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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Köln - Cologne Monday 10 August 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Manchester United FC Matchday 11 - Quarter-finals F.C. Copenhagen Last updated 10/08/2020 10:22CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 15 Match officials 19 Legend 21 1 Manchester United FC - F.C. Copenhagen Monday 10 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Köln, Cologne Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers F.C. Copenhagen - Manchester 01/11/2006 GS 1-0 Copenhagen Allbäck 73 United FC Manchester United FC - F.C. Scholes 39, O'Shea 17/10/2006 GS 3-0 Manchester Copenhagen 46, Richardson 83 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester United FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 1 F.C. Copenhagen 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 Manchester United FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bodurov 32 (og), Manchester United FC - FC 5-1 Rashford 64, 75, 25/02/2016 R32 Manchester Midtjylland agg: 6-3 Herrera 88 (P), Depay 90; Sisto 28 FC Midtjylland - Manchester Sisto 44, Onuachu 77; 18/02/2016 R32 2-1 Herning United FC Depay 37 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Tévez 3, Rooney 52; Manchester United FC - Aalborg 10/12/2008 GS 2-2 Manchester Jakobsen 31, Curth BK 45+2 Aalborg BK - Manchester United Rooney 22, Berbatov 30/09/2008 GS 0-3 Aalborg FC 55, 79 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Beckham 7, Cole 12, Manchester United FC - Brøndby 04/11/1998 GS 5-0 Manchester P. Neville 16, Yorke IF 28, Scholes 63 Daugaard 35, Sand Brøndby IF - Manchester United 90; Giggs 2, 20, Cole 21/10/1998 GS 2-6 Copenhagen FC 27, Keane 55, Yorke 60, Solskjær 62 F.C. Copenhagen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers F.C. Copenhagen - Leicester City 02/11/2016 GS 0-0 Copenhagen FC Leicester City FC - F.C. 18/10/2016 GS 1-0 Leicester Mahrez 40 Copenhagen 2 Manchester United FC - F.C. Copenhagen Monday 10 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Köln, Cologne UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-0 16/03/2011 R16 Chelsea FC - F.C. Copenhagen London agg: 2-0 22/02/2011 R16 F.C. Copenhagen - Chelsea FC 0-2 Copenhagen Anelka 17, 54 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Manchester City FC - F.C. 2-1 Bellamy 73, 79; 26/02/2009 R3 Manchester Copenhagen agg: 4-3 Vingaard 90+2 Aílton 56, Vingaard F.C. Copenhagen - Manchester 19/02/2009 R3 2-2 Copenhagen 90+1; Onuoha 29, City FC Ireland 61 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 05/11/1998 R2 F.C. Copenhagen - Chelsea FC Copenhagen B. Laudrup 31 agg: 1-2 Desailly 89; Goldbæk 22/10/1998 R2 Chelsea FC - F.C. Copenhagen 1-1 London 81 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Manchester United FC 4 3 1 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 2 25 8 F.C. Copenhagen 5 1 2 2 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 5 5 12 3 Manchester United FC - F.C. Copenhagen Monday 10 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Köln, Cologne Match background Seeking a second UEFA Europa League triumph in four seasons, Manchester United's quarter-final opponents in the German city of Cologne are F.C. Copenhagen, a club competing in the last eight of a major UEFA competition for the very first time. • United finished on top of UEFA Europa League Group L, four points clear of AZ Alkmaar, to reach the round of 32, where they overwhelmed Club Brugge 6-1 over the two legs (1-1 a, 5-0 h) before enjoying a similarly one-sided success against Austria's LASK Linz (5-0 a, 2-1 h) in the round of 16. • Copenhagen finished second in Group B last autumn, qualifying with nine points behind Malmö, before knocking out Scottish champions Celtic in the round of 32 (1-1 h, 3-1 a) and newly crowned Turkish title winners İstanbul Başakşehir in the round of 16 (0-1 a, 3-0 h) to become Denmark's first UEFA Europa League quarter-finalists. Previous meetings • The clubs have been paired once previously in UEFA competition, in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League. United won 3-0 at Old Trafford, Paul Scholes opening the scoring, before a fortnight later Copenhagen, who were competing in the group stage for the first time, claimed their first victory thanks to Marcus Allbäck's 73rd-minute winner. United ended up topping the group, and going on to reach the semi-finals, while Copenhagen finished fourth with seven points. • United's record against Danish clubs in UEFA competition is W5 D1 L2, their most recent encounters having been against Midtjylland in the 2015/16 UEFA Europa League round of 32. They recovered from a 2-1 first-leg loss in Denmark to win 5-1 in Manchester, Marcus Rashford supplying two of the goals on his European debut. • That 2006 success against United is Copenhagen's sole victory in ten competitive matches against English clubs (D4 L5). Their most recent matches against Premier League opposition came in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League group stage, when they lost 1-0 away to Leicester City before holding the eventual section winners 0-0 at home. Form guide Manchester United • The three-time champions of Europe finished sixth in the 2018/19 Premier League, which meant direct access to the UEFA Europa League. They were quarter-finalists in last season's UEFA Champions League, going out to Barcelona (0-1 h, 0-3 a) after a remarkable round of 16 second-leg comeback against Paris Saint-Germain (0-2 h, 3-1 a). • United kept clean sheets in their first four UEFA Europa League group fixtures this term, securing qualification with two games to spare after doing the double over Partizan (1-0 a, 3-0 h). Although they lost 2-1 at Astana, ending the club's 15-match unbeaten run in the competition, United signed off in style with a 4-0 home win against AZ that secured top spot in Group L. At the time that was the club's joint biggest victory in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, but they trumped that in the round of 32 second leg with their 5-0 defeat of Club Brugge, which they matched in Linz a fortnight later. • The Manchester giants have appeared in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals once previously, defeating Anderlecht 3-2 on aggregate in 2016/17 (1-1 a, 2-1 h) thanks to Rashford's extra-time winner at Old Trafford. • The Red Devils have lost just one of their last 21 UEFA Europa League matches, winning 15. They have kept clean sheets in 14 of those matches, conceding just eight goals while scoring 42 themselves. • United's record in Germany is W5 D4 L6, all against German opposition. This is their first UEFA encounter in Cologne, where the most recent English visitors were Arsenal, defeated 1-0 there by Köln in the 2017/18 UEFA Europa League group stage. Copenhagen • Copenhagen regained the Superliga crown in 2018/19, becoming Danish champions for the third time in four seasons – and 13th in all. They lost on penalties to Crvena zvezda in this season's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round but were 3-2 aggregate winners over Latvian champions Riga in the UEFA Europa League play-offs. • The Danish club's seventh UEFA Europa League group stage participation brought a third qualification, though they managed just five goals in their six games, scoring once in each of the first five – including two 1-0 wins against Lugano and three 1-1 draws – before going down 0-1 on Matchday 6 at home to Malmö. • Copenhagen's record in the UEFA Europa League knockout phase is W4 D2 L6. The 3-0 victory at home to İstanbul Başakşehir, that took them into a first ever European quarter-final, also matched their record win in this competition, group stage to final. • Copenhagen have yet to win a competitive fixture on German soil, their record away to Bundesliga clubs standing at D3 L2. Although they have never played in Cologne, their most recent visit was in nearby Leverkusen, where they lost 4 Manchester United FC - F.C. Copenhagen Monday 10 August 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Köln, Cologne 4-0 to Bayer in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League play-offs. Links and trivia • Both clubs are led by Norwegian coaches – United by Ole Gunnar Solskjær and Copenagen by Ståle Solbakken. The two men played 22 internationals together for Norway between 1995 and 2000. • Solbakken was the Copenhagen coach and Solskjær a United player when the clubs met in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League.