UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 12 December 2013 19.00CET (19.00 Local Time) R
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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 12 December 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) R. Standard de Liège Group C - Matchday 6 IF Elfsborg Last updated 10/12/2013 11:38CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 R. Standard de Liège - IF Elfsborg Thursday 12 December 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Claesson 23; Mujangi 03/10/2013 GS IF Elfsborg - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Boras Bia 62 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA R. Standard de Liège 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 IF Elfsborg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jönsson 61(P); Leye Helsingborgs IF - R. Standard de 1-3 25/08/2011 PO Helsingborg 14, Berrier 34, Kanu Liège agg: 1-4 68 R. Standard de Liège - 18/08/2011 PO 1-0 Liege Tchité 60 Helsingborgs IF European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers IFK Norrköping - R. Standard de 2-0 Kindvall 41, 03/10/1963 PR Norrkoping Liège agg: 2-1 Martinsson 60 R. Standard de Liège - IFK 25/09/1963 PR 1-0 Liege Pilot 6 Norrköping IF Elfsborg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country IF Elfsborg 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 R. Standard de Liège 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 6 4 IF Elfsborg 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 R. Standard de Liège - IF Elfsborg Thursday 12 December 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Match background R. Standard de Liège will bid to put an end to a long wait for a UEFA Europa League victory when they meet IF Elfsborg, who are also looking to avoid finishing bottom of Group C. • With just a point each going into their final encounter, both teams have long been out of the running for a round of 32 slot. Previous meetings • The sides drew 1-1 on matchday two. Viktor Claesson's curler put the hosts ahead as Elfsborg received their first exposure to Belgian opponents, before Geoffrey Mujangi Bia replied for Standard. • Standard's record in five games against Swedish outfits reads W3 D1 L1 (W2 D0 L0 in Liege – W1 D1 L1 in Sweden). • Belgian sides have traditionally been stronger in meetings between teams from the two nations, with the Belgian clubs' record reading W12 D8 L6 (W7 D4 L2 at home – W5 D4 L4 in Sweden). Match background • Standard, Legia Warszawa and FC Sheriff have all now gone nine UEFA Europa League games (excluding qualifying) without a win, equalling the competition record held by three other teams – FC Salzburg, FC Steaua Bucureşti and PFC CSKA Sofia. • History may be repeating itself for Elfsborg, who picked up just one point in their only previous group stage tilt – in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup, and also Group C. Team facts • Elfsborg defender Daniel Mobaeck can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance on matchday six. • Elfsborg started the group stage as one of nine domestic champions in the competition along with NK Maribor (SVN), FC Sheriff (MDA), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL), Legia Warszawa (POL), FC Shakhter Karagandy (KAZ), APOEL FC (CYP) and GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO). However, Malmö FF have since won the 2013 Swedish title. • Elfsborg midfielder Anders Svensson and Standard defender Jelle Van Damme were team-mates at Southampton FC in the 2004/05 season. • Elfsborg's Mikkel Beckmann and Standard's David Biton were team-mates last season, both spending the spring on loan at Cypriot side APOEL FC. • Elfsborg forward Lasse Nilsson and Standard's Reza Ghoochanneijhad played together at sc Heerenveen from 2005–07. • Stand-in Elfsborg coach Klas Ingesson has a working knowledge of Belgian football, having played for KV Mechelen from 1990-93. Coach information • Guy Luzon left his native Israel to take over as Standard coach in summer 2013, having led his national team on home soil at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Injury forced the nephew of Israel Football Association (IFA) president Avi Luzon to hang up his boots at 21, but he found his calling as a coach, famously leading Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC into the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. • Jörgen Lennartsson was dismissed as Elfsborg coach ahead of matchday two, his side having failed to sparkle after winning the Allsvenskan in 2012. • Peter Wettergren and Klas Ingesson have stepped up to take charge of Elfsborg for the remainder of the Swedish season. A bronze medallist with Sweden at the 1994 FIFA World Cup finals, midfielder Ingesson played abroad for KV Mechelen, PSV Eindhoven, Sheffield Wednesday FC, AS Bari, Bologna FC, Olympique de Marsille and US Lecce. His coaching career has been interrupted by an ongoing battle with cancer. 3 R. Standard de Liège - IF Elfsborg Thursday 12 December 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Team facts R. Standard de Liège Formed: 1898 Nickname: Les Rouches (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1982) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2009) Belgian Cup: 6 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: first round 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: group stage 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Standard v Floriana FC 01/10/81, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: 1. FC Dynamo Dresden v Standard 10/12/80, third round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v UN Käerjéng 97 16/08/07, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Standard v Arsenal FC 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v Hannover 96 15/03/12, UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Standard v Ards FC 19/09/73, first round second leg 5-0: Standard v Portadown FC 16/09/92, first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: 1. FC Dynamo Dresden v Standard (see above) 0-3 on two occasions, most recently v UN Käerjéng (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Standard v Athletic Club Bilbao 16/12/04, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 on two occasions, most recently v Hannover 96 (see above) IF Elfsborg Formed: 1904 UEFA club competition honours 4 R. Standard de Liège - IF Elfsborg Thursday 12 December 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 6 (2012) Swedish Cup: 2 (2003) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: third qualifying round 2011/12: third qualifying round 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: second qualifying round (having transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) 2007/08: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: first round 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Elfsborg v Floriana FC 05/07/12, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4 twice, most recently v FC Daugava Daugavpils 23/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Elfsborg v Legia Warszawa 27/09/2001, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: ACF Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg 08/11/07, UEFA Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-0: Elfsborg v Floriana FC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-4: Floriana FC v Elfsborg 10/07/12, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Elfsborg v Legia Warszawa (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: ACF Fiorentina v IF Elfsborg (see above) 5 R. Standard de Liège - IF Elfsborg Thursday 12 December 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Squad list R.