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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Aalborg Stadion - Aalborg Thursday 2 October 2014 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Aalborg BK Group J - Matchday 2 Rio Ave FC Last updated 09/06/2015 15:12CET 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 Aalborg BK - Rio Ave FC Thursday 2 October 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Aalborg BK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Andersen 11, Madsen 06/12/1995 GS Aalborg BK - FC Porto 2-2 Aalborg 69; Emerson 63, 75 27/09/1995 GS FC Porto - Aalborg BK 2-0 Porto Barros 41, 62 Rio Ave FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Rio Ave FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Aalborg BK 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 4 Rio Ave FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Aalborg BK - Rio Ave FC Thursday 2 October 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg Match background Aalborg BK and Rio Ave FC will bid to make up for a miserable start in UEFA Europa League Group J as they meet for the first time on matchday two. Form guide • AaB kicked off Group J with the heaviest defeat in UEFA Europa League (group stage to final) history, going down 6-0 at FC Steaua Bucureşti. It was also their worst result in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Cup. • Rio Ave's 3-0 home loss to FC Dynamo Kyiv on the same night was their first European home defeat, and their heaviest loss in European competition. • AaB are without a win in four European home games (D3 L1) since a 2-0 success against Manchester City FC in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup round of 16 (though they subsequently lost that tie on penalties). Trivia and links • This is Rio Ave's debut season in European competition; they qualified as losing Portuguese Cup finalists – going down 1-0 to SL Benfica in the decider, having also lost to the same opponents 2-0 in the Portuguese League Cup final. • AaB are among ten national champions in the group stage along with GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Legia Warszawa (Poland), FC Steaua Bucureşti (Romania), AC Sparta Praha (Czech Republic), HJK Helsinki (Finland), ŠK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan), FC Salzburg (Austria) and Celtic FC (Scotland). • Rio Ave's Belarusian midfielder Renan Bressan has scored 12 goals in UEFA club competition – more than twice as many as the rest of his club-mates' combined total of five. The coaches • Kent Nielsen led Aalborg to a domestic double in 2013/14 after taking command in 2010. Having turned out – like his father and brother – for Bronshøj BK, Nielsen won titles with Brøndby IF and played abroad with Aston Villa FC. Capped 54 times, he coached AGF Aarhus, AC Horsens and Brøndby before taking up his current role. • As a defensive midfielder, Rio Ave coach Pedro Martins' career peaked during a three-year spell at Sporting – during which he earned, in 1997, his only cap for Portugal. As a coach, he worked his way up the leagues, joining Rio Ave in 2014 after a four-year stint at CS Marítimo. 3 Aalborg BK - Rio Ave FC Thursday 2 October 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg Team facts Aalborg BK Formed: 1885 Nickname: None UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2007 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (2014) Danish Cup: 3 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: second qualifying round 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 2009/10: second qualifying round 2008/09: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: group stage (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0: AaB v Cliftonville FC 14/07/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Biggest away win 1-3 three times, most recently v RC Deportivo La Coruña 26/02/09, UEFA Cup round of 32 second leg 0-2: GNK Dinamo Zagreb v AaB 06/08/14, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: AaB v Manchester United FC 30/09/08, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-1: Górnik Zabrze v AaB 20/09/70, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 3-0: AaB v RC Deportivo La Coruña 18/02/09, UEFA Cup round of 32 first leg 3-0: AaB v HJK Helsinki 30/08/07, second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-3 three times, most recently v RC Deportivo La Coruña (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: AaB v Getafe CF 06/12/07, UEFA Cup group stage 1-2: AaB v Udinese Calcio 30/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: RC Deportivo La Coruña v AaB 28/09/93, UEFA Cup first round first leg Formed: 1939 4 Aalborg BK - Rio Ave FC Thursday 2 October 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg Nickname: Vilacondenses (The Vila do Conde Side) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 1-0: Rio Ave v IF Elfsborg 28/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Biggest away win 0-1: IFK Göteborg v Rio Ave 31/07/14, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rio Ave v FC Dynamo Kyiv 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: IF Elfsborg v Rio Ave 21/08/14, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg 1-0: Aalborg BK v Rio Ave 02/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 1-0: Rio Ave v IF Elfsborg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-1: IFK Göteborg v Rio Ave (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rio Ave v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 2-1: IF Elfsborg v Rio Ave (see above) 1-0: Aalborg BK v Rio Ave (see above) 5 Aalborg BK - Rio Ave FC Thursday 2 October 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg Squad list Aalborg BK Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Nicolai Larsen DEN 09/03/1991 23 S 4 - 1 - 9 - 1 - 7 - 22 Carsten Christensen DEN 28/08/1986 28 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 34 Frederik Reimer DEN 11/09/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Jakob Ahlmann DEN 18/01/1991 23 - - - - - 2 - - - 1 - 5 Kenneth Emil Petersen DEN 15/01/1985 29 - 4 - 1 - 8 1 1 - 5 - 6 Donny Gorter NED 15/06/1988 26 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 1 14 1 26 Rasmus Thelander DEN 09/07/1991 23 - 4 - 1 - 7 - 1 - 7 - 31 Jakob Blaabjerg DEN 11/01/1995 19 - 4 - - - 4 - - - 4 - 32 Kasper Pedersen DEN 13/01/1993 21 - - - - - 4 - - - 1 - Midfielders 7 Thomas Enevoldsen DEN 27/07/1987 27 - 3 - 1 - 9 - 10 3 31 5 8 Rasmus Würtz DEN 18/09/1983 31 - 3 - 1 - 6 - 11 - 21 - 9 Thomas Augustinussen DEN 20/03/1981 33 - 2 - - - 7 - 15 - 37 - 14 Mathias Wichmann DEN 06/08/1991 23 - 3 - 1 - 5 - 1 - 6 - 15 Gilli Sørensen FRO 11/08/1992 22 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 16 Mathias Thrane DEN 04/09/1993 21 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 21 Kasper Risgård DEN 04/01/1983 31 - 4 - 1 - 8 - 11 2 29 6 23 Nicolaj Thomsen DEN 08/05/1993 21 - 4 1 1 - - - 1 - 7 1 25 Frederik Børsting DEN 13/02/1995 19 - 1 - - - 5 - - - 1 - 30 Andreas Bruhn DEN 17/02/1994 20 - 1 - - - 5 - - - 1 - 36 Robert Kakeeto UGA 19/05/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 2 Patrick Kristensen DEN 28/04/1987 27 - 4 - - - 7 1 3 - 19 - 10 Rasmus Jönsson SWE 27/01/1990 24 - - - - - - - - - 10 3 11 Nicklas Helenius DEN 08/07/1991 23 - 4 - 1 - - - 1 - 5 - 18 Anders Jacobsen DEN 27/10/1989 24 - 4 2 1 - 9 3 3 - 10 2 19 Søren Frederiksen DEN 08/07/1989 25 - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 20 Henrik Dalsgaard DEN 27/07/1989 25 - 2 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 6 - 28 Viktor Ahlmann DEN 03/01/1995 19 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - 33 Lukas Spalvis LTU 27/07/1994 20 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 2 - Coach - Kent Nielsen DEN 28/12/1961 52 - 4 - 1 - - - 1 - 13 - Rio Ave FC Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.