Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2018/19 MOTW Sunday Quarter-finals, Leg 2 MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) vs HC Vardar (MKD) Varosi Sportcsarnok (Szeged, HUN ) Sunday 5 May, 19:00 hrs MOL-Pick Szeged (HUN) vs HC Vardar (MKD) Quarter-finals Sunday 5 May 2019, 19:00 hrs Leg 2 Playing hall Varosi Sportcsarnok Temesvari Krt.33, 6726 Szeged, Hungary Capacity: 3200 • Szeged have never made it to Cologne, losing in the quarter-final twice before. Vardar could qualify for their third straight VELUX EHF FINAL4, after 2017 (winner) and Most games vs HC Vardar: 2018 (fourth) Most games vs MOL-Pick Szeged: Alen Blazevic 7 Timur Dibirov 7 Jonas Källman 7 • Vardar won the first leg 31:23, Szeged’s biggest Daniil Shishkarev 7 Zsolt Balogh 6 VELUX EHF Champions League defeat since losing by the Stojanche Stoilov 7 Thiagus Dos Santos 6 same score line to THW Kiel in the first leg of the 2014/15 Ilija Abutovic 6 Jose Mendez 6 quarter-final. Luka Cindric 6 Szabolcs Zubai 6 Igor Karacic 6 • It was Szeged’s second-biggest CL defeat since losing Jorge Pena 6 26:16 in the CL Qualification 2013/14 in Skopje – against Mijajlo Marsenic 6 Most goals vs HC Vardar: Metalurg. Arpad Capar 6 Jonas Källman 25 • The two sides have met nine times in Europe’s top Zsolt Balogh 21 flight, with Szeged earning only one win compared to Dean Bombac 15 Vardar’s five. Most goals vs MOL-Pick Szeged: Stas Skube 15 Timur Dibirov 36 Bence Banhidi 13 • Vardar have lost only one of their last seven CL Igor Karacic 28 matches - against another Hungarian team, Veszprém. Luka Cindric 27 Jorge Pena 15 • Vardar have won five of eight away matches this CL Vuko Borozan 12 season. Alex Dovichebaeva 12 • Szeged are unbeaten in eight CL home matches this season: six wins (including 33:32 vs PSG) and two draws. • Spaniards Joan Canellas and Jorge Maqueda won the CL in 2017 with Vardar before they joined Szeged. Domestic league Domestic league NB I • Russian left back Sergej Gorbok played for Szeged Superleague before returning to Vardar this season. Last 3 games: Last 3 games: • Vardar’s Croats Igor Karacic and Ivan Cupic played 27/04 vs Vecses W38 : 24 29/04 vs Met. Skopje W32 : 31 many years in the national team with Szeged goalkeeper 16/04 @ Eurofarm Rabotnik W28 : 30 17/04 @ Komloi W24 : 34 Mirko Alilovic, who retired from the team after EHF EURO 15/04 vs Tinex Prolet Skopje W33: 26 07/04 vs KC Veszprém L27 : 28 2018. • Szeged vs Vardar is a clash between two Spanish coaches: Juan Carlos Pastor (Szeged) and Roberto Parrondo Next game: Next game: (Vardar). 08/05 @ Tinex Prolet Skopje 10/05 @Cegledi • If the first leg matches are an indication for the outcome of the quarter-final, four Spanish coaches will Standings as of 03/05: Standings as of 03/05: make it to Cologne. 1. Eurofarm Rabotnik 5 153:124 12 1. Pick Szeged 24 836:601 47 • Vardar coach Parrondo won the CL in 2008 and 2009 2. Vardar 3 95:85 9 2.KC Veszprém 23 789:552 40 with Szeged’s Swedish left wing Jonas Källman at Ciudad Real. 3. Met. Skopje 5 140:139 9 3. Tatabanya 22 625:551 34 • The last time Vardar were eliminated in the quarter- 4. Tinex Prolet Skopje 5 127:147 6 4. Balatonfuredi 23 615:563 32 final was by a Hungarian team – Veszprém in 2016. ... … • Lifting the trophy in 2014, Szeged are still the only non- 6. Butel Skopje 4 99:110 0 14.Vecses 23 528:730 0 German club to have won the Men’s EHF Cup in the past 15 years. 2 Previous matches in European Cup competitions MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar 1-2-6 (228:244) 4:14 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje vs SC Pick Szeged, EHF Champions League – Group A 24:24 (9:10) 30.10.2004 SC Pick Szeged vs Vardar Vatrost. Skopje, EHF Champions League – Group A 25:18 (13:8) 27.09.2015 HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 27:23 (11:11) 28.02.2016 MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 29:31 (14:13) 16.10.2016 HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 30:27 (16:15) 18.02.2017 MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 21:23 (11:12) 07.10.2017 MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 26:26 (14:13) 18.02.2018 HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 34:30 (16:14) 25.04.2019 HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 31:23 (14:12) Details of last MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar match: 25.04.2019 (Skopje, MKD) HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged (VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final) 31:23 (14:12) Referees: Michal Badura/Jaroslav Ondogrecula (Slovakia). Suspensions: 6’ – 10’ (Skube 4’, Kalarash 2’ – Maqueda Pena 2’, Gaber 4’, Banhidi 4’). Number of 7m: 4/1 – 6/4. Attendance: 3,500 Kalifa Ghedbane Marin Sego Dejan Milosavljev Mirko Alilovic Stojanche Stoilov, (2) Jorge Pena Vlado Nedanovski (3) Jonas Källman Martin Popovski (2) Richard Bodo Dainis Kristopans (8) (2) Stefan Sigurmannsson Rogerio Moraes (3) (1) Joan Reixach Igor Karacic (8) Nik Henigman Stas Skube (6) (3) Zsolt Balogh Gleb Kalarash Alen Blazevic Ivan Cupic (1) Matej Gaber Timur Dibirov (4) (2) Mario Sostaric Sergei Gorbok (1) (5) Bence Banhidi Daniil Shishkarev Stanislav Kasparek Janja Vojvodic (3) Dean Bombac Dmitrii Kiselev Dmitry Zhitniko 3 Most goals in one game MOL-Pick Szeged vs HC Vardar: Zsolt Balogh 9 16.10.2016 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 30:27 Peter Szabo 7 16.10.2004 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje-SC Pick Szeged 24:24 Dean Bombac 7 28.02.2016 MOL-Pick Szeged-HC Vardar 29:31 Balazs Laluska 6 30.10.2004 SC Pick Szeged-Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25:18 Jonas Källman 6 27.09.2015 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 Gabor Ancsin 6 28.02.2016 MOL-Pick Szeged-HC Vardar 29:31 Stas Skube 6 18.02.2017 MOL-Pick Szeged-HC Vardar 21:23 Ivan Srsen 6 18.02.2018 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 34:30 Most goals in one game HC Vardar vs MOL-Pick Szeged: Timur Dibirov 11 18.02.2018 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 34:30 Jorge Pena 8 28.02.2016 MOL-Pick Szeged-HC Vardar 29:31 Timur Dibirov 8 16.10.2016 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 30:27 Vuko Borozan 8 07.10.2017 MOL-Pick Szeged-HC Vardar 26:26 Igor Karacic 8 25.04.2019 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 31:23 Dainis Kristopans 8 25.04.2019 HC Vardar-MOL-Pick Szeged 31:23 Last 10 games in the VELUX EHF Champions League: MOL-Pick Szeged: current run – lost one 25.04.2019 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 31:23 31.03.2019 Szeged HUN vs Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 23:16 24.03.2019 Płock POL @ Orlen Wisla Plock POL W 20:22 03.03.2019 Szeged HUN vs HC PPD Zagreb CRO D 26:26 23.02.2019 Nantes FRA @ HBC Nantes FRA L 29:26 17.02.2019 Szeged HUN vs HC Motor Zaporozhye UKR W 30:29 10.02.2019 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 28:29 28.11.2018 Flensburg GER @ SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER L 27:25 24.11.2018 Szeged HUN vs Paris Saint-Germain HB FRA W 33:32 18.11.2018 Szeged HUN vs Skjern Handbold DEN D 33:33 HC Vardar: current run – won five 25.04.2019 Skopje MKD vs MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 31:23 30.03.2019 Skopje MKD vs HC PPD Zagreb CRO W 32:30 23.03.2019 Zagreb CRO @ HC PPD Zagreb CRO W 18:27 02.03.2019 Skopje MKD vs Montpellier HB FRA W 33:27 23.02.2019 Kristianstad SWE @ IFK Kristianstad SWE W 30:32 16.02.2019 Skopje MKD vs Telekom Veszprém HC HUN L 27:29 06.02.2019 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER W 27:30 01.12.2018 Skopje MKD vs PGE Vive Kielce POL W 28:27 24.11.2018 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR D 31:31 17.11.2018 Barcelona ESP @ Barça Lassa ESP L 34:26 4 MOL-Pick Szeged vs Macedonian clubs 2-2-7 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2004/05 Vardar Vatrost. Skopje 25:18 24:24 EHF Champions League – Group A 2013/14 HC Metalurg 23:19 16:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Qualification Tournament W 2015/16 HC Vardar 29:31 23:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 HC Vardar 21:23 27:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 HC Vardar 26:26 30:34 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2018/19 HC Vardar 23:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final HC Vardar vs Hungarian clubs 7-3-7 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2001/02 Fotex KC Veszprém 24:27 22:27 EHF Champions League – Group D 2004/05 SC Pick Szeged 24:24 18:25 EHF Champions League – Group A 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 23:24 24:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group C 2015/16 MOL-Pick Szeged 27:23 31:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 26:29 30:30 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2016/17 MOL-Pick Szeged 30:27 23:21 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2017/18 MOL-Pick Szeged 34:30 26:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2018/19 Telekom Veszprém H 27:29 27:25 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group A 2018/19 MOL-Pick Szeged 31:23 VELUX EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 5 MOL-Pick Szeged players’ career statistics against HC Vardar Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Mirko Alilovic CRO 9 6 1 2 0 0,00 0 0 Barnabas Marczika HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Martin Nagy HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Marin Sego CRO 9 3 1 5 0 0,00 0 0 Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Bruno Bajusz HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Zsolt Balogh HUN 6 0 1 5 21 3,50 9 0 Bence Banhidi HUN 4 0 0 4 13 3,25 5 4’ Alen Blazevic CRO 7 0 1 6 0 0,00 0 12’ Richard Bodo HUN 5 0 1 4 7 1,40 2 (3) 2’ Dean Bombac SLO 6 1 0 5 22 3,67 7 0 Joan Reixach ESP 3 0 1 2 10 3,33 6 0 Richard Csanyi HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Matej Gaber SLO 8 0 2 6 8 1,00 3 10’ Nik Henigman SLO 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Jonas Källman SWE 7 0 1 6 25 3,57 6 4’ Stanislav Kasparek CZE 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Marcell Lörincz HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jorge Peno ESP 1 0 0 1 2 2,00 2 2’ Pedro Alvarez ESP 3 0 0 3 2 0,67 2 0 Stefan Sigurmannsson ISL 7 1 1 5 12 1,71 4 0 Mario Sostaric SLO 5 0 1 4 8 1,60 2 (3) 2’ Stefan Sunajko SRB 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Zoltan Szilagyi HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Martin Tökes HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Jozsef Toth HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Dmitrii Zhitnikov RUS 7 0 2 5 24 3,43 8 4’ Mirko Alilovic (C.BM.