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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2013/2014 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Štruncovy Sady Stadión - Plzen Tuesday 20 August 2013 20:45 CET (20:45 local time) Plzeň Play-off, First leg Maribor Last updated 19/08/2013 10:47 CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Fixtures and results 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 FC Viktoria Plzeň - NK Maribor Tuesday 20 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen Previous meetings Head to Head No matches FC Viktoria Plzeň - Record versus clubs from opponents' country No matches NK Maribor - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 27/08/2009 PO AC Sparta Praha - NK Maribor Prague Bony 3 agg: 3-0 20/08/2009 PO NK Maribor - AC Sparta Praha 0-2 Maribor Bony 29, 86 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NK Maribor 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 FC Viktoria Plzeň - NK Maribor Tuesday 20 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen Match background FC Viktoria Plzeň face Slovenian opposition for the first time when they host NK Maribor in their UEFA Champions League play-off first leg hoping to build on some impressive recent results in Europe. • Both teams are seeking only their second appearance in the group stage but Pavel Vrba's Czech champions will start as favourites given their free-scoring form in qualifying and a run of nine wins in their last ten European outings at the Štruncovy Sady Stadión. Match background • Plzeň have scored 16 goals in four qualifying matches this summer as they beat Bosnia and Herzegovinia's FK Željezničar 6-4 on aggregate and Estonia's JK Nõmme Kalju 10-2 overall in the two previous rounds. • Furthermore Plzeň have won all ten of their UEFA Champions League qualifiers, in 2011/12 and this season, scoring 34 goals in the process. • Plzeň also had a strong campaign in the UEFA Europa League last season, winning a group that included holders Club Atletico de Madrid and then defeating SSC Napoli before a 2-1 aggregate loss to Fenerbahçe SK in the round of 16. Prior to their 1-0 home reverse against Fenerbahçe they had posted seven straight home wins in Europe. • Maribor reached the play-offs by overcoming Malta's Birkirkara FC 2-0 on aggregate and APOEL FC of Cyprus on away goals after a 1-1 aggregate draw. • Last season Maribor fell 3-1 on aggregate to a GNK Dinamo Zagreb side then led by Ante Čačić, their current coach, in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. While Čačić went on to oversee Dinamo's first five group stage fixtures, Maribor entered the UEFA Europa League where they finished bottom of a group containing S.S. Lazio, Tottenham Hotspur FC and Panathinaikos FC. They have failed to win any of their last six away games in Europe. • For Maribor, this is the 11th time they have entered UEFA Champions League qualifying but only once before have they won through to the group stage – in 1999/2000 when they beat KRC Genk and Olympique Lyonnais. • In their only previous UEFA Champions League play-off in 2011/12, Plzeň beat FC København away (3-1) and home (2-1) to reach the group stage; the home tie was played at the Eden Stadión in Prague. • While Plzeň have never played Slovenian opposition, Maribor's only past meeting with a Czech side came against AC Sparta Praha in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League play-off. They lost the first leg at home 2-0 and had their fate sealed by a 1-0 reverse in Prague. Team ties • Plzeň goalkeeper Matúš Kozáčik appeared for Sparta against Maribor in that aforementioned UEFA Europa League tie. Tavares and substitute Aleš Mertelj lined up against him in the first leg, while that pair and Matic Črnic all played in the second game in Prague. • Pavel Horváth played for in the Czech Republic's 1-0 home friendly defeat by Slovenia in August 2000. It is a measure of the 38-year-old's remarkable longevity that he scored his first senior hat-trick against Kalju in the third qualifying round. • Jasmin Handanovič faced the Czech Republic twice in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, appearing in a 1-0 defeat in Teplice and then keeping a clean sheet in a 0-0 home draw in Maribor. • Rajtoral František helped the Czech Under-21 side to a 2-0 victory against Slovenia in a February 2007 friendly in Portugal. 3 FC Viktoria Plzeň - NK Maribor Tuesday 20 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen Squad list FC Viktoria Plzeň 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 Matúš Kozáčik SVK 27/12/1983 29 - 4 - - - - - - - 44 - 13 Petr Bolek CZE 13/06/1984 29 - - - - - - - - - 8 - 33 Roman Pavlík CZE 17/01/1976 37 - - - - - - - 1 - 4 - Defenders 2 Lukáš Hejda CZE 09/03/1990 23 - 2 - - - - - - - 12 - 8 David Limberský CZE 06/10/1983 29 - 4 - - - - - 6 - 40 1 14 Radim Řezník CZE 20/01/1989 24 - 4 - - - - - 2 - 26 1 21 Václav Procházka CZE 08/05/1984 29 - 3 - - - - - - - 25 1 27 František Rajtoral CZE 12/03/1986 27 - 4 1 - - - - 6 - 36 5 28 Marián Čišovský SVK 02/11/1979 33 - 4 4 - - - - 5 - 69 11 Midfielders 5 Marek Hanousek CZE 06/08/1991 22 - - - - - - - - - 8 1 6 Matěj Končal CZE 08/12/1993 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Tomáš Hořava CZE 29/05/1988 25 - 2 1 - - - - - - 8 2 10 Pavel Horváth CZE 22/04/1975 38 - 4 3 - - - - 10 - 79 14 11 Milan Petržela CZE 19/06/1983 30 - 4 1 - - - - 6 - 22 2 16 Vladimír Darida CZE 08/08/1990 23 - 4 - - - - - 3 - 26 4 19 Jan Kovařík CZE 19/06/1988 25 - 3 - - - - - - - 13 3 20 Mladen Veselinović BIH 04/01/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 26 Daniel Kolář CZE 27/10/1985 27 - 4 2 - - - - 6 - 43 10 Forwards 9 Stanislav Tecl CZE 01/09/1990 22 - 3 1 - - - - - - 7 3 12 Michal Ďuriš SVK 01/06/1988 25 - 3 1 - - - - 6 1 33 10 15 Tomáš Wágner CZE 06/03/1990 23 - 4 2 - - - - - - 5 2 23 Marek Bakoš SVK 15/04/1983 30 - - - - - - - 6 2 26 12 Coach - Pavel Vrba CZE 06/12/1963 49 - - - - - - - - - - - NK Maribor 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 12 Marko Pridigar SVN 18/05/1985 28 - - - - - - - - - 10 - 33 Jasmin Handanovič SVN 28/01/1978 35 - 4 - - - - - - - 28 - 34 Dragan Topić SVN 12/03/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Matjaž Kek SVN 04/01/1991 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Aleš Mejač SVN 18/03/1983 30 - 3 - - - - - - - 31 1 4 FC Viktoria Plzeň - NK Maribor Tuesday 20 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen NK Maribor Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 16 Damjan Vukliševič SVN 28/06/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Nejc Potokar SVN 02/12/1988 24 - 2 - - - - - - - 14 - 24 Dejan Trajkovski SVN 14/04/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - 9 - 26 Aleksander Rajčevič SVN 17/11/1986 26 - 4 - - - - - - - 36 - 28 Mitja Viler SVN 01/09/1986 26 - 3 1 - - - - - - 19 3 44 Arghus ITA 19/01/1988 25 - 4 - - - - - - - 25 1 45 Nejc Mevlja SVN 12/06/1990 23 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Željko Filipovič SVN 03/10/1988 24 - 4 - - - - - - - 24 - 6 Martin Milec SVN 20/09/1991 21 - 4 - - - - - - - 19 - 8 Dejan Mezga SVN 16/07/1985 28 - 2 - - - - - - - 36 8 10 Agim Ibraimi MKD 29/08/1988 24 - 4 - - - - - - - 27 5 18 Petar Stojanovič SVN 07/10/1995 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 Goran Cvijanovič SVN 09/09/1986 26 - 4 1 - - - - - - 40 2 21 Amir Derviševič SVN 04/07/1992 21 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 23 Dino Hotič SVN 26/07/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Ranko Moravac SVN 25/01/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Timotej Dodlek SVN 23/11/1989 23 - - - - - - - - - 6 - 70 Aleš Mertelj SVN 22/03/1987 26 - 2 - - - - - - - 39 1 92 Matic Črnic SVN 12/06/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - 3 - Forwards 9 Tavares BRA 30/03/1984 29 - 4 1 - - - - - - 41 15 11 Luka Zahovič SVN 15/11/1995 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 14 Jean Philippe Mendy FRA 04/03/1987 26 - 2 - - - - - - - 4 1 17 Nusmir Fajić BIH 12/01/1987 26 - 4 - - - - - - - 11 2 27 Alen Ploj SVN 30/06/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Damjan Bohar SVN 18/10/1991 21 - 4 - - - - - - - 12 - Coach - Ante Čačić CRO 29/09/1953 59 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 FC Viktoria Plzeň - NK Maribor Tuesday 20 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (20.45 local time) Match press kit Štruncovy Sady Stadión, Plzen Match officials Referee Olegário Benquerença (POR) Assistant referees Ricardo Santos (POR) , João Santos (POR) Additional assistant referees Artur Soares (POR) , Carlos Xistra (POR) Fourth official Nuno Pereira (POR) UEFA Delegate José Luis López Serrano (ESP) UEFA Referee observer Siegfried Kirschen (GER) Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Olegário Benquerença 18/10/1969 0 9 UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 07/08/2002 UCL 2QR APOEL FC NK Maribor 4-2 Nicosia Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 21/07/2001 mpo_intertotocup R3 1.