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Evzena Rošického, Prague Thursday, 3 November 2005 - 20:00 local time Group A - Matchday 2

SK Slavia Praha begin their UEFA Cup Group A campaign with a home game against PFC CSKA Sofia, who are aiming to return to winning ways after losing their home Matchday 1 fixture to Rafael van der Vaart's goal for Hamburger SV. •The clubs are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition, but this will be the third occasion that Slavia have played host to a club from the Bulgarian capital. The Czech side won the first leg of their 1976/77 UEFA Cup first-round tie against FC Academik Sofia 2-0, Peter Herda and Miroslav Radolsky scoring in the second half, but bowed out of the competition after losing the return 3-0 in Sofia.

•In the second round of the 2003/04 UEFA Cup, Slavia again avoided a home defeat against a Bulgarian club as Pavel Fořt scored in the 90th minute to make it 2­2 against PFC Levski Sofia. The return also finished all square, but the 0­0 scoreline took the Bulgarian side through on away goals to a meeting with Liverpool FC.

• CSKA have twice met Czech teams in UEFA competition, with both ties coming in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. In 1961/62, CSKA recovered from being 4­2 down to draw 4­4 at home with VTJ Dukla Praha, now FK Marila Pribram. The Bulgarian side were unable to build on that comeback, however, as the Czech team won the return leg 2­1 for a 6­5 aggregate triumph.

• In the second round of the 1989/90 European Cup, CSKA travelled to Prague and drew 2­2 with AC Sparta Praha ­ then TJ Sparta CKD Praha ­ in the opening leg thanks to goals from captain Hristo Stoitchkov and . The Bulgarian outfit completed a convincing overall success with a 3­0 second­leg win, through two more goals from Stoitchkov and another from Kostadinov, for a 5­2 aggregate victory.

Team facts: Slavia • Slavia were infrequent participants in UEFA club competitions during the existence of Czechoslovakia, but since the formation of the , they have not failed to qualify to participate in UEFA club competitions. This season marks their 14th consecutive appearance. • Slavia’s participation in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup was short­lived as they entered and exited the competition at the second qualifying round stage. The Czech side lost on away goals to FC Dinamo Tbilisi after the sides shared a 3­3 aggregate draw. • The Czech side’s best performance in Europe came during the 1995/96 UEFA Cup when they advanced to the semi­finals stage of the competition only to lose 2­0 on aggregate to FC Girondins de , who qualified via the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Slavia entered the competition at the first qualifying round where SK Sturm Graz (2­1 on

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aggregate) were their first victims. SC Freiburg (2­1 on agg.), FC Lugano (3­1 on agg.), RC Lens (1­0 on agg.) and AS Roma (3­3 on agg., advanced on away goals) then followed before Bordeaux ended the Czech club’s involvement in the competition. • Slavia finished eleven points behind AC Sparta Praha in the 2004/05 Czech First Division, and ahead of FK Teplice in second place owing to their superior record in head­to­head meetings last season. • Their second place finished provided a berth in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and a match against Belgian league runners­up, RSC Anderlecht. The Czechs lost the opening leg of their tie in Brussels, but a goal from Lukáš Jarolím after 21 minutes ensured that Anderlecht’s advantage was kept to a minimum as they scored two goals through Bart Goor (7) and Mbo Mpenza (38). However, Anderlecht extended their advantage in the Czech capital with two goals in the final 18 minutes through Serhat Akin (72) and Mpenza (85) to deny their opponents their first taste of UEFA Champions League group stage action. • Slavia consoled themselves with a UEFA Cup first round tie against Irish side, Cork City FC, winning 4­1 on aggregate. The Czechs won the opening leg 2­0 on home soil, breaking Irish resistance after 62 minutes through Tomáš Hrdlička before Karel Piták added a second eleven minutes from time. They would also take a two­goal lead in the return leg in Ireland with Piták on target after 28 minutes before Stantislav Vlček added a second after 59 minutes. Cork’s consolation came via George O’Callaghan’s penalty after 73 minutes.

• Prior to Matchday 2 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Slavia had played 94 matches in UEFA club competitions.

Team facts: CSKA Sofia • The 2005/06 campaign marks CSKA Sofia's tenth consecutive season in UEFA competition.

• Since 1969/70, CSKA Sofia have only failed to participate twice in UEFA competition, making 35 appearances in 37 seasons. The two exceptions are the 1985/86 and 1995/96 campaigns. • CSKA Sofia are one of three Bulgarian clubs making their first appearances in the UEFA Cup group stage this season alongside PFC Levski Sofia and PFC Litex Lovech. • CSKA Sofia competed in the 2004/05 UEFA Cup but failed to qualify for the group stage. Having entered the competition in the second qualifying round, the Bulgarian side accounted for AC Omonia of 4­2 on aggregate. • The then faced FC Steaua Bucuresti in the first round, but their Romanian neighbours prevailed 4­3 on aggregate to end CSKA Sofia's involvement in European competition for another season. Steaua won 2­1 at home in the opening leg before holding CSKA to a 2­2 draw in Sofia, where the home side's recovery from 2­0 down

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after 34 minutes to salvage a draw with goals from Stoyko Sakaliev and Emil Gargarov was not enough for progress. • Under various guises, CSKA Sofia have reached three semi­finals in UEFA competition. During the 1966/67 European Cup, playing as CSKA Cherveno zname, they shared two 1­1 draws with FC Internazionale Milano before losing a replay 1­0. • Then in the 1981/82 European Cup semi­finals as CSKA Septemvri zname, they lost 7­ 4 on aggregate to FC Bayern München. The first match in Sofia was a seven­goal thriller with CSKA racing to a 3­0 lead in the opening 17 minutes through Georgi Dimitrov, Tzvetan Yonchev and Radoslav Zdravkov only for Bayern to eventually claw their way back. At one stage CSKA were 4­1 up as Yonchev added his second four minutes into the second half, but Bayern gave themselves a fighting chance with late goals from Dieter Hoeness and Paul Breitner. The return leg in Bavaria was a more one­sided contest as Bayern ran out 4­0 winners with Breitner and Karl­Heinz Rummenigge both scoring twice. • More recently, with the club named FK Sredets, CSKA Sofia played FC in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi­finals. Barça won 4­2 at home and then defeated CSKA 2­1 in Sofia with Bulgarian legend Hristo Stoitchkov scoring all three of CSKA's goals in the tie. Now aware of Stoitchkov's prodigious talent at first hand, Barcelona moved quickly to acquire his services. • CSKA Sofia actually started the 2005/06 season in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round having won last season's Bulgarian .

• The Bulgarian champions accounted for KF Tirana courtesy of two 2­0 victories in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Ibrahima Gueye (89) and Emil Gargarov (90+2) provided the firepower in the Albanian capital as CSKA staged a late goal rush. Back in the Bulgarian capital, they needed only two minutes to break the deadlock through Guillaume Dah Zadi before Yordan Todorov added a second in the last minute.

• But CSKA Sofia found the going tougher in the third qualifying round when they were ousted by defending champions Liverpool FC. CSKA lost the opening leg 3­1 at home as two goals from and another from Djibril Cissé left Liverpool comfortably in control. scored CSKA's consolation on the stroke of half­ time. Nevertheless, 's champions still managed to cause a surprise at Anfield as Valentin Iliev scored the only goal to secure a 1­0 victory on the night, although it was Liverpool who advanced as 3­2 aggregate winners. • CSKA's attentions subsequently moved to the UEFA Cup where Bayer 04 , also recent UEFA Champions League finalists, provided the first­round opposition. CSKA again recorded a 1­0 win on their travels thanks to Yordan Todorov's 15th­minute winner and they then clinched the return leg with Mourad Hdiouad's goal securing a 2­0 aggregate success. • A single goal from Rafael van der Vaart steered Hamburger SV to victory against

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CSKA Sofia in the opening matchday of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. The Bundesliga outfit took three points from the Bulgarian capital thanks to a sumptuous long­range strike from the Dutch midfielder just short of the hour. • Prior to Matchday 2 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, CSKA Sofia had played 179 matches in UEFA club competition, second only to FK Crvena Zvezda (222) as the club with the highest amount of matches played by any participants in this season’s UEFA Cup group stage.

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All-time statistics Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs

Home team's record versus clubs from the away team's country Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 15.09.1976 UCUP R1 SK Slavia Praha - FC Akademik Sofia 2-0 Prague 29.09.1976 UCUP R1 FC Akademik Sofia - SK Slavia Praha 3-0 Sofia 06.11.2003 UCUP R2 SK Slavia Praha - PFC Levski Sofia 2-2 Prague 27.11.2003 UCUP R2 PFC Levski Sofia - SK Slavia Praha 0-0 Sofia Overall record Pld W D L GF GA SK Slavia Praha 4 1 2 1 4 5

Away team's record versus clubs from the home team's country Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 06.09.1961 UCL PR PFC CSKA Sofia - FK Marila Príbram 4-4 Sofia 13.09.1961 UCL PR FK Marila Príbram - PFC CSKA Sofia 2-1 Pribram 18.10.1989 UCL R2 AC Sparta Praha - PFC CSKA Sofia 2-2 01.11.1989 UCL R2 PFC CSKA Sofia - AC Sparta Praha 3-0 Overall record Pld W D L GF GA PFC CSKA Sofia 4 1 2 1 10 8

UEFA club competition record SK Slavia Praha Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 14 6 0 8 14 20 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 8 3 4 1 11 9 UEFA Cup 72 33 16 23 105 76 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 94 42 20 32 130 105 PFC CSKA Sofia Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 98 41 16 41 140 144 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 22 12 1 9 49 29 UEFA Cup 55 20 15 20 80 74 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 2 1 1 8 4 Total 179 75 33 71 277 251

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KEY: All-time statistics Comp. - Competition, Res - Result Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup) Current club names used for all clubs listed in these tables Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined. Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out.. ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League : Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals

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Squad list SK Slavia Praha All-time UEFACUP1 UEFA2 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 29 MatúšKoz áčík SVK 27.12.83 4 ­ 7 ­ 30 Martin Slavík CZE 21.09.79 ­ ­ ­ ­ 35 Aleskander Šeliga SLO 01.02.80 2 ­ 7 ­ 39 Jakub Diviš CZE 27.07.86 ­ ­ ­ ­ Defenders 2 Karel Kratochvil CZE 08.06.82 6 ­ 8 ­ 3 Jiří Studík CZE 12.09.85 ­ ­ ­ ­ 4 David Hubáček CZE 23.02.77 1 ­ 7 ­ 11 Miroslav Holeňák CZE 10.02.76 16 ­ 26 ­ 12 Ivan Kováč SVK 23.09.77 ­ ­ 1 ­ 24 Petr Zábojník CZE 03.10.80 1 ­ 3 ­ Midfielders 5 Michal Švec CZE 19.03.87 1 ­ 4 ­ 6 Martin Latka CZE 28.09.84 5 ­ 11 ­ 8 Petr Janda CZE 05.01.87 ­ ­ ­ ­ 9 Milan Černý CZE 16.03.88 ­ ­ ­ ­ 14 Patrick Gedeon CZE 19.07.75 11 2 25 4 15 Michal Held CZE 27.01.87 ­ ­ ­ ­ 17 Marek Suchý CZE 29.03.88 2 ­ 4 ­ 18 Dušan Švento SVK 01.08.85 2 ­ 4 ­ 19 Matej Krajcik SVK 19.03.78 2 ­ 2 ­ 20 Lukáš Jarolím CZE 29.07.76 9 ­ 16 1 21 Martin Zbončák CZE 21.07.75 11 3 25 4 22 Marcel Gecov CZE 01.01.88 ­ ­ ­ ­ 28 Tomáš Hrdlička CZE 17.02.82 10 2 16 3 Forwards 7 Stanislav Vlček CZE 26.02.76 7 1 24 9 16 Pavel Fořt CZE 26.06.83 5 1 10 1 23 Karel Piták CZE 28.01.80 13 2 23 3 25 Tomáš Pešír CZE 30.05.81 2 ­ 6 ­ 26 Martin Černoch CZE 18.11.77 1 ­ 1 ­ Coach Karel Jarolim CZE 23.08.58 8 ­ 10 ­

KEY: Squad list Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UEFACUP: Total appearances in the UEFA Cup from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 2 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Squad list PFC CSKA Sofia All-time UEFACUP1 UEFA2 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Dejan Maksić SCG 20.09.75 3 ­ 4 ­ 12 Todor Kutchoukov BUL 06.09.78 ­ ­ ­ ­ 31 Evghenii Hmaruc MOL 13.06.77 ­ ­ 7 ­ Defenders 2 Radoslav Zabavník SVK 16.09.80 9 ­ 23 ­ 4 Adrian Ivanov BUL 01.05.85 ­ ­ ­ ­ 5 Vladimir Zafirov BUL 21.03.83 ­ ­ ­ ­ 14 Valentin Iliev BUL 11.07.80 3 ­ 8 2 16 Aleksandar Branekov BUL 31.05.87 ­ ­ ­ ­ 25 Ivan Ivanov BUL 25.02.88 ­ ­ ­ ­ 27 Tiago Silva BRA 04.04.79 6 ­ 15 1 29 Ibrahima Gueye SEN 19.02.78 13 ­ 26 1 33 Slavko Matić SCG 02.07.76 1 ­ 6 ­ Midfielders 6 Sergej Jakirović BHZ 23.12.76 5 ­ 10 ­ 7 Hristo Yanev BUL 04.05.79 10 2 23 3 18 Mourad Hidiouad MOR 10.09.76 10 1 22 4 20 Yordan Yurukov BUL 02.10.83 3 ­ 5 ­ 23 Emil Gargorov BUL 15.02.81 9 3 21 4 30 Yordan Todorov BUL 27.07.81 7 1 16 2 Forwards 8 Velizar Dimitrov BUL 13.04.79 9 3 19 6 11 Guillaume Dah Zadi CIV 01.01.78 3 ­ 7 1 15 Petar Dimitrov BUL 28.02.82 ­ ­ 4 ­ 17 Matija Matko CRO 20.09.82 ­ ­ 1 ­ 21 Stoyko Sakaliev BUL 25.03.79 7 1 14 2 Coach Miodrag Jesic SCG 30.11.58 3 ­ 7 ­

KEY: Squad list Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UEFACUP: Total appearances in the UEFA Cup from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 2 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Match-by-match lineups - Group A Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts Hamburger SV 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Viking FK 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 SK Slavia Praha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AS FC 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 PFC CSKA Sofia 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Date Match Res Lineups 20/10/2005 Viking FK v AS Monaco FC 1-0 Viking: Basso, Hangeland, Hansen, Pereira, Kopteff, Grande (Mumba 73), Nygaard, Gaarde, Østenstad, Nhleko (Svenning 89), Tengesdal Monaco: Warmuz, Evra (Zikos 46), Modesto, Maicon, Squillaci, Givet, Plašil (Gigliotti 46), Bernardi, Kapo (Maoulida 84), Meriem, Adebayor 20/10/2005 PFC CSKA Sofia v Hamburger SV 0-1 CSKA Sofia: Maksić, Zabavník, Valetntin Iliev, Tiago Silva, Gueye, Jakirović (Zadi 66), Hdiouad, Gargorov, Yordan Todorov, Yanev (Sakaliev 66), Velizar Dimitrov (Yurukov 82) Hamburg: Wächter, Atouba, Van Buyten, Wicky, Demel (Klingbeil 45), Jarolím, Trochowski (Mahdavikia 59), Beinlich, Van der Vaart, Barbarez, Emile Mpenza (Ziegler 87) 03/11/2005 Hamburger SV v Viking FK 03/11/2005 SK Slavia Praha v PFC CSKA Sofia 24/11/2005 Viking FK v SK Slavia Praha 24/11/2005 AS Monaco FC v Hamburger SV 30/11/2005 SK Slavia Praha v AS Monaco FC 30/11/2005 PFC CSKA Sofia v Viking FK 15/12/2005 AS Monaco FC v PFC CSKA Sofia 15/12/2005 Hamburger SV v SK Slavia Praha

KEY: Match-by-match lineups Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points (NOTE: In the group stage, the group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advance to the UEFA Cup knockout stage where they are joined by the third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage. The fourth- and fifth-placed teams in the UEFA Cup group stage are eliminated.)

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Match officials Referee Sergiy Shebek (UKR) Assistant referees Viktor Suslo (UKR), Aleksandr Zhurba (UKR) Fourth official Sergiy Berezka (UKR) UEFA Delegate Cornel Cristian Bivolaru (ROM) UEFA Referee observer Robert Valentine (SCO) Referee

Name Nat. DoB UEFACUP1 UEFA2 Sergiy Shebek UKR 14.06.1960 9 13 UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 30.09.2004 UCUP R1 KSK Beveren - PFC Levski Sofia 1-0 Beveren 03.11.2005 UCUP GS SK Slavia Praha - PFC CSKA Sofia Prague

UEFA Cup Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 23.08.2001 UCUP QR Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Ararat Yerevan 3-0 Tel-Aviv 27.09.2001 UCUP R1 Helsingborgs IF - Odd Grenland 1-1 Helsingborg 19.09.2002 UCUP R1 SK Sturm Graz - Livingston FC 5-2 Graz 24.09.2003 UCUP R1 Maccabi Haifa FC - NK Publikum 2-1 Izmir 06.11.2003 UCUP R2 Vålerenga IF - Wisla Kraków 0-0 Oslo 12.08.2004 UCUP QR2 Amica Sport - Budapest Honvéd FC 1-0 Wronki 15.12.2004 UCUP GS AEK Athens FC - TSV Alemannia Aachen 0-2 Athens 15.09.2005 UCUP R1 Viking FK - FK Wien 1-0 Stavanger

Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 06.03.2000 U16 QR Germany - Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-0 Breza 08.03.2000 U16 QR Italy - Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 Sarajevo 24.06.2000 UIC R1 NK Slaven Koprivnica - Glenavon FC 3-0 Koprivnica 01.09.2000 U21 QR Iceland - 0-0 Hafnarfjordur 07.10.2000 U18 PR Faroe Islands - Italy 0-6 09.10.2000 U18 PR England - Faroe Islands 5-0 01.06.2001 U21 QR Turkey - Azerbaijan 3-0 Istanbul 23.06.2001 UIC R1 KSC Lokeren OV - B68 Toftir 0-0 Lokeren 12.10.2002 EURO QR Malta - 0-2 Ta' Qali 30.07.2003 UCL QR2 FK Leotar - SK Slavia Praha 1-2 Trebinje 28.04.2004 FRIE. R1 Poland - Rep. of Ireland Bydgoszcz

KEY: Match officials Nat. - Nationality, DoB - Date of birth Comp. - Competition, Res - Result 1 - UEFACUP: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Cup from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. Matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) 2 - UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official

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statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. International matches or matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League : Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals CONFCUP: Confederation Cup QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals FRIE.: Friendly matches

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Domestic news Weekend joy boosts rivals' confidence (Monday, 31 October 2005) Confidence will not be a problem for the sides in UEFA Cup Group A going into Matchday 2 after Hamburger SV, Viking FK, PFC CSKA Sofia and AS Monaco all enjoyed victories at the weekend. SK Slavia Praha were not so fortunate, though, suffering defeat at the Czech top-flight's bottom club, 1. FC Brno, on Monday.

Hamburger SV 1–0 FC Schalke 04 Hamburg rounded off a successful week with a home victory against Schalke on Saturday, Iranian midfielder Mehdi Mahdavikia scoring the only goal on 19 minutes. Hamburg remained third in the Bundesliga, four points behind FC Bayern München and two adrift of Werder Bremen despite being without Rafael van der Vaart (suspended), Guy Demel (ankle and suspension) and Bastian Reinhardt (thigh). Van der Vaart was, however, a key figure in Hamburg's 3-2 victory against in the second round of the German Cup on Tuesday night, the Dutch international's free-kick creating a late winner for Swiss midfielder Raphael Wicky.

"I want to compliment my players on another great performance," said Hamburg coach Thomas Doll after watching his side defeat Schalke. "We controlled the match in the first half and created a string of chances. Sadly we lost our way a bit when Schalke went down to ten men [after Christian Poulsen was sent off] and we failed to kill the match off by scoring the second goal. None the less we took three very important points today."

Viking FK 3-0 Ålesunds FK Viking clinched fifth place in the Norwegian Tippeligaen with a comfortable win against Aalesund, who were relegated as a result of the defeat. Danish midfielder Allan Gaarde opened the scoring on 20 minutes, slotting in from close range after a nice cross from Peter Kopteff. Robert Mambo Mumba doubled the lead 14 minutes later, latching on to Egil Østenstad's flick. In his last league game before hanging up his boots, Østenstad rounded off his domestic career in perfect fashion by adding the third in added time, tapping in after Allan Borgvardt had unselfishly square when clean through.

"This was a good win after we hadn't won for five league games," said Viking coach Roy Hodgson, whose first-choice goalkeeper Anthony Basso was suspended but is expected to return in time for the trip to Hamburg, although Fredric Lundqvist (heel) and Peter Kovacs (cruciate ligament) remain injured. "We took our chances this time, something we have struggled with lately. This should give us confidence ahead of the game in Hamburg." 1. FC Brno 1-0 SK Slavia Praha

Having rested all of his regular players with the exception of Matej Krajcík and Tomáš Hrdlička for Wednesday's Czech Cup victory against second­division TJ Vítkovice (defender Karel Kratochvíl settling the tie in style with his first­ever goal for Sparta, a

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sumptuous overhead­kick), coach Karel Jarolím welcomed back his key performers for Monday's trip to Brno, including Karel Piták after a three­game suspension and Michal Švec following a long­term injury absence, although Krajcík was suspended.

Still, that was not enough to prevent Brno, bottom of the First Division, from recording their first league victory of the season at the eleventh attempt. Pavel Mezlík's goal in the third minute ended Slavia's six­game unbeaten run, although the visitors twice saw attempts on goal cleared off the line. "Again we conceded a soft goal in the opening minutes which proved to be decisive," was Jarolím's verdict. Patrik Gedeon and Césareo Victorino are both sidelined with knee injuries. PFC CSKA Sofia 3­0 PFC Cherno More Varna

Bulgarian international Valentin Iliev is a doubt for CSKA Sofia’s trip to Prague on Thursday after damaging his ankle during his side's 3­0 win over PFC Cherno More Varna. The victory on Saturday, thanks to goals from Emil Gargorov, Yordan Yurukov and Velizar Dimitrov, extended CSKA Sofia’s unbeaten start to the league season to ten games and put them four points clear at the top.

"I am not happy despite the win as we lost another first team player," said coach Miodrag Jesic afterwards. "We will wait for the medical tests and can only hope that Iliev will recover in time". The loss of the defender was the club’s second blow in the space of three days after midfielder Mourad Hdiouad suffered a thigh injury during the 4­3 league win over PFC Lokomotiv 1936 last Wednesday. The Moroccan will be sidelined for at least six weeks.

AS Monaco FC 3–0 AC Ajaccio

For the second successive home game in Ligue 1 since Francesco Guidolin became coach, Monaco turned in a 3­0 victory. After the win over FC two weeks ago this Saturday they defeated AC Ajaccio, getting their first goal in the first half of a league game this season in the process. Ernesto Chevantón’s 38th minute strike was later added to by Gaël Givet and Jaroslav Plašil as Monaco moved up to sixth in the table. "It was our best game since I took charge," Guidolin said afterwards. The Italian will be grateful his team are not involved on Matchday 2 however, such are the injury problems he currently faces. Flavio Roma (groin), Patrice Evra (eye), Sébastien Squilaci (thigh), Eric Cubilier (knee), Olivier Kapo (ankle) and Emmanuel Adebayor (groin) all missed the game at the weekend. Meanwhile, Monaco secured their place in the last 16 of the French League Cup with a 1­0 midweek win over Ligue 2 side Dijon FCO.

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Domestic league details SK Slavia Praha (Gambrinus Liga) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 05.08.2005 v FC Vysocina Jihlava (H) 1-1 Piták 14.08.2005 v FK Teplice (A) 0-1 20.08.2005 v FK Jablonec 97 (H) 3-2 Piták, Švento, Krajcik 27.08.2005 v SK Sigma Olomouc (A) 3-4 Hrdlička, Piták, Švento 10.09.2005 v FC Viktoria Plzen (A) 1­1 Krajcik 18.09.2005 v FC Zlín (H) 1­0 Fořt 24.09.2005 v FK Marila Príbram (A) 2­2 Latka, Vlček 03.10.2005 v FK Mladá Boleslav (H) 2­1 Own goal, Jarolím 15.10.2005 v FK SIAD Most (A) 3­0 Jarolím (pen), Fořt, Hrdlička 23.10.2005 v AC Sparta Praha (H) 4­1 Švento, Krajcik, Vlček, Latka 31.10.2005 v 1. FC Brno (A) 0­1 06.11.2005 v 1. FC Slovácko (H) 20.11.2005 v FC Slovan Liberec (A) 27.11.2005 v FK Chmel Blšany (H) 04.12.2005 v FC Baník Ostrava (A) 11.12.2005 v FK Teplice (H) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Slovan Liberec 11 8 2 1 18 5 26 2 FK Teplice 11 7 3 1 18 8 24 3 SK Sigma Olomouc 11 6 1 4 16 16 19 4 SK Slavia Praha 11 5 3 3 20 14 18 5 FK Marila Príbram 11 5 3 3 17 12 18 6 FK Mladá Boleslav 11 4 3 4 18 18 15 7 FC Viktoria Plzen 11 4 3 4 14 14 15 8 FK Jablonec 97 10 4 2 4 16 15 14 9 FC Baník Ostrava 11 3 4 4 10 12 13 10 AC Sparta Praha 11 4 1 6 15 19 13 11 FC Zlín 11 3 3 5 10 13 12 12 FC Vysocina Jihlava 11 3 3 5 10 17 12 13 1. FC Slovácko 11 2 5 4 11 13 11 14 FK SIAD Most 10 3 1 6 12 14 10 15 FK Chmel Blšany 11 2 4 5 11 22 10 16 1. FC Brno 11 1 5 5 12 16 8 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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Domestic league details PFC CSKA Sofia (Premier League) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 06.08.2005 v PFC (A) 4-1 Zadi (2), Sakaliev, Gargorov 14.08.2005 v PFC Litex Lovech (H) 2-1 Hdiouad (pen), Zadi 20.08.2005 v PFC Belasitza Petrich (A) 5-1 Yordan Todorov (2), Tiago Silva, Yurukov (2) 11.09.2005 v PFC Levski Sofia (A) 1-1 Velizar Dimitrov 18.09.2005 v PFC Naftex (H) 3-0 Yordan Todorov, Sakaliev (2) 24.09.2005 v PFC Pirin 1922 (A) 3-0 Sakaliev (2), Gargorov 02.10.2005 v PFC Marek Dupnitza (A) 4-1 Hdiouad (pen), Gargorov, Sakaliev, Velizar Dimitrov 15.10.2005 v PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (H) 7-0 Hdiouad (3), Zadi (2), Sakaliev, Yordan Todorov 26.10.2005 v PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 4-3 Sakaliev, Zabavník, Velizar Dimitrov, Jakirović (H) 29.10.2005 v PFC Cherno More Varna (H) 3­0 Velizar Dimitrov, Gargorov, Yurukov 06.11.2005 v PFC Lokomotiv Sofia (A) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 PFC CSKA Sofia 10 9 1 0 36 8 28 2 PFC Levski Sofia 10 7 3 0 30 12 24 3 PFC Lokomotiv Sofia 11 8 0 3 21 9 24 4 PFC Vihren Sandanski 10 7 0 3 19 16 21 5 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 10 6 1 3 21 17 19 6 PFC Litex Lovech 9 5 2 2 18 7 17 7 PFC Cherno More Varna 11 5 0 6 14 15 15 8 PFC Slavia Sofia 10 3 2 5 7 12 11 9 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora 10 3 2 5 13 19 11 10 PFC Belasitza Petrich 10 3 1 6 12 19 10 11 PFC Botev Plovdiv 10 2 3 5 6 15 9 12 PFC Pirin 1922 10 2 3 5 8 17 9 13 PFC Rodopa Smolian 11 2 2 7 8 18 8 14 PFC Marek Dupnitza 11 2 2 7 8 20 8 15 PFC Naftex Burgas 10 1 2 7 4 20 5 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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