UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Rapid Bucureşti PSV Eindhoven Group C - Matchday 2 National Arena, Bucharest Thursday 29 September 2011 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................10 Legend............................................................................................................................12 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html FC Rapid Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 29 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head None FC Rapid Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/05 R1 FC Rapid Bucureşti - Feyenoord 1-0 Bucharest Buga 12 agg: 2-1 15/09/05 R1 Feyenoord - FC Rapid Bucureşti 1-1 Rotterdam Kuyt 40; Vasilache 74(p) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/10/02 R1 FC Rapid Bucureşti - Vitesse 0-1 Bucharest Bob Peeters 61 agg: 1-2 17/09/02 R1 Vitesse - FC Rapid Bucureşti 1-1 Arnhem Bob Peeters 61; Iencsi 90 PSV Eindhoven - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/12/09 GS CFR 1907 Cluj - PSV Eindhoven 0-2 Cluj-Napoca Lazović 19(p), Amrabat 68 01/10/09 GS PSV Eindhoven - CFR 1907 Cluj 1-0 Eindhoven Bakkal 9 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/89 R2 PSV Eindhoven - FC Steaua Bucureşti 5-1 Eindhoven Ellerman 22, 64, Romário 46, 49, 86; agg: 5-2 Lăcătuş 17 18/10/89 R2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Bucharest Lăcătuş 16 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/70 R2 FC Steaua Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven 0-3 Bucharest Veenstra 45, 53, van der Kuylen 79 agg: 0-7 21/10/70 R2 PSV Eindhoven - FC Steaua Bucureşti 4-0 Eindhoven Veenstra 32, Devrindt 67, 87, Mulders 68 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rapid Bucureşti 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 3 3 PSV Eindhoven 3 3 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 1 15 2 Last updated 27/09/11 16:55:57CET 2 Previous meetings FC Rapid Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 29 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Match background FC Rapid Bucureşti will look to extend their unbeaten European home run into a tenth year as PSV Eindhoven come to Bucharest in UEFA Europa League Group C. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Rapid's record in four games against Dutch sides reads W1 D2 L1 (W1 D0 L1 in Romania). Current boss Răzvan Lucescu oversaw Rapid's only success against Dutch opposition in his first spell as the club's coach; his side eliminated Feyenoord in the first round of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup en route to the quarter-finals. • Goalkeeper Dănuţ Coman and the midfielder Nicolae Grigore also featured in that squad. • PSV's record in six games against Romanian sides reads W5 D0 L1 (W2 D0 L1 in Romania). They have not played in Bucharest since a 1-0 European Champion Clubs' Cup loss at FC Steaua Bucureşti on 18 October 1989. They won 3-0 against the same opponents on their first visit, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup game on 4 November 1970. Match background • Rapid are unbeaten in 16 European home games (ten wins and six draws) since a 1-0 defeat by PSV's Dutch league rivals Vitesse in the UEFA Cup first round on 3 October 2002. Should they avoid defeat against PSV, that unbeaten home run will extend over nine years. • Rapid's last five home games in Europe have ended in draws. • PSV have lost only one of their last seven European away fixtures, 4-1 at SL Benfica in last season's UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. • PSV have yet to be beaten in a UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League group stage game with a record of W9 D4 L0 (W4 D2 L0 away from home, where they are now on a run of four straight wins) • Rapid are unbeaten in their last five group stage games – four draws and one win. Team facts • Rapid boss Razvăn Lucescu played in goal for a number of Romanian clubs, including Rapid, and briefly played in Italy for Crema Calcio in 1992/93, while his father Mircea was coaching Serie A side Brescia Calcio. In a previous spell as Rapid coach, he won two Romanian Cups and led them to the quarter-finals of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup and into the group stage once more the following season. He then coached Romania from 2009 to 2011. • PSV have had two notable former Romanian internationals in their ranks: defender Gheorghe Popescu (1990-94) and midfielder Ovidiu Stângă (1996-2001). • PSV boss Fred Rutten spent his entire career as a defender with FC Twente, moving on to the club's coaching staff, and taking charge from 1999 to 2001. He was then Guus Hiddink's assistant at PSV before a second spell at Twente and a season as FC Schalke 04 boss. He took charge at PSV in 2009. Last updated 27/09/11 16:55:57CET 3 Match background FC Rapid Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 29 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Team facts FC Rapid Bucureşti Formed: 1923 Nickname: Feroviarii (Railroad Men) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2003) Romanian Cup: 13 (2007) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: first round 2007/08: first round 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: quarter-finals 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2002/03: first round 2001/02: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v FK Atlantas 23/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: UE Sant Julià v Rapid 14/07/05, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rapid v Paris Saint-Germain FC 25/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rapid 01/11/94, UEFA Cup second round second leg 5-0: Leeds United AFC v Rapid 07/03/73, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v FK Atlantas (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: UE Sant Julià v Rapid (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rapid v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rapid (see above for details) Last updated 27/09/11 16:55:57CET 4 Team facts FC Rapid Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 29 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest PSV Eindhoven Formed: 1913 Nickname: Boeren (Farmers) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1988 • UEFA Cup: 1978 • UEFA Super Cup: (1989) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 21 (2008) Dutch Cup: 8 (2005) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: quarter-finals 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2006/07: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2005/06: UEFA Champions League first knockout round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2003/04: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2002/03: UEFA Champions League first group stage 2001/02: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League first group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: PSV v Ards FC 18/09/74, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 2-6: Glenavon FC v PSV 14/09/77, UEFA Cup first round first leg 1-5: Gwardia Warszawa v PSV 23/10/74, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: PSV v Arsenal FC 25/09/02, UEFA Champions League first group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: AS Saint-Etienne v PSV 07/11/1979, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: PSV v Næstved BK 16/09/81, first round first leg • Biggest away win 2-6: Glenavon FC v PSV (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: PSV v ACF Fiorentina 10/04/2008, quarter-final second leg 0-2: PSV v Dundee United FC 29/09/82, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: AS Saint-Etienne v PSV (see above) Last updated 27/09/11 16:55:57CET 5 Team facts FC Rapid Bucureşti - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 29 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT National Arena, Bucharest Squad list FC Rapid Bucureşti Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.