UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT Maccabi Haifa FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan Tuesday 8 December 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Group A - Matchday 6 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................3 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Head coach....................................................................................................8 Match officials................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results......................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................13 Competition facts..........................................................................................15 Team facts....................................................................................................16 Legend.........................................................................................................18 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions 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 Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Girondins de Bordeaux Tuesday 8 December 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan Match background Previous meetings UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/09 GS FC Girondins de Bordeaux - 1-0 Bordeaux Ciani 83 Maccabi Haifa FC Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Maccabi Haifa FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Maccabi Haifa FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/10/06 GS Maccabi Haifa FC - AJ Auxerre 3-1 Tel Aviv Masudi 13, Boccoli 56, Colautti 58; Niculae 29 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/10/98 R1 Maccabi Haifa FC - Paris Saint-Germain FC 3-2 Haifa Keise 59, Mizrahi 78, 90; Ouédec 73, agg: 4-3 Okocha 87 17/09/98 R1 Paris Saint-Germain FC - Maccabi Haifa FC 1-1 Paris Simone 84(p); Benayoun 86 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - record versus clubs from opponents' country None 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 Maccabi Haifa FC 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 1 7 5 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Maccabi Haifa FC will hope to bring their supporters some belated cheer when they close their UEFA Champions League campaign against Group A winners FC Girondins de Bordeaux. • The Israeli champions have not given their supporters a single goal to celebrate in 450 minutes of football so far and remain one of only two teams in the group stage yet to collect a point, along with Hungary's Debreceni VSC. • If Elisha Levi's men are looking to sign off on a winning note, unbeaten Bordeaux are under no pressure on this first-ever visit to Israel, having already secured top spot in Group A by beating Juventus last time out. Previous meeting • Bordeaux left it late to defeat Haifa when the clubs met in south-west France on 30 September, Michaël Ciani heading the only goal with seven minutes remaining. Match background • Haifa are hoping to avoid becoming only the second team in UEFA Champions League history to finish a group-stage programme without a goal. The first team to record that unwanted feat were RC Deportivo La Coruña in 2004/05. • Bordeaux, however, have conceded only two goals so far – the joint-best defensive record in the competition alongside FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC. • The Israeli champions have lost all five games so far, as have Debrecen. Eight teams have ended a UEFA Champions League group stage without a single point: FC Dynamo Kyiv in 2007/08 PFC Levski Sofia in 2006/07 Last updated 07/12/09 23:14:40CET Match background 2 Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Girondins de Bordeaux Tuesday 8 December 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan SK Rapid Wien in 2005/06 RSC Anderlecht in 2004/05 Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2002/03 (second group stage) FC Spartak Moskva in 2002/03 Fenerbahçe SK in 2001/02 1. FC Košice in 1997/98 • Haifa enjoyed better fortune in their one previous UEFA Champions League campaign in 2002/03, registering seven points and 12 goals. • Haifa have won their two previous home meetings with French opponents, starting with a 3-2 success against Paris Saint-Germain FC in the 1998/99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round. • Nir Davidovitch and Alon Harazi both featured in the Haifa lineup together with Adoram Keisi, now the club's technical manager. Yaniv Katan, then 17, appeared as a second-half substitute. • After PSG had twice equalised efforts from Keisi and Alon Mizrahi, the latter hit a 90th-minute winner with his second goal of the night, sending the Israeli outfit through with a 4-3 aggregate victory. • Haifa opened their 2006/07 UEFA Cup group-stage campaign by beating AJ Auxerre 3-1 on 19 October 2006 through goals from Alain Masudi, Gustavo Boccoli and Roberto Colautti. Featuring alongside Boccoli were Davidovitch, Katan, Harazi and Dekel Keinan. Team ties • Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc scored two goals for France in a 4-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against Israel in February 1993. • However, he was also in the France team stunned 3-2 by Israel eight months later – the first of two home defeats that ended their World Cup qualifying hopes. Harazi was on the winning team that night. • Davidovitch, Harazi and Keisi were in the Israel team beaten 3-0 by France in a UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifier in Paris in October 2003. Davidovitch and Katan returned to the French capital in September 2004 for a goalless draw in a World Cup preliminary. Katan featured in the countries' subsequent 1-1 draw in Tel Aviv in March 2005, when Harazi was on the bench. • Haifa defenders Keinan and Shai Maymon were in the Israel team that beat France 1-0 in Hertzeliya in October 2006 to record a 2-1 aggregate victory in the play-off for the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Bordeaux's Yoan Gouffran was in the defeated France side. • Bordeaux defender Diego Placente played against Haifa on their previous appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage, featuring in the Bayer 04 Leverkusen team that beat them 2-1 in Germany on 23 October 2002. • Blanc also appeared in Manchester United FC's 5-2 win against Haifa at Old Trafford on 18 September 2002. Match facts Maccabi Haifa UEFA milestones • Haifa have conceded 47 goals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup to date. UEFA Champions League statistics • Haifa are the only team yet to score in this season's group stage. Only once has a team gone through the group stage without registering – RC Deportivo La Coruña in 2004/05. • The Israeli champions have committed 104 fouls so far, more than any other team. • Tiago Dutra is available again after a two-game suspension while Gustavo Boccoli, Jhon Jairo Culma, Tsepo Masilela and Ali Osman are all within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 5 December: Maccabi Haifa FC 1-0 Bnei Sakhnin FC (Arbeitman 77) Davidovitch; Meshumar, Teixeira, Keinan, Tawatha (Osman 75); Kayal, Refaelov (Arbeitman 56), Golasa; Katan, Ghadir, Dvalishvili (Harazi 80). Last updated 07/12/09 23:14:40CET Match facts 3 Maccabi Haifa FC - FC Girondins de Bordeaux Tuesday 8 December 2009 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ramat Gan, Ramat Gan • A solitary strike from Shlomi Arbeitman was enough for Haifa to register their eleventh league win in 12 outings this season. The day, however, belonged to veteran defender Alon Harazi, who made his final league appearance for the club as a late substitute, while 17-year-old Talb Tawatha started for the first time. • Prior to that game, Haifa finally lost their 100 per cent record in this season's Ligat Ha'Al, succumbing 1-0 away against Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC on 30 November. • That setback brought to an end a run of ten straight victories this term and denied the club the chance to equal the Israeli record of eleven consecutive wins at the start of a campaign, first set by Maccabi Tel-Aviv before Haifa matched it in 2005/06. • The defeat was also Haifa's first in 23 league outings since a 1-0 reverse at Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona FC on 28 February. • The match likewise halted Arbeitman's run of four goals in three league encounters, the striker being substituted at half-time. He nonetheless boasts eleven goals from 12 Ligat Ha'Al appearances this term. • Nir Davidovitch has played every minute of Haifa's league campaign. • On 16 November, Elisha Levi's men sealed progress to the Israeli League Cup quarter-finals after a second goalless draw with Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC in five days guaranteed them a top-two place in their group with a game to spare. • Eyal Golasa has scored four goals this season. He mustered just one in 37 competitive games for club and country last term. Injury news • Eyal Golasa – out 30 September to 25 November (hip) • Jorge Teixeira – out 9-30 November (back) • Amir Edri – out since 30 September (shoulder) • Gustavo Boccoli – out since 7 November (thigh/groin) • Jhon Jairo Culma – out 3-25 November (hamstring) and since 30 November (flu) • Tsepo Masilela – out since 30 November (flu) • Yaniv Katan – out since 5 December (back) • Katan has been ruled out of the Bordeaux game after aggravating a back injury on Saturday.