UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Wörthersee Stadion - Klagenfurt Thursday 26 November 2020 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Wolfsberger AC Group K - Matchday 4 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Last updated 09/04/2021 11:11CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Wolfsberger AC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - 05/11/2020 GS 1-0 Zagreb Atiemwen 76 Wolfsberger AC Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Wolfsberger AC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Wolfsberger AC have not played against a club from their opponents' country GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Salzburg - GNK Dinamo 1-2 Lazaro 22; Fernandes 24/08/2016 PO Salzburg Zagreb agg 2-3 (aet) 87, Soudani 95 ET GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC 16/08/2016 PO 1-1 Zagreb Rog 76 (P); Lazaro 59 Salzburg UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Henríquez 60; GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC Jonatan Soriano 40, 06/11/2014 GS 1-5 Zagreb Salzburg 64, 85, Kampl 59, Bruno 72 Alan 14, 45, 52, FC Salzburg - GNK Dinamo 23/10/2014 GS 4-2 Salzburg Ramalho 49; Ademi Zagreb 81, Henríquez 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mader 5, Kienast 82; FK Austria Wien - GNK Dinamo 2-3 Brozović 33, 27/08/2013 PO Vienna Zagreb agg: 4-3 Fernandes 43, Bećiraj 70 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FK Leovac 68, Stankovic 21/08/2013 PO 0-2 Zagreb Austria Wien 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC 1-2 Papadopoulos 47; 04/08/2009 QR3 Zagreb Salzburg agg: 2-3 Švento 33, Nelisse 83 FC Salzburg - GNK Dinamo Zickler 45; Mandžukić 29/07/2009 QR3 1-1 Salzburg Zagreb 63 2 Wolfsberger AC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Sturm Graz - GNK Dinamo 19/10/1999 GS1 1-0 Graz Kocijan 40 Zagreb GNK Dinamo Zagreb - SK Sturm Rukavina 28, Šokota 29/09/1999 GS1 3-0 Zagreb Graz 34, 58 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Rapid Wien - GNK Dinamo 0-0 03/11/1971 R2 Vienna Zagreb agg: 2-2 ag GNK Dinamo Zagreb - SK Rapid Kafka 6, 67; Hof 13, 20/10/1971 R2 2-2 Zagreb Wien Jagodic 87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PR (Rep4 23/10/1963 LASK - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 (Rep) Linz Nemeth 49; Raus 38 ) 1-0 16/10/1963 PR GNK Dinamo Zagreb - LASK Zagreb Lamza 48 agg: 1-1 ag 09/10/1963 PR LASK - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Linz Fürst 32 Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 8 3 2 3 8 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 5 5 6 19 23 3 Wolfsberger AC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt Match background Wolfsberg will hope to become the first team in UEFA Europa League Group K to penetrate Dinamo Zagreb's defence as they welcome the Croatian champions to Klagenfurt on Matchday 4. • Having drawn their opening two group games 0-0, at home to Feyenoord and away to CSKA Moskva, Dinamo made it three clean sheets in a row by beating Wolfsberg 1-0 in Zagreb last time out, the match-winning goal coming from substitute Iyayi Atiemwen – the Nigerian's first in UEFA club competition. The victory put Dinamo on top of the group table, one point above both Wolfsberg and Feyenoord and three ahead of bottom-placed CSKA Moskva. Previous meetings • The Matchday 3 fixture was Wolfsberg's first in UEFA competition against Croatian opponents and Dinamo's 16th against a team from Austria, where their record is W2 D3 L3. One of the two wins came on their most recent visit, 2-1 after extra time against Salzburg in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League play-offs to complete a 3-2 aggregate triumph. Form guide Wolfsberg • Promoted to the Austrian top flight for the first time in 2012, Wolfsberg finished third in the 2019/20 Bundesliga, repeating their highest ever placing of a year earlier, to re-qualify for the UEFA Europa League for the second successive season. Last term they finished bottom of Group J with five points despite winning their Matchday 1 encounter 4-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach. • This is only the club's third European campaign. The first, in 2015/16, ended with a 6-0 aggregate defeat by Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, though they had won their inaugural tie a round earlier, beating Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3-0 over two legs. • Wolfsberg have yet to win a home game in the UEFA Europa League group stage, extending that sequence to four games (D2 L2) with a 1-1 draw against CSKA Moskva on Matchday 1. Dinamo • Dinamo romped to their 21st Croatian title last season, completing a hat-trick of 1. HNL triumphs. They also reached the UEFA Champions League group stage for the seventh time, finishing fourth in their section behind Manchester City, Atalanta and Shakhtar Donetsk with five points – their best return in the competition for 20 years. • Dinamo began this European campaign under returning coach Zoran Mamić by overcoming hosts CFR Cluj on penalties in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, but then lost 2-1 at Ferencváros before defeating Flora 3-1 in the UEFA Europa League play-offs to reach the group stage of the competition for the sixth time. Their first four group campaigns were all unsuccessful, but in 2018/19 they topped their section undefeated to reach the knockout phase of a UEFA competition for the first time under the flag of Croatia. Having eliminated Viktoria Plzeň in the round of 32 (1-2 a, 3-0 h), they were beaten after extra time by Benfica in the round of 16 (1-0 h, 0-3 a). • Dinamo suffered 19 successive away defeats in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League group games until they beat Anderlecht 2-0 in Brussels on Matchday 2 of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League. Another win followed immediately afterwards, 2-1 at Spartak Trnava, but since then Dinamo have failed to win any of their seven European away fixtures outside the qualifying phase (D3 L4). Links and trivia • Dinamo's Marin Leovac grew up in Austria and began his professional career with Austria Wien. He was a team- mate of Wolfsberg's Michael Liendl there from 2009 to 2012. • Wolfsberg's Croatian forward Dario Vizinger, who won the Slovenian league title last season with Celje, previously played in his homeland for Varaždin, Rijeka and, on loan, Hrvatski Dragovaljac. • Wolfsberg defender Mario Pavelic also had a short spell with Rijeka in 2018/19. • Dinamo midfielder Luka Ivanušec celebrates his 22nd birthday on Matchday 4. • WAC coach Ferdinand Feldhofer played for Austrian club Sturm Graz against Dinamo in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League first group stage. He was a second-half substitute in the 3-0 defeat in Zagreb but played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 home win. Neither club made it through to the second stage. • Dinamo are the only one of the 48 teams in this season's UEFA Europa League group stage yet to concede a goal after three matches. 4 Wolfsberger AC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Thursday 26 November 2020 - 18.55CET (18.55 local time) Match press kit Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt Team facts Wolfsberger AC Formed: 1931 Nickname: WAC, Die Lavanttaler (People from the Lavant valley) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: group stage 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: third qualifying round 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-0: Wolfsberg v Shakhtyor Soligorsk 23/07/15, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Mönchengladbach v Wolfsberg 19/09/19, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Wolfsberg v İstanbul Başakşehir 07/11/19, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsberg 06/08/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 2-0: Wolfsberg v Shakhtyor Soligorsk (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Mönchengladbach v Wolfsberg (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Wolfsberg v İstanbul Başakşehir (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Borussia Dortmund v Wolfsberg (see above) GNK Dinamo Zagreb Formed: 1911 Nickname: Modri (Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 30 (2020) Yugoslavian/Croatian Cup: 22 (2018) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Champions League group stage 5 Wolfsberger AC - GNK Dinamo Zagreb Thursday 26