UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2021/22 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Malmö New Stadium - Malmo Wednesday 18 August 2021 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Malmö FF Play-off, First leg PFC Ludogorets 1945 Last updated 15/09/2021 16:34CET

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Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Match officials 7 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 13 Legend 15

1 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo

Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Malmö FF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Malmö FF - FC Lokomotiv 2-0 30/09/1964 PR Malmo Larsson 23 (P), 31 1929 agg: 5-8 Kotkov 6, 8, 28, 47, FC Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 - 59, Debarski 20, 42, 10/09/1964 PR 8-3 Sofia Malmö FF Milev 61; Ekström 15, Larsson 51, 62

PFC Ludogorets 1945 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PFC Ludogorets 1945 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 Malmö FF 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 5 8 PFC Ludogorets 1945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Match background

Malmö and Ludogorets will both be eager to secure a third appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stage as they meet in in the first leg of their play-off tie. • Both clubs have featured in the group stage twice, although Malmö have not been involved since 2015/16 while Ludogrets' last appearance came the following season. • This is the sides' first meeting, and Ludogorets' first game against a Swedish club. Form guide Malmö • Malmö claimed their 21st Swedish title in 2020, their fifth triumph in the last eight campaigns. They were beaten 2-1 by IFK Göteborg in the Swedish Cup final on 30 July 2020, denying them a first domestic double – and first cup win – since 1989. • Malmö's two previous UEFA Champions League group stage campaigns came in 2014/15 and 2015/16 – the latter the last time a Swedish club appeared at that stage. • Malmö finished fourth in their section on both previous group appearances, winning one game and losing the other five in each instance. Both victories came at home, against Olympiacos in 2014 (2-0) and Shakhtar Donetsk 12 months later (1-0). Those were two of only three group games in which the Swedish side scored. • Malmö have lost in UEFA Champions League qualifying twice since 2015/16, against Vardar of North Macedonia in the 2017/18 second qualifying round (4-2 aggregate) and 's MOL Vidi in the third qualifying round in 2018/19 (1-1 agg, lost on away goals). • The Swedish side lost to Dinamo in their first UEFA Champions League play-off in 2011/12 (3-4 aggregate) but have subsequently beaten Salzburg in 2014/15 (4-2 agg) and Celtic in 2015/16 (4-3 agg). • Malmö's 2020/21 European campaign lasted four matches. They eased through the first three UEFA Europa League qualifying games without conceding a goal, beating Cracovia (2-0) and Lokmotiva Zagreb (5-0) at home in the first and third qualifying rounds respectively either side of a 2-0 win at Honved in the second qualifying round, but then went down 3-1 at home to Granada in the play-offs. • That defeat by Granada is the only one of Malmö's last six home European games they have failed to win. • 's side edged through against (1-0 h, 1-1 a) and HJK (2-1 h, 2-2 a) in this season's UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying rounds respectively before winning 2-1 home and away against Scottish champions Rangers in the third qualifying round. Croatian forward Antonio Čolak scored five of Malmö's ten goals, including both at Ibrox against Rangers. • Malmö have faced Bulgarian opposition only once, in the 1964/65 European Cup preliminary round when they went down to an 8-5 aggregate defeat against Lokomotiv Sofia (3-8 a, 2-0 h). Bo Larsson scored four of Malmö's five goals in what was their first UEFA competition tie. Ludogorets • Ludogorets made it ten successive Bulgarian league titles in 2020/21 – the longest ongoing run of any current European club, one more than 's Bayern München and two more than 's Salzburg – and and are now aiming to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the third time – and the first since 2016/17. • Levski Sofia (2006/07) are the only other Bulgarian side to have reached the group stage. • This is Ludogorets' tenth UEFA Champions League campaign, and their fourth play-off. They beat Steaua București 6-5 on penalties in 2014/15 (1-1 aggregate) and Viktoria Plzeň in 2016/17 (4-2 agg) after losing their first tie, against in 2013/14 (2-6 agg). • Ludogorets finished fourth in their group on their debut in the UEFA Champions League proper in 2014/15, picking up four points in a section that also involved Real Madrid, Liverpool and Basel, before coming third behind Paris Saint- Germain and Arsenal in 2016/17, where they finished ahead of Basel on three points. • The Eagles bowed out after two matches in the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League, winning 3-1 at 's Budućnost in their one-off first qualifying round tie before a 1-0 home defeat by Midtjylland in the next stage. • Ludogorets went on to beat Dinamo Brest 2-0 away in the UEFA Europa League play-offs but subsequently lost all six games in the group stage, ending bottom of a section that also involved Tottenham, LASK and Antwerp. • The side are unbeaten in their six UEFA Champions League qualifiers this season (W3 D3), however, winning 1-0 home and away against Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus in the first qualifying round before a 3-1

3 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo aggregate success against Slovenian side Mura (0-0 a, 3-1 h). A pulsating third qualifying round tie against Olympiacos (1-1 a, 2-2 h) was eventually settled by penalties, Ludogorets prevailing 4-1 in the shoot-out after converting all of their kicks. • Ludogorets had lost three successive away European games before this season's three-match unbeaten run (W1 D2). Links and trivia • Ludogorets coach Valdas Dambrauskas was in charge of the Žalgiris side beaten by Malmö in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (0-0 a, 0-1 h). • Malmö coach Tomasson scored three goals against as a Danish international, all past – now goalkeeping coach at Ludogorets. The first two came in a 2-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying win in Sofia on 5 September 2001, the third in the group stage of UEFA EURO 2004 in Braga, another 2-0 Denmark victory. • Malmö forward opened the scoring for Sweden in a 3–0 World Cup qualifying win against Bulgaria in Solna on 10 October 2016. • While Ludogorets did not play at the weekend, Malmö relinquished top spot at the halfway point of the 2021 Allsvenskan by losing 2-3 on Saturday at home to Göteborg, the visitors scoring the winner from the penalty spot nine minutes into added time. It was Malmö's first home league defeat since August 2019, ending a 25-match unbeaten run (W20 D5).

4 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Squad list

Malmö FF 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 Melker Ellborg SWE 22/05/2003 18 ------27 SWE 08/09/1986 34 - 6 - - - 6 - - - 62 - 30 Ismael Diawara SWE 11/11/1994 26 ------Defenders 2 SWE 15/07/1991 30 - 4 - - - 12 - - - 32 2 4 Niklas Moisander FIN 29/09/1985 35 - 4 - - - 1 - 20 2 49 3 14 SWE 31/01/1998 23 - 5 - - - 9 - - - 9 - 15 Anel Ahmedhodzic BIH 26/03/1999 22 S 6 - - - 12 1 - - 12 - 24 Lasse Nielsen DEN 08/01/1988 33 - 5 - - - 10 1 10 - 65 - 29 Noah Eile SWE 19/07/2002 19 ------31 SWE 30/01/1996 25 - 3 - - - 14 - 1 - 25 2 Midfielders 5 Søren Rieks DEN 07/04/1987 34 * 6 1 - - 11 4 - - 52 5 6 SWE 14/07/1992 29 - 6 - - - 5 - 6 - 56 3 7 SWE 13/02/1996 25 - 6 - - - 12 2 8 - 31 4 8 Sergio Peña ESP 28/09/1995 25 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 10 DEN 08/06/1990 31 - 5 2 - - 12 3 5 - 44 5 19 Veljko Birmančević SRB 05/03/1998 23 - 5 2 - - 13 6 - - 8 3 20 NGA 20/01/1996 25 S 6 - - - 7 - - - 20 - 21 Peter Gwargis SWE 04/09/2000 20 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 22 Adi Nalic BIH 01/12/1997 23 - 4 - - - 14 3 - - 9 1 25 Aleksander Nilsson SWE 05/09/2002 18 ------34 Markus Björkvist SWE 04/09/2003 17 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 36 Patriot Sejdiu SWE 05/05/2000 21 ------Forwards 9 Antonio Čolak CRO 17/09/1993 27 - 6 5 - - 13 8 - - 18 7 17 Malik Abubakari GHA 10/05/2000 21 - 2 - - - 4 1 - - 2 - 32 NOR 11/09/1990 30 - 5 - - - 14 2 6 - 55 8 37 Sebastian Nanasi SWE 16/05/2002 19 - 2 - - - 7 - - - 2 - Coach - Jon Dahl Tomasson DEN 29/08/1976 44 - 6 ------12 -

5 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo

PFC Ludogorets 1945 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 NED 06/06/1990 31 - - - - - 2 - - - 11 - 23 Plamen Iliev BUL 30/11/1991 29 ------33 - 67 Damyan Hristov BUL 10/11/2002 18 ------71 Kristijan Kahlina CRO 24/07/1992 29 - 6 ------6 - Defenders 3 BUL 30/04/1993 28 - 6 ------41 - 4 Cicinho BUL 26/12/1988 32 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 49 - 5 BUL 18/04/1992 29 - - - - - 2 - 4 1 32 2 6 Shaquille Pinas NED 19/03/1998 23 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 22 FRA 03/02/1994 27 - 6 - - - 1 - - - 19 1 24 FRA 05/10/1995 25 - 6 ------13 - 30 Igor Plastun UKR 20/08/1990 30 - 6 - - - - - 3 - 48 1 32 Josué Sá POR 17/06/1992 29 - 1 - - - 2 - 3 - 5 - 79 Tihomir Dimitrov BUL 04/02/2000 21 ------Midfielders 7 BRA 13/05/1995 26 - 5 - - - 1 - - - 13 - 8 Claude Gonçalves FRA 09/04/1994 27 - 6 ------6 - 25 Stéphane Badji SEN 18/01/1990 31 - 5 - - - 2 - - - 41 - 64 Dominic Yankov BUL 28/07/2000 21 - 3 - - - 2 - - - 10 - 88 Wanderson BRA 02/01/1988 33 - 5 - - - 2 - 10 1 68 14 95 Souza GER 15/09/1995 25 - 6 2 - - 2 - - - 17 4 Forwards 11 BUL 11/11/1996 24 S 6 2 - - 2 1 - - 15 5 13 CGO 07/05/1996 25 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 27 3 19 Pieros Sotiriou CYP 13/01/1993 28 - 6 2 - - 1 - 1 - 70 14 29 ROU 29/07/1995 26 - 1 - - - 1 1 - - 18 2 37 GHA 03/09/1997 23 - 4 - - - 2 2 - - 14 - 45 Dimitar Mitkov BUL 27/01/2000 21 ------3 - Coach - Valdas Dambrauskas LTU 07/01/1977 44 - 6 ------16 -

6 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Match officials

Referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz (ESP) Assistant referees Pau Cebrián Devís (ESP) , Roberto del Palomar (ESP) Video Assistant Referee Juan Martínez Munuera (ESP) Fourth official José Luis Munuera (ESP) Assistant Video Assistant Referee Ricardo de Burgos (ESP) UEFA Delegate Klara Bjartmarz (ISL) UEFA Referee observer Leslie Irvine (NIR)

Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Antonio Mateu Lahoz 12/03/1977 43 95

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/07/2011 UCL 3QR Rangers FC Malmö FF 0-1 26/11/2014 UCL GS PFC Ludogorets 1945 Liverpool FC 2-2 Sofia

Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/07/2011 UCL 3QR Rangers FC Malmö FF 0-1 Glasgow 19/07/2012 UEL 2QR PFC Lokomotiv 1926 Vitesse 4-4 10/10/2014 EURO QR Bulgaria Croatia 0-1 Sofia 26/11/2014 UCL GS PFC Ludogorets 1945 Liverpool FC 2-2 Sofia 07/10/2017 WC QR Bulgaria 0-1 Sofia 13/11/2017 WC PO Italy Sweden 0-0 Milan

7 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Fixtures and results

Malmö FF Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 10/04/2021 League (H) W 3-2 Christiansen 36 (P), Rieks 40, Knudsen 90 18/04/2021 League BK Häcken (A) W 2-1 Ahmedhodzic 9, Rieks 20 25/04/2021 League Östersunds FK (H) D 1-1 Čolak 52 03/05/2021 League Djurgårdens IF (A) L 1-3 Nalic 77 09/05/2021 League Varbergs Bois (H) W 3-2 Birmancevic 12, L. Nielsen 61, Rieks 79 13/05/2021 League AIK (A) D 1-1 Berget 24 17/05/2021 League Kalmar FF (H) W 3-1 Rakip 9, Čolak 32, 57 20/05/2021 League IF Elfsborg (H) W 2-1 Berget 27, Birmancevic 64 24/05/2021 League Örebro SK (A) W 2-1 Nalic 3, Rakip 76 07/07/2021 UCL Riga FC (H) W 1-0 Čolak 50 Čolak 1, Rieks 22, Birmancevic 88, 10/07/2021 League IK Sirius (H) W 4-0 Christiansen 90+3 13/07/2021 UCL Riga FC (A) D 1-1 Čolak 33 Čolak 17, Nalic 45, Christiansen 51, 17/07/2021 League Degerfors IF (A) W 5-0 Birmancevic 53, 55 21/07/2021 UCL HJK Helsinki (H) W 2-1 Čolak 45+1, Christiansen 74 24/07/2021 League Mjällby AIF (A) W 2-0 Bergstrom 58 (og), Birmancevic 61 27/07/2021 UCL HJK Helsinki (A) D 2-2 Christiansen 10, Birmančević 76 03/08/2021 UCL Rangers FC (H) W 2-1 Rieks 47, Birmančević 49 07/08/2021 League Halmstads BK (A) D 0-0 10/08/2021 UCL Rangers FC (A) W 2-1 Čolak 53, 58 14/08/2021 League IFK Göteborg (H) L 2-3 Čolak 7, Abubakari 86 18/08/2021 UCL PFC Ludogorets 1945 (H) 21/08/2021 League Degerfors IF (H) 24/08/2021 UCL PFC Ludogorets 1945 (A) 29/08/2021 League Hammarby Fotboll (A) 12/09/2021 League IFK Norrköping FK (H) 19/09/2021 League Djurgårdens IF (H) 22/09/2021 League IF Elfsborg (A) 26/09/2021 League Örebro SK (H) 03/10/2021 League Mjällby AIF (H) 17/10/2021 League Östersunds FK (A) 17/10/2021 League Östersunds FK (A) 24/10/2021 League Varbergs Bois (A) 27/10/2021 League AIK (H) 31/10/2021 League IK Sirius (A) 07/11/2021 League IFK Göteborg (A) 21/11/2021 League BK Häcken (H) 28/11/2021 League Kalmar FF (A) 05/12/2021 League Halmstads BK (H)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Djurgårdens IF 15 10 3 2 26 12 33

8 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 2 Malmö FF 15 9 3 3 33 19 30 3 AIK 15 9 3 3 22 13 30 4 IF Elfsborg 15 9 2 4 24 13 29 5 Hammarby Fotboll 15 6 5 4 25 19 23 6 IFK Norrköping FK 15 7 2 6 20 16 23 7 Kalmar FF 15 5 6 4 15 16 21 8 BK Häcken 15 5 4 6 23 21 19 9 IFK Göteborg 15 4 7 4 18 18 19 10 Degerfors IF 15 5 3 7 17 24 18 11 Halmstads BK 15 3 8 4 11 12 17 12 Varbergs Bois 15 4 5 6 17 22 17 13 IK Sirius 15 4 4 7 15 26 16 14 Örebro SK 15 3 3 9 11 28 12 15 Mjällby AIF 15 2 5 8 11 19 11 16 Östersunds FK 15 2 3 10 16 26 9

PFC Ludogorets 1945 Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 07/07/2021 UCL FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (H) W 1-0 Cauly Souza 90+2 13/07/2021 UCL FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (A) W 1-0 Despodov 71 21/07/2021 UCL NS Mura (A) D 0-0 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1926 25/07/2021 League W 3-1 Manu 44, Despodov 76, Tekpetey 90+4 (A) 28/07/2021 UCL NS Mura (H) W 3-1 Sotiriou 4, Manu 82, Cauly Souza 90 31/07/2021 League FC CSKA 1948 Sofia (H) W 3-0 Tekpetey 45+4, Rotariu 65, Manu 73 03/08/2021 UCL Olympiacos FC (A) D 1-1 Despodov 50 D 10/08/2021 UCL Olympiacos FC (H) 2-2 (aet, 4-1 Rúben Semedo 49 (og), Sotiriou 57 (P) pens) 18/08/2021 UCL Malmö FF (A) 21/08/2021 League Lokomotiv 1929 (H) 24/08/2021 UCL Malmö FF (H) 29/08/2021 League Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) 11/09/2021 League PFC Cherno More AD (H) 18/09/2021 League PFC Slavia Sofia (A) 25/09/2021 League OFC Botev Vratsa (H) 02/10/2021 League PFC Levski Sofia (A) 16/10/2021 League FC Tsarsko Selo 2015 (H) 23/10/2021 League PFC (A) 30/10/2021 League PFC Beroe (H) PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1926 06/11/2021 League (H) 20/11/2021 League FC CSKA 1948 Sofia (A) 27/11/2021 League PFC CSKA-Sofia (H) 01/12/2021 League PFC Arda (H) 04/12/2021 League Lokomotiv 1929 (A)

9 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo

PFC Ludogorets 1945 11/12/2021 League Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) 19/02/2022 League PFC Cherno More AD (A) 26/02/2022 League PFC Slavia Sofia (H) 05/03/2022 League OFC Botev Vratsa (A) 12/03/2022 League PFC Levski Sofia (H) 19/03/2022 League FC Tsarsko Selo 2015 (A) 02/04/2022 League PFC Botev Plovdiv (H) 09/04/2022 League PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (A)

Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 PFC Cherno More AD 4 2 2 0 4 0 8 2 OFC Botev Vratsa 4 2 2 0 5 2 8 3 PFC Botev Plovdiv 4 2 1 1 4 4 7 4 PFC Slavia Sofia 4 2 1 1 5 4 7 5 PFC Ludogorets 1945 2 2 0 0 6 1 6 6 PFC Beroe Stara Zagora 4 2 0 2 6 7 6 7 PFC Arda 2 1 1 0 2 0 4 8 Lokomotiv 1929 3 1 1 1 2 2 4 9 PFC CSKA-Sofia 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 10 Pirin Blagoevgrad 3 1 0 2 7 6 3 11 PFC Levski Sofia 4 1 0 3 4 7 3 12 FC Tsarsko Selo 2015 4 0 2 2 2 5 2 13 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1926 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 14 FC CSKA 1948 Sofia 4 0 1 3 4 12 1

10 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Match-by-match lineups Malmö FF

UEFA Champions League - First qualifying round (07/07/2021) Malmö FF 1-0 Riga FC Goals: 1-0 Čolak 50 Malmö FF: Dahlin, Larsson, Knudsen, Rieks (46 Birmančević), Lewicki (73 Innocent), Rakip, Čolak, Ahmedhodzic, L. Nielsen, Berget (73 Sarr), Nanasi (67 Nalic) (13/07/2021) Riga FC 1-1 Malmö FF (agg: 1-2) Goals: 0-1 Čolak 33, 1-1 Paurević 57 Malmö FF: Dahlin, Larsson, Knudsen, Rieks (59 Innocent), Lewicki, Rakip (59 Nanasi), Čolak, Christiansen (83 Brorsson), Beijmo, Ahmedhodzic, L. Nielsen

Second qualifying round (21/07/2021) Malmö FF 2-1 HJK Helsinki Goals: 1-0 Čolak 45+1, 1-1 Ro. Riski 68, 2-1 Christiansen 74 Malmö FF: Dahlin, Larsson (77 Moisander), Rieks (69 Birmančević), Lewicki (76 Rakip), Čolak, Christiansen, Beijmo (95 Brorsson), Ahmedhodzic, Innocent, Nalic (69 Berget), L. Nielsen (27/07/2021) HJK Helsinki 2-2 Malmö FF (agg: 3-4) Goals: 1-0 Tenho 1, 1-1 Christiansen 10, 1-2 Birmančević 76, 2-2 Ri. Riski 78 Malmö FF: Dahlin, Moisander, Rieks (72 Birmančević), Lewicki, Rakip (60 Larsson), Čolak, Christiansen, Ahmedhodzic, Innocent (60 Beijmo), Brorsson, Berget (72 Nalic)

Third qualifying round (03/08/2021) Malmö FF 2-1 Rangers FC Goals: 1-0 Rieks 47, 2-0 Birmančević 49, 2-1 S. Davis 90+5 Malmö FF: Dahlin, Moisander, Rieks (88 Beijmo), Lewicki, Čolak (88 Abubakari), Christiansen (88 Rakip), Ahmedhodzic, Birmančević (74 Nalic), Innocent, L. Nielsen, Berget (10/08/2021) Rangers FC 1-2 Malmö FF (agg: 2-4) Goals: 1-0 Morelos 18, 1-1 Čolak 53, 1-2 Čolak 58 Malmö FF: Dahlin, Moisander, Rieks, Lewicki, Čolak (91 Abubakari), Christiansen, Ahmedhodzic, Birmančević (74 Rakip), Innocent, L. Nielsen, Berget (83 Beijmo)

Play-off (18/08/2021) Malmö FF-PFC Ludogorets 1945 (24/08/2021) PFC Ludogorets 1945-Malmö FF PFC Ludogorets 1945

UEFA Champions League - First qualifying round (07/07/2021) PFC Ludogorets 1945 1-0 FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk Goals: 1-0 Cauly Souza 90+2 PFC Ludogorets 1945: Kahlina, Nedyalkov, Claude Gonçalves, Despodov (79 Tchibota), Ikoko, Verdon, Badji (72 Manu), Keșerü (60 Sotiriou), Plastun, Tekpetey (60 Wanderson), Cauly Souza (13/07/2021)

11 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0-1 PFC Ludogorets 1945 (agg: 0-2) Goals: 0-1 Despodov 71 PFC Ludogorets 1945: Kahlina, Nedyalkov, Claude Gonçalves, Despodov (76 Tchibota), Sotiriou (87 Tekpetey), Ikoko, Verdon, Badji, Plastun, Wanderson (61 Santana), Cauly Souza

Second qualifying round (21/07/2021) NS Mura 0-0 PFC Ludogorets 1945 PFC Ludogorets 1945: Kahlina, Nedyalkov, Santana (81 Tchibota), Claude Gonçalves, Despodov, Sotiriou (70 Manu), Ikoko, Verdon, Plastun, Yankov (63 Wanderson), Cauly Souza (28/07/2021) PFC Ludogorets 1945 3-1 NS Mura (agg: 3-1) Goals: 1-0 Sotiriou 4, 1-1 Horvat 64, 2-1 Manu 82, 3-1 Cauly Souza 90 PFC Ludogorets 1945: Kahlina, Nedyalkov, Santana (64 Badji), Claude Gonçalves, Despodov (92 Tchibota), Sotiriou (76 Manu), Ikoko, Verdon, Plastun, Tekpetey (46 Wanderson), Cauly Souza (92 Yankov)

Third qualifying round (03/08/2021) Olympiacos FC 1-1 PFC Ludogorets 1945 Goals: 0-1 Despodov 50, 1-1 Camara 87 PFC Ludogorets 1945: Kahlina, Nedyalkov, Claude Gonçalves, Despodov, Sotiriou (89 Wanderson), Ikoko, Verdon, Badji, Plastun, Tekpetey (82 Cicinho), Cauly Souza (73 Santana) (10/08/2021) PFC Ludogorets 1945 2-2 Olympiacos FC (agg: 3-3 , 4-1 P) Goals: 0-1 M'Vila 31, 1-1 Rúben Semedo 49 (og) , 2-1 Sotiriou 57 (P) , 2-2 El-Arabi 68 (P) Penalties: Sotiriou 1-0 , Valbuena 1-0 (missed) , Santana 2-0 , Ahmed Hassan 2-0 (missed) , Verdon 3-0 , Lala 3-1 , Cicinho 4-1 PFC Ludogorets 1945: Kahlina, Nedyalkov, Claude Gonçalves, Despodov, Sotiriou, Ikoko (106 Cicinho), Verdon, Badji (88 Santana), Plastun, Josué Sá (94 Rotariu), Cauly Souza (106 Yankov)

Play-off (18/08/2021) Malmö FF-PFC Ludogorets 1945 (24/08/2021) PFC Ludogorets 1945-Malmö FF

12 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Team facts

Malmö FF Formed: 1910 Nickname: Di Blåe (The Blues), Himmelsblått (The Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Cup: (1979) • European/South American Cup: (1979) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2020) Swedish Cup: 14 (1989) Ten-year record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2020/21: UEFA Europa League play-offs 2019/20: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2018/19: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2017/18: second qualifying round 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: group stage 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-0: Malmö v Pezoporikos 03/10/73, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Hibernian v Malmö 25/07/13, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Malmö v Paris Saint-Germain 25/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Real Madrid v Malmö 08/12/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 2-0: Malmö v Olympiacos 01/10/14, group stage • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Malmö v Paris Saint-Germain (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Real Madrid v Malmö (see above)

FC Ludogorets Razgrad Formed: 1945 Nickname: Orlite (Eagles) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2021)

13 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo : 2 (2014) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2020/21: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2019/20: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League first qualifying round) 2018/19: UEFA Europa League group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League second qualifying round) 2017/18: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2016/17: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2015/16: second qualifying round 2014/15: group stage 2013/14: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: second qualifying round 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Ludogorets v Crusaders 11/07/18, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg Biggest away win 0-4: TNS v Ludogorets 15/08/19, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3 twice, most recently v AC Milan 15/02/18, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0 twice, most recently v Espanyol 07/11/19, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 1-0: Ludogorets v Basel 22/10/14, group stage • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Ludogorets v Paris Saint-Germain 28/09/16, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal v Ludogorets 19/10/16, group stage

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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 f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted

15 Malmö FF - PFC Ludogorets 1945 Wednesday 18 August 2021 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, 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.

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