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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Thursday 22 October 2020 PFC CSKA-Sofia 18.55CET (19.55 local time) CFR 1907 Cluj Group A - Matchday 1 Last updated 11/12/2020 14:04CET 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 PFC CSKA-Sofia - CFR 1907 Cluj Thursday 22 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams PFC CSKA-Sofia - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PFC CSKA-Sofia have not played against a club from their opponents' country CFR 1907 Cluj - Record versus clubs from opponents' country CFR 1907 Cluj have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 PFC CSKA-Sofia - CFR 1907 Cluj Thursday 22 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match background CSKA-Sofia and CFR Cluj meet in the Bulgarian capital on Matchday 1 of the UEFA Europa League having both come through four rounds of qualifying. Form guide CSKA • CSKA finished runners-up last season in both the Bulgarian league – to serial champions Ludogorets – and the domestic cup, losing on penalties to Lokomotiv Plovdiv after a goalless final. In Europe they fell in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League for the second successive season, going down 2-1 on aggregate to Zorya Luhansk (1-1 h, 0-1 a). • This term Stamen Belchev's team won four qualifying games in a row – against Sirens of Malta (2-1 h), BATE Borisov of Belarus (2-0 h), B36 of the Faroe Islands (2-0 h) and, most memorably, Basel of Switzerland (3-1 a) – to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage for the first time. CFR • CFR, who have never played a Bulgarian club in UEFA competition, completed a hat-trick of Romanian league titles in 2019/20, making it six in all, while also enjoying a club-record 16-match European campaign that began in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round and ended in the UEFA Europa League round of 32, where they provided stiff opposition for Sevilla, going out to the eventual winners only on the away goals rule (1-1 h, 0-0 a). • Having lost seven of their first eight fixtures in the UEFA Europa League proper, in 2009/10 and 2012/13, CFR recorded 12 points to finish runners-up in their group last season, below Celtic but above both Lazio and Rennes. Ousted from this season's UEFA Champions League on penalties by Dinamo Zagreb in the second qualifying round, they subsequently beat the champions of Sweden (Djurgärden 1-0 away) and Finland (KuPS 3-1 at home) to reach the UEFA Europa League group stage for the third time. • CFR have lost six of their eight away fixtures in the UEFA Europa League proper, failing to score in every game bar one – last season's Matchday 3 encounter at Rennes, a 1-0 win. They are, however, on a run of three successive clean sheets in European matches outside Romania. Links and trivia • CSKA's Adalberto Peñaranda and CFR's Mario Rondón are both Venezuelan internationals. • CFR coach Dan Petrescu played twice for Romania against Bulgaria, losing both matches – 0-3 at home in a EURO '92 qualifier and 0-1 at EURO '96. 3 PFC CSKA-Sofia - CFR 1907 Cluj Thursday 22 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Team facts PFC CSKA-Sofia Formed: 2016 Nickname: The Reds UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: third qualifying round 2018/19: third qualifying round 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: CSKA v Titograd 09/07/19, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-3 twice, most recently v Basel 01/10/20, UEFA Europa League play-offs • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: CSKA v Copenhagen 09/08/18, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: Copenhagen v CSKA 16/08/18, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 1-0 three times, most recently v Zorya Luhansk 15/08/19, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: CSKA v Titograd (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3 twice, most recently v Basel (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: CSKA v Copenhagen (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: Copenhagen v CSKA (see above) 1-0 three times, most recently v Zorya Luhansk (see above) CFR 1907 Cluj Formed: 1907 Nickname: Feroviarii (Railwaymen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: (2005) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 6 (2020) Romanian Cup: 4 (2016) 4 PFC CSKA-Sofia - CFR 1907 Cluj Thursday 22 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2018/19: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA competition 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA competition 2012/13: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: CFR v Alashkert 16/08/18, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: Vėtra v CFR 26/06/05, UEFA Intertoto Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: CFR v Bayern München 03/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Lens v CFR 23/08/05, UEFA Intertoto Cup final second leg 2-0 on five occasions, most recently v Celtic 03/10/19, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: CFR v Alashkert (see above) • Biggest away win 0-2: Alashkert v CFR 09/08/18, third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: CFR v Internazionale 21/02/13, round of 32 second leg • Heaviest away defeat 2-0 on five occasions, most recently v Celtic (see above) 5 PFC CSKA-Sofia - CFR 1907 Cluj Thursday 22 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list PFC CSKA-Sofia Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Gustavo Busatto ITA 23/10/1990 29 - 4 - - - 9 - - - 4 - 12 Ivaylo Krasimirov Iliev BUL 30/10/2003 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Dimitar Evtimov BUL 07/09/1993 27 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Jurgen Mattheij NED 01/04/1992 28 - 4 - - - 7 - - - 4 - 5 Aleksandar Buchkov BUL 13/09/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 11 Petar Zanev BUL 18/10/1985 35 - - - - - 3 - 5 1 25 2 15 Thibaut Vion FRA 11/12/1993 26 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 18 Bradley Mazikou FRA 02/06/1996 24 - 4 - - - 8 - - - 4 - 19 Ivan Turitsov BUL 18/07/1999 21 - - - - - 4 - - - 3 - 21 Amos Youga FRA 08/12/1992 27 - 4 - - - 9 - - - 4 - 26 Valentin Antov BUL 09/11/2000 19 - 4 - - - 9 2 - - 11 - 28 Plamen Galabov BUL 02/11/1995 24 - 4 - - - 6 - - - 6 - Midfielders 3 Geferson BRA 13/05/1994 26 - 3 - - - 5 - - - 13 1 6 Emil Tsenov BUL 26/04/2002 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 8 Graham Carey IRL 20/05/1989 31 - 3 1 - - 8 - 1 - 9 1 10 Stefano Beltrame ITA 08/02/1993 27 - 1 - - - 9 1 - - 1 - 13 Younousse Sankharé FRA 10/09/1989 31 - 4 - - - 7 2 15 1 27 4 20 Tiago Rodrigues POR 29/01/1992 28 - 4 2 - - 8 2 4 - 18 4 30 Georgi Yomov BUL 06/07/1997 23 - 4 1 - - 6 - - - 10 2 Forwards 7 Henrique BRA 23/08/1993 27 - 4 - - - 8 1 - - 6 - 14 Jules Keita GUI 20/07/1998 22 - 3 1 - - 8 1 - - 3 1 17 Adalberto Peñaranda ESP 31/05/1997 23 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 22 Ali Sowe GAM 14/06/1994 26 - 4 3 - - 8 2 5 2 17 5 23 Ahmed Ahmedov BUL 04/03/1995 25 - 2 2 - - 7 1 - - 2 2 24 Jerome Sinclair ENG 20/09/1996 24 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 29 Mark-Emilio Papazov BUL 08/10/2003 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Stamen Belchev BUL 07/05/1969 51 - 4 - - - - - - - 4 - 6 PFC CSKA-Sofia - CFR 1907 Cluj Thursday 22 October 2020 - 18.55CET (19.55 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia CFR 1907 Cluj Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.