UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Alfheim - Tromso Thursday 3 October 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Tromsø IL Group K - Matchday 2 FC Sheriff Last updated 16/10/2013 10:36CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Tromsø IL - FC Sheriff Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Tromsø IL - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Tromsø IL have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Sheriff - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-2 04/08/2004 2QR FC Sheriff - Rosenborg BK Tiraspol Berg 36, Brattbakk 40 agg: 1-4 Frode Johnsen 24, 28/07/2004 2QR Rosenborg BK - FC Sheriff 2-1 Trondheim George 85; Cociş 34 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Tromsø IL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Sheriff 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 Tromsø IL - FC Sheriff Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Match background The 2013/14 UEFA Europa League's longest-standing residents, Tromsø IL will look to make up for a heavy defeat on matchday one when FC Sheriff return to Norway in UEFA Europa League Group K. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time. It is Tromsø's first encounter with Moldovan opponents. • The only previous tie to be played between Norwegian and Moldovan clubs was Sheriff's 2004/05 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round meeting with Rosenborg BK. The Trondheim side won 2-1 at home and 2-0 in Moldova. • Norway and Moldova have met in four senior internationals, with Norway winning three of them and the other ending 0-0. Moldova are yet to score a goal against Norway at senior level. Match background • Tromsø reached the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, but finished bottom of their section with a win and three defeats. • Tromsø lost 3-0 at Tottenham Hotspur FC on matchday one – their heaviest away defeat in the competition to date. However, they have won their last three European home games. • Tromsø lost 3-2 on aggregate to Beşiktaş JK in the play-offs but were handed a group stage place after the Istanbul side were excluded from the competition. • Sheriff competed in the 2009/10 and 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stages, failing to advance on both occasions having collected five points each time. • Sheriff drew 0-0 at home against FC Anji Makhachkala on matchday one. They are yet to win a group stage away game, recording a draw and two defeats on the road in each of their previous campaigns. Team facts • Tromsø are the only side in the group stage to have made it through all the way from the first qualifying round. • Sheriff are one of nine domestic champions involved in this season's group stage along with NK Maribor (Slovenia), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (Israel), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria), Legia Warszawa (Poland), FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan), APOEL FC (Cyprus), GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) and IF Elfsborg (Sweden). • Based inside the Arctic Circle, Tromsø are the most northerly side in the group stage – 4,299km separates them from the southernmost representatives, Maccabi Tel-Aviv. Coach information • Tromsø dismissed coach Agnar Christensen on Tuesday after a 3-2 league defeat at home against IK Start left them in relegation danger in Norway. • Steinar Nilsen has taken temporary command at Tromsø after serving as Christensen's assistant. Born in the city, the twice-capped 41-year-old defender served Tromsø in two spells as a player, either side of five years in Italy with AC Milan and SSC Napoli. This is his third spell as the club's coach – he notably led them into the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage in his first period in charge. • Assisted by Juan Ferrando, Cesc Fàbregas's personal trainer at Arsenal FC, Sheriff coach Veaceslav Rusnac was a defender for a number of clubs. He achieved an unusual first in 2000 when he won the Moldovan league with FC Zimbru Chisinau, the local futsal crown with FC Zarea Balti and the top prize in Moldovan beach football with Palestra. As a coach, he led Moldova's Under-17s, taking charge at Sheriff in July 2013 after spells with several other local sides. 3 Tromsø IL - FC Sheriff Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Team facts Tromsø IL Formed: 1920 Nickname: Gutan (The Lads) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Norwegian Cup: 2 (1996) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: second qualifying round 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: play-offs 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: group stage 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 10-0: Tromsø v HB Tórshavn 02/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Daugava v Tromsø 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Tromsø v Paksi SE 21/07/11, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Chelsea FC v Tromsø 06/11/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-1: Tromsø v FC Dinamo Minsk 23/07/09, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Daugava v Tromsø (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Tromsø v Paksi SE (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Tromsø 19/09/13, group stage FC Sheriff Formed: 1997 Nickname: Zhelto-Chernie (Yellow and Blacks) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 12 (2013) Moldovan Cup: 7 (2010) 4 Tromsø IL - FC Sheriff Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: second qualifying round 2010/11: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-off round) 2009/10: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-off round) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2006/07: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2003/04: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Sheriff v FK Aktobe 22/07/08, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FK Sutjeska v Sheriff 23/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Sheriff v Grazer AK 31/07/02, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg 0-3 three times, most recently v GNK Dinamo Zagreb 07/08/13, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v Sheriff 08/08/12, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg 4-0: RSC Anderlecht v Sheriff 25/07/01, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 2-0: Sheriff v FC Dynamo Kyiv 30/09/10, group stage 2-0: Sheriff v FC Twente 22/10/09, group stage • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Sheriff v Olympique de Marseille 23/08/12, play-off first leg 0-1: Sheriff v FC BATE Borisov 21/10/10, group stage 0-1: Sheriff v Fenerbahçe SK 01/10/09, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: NK Olimpija Ljubljana v Sheriff 24/08/00, qualifying round second leg 5 Tromsø IL - FC Sheriff Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Alfheim, Tromso Squad list Tromsø IL 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 Marcus Sahlman SWE 02/01/1985 28 - 8 - 1 - 23 - 18 - 18 - 12 Fredrik Bakkelund NOR 30/01/1996 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Benny Lekström SWE 19/02/1981 32 - - - - - 2 - 3 - 6 - Defenders 3 Jarosław Fojut POL 17/10/1987 25 Y 7 - 1 - 18 1 8 - 8 - 6 Adnan Сausevic NOR 10/01/1990 23 - 6 - 1 - 14 - 7 - 7 - 7 Miika Koppinen FIN 05/07/1978 35 - 8 1 1 - 20 1 21 2 27 3 14 Hans Norbye NOR 16/01/1987 26 - 5 - - - 20 - 13 - 13 - 23 Kent-Are Antonsen NOR 12/02/1995 18 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - Midfielders 8 Thomas Bendiksen NOR 08/08/1989 24 - 8 1 1 - 23 5 15 1 15 1 10 Thomas Drage NOR 20/02/1992 21 - 8 - 1 - 17 1 19 - 19 - 15 Magnus Andersen NOR 28/05/1986 27 - 8 2 1 - 23 4 19 5 19 5 16 Lars Gunnar Johnsen NOR 02/07/1991 22 - 4 - 1 - 9 - 5 - 5 - 17 Remi Johansen NOR 04/09/1990 23 - 8 - 1 - 22 7 16 1 16 1 18 Josh Pritchard WAL 23/09/1992 21 - 7 1 1 - 22 - 8 1 8 1 19 William Frantzen NOR 13/06/1993 20 - 1 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 20 Mathias Johnsen NOR 14/07/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Hamza Zakari GHA 07/04/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Hendrik Helmke GER 13/07/1987 26 Y 1 - - - 4 - 1 - 1 - Forwards 4 Ruben Kristiansen NOR 20/02/1988 25 - 8 - 1 - 22 - 15 - 15 - 5 Morten Moldskred NOR 13/06/1980 33 - 6 1 1 - 25 4 19 5 28 5 9 Steffen Nystrøm NOR 01/07/1984 29 - 1 - - - 8 3 6 - 6 - 13 Zdeněk Ondrášek CZE 22/12/1988 24 Y 8 2 1 - 24 6 15 3 15 3 30 Runar Espejord NOR 26/02/1996 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Steinar Nilsen NOR 01/05/1972 41 - - - 1 - - - 9 - 9 - FC Sheriff Current season All-time UCL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.