Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2016/17 Round 12 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MOL-Pick Szeged Hala MOSiR Kielce Sunday, 26 February, 18:00 hrs GROUP B Round 12 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MOL-Pick Szeged Sunday, 26 February, 18:00 hrs Playing hall Hala M.O.S.I.R ul. Boczna 15A 25-093 Kielce Poland Capacity: 4,200 • Both were defeated in the two VELUX EHF Champions League Most Games vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: Group Phase rounds played so far in 2017 – Kielce by Löwen and Most Games vs MOL-Pick Szeged: Celje; Szeged by Brest and Vardar. Zsolt Balogh 7 Karol Bielecki 7 • Both sides count on Spanish coaches: Kielce on Talant Szabolcs Zubai 7 Mateusz Jachlewski 7 Dujshebaev, Szeged on Juan Carlos Pastor. Gabor Ancsin 6 Krzysztof Lijewski 7 • Szeged’s Swedish left wing Jonas Källman won the EHF Alen Blazevic 6 Slawomir Szmal 7 Champions League three times with Ciudad Real, coached by Jonas Källman 5 Uros Zorman 7 Dujshebaev. He played from 2002 until 2013 under the guidance of Rajko Prodanovic 5 Kielce’s current coach. Jose Manuel Sierra Mendez 5 • While Kielce have an equal balance against the third group Most Goals vs MOL-Pick Szeged: opponent coached by a Spaniard (Vardar, led by Raul Gonzalez), Most Goals vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: Szeged have lost both duels with the Macedonian champions. Krzysztof Lijewski 27 Dean Bombac 25 • Several Szeged players, such as Bence Banhidi, Szabolcs Zubai Karol Bielecki 24 Zsolt Balogh 24 and Richard Bodo, were coached by Talant Dujshebaev during his Michal Jurecki 22 time as Hungary national team coach (until immediately after the Rajko Prodanovic 20 Manuel Strlek 19 EHF EURO 2016), before he became Poland coach. Jonas Källman 18 Julen Aguinagalde Akizu 15 Jonas Erik Larholm 12 • Four Slovenian players will be on court on Sunday: Dean Bombac (who played for Szeged until last summer) and Uros Zorman for Kielce, Stas Skube and Mario Sostaric for Szeged. Domestic leagues • While Bombac left Szeged after last season, two former Kielce Domestic league players, Croatians Marin Sego and Denis Buntic, went the opposite Polish Superliga Group A NB I direction and joined the Polish runners-up. Last 4 games Last 4 games • Szeged’s Russian left Sergei Gorbok will face his former 22.02. @ Gwardia Opole W33:24 Rhein-Neckar Löwen teammates Slawomir Szmal, Karol Bielecki and 21.02. @ Oroshazi W37:24 Krzysztof Lijewski. 14.02. vs Pogoń Szczecin W29:23 14.02. vs Gyongyosi W36:27 • The last Hungarian side Kielce faced in the Champions League 11.02. @ SPR Stal Mielec W35:23 12.02. vs Budakalasz W36:19 apart from Szeged was Veszprem, who they beat 39:38 after a 02.02. @ Piotrkow W30:19 penalty shoot-out to win the VELUX EHF Champions League 2015/16 04.02. vs Mezokovesdi W39:19 Final. Next game: Next game • The current top scorers for each side are Aguinagalde 28.02. vs MKS Zagłębie Lubin 28.02. vs Vaci (Kielce/54) and Zsolt Balogh (Szeged/49). • Since the 2011/12 season, Kielce always qualified at least for Standings the Last 16. In the same period, Szeged missed qualification for the Standings VELUX EHF Champions League once, but won the EHF Cup 2014 in 1. Kielce 19 620:455 47 1. Veszprem 19 601:432 36 Berlin – the first Hungarian club ever to do so. 2. Kwidzyn 18 500:466 33 2. Szeged 18 590:393 35 • Eight nations (Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Russia, 3. Chrobry Glogow 18 478:509 23 Sweden, Brazil, Spain) are represented in Szeged’s squad, while 3. Tatabanya 17 430:395 26 Kielce count on players from seven countries (Poland, Spain, ... ... Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Germany, Montenegro). 7. Wojcik 18 384:471 5 14. Mezokovesdi 18 456:543 3 2 Historic encounters in the EC Historic encounters KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MOL-Pick Szeged 5-0-2 (207:195) 10:4 17.03.2013 Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Targi Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 26:25 (15:14) 24.03.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce vs Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 32:27 (14:11) 04.10.2014 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 37:32 (18:17) 06.12.2014 MOL-Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 26:27 (11:14) 20.09.2015 MOL-Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 31:30 (17:14) 06.03.2016 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MOL-Pick Szeged, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 27:26 (12:16) 09.10.2016 MOL-Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 27:29 (15:16) Details of last match - 09.10.2016 Szeged, Hungary MOL-Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce (VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B) 27:29 (15:16) Referees: Duarte Santos/Ricardo Fonseca (Portugal) Suspensions: 10’ – 8’ (Källman 2’, Blazevic 4’, Gaber 2’, Buntic 2’ – Reichmann 2’, Kus 4’, Aguinagalde Akizu 2’). Disqualification: Kus. Number of 7m: 4/1 – 2/2. Attendance: 3,200. Jose Manuel Sierra Marin Sego Slawomir Szmal Sandro Obranovic (4) Filip Ivic Jonas Källman (3) (1) Tobias Reichmann Richard Bodo (2) (2) Mateusz Kus Sergei Gorbok (3) (4) Julen Aguinagalde Akizu Szabolcs Zubai (5) Karol Bielecki Zsolt Balogh (5) (2) Mateusz Jachlewski Stas Skube (4) Manuel Strlek Alen Blazevic (1) (6) Krzysztof Lijewski Matej Gaber (2) Mariusz Jurkiewicz Mario Sostaric (1) Pawel Paczkowski Pedro Rodriguez Alvarez (2) (1) Uros Zorman Bence Banhidi (3) Dean Bombac Denis Buntic (3) (1) Darko Djukic Thiagus Petrus dos Santos (1) 3 Most Goals in one game KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs MOL-Pick Szeged: Thorir Olafsson 8 24.03.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce-Pick Szeged 32:27 Michal Jurecki 6 24.03.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce-Pick Szeged 32:27 Karol Bielecki 6 04.10.2014 KS Vive Tauron Kielce-MOL-Pick Szeged 37:32 Karol Bielecki 6 06.12.2014 MOL-Pick Szeged-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 26:27 Julen Aguinagalde Akizu 6 20.09.2015 MOL-Pick Szeged-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 31:30 Krzysztof Lijewski 6 09.10.2016 MOL-Pick Szeged-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 27:29 Most Goals in one game MOL-Pick Szeged vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: Dean Bombac 11 20.09.2015 MOL-Pick Szeged-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 31:30 Zsolt Balogh 9 04.10.2014 KS Vive Tauron Kielce-MOL-Pick Szeged 37:32 Dean Bombac 9 04.10.2014 KS Vive Tauron Kielce-MOL-Pick Szeged 37:32 Jonas Erik Larholm 8 24.03.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce-Pick Szeged 32:27 Rajko Prodanovic 7 24.03.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce-Pick Szeged 32:27 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: KS Vive Tauron Kielce: current run – lost two 01.10.2016 Kielce POL vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 38:28 09.10.2016 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 27:29 15.10.2016 Kielce POL vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 31:23 23.10.2016 Kielce Pol vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 26:34 12.11.2016 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 40:34 16.11.2016 Varaždin CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 23:26 27.11.2016 Kielce POL vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 29:25 04.12.2016 Kielce POL vs HC Vardar MKD W 27:24 09.02.2017 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 28:25 19.02.2017 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO L 34:33 MOL-Pick Szeged: current run – lost two 01.10.2016 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 24:26 09.10.2016 Szege HUN vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL L 27:29 16.10.2016 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD L 30:27 23.10.2016 Szeged HUN vs HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 24:22 12.11.2016 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 25:31 19.11.2016 Kristianstad SWE @ IFK Kristianstad SWE W 21:29 26.11.2016 Szeged HUN vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 33:28 03.12.2016 Szeged HUN vs RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 27:22 09.02.2017 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR L 25:23 18.02.2017 Szeged HUN vs HC Vardar MKD L 21:23 4 KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs Hungarian clubs 7-0-7 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2003/04 Fotex KC Veszprém 30:41 24:31 EHF Champions League – Group G 2009/10 MKB Veszprém KC 29:32 26:33 EHF Champions League – Group B 2011/12 MKB Veszprém KC 25:29 24:21 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2012/13 Pick Szeged 32:27 25:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2014/15 MOL-Pick Szeged 37:32 27:26 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 2015/16 MOL-Pick Szeged 27:26 30:31 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 39:38ª7m VELUX EHF FINAL4 – Final 2016/17 MOL-Pick Szeged 29:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B MOL-Pick Szeged vs Polish clubs 5-0-6 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1977/78 KS Anilana Lodz 26:22 20:25 Cup Winners’ Cup – Quarter-final ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2008/09 Wisla Plock SA 26:17 26:16 EHF Champions League _ Group H 2012/13 KS Vive Targi Kielce 26:25 27:32 VELUX EHF Champions League – Last 16 2014/15 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 26:27 32:37 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group D 2015/16 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 31:30 26:27 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 27:29 VELUX EHF Champions League – Group B VELUX EHF Champions League 2016/17 - MOTW #12 Media Information EHF Media & Communications, 24/2/2017 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert 5 .