UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group D

FC Vaslui (ROU)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Ciprian Iulian DAMIAN

Founded: 2002 Date of Birth: 30/12/1973 Address: Decebal str 1, 730227 Vaslui, Elected/Appointed: 01/03/2007 Telephone: +40 335 409 552 Website: vasluifc.ro HEAD COACH: Media Officer: Alexandru Guzganu Team Captain: Wesley Date/Place of Birth: 06/02/1947 in , Romania Nationality: ROU

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: ASA Sibiu (1964-74) None Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Inter Sibiu (1991-93), FC Rapid Bucureşti (1993-95), FC Progresul Bucureşti (1995), FC STADIUM: Stadionul Ceahlăul Rapid Bucureşti (1995-96), FC Braşov (1996-97), FC Dinamo Bucureşti (1997-98), FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ Ground Capacity: 18,000 (1998-2000), FC Rapid Bucureşti (2001-02), FC Farul Opened: 1935 Constanţa (2002-03), FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (2003- 04), FC Rapid Bucureşti (2004), Chongqing Qiche (2004-05), CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (2005-06), FC Vaslui (2006-07), FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (2007-08), FC Vaslui (2008), FC Rapid Bucureşti (2009), FC Universitatea Cluj (2010), FC Vaslui (2010-)

42 FC Vaslui | Group D

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 3 D 11/11/1989 ROU 188 2009 FC Farul Constanţa (loan) 5 Denis ZMEU M 08/05/1985 MDA 180 2007 FC Zimbru Chisinau 7 Răzvan NEAGU F 25/05/1987 ROU 182 2006 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa 8 Adrian GHEORGHIU F 30/11/1981 ROU 181 2006 FCM Bacău 9 Yero BELLO F 11/12/1987 NGA 184 2010 Maccabi Haifa FC 10 ADAÍLTON F 24/01/1977 BRA 175 2010 FC 11 Nemanja MILISAVLJEVIĆ M 01/11/1984 SRB 176 2009 FK Vardar 12 Vytautas ČERNIAUSKAS G 12/03/1989 LTU 190 2010 FK Ekranas 17 Silviu BĂLACE D 13/11/1978 ROU 173 2007 FC Universitatea Craiova 18 Lucian SÂNMARTEAN M 13/03/1980 ROU 176 2010 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa 19 Mike TEMWANJERA F 21/05/1982 ZIM 187 2007 FK Borac Čačak 20 D 15/07/1984 BUL 177 4 - 2010 PFC Levski 21 Ionuţ BALAUR F 06/06/1989 ROU 186 2006 CS Otopeni (loan) 22 Claudiu PUIA G 02/06/1987 ROU 185 2006 AFC Altay Năvodari 23 Miloš PAVLOVIĆ M 27/11/1983 SRB 191 2009 A. Académica de Coimbra 25 GERLEM F 07/08/1984 BRA 178 2009 FC Farul Constanţa 26 Pavol FARKAŠ D 27/03/1985 SVK 191 2009 FC Artmedia Petržalka 27 HUGO LUZ D 24/02/1982 POR 175 2008 SC Olhanense 30 Raul COSTIN M 29/01/1985 ROU 176 2009 CS Dacia Mioveni 77 Petar JOVANOVIĆ M 12/07/1982 BIH 180 2005 FK Sloboda Sevojno 80 WESLEY F 10/11/1980 BRA 180 2009 Leixões SC 85 GLADSTONE D 29/01/1985 BRA 183 2010 Cruzeiro EC 88 Vasile BUHĂESCU F 02/02/1988 ROU 187 2005 FC Petrolul Ploieşti (loan)

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN

2010/11 Pld W D L 3rd in Romanian UEFA Champions League 2011 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0000 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 12 5 4 3 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 2101 First leg, 26 July European/South American Cup 0000 FC Twente (NED) – FC Vaslui 2-0 Total 16 6 5 5 Second leg, 3 August FC Vaslui – FC Twente (NED) 0-0

UEFA Europa League GROUP FIXTURES: Group D Play-offs First leg, 18 August Matchday One: 15 September FC Vaslui – AC Sparta Praha (CZE) 2-0 S.S. Lazio (ITA) – FC Vaslui Second leg, 25 August Matchday Two: 29 September AC Sparta Praha (CZE) – FC Vaslui 1-0 FC Vaslui – FC Zürich (SUI) Matchday Three: 20 October Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) – FC Vaslui Matchday Four: 3 November FC Vaslui – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) Matchday Five: 1 December FC Vaslui – S.S. Lazio (ITA) Matchday Six: 14 December FC Zürich (SUI) – FC Vaslui

43 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group D

FC Zürich (SUI)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Ancillo CANEPA

Founded: 1896 Date of Birth: 05/05/1953 Address: Postfach 3375, 8021 Zürich, Elected/Appointed: 11/12/2006 Telephone: +41 43 521 1212 Website: fcz.ch HEAD COACH: Urs FISCHER Media Officer: Giovanni Marti Team Captain: Silvan Aegerter Date/Place of Birth: 20/02/1966 in Triengen, Switzerland Nationality: SUI MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (12) FC Zürich (1984-87), FC St Gallen 1902, 1924, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1981, (1987-95), FC Zürich (1996-2003) 2006, 2007, 2009 Major Honours – Swiss Cup (2000) National Cup (7) International Caps/Goals – 4/0 for 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1976, 2000, 2005 Switzerland

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: Letzigrund Stadion FC Zürich (assistant) (2007-08), FC Zürich (2010-)

Ground Capacity: 25,000 Opened: 1925

44 FC Zürich | Group D

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Johnny LEONI G 30/06/1984 SUI 189 2003 FC Sion 2 TEIXEIRA D 27/08/1986 POR 188 2010 Maccabi Haifa FC 5 Xavier MARGAIRAZ M 07/01/1984 SUI 185 2009 CA Osasuna 6 Chaker ZOUAGHI M 10/01/1985 TUN 191 2010 ES Sahel 7 Silvan AEGERTER M 05/05/1980 SUI 180 2007 FC Thun 8 Stjepan KUKURUZOVIĆ M 07/06/1989 CRO 176 2010 FC Thun 9 Amine CHERMITI F 26/12/1987 TUN 176 2010 Hertha BSC 11 Adrian NIKCI F 10/11/1989 SUI 178 2007 none 12 Alexandre ALPHONSE F 17/06/1982 FRA 174 2006 FC La Chaux-de-Fonds 14 Dušan DJURIĆ M 16/09/1984 SWE 181 2008 Halmstads BK 17 Yassine CHIKHAOUI M 22/09/1986 TUN 189 2007 ES Sahel 20 Milan GAJIĆ M 17/11/1986 SRB 182 2009 Grasshopper-Club (loan) 21 Heinz BARMETTLER D 21/07/1987 SUI 181 2006 Grasshopper-Club B 23 Ludovic MAGNIN D 20/04/1979 SUI 186 2010 VfB 28 Mathieu BÉDA D 28/07/1981 FRA 188 2011 TSV 1860 München 32 Andrea GUATELLI G 05/05/1984 ITA 187 2007 Portsmouth FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 2nd in UEFA Champions League 45 17 5 23 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 12 4 4 4 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 46 17 9 20 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 6312 First leg, 27 July European/South American Cup 0000 R. Standard de Liège (BEL) – FC Zürich 1-1 Total 109 41 19 49 Second leg, 3 August FC Zürich – R. Standard de Liège (BEL) 1-0 Play-offs First leg, 17 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group D FC Bayern München (GER) – FC Zürich 2-0 Second leg, 23 August Matchday One: 15 September FC Zürich – FC Bayern München (GER) 0-1 FC Zürich – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) Matchday Two: 29 September FC Vaslui (ROU) – FC Zürich Matchday Three: 20 October FC Zürich – S.S. Lazio (ITA) Matchday Four: 3 November S.S. Lazio (ITA) – FC Zürich Matchday Five: 1 December Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) – FC Zürich Matchday Six: 14 December FC Zürich – FC Vaslui (ROU)

45 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group D

Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: GODINHO LOPES

Founded: 1906 Date of Birth: 10/08/1952 Address: Estádio José Alvalade, Rua Prof. Fernando da Elected/Appointed: 26/03/2011 Fonseca, Apartado 42099, 1601-801 Lisboa, Portugal Telephone: +351 21 751 6000 Website: sporting.pt HEAD COACH: DOMINGOS PACIÊNCIA

Media Officer: Irene Palma Date/Place of Birth: 02/01/1969 Team Captain: Daniel Carriço in Leca de Palmeira, Portugal Nationality: POR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: FC Porto (1987-97), CD Tenerife National Championship (18) (1997-99), FC Porto (1999-2001) 1941, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, Major Honours – Portuguese 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1982, 2000, 2002 Championship (1988, 1990, 1992, National Cup (15) 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997), Portuguese Cup (1988, 1991, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1994, 2000, 2001) 1978, 1982, 1995, 2002, 2007, 2008 International Caps/Goals – 35/9 for Portugal UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) 1964 Managerial/Coaching Career: UD Leiria (2006-07), A. Académica de Coimbra (2007- 09), SC Braga (2009-11), Sporting Clube de Portugal STADIUM: Estádio José Alvalade (2011-)

Ground Capacity: 50,044 Opened: 2003

46 Sporting Clube de Portugal | Group D

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 RUI PATRÍCIO G 15/02/1988 POR 188 14 - 2005 none 2 Alberto RODRÍGUEZ D 31/03/1984 PER 182 7 - 2011 SC Braga 3 DANIEL CARRIÇO D 04/08/1988 POR 180 13 1 2005 AEL Limassol FC (loan) 4 ANDERSON POLGA D 09/02/1979 BRA 182 11 2 2003 Grêmio FBPA 5 Oguchi ONYEWU D 13/05/1982 USA 196 5 - 2011 AC Milan 6 EVALDO D 18/03/1982 BRA 183 8 - 2010 SC Braga 7 F 15/02/1986 BUL 178 2011 Parma FC 8 M 11/01/1984 NED 177 6 - 2011 AZ Alkmaar 9 F 27/01/1989 NED 185 6 2 2011 FC Utrecht 10 Marat IZMAILOV M 21/09/1982 RUS 172 5 - 2007 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 11 M 16/02/1988 ESP 173 5 - 2011 Sevilla FC 12 MARCELO G 28/11/1984 BRA 191 2011 CS Marítimo 14 MATÍAS FERNÁNDEZ M 15/05/1986 CHI 176 12 3 2009 Villarreal CF 16 TIAGO G 16/04/1975 POR 180 2 - 1995 CF Estrela da Amadora (loan) 17 JEFFRÉN F 20/01/1988 ESP 175 2011 FC 18 André CARRILLO F 14/06/1991 PER 180 2011 Alianza Lima 21 Fabián RINAUDO M 08/05/1987 ITA 176 2011 Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata 22 Luis AGUIAR M 17/11/1985 URU 182 2011 FC Dinamo Moskva 25 BRUNO PEREIRINHA M 02/03/1988 POR 173 5 - 2007 Kavala FC (loan) 26 ANDRÉ SANTOS M 02/03/1989 POR 178 7 - 2008 UD Leiria (loan) 28 ANDRÉ MARTINS M 21/01/1990 POR 166 2009 CD Pinhalnovense (loan) 33 Diego RUBIO F 15/05/1993 CHI 178 2011 Colo-Colo 47 JOÃO PEREIRA D 25/02/1984 POR 172 7 - 2010 SC Braga 48 Emiliano INSÚA D 07/01/1989 ARG 179 4 - 2011 Liverpool FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 3rd in Portuguese Liga UEFA Champions League 70 19 17 34 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 40 18 9 13 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 131 64 30 37 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 FC Nordsjælland (DEN) – Total 241 101 56 84 Sporting Clube de Portugal 0-0 Second leg, 25 August Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Nordsjælland (DEN) 2-1 GROUP FIXTURES: Group D

Matchday One: 15 September FC Zürich (SUI) – Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday Two: 29 September Sporting Clube de Portugal – S.S. Lazio (ITA) Matchday Three: 20 October Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Vaslui (ROU) Matchday Four: 3 November FC Vaslui (ROU) – Sporting Clube de Portugal Matchday Five: 1 December Sporting Clube de Portugal – FC Zürich (SUI) Matchday Six: 14 December S.S. Lazio (ITA) – Sporting Clube de Portugal

47 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group D

S.S. Lazio (ITA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Claudio LOTITO

Founded: 1900 Date of Birth: 09/05/1957 Address: Via di Santa Cornelia 1000, Formello, 00060 Elected/Appointed: 19/07/2004 Roma, Italy Telephone: +39 697 607 100 Website: sslazio.it HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Stefano De Martino Date/Place of Birth: 10/10/1945 Team Captain: Tommaso Rocchi in Lucinico, Italy Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (2) SPAL 1907 (1963-68), US Città di 1974, 2000 Palermo (1968-73), US National Cup (5) Alessandria (1973-75) 1958, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1999 Molinella Calcio (1979-80), Monselice Calcio (1980-81), UEFA Super Cup (1) Pordenone CSSD (1981-82), Monselice Calcio (1982- 1999 83), AS Pro Gorizia (1983-84), Treviso FBC (1984-85), AC Mestre (1985-86), AS Varese (1986-87), Pescara Calcio STADIUM: (youth) (1987-89), Pescara Calcio (1989-90), AS Cosenza Calcio (1990-92), Hellas Verona FC (1992-93), Ground Capacity: 72,481 Bologna FC (1993-94), US Lecce (1994-95), Brescia Opened: 1937 Calcio (1995-97), Torino FC (1997-98), Vicenza Calcio (1998-2001), CFC (2001- 02), Calcio Catania (2003), (2003-04), SSC Napoli (2005-09), HNK Hajduk Split (2009-10), S.S. Lazio (2010-)

48 S.S. Lazio | Group D

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Albano BIZZARRI G 09/11/1977 ARG 188 4 - 2009 Calcio Catania 3 André DIAS D 15/05/1979 BRA 184 2010 São Paulo FC 6 M 08/01/1980 ITA 184 5 - 2006 7 F 22/03/1981 ITA 178 6 2 2011 Genoa CFC 8 HERNANES M 29/03/1985 BRA 180 2010 São Paulo FC 9 Tommaso ROCCHI F 19/09/1977 ITA 177 4 2 2004 Empoli FC 11 MATUZALÉM F 10/06/1980 BRA 175 3 1 2008 15 Álvaro GONZÁLEZ M 29/10/1984 URU 176 2010 CD Nacional 16 Alessandro BERARDI G 16/01/1991 ITA 190 2010 none 18 Libor KOZÁK F 30/05/1989 CZE 193 2008 (loan) 19 Senad LULIĆ D 18/01/1986 BIH 183 7 2 2011 BSC Young Boys 20 Giuseppe BIAVA D 08/05/1977 ITA 180 3 - 2010 Genoa CFC 21 Modibo DIAKHITÉ D 02/03/1987 FRA 192 5 - 2006 Pescara Calcio 24 Cristian LEDESMA M 24/09/1982 ARG 180 2006 US Lecce 25 Miroslav KLOSE F 09/06/1978 GER 184 2011 FC Bayern München 26 Ştefan RADU D 22/10/1986 ROU 183 5 - 2008 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 27 M 22/07/1983 ALB 186 2011 Galatasaray AŞ 29 Abdoulay KONKO D 09/03/1984 FRA 182 4 - 2011 Genoa CFC 32 M 30/01/1976 ITA 171 1 - 2008 AC Milan 40 Luca CRESCENZI D 02/04/1992 ITA 176 2011 none 41 Enrico ZAMPA M 18/03/1992 ITA 178 2011 none 78 D 20/01/1978 ITA 178 1 - 2003 UC Sampdoria (loan) 83 Federico MARCHETTI G 07/02/1983 ITA 188 2011 Cagliari Calcio 92 Tommaso CECCARELLI F 02/06/1992 ITA 186 2011 none 99 Djibril CISSÉ F 12/08/1981 FRA 182 8 5 2011 Panathinaikos FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 5th in Italian UEFA Champions League 50 21 12 17 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 9450 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 70 37 12 21 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 1100 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 4121 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 S.S. Lazio – FK Rabotnicki (MKD) 6-0 Total 134 64 31 39 Second leg, 25 August FK Rabotnicki (MKD) – S.S. Lazio 1-3

GROUP FIXTURES: Group D

Matchday One: 15 September S.S. Lazio – FC Vaslui (ROU) Matchday Two: 29 September Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) – S.S. Lazio Matchday Three: 20 October FC Zürich (SUI) – S.S. Lazio Matchday Four: 3 November S.S. Lazio – FC Zürich (SUI) Matchday Five: 1 December FC Vaslui (ROU) – S.S. Lazio Matchday Six: 14 December S.S. Lazio – Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR)

49 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group E

Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Mitchell GOLDHAR

Founded: 1906 Date of Birth: 25/07/1961 Address: 106 Derech Ben Tzvi, PO Box 12089, 61120 Elected/Appointed: May 2009 Tel-Aviv, Israel Telephone: +972 3 681 7233 Website: maccabi-tlv.co.il HEAD COACH: Mordechay ‘Motti’ IWANIR

Media Officer: Ofer Ronen-Abels Date/Place of Birth: 18/03/1964 Team Captain: Barak Itzhaki in Tel-Aviv, Israel Nationality: ISR MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (19) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (1981-86), 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, Roda JC (1986-88), Maccabi Tel- 1958, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1992, 1995, 1996, Aviv FC (1988-90), Maccabi 2003 Netanya FC (1990-91), Bnei National Cup (22) Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (1991-92), Hapoel Haifa FC (1992), 1929, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1954, 1955, 1958, Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC (1992-93), Maccabi Ironi 1959, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1977, 1987, 1988, 1994, Ashdod FC (1993-94), Shimshon Tel-Aviv FC (1994-95), 1996, 2001, 2002, 2005 Zafririm Holon FC (1995-96) International Caps/Goals – 18/1 for Israel STADIUM: Bloomfield Managerial/Coaching Career: Ground Capacity: 15,700 Beitar Beer Sheva FC (1997-99), Maccabi Netanya FC Opened: 1962 (1999), Hapoel Beer Sheva FC (2000), Hapoel Kfar-Saba FC (2000-01), Hapoel Ramat Gan FC (2001-02), Hakoah Ramat Gan FC (2002), Beitar Beer Sheva FC (2002), Hapoel Nazareth Ilit FC (2003-06), Israel Under-17 (2006- 08), Israel Under-21 (2008-10), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (2011-)

50 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC | Group E

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Klemi SABAN D 17/02/1980 ISR 173 2010 Maccabi Netanya FC 4 NIVALDO D 23/06/1980 BRA 187 2010 CF 6 Gal ALBERMAN M 17/04/1983 ISR 180 2010 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 7 Guillermo ISRAILEVICH M 10/09/1982 ISR 164 2008 Hapoel Kfar Saba FC 9 Barak ITZHAKI F 25/09/1984 ISR 174 2010 Beitar FC 10 Haris MEDUNJANIN M 08/03/1985 BIH 188 2010 Real Valladolid CF 11 Eli ZIZOV M 30/01/1991 ISR 178 2011 SC Braga 13 Munas DABBUR F 14/05/1992 ISR 178 2010 none 14 Yoav ZIV D 16/03/1981 ISR 178 2010 KSC Lokeren OV 16 Elran ATAR F 17/02/1987 ISR 173 2010 Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 17 Savo PAVIĆEVIĆ D 11/12/1980 MNE 186 2010 Kavala FC 18 Moussa KONATÉ M 03/04/1993 SEN 181 2011 ASC Touré Kunda 20 Dia SEBA M 18/11/1992 ISR 178 2011 none 21 Sheran YEINI M 08/12/1986 ISR 175 2005 none 24 Roberto COLAUTTI F 24/05/1982 ISR 180 2010 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 25 Rafi DAHAN M 28/09/1989 ISR 176 2011 Hapoel Petach-Tikva FC 42 Rahamim CHEKOL D 08/05/1988 ISR 175 2011 FC Ashdod 44 Roberto PUNČEC D 27/10/1991 CRO 186 2011 NK Varaždin 45 Tom MANCHEROV M 15/04/1987 ISR 180 2011 PFC Slavia Sofia 55 Guy HAIMOV G 09/03/1986 ISR 183 2003 Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC (loan)

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 3rd in Israeli Ligat Ha’al UEFA Champions League 20 6 5 9 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4211 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 34 15 7 12 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 14 July European/South American Cup 0000 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC – Xäzär Länkäran FK (AZE) 3-1 Total 58231322 Second leg, 21 July Xäzär Länkäran FK (AZE) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 0-0 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 28 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group E FK Željezničar (BIH) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 0-2 Second leg, 4 August Matchday One: 15 September Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC – FK Željezničar (BIH) 6-0 Beşiktaş JK (TUR) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Play-offs Matchday Two: 29 September First leg, 18 August Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC – Panathinaikos FC (GRE) 3-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC – FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) Second leg, 25 August Matchday Three: 20 October Panathinaikos FC (GRE) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2-1 Stoke City FC (ENG) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Matchday Four: 3 November Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC – Stoke City FC (ENG) Matchday Five: 1 December Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC – Beşiktaş JK (TUR) Matchday Six: 14 December FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC

51 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group E

FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Ihor SURKIS

Founded: 1927 Date of Birth: 22/11/1958 Address: Grushevskiy Str. 3, 01001 Kyiv, Ukraine Elected/Appointed: 14/06/2002 Telephone: +380 44 597 0003 Website: fcdynamo.kiev.ua HEAD COACH: Yuri SEMIN Media Officer: Olexiy Semenenko Team Captain: Olexandr Shovkovskiy Date/Place of Birth: 11/05/1947 in Orenburg, Russia MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: RUS

National Championship (26) Playing Career: 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, FC Spartak Oryol (1964), FC 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, Spartak Moskva (1965-67), FC 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009 Dinamo Moskva (1968-71), FC National Cup (18) Kairat Almaty (1972-73), FC 1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, Chkalovets Novosibirsk (1974), FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 (1975-77), FC Kuban Krasnodar (1978-80) UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (2) 1975, 1986 Managerial/Coaching Career: UEFA Super Cup (1) FC Kuban Krasnodar (assistant) (1982), SKA Pamir 1975 Dushanbe (1983-85), FC Lokomotiv Moskva (1986- 2005), New Zealand Olympic Team (1990), Russia STADIUM: Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadion (2005), FC Dinamo Moskva (2005-06), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007-09), FC Lokomotiv Moskva (2009-10), Ground Capacity: 16,873 FC Dynamo Kyiv (2010-) Opened: 1934 Major Honours – Russian Championship (2002, 2004), Ukrainian Championship (2009), Russian Cup (1996, 1997, 2000, 2001)

52 FC Dynamo Kyiv | Group E

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Olexandr SHOVKOVSKIY G 02/01/1975 UKR 191 8 - 1993 none 2 DANILO SILVA D 24/11/1986 BRA 185 7 - 2010 SC Internacional 3 BETÃO D 11/11/1983 BRA 181 6 - 2008 Santos FC 5 Ognjen VUKOJEVIĆ M 20/12/1983 CRO 184 11 3 2008 NK Dinamo 6 D 02/10/1984 MKD 189 15 - 2010 7 Andriy SHEVCHENKO F 29/09/1976 UKR 183 8 3 2009 Chelsea FC 8 Olexandr ALIYEV M 03/02/1985 UKR 173 2011 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 9 Andriy YARMOLENKO F 23/10/1989 UKR 187 12 3 2007 FC Desna Chernihiv 10 Artem MILEVSKIY F 12/01/1985 UKR 190 11 5 2002 FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil 11 Ideye BROWN F 10/10/1988 NGA 180 2011 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 17 Taras MYKHALYK D 28/10/1983 UKR 185 6 - 2005 FC Zakarpattya Uzhhorod (loan) 20 Oleh GUSEV M 25/04/1983 UKR 179 11 4 2003 FC Arsenal Kyiv 22 Artem KRAVETS F 03/06/1989 UKR 185 5 - 2005 none 25 Lukman HARUNA M 04/12/1990 NGA 179 2011 AS FC 26 Fanendo ADI F 10/10/1990 NGA 193 2011 FC Metalurh Donetsk 27 Andrés ESCOBAR F 14/05/1991 COL 168 2011 CA Deportivo Cali 31 Stanislav BOHUSH G 25/10/1983 UKR 192 2008 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 34 Yevhen KHACHERIDI D 28/07/1987 UKR 197 8 1 2008 FC Olkom Melitopol 35 Maxym KOVAL G 09/12/1992 UKR 184 3 - 2010 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 36 Miloš NINKOVIĆ M 25/12/1984 SRB 180 6 - 2004 FK Čukarički 37 Ayila YUSSUF M 04/11/1984 NGA 182 8 1 2003 FC Union Bank 44 LEANDRO ALMEIDA D 14/03/1987 BRA 188 9 - 2009 Clube Atlético Mineiro 74 Artem KYCHAK G 16/05/1989 UKR 198 2007 none 77 CORRÊA M 29/12/1980 BRA 176 2006 Atlético Paranaense (loan) 99 DUDU M 07/01/1992 BRA 166 2011 Cruzeiro EC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 2nd in Ukrainian UEFA Champions League 202 88 42 72 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 30 20 6 4 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 56 22 19 15 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 3201 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 26 July European/South American Cup 0000 FC Dynamo Kyiv – FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) 0-2 Total 291 132 67 92 Second leg, 3 August FC Rubin Kazan (RUS) – FC Dynamo Kyiv 2-1

UEFA Europa League GROUP FIXTURES: Group E Play-offs First leg, 18 August Matchday One: 15 September PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) – FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 FC Dynamo Kyiv – Stoke City FC (ENG) Second leg, 25 August Matchday Two: 29 September FC Dynamo Kyiv – PFC Litex Lovech (BUL) 1-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – FC Dynamo Kyiv Matchday Three: 20 October FC Dynamo Kyiv – Beşiktaş JK (TUR) Matchday Four: 3 November Beşiktaş JK (TUR) – FC Dynamo Kyiv Matchday Five: 1 December Stoke City FC (ENG) – FC Dynamo Kyiv Matchday Six: 14 December FC Dynamo Kyiv – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)

53 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group E

Stoke City FC (ENG)

GENERAL INFORMATION CHAIRMAN:

Founded: 1863 Date of Birth: 13/01/1938 Address: Stanley Matthews Way, Stoke-on-Trent, Elected/Appointed: 23/05/2006 Staffordshire, ST4 4EG, England Telephone: +44 871 663 2008 Website: stokecityfc.com MANAGER:

Media Officer: Nick Lucy Date/Place of Birth: 16/01/1955 Team Captain: Ryan Shawcross in Newport, Wales Nationality: WAL

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Bristol Rovers FC (1975-81), National (1) Happy Valley AA (1981-82), Bristol 1972 Rovers FC (1982-84), Newport County AFC (1984-86), AFC Bournemouth (1986-89), Gillingham FC (1989-90), AFC STADIUM: Stoke Stadium Bournemouth (1990-92)

Ground Capacity: 28,384 Managerial/Coaching Career: Opened: 1997 AFC Bournemouth (1992-94), Gillingham FC (1995-99), Bristol City FC (1999-2000), Portsmouth FC (2000), Stoke City FC (2002-05), Plymouth Argyle FC (2005-06), Stoke City FC (2006-)

54 Stoke City FC | Group E

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Asmir BEGOVIĆ G 20/06/1987 BIH 196 2010 Portsmouth FC 3 D 29/12/1978 ENG 185 2008 Sunderland AFC 4 D 18/08/1984 GER 191 2009 Middlesbrough FC 6 M 13/01/1984 IRL 180 2008 Sheffield Wednesday FC 9 F 05/10/1984 TRI 188 2010 Sunderland AFC 10 F 31/10/1979 JAM 191 2006 Southampton FC 12 M 17/08/1987 IRL 188 2010 Portsmouth FC 15 Salif DIAO M 10/02/1977 SEN 183 2007 Liverpool FC 16 M 15/01/1983 ENG 173 2010 Real Zaragoza 17 Ryan SHAWCROSS D 04/10/1987 ENG 191 2007 Manchester United FC 18 M 12/01/1982 ENG 183 2009 Sunderland AFC 19 Jonathan WALTERS F 20/09/1983 IRL 183 2010 Ipswich Town FC 20 D 18/04/1979 ENG 185 2011 West Ham United FC 24 M 06/07/1976 IRL 183 2006 Sunderland AFC 25 F 30/01/1981 ENG 200 2001 Tottenham Hotspur FC 26 M 14/08/1981 ENG 178 2009 West Ham United FC 27 Carlo NASH G 13/09/1973 ENG 196 1 - 2010 Everton FC 28 D 06/08/1984 ENG 180 1998 Blackpool FC (loan) 29 Thomas SØRENSEN G 12/06/1976 DEN 196 2008 Aston Villa FC 30 D 30/09/1988 ENG 191 2007 Barnsley FC (loan) 32 Diego ARISMENDI M 25/01/1988 URU 189 2009 Barnsley FC (loan) 33 F 14/08/1986 ENG 185 2011 Birmingham City FC 40 Wilson PALACIOS M 29/07/1984 HON 178 2011 Tottenham Hotspur FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L Runners-up in English FA Cup UEFA Champions League 0000 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0000 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 8521 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 28 July European/South American Cup 0000 Stoke City FC – HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) 1-0 Total 8 5 2 1 Second leg, 4 August HNK Hajduk Split (CRO) – Stoke City FC 0-1 Play-offs First leg, 18 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group E FC Thun (SUI) – Stoke City FC 0-1 Second leg, 25 August Matchday One: 15 September Stoke City FC – FC Thun (SUI) 4-1 FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – Stoke City FC Matchday Two: 29 September Stoke City FC – Beşiktaş JK (TUR) Matchday Three: 20 October Stoke City FC – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) Matchday Four: 3 November Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Stoke City FC Matchday Five: 1 December Stoke City FC – FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) Matchday Six: 14 December Beşiktaş JK (TUR) – Stoke City FC

55 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group E

Beşiktaş JK (TUR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: YILDIRIM Demirören

Founded: 1903 Date of Birth: 16/10/1994 Address: Süleyman Seba Cad. No.48 BJK Plaza, B-Blok Elected/Appointed: 2004 Giriş Kat, Akaretler-Beşiktaş, 34357 İstanbul, Turkey Telephone: +90 212 310 1000 Website: bjk.com.tr HEAD COACH: CARLOS CARVALHAL

Media Officer: Kürşad Kaplan Date/Place of Birth: 04/12/1965 Team Captain: Guti in Braga, Portugal Nationality: POR

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: SC Braga (1983-85), GD Chaves National Championship (13) (1985-86), SC Braga (1986-88), 1957, 1958, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, FC Porto (1988-89), SC Beira-Mar 1992, 1995, 2003, 2009 (1989-90), SC Braga (1990-92), National Cup (9) FC Tirsense (1992-93), GD Chaves (1993-95), 1975, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011 SC Espinho (1995-98)

Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: BJK İnönü Stadı SC Espinho (1998-2000), SC Freamunde (2000), CD Aves (2000-01), Leixões SC (2001-03), Vitória FC (2003- Ground Capacity: 32,145 04), CF Os Belenenses (2004-05), SC Braga (2006), SC Opened: 1947 Beira-Mar (2006-07), Vitória FC (2007-08), Asteras Tripolis FC (2008), CS Marítimo (2009), Sporting Clube de Portugal (2009-10), Beşiktaş JK (2011-) Major Honours – Portuguese League Cup (2008)

56 Beşiktaş JK | Group E

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 RÜŞTÜ Reçber G 10/05/1973 TUR 187 1 - 2007 Fenerbahçe SK 3 İSMAİL Köybası D 10/07/1989 TUR 177 5 - 2009 Gaziantepspor 4 MANUEL FERNANDES M 05/02/1986 POR 175 4 1 2011 CF 5 İBRAHİM Toraman D 20/11/1981 TUR 179 5 - 2004 Gaziantepspor 6 Tomáš SIVOK D 15/09/1983 CZE 185 2 - 2008 Udinese Calcio 7 RICARDO QUARESMA M 26/09/1983 POR 173 4 2 2010 FC Internazionale Milano 8 Veli KAVLAK M 03/11/1988 AUT 178 11 1 2011 SK Rapid Wien 9 HUGO ALMEIDA F 23/05/1984 POR 191 7 2 2011 SV Werder 11 MUSTAFA Pektemek F 11/08/1988 TUR 182 2011 Gençlerbirliği SK 13 Roberto HILBERT M 16/10/1984 GER 182 8 - 2010 VfB Stuttgart 14 GUTI M 31/10/1976 ESP 183 7 - 2010 Real CF 15 MEHMET AURÉLIO M 15/12/1977 TUR 178 6 - 2010 Real Betis Balompié 17 EKREM Dağ M 05/12/1980 AUT 176 1 - 2008 Gaziantepspor 18 NECIP Uysal M 24/01/1991 TUR 180 6 - 2004 none 20 SIMÃO M 31/10/1979 POR 172 15 2 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 23 Filip HOLOŠKO F 17/01/1984 SVK 185 4 2 2008 İstanbul BB SK (loan) 24 JÚLIO ALVES M 29/06/1991 POR 178 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 27 SIDNEI D 23/06/1989 BRA 185 6 - 2011 SL Benfica 28 Fabian ERNST M 30/05/1979 GER 183 8 2 2009 FC Schalke 04 33 EDU F 30/11/1981 BRA 185 2011 FC Schalke 04 55 EGEMEN Korkmaz D 03/11/1982 TUR 183 2011 AŞ 99 CENK Gönen G 21/02/1988 TUR 189 2 - 2010

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L Winners of UEFA Champions League 64 20 12 32 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 20 4 4 12 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 68 30 14 24 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 Beşiktaş JK – FC Alania Vladikavkaz (RUS) 3-0 Total 152 54 30 68 Second leg, 25 August FC Alania Vladikavkaz (RUS) – Beşiktaş JK 2-0

GROUP FIXTURES: Group E

Matchday One: 15 September Beşiktaş JK – Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) Matchday Two: 29 September Stoke City FC (ENG) – Beşiktaş JK Matchday Three: 20 October FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) – Beşiktaş JK Matchday Four: 3 November Beşiktaş JK – FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) Matchday Five: 1 December Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (ISR) – Beşiktaş JK Matchday Six: 14 December Beşiktaş JK – Stoke City FC (ENG)

57 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group F

FC (AUT)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None

Founded: 1933 Address: Stadionstrasse 2/3, 5071 Wals-Siezenheim, HEAD COACH: Ricardo MONIZ Telephone: +43 662 433 332 4492 Date/Place of Birth: 17/06/1964 Website: redbulls.com in Rotterdam, Netherlands Nationality: NED Media Officer: Thomas Blazek Team Captain: Eddie Gustafsson Playing Career: FC Eindhoven (1981-84), HFC Haarlem (1984-88), RKC Waalwijk MAJOR CLUB HONOURS (1988-91), FC Eeklo (1991-92), Helmond Sport (1992-93) National Championship (6) 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2010 Managerial/Coaching Career: VV Nuenen (1994-97), United Arab Emirates (assistant) (1997-98), Feyenoord (assistant) (1998-99), STADIUM: Stadion Salzburg Grasshopper-Club (assistant) (1999-2004), PSV Eindhoven (youth) (2004-05), Tottenham Hotspur FC Ground Capacity: 31,000 (assistant) (2005-08), Hamburger SV (assistant) (2008- Opened: 2003 10), Hamburger SV (caretaker) (2010), FC Salzburg (youth) (2010-11), FC Salzburg (2011-)

58 FC Salzburg | Group F

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Eddie GUSTAFSSON G 31/01/1977 SWE 187 8 - 2009 FC Lyn 6 Christian SCHWEGLER D 06/06/1984 SUI 173 11 - 2009 BSC Young Boys 7 Roman WALLNER F 04/02/1982 AUT 176 7 - 2010 LASK 8 Petri PASANEN D 24/09/1980 FIN 187 8 - 2011 SV Werder Bremen 9 Stefan MAIERHOFER F 16/08/1982 AUT 202 2011 Wanderers FC 11 Gonzalo ZÁRATE F 06/08/1984 ARG 182 5 - 2010 Grasshopper-Club 14 M 08/01/1989 AUT 181 12 - 2010 SK Sturm 15 Franz SCHIEMER D 21/03/1986 AUT 185 11 2 2009 FK Austria Wien 17 Andraes ULMER D 30/10/1985 AUT 175 8 - 2009 SV Ried 18 Dušan ŠVENTO M 01/08/1985 SVK 178 12 3 2009 SK Slavia Praha 19 Simon CZIOMMER M 06/11/1980 GER 178 10 - 2009 AZ Alkmaar 20 Niclas HEIMANN G 12/03/1991 AUT 194 2010 Chelsea FC 21 Rasmus LINDGREN M 29/11/1984 SWE 180 1 - 2011 AFC Ajax 22 Stefan HIERLÄNDER F 03/02/1991 AUT 180 2 - 2010 SK Austria Kärnten 23 Ibrahim SEKAGYA D 19/12/1980 UGA 185 14 - 2007 Arsenal de Sarandí FC 24 Christoph LEITGEB M 14/04/1985 AUT 172 13 - 2007 SK Sturm Graz 25 JEFFERSON D 10/07/1989 BRA 177 2011 Brasil 29 ALEX RAFAEL M 01/01/1988 BRA 177 2011 Red Bull Brasil 30 LEONARDO D 09/03/1983 BRA 170 2011 NAC Breda 33 Alexander WALKE G 06/06/1983 GER 189 1 - 2010 FC Hansa 35 Daniel OFFENBACHER M 18/02/1992 AUT 173 1 - 2010 none 36 D 07/09/1992 AUT 181 4 - 2010 none 38 Stefan SAVIC M 09/01/1994 AUT 180 2011 none 39 Georg TEIGL M 09/02/1991 AUT 178 2010 none 40 Simon HANDLE M 25/01/1993 GER 177 2011 none

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 2nd in Austrian UEFA Champions League 32 12 9 11 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 2002 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 56 25 7 24 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 12 4 3 5 First leg, 14 July European/South American Cup 0000 SK Liepājas Metalurgs (LVA) – FC Salzburg 1-4 Total 102 41 19 42 Second leg, 21 July FC Salzburg – SK Liepājas Metalurgs (LVA) 0-0 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 28 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group F FC Salzburg – FK Senica (SVK) 1-0 Second leg, 4 August Matchday One: 15 September FK Senica (SVK) – FC Salzburg 0-3 Saint-Germain FC (FRA) – FC Salzburg Play-offs Matchday Two: 29 September First leg, 18 August AC Omonia (CYP) – FC Salzburg 2-1 FC Salzburg – ŠK Slovan (SVK) Second leg, 25 August Matchday Three: 20 October FC Salzburg – AC Omonia (CYP) 1-0 Athletic Club (ESP) – FC Salzburg Matchday Four: 3 November FC Salzburg – Athletic Club (ESP) Matchday Five: 1 December FC Salzburg – Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) Matchday Six: 14 December ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – FC Salzburg

59 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group F

ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Ivan KMOTRÍK

Founded: 1919 Date of Birth: 14/04/1959 Address: Viktora Tegelhoffa 4, 831 04 Bratislava, Elected/Appointed: 27/08/2008 Slovakia Telephone: +421 2 446 36 363 Website: skslovan.com HEAD COACH: Vladimír WEISS

Media Officer: Tomáš Cho Date/Place of Birth: 22/09/1964 Team Captain: Igor Žofčák in Bratislava, Slovakia Nationality: SVK MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (18) Agro Hurbanovo (1984-86), FK 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1970, Inter Bratislava (1986-93), AC 1974, 1975, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011 Sparta Praha (1993), FC Petra National Cup (10) Drnovice (1993), DAC 1904 1962, 1963, 1968, 1974, 1982, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2010, Dunajská Streda (1994), 1. FC Košice (1995-96), FC 2011 Artmedia Petržalka (1996-2000) UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) International Caps/Goals – 19/1 for Czechoslovakia; 1969 12/1 for Slovakia

STADIUM: Pasienky Stadium Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Artmedia Petržalka (assistant) (1998-99), FC Ground Capacity: 13,000 Artmedia Petržalka (1999-2000 & 2002-06), FC Saturn Opened: 1962 Moskovskaya Oblast (2006-07), FC Artmedia Petržalka (2007-08), Slovakia (2008-), ŠK Slovan Bratislava (2011-) Major Honours – Slovakian Championship (2005, 2008), Slovakian Cup (2004, 2008)

60 ŠK Slovan Bratislava | Group F

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 3 Radoslav AUGUSTIN M 05/01/1987 SVK 182 2011 FC Petržalka 1898 4 Erik ČIKOŠ D 31/07/1988 SVK 180 2011 FC Petržalka 1898 5 ZÉ VÍTOR M 23/09/1991 BRA 184 2011 São Paulo FC 6 Martin DOBROTKA D 22/01/1985 SVK 183 2006 FC Rimavská Sobota 7 Milan IVANA F 26/11/1983 SVK 170 2009 SK Slavia Praha 8 Erik GRENDEL M 13/10/1988 SVK 178 2010 MFK Dubnica 9 Juraj HALENÁR F 28/06/1983 SVK 186 2008 FC Artmedia Petržalka 10 Igor ŽOFČÁK M 10/04/1983 SVK 175 5 - 2010 AC Sparta Praha 11 Marko MILINKOVIĆ M 16/04/1988 SRB 179 2011 MFK Košice 14 Marek KUZMA F 22/06/1988 SVK 187 2010 MFK Dubnica 16 Lukáš HARTIG F 28/10/1976 CZE 184 2011 Bohemians 1905 17 Jiří KLADRUBSKÝ M 19/11/1985 CZE 185 6 2 2011 AC Sparta Praha 18 Mamadou BAGAYOKO M 31/12/1989 CIV 175 2008 FC Artmedia Petržalka (loan) 19 Karim GUÉDÉ M 07/01/1985 TOG 184 2010 FC Artmedia Petržalka 21 Peter ŠTEPANOVSKÝ M 12/01/1988 SVK 175 2008 none 22 Peter GÁBRIŠ G 02/01/1988 SVK 197 2011 OFK Dunajská Lužná 28 Marián HAD D 16/09/1982 SVK 189 2010 FC Lokomotiv Moskva 29 Radek DOSOUDIL D 20/06/1983 CZE 190 2009 FC Artmedia Petržalka 30 Matúš PUTNOCKÝ G 01/11/1984 SVK 195 2009 MFK Košice 31 Miloš LAČNÝ F 08/03/1988 SVK 183 2011 AC Sparta Praha 32 Ivo TÁBORSKÝ M 10/05/1985 CZE 184 2011 FK Mladá Boleslav 33 Filip ŠEBO F 24/02/1984 SVK 181 2010 Valenciennes FC 39 Lukáš HROŠŠO G 19/04/1987 SVK 195 2011 FC Nitra

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L Winners of Slovakian 1. Liga UEFA Champions League 26 9 5 12 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 29 15 4 10 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 42 21 9 12 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 4301 First leg, 12 July European/South American Cup 0000 ŠK Slovan Bratislava – FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) 2-0 Total 101 48 18 35 Second leg, 19 July FC Tobol Kostanay (KAZ) – ŠK Slovan Bratislava 1-1 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 26 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group F APOEL FC (CYP) – ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0-0 Second leg, 3 August Matchday One: 15 September ŠK Slovan Bratislava – APOEL FC (CYP) 0-2 ŠK Slovan Bratislava – Athletic Club (ESP) Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Europa League Play-offs FC Salzburg (AUT) – ŠK Slovan Bratislava First leg, 18 August Matchday Three: 20 October ŠK Slovan Bratislava – AS Roma (ITA) 1-0 ŠK Slovan Bratislava – Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) Second leg, 25 August Matchday Four: 3 November AS Roma (ITA) – ŠK Slovan Bratislava 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) – ŠK Slovan Bratislava Matchday Five: 1 December Athletic Club (ESP) – ŠK Slovan Bratislava Matchday Six: 14 December ŠK Slovan Bratislava – FC Salzburg (AUT)

61 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group F

Athletic Club (ESP)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Josu URRUTIA

Founded: 1898 Date of Birth: 10/04/1963 Address: Ibaigane, Mazarredo Zumarkalea 23, 48009 Elected/Appointed: 07/07/2011 Bilbao, Spain Telephone: +34 94 424 0877 Website: athletic-club.net HEAD COACH:

Media Officer: Xabier Fernández Date/Place of Birth: 21/07/1955 Team Captain: in Rosario, Argentina Nationality: ARG

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Newell’s Old Boys (1977-78), National Championship (8) Instituto Córdoba (1978-79), 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1943, 1956, 1983, 1984 Argentino de Rosario (1979-80) National Cup (23) 1903, 1904, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1921, 1923, Managerial/Coaching Career: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1950, 1955, Newell’s Old Boys (1990-92), Club Atlas (1992-94), Club 1956, 1958, 1969, 1973, 1984 América (1995-96), CA Vélez Sarsfield (1997-98), RCD Espanyol (1998), Argentina (1998-2004), Chile (2007- 11), Athletic Club (2011-) STADIUM: Estadio San Mamés Major Honours – Argentinian Championship (1991, 1992 clausura, 1998 clausura), Olympic Games (2004) Ground Capacity: 40,000 Opened: 1913

62 Athletic Club | Group F

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Gorka IRAIZOZ G 06/03/1981 ESP 191 8 - 2007 RCD Espanyol 2 Gaizka TOQUERO F 09/08/1984 ESP 182 5 - 2009 SD Eibar (loan) 3 Jon AURTENETXE D 03/01/1992 ESP 182 1 - 2010 none 5 D 29/03/1985 ESP 192 7 - 2005 none 6 Mikel SAN JOSÉ D 30/05/1989 ESP 186 5 2 2010 Liverpool FC 7 DAVID LÓPEZ F 10/09/1982 ESP 181 4 - 2007 CA Osasuna 8 Ander ITURRASPE M 08/03/1989 ESP 187 1 - 2008 none 9 Fernando LLORENTE F 26/02/1985 ESP 195 7 6 2005 none 10 Óscar DE MARCOS F 14/04/1989 ESP 180 5 - 2009 Deportivo Alavés 11 Igor GABILONDO M 10/02/1979 ESP 185 4 - 2006 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 12 KOIKILI D 23/12/1980 ESP 168 2007 Sestao RC 13 RAÚL G 13/03/1988 ESP 196 2007 Granada CF (loan) 14 Markel SUSAETA F 14/12/1987 ESP 179 5 - 2007 none 15 Andoni IRAOLA D 22/06/1982 ESP 182 7 - 2003 none 17 IÑIGO Pérez M 18/01/1988 ESP 178 2009 SD Huesca (loan) 18 Carlos GURPEGUI M 19/08/1980 ESP 181 5 - 2002 none 19 Iker MUNIAIN F 19/12/1992 ESP 169 6 1 2009 none 20 D 28/11/1976 ESP 187 2 - 2007 Sevilla FC 21 ANDER HERRERA M 14/08/1989 ESP 182 2011 Real Zaragoza 22 Xabier CASTILLO D 29/03/1986 ESP 182 7 - 2009 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 23 Borja EKIZA D 06/03/1988 ESP 180 2011 none 24 JAVI MARTÍNEZ M 02/09/1988 ESP 190 7 - 2006 CA Osasuna 26 IGOR MARTÍNEZ F 19/07/1989 ESP 170 2010 none 28 IBAI Gómez F 11/11/1989 ESP 179 2010 none 30 AITOR FERNÁNDEZ G 03/05/1991 ESP 182 2010 none

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 6th in Spanish Liga UEFA Champions League 20 7 6 7 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 6222 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 71 32 13 26 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 2101 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 Athletic Club – Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) 0-0 Total 99422136 Second leg, 25 August Trabzonspor AŞ (TUR) – Athletic Club* (* match cancelled) GROUP FIXTURES: Group F

Matchday One: 15 September ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – Athletic Club Matchday Two: 29 September Athletic Club – Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) Matchday Three: 20 October Athletic Club – FC Salzburg (AUT) Matchday Four: 3 November FC Salzburg (AUT) – Athletic Club Matchday Five: 1 December Athletic Club – ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Matchday Six: 14 December Paris Saint-Germain FC (FRA) – Athletic Club

63 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group F

Paris Saint- Germain FC (FRA)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Nasser EL KHELAIFI

Founded: 1970 Elected/Appointed: 30/06/2011 Address: Rue du Commandant Guilbaud 24, 75016 Paris, France Telephone: +33 1 4743 7171 HEAD COACH: Antoine KOMBOUARÉ Website: psg.fr Date/Place of Birth: 16/11/1963 Media Officer: Mathias Barbera in Noumea, New Caledonia Team Captain: Mamadou Sakho Nationality: FRA

Playing Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS FC Nantes (1983-90), SC Toulon (1990), Paris Saint- National Championship (2) Germain FC (1990-95), 1986, 1994 FC Sion (1995-96), Aberdeen FC National Cup (8) (1996-98), Racing Club de France (1998-99) 1982, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010 Major Honours – French Championship (1994), French National League Cup (3) Cup (1993, 1995), French League Cup (1995), Swiss 1995, 1998, 2008 Cup (1996) UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) 1996 Managerial/Coaching Career: Paris Saint-Germain FC (reserves) (1999-2003), RC (2003-04), Valenciennes FC (2005-09), Paris STADIUM: Saint-Germain FC (2009-) Major Honours – French Cup (2010) Ground Capacity: 48, 275 Opened: 1972

64 Paris Saint-Germain FC | Group F

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Nicolas DOUCHEZ G 22/04/1980 FRA 185 2011 Stade Rennais FC 2 CEARÁ D 18/06/1980 BRA 175 7 - 2007 SC Internacional 3 Mamadou SAKHO D 13/02/1990 FRA 187 7 - 2002 none 4 Milan BIŠEVAC D 31/08/1983 SRB 187 2011 Valenciennes FC 5 Siaka TIÉNÉ D 22/02/1982 CIV 176 8 - 2010 Valenciennes FC 6 Zoumana CAMARA D 03/04/1979 FRA 182 9 - 2007 AS Saint-Étienne 7 Jérémy MÉNEZ M 07/05/1987 FRA 181 7 - 2011 AS Roma 9 Guillaume HOARAU F 05/03/1984 FRA 192 7 2 2008 Le Havre AC 10 NENÊ M 19/07/1981 BRA 181 8 3 2010 AS Monaco FC 11 MEVLÜT Erdinç F 25/02/1987 TUR 181 9 1 2009 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 12 Mathieu BODMER M 22/11/1982 FRA 190 8 2 2010 14 M 09/04/1987 FRA 175 2011 AS Saint-Étienne 15 Diego LUGANO D 02/11/1980 URU 188 7 1 2011 Fenerbahçe SK 16 Alphonse ARÉOLA G 27/02/1993 FRA 190 2009 none 19 Kevin GAMEIRO F 09/05/1987 FRA 172 2011 FC Lorient 20 Clément CHANTÔME M 11/09/1987 FRA 180 9 1 2000 none 22 Sylvain ARMAND D 01/08/1980 FRA 182 4 - 2004 FC Nantes 23 Mohamed SISSOKO M 22/01/1985 MLI 189 10 - 2011 Juventus 25 Jean-Christophe BAHEBECK F 01/05/1993 FRA 182 2010 none 26 Christophe JALLET D 31/10/1983 FRA 178 7 1 2009 FC Lorient 27 Javier PASTORE M 20/06/1989 ARG 187 4 - 2011 US Città di Palermo 30 Salvatore SIRIGU G 12/01/1987 ITA 192 1 - 2011 US Città di Palermo

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 4th in French UEFA Champions League 40 19 7 14 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 38 24 6 8 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 65 28 23 14 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 2002 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 8530 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 FC Differdange 03 (LUX) – Total 153 76 39 38 Paris Saint-Germain FC 0-4 Second leg, 25 August Paris Saint-Germain FC – FC Differdange 03 (LUX) 2-0 GROUP FIXTURES: Group F

Matchday One: 15 September Paris Saint-Germain FC – FC Salzburg (AUT) Matchday Two: 29 September Athletic Club (ESP) – Paris Saint-Germain FC Matchday Three: 20 October ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) – Paris Saint-Germain FC Matchday Four: 3 November Paris Saint-Germain FC – ŠK Slovan Bratislava (SVK) Matchday Five: 1 December FC Salzburg (AUT) – Paris Saint-Germain FC Matchday Six: 14 December Paris Saint-Germain FC – Athletic Club (ESP)

65 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group G

FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Olexandr YAROSLAVKSIY

Founded: 1925 Date of Birth: 05/12/1959 Address: Plekhanivska 65 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine Elected/Appointed: 2005 Telephone: +38 057 763 23 09 Website: metalist.ua HEAD COACH: Myron MARKEVICH Media Officer: Maxym Sukachov Team Captain: Cleiton Xavier Date/Place of Birth: 01/02/1951 in , Ukraine Nationality: UKR MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Cup (1) SKA Lviv (1973), FC Spartak 1988 Ordzhonikidze (1974), FC Torpedo Lutsk (1976-77)

STADIUM: Metalist Stadion Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Torpedo Lutsk (1984), FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1990), Ground Capacity: 38,633 FC Volyn Lutsk (1991-92), FC Karpaty Lviv (1992-95), FC Opened: 1925 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (1995), FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1996), FC Karpaty Lviv (1996-98), FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (1999- 2001), FC Anzhi Makhachkala (2002), FC Karpaty Lviv (2002-04), FC Metalist Kharkiv (2005-), Ukraine (2010)

66 FC Metalist Kharkiv | Group G

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Maksym STARTSEV G 20/01/1980 UKR 190 2 - 2010 SC Tavriya 2 Olexandr ROMANCHUK D 21/10/1984 UKR 178 3 - 2010 FC Dynamo Kyiv 3 Cristian VILLAGRA D 27/12/1985 ARG 172 6 - 2010 CA River Plate 4 Andriy BEREZOVCHUK M 16/04/1981 UKR 178 1 - 2009 FC Metalurh Donetsk 5 Oleh SHELAYEV M 05/11/1976 UKR 181 6 - 2009 FC Dnipropetrovsk 6 Marco TORSIGLIERI D 12/01/1988 ARG 190 5 - 2011 Sporting CP 7 Serhiy VALYAYEV M 16/09/1978 UKR 181 7 1 2005 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 EDMAR M 16/06/1980 BRA 177 6 2 2008 SC Tavriya Simferopol 10 CLEITON XAVIER M 23/03/1983 BRA 178 7 2 2010 SE Palmeiras 11 José Ernesto SOSA M 19/06/1985 ARG 179 6 - 2011 SSC Napoli 15 FININHO M 03/11/1983 BRA 180 6 1 2010 Sport Club Recife 17 Serhiy PSHENYCHNYKH D 19/11/1981 UKR 182 5 - 2009 FC Karpaty Lviv 19 Juan Manuel TORRES M 20/06/1985 ARG 170 2011 CA Lorenzo 21 Jonathan CRISTALDO F 05/03/1989 ARG 175 2 - 2011 CA Vélez Sarsfield 22 Milan OBRADOVIĆ D 03/08/1977 SRB 182 8 - 2006 Akratitos FC 23 Sebastián BLANCO M 15/03/1988 ARG 168 2 - 2011 CA Lánus 29 Olexandr GORYAINOV G 29/06/1975 UKR 184 2005 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 Papa GUEYE D 07/06/1984 SEN 192 7 - 2006 FC Volyn Lutsk 33 Marko DEVIĆ F 27/10/1983 UKR 185 4 - 2006 FC Volyn Lutsk 75 Artur DENCHUK G 03/04/1992 UKR 185 2011 none 77 TAISON F 13/01/1988 BRA 172 6 1 2010 SC Internacional 81 Vladimir DIŠLJENKOVIĆ G 02/07/1981 SRB 188 6 - 2010 FC Metalurh Donetsk

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 3rd in Ukrainian Premier-Liha UEFA Champions League 0000 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 4112 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 28 14 7 7 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 FC Metalist Kharkiv – Total 32 15 8 9 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA) 0-0 Second leg, 25 August FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (FRA) – FC Metalist Kharkiv 0-4 GROUP FIXTURES: Group G

Matchday One: 15 September FK Austria Wien (AUT) – FC Metalist Kharkiv Matchday Two: 29 September FC Metalist Kharkiv – AZ Alkmaar (NED) Matchday Three: 20 October Malmö FF (SWE) – FC Metalist Kharkiv Matchday Four: 3 November FC Metalist Kharkiv – Malmö FF (SWE) Matchday Five: 30 November FC Metalist Kharkiv – FK Austria Wien (AUT) Matchday Six: 15 December AZ Alkmaar (NED) – FC Metalist Kharkiv

67 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group G

AZ Alkmaar (NED)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None

Founded: 1967 Address: Stadionweg 1, 1812 AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands HEAD COACH: Gertjan VERBEEK Telephone: +31 72 547 8000 Website: az.nl Date/Place of Birth: 01/08/1962 in Deventer, Netherlands Media Officer: Daan Schippers Nationality: NED Team Captain: Playing Career: sc Heerenveen (1984-86), MAJOR CLUB HONOURS (loan) (1986-87)

National Championship (2) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1981, 2009 Heracles Almelo (2001-04), National Cup (3) sc Heerenveen (2004-08), Feyenoord (2008-09), 1978, 1981, 1982 Heracles Almelo (2009-10), AZ Alkmaar (2010-)

STADIUM: AZ Stadion

Ground Capacity: 16,969 Opened: 2004

68 AZ Alkmaar | Group G

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Joey DIDULICA G 14/10/1977 CRO 191 1 - 2006 FK Austria Wien 3 Dirk MARCELLIS D 13/04/1988 NED 180 6 - 2010 PSV Eindhoven 4 D 03/08/1989 NED 182 2 - 2010 Sparta Rotterdam 6 Etiënne REIJNEN M 05/04/1987 NED 189 2011 FC Zwolle 9 Ruud BOYMANS F 24/08/1989 NED 188 2011 VVV-Venlo 10 Erik FALKENBURG M 05/05/1988 NED 187 5 1 2010 Sparta Rotterdam 11 Maarten MARTENS M 02/07/1984 BEL 179 5 - 2006 RKC Waalwijk 14 Ragnar KLAVAN D 30/10/1985 EST 186 4 - 2009 Heracles Almelo 15 Simon Busk POULSEN D 07/10/1984 DEN 186 2 - 2008 FC Midtjylland 16 Pontus WERNBLOOM M 25/06/1986 SWE 187 6 - 2009 IFK Göteborg 17 Jozy ALTIDORE F 06/11/1989 USA 185 5 - 2011 Villarreal CF 20 M 17/03/1988 SWE 184 4 - 2009 Kalmar FF 21 Erik HEIJBLOK G 29/05/1977 NED 196 2009 23 Roy BEERENS F 22/12/1987 NED 174 5 - 2011 sc Heerenveen 25 Niklas MOISANDER D 29/09/1985 FIN 182 4 - 2008 FC Zwolle 26 Celso ORTIZ M 26/01/1989 PAR 175 1 - 2010 Cerro Porteño 27 Brett HOLMAN M 27/03/1984 AUS 178 5 1 2008 NEC Nijmegen 30 James HOLLAND M 15/05/1989 AUS 180 2009 Newcastle Jets 34 Esteban ALVARADO G 28/04/1989 CRC 193 2010 Deportivo Saprissa 35 Charlison BENSCHOP F 21/08/1989 ANT 191 2010 RKC Waalwijk

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 4th in Dutch UEFA Champions League 10 2 5 3 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 6222 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 70 36 18 16 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 28 July European/South American Cup 0000 AZ Alkmaar – FK Jablonec (CZE) 2-0 Total 86402521 Second leg, 4 August FK Jablonec (CZE) – AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Play-offs First leg, 18 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group G Aalesunds FK (NOR) – AZ Alkmaar 2-1 Second leg, 25 August Matchday One: 15 September AZ Alkmaar – Aalesunds FK (NOR) 6-0 AZ Alkmaar – Malmö FF (SWE) Matchday Two: 29 September FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) – AZ Alkmaar Matchday Three: 20 October AZ Alkmaar – FK Austria Wien (AUT) Matchday Four: 3 November FK Austria Wien (AUT) – AZ Alkmaar Matchday Five: 30 November Malmö FF (SWE) – AZ Alkmaar Matchday Six: 15 December AZ Alkmaar – FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR)

69 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group G

Malmö FF (SWE)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Håkan JEPPSSON

Founded: 1910 Date of Birth: 06/05/1961 Address: Eric Perssons väg 31, 200 73 Malmö, Elected/Appointed: 18/02/2010 Telephone: +46 40 326 600 Website: mff.se HEAD COACH: Rikard NORLING Media Officer: Per Welinder Team Captain: Daniel Andersson Date/Place of Birth: 04/06/1971 in , Sweden Nationality: SWE MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (16) IF Brommapojkarna (1990-91) 1944, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1986, 1988, 2004, 2010 Managerial/Coaching Career: National Cup (14) IFK Brommapojkarna (youth) 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1967, 1973, 1974, 1975, (1992-93), IK Bele (1994-95), AIK Solna 1977, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1989 (youth/assistant) (1996-2001), Väsby IK (2002-03), GIF Sundsvall (2004), AIK Solna (2005-08), Assyriska Föreningen (2010-11), Malmö FF (2011-) STADIUM: Malmö Stadion

Ground Capacity: 24,000 Opened: 2009

70 Malmö FF | Group G

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Ulrich VINZENTS D 04/11/1976 DEN 176 2006 BK 4 Daniel ANDERSSON D 28/08/1977 SWE 178 2004 US Città di Palermo 5 Miljan MUTAVDŽIĆ M 03/02/1986 SRB 191 2009 FK Javor 6 D 19/03/1984 FIN 184 2008 GAIS Göteborg 7 Daniel LARSSON F 25/01/1987 SWE 176 2009 BK Häcken 9 WILTON FIGUEIREDO M 17/03/1982 BRA 183 2009 Al-Rayyan SC 10 M 06/11/1990 SWE 172 2008 BK Forward 11 Jeffrey AUBYNN M 12/05/1977 SWE 183 2008 Aalesunds BK 13 Mathias RENÉGIE F 14/06/1984 SWE 196 2011 BK Häcken 14 Miiko ALBORNOZ M 30/11/1990 SWE 180 2011 IF Brommapojkarna 15 D 13/02/1991 SWE 190 2009 IFK Malmö (loan) 16 YAGO D 05/01/1988 POR 192 2010 RCD Espanyol B 17 M 03/11/1990 SWE 183 2009 Landskrona BoIS 19 Dardan REXHEPI F 16/01/1992 SWE 190 2010 none 20 RICARDINHO D 09/09/1984 BRA 168 2009 Coritiba FBC 21 Jimmy DURMAZ F 22/03/1989 SWE 180 2008 BK Forward 22 Filip STENSTRÖM D 03/07/1991 SWE 175 2009 IF Limhamm Bunkeflo (loan) 24 Agon MEHMETI F 20/11/1989 SWE 183 2008 none 25 Dušan MELICHÁREK G 29/11/1983 CZE 196 2008 Mjällby AIF 27 Johan DAHLIN G 08/09/1986 SWE 190 2009 FC Lyn Oslo 30 Dejan GARAČA G 21/07/1991 SWE 185 2008 IF Limhamm Bunkeflo (loan) 50 Tobias UDDENÄS G 18/11/1992 SWE 196 2011 none

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010 Pld W D L Winners of Swedish UEFA Champions League 45 16 13 16 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 22 9 7 6 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 38 16 5 17 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002 First leg, 13 July European/South American Cup 2002 Malmö FF – HB Tórshavn (FRO) 2-0 Total 109 41 25 43 Second leg, 19 July HB Tórshavn (FRO) – Malmö FF 1-1 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 26 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group G Rangers FC (SCO) – Malmö FF 0-1 Second leg, 3 August Matchday One: 15 September Malmö FF – Rangers FC (SCO) 1-1 AZ Alkmaar (NED) – Malmö FF Play-offs Matchday Two: 29 September First leg, 17 August GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) – Malmö FF 4-1 Malmö FF – FK Austria Wien (AUT) Second leg, 23 August Matchday Three: 20 October Malmö FF – GNK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) 2-0 Malmö FF – FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) Matchday Four: 3 November FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) – Malmö FF Matchday Five: 30 November Malmö FF – AZ Alkmaar (NED) Matchday Six: 15 December FK Austria Wien (AUT) – Malmö FF

71 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group G

FK Austria Wien (AUT)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Wolfgang KATZIAN

Founded: 1911 Date of Birth: 28/10/1956 Address: Fischhofgasse 12, 1100 Wien, Austria Elected/Appointed: 23/01/2007 Telephone: +43 1 688 01 50 Website: fk-austria.at HEAD COACH: Karl DAXBACHER Media Officer: Christoph Pflug Team Captain: Roland Linz Date/Place of Birth: 15/04/1953 in St Pölten, Austria Nationality: AUT MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (23) FK Austria Wien (1971-85), 1924, 1926, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969, Kremser SC (1985-86) 1970, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, Major Honours – Austrian 1991, 1992, 1993, 2003, 2006 Championship (1976, 1978, 1979, National Cup (27) 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985), Austrian 1921, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1948, 1949, Cup (1974, 1977, 1980, 1982) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, International Caps/Goals – 6/0 for Austria 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 Managerial/Coaching Career: SKN St Pölten (2002), FK Austria Wien (amateurs) STADIUM: Franz-Horr-Stadion (2002-06), LASK Linz (2006-08), FK Austria Wien (2008-) Major Honours – (2009) Ground Capacity: 10,850 Opened: 1982

72 FK Austria Wien | Group G

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Pascal GRÜNWALD G 13/11/1982 AUT 188 2011 FC Wacker 3 Georg MARGREITER D 07/11/1988 AUT 187 2010 LASK Linz 4 Kaja ROGULJ D 15/06/1986 CRO 187 2011 NK Slaven Koprivnica 5 Manuel WALLNER D 25/10/1988 AUT 184 2009 SV Grödig 6 Peter HLINKA M 05/12/1978 SVK 190 5 - 2010 SK Sturm Graz 7 M 17/11/1986 AUT 180 6 - 2009 LASK Linz 8 Patrick SALOMON M 10/06/1988 AUT 179 2010 SC Austria Lustenau 9 Roland LINZ F 09/08/1981 AUT 185 2010 Gaziantepspor 10 Alexander GRÜNWALD M 01/05/1989 AUT 188 2011 SC Wiener Neustadt 11 Tomáš JUN F 17/01/1983 CZE 178 2 - 2009 FK Teplice 13 Heinz LINDNER G 17/07/1990 AUT 187 2007 none 14 Manuel ORTLECHNER D 04/03/1980 AUT 186 4 - 2009 SK Austria Kärnten 16 Zlatko JUNUZOVIĆ F 26/09/1987 AUT 172 5 - 2009 SK Austria Kärnten 17 Florian MADER M 14/09/1982 AUT 180 2011 SV Ried 18 Michael LIENDL M 25/10/1985 AUT 176 4 - 2009 Kapfenberger SV 19 Marko STANKOVIĆ F 17/02/1986 AUT 176 2010 US Triestina Calcio 20 Alexander GORGON M 28/10/1988 AUT 183 2010 none 21 Günther ARNBERGER G 17/04/1992 AUT 183 2011 none 22 Marin LEOVAC D 07/08/1988 CRO 180 1 - 2006 none 24 Remo MALLY D 24/03/1991 AUT 184 2010 none 27 Emir DILAVER M 07/05/1991 AUT 183 2010 none 28 Dario TADIĆ F 11/05/1990 AUT 177 2010 none 29 D 16/04/1987 AUT 179 3 - 2005 none 30 Fabian KOCH D 24/06/1989 AUT 180 2011 FC Wacker Innsbruck 39 Nacer BARAZITE F 27/05/1990 NED 188 2011 Arsenal FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 3rd in Austrian Bundesliga UEFA Champions League 63 22 13 28 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 39 10 15 14 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 89 33 25 31 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 20 4 4 12 First leg, 14 July European/South American Cup 0000 FK Rudar Pljevlja (MNE) – FK Austria Wien 0-3 Total 211 69 57 85 Second leg, 21 July FK Austria Wien – FK Rudar Pljevlja (MNE) 2-0 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 28 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group G NK Olimpija (SVN) – FK Austria Wien 1-1 Second leg, 4 August Matchday One: 15 September FK Austria Wien – NK Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 3-2 FK Austria Wien – FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) Play-offs Matchday Two: 29 September First leg, 18 August FK Austria Wien – CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (ROU) 3-1 Malmö FF (SWE) – FK Austria Wien Second leg, 25 August Matchday Three: 20 October CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (ROU) – FK Austria Wien 1-0 AZ Alkmaar (NED) – FK Austria Wien Matchday Four: 3 November FK Austria Wien – AZ Alkmaar (NED) Matchday Five: 30 November FC Metalist Kharkiv (UKR) – FK Austria Wien Matchday Six: 15 December FK Austria Wien – Malmö FF (SWE)

73 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group H

SC Braga (POR)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: ANTÔNIO SALVADOR

Founded: 1921 Date of Birth: 29/12/1970 Address: Estádio AXA, Parque Norte – Ap. 12, Monte Elected/Appointed: 24/02/2003 Castro – Dume, 4700-087 Braga, Portugal Telephone: +351 253 206 860 Website: scbraga.pt HEAD COACH: LEONARDO JARDIM

Media Officer: Marco Carvalho Date/Place of Birth: 01/08/1974 Team Captain: Alan in Funchal, Madeira Nationality: POR

Managerial/Coaching Career: MAJOR CLUB HONOURS AD Camacha (2003-08), GD Chaves (2008-09), SC Beira-Mar National Cup (1) (2009-11), SC Braga (2011-) 1966

STADIUM: Estádio Municipal de Braga

Ground Capacity: 30,154 Opened: 2003

74 SC Braga | Group H

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 QUIM G 13/11/1975 POR 184 2010 SL Benfica 2 RODRIGO GALO M 19/09/1986 BRA 176 2011 Gil Vicente FC 4 NUNO ANDRÉ COELHO D 07/01/1986 POR 192 4 - 2011 Sporting Clube de Portugal 5 EWERTON D 23/03/1989 BRA 188 2011 SC Corinthians Alagoano 8 MOSSORÓ M 04/07/1983 BRA 170 9 - 2008 SC Internacional 9 PAULO CÉSAR F 05/01/1980 BRA 175 6 - 2008 UD Leiria 10 HÉLDER BARBOSA M 25/05/1987 POR 173 5 - 2010 FC Porto 15 BAIANO D 23/02/1987 BRA 178 2011 FC Paços de Ferreira 17 FRAN MÉRIDA M 04/03/1990 ESP 175 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 18 LIMA F 11/05/1983 BRA 178 9 1 2010 CF Os Belenenses 20 ELDERSON D 20/01/1988 NGA 189 1 - 2010 Stade Rennais FC 21 NUNO GOMES F 05/07/1976 POR 181 5 1 2011 SL Benfica 22 DJAMAL Mahamat M 26/04/1983 LBY 188 2011 SC Beira-Mar 23 Emmanuel IMOROU D 16/09/1988 BEN 181 2011 LB Châteauroux 25 LEANDRO SALINO M 22/04/1985 BRA 168 14 - 2010 CD Nacional 26 PAULO VINÍCUS D 12/08/1984 BRA 186 2011 UD Leiria 27 CUSTÓDIO M 24/05/1983 POR 181 7 1 2010 Vitória FC 30 ALAN F 19/09/1979 BRA 180 9 2 2008 FC Porto 32 Tommaso BERNI G 06/03/1983 ITA 190 2011 S.S. Lazio 44 DOUGLÃO D 15/08/1986 BRA 193 2011 Kavala FC 45 HUGO VIANA M 15/01/1983 POR 178 9 - 2009 Valencia CF 83 CARLÃO F 01/08/1986 BRA 190 2011 Kashima Antlers

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 4th in Portuguese Liga UEFA Champions League 10 6 0 4 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 10 6 1 3 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 59 21 14 24 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 SC Braga – BSC Young Boys (SUI) 0-0 Total 79331531 Second leg, 25 August BSC Young Boys (SUI) – SC Braga 2-2

GROUP FIXTURES: Group H

Matchday One: 15 September Birmingham City FC (ENG) – SC Braga Matchday Two: 29 September SC Braga – Club Brugge KV (BEL) Matchday Three: 20 October NK (SVN) – SC Braga Matchday Four: 3 November SC Braga – NK Maribor (SVN) Matchday Five: 30 November SC Braga – Birmingham City FC (ENG) Matchday Six: 15 December Club Brugge KV (BEL) – SC Braga

75 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group H

Club Brugge KV (BEL)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Bart VERHAEGHE

Founded: 1891 Date of Birth: 21/03/1965 Address: Olympialaan 72, 8200 Brugge, Belgium Elected/Appointed: 01/02/2011 Telephone: 0032 50 40 2121 Website: clubbrugge.be HEAD COACH: Adrie KOSTER Media Officer: Wim De Meyer Team Captain: Carl Hoefkens Date/Place of Birth: 18/11/1954 in Zierikzee, Netherlands Nationality: NED MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (13) Roda JC (1977-1979), PSV 1920, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1988, 1990, 1992, Eindhoven (1979-1983) 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005 International Caps/Goals – 3/0 for National Cup (10) the Netherlands 1968, 1970, 1977, 1986, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2007 Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Eindhoven (assistant) (1985-86), Willem II (assistant) (1986-90), Willem II (1990-91), Roda JC (1991-93), STADIUM: Jan Breydelstadion Helmond Sport (1993-95), TOP Oss (1995-97), SBV Excelsior (1997-2003), VVV-Venlo (2004-05), RKC Waalwijk Ground Capacity: 29,472 (2006-07), AFC Ajax (youth) (2007), AFC Ajax (2007-08), Opened: 1975 AFC Ajax (B team) (2008-09), Club Brugge KV (2009-)

76 Club Brugge KV | Group H

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Tom HØGLI D 24/02/1984 NOR 175 2011 Tromsø IL 3 Michael ALMEBÄCK D 04/04/1988 SWE 184 2011 Örebro SK 4 Carl HOEFKENS D 06/10/1978 BEL 185 11 - 2009 West Bromwich Albion FC 5 Fredrik STENMAN D 02/06/1983 SWE 187 2011 FC 6 Niki ZIMLING M 19/04/1985 DEN 175 2011 Udinese Calcio 8 Lior REFAELOV M 26/04/1986 ISR 176 2011 Maccabi Haifa FC 9 Björn VLEMINCKX F 01/12/1985 BEL 183 2011 NEC Nijmegen 10 Nabil DIRAR M 25/02/1986 MAR 184 10 - 2008 KVC Westerlo 11 Jonathan BLONDEL M 03/04/1984 BEL 173 10 - 2004 Tottenham Hotspur FC 13 Víctor VÁZQUEZ M 28/01/1987 ESP 180 2011 FC Barcelona B 14 Matěj VYDRA F 01/05/1992 CZE 179 2011 Udinese Calcio 15 Joseph AKPALA F 24/08/1986 NGA 185 8 1 2008 R. Charleroi SC 16 Maxime LESTIENNE F 17/06/1992 BEL 176 4 - 2010 R. Excelsior Mouscron 18 Ryan DONK D 30/03/1986 NED 192 11 1 2009 West Bromwich Albion FC 19 Thomas MEUNIER M 12/09/1991 BEL 190 2011 RE Virton 21 Pietro PERDICHIZZI D 16/12/1993 BEL 176 2011 R. Charleroi SC 24 Daan VAN GIJSEGHEM D 02/03/1988 BEL 184 3 - 2010 R. Excelsior Mouscron 27 Jimmy DE JONGHE M 13/02/1992 BEL 171 2010 none 28 Jannes VANSTEENKISTE D 17/02/1993 BEL 176 2008 none 30 Nick VAN BELLE F 17/03/1993 BEL 192 2011 none 32 Vadis ODJIDJA OFOE M 21/02/1989 BEL 185 13 1 2009 Hamburger SV 33 Vladan KUJOVIĆ G 23/08/1978 SRB 184 2011 Willem II

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L 4th in Belgian Pro League (after play-offs) UEFA Champions League 77 32 16 29 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 28 15 3 10 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 134 60 29 45 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Third Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 28 July European/South American Cup 0000 Club Brugge KV – Qarabağ FK (AZE) 4-1 Total 239 107 48 84 Second leg, 4 August Qarabağ FK (AZE) – Club Brugge KV 1-0 Play-offs First leg, 18 August GROUP FIXTURES: Group H FC Zestafoni (GEO) – Club Brugge KV 3-3 Second leg, 25 August Matchday One: 15 September Club Brugge KV – FC Zestafoni (GEO) 2-0 Club Brugge KV – NK Maribor (SVN) Matchday Two: 29 September SC Braga (POR) – Club Brugge KV Matchday Three: 20 October Club Brugge KV – Birmingham City FC (ENG) Matchday Four: 3 November Birmingham City FC (ENG) – Club Brugge KV Matchday Five: 30 November NK Maribor (SVN) – Club Brugge KV Matchday Six: 15 December Club Brugge KV – SC Braga (POR)

77 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group H

NK Maribor (SVN)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Drago COTAR

Founded: 1960 Date of Birth: 15/05/1956 Address: Mladinska ulica 29, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia Elected/Appointed: 2006 Telephone: +386 2 228 47 00 Website: nkmaribor.com HEAD COACH: Darko MILANIČ Media Officer: Željko Latin Team Captain: Marcos Tavares Date/Place of Birth: 18/12/1967 in Koper, Slovenia Nationality: SVN MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (9) FK Partizan (1985-93), SK Sturm 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2011 Graz (1993-2000) National Cup (6) Major Honours – Austrian 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2010 Championship (1998, 1999), Yugoslavian Cup (1992), Austrian Cup (1996, 1997, 1999) International Caps/Goals – 5/0 for Yugoslavia; 42/0 for STADIUM: Ljudski vrt Slovenia

Ground Capacity: 12,510 Managerial/Coaching Career: Opened: 1960 NK Primorje (2004-06), SK Sturm Graz (assistant) (2006- 07), ND Gorica (2007-08), NK Maribor (2008-) Major Honours – Slovenian Championship (2009, 2011), Slovenian Cup (2010)

78 NK Maribor | Group H

‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 3 Matjaž KEK D 04/01/1991 SVN 184 2008 none 4 Jovan VIDOVIČ D 06/01/1989 SVN 197 2011 NK Domžale 5 Željko FILIPOVIČ M 03/10/1988 SVN 194 2010 FC Koper 6 Martin MILEC M 20/09/1991 SVN 174 2010 NK Aluminij 7 Aleš MEJAČ D 18/03/1983 SVN 180 2008 FC Koper 8 Dejan MEZGA M 16/07/1985 CRO 174 2007 NK Čakovec 9 MARCOS TAVARES F 30/03/1984 BRA 175 2008 APOEL FC 10 M 29/08/1988 MKD 176 2011 NK Nafta 11 Etien VELIKONJA F 26/12/1988 SVN 178 2011 ND Gorica 12 Marko PRIDIGAR G 18/05/1985 SVN 188 2004 none 17 Dalibor VOLAŠ F 27/02/1987 SVN 189 2011 FC Sheriff 20 Goran CVIJANOVIČ M 09/09/1986 SVN 179 2010 ND Gorica 22 Nejc POTOKAR D 02/12/1988 SVN 189 2011 NK Triglav 26 Aleksander RAJČEVIČ D 17/11/1986 SVN 185 2010 FC Koper 27 Alen PLOJ F 30/06/1992 SVN 183 2011 NK Aluminij (loan) 28 Mitja VILER D 01/09/1986 SVN 181 2010 FC Koper 31 Zoran LESJAK M 01/02/1988 CRO 185 2011 NK Nafta 32 Robert BERIČ F 17/06/1991 SVN 188 2010 NK IB Ljubljana 33 Jasmin HANDANOVIČ G 28/01/1978 SVN 196 2011 Empoli FC 34 Dragan TOPIČ G 12/03/1993 SVN 193 2009 none 36 Aleš MAJER D 02/08/1989 SVN 176 2007 none 44 ARGHUS D 19/01/1988 BRA 186 2011 SE River Plate 61 Dragan JELIČ F 27/02/1986 SVN 180 2007 Willem II (loan) 70 Aleš MERTELJ M 22/03/1987 SVN 183 2009 FC Koper

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L Winners of Slovenian Prva Liga UEFA Champions League 34 15 5 14 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 8314 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 30 9 8 13 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 14 9 2 3 First leg, 12 July European/South American Cup 0000 NK Maribor – (LUX) 2-0 Total 86361634 Second leg, 19 July F91 Dudelange (LUX) – NK Maribor 1-3 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 27 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group H Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) – NK Maribor 2-1 Second leg, 3 August Matchday One: 15 September NK Maribor – Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 1-1 Club Brugge KV (BEL) – NK Maribor Matchday Two: 29 September UEFA Europa League Play-offs NK Maribor – Birmingham City FC (ENG) First leg, 18 August Matchday Three: 20 October NK Maribor – Rangers FC (SCO) 2-1 NK Maribor – SC Braga (POR) Second leg, 25 August Matchday Four: 3 November Rangers FC (SCO) – NK Maribor 1-1 SC Braga (POR) – NK Maribor Matchday Five: 30 November NK Maribor – Club Brugge KV (BEL) Matchday Six: 15 December Birmingham City FC (ENG) – NK Maribor

79 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 | Group H

Birmingham City FC (ENG)

GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Carson YEUNG

Founded: 1875 Date of Birth: 27/02/1960 Address: St Andrews Stadium, Birmingham, B9 4RL, Elected/Appointed: 06/10/2009 England Telephone: +44 844 557 1875 Website: bfc.com MANAGER:

Media Officer: Chris Kershaw Date/Place of Birth: 11/12/1958 Team Captain: in , England Nationality: IRL

MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Tottenham Hotspur FC (1977-90), National League Cup (2) West Ham United FC (1990-92), 1963, 2011 Brentford FC (1992-93) Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1984), English FA Cup (1981, 1982) STADIUM: St Andrews International Caps/Goals – 53/0 for

Ground Capacity: 30,016 Managerial/Coaching Career: Opened: 1906 Tottenham Hotspur FC (assistant) (1998-2008), Republic of Ireland (assistant) (2003-05), Newcastle United FC (caretaker/assistant) (2008), Newcastle United FC (2009-10), Birmingham City FC (2011-)

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‘A’ LIST PLAYERS

UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 G 09/11/1982 WAL 191 2011 West Bromwich Albion FC 2 Stephen CARR D 29/08/1976 IRL 175 2009 Newcastle United FC 3 David MURPHY D 01/03/1984 ENG 183 2008 Hibernian FC 4 D 12/09/1980 SCO 180 2011 Wigan Athletic FC 5 PABLO Ibáñez D 03/08/1981 ESP 192 2011 West Bromwich Albion FC 6 D 21/07/1984 ENG 188 2007 Aston Villa FC 7 Chris BURKE M 02/12/1983 SCO 175 2011 City FC 8 Guirane N’DAW M 24/04/1984 SEN 190 2011 AS Saint-Étienne 9 F 26/04/1980 ENG 186 2011 Coventry City FC 11 Jean BEAUSEJOUR M 01/06/1984 CHI 178 2010 Club América 12 Jordan MUTCH M 02/12/1991 ENG 188 2008 Watford FC (loan) 13 Colin DOYLE G 12/06/1985 IRL 196 2003 Coventry City FC (loan) 14 Morgaro GOMIS M 14/07/1985 FRA 170 2011 Dundee United FC 15 Wade ELLIOTT M 14/12/1978 ENG 178 2011 Burnley FC 17 F 21/04/1988 IRL 188 2011 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 18 Keith FAHEY M 15/01/1983 IRL 178 2009 Saint Patrick’s Athletic FC 19 Nikola ŽIGIĆ F 25/09/1980 SRB 202 7 1 2010 Valencia CF 20 Enric VALLÈS M 01/03/1990 ESP 189 2010 NAC Breda 23 M 01/03/1986 USA 183 2011 West Ham United FC 24 D 15/03/1985 ENG 185 2011 Aston Villa FC 25 Akwasi ASANTE F 06/09/1992 NED 183 2011 none 36 Jake JERVIS F 19/09/1991 ENG 191 2010 Hereford United FC 39 Chris WOOD F 07/12/1991 NZL 191 2011 West Bromwich Albion FC

HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE

2010/11 Pld W D L Winners of English League Cup UEFA Champions League 0000 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 0000 2011/12 UEFA Cup/Europa League 2110 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 0000 Play-offs UEFA Intertoto Cup 0000 First leg, 18 August European/South American Cup 0000 CD Nacional (POR) – Birmingham City FC 0-0 Total 2 1 1 0 Second leg, 25 August Birmingham City FC – CD Nacional (POR) 3-0

GROUP FIXTURES: Group H

Matchday One: 15 September Birmingham City FC – SC Braga (POR) Matchday Two: 29 September NK Maribor (SVN) – Birmingham City FC Matchday Three: 20 October Club Brugge KV (BEL) – Birmingham City FC Matchday Four: 3 November Birmingham City FC – Club Brugge KV (BEL) Matchday Five: 30 November SC Braga (POR) – Birmingham City FC Matchday Six: 15 December Birmingham City FC – NK Maribor (SVN)

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