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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2013/2014 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Wednesday 21 August 2013 Ludogorets 20:45 CET (21:45 local time) Basel Play-off, First leg Last updated 19/08/2013 23:05 CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Fixtures and results 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 21 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head No matches PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - Record versus clubs from opponents' country No matches FC Basel 1893 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gelabert 35, A. Frei 05/11/2009 GS FC Basel 1893 - PFC CSKA Sofia 3-1 Basel 41(p), 67; Yanchev 61 22/10/2009 GS PFC CSKA Sofia - FC Basel 1893 0-2 Sofia A. Frei 20, 63 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Basel 1893 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 21 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match background Surprise package PFC Ludogorets Razgrad find themselves on the threshold of the UEFA Champions League group stage but first they must get past FC Basel 1893. • The Bulgarian title holders had only ever played one European tie before this season – losing to a GNK Dinamo Zagreb goal eight minutes into added time in last season's second qualifying round just as an away-goals triumph beckoned – but they have certainly made up for that setback this season, beating ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FK Partizan in the two previous rounds. • Ludogorets' goal is to become only the second Bulgarian team after PFC Levski Sofia in 2006/07 to compete in the UEFA Champions League group stage, though producing another shock against Basel may prove a tougher task give the vast experience of last season's UEFA Europa League semi-finalists. Match background • Ludogorets coach Ivaylo Petev departed after the 2-1 first-leg loss at Slovan in the second qualifying round, and his successor Stoicho Stoev has overseen some fine performances. A 3-0 second-leg win put paid to the Slovakian champions and they then defeated Serbia's Partizan both home and away in the next round for a 3-1 aggregate success. • Basel, who overcame Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 4-3 on aggregate in the third qualifying round, are looking to reach the group stage for the fourth time after previous appearances in 2002/03, 2008/09 and 2010/11. • Basel's record at this last stage of qualifying is W3 L3. They slipped up against CFR 1907 Cluj in the play-offs 12 months ago, losing 2-1 at home and 1-0 away. • The Swiss side found a subsequent silver lining last season in the shape of a long run in the UEFA Europa League. Murat Yakin's men advanced all the way to the last four – their first European semi-final – where they lost to eventual winners Chelsea FC. Ludogorets may draw encouragement, though, from the fact Basel did not win any of their seven away games in that campaign. • Basel's only previous meeting with Bulgarian opposition came in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage when they took on PFC CSKA Sofia and won 2-0 at the same venue where they now face Ludogorets, the Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, on 22 October 2009. Alexander Frei hit both goals that night and scored another two in the return, with Marcos Gelabert also on target in a 3-1 victory. Team ties • Home coach Stoev was in the PFC Lokomotiv Sofia team beaten on away goals by Neuchâtel Xamax FC in the 1985/86 UEFA Cup second round, drawing 1-1 at home and 0-0 in Switzerland. Stoev's goalkeeping coach, Nikolai Donev, also played in both matches. • As assistant coach of Grasshopper Club, Basel's Yakin saw his team earn a 4-0 aggregate win in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup against a PSFC Chernomorets Burgas side that included Vladislav Stoyanov and Michel. • Behrang Safari, Valentin Stocker, Marco Streller and Massimo Colomba – now Basel goalkeeping coach – all featured in the Swiss club's 2009 victories against a CSKA side including Ivan Stoyanov, Michel and Yordan Minev. Also in the CSKA ranks was Ivan Ivanov, now a Basel player but ineligible for this tie having been part of the Partizan side beaten by Ludogorets in the last round. • Stocker and Streller played at the Natsionalen Stadium again in Switzerland's goalless draw with Bulgaria in a UEFA EURO 2012 qualifier in 2011. Vladislav Stoyanov was an unsed substitute for the home side. • Vladislav Stoyanov has already faced Basel in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, losing 4-0 on aggregate with FC Sheriff in 2010/11. Stocker scored past him to give Basel a 1-0 home win in the first leg, with Streller getting one of Basel's three goals in the return. 3 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 21 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 21 Vladislav Stoyanov BUL 08/06/1987 26 - 4 - - - 4 - - - 26 - 30 Georgi Argilashki BUL 13/06/1991 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 91 Ivan Čvorović BUL 21/09/1985 27 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Defenders 4 Tero Mäntylä FIN 18/04/1991 22 - 3 1 - - 5 - - - 3 1 5 Alexandre Barthe FRA 05/03/1986 27 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 14 - 20 Choco BRA 18/01/1990 23 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 25 Yordan Minev BUL 14/10/1980 32 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 19 - 27 Cosmin Moţi ROU 03/12/1984 28 - 3 - - - 4 1 - - 34 1 77 Vitinha POR 11/02/1986 27 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 80 Júnior Caiçara BRA 27/04/1989 24 - 4 - - - 3 - - - 6 - Midfielders 7 Mihail Aleksandrov BUL 11/06/1989 24 - 4 1 - - 4 1 - - 5 1 8 Fábio POR 18/08/1985 28 - 4 - - - 4 - - - 4 - 10 Sebastian Mejia COL 02/10/1986 26 - 1 - - - 3 1 - - 1 - 11 Juninho Quixadá BRA 12/12/1985 27 - - - - - 3 1 - - - - 17 Dani Abalo ESP 29/09/1987 25 - 4 2 - - 4 - - - 4 2 18 Svetoslav Dyakov BUL 31/05/1984 29 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 7 - 23 Hristo Zlatinski BUL 22/01/1985 28 - 4 1 - - 4 - - - 13 2 73 Ivan Stoyanov BUL 24/07/1983 30 - 4 1 - - 2 - - - 15 2 84 Marcelinho BRA 24/08/1984 28 - 3 1 - - 4 1 - - 5 3 Forwards 9 Roman Bezjak SVN 21/02/1989 24 - 4 - - - 3 2 - - 6 - 99 Michel BRA 08/09/1983 29 - 1 - - - 2 1 - - 17 4 Coach - Stoicho Stoev BUL 15/08/1962 51 - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - FC Basel 1893 Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Yann Sommer SUI 17/12/1988 24 - 2 - - - 5 - 8 - 33 - 18 Germano Vailati SUI 30/08/1980 32 - - - - - - - - - 9 - 23 Mirko Salvi SUI 14/02/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Philipp Degen SUI 15/02/1983 30 - 2 - - - 4 - 1 - 35 - 5 Arlind Ajeti SUI 25/09/1993 19 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 3 - 15 Kay Voser SUI 04/01/1987 26 - 1 - - - 5 - - - 14 - 4 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 21 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia FC Basel 1893 Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 16 Fabian Schär SUI 20/12/1991 21 - 2 1 - - 5 2 - - 16 5 19 Behrang Safari SWE 09/02/1985 28 - 2 - - - 5 - 13 - 49 - 26 Gastón Sauro ITA 23/02/1990 23 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 11 - 27 Naser Aliji MKD 27/12/1993 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Genséric Kusunga SUI 12/03/1988 25 - - - - - - - 2 - 4 - Midfielders 7 David Degen SUI 15/02/1983 30 - - - - - 1 - - - 64 12 8 Serey Die CIV 07/11/1984 28 - - - - - - - - - 11 - 10 Matías Delgado ITA 15/12/1982 30 - - - - - 2 - 6 - 43 14 14 Valentin Stocker SUI 12/04/1989 24 - 2 1 - - 3 - 13 2 50 9 20 Fabian Frei SUI 08/01/1989 24 - 2 - - - 5 - 10 3 35 4 21 Marcelo Díaz CHI 30/12/1986 26 - 2 1 - - 3 - - - 19 3 22 Mohamed Salah EGY 15/06/1992 21 - 2 1 - - 5 1 - - 18 3 25 Darko Jevtic SUI 08/02/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Stephan Andrist SUI 12/12/1987 25 - 1 - - - 4 - - - 10 - 33 Mohamed Elneny EGY 11/07/1992 21 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 10 - 34 Taulant Xhaka SUI 28/03/1991 22 - 2 - - - 5 1 1 - 3 - Forwards 9 Marco Streller SUI 18/06/1981 32 - 2 - - - 4 3 16 2 60 19 17 Endogan Adili SUI 03/08/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - 2 - Coach - Murat Yakin SUI 15/09/1974 38 - 2 - - - - - - - 14 - 5 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Basel 1893 Wednesday 21 August 2013 - 20.45CET, (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials Referee Wolfgang Stark (GER) Assistant referees Jan-Hendrik Salver (GER) , Mike Pickel (GER) Additional assistant referees Tobias Welz (GER) , Tobias Stieler (GER) Fourth official Detlef Scheppe (GER) UEFA Delegate Georg Pangl (AUT) UEFA Referee observer Miroslav Vitkovic (CRO) Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Wolfgang Stark 20/11/1969 46 110 UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 18/03/2003 UCL GS2 FC Basel 1893 Juventus 2-1 Basel 23/08/2005 UCL 3QR Liverpool FC PFC CSKA Sofia 0-1 Liverpool Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 19/06/1999 UIC R1 PFC Spartak Varna K.