UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk AIK Group F - Matchday 6 Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk Thursday 6 December 2012 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Contents 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 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 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - AIK Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/10/12 GS AIK - FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-3 Solna Daníelsson 5, Goitom 45+1; Kalinić 41, Mandziuk 74, Seleznyov 83 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 AIK 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None AIK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Last updated 04/12/12 15:43:23CET 2 Previous meetings FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - AIK Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk Match background FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk are already certain to finish top of UEFA Europa League Group F, but can sign off in style as eliminated AIK make their first trip to Ukraine. Group F permutations • Dnipro are through as group winners due to their superior head-to-head record over SSC Napoli (away goals). • Napoli are through as runners-up. • AIK and PSV Eindhoven are out. Previous meetings • Dnipro twice came from behind to win 3-2 when the sides met for the first time on matchday two, in what was both teams' first experience of clubs from their opponents' countries. Nikola Kalinić cancelled out Helgi Daníelsson's early strike before Henok Goitom restored AIK's lead seconds before the interval. However, the visitors responded well, late goals from Vitaly Mandziuk and Yevhen Seleznyov securing maximum points. • Seven ties have been played between Swedish and Ukrainian sides in UEFA competition, with the Ukrainian teams having the better of them with the record W3 D3 L1 (W1 D2 L0 at home – W2 D1 L1 in Sweden). • The most recent of those fixtures prior to this season came in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage, where FC Metalist Kharkiv beat Malmö FF 4-1 away and 3-1 at home. Match background • Dnipro have won their last four European home games and have secured victories in all three of their UEFA fixtures at the Dnipro Arena this season by two-goal margins. • Dnipro and Olympique Lyonnais are the top scorers in the group stage with 12 goals each. • AIK's 4-0 loss at Napoli on matchday one was their heaviest away from home in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League, but they have not been outclassed since then, scoring at least once in each of their subsequent games. • AIK said goodbye to their Råsundastadion home on matchday five with a 2-1 loss to Napoli. They will move to their new home, the Friends Arena, in the winter. Team facts • Dnipro's Seleznyov is responsible for more assists than any other player in the group stage: four. • AIK's next goal will be their 100th in UEFA competition; this is their 84th official European game. • Dnipro's Ghanaian midfielder Derek Boateng played for AIK (2003–06), going through a relegation and a promotion before leaving for Beitar Jerusalem FC. • Juande Ramos famously won the UEFA Cup in successive seasons with Sevilla in 2005/06 and 2006/07, with the one-time lower-league midfielder going on to win the English League Cup at Tottenham Hotspur FC and then take charge of Real Madrid CF and (for just 47 days) PFC CSKA Moskva. He has been in command at Dnipro since October 2010. • Ramos has won 36 games in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League as a coach, which leaves him level in fifth place in the all-time rankings for coaches in the competition. One more win will see him join the late Sir Bobby Robson in fourth place in the list. • AIK coach since December 2010, Andreas Alm played for Stockholm rivals Hammarby IF before coming to his current club as a striker (2000–03). After hanging up his boots, Alm worked as a TV summariser and then joined the coaching staff at AIK, helping them to win a 2009 domestic double under Mikael Stahre, and assisted two further coaches before taking sole command. Last updated 04/12/12 15:43:23CET 3 Match background FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - AIK Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk Team facts FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Formed: 1918 Nickname: Dnipryani (Dnepr-siders) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National title: 2 (1988) Domestic cup: 1 (1989) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: first round 2006/07: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2005/06: group stage 2004/05: round of 32 2003/04: third round 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-1: Dnipro v FC Yerevan 23/07/97, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: FC Petržalka 1898 v Dnipro 12/08/04, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Dnipro v FC Alania Vladikavkaz 26/08/97, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg 0-3: Dnipro v SL Benfica 21/03/90, European Champion Clubs’ Cup quarter-final second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0 twice, most recently v Fulham FC 18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-1: Dnipro v FC Yerevan (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: FC Petržalka 1898 v Dnipro (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Dnipro v FC Alania Vladikavkaz (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0 twice, most recently v Fulham FC (see above) Last updated 04/12/12 15:43:23CET 4 Team facts FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - AIK Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk AIK Formed: 1891 Nickname: Gnaget (The Gnaw) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National title: 11 (2009) Swedish Cup: 8 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: first round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: first round 2002/03: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: AIK v FA Red Boys Differdange 18/09/85, European Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Glentoran FC v AIK 19/07/07, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg 0-5: FA Red Boys Differdange v AIK 02/10/85, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: AIK v FC Karviná 30/09/87, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Barcelona v AIK 27/10/99, UEFA Champions League first group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: AIK v Glentoran FC 02/08/07, first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Glentoran FC v AIK (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: AIK v FC Karviná (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SSC Napoli v AIK 20/09/12, group stage Last updated 04/12/12 15:43:23CET 5 Team facts FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - AIK Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Dnipro Arena, Dnipropetrovsk Squad list FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 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 16 Jan Laštůvka CZE 07/07/82 30 - 2 - 5 - 16 - 12 - 26 - 77 Denys Shelikhov UKR 23/06/89 23 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 91 Igor Vartsaba UKR 28/01/91 21 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Samuel Inkoom GHA 01/06/89 23 - - - - - - - 5 - 20 1 3 Ondřej Mazuch CZE 15/03/89 23 - 2 - 5 - 15 - 21 - 27 - 5 Vitaly Mandziuk UKR 24/01/86 26 - 2 - 5 1 17 - 5 1 9 1 17 Ivan Strinić CRO 17/07/87 25 - 2 - 4 - 13 - 10