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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Swansea Stadium - Swansea Thursday 3 October 2013 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Swansea City AFC Group A - Matchday 2 FC St Gallen Last updated 15/10/2013 17:36CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Swansea City AFC - FC St Gallen Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Swansea Stadium, Swansea Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Swansea City AFC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Swansea City AFC have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC St Gallen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 28/09/2000 R1 FC St Gallen - Chelsea FC Zurich Müller 28, Amoah 34 agg: 2-1 14/09/2000 R1 Chelsea FC - FC St Gallen 1-0 London Panucci 24 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Swansea City AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC St Gallen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 Swansea City AFC - FC St Gallen Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Swansea Stadium, Swansea Match background Swansea City AFC's tails are up after a terrific away win on matchday one, but they may have reason for caution as they meet FC St Gallen in UEFA Europa League Group A. Previous meetings • This is the sides' first UEFA club competition meeting, and Swansea's first encounter with Swiss opponents. • St Gallen's only previous meetings with English Premier League opponents are fondly remembered; under Marcel Koller, the Swiss club eliminated Chelsea FC in the first round of the 2000/01 UEFA Cup, overturning a 1-0 deficit from the Stamford Bridge leg with a 2-0 win in St Gallen. • Swansea are based in Wales but qualified for the UEFA Europa League as winners of the English League Cup. Only four UEFA club competition games have been played between Welsh and Swiss sides, with the Welsh having slightly the better of them – W2 D1 L1 (W2 D0 L0 at home – W0 D1 L1 in Switzerland). Match background • Prior to this season, Swansea had not played in Europe since the 1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup, when they were beaten 10-1 on aggregate by AS Monaco FC in the first round. Back then, they qualified as Welsh Cup holders. • Their 3-0 win at Valencia CF on matchday one was their first UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League away victory and their second most emphatic victory on their travels in UEFA club competition, after a 5-0 win at Maltese side Sliema Wanderers FC in the 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup. • St Gallen last played in this competition when they were eliminated in the second round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup by SC Freiburg. • The Swiss side also made a great start in Group A; their 2-0 victory against FC Kuban Krasnodar matched their biggest previous home win in this competition, the aforementioned success against Chelsea. Team facts • On matchday one of the UEFA Champions League, FC Basel 1893 beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge to become the first Swiss club to win a European away game against English league opponents in 20 visits (D6 L14) since FC Luzern beat Tottenham Hotspur FC 2-0 in a 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup fixture. • St Gallen's Croatian midfielder Ivan Martić turns 23 on the eve of the match against Swansea. • St Gallen forward Alhassane Keita nominally played under Swansea manager Michael Laudrup – and alongside midfielder Jonathan De Guzmán – at RCD Mallorca in the 2010/11 season, though the trio barely saw each other as Keita was loaned out to Real Valladolid CF and then Saudi Arabian side Al-Shabab FC. Coach information • Michael Laudrup's first season in south Wales ended with Swansea winning the first major English trophy in their history – the 2012/13 League Cup. The playmaker's career haul included the 1991/92 European Champions' Club Cup with FC Barcelona and seven league titles: one apiece with Juventus, Real Madrid CF and AFC Ajax, and four with Barça. As a coach, he won a Danish title with Brøndby IF and took unfashionable Getafe CF to the 2007/08 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. • St Gallen coach Jeff Saibene is the first Luxembourger to lead a club in a major UEFA club competition group stage. Having moved abroad as a teenager to sign for R. Standard de Liège, the midfielder left three years later for Switzerland, where he spent much of his career. After coaching spells at FC Thun and FC Aarau, he joined St Gallen in March 2011, leading them back to the top division in his first full season and to third place in his second. 3 Swansea City AFC - FC St Gallen Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Swansea Stadium, Swansea Team facts Swansea City AFC Formed: 1928 Nickname: The Swans UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League Cup: 1 (2013) Welsh Cup: 10 (1991) 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: 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 12-0: Swansea v Sliema Wanderers FC 15/09/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Sliema Wanderers FC v Swansea 29/09/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Swansea v AS Monaco FC 17/09/91, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg 0-1: Swansea v Paris Saint-Germain FC 20/10/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg 0-1: Swansea v 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig 16/09/81, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: AS Monaco FC v Swansea 01/10/91, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: Swansea v FC Petrolul Ploieşti 22/08/13, play-off first leg 4-0: Swansea v Malmö FF 01/08/13, third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Valencia CF v Swansea 19/08/13, group stage • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: FC Petrolul Ploieşti v Swansea 29/08/13, play-off second leg FC St Gallen 4 Swansea City AFC - FC St Gallen Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Swansea Stadium, Swansea Formed: 1879 Nickname: Espen (Aspen Trees) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National title: 2 (2000) Swiss Cup: 1 (1969) 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: did not take part in UEFA competition 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 5-1: St Gallen v B68 Toftir 22/06/02, UEFA Intertoto Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-6: B68 Toftir v St Gallen 29/06/02, UEFA Intertoto Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: St Gallen v SC Freiburg 01/11/01, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v St Gallen 18/09/85, UEFA Cup first round first leg 4-0: PFC Levski Sofia v St Gallen 12/11/69, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup second round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 2-0: St Gallen v FC Kuban Krasnodar 19/09/13, group stage 2-0: St Gallen v Chelsea FC 28/09/00, first round second leg • Biggest away win 2-4: FC Spartak Moskva v St Gallen 29/08/13, play-off second leg 0-2: FK Pelister v St Gallen 09/08/01, qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: St Gallen v SC Freiburg (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v St Gallen (see above) 5 Swansea City AFC - FC St Gallen Thursday 3 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Swansea Stadium, Swansea Squad list Swansea City AFC Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.