Tottenham Hotspur FC MATCH PRESS KIT De Goffert, Nijmegen Thursday 27 November 2008 - 19.00CET (19.00 Local Time) Group D - Matchday 3
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NEC Nijmegen - Tottenham Hotspur FC MATCH PRESS KIT De Goffert, Nijmegen Thursday 27 November 2008 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Group D - Matchday 3 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 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup 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 Match background NEC Nijmegen will look to earn a first UEFA Cup group-stage victory and reignite their hopes of reaching the knockout stages against a Tottenham Hotspur FC side with some unhappy Dutch memories. • Time might be running out for NEC if they fail to win this game, having lost their opening Group D fixture 3-2 at NK Dinamo Zagreb on Matchday 1. • Tottenham atoned for their 2-0 defeat at Udinese Calcio on Matchday 1 with a 4-0 win against Dinamo on 6 November. A win against NEC would most likely help them progress to the Round of 32. Only once in the first four years of the UEFA Cup group stage has a total of six points not been enough to qualify, with Rangers FC missing out in the 2004/05 competition. • This will be NEC and Tottenham's first meeting in UEFA club competition. • NEC have never met an English side in a competitive game before, but Tottenham have played 12 matches against top Dutch teams over the years, winning six, drawing three and losing three. • Of their games in the Netherlands, they have won four and lost two. • Tottenham players will remember only too well that they were knocked out of last season's UEFA Cup Round of 16 by PSV Eindhoven, losing 1-0 at home and winning 1-0 away but going down 6-5 on penalties. • Current Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes was on the winning side in that tie, with the Brazilian moving to Tottenham during the summer. • Last season's PSV defeat was not the north London club's first taste of disappointment in the Netherlands. Having drawn 2-2 at home, they lost 2-0 to Feyenoord in the second leg of the 1973/74 UEFA Cup final. • NEC coach Mario Been played against Tottenham during his time as a midfielder at Feyenoord. In what was his first game in UEFA club competition Been came off the bench at the De Kuip Stadium as his side went down 2-0 to Tottenham in the second leg of a 1983/84 UEFA Cup second-round tie. Feyenoord had lost the first leg 4-2 in London. • Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp, who left Portsmouth FC to replace Juande Ramos at White Hart Lane on 26 October, faced Dutch opposition during his time in charge of West Ham United FC. His side beat SC Heerenveen 1-0 home and away in a 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final. NEC's Arkadiusz Radomski was part that Heerenveen side. • Chelsea FC midfielder Frank Lampard scored the only goal for West Ham in that first leg. Last updated 25.11.2008 15:27:09CET www.uefa.com Match background 1 NEC Nijmegen - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 27 November 2008 - 19.00 CET (19.00 local time) FC MATCH PRESS KIT De Goffert, Nijmegen • NEC's Rachid Bouaouzan is on loan at the club from English side Wigan Athletic FC. The 24-year-old has not made a senior Premier League appearance for Wigan since joining the club from Sparta Rotterdam last season. • Team-mate Collins John has seen more action in England, having scored 20 Premier League goals in four and a half seasons at Fulham FC, and more recently spending time on loan at Leicester City FC and Watford FC. • During his time in England, John played in two wins, one draw and three defeats against Tottenham in all competitions, and never scored against the north London side. • Gomes is the only Tottenham player with experience of Dutch football. He joined PSV from Cruzeiro EC in 2004, and won four successive Eredivisie titles and a Dutch Cup at PSV before moving to London. Gomes featured in seven Eredivisie games against NEC, finishing on the losing side only once and winning five of those matches. • NEC's 1-0 win at home against FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti in this season's UEFA Cup first round was their first home victory in European competition, coming at the fifth attempt. They had drawn two and lost two of their previous continental ties at the De Goffert Stadium. • Prior to their 2-0 loss at Udinese, Tottenham were unbeaten in six European away games. • Dinamo play FC Spartak Moskva in Matchday 3's other Group D tie. Udinese are the only side in the section not in action. Last updated 25.11.2008 15:27:09CET www.uefa.com Match background 2 NEC Nijmegen - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 27 November 2008 - 19.00 CET (19.00 local time) FC MATCH PRESS KIT De Goffert, Nijmegen Squad list NEC 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 Gábor Babos HUN 24.10.1974 34 - - - - - 3 - 17 - 31 - 25 Rein Baart NED 13.04.1972 36 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Ramon Zomer NED 13.04.1983 25 - - - - - 3 - 5 1 8 1 3 Peter Wisgerhof NED 19.11.1979 29 - - - - - 3 - 7 - 9 - 5 Youssef El-Akchaoui ANT 18.02.1981 27 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 6 Patrick Pothuizen NED 15.05.1972 36 - - - - - 1 - 8 - 9 - 8 Lorenzo Davids NED 04.09.1986 22 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 13 Mark Otten NED 02.09.1985 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Mark van den Bogaart NED 03.09.1985 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Dani Fernández ESP 20.01.1983 25 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - Midfielders 10 Lasse Schöne DEN 27.05.1986 22 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 16 Bas Sibum NED 26.12.1982 25 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 23 Arek Radomski POL 27.06.1977 31 - - - - - 3 - 14 - 40 - 24 Joey Brock ANT 20.09.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Mitchel Burgzorg ANT 25.07.1987 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Shanon Carmelia ANT 20.03.1989 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Rutger Worm NED 01.02.1986 22 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 9 Jhon van Beukering NED 29.09.1983 25 - - - - - 3 1 3 1 3 1 14 Rachid Bouaouzan ANT 20.02.1984 24 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 17 Collins John NED 17.10.1985 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Tim Withelmus Janssen ANT 06.03.1986 22 - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 Mostapha El Kabir ANT 05.10.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Mario Been NED - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - Last updated 25.11.2008 15:27:11CET www.uefa.com Squad list 1 NEC Nijmegen - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 27 November 2008 - 19.00 CET (19.00 local time) FC MATCH PRESS KIT De Goffert, Nijmegen Tottenham 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 Heurelho Gomes BRA 15.02.1981 27 - - - - - 4 - 10 - 45 - 21 César Sánchez ESP 02.09.1971 37 - - - - - - - 5 - 21 - 30 Oscar Jansson SWE 23.12.1990 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Alan Hutton SCO 30.11.1984 23 - - - - - 2 - 11 1 23 1 3 Gareth Bale WAL 16.07.1989 19 * - - - - 4 - 7 - 7 - 16 Gunter Christopher WAL 21.07.1989 19 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 20 Michael Dawson ENG 18.11.1983 25 - - - - - 2 - 18 1 18 1 26 Ledley King ENG 12.10.1980 28 - - - - - 3 - 11 - 11 - 32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto FRA 24.03.1984 24 - - - - - 2 - 15 - 22 - 39 Jonathan Woodgate ENG 22.01.1980 28 - - - - - 4 - 28 - 38 1 Midfielders 4 Didier Zokora CIV 14.12.1980 27 - - - - - 4 - 27 1 38 1 5 David Bentley ENG 27.08.1984 24 - - - - - 2 1 12 4 17 5 6 Tom Huddlestone ENG 28.12.1986 21 - - - - - 2 1 17 1 17 1 8 Jermaine Jenas ENG 18.02.1983 25 - - - - - 3 - 37 2 48 2 11 Gilberto BRA 25.04.1976 32 - - - - - - - 7 - 9 - 14 Luka Modrić CRO 09.09.1985 23 - - - - - 3 - 11 1 21 3 24 Jamie O'Hara ENG 25.09.1986 22 - - - - - 3 - 7 1 7 1 51 John Bostock ENG 15.01.1992 16 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 52 Dean Parrett ENG 16.11.1991 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Daniel Rose ENG 02.07.1990 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Kieran McKenna NIR 14.05.1986 22 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 10 Darren Bent ENG 06.02.1984 24 - - - - - 4 4 16 7 17 7 17 Giovani MEX 11.05.1989 19 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 7 1 18 Fraizer Campbell ENG 13.09.1987 21 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 54 Andy Barcham ENG 16.12.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Harry Redknapp ENG 02.03.1947 61 - - - - - 4 - 8 - 14 - Last updated 25.11.2008 15:27:11CET www.uefa.com Squad list 2 NEC Nijmegen - Tottenham Hotspur Thursday 27 November 2008 - 19.00 CET (19.00 local time) FC MATCH PRESS KIT De Goffert, Nijmegen Match officials Referee Cesar Muniz Fernandez (ESP) Assistant referees José Manuel Fernandez Miranda (ESP), Luis Alberto Gutierrez Perez (ESP) Fourth official Miguel Angel Perez Lasa (ESP) UEFA Delegate Paul Krähenbühl (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Robert B. Valentine (SCO) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res.