2012/13 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT BSC Young Boys Liverpool FC Group A - Matchday 1 Stade de Suisse, Berne Thursday 20 September 2012 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................10 Match officials..................................................................................................................13 Legend............................................................................................................................14 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 BSC Young Boys - Liverpool FC Thursday 20 September 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stade de Suisse, Berne Previous meetings Head to Head None BSC Young Boys - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/08/10 PO Tottenham Hotspur FC - BSC Young Boys 4-0 London Crouch 5, 61, 78(p), Defoe 32 agg: 6-3 17/08/10 PO BSC Young Boys - Tottenham Hotspur FC 3-2 Berne Lulić 4, Bienvenu 13, Hochstrasser 28; Bassong 42, Pavlyuchenko 83 Liverpool FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/11/02 GS FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 3-3 Basel Rossi 2, Giménez 22, Atouba 29; Murphy 61, Šmicer 64, Owen 85 25/09/02 GS Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 34; Rossi 43 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/10/96 R2 Liverpool FC - FC Sion 6-3 Liverpool McManaman 27, Bjørnebye 55, Barnes agg: 8-4 66, Fowler 70, 79, Berger 89; Chassot 20, 65, Bonvin 23 17/10/96 R2 FC Sion - Liverpool FC 1-2 Sion Bonvin 10; Fowler 28, Barnes 80 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/77 SF Liverpool FC - FC Zürich 3-0 Liverpool Case 32, 76, Keegan 79 agg: 6-1 06/04/77 SF FC Zürich - Liverpool FC 1-3 Zurich Risi 6(p); Neal 15, 67(p), Heighway 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/71 R1 Liverpool FC - Servette FC 2-0 Liverpool Hughes 27, Heighway 57 agg: 3-2 15/09/71 R1 Servette FC - Liverpool FC 2-1 Geneva Dörfel 25, Barriquand 48; Lawler 80 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 BSC Young Boys 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 6 Liverpool FC 4 3 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 2 1 21 11 Last updated 18/09/12 12:34:41CET 2 Previous meetings BSC Young Boys - Liverpool FC Thursday 20 September 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stade de Suisse, Berne Match background BSC Young Boys will look to become the first Swiss side to beat Liverpool FC in over 40 years as the Reds come to Berne in UEFA Europa League Group A. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in Europe. • Young Boys lost to Tottenham Hotspur FC in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League play-offs, their only previous encounter with English opponents. They won 3-2 in the first leg in Berne, but three goals from former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch helped Spurs win the return leg 4-0. • Liverpool's record in eight games against Swiss sides reads W5 D2 L1 (W2 D1 L1 in Switzerland – W3 D1 L0 at home). Their only defeat against Swiss opponents came at Servette FC in September 1971, and they are now unbeaten in seven games against Swiss clubs. Match background • Young Boys reached the round of 32 at the end of their only previous group stage campaign in 2010/11, losing to FC Zenit St Petersburg. • A 2-0 defeat against FC Midtjylland in their play-off decider brought an end to Young Boys' ten-game unbeaten home run in UEFA club competition, which comprised eight wins and two draws. • UEFA Champions League regulars Liverpool competed in the UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time in 2010/11, making it to the round of 16, where they lost to SC Braga. • The Reds are unbeaten in five European games, including all four under their new boss Brendan Rodgers. Both their away fixtures in UEFA Europa League qualifying ended in 1-0 wins. Team facts • This is Liverpool's 100th UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League match, with their record in the previous 99 reading W55 D26 L18. • Liverpool have had two notable Swiss players: defenders Stéphane Henchoz (1999-05) and Philipp Degen (2008-10). Henchoz is remembered particularly fondly, having helped the Reds to win a treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2000/01. • Young Boys' right-back Scott Sutter was born in England, and played youth team football for Millwall FC, Barnet FC, Aston Villa FC and Charlton Athletic FC before moving to his father's home country and starting his professional career with Grasshopper-Club. • Young Boys' Canadian winger Josh Simpson started his career in England, representing Millwall FC from 2004-06. • Capped five times by Switzerland, Young Boys coach Martin Rueda was a defender for Grasshoppers, FC Wettingen 93, FC Luzern and Neuchâtel Xamax FC before moving into coaching. He took charge of Young Boys in 2012 following a two-year spell with FC Lausanne-Sport, in which his side reached the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Rodgers replaced Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager at the end of the 2011/12 season, having won promotion to the Premier League with Swansea City AFC and led the Welsh club to a comfortable mid-table finish in their first campaign back in the top flight. Born in Northern Ireland, he had to end his playing career at 20 due to a knee condition, but made his name as a coach with Watford FC and Reading FC. He is coaching in Europe for the first time this term. Last updated 18/09/12 12:34:41CET 3 Match background BSC Young Boys - Liverpool FC Thursday 20 September 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stade de Suisse, Berne Team facts BSC Young Boys Formed: 1898 Nickname: YB, Die Gelb-Schwarzen (Yellow and Blacks) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 11 (1986) Swiss Cup: 6 (1987) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: first round 2007/08: second qualifying round 2006/07: second qualifying round 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2003/04: first qualifying round 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Young Boys v FC Banants 02/08/07, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Limerick FC v Young Boys 31/08/60, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Young Boys v Hamburger SV 02/11/60, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Young Boys 03/10/79, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Young Boys v FC Banants (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: FC Midtjylland v Young Boys 23/08/12, play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Young Boys v FC Midtjylland 30/08/12, play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: RC Lens v Young Boys 30/08/07, second qualifying round second leg Last updated 18/09/12 12:34:41CET 4 Team facts BSC Young Boys - Liverpool FC Thursday 20 September 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stade de Suisse, Berne Liverpool FC Formed: 1892 Nickname: The Reds UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (5): 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, (1985), 2005, (2007) • UEFA Cup (3): 1973, 1976, 2001 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1966) • UEFA Super Cup (3): 1977, (1978), (1984), 2001, 2005 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (1990) FA Cup: 7 (2006), League Cup: 8 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: semi-finals(having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2007/08: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2006/07: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2005/06: UEFA Champions League first knockout round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League winners 2003/04: fourth round 2002/03: quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-0: Liverpool v Strømgodset IF 17/09/74, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 three times, most recently v FC Haka 08/08/01, UEFA Champions League third qualifying