UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu - Cluj-Napoca Tuesday 20 August 2019 CFR 1907 Cluj 21.00CET (22.00 local time) SK Slavia Praha Play-off, First leg Last updated 11/12/2019 17:56CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Match officials 7 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 CFR 1907 Cluj - SK Slavia Praha Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams CFR 1907 Cluj - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Slovan Liberec - CFR 1907 1-2 Šural 58; Kapetanos 08/08/2012 QR3 Liberec Cluj agg: 1-3 45+1, Sougou 90+4 CFR 1907 Cluj - FC Slovan 01/08/2012 QR3 1-0 Cluj-Napoca Cadú 53 (P) Liberec UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers L. Traoré 25, CFR 1907 Cluj - AC Sparta Dubarbier 90+1; 05/11/2009 GS 2-3 Cluj-Napoca Praha Holenda 6, 13, Bony 90+5 AC Sparta Praha - CFR 1907 22/10/2009 GS 2-0 Prague Kucka 15, Hubník 32 Cluj SK Slavia Praha - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Burdujan 21; Brabec 02/10/2008 R1 FC Vaslui - SK Slavia Praha Vaslui agg: 1-1 ag 48 18/09/2008 R1 SK Slavia Praha - FC Vaslui 0-0 Prague UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Badea 12; Šenkeřík 27/11/2007 GS FCSB - SK Slavia Praha 1-1 Bucharest 78 Šenkeřík 13, Belaid 19/09/2007 GS SK Slavia Praha - FCSB 2-1 Prague 63; Goian 33 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Ciocoiu 45; Dostálek 09/12/1999 R3 FCSB - SK Slavia Praha Bucharest agg: 2-5 51 Dostálek 1, 47, 25/11/1999 R3 SK Slavia Praha - FCSB 4-1 Prague Horváth 35, Tomáš Došek 55; Lutu 82 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA CFR 1907 Cluj 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 5 6 SK Slavia Praha 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 9 5 2 CFR 1907 Cluj - SK Slavia Praha Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Match background CFR Cluj and Slavia Praha are both out to end a long wait to appear in the UEFA Champions League group stage as they meet in the first leg of their play-off tie. • While the most recent of CFR's three group appearances came in 2012/13, Slavia have not featured since making their debut in 2007/08 but are looking to build on an impressive UEFA Europa League campaign last season. • Although this is the teams' first competitive fixture, Slavia did beat CFR 4-2 in a friendly in Austria in July 2010. Form guide CFR Cluj • CFR claimed their fifth Romanian league title – and second in succession – in 2018/19, all five triumphs having come since 2008. • This is CFR's fifth UEFA Champions League campaign, and ninth season in UEFA competition overall. They reached the group stage in 2008/09, 2010/11 – gaining direct access in both cases – and 2012/13, when they came through two qualifying rounds. • The Romanian club lost to Malmö in the second qualifying round of last season's UEFA Champions League (0-1 h, 1-1 a) and got no further than the UEFA Europa League play-offs, where they were beaten away (0-2) and home (2-3) by Dudelange of Luxembourg. • A 1-0 loss at Astana in this season's first qualifying round first leg made it three successive European defeats for CFR, and just three wins in 13 European matches (D2 L8), but they turned that tie round with a 3-1 home success and went on to beat Maccabi Tel-Aviv 3-2 on aggregate in the second qualifying round (1-0 h, 2-2 a). Dan Petrescu's side then produced a memorable 4-3 second-leg victory away to Celtic to win their third qualifying round tie 5-4 on aggregate. • CFR's record in four UEFA matches against Czech clubs is W2 L2, both wins coming against Slovan Liberec in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (1-0 h, 2-1 a). Their sole other home fixture, in November 2009, ended in a 3-2 loss to Sparta Praha in the UEFA Europa League group stage, the away fixture having also ended in defeat (0-2). • CFR's sole previous UEFA Champions League play-off was a 3-1 aggregate victory against Basel in 2012/13 (2-1 a, 1-0 h). Slavia • Champions of the Czech Republic for the second time in three years last season – their 18th domestic title – and also Czech Cup winners, their first double in the Czech Republic, Slavia are aiming to successfully negotiate the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds for only the second time. Since their sole previous group appearance 12 years ago – when they finished third in their section behind Arsenal and Sevilla – the Prague club have lost in the preliminary rounds four times. • Twelve months ago Slavia were beaten 3-1 on aggregate by Dynamo Kyiv in the third qualifying round (1-1 h, 0-2 a). Moving into the UEFA Europa League group stage, Jindřich Trpišovský's side finished second behind Zenit in their section and went on to get the better of Genk and Sevilla in the knockout rounds before losing 5-3 to eventual champions Chelsea over two games (0-1 h, 3-4 a) in the quarter-finals. • Slavia's four defeats in UEFA Champions League qualifying ties since 2007/08 include their sole previous play-off – against APOEL in 2017/18 (0-2 a, 0-0 h). • This is Slavia's first European match of the season. They have won only one of their last 15 matches in the UEFA Champions League (D7 L7). • Slavia are unbeaten in their six matches with Romanian clubs (W2 D4), although the last three have ended in draws, including home (0-0) and away (1-1) against Vaslui in the most recent encounters, in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup first round – a tie Slavia won on away goals. All three of the Prague club's games in Romania have finished 1-1. • Slavia's only UEFA Champions League group campaign featured a 2-1 home win and 1-1 away draw against Steaua Bucureşti. • Slavia are already the sole Czech survivors in Europe this season, the other four having all been eliminated, including three in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round). Links and trivia • Slavia's squad includes two Romanian players, Alexandru Băluță and Nicolae Stanciu. Băluță's clubs in his homeland included Chindia Târgoviște (2011–13), Viitorul Constanța (2013/14) and Universitatea Craiova (2014–18) while Stanciu represented Unirea (2008–11), Vaslui (2011–13) and FCSB (2013–16). 3 CFR 1907 Cluj - SK Slavia Praha Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca • Stanciu is a current Romania national team-mate of CFR Cluj trio Ciprian Deac, George Ţucudean and Ovidiu Hoban. • Czech coach Dušan Uhrin Jr had spells as coach of both clubs, taking charge of CFR in 2009 and Slavia – where he had been youth coach between 1999 and 2001 – in 2015/16. 4 CFR 1907 Cluj - SK Slavia Praha Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Squad list CFR 1907 Cluj Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 12 Cosmin Vatca ROU 12/05/1982 37 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 87 Giedrius Arlauskis LTU 01/12/1987 31 - 6 - - - 3 - 5 - 41 - 89 Otto Hindrich ROU 05/08/2002 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Andrei Burcă ROU 15/04/1993 26 - 6 - - - 4 - - - 6 - 4 Razvan Horj ROU 17/12/1995 23 - - - - - - - - - 2 - 16 Mateo Sušić CRO 18/11/1990 28 - 6 - - - 1 - - - 39 - 25 Mihai Butean ROU 14/09/1996 22 - - - - - 4 - - - - - 30 Andrei Mureşan ROU 01/08/1985 34 - 2 - - - 6 - - - 20 2 45 Camora POR 10/11/1986 32 - 6 - - - 1 - 6 - 27 - 55 Paulo Vinícius POR 12/08/1984 35 - 6 - - - - - - - 14 1 77 Ionuţ Peteleu ROU 20/08/1992 27 - - - - - 6 - - - 1 - 92 Cestor Mike FRA 30/04/1992 27 - - - - - 5 1 - - - - 95 Rares Ispas ROU 26/08/2000 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Yacouba Sylla FRA 29/11/1990 28 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - 6 Luís Aurélio POR 17/08/1988 31 - 3 - - - 5 1 - - 3 - 8 Damjan Đoković NED 18/04/1990 29 - 5 - - - 2 - - - 10 1 10 Ciprian Deac ROU 16/02/1986 33 * 6 1 - - 2 3 5 - 34 2 28 Ovidiu Hoban ROU 27/12/1982 36 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 40 5 37 Mihai Bordeianu ROU 18/11/1991 27 - 6 - - - - - - - 11 - 97 Adrian Laurentiu Pop ROU 06/07/1999 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 99 Mário Rondón VEN 26/03/1986 33 - 6 2 - - 3 - - - 15 3 Forwards 7 Constantin Păun ROU 01/04/1995 24 - 5 - - - 5 3 - - 11 - 9 Billel Omrani FRA 02/06/1993 26 - 6 6 - - 4 2 - - 13 9 18 Ionuţ Costache ROU 02/08/1998 21 - 1 - - - 6 2 - - 3 - 20 George Ţucudean ROU 30/04/1991 28 - 3 1 - - 3 1 - - 17 5 Coach - Dan Petrescu ROU 22/12/1967 51 - 6 - - - - - 6 - 19 - 5 CFR 1907 Cluj - SK Slavia Praha Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (22.00 local time) Match press kit Stadionul Dr.