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Uefa Europa League UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Chaban-Delmas - Bordeaux Thursday 28 November 2013 21.05CET (21.05 local time) FC Girondins de Bordeaux Group F - Matchday 5 Eintracht Frankfurt Last updated 28/11/2013 17:22CET Squad list 2 Legend 4 1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 28 November 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Squad list FC Girondins de Bordeaux Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Ažbe Jug SVN 03/03/1992 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Cédric Carrasso FRA 30/12/1981 31 - - - 3 - 14 - 20 - 36 - 30 Kevin Olimpa FRA 10/03/1988 25 - - - 1 - - - 3 - 3 - Defenders 2 Vujadin Savić SRB 01/07/1990 23 - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 Henrique BRA 02/05/1983 30 - - - 2 1 11 - 16 1 20 1 5 Jérémie Bréchet FRA 14/08/1979 34 - - - 4 - 1 - 14 - 46 - 6 Ludovic Sané SEN 22/03/1987 26 * - - 3 2 13 - 12 3 18 3 23 Lucas Orban ARG 03/02/1989 24 - - - 1 - 9 - 1 - 1 - 25 Mariano BRA 23/06/1986 27 - - - - - 14 - 9 - 9 - 27 Marc Planus FRA 07/03/1982 31 - - - - - 7 - 27 1 42 2 Midfielders 7 Landry N'Guémo CMR 28/11/1985 27 S - - 2 - 10 - 21 - 24 - 8 Fahid Ben Khalfallah TUN 09/10/1982 31 - - - 2 - 2 - 8 - 8 - 15 Younes Kaabouni FRA 23/05/1995 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 17 André Poko GAB 07/03/1983 30 - - - 1 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 21 Matthieu Chalmé FRA 07/10/1980 33 - - - 3 - 2 - 18 - 57 - 22 Julien Faubert FRA 01/08/1983 30 - - - 3 - 5 - 8 - 14 2 24 Abdou Traoré MLI 17/01/1988 25 - - - 3 - 5 - 6 - 8 - 26 Grégory Sertic FRA 05/08/1989 24 - - - 3 - 8 2 14 - 17 - 29 Maxime Poundjé FRA 16/08/1992 21 - - - 4 - 6 - 6 - 6 - Forwards 4 Ludovic Obraniak POL 10/11/1984 29 - - - 3 - 14 4 31 4 38 4 9 Diego Rolán URU 24/03/1993 20 - - - 4 - 5 - 6 - 6 - 10 Henri Saivet FRA 26/10/1990 23 - - - 3 - 14 3 11 - 12 - 11 David Bellion FRA 27/11/1982 31 - - - 1 - - - 10 2 23 3 12 Hadi Sacko FRA 24/03/1994 19 - - - 3 - 4 - 8 - 8 - 14 Cheick Diabaté MLI 25/04/1988 25 - - - 1 - 13 7 9 4 9 4 19 Nicolas Maurice-Belay FRA 19/04/1985 28 - - - 3 - 12 - 16 - 16 - 20 Jussiê BRA 19/09/1983 30 - - - 3 1 10 1 25 7 41 10 31 David Djigla BEN 23/08/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Francis Gillot FRA 09/02/1960 53 - - - 4 - - - 34 - 42 - Eintracht Frankfurt Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 2 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 28 November 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Eintracht Frankfurt Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA 1 Kevin Trapp GER 08/07/1990 23 - 2 - 4 - 13 - 6 - 6 - 30 Felix Wiedwald GER 15/03/1990 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 32 Aykut Özer TUR 01/01/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Marco Russ GER 04/08/1985 28 * 2 - 4 1 12 2 8 1 8 1 5 Carlos Zambrano PER 10/07/1989 24 * 2 - 4 - 12 - 6 - 6 - 6 Bastian Oczipka GER 12/01/1989 24 - 2 - 3 - 11 - 5 - 8 - 15 Constant Djakpa CIV 17/10/1986 27 - 1 - 2 1 5 - 3 1 3 1 22 Stefano Celozzi GER 02/11/1988 25 - 2 - 2 - 7 - 7 - 14 - 23 Anderson Bamba BRA 10/01/1988 25 - 2 - 4 - 11 - 6 - 6 - 24 Sebastian Jung GER 22/06/1990 23 - - - 3 1 9 - 3 1 3 1 33 Alexander Hien GER 03/04/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Erik Wille GER 28/03/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Marc-Oliver Kempf GER 28/01/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 7 Jan Rosenthal GER 07/04/1986 27 - 1 - - - 6 - 1 - 1 - 8 Takashi Inui JPN 02/06/1988 25 - 2 1 3 - 9 - 5 1 5 1 13 Martin Lanig GER 11/07/1984 29 - 1 - 1 - 4 - 11 1 13 1 14 Alexander Meier GER 17/01/1983 30 - 2 3 2 2 7 3 7 5 7 5 16 Stefan Aigner GER 20/08/1987 26 - 2 - 3 - 11 2 5 - 5 - 17 Stephan Schröck GER 21/08/1986 27 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 18 Johannes Flum GER 14/12/1987 25 - 2 - 4 - 12 2 6 - 6 - 19 Marvin Bakalorz GER 13/09/1989 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 20 Sebastian Rode GER 11/10/1990 23 - 2 - 3 - 12 - 5 - 5 - 21 Marc Stendera GER 10/12/1995 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Tranquillo Barnetta SUI 22/05/1985 28 - - - 3 - 9 - 31 1 42 1 27 Pirmin Schwegler SUI 09/03/1987 26 - 1 - - - 4 - 11 - 15 - 28 Sonny Kittel GER 06/01/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Joselu ESP 27/03/1990 23 - 1 - 2 - 5 2 3 - 3 - 10 Václav Kadlec CZE 20/05/1992 21 - - - 4 2 11 4 35 8 40 8 11 Srdjan Lakić CRO 02/10/1983 30 - 1 - 4 2 7 - 7 3 7 3 37 Luca Waldschmidt GER 19/05/1996 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Armin Veh GER 01/02/1961 52 - 2 - 4 - - - 14 - 28 - 3 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Eintracht Frankfurt Thursday 28 November 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 4.
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