UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Euroborg - Groningen Thursday 5 November 2015 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Groningen Group F - Matchday 4 FC Slovan Liberec Last updated 03/11/2015 13:36CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 13 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 FC Groningen - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Slovan Liberec - FC Luckassen 87; 22/10/2015 GS 1-1 Liberec Groningen Hoesen 90+6 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Slovan Liberec 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Groningen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dostálek 84; FC Zbrojovka Brno - FC 24/06/1995 GS 1-2 Brno Bombarda 34, Sion Groningen 54 FC Slovan Liberec - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Viergever 19; Budnik 27/02/2014 R32 AZ Alkmaar - FC Slovan Liberec Alkmaar agg: 2-1 72 20/02/2014 R32 FC Slovan Liberec - AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Liberec Viergever 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Steinsson 70, Jenner 29/11/2006 GS AZ Alkmaar - FC Slovan Liberec 2-2 Alkmaar 89; Zápotočný 26, Papoušek 85 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Došek 80; Pacheco 23/07/2005 R3 FC Slovan Liberec - Roda JC Liberec agg: 1-1 ag Oliveira 38 16/07/2005 R3 Roda JC - FC Slovan Liberec 0-0 Kerkrade UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Cristiano 6; Hološko 24/07/2004 R3 Roda JC - FC Slovan Liberec Kerkrade agg 1-2 (aet) 108 ET 17/07/2004 R3 FC Slovan Liberec - Roda JC 1-0 Liberec Papoušek 19 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 FC Groningen - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Slovan Liberec 4 1 2 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 6 1 7 7 3 FC Groningen - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Match background FC Groningen's maiden UEFA Europa League group stage campaign will be over as a contest if they lose to FC Slovan Liberec. Previous meetings • The teams drew 1-1 when they met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three, Groningen's Danny Hoesen scoring on the rebound from a penalty for the ten-man visitors, who had trailed to Dutchman Kevin Luckassen's 87th-minute goal. • Groningen's only previous fixture against Czech opponents was a 2-1 win at FC Zbrojovka Brno in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage. • Liberec's eight games against Dutch clubs have ended W1 D6 L1 (W0 D4 L0 in the Netherlands). Form guide • If Groningen lose, they will not be able to finish higher than third in Group F. • Groningen are without a win in seven European matches (D4 L3), a run dating back to a 1-0 victory over FK Partizan in a September 2006 UEFA Cup first round tie. • Liberec have won all three of their European away games this season without conceding. • Groningen are featuring in the group stage of a major UEFA competition for the first time. They are set to equal their longest European campaign with their six Group F games, having also played six matches by reaching the third round of the 1988/89 UEFA Cup. • This is Liberec's third appearance in this group stage – they fell short in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup but advanced to the round of 32 in 2013/14. Trivia and links • The journey from Liberec to Groningen is around 650km. • Liberec central defender Ondřej Švejdík played for Groningen from 2006–10. He made his UEFA club competition debut with the Eredivisie outfit, but injuries – including a broken arm – limited his game time. • Liberec boast Dutch talent in the form of erstwhile AZ Alkmaar striker Luckassen. The coaches • Previously assistant coach, Erwin van de Looi assumed sole command at Groningen in 2013. They qualified for Europe in his first season and last time out won their first Dutch Cup. A former Dutch Under-21 international, he played UEFA Cup football with Vitesse, ending his injury-ravaged playing days at Groningen in 2002. • Jindřich Trpišovský took charge at Slovan in June. It was a first major top-flight appointment for the coach, who models himself on Liverpool FC boss Jürgen Klopp. Once a youth coach at AC Sparta Praha, he previously led second-division FK Viktoria Žižkov, impressing despite the club's financial problems. 4 FC Groningen - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Team facts FC Groningen Formed: 1971 Nickname: Trots van het Noorden (Pride of the North) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Dutch Cup: 1 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: second qualifying round 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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: first round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Groningen v Galway United FC 16/09/86, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: JK Trans Narva v Groningen 29/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Groningen v Olympique de Marseille 17/09/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v Groningen 02/11/83, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-1: Groningen v Galway United FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Galway United FC v Groningen 01/10/86, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Groningen v Olympique de Marseille (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v Groningen (see above) FC Slovan Liberec Formed: 1958 Nickname: Modrobílí (Blue and Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2012) Czech Cup: 2 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 5 FC Groningen - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Liberec v MFK Dubnica 10/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC v Liberec 06/08/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 0-3 (default): FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Liberec 20/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liberec v FC Dinamo Bucureşti 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SC Braga v Liberec 02/11/06, UEFA Cup group stage 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Liberec 21/03/02, UEFA Cup quarter-finals second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-1: Liberec v Grasshopper Club Zürich 23/11/06, group stage 4-1: Liberec v Olympique Lyonnais 28/02/02, fourth round second leg 3-0: Liberec v RC Celta de Vigo 01/11/01, second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC v Liberec (see above) 0-3 (default): FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Liberec (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liberec v FC Dinamo Bucureşti (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SC Braga v Liberec (see above) 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Liberec (see above for details) 6 FC Groningen - FC Slovan Liberec Thursday 5 November 2015 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Euroborg, Groningen Squad list FC Groningen Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.