UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

FC Porto (POR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Nuno PINTO DA COSTA

Founded: 1893 Date of Birth: 28/12/1937 Address: Estádio do Dragão, Via FC Porto, Entrada Elected/Appointed: 23/04/1982 Poente, Piso 3, 4350-451 Porto, Portugal Telephone: +351 22 507 0500 Website: fcporto.pt HEAD COACH: VÍTOR PEREIRA

Media Officer: Rui Cerqueira Date/Place of Birth: 26/07/1968 Team Captain: in Espinho, Portugal Nationality: POR MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Managerial/Coaching Career: National Championship (25) Padroense FC (youth) (2002-03), 1935, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, FC Porto (youth) (2003-04), AD 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, Sanjoanense (2004-05), SC 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Espinho (2005-07), FC Porto National Cup (16) (youth) (2007-08), CD Santa Clara (2008-10), FC Porto 1956, 1958, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, (assistant) (2010-11), FC Porto (2011-) 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (2) 1987, 2004 UEFA Cup/ UEFA Europa League (2) 2003, 2011 UEFA Super Cup (1) 1987 European/South American Cup (2) 1987, 2004

STADIUM: Estádio do Dragão

Ground Capacity: 50,399 Opened: 2003

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 HELTON G 18/05/1978 BRA 189 15 - 2005 UD Leiria 2 DANILO D 15/07/1991 BRA 184 2012 Santos FC 3 LUCHO GONZÁLEZ M 19/01/1981 ARG 186 3 - 2012 4 MAICON D 14/09/1988 BRA 191 6 - 2009 CD Nacional 5 ÁLVARO PEREIRA D 28/11/1985 URU 180 12 - 2009 CFR 1907 Cluj 8 JOÃO MOUTINHO M 08/09/1986 POR 171 25 1 2010 Sporting Clube de Portugal 10 Cristian RODRÍGUEZ F 30/09/1985 URU 176 11 1 2008 Saint-Germain FC 11 KLÉBER F 02/05/1990 BRA 188 2011 Clube Atlético Mineiro 12 HULK F 25/07/1986 BRA 180 15 4 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 14 ROLANDO D 31/08/1985 POR 190 13 2 2008 CF Os Belenenses 17 SILVESTRE VARELA F 02/02/1985 POR 179 10 1 2009 CF Estrela da Amadora 19 JAMES RODRÍGUEZ F 12/07/1991 COL 180 9 1 2010 CA Banfield 20 DJALMA F 30/05/1987 ANG 175 2011 CS Marítimo 21 Cristian SĂPUNARU D 05/04/1984 ROU 187 11 - 2008 FC Rapid Bucureşti (loan) 22 Eliaquim MANGALA D 13/02/1991 FRA 188 6 - 2011 R. Standard de Liège 23 SOUZA M 11/02/1989 BRA 188 6 - 2010 CR Vasco da Gama 25 FERNANDO M 25/07/1987 BRA 183 12 - 2007 CF Estrela Amadora (loan) 26 ALEX SANDRO D 26/01/1991 BRA 180 2011 Santos FC 30 Nicolás OTAMENDI D 12/02/1988 ARG 184 13 1 2010 CA Vélez Sarsfield 31 RAFAEL BRACALLI G 05/05/1981 BRA 184 6 - 2011 CD Nacional 35 M 15/04/1988 BEL 173 3 - 2011 R. Standard de Liège

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of Portuguese Liga

2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group G third place Matchday One: 13 September FC Porto – FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2-1 Matchday Two: 28 September FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) – FC Porto 3-1 Matchday Three: 19 October FC Porto – APOEL FC (CYP) 1-1 Matchday Four: 1 November APOEL FC (CYP) – FC Porto 2-1 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Matchday Five: 23 November FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – FC Porto 0-2 Pld W D L Matchday Six: 6 December UEFA Champions League 183 79 44 60 FC Porto – FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 0-0 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 41 21 7 13 UEFA Cup/Europa League 74 43 11 20 UEFA Super Cup 5 2 0 3 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 2 1 1 0 Total 305 146 63 96

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Manchester City FC (ENG)

GENERAL INFORMATION CHAIRMAN: Khaldoon AL MUBARAK

Founded: 1894 Date of Birth: 27/01/1976 Address: Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Elected/Appointed: 24/09/2009 M11 3FF, England Telephone: +44 161 438 7999 Website: mcfc.co.uk MANAGER:

Media Officer: Simon Heggie Date/Place of Birth: 27/11/1964 Team Captain: in Jesi, Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (2) Bologna FC (1981-82), UC 1937, 1968 Sampdoria (1982-97), S.S. Lazio National Cup (5) (1997-2000), Leicester City FC 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, 2011 (2001) National League Cup (2) Major Honours – UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1990, 1999), 1970, 1976 UEFA Super Cup (1999), Italian Championship (1991, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) 2000), Italian Cup (1985, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2000), 1970 International Caps/Goals – 36/4 for Italy

STADIUM: City of Manchester Stadium Managerial/Coaching Career: S.S. Lazio (assistant) (2000), ACF Fiorentina (2001-02), Ground Capacity: 47, 726 S.S. Lazio (2002-04), FC Internazionale Milano (2004- Opened: 2002 08), Manchester City FC (2009-) Major Honours – Italian Championship (2006, 2007, 2008), Italian Cup (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006), English FA Cup (2011)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Micah RICHARDS D 24/06/1988 ENG 180 7 - 2005 none 4 Vincent KOMPANY D 10/04/1986 BEL 193 6 - 2008 Hamburger SV 5 D 16/01/1985 ARG 175 9 - 2008 RCD Espanyol 6 D 16/08/1982 ENG 188 6 - 2009 Everton FC 7 M 04/01/1986 ENG 175 5 - 2010 Aston Villa FC 8 David PIZARRO M 11/09/1979 CHI 170 7 1 2012 AS Roma 10 Edin DŽEKO F 17/03/1986 BIH 193 10 3 2011 VfL Wolfsburg 11 Adam JOHNSON M 14/07/1987 ENG 175 6 2 2010 Middlesbrough FC 12 Stuart TAYLOR G 28/11/1980 ENG 196 2009 Aston Villa FC 13 Aleksandar KOLAROV D 10/11/1985 SRB 187 8 1 2010 S.S. Lazio 15 Stefan SAVIĆ D 08/01/1991 MNE 188 2011 FK Partizan 16 Sergio AGÜERO F 02/06/1988 ARG 173 12 5 2011 Club Atlético de 18 M 23/02/1981 ENG 183 6 - 2009 Aston Villa FC 19 M 26/06/1987 FRA 175 2011 Arsenal FC 21 M 08/01/1986 ESP 170 15 2 2010 Valencia CF 22 Gaël CLICHY D 26/07/1985 FRA 176 2011 Arsenal FC 25 G 19/04/1987 ENG 191 7 - 2006 City FC (loan) 28 Kolo TOURÉ D 19/03/1981 CIV 183 4 - 2009 Arsenal FC 30 Costel PANTILIMON G 01/02/1987 ROU 203 5 - 2011 FC Timişoara 34 Nigel DE JONG M 30/11/1984 NED 174 3 - 2009 Hamburger SV 42 Yaya TOURÉ M 13/05/1983 CIV 191 7 1 2010 FC 45 F 12/08/1990 ITA 190 5 2 2010 FC Internazionale Milano

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 3rd in English

2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group A third place Matchday One: 14 September Manchester City FC – SSC Napoli (ITA) 1-1 Matchday Two: 27 September FC Bayern München (GER) – Manchester City FC 2-0 Matchday Three: 18 October Manchester City FC – Villarreal CF (ESP) 2-1 Matchday Four: 2 November ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Villarreal CF (ESP) – Manchester City FC 0-3 Matchday Five: 22 November Pld W D L SSC Napoli (ITA) – Manchester City FC 2-1 UEFA Champions League 8 3 2 3 Matchday Six: 7 December UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 18 11 2 5 Manchester City FC – UEFA Cup/Europa League 48 25 13 10 FC Bayern München (GER) 2-0 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 74391718

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AFC Ajax (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None

Founded: 1900 Address: ArenA Boulevard 29, 1101 AX, , Netherlands HEAD COACH: Telephone: +31 20 311 14 44 Website: ajax.nl Date/Place of Birth: 15/05/1970 in Hoorn, Netherlands Media Officer: Miel Brinkhuis Nationality: NED Team Captain: Playing Career: AFC Ajax (1988-99), FC Barcelona MAJOR CLUB HONOURS (1999-2003), Galatasaray AŞ (2003-04), Rangers FC (2004), National Championship (30) Al-Rayyan SC (2004-05), 1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1957, Al-Shamal SC (2005-06) 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, Major Honours – UEFA Champions League (1995), 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, UEFA Cup (1992), UEFA Super Cup (1995), 2002, 2004, 2011 European/South American Cup (1995), Dutch National Cup (18) Championship (1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998), 1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1983, Spanish Championship (1999), Dutch Cup (1993, 1998) 1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010 International Caps/Goals – 112/13 for the Netherlands European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (4) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 AFC Ajax (youth) (2006-10), Netherlands (assistant) UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) (2008-10), AFC Ajax (2010-) 1987 Major Honours – Dutch Championship (2011) UEFA Cup (1) 1992 UEFA Super Cup (2) 1973, 1995 European/South American Cup (2) 1972, 1995

STADIUM: Amsterdam ArenA

Ground Capacity: 52,342 Opened: 1996

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 G 10/01/1986 NED 182 2003 Willem II (loan) 2 D 03/02/1988 NED 172 12 - 2006 none 3 D 02/03/1989 BEL 186 11 1 2008 none 4 Jan VERTONGHEN D 24/04/1987 BEL 189 12 - 2006 RKC Waalwijk (loan) 5 D 04/04/1989 NED 167 7 - 2005 none 6 Eyong ENOH M 23/03/1986 CMR 178 11 - 2008 Ajax Cape Town FC 7 F 05/12/1988 SRB 178 12 3 2008 8 M 14/02/1992 DEN 180 6 1 2009 Odense BK 9 Kolbeinn SIGTHÓRSSON F 14/03/1990 ISL 185 6 3 2011 AZ Alkmaar 10 Siem DE JONG M 28/01/1989 NED 185 9 - 2007 none 11 Lorenzo EBECILIO F 24/09/1991 NED 176 4 - 2010 none 13 André OOIJER D 11/07/1974 NED 184 6 - 2010 PSV Eindhoven 15 Nicolai BOILESEN D 16/02/1992 DEN 185 2010 Brøndby IF 16 M 27/07/1981 NED 180 12 2 2011 FC Twente 17 M 09/03/1990 NED 180 4 - 2008 FC Groningen (loan) 18 Nicolás LODEIRO M 21/03/1989 URU 173 2010 CD Nacional 19 Dmitri BULYKIN F 20/11/1979 RUS 193 2011 RSC Anderlecht 21 Derk BOERRIGTER F 16/10/1986 NED 187 2011 RKC Waalwijk 22 Jasper CILLESSEN G 22/04/1989 NED 188 2011 NEC Nijmegen 24 F 14/07/1984 MAR 183 2 1 2010 AZ Alkmaar 25 Thulani SERERO M 11/04/1990 RSA 164 2011 Ajax Cape Town FC 28 Ismaïl AISSATI M 16/08/1988 MAR 174 2 - 2008 Vitesse (loan) 29 Mats RITS M 18/07/1993 BEL 180 2011 KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen 30 Jeroen VERHOEVEN G 30/04/1980 NED 196 2 - 2009 FC Volendam 35 Viktor FISCHER F 09/06/1994 DEN 179 2011 FC Midtjylland

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of Dutch

2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group D third place Matchday One: 14 September AFC Ajax – (FRA) 0-0 Matchday Two: 27 September Real Madrid CF (ESP) – AFC Ajax 3-0 Matchday Three: 18 October GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – AFC Ajax 0-2 Matchday Four: 2 November ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE AFC Ajax – GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 4-0 Matchday Five: 22 November Pld W D L Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) – AFC Ajax 0-0 UEFA Champions League 173 82 43 48 Matchday Six: 7 December UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 28 18 2 8 AFC Ajax – Real Madrid CF (ESP) 0-3 UEFA Cup/Europa League 106 57 18 31 UEFA Super Cup 6 2 1 3 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 3 1 2 0 Total 316 160 66 90

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Manchester United FC (ENG)

GENERAL INFORMATION CHIEF EXECUTIVE: David GILL

Founded: 1878 Date of Birth: 05/08/1957 Address: Sir Matt Busby Way, , Manchester Elected/Appointed: 09/09/2003 M16 0RA, England Telephone: +44 161 868 80 00 Website: manutd.com MANAGER: Sir

Media Officer: Karen Shotbolt Date/Place of Birth: 31/12/1941 Team Captain: Nemanja Vidić in , Scotland Nationality: SCO

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Queen’s Park FC (1957-60), National Championship (19) Saint Johnstone FC (1960-64), 1908, 1911, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1965, 1967, 1993, 1994, Dunfermline Athletic FC (1964-67), 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, Rangers FC (1967-69), Falkirk FC 2011 (1969-73), Ayr United FC (1973-74) National Cup (11) 1909, 1948, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1996, Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999, 2004 East Stirlingshire FC (1974), Saint Mirren FC (1974-78), National League Cup (4) Aberdeen FC (1978-86), Scotland (1986), Manchester 1992, 2006, 2009, 2010 United FC (1986-) European Champion Clubs’ Cup / UEFA Champions Major Honours – UEFA Champions League (1999, League (3) 2008), UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1983, 1991), UEFA 1968, 1999, 2008 Super Cup (1983, 1991), European/South American UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) Cup (1999), FIFA Club World Cup (2009), Scottish 1991 Championship (1980, 1984, 1985), English UEFA Super Cup (1) Championship (1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 1991 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011), Scottish Cup European / South American Cup (1) (1982, 1983, 1984), English FA Cup (1990, 1994, 1996, 1999 1999, 2004), Scottish League Cup (1985), English FIFA Club World Cup (1) League Cup (1992, 2006, 2009, 2010) 2009

STADIUM: Old Trafford

Ground Capacity: 75, 758 Opened: 1910

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 G 07/11/1990 ESP 192 13 - 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 3 D 15/05/1981 FRA 173 2006 AS Monaco FC 4 Phil JONES D 21/02/1992 ENG 180 2011 Blackburn Rovers FC 5 D 07/11/1978 ENG 195 2002 United AFC 6 Jonny EVANS D 02/01/1988 NIR 189 2005 Sunderland AFC (loan) 7 F 14/12/1979 ENG 173 2009 Newcastle United FC 8 ANDERSON M 13/04/1988 BRA 174 2007 FC Porto 9 F 30/01/1981 BUL 188 2008 Tottenham Hotspur FC 10 F 24/10/1985 ENG 176 2004 Everton FC 11 M 29/11/1973 WAL 179 1990 none 12 D 22/11/1989 ENG 193 4 - 2010 Fulham FC 13 PARK Ji-Sung M 25/02/1981 KOR 177 2005 PSV Eindhoven 14 Javier HERNÁNDEZ F 01/06/1988 MEX 175 2010 Deportivo Guadalajara 15 Nemanja VIDIĆ D 21/10/1981 SRB 189 2006 FC Moskva 16 M 28/07/1981 ENG 188 2006 Tottenham Hotspur FC 17 M 17/11/1986 POR 177 2007 Sporting Clube de Portugal 18 M 09/07/1985 ENG 175 2011 Aston Villa FC 22 Paul SCHOLES M 16/11/1974 ENG 171 1991 none 23 M 12/08/1989 ENG 175 2005 Wigan Athletic FC (loan) 24 M 01/02/1984 SCO 184 2000 none 25 Antonio VALENCIA M 04/08/1985 ECU 178 2009 Wigan Athletic FC 29 Tomasz KUSZCZAK G 20/03/1982 POL 189 2006 West Bromwich Albion FC 30 Ritchie DE LAET D 28/11/1988 BEL 186 2009 Norwich City FC (loan) 34 Anders LINDEGAARD G 13/04/1984 DEN 193 2010 Aalesunds FK 36 Marnick VERMIJL M 13/01/1992 BEL 180 2010 R. Standard de Liège

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of English Premier League

2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group C third place Matchday One: 14 September SL Benfica (POR) – Manchester United FC 1-1 Matchday Two: 27 September Manchester United FC – FC 1893 (SUI) 3-3 Matchday Three: 18 October FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU) – Manchester United FC 0-2 Matchday Four: 2 November ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Manchester United FC – FC Oţelul Galaţi (ROU) 2-0 Matchday Five: 22 November Pld W D L Manchester United FC – SL Benfica (POR) 2-2 UEFA Champions League 235 132 58 45 Matchday Six: 7 December UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 31 16 9 6 FC Basel 1893 (SUI) – Manchester United FC 2-1 UEFA Cup/Europa League 20 6 10 4 UEFA Super Cup 3 1 0 2 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 3 1 1 1 Total 292 156 78 58

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FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Olga SMORODSKAYA

Founded: 1923 Date of Birth: 07/11/1956 Address: Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya Str 125, bld. 1, Elected/Appointed: 04/08/2010 107553 Moskva, Telephone: +7 495 500 3101 Website: fclm.ru HEAD COACH: José COUCEIRO

Media Officer: Andrei Lyalin Date/Place of Birth: 04/10/1962 Team Captain: Dmitri Loskov in Lisbon, Portugal Nationality: POR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: FC Barreirense (1982-85), Atlético National Championship (2) Clube de Portugal (1985-86), SCU 2002, 2004 Torreense (1986-88), Clube National Cup (7) Oriental (1988-89), SCU Torreense 1936, 1957, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2007 (1989-91), CF Estrela da Amadora (1991-92)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: Lokomotiv Stadion FC Alverca (2002-04), Vitória FC (2004-05), FC Porto (2005), CF Os Belenenses (2005-06), Portugal Under-21 Ground Capacity: 28,800 (2006-07), FBK (2008), Lithuania (2008-10), Opened: 2002 Gaziantepspor (2009-10), Sporting Clube de Portugal (2011), FC Lokomotiv Moskva (2011-)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 GUILHERME G 12/12/1985 RUS 195 4 - 2007 CA Paranaense 4 M 13/06/1985 ESP 180 19 1 2011 Sporting Clube de Portugal 6 Maksim GRIGORYEV M 06/07/1990 RUS 187 2012 FC MITOS Novocherkassk 7 Dmitri TARASOV M 18/03/1987 RUS 188 2010 FC Moskva 8 M 27/01/1987 RUS 182 6 2 2005 FC Zvezda Irkutsk (loan) 10 Dmitri LOSKOV M 12/02/1974 RUS 178 2 - 2010 FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast 11 F 26/10/1983 RUS 176 6 6 2004 Olympique de Marseille 13 Victor OBINNA F 25/03/1987 NGA 178 4 1 2011 FC Internazionale Milano 16 Anton AMELCHENKO G 27/03/1985 BLR 192 2 - 2011 FC Rostov 18 Vladislav IGNATYEV M 20/01/1987 RUS 180 6 2 2010 FC Kuban (loan) 21 M 28/04/1984 RUS 175 3 - 2008 FC Spartak Moskva 22 Manuel DA COSTA D 06/05/1986 POR 187 4 - 2011 West Ham United FC 25 F 05/09/1988 ECU 185 7 1 2011 Levante UD 27 Magomed OZDOEV M 05/11/1992 RUS 184 4 - 2010 FC Dynamo Kyiv 28 Ján ĎURICA D 10/12/1981 SVK 187 4 - 2009 Hannover 96 (loan) 35 Aleksandr FILTSOV G 02/01/1990 RUS 197 2010 FC Togliatti 49 D 27/01/1987 RUS 178 5 - 2010 FC Spartak Moskva 50 Andrei ESCHCHENKO D 09/02/1984 RUS 170 2012 FC 55 Renat YANBAEV D 07/04/1984 RUS 178 4 - 2007 FC Kuban Krasnodar 65 Vyacheslav PODBEREZKIN M 21/06/1992 RUS 187 2011 none 90 MAICON F 18/02/1990 BRA 183 6 2 2010 Fluminense FC

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 5 Taras BURLAK (D) 4 Aps/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010 Matchday Five: 1 December 5th in FC Lokomotiv Moskva – SK Sturm Graz (AUT) 3-1 Matchday Six: 14 December 2011/12 RSC Anderlecht (BEL) – FC Lokomotiv Moskva 5-3 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Lokomotiv Moskva – FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) 2-0 Second leg, 25 August FC Spartak Trnava (SVK) – FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-1

Group Stage ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Group L runners-up Matchday One: 15 September Pld W D L SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-2 UEFA Champions League 39 12 8 19 Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 20 10 4 6 FC Lokomotiv Moskva – RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 0-2 UEFA Cup/Europa League 44 20 8 16 Matchday Three: 20 October UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Lokomotiv Moskva – AEK Athens FC (GRE) 3-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Four: 3 November European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 AEK Athens FC (GRE) – FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-3 Total 103 42 20 41

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Athletic Club (ESP)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT:

Founded: 1898 Date of Birth: 14/04/1963 Address: Ibalgane, Mazarredo Zumarkalea 23, 48009 Elected/Appointed: 07/07/2011 , Telephone: +34 94 424 0877 Website: athletic-club.net HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Xabier Fernández Date/Place of Birth: 21/07/1955 Team Captain: in Rosario, Argentina Nationality: ARG

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Newell’s Old Boys (1977-78), National Championship (8) Instituto Córdoba (1978-79), 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1943, 1956, 1983, 1984 Argentino de Rosario (1979-80) National Cup (23) 1903, 1904, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1923, Managerial/Coaching Career: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1955, Newell’s Old Boys (1990-92), Club Atlas (1992-94), Club 1956, 1958, 1969, 1973, 1984 América (1995-96), CA Vélez Sarsfield (1997-98), RCD Espanyol (1998), Argentina (1998-2004), Chile (2007- 11), Athletic Club (2011-) STADIUM: Estadio San Mamés Major Honours – Argentine Championship (1991, 1992 clausura, 1998 clausura), Olympic Games (2004) Ground Capacity: 40,000 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 06/03/1981 ESP 191 13 - 2007 RCD Espanyol 2 F 09/08/1984 ESP 182 11 - 2009 SD Eibar (loan) 3 Jon AURTENETXE D 03/01/1992 ESP 182 6 1 2010 none 5 D 29/03/1985 ESP 192 12 - 2005 none 6 Mikel SAN JOSÉ D 30/05/1989 ESP 186 7 2 2010 Liverpool FC 7 DAVID LÓPEZ F 10/09/1982 ESP 181 6 1 2007 CA Osasuna 8 M 08/03/1989 ESP 187 7 - 2008 none 9 F 26/02/1985 ESP 195 12 8 2005 none 10 Óscar DE MARCOS M 14/04/1989 ESP 180 10 1 2009 Deportivo Alavés 11 Igor GABILONDO F 10/02/1979 ESP 185 8 1 2006 de Fútbol 12 D 23/12/1980 ESP 168 2007 Sestao RC 13 RAÚL G 13/03/1988 ESP 196 1 - 2007 Granada CF (loan) 14 F 14/12/1987 ESP 179 11 3 2007 none 15 D 22/06/1982 ESP 182 13 - 2003 none 16 D 22/01/1983 ESP 176 1 - 2006 Albacete Balompié (loan) 17 IÑIGO PÉREZ M 18/01/1988 ESP 178 4 - 2009 SD Huesca (loan) 18 Carlos GURPEGUI M 19/08/1980 ESP 181 6 - 2002 none 19 F 19/12/1992 ESP 169 12 2 2009 none 20 D 28/11/1976 ESP 187 2 - 2007 Sevilla FC 21 M 14/08/1989 ESP 182 3 1 2011 22 Xabier CASTILLO D 29/03/1986 ESP 182 7 - 2009 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 23 D 06/03/1988 ESP 180 3 - 2011 none 24 JAVI MARTÍNEZ M 02/09/1988 ESP 190 12 - 2006 CA Osasuna 26 IGOR MARTÍNEZ F 19/07/1989 ESP 170 2010 none 28 IBAI Gómez F 11/11/1989 ESP 179 2 - 2010 none

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 32 Iñigo RUIZ DE GALARRETA (M) 1 Ap/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 6th in Spanish Liga

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August Athletic Club – Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) 0-0 Second leg, 25 August Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) – Athletic Club* (* match cancelled)

Group Stage Group F winners Matchday One: 15 September ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – Athletic Club 1-2 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Matchday Two: 29 September Athletic Club – Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) 2-0 Pld W D L Matchday Three: 20 October UEFA Champions League 20 7 6 7 Athletic Club – FC Salzburg (AUT) 2-2 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 6 2 2 2 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup/Europa League 77 36 14 27 FC Salzburg (AUT) – Athletic Club 0-1 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Athletic Club – ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 2-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 1 0 1 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) – Athletic Club 4-2 Total 105 46 22 37

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FC Salzburg (AUT)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Rudolf THEIERL

Founded: 1933 Date of Birth: 06/11/1949 Address: Stadionstrasse 2/3, 5071 Wals-Siezenheim, Elected/Appointed: 03/06/2005 Austria Telephone: +43 662 43 33 32 0 Website: redbulls.com HEAD COACH: Ricardo MONIZ

Media Officer: Thomas Blazek Date/Place of Birth: 17/06/1964 Team Captain: Eddie Gustafsson in , Netherlands Nationality: NED

Playing Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS FC Eindhoven (1981-84), HFC Haarlem (1984-88), RKC Waalwijk National Championship (6) (1988-91), FC Eeklo (1991-92), 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2010 Helmond Sport (1992-93)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: Stadion Salzburg VV Nuenen (1994-97), United Arab Emirates (assistant) (1997-98), (assistant) (1998-99), Ground Capacity: 31,000 Grasshopper-Club (assistant) (1999-2004), PSV Opened: 2003 Eindhoven (youth) (2004-05), Tottenham Hotspur FC (assistant) (2005-08), Hamburger SV (assistant) (2008-10), Hamburger SV (caretaker) (2010), FC Salzburg (youth) (2010-11), FC Salzburg (2011-)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Eddie GUSTAFSSON G 31/01/1977 SWE 187 12 - 2009 FC Lyn Oslo 3 DOUGLAS DA SILVA D 07/03/1984 BRA 186 8 - 2011 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 4 David MENDES DA SILVA M 04/08/1982 NED 186 6 - 2010 AZ Alkmaar 6 Christian SCHWEGLER D 06/06/1984 SUI 173 14 - 2009 BSC Young Boys 8 Petri PASANEN D 24/09/1980 FIN 187 13 - 2011 SV Werder Bremen 9 F 16/08/1982 AUT 202 6 - 2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 11 Gonzalo ZÁRATE M 06/08/1984 ARG 182 9 1 2010 Grasshopper-Club 14 M 08/01/1989 AUT 181 17 2 2010 SK Sturm Graz 15 Franz SCHIEMER D 21/03/1986 AUT 185 16 2 2009 FK Austria Wien 17 Andraes ULMER D 30/10/1985 AUT 175 11 - 2009 SV Ried 18 Dušan ŠVENTO M 01/08/1985 SVK 178 18 5 2009 SK Slavia Praha 19 Simon CZIOMMER M 06/11/1980 GER 178 15 - 2009 AZ Alkmaar 20 Niclas HEIMANN G 12/03/1991 GER 194 2010 Chelsea FC 21 Rasmus LINDGREN M 29/11/1984 SWE 180 5 - 2011 AFC Ajax 22 Stefan HIERLÄNDER F 03/02/1991 AUT 180 6 - 2010 SK Austria Kärnten 23 Ibrahim SEKAGYA D 19/12/1980 UGA 185 19 1 2007 Arsenal de Sarandí FC 24 Christoph LEITGEB M 14/04/1985 AUT 172 16 - 2007 SK Sturm Graz 26 F 24/09/1985 ESP 180 2012 FC Barcelona B 30 LEONARDO D 09/03/1983 BRA 170 6 3 2011 NAC Breda 33 G 06/06/1983 GER 189 3 - 2010 FC Hansa Rostock 36 Martin HINTEREGGER D 07/09/1992 AUT 181 8 - 2010 none 38 Stefan SAVIC M 09/01/1994 AUT 180 2011 none 39 Georg TEIGL M 09/02/1991 AUT 178 3 - 2010 none

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Two: 29 September 2nd in Austrian FC Salzburg – ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 3-0 Matchday Three: 20 October 2011/12 Athletic Club (ESP) – FC Salzburg 2-2 UEFA Europa League Matchday Four: 3 November Second Qualifying Round FC Salzburg – Athletic Club (ESP) 0-1 First leg, 14 July Matchday Five: 1 December SK Liepājas Metalurgs (LVA) – FC Salzburg 1-4 FC Salzburg – Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) 2-0 Second leg, 21 July Matchday Six: 14 December FC Salzburg – SK Liepājas Metalurgs (LVA) 0-0 ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – FC Salzburg 2-3 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 28 July FC Salzburg – FK Senica (SVK) 1-0 Second leg, 4 August FK Senica (SVK) – FC Salzburg 0-3 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Play-offs First leg, 18 August Pld W D L AC Omonia (CYP) – FC Salzburg 2-1 UEFA Champions League 32 12 9 11 Second leg, 25 August FC Salzburg – AC Omonia (CYP) 1-0 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 2 0 0 2 UEFA Cup/Europa League 62 28 8 26 Group Stage UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Group F runners-up UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 4 3 5 Matchday One: 15 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) – FC Salzburg 3-1 Total 108 44 20 44

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FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Olexandr YAROSLAVSKIY

Founded: 1925 Date of Birth: 05/12/1959 Address: Plekhanivska 65 61001 Kharkiv, Elected/Appointed: 2005 Telephone: +38 057 763 23 09 Website: metalist.ua HEAD COACH: Myron MARKEVICH Media Officer: Maksym Sukachov Team Captain: Cleiton Xavier Date/Place of Birth: 01/02/1951 in , Ukraine Nationality: UKR MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Cup (1) SKA Lviv (1973), FC Spartak 1988 Ordzhonikidze (1974), FC Torpedo Lutsk (1976-77)

STADIUM: Metalist Stadium Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Torpedo Lutsk (1984), FC Kryvbas (1990), Ground Capacity: 38,633 FC Volyn Lutsk (1991-92), FC Karpaty Lviv (1992-95), FC Opened: 1926 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (1995), FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1996), FC Karpaty Lviv (1996-98), FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (1999- 2001), FC Anzhi (2002), FC Karpaty Lviv (2002-04), FC Metalist Kharkiv (2005-), Ukraine (2010)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Olexandr ROMANCHUK D 21/10/1984 UKR 178 6 - 2010 FC Dynamo Kyiv 3 Cristian VILLAGRA D 27/12/1985 ARG 172 12 - 2010 CA River Plate 4 Andriy BEREZOVCHUK M 16/04/1981 UKR 178 3 - 2009 FC Metalurh Donetsk 5 Oleh SHELAYEV M 05/11/1976 UKR 181 11 - 2009 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6 Marco TORSIGLIERI D 12/01/1988 ARG 190 11 - 2011 Sporting Clube de Portugal 7 Serhiy VALYAYEV M 16/09/1978 UKR 181 10 1 2005 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 EDMAR M 16/06/1980 UKR 177 12 4 2008 SC Tavriya Simferopol 10 CLEITON XAVIER M 23/03/1983 BRA 178 11 3 2010 SE Palmeiras 11 José Ernesto SOSA M 19/06/1985 ARG 179 10 1 2011 SSC Napoli 15 FININHO M 03/11/1983 BRA 180 9 3 2010 Sport Club Recife 17 Serhiy PSHENYCHNYKH D 19/11/1981 UKR 182 7 - 2009 FC Karpaty Lviv 19 Juan Manuel TORRES M 20/06/1985 ARG 170 5 - 2011 CA Lorenzo 21 Jonathan CRISTALDO F 05/03/1989 ARG 175 5 1 2011 CA Vélez Sarsfield 22 Milan OBRADOVIĆ D 03/08/1977 SRB 182 10 - 2006 Akratitos FC 23 Sebastián BLANCO M 15/03/1988 ARG 168 6 - 2011 CA Lánus 25 MARLOS M 07/06/1988 BRA 173 2012 São Paulo FC 29 Olexandr GORYAINOV G 29/06/1975 UKR 184 4 - 2005 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 Papa GUEYE D 07/06/1984 SEN 192 13 2 2006 FC Volyn Lutsk 33 Marko DEVIĆ M 27/10/1983 UKR 185 9 3 2006 FC Volyn Lutsk 75 Artur DENCHUK G 03/04/1992 UKR 185 2011 none 77 TAISON F 13/01/1988 BRA 172 11 4 2010 SC Internacional 81 Vladimir DIŠLJENKOVIĆ G 02/07/1981 UKR 188 8 - 2010 FC Metalurh Donetsk

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 99 Artem RADCHENKO (M) 1 Ap/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Six: 15 December 3rd in AZ Alkmaar (NED) – FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-1

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Metalist Kharkiv – FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA) 0-0 Second leg, 25 August FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA) – FC Metalist Kharkiv 0-4 Group Stage Group G winners Matchday One: 15 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FK Austria Wien (AUT) – FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-2 Matchday Two: 29 September Pld W D L FC Metalist Kharkiv – AZ Alkmaar (NED) 1-1 UEFA Champions League 0 0 0 0 Matchday Three: 20 October UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4 1 1 2 Malmö FF (SWE) – FC Metalist Kharkiv 1-4 UEFA Cup/Europa League 34 18 9 7 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Metalist Kharkiv – Malmö FF (SWE) 3-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Five: 30 November European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Metalist Kharkiv – FK Austria Wien (AUT) 4-1 Total 3819109

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Stoke City FC (ENG)

GENERAL INFORMATION CHAIRMAN:

Founded: 1863 Date of Birth: 13/01/1938 Address: Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-on-Trent, Elected/Appointed: 23/05/2006 Staffordshire, ST4 4EG, England Telephone: +44 871 663 2008 Website: stokecityfc.com MANAGER:

Media Officer: Nick Lucy Date/Place of Birth: 16/01/1955 Team Captain: in Newport, Wales Nationality: WAL

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Bristol Rovers FC (1975-81), National League Cup (1) Happy Valley AA (1981-82), Bristol 1972 Rovers FC (1982-84), Newport County AFC (1984-86), AFC Bournemouth (1986-89), Gillingham FC (1989-90), AFC STADIUM: Stoke Stadium Bournemouth (1990-92)

Ground Capacity: 28,384 Managerial/Coaching Career: Opened: 1997 AFC Bournemouth (1992-94), Gillingham FC (1995-99), Bristol City FC (1999-2000), Portsmouth FC (2000), Stoke City FC (2002-05), Plymouth Argyle FC (2005-06), Stoke City FC (2006-)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Asmir BEGOVIĆ G 20/06/1987 BIH 196 2 - 2010 Portsmouth FC 4 D 18/08/1984 GER 191 5 - 2009 Middlesbrough FC 5 COLLINS D 06/08/1980 WAL 183 2009 Ipswich Town FC (loan) 6 M 13/01/1984 IRL 180 3 - 2008 Sheffield Wednesday FC 9 F 05/10/1984 TRI 188 5 2 2010 Sunderland AFC 10 F 31/10/1979 JAM 191 2 1 2006 Southampton FC 12 M 17/08/1987 IRL 188 1 - 2010 Portsmouth FC 15 Salif DIAO M 10/02/1977 SEN 183 5 - 2007 Liverpool FC 16 M 15/01/1983 ENG 173 4 - 2010 Real Zaragoza 17 Ryan SHAWCROSS D 04/10/1987 ENG 191 3 - 2007 Manchester United FC 18 M 12/01/1982 ENG 183 5 1 2009 Sunderland AFC 19 F 20/09/1983 IRL 183 5 1 2010 Ipswich Town FC 20 Matthew UPSON D 18/04/1979 ENG 185 6 - 2011 West Ham United FC 24 M 06/07/1976 IRL 183 3 - 2006 Sunderland AFC 25 F 30/01/1981 ENG 200 2 2 2001 Tottenham Hotspur FC 26 M 14/08/1981 ENG 178 2 - 2009 West Ham United FC 28 D 06/08/1984 ENG 180 4 - 1998 Blackpool FC (loan) 29 Thomas SØRENSEN G 12/06/1976 DEN 196 4 - 2008 Aston Villa FC 30 D 30/10/1988 ENG 191 5 1 2007 Barnsley FC (loan) 32 Diego ARISMENDI M 25/01/1988 URU 189 2 - 2009 Barnsley FC (loan) 33 F 14/08/1986 ENG 185 5 2 2011 Birmingham City FC 39 D 22/01/1980 ENG 183 2011 Tottenham Hotspur FC 40 M 29/07/1984 HON 178 6 - 2011 Tottenham Hotspur FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Three: 20 October Runners-up in English FA Cup Stoke City FC – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) 3-0 Matchday Four: 3 November 2011/12 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Stoke City FC 1-2 UEFA Europa League Matchday Five: 1 December Third Qualifying Round Stoke City FC – FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 1-1 First leg, 28 July Matchday Six: 14 December Stoke City FC – HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) 1-0 Beşiktaş JK (TUR) – Stoke City FC 3-1 Second leg, 4 August HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) – Stoke City FC 0-1 Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Thun (SUI) – Stoke City FC 0-1 Second leg, 25 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Stoke City FC – FC Thun (SUI) 4-1 Pld W D L Group Stage UEFA Champions League 0 0 0 0 Group E runners-up UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Cup/Europa League 14 8 4 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – Stoke City FC 1-1 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Stoke City FC – Beşiktaş JK (TUR) 2-1 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 14 8 4 2

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Valencia CF (ESP)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Manuel LLORENTE Martín

Founded: 1919 Date of Birth: 25/01/1952 Address: Plaza del Valencia CF 2, 46010 Valencia, Spain Elected/Appointed: 07/06/2009 Telephone: +34 902 01 1919 Website: valenciacf.com HEAD COACH: Media Officer: Damià Vidagany Team Captain: David Albelda Date/Place of Birth: 03/11/1971 in Fuenterrabia, Spain MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: ESP

National Championship (6) Playing Career: 1942, 1944, 1947, 1971, 2002, 2004 (1990-95), Real National Cup (7) Sociedad de Fútbol (1995-96), CD 1941, 1949, 1954, 1967, 1979, 1999, 2008 Toledo (1996-2000), Racing Club UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) de Ferrol (2000-2002), CD 1980 Leganés (2002-03), Lorca Deportiva CF (2003-05) UEFA Cup (1) 2004 Managerial/Coaching Career: UEFA Super Cup (2) Lorca Deportiva CF (2004-06), UD Almería (2006-08), 1980, 2004 Valencia CF (2008-) Fairs Cup (2) 1962, 1963

STADIUM: Estadio Mestalla

Ground Capacity: 55,000 Opened: 1923

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 DIEGO ALVES G 24/06/1985 BRA 188 2011 UD Almería 2 BRUNO Saltor D 01/10/1980 ESP 181 6 1 2009 UD Almería 3 D 13/02/1985 NED 185 11 1 2008 AFC Ajax 4 Adil RAMI D 27/12/1985 FRA 190 14 1 2011 LOSC Lille Métropole 5 MEHMET Topal M 03/03/1986 TUR 187 7 1 2010 Galatasaray AŞ 6 David ALBELDA M 01/09/1977 ESP 181 5 - 1996 Villarreal CF (loan) 7 JONAS F 04/01/1984 BRA 181 2011 Grêmio FBPA 8 Sofiane FEGHOULI M 26/12/1989 ALG 178 2010 UD Almería (loan) 9 F 27/05/1985 ESP 179 2010 Getafe CF 10 ÉVER BANEGA M 29/06/1988 ARG 174 7 - 2008 Club Atlético de Madrid (loan) 11 F 11/02/1981 ESP 181 2010 RCD Mallorca 12 Antonio BARRAGÁN D 12/06/1987 ESP 187 2011 CF 13 Vicente GUAITA G 10/01/1987 ESP 190 2008 RC (loan) 14 F 31/03/1989 ARG 163 2011 UD Almería 15 Ángel DEALBERT D 01/01/1983 ESP 185 6 - 2009 CD Castellón 16 M 16/02/1991 ESP 176 2011 Real Madrid CF 17 D 21/03/1989 ESP 170 9 - 2008 Gimnàstic de Tarragona 18 VÍCTOR RUIZ D 25/01/1989 ESP 185 1 - 2011 SSC Napoli 19 PABLO HERNÁNDEZ M 11/04/1985 ESP 173 10 2 2008 Getafe CF 20 RICARDO COSTA D 16/05/1981 POR 183 2010 VfL Wolfsburg 21 DANI PAREJO M 16/04/1989 ESP 178 3 - 2011 Getafe CF 22 Jérémy MATHIEU D 29/10/1983 FRA 192 5 - 2009 Toulouse FC 23 MIGUEL D 04/01/1980 POR 179 8 - 2005 SL Benfica 24 TINO COSTA M 09/01/1985 ARG 176 2010 Montpellier Hérault SC 43 CRISTIANO G 29/11/1990 POR 192 2011 SC Braga

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 3rd in Spanish Liga

2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group E third place Matchday One: 13 September KRC Genk (BEL) – Valencia CF 0-0 Matchday Two: 28 September Valencia CF – Chelsea FC (ENG) 1-1 Matchday Three: 19 October (GER) – Valencia CF 2-1 Matchday Four: 1 November ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Valencia CF – Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER) 3-1 Matchday Five: 23 November Pld W D L Valencia CF – KRC Genk (BEL) 7-0 UEFA Champions League 98 45 29 24 Matchday Six: 6 December UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 19 10 5 4 Chelsea FC (ENG) – Valencia CF 3-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 99 45 32 22 UEFA Super Cup 3 2 0 1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 7 3 2 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 231 109 69 53

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FC Rubin (RUS)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Dmitri SAMARENKIN

Founded: 1958 Date of Birth: 03/06/1969 Address: Kopylova Street 2, 420036 Kazan, Russia Elected/Appointed: 31/08/2011 Telephone: +7 843 571 1724 Website: rubin-kazan.ru HEAD COACH: Kurban BERDYEV Media Officer: Maksim Lopukhov Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 25/08/1952 in Ashkhabad, Nationality: RUS

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: FC Stroitel Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad National Championship (2) (1971-76), FC Kairat Alma-Ata 2008, 2009 (1977), FC Stroitel Kolkhozchi Ashkhabad (1978), FC Kairat Alma-Ata (1981-86), SKA Rostov (1979-80), FC Rostselmash Rostov (1980) STADIUM: Centralni Stadion Managerial/Coaching Career: Ground Capacity: 28,500 FC Khimik Jambul (1986-89), FC Taraz (1991-92), Opened: 1960 Gençlerbirliği SK (1993-94), FC Kairat Almaty (1994- 95), FC Caspiy (1996), FC Munaishi Aktau (1996-97), FC Nisa Ashkhabad (1997-99), Turkmenistan (1997-99), FC Kristall Smolensk (2000-01), FC Rubin Kazan (2001-) Major Honours – Turkmenistan Championship (1999), Russian Championship (2008, 2009), Turkmenistan Cup (1998)

44 FC Rubin Kazan

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Sergei RYZHIKOV G 19/09/1980 RUS 194 11 - 2007 FC Tom Tomsk 2 Oleg KUZMIN D 09/05/1981 RUS 175 4 - 2010 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 3 D 20/09/1986 ARG 178 10 1 2008 CA Newell’s Old Boys 4 CÉSAR NAVAS D 14/02/1980 ESP 194 11 - 2009 Real Racing Club 5 F 28/10/1984 NGA 170 9 3 2010 Birmingham City FC (loan) 7 Petr BYSTROV M 15/07/1979 RUS 178 5 - 2009 FC Moskva 8 M 05/09/1986 RUS 180 7 - 2006 FC Moskva 9 Petr NEMOV M 18/10/1993 RUS 180 2 - 2011 FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast 10 M 08/04/1986 RUS 173 10 1 2009 FC Kuban Krasnodar 15 Sergei KISLYAK M 06/08/1987 BLR 185 2011 FC Dinamo Minsk 18 Nelson Haedo VALDEZ F 28/11/1983 PAR 178 6 3 2011 Hércules CF 19 Vitali KALESHIN D 03/10/1980 RUS 173 7 - 2009 FC Moskva 24 G 01/12/1987 LTU 184 4 - 2010 FC Unirea Urziceni 25 Vladimir DYADYUN F 12/07/1988 RUS 180 6 1 2007 PFC Spartak (loan) 27 D 30/11/1986 ITA 178 14 - 2010 Genoa CFC 31 Aleksei BEREZIN G 16/04/1993 RUS 189 2011 none 33 F 07/01/1989 RUS 191 1 - 2008 PFC Spartak Nalchik (loan) 61 GÖKDENİZ Karadeniz M 11/01/1980 TUR 169 12 1 2008 Trabzonspor AŞ 66 Bebras NATCHO M 18/02/1988 ISR 175 16 4 2010 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 67 Solomon KVERKVELIA D 06/02/1992 GEO 198 2011 none 76 Roman SHARONOV D 08/09/1976 RUS 184 5 - 2008 FC Shinnik 88 G 02/05/1988 IRN 193 2012 Persepolis FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010 3rd in Russian Premier League Matchday Three: 20 October Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) – FC Rubin Kazan 1-0 2011/12 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Champions League FC Rubin Kazan – Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 1-0 Third Qualifying Round Matchday Five: 30 November First leg, 26 July FC Rubin Kazan – Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) 4-1 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – FC Rubin Kazan 0-2 Matchday Six: 15 December Second leg, 3 August PAOK FC (GRE) – FC Rubin Kazan 1-1 FC Rubin Kazan – FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) 2-1 Play-offs First leg, 16 August Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) – FC Rubin Kazan 3-1 Second leg, 24 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FC Rubin Kazan – Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 1-1 Pld W D L UEFA Europa League UEFA Champions League 16 4 7 5 Group Stage UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0 0 0 0 Group A runners-up UEFA Cup/Europa League 18 7 5 6 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Shamrock Rovers FC (IRL) – FC Rubin Kazan 0-3 UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 2 1 1 Matchday Two: 29 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Rubin Kazan – PAOK FC (GRE) 2-2 Total 38131312

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Olympiacos FC (GRE)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Evangelos MARINAKIS

Founded: 1925 Date of Birth: 30/07/1967 Address: Alexandra Square, Limani Zeas, 18534 Elected/Appointed: 31/12/2010 Piraeus, Greece Telephone: +30 210 414 3000 Website: olympiacos.org HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Jenny Lagos Date/Place of Birth: 09/02/1964 Team Captain: Vassilis Torossidis in Viandar de la Vera, Spain Nationality: ESP MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (38) Deportivo Alavés (1983-85), 1931, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1951, Sestao Sport Club (1985-86), RCD 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1973, Espanyol (1986-88), FC Barcelona 1974, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1997, 1998, (1988-90), Athletic Club (1990- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 96), RCD Mallorca (1996-97) 2009, 2011 Major Honours – Spanish Cup (1990) National Cup (24) International Caps/Goals – 1/0 for Spain 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1981, 1990, Managerial/Coaching Career: 1992, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 Athletic Club (assistant) (2001-02), Bilbao Athletic (2002-2003), Athletic Club (2003-05), RCD Espanyol STADIUM: Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium (2006-08), Olympiacos FC (2008-09), Villarreal CF (2009-10), Olympiacos FC (2010-) Ground Capacity: 32,115 Major Honours – Greek Championship (2009, 2011), Opened: 1896 (reconstructed 2004) Greek Cup (2009)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 G 30/09/1977 NIR 188 4 - 2012 OFI Crete FC 2 Giannis MANIATIS D 12/10/1986 GRE 178 2011 Panionios GSS 3 François MODESTO D 19/08/1978 FRA 182 2010 AS Monaco FC 4 D 03/09/1977 SWE 186 2009 Juventus 6 Tassos PAPAZOGLOU D 24/09/1988 GRE 183 2010 Panserraikos FC (loan) 7 M 27/10/1976 ARG 163 3 - 2010 Villarreal CF 8 Ljubomir FEJSA M 14/09/1988 SRB 185 6 - 2011 FK Partizan 9 Marko PANTELIĆ F 15/09/1978 SRB 183 7 2 2010 AFC Ajax 10 F 08/03/1984 ALG 183 4 1 2011 AEK Athens FC 11 Colin KAZIM-RICHARDS M 26/08/1986 TUR 185 4 1 2012 Galatasaray AŞ 14 M 05/10/1987 BEL 179 2010 AS Saint-Étienne 19 M 03/02/1982 ESP 177 2 - 2010 Villarreal CF 20 José HOLEBAS D 27/06/1984 GRE 185 2010 TSV 1860 München 21 D 03/12/1984 GRE 184 2008 Aris Thessaloniki FC 23 Iván MARCANO D 23/06/1987 ESP 188 11 - 2011 Villarreal CF 31 M 06/02/1979 ESP 179 4 - 2011 Athletic Club 35 Vassilis TOROSSIDIS D 10/06/1985 GRE 183 2007 Xanthi FC 42 Balázs MEGYERI G 31/03/1990 HUN 187 2010 Ferencváros 77 Jean MAKOUN M 29/05/1983 CMR 173 2011 Aston Villa FC 87 DIOGO F 26/05/1987 BRA 182 2008 Santos FC (loan) 93 M 14/02/1986 ALG 180 2011 Kavala FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Winners of Greek Super League

2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group F third place Matchday One: 13 September Olympiacos FC – Olympique de Marseille (FRA) 0-1 Matchday Two: 28 September Arsenal FC (ENG) – Olympiacos FC 2-1 Matchday Three: 19 October Olympiacos FC – (GER) 3-1 Matchday Four: 1 November ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Borussia Dortmund (GER) – Olympiacos FC 1-0 Matchday Five: 23 November Pld W D L Olympique de Marseille (FRA) – Olympiacos FC 0-1 UEFA Champions League 122 40 26 56 Matchday Six: 6 December UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 33 14 6 13 Olympiacos FC – Arsenal FC (ENG) 3-1 UEFA Cup/Europa League 56 27 6 23 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 211 81 38 92

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AZ Alkmaar (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None

Founded: 1967 Address: Stadionweg 1, 1812 AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands HEAD COACH: Telephone: +31 72 547 8000 Website: az.nl Date/Place of Birth: 01/08/1962 in Deventer, Netherlands Media Officer: Daan Schippers Nationality: NED Team Captain: Playing Career: sc Heerenveen (1984-86), MAJOR CLUB HONOURS (loan) (1986-87), sc Heerenveen (1987-94) National Championship (2) 1981, 2009 Managerial/Coaching Career: National Cup (3) Heracles Almelo (2001-04), 1978, 1981, 1982 sc Heerenveen (2004-08), Feyenoord (2008-09), Heracles Almelo (2009-10), AZ Alkmaar (2010-)

STADIUM: AZ Stadion

Ground Capacity: 17,000 Opened: 2006

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Mattias JOHANSSON D 16/02/1992 SWE 171 2012 Kalmar FF 3 Dirk MARCELLIS D 13/04/1988 NED 180 9 - 2010 PSV Eindhoven 4 D 03/08/1989 NED 182 7 - 2010 6 Etiënne REIJNEN M 05/04/1987 NED 189 4 - 2011 FC Zwolle 9 Ruud BOYMANS F 28/04/1989 NED 188 2011 VVV-Venlo 10 Erik FALKENBURG M 05/05/1988 NED 187 6 1 2010 Sparta Rotterdam 11 Maarten MARTENS M 02/07/1984 BEL 179 5 - 2006 RKC Waalwijk 14 Ragnar KLAVAN D 30/10/1985 EST 186 9 - 2009 Heracles Almelo 15 M 07/10/1984 DEN 186 8 - 2008 FC Midtjylland 17 Jozy ALTIDORE F 06/11/1989 USA 185 11 2 2011 Villarreal CF 20 M 17/03/1988 SWE 184 10 2 2009 Kalmar FF 21 Erik HEIJBLOK G 29/05/1977 NED 196 2009 23 F 22/12/1987 NED 174 11 - 2011 sc Heerenveen 25 Niklas MOISANDER D 29/09/1985 FIN 182 8 - 2008 FC Zwolle 26 Celso ORTIZ M 26/01/1989 PAR 175 5 - 2010 Cerro Porteño 27 Brett HOLMAN M 27/03/1984 AUS 178 9 2 2008 NEC Nijmegen 31 Niki MÄENPÄÄ G 23/01/1985 FIN 190 2011 Willem II 34 Esteban ALVARADO G 28/04/1989 CRC 193 6 - 2010 35 Charlison BENSCHOP F 21/08/1989 ANT 191 4 - 2010 RKC Waalwijk 38 Terell ONDAAN F 09/09/1993 NED 186 2011 AFC Ajax

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 7 Jóhann GUDMUNDSSON (F) 10 Aps/1 Gl; 8 Adam MAHER (M) 7/3; 40 Fernando LEWIS (F) 1/-

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Four: 3 November 4th in Dutch Eredivisie FK Austria Wien (AUT) – AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Matchday Five: 30 November 2011/12 Malmö FF (SWE) – AZ Alkmaar 0-0 UEFA Europa League Matchday Six: 15 December Third Qualifying Round AZ Alkmaar – FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) 1-1 First leg, 28 July AZ Alkmaar – FK Jablonec (CZE) 2-0 Second leg, 4 August FK Jablonec (CZE) – AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Play-offs First leg, 18 August Aalesunds FK (NOR) – AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Second leg, 25 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE AZ Alkmaar – Aalesunds FK (NOR) 6-0 Group Stage Pld W D L Group G runners-up UEFA Champions League 10 2 5 3 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 6 2 2 2 AZ Alkmaar – Malmö FF (SWE) 4-1 UEFA Cup/Europa League 76 37 23 16 Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) – AZ Alkmaar 1-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Three: 20 October European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 AZ Alkmaar – FK Austria Wien (AUT) 2-2 Total 92413021

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RSC Anderlecht (BEL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Roger VANDEN STOCK

Founded: 1908 Date of Birth: 13/08/1942 Address: Theo Verbeecklaan 2, 1070 Brussels, Belgium Elected/Appointed: 20/06/1996 Telephone: +32 25 294 060 Website: rsca.be HEAD COACH: Ariël JACOBS Media Officer: David Steegen Team Captain: Date/Place of Birth: 26/07/1953 in Vilvoorde, Belgium Nationality: BEL MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (30) K. Diegem Sport (1965-70), 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1962, Racing White (1970-73), K. 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1981, 1985, Diegem Sport (1973-79), SK Halle 1986, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, (1979-80), K. Diegem Sport (1980- 2006, 2007, 2010 83), KFC Diest (1983-84), K. Diegem Sport (1984-87) National Cup (9) 1965, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1988, 1989, 1994, 2008 Managerial/Coaching Career: UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (2) Belgian Football Association (1982-99), RWD 1976, 1978 Molenbeek (1999-2001), RAA La Louvière (2001-04), UEFA Cup (1) KRC Genk (technical director) (2004-06), KSC Lokeren 1983 OV (2006), R. Excelsior Mouscron (2007), RSC UEFA Super Cup (2) Anderlecht (2007-) 1976, 1978 Major Honours – Belgian Championship (2010), (2003, 2008)

STADIUM: Stade Constant Vanden Stock

Ground Capacity: 21,845 Opened: 1983

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Silvio PROTO G 23/05/1983 BEL 187 24 - 2005 KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen (loan) 3 Olivier DESCHACHT D 16/02/1981 BEL 185 13 - 1997 KSC Lokeren OV 5 Lucas BIGLIA M 30/01/1986 ARG 179 17 2 2006 CA Independiente 6 Mbenza BEDI M 11/09/1986 COD 179 2012 TP Mazembe 7 Guillermo MOLINS M 26/09/1988 SWE 186 2011 Malmö FF 8 D 27/05/1988 BEL 177 2 - 2011 K. Sint-Truidense VV 9 Matías SUÁREZ F 09/05/1988 ARG 182 24 10 2008 CA Belgrano 10 KANU F 23/09/1987 BRA 190 13 1 2008 Cercle Brugge KSV 11 Milan JOVANOVIĆ F 18/04/1981 SRB 183 15 3 2011 Liverpool FC 14 MULOTA F 31/12/1985 COD 182 2012 TP Mazembe 16 Cheikhou KOUYATÉ D 21/12/1989 SEN 192 19 - 2008 KV Kortrijk (loan) 18 Lukáš MAREČEK M 17/04/1990 CZE 182 9 - 2010 1. FC Brno 19 Sacha KLJESTAN M 09/09/1985 USA 185 10 1 2010 CD Chivas USA 20 D 09/02/1985 SWE 184 14 - 2011 FC Basel 1893 21 Tom DE SUTTER F 03/07/1985 BEL 192 14 2 2009 Cercle Brugge KSV 22 Davy SCHOLLEN G 28/02/1978 BEL 190 2006 NAC Breda 23 Roland JUHÁSZ D 01/07/1983 HUN 194 24 3 2005 MTK Budapest 25 Dieudonné MBOKANI F 22/11/1985 COD 185 9 3 2011 AS Monaco FC 27 Marcin WASILEWSKI D 09/06/1980 POL 186 8 1 2007 KKS Lech Poznań 28 Michaël CORDIER G 27/03/1984 BEL 184 2008 FC Brussels 30 M 09/03/1984 BEL 186 24 5 2008 KAA Gent 55 FERNANDO M 27/02/1992 BRA 176 6 1 2009 Olé Brasil FC

‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 36 Nathan KABASELE 1 Ap/- Gls

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 3rd in Belgian Pro League (after play-offs)

2010/11 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August Bursaspor (TUR) – RSC Anderlecht 1-2 Second leg, 25 August RSC Anderlecht – Bursaspor (TUR) 2-2 Group Stage Group L winners Matchday One: 15 September RSC Anderlecht – AEK Athens FC (GRE) 4-1 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) – RSC Anderlecht 0-2 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L SK Sturm Graz (AUT) – RSC Anderlecht 0-2 UEFA Champions League 170 64 37 69 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 44 29 3 12 RSC Anderlecht – SK Sturm Graz (AUT) 3-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 120 60 30 30 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 4 2 0 2 AEK Athens FC (GRE) – RSC Anderlecht 1-2 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 RSC Anderlecht – FC Lokomotiv Moskva (RUS) 5-3 Total 338 155 70 113

51 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12

S.S. Lazio (ITA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Claudio LOTITO

Founded: 1900 Date of Birth: 09/05/1957 Address: Via di Santa Cornelia 1000, Formello, 00060 Elected/Appointed: 19/07/2004 Roma, Italy Telephone: +39 697 607 100 Website: sslazio.it HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Stefano De Martino Date/Place of Birth: 10/10/1945 Team Captain: in Lucinico, Italy Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (2) SPAL 1907 (1963-68), US Città di 1974, 2000 Palermo (1968-73), US National Cup (5) Alessandria (1973-75) 1958, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999 Molinella Calcio (1979-80), Monselice Calcio (1980-81), UEFA Super Cup (1) Pordenone CSSD (1981-82), Monselice Calcio (1982- 1999 83), AS Pro Gorizia (1983-84), Treviso FBC (1984-85), AC Mestre (1985-86), AS Varese (1986-87), Pescara Calcio STADIUM: Stadio Olimpico (youth) (1987-89), Pescara Calcio (1989-90), AS Cosenza Calcio (1990-92), Hellas Verona FC (1992-93), Ground Capacity: 72,481 Bologna FC (1993-94), US Lecce (1994-95), Brescia Opened: 1937 Calcio (1995-97), Torino FC (1997-98), Vicenza Calcio (1998-2001), Genoa CFC (2001- 02), (2003), (2003-04), SSC Napoli (2005-09), HNK Hajduk Split (2009-10), S.S. Lazio (2010-)

52 S.S. Lazio

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Albano BIZZARRI G 09/11/1977 ARG 188 5 - 2009 Calcio Catania 3 ANDRÉ DIAS D 15/05/1979 BRA 184 4 - 2010 São Paulo FC 6 Stefano MAURI M 08/01/1980 ITA 184 5 - 2006 8 HERNANES M 29/05/1985 BRA 180 5 - 2010 São Paulo FC 9 Tommaso ROCCHI F 19/09/1977 ITA 177 9 2 2004 Empoli FC 11 MATUZALÉM M 10/06/1980 BRA 175 5 1 2008 Real Zaragoza 15 Álvaro GONZÁLEZ M 29/10/1984 URU 176 5 - 2010 CD Nacional 16 Alessandro BERARDI G 16/01/1991 ITA 190 2010 none 18 Libor KOZÁK F 30/05/1989 CZE 193 4 1 2008 (loan) 19 Senad LULIĆ D 18/01/1986 BIH 183 13 2 2011 BSC Young Boys 20 Giuseppe BIAVA D 08/05/1977 ITA 180 5 - 2010 Genoa CFC 21 Modibo DIAKITÉ D 02/03/1987 FRA 192 11 - 2006 Pescara Calcio 24 Cristian LEDESMA M 24/09/1982 ITA 180 4 - 2006 US Lecce 25 F 09/06/1978 GER 184 4 1 2011 FC Bayern München 26 Ştefan RADU D 22/10/1986 ROU 183 9 - 2008 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 27 M 27/07/1983 ALB 186 5 - 2011 Galatasaray AŞ 29 Abdoulay KONKO D 09/03/1984 FRA 182 2011 Genoa CFC 32 Cristian BROCCHI M 30/01/1976 ITA 171 3 1 2008 AC Milan 33 Marius STANKEVIČIUS D 15/07/1981 LTU 190 2011 UC Sampdoria 40 Luca CRESCENZI D 02/04/1992 ITA 176 2011 none 41 Enrico ZAMPA M 18/03/1992 ITA 178 1 - 2011 none 48 Matteo MONTEFORTE F 22/10/1993 ITA 182 2011 none 78 Luciano ZAURI D 20/01/1978 ITA 178 3 - 2003 UC Sampdoria (loan) 83 Federico MARCHETTI G 07/02/1983 ITA 188 5 - 2011 Cagliari Calcio 87 Antonio CANDREVA M 28/02/1987 ITA 180 3 - 2012 Udinese Calcio

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 5th in Italian

2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August S.S. Lazio – FK Rabotnicki (MKD) 6-0 Second leg, 25 August FK Rabotnicki (MKD) – S.S. Lazio 1-3 Group Stage Group D runners-up Matchday One: 15 September S.S. Lazio – FC Vaslui (ROU) 2-2 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) – S.S. Lazio 2-1 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L FC Zürich (SUI) – S.S. Lazio 1-1 UEFA Champions League 50 21 12 17 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 9 4 5 0 S.S. Lazio – FC Zürich (SUI) 1-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 76 39 15 22 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 1 1 0 0 FC Vaslui (ROU) – S.S. Lazio 0-0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 1 2 1 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 S.S. Lazio – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 2-0 Total 140 66 34 40

53 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Enrique CEREZO

Founded: 1903 Date of Birth: 27/02/1948 Address: Paseo de la Virgen del Puetro 67, 28005 Elected/Appointed: 28/05/2003 Madrid, Spain Telephone: +34 91 366 9048 HEAD COACH: Website: clubatleticodemadrid.com Date/Place of Birth: 28/04/1970 Media Officer: Juan José García Arnaut in , Argentina Team Captain: Antonio López Nationality: ARG

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: CA Vélez Sarsfield (1987-90), AC National Championship (9) Pisa (1990-92), Sevilla FC (1992- 1940, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1996 94), Club Atlético de Madrid National Cup (9) (1994-97), FC Internazionale 1960, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1996 Milano (1997-1999), S.S. Lazio (1999-2003), Club UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) Atlético de Madrid (2003-05), Racing Club (2005-06) 1962 Major Honours – Copa América (1991, 1993), FIFA UEFA Europa League (1) Confederations Cup (1992), UEFA Cup (1998), UEFA 2010 Super Cup (1999), Spanish Championship (1996), UEFA Super Cup (1) Italian Championship (2000), Spanish Cup (1996), 2010 Italian Cup (2000) European/South American Cup (1) International Caps/Goals – 106/11 for Argentina 1974 Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: Estadio Vicente Calderón Racing Club (2006), Estudiantes de la Plata (2006-07), CA River Plate (2008), CA San Lorenzo (2009-10), Calcio Ground Capacity: 54,960 Catania (2011), Racing Club (2011), Club Atlético de Opened: 1966 Madrid (2011-) Major Honours – Argentinian Championship (2006 apertura, 2008 clausura)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Diego GODÍN D 16/02/1986 URU 187 12 1 2010 Villarreal CF 3 ANTONIO LÓPEZ D 13/09/1981 ESP 173 13 1 2001 CA Osasuna (loan) 4 MARIO SUÁREZ M 24/02/1987 ESP 186 8 - 2010 RCD Mallorca 5 TIAGO M 02/05/1981 POR 183 8 1 2010 Juventus 6 FILIPE LUÍS D 09/08/1985 BRA 182 7 - 2010 RC Deportivo La Coruña 7 ADRIÁN López F 08/01/1988 ESP 180 6 2 2011 RC Deportivo La Coruña 8 F 13/07/1990 ARG 172 17 3 2010 SL Benfica (loan) 9 FALCAO F 10/02/1986 COL 177 20 20 2011 FC Porto 11 M 30/01/1987 TUR 176 11 2 2011 Galatasaray AŞ 12 PAULO ASSUNÇÃO M 25/01/1980 BRA 173 16 - 2008 FC Porto 13 G 11/05/1992 BEL 198 5 - 2011 Chelsea FC 14 GABI M 10/07/1983 ESP 179 5 - 2011 Real Zaragoza 15 M 06/10/1989 POR 172 2 - 2011 SC Braga 17 SÍLVIO D 28/09/1987 POR 178 9 - 2011 SC Braga 18 ÁLVARO DOMÍNGUEZ D 16/05/1989 ESP 189 16 1 2001 none 19 KOKE M 08/01/1992 ESP 178 4 - 2004 none 20 JUANFRAN M 09/01/1985 ESP 182 4 1 2011 CA Osasuna 21 Luis PEREA D 30/01/1979 COL 180 18 - 2004 CA 22 DIEGO M 28/02/1985 BRA 175 10 2 2010 VfL Wolfsburg 23 JOÃO MIRANDA D 07/09/1984 BRA 185 5 - 2011 São Paulo FC 25 Sergio ASENJO G 28/06/1989 ESP 182 3 - 2009 Málaga CF (loan)

HOW THEY QUALIFIED

2010/11 Matchday Four: 3 November 7th in Spanish Liga Club Atlético de Madrid – Udinese Calcio (ITA) 4-0 Matchday Five: 30 November 2011/12 Celtic FC (SCO) – Club Atlético de Madrid 0-1 UEFA Europa League Matchday Six: 15 December Third Qualifying Round Club Atlético de Madrid – First leg, 28 July Stade Rennais FC (FRA) 3-1 Club Atlético de Madrid – Strømsgodset IF (NOR) 2-1 Second leg, 4 August Strømsgodset IF (NOR) – Club Atlético de Madrid 0-2 Play-offs First leg, 18 August Club Atlético de Madrid – Vitória SC (POR) 2-0 Second leg, 25 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Vitória SC (POR) – Club Atlético de Madrid 0-4 Group Stage Pld W D L Group I winners UEFA Champions League 65 31 17 17 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 62 38 13 11 Club Atlético de Madrid – Celtic FC (SCO) 2-0 UEFA Cup/Europa League 91 48 16 27 Matchday Two: 29 September Stade Rennais FC (FRA) – UEFA Super Cup 1 1 0 0 Club Atlético de Madrid 1-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 8 5 0 3 Matchday Three: 20 October European/South American Cup 2 1 0 1 Udinese Calcio (ITA) – Club Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Total 229 124 46 59

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