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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadi de Mestalla - Valencia Thursday 19 September 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Valencia CF Group A - Matchday 1 Swansea City AFC Last updated 15/10/2013 11:11CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 7 Squad list 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 17 Legend 18 1 Valencia CF - Swansea City AFC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Valencia CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 23/02/2012 3R Valencia CF - Stoke City FC Valencia Jonas 24 agg: 2-0 16/02/2012 3R Stoke City FC - Valencia CF 0-1 Stoke-on-Trent Mehmet Topal 36 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Drogba 3, 76, 06/12/2011 GS Chelsea FC - Valencia CF 3-0 London Ramires 22 Soldado 87(P); 28/09/2011 GS Valencia CF - Chelsea FC 1-1 Valencia Lampard 56 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester United FC - Valencia Anderson 62; Pablo 07/12/2010 GS 1-1 Manchester CF Hernández 32 Valencia CF - Manchester 29/09/2010 GS 0-1 Valencia Hernández 85 United FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/12/2007 GS Chelsea FC - Valencia CF 0-0 London Villa 9; J. Cole 21, 03/10/2007 GS Valencia CF - Chelsea FC 1-2 Valencia Drogba 71 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Morientes 32; 1-2 10/04/2007 QF Valencia CF - Chelsea FC Valencia Shevchenko 52, agg: 2-3 Essien 90 04/04/2007 QF Chelsea FC - Valencia CF 1-1 London Drogba 53; Silva 30 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Carew 34, 57; Henry 19/03/2003 2ndGS Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 2-1 Valencia 49 10/12/2002 2ndGS Arsenal FC - Valencia CF 0-0 London 30/10/2002 GS Liverpool FC - Valencia CF 0-1 Liverpool Rufete 34 17/09/2002 GS Valencia CF - Liverpool FC 2-0 Valencia Aimar 20, Baraja 38 2 Valencia CF - Swansea City AFC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-0 Sánchez 16, 47, 08/05/2001 SF Valencia CF - Leeds United AFC Valencia agg: 3-0 Mendieta 52 02/05/2001 SF Leeds United AFC - Valencia CF 0-0 Leeds 1-0 17/04/2001 QF Valencia CF - Arsenal FC Valencia Carew 75 agg: 2-2 ag Henry 58, Parlour 59; 04/04/2001 QF Arsenal FC - Valencia CF 2-1 London Ayala 40 Manchester United FC - Valencia Cole 12; Brown 20/02/2001 2ndGS 1-1 Manchester CF 86(og) Valencia CF - Manchester United 14/02/2001 2ndGS 0-0 Valencia FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - Manchester United 21/03/2000 2ndGS 0-0 Valencia FC Manchester United FC - Keane 38, Solskjær 08/12/1999 2ndGS 3-0 Manchester Valencia CF 47, Scholes 68 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Claudio López 45, 90; 2-2 03/11/1998 R2 Valencia CF - Liverpool FC Valencia McManaman 78, agg: 2-2 ag Berger 86 20/10/1998 R2 Liverpool FC - Valencia CF 0-0 Liverpool UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - Manchester United 2-1 Solsona 70, Roberto 29/09/1982 R1 Valencia FC agg: 2-1 75; Robson 45 Manchester United FC - Valencia 15/09/1982 R1 0-0 Manchester CF UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - Nottingham Forest 1-0 17/12/1980 F Valencia Morena 51 FC agg: 2-2 ag Nottingham Forest FC - Valencia Bowyer 57, 89; 25/11/1980 F 2-1 Nottingham CF Felman 47 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 14/05/1980 F Valencia CF - Arsenal FC Brussels (aet, 5-4pens) 3 Valencia CF - Swansea City AFC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers West Bromwich Albion FC - 2-0 06/12/1978 R3 West Bromwich Statham 5, Brown 80 Valencia CF agg: 3-1 Valencia CF - West Bromwich Felman 16; 22/11/1978 R3 1-1 Valencia Albion FC Cunningham 48 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - Manchester City 2-1 Valdez 71, Quino 78; 27/09/1972 R1 Valencia FC agg: 4-3 Marsh 89 Lee 7, Marsh 61; 13/09/1972 R1 Manchester City FC - Valencia CF 2-2 Manchester Valdez 42, Adorno 55 Swansea City AFC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Swansea City AFC 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 Valencia CF 15 7 5 3 15 2 9 4 3 2 1 0 33 10 15 8 29 29 Swansea City AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Valencia CF - Swansea City AFC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadi de Mestalla, Valencia Match background Valencia CF have a tough task in their opening UEFA Europa League Group A game as Swansea City AFC bring coach Michael Laudrup, Mestalla old boy Pablo Hernández and a host of other former Liga stars back to Spain. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition and this is Swansea's first official game against Spanish opposition. • Valencia's record in 33 games against English league sides is W10 D15 L8 (W8 D5 L3 at home – W2 D9 L5 away). Those results include a 0-0 draw with Arsenal FC in the 1979/80 European Cup Winners' Cup final, Valencia prevailing 5-4 on penalties. • Swansea are based in Wales but qualified for the UEFA Europa League as winners of the English League Cup; the eight previous games between Welsh and Spanish clubs in UEFA club competition have ended W4 D3 L1 in the Spanish sides' favour. That lone Welsh victory was a 1-0 victory for Swansea's local rivals Cardiff City FC against Real Madrid CF in the first leg of the 1970/71 Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals; the Bluebirds lost the return 2-0. Match background • Valencia are without a European victory in 2013, having lost 3-2 on aggregate to Paris Saint-Germain FC in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, losing 2-1 at Mestalla before drawing 1-1 in Paris. • Valencia are without a win in their last two European home fixtures, a 1-1 draw with FC Bayern München preceding the PSG defeat. • Prior to this season, Swansea had not played in Europe since the 1991/92 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. • The Swans are without a European away win in six attempts, qualifying included, drawing one and losing five since they beat Malta's Sliema Wanderers FC 5-0 in the first round of the 1982/83 Cup Winners' Cup. Team facts • Swansea winger Pablo Hernández is returning to the club he left in summer 2012; born in nearby Castellon de la Plana, he spent much of his career with Valencia, scoring 15 goals in 112 top-flight appearances before moving to Swansea for what was reported as a club record fee. • Swansea defender Chico played alongside Valencia goalkeeper Diego Alves and forward Pablo Piatti at UD Almería (2008-10). • Valencia defender Víctor Ruiz was a team-mate of Swansea's Jordi Amat (2009-10) and forward Álvaro Vázquez (2010) during his time at RCD Espanyol. • Valencia midfielder Javi Fuego is up against two former Rayo Vallecano de Madrid colleagues: Swansea striker Michu (2011-12) and Jordi Amat (2012-13). • Valencia's Colombian forward Dorlan Pabón rubbed shoulders with Swansea's Alejandro Pozuelo and José Cañas during a loan spell at Real Betis Balompié in spring 2013. • Other Swansea players with substantial Spanish experience include Jonathan De Guzman (RCD Mallorca and Villarreal CF), Roland Lamah (RCD Mallorca) and right-back Ángel Rangel, a Swans player since 2007 who featured in Spain's lower leagues and was born a couple of hours' drive up the coast from Valencia in Sant Carles de la Rapita. He was signed by another Spaniard, former Swansea midfielder and coach Roberto Martínez, now in charge of Everton FC. • Current Valencia players who have featured in the league in England include Antonio Barragán (Liverpool FC), Oriol Romeu (Chelsea FC), Daniel Parejo (Queens Park Rangers FC) and Hélder Postiga (Tottenham Hotspur FC). Coach information • Serbian coach Miroslav Djukić returned in June 2013 to the club he served as a sweeper from 1997-2003; two UEFA Champions League finals and the 2001/02 title with Valencia represented the pinnacles of his long playing career in Spain. As a coach, he led FK Partizan and Serbia as well as Belgium's R. Excelsior Mouscron before returning to Spain to take charge of Hércules CF and then Real Valladolid CF. • 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.