UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

FC Steaua Bucureşti FC Twente Matchday 7 - Round of 32, first leg National Arena, Bucharest Thursday 16 February 2012 21.05CET (22.05 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Team facts...... 5 Squad list...... 7 Fixtures and results...... 9 Match-by-match lineups...... 13 Match officials...... 17 Legend...... 18

This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Twente Thursday 16 February 2012 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Previous meetings

Head to Head

UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/12/09 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Twente 1-1 Bucharest Kapetanos 18; Stam 35 01/10/09 GS FC Twente - FC Steaua Bucureşti 0-0

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 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 FC Twente 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1

FC Steaua Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/10 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Utrecht 3-1 Bucharest Gardoş 29, Stancu 52, 53; Mertens 33 21/10/10 GS FC Utrecht - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Utrecht Duplan 60; Schut 75(og) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/02/06 R32 FC Steaua Bucureşti - sc Heerenveen 0-1 Bucharest agg: 3-2 15/02/06 R32 sc Heerenveen - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-3 Heerenveen Bruggink 24; Dică 29, Goian 76, Paraschiv 78 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/89 R2 PSV Eindhoven - FC Steaua Bucureşti 5-1 Eindhoven Ellerman 22, 64, Romário 46, 49, 86; agg: 5-2 Lăcătuş 17 18/10/89 R2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Bucharest Lăcătuş 16 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/70 R2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven 0-3 Bucharest Veenstra 45, 53, van der Kuylen 79 agg: 0-7 21/10/70 R2 PSV Eindhoven - FC Steaua Bucureşti 4-0 Eindhoven Veenstra 32, Devrindt 67, 87, Mulders 68

FC Twente - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/08/11 QR3 FC Vaslui - FC Twente 0-0 Piatra Neamt agg: 0-2 26/07/11 QR3 FC Twente - FC Vaslui 2-0 Arnhem Janko 34(p), 57

Record versus clubs from 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 5 2 1 2 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 10 3 3 4 10 17 FC Twente 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 3 1

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FC Steaua Bucureşti will look to maintain their dream of playing in the UEFA Europa League final at their own stadium as they meet FC Twente in the round of 32. Previous meetings • The sides met in the group stage of the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League, Mihai Stoichiţă's Steaua holding Steve McClaren's Twente 0-0 in Enschede and 1-1 in Bucharest. • The teams in Bucharest on 17 December 2009 were: Steaua: Zapata, Golański (Ninu 63), Rada, Tănase, Székely (Ochiroşii 78), Kapetanos, Toja, Nicoliţă, Ghionea, Bicfalvi (Moreno 73), Emeghara. Twente: Boschker, Kuiper, Wisgerhof, Brama, Stam, Nkufo, Perez, Heubach (Rajković 74), Stoch, Tioté (Akram 76), Ruiz (Parker 62). Match background • Steaua's record against Dutch opponents is W3 D3 L4 (W2 D1 L2 at home). They met another Dutch side, sc Heerenveen, at this stage of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, winning 3-2 on aggregate. • Steaua coach will not have fond memories of the club's 1989/90 European Champion Clubs' Cup second-round tie against PSV Eindhoven; an unused substitute in Steaua's 1-0 home win, he appeared for the final 20 minutes of the subsequent 5-1 defeat in Eindhoven. • Twente's record in four games against Romanian sides reads W1 D3 L0 (W0 D2 L0 in Romania). • The Tukkers eliminated Romania's FC Vaslui in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, winning 2-0 in Arnhem and drawing 0-0 in Piatra Neamt. • Twente are unbeaten in five European home games – four wins and a draw – since losing to Villarreal CF in last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. • Twente are in the round of 32 for a fourth successive season. They lost to Olympique de Marseille on penalties in 2008/09 and SV Werder Bremen the following season, but broke their duck last term by eliminating FC Rubin Kazan. • Steaua have gone eleven games without a European away win since beating Saint Patrick's Athletic FC 2-1 in Dublin in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League play-offs. • Steaua last featured in the round of 32 in 2006/07, bowing out to Sevilla FC. They had made it through the same round in the previous two seasons, beating Valencia CF and Heerenveen respectively. Team facts • Bucharest's National Arena stages the 9 May final and Steaua are looking to become the third side to contest the showpiece at their home stadium since the UEFA Cup final became a single match in 1997/98. won the 2001/02 final at Rotterdam's De Kuip, beating Borussia Dortmund, but Sporting Clube de Portugal lost the 2004/05 decider to PFC CSKA Moskva at their Estádio José Alvalade. • Ilie Stan's men received four red cards in the group stage, more than any other side. • Half of Twente's 14 group stage goals came between minutes 31 and 45. • Steaua coach Stan, who replaced Roni Levy after matchday two, was a midfielder with the club from 1987 to 1995 and in 1997. Stan was briefly Romania assistant coach in 2002 and 2004, and led FC Victoria Brăneşti to Romania's top flight with successive promotions before resigning in April 2011. • After 's dismissal as Twente coach in January, Steve McClaren returned to take the reins for a second time. The former Middlesbrough FC, England and VfL Wolfsburg boss led the club to the 2009/10 Dutch title – the first in their history. • McClaren's Middlesbrough overcame Steaua in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup semi-finals, losing 1-0 away before coming from 2-0 down in the home leg to win 4-2. Round of 16 • The winners take on the victors of the FC Viktoria Plzeň v FC Schalke 04 tie in the round of 16 on 8 and 15 March, playing the first leg at home. • Steaua have never met Plzeň but faced Schalke in this season's group stage. They drew in Romania but lost 2-1 in Gelsenkirchen, scoring their goal.

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• Twente have never met Plzeň either, but took on Schalke in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage, winning 2-1 at home against a side coached by their former boss Fred Rutten.

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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: 23 (2006), Romanian Cup: 21 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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 2003/04: second round 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2001/02: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 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 1-4: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Real Madrid CF 17/10/06, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3 on four occasions, most recently v Olympique Lyonnais 26/09/06, 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/Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Steaua v RC Lens 20/10/05, group stage • Biggest away win 1-4: FC Levadia Maardu v Steaua 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on two occasions, most recently v Real Betis Balompié 09/03/06, round of 16 second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Steaua v FC Barcelona 28/09/77, first round second leg 0-2: Steaua v Sevilla FC 15/02/07, round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Maccabi Haifa FC v Steaua (see above)

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FC Twente Formed: 1965 Nickname: Tukkers (slang for people from the Enschede region) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1975) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2010) Dutch Cup: 3 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: first round 2006/07: second qualifying round (having transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2001/02: second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Twente v Panahaiki FC 07/11/73, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: BK Frem v Twente 25/10/72, UEFA Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Twente v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 21/05/75, UEFA Cup final second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Villarreal CF v Twente 07/04/11, UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg 4-0 on three occasions, most recently Paris Saint-Germain FC v Twente 18/12/08, UEFA Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: Twente v Panahaiki FC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: BK Frem v Twente (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Twente v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Villarreal CF v Twente (see above) 4-0: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Twente (see above)

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FC Steaua Bucureşti

Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Răzvan Stanca ROU 18/01/80 32 - - - 3 - 6 - 3 - 3 - 12 Ciprian Tătăruşanu ROU 09/02/86 26 - 2 - 3 - 14 - 9 - 20 - 33 Stefan ROU 24/08/93 18 ------Laurentiu Ciuculescu 95 Valentin Cojocaru ROU 01/10/95 16 ------Defenders 4 Valentin Iliev BUL 11/07/80 31 - 2 - 4 - 11 1 13 1 24 3 6 Florin Gardoş ROU 29/10/88 23 - - - 3 - 2 - 8 1 8 1 14 ROU 11/05/86 25 - 2 - 6 - 16 - 12 - 18 - 18 Novak Martinović SRB 31/01/85 27 - 1 - 5 - 11 1 7 - 8 - 19 Valeriu Lupu ROU 24/01/91 21 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 20 Ovidiu Dãnãnae ROU 26/08/85 26 ------21 Vlad Chiricheş ROU 14/11/89 22 ------23 Geraldo Alves POR 08/11/80 31 - 1 - 5 - 13 1 19 1 26 1 Midfielders 5 Pablo Brandán ARG 05/03/83 28 - 2 - 5 - 17 - 7 - 18 1 7 Alexandru Chipcin ROU 18/05/89 22 ------8 Mihai Răduţ ROU 18/03/90 21 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 6 - 10 Cristian Tănase ROU 18/02/87 24 - 2 1 5 2 15 2 14 4 18 5 11 Andrei Prepeliţă ROU 08/12/85 26 - 1 - 4 - 9 - 4 - 5 - 26 Eric Bicfalvi ROU 05/02/88 24 - 1 - 4 - 10 1 13 - 21 - 28 Iulian Roşu ROU 30/05/94 17 - - - 2 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 55 Alexandru Bourceanu ROU 24/04/85 26 S 2 - 6 - 16 - 12 - 21 - Forwards 9 Mihai Costea ROU 29/05/88 23 - 2 - 5 1 17 6 5 1 7 1 24 Raul Rusescu ROU 09/07/88 23 - 2 - 5 2 15 7 6 2 14 2 27 Ionuţ Năstăsie ROU 07/01/92 20 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 29 Florin Costea ROU 16/05/85 26 - - - 4 1 9 1 4 1 4 1 77 Leandro Tatu BRA 26/04/82 29 - 2 1 5 1 13 2 5 1 7 2 90 Stefan Nikolić MNE 16/04/90 21 * 2 - 5 2 14 1 5 2 7 2 Coach - Ilie Stan ROU 17/10/67 44 - - - 4 - - - 4 - 4 -

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FC Twente

Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sander Boschker NED 20/10/70 41 - - - - - 2 - 33 - 46 - 13 Nikolay Mihaylov BUL 28/06/88 23 - 4 - 5 - 17 - 11 - 24 - 16 Nick Marsman NED 01/10/90 21 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 25 Daniel Fernandes POR 25/09/83 28 ------5 - 5 - 30 Filip Bednarek POL 26/09/92 19 ------Defenders 2 Tim Cornelisse NED 03/04/78 33 - 4 - 2 - 10 - 23 - 35 - 3 NED 07/06/89 22 ------4 - 6 - 4 Peter Wisgerhof NED 19/11/79 32 - 4 - 5 - 19 3 28 1 44 1 5 Rasmus Bengtsson SWE 26/06/86 25 - - - 1 - 3 - 2 - 5 - 15 VEN 20/11/88 23 * - - 5 - 16 - 10 - 19 1 18 Thilo Leugers GER 09/01/91 21 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 19 Douglas BRA 12/01/88 24 - 4 - 5 - 19 2 25 1 41 3 20 Dwight Tiendalli NED 21/10/85 26 - 3 - 5 - 18 - 16 - 22 - 23 Bart Buysse BEL 16/10/86 25 - 2 - 1 - 4 - 8 - 11 - 31 Nils Röseler GER 10/02/92 20 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 35 Thijs Bouma NED 02/04/92 19 ------37 Mitch Stockentree NED 22/01/91 21 ------1 - Midfielders 6 Wout Brama NED 21/08/86 25 - 4 - 5 1 20 1 29 1 48 1 7 Denny Landzaat NED 06/05/76 35 - 3 - 6 1 14 - 33 7 54 10 8 Leroy Fer NED 05/01/90 22 - - - 5 1 12 3 11 1 13 2 11 Emir Bajrami SWE 07/03/88 23 - 3 - 6 1 15 3 17 2 35 5 14 Willem Janssen NED 04/07/86 25 - 3 - 5 1 19 3 5 1 8 1 33 Chris David NED 06/03/93 18 ------42 Theodor Vogelsang NED 23/02/90 21 - 1 ------1 - Forwards 9 Luuk de Jong NED 27/08/90 21 - 4 1 6 3 20 17 15 7 25 9 17 Andrej Rendla SVK 13/10/90 21 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 22 Nacer Chadli BEL 02/08/89 22 - - - 4 1 10 3 9 1 15 4 24 Ola John NED 19/05/92 19 - 4 - 6 - 20 6 9 - 13 - 28 Wesley Verhoek NED 25/09/86 25 - 4 ------4 - 29 Glynor Plet NED 30/01/87 25 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 34 Cas Peters NED 13/05/93 18 ------49 Joey Pelupessy NED 15/05/93 18 ------52 Mirco Born GER 28/06/94 17 ------Coach - Steve McClaren ENG 03/05/61 50 ------41 - 47 -

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FC Steaua Bucureşti

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 23/07/11 League CSU Voinţa (A) D 1-1 Leandro Tatu 36 31/07/11 League CS Mioveni (H) W 4-0 Leandro Tatu 45, M. Costea 62, Tănase 77, Rusescu 87 14/08/11 League FC Universitatea Cluj (H) W 2-1 M. Costea 15, Rusescu 74 18/08/11 UEL PFC CSKA Sofia (H) W 2-0 Galamaz 16, Leandro Tatu 77 21/08/11 League FC Astra Ploieşti (A) L 1-2 M. Costea 90+2 25/08/11 UEL PFC CSKA Sofia (A) D 1-1 Tănase 73 28/08/11 League FCM Târgu Mureş (H) W 2-0 Geraldo Alves 45, Martinović 87 10/09/11 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (A) L 0-3 15/09/11 UEL FC Schalke 04 (H) D 0-0 18/09/11 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (H) L 1-2 Rusescu 3 22/09/11 Cup CS Sănătatea Servicii Publice Cluj (H) W 4-0 Nikolić 2, Prepeliţă 31, Martinović 50, Popa 87 25/09/11 League FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (A) D 0-0 29/09/11 UEL AEK Larnaca FC (A) D 1-1 M. Costea 65 02/10/11 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) W 2-1 Nikolić 60 (p), F. Costea 90+3 16/10/11 League FC Vaslui (A) D 0-0 20/10/11 UEL Maccabi Haifa FC (A) L 0-5 24/10/11 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) D 0-0 27/10/11 Cup FC Timişoara (A) L 0-2 30/10/11 League FC Petrolul Ploiesti (A) W 2-0 Bicfalvi 36, M. Costea 45+4 (p) 03/11/11 UEL Maccabi Haifa FC (H) W 4-2 Leandro Tatu 13, F. Costea 28, Tănase 64, 84 06/11/11 League CS Concordia Chiajna (H) W 2-1 Tănase 48, Rusescu 73 20/11/11 League FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (A) L 0-1 26/11/11 League FC Braşov (H) W 1-0 Rusescu 44 (p) 01/12/11 UEL FC Schalke 04 (A) L 1-2 Rusescu 33 05/12/11 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (A) W 3-1 Rusescu 23, 59, M. Costea 90+2 10/12/11 League CFR 1907 Cluj (H) D 1-1 M. Costea 75 14/12/11 UEL AEK Larnaca FC (H) W 3-1 Rusescu 55 (p), Nikolić 70, 85 19/12/11 League CSU Voinţa Sibiu (H) W 1-0 Iliev 37 16/02/12 UEL FC Twente (H) 23/02/12 UEL FC Twente (A) 25/02/12 League CS Mioveni (A) 03/03/12 League FC Universitatea Cluj (A) 10/03/12 League FC Astra Ploieşti (H) 17/03/12 League FCM Târgu Mureş (A) 21/03/12 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (H) 24/03/12 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) 31/03/12 League FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (H) 04/04/12 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) 07/04/12 League FC Vaslui (H) 14/04/12 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (A) 21/04/12 League FC Petrolul Ploiesti (H) 25/04/12 League CS Concordia Chiajna (A) 28/04/12 League FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (H) 05/05/12 League FC Braşov (A) 12/05/12 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (H) 19/05/12 League CFR 1907 Cluj (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 18 12 4 2 32 10 40 2 CFR 1907 Cluj 18 12 3 3 37 14 39 3 FC Rapid Bucureşti 18 11 4 3 30 17 37 4 FC Steaua Bucureşti 18 9 5 4 24 14 32 5 FC Oţelul Galaţi 18 9 4 5 17 14 31 6 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 18 8 6 4 29 18 30 7 FC Vaslui 18 9 3 6 28 17 30 8 FC Universitatea Cluj 18 7 7 4 24 18 28 9 FC Astra Ploieşti 18 6 7 5 17 17 25 10 FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 18 5 7 6 16 23 22 11 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 18 6 3 9 26 31 21 12 FC Braşov 18 5 5 8 18 17 20 13 FC Petrolul Ploiesti 18 4 6 8 15 21 18 14 CSU Voinţa Sibiu 18 4 5 9 12 22 17 15 FCM Târgu Mureş 18 3 7 8 17 25 16 16 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti 18 2 8 8 17 31 14 17 CS Concordia Chiajna 18 2 5 11 12 32 11 18 CS Mioveni 18 2 3 13 12 42 9

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FC Twente

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 26/07/11 UCL FC Vaslui (H) W 2-0 Janko 34 (p), 57 03/08/11 UCL FC Vaslui (A) D 0-0 07/08/11 League NAC Breda (A) W 1-0 Janko 27 (p) 13/08/11 League AZ Alkmaar (H) W 2-0 Janko 3, Ruiz 66 16/08/11 UCL SL Benfica (H) D 2-2 De Jong 6, Ruiz 80 20/08/11 League sc Heerenveen (A) W 5-1 De Jong 27, Janssen 30, Janko 45+2, 89 (p), Bajrami 66 24/08/11 UCL SL Benfica (A) L 1-3 Ruiz 85 27/08/11 League VVV-Venlo (H) W 4-1 Ruiz 2, De Jong 28, 66, Janko 31 10/09/11 League Roda JC (A) L 1-2 Janko 35 15/09/11 UEL Fulham FC (A) D 1-1 Schwarzer 40 (og) 18/09/11 League ADO Den Haag (H) W 5-2 Janko 16, Douglas 56, De Jong 72, 90+1, Bajrami 77 21/09/11 Cup SV Zwaluwen Wierden (A) W 8-1 Berghuis 18, 30, 60, 79, De Jong 21, 41, Janko 28, Janssen 72 24/09/11 League AFC Ajax (A) D 1-1 De Jong 87 29/09/11 UEL Wisła Kraków (H) W 4-1 De Jong 32, Janko 45+1, 57, Janssen 80 02/10/11 League SBV Excelsior (H) D 2-2 John 34, De Jong 90 15/10/11 League RKC Waalwijk (A) W 4-0 Janko 43, 51 (p), 72, Brama 59 20/10/11 UEL Odense BK (A) W 4-1 Brama 13, Bajrami 31, Chadli 65, De Jong 82 23/10/11 League FC Groningen (A) D 1-1 John 20 26/10/11 Cup SC Genemuiden (H) W 4-3 Fer 4, Chadli 62, Bajrami 75, 79 29/10/11 League PSV Eindhoven (H) D 2-2 Douglas 10, Fer 78 03/11/11 UEL Odense BK (H) W 3-2 Høegh 35 (og), Landzaat 37, Fer 82 06/11/11 League De Graafschap (H) W 4-0 Wisgerhof 40, De Jong 60, John 62, Fer 85 19/11/11 League (A) D 1-1 Wisgerhof 50 27/11/11 League Vitesse (H) D 0-0 01/12/11 UEL Fulham FC (H) W 1-0 Janko 89 04/12/11 League FC Utrecht (A) W 6-2 Wisgerhof 8, John 13, 63, Janssen 47, 58, Berghuis 83 10/12/11 League NEC Nijmegen (H) W 2-0 De Jong 57, Chadli 73 14/12/11 UEL Wisła Kraków (A) L 1-2 De Jong 39 18/12/11 League Feyenoord (A) L 2-3 Chadli 56, De Jong 66 22/12/11 Cup PSV Eindhoven (H) L 1-2 aet Janko 110 ET (p) 21/01/12 League RKC Waalwijk (H) W 5-0 De Jong 26, 54 (p), Bajrami 35, Chadli 65, John 81 29/01/12 League FC Groningen (H) W 4-1 De Jong 14, 23, 58, Fer 67 10/02/12 League Heracles Almelo (H) L 2-3 De Jong 73, 90+3 16/02/12 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) 19/02/12 League Vitesse (A) 23/02/12 UEL FC Steaua Bucureşti (H) 26/02/12 League FC Utrecht (H) 04/03/12 League PSV Eindhoven (A) 07/03/12 League De Graafschap (A) 11/03/12 League NEC Nijmegen (A) 18/03/12 League Feyenoord (H) 24/03/12 League ADO Den Haag (A) 31/03/12 League Roda JC (H) 11/04/12 League AZ Alkmaar (A) 14/04/12 League NAC Breda (H) 21/04/12 League SBV Excelsior (A) 29/04/12 League AFC Ajax (H) 02/05/12 League sc Heerenveen (H) 06/05/12 League VVV-Venlo (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 PSV Eindhoven 21 13 6 2 57 23 45 2 AZ Alkmaar 21 14 3 4 45 18 45 3 sc Heerenveen 21 11 7 3 48 31 40 4 Feyenoord 21 12 4 5 44 27 40 5 FC Twente 20 11 6 3 54 22 39 6 AFC Ajax 21 10 7 4 51 30 37 7 Vitesse 21 9 5 7 26 23 32 8 Roda JC 21 10 1 10 38 45 31 9 FC Groningen 21 8 5 8 32 38 29 10 Heracles Almelo 21 7 6 8 35 30 27 11 RKC Waalwijk 21 7 3 11 24 34 24 12 NEC Nijmegen 21 7 2 12 20 30 23 13 ADO Den Haag 21 6 5 10 26 43 23 14 FC Utrecht 21 5 7 9 32 39 22 15 NAC Breda 21 6 4 11 25 35 22 16 VVV-Venlo 21 4 4 13 21 50 16 17 SBV Excelsior 21 3 5 13 15 47 14 18 De Graafschap 20 3 4 13 18 46 13

Last updated 14/02/12 16:07:55CET 12 Fixtures and results FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Twente Thursday 16 February 2012 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Match-by-match lineups

FC Steaua Bucureşti

Play-offs (18/08/11) Steaua 2-0 CSKA Sofia Goals: 1-0 Galamaz 16, 2-0 Leandro Tatu 77 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Iliev, Brandán, M. Costea (Nikolić 77), Tănase, Latovlevici, Nicoliţă, Martinović (Rusescu 67), Galamaz (Geraldo Alves 59), Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu (25/08/11) CSKA Sofia 1-1 Steaua (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Tănase 73, 1-1 Michel 83 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Iliev, Brandán, M. Costea (Rusescu 61), Tănase (Nikolić 77), Prepeliţă (Bicfalvi 69), Latovlevici, Nicoliţă, Galamaz, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu

Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 6 4 2 0 13 2 14 FC Steaua Bucureşti 6 2 2 2 9 11 8 Maccabi Haifa FC 6 2 0 4 10 12 6 AEK Larnaca FC 6 1 2 3 4 11 5

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) Steaua 0-0 Schalke FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Brandán, Gardoş, M. Costea (Nikolić 80), Tănase (F. Costea 90+2), Prepeliţă (Rusescu 67), Latovlevici, Galamaz, Geraldo Alves, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) AEK Larnaca 1-1 Steaua Goals: 1-0 Mrdaković 59, 1-1 M. Costea 65 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Stanca, Emeghara (Martinović 67), Iliev, Brandán, Gardoş, M. Costea, Tănase (F. Costea 76), Prepeliţă (Bicfalvi 90+3), Latovlevici, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) M. Haifa 5-0 Steaua Goals: 1-0 Amasha 10, 2-0 Amasha 20, 3-0 Katan 38(pen), 4-0 Twatha 72, 5-0 Vered 79 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Stanca, Iliev, F. Costea (Rusescu 51), M. Costea (Mustata 67), Latovlevici, Martinović, Geraldo Alves, Bicfalvi, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu (Roşu 77), Nikolić

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) Steaua 4-2 M. Haifa Goals: 1-0 Leandro Tatu 13, 2-0 F. Costea 28, 2-1 Meshumar 36, 2-2 Katan 40, 3-2 Tănase 64, 4-2 Tănase 84 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Stanca, Brandán, Gardoş (Rusescu 3), F. Costea, M. Costea (Năstăsie 85), Tănase, Latovlevici, Martinović, Geraldo Alves, Bourceanu, Leandro Tatu (Nikolić 26)

Matchday 5 (01/12/11) Schalke 2-1 Steaua Goals: 1-0 Papadopoulos 25, 1-1 Rusescu 33, 2-1 Raúl González 57 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Iliev, Brandán, M. Costea (Roşu 88), Tănase, Latovlevici (Prepeliţă 68), Martinović, Geraldo Alves, Rusescu (Nikolić 69), Bicfalvi, Bourceanu

Matchday 6 (14/12/11) Steaua 3-1 AEK Larnaca Goals: 1-0 Rusescu 55(pen), 1-1 Pintado 61, 2-1 Nikolić 70, 3-1 Nikolić 85 FC Steaua Bucureşti: Tătăruşanu, Emeghara (Martinović 64), Iliev, Brandán, Tănase, Prepeliţă (Leandro Tatu 67), Latovlevici, Geraldo Alves, Rusescu (Bicfalvi 79), Bourceanu, Nikolić

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Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Steaua v Twente

(23/02/12) Twente v Steaua

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FC Twente UEFA Champions League - qualifying UEFA Champions League - Qualifying Third qualifying round (26/07/11) Twente 2-0 Vaslui Goals: 1-0 Janko 34(pen), 2-0 Janko 57 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, De Jong, Bajrami (John 71), Berghuis (Vogelsang 80), Leugers, Douglas, Janko (Rendla 85), Buysse (03/08/11) Vaslui 0-0 Twente (agg: 0-2) FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, De Jong, Ruiz (John 74), Berghuis, Janssen, Douglas, Tiendalli, Janko (Landzaat 86)

Play-offs (16/08/11) Twente 2-2 Benfica Goals: 1-0 De Jong 6, 1-1 Óscar Cardozo 21, 1-2 Nolito 35, 2-2 Ruiz 80 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, Landzaat (Janko 46), De Jong, Ruiz, Bajrami (John 58), Janssen, Douglas, Tiendalli (Buysse 75) (24/08/11) Benfica 3-1 Twente (agg: 5-3) Goals: 1-0 Witsel 46, 2-0 Luisão 59, 3-0 Witsel 66, 3-1 Ruiz 85 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama (Landzaat 76), De Jong, Ruiz, Berghuis (Bajrami 60), Janssen (John 60), Douglas, Tiendalli, Janko

UEFA Europa League - Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Twente 6 4 1 1 14 7 13 Wisła Kraków 6 3 0 3 8 13 9 Fulham FC 6 2 2 2 9 6 8 Odense BK 6 1 1 4 9 14 4

Matchday 1 (15/09/11) Fulham 1-1 Twente Goals: 1-0 Johnson 19, 1-1 Schwarzer 40(o.g.) FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, Fer, De Jong, Janssen (Landzaat 83), Rosales, Douglas, Tiendalli, John (Bajrami 67)

Matchday 2 (29/09/11) Twente 4-1 Wisła Goals: 0-1 Biton 9, 1-1 De Jong 32, 2-1 Janko 45+1, 3-1 Janko 57, 4-1 Janssen 80 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Wisgerhof, Brama, Landzaat (Fer 83), De Jong, Bajrami, Rosales, Douglas, Tiendalli, Janko (Janssen 68), John (Berghuis 83)

Matchday 3 (20/10/11) OB 1-4 Twente Goals: 0-1 Brama 13, 0-2 Bajrami 31, 0-3 Chadli 65, 1-3 Fall 71, 1-4 De Jong 82 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Wisgerhof, Brama, Landzaat (Fer 68), De Jong, Bajrami, Rosales, Douglas, Tiendalli, Janko (Chadli 62), John (Janssen 78)

Matchday 4 (03/11/11) Twente 3-2 OB Goals: 0-1 Fall 11, 1-1 Høegh 35(o.g.), 2-1 Landzaat 37, 2-2 Fall 62, 3-2 Fer 82 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Wisgerhof, Brama, Landzaat (Janssen 74), De Jong, Bajrami, Rosales, Douglas, Tiendalli, Chadli (Fer 79), John (Gouriye 90+2)

Matchday 5 (01/12/11) Twente 1-0 Fulham Goals: 1-0 Janko 89 FC Twente: Mihaylov, Wisgerhof, Brama, Landzaat, Fer (John 46), De Jong, Bajrami, Rosales, Douglas, Tiendalli, Chadli (Janko 79)

Matchday 6 (14/12/11) Wisła 2-1 Twente Goals: 1-0 Garguła 12, 1-1 De Jong 39, 2-1 Genkov 47 FC Twente: Marsman, Cornelisse, Bengtsson, Landzaat, De Jong (Gouriye 77), Bajrami, Janssen, Janko (Berghuis 66), Chadli (John 46), Buysse, Röseler

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Knockout phase Round of 32 (16/02/12) Steaua v Twente

(23/02/12) Twente v Steaua

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Referee Mark Clattenburg (ENG) Assistant referees Darren Cann (ENG), Jake Collin (ENG) Additional assistant referees Michael Jones (ENG), Lee Mason (ENG) Fourth official Michael Oliver (ENG) UEFA Delegate René Eberle (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Terje Hauge (NOR) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League UEFA matches matches Mark Clattenburg 13/03/1975 7 32 UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 04/10/07 UCUP R1 AFC Ajax GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-3 Amsterdam 20/08/09 UCUP PO AFC Ajax ŠK Slovan Bratislava 5-0 Amsterdam 10/03/11 UCUP R16 FC Twente FC Zenit St Petersburg 3-0 Enschede Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 08/08/07 UCL QR2 FC Steaua Bucureşti Zagłębie Lubin 2-1 Bucharest 09/10/10 U21 PO Netherlands Ukraine 1-3 Rotterdam 03/11/10 UCL GS AJ Auxerre AFC Ajax 2-1 Auxerre 27/09/11 UCL GS Real Madrid CF AFC Ajax 3-0 Madrid

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:: Competitions National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/a: Not applicable tournament play-off :: 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 #: Suspended for at least one match 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 www.uefa.com.

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