Uefa Champions League - 2014/15 Season Match Press Kits
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Ljudski vrt - Maribor Wednesday 17 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) NK Maribor Sporting Clube de Group G - Matchday 1 Portugal Last updated 03/08/2015 13:50CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Group Standings 16 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams NK Maribor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lima 4, Alan 7, Elderson 38, Paulo 03/11/2011 GS SC Braga - NK Maribor 5-1 Braga Vinícius 85, Mérida 90+1; Volaš 62 Ibraimi 14; Elderson 20/10/2011 GS NK Maribor - SC Braga 1-1 Maribor 44 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA NK Maribor 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 6 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Match background NK Maribor's first participation in the UEFA Champions League group stage for 15 years starts with a home fixture against Sporting Clube de Portugal. Match background Maribor • In the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage, Maribor drew 1-1 at home to SC Braga before going down 5-1 in Portugal. • Jasmin Handanovič, Tavares, Agim Ibraimi, Dejan Trajkovski, Arghus, Aleš Mertelj, Željko Filipović and Aleksander Rajčevič all played in those games. • Tavares scored a 75th-minute winner at Celtic FC to secure Maribor's play-off victory and place in the competition proper. The home game had ended 1-1, Damjan Bohar on target. • Bohar had also scored in a 1-0 home win over Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC in the third qualifying round. Maribor's passage was sealed with a 2-2 draw in Larnaca, Ibraimi twice on target. • An Ibraimi penalty and Dare Vršič's free-kick gave the Slovenian side a 2-0 home win over HŠK Zrinjski after a 0-0 draw away in the second qualifying round. • In their previous group stage appearance, Maribor finished in fourth place with four points, winning 1-0 away against FC Dynamo Kyiv and drawing 0-0 away to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. They lost all three home matches. • The Violets were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League play-offs in 2012/13 (by GNK Dinamo Zagreb) and 2013/14 (by FC Viktoria Plzeň). Sporting • Sporting – for whom coach Marco Silva, appointed in May, will be making his UEFA Champions League bow – are in the group stage for the first time since 2008/09 when they reached the round of 16, also for the first time. • They suffered their heaviest home (5-0) and away (7-1) defeats in European competition losing that last-16 tie to FC Bayern München. • This is Sporting's sixth group stage campaign; they have lost their last two opening-day fixtures in the competition. • The Portuguese Liga runners-up have not won any of their last ten away matches in European competition (all in the UEFA Europa League), losing seven and drawing three. Player links • Islam Slimani's Algeria beat Aleš Mertelj's Slovenia 2-0 in a friendly in Blidan in March 2014. • Agim Ibraimi's Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia faced Nani's Portugal in a friendly in May 2012, which finished goalless. • Luka Zahovič was born in the Portuguese city of Guimaraes, where his father, Zlatko, was playing. Now Maribor's sporting director, Zlatko had spells at Vitória SC, FC Porto and SL Benfica in Portugal. He played 15 times against Sporting, scoring three goals and recording four wins, five draws and six losses. Match facts Maribor • Guimaraes-born Luka Zahovič struck twice on Saturday in a 2-0 victory at home to NK Krka to take the 18-year-old's tally to five goals in as many games this season. • Both of Maribor's defeats this campaign have been in the top flight and by a two-goal margin – it took until their 11th league game of 2013/14 for the Purples to lose as many times. • The Slovenian title holders are 11 matches unbeaten at home since a 2-0 loss to NK Rudar Velenje on 23 April. • Dare Vršič scored twice in Maribor's 4-1 Slovenian Super Cup victory against ND Gorica on 13 August. Sporting • Jefferson was sent off in added time on Saturday as Sporting were held to a 1-1 draw at home to CF Os Belenenses. • William Carvalho was sent off as Sporting opened their Liga campaign with a 1-1 draw against A. Académica de Coimbra on 16 August. • A week later, Nani missed a penalty against FC Arouca on his second Sporting debut before Carlos Mané scored 3 NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor the only goal of the game in added time. • Islam Slimani's equaliser in the 1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 31 August was Sporting's first league goal at the home of their Lisbon rivals since 29 April 2007. • Sporting won ten of their 15 league games away from home last season, losing only twice. • Mané's first goal at U21 level helped Portugal to a 2-1 win against Norway on 4 September. • Cédric has not played since suffering a back injury against Académica on 16 August • Carvalho, 22, was named Sporting's player of the year and best young player at an event on 2 July to celebrate the club's 108th anniversary. 4 NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Squad list NK Maribor Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Aljaž Cotman SVN 26/04/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 12 Marino Hamer SVN 26/02/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 13 Žan Vidic SVN 07/06/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Jasmin Handanovič SVN 28/01/1978 36 - 6 - - - 7 - - - 44 - 69 Matko Obradović CRO 11/05/1991 23 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Marko Šuler SVN 09/03/1983 31 - 6 - - - 3 - - - 30 1 7 Aleš Mejač SVN 18/03/1983 31 - - - - - 6 - - - 35 2 16 Damjan Vukliševič SVN 28/06/1995 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 24 Dejan Trajkovski SVN 14/04/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - 10 - 26 Aleksander Rajčevič SVN 17/11/1986 27 - 6 - - - 6 - - - 52 - 28 Mitja Viler SVN 01/09/1986 28 - 6 - - - 7 1 - - 34 3 35 Matej Filipović SVN 12/12/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Žiga Živko SVN 21/07/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 44 Arghus ITA 19/01/1988 26 - - - - - 3 - - - 34 1 Midfielders 5 Željko Filipović SVN 03/10/1988 25 - 6 - - - 5 - - - 39 1 6 Welle Ndiaye SEN 05/04/1990 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 8 Sintayehu Sallalich ISR 20/06/1991 23 - 3 - - - - - - - 9 - 10 Agim Ibraimi MKD 29/08/1988 26 - 6 3 - - 3 - - - 35 8 21 Amir Derviševič SVN 04/07/1992 22 - 6 - - - 1 - - - 13 - 22 Dare Vršič SVN 26/09/1984 29 - 6 1 - - 7 - - - 17 9 23 Dino Hotič SVN 26/07/1995 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 25 Ranko Moravac SVN 25/01/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 30 Petar Stojanovič SVN 07/10/1995 18 - 6 - - - 4 - - - 6 - 31 Daniel Vujčič SVN 12/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Damjan Bohar SVN 18/10/1991 22 - 6 2 - - 7 2 - - 27 2 40 Sven Dodlek SVN 28/09/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Aleš Mertelj SVN 22/03/1987 27 - 4 - - - 6 - - - 52 2 92 Matic Črnic SVN 12/06/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - 8 1 Forwards 9 Tavares BRA 30/03/1984 30 - 6 1 - - 7 1 - - 55 18 11 Luka Zahovič SVN 15/11/1995 18 - - - - - 5 5 - - 1 - 14 Jean-Philippe Mendy FRA 04/03/1987 27 - 6 - - - 7 1 - - 18 1 15 Rok Sirk SVN 10/09/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 17 Nusmir Fajić BIH 12/01/1987 27 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 21 3 20 David Biton ISR 01/03/1988 26 - - - - - 1 - - - 15 3 27 Alen Ploj SVN 30/06/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach 5 NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor NK Maribor Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA - Ante Šimundža SVN 28/09/1971 42 - 6 - - - - - - - 13 - 6 NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Portugal Wednesday 17 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadion Ljudski vrt, Maribor Sporting Clube de Portugal Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Rui Patrício POR 15/02/1988 26 - - - - - 4 - 8 - 56 - 22 Marcelo BRA 28/11/1984 29 - - - - - - - - - 8 - 59 Guilherme Oliveira POR 12/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 82 Pedro Silva POR 13/02/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Vladimir Stojkovic POR 04/10/1996 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 96 Luís Ribeiro POR 19/04/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Rami Rabia EGY 20/05/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Maurício BRA 20/09/1988 25 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4 Jefferson BRA 05/07/1988 26 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 26 Paulo Oliveira POR 08/01/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Naby Sarr FRA 13/08/1993 21 - - - - - 4 - - - 3 1 33 Jonathan Silva ARG 29/06/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Cédric POR 31/08/1991 23 - - - - - 1 - - - 9 - 47 Ricardo Esgaio POR 16/05/1993 21 - - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 55 Tobias Figueiredo POR 02/02/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Domingos Duarte POR 10/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Mauro Riquicho POR 07/04/1995 19 - - - - - - -