UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Valeriu ARGĂSEALĂ

Founded: 1947 Date of Birth: 15/08/1955 Address: Aleea Alexandru 1-3, Bucureşti, Elected/Appointed: 2007 Telephone: +40 21 411 4656 Website: steauafc.com HEAD COACH: Media Officer: Răzvan Rotaru Team Captain: Ciprian Tătăruşanu Date/Place of Birth: 17/10/1967 in Buzau, Romania MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: ROU

National Championship (23) Playing Career: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1976, 1978, FC Gloria Buzău (1985-87), FC Steaua 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, Bucureşti (1987-95), Cercle Brugge 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006 KSV (1995-97), FC Steaua Bucureşti National Cup (22) (1997), FC Naţional Bucureşti 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, (1997), AEL Limassol FC (1997-98), Hapoel Petach- 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, Tikva FC (1998-99), Hapoel Tzafririm FC (1999-2000) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2011 Major Honours – Romanian Championship (1988, 1989, European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997), Romanian Cup (1988, 1989, 1986 1992, 1997) UEFA Super Cup (1) International Caps/Goals – 3/0 for Romania 1986 Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: National Arena Al Ain SCC (assistant) (2001-02), Romania (assistant) (2002), Al-Shabab Al Arabi Club (assistant) (2002-03), Ground Capacity: 55,200 Al-Seeb FC (2003-04), UTA Arad (2004), Romania Opened: 2011 (assistant) (2004), Al-Ittihad FC (2004-06), FCM Târgovişte (2006), FC Gloria Buzău (2007), FC Dunărea Giurgiu (2007-08), FC Brăneşti (2008-11), CS Mioveni (2011), FC Steaua Bucureşti (2011-)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Răzvan STANCA G 18/01/1980 ROU 187 3 - 2011 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4 Valentin ILIEV D 11/07/1980 BUL 185 4 - 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 5 Pablo BRANDÁN M 05/03/1983 ARG 180 6 - 2010 FC Unirea 6 Florin GARDOŞ D 29/10/1988 ROU 194 8 1 2010 CS Concordia Chiajna 7 M 18/05/1989 ROU 175 2012 FC Braşov 8 Mihai RADUŢ M 18/03/1990 ROU 178 4 - 2010 FC Internaţional Curtea de Argeş 9 Mihai COSTEA F 29/05/1988 ROU 179 5 1 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 10 Cristian TĂNASE M 18/02/1987 ROU 177 14 4 2009 FC Argeş Piteşti 11 Andrei PREPELIŢA M 08/12/1985 ROU 178 4 - 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 12 Ciprian TĂTĂRUŞANU G 09/02/1986 ROU 198 9 - 2008 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa 14 D 11/05/1986 ROU 175 12 - 2010 FC Timişoara 18 Novak MARTINOVIĆ D 31/01/1985 SRB 188 7 - 2010 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 19 Valeriu LUPU M 24/01/1991 ROU 183 2007 FC Unirea Urziceni (loan) 20 Ovidiu DĂNĂNAE D 26/08/1985 ROU 175 2012 FC Tom 21 Vlad CHIRICHEŞ D 14/11/1989 ROU 183 2012 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 23 GERALDO ALVES D 08/11/1980 POR 183 14 - 2010 AEK FC 24 F 09/07/1988 ROU 179 6 2 2011 FC Unirea Urziceni 26 Eric BICFALVI M 05/02/1988 ROU 187 13 - 2007 FC Gloria Buzău (loan) 27 Ionuţ NĂSTĂSIE F 07/01/1992 ROU 179 1 - 2007 none 29 F 16/05/1985 ROU 185 4 1 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 55 Alexandru BOURCEANU M 24/04/1985 ROU 175 12 - 2011 FC Timişoara 77 LEANDRO TATU F 26/04/1982 BRA 173 5 1 2011 SC Beira-Mar 90 Stefan NIKOLIĆ F 16/04/1990 MNE 193 5 2 2011 FC Timişoara

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 28 Iulian ROŞU (M) 2 Aps/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of Romanian Cup

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Steaua Bucureşti – PFC CSKA (BUL) 2-0 Second leg, 25 August PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Group Stage Group J runners-up Matchday One: 15 September FC Steaua Bucureşti – FC Schalke 04 (GER) 0-0 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME IN AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L Maccabi FC (ISR) – FC Steaua Bucureşti 5-0 UEFA Champions League 115 42 30 43 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 40 14 12 14 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 4-2 UEFA Cup/Europa League 90 34 28 28 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 1 1 0 0 FC Schalke 04 (GER) - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 1 0 0 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) 3-1 Total 247 91 70 86

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FC Twente (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Joop MUNSTERMAN

Founded: 1965 Date of Birth: 28/03/1951 Address: Postbus 564, 7500 AN Enschede, Elected/Appointed: 24/03/2004 Telephone: +31 53 852 5525 Website: fctwente.nl HEAD COACH: Steve McCLAREN

Media Officer: Richard Peters Date/Place of Birth: 03/05/1961 Team Captain: Peter Wisgerhof in York, Nationality: ENG

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Hull City AFC (1979-85), National Championship (1) Derby County FC (1985-88), 2010 Lincoln City FC (loan) (1987), National Cup (3) Bristol City FC (1988-89), 1977, 2001, 2011 Oxford United FC (1989-92)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: FC Twente Stadion Derby County FC (assistant) (1995-99), Manchester United FC (assistant) (1999-2001), Middlesbrough FC Ground Capacity: 30,000 (2001-06), England (2006-07), FC Twente (2008-10), Opened: 1998 VfL Wolfsburg (2010-11), Nottingham Forest FC (2011), FC Twente (2012-) Major Honours – Dutch Championship (2010), English League Cup (2004)

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UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Sander BOSCHKER G 20/10/1970 NED 186 9 - 2004 AFC Ajax 2 Tim CORNELISSE D 03/04/1978 NED 185 8 - 2011 FC Utrecht 3 D 07/06/1989 NED 183 4 - 2009 Vitesse 4 Peter WISGERHOF D 19/11/1979 NED 181 18 1 2009 NEC Nijmegen 5 Rasmus BENGTSSON D 26/06/1986 SWE 186 2 - 2010 Hertha BSC Berlin 6 M 21/08/1986 NED 176 19 1 2005 none 7 M 06/05/1976 NED 177 12 2 2010 8 M 05/01/1990 NED 188 5 1 2011 Feyenoord 9 Luuk DE JONG F 27/08/1990 NED 188 15 7 2009 11 F 07/03/1988 SWE 178 12 2 2010 IF Elfsborg 13 G 28/06/1988 BUL 194 10 - 2008 Liverpool FC 14 Willem JANSSEN M 04/07/1986 NED 186 5 1 2011 Roda JC 15 D 20/11/1988 VEN 174 10 - 2010 KAA Gent 17 Andrej RENDLA F 13/10/1990 SVK 188 2007 (loan) 18 Thilo LEUGERS D 09/01/1991 GER 184 1 - 2010 none 19 DOUGLAS D 12/01/1988 BRA 192 17 1 2007 Joinville EC 20 D 21/10/1985 NED 180 9 - 2009 Feyenoord 22 F 02/08/1989 BEL 187 9 1 2010 AGOVV Apeldoorn 23 Bart BUYSSE D 16/10/1986 BEL 178 5 - 2010 SV Zulte Waregem 24 Ola JOHN F 19/05/1992 NED 179 9 - 2006 none 25 DANIEL FERNANDES G 25/09/1983 POR 195 2012 CFR 1907 Cluj 28 Wesley VERHOEK F 25/09/1986 NED 187 2012 ADO Den Haag 29 Glynor PLET F 30/01/1987 NED 194 2012 Heracles Almelo

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 16 Nick MARSMAN (G) 1 Ap/- Gls; 31 Nils RÖSELER (D) 1/-

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Three: 20 October 2nd in Dutch BK (DEN) – FC Twente 1-4 Matchday Four: 3 November 2011/12 FC Twente – Odense BK (DEN) 3-2 UEFA Champions League Matchday Five: 1 December Third Qualifying Round FC Twente – Fulham FC (ENG) 1-0 First leg, 26 July Matchday Six: 14 December FC Twente – FC Vaslui (ROU) 2-0 Wisła Kraków (POL) – FC Twente 2-1 Second leg, 3 August FC Vaslui (ROU) – FC Twente 0-0 Play-offs First leg, 16 August FC Twente – SL Benfica (POR) 2-2 Second leg, 24 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE SL Benfica (POR) – FC Twente 3-1 Pld W D L UEFA Europa League UEFA Champions League 14 2 7 5 Group Stage UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 10 6 1 3 Group K winners UEFA Cup/Europa League 86 35 17 34 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Fulham FC (ENG) – FC Twente 1-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 2 2 2 Matchday Two: 29 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Twente – Wisła Kraków (POL) 4-1 Total 116 45 27 44

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FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Tomáš PACLÍK

Founded: 1911 Date of Birth: 13/02/1966 Address: Štruncovy sady 3, 301 00 Plzeň, Czech Elected/Appointed: 23/08/2010 Republic Telephone: +420 377 221 507 Website: fcviktoria.cz HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Pavel Pillár Date/Place of Birth: 06/12/1963 Team Captain: Pavel Horváth in Přerov, Nationality: CZE

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Železárny Prostějov (1981-82), RH National Championship (1) Cheb (1982-84), FC Baník Ostrava 2011 (1984-85), Baník Haviřov (1985- National Cup (1) 93), FC Přerov (1993-94) 2010 Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Přerov (1994-96), FC Baník Ostrava (assistant) STADIUM: Stadion města Plzně (1996-2004), FK Matador Púchov (2004-06), MŠK Žilina (2006-08), (assistant) (2006-08), FC Viktoria Ground Capacity: 11,705 Plzeň (2008-) Opened: 1955 Major Honours – Slovakian Championship (2007), Czech Championship (2011), (2010)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 5 Michal ĎURIŠ F 01/06/1988 SVK 183 2010 Dukla Banská Bystrica 6 Václav PILAŘ M 13/10/1988 CZE 170 2011 FK Hradec Králové 7 Petr TRAPP M 06/12/1985 CZE 184 2 - 2011 SK Slavia Praha 8 David LIMBERSKÝ D 06/10/1983 CZE 179 2008 AC Sparta Praha 10 Pavel HORVÁTH M 22/04/1975 CZE 178 2008 AC Sparta Praha 11 Milan PETRŽELA M 19/06/1983 CZE 175 2008 AC Sparta Praha 13 Tomáš BERGER M 22/08/1985 CZE 180 2012 FK Dukla Praha 14 Radim ŘEZNÍK D 20/01/1989 CZE 181 2011 FC Baník Ostrava 15 František ŠEVINSKÝ D 31/03/1979 CZE 188 2009 FK Mladá Boleslav 17 Jakub HORA F 23/02/1991 CZE 176 2010 SK Slavia Praha 19 Tomáš WÁGNER F 06/03/1990 CZE 187 2012 1. FK Příbram 21 Václav PROCHÁZKA D 08/05/1984 CZE 183 2012 FK Mladá Boleslav 23 Marek BAKOŠ F 15/04/1983 SVK 182 2009 MFK Ružomberok 24 Marek ČECH G 08/04/1976 CZE 187 2011 FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi 25 Michal DANĚK G 06/07/1983 CZE 196 2006 FC Baník Ostrava (loan) 26 Daniel KOLÁŘ M 27/10/1985 CZE 180 2009 AC Sparta Praha 27 František RAJTORAL M 12/03/1986 CZE 179 2009 FC Baník Ostrava 28 Marián ČIŠOVSKÝ D 02/11/1979 SVK 186 2011 FC Timişoara 33 Roman PAVLÍK G 17/01/1976 CZE 186 2010 SK Kladno

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Two: 28 September Winners of Czech 1. Liga AC Milan (ITA) – FC Viktoria Plzeň 2-0 Matchday Three: 19 October 2011/12 FC Barcelona (ESP) – FC Viktoria Plzeň 2-0 UEFA Champions League Matchday Four: 1 November Second Qualifying Round FC Viktoria Plzeň – FC Barcelona (ESP) 0-4 First leg, 12 July Matchday Five: 23 November FC Pyunik (ARM) – FC Viktoria Plzeň 0-4 FC BATE Borisov (BLR) – FC Viktoria Plzeň 0-1 Second leg, 19 July Matchday Six: 6 December FC Viktoria Plzeň – FC Pyunik (ARM) 5-1 FC Viktoria Plzeň – AC Milan (ITA) 2-2 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 27 July Rosenborg BK (NOR) – FC Viktoria Plzeň 0-1 Second leg, 3 August FC Viktoria Plzeň – Rosenborg BK (NOR) 3-2 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Play-offs First leg, 16 August Pld W D L FC København (DEN) – FC Viktoria Plzeň 1-3 UEFA Champions League 12 7 2 3 Second leg, 24 August UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 2 0 0 2 FC Viktoria Plzeň – FC København (DEN) 2-1 UEFA Cup/Europa League 2 0 1 1 Group Stage UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Group H third place UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday One: 13 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Viktoria Plzeň – FC BATE Borisov (BLR) 1-1 Total 16 7 3 6

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FC Schalke 04 (GER)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None

Founded: 1904 Address: Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg 1, 45891 Gelsenkirchen, HEAD COACH: Telephone: +49 209 36 18 0 Date/Place of Birth: 29/11/1953 Website: schalke04.de in Sittard, Netherlands Nationality: NED Media Officer: Thomas Spiegel Team Captain: Benedikt Höwedes Playing Career: Fortuna Sittard (1970-75), PSV Eindhoven (1975-86) MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1978), Dutch Championship (1976, 1978, National Championship (7) 1986), Dutch Cup (1976) 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958 International Caps/Goals – 18/1 for the Netherlands National Cup (5) 1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011 Managerial/Coaching Career: UEFA Cup (1) Roda JC (1993-96), FC Schalke 04 (1996-2002), Hertha 1997 BSC Berlin (2002-03), 1. FC Köln (2004-05), Roda JC (2005-07), Hamburger SV (2007-08), PSV Eindhoven (2008-09), FC Salzburg (2009-11), FC Schalke 04 (2011-) STADIUM: Arena AufSchalke Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1997), Austrian Championship (2010), German Cup (2001, 2002) Ground Capacity: 54,142 Opened: 2001

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 D 28/06/1976 GHA 178 1 - 2010 3 Sergio ESCUDERO D 02/09/1989 ESP 176 1 - 2010 Real Murcia 4 Benedikt HÖWEDES D 29/02/1988 GER 187 4 - 2001 none 6 D 11/06/1985 GER 183 2010 1. FSV Mainz 05 7 RAÚL González F 27/06/1977 ESP 180 4 1 2010 Real CF 8 F 02/10/1985 ROU 185 9 4 2011 VfB 10 Lewis HOLTBY M 18/09/1990 GER 176 5 1 2009 1. FSV Mainz 05 (loan) 11 Alexander BAUMJOHANN M 23/01/1987 GER 178 4 - 2010 FC Bayern München 12 Marco HÖGER M 16/09/1989 GER 186 5 - 2011 Alemannia Aachen 13 Jermaine JONES M 03/11/1981 USA 184 3 - 2007 Blackburn Rovers FC (loan) 14 D 23/02/1992 GRE 183 5 1 2010 Olympiacos FC 17 Jefferson FARFÁN F 26/10/1984 PER 178 4 - 2008 PSV Eindhoven 18 José Manuel JURADO M 29/06/1986 ESP 176 13 1 2010 Club Atlético de Madrid 19 Chinedu OBASI F 01/06/1986 NGA 188 2012 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 21 D 05/11/1980 GER 194 2 - 2010 Real Madrid CF 22 D 27/03/1988 JPN 176 3 - 2010 Kashima Antlers 23 Christian FUCHS D 07/04/1986 AUT 186 5 2 2011 1. FSV Mainz 05 24 Peer KLUGE M 22/11/1980 GER 179 2010 1. FC Nürnberg 25 Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR F 12/08/1983 NED 186 5 2 2010 AC Milan 33 Mathias SCHOBER G 08/04/1976 GER 191 2007 FC Hansa Rostock 34 G 05/04/1979 GER 185 3 - 2011 Sporting Clube de 37 Manuel TORRES M 05/01/1991 ESP 180 2011 RCD Mallorca B 43 Nils ZANDER D 06/02/1993 GER 182 2010 Manchester City FC

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 26 Andreas WIEGEL (F) 1 Ap/1 Gl; 28 Christoph MORITZ (M) 2/-; Julian DRAXLER (M) 6/1; Joel MATIP (M) 5/1; 36 Lars UNNERSTALL (G) 3/-; Alban SABAH (D) 1/-; 39 Alexander LANGLITZ (M) 1/-

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of German Cup

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August HJK Helsinki (FIN) – FC Schalke 04 2-0 Second leg, 25 August FC Schalke 04 – HJK Helsinki (FIN) 6-1 Group Stage Group J winners Matchday One: 15 September FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) – FC Schalke 04 0-0 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FC Schalke 04 – Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 3-1 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) – FC Schalke 04 0-5 UEFA Champions League 43 18 8 17 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 14 9 2 3 FC Schalke 04 – AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) 0-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 74 38 18 18 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Schalke 04 – FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) 2-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 10 2 0 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) – FC Schalke 04 0-3 Total 143 75 30 38

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Wisła Kraków (POL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Bogdan BASAŁAJ

Founded: 1906 Date of Birth: 04/07/1961 Address: Ul. Reymonta 22, 30-059 Kraków, Elected/Appointed: 07/06/2010 Telephone: +48 12 630 7600 Website: wisla.krakow.pl HEAD COACH: Kazimierz MOSKAL Media Officer: Adrian Ochalik Team Captain: Radosław Sobolewski Date/Place of Birth: 09/01/1967 in Sułkowice, Poland Nationality: POL MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (13) Wisła Kraków (1985-90), 1927, 1928, 1949, 1950, 1978, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, KKS Lech Poznań (1990-94), 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (1994-97), National Cup (4) Maccabi Ironi Ashdod FC (1998), 1926, 1967, 2002, 2003 Hutnik Kraków (1998-99), Wisła Kraków (1999-2003), Górnik Zabrze (2003-04) Major Honours – Polish Championship (1992, 1993, STADIUM: Reymana Stadion 2001, 2003), (2002, 2003) International Caps/Goals – 6/1 for Poland Ground Capacity: 23,953 Opened: 1953 Managerial/Coaching Career: Wisła Kraków (assistant) (2005-07), Wisła Kraków (2007), Wisła Kraków (youth) (2008-10), Wisła Kraków (assistant) (2010-11), Wisła Kraków (2011-)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Milan JOVANIĆ G 31/07/1985 SRB 188 2010 FK Spartak Subotica 2 Kew JALIENS D 15/09/1978 NED 183 9 1 2011 AZ Alkmaar 4 Osman CHÁVEZ D 29/07/1984 HON 188 4 - 2010 CD Platense 5 Maor MELIKSON M 30/10/1984 ISR 175 3 - 2011 Hapoel Beer Sheva FC 6 Gordan BUNOZA D 05/02/1988 BIH 195 1 - 2010 NK Karlovac 7 Radosław SOBOLEWSKI M 13/12/1976 POL 182 2 - 2005 Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski 9 Rafał BOGUSKI F 09/06/1984 POL 173 2 - 2005 GKS Bełchatów (loan) 10 Łukasz GARGUŁA M 25/02/1981 POL 177 5 1 2009 GKS Bełchatów 11 Gervasio NÚÑEZ M 29/01/1988 ARG 180 6 - 2011 Quilmes AC 13 Dragan PALJIĆ D 08/04/1983 GER 174 4 - 2010 1. FC Kaiserslautern 15 JÚNIOR DÍAZ D 12/09/1983 CRC 185 10 - 2011 Club Brugge KV 16 Tomáš JIRSÁK M 29/06/1984 CZE 172 2 - 2007 FK Teplice 17 Andraž KIRM M 06/09/1984 SVN 183 6 2 2009 NK Domžale 18 Tsvetan GENKOV F 08/02/1984 BUL 186 2 1 2011 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 19 Patryk MAŁECKI F 01/08/1988 POL 170 3 1 2006 Zagłębie Sosnowiec (loan) 20 David BITON F 01/03/1988 ISR 185 5 3 2011 R. Charleroi SC (loan) 22 Marko JOVANOVIĆ D 26/03/1988 SRB 184 5 - 2011 FK Partizan 25 G 31/01/1977 EST 193 6 - 2011 FC Tom Tomsk 28 Cezary WILK M 12/02/1986 POL 180 5 - 2010 Korona Kielce 31 Michael LAMEY D 29/11/1979 NED 185 5 - 2011 Leicester City FC 42 Michał SZEWCZYK F 17/10/1992 POL 176 2010 none 45 Daniel BRUD M 20/05/1989 POL 182 4 - 2007 none 77 M 27/10/1979 SRB 182 5 - 2011 FK Partizan

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 33 Michał CZEKAJ (D) 1 Ap/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Two: 29 September Winners of Polish FC Twente (NED) – Wisła Kraków 4-1 Matchday Three: 20 October 2011/12 Wisła Kraków – Fulham FC (ENG) 1-0 UEFA Champions League Matchday Four: 3 November Second Qualifying Round Fulham FC (ENG) – Wisła Kraków 4-1 First leg, 13 July Matchday Five: 1 December Skonto FC (LVA) – Wisła Kraków 0-1 Odense BK (DEN) – Wisła Kraków 1-2 Second leg, 19 July Matchday Six: 14 December Wisła Kraków – Skonto FC (LVA) 2-0 Wisła Kraków – FC Twente (NED) 2-1 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 26 July PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) – Wisła Kraków 1-2 Second leg, 3 August Wisła Kraków – PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) 3-1 Play-offs ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE First leg, 17 August Wisła Kraków – APOEL FC (CYP) 1-0 Pld W D L Second leg, 23 August UEFA Champions League 32 15 4 13 APOEL FC (CYP) – Wisła Kraków 3-1 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 8 5 0 3 UEFA Cup/Europa League 62 27 14 21 UEFA Europa League Group Stage UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Group K runners-up UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday One: 15 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Wisła Kraków – Odense BK (DEN) 1-3 Total 102 47 18 37

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R. Standard de Liège (BEL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Roland DUCHÂTELET

Founded: 1898 Date of Birth: 14/11/1946 Address: Rue de la Centrale 2, 4000 Liège, Elected/Appointed: 23/06/2011 Telephone: +32 4 254 4207 Website: standard.be HEAD COACH: José RIGA Media Officer: Pierre Locht Team Captain: Jelle Van Damme Date/Place of Birth: 30/07/1954 in Liege, Belgium Nationality: BEL MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Managerial/Coaching Career: National Championship (10) RCS Visé (2000-02), Sprimont CS 1958, 1961, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1982, 1983, 2008, (2002-03), R. Standard de Liège 2009 (assistant) (2003-05), RAEC Mona National Cup (6) (2005-08), RCS Visé (technical 1954, 1966, 1967, 1981, 1993, 2011 director) (2008-09), RCS Visé (2009-11), R. Standard de Liège (2011-)

STADIUM: Stade Maurice Dufrasne

Ground Capacity: 28,020 Opened: 1925

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Réginal GOREUX D 31/12/1987 HAI 175 6 - 2007 none 3 Karim BELHOCINE D 02/04/1978 ALG 187 2 - 2011 KV Kortrijk 4 D 18/10/1990 GHA 173 3 - 2010 Real Madrid Castilla 5 FELIPE D 15/05/1987 BRA 193 5 1 2009 Coritiba FC 6 Laurent CIMAN D 05/08/1985 BEL 180 2 - 2010 Club Brugge KV 8 Maor BUZAGLO M 14/01/1988 ISR 176 4 - 2011 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 10 Mohamed TCHITÉ F 31/01/1984 RWA 176 4 2 2010 Real Racing Club 11 Gohi Bi CYRIAC F 15/08/1990 CIV 172 6 1 2009 Charlton Athletic FC 14 NACHO GONZÁLEZ M 14/05/1982 URU 180 6 - 2011 Valencia CF 15 Sébastien POCOGNOLI D 01/08/1987 BEL 182 11 - 2010 AZ Alkmaar 17 Yoni BUYENS M 10/03/1988 BEL 182 5 - 2011 KV Mechelen 18 Anthony MORIS G 29/04/1990 BEL 184 1 - 2008 none 20 Luis Manuel SEIJAS M 23/06/1986 VEN 174 5 2 2011 Independiente Santa Fé 21 William VAINQUEUR F 19/11/1988 FRA 179 5 - 2011 FC Nantes 23 Michy BATSHUAYI F 02/10/1993 CGO 180 3 1 2010 none 25 KANU D 03/05/1984 BRA 188 6 2 2011 SC Beira-Mar 27 Laurent HENKINET G 14/09/1992 BEL 189 - - 2011 K. Sint-Truidense VV 32 Birkir BJARNASON M 27/05/1988 ISL 182 2012 Viking FK 37 Jelle VAN DAMME M 10/10/1983 BEL 194 11 - 2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 38 G 03/09/1988 TUR 187 11 - 2009 KRC Genk 55 Rami GERSHON D 12/08/1988 ISR 185 2 - 2010 KV Kortrijk (loan) 77 Serge GAKPÉ F 07/05/1987 TOG 176 2012 FC Nantes 89 Geoffrey MUJANGI-BIA M 12/08/1989 BEL 178 4 - 2011 R. Charleroi SC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Three: 20 October 2nd in Belgian Pro League (after play-offs) R. Standard de Liège – FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR) 0-0 Matchday Four: 3 November 2011/12 FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR) – R. Standard de Liège 1-3 UEFA Champions League Matchday Five: 30 November Third Qualifying Round R. Standard de Liège – (GER) 2-0 First leg, 27 July Matchday Six: 15 December R. Standard de Liège – FC Zürich (SUI) 1-1 FC København (DEN) – R. Standard de Liège 0-1 Second leg, 3 August FC Zürich (SUI) – R. Standard de Liège 1-0

UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE R. Standard de Liège – Helsingborgs IF (SWE) 1-0 Second leg, 25 August Pld W D L Helsingborgs IF (SWE) – R. Standard de Liège 1-3 UEFA Champions League 52 24 8 20 Group Stage UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 36 19 5 12 Group B winners UEFA Cup/Europa League 86 39 22 25 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Hannover 96 (GER) – R. Standard de Liège 0-0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 20 8 10 2 Matchday Two: 29 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 R. Standard de Liège – FC København (DEN) 3-0 Total 194 90 45 59

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SC (POR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: ANTÓNIO SALVADOR

Founded: 1921 Date of Birth: 29/12/1970 Address: Estádio AXA, Parque Norte – Ap. 12, Monte Elected/Appointed: 24/02/2003 Castro – Dume, 4700-087 Braga, Portugal Telephone: +351 253 206 860 Website: scbraga.pt HEAD COACH: LEONARDO JARDIM

Media Officer: Marco Carvalho Date/Place of Birth: 01/08/1974 Team Captain: Alan in Barcelona, Venezuela Nationality: POR

Managerial/Coaching Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS AD Camacha (2003-08), GD Chaves (2008-09), SC Beira-Mar National Cup (1) (2009-11), SC Braga (2011-) 1966

STADIUM: Estádio Municipal de Braga

Ground Capacity: 30,154 Opened: 2003

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UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 QUIM G 13/11/1975 POR 184 6 - 2010 SL Benfica 4 NUNO COELHO D 07/01/1986 POR 192 4 - 2011 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5 EWERTON D 23/03/1989 BRA 188 6 1 2011 SC Corinthians Alagoano 8 MOSSORÓ M 04/07/1983 BRA 170 14 - 2008 SC Internacional 9 PAULO CÉSAR F 05/01/1980 BRA 175 11 - 2008 UD Leiria 10 HÉLDER BARBOSA F 25/05/1987 POR 173 11 3 2010 FC Porto 13 D 19/12/1986 POR 182 2012 FC Porto 18 LIMA F 11/05/1983 BRA 178 15 3 2010 CF Os Belenenses 20 ELDERSON D 20/01/1988 NGA 189 7 2 2010 Stade Rennais FC 21 F 05/07/1976 POR 181 8 1 2011 SL Benfica 22 D 26/04/1983 LBY 188 6 - 2011 SC Beira-Mar 23 Emmanuel IMOROU D 16/09/1988 BEN 181 2011 LB Châteauroux 25 LEANDRO SALINO M 22/04/1985 BRA 168 20 - 2010 CD Nacional 26 PAULO VINÍCIUS D 12/08/1984 BRA 186 5 1 2011 UD Leiria 27 CUSTÓDIO M 24/05/1983 POR 181 7 1 2010 Vitória SC 30 ALAN F 19/09/1979 BRA 180 15 3 2008 FC Porto 32 Tommaso BERNI G 06/03/1983 ITA 190 2011 S.S. Lazio 44 DOUGLÃO D 15/08/1986 BRA 193 2 - 2011 Kavala FC 45 M 15/01/1983 POR 178 15 - 2009 Valencia CF 46 PALMEIRA D 24/09/1989 POR 187 2008 FC Vizela (loan) 83 CARLÃO F 01/08/1986 BRA 190 3 - 2011 Kashima Antlers 90 RÚBEN AMORIM M 27/01/1985 POR 180 8 - 2012 SL Benfica

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 4th in Portuguese Liga

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August SC Braga – BSC Young Boys (SUI) 0-0 Second leg, 25 August BSC Young Boys (SUI) – SC Braga 2-2 Group Stage Group H runners-up Matchday One: 15 September Birmingham City FC (ENG) – SC Braga 1-3 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE SC Braga – Club Brugge KV (BEL) 1-2 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L NK (SVN) – SC Braga 1-1 UEFA Champions League 10 6 0 4 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 10 6 1 3 SC Braga – NK Maribor (SVN) 5-1 UEFA Cup/Europa League 65 24 16 25 Matchday Five: 30 November UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 SC Braga – Birmingham City FC (ENG) 1-0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 15 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Club Brugge KV (BEL) – SC Braga 1-1 Total 85361732

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Beşiktaş JK (TUR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: YILDIRIM Demirören

Founded: 1903 Date of Birth: 16/10/1994 Address: Süleyman Seba Cad. No.48 BJK Plaza, B-Blok Elected/Appointed: 2004 Giriş Kat, Akaretler-Beşiktaş, 34357 , Telephone: +90 212 310 1000 Website: bjk.com.tr HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Kürşad Kaplan Date/Place of Birth: 04/12/1965 Team Captain: İbrahim Toraman in Braga, Portugal Nationality: POR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: SC Braga (1983-85), GD Chaves National Championship (13) (1985-86), SC Braga (1986-88), 1957, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, FC Porto (1988-89), SC Beira-Mar 1992, 1995, 2003, 2009 (1989-90), SC Braga (1990-92), National Cup (9) FC Tirsense (1992-93), GD Chaves (1993-95), 1975, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 SC Espinho (1995-98)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: BJK İnönü Stadı SC Espinho (1998-2000), SC Freamunde (2000), CD Aves (2000-01), Leixões SC (2001-03), Vitória FC (2003- Ground Capacity: 32,145 04), CF Os Belenenses (2004-05), SC Braga (2006), SC Opened: 1947 Beira-Mar (2006-07), Vitória FC (2007-08), Asteras Tripolis FC (2008), CS Marítimo (2009), Sporting Clube de Portugal (2009-10), Beşiktaş JK (2011-) Major Honours – Portuguese League Cup (2008)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 RÜŞTÜ Reçber G 10/05/1973 TUR 187 4 - 2007 Fenerbahçe SK 3 İSMAİL Köybaşı D 10/07/1989 TUR 177 11 - 2009 4 MANUEL FERNANDES M 05/02/1986 POR 175 8 2 2011 Valencia CF 5 İBRAHİM Toraman D 20/11/1981 TUR 179 6 1 2004 Gaziantepspor 6 Tomáš SIVOK D 15/09/1983 CZE 185 8 - 2008 7 M 26/09/1983 POR 173 9 4 2010 FC Internazionale Milano 8 Veli KAVLAK M 03/11/1988 AUT 178 16 1 2011 SK Rapid Wien 9 F 23/05/1984 POR 191 11 4 2011 SV Werder Bremen 11 MUSTAFA Pektemek F 11/08/1988 TUR 182 2 1 2011 Gençlerbirliği SK 13 Roberto HILBERT M 16/10/1984 GER 182 13 1 2010 VfB Stuttgart 15 MEHMET AURÉLIO M 15/12/1977 TUR 178 10 1 2010 Balompié 17 EKREM Dağ M 05/12/1980 AUT 176 3 - 2008 Gaziantepspor 18 M 24/01/1991 TUR 180 11 - 2004 none 20 SIMÃO M 31/10/1979 POR 172 19 2 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 23 Filip HOLOŠKO F 17/01/1984 SVK 185 9 2 2008 İstanbul BB SK (loan) 24 JÚLIO ALVES M 29/06/1991 POR 178 2 - 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 27 SIDNEI D 23/06/1989 BRA 185 6 - 2011 SL Benfica 28 M 30/05/1979 GER 183 13 2 2009 FC Schalke 04 33 EDU F 30/11/1981 BRA 185 5 2 2011 FC Schalke 04 55 D 03/11/1982 TUR 183 6 2 2011 AŞ 66 TANJU Kayhan D 22/07/1989 AUT 172 6 - 2011 SK Rapid Wien 99 CENK Gönen G 21/02/1988 TUR 189 5 - 2010

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August Beşiktaş JK – FC Alania Vladikavkaz (RUS) 3-0 Second leg, 25 August FC Alania Vladikavkaz (RUS) – Beşiktaş JK 2-0 Group Stage Group E winners Matchday One: 15 September Beşiktaş JK – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 5-1 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Stoke City FC (ENG) – Beşiktaş JK 2-1 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – Beşiktaş JK 1-0 UEFA Champions League 64 20 12 32 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 20 4 4 12 Beşiktaş JK – FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 74 34 14 26 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Beşiktaş JK 2-3 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Beşiktaş JK – Stoke City FC (ENG) 3-1 Total 158 58 30 70

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Udinese Calcio (ITA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Franco SOLDATI

Founded: 1896 Date of Birth: 30/09/1959 Address: Viale Agostino e Angelo Candolini 2, 33100 Elected/Appointed: 2000 Udine, Telephone: +39 0432 544 911 Website: udinese.it HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Mattia Pertoldi Date/Place of Birth: 03/10/1955 Team Captain: in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy Nationality: ITA

Playing Career: Hellas Verona FC (1975-77), S.S. MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Sambenedettese (1977-78), Hellas Verona FC (1978-79), AC None Pistoiese (1979-80), Hellas Verona FC (1980-82), Bologna FC (1982-83), Hellas Verona FC (1983-84), SSC Venezia (1984-86)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: Stadio Friuli Treviso FBC (1989-90), Fano Calcio (1990-91), Empoli FC (1991-92), Ravenna Calcio (1992-93), Atalanta BC Ground Capacity: 41,652 (1993), Vicenza Calcio (1994-98), Udinese Calcio (1998- Opened: 1976 99), Bologna FC (1999-2003), US Città di Palermo (2004-05), CFC (2005), AS Monaco FC (2005-06), US Città di Palermo (2006-08), Parma FC (2008-10), Udinese Calcio (2010-) Major Honours – Italian Cup (1997)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Samir HANDANOVIČ G 14/07/1984 SVN 194 6 - 2004 Rimini Calcio (loan) 3 M 12/06/1988 CHI 175 5 - 2007 none 4 Michele PAZIENZA M 05/08/1982 ITA 176 5 - 2012 Juventus 5 DANILO D 10/05/1984 BRA 185 6 - 2011 SE Palmeiras 7 Emmanuel BADU M 02/12/1990 GHA 169 6 - 2010 Berlin FC 8 Dušan BASTA D 18/08/1984 SRB 184 5 - 2008 US Lecce (loan) 10 Antonio DI NATALE F 13/10/1977 ITA 170 2 2 2004 Empoli FC 11 Maurizio DOMIZZI D 28/06/1980 ITA 187 3 - 2008 SSC Napoli 13 D 14/03/1990 BRA 182 3 - 2011 Grêmio FBPA 14 Daniel BELLO D 12/01/1992 ITA 188 2011 none 17 Mehdi BENATIA D 17/04/1987 FRA 188 5 1 2010 Clermont Foot Auvergne 20 M 09/12/1988 GHA 175 4 - 2009 AC Bellinzona 21 Daniele PADELLI G 25/10/1985 ITA 191 2011 UC Sampdoria 23 Almen ABDI M 21/10/1986 SUI 182 5 1 2010 Le Mans UC 72 24 D 04/02/1989 SWE 185 4 - 2011 Helsingborgs IF 26 D 05/01/1982 ITA 191 2008 AS Livorno Calcio 27 D 02/11/1986 COL 179 5 1 2010 SE Palmeiras 28 Rafael ROMO G 25/02/1990 VEN 197 2009 Estudiantes de Mérida FC (loan) 31 Diego FABBRINI F 31/07/1990 ITA 181 5 - 2011 Empoli FC 32 Damiano FERRONETTI D 01/11/1984 ITA 185 2007 Parma FC 41 Simone SBARDELLA D 17/04/1993 ITA 182 2008 none 42 Mattia BEDIN M 04/01/1994 ITA 175 2008 none 43 Davide MARSURA F 20/02/1994 ITA 178 2008 none 66 M 11/03/1981 ITA 176 3 - 2000 AC Chievo Verona (loan) 83 Antonio FLORO FLORES F 18/06/1983 ITA 183 3 1 2007 Genoa CFC (loan) ‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 18 Cristian BATTOCCHIO (M) 2 Aps/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Five: 30 November 4th in Italian Stade Rennais FC (FRA) – Udinese Calcio 0-0 Matchday Six: 15 December 2011/12 Udinese Calcio – Celtic FC (SCO) 1-1 UEFA Champions League Play-offs First leg, 16 August Arsenal FC (ENG) – Udinese Calcio 1-0 Second leg, 24 August Udinese Calcio – Arsenal FC (ENG) 1-2

UEFA Europa League Group Stage Group I runners-up ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Matchday One: 15 September Udinese Calcio – Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 2-1 Pld W D L Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Champions League 10 4 1 5 Celtic FC (SCO) – Udinese Calcio 1-1 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Three: 20 October UEFA Cup/Europa League 44 21 8 15 Udinese Calcio – Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 2-0 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 4 1 1 Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) – Udinese Calcio 4-0 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 60291021

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PAOK FC (GRE)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT:

Founded: 1926 Date of Birth: 09/11/1973 Address: Mikras Asias, 543 51 , Elected/Appointed: January 2012 Telephone: +30 2310 954050 Website: paokfc.gr HEAD COACH: László BÖLÖNI Media Officer: Stavros Sountoulidis Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 11/03/1953 in Targu Mures, Romania Nationality: ROU MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (2) Chimica Târnăveni (1967-70), ASA 1976, 1985 Târgu Mureş (1970-84), FC Steaua National Cup (4) Bucureşti (1984-87), Racing Jet 1972, 1974, 2001, 2003 Wavre (1988), US Créteil (1988- 89), US Orléans (1989-92) Major Honours – European Champion Clubs’ Cup STADIUM: Stadium (1986), UEFA Super Cup (1986), Romanian Championship (1985, 1986, 1987), Romanian Cup Ground Capacity: 28,703 (1985, 1987) Opened: 1959 International Caps/Goals – 108/25 for Romania

Managerial/Coaching Career: AS Nancy-Lorraine (1994-2000), Romania (2000-01), Sporting Clube de Portugal (2001-03), Stade Rennais FC (2003-06), AS Monaco FC (2006-07), Al-Jazeera (2007-08), R. Standard de Liège (2008-10), Al-Wahda (2010), RC Lens (2011), PAOK FC (2011-) Major Honours – Portuguese Championship (2002), Belgian Championship (2009), Portuguese Cup (2002), Gulf Club Champions Cup (2007)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Kostas CHALKIAS G 30/05/1974 GRE 199 5 - 2008 Aris Thessaloniki FC 2 Alexis APOSTOLOPOULOS M 07/11/1991 GRE 185 1 - 2010 Anagennisi FC (loan) 4 Sotiris BALAFAS M 19/08/1986 GRE 188 3 - 2005 Ergotelis FC (loan) 5 PABLO GARCÍA M 11/05/1977 URU 186 10 - 2008 Real Madrid CF 6 Dimitris STAMOU D 27/04/1991 GRE 183 2011 Iraklis FC 7 Giorgos GEORGIADIS M 14/11/1987 GRE 178 5 - 2011 Panserraikos FC 8 D 21/03/1977 ITA 187 12 - 2009 Reggina Calcio 9 F 18/08/1981 GRE 172 21 7 2010 Panathinaikos FC 11 Bertrand ROBERT M 16/11/1983 FRA 174 2011 Panthrakikos FC 13 D 11/03/1985 GRE 192 7 1 2003 Irodotos FC (loan) 14 Sakis PAPAZOGLOU F 30/03/1988 GRE 195 3 - 2009 Asteras Tripolis FC (loan) 16 LINO D 01/06/1977 BRA 184 8 - 2009 FC Porto 18 Giorgos FOTAKIS M 29/10/1981 GRE 175 10 2 2009 FC 21 Vladimir IVIĆ M 07/05/1977 SRB 191 11 1 2008 Aris Thessaloniki FC 25 Costin LAZĂR M 24/04/1981 ROU 179 5 1 2011 FC Rapid Bucureşti 27 Mirosław SZNAUCNER D 09/05/1979 POL 174 9 - 2007 Iraklis FC 28 Stavros TSOUKALAS M 28/05/1988 GRE 186 2 - 2007 Nea Salamis FC (loan) 33 F 24/12/1988 GRE 185 10 2 2006 Panserraikos FC (loan) 35 Stylianos KITSIOU M 28/09/1993 GRE 185 2011 none 71 G 10/10/1986 GRE 180 1 - 2007 Agrotikos Asteras FC (loan) 77 ETTO M 08/03/1981 CRO 176 14 - 2011 GNK Dinamo 88 Frédéric NIMANI F 08/10/1988 FRA 193 2012 AS Monaco FC 90 Giorgos KATSIKAS D 14/06/1990 GRE 187 2011 Iraklis FC 91 Dario KREŠIĆ G 11/01/1984 CRO 195 9 - 2009 Panionios GSS 99 F 25/01/1990 GRE 185 2011 Kavala FC ‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 3 (D) 1 Ap/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Four: 3 November 3rd in Greek Super League (after play-offs) Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) - PAOK FC 1-3 Matchday Five: 30 November 2011/12 Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) - PAOK FC 1-2 UEFA Europa League Matchday Six: 15 December Third Qualifying Round PAOK FC - FC Rubin (RUS) 1-1 First leg, 28 July Vålerenga Fotball (NOR) – PAOK FC 0-2 Second leg, 4 August PAOK FC - Vålerenga Fotball (NOR) 3-0 Play-offs First leg, 18 August PAOK FC – FC Karpaty Lviv (UKR) 2-0 Second leg, 25 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FC Karpaty Lviv (UKR) - PAOK FC 1-1 Group Stage Pld W D L Group A winners UEFA Champions League 10 1 3 6 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 18 8 5 5 PAOK FC - Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 0-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 86 33 28 25 Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) - PAOK FC 2-2 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Three: 20 October European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 PAOK FC – Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) 2-1 Total 114 42 36 36

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Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: SADRİ Şener

Founded: 1967 Date of Birth: 21/08/1951 Address: Mehmet Ali Yilmaz Tesisleri, Havaalani Alti Elected/Appointed: 10/02/2008 27, 61080 , Turkey Telephone: +90 462 325 0967 Website: trabzonspor.org.tr HEAD COACH: ŞENOL Güneş

Media Officer: Altug Atalay Date/Place of Birth: 01/06/1952 Team Captain: in Trabzon, Turkey Nationality: TUR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Sebat Gençlik (1970-72), National Championship (6) Trabzonspor AŞ (1972-87) 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 Major Honours – Turkish National Cup (8) Championship (1976, 1977, 1979, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010 1980, 1981, 1984), Turkish Cup (1977, 1978, 1984) International Caps/Goals – 31/0 for Turkey

STADIUM: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadı Managerial/Coaching Career: Trabzonspor AŞ (1988-89), (1989-92), Ground Capacity: 23,722 İstanbulspor (1992-93), Trabzonspor AŞ (1993-97), Opened: 1951 (1997-98), (1998-2000), Turkey (2000-04), Trabzonspor AŞ (2004-05), FC Seoul (2007-09), Trabzonspor AŞ (2009-) Major Honours – Turkish Cup (1995, 2010)

76 Trabzonspor AŞ

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UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 ONUR Recep Kıvrak G 01/01/1988 TUR 187 2008 Karşıyaka SK 5 Marek ČECH D 26/01/1983 SVK 180 2011 West Bromwich Albion FC 6 Arkadiusz GŁOWACKI D 13/03/1979 POL 186 2010 Wisła Kraków 8 BARIŞ Özbek M 14/09/1986 TUR 180 6 - 2011 Galatasaray AŞ 9 HALİL Altıntop F 08/12/1982 TUR 185 2011 10 M 06/11/1986 POL 176 2011 KSP Polonia Warszawa 11 Róbert VITTEK F 01/04/1982 SVK 187 5 1 2011 MKE Ankaragücü 12 PAULO HENRIQUE F 13/03/1989 BRA 185 5 - 2011 Desportivo Brasil 14 Piotr BROŻEK D 21/04/1983 POL 178 2011 Wisła Kraków 15 Didier ZOKORA M 14/12/1980 CIV 180 7 - 2011 Sevilla FC 17 BURAK Yılmaz F 15/07/1985 TUR 188 2010 Fenerbahçe SK 18 TAYFUN Cora D 05/12/1983 TUR 183 2002 (loan) 20 Gustavo COLMAN M 19/04/1985 ARG 175 2008 KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen 22 D 25/09/1987 TUR 191 2008 1461 Trabzon (loan) 23 GİRAY Kaçar D 15/03/1985 TUR 189 2008 Hacettepe SK 24 AYKUT Akgün M 18/09/1987 TUR 183 2011 Karşiyaka SK 25 ALANZINHO M 22/02/1983 BRA 166 2009 Stabæk Fotball 28 Ondřej ČELŮSTKA D 18/06/1989 CZE 186 2011 SK Slavia Praha 29 TOLGA Zengin G 10/10/1983 TUR 192 2002 none 30 SERKAN Balcı D 22/08/1983 TUR 173 2007 Fenerbahçe SK 63 FERHAT Öztorun D 08/05/1987 TUR 176 2009 Manisaspor 89 ZEKİ Ayvaz G 01/10/1989 TUR 188 2006 1461 Trabzon (loan) 91 BORA Sevim G 17/02/1984 TUR 187 2010 Gaziantep BB 92 OLCAN Adın M 30/09/1985 TUR 173 2012 Gaziantepspor

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Two: 27 September Runners-up in Turkish Süper Lig Trabzonspor AŞ – LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) 1-1 Matchday Three: 18 October 2011/12 PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) – Trabzonspor AŞ 3-0 UEFA Champions League Matchday Four: 2 November Third Qualifying Round Trabzonspor AŞ – PFC CSKA Moskva (RUS) 0-0 First leg, 27 July Matchday Five: 22 November SL Benfica (POR) – Trabzonspor AŞ 2-0 Trabzonspor AŞ – FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) 1-1 Second leg, 3 August Matchday Six: 7 December Trabzonspor AŞ – SL Benfica (POR) 1-1 LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA) – Trabzonspor AŞ 0-0

UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August Athletic Club (ESP) – Trabzonspor AŞ 0-0 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Second leg, 25 August Trabzonspor AŞ – Athletic Club (ESP)* Pld W D L (* match cancelled) UEFA Champions League 28 10 7 11 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 12 4 4 4 UEFA Champions League UEFA Cup/Europa League 45 16 12 17 Group Stage UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Group B third place UEFA Intertoto Cup 7 2 1 4 Matchday One: 14 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Internazionale Milano (ITA) – Trabzonspor AŞ 0-1 Total 92322436

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PSV Eindhoven (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Tiny SANDERS

Founded: 1913 Date of Birth: 26/08/1956 Address: Fredriklaan 10, 5600 AW Eindhoven, Elected/Appointed: June 2010 Netherlands Telephone: +31 40 2505 505 Website: psv.nl HEAD COACH: Fred RUTTEN

Media Officer: Jeroen van den Berk Date/Place of Birth: 05/12/1962 Team Captain: in Wijchen, Netherlands Nationality: NED

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: FC Twente (1979-92) National Championship (21) 1929, 1935, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1986, 1987, Managerial/Coaching Career: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, FC Twente (assistant) (1993-99), 2006, 2007, 2008 FC Twente (1999-2001), PSV Eindhoven (youth) (2001- National Cup (8) 02), PSV Eindhoven (assistant) (2002-06), FC Twente 1950, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2005 (2006-08), FC Schalke 04 (2008-09), PSV Eindhoven European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1) (2009-) 1988 UEFA Cup (1) 1978

STADIUM: PSV Stadion

Ground Capacity: 35,000 Opened: 1913

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 G 03/10/1981 SWE 196 23 - 2008 Manchester City FC 2 Stanislav MANOLEV D 16/12/1985 BUL 183 19 1 2009 PFC Litex Lovech 3 D 15/06/1978 NED 178 15 2 2010 Aston Villa FC 4 MARCELO D 25/05/1987 BRA 190 18 1 2010 Wisła Kraków 5 D 07/08/1988 NED 185 21 - 2008 FC Utrecht 6 Kevin STROOTMAN M 13/02/1990 NED 186 5 1 2011 FC Utrecht 7 Ola TOIVONEN F 03/07/1986 SWE 189 24 6 2009 Malmö FF 8 Orlando ENGELAAR M 24/08/1979 NED 196 21 2 2009 FC Schalke 04 9 Tim MATAVŽ F 13/01/1989 SVN 188 5 2 2011 FC Groningen 10 Georginio WIJNALDUM F 11/11/1990 NED 173 6 2 2011 Feyenoord 11 F 24/11/1987 NED 178 17 3 2010 AZ Alkmaar 13 M 08/02/1983 CAN 187 19 - 2010 FC København 14 Dries MERTENS F 06/05/1987 BEL 169 11 3 2011 FC Utrecht 15 Stijn WUYTENS M 08/10/1989 BEL 183 6 1 2008 De Graafschap (loan) 17 Abel TAMATA D 05/12/1990 NED 178 4 - 2010 none 18 Timothy DERIJCK D 25/05/1987 BEL 185 3 - 2011 ADO Den Haag 19 Jan VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK F 07/11/1978 NED 191 2 1 2011 SK Rapid Wien 20 Zakaria LABYAD M 09/03/1993 NED 170 8 2 2009 none 21 Przemysław TYTOŃ G 04/01/1987 POL 195 2 - 2011 Roda JC 23 Funso OJO M 28/08/1991 BEL 178 1 - 2008 VVV-Venlo (loan) 24 Marcel RITZMAIER M 22/04/1993 AUT 180 2 - 2010 none 30 Rubén BENTANCOURT F 02/03/1993 URU 180 2011 Danubio FC 33 Khalid SINOUH G 02/05/1975 MAR 190 2011 FC Utrecht 42 Jürgen LOCADIA F 07/11/1993 NED 180 2011 none 43 D 30/03/1994 NED 170 3 - 2011 Sparta

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 27 Stefano MARZO (D) 1 Ap/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 3rd in Dutch Eredivisie

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August SV Ried (AUT) – PSV Eindhoven 0-0 Second leg, 25 August PSV Eindhoven – SV Ried (AUT) 5-0 Group Stage Group C winners Matchday One: 15 September PSV Eindhoven – Legia Warszawa (POL) 1-0 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU) – PSV Eindhoven 1-3 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – PSV Eindhoven 0-1 UEFA Champions League 149 56 33 60 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 26 14 5 7 PSV Eindhoven – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 3-3 UEFA Cup/Europa League 113 57 28 28 Matchday Five: 30 November UEFA Super Cup 2 1 0 1 Legia Warszawa (POL) – PSV Eindhoven 0-3 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 15 December European/South American Cup 1 0 1 0 PSV Eindhoven – FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU) 2-1 Total 291 128 67 96

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Hannover 96 (GER)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Martin KIND

Founded: 1896 Date of Birth: 28/04/1944 Address: Robert-Enke-Strasse 1, 30169 Hannover, Elected/Appointed: 26/09/1997 Germany Telephone: +49 511 969 00 96 Website: hannover96.de HEAD COACH: Mirko SLOMKA

Media Officer: Alex Jacob Date/Place of Birth: 12/09/1967 Team Captain: Steve Cherundolo in Hildesheim, Germany Nationality: GER

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Managerial/Coaching Career: Hannover 96 (youth) (1998-99), National Championship (2) Tennis Borussia Berlin (youth) 1938, 1954 (1999-2000), Tennis Borussia National Cup (1) Berlin (2000), Hannover 96 1992 (assistant) (2001-04), FC Schalke 04 (assistant) (2004- 06), FC Schalke 04 (2006-08), Hannover 96 (2010-)

STADIUM: Stadion Hannover

Ground Capacity: 49,000 Opened: 1954

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Ron-Robert ZIELER G 12/02/1989 GER 188 5 - 2010 Manchester United FC 3 Karim HAGGUI D 20/01/1984 TUN 190 5 - 2009 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 D 16/01/1983 AUT 191 6 - 2010 Middlesbrough FC 5 Mario EGGIMANN D 24/01/1981 SUI 189 2 - 2008 Karlsruher SC 6 Steve CHERUNDOLO D 19/02/1979 USA 172 4 - 1999 Portland Piltos 7 Sergio PINTO M 16/10/1980 GER 176 6 1 2007 Alemannia Aachen 8 Altin LALA M 18/11/1975 ALB 172 3 - 1998 Borussia Fulda 9 F 12/06/1990 POL 185 3 1 2011 KSP Polonia Warszawa 11 Didier KONAN YA F 22/05/1984 CIV 174 5 1 2009 Rosenborg BK 13 Jan SCHLAUDRAFF F 18/07/1983 GER 180 5 1 2008 FC Bayern München 14 G 08/04/1982 GER 189 1 - 2010 Karlsruher SC 15 Henning HAUGER M 17/07/1985 NOR 179 1 - 2011 Stabæk Fotball 17 Moritz STOPPELKAMP F 11/12/1986 GER 180 3 - 2010 Rot-Weiss Oberhausen 19 D 01/04/1983 GER 185 4 - 2007 SV Werder Bremen 21 Samuel RADLINGER G 07/11/1992 AUT 197 2011 Union St Florian 23 Sofian CHAHED D 18/04/1983 GER 178 3 - 2009 Hertha BSC Berlin 24 Christian PANDER D 28/08/1983 GER 186 5 2 2011 FC Schalke 04 25 Mohammed ABDELLAOUE F 23/10/1985 NOR 182 5 1 2010 Vålerenga Fotball 26 Denis AYCICEK M 05/06/1990 GER 177 2002 none 28 Lars STINDL M 26/08/1988 GER 180 6 1 2010 Karlsruher SC 31 Jannis PLÄSCHKE M 06/02/1993 GER 176 2007 33 Manuel SCHMIEDEBACH M 05/12/1988 GER 170 5 - 2008 Hertha BSC Berlin 34 Konstantin RAUSCH M 15/03/1990 GER 182 6 1 2004 none 35 Christopher AVEVOR D 11/02/1992 GER 184 1 - 2008 none 39 Mame Biram DIOUF F 16/12/1987 SEN 185 2012 Manchester United FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 4th in German

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August Hannover 96 – Sevilla FC (ESP) 2-1 Second leg, 25 August Sevilla FC (ESP) – Hannover 96 1-1 Group Stage Group B runners-up Matchday One: 15 September Hannover 96 – R. Standard de Liège (BEL) 0-0 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR) – Hannover 96 1-2 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L Hannover 96 – FC København (DEN) 2-2 UEFA Champions League 0 0 0 0 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 2 1 0 1 FC København (DEN) – Hannover 96 1-2 UEFA Cup/Europa League 8 4 3 1 Matchday Five: 30 November UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 R. Standard de Liège (BEL) – Hannover 96 2-0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 15 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Hannover 96 – FC Vorskla Poltava (UKR) 3-1 Total 10 5 3 2

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Club Brugge KV (BEL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Bart VERHAEGHE

Founded: 1891 Date of Birth: 21/03/1965 Address: Olympialaan 72, 8200 Brugge, Belgium Elected/Appointed: 01/02/2011 Telephone: +32 50 40 2121 Website: clubbrugge.be HEAD COACH: Media Officer: Wim De Meyer Team Captain: Carl Hoefkens Date/Place of Birth: 24/10/1953 in Zwickau, Germany Nationality: GER MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (13) Eintracht Duisburg 1848 (1972- 1920, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, 75), 1. FC Köln (amateurs) 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005 (1975-81) National Cup (10) 1968, 1970, 1977, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, Managerial/Coaching Career: 2007 1. FC Köln (amateurs) (1981-86), 1. FC Köln (assistant) (1985-86), 1. FC Köln (1986-90), VfB Stuttgart (1990- 93), Beşiktaş JK (1994-96), Bayer 04 Leverkusen STADIUM: Jan Breydelstadion (1996-2000), Beşiktaş JK (2001-02), FK Wien (2002-03), Fenerbahçe SK (2003-06), 1. FC Köln (2006- Ground Capacity: 29,472 09), Fenerbahçe SK (2009-10), Eintracht Frankfurt Opened: 1975 (2011), Club Brugge KV (2011-) Major Honours – German Championship (1992), Turkish Championship (1995, 2004, 2005), Austrian Championship (2003), Turkish Cup (1994), (2003)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Tom HØGLI D 24/02/1984 NOR 175 4 - 2011 Tromsø IL 3 Michael ALMEBÄCK D 04/04/1988 SWE 184 6 - 2011 Örebro SK 4 Carl HOEFKENS D 06/10/1978 BEL 185 15 - 2009 West Bromwich Albion FC 5 Fredrik STENMAN D 02/06/1983 SWE 187 2011 FC Groningen 6 Niki ZIMLING M 19/04/1985 DEN 175 6 - 2011 Udinese Calcio 7 F 08/09/1986 COL 181 2012 Junior de Barranquilla 8 M 26/04/1986 ISR 176 6 - 2011 Maccabi Haifa FC 9 Björn VLEMINCKX F 01/12/1985 BEL 183 4 1 2011 NEC Nijmegen 11 Jonathan BLONDEL M 03/04/1984 BEL 173 13 - 2004 Tottenham Hotspur FC 13 Víctor VÁZQUEZ M 28/01/1987 ESP 180 5 - 2011 FC Barcelona B 15 Joseph AKPALA F 24/08/1986 NGA 185 14 5 2008 R. Charleroi SC 16 Maxime LESTIENNE F 17/06/1992 BEL 176 5 - 2010 R. Excelsior Mouscron 17 Marcos CAMOZZATO D 17/06/1983 BRA 177 9 - 2010 R. Standard de Liège 18 D 30/03/1986 NED 192 17 3 2009 West Bromwich Albion FC 19 M 12/09/1991 BEL 190 6 1 2011 RE Virton 21 Pietro PERDICHIZZI D 16/12/1993 BEL 176 2011 R. Charleroi SC 22 JORDI Figueras D 16/05/1987 ESP 185 2012 FC Rubin Kazan 27 Jimmy DE JONGHE M 13/02/1992 BEL 171 3 - 2010 none 28 Jannes VANSTEENKISTE D 17/02/1993 BEL 176 2 - 2008 none 30 Nick VAN BELLE F 17/03/1993 BEL 192 2011 none 32 Vadis ODJIDJA OFOE M 21/02/1989 BEL 185 19 2 2009 Hamburger SV 33 Vladan KUJOVIĆ G 23/08/1978 SRB 184 3 - 2011 Willem II

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 1 Colin COOSEMANS (G) 4 Aps/- Gls; 20 Thibaut VAN ACKER (M) 1/-; 26 Fries DESCHILDER (M) 1/-

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Four: 3 November 4th in Belgian Pro League (after play-offs) Birmingham City FC (ENG) – Club Brugge KV 2-2 Matchday Five: 30 November 2011/12 NK Maribor (SVN) – Club Brugge KV 3-4 UEFA Europa League Matchday Six: 15 December Third Qualifying Round Club Brugge KV – SC Braga (POR) 1-1 First leg, 28 July Club Brugge KV – Qarabağ FK (AZE) 4-1 Second leg, 4 August Qarabağ FK (AZE) – Club Brugge KV 1-0 Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Zestafoni (GEO) – Club Brugge KV 3-3 Second leg, 25 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Club Brugge KV – FC Zestafoni (GEO) 2-0 Group Stage Pld W D L Group H winners UEFA Champions League 77 32 16 29 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 28 15 3 10 Club Brugge KV – NK Maribor (SVN) 2-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 140 63 31 46 Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 SC Braga (POR) – Club Brugge KV 1-2 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Three: 20 October European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Club Brugge KV – Birmingham City FC (ENG) 1-2 Total 245 110 50 85

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Legia Warszawa (POL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Paweł KOSMALA

Founded: 1916 Date of Birth: 06/12/1950 Address: Ul. Łazienkowska 3, 00-449 Warszawa, Elected/Appointed: 16/04/2010 Poland Telephone: +48 22 318 20 00 Website: legia.com HEAD COACH: Maciej SKORŻA

Media Officer: Michał Kocięba Date/Place of Birth: 10/01/1972 Team Captain: Ivica Vrdoljak in Radom, Poland Nationality: POL

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Radomiak Radom (1993), National Championship (8) AZS-AWF Warszawa (1994) 1955, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2006 National Cup (14) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1955, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1973, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1990, Poland Under-21 (assistant) 1994, 1995, 1997, 2008, 2011 (1997-99), SMS Piaseczno (1998-99), Amica (youth/reserves) (1999-2003), Wisła Płock (2003), Poland (assistant) (2003-06), Amica Wronki (2004-05), STADIUM: Stadion Wojska Polskiego Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski (2006-07), Wisła Kraków (2007-10), Legia Warszawa (2010-) Ground Capacity: 31,000 Major Honours – Polish Championship (2008, 2009), Opened: 1930 (renovated 2010) Polish Cup (2007, 2011)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Artur JĘDRZEJCZYK D 04/11/1987 POL 189 5 - 2006 Korona Kilece (loan) 3 Albert BRUCE M 30/12/1993 GHA 184 2012 Asante KotokoFC 4 Dickson CHOTO D 19/03/1981 ZIM 192 1 - 2003 Pogoń Szczecin 5 Janusz GOL M 11/11/1985 POL 182 5 - 2011 GKS Bełchatów 6 Michał ŹEWŁAKOW D 22/04/1976 POL 182 5 - 2011 MKE Ankaragücü 7 Michal HUBNÍK F 01/06/1983 CZE 183 2011 SK Sigma 11 Tomasz KIEŁBOWICZ D 21/02/1976 POL 179 1 - 2001 KSP Polonia Warszawa 12 Dušan KUCIAK G 21/05/1985 SVK 194 5 - 2011 FC Vaslui 14 D 07/07/1983 POL 188 5 - 2007 Panathinaikos FC (loan) 15 IÑAKI Astiz D 05/11/1983 ESP 185 1 - 2008 CA Osasuna 17 Marcin KOMOROWSKI D 17/04/1984 POL 186 5 1 2009 KS Polonia 18 Michał KUCHARCZYK F 20/03/1991 POL 178 3 1 2009 Świt Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki (loan) 20 Jakub KOSECKI F 29/08/1990 POL 168 1 - 2009 ŁKS Łódź (loan) 21 Ivica VRDOLJAK M 19/09/1983 CRO 187 11 - 2010 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 25 Jakub RZEŹNICZAK D 26/10/1986 POL 183 2 - 2004 RTS Widzew Łódź (loan) 28 F 04/09/1978 SRB 189 6 1 2011 OGC Nice 31 M 19/08/1989 POL 172 6 - 2007 none 32 Miroslav RADOVIĆ M 16/01/1984 SRB 182 6 4 2006 FK Partizan 33 Michał ŻYRO F 20/09/1992 POL 189 6 - 2009 none 38 Bartosz ŻUREK M 15/03/1993 POL 181 2011 KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski 84 Wojciech SKABA G 09/04/1984 POL 190 2 - 2007 KS (loan)

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 27 Rafał WOLSKI (M) 4 Aps/- Gls; 35 Daniel ŁUKASIK (M) 1/-

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Four: 3 November Winners of Polish Cup Legia Warszawa – FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU) 3-1 Matchday Five: 30 November 2011/12 Legia Warszawa – PSV Eindhoven (NED) 0-3 UEFA Europa League Matchday Six: 15 December Third Qualifying Round Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Legia Warszawa 2-0 First leg, 28 July Gaziantepspor (TUR) – Legia Warszawa 0-1 Second leg, 4 August Legia Warszawa – Gaziantepspor (TUR) 0-0 Play-offs First leg, 18 August Legia Warszawa – FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) 2-2 Second leg, 25 August FC Spartak Moskva (RUS) – Legia Warszawa 2-3 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

Group Phase Pld W D L Group C runners-up UEFA Champions League 38 18 5 15 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 37 14 12 11 PSV Eindhoven (NED) – Legia Warszawa 1-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 68 29 17 22 Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Legia Warszawa – Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 3-2 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Three: 20 October European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Rapid Bucureşti (ROU) – Legia Warszawa 0-1 Total 143 61 34 48

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Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: GODINHO LOPES

Founded: 1906 Date of Birth: 10/08/1952 Address: Estádio José Alvalade, Rua Prof. Fernando da Elected/Appointed: 26/03/2011 Fonseca, Apartado 42099, 1601-801 Lisboa, Portugal Telephone: +351 21 751 6000 Website: sporting.pt HEAD COACH: Ricardo SÁ PINTO

Media Officer: Rita Matos Date/Place of Birth: 10/10/1972 Team Captain: Daniel Carriço in Porto, Portugal Nationality: POR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: SC Salgueiros (1991-1994), National Championship (18) Sporting Clube de Portugal 1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, (1994-1997), Real Sociedad de 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1982, 2000, 2002 Fútbol (1997-2000), Sporting National Cup (15) Clube de Portugal (2000-2006), R. Standard de Liège 1941, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, (2006-2007) 1978, 1982, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008 Major Honours – Portuguese Championship (2002), UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) Portuguese Cup (1995, 2002) 1964 International Caps/Goals – 45/9 for Portugal

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: Estádio José Alvalade UD Leiria (assistant) (2010-11), Sporting Clube de Portugal (juniors) (2011-12), Sporting Clube de Ground Capacity: 50,044 Portugal (2012-) Opened: 2003

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 RUI PATRÍCIO G 15/02/1988 POR 188 17 - 2005 none 2 Alberto RODRÍGUEZ D 31/03/1984 PER 182 9 - 2011 SC Braga 3 DANIEL CARRIÇO D 04/08/1988 POR 180 18 1 2005 AEL Limassol FC (loan) 4 ANDERSON POLGA D 09/02/1979 BRA 182 14 2 2003 Grêmio FBPA 5 D 13/05/1982 USA 196 9 - 2011 AC Milan 6 EVALDO D 18/03/1982 BRA 183 13 1 2010 SC Braga 8 M 11/01/1984 NED 177 12 - 2011 AZ Alkmaar 9 Ricky VAN WOLFSWINKEL F 27/01/1989 NED 185 11 5 2011 FC Utrecht 10 Marat IZMAILOV M 21/09/1982 RUS 172 5 - 2007 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 11 DIEGO CAPEL M 16/02/1988 ESP 173 10 - 2011 Sevilla FC 12 MARCELO G 28/11/1984 BRA 191 3 - 2011 CS Marítimo 14 MATÍAS FERNÁNDEZ M 15/05/1986 CHI 176 15 4 2009 Villarreal CF 16 TIAGO G 16/04/1975 POR 180 2 - 1995 CF Estrela da Amadora (loan) 17 JEFFRÉN Suárez F 20/01/1988 ESP 175 2011 FC Barcelona 18 André CARRILLO F 14/06/1991 PER 180 5 - 2011 Alianza Lima 21 Fabián RINAUDO M 15/05/1987 ARG 176 4 - 2011 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 25 BRUNO PEREIRINHA M 02/03/1988 POR 173 10 - 2007 Kavala FC (loan) 26 ANDRÉ SANTOS M 02/03/1989 POR 178 12 - 2008 UD Leiria (loan) 28 ANDRÉ MARTINS M 21/01/1990 POR 166 3 - 2009 CD Pinhalnovense (loan) 32 Sebastián RIBAS F 11/03/1988 URU 189 2012 Genoa CFC 33 Diego RUBIO F 15/05/1993 CHI 178 4 - 2011 Colo-Colo 47 JOÃO PEREIRA D 25/02/1984 POR 172 11 - 2010 SC Braga 48 Emiliano INSÚA D 07/01/1989 ARG 179 8 2 2011 Liverpool FC 93 XANDÃO D 23/02/1988 BRA 193 2012 Desportivo Brasil

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 34 Tiago ILORI (D) 1 Ap/- Gls; 54 JOÃO MÁRIO (D) 1/-

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Five: 1 December 3rd in Portuguese Liga Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Zürich (SUI) 2-0 Matchday Six: 14 December 2011/12 S.S. Lazio (ITA) – Sporting Clube de Portugal 2-0 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Nordsjælland (DEN) – Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-0 Second leg, 25 August Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Nordsjælland (DEN) 2-1 Group Stage Group D winners ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Matchday One: 15 September FC Zürich (SUI) – Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-2 Pld W D L Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Champions League 70 19 17 34 Sporting Clube de Portugal – S.S. Lazio (ITA) 2-1 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 40 18 9 13 Matchday Three: 20 October UEFA Cup/Europa League 137 68 30 39 Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Vaslui (ROU) 2-0 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Vaslui (ROU) – Sporting Clube de Portugal 1-0 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 247 105 56 86

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