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Rosenborg BK v Olympiacos CFP PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim Wednesday, 23 November 2005 - 20:45 CET Group F - Matchday 5 Despite Olympique Lyonnais and Real Madrid CF having qualified for the knockout stages of the competition, the meeting between Rosenborg BK and Olympiacos CFP still has plenty of significance. The side finishing third in the group continues in European football in the UEFA Cup, and both clubs are still firmly in contention. Norwegian edge •Rosenborg will hope to keep their season going after missing out on a 14th consecutive domestic title last month. The Norwegian club are the favourites to reach the UEFA Cup, by virtue of their 3-1 win at Olympiacos on the opening day of this season's competition, and the fact the Greek side have yet to record a point following their first four games. •On Matchday 1, Rosenborg pulled off a surprise win against an Olympiacos team with a useful home record and who had taken the lead when Alejandro Lago put through his own net. Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Øyvind Storflor replied for the Norwegian side, either side of a Dimitrios Mavrogenidis own goal. Previous encounter •The clubs were drawn together in one previous UEFA Champions League season, in the 1997/98 tournament. On Matchday 2, the teams met in Norway, with Rosenborg recording a resounding 5-1 win. The Norewegian side then drew 2-2 in the return match, but their group tally of eleven points was not enough to see them progress. •Roar Strand, still in the Rosenborg squad, was one of the stars of the 5-1 win with two first-half goals, while striker Harald Brattbakk was also on target twice, and striking partner Sigurd Rushfeldt completed the scoring. Peter Oforiquaye, aged 17, became the competition's youngest scorer with Olympiacos's consolation. •Rushfeldt added another two goals on Matchday 6 in Greece, but current Olympiacos co-captains Mavrogenidis and Predrag Djordjević countered with goals for the home side. Djordjević equalised after 88 minutes to prevent Rosenborg from taking three points and reaching the knockout stages. Mixed record in Greece • In their other ties against Greek opposition, Rosenborg have twice encountered Olympiacos's rivals Panathiniakos FC. In the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round, Rosenborg won 3­0 at home after extra time to eliminate the Greek club by a 3­1 aggregate margin. • Last season, Rosenborg were grouped with Panathinaikos in the UEFA Champions League group stages. Panathinaikos won 2­1 at home, but Rosenborg dealt a blow to Greek chances of progress with a 2­2 draw in Trondheim. Two second­half goals from uefa.com 1/30 Rosenborg BK v Olympiacos CFP PRESS KIT Thorstein Helstad were eventually to allow Arsenal FC and PSV Eindhoven instead to reach the knockout stages. No wins in Norway • Olympiacos, still looking for their first win in Norway, have met one other club from the country in UEFA competition, when paired with FK Molde in the 1999/00 UEFA Champions League first group stage. Olympiacos won their home game 3­1 on Matchday 3 thanks to two goals from Giovanni and another from Luciano, but Molde recovered for the reverse fixture to win 3­2 in Norway. It was their only group win, but both teams were eliminated. Team facts: Rosenborg • Such has been their recent dominance of Norwegian football, Rosenborg have been involved in every UEFA Champions League since the 1995/96 season with the exception of the 2003/04 campaign when they exited the competition at the third qualifying round stage. They lost 1­0 on aggregate to Spanish side RC Deportivo La Coruña for whom Alberto Luque scored the only goal of the tie in the 16th minute of the second leg at the Riazor stadium. • Rosenborg thus switched to the UEFA Cup where they defeated FK Ventspils and FK Crvena Zvezda before exiting on away goals to SL Benfica in the third round. • Their best performance to date in UEFA club competition coincides with their only involvement in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, when in the 1996/97 season, the Norwegian side lost 3­1 on aggregate to the eventual beaten finalists, Juventus. • Last year, Rosenborg won the 2004 Norwegian Tippeligaen on goal difference from Vålerenga IF. • It meant once more, the third qualifying round, which for Rosenborg has become a habit with six appearances in the past six seasons. This season, they improved their record to five wins from six by defeating Romanian champions FC Steaua Bucuresti. • The two sides shared a 1­1 draw in Bucharest with Constantin Iacob putting the home side ahead after 30 minutes only for Norwegian international striker Thorstein Helstad to equalise five minutes from time. Rosenborg took control in the return leg in Trondheim as they raced to a three­goal lead thanks to the efforts of Jan Gunnar Solli (38), Alexander Ødegaard (57) and the misfortune of Mirel Radoi (60) who put through his own net. But Radoi (74) atoned for his error and when Iacob (76) added a second for the visitors, Rosenborg had to dig deep to keep the hopes of a group stage berth alive. • With Steaua tamed, Rosenborg stunned Greek champions Olympiacos CFP by recording a 3­1 away victory on the opening matchday. Olympiacos actually opened the scoring thanks to Alejandro Lago's own goal after 19 minutes, but Rosenborg were level by the break thanks to Per Ciljan Skjelbred (42). The home side then scored an own goal of their own through Dimitrios Mavrogenidis three minutes into the second period uefa.com 2/30 Rosenborg BK v Olympiacos CFP PRESS KIT before Rosenborg scored their third goal four minutes into added time through Øyvind Storflor. • But the Norwegian champions were unable to extend their unbeaten run. Lyon came knocking and continued their impressive form. Cris scored the only goal of the game on the stroke of half­time. • Although they opened the scoring, Rosenborg left Madrid with a 4­1 defeat at the end of Matchday 3. Roar Strand gave Rosenborg a shock 40th­minute lead only for the Spanish side to find inspiration in the unlikeliest of sources as Jonathan Woodgate's equalising header three minutes into the second half paved the way to victory. Raúl González (52), Iván Helguera (68) and David Beckham (82) added further goals for the home side before the end. • Two first­half goals carried Madrid to a third successive UEFA Champions League victory ­ and the knockout stages of the competition ­ on Matchday 4 at the expense of a spirited Rosenborg side who were unfortunate to find goalkeeper Iker Casillas at the top of his form. A Mikael Dorsin own goal (26) followed by a close­range effort from Guti (41) enabled the visitors to survive an awkward second half. • To date in UEFA club competition, Rosenborg have played on 136 occasions with 52 wins, 26 draws and 58 defeats. In that spell, the Norwegian side have scored 205 goals while conceding 231 times. Team facts: Olympiacos • Olympiacos are making their ninth successive appearance in the competition with their best performance coming in the 1998/99 season when they advanced to the quarter­ finals in what amounts to their best season in UEFA club competition. • On that occasion, the Greek side lost 3­2 on aggregate to Juventus. Filippo Inzaghi (37) and Antonio Conte (78) had given the Italian side a two­goal cushion in the opening leg at the Stadio Delle Alpi only for Andreas Niniadis to fire Olympiacos an 89th­minute lifeline. They looked set to profit as in the return leg Sinisa Gogić put them ahead after 13 minutes only for Conte to equalise five minutes from time to send Juventus through. • Olympiacos won the Greek Ethniki Kategoria by one point from Panathinaikos FC and thus advanced directly to the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage as one of the 16 automatic qualifiers. • The Greek champions were stunned by Rosenborg BK on the opening matchday, crashing to a 3­1 home defeat against a team struggling to finds their best form in the Norwegian Tippeligaen. Olympiacos actually opened the scoring thanks to Alejandro Lago's own goal after 19 minutes, but Rosenborg were level by the break thanks to Per Ciljan Skjelbred (42). The home side then scored an own goal of their own through Dimitrios Mavrogenidis three minutes into the second period before Rosenborg scored their third goal four minutes into stoppage time through Øyvind Storflor. uefa.com 3/30 Rosenborg BK v Olympiacos CFP PRESS KIT • A further defeat followed on the second matchday as Real Madrid CF scored four minutes from time through Roberto Soldado to record a 2­1 win. The Spanish side had taken the lead through Raúl González after nine minutes only for Pantelis Kafes to equalise three minutes into the second half. • Olympiacos were denied their first points in this season's competition when a last­ minute Sidney Govou goal gave Olympique Lyonnais a 2­1 win at the Stade Gerland. The Greek side had equalised moments earlier through Pantelis Kafes, only for Lyon, who had taken the lead through Juninho Pernambucano's fourth­minute free­kick, to snatch a dramatic win when the Brazilian floated a ball into the penalty area for Govou to volley over the onrushing Antonios Nikopolidis. • Olympiacos remain pointless after four matches as Olympique Lyonnais sealed their place in the last 16 of the competition with four goals in 16 minutes either side of half­ time to claim a comeback victory at the Greek side’s expense on Matchday 4.

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