ended in ties. Match background • Esbjerg beat AS Saint-Étienne home and away in the play-offs to make it to their first UEFA club competition group stage. • Esbjerg have lost four of their last five European home games, with a 4-3 win against St- Étienne their lone success in that run. • Elfsborg picked up just one point in their only previous group stage tilt – in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup, when they were also in Group C: they drew their opener 1-1 at home against AEK Athens FC then lost to ACF Fiorentina (6-1), FK Mladá Boleslav (1-3) and CF (2-0), finishing bottom of their section. • They have already matched that total thanks to a 1-1 draw at home against R. Standard de Liège on matchday two. Team facts • Elfsborg defender Andreas Klarström spent five seasons with Esbjerg from 2006 to 2010, where he was twice a losing finalist. • Elfsborg midfielder 's next UEFA Europa League game will be his 50th in UEFA club competition. • Elfsborg's Danish forward celebrated his 30th birthday on the day of the first game against Esbjerg. He played for Brønshøj BK, Lyngby BK, Randers FC and Nordsjælland before coming to Sweden after a short spell in . • Elfsborg also have a Danish goalkeeper – Kevin Stuhr-Ellegaard, who has played for Nordsjælland and Randers, with Manchester City FC, Hertha BSC Berlin and his biggest foreign clubs. • Elfsborg's Jönsson (Brøndby IF 2008-10) and Lasse Nilsson (Aalborg BK 2008) likewise have Danish experience. • Elfsborg are one of nine clubs who entered the group stage as domestic champions along with NK Maribor (), FC Sheriff (), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (), Legia Warszawa (), FC Shakhter Karagandy (), APOEL FC (Cyprus) and GNK Dinamo Zagreb (). Coach information • Hired as Esbjerg coach in the summer of 2013 after moved on to helm Denmark's Under-21 side, took an unusual path into top-flight football. An economics graduate, he worked at a bank while coaching youth teams at B.93 København and Lyngby BK, eventually being hired as the club's senior coach in 2009. He led them to promotion in the first of his four seasons in charge. • Jörgen Lennartsson was dismissed as Elfsborg coach ahead of matchday two, with his side having failed to sparkle after winning the Swedish title in 2012. • Youth coach has stepped up to take charge of Elfsborg for the remainder of the Swedish season. A bronze medallist with Sweden at the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals, the midfielder played abroad for KV Mechelen, PSV Eindhoven, Sheffield Wednesday FC, AS Bari, Bologna FC, Olympique de Marsille and US Lecce. His coaching career has been interrupted by an ongoing battle with cancer.

3 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg Team facts

Esbjerg fB Formed: 1924 Nickname: EfB UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 5 (1979) Danish Cup: 3 (2013) 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: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Esbjerg v FC Santa Coloma 14/08/03, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Flora v Esbjerg 28/07/05, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Esbjerg v ACF Fiorentina 20/02/14, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg 1-3: Esbjerg v FC Schalke 04 28/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final first leg 0-2: Esbjerg v Dukla Praha 28/09/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: PSV Eindhoven v Esbjerg 09/10/63, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg 6-0: FC Zbrojovka Brno v Esbjerg 19/09/79, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Esbjerg v FC Santa Coloma (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Flora v Esbjerg (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Esbjerg v ACF Fiorentina (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: FC Zbrojovka Brno v Esbjerg (see above)

IF Elfsborg Formed: 1904 UEFA club competition honours • none

4 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg

Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 6 (2012) Swedish Cup: 2 (2003) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: third qualifying round 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: second qualifying round (having transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) 2007/08: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: first round 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Elfsborg v Floriana FC 05/07/12, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4 twice, most recently v FC Daugava Daugavpils 23/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Elfsborg v Legia Warszawa 27/09/2001, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: ACF Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg 08/11/07, UEFA Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-0: Elfsborg v Floriana FC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Floriana FC v Elfsborg 10/07/12, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Elfsborg v Legia Warszawa (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: ACF Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg (see above)

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6 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg Fixtures and results

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7 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg Match-by-match lineups

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8 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg Match officials

Referee Serhiy Boiko (UKR) Assistant referees Oleksandr Korniyko (UKR) , Volodymyr Volodin (UKR) Additional assistant referees Yevhen Aranovskiy (UKR) , Anatoliy Abdula (UKR) Fourth official Oleksandr Voytyuk (UKR) UEFA Delegate Leonid Kaloshin (RUS) UEFA Referee observer Konrad Plautz (AUT)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Serhiy Boiko 30/06/1977 3 22

Serhiy Boiko Referee since: 2004 First division: 2008 FIFA badge: 2011

Tournaments: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Finals N/A

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 11/09/2012 WC QR Sweden Kazakhstan 2-0 Malmo

9 Esbjerg fB - IF Elfsborg Thursday 7 November 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Esbjerg Arena, Esbjerg 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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