UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Thursday 18 September 2014 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FC Steaua Bucureşti Group J - Matchday 1 Aalborg BK Last updated 09/06/2015 14:04CET

Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14

1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest

Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Steaua Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC København - FC Steaua Vetokele 87; Rusescu 06/12/2012 GS 1-1 Copenhagen Bucureşti 72 FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC 04/10/2012 GS 1-0 Bucharest R. Sigurdsson 83 (og) København

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - AGF 2-1 Cristescu 81, Vlădoiu 04/11/1992 R2 Bucharest Aarhus agg: 4-4 ag 89; Christensen 10 Andersen 9, AGF Aarhus - FC Steaua Christensen 17, 21/10/1992 R2 3-2 Aarhus Bucureşti Nielsen 77; Vlădoiu 63, Dumitrescu 87

European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Piturca 6, Bölöni 32, 4-1 02/10/1985 R1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Vejle BK Bucharest Balint 51, Stoica 73; agg: 5-2 Simonsen 36 18/09/1985 R1 Vejle BK - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Vejle Bernett 60; Radu Ii 87

Aalborg BK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Aalborg BK have not played against a club from their opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Steaua Bucureşti 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 2 1 11 7 Aalborg BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match background

Romanian champions FC Steaua Bucureşti will look to bring their impressive home form to bear when they take on Danish counterparts Aalborg BK in their opening UEFA Europa League Group J game. Form guide • Steaua have a 100% home record against Danish opponents, though they have scored progressively fewer goals in those three contests (4-1, 2-1, 1-0). • Steaua are unbeaten in five UEFA home games – two draws last season and three wins in qualifying this term. AaB have lost all but one of their last five on the road in continental competition, a 2-0 victory at GNK Dinamo Zagreb in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season breaking up that run. Trivia and links • AaB midfielder Rasmus Würtz turns 31 on the day of the Steaua game. The coaches • Steaua coach Constantin Gâlcă was capped 68 times as a midfielder and played in Spain with RCD Mallorca, RCD Espanyol and Villarreal CF among others after making his name at Steaua. He took charge of his old club in June 2014 following a spell working as Romania's Under-17 coach. • led Aalborg to a domestic double in 2013/14 after taking command in 2010. Having turned out – like his father and brother – for Bronshøj BK, Nielsen won titles with Brøndby IF and played abroad with Aston Villa FC. Capped 54 times, he coached AGF Aarhus, AC Horsens and Brøndby before taking up his current role. • Nielsen's Brøndby lost out to Romanian opponents in the 1987/88 UEFA Cup second round, with FC Sportul Studentesc Bucureşti beating them on penalties. He also played against Romania four times with Denmark, scoring in a 2-1 victory in 1987 and a 3-0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying success.

3 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Team facts

FC Steaua Bucureşti Formed: 1947 Nickname: Militarii (Army Men) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1986, (1989) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1986 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 25 (2014) Romanian Cup: 21 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2004/05: round of 16 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v Aalborg BK 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 6-0: Steaua v BSC Young Boys 03/10/79, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: AC Sparta Praha v Steaua 07/09/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Steaua v VfB Stuttgart 22/11/12, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-4: Steaua v Chelsea FC 01/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v Maccabi Haifa FC 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v Aalborg BK (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: FC Levadia Maardu v Steaua 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v FC Spartak Trnava 09/08/12, third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Steaua v VfB Stuttgart (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Maccabi Haifa FC v Steaua (see above)

Aalborg BK Formed: 1885

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Nickname: None

UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (2014) : 3 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: second qualifying round 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 2009/10: second qualifying round 2008/09: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: group stage (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: AaB v Cliftonville FC 14/07/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Biggest away win 1-3 three times, most recently v RC Deportivo La Coruña 26/02/09, UEFA Cup round of 32 second leg 0-2: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v AaB 06/08/14, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AaB v Manchester United FC 30/09/08, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-1: Górnik Zabrze v AaB 20/09/70, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: AaB v RC Deportivo La Coruña 18/02/09, UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg 3-0: AaB v HJK Helsinki 30/08/07, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-3 three times, most recently v RC Deportivo La Coruña (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: AaB v Getafe CF 06/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage 1-2: AaB v Udinese Calcio 30/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AaB 28/09/93, UEFA Cup first round first leg

5 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Squad list

FC Steaua Bucureşti Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Florin Niță ROU 03/07/1987 27 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 24 LTU 01/12/1987 26 - 6 - - - 6 - 7 - 25 - 95 Valentin Cojocaru ROU 01/10/1995 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Defenders 2 Cornel Râpă ROU 16/01/1990 24 - 6 1 - - 5 - 4 - 15 1 4 Łukasz Szukała POL 26/05/1984 30 - 6 - - - 6 - 6 - 24 - 5 Srgian Luchin ROU 04/03/1986 28 - - - - - 4 - - - 9 - 6 Paul Papp ROU 11/11/1989 24 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 8 - 13 Alin Dorinel Toşca ROU 14/03/1992 22 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 14 ROU 11/05/1986 28 - 6 - - - 4 - 22 2 50 3 33 Fernando Varela POR 26/11/1987 26 - 6 ------8 - Midfielders 7 Alexandru Chipciu ROU 18/05/1989 25 - 5 2 - - 6 1 10 2 22 4 8 Lucian Filip ROU 25/09/1990 23 - 6 - - - 3 - 3 - 15 - 10 Cristian Tănase ROU 18/02/1987 27 - 5 - - - 3 1 24 4 44 6 11 Andrei Prepeliţă ROU 08/12/1985 28 - 6 1 - - 5 - 13 - 25 1 12 Nicolae Stanciu ROU 07/05/1993 21 - 6 2 - - 6 - - - 22 4 18 Lucian Sânmărtean ROU 13/03/1980 34 - 5 - - - 4 2 6 - 32 5 21 Nicandro Breeveld NED 07/07/1986 28 - 2 - - - 4 - 6 - 19 2 22 Paul Pîrvulescu ROU 11/08/1988 26 - 3 - - - 5 - 4 - 13 - 26 Ionuţ Neagu ROU 26/10/1989 24 - - - - - 3 - - - 5 - 27 Toni Grădinaru ROU 23/08/1995 19 - 1 ------1 - 55 Alexandru Bourceanu ROU 24/04/1985 29 ------24 - 47 1 77 Adrian Popa ROU 24/07/1988 26 - 5 - - - 6 2 9 - 27 1 Forwards 9 Gabriel Iancu ROU 15/04/1994 20 - 4 1 - - 4 1 - - 12 3 25 Raul Rusescu ROU 09/07/1988 26 - - - - - 1 - 19 7 33 10 28 Claudiu Keșerü ROU 02/12/1986 27 - 3 1 - - 7 9 - - 3 1 Coach - Constantin Gâlcă ROU 08/03/1972 42 - 6 ------6 -

Aalborg BK Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 DEN 09/03/1991 23 - 4 - - - 7 - - - 6 - 22 Carsten Christensen DEN 28/08/1986 28 ------34 Frederik Reimer DEN 11/09/1996 18 ------

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Aalborg BK Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA Defenders 3 DEN 18/01/1991 23 - - - - - 2 - - - 1 - 5 Kenneth Emil Petersen DEN 15/01/1985 29 - 4 - - - 6 1 - - 4 - 6 Donny Gorter NED 15/06/1988 26 - 1 - - - 2 - 2 1 13 1 26 Rasmus Thelander DEN 09/07/1991 23 - 4 - - - 5 - - - 6 - 31 Jakob Blaabjerg DEN 11/01/1995 19 - 4 - - - 3 - - - 4 - 32 Kasper Pedersen DEN 13/01/1993 21 - - - - - 4 - - - 1 - Midfielders 7 Thomas Enevoldsen DEN 27/07/1987 27 - 3 - - - 7 - 9 3 30 5 8 Rasmus Würtz DEN 18/09/1983 30 - 3 - - - 4 - 10 - 20 - 9 Thomas Augustinussen DEN 20/03/1981 33 - 2 - - - 7 - 15 - 37 - 14 Mathias Wichmann DEN 06/08/1991 23 - 3 - - - 4 - - - 5 - 15 Gilli Sørensen FRO 11/08/1992 22 ------16 Mathias Thrane DEN 04/09/1993 21 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 21 Kasper Risgård DEN 04/01/1983 31 - 4 - - - 6 - 10 2 28 6 23 Nicolaj Thomsen DEN 08/05/1993 21 - 4 1 ------6 1 25 Frederik Børsting DEN 13/02/1995 19 - 1 - - - 5 - - - 1 - 30 Andreas Bruhn DEN 17/02/1994 20 - 1 - - - 4 - - - 1 - 36 Robert Kakeeto UGA 19/05/1995 19 ------Forwards 2 Patrick Kristensen DEN 28/04/1987 27 - 4 - - - 6 1 3 - 19 - 10 Rasmus Jönsson SWE 27/01/1990 24 ------10 3 11 DEN 08/07/1991 23 - 4 ------4 - 18 Anders Jacobsen DEN 27/10/1989 24 - 4 2 - - 7 3 2 - 9 2 19 Søren Frederiksen DEN 08/07/1989 25 ------2 - 20 Henrik Dalsgaard DEN 27/07/1989 25 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 5 - 28 Viktor Ahlmann DEN 03/01/1995 19 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 33 Lukas Spalvis LTU 27/07/1994 20 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 2 - Coach - Kent Nielsen DEN 28/12/1961 52 - 4 ------12 -

7 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Fixtures and results

FC Steaua Bucureşti Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 16/07/2014 UCL Strømsgodset IF (A) W 1-0 Iancu 49 23/07/2014 UCL Strømsgodset IF (H) W 2-0 Râpă 72, Stanciu 84 26/07/2014 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (A) W 3-1 Keșerü 28, Popa 67, Chipciu 73 30/07/2014 UCL FC Aktobe (A) D 2-2 Keșerü 44, Prepeliţă 78 02/08/2014 League FC Universitatea Craiova (H) W 3-1 Popa 3, Sânmărtean 34, Varela 90+3 06/08/2014 UCL FC Aktobe (H) W 2-1 Chipciu 3, Stanciu 39 10/08/2014 League CFR 1907 Cluj (A) W 1-0 C. Tănase 15 15/08/2014 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (H) W 6-0 Keșerü 23, 26 (P), 34, 64, 82, 86 19/08/2014 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (H) W 1-0 Chipciu 88 23/08/2014 League FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (H) L 0-1 L 27/08/2014 UCL PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (A) 0-1 (aet, 5-6 pens) 30/08/2014 League FC Viitorul Constanţa (A) W 1-0 Iancu 51 (P) 12/09/2014 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (H) W 3-1 Keșerü 14, 62, Sânmărtean 49 18/09/2014 UEL Aalborg BK (H) 21/09/2014 League FC Petrolul Ploieşti (A) 28/09/2014 League FC Astra Giurgiu (H) 02/10/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) 04/10/2014 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) 18/10/2014 League FC Universitatea Cluj (H) 23/10/2014 UEL Rio Ave FC (H) 25/10/2014 League FCM Târgu Mureş (A) 01/11/2014 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (H) 06/11/2014 UEL Rio Ave FC (A) 08/11/2014 League CS Concordia Chiajna (A) 22/11/2014 League FC Braşov (H) 27/11/2014 UEL Aalborg BK (A) 29/11/2014 League FC Botoşani (A) 06/12/2014 League CSMS Iaşi (H) 11/12/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) 21/02/2015 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) 28/02/2015 League FC Universitatea Craiova (A) 07/03/2015 League CFR 1907 Cluj (H) 14/03/2015 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) 18/03/2015 League FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (A) 21/03/2015 League FC Viitorul Constanţa (H) 04/04/2015 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (A) 08/04/2015 League FC Petrolul Ploieşti (H) 11/04/2015 League FC Astra Giurgiu (A) 18/04/2015 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) 25/04/2015 League FC Universitatea Cluj (A) 29/04/2015 League FCM Târgu Mureş (H)

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FC Steaua Bucureşti 02/05/2015 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (A) 09/05/2015 League CS Concordia Chiajna (H) 16/05/2015 League FC Braşov (A) 23/05/2015 League FC Botoşani (H) 28/05/2015 League CSMS Iaşi (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti 7 6 0 1 17 4 18 2 CFR 1907 Cluj 7 5 1 1 16 4 16 3 FC Astra Giurgiu 7 5 0 2 17 6 15 4 FC Petrolul Ploieşti 7 4 2 1 14 5 14 5 FCM Târgu Mureş 7 3 3 1 12 7 12 6 FC Botoşani 7 4 0 3 8 11 12 7 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 7 3 3 1 13 8 12 8 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 7 3 1 3 6 11 10 9 FC Rapid Bucureşti 7 2 2 3 6 10 8 10 FC Universitatea Cluj 7 2 2 3 8 7 8 11 FC Braşov 7 2 2 3 9 12 8 12 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 7 2 2 3 7 10 8 13 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 7 1 4 2 5 10 7 14 FC Viitorul Constanţa 7 1 3 3 6 8 6 15 FC Universitatea Craiova 7 1 2 4 5 14 5 16 FC Oţelul Galaţi 7 1 2 4 4 9 5 17 CSMS Iaşi 7 0 4 3 4 11 4 18 CS Concordia Chiajna 7 1 1 5 3 13 4

Aalborg BK Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 19/07/2014 League SønderjyskE (A) D 0-0 26/07/2014 League FC Midtjylland (H) W 2-0 Jacobsen 63, Helenius 66 (P) 30/07/2014 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (H) L 0-1 02/08/2014 League BK (A) D 1-1 Kristensen 67 06/08/2014 UCL GNK Dinamo Zagreb (A) W 2-0 Jacobsen 36, 85 09/08/2014 League FC Nordsjælland (H) L 1-2 Helenius 18 16/08/2014 League Esbjerg fB (H) D 1-1 Petersen 3 20/08/2014 UCL APOEL FC (H) D 1-1 Thomsen 16 26/08/2014 UCL APOEL FC (A) L 0-4 31/08/2014 League Silkeborg IF (A) D 2-2 Jacobsen 8, 78 13/09/2014 League FC København (H) W 1-0 Helenius 30 (P) 18/09/2014 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) 20/09/2014 League FC Vestsjælland (A) 27/09/2014 League Randers FC (H) 02/10/2014 UEL Rio Ave FC (H) 04/10/2014 League Brøndby IF (A) 18/10/2014 League Hobro IK (H) 23/10/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (H)

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Aalborg BK 25/10/2014 League FC Nordsjælland (A) 01/11/2014 League Silkeborg IF (H) 06/11/2014 UEL FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) 08/11/2014 League FC Vestsjælland (H) 22/11/2014 League FC Midtjylland (A) 27/11/2014 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (H) 29/11/2014 League FC København (H) 06/12/2014 League Odense BK (A) 11/12/2014 UEL Rio Ave FC (A) 21/02/2015 League Brøndby IF (H) 28/02/2015 League Esbjerg fB (A) 07/03/2015 League Randers FC (H) 14/03/2015 League Hobro IK (A) 21/03/2015 League SønderjyskE (H) 04/04/2015 League Randers FC (A) 11/04/2015 League FC Midtjylland (H) 18/04/2015 League FC Vestsjælland (A) 25/04/2015 League SønderjyskE (A) 02/05/2015 League Hobro IK (H) 09/05/2015 League Brøndby IF (A) 16/05/2015 League Odense BK (H) 19/05/2015 League FC København (A) 23/05/2015 League Esbjerg fB (H) 30/05/2015 League Silkeborg IF (A) 06/06/2015 League FC Nordsjælland (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Midtjylland 7 6 0 1 16 8 18 2 Hobro IK 7 4 2 1 12 5 14 3 Randers FC 7 4 1 2 8 7 13 4 FC Nordsjælland 7 4 1 2 11 11 13 5 Aalborg BK 7 2 4 1 8 6 10 6 Brøndby IF 7 3 1 3 9 8 10 7 FC København 7 2 2 3 6 9 8 8 SønderjyskE 7 1 4 2 6 8 7 9 FC Vestsjælland 7 2 1 4 10 13 7 10 Esbjerg fB 7 1 3 3 7 8 6 11 Odense BK 7 1 2 4 8 11 5 12 Silkeborg IF 7 0 3 4 3 10 3

10 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match-by-match lineups FC Steaua Bucureşti

UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (16/07/2014) Strømsgodset IF 0-1 FC Steaua Bucureşti Goals: 0-1 Iancu 49 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Arlauskis, Râpă, Szukała, Chipciu, Iancu (75 Filip), C. Tănase, Prepeliţă, Latovlevici, Sânmărtean (90 Vâlceanu), Pîrvulescu (58 Stanciu), Varela (23/07/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-0 Strømsgodset IF (agg: 3-0) Goals: 1-0 Râpă 72, 2-0 Stanciu 84 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Arlauskis, Râpă, Szukała, Chipciu (87 Vâlceanu), Filip, C. Tănase, Prepeliţă, Latovlevici, Sânmărtean (60 Stanciu), Varela, Popa (71 Grădinaru)

Third qualifying round (30/07/2014) FC Aktobe 2-2 FC Steaua Bucureşti Goals: 0-1 Keșerü 44, 1-1 Korobkin 58, 1-2 Prepeliţă 78, 2-2 Arzumanyan 87 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Arlauskis, Râpă, Szukała, Chipciu (88 Iancu), Filip, C. Tănase, Prepeliţă, Latovlevici, Keșerü (71 Lemnaru), Varela, Popa (84 Stanciu) (06/08/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-1 FC Aktobe (agg: 4-3) Goals: 1-0 Chipciu 3, 2-0 Stanciu 39, 2-1 Kapadze 85 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Arlauskis, Râpă, Szukała, Chipciu, C. Tănase (82 Pîrvulescu), Prepeliţă, Stanciu (48 Iancu), Latovlevici, Sânmărtean (12 Filip), Varela, Popa

Play-off (19/08/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-0 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Goals: 1-0 Chipciu 88 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Arlauskis, Râpă, Szukała, Chipciu, Prepeliţă, Stanciu (57 Keșerü), Latovlevici, Sânmărtean (92 Filip), Breeveld, Varela, Popa (83 Iancu) (27/08/2014) PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 1-0 FC Steaua Bucureşti (agg: 1-1 , 6-5 P) Goals: 1-0 Wanderson 90 Penalties: Moţi 1-0 , Keșerü 1-1 , Wanderson 1-1 (missed) , Pîrvulescu 1-1 (missed) , Hamza 2-1 , Szukała 2-2 , Júnior Caiçara 3-2 , Popa 3-3 , Marcelinho 4-3 , Varela 4-4 , Dyakov 5-4 , Prepeliţă 5-5 , Fábio Espinho 6-5 , Râpă 6-5 (missed) FC Steaua Bucureşti: Arlauskis, Râpă, Szukała, C. Tănase (5 Stanciu), Prepeliţă, Latovlevici (67 Pîrvulescu), Sânmărtean (83 Filip), Breeveld, Keșerü, Varela, Popa

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Group J Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Aalborg BK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Steaua Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rio Ave FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (18/09/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti-Aalborg BK Matchday 2 (02/10/2014)

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FC Dynamo Kyiv-FC Steaua Bucureşti Matchday 3 (23/10/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti-Rio Ave FC Matchday 4 (06/11/2014) Rio Ave FC-FC Steaua Bucureşti Matchday 5 (27/11/2014) Aalborg BK-FC Steaua Bucureşti Matchday 6 (11/12/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti-FC Dynamo Kyiv Aalborg BK

UEFA Champions League - Third qualifying round (30/07/2014) Aalborg BK 0-1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb Goals: 0-1 Brozović 49 Aalborg BK: Larsen, Kristensen, Petersen, Enevoldsen (72 Helenius), Augustinussen, Wichmann, Jacobsen, Risgård (46 Thomsen), Thelander, Blaabjerg, Spalvis (73 Bruhn) (06/08/2014) GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Aalborg BK (agg: 1-2) Goals: 0-1 Jacobsen 36, 0-2 Jacobsen 85 Aalborg BK: Larsen, Kristensen, Petersen, Würtz (89 Augustinussen), Wichmann (57 Enevoldsen), Jacobsen, Risgård, Thomsen, Thelander, Blaabjerg, Spalvis (62 Helenius)

Play-off (20/08/2014) Aalborg BK 1-1 APOEL FC Goals: 1-0 Thomsen 16, 1-1 Vinicius 54 Aalborg BK: Larsen, Kristensen (76 V. Ahlmann), Petersen, Würtz, Helenius (76 Dalsgaard), Wichmann, Jacobsen, Risgård, Thomsen (86 Thrane), Thelander, Blaabjerg (26/08/2014) APOEL FC 4-0 Aalborg BK (agg: 5-1) Goals: 1-0 Vinicius 29, 2-0 De Vincenti 44, 3-0 Aloneftis 64, 4-0 Sheridan 75 Aalborg BK: Larsen, Kristensen (46 Dalsgaard), Petersen, Enevoldsen, Würtz, Jacobsen, Risgård, Thomsen, Børsting (46 Helenius), Thelander, Blaabjerg (62 Gorter)

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Matchday 1 (18/09/2014) FC Steaua Bucureşti-Aalborg BK Matchday 2 (02/10/2014) Aalborg BK-Rio Ave FC Matchday 3 (23/10/2014) Aalborg BK-FC Dynamo Kyiv Matchday 4 (06/11/2014) FC Dynamo Kyiv-Aalborg BK Matchday 5 (27/11/2014) Aalborg BK-FC Steaua Bucureşti Matchday 6 (11/12/2014) Rio Ave FC-Aalborg BK

12 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match officials

Referee Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS) Assistant referees Nikolai Golubev (RUS) , Maksim Gavrilin (RUS) Additional assistant referees Sergei Ivanov (RUS) , Mikhail Vilkov (RUS) Fourth official Valeri Danchenko (RUS) UEFA Delegate Mehmet Süheyl Önen (TUR) UEFA Referee observer Miroslav Vitkovic (CRO)

Referee UEFA Europa Name Date of birth League UEFA matches matches Vladislav Bezborodov 15/01/1973 19 37

Vladislav Bezborodov Referee since: 2001 First division: 2007 FIFA badge: 2009

Tournaments: 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals 2009 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 30/07/2009 UEL 3QR FK Rabotnicki Odense BK 3-4 Skopje 29/08/2013 UEL PO AS Saint-Étienne Esbjerg fB 0-1 Saint-Etienne 31/07/2014 UEL 3QR Club Brugge KV Brøndby IF 3-0 Bruges

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 30/07/2009 UEL 3QR FK Rabotnicki Odense BK 3-4 Skopje 10/10/2009 U19 QR Scotland Romania 3-0 St. Veit an der Glan 29/08/2013 UEL PO AS Saint-Étienne Esbjerg fB 0-1 Saint-Etienne 31/07/2014 UEL 3QR Club Brugge KV Brøndby IF 3-0 Bruges

13 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Aalborg BK Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Legend Competitions

Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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