Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16

Match of the Week - Round 5

KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs FC Lassa (ESP) Hala M.O.S.I.R. Legionow, Kielce Saturday 17 October, 18:00 hrs ROUND 5 Match of the Week GROUP B KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP)

Saturday, 17 October 2015, 18:00 hrs

Playing hall Hala M.O.S.I.R – Legionów ul. Boczna 15A 25-093 Kielce Poland Capacity: 4,000

• Barcelona are the number 1 in the All-time CL ranking, while Kielce are ranked 14th Most Games vs FC Barcelona Lasssa: Most Games vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: 4 • re-match of the 2013 and 2015 VELUX EHF FINAL4 semi- Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez 4 Michal Jurecki 4 finals - both time won by Barcelona (28:23 in 2013, 33:28 in 2015) Jesper Brian Nöddesbo 4 Tomasz Rosinski 4 • Barcelona has been part of five (of in total six) FINAL4 Siarhei Rutenka 4 3 events, winning the trophy twice (2011, 2015), Kielce made it Danijel Saric 4 Rastko Stojkovic 3 twice and finished third each time Daniel Sarmiento Melian 4 • Barca coach Xavi Pascual led his team to both titles in Cedric Sorhaindo 4 Cologne, while Kielce’s coach is treble CL Victor Tomas Gonzalez 4 winner (in the old format) as coach of Ciudad Real (2006, 2008, Most Goals vs FC Barcelona Lassa: 2009) and besides as a player in 1994 with Santander Most Goals vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: 12 Fernandez 20 • both sides lost their 2015/16 openers (Kielce at Szeged, Jesper Brian Nöddesbo 13 Rastko Stojkovic 11 Barcelona at RNL), then remained unbeaten Michal Jurecki 8 Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez 10 7 • in the current and the previous three seasons, the success Konstantin Igropulo 9 Henrik Knudsen 6 rate of Barcelona against teams coached by a Spaniard is 75 % (6 Juan Garcia Lorenzana 8 Vitaliy Nat 6 wins, 2 defeats); Dujshebaev’s coaching stats against Barcelona Nikola Karabatic 8 in the CL is four wins and four defeats Tomasz Rosinski 6 Siarhei Rutenka 8 Manuel Strlek 6 • Dujshebaev’s son Daniel (18) is part of the Barcelona squad Victor Tomas Gonzalez 8 since this season, but mainly plays in the junior team. Talant will face his older son Alex, when Kielce play at Vardar next week • at least one Polish and one Spanish player will win (if not a draw): Barcelona has Polish line player , while Spanish pivot is playing for Kielce Domestic league Domestic league • seven nationalities (POL, CRO, ESP, GER, SLO, MNE, ESP) are Polish PGNiG Superliga represented in the Kielce squad, while Barca have players from Spanish Liga ASOBAL Last 4 games ten countries (ESP, CRO, POL, MKD, ISL, TUN, CZE, BIH, FRA, DEN) Last 4 games 12.10. @ Legionowo W35:25 • as Barcelona’s Belarusian shooter Siarhei Rutenka 14.10. vs Cuenca W34:21 transferred to Qatar two weeks ago, he will not face Dujshebaev, 6.10. vs Kwidzyn W38:28 under whom he won the CL thrice as a player of Ciudad Real 7.10. @ Adelma W37:28 4.10. @ Zabrze W38:34 • Kielce players Ivan Cupic, Karol Bielecki, Slawomir Szmal, 30.9. vs Guadalajara W40:24 15.9. vs Chrobry Glogow W33:23 Krzystof Lijewski and were teammates of 23.9. @ W40:28 Barcelona’s left wing Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson at Rhein-Neckar Next game Löwen, while Uros Zorman (Kielce) and Viran Morros (Barcelona) Next game 20.10. vs Azoty-Pulawy won the CL with Ciudad Real, coached by Talant Dujshebaev. 21.10. @ Puente Genil Tobias Reichmann (Kielce) and Filip Jicha (Barcelona) were teammates at THW Kiel, winning the CL twice (2010, 2012) Standings • while Zorman, Reichmann are the only CL winners in the Standings 1. Kielce 8 284:204 15 Kielce squad, Barcelona have 14 players in their squad, who at 1. Barcelona 7 266:171 14 least won the CL once, topped by team captain Victor Tomas, the 2. Plock 7 233:157 14 only triple winner of the competition (2005, 2011, 2015) on court 2. La Rioja 7 234:181 13 ... • Ivan Cupic, the currently smallest player of the Croatian ... 12. 7 180:237 2 national team (178 cm), will face the tallest player of Zeljko 18. Aragon 7 190:237 2 Babic’s squad, Barcelona’s right back, (210 cm)

2 Historic encounters in the EC

FC Barcelona Lassa vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 3-1-0 (122:105) 7:1 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce vs FC Barcelona Borges, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 26:33 (11:18) 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges vs KS Vive Targi Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 28:28 (15:12) 01.06.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce vs FC Barcelona Intersport, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 – Semi-final 23:28 (10:13) 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 – Semi-final 33:28 (16:14)

Matchdetails of last match - 30.05.2015 (Cologne, Germany)

FC Barcelona vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 (16:14) VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final Referees: Zigmars Stolarovs/Renars Licis (Latvia) Suspensions: 4’ – 8’ (Karabatic 4’ – Buntic 4’, Musa 4’) 7m: 5/3 – 4/2 Attendance: 20,000

Moreno Perez de Vargas Slawomir Szmal Danijel Saric Marin Sego - - Jesper Brian Nöddesbo (4) (1) Michal Jurecki Victor Tomas Gonzalez (3) (2) Grzegorz Tkaczyk Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez (2) (2) Tobias Reichmann Cedric Sorhaindo (2) (1) Daniel Sarmiento Melian (2) (3) Julen Aguinagalde Akizu Aitor Arino Bengoechea (7) Karol Bielecki Martinez (1) Mateusz Jachlewski Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson (5) (2) Manuel Strlek Alejandro Marquez Coloma (2) Siarhei Rutenka (2) Denis Buntic Viran Morros de Argila (1) Zeljko Musa Nikola Karabatic (8) Uros Zorman Wael Jallouz (1) Tomasz Rosinski (7) (3) Ivan Cupic

Most Goals Vive Tauron Kielce vs FC Barcelona Lassa Individual Game:

Karol Bielecki 7 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 Mateusz Zaremba 6 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 Mateusz Zaremba 6 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 Vitaliy Nat 5 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 Henrik Knudsen 5 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28

Most Goals FC Barcelona Lassa vs Vive Tauron Kielce Individual Game:

Iker Romero Fernandez 11 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 Iker Romero Fernandez 9 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 Siarhei Rutenka 8 01.06.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Intersport 23:28 Nikola Karabatic 8 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 Kiril Lazarov 7 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28

3 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs Spanish clubs

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1994/95 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 23:26 19:30 EHF Champions League – Qualification Round 3 1995/96 Academia Octavio Vigo 35:29 24:28 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2004/05 CBM 25:23 25:33 Cup Winners’ Cup – Round 2 2010/11 FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 28:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2011/12 Cuatro Rayas Valladolid 21:19 VELUX EHF Champions League – Qualification Tournament Group W 2011/12 BM Atletico Madrid 29:37 27:28 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2012/13 FC Barcelona Intersport 23:28 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2014/15 FC Barcelona 28:33 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final

FC Barcelona Lassa vs Polish clubs

Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2000/01 Wybrzeze Gdansk 31 :22 23 :21 EHF Champions League – Group B 2010/11 KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 33:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2012/13 KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:23 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2014/15 Orlen Wisla Plock 30:25 31:34 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2014/15 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final

4 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League:

KS Vive Tauron Kielce: current run - won one 15.03.2015 Pérols/Montpellier FRA @ Montpellier Agglomeration HB FRA W 29:25 21.03.2015 Kielce POL vs Montpellier Agglomeration HB FRA L 31:33 11.04.2015 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD W 22:20 19.04.2015 Kielce POL vs HC Vardar MKD W 33:31 30.05.2015 Köln GER vs FC Barcelona ESP L 28:33 31.05.2015 Köln GER vs THW Kiel GER W 28:26 20.09.2015 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN L 30:31 26.09.2015 Kielce POL vs Montpellier HB FRA W 30:23 30.09.2015 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER D 32:32 10.10.2015 Kielce POL vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 35:27

FC Barcelona Lassa: current run - won three 15.03.2015 Aalborg Ost DEN @ Aalborg DEN W 31:11 22.03.2015 Barcelona ESP vs Aalborg Handball DEN W 29:22 09.04.2015 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 25:23 18.04.2015 Barcelona ESP vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 43:21 30.05.2015 Köln GER vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL W 33:28 31.05.2015 Köln GER vs MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN W 28:23 20.09.2015Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 22:21 26.09.2015 Barcelona ESP vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 34:32 04.10.2015 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 30:28 10.10.2015 Barcelona ESP vs Montpellier HB FRA W 37:27

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