Uefa Europa League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit

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Hannover 96 (first leg: 2-2) R. Standard de Liège Matchday 10 - round of 16, second leg Hannover Arena, Hannover Thursday 15 March 2012 19.00CET (19.00 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 4 Team facts...... 5 Squad list...... 7 Fixtures and results...... 9 Match-by-match lineups...... 13 Match officials...... 17 Legend...... 18

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 Hannover 96 - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 15 March 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Hannover Arena, Hannover Previous meetings

Head to Head

UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/03/12 R16 R. Standard de Liège - Hannover 96 2-2 Liege Buyens 27, Tchite 30; Stindl 22(p), Diouf 56 30/11/11 GS R. Standard de Liège - Hannover 96 2-0 Liege Tchite 26, Cyriac 59 15/09/11 GS Hannover 96 - R. Standard de Liège 0-0 Hannover

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 R. Standard de Liège 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 4 2

Hannover 96 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/02/12 R32 Club Brugge KV - Hannover 96 0-1 Bruges Diouf 21 agg: 1-3 16/02/12 R32 Hannover 96 - Club Brugge KV 2-1 Hannover Sobiech 73, Schlaudraff 80(p); Lestienne 51

R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/04/10 QF R. Standard de Liège - Hamburger SV 1-3 Liege De Camargo 33; Petrić 20, 35, Guerrero agg: 2-5 90+4 01/04/10 QF Hamburger SV - R. Standard de Liège 2-1 Hamburg Petrić 42(p), Van Nistelrooy 45; Mbokani 31 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/12/08 GS VfB Stuttgart - R. Standard de Liège 3-0 Stuttgart Khedira 5, Hilbert 49, Marica 72 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/04 R1 VfL Bochum 1848 - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Bochum Maltritz 45+3; Jorge Wiston 90+2 agg: 1-1 ag 16/09/04 R1 R. Standard de Liège - VfL Bochum 1848 0-0 Liege UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/08/00 SF R. Standard de Liège - VfB Stuttgart 0-1 Liege Dundee 27 agg: 1-2 26/07/00 SF VfB Stuttgart - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Karlsruhe Thiam 68; Meyssen 59 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/07/97 GS 1. FC Köln - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Cologne Gaissmayer 17; Emile Mpenza 39 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/08/96 F Karlsruher SC - R. Standard de Liège 3-1 Karlsruhe Hässler 36, Bender 79, Schroth 87; agg: 3-2 Lawaree 61 06/08/96 F R. Standard de Liège - Karlsruher SC 1-0 Liege Bisconti 60 13/07/96 GS VfB Stuttgart - R. Standard de Liège 0-2 Stuttgart Paulo Da Silva 36, Krupnikovic 90

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UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/84 R2 1. FC Köln - R. Standard de Liège 2-1 Cologne Strack 41, Allofs 55; Gründel 75 agg: 4-1 24/10/84 R2 R. Standard de Liège - 1. FC Köln 0-2 Liege Littbarski 39, Bein 81 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/03/81 QF 1. FC Köln - R. Standard de Liège 3-2 Cologne Müller 29, Bonhof 70(p), Littbarski 86; agg: 3-2 Graf 41, van der Smissen 66 04/03/81 QF R. Standard de Liège - 1. FC Köln 0-0 Liege 10/12/80 R3 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 1-4 Dresden Döschner 80; Sigurvinsson 17, 40, 55, R. Standard de Liège agg: 2-5 Tahamata 76 26/11/80 R3 R. Standard de Liège - 1-1 Liege Plessers 88; Heidler 36 1. FC Dynamo Dresden 05/11/80 R2 R. Standard de Liège - 2-1 Liege Edström 4, Graf 83; Briegel 10 1. FC Kaiserslautern agg: 4-2 22/10/80 R2 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 1-2 Kaiserslautern Wendt 32; Wellens 44, Plessers 65 R. Standard de Liège UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/77 R3 R. Standard de Liège - FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1-2 Liege Nickel 75; Sengewald 37, Weise 81 agg: 1-4 23/11/77 R3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena - R. Standard de Liège 2-0 Jena Schnuphase 11, 75(p) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/04/67 SF R. Standard de Liège - 1-3 Liege Galić 32; Müller 27, 73, 83 FC Bayern München agg: 1-5 11/04/67 SF FC Bayern München - 2-0 Munich Müller 2, Kupferschmidt 10 R. Standard de Liège 14/12/66 R2 R. Standard de Liège - 1-0 Liege Claessen 57 BSG Chemie Leipzig agg: 2-2 ag 30/11/66 R2 BSG Chemie Leipzig - 2-1 Leipzig Behla 4, Schmidt 23; Galić 43 R. Standard de Liège

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 Hannover 96 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 5 5 R. Standard de Liège 12 3 4 5 14 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 28 7 8 13 29 39

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Hannover 96 have yet to lose a home game in Europe, and will look to maintain that momentum as R. Standard de Liège come calling again in their UEFA Europa League round of 16 decider. • The sides drew 2-2 in Liege in the first leg. Lars Stindl's 22nd-minute penalty put the visitors ahead, but goals from Yoni Buyens (27) and Mohamed Tchite (30) swiftly turned things around, only for Mame Diouf to equalise for Hannover on 56 minutes. Previous meetings • Standard and Hannover met for the first time in this season's group stage. The sides drew 0-0 in Germany before Mohamed Tchite (26) and Gohi Bi Cyriac (59) gave Standard a 2-0 home win. • The teams for their 0-0 draw in Hannover on 15 September 2011 were: Hannover: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundulo, Sergio Pinto (Hauger 75), Schlaudraff, Chahed, Abdellaoue (Konen Ya 46), Stindl, Schiedebach (Stoppelkamp 82), Rausch. Standard: Bolat, Opare, Felipe, Berrier (Nacho González 82), Cyriac (Tchite 67), Pocognoli, Buyens, Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme, Mujangi (Buzaglo 74). Match backgrounds • Since their group stage meetings with Standard, Hannover have met another Belgian team, eliminating Club Brugge KV in the round of 32. Their record in five games against Belgian sides now reads W2 D2 L1 (W1 D1 L0 at home). • Standard's 28 games against German sides have ended W7 D8 L13 (W3 D4 L8 in Germany). Prior to beating Hannover in November, they had gone ten games without a victory against Bundesliga opposition. • Standard have gone 11 matches unbeaten in this term's UEFA Europa League with six wins and five draws. They have conceded the fewest goals in Europe this season of all the sides left in the competition, just four in nine games since the start of the group stage. • Standard last reached the round of 16 in 2009/10, beating Panathinaikos FC but bowing out to Hamburger SV in their next tie. • Hannover are competing in UEFA competition for only the second time in their history, and this is the first time they have played in a post-Christmas club competition tie. Their previous campaign, in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, ended in a 4-3 aggregate defeat by SV Werder Bremen. • Hannover have yet to lose a home game in UEFA competition, recording four wins and two draws over the course of their two continental campaigns. • Standard have yet to lose away from home in this season's UEFA Europa League, recording three wins and two draws on their travels. Team facts • Hannover are the least experienced side left in Europe this season; this will be only their 14th UEFA club competition game, while it is Standard's 198th. • Hannover midfielder Konstantin Rausch celebrates his 22nd birthday on the day of this match. • Hannover boss Mirko Slomka led the club he had previously served as a player and assistant coach into Europe with a fourth-placed Bundesliga finish in his first season in charge. • Slomka is competing in the group stage of this competition for the first time, but enjoyed success in the 2005/06 edition. He led FC Schalke 04 from the round of 32 to the semi-finals after replacing Ralf Rangnick as coach following the group phase. • Standard coach José Riga is competing in Europe for the first time. Born in Liege, he previously served as the club's joint-coach, alongside his predecessor Dominique D'Onofrio, from 2003 to 2005. Since then, he has been in sole command of RAEC Mons and RCS Visé. Competition statistics • An updated version of the UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook is available here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1750416.html

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Hannover 96 Formed: 1896 Nickname: Die Roten (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National title: 2 (1954) German Cup: 1 (1992) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA competition 2001/02: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-1: Hannover v FC Vorskla Poltava 15/12/11, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 1-2: FC København v Hannover 03/11/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 1-2: FC Vorskla Poltava v Hannover 29/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-1: Club Brugge KV 0-1 Hannover 23/02/12, UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: SV Werder Bremen v Hannover 15/09/92, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg 2-0: R. Standard de Liège v Hannover 30/11/11, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-1: Hannover v FC Vorskla Poltava (see above) • Biggest away win 1-2: FC København v Hannover (see above) 1-2: FC Vorskla Poltava v Hannover (see above) 0-1: Club Brugge KV 0-1 Hannover (see above) • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: R. Standard de Liège v Hannover (see above)

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R. Standard de Liège Formed: 1898 Nickname: Les Rouches (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1982) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2009) Belgian Cup: 6 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: quarter-finals (transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: round of 32 (transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: first round 2006/07: first round (transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: group stage 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2001/02: second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Standard v Floriana FC 01/10/81, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: 1. FC Dynamo Dresden v Standard 10/12/80, third round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v UN Käerjéng 97 16/08/07, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Standard v Arsenal FC 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 on three occasions, most recently v Dundee United FC 02/11/83, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Standard v Ards FC 19/09/73, first round second leg 5-0: Standard v Portadown FC 16/09/92, first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: 1. FC Dynamo Dresden v Standard (see above) 0-3 on two occasions, most recently v UN Käerjéng (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Standard v Athletic Club Bilbao 16/12/04, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Manchester City FC v Standard 18/10/78, UEFA Cup second round first leg

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Hannover 96

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 Ron-Robert Zieler GER 12/02/89 23 - 2 - 8 - 25 - 8 - 10 - 14 Markus Miller GER 08/04/82 29 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 18 Pascal Nagel GER 19/06/91 20 ------21 Samuel Radlinger AUT 07/11/92 19 ------36 Ufuk-Ugur Büyükbuluter TUR 04/01/93 19 ------Defenders 3 Karim Haggui TUN 20/01/84 28 - 2 - 6 - 21 3 32 3 34 3 4 Emanuel Pogatetz AUT 16/01/83 29 - 2 - 8 - 22 1 27 1 35 2 5 Mario Eggimann SUI 24/01/81 31 - - - 5 - 9 - 5 - 5 - 6 Steven Cherundolo USA 19/02/79 33 * 2 - 6 - 14 - 6 - 8 - 19 Christian Schulz GER 01/04/83 28 - 2 - 5 - 20 1 10 - 30 1 23 Sofian Chahed TUN 18/04/83 28 - - - 6 - 14 - 15 - 20 - 24 Christian Pander GER 28/08/83 28 - 2 - 8 2 23 2 18 3 28 5 35 Christopher Avevor GER 11/02/92 20 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - Midfielders 7 Sergio Pinto GER 16/10/80 31 - 2 - 9 1 22 1 18 1 22 1 8 Altin Lala ALB 18/11/75 36 - - - 3 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 15 Henning Hauger NOR 17/07/85 26 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 14 - 17 Moritz Stoppelkamp GER 11/12/86 25 - - - 5 - 17 - 5 - 5 - 26 Deniz Aycicek GER 05/06/90 21 ------28 Lars Stindl GER 26/08/88 23 * 2 - 9 2 23 1 9 2 11 2 31 Jannis Plaeschke GER 06/02/93 19 ------33 Manuel Schmiedebach GER 05/12/88 23 - 2 - 7 - 22 - 7 - 9 - 34 Konstantin Rausch GER 15/03/90 21 - 2 - 9 1 25 1 9 1 11 1 Forwards 9 Artur Sobiech POL 12/06/90 21 S - - 5 2 8 1 5 2 9 3 11 Didier Konan Ya CIV 22/05/84 27 - 2 - 7 1 19 2 15 2 34 6 13 Jan Schlaudraff GER 18/07/83 28 - 2 2 7 2 22 2 14 2 16 4 25 Mohammed Abdellaoue NOR 23/10/85 26 - 2 1 7 1 21 11 7 1 11 2 39 Mame Diouf SEN 16/12/87 24 - - - 3 2 5 2 3 2 3 2 Coach - Mirko Slomka GER 12/09/67 44 - 2 - 9 - - - 19 - 30 -

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R. Standard de Liège

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 18 Anthony Moris BEL 29/04/90 21 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 27 Laurent Henkinet BEL 14/09/92 19 ------38 Sinan Bolat TUR 03/09/88 23 - 4 - 8 - 25 - 15 - 25 1 Defenders 2 Réginal Goreux HAI 31/12/87 24 S 2 - 5 - 20 1 12 - 17 - 3 Karim Belhocine FRA 02/04/78 33 - 2 - 3 - 9 - 3 - 5 - 4 Daniel Opare GHA 18/10/90 21 - 3 - 4 - 9 - 4 - 7 - 5 Felipe BRA 15/05/87 24 - 4 - 8 1 20 1 8 1 17 1 6 Laurent Ciman BEL 05/08/85 26 - - - 5 - 19 - 10 - 11 - 15 Sébastien Pocognoli BEL 01/08/87 24 - 4 - 9 - 24 - 19 1 28 1 25 Kanu BRA 03/05/84 27 - 4 1 8 2 18 2 8 2 12 3 37 Jelle Van Damme BEL 10/10/83 28 - 3 - 5 - 18 3 21 - 44 1 41 Franco Zennaro BEL 01/04/93 18 ------42 Axel Bonemme BEL 08/03/93 19 ------45 Nicolas Delporte BEL 30/12/93 18 ------49 Jonathan Hendrickx BEL 25/12/93 18 ------51 Dylan Biersard BEL 24/01/93 19 ------55 Rami Gershon ISR 12/08/88 23 - - - 1 - 7 - 3 - 3 - Midfielders 8 Maor Buzaglo ISR 14/01/88 24 - - - 4 - 5 - 4 - 12 - 14 Nacho González URU 14/05/82 29 - 2 1 6 - 11 1 6 - 8 1 17 Yoni Buyens BEL 10/03/88 24 - 3 - 8 1 27 3 8 1 11 1 20 Luis Manuel Seijas VEN 23/06/86 25 - - - 7 2 17 1 7 2 7 2 32 Birkir Bjarnason ISL 27/05/88 23 - - - 3 - 8 - 4 - 4 - 43 Jonathan Buatu-Mananga BEL 27/09/93 18 ------44 Ibrahima Cisse BEL 28/02/94 18 ------48 Simon Wantiez BEL 24/09/92 19 ------50 Julien De Sart BEL 23/12/94 17 ------89 Bia Mujangi BEL 12/08/89 22 - 2 - 4 - 15 2 4 - 6 - Forwards 10 Mohamed Tchite RWA 31/01/84 28 - 3 1 7 3 19 7 18 4 29 5 11 Gohi Bi Cyriac CIV 15/08/90 21 - - - 9 2 21 6 9 2 11 2 21 William Vainqueur FRA 19/11/88 23 - - - 7 - 19 - 7 - 7 - 23 Michy Batshuayi CGO 02/10/93 18 - 1 - 6 1 16 5 6 1 7 1 77 Serge Gakpe TGO 07/05/87 24 - - - 3 - 7 - 5 - 5 - Coach - José Riga BEL 30/07/57 54 - 4 - 9 - - - 9 - 13 -

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Hannover 96

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 31/07/11 Cup FC Anker Wismar (A) W 6-0 Abdellaoue 12, 25, Stindl 34, 36, Stoppelkamp 71, 76 06/08/11 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (H) W 2-1 Schlaudraff 15, Abdellaoue 30 (p) 13/08/11 League 1. FC Nürnberg (A) W 2-1 Abdellaoue 16, Rausch 27 (p) 18/08/11 UEL Sevilla FC (H) W 2-1 Schlaudraff 6, 45 21/08/11 League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) D 1-1 Pinto 33 25/08/11 UEL Sevilla FC (A) D 1-1 Abdellaoue 22 28/08/11 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H) D 1-1 Abdellaoue 30 10/09/11 League VfB Stuttgart (A) L 0-3 15/09/11 UEL R. Standard de Liège (H) D 0-0 18/09/11 League Borussia Dortmund (H) W 2-1 Haggui 87, Konan Ya 89 24/09/11 League FC Augsburg (A) D 0-0 29/09/11 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (A) W 2-1 Abdellaoue 32, Pander 44 02/10/11 League SV Werder Bremen (H) W 3-2 Abdellaoue 2 (p), 38, 59 16/10/11 League 1. FC Köln (A) L 0-2 20/10/11 UEL FC København (H) D 2-2 Pander 29, Pinto 81 23/10/11 League FC Bayern München (H) W 2-1 Abdellaoue 23 (p), Pander 50 26/10/11 Cup 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H) L 0-1 29/10/11 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) L 1-2 Pogatetz 26 03/11/11 UEL FC København (A) W 2-1 Schlaudraff 71, Stindl 74 06/11/11 League FC Schalke 04 (H) D 2-2 Papadopoulos 29 (og), Abdellaoue 59 19/11/11 League VfL Wolfsburg (A) L 1-4 Schulz 43 26/11/11 League Hamburger SV (H) D 1-1 Schlaudraff 79 30/11/11 UEL R. Standard de Liège (A) L 0-2 03/12/11 League SC Freiburg (A) D 1-1 Bastians 44 (og) 10/12/11 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H) D 0-0 15/12/11 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (H) W 3-1 Rausch 25, Konan Ya 33, Sobiech 78 18/12/11 League 1. FC Kaiserslautern (A) D 1-1 Abdellaoue 13 21/01/12 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (A) D 0-0 27/01/12 League 1. FC Nürnberg (H) W 1-0 Abdellaoue 18 04/02/12 League Hertha BSC Berlin (A) W 1-0 Abdellaoue 68 11/02/12 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A) D 1-1 Sobiech 89 16/02/12 UEL Club Brugge KV (H) W 2-1 Sobiech 73, Schlaudraff 80 (p) 19/02/12 League VfB Stuttgart (H) W 4-2 Haggui 25, Diouf 32, Pander 46, Stindl 73 23/02/12 UEL Club Brugge KV (A) W 1-0 Diouf 21 26/02/12 League Borussia Dortmund (A) L 1-3 Konan Ya 60 03/03/12 League FC Augsburg (H) D 2-2 Haggui 33, Diouf 69 08/03/12 UEL R. Standard de Liège (A) D 2-2 Stindl 22 (p), Diouf 56 11/03/12 League SV Werder Bremen (A) L 0-3 15/03/12 UEL R. Standard de Liège (H) 18/03/12 League 1. FC Köln (H) 24/03/12 League FC Bayern München (A) 01/04/12 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) 08/04/12 League FC Schalke 04 (A) 11/04/12 League VfL Wolfsburg (H) 14/04/12 League Hamburger SV (A) 22/04/12 League SC Freiburg (H) 28/04/12 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) 05/05/12 League 1. FC Kaiserslautern (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Borussia Dortmund 25 17 5 3 52 16 56 2 FC Bayern München 25 16 3 6 58 17 51 3 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 25 14 6 5 37 15 48 4 FC Schalke 04 25 15 2 8 54 33 47 5 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 25 11 7 7 38 32 40 6 SV Werder Bremen 25 11 6 8 40 38 39 7 Hannover 96 25 8 11 6 30 35 35 8 VfB Stuttgart 25 9 6 10 41 33 33 9 1. FC Nürnberg 25 9 4 12 24 34 31 10 VfL Wolfsburg 25 9 4 12 31 46 31 11 1. FSV Mainz 05 25 7 9 9 37 39 30 12 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 25 7 9 9 28 35 30 13 1. FC Köln 25 8 4 13 32 46 28 14 Hamburger SV 25 6 9 10 29 45 27 15 FC Augsburg 25 4 11 10 25 39 23 16 Hertha BSC Berlin 25 5 8 12 26 41 23 17 SC Freiburg 25 5 7 13 30 52 22 18 1. FC Kaiserslautern 25 3 11 11 16 32 20

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R. Standard de Liège

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 27/07/11 UCL FC Zürich (H) D 1-1 Nacho González 90 30/07/11 League RAEC Mons (A) D 1-1 Van Damme 68 03/08/11 UCL FC Zürich (A) L 0-1 07/08/11 League KSC Lokeren OV (H) W 3-1 Goreux 24, Leye 40 (p), 63 13/08/11 League KAA Gent (A) L 1-3 Kanu 66 18/08/11 UEL Helsingborgs IF (H) W 1-0 Tchite 60 21/08/11 League KV Kortrijk (H) W 3-1 Kanu 9, Nong 70, Leye 90+4 25/08/11 UEL Helsingborgs IF (A) W 3-1 Leye 14, Berrier 34, Kanu 68 28/08/11 League K. Beerschot AC (A) D 1-1 Van Damme 52 10/09/11 League KVC Westerlo (H) W 1-0 Berrier 89 (p) 15/09/11 UEL Hannover 96 (A) D 0-0 18/09/11 League KRC Genk (A) L 0-3 21/09/11 Cup Hoogstraten (H) W 8-2 Tchite 21, 26, 35, Van Damme 29, Nong 42, 71, Buyens 64, Seijas 68 25/09/11 League Cercle Brugge KSV (H) D 0-0 29/09/11 UEL FC København (H) W 3-0 Seijas 57, Felipe 72, Kanu 79 02/10/11 League K. Lierse SK (H) W 2-0 Van Damme 31, Felipe 37 16/10/11 League RSC Anderlecht (A) L 0-5 20/10/11 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (H) D 0-0 23/10/11 League SV Zulte Waregem (H) W 1-0 Cyriac 35 26/10/11 Cup SV Zulte Waregem (A) W 2-1 Van Damme 44, Nacho González 90 (p) 30/10/11 League K. Sint-Truidense VV (A) D 1-1 Tchite 69 03/11/11 UEL FC Vorskla Poltava (A) W 3-1 Seijas 17, Kanu 45+4, Tchite 74 06/11/11 League Club Brugge KV (H) W 2-1 Tchite 38, 60 18/11/11 League Oud-Heverlee Leuven (A) W 3-1 Tchite 13, 27, Mujangi 45+2 25/11/11 League KV Mechelen (H) W 3-2 Tchite 13, Cyriac 62, Seijas 74 30/11/11 UEL Hannover 96 (H) W 2-0 Tchite 26, Cyriac 59 04/12/11 League KAA Gent (H) D 0-0 10/12/11 League KSC Lokeren OV (A) D 1-1 Cyriac 79 15/12/11 UEL FC København (A) W 1-0 Batshuayi 31 18/12/11 League KRC Genk (H) D 0-0 21/12/11 Cup K. Lierse SK (A) W 2-1 Batshuayi 12, 30 26/12/11 League KV Kortrijk (A) L 0-2 14/01/12 League K. Beerschot AC (H) W 6-1 Buyens 32, 44, Mujangi 36, Cyriac 64, Nacho González 77, Batshuayi 80 18/01/12 Cup K. Lierse SK (H) L 2-4 aet Vainqueur 84, Miloš Marić 119 ET (og) 22/01/12 League KVC Westerlo (A) D 0-0 26/01/12 League RAEC Mons (H) W 2-1 Cyriac 35, Batshuayi 37 29/01/12 League Cercle Brugge KSV (A) W 1-0 Batshuayi 49 04/02/12 League K. Lierse SK (A) W 2-0 Batshuayi 34, Cyriac 81 (p) 12/02/12 League RSC Anderlecht (H) L 1-2 Tchite 8 (p) 16/02/12 UEL Wisła Kraków (A) D 1-1 Cyriac 28 (p) 19/02/12 League SV Zulte Waregem (A) L 2-4 Batshuayi 25, Buyens 70 23/02/12 UEL Wisła Kraków (H) D 0-0 26/02/12 League K. Sint-Truidense VV (H) D 0-0 04/03/12 League Club Brugge KV (A) L 0-1 08/03/12 UEL Hannover 96 (H) D 2-2 Buyens 27, Tchite 30 15/03/12 UEL Hannover 96 (A) 18/03/12 League Oud-Heverlee Leuven (H) 21/03/12 League KV Mechelen (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 RSC Anderlecht 28 19 6 3 57 23 63 2 Club Brugge KV 28 17 4 7 48 31 55 3 KAA Gent 28 16 5 7 59 31 53 4 Cercle Brugge KSV 28 13 7 8 35 34 46 5 R. Standard de Liège 28 12 9 7 37 32 45 6 KRC Genk 28 12 7 9 55 40 43 7 KV Kortrijk 28 12 7 9 36 33 43 8 KSC Lokeren OV 28 10 10 8 45 38 40 9 KV Mechelen 28 10 7 11 39 46 37 10 K. Beerschot AC 28 9 8 11 43 47 35 11 RAEC Mons 28 8 8 12 47 53 32 12 K. Lierse SK 28 6 12 10 23 34 30 13 SV Zulte Waregem 28 5 12 11 29 36 27 14 Oud-Heverlee Leuven 28 6 8 14 35 53 26 15 K. Sint-Truidense VV 28 3 9 16 29 56 18 16 KVC Westerlo 28 4 5 19 25 55 17

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Hannover 96

Play-offs (18/08/11) Hannover 2-1 Sevilla Goals: 1-0 Schlaudraff 6, 1-1 Kanouté 37, 2-1 Schlaudraff 45 Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundolo, Pinto, Schlaudraff (Konan Ya 75), Schulz, Abdellaoue, Stindl, Schmiedebach (Hauger 90+1), Rausch (Pander 81) (25/08/11) Sevilla 1-1 Hannover (agg: 2-3) Goals: 0-1 Abdellaoue 22, 1-1 Pogatetz 36(o.g.) Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundolo, Pinto, Schlaudraff, Schulz, Abdellaoue (Konan Ya 90+2), Stindl, Schmiedebach, Rausch (Pander 89)

Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts R. Standard de Liège 6 4 2 0 9 1 14 Hannover 96 6 3 2 1 9 7 11 FC København 6 1 2 3 5 9 5 FC Vorskla Poltava 6 0 2 4 4 10 2

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) Hannover 0-0 Standard Liège Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundolo, Pinto (Hauger 75), Schlaudraff, Chahed, Abdellaoue (Konan Ya 46), Stindl, Schmiedebach (Stoppelkamp 82), Rausch

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) Vorskla 1-2 Hannover Goals: 0-1 Abdellaoue 32, 0-2 Pander 44, 1-2 Kurilov 50 Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundolo, Pinto, Lala (Schmiedebach 65), Schlaudraff, Schulz (Rausch 85), Pander, Abdellaoue (Sobiech 77), Stindl

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) Hannover 2-2 København Goals: 1-0 Pander 29, 1-1 N'Doye 67, 2-1 Pinto 81, 2-2 Santin 89 Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundolo, Pinto, Konan Ya, Schlaudraff (Stoppelkamp 79), Schulz (Rausch 72), Pander, Abdellaoue (Lala 84), Stindl

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) København 1-2 Hannover Goals: 1-0 N'Doye 67, 1-1 Schlaudraff 71, 1-2 Stindl 74 Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Pinto, Schlaudraff (Eggimann 90+4), Schulz, Chahed, Pander (Rausch 46), Abdellaoue (Konan Ya 90+2), Stindl, Schmiedebach

Matchday 5 (30/11/11) Standard Liège 2-0 Hannover Goals: 1-0 Tchite 26, 2-0 Cyriac 59 Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundolo, Pinto, Schlaudraff, Schulz (Rausch 63), Pander, Abdellaoue (Sobiech 80), Stindl (Konan Ya 51), Schmiedebach

Matchday 6 (15/12/11) Hannover 3-1 Vorskla Goals: 1-0 Rausch 25, 2-0 Konan Ya 33, 2-1 Bezus 45+1(pen), 3-1 Sobiech 78 Hannover 96: Miller, Pogatetz, Eggimann, Pinto (Schmiedebach 71), Lala, Sobiech, Konan Ya, Chahed (Avevor 81), Pander, Stindl (Stoppelkamp 46), Rausch

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Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Hannover 2-1 Club Brugge Goals: 0-1 Lestienne 51, 1-1 Sobiech 73, 2-1 Schlaudraff 80(pen) Hannover 96: Zieler, Pogatetz, Eggimann, Cherundolo (Chahed 76), Pinto (Sobiech 68), Schlaudraff, Pander, Abdellaoue (Rausch 37), Stindl, Schmiedebach, Diouf

(23/02/12) Club Brugge 0-1 Hannover (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Diouf 21 Hannover 96: Zieler, Pogatetz, Eggimann, Pinto, Schlaudraff (Rausch 74), Chahed, Pander, Abdellaoue (Konan Ya 90+1), Stindl (Stoppelkamp 90+3), Schmiedebach, Diouf

Round of 16 (08/03/12) Standard Liège 2-2 Hannover Goals: 0-1 Stindl 22(pen), 1-1 Buyens 27, 2-1 Tchite 30, 2-2 Diouf 56 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Felipe, Ciman, Tchite, Cyriac (Batshuayi 89), Pocognoli, Buyens, Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme (Seijas 80), Gakpe (Bjarnason 89) Hannover 96: Zieler, Haggui, Eggimann, Cherundolo, Pinto, Konan Ya (Stoppelkamp 90+4), Chahed, Pander, Stindl, Rausch (Schulz 90+1), Diouf (Sobiech 60)

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R. Standard de Liège UEFA Champions League - qualifying

Third qualifying round (27/07/11) Standard Liège 1-1 Zürich Goals: 0-1 Mehmedi 79, 1-1 Nacho González 90 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Opare, Felipe, Tchite, Nong (Batshuayi 84), Pocognoli (Benteke 87), Buyens, Kanu, Van Damme, Camara (Nacho González 84), Leye (03/08/11) Zürich 1-0 Standard Liège (agg: 2-1) Goals: 1-0 Mehmedi 58 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Opare (Goreux 34), Felipe, Tchite, Nong (Benteke 61), Nacho González, Pocognoli (Camara 61), Buyens, Kanu, Van Damme, Leye

Play-offs (18/08/11) Standard Liège 1-0 Helsingborg Goals: 1-0 Tchite 60 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Goreux, Belhocine, Felipe, Berrier (Mujangi 74), Benteke (Eninful 89), Tchite, Pocognoli, Kanu, Camara, Leye (Nong 82) (25/08/11) Helsingborg 1-3 Standard Liège (agg: 1-4) Goals: 0-1 Leye 14, 0-2 Berrier 34, 1-2 Jönsson 61(pen), 1-3 Kanu 68 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Belhocine, Opare, Felipe, Berrier (Camara 73), Benteke (Nong 66), Pocognoli, Buyens, Kanu, Van Damme, Leye (Mujangi 83)

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts R. Standard de Liège 6 4 2 0 9 1 14 Hannover 96 6 3 2 1 9 7 11 FC København 6 1 2 3 5 9 5 FC Vorskla Poltava 6 0 2 4 4 10 2

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) Hannover 0-0 Standard Liège R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Opare, Felipe, Berrier (Nacho González 82), Cyriac (Tchite 67), Pocognoli, Buyens, Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme, Mujangi (Buzaglo 74)

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) Standard Liège 3-0 København Goals: 1-0 Seijas 57, 2-0 Felipe 72, 3-0 Kanu 79 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Opare, Felipe, Berrier, Buzaglo (Tchite 46), Pocognoli, Seijas (Nacho González 87), Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme, Leye (Cyriac 81)

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) Standard Liège 0-0 Vorskla R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Opare, Felipe, Cyriac, Pocognoli, Buyens (Buzaglo 83), Seijas, Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme (Nacho González 51), Mujangi (Batshuayi 89)

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) Vorskla 1-3 Standard Liège Goals: 1-0 Kurilov 5, 1-1 Seijas 17, 1-2 Kanu 45+4, 1-3 Tchite 74 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Goreux, Ciman, Tchite, Cyriac (Buyens 71), Pocognoli, Seijas (Nacho González 87), Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme, Mujangi (Batshuayi 82)

Matchday 5 (30/11/11) Standard Liège 2-0 Hannover Goals: 1-0 Tchite 26, 2-0 Cyriac 59 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Goreux, Felipe, Tchite, Cyriac (Nacho González 87), Pocognoli, Buyens (Belhocine 89), Seijas, Vainqueur, Kanu, Mujangi (Buzaglo 90+1)

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Matchday 6 (15/12/11) København 0-1 Standard Liège Goals: 0-1 Batshuayi 31 R. Standard de Liège: Moris, Goreux, Belhocine, Ciman, Berrier, Nacho González (Seijas 75), Pocognoli (Felipe 56), Buyens, Batshuayi (Cyriac 82), Kanu, Camara Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Wisła 1-1 Standard Liège Goals: 0-1 Cyriac 28(pen), 1-1 Genkov 88 R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Goreux (Ciman 46), Felipe, Tchite, Cyriac, Pocognoli, Buyens, Seijas (Bjarnason 81), Vainqueur, Kanu, Gakpe (Batshuayi 70)

(23/02/12) Standard Liège 0-0 Wisła (agg: 1-1 ag) R. Standard de Liège: Sinan Bolat, Goreux (Gakpe 88), Belhocine, Felipe, Ciman, Tchite (Batshuayi 84), Cyriac (Opare 90+3), Pocognoli, Buyens, Bjarnason, Gershon

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Referee Pavel Kralovec (CZE) Assistant referees Martin Wilczek (CZE), Antonin Kordula (CZE) Additional assistant referees Miroslav Zelinka (CZE), Radek Příhoda (CZE) Fourth official Libor Kovařik (CZE) UEFA Delegate João Morais (POR) UEFA Referee observer Rene H.J. Temmink (NED) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League UEFA matches matches Pavel Kralovec 16/08/1977 15 51 UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 29/11/07 UCUP GS FC Zenit St Petersburg 1. FC Nürnberg 2-2 St Petersburg 06/11/08 UCUP GS VfB Stuttgart FK Partizan 2-0 Stuttgart 04/11/10 UCUP GS Paris Saint-Germain FC Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Paris Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match No matches found

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