Ftc Rail-Cargo Hungaria

MEDIA INFORMATION DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 MOTW Play-offs, Leg 2: FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost FTC RAIL-CARGO HUNGARIA (HUN) VS BUDUCNOST (MNE) PLAY-OFFS Saturday 13 March 2021, 18:00 CET LEG 2 Playing hall Elek Gyula Aréna Köbányai út 47/A 1101 Budapest Hungary Capacity: 1,300

• FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria have won six of their Most games vs Buducnost: previous 12 matches against Buducnost, but Buducnost Most games vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria: Zita Szucánszki 10 won the most recent one: 22:19 in the first leg of the DELO Marta Batinovic (Zderic) 6 Szandra Szöllösi-Zácsik 7 EHF Champions League play-offs last Sunday. Snezana Damjanac 5 Rea Mészáros 6 • Buducnost were 16:14 down with 13 minutes left but Itana Grbic 5 Nerea Pena 6 finished Sunday's match on an 8:3 run. Sanja Jovovic 5 Melinda Szikora 6 Ivona Pavicevic 5 • FTC and Buducnost contested a CL knockout tie once before: in the semi-final in 2002, when FTC won 64:63 on Most goals vs Buducnost: aggregate (32:32 at home and 32:31 away). Most goals vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria: Szandra Szöllösi-Zácsik 25 Jovanka Radicevic 24 Zita Szucánszki 25 • FTC are playing in the club's 21st CL season, Ana Radovic 18 Buducnost are in their 25th season. Ágnes Farkas 23 Milena Raicevic (Knezevic) 18 Katarína Mravíková 20 • FTC finished the group phase in fourth position in Itana Grbic 17 Anikó Kovacsics 19 group A, Buducnost ended in fifth in group B. Cristina Neagu 17 Nerea Pena 19 • The winners of this play-off tie will face either Györi Audi ETO KC or SG BBM Bietigheim in the quarter-final. • Buducnost’s Jovanka Radicevic led with seven goals in the first leg, raising her total for the season to 73. • FTC’s best scorers so far this CL season are Angela Malestein (with 67 goals) and Katrin Klujber (65). • FTC reached the CL quarter-final for four straight Domestic league seasons between 2016 and 2019 but they were Domestic league eliminated in the main round in 2019/20.

K&H liga • Buducnost can reach their eighth quarter-final in a Prva liga row, but they have not qualified for the EHF FINAL4 since their last of four straight visits in 2017. Last 3 games: • Buducnost finished runners-up to Györ in 2014, won Buducnost will join the Montenegrin the title in the final against Larvik in 2015, and finished national championship only for 03/03 vs Mosonmagyaróvár W34:31 fourth in the following two years. the final phase, together with the 27/02 @ Siófok KC W20:38 • Buducnost also won the CL title in 2012, before the three best teams from the regular introduction of the EHF FINAL4 format, and four players 2020/21 season. 24/02 @ MTK Budapest W25:34 of the 2012 squad are still or again with the club: Bojana Popovic (now coach), Majda Mehmedovic, Radmila Petrovic, and Milena Raicevic (who is out with pregnancy). Next game: Buducnost have won the national • Popovic is one of just two players, alongside Ausra championship each year since its 27/03 vs Dunaújvárosi KKA Fridrikas, who won the CL six times. inauguration in 2006/07, except for • Apart from Raicevic, Buducnost are also missing 2019/20 when the season was not Andrea Lekic, who tore an Achilles tendon in December. Standings as of 11/03: played to a finish. • Although they would have the shortest travel distance 1. Györ 15 540:293 30 of all CL participants to get to the Papp Laszlo Sportarena in Budapest, FTC have failed to qualify for the annual EHF 2. FTC 14 482:320 26 FINAL4 in their home town so far. 3. Siófok KC 19 601:510 26 • FTC's squad includes one CL winner (Aniko Kovacsics 4. Mosonmagyar. 16 468:438 24 with Györ in 2013 and 2014) and only four foreign players: Emily Bölk, Julia Behnke and Alicia Stolle from Germany, 5. MTK Budapest 16 494:496 21 and Angela Malestein from Netherlands. ... • Buducnost's squad includes two former world champions: Barbara Arenhart won with Brazil in 2013, 14. Békéscsaba 15 333:470 3 Allison Pineau with France in 2017. PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 6-1-5 (325:317) 13:11

14.04.2002 HERZ – FTC Budapest vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 32:32 (16:14) 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 31:32 (16:16) 29.10.2006 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FTC Budapest HUN, ECh for Club Teams – Place 3/4 30:25 (15:14) 27.10.2007 Buducnost T-Mobile vs Budapest Bank-FTC, EHF Champions League – Group D 22:19 (11:9) 06.01.2008 Budapest Bank-FTC vs Buducnost T-Mobile, EHF Champions League – Group D 36:28 (15:12) 13.10.2013 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Group B 27:25 (13:13) 17.11.2013 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Group B 29:21 (15:14) 12.02.2017 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 25:33 (9:19) 11.03.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 23:24 (8:9) 28.01.2018 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 34:26 (19:18) 24.02.2018 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 23:24 (12:12) 07.03.2021 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, DELO EHF Champions League – Play-offs 22:19 (11:7)

FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA VS MONTENEGRIN CLUBS 5-0-5

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

2006/07 ZRK Buducnost MONET 25:30 Champions Trophy – Place 3/4 2007/08 Buducnost T-Mobile 36:28 19:22 EHF Champions League – Group D 2013/14 Buducnost 27:25 21:29 EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 Buducnost 23:24 33:25 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2017/18 Buducnost 34:26 24:23 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2020/21 Buducnost 19:22 DELO EHF Champions League – Play-offs

BUDUCNOST VS HUNGARIAN CLUBS 12-6-29

Season Opponent Home Away Competition

1988/89 Spartacus Budapest 34:31 28:31 IHF Cup – Last 16 ------1999/00 Dunaferr SE 27:25 33:33 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2001/02 Dunaferr SE 33:25 22:28 EHF Champions League – Group B 2001/02 HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 32:32 EHF Champions League – Semi-final 2003/04 Dunaferr SE 26:31 24:29 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2004/05 Dunaferr SE 16:18 18:27 EHF Champions League – Group A 2005/06 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club 25:25 26:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Final 2006/07 FTC Budapest 30:25 ECh for Club Teams – Place 3/4 2006/07 Györi Audi ETO KC 25:31 20:28 EHF Champions League – Group B 2007/08 Budapest Bank-FTC 22:19 28:36 EHF Champions League – Group D 2008/09 Györi AUDI ETO KC 26:26 27:31 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2009/10 DVSC-Korvex 28:20 20:27 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2011/12 Györi AUDI ETO KC 27:25 27:29 EHF Champions League - Final 2012/13 Györi Audi ETO KC 21:22 17:27 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2013/14 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 29:21 25:27 EHF Champions League – Group B 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC 26:26 23:23 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC 21:27 MVM EHF FINAL4 – Final 2015/16 Györi Audi ETO KC 25:22 20:22 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2015/16 Györi Audi ETO KC 20:21 EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2016/17 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 25:33 24:23 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2016/17 Györi Audi ETO KC 20:26 TIPPMIX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2017/18 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 23:24 26:34 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2017/18 Györi Audi ETO KC 20:26 28:30 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2019/20 Györi Audi ETO KC 27:28 24:26 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2020/21 Györi Audi ETO KC 21:26 29:34 DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 22:19 DELO EHF Champions League – Play-offs MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA VS BUDUCNOST

Agnes Farkas 15 14.04.2002 HERZ – FTC Budapest vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica 32:32 Eszter Siti 9 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Katarina Mravikova 9 29.10.2006 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FTC Budapest 30:25 Agnes Farkas 8 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Szandra Zacsikova 8 06.01.2008 Budapest Bank vs FTC-Buducnost T-Mobile 36:28

MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR BUDUCNOST VS FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA

Marijana Bulatovic 8 14.04.2002 HERZ – FTC Budapest vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica 32:32 Ana Radovic 8 06.01.2008 Budapest Bank-FTC vs Buducnost T-Mobile 36:28 Radmila Petrovic 8 13.10.2013 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 27:25 Milena Raicevic 8 24.02.2018 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 23:24 Marijana Bulatovic 7 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Tatjana Jeraminok 7 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Marija Jovanovic 7 29.10.2006 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FTC Budapest 30:25 Katarina Bulatovic 7 12.02.2017 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 25:33 Katarina Bulatovic 7 11.03.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 23:24 Cristina Neagu 7 11.03.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 23:24 Jovanka Radicevic 7 07.03.2021 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 22:19

PLAYERS WHO PLAYED FOR BOTH TEAMS IN PREVIOUS DUELS

Marija Jovanovic 7 matches, 26 goals 4/12 for FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria; 3/14 for Buducnost

DETAILS OF THE MOST RECENT DIRECT ENCOUNTER Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 22:19 (11:7) 07.03.2021 (Podgorica, MNE)

(DELO EHF Champions League play-offs, leg 1) Cristina Nastase/Simona Raluca Stancu (Romania). Suspensions: 4’ – 10’ (Radicevic 2’, Vukcevic 2’ – Bölk 4’, Márton 2’, Tóth 2’, Kovacsics 2’). Number of 7m: 3/2 – 3/2. Attendance: 0.

Armelle Attingré Gréta Hadfi Barbara Arenhart Kinga Janurik -- Blanka Biró Jovanka Radicevic (7) -- Andrijana Popovic Borbala Ballai Katarina Dzaferovic (3) Zita Szucsánszki Gordana Marsenic Anett Kisfaludy Mina Novovic Alicia Stolle Anastasija Marsenic (2) Anett Kovács Ivona Pavicevic (1) (5) Emily Bölk Allison Pineau (4) (2) Gréta Márton Valeriia Maslova (2) Angela Malestein Ema Ramusovic (5) Nikolett Tóth Majda Mehmedovic (2) Katrin Klujber Nadja Kadovic (3) Anikó Kovacsics Itana Grbic (3) Julia Behnke Nikolina Vukcevic (2) FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST BUDUCNOST Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Blanka Bíró HUN 5 3 0 2 0 0,00 0 0 Gréta Hadfi HUN 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Kinga Janurik HUN 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Borbala Ballai HUN 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Virag Banfai HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Julia Behnke GER 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Emily Bölk GER 1 0 0 1 5 5,00 5 4’ Klára Csiszár-Szekeres HUN 4 3 0 1 0 0,00 0 4’ Diana Dora Ferenczy HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Noémi Háfra HUN 2 2 0 0 7 3,50 4 4’ Anett Kisfaludy HUN 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Katrin Klujber HUN 1 0 0 1 2 2,00 2 0 Anett Kovács HUN 1 0 0 1 2 2,00 2 0 Anikó Kovacsics HUN 17 10 3 4 33 1,94 5 (2) 12’ (D) Jazmin Kovalcsik HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Angela Malestein NED 4 1 0 3 15 3,75 5 (2) 0 Gréta Márton HUN 3 2 0 1 8 2,67 4 2’ Noémi Pásztor HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nadine Schatzl HUN 4 3 0 1 6 1,50 2 (2) 2’ Alicia Stolle GER 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Zita Szucsánszki HUN 10 5 0 5 25 2,50 7 10’ Nikolett Tóth HUN 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 2’

Anett Kisfaludy (Györi Audi ETO KC 2006/07 – DNP, Györi AUDI ETO KC 2008/09 – DNP); Anikó Kovacsics (Györi AUDI ETO KC 2008/09, Györi AUDI ETO KC 2011/12, Györi Audi ETO KC 2012/13, Györi Audi ETO KC 2013/14, Györi Audi ETO KC 2015/16); Angela Malestein (SG BBM Bietigheim 2017/18, SG BBM Bietigheim 2019/20); Nadine Schatzl (Györi AUDI ETO KC 2011/12 – DNP)

LAST 10 GAMES IN THE DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria: current run – lost two 07.03.2021 Podgorica MNE @ Buducnost MNE L 22:19 13.02.2021 Rostov-na-Donu RUS @ Rostov-Don RUS L 26:24 08.02.2021 Budapest HUN @ Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 26:31 06.02.2021 Budapest HUN vs Vipers Kristiansand NOR W 30:28 24.01.2021 Metz FRA @ Metz Handball FRA L 30:29 20.01.2021 Budapest HUN vs Metz Handball FRA W 32:30 16.01.2021 Budapest HUN vs Team Esbjerg DEN L 24:28 09.01.2021 Budapest HUN vs CSM Bucuresti ROU W 31:27 21.11.2020 Ljubljana SLO @ RK Krim Mercator SLO W 26:32 15.11.2020 Ludwigsburg GER @ SG BBM Bietigheim GER W 25:29

Buducnost: current run – won two 07.03.2021 Podgorica MNE vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria HUN W 22:19 13.02.2021 Podgorica MNE vs HC Podravka Vegeta CRO W 33:26 07.02.2021 Moskva RUS @ CSKA RUS L 27:23 29.01.2021 Podgorica MNE vs Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 21:26 23.01.2021 Podgorica MNE vs Odense Håndbold DEN W 27:24 20.01.2021 Râmnicu Vâlcea ROU @ SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU L 25:23 17.01.2021 Brest FRA @ Brest Bretagne Handball FRA D 28:28 09.01.2021 Podgorica MNE vs BV Borussia 09 Dortmund GER W 31:27 21.11.2020 Győr HUN @ Györi Audi ETO KC HUN L 34:29 14.11.2020 Podgorica MNE vs SCM Ramnicu Valcea ROU W 29:28 BUDUCNOST PLAYERS’ CAREER STATISTICS AGAINST FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Barbara Arenhart BRA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Armelle Attingré FRA 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jovana Kadovic MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0

Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM

Milica Andjusic MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Tatjana Brnovic MNE 2 0 0 2 7 3,50 4 4’ Katarina Dzaferovic MNE 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Itana Grbic MNE 7 3 0 4 20 2,86 5 0 Sara Gugac MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nadja Kadovic MNE 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Anastasija Krivokapic MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Andrea Lekic SRB 6 5 0 1 34 5,67 7 (2) 2’ Anastasija Marsenic MNE 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Gordana Marsenic MNE 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Valeriia Maslova RUS 5 5 0 0 3 0,60 2 0 Majda Mehmedovic MNE 7 6 0 1 24 3,43 8 6’ Mina Novovic MNE 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Ivona Pavicevic MNE 5 2 0 3 3 0,60 1 (3) 0 Nikoleta Pejovic MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Radmila Petrovic MNE 4 2 0 2 15 3,75 8 0 Allison Pineau FRA 7 4 0 3 30 4,29 10 8’ Andrijana Popovic MNE 1 1 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jovanka Radicevic MNE 10 8 1 1 46 4,60 7 4’ Milena Raicevic MNE 4 1 0 3 18 4,50 8 2’ Ema Ramusovic MNE 4 2 0 2 10 2,50 5 2’ Sara Senic MNE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nikolina Vukcevic MNE 2 1 0 1 2 1,00 2 2’

Itana Grbic (CSM Bucuresti 2019/20); Andrea Lekic (HC Vardar 2016/17, HC Vardar 2017/18, CSM Bucuresti 2018/19, CSM Bucuresti 2019/20); Valeriia Maslova (Rostov-Don 2017/18, Rostov-Don 2018/19, Rostov-Don 2019/20); Majda Mehmedovic (CSM Bucuresti 2016/17, CSM Bucuresti 2018/19); Allison Pineau (Metz Handball 2010/11, Oltchim Rm. Valcea 2012/13, HCM Baia Mare 2015/16); Jovanka Radicevic (HC Vardar 2016/17, HC Vardar 2017/18, CSM Bucuresti 2018/19)

'PLAYER OF THE MATCH' AWARD, PRESENTED BY DELO

The Match of the Week 'Player of the Match' trophy, introduced by EHF Marketing GmbH in the 2017/18 season, is awarded at all MOTWs in the DELO EHF Champions League 2020/21 season. The award is presented by DELO and the trophy will be handed over on court shortly after the match.

Awarded players in the 2020/21 season: Round 3: Ana Gros (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 4: Hanna Yttereng (Vipers Kristiansand) Round 6: Ana Gros (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 7: Polina Vedekhina (CSKA) Round 8: Iuliia Managarova (Rostov-Don) Round 9: Sandra Toft (Brest Bretagne Handball) Round 10: Marit Røsberg Jacobsen (Team Esbjerg) Round 11: Lois Abbingh (Odense Håndbold) Round 12: Barbara Arenhart (Buducnost) Round 13: Jelena Grubisic (CSM Bucuresti) Round 14: Stine Oftedal (Györi Audi ETO KC) Play-offs, leg 1: Cristina Neagu (CSM Bucuresti) Play-offs, leg 2:

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