UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

VfB S.S. Lazio Matchday 9 - round of 16, first leg VfB Arena, Stuttgart Thursday 7 March 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 4 Team facts...... 6 Squad list...... 9 Fixtures and results...... 11 Match-by-match lineups...... 15 Match officials...... 19 Legend...... 20

This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League 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 VfB Stuttgart - S.S. Lazio Thursday 7 March 2013 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT VfB Arena, Stuttgart Previous meetings

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VfB Stuttgart - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/08 GS UC Sampdoria - VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Genoa Sammarco 39; Marica 8 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/02/05 R32 VfB Stuttgart - Parma FC 0-2 Stuttgart Marchionni 100 ET, Pisanu 116 ET agg: 0-2 (aet) 16/02/05 R32 Parma FC - VfB Stuttgart 0-0 Parma UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/07/02 R3 AC Perugia - VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Bolzano Miccoli 73, Berrettoni 90; I Ganea 52 agg: 3-4 20/07/02 R3 VfB Stuttgart - AC Perugia 3-1 Stuttgart Bordon 66, I Ganea 71, Seitz 90+1; Miccoli 14 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/05/89 F VfB Stuttgart - SSC Napoli 3-3 Stuttgart Klinsmann 25, Gaudino 68, Schmäler agg: 4-5 89; Alemão 18, Ferrara 39, Careca 61 03/05/89 F SSC Napoli - VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Naples Maradona 67, Careca 88; Gaudino 17 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/10/79 R1 Torino FC - VfB Stuttgart 2-1 Sala 65, Graziani 104 ET; Klotz 120 ET agg: 2-2 ag (aet) 19/09/79 R1 VfB Stuttgart - Torino FC 1-0 Stuttgart Kelsch 70

S.S. Lazio - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/02/13 R32 S.S. Lazio - VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 Candreva 10, González 33 agg: 5-3 14/02/13 R32 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - S.S. Lazio 3-3 Monchengladbach Stranzl 17(p), Marx 84(p), Arango 88; Floccari 57, Kozák 64, 90+4 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/07 GS S.S. Lazio - SV Werder Bremen 2-1 Rome Rocchi 57, 68; Diego 88(p) 24/10/07 GS SV Werder Bremen - S.S. Lazio 2-1 Bremen Sanogo 28, Hugo Almeida 54; Manfredini 82 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/10/99 GS S.S. Lazio - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-1 Rome Nedvěd 1; Kirsten 44 14/09/99 GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen - S.S. Lazio 1-1 Leverkusen Neuville 14; Mihajlović 18 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/03/95 QF - S.S. Lazio 2-0 Dortmund Chapuisat 11(p), Riedle 90 agg: 2-1 28/02/95 QF S.S. Lazio - Borussia Dortmund 1-0 Rome Freund 67(og)

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Record versus clubs from opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfB Stuttgart 3 2 0 1 4 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 9 2 3 4 11 13 S.S. Lazio 4 3 1 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 3 3 2 11 10

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VfB Stuttgart will look to overcome their shyness at home in the UEFA Europa League as they take on S.S. Lazio, who feature a famous German striker in the shape of . Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. Stuttgart's record in nine games against Italian sides is W2 D3 L4 (W2 D1 L1 at home). Those matches include the two-legged final of the 1988/89 UEFA Cup, which they lost 5-4 on aggregate to SSC Napoli. • Stuttgart have not won in their last four games against opponents since a 3-1 home win against AC Perugia in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup. • Stuttgart also lost 1-0 to Napoli in the first round of the 1969/70 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup – the non-UEFA affiliated precursor to the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League. • Lazio's record in eight games against German clubs is W3 D3 L2 (W0 D2 L2 in Germany). They have yet to win in Germany or lose to opponents in Rome. • Lazio did eliminate another German side, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, in the round of 32, winning 2-0 at home after a 3-3 draw in Germany. Match background • Stuttgart have not won a UEFA Europa League home game (D3 L1) since the play-offs, but have won three of their four games on the road. They have scored three goals at the VfB Arena in that period and nine away. • Prior to their round of 32 success against KRC Genk, Stuttgart had not won a two-legged springtime European tie in eight attempts since losing the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final. • Stuttgart have not featured in the last 16 since the advent of the UEFA Cup group stage in 2004/05. Their last appearance at this stage of a UEFA competition came in 2009/10, when they lost out to FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League round of 16. • Lazio are unbeaten in ten European games this season (W6 D4). In their five European home games this season (W4 D1) they have conceded just once and have kept four successive clean sheets at the Stadio Olimpico. • Lazio most recently reached the last 16 of a major European tournament in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup, beating Wisła Kraków en route to a semi-final defeat against FC Porto. Team facts • Lazio boast German talent in the form of Klose; Stuttgart defender Georg Niedermeier played in the reserve team at FC Bayern München while Klose (2004-07) was starring for the first XI. • Stuttgart's Italian left-back Cristian Molinaro played for Salernitana Sport (2002-05), AC Siena (2005-07) and Juventus (2007-09) before moving to Germany: he and Lazio's Abdoulay Konko played together at Siena (2006-07). • On loan from Manchester United FC, Stuttgart forward Federico Macheda was born in Rome and briefly played in Serie A on loan at UC Sampdoria in 2010/11: that spell included a 20-minute cameo in a 1-0 league defeat at Lazio. • Lazio defender André Dias celebrates his 34th birthday on the day of the UEFA Europa League final – 15 May. • Libor Kozák is level with FC Internazionale Milano's Rodrigo Palacio and Raúl Bobadilla – who moved to FC Basel 1893 in January after scoring five in the group stage for BSC Young Boys – in second place in this season's UEFA Europa League scorers rankings, with five goals each. SSC Napoli's Edinson Cavani tops the table with seven. • Goalkeeper Sven Ulreich is the only player to have featured in every minute of Stuttgart's eight games since the start of the group stage – 720 minutes in total. • Stuttgart defender Thomas Geyer celebrates his 22nd birthday on the eve of this tie. • Stuttgart have been losing finalists in major UEFA competitions twice: they lost to Napoli in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup final and Chelsea FC in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. • Lazio's biggest success in this competition came when they reached the 1998 UEFA Cup final, where they lost 3-0 to Serie A rivals Inter in Paris. • Stuttgart coach played up front for some of Germany's top clubs – Hamburger SV, FC Bayern München and SV Werder Bremen among others – and is the only player to have scored more than 100 goals in both

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VfB Stuttgart Formed: 1893 Nicknames: Die Roten (The Reds), Die Schwaben (Swabians) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1989) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1998) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (3): 2000, 2002, 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 5 (2007) German Cup: 3 (1997) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: round of 32 (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: round of 32 2004/05: round of 32 2003/04: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2002/03: fourth round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Stuttgart v Olympiakos Nicosia FC 17/09/73, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: Neuchâtel Xamax FC v Stuttgart 01/07/00, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-5: Stuttgart v Torpedo Moskva 05/11/86, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 2-4: Stuttgart v KFC Germinal Ekeren 06/11/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 1-3: Stuttgart v Sevilla FC 20/10/09, UEFA Champions League group stage 1-3: Stuttgart v Feyenoord 15/09/98, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-2 on six occasions, most recently v SL Benfica 24/02/11, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Barcelona v Stuttgart 17/03/10, UEFA Champions League first knockout round second leg 4-0: ASVS Dukla Praha v Stuttgart 06/12/78, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 9-0: Stuttgart v Olympiakos Nicosia FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Stuttgart 22/11/12, group stage 1-5: KSK Beveren v Stuttgart

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21/10/04, group stage 0-4: Olympiakos Nicosia FC v Stuttgart 19/09/03, first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Stuttgart v Feyenoord (see above) 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v SL Benfica (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: ASVS Dukla Praha v Stuttgart (see above)

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S.S. Lazio Formed: 1900 Nickname: Biancocelesti (White and Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1999 • UEFA Cup: (1998) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1999 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (2000) Italian Cup: 5 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: group stage 2003/04: UEFA Champions League group stage 2002/03: semi-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Lazio v FK Rabotnicki 18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Biggest away win 0-4 on four occasions, most recently v PFC Levski Sofia 01/10/09, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Lazio v Chelsea FC 04/11/03, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: RC Lens v Lazio 02/11/77, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Lazio v FK Rabotnicki (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4 twice, most recently v PFC Levski Sofia (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Lazio v FC Barcelona 22/10/75, second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: RC Lens v Lazio (see above)

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VfB Stuttgart

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 Sven Ulreich GER 03/08/88 24 - 2 - 8 - 24 - 15 - 21 - 22 Marc Ziegler GER 13/06/76 36 ------9 - 14 - 33 André Weis GER 30/09/89 23 ------35 Odisseas Vlachodimos GER 26/04/94 18 ------Defenders 2 Gotoku Sakai JPN 14/03/91 21 - 1 - 7 1 19 - 7 1 8 1 3 Felipe Lopes BRA 07/08/87 25 - - - - - 1 - 6 2 14 2 5 GER 24/04/87 25 - 2 - 6 1 20 - 16 2 36 4 6 Georg Niedermeier GER 26/02/86 27 - - - 6 1 19 - 13 1 19 1 12 Benedikt Röcker GER 19/11/89 23 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 15 Arthur Boka CIV 02/04/83 29 - 2 - 5 1 15 - 24 2 38 2 21 Cristian Molinaro ITA 30/07/83 29 - 1 - 5 - 17 - 12 - 28 - 23 Tim Hoogland GER 11/06/85 27 - 1 - - - 2 - 1 - 3 - 24 Antonio Rüdiger GER 03/03/93 20 - - - 3 - 8 - 3 - 3 - 32 Steffen Lang GER 14/08/93 19 ------40 Thomas Geyer GER 06/03/91 21 ------ 4 William Kvist DEN 24/02/85 28 * 2 - 6 - 19 - 28 - 64 2 10 Daniel Didavi GER 21/02/90 23 - - - - - 3 - 2 - 5 - 16 Ibrahima Traoré GUI 21/04/88 24 - 1 - 8 - 23 3 8 - 9 - 17 Tunay Torun TUR 21/04/90 22 - 2 - 4 - 9 - 14 - 18 - 19 Kevin Stöger AUT 27/08/93 19 ------20 Christian Gentner GER 14/08/85 27 - 2 - 8 2 24 3 34 8 46 10 26 Raphael Holzhauser AUT 16/02/93 20 - - - 5 - 17 - 5 - 5 - 28 Rani Khedira GER 27/01/94 19 ------30 Tamás Hajnal HUN 15/03/81 31 - 2 - 5 - 12 - 9 2 11 2 31 JPN 16/04/86 26 - 2 - 7 2 16 1 9 2 11 2 44 Alexandru Maxim ROU 08/07/90 22 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - Forwards 7 Martin Harnik AUT 10/06/87 25 - 2 - 8 2 22 5 16 5 26 7 9 Vedad Ibišević BIH 06/08/84 28 S 2 3 8 2 21 11 8 2 10 5 18 GER 27/03/81 31 - 2 - 2 - 5 1 25 8 45 10 36 Christoph Hemlein GER 16/12/90 22 ------93 Federico Macheda ITA 22/08/91 21 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 8 - Coach - Bruno Labbadia GER 08/02/66 47 - 2 - 8 - - - 24 - 30 -

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S.S. Lazio

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 Albano Bizzarri ARG 09/11/77 35 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 9 - 15 - 22 Federico Marchetti ITA 07/02/83 30 - 1 - 5 - 22 - 11 - 13 - 44 Tiziano Scarfagna ITA 26/01/94 19 ------55 Guido Guerrieri ITA 25/02/96 17 ------56 Filippo De Angelis ITA 21/02/96 17 ------Defenders 2 Michaël Ciani FRA 06/04/84 28 - 1 - 7 - 13 - 7 - 17 3 3 André Dias BRA 15/05/79 33 - 2 - 4 - 20 - 9 - 13 - 17 Bruno Pereirinha POR 02/03/88 25 - - - 1 - 4 - 23 2 38 2 19 Senad Lulić BIH 18/01/86 27 - 2 - 6 - 25 1 20 2 33 5 20 Giuseppe Biava ITA 08/05/77 35 - 2 - 4 - 24 1 14 - 20 - 26 Ştefan Radu ROU 22/10/86 26 - - - 5 1 15 1 24 1 32 2 29 Abdoulay Konko FRA 09/03/84 28 - 2 - 4 - 21 1 18 - 25 1 39 Luis Cavanda BEL 02/01/91 22 * 2 - 5 - 14 - 7 - 9 - 43 Claudio Andreoli ITA 01/04/94 18 ------45 Riccardo Serpieri ITA 15/02/94 19 ------46 Aurimas Vilkaitis LTU 11/02/93 20 ------47 Fabrizio Bianchi ITA 20/07/95 17 ------48 Jader Carta ITA 01/02/95 18 ------49 Lorenzo Filippini ITA 28/07/95 17 ------Midfielders 6 Stefano Mauri ITA 08/01/80 33 * 1 - 3 - 23 3 11 - 26 2 7 Ederson BRA 13/01/86 27 - - - 4 1 8 1 4 1 28 1 8 Hernanes BRA 29/05/85 27 - 2 1 8 - 25 8 15 - 19 3 15 Álvaro González URU 29/10/84 28 * 1 - 8 1 24 1 15 1 16 1 23 Ogenyi Onazi NGA 25/12/92 20 - 2 - 6 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 24 Cristian Ledesma ITA 24/09/82 30 - 1 - 6 - 25 1 12 - 22 - 27 Lorik Cana ALB 27/07/83 29 * - - 6 - 15 - 28 - 55 1 32 Cristian Brocchi ITA 30/01/76 37 - - - - - 8 - 12 1 40 1 38 Danilo Cataldi ITA 06/08/94 18 ------51 Tommaso Mazzei ITA 02/01/95 18 ------52 Lorenzo Pace ITA 10/03/95 17 ------87 Antonio Candreva ITA 28/02/87 26 - 2 - 5 1 25 4 10 1 12 1 Forwards 11 Miroslav Klose GER 09/06/78 34 - 1 1 2 - 20 10 40 12 83 29 18 Libor Kozák CZE 30/05/89 23 * 1 2 6 5 11 - 12 6 14 8 25 Antonio Rozzi ITA 28/05/94 18 - 1 - 1 - - - 2 - 3 - 41 Gonzalo Barreto URU 22/01/92 21 ------50 Cristiano Lombardi ITA 19/08/95 17 ------53 Lorenzo Silvagni ITA 23/01/95 18 ------99 Sergio Floccari ITA 12/11/81 31 - 1 - 7 4 15 4 11 5 12 5 Coach - Vladimir Petković SUI 15/08/63 49 - 2 - 8 - - - 16 - 28 -

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VfB Stuttgart

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 18/08/12 Cup SV Falkensee-Finkenkrug (A) W 5-0 Ibišević 30, Harnik 43, 54, Tunay Torun 79, Okazaki 87 22/08/12 UEL FC Dinamo Moskva (H) W 2-0 Ibišević 72, 90+1 25/08/12 League VfL Wolfsburg (H) L 0-1 28/08/12 UEL FC Dinamo Moskva (A) D 1-1 Ibišević 64 02/09/12 League FC Bayern München (A) L 1-6 Harnik 25 15/09/12 League Fortuna Düsseldorf (H) D 0-0 20/09/12 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (H) D 2-2 Ibišević 5, Niedermeier 85 23/09/12 League SV Werder Bremen (A) D 2-2 Harnik 50, Cacau 81 26/09/12 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (H) L 0-3 29/09/12 League 1. FC Nürnberg (A) W 2-0 Ibišević 1, Harnik 75 04/10/12 UEL Molde FK (A) L 0-2 07/10/12 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H) D 2-2 Ibišević 19 (p), 55 21/10/12 League Hamburger SV (A) W 1-0 Ibišević 30 25/10/12 UEL FC København (H) D 0-0 28/10/12 League (H) W 2-1 Gentner 6, Ibišević 84 31/10/12 Cup FC St Pauli (H) W 3-0 Traoré 20, Ibišević 22, Hajnal 41 03/11/12 League Borussia Dortmund (A) D 0-0 08/11/12 UEL FC København (A) W 2-0 Ibišević 76, Harnik 90+2 11/11/12 League (H) L 2-4 Gentner 21, Ibišević 37 (p) 17/11/12 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) W 2-1 Harnik 8, Brouwers 72 (og) 22/11/12 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) W 5-1 Tasci 5, Harnik 18, Sakai 23, Okazaki 31, 55 25/11/12 League SC Freiburg (A) L 0-3 28/11/12 League FC Augsburg (H) W 2-1 Traoré 11, Ibišević 69 01/12/12 League SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) W 1-0 Okazaki 45 06/12/12 UEL Molde FK (H) L 0-1 08/12/12 League FC Schalke 04 (H) W 3-1 Ibišević 2, 38 (p), 61 15/12/12 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A) L 1-3 H. Müller 48 (og) 19/12/12 Cup 1. FC Köln (H) W 2-1 Gentner 31, Ibišević 35 (p) 19/01/13 League VfL Wolfsburg (A) L 0-2 27/01/13 League FC Bayern München (H) L 0-2 02/02/13 League Fortuna Düsseldorf (A) L 1-3 Gentner 60 09/02/13 League SV Werder Bremen (H) L 1-4 Traoré 50 14/02/13 UEL KRC Genk (H) D 1-1 Gentner 42 17/02/13 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (A) W 1-0 Harnik 3 21/02/13 UEL KRC Genk (A) W 2-0 Boka 45, Gentner 59 23/02/13 League 1. FC Nürnberg (H) D 1-1 Traoré 51 27/02/13 Cup VfL Bochum 1848 (H) W 2-0 Gentner 18, Ibišević 81 02/03/13 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) L 1-2 Ibišević 12 (p) 07/03/13 UEL S.S. Lazio (H) 10/03/13 League Hamburger SV (H) 14/03/13 UEL S.S. Lazio (A) 17/03/13 League Eintracht Frankfurt (A) 30/03/13 League Borussia Dortmund (H) 07/04/13 League Hannover 96 (A) 14/04/13 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) 17/04/13 Cup SC Freiburg (H) 20/04/13 League SC Freiburg (H) 27/04/13 League FC Augsburg (A) 04/05/13 League SpVgg Greuther Fürth (H) 11/05/13 League FC Schalke 04 (A) 18/05/13 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Bayern München 24 20 3 1 64 8 63 2 Borussia Dortmund 24 13 7 4 54 28 46 3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 24 13 6 5 45 31 45 4 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 11 5 8 38 35 38 5 SC Freiburg 24 9 9 6 30 23 36 6 FC Schalke 04 24 10 6 8 41 39 36 7 Hamburger SV 24 10 5 9 29 33 35 8 1. FSV Mainz 05 24 9 7 8 32 29 34 9 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 24 8 10 6 33 34 34 10 Hannover 96 24 10 3 11 47 45 33 11 VfB Stuttgart 24 8 5 11 26 42 29 12 Fortuna Düsseldorf 24 7 7 10 29 32 28 13 1. FC Nürnberg 24 6 10 8 24 31 28 14 SV Werder Bremen 24 8 4 12 39 48 28 15 VfL Wolfsburg 24 7 6 11 24 37 27 16 FC Augsburg 24 4 9 11 21 36 21 17 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 24 4 4 16 27 49 16 18 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 24 2 8 14 14 37 14

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S.S. Lazio

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 23/08/12 UEL ND Mura 05 (A) W 2-0 Hernanes 31, Klose 59 26/08/12 League Atalanta BC (A) W 1-0 Hernanes 17 30/08/12 UEL ND Mura 05 (H) W 3-1 Kozák 30, 55, Zárate 42 02/09/12 League US Città di Palermo (H) W 3-0 Klose 39, 82, Candreva 56 16/09/12 League AC Chievo Verona (A) W 3-1 Hernanes 5, 74, Klose 37 20/09/12 UEL Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) D 0-0 23/09/12 League Genoa CFC (H) L 0-1 26/09/12 League SSC Napoli (A) L 0-3 30/09/12 League AC Siena (H) W 2-1 Ederson 17, Ledesma 38 (p) 04/10/12 UEL NK Maribor (H) W 1-0 Ederson 62 07/10/12 League Pescara Calcio (A) W 3-0 Hernanes 5, Klose 25, 35 20/10/12 League AC Milan (H) W 3-2 Hernanes 25, Candreva 41, Klose 49 25/10/12 UEL Panathinaikos FC (A) D 1-1 Seitaridis 25 (og) 28/10/12 League ACF Fiorentina (A) L 0-2 31/10/12 League Torino FC (H) D 1-1 Mauri 57 04/11/12 League Calcio Catania (A) L 0-4 08/11/12 UEL Panathinaikos FC (H) W 3-0 Kozák 23, 40, Floccari 59 11/11/12 League AS Roma (H) W 3-2 Candreva 35, Klose 43, Mauri 46 17/11/12 League Juventus (A) D 0-0 22/11/12 UEL Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) D 0-0 27/11/12 League (H) W 3-0 González 17, Klose 31, Hernanes 59 02/12/12 League Parma FC (H) W 2-1 Biava 25, Klose 34 06/12/12 UEL NK Maribor (A) W 4-1 Kozák 16, Radu 32, Floccari 38, 51 10/12/12 League FC (A) D 0-0 15/12/12 League FC Internazionale Milano (H) W 1-0 Klose 82 19/12/12 Cup AC Siena (H) D 1-1 aet Ciani 90+5 (4-1P) 22/12/12 League UC Sampdoria (A) W 1-0 Hernanes 31 05/01/13 League (H) W 2-1 Konko 79, Candreva 86 (p) 08/01/13 Cup Calcio Catania (H) W 3-0 Radu 30, Hernanes 61, 90+1 13/01/13 League Atalanta BC (H) W 2-0 Floccari 67, Brivio 77 (og) 19/01/13 League US Città di Palermo (A) D 2-2 Floccari 10, Hernanes 84 (p) 22/01/13 Cup Juventus (A) D 1-1 Mauri 86 26/01/13 League AC Chievo Verona (H) L 0-1 29/01/13 Cup Juventus (H) W 2-1 González 53, Floccari 90+3 03/02/13 League Genoa CFC (A) L 2-3 Floccari 58, Mauri 82 (p) 09/02/13 League SSC Napoli (H) D 1-1 Floccari 11 14/02/13 UEL VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) D 3-3 Floccari 57, Kozák 64, 90+4 18/02/13 League AC Siena (A) L 0-3 21/02/13 UEL VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) W 2-0 Candreva 10, González 33 25/02/13 League Pescara Calcio (H) W 2-0 Radu 29, Lulić 35 02/03/13 League AC Milan (A) L 0-3 07/03/13 UEL VfB Stuttgart (A) 10/03/13 League ACF Fiorentina (H) 14/03/13 UEL VfB Stuttgart (H) 17/03/13 League Torino FC (A) 30/03/13 League Calcio Catania (H) 07/04/13 League AS Roma (A) 14/04/13 League Juventus (H) 21/04/13 League Udinese Calcio (A) 28/04/13 League Parma FC (A) 05/05/13 League Bologna FC (H) 08/05/13 League FC Internazionale Milano (A) 12/05/13 League UC Sampdoria (H) 19/05/13 League Cagliari Calcio (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Juventus 27 18 5 4 54 18 59 2 SSC Napoli 27 15 8 4 47 22 53 3 AC Milan 27 14 6 7 48 32 48 4 FC Internazionale Milano 27 14 5 8 44 36 47 5 S.S. Lazio 27 14 5 8 37 32 47 6 ACF Fiorentina 27 13 6 8 48 33 45 7 AS Roma 27 13 4 10 57 48 43 8 Calcio Catania 27 12 6 9 36 34 42 9 Udinese Calcio 27 10 10 7 36 34 40 10 UC Sampdoria* 27 10 6 11 34 30 35 11 Bologna FC 27 9 5 13 38 36 32 12 Torino FC* 27 7 12 8 32 32 32 13 Parma FC 27 8 8 11 32 36 32 14 Cagliari Calcio 27 8 7 12 32 47 31 15 Atalanta BC* 27 9 5 13 26 38 30 16 AC Chievo Verona 27 8 5 14 27 44 29 17 Genoa CFC 27 6 8 13 27 40 26 18 AC Siena* 27 7 6 14 27 39 21 19 US Città di Palermo 27 3 12 12 22 39 21 20 Pescara Calcio 27 6 3 18 20 54 21 *UC Sampdoria have had 1 points deducted *Torino FC have had 1 points deducted *Atalanta BC have had 2 points deducted *AC Siena have had 6 points deducted

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VfB Stuttgart

Play-offs (22/08/12) Stuttgart 2-0 Dinamo Moskva Goals: 1-0 Ibišević 72, 2-0 Ibišević 90+1 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Kvist, Tasci, Harnik (Tunay Torun 62), Ibišević, Rodríguez, Boka, Gentner, Hoogland, Hajnal (Cacau 77), Okazaki (Traoré 62) (28/08/12) Dinamo Moskva 1-1 Stuttgart (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Ibišević 64, 1-1 Kokorin 77 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai, Kvist, Tasci, Harnik (Tunay Torun 68), Ibišević (Cacau 78), Rodríguez, Boka (Molinaro 74), Gentner, Hajnal, Okazaki

Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Steaua Bucureşti 6 3 2 1 9 9 11 VfB Stuttgart 6 2 2 2 9 6 8 FC København 6 2 2 2 5 6 8 Molde FK 6 2 0 4 6 8 6

Matchday 1 (20/09/12) Stuttgart 2-2 Steaua Goals: 1-0 Ibišević 5, 1-1 Chipciu 6, 1-2 Rusescu 80(pen), 2-2 Niedermeier 85 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai, Kvist (Harnik 82), Niedermeier, Ibišević, Rodríguez, Boka, Tunay Torun (Okazaki 62), Cacau, Gentner, Hajnal (Traoré 82)

Matchday 2 (04/10/12) Molde 2-0 Stuttgart Goals: 1-0 Berget 58, 2-0 Chima 88 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Tasci, Niedermeier, Harnik, Kuzmanović, Ibišević, Traoré (Cacau 67), Gentner, Molinaro, Rüdiger (Boka 81), Hajnal (Holzhauser 67)

Matchday 3 (25/10/12) Stuttgart 0-0 København VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai (Hajnal 84), Kvist, Tasci, Niedermeier, Harnik, Ibišević, Traoré (Okazaki 62), Gentner, Molinaro, Holzhauser (Tunay Torun 46)

Matchday 4 (08/11/12) København 0-2 Stuttgart Goals: 0-1 Ibišević 76, 0-2 Harnik 90+2 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai, Kvist, Tasci, Niedermeier, Harnik, Ibišević, Traoré (Boka 63), Gentner, Molinaro, Okazaki (Kuzmanović 86)

Matchday 5 (22/11/12) Steaua 1-5 Stuttgart Goals: 0-1 Tasci 5, 0-2 Harnik 18, 0-3 Sakai 23, 0-4 Okazaki 31, 0-5 Okazaki 55, 1-5 M. Costea 83 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai (Rüdiger 70), Kvist, Tasci, Harnik (Traoré 61), Kuzmanović, Ibišević, Rodríguez, Gentner (Hajnal 46), Molinaro, Okazaki

Matchday 6 (06/12/12) Stuttgart 0-1 Molde Goals: 0-1 Angan 45+1 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai, Niedermeier, Ibišević, Rodríguez, Traoré, Tunay Torun (Harnik 30), Gentner, Molinaro, Hajnal (Röcker 88), Okazaki (Holzhauser 70) Knockout phase Round of 32 (14/02/13) Stuttgart 1-1 Genk Goals: 1-0 Gentner 42, 1-1 Plet 90+1 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai, Kvist, Tasci, Niedermeier, Harnik (Okazaki 57), Ibišević, Boka, Traoré (Maxim 74), Tunay Torun (Holzhauser 46), Gentner

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(21/02/13) Genk 0-2 Stuttgart (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Boka 45, 0-2 Gentner 59 VfB Stuttgart: Ulreich, Sakai, Kvist, Tasci, Harnik, Ibišević (Macheda 83), Boka, Traoré (Maxim 75), Gentner, Rüdiger, Okazaki (Holzhauser 77)

Round of 16 (07/03/13) Stuttgart v Lazio

(14/03/13) Lazio v Stuttgart

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S.S. Lazio

Play-offs (23/08/12) Mura 0-2 Lazio Goals: 0-1 Hernanes 31, 0-2 Klose 59 S.S. Lazio: Marchetti, André Dias, Mauri (Zárate 71), Hernanes (Lulić 59), Klose (Floccari 83), Biava, Onazi, Ledesma, Konko, Cavanda , Candreva (30/08/12) Lazio 3-1 Mura (agg: 5-1) Goals: 1-0 Kozák 30, 2-0 Zárate 42, 3-0 Kozák 55, 3-1 Travner 88 S.S. Lazio: Bizzarri, André Dias, Scaloni, Hernanes (Konko 79), Zárate, González (Rozzi 61), Kozák, Lulić (Candreva 69), Biava, Onazi, Cavanda

Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts S.S. Lazio 6 3 3 0 9 2 12 Tottenham Hotspur FC 6 2 4 0 8 4 10 Panathinaikos FC 6 1 2 3 4 11 5 NK Maribor 6 1 1 4 6 10 4

Matchday 1 (20/09/12) Tottenham 0-0 Lazio S.S. Lazio: Marchetti, André Dias, Mauri (Ederson 90+2), Hernanes (Ciani 90+4), Klose, González, Lulić, Biava, Onazi (Zárate 80), Ledesma, Cavanda

Matchday 2 (04/10/12) Lazio 1-0 Maribor Goals: 1-0 Ederson 62 S.S. Lazio: Bizzarri, Ciani, André Dias, Ederson (Onazi 69), Hernanes, González (Zárate 84), Cana, Konko, Cavanda , Candreva, Floccari (Kozák 90+2)

Matchday 3 (25/10/12) Panathinaikos 1-1 Lazio Goals: 0-1 Seitaridis 25(o.g.), 1-1 Toché 90+1 S.S. Lazio: Bizzarri, Ciani, André Dias, Mauri (Zárate 46), Hernanes (Onazi 78), González (Cana 87), Ledesma, Konko, Cavanda , Candreva, Floccari

Matchday 4 (08/11/12) Lazio 3-0 Panathinaikos Goals: 1-0 Kozák 23, 2-0 Kozák 40, 3-0 Floccari 59 S.S. Lazio: Marchetti, Ciani, Scaloni, Zárate, González (Hernanes 67), Kozák (Klose 76), Onazi, Ledesma (Lulić 80), Radu, Cana, Floccari

Matchday 5 (22/11/12) Lazio 0-0 Tottenham S.S. Lazio: Marchetti, Ciani, Mauri, Hernanes (Ederson 69), González, Kozák (Floccari 79), Lulić (Candreva 79), Biava, Ledesma, Radu, Cavanda

Matchday 6 (06/12/12) Maribor 1-4 Lazio Goals: 0-1 Kozák 16, 0-2 Radu 32, 0-3 Floccari 38, 0-4 Floccari 51, 1-4 Tavares 84 S.S. Lazio: Bizzarri, Ciani, Ederson, Hernanes (González 56), Kozák (Rozzi 78), Lulić, Onazi, Radu (Scaloni 56), Cana, Cavanda , Floccari Knockout phase Round of 32 (14/02/13) Mönchengladbach 3-3 Lazio Goals: 1-0 Stranzl 17(pen), 1-1 Floccari 57, 1-2 Kozák 64, 2-2 Marx 84(pen), 3-2 Arango 88, 3-3 Kozák 90+4 S.S. Lazio: Marchetti, André Dias, Hernanes, González, Lulić (Ciani 88), Biava, Ledesma (Kozák 46), Radu, Konko, Candreva (Cana 72), Floccari

(21/02/13) Lazio 2-0 Mönchengladbach (agg: 5-3) Goals: 1-0 Candreva 10, 2-0 González 33 S.S. Lazio: Marchetti, Hernanes, González (Onazi 69), Lulić, Biava, Ledesma, Radu, Cana, Konko, Candreva (Pereirinha 82), Floccari (Kozák 78)

Round of 16 (07/03/13) Stuttgart v Lazio

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(14/03/13) Lazio v Stuttgart

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Referee Alexandru Dan Tudor (ROU) Assistant referees Cristian Nica (ROU), Aurel Onita (ROU) Additional assistant referees Cristian Balaj (ROU), Radu Marian Petrescu (ROU) Fourth official Octavian Sovre (ROU) UEFA Delegate Eggert Magnusson (ISL) UEFA Referee observer Raymond Ellingham (WAL) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League UEFA matches matches Alexandru Dan Tudor 13/09/1971 24 71 UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 30/09/04 UCUP R1 TSV Alemannia Aachen FH Hafnarfjördur 0-0 Cologne 20/10/05 UCUP GS Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC US Città di Palermo 1-1 Tel-Aviv 14/02/08 UCUP R32 SL Benfica 1. FC Nürnberg 1-0 27/11/08 UCUP GS FC Schalke 04 Manchester City FC 0-2 Gelsenkirchen 18/03/09 UCUP R16 AS Saint-Étienne SV Werder Bremen 2-2 Saint-Etienne 01/10/09 UEL GS SV Werder Bremen Athletic Club 3-1 Bremen 02/12/09 UEL GS FC Salzburg S.S. Lazio 2-1 Salzburg 25/02/10 UEL R32 VfL Wolfsburg Villarreal CF 4-1 Wolfsburg 26/08/10 UEL PO SC Tavriya Simferopol Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-3 Simferopol 16/12/10 UEL GS Bayer 04 Leverkusen Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 Leverkusen 04/10/12 UEL GS PSV Eindhoven SSC Napoli 3-0 Eindhoven 06/12/12 UEL GS Levante UD Hannover 96 2-2 Valencia Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 22/04/01 U16 GS England Italy 1-3 Sheffield 01/07/01 UIC R2 TSV 1860 München FK Smederevo 3-1 Augsburg 12/10/10 EURO QR Kazakhstan Germany 0-3 Astana 03/06/11 EURO QR Italy Estonia 3-0 Modena

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:: Competitions National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals UEL: UEFA Europa League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Championship SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay GF: Goals for W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked Tournament L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) tournament play-off N/A: Not applicable :: 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 #: Suspended for at least one match 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 www.uefa.com.

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