UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Chornomorets - Odessa Thursday 24 October 2013 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FC Chornomorets Odesa Group B - Matchday 3 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Last updated 23/10/2013 00:10CET Match background 2 Legend 3 1 FC Chornomorets Odesa - PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit Chornomorets, Odessa Match background FC Chornomorets Odesa will look to get back on track in Group B, with PFC Ludogorets Razgrad having made a tremendous start to their UEFA Europa League campaign. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in what is Chornomorets' maiden encounter with a side from Bulgaria and Ludogorets' first game against a Ukrainian club. • Ukrainian teams have had much the better of previous meetings between clubs representing the two nations, boasting the record W12 D5 L4. However, there is hope for Ludogorets: PFC Litex Lovech became the first – and to date only – Bulgarian side to win a UEFA game in Ukraine when they overcame FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-0 in the only previous meeting between the nations' clubs in the group stage at this level back in 2005/06. • The record of Bulgarian clubs in Ukraine still makes pretty miserable reading: W1 D2 L8. Match background • This is Chornomorets' first UEFA group stage campaign, and their ninth game since entering the competition in the second qualifying round. Their longest previous European campaign was a six-match voyage to the second round of the 1995/96 UEFA Cup. • Chornomorets won 2-1 at GNK Dinamo Zagreb on matchday one but fell to their heaviest home defeat in this competition on matchday two, 2-0 to PSV Eindhoven. • Fellow group stage debutants Ludogorets have made a terrific Group B start, following up a 2-0 win at PSV – their biggest ever European away success – with a 3-0 triumph at home against Dinamo on matchday two, a result that matched their previous best home result in Europe, a 3-0 defeat of ŠK Slovan Bratislava in this season's UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. • This is only Ludogorets' second European campaign. They were promoted to the Bulgarian top flight for the first time at the end of the 2010/11 season. Team facts • Ludogorets are the only one of the nine champions in this season's group stage to have won their opening fixtures. The other domestic champions are Group B rivals Dinamo (Croatia), NK Maribor (Slovenia), FC Sheriff (Moldova), Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC (Israel), Legia Warszawa (Poland), FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan), APOEL FC (Cyprus) and IF Elfsborg (Sweden). • Ludogorets' Romanian defender Cosmin Moţi and Chornomorets' Albanian midfielder Elis Bakaj were team-mates at FC Dinamo Bucureşti in 2011. Coach information • Brought in to replace Ivaylo Petev as Ludogorets coach in July, Stoicho Stoev was a stylish forward with PFC Lokomotiv Sofia in the 1980s, though he maintained a European outlook and classed Arrigo Sacchi as his coaching idol. After taking charge of a number of smaller Bulgarian clubs, the cool-headed coach led champions Ludogorets – his local side – to their first UEFA Europa League group stage campaign after defeat by FC Basel 1893 in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. • Chornomorets coach since November 2010, Roman Grygorchuk was a successful striker in his native Ukraine, also playing in Austria, Poland and Russia before going from the pitch to the bench in Latvia. He won three Latvian titles as FK Ventspils coach but then opted to return to Ukraine. In Odessa, he won promotion to the top division in his first season in charge, while a sixth-place finish in 2012/13 opened the door to Europe. 2 FC Chornomorets Odesa - PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (22.05 local time) Match press kit Chornomorets, Odessa Legend Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. 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