UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Jan Breydelstadion - Bruges Thursday 19 September 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) SV Zulte Waregem Group D - Matchday 1 Wigan Athletic FC Last updated 15/10/2013 11:29CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 SV Zulte Waregem - Wigan Athletic FC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams SV Zulte Waregem - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Newcastle United FC - SV Zulte 1-0 22/02/2007 3R Newcastle Martins 68 Waregem agg: 4-1 D'Haene 69; SV Zulte Waregem - Newcastle Dindeleux 47(og), 15/02/2007 3R 1-3 Gent United FC Martins 59(P), Sibierski 76 Wigan Athletic FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Wigan Athletic FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SV Zulte Waregem 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 4 Wigan Athletic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 SV Zulte Waregem - Wigan Athletic FC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Match background SV Zulte Waregem will hope to exploit Wigan Athletic FC's inexperience in European competition when they take on the FA Cup holders in their first UEFA Europa League Group D fixture. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition, and this is Wigan's first European fixture. • Zulte Waregem took on Wigan's former Premier League rivals Newcastle United FC in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup round of 32, losing 3-1 at home and 1-0 at St James' Park. • No Belgian side has recorded a victory in the last eight European games between English and Belgian clubs (D3 L5) since R. Standard de Liege beat Everton FC 2-1 at home in the first round of the 2008/09 UEFA Cup. Match background • Zulte Waregem have not won in four European home games, though a 1-1 draw against APOEL FC in this season's play-offs ended a run of three straight home losses, where they conceded three times in each game. • Zulte Waregem made it through their only previous group stage campaign in 2006/07, bowing out to Newcastle in the round of 32. However, KSV Waregem – who merged with Zultse VV to form Zulte Waregem in 2001 – enjoyed even more European success, reaching the semi-finals of the 1985/86 UEFA Cup before losing out to 1. FC Köln. • Wigan are the only side entering the competition on matchday one this season with absolutely no previous experience of European football; the other three group stage contenders who are in their first European season – FC Kuban Krasnodar, Estoril Praia and CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu – all cut their teeth in qualifying. Team facts • Zulte Waregem's Icelandic midfielder Ólafur Skúlason has some experience of English football; the former Arsenal FC trainee played in the lower leagues for Brentford FC from 2005 to 2007. Forward Thorgan Hazard, meanwhile, is on loan from Chelsea FC, where his brother Eden is a regular starter, though he has yet to play a competitive game for the Blues having joined in 2012. • Like Birmingham City FC in 2011/12, Wigan are competing in Europe despite being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the previous season; Wigan won the 2012/13 FA Cup, Birmingham won the 2010/11 League Cup. Birmingham also met Belgian opponents during their group stage campaign, winning 2-1 away and drawing 2-2 at home against Club Brugge KV. • Chilean midfielder Jean Beausejour appeared for Birmingham during that campaign, making him one of only a handful of Wigan players with European experience. The 29-year-old was on the books at Belgian club KAA Gent between 2005 and 2007. Coach information • Coach Francky Dury returned to Zulte Waregem at the end of 2011, and came close to leading them to a first title last season. A policeman while playing as a midfielder with amateur side Hulste Sport, he coached Zultse VV and became the new side's first coach when they merged with KSV Waregem to become Zulte Waregem in 2001. He finally handed in his police badge in 2007, having steered the club to the top division and won the 2005/06 Belgian Cup. • Owen Coyle took over at Wigan after Roberto Martínez left the relegated club for Everton in July 2013. Capped once by the Republic of Ireland at senior level, he spent most of his playing career in his native Scotland, but enjoyed success south of the border as a coach with second-flight sides Burnley FC and Bolton Wanderers FC, who he had helped to win promotion to the Premier League as a player in 1994/95. 3 SV Zulte Waregem - Wigan Athletic FC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Team facts SV Zulte Waregem Formed: 2001 Nickname: Essevee UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Belgian Cup: 1 (2006) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: round of 32 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-1: Zulte Waregem v AC Sparta Praha 02/11/06, UEFA Cup group stage 2-0: Zulte Waregem v FC Lokomotiv Moskva 28/09/06, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: FK Austria Wien v Zulte Waregem 19/10/06, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zulte Waregem v PSV Eindhoven 08/08/13, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round second leg 0-3: Zulte Waregem v AFC Ajax 13/12/06, UEFA Cup group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RCD Espanyol v Zulte Waregem 23/11/06, UEFA Cup group stage 4-0: FC Rubin Kazan v Zulte Waregem 03/10/13, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-1: Zulte Waregem v AC Sparta Praha (see above) 2-0: Zulte Waregem v FC Lokomotiv Moskva (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: FK Austria Wien v Zulte Waregem (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zulte Waregem v AFC Ajax (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 6-2: RCD Espanyol v Zulte Waregem (see above) 4-0: FC Rubin Kazan v Zulte Waregem (see above) Wigan Athletic FC Formed: 1932 Nickname: Latics 4 SV Zulte Waregem - Wigan Athletic FC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) FA Cup: 1 (2013) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 3-1: Wigan v NK Maribor 03/10/13, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat N/A UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 3-1: Wigan v NK Maribor (see above) • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat N/A 5 SV Zulte Waregem - Wigan Athletic FC Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Squad list SV Zulte Waregem Current season All-time UCL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Sammy Bossut BEL 11/08/1985 28 - 2 - - - 7 - 3 - 5 - 22 Sébastien Bruzzese BEL 01/03/1989 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Salvatore Crimi BEL 07/09/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Davy de Fauw BEL 08/07/1981 32 - 2 - - - 7 - 2 - 4 - 3 Steve Colpaert BEL 13/09/1986 27 - 2 - - - 7 - 1 - 3 - 5 Bryan Verboom BEL 30/01/1992 21 - 1 - - - 6 - 1 - 2 - 18 Frédéric Duplus FRA 07/04/1990 23 - 1 - - - 2 - 2 - 3 - 20 Mendy Formose FRA 08/10/1993 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Bruno Godeau BEL 10/05/1992 21 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 24 Karel D'Haene BEL 05/09/1980 33 - 2 - - - 7 1 9 2 15 2 Midfielders 8 Sven Kums BEL 26/02/1988 25 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 4 - 10 Thorgan Hazard BEL 29/03/1993 20 - 2 - - - 7 5 2 - 4 - 13 Mamatou N'Diaye MLI 15/03/1990 23 - 2 - - - 1 - 4 - 6 - 16 Ólafur Skúlason ISL 01/04/1983 30 - 2 - - - 6 2 22 2 24 2 17 Ibrahima Conté GUI 03/04/1991 22 - 2 - - - 7 - 14 2 20 2 23 Mehdi Tarfi BEL 05/07/1993 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Junior Malanda BEL 28/08/1994 19 - 1 1 - - 6 - 2 1 3 1 Forwards 7 Habib Habibou FRA 16/04/1987 26 - 2 1 - - 5 2 1 1 3 1 11 Idrissa Sylla GNB 03/12/1990 22 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 14 Jens Naessens BEL 01/04/1991 22 - 2 1 - - 7 2 2 1 4 1 15 Niels Vandenbroucke BEL 15/03/1991 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Raphaël Cacérès FRA 01/09/1987 26 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 26 Klaas De Rock BEL 26/09/1993 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Théo Bongonda BEL 20/05/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Francky Dury BEL 11/10/1957 55 - 2 - - - - - 18 - 22 - Wigan Athletic FC Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.