UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/2014 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estádio D. Afonso Henriques - Guimaraes Thursday 19 September 2013 Guimarães 21.05 CET (20.05 local time) Rijeka Group I - Matchday 1 Last updated 18/09/2013 05:07 CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 Vitória SC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Vitória SC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Vitória SC have not played against a club from their opponents' country HNK Rijeka - Record versus clubs from opponents' country HNK Rijeka have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Vitória SC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes Match background Vitória SC will hope that recent form in games between Portuguese and Croatian clubs augurs well as they prepare to meet HNK Rijeka in their first UEFA Europa League Group I game. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. This is also Guimarães's first encounter with Croatian opposition and Rijeka's first game against a Portuguese side. • Portuguese and Croatian clubs have met in 15 previous UEFA club competitition games with the Portuguese sides having the better of them with the record W8 D2 L5 (W7 D0 L1 at home). The three most recent games between clubs from the two countries have been won by the Portuguese side without conceding. Match background • Guimarães picked up just one point from four games in their only previous group stage campaign, in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup. • This is Guimarães's first game in Europe since a 4-0 home defeat concluded their 2011/12 UEFA Europa League play-off defeat to Club Atlético de Madrid, the side that went on to win the competition. They were also beaten by eventual winners Sevilla FC in the 2005/06 group stage. • Rijeka made it to their first ever UEFA group stage campaign with an unexpected aggregate victory against VfB Stuttgart in this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. • The Croatian side have made impressive progress since entering this season's competition in the second qualifying round, with a record of W4 D2 in their six fixtures. They have averaged two goals in their three away games. Team facts • Along with domestic double winners Legia Warszawa (POL) and NK Maribor (SVN), Guimarães are one of 11 cup winners in the group stage, with the others being Wigan Athletic FC (England, FA Cup), Swansea City AFC (England, League Cup), AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands), FC Girondins de Bordeaux (France), Apollon Limassol FC (Cyprus), KRC Genk (Belgium), S.S. Lazio (Italy) and Esbjerg fB (Denmark). • Rijeka's Nikola Pokrivač and Guimarães's Moussa Maazou and Chris Malonga are all former AS Monaco FC players, though their paths did not cross in France. Coach information • Guimarães have benefited from coach Rui Vitória's ability to nurture young talent since his appointment at the start of 2011/12; the coach led the club to their first major trophy when they beat SL Benfica 2-1 in the 2013 Portuguese Cup final. A lower-league midfielder, he coached Benfica's youth team after hanging up his boots, joining Guimarães following a positive season in charge of FC Paços de Ferreira. • Hired in February 2013, Slovenian coach Matjaž Kek led Rijeka to a third-placed finish at the end of that season and into Europe. Famous for taking Slovenia to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals, Kek started and ended his playing career as a defender at NK Maribor – where his father played, and now his son – either side of a long spell in Austria. He returned home to Maribor for his first coaching roles, and more recently had a spell in Saudi Arabia with Al-Ittihad. 3 Vitória SC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes Team facts Vitória SC Formed: 1922 Nickname: Conquistadores (Conquerors) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Portuguese Cup: 1 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: group stage 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0: Guimarães v Wisła Kraków 15/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg 3-0: Guimarães v Real Sociedad de Futbol 17/09/1992, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-1: Wisła Kraków v Guimarães 29/09/95, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4 on three occasions, most recently v Club Atlético de Madrid 25/08/12, UEFA Europa League play-offs second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Guimarães 28/09/1983, UEF Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-0: Guimarães v Wisła Kraków (see above) 3-0: Guimarães v Real Sociedad de Futbol (see above) • Biggest away win 0-1: Wisła Kraków v Guimarães (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-4 on three occasions, most recently v Club Atlético de Madrid (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Aston Villa FC v Guimarães (see above) HNK Rijeka Formed: 1946 Nickname: Riječki bijeli (Rijeka Whites) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National cup: 4 (2006) 4 Vitória SC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: UEFA Intertoto Cup first round 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: first qualifying round 2005/06: second qualifying round 2004/05: second qualifying round 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town FC 18/07/13, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Prestatyn Town FC v Rijeka 25/07/13, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rijeka v FK Partizan 04/08/99, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Rijeka 07/11/84, second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town FC (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: Prestatyn Town FC v Rijeka (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Rijeka v FC Metalist Kharkiv 30/07/09, third qualifying round first leg 0-1 twice, most recently v RC Celta de Vigo 28/09/00, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Rijeka (see above) 5 Vitória SC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimaraes Squad list Vitória SC 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 Douglas BRA 09/03/1983 30 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 13 Giovanaz Assis POR 04/10/1989 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Miguel Oliveira POR 25/05/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 41 André Pereira POR 18/04/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Freire BRA 21/08/1989 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Josué POR 17/06/1992 21 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 15 Paulo Oliveira POR 08/01/1992 21 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 20 João Amorim POR 26/07/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 Pedro Correia POR 27/03/1987 26 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 30 David Addy GHA 21/02/1990 23 - - - - - 4 - 3 - 3 - 35 Rafael Vieira POR 09/07/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 39 Pedro Lemos POR 17/03/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Kanú BRA 05/03/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Abdoulaye Ba SEN 01/01/1991 22 - - - - - 1 - - - 3 - Midfielders 6 Moreno POR 19/08/1981 32 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 4 - 10 Jean Barrientos URU 16/09/1990 23 - - - - - 4 - 3 - 3 - 11 André André POR 26/08/1989 24 - - - - - 4 1 - - - - 18 Leonel Olimpio BRA 07/07/1982 31 - - - - - 4 - 8 - 8 - 28 André Santos POR 02/03/1989 24 - - - - - 2 - 19 2 19 2 38 Tiago Rodrigues POR 29/01/1992 21 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 50 Rafael Crivellaro BRA 18/02/1989 24 - - - - - 3 1 - - - - 58 João Pedro POR 03/04/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 5 Luís Rocha POR 27/06/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Marco Matias POR 10/05/1989 24 - - - - - 4 1 - - - - 9 To Mane POR 23/10/1992 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 14 Alex POR 27/08/1991 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Nii Plange BFA 26/06/1989 24 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 17 Hernâni POR 20/08/1991 22 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 19 Ricardo Gomes CPV 18/12/1991 21 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 22 Moussa Maazou NIG 25/08/1988 25 - - - - - 4 2 - - - - 29 Fernando Russi BRA 21/04/1989 24 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 33 Chris Malonga FRA 11/07/1987 26 - - - - - - - 3 1 3 1 49 Areias POR 22/11/1993 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Rui Vitória POR 16/04/1970 43 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Vitória SC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit Estádio D.