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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski - Skopje Thursday 19 October 2017 FK Vardar 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Real Sociedad de Fútbol Group L - Matchday 3 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 FK Vardar - Real Sociedad de Fútbol Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FK Vardar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FK Vardar have not played against a club from their opponents' country Real Sociedad de Fútbol - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Real Sociedad de Fútbol have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 FK Vardar - Real Sociedad de Fútbol Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje Match background Vardar have had some punishing results in Group L, but a late goal on matchday two has given them a small lift as they prepare to take on Real Sociedad. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time; neither has faced a team from their opponent's home country before. • The only previous European tie between Macedonian and Spanish sides came in the 2000 UEFA Intertoto Cup; Celta Vigo beat Pelister 3-0 in Spain and 2-1 in the return leg in Bitola. Form guide • Vardar have conceded eight goals in the first two matchdays – more than any other team in this season's group stage. • Vardar kicked off the group stage with a 5-0 loss to Zenit in Skopje, equalling the margin of their worst-ever UEFA home defeat. • Real Sociedad have lost five of their last six European away games, including the 3-1 reversal at Zenit last time out (W1 L5). • Domestic champions for a third season running in 2016/17, Vardar are the first club from FYR Macedonia to appear in the group stage of a major UEFA competition. • Although Real Sociedad played in the UEFA Champions League group stage in 2003/04 and 2013/14, the San Sebastian outfit are making their debut at this phase of the UEFA Europa League. Trivia and links • The journey from San Sebastian to Skopje is around 1,900km. • Real Sociedad conceded the fewest fouls in the first two matchdays: just 13. • Juan Felipe's brilliant lob at Rosenborg on matchday two was the first group stage goal for a club from FYR Macedonia. • Misses next match if booked: Jigauri Jambuli (Vardar). The coaches • Cedomir Janevski returned to coach Vardar in August 2017, having previously served the Skopje team as a defender from 1982–89. He spent many of the intervening years in Belgium, where he played for and coached Club Brugge among others. • Real Sociedad boss since 2015, Eusebio Sacristán can complete a full set of major UEFA trophies this season, having won the European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup as a midfielder with Barcelona. He was also Barcelona's assistant coach and B team boss. 3 FK Vardar - Real Sociedad de Fútbol Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje Team facts FK Vardar Formed: 1947 Nickname: Crveno-Crni (Red-and-Blacks) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2017) National cup: 6 (2007) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2015/16: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2014/15: did not compete in UEFA competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2012/13: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2011/12: did not compete in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not compete in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not compete in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not compete in UEFA competition 2007/08: first qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-0 twice, most recently v Barry Town 16/07/03, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Samtredia v Vardar 22/08/95, UEFA Cup preliminary round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5 twice, most recently v Zenit 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Vardar v Schalke 17/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 2-0: Vardar v Fenerbahçe 17/08/17, play-off first leg • Biggest away win 0-2: Samtredia v Vardar (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-5 twice, most recently v Zenit (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Roeselare v Vardar 27/07/06, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg 4-0 twice, most recently v Roma 24/09/03, first round first leg Real Sociedad de Fútbol Formed: 1909 Nickname: La Real UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) 4 FK Vardar - Real Sociedad de Fútbol Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje League title: 2 (1982) Spanish Cup: 2 (1987) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: play-offs 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: Real Sociedad v Rosenborg 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 2-4: Sparta Praha v Real Sociedad 15/09/98, UEFA Cup first round first leg 0-2 twice, most recently Olympique Lyonnais v Real Sociedad 20/08/13, UEFA Champions League play-offs first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Real Sociedad v Liverpool 22/10/75, UEFA Cup second round first leg 0-2: Real Sociedad v Shakhtar Donetsk 17/09/13, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Liverpool v Real Sociedad 04/11/75, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Real Sociedad v Rosenborg (see above) • Biggest away win 2-4: Sparta Praha v Real Sociedad (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Real Sociedad v Liverpool (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Liverpool v Real Sociedad (see above) 5 FK Vardar - Real Sociedad de Fútbol Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje Squad list FK Vardar Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Igor Aleksovski MKD 24/02/1995 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 12 Bojan Timevski MKD 21/01/2000 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 90 Filip Gacevski MKD 17/08/1990 27 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 8 - Defenders 5 Visar Musliu MKD 13/11/1994 22 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 2 - 6 - 6 Boban Grncarov MKD 12/08/1982 35 - 4 1 1 - 2 - 5 1 3 - 37 2 14 Darko Velkoski MKD 21/06/1995 22 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 13 2 Hovhannes 19 ARM 04/10/1990 27 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 2 - 16 1 Hambartsumyan 21 Ievgenii Novak UKR 01/02/1989 28 - 4 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 7 - 23 Besir Demiri MKD 01/08/1994 23 - 4 - 1 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 16 - 32 Darko Glisic MKD 23/09/1991 26 - - - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 7 1 77 Vladica Brdarovski MKD 07/02/1990 27 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 6 - Midfielders 4 Dejan Markoski MKD 24/03/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Jambul Jigauri GEO 08/07/1992 25 * 1 - 2 1 2 - 8 - 2 - 27 4 8 Vanja Markovic SRB 20/06/1994 23 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 1 - 1 - 9 Dejan Blazevski MKD 06/12/1985 31 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 7 2 2 - 16 3 10 Boban Nikolov MKD 28/07/1994 23 - 4 3 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 10 3 11 Tigran Barseghyan ARM 22/09/1993 24 - 4 1 2 1 2 - 8 4 2 - 10 2 15 Aleksandar Trajchevski MKD 18/08/1999 18 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Nikola Gligorov MKD 15/08/1983 34 - 3 - 2 1 2 - 6 1 6 - 39 2 22 Filip Stojchevski MKD 04/02/1999 18 - - - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 1 - 33 Besar Iseni MKD 18/01/1997 20 - 1 - - - 1 - 6 - 1 - 2 - 70 Juan Felipe BRA 05/12/1987 29 - 4 - 2 - 2 1 8 5 2 1 12 1 97 Petar Petkovski MKD 03/01/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - Forwards 48 Ytalo BRA 12/01/1988 29 - - - - - 1 - 3 2 1 - 1 - Coach - Cedomir Janevski MKD 03/07/1961 56 - - - 2 - 2 - - - 2 - 4 - 6 FK Vardar - Real Sociedad de Fútbol Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski, Skopje Real Sociedad de Fútbol Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Gerónimo Rulli ARG 20/05/1992 25 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 3 - 13 Toño Ramírez ESP 23/11/1986 30 - - - - - - - 2 - 34 Pablo Sisniega MEX 07/07/1995 22 - - - - - - - - - 36 Juanjo Garrancho ESP 20/06/1997 20 - - - - - - - - - 38 Andoni Zubiaurre ESP 04/12/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Carlos Martínez ESP 09/04/1986 31 - - - - - - - 5 - 3 Diego Llorente ESP 16/08/1993 24 - 2 3 5 2 2 3 2 3 6 Iñigo Martínez ESP 17/05/1991 26 - - - 1 - - - 11 - 15 Aritz Elustondo ESP 28/03/1994 23 - 2 - 7 2 2 - 2 - 19 Álvaro Odriozola ESP 14/12/1995 21 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 2 - 20 Kevin Rodrigues POR 05/03/1994 23 - - - 7 1 - - - - 22 Raúl Navas ESP 11/05/1988 29 - - - 3 - - - - - 24 Alberto de la Bella ESP 02/12/1985 31 - 2 - 1 - 5 - 19 - 27