Uefa Champions League - 2014/15 Season Match Press Kits
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS José Alvalade - Lisbon Tuesday 25 November 2014 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Sporting Clube de NK Maribor Portugal Group G - Matchday 5 Last updated 03/08/2015 15:05CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Group Standings 16 Competition facts 18 Team facts 19 Legend 21 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal - NK Maribor Tuesday 25 November 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers NK Maribor - Sporting Clube de Zahović 90+2; Nani 17/09/2014 GS 1-1 Maribor Portugal 80 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sporting Clube de Portugal 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 NK Maribor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sporting Clube de Portugal have not played against a club from their opponents' country NK Maribor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lima 4, Alan 7, Elderson 38, Paulo 03/11/2011 GS SC Braga - NK Maribor 5-1 Braga Vinícius 85, Mérida 90+1; Volaš 62 Ibraimi 14; Elderson 20/10/2011 GS NK Maribor - SC Braga 1-1 Maribor 44 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sporting Clube de Portugal 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 NK Maribor 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 7 2 Sporting Clube de Portugal - NK Maribor Tuesday 25 November 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Match background Winners for the first time in Group G on matchday four, Sporting Clube de Portugal will want to build on that against NK Maribor as they seek to overtake second-placed FC Schalke 04. • Sporting were denied by substitute Luka Zahovič's added-time equaliser when the sides met on matchday one, Maribor's return to the group stage after a 15-year absence. Nani had shot the visitors ahead late on. Match background Sporting • Last season's Portuguese Liga runners-up succumbed 1-0 at home to Chelsea FC on matchday two, before two dramatic games with Schalke. • Sporting went down 4-3 in Germany, taking the lead before losing Maurício to a first-half red card yet still pulling it back to 3-3 having been 3-1 down. Two weeks later they turned the tables to win 4-2 and move to four points, one fewer than Schalke. • They have lost just once – against Chelsea – in 18 European home matches since a 2-0 defeat by Brøndby IF in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League play-offs. They have won 14 and drawn three of those games. Maribor • In the 2011/12 UEFA Cup group stage, Maribor crashed 5-1 at SC Braga after the home fixture had finished 1-1, Agim Ibraimi having put Maribor ahead in the first instalment. • Jasmin Handanović, Tavares, Dejan Trajkovski, Arghus, Aleš Mertelj, Željko Filipović and Aleksander Rajčević also played in those matches. • The Violets led in Gelsenkirchen on matchday two through Damjan Bohar before Schalke claimed a 1-1 draw. They then fell 6-0 at Chelsea before drawing the return 1-1, Ibraimi lobbing them ahead. • Tavares hit a 75th-minute winner at Celtic FC to secure Maribor's play-off victory and place in the competition proper. The home game had ended 1-1. • After a 1-0 home victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC in the third qualifying round, Maribor's passage was sealed with a 2-2 draw in Larnaca. • The Slovenian side recorded a 2-0 home success over HŠK Zrinjski after a 0-0 draw away in the second qualifying round. • Maribor have lost only two of their last eight European away matches. • In their previous group stage appearance, in 1999/2000, Maribor finished in fourth place with four points, winning 1-0 away to FC Dynamo Kyiv and drawing 0-0 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Coach and player links • Islam Slimani's Algeria beat Mertelj's Slovenia 2-0 in a Blida friendly in March 2014. • Ibraimi's FYR Macedonia faced Nani's Portugal in a May 2012 friendly which ended goalless. • Luka Zahovič was born in the Portuguese city of Guimaraes where his father Zlatko was playing. Now Maribor's sporting director, Zlatko had spells at Vitória SC, FC Porto and SL Benfica in Portugal. He played 15 games against Sporting, scoring three goals and notching four wins, five draws and six losses. Match facts Sporting • Maurício is available after serving a one-game ban on matchday four. Cédric, Maurício, João Mário and William Carvalho are all a booking away from suspension. • Junya Tanaka scored his first goal for the club from the spot as Sporting cruised into the last 16 of the Portuguese Cup with a 5-0 win at third-tier SC Espinho on Friday. Daniel Podence, 19, came on for his debut. • Sporting slipped to eighth in the Portuguese Liga after a 1-1 draw at home against FC Paços de Ferreira on 9 November. Their previous league game ended in a 3-0 loss at Vitória SC – their heaviest defeat in nearly two years. • Adrien Silva made his senior international debut as a second-half substitute in Portugal's 1-0 friendly win against Argentina at Old Trafford, Manchester on 18 November. • Jonathan Silva made his Argentina debut as a substitute in a 2-1 friendly win against Croatia on 12 November. • Heldon Ramos scored a late goal as Cape Verde Islands beat Niger 3-1 to finish top of their section in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. 3 Sporting Clube de Portugal - NK Maribor Tuesday 25 November 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon • Sporting had 16 players on international duty last week: Rui Patrício, Cédric, William Carvalho, Adrien Silva, João Mário, Nani (Portugal), Paulo Oliveira, Ricardo Esgaio, Tobias Figueiredo, Carlos Mané (Portugal U21), Jonathan Silva (Argentina), Ryan Gauld (Scotland U21), Slimani (Algeria), Heldon (Cape Verde Islands), André Carrillo (Peru) and Rami Rabia (Egypt U23). • Figueiredo made his debut for Portugal U21 as their 20-month unbeaten run ended with a 3-1 friendly defeat in England on 13 November; Oliveira, Esgaio and Mané also featured. Maribor • Filipović, Ibraimi and Mitja Viler are all a booking away from a ban. • Tavares (adductor) and Ibraimi (pneumonia) were struggling with fitness last week but both recovered to feature on Saturday against FC Koper, Tavares scoring the opener in a 4-0 win. • Maribor won 2-1 at NK Krka in the first leg of their Slovenian Cup quarter-final tie on 19 November, with Aleš Mejač on target for the first time in nearly 14 months. • Second-placed Maribor have 35 points from 17 league games this season, just as they had at the equivalent stage last term when they were top. • Petar Stojanovič became Slovenia's youngest ever senior international debutant in a 1-0 friendly loss to Colombia on 18 November aged 19 years and 42 days. In all, there were nine current or past Maribor players in a youthful Slovenia squad. 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal - NK Maribor Tuesday 25 November 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Squad list Sporting Clube de Portugal Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Rui Patrício POR 15/02/1988 26 - - - 4 - 10 - 12 - 60 - 22 Marcelo BRA 28/11/1984 29 - - - - - - - - - 8 - 59 Guilherme Oliveira POR 12/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 82 Pedro Silva POR 13/02/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Vladimir Stojkovic POR 04/10/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 96 Luís Ribeiro POR 19/04/1992 22 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Rami Rabia EGY 20/05/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Maurício BRA 20/09/1988 26 * - - 3 - 8 - 3 - 3 - 4 Jefferson BRA 05/07/1988 26 - - - 2 1 6 - 2 1 2 1 26 Paulo Oliveira POR 08/01/1992 22 - - - 3 - 5 1 3 - 9 - 29 Naby Sarr FRA 13/08/1993 21 - - - 4 1 8 - 4 1 7 2 33 Jonathan Silva ARG 29/06/1994 20 - - - 2 - 4 1 2 - 2 - 41 Cédric POR 31/08/1991 23 * - - 4 - 7 - 4 - 13 - 47 Ricardo Esgaio POR 16/05/1993 21 - - - - - 3 - - - 1 - 55 Tobias Figueiredo POR 02/02/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Domingos Duarte POR 10/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Mauro Riquicho POR 07/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 67 Wilson Manafá POR 23/07/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 72 Bruno Wilson POR 27/12/1996 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 74 Bernardo Carlos POR 12/02/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 75 Hugo Meira POR 13/03/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 76 Michael Pinto POR 04/06/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 81 André Geraldes POR 02/05/1991 23 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 8 André Martins POR 21/01/1990 24 - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 11 - 14 William Carvalho POR 07/04/1992 22 * - - 4 - 9 - 4 - 4 - 17 João Mário POR 19/01/1993 21 * - - 4 - 6 1 4 - 5 - 23 Adrien Silva POR 15/03/1989 25 - - - 4 2 10 1 7 2 19 3 24 Oriol Rosell ESP 07/07/1992 22 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 27 Ryan Gauld SCO 16/12/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 32 Simeon Slavchev BUL 25/09/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Edelino Ié POR 01/05/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 42 Wallyson Mallmann BRA 16/02/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Carlos Chaby POR 22/01/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 49 Francisco Geraldes POR 18/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 65 Fábio Martins POR 10/02/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 79 Serrano POR 19/07/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 80 Rafael Barbosa POR 29/03/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Sporting Clube de Portugal - NK Maribor Tuesday 25 November 2014 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit José Alvalade, Lisbon Sporting Clube de Portugal