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UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2020/21 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadion Maksimir - Zagreb Thursday 5 November 2020 21.00CET (21.00 local time) GNK Dinamo Zagreb Group K - Matchday 3 Wolfsberger AC Last updated 09/04/2021 11:09CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Wolfsberger AC Thursday 5 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Salzburg - GNK Dinamo 1-2 Lazaro 22; Fernandes 24/08/2016 PO Salzburg Zagreb agg 2-3 (aet) 87, Soudani 95 ET GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC 16/08/2016 PO 1-1 Zagreb Rog 76 (P); Lazaro 59 Salzburg UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Henríquez 60; GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC Jonatan Soriano 40, 06/11/2014 GS 1-5 Zagreb Salzburg 64, 85, Kampl 59, Bruno 72 Alan 14, 45, 52, FC Salzburg - GNK Dinamo 23/10/2014 GS 4-2 Salzburg Ramalho 49; Ademi Zagreb 81, Henríquez 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mader 5, Kienast 82; FK Austria Wien - GNK Dinamo 2-3 Brozović 33, 27/08/2013 PO Vienna Zagreb agg: 4-3 Fernandes 43, Bećiraj 70 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FK Leovac 68, Stankovic 21/08/2013 PO 0-2 Zagreb Austria Wien 75 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers GNK Dinamo Zagreb - FC 1-2 Papadopoulos 47; 04/08/2009 QR3 Zagreb Salzburg agg: 2-3 Švento 33, Nelisse 83 FC Salzburg - GNK Dinamo Zickler 45; Mandžukić 29/07/2009 QR3 1-1 Salzburg Zagreb 63 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Sturm Graz - GNK Dinamo 19/10/1999 GS1 1-0 Graz Kocijan 40 Zagreb GNK Dinamo Zagreb - SK Sturm Rukavina 28, Šokota 29/09/1999 GS1 3-0 Zagreb Graz 34, 58 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SK Rapid Wien - GNK Dinamo 0-0 03/11/1971 R2 Vienna Zagreb agg: 2-2 ag 2 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Wolfsberger AC Thursday 5 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb UEFA Cup GNK Dinamo Zagreb - SK Rapid Kafka 6, 67; Hof 13, 20/10/1971 R2 2-2 Zagreb Wien Jagodic 87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PR (Rep4 23/10/1963 LASK - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1-1 (Rep) Linz Nemeth 49; Raus 38 ) 1-0 16/10/1963 PR GNK Dinamo Zagreb - LASK Zagreb Lamza 48 agg: 1-1 ag 09/10/1963 PR LASK - GNK Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Linz Fürst 32 Wolfsberger AC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Wolfsberger AC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA GNK Dinamo Zagreb 7 2 2 3 8 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 5 6 18 23 Wolfsberger AC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Wolfsberger AC Thursday 5 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Match background Perennial Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb are looking to kick on after a cautious start to UEFA Europa League Group K, knowing that a victory at home to Wolfsberg will enable them to leapfrog the current section leaders. • Dinamo have drawn both of their opening two group games 0-0, at home to Feyenoord and away to CSKA Moskva, while Wolfsberg are also unbeaten but with two points more having added a sensational 4-1 win in Rotterdam to an opening 1-1 home draw against CSKA. Michael Liendl hit a hat-trick on Matchday 2, including two penalties, to go with his spot-kick equaliser on Matchday 1. Previous meetings • Wolfsberg are facing Croatian opposition for the first time in a UEFA fixture, but Dinamo are very familiar with Austrian opponents having faced them 15 times with the record W4 D5 L6. The most recent contest came against Salzburg in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League play-offs, Dinamo advancing into the group stage thanks to a 2-1 extra-time away win in the second leg after a 1-1 home draw – the first time in four matches they had avoided defeat in Zagreb against Austrian visitors. Form guide Dinamo • Dinamo romped to their 21st Croatian title last season, completing a hat-trick of 1. HNL triumphs. They also reached the UEFA Champions League group stage for the seventh time, finishing fourth in their section behind Manchester City, Atalanta and Shakhtar Donetsk with five points – their best return in the competition for 20 years. • Dinamo began this European campaign under returning coach Zoran Mamić by overcoming hosts CFR Cluj on penalties in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, but then lost 2-1 at Ferencváros before defeating Flora 3-1 in the UEFA Europa League play-offs to reach the group stage of the competition for the sixth time. Their first four group campaigns were all unsuccessful, but in 2018/19 they topped their section undefeated to reach the knockout phase of a UEFA competition for the first time under the flag of Croatia. Having eliminated Viktoria Plzeň in the round of 32 (1-2 a, 3-0 h), they were beaten after extra time by Benfica in the round of 16 (1-0 h, 0-3 a). • Dinamo are undefeated in their last ten UEFA Europa League home games, qualifiers included, winning seven of them and scoring 21 goals. In European competition overall Manchester City's 4-1 win in Zagreb on Matchday 6 of last season's UEFA Champions League is Dinamo's only home defeat in 13 matches (W8 D4). Wolfsberg • Promoted to the Austrian top flight for the first time in 2012, Wolfsberg finished third in the 2019/20 Bundesliga, repeating their highest ever placing of a year earlier, to re-qualify for the UEFA Europa League for the second successive season. Last term they finished bottom of Group J with five points despite winning their Matchday 1 encounter 4-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach. • This is only the club's third European campaign. The first, in 2015/16, ended with a 6-0 aggregate defeat by Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round, though they had won their inaugural tie a round earlier, beating Shakhtyor Soligorsk 3-0 over two legs. • Three of Wolfsberg's four victories in 12 European matches have come outside Austria, with their away record in the group stage now W2 D1 L1. Links and trivia • Dinamo's Marin Leovac grew up in Austria and began his professional career with Austria Wien. He was a team- mate of Wolfsberg's Liendl there from 2009 to 2012. • Wolfsberg's Croatian forward Dario Vizinger, who won the Slovenian league title last season with Celje, previously played in his homeland for Varaždin, Rijeka and, on loan, Hrvatski Dragovaljac. • Wolfsberg defender Mario Pavelić also had a short spell with Rijeka in 2018/19. • WAC coach Ferdinand Feldhofer played for Austrian club Sturm Graz against Dinamo in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League first group stage. He was a second-half substitute in the 3-0 defeat in Zagreb but played the full 90 minutes in the 1-0 home win. Neither club made it through to the second stage. • Liendl is the UEFA Europa League's joint leading scorer this season, on four goals, alongside Villarreal's Paco Alcácer. 4 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Wolfsberger AC Thursday 5 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Team facts GNK Dinamo Zagreb Formed: 1911 Nickname: Modri (Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 30 (2020) Yugoslavian/Croatian Cup: 22 (2018) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: UEFA Champions League group stage 2018/19: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2017/18: play-offs 2016/17: UEFA Champions League group stage 2015/16: UEFA Champions League group stage 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2013/14: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2012/13: UEFA Champions League group stage 2011/12: UEFA Champions League group stage 2010/11: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0 twice, most recently v Zalaegerszeg 19/09/02, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 three times, most recently v Fola Esch 16/07/13, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Dinamo v Lyon 08/12/11, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Bayern München v Dinamo 29/09/15, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Dinamo v Zalaegerszeg (see above) • Biggest away win 0-5: Grasshoppers v Dinamo 30/09/97, first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Dinamo v Salzburg 06/11/14, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Tottenham v Dinamo 06/11/08, group stage Wolfsberger AC Formed: 1931 Nickname: WAC, Die Lavanttaler (People from the Lavant valley) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None 5 GNK Dinamo Zagreb - Wolfsberger AC Thursday 5 November 2020 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2019/20: group stage 2018/19: did not take part in UEFA competition 2017/18: did not take part in UEFA competition 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA competition 2015/16: third qualifying