Bolton Wanderers FC v Sevilla FC PRESS KIT Reebok Stadium, Bolton Wednesday, 14 December 2005 - 19:45 local time Group H - Matchday 5 Bolton Wanderers FC are hoping to continue their impressive start to their first season of European football. A point in the home game against already-qualified Sevilla FC will see Bolton reach the Round of 32 draw but a defeat will send anxious glances towards how Beşiktaş JK have done at Vitória SC. If Bolton lose they must hope Beşiktaş have not won, or if the Turkish team prevail that they have not moved ahead on goal difference; currently Bolton are +1 and Beşiktaş are ­3. • Current Group H leaders FC Zenit St. Petersburg have completed their fixtures, so both Bolton and Sevilla would win the pool if they gain three points. A draw would give Sevilla first place, Zenit second and Bolton third, the position in which the Spanish side would finish if they lost. • In their first season in the UEFA Cup, Bolton are unbeaten in their five matches, and have won both of their home games. The Premiership club beat first round opponents PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2­1 at the Reebok stadium with two late goals, and in their first home group game, overcame Zenit by 1­0 on a waterlogged evening with a Kevin Nolan winner. On their travels they won 2­1 at Plovdiv and in Group H have drawn at Beşiktaş and Guimarães ­ both teams coming from behind. • Sevilla, who coincidentally also qualified from Group H last season, defeated Germany's 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the first round 2­0 on aggregate ­ winning by that margin away after a goalless home game. They began the group stage with a 3­0 home win against Beşiktaş and then lost 2­1 at Zenit before overcoming Guimarães 3­1 to go through. • This is Sevilla's first meeting with English opposition in UEFA competition, though this season their city neighbours Real Betis Balompié took on both Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC in their UEFA Champions League group. This is European debutants Bolton's first encounter with a Spanish club. • Though Bolton are newcomers to European football, their opponents have been playing in competitions the third season of continental competition. The Spanish club entered the 1957/58 European Champion Clubs' Cup and in their first tie took the notable scalp of SL Benfica with a 3­1 home success and a 0­0 draw in the return leg at Lisbon. • After progressing past Danish club AGF Århus in the second round, Sevilla found their Spanish neighbours Real Madrid CF in uncharitable mood in the quarter­finals. An 8­0 win, with Alfredo Di Stefano scoring four times, put paid to Sevilla's chances though the Andalusians did manage a 2­2 home draw in the return leg. uefa.com 1/16 Bolton Wanderers FC v Sevilla FC PRESS KIT Team facts: Bolton • Bolton and US Città di Palermo are the clubs from the 40 who are participating in the group stage of this season's UEFA Cup whose campaign is their first UEFA club competition. • Bolton entered the competition after finishing sixth in last season's English Premiership. • The English side overcame PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 in the first round of the competition. They won 2­1 in Plovdiv before recording the same result in the home leg. Georgi Iliev put Plovdiv ahead in the opening match after 52 minutes, but an Alexandar Tunchev own goal after 79 minutes restored parity before Kevin Nolan scored Bolton's winner four minutes from time. The Bulgarian side also took the lead in the second leg at the Reebok stadium courtesy of Boban Janchevski's effort after 27 minutes. Bolton equalised after 72 minutes through El Hadji Diouf before Jared Borgetti scored the winner on the night one minute into second half stoppage time. • Bolton held Beşiktaş JK to a 1­1 draw at the Inönü stadium on the opening matchday of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage as Jared Borgetti’s goal after 29 minutes cancelled out a strike of equal brilliance from the Turkish side's Brazilian forward Ailton who had given the home side an eighth­minute lead. • The English side then made home advantage count on Matchday 2 as Kevin Nolan scored the only goal of the game against FC Zenit St. Petersburg at the Reebok stadium. The Bolton captain reacted quickest to a rebound in the 24th minute to slot the ball past Kamil Čontofalský in Zenit's goal. • Portuguese substitute Ricardo Vaz Té salvaged a point for Bolton as their Matchday 3 fixture at Vitória SC came to a dramatic conclusion. The 19­year­old found the target with three minutes remaining, finishing with a fierce drive after a neat lay­off from El Hadji Diouf. The game had burst into life just three minutes earlier as striker Marek Saganowski opened the scoring with a tremendous diving header for Guimarães. • Prior to Matchday 5 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Bolton had played five matches in UEFA club competition. In that time the English club have won three times and drawn twice with seven goals scored against four conceded. Team facts: Sevilla • Sevilla are involved in their second consecutive season of UEFA club competition action. • Overall, the Spanish club have participated in eight separate seasons of UEFA club competitions having marked their first appearance with a 3­1 defeat of SL Benfica in the preliminary round of the 1957/58 European Champion Clubs’ Cup. • The Spanish side’s best season in UEFA club competitions to date came in the same season as they advanced to the quarter­finals of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup. uefa.com 2/16 Bolton Wanderers FC v Sevilla FC PRESS KIT Having overcome SL Benfica, Sevilla defeated AGF Århus 4­2 on aggregate before losing 8­0 away to defending holders and Spanish rivals, Real Madrid CF. Sevilla salvaged some pride in the return leg, taking a two­goal lead through José Maria Paya (22) and Antonio Pahuet (29) before Madrid hit back to restore parity. • They are one of ten clubs featuring in the UEFA Cup group stage for the second consecutive season. The full list is: FC Steaua Bucuresti, Middlesbrough FC, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, AZ Alkmaar, FC Basel 1893, SC Heerenveen, VfB Stuttgart, FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Beşiktaş JK and Sevilla. • Sevilla entered the 2004/05 UEFA Cup at the first round stage and advanced to the group stage before elimination at the round of 16 point. The Spaniards won four of their five home games, but were held to a scoreless draw by Parma FC in the round of 16 before losing 1­0 in Italy thanks to Giuseppe Cardone’s 19th­minute goal. Earlier in the competition, Sevilla had defeated Greek side Panathinaikos FC in the round of 32, losing 1­0 in Athens before winning 2­0 at home thanks to two goals in the last seven minutes from Ariza Makukula (83) and Adriano Correia (90+2). • Sevilla finished in sixth position in last season’s Spanish Primera División albeit 24 points adrift of title winners, FC Barcelona. Their cross­city rivals Real Betis Balompié finished two points ahead of Sevilla to claim fourth place and a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. • Sevilla booked their place in the group stage by overcoming German side 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the UEFA Cup first round. The opening leg in Spain ended scoreless, but Sevilla made their mark quickly in the return leg as two first half goals from Frédéric Kanouté (9, 40) without reply confirmed their participation in the group stage of the competition for the second consecutive season. • The Spanish side opened their account in the group stage on Matchday 2 with a convincing home victory against Beşiktaş JK. Substitute Frédéric Kanouté (65, 89) was on target twice in a 3­0 win after Javier Saviola had opened the scoring after 64 minutes. • On Matchday 3, Aleksandr Kerzhakov struck twice to give FC Zenit St. Petersburg victory against Sevilla and put the Russian side on the brink of qualification for the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup. The Russian international opened the scoring after 11 minutes and then doubled the home team's advantage in the 89th minute. There was still time for Javier Saviola (90+3) to pull a goal back, however, and only a fine save from Zenit goalkeeper Kamil Čontofalský prevented the Primera División side from scraping a point. • Sevilla made sure of their safe passage into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup after a comfortable win against Vitória SC at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez­Pizjuán on Matchday 4, which ended the Portuguese outfit's own hopes of progress. All the goals came in the first half as on­loan Argentinian forward Javier Saviola (10, 27) struck twice and Adriano Correia (39) added a third to send the Spanish side through from Group H with one game to spare. For Guimarães, who scored what proved to be a consolation goal uefa.com 3/16 Bolton Wanderers FC v Sevilla FC PRESS KIT through Selim Benachour (44) moments before half­time, the defeat proved to be the final nail in their UEFA Cup coffin. • To date, Sevilla have played 41 matches in UEFA club competitions. uefa.com 4/16 Bolton Wanderers FC v Sevilla FC PRESS KIT All-time statistics Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs Home team's record versus clubs from the away team's country Home club has never played against clubs of the country of the away team Away team's record versus clubs from the home team's country Away club has never played against clubs of the country of the home team UEFA club competition record Bolton Wanderers FC Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 5 3 2 0 7 4 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 5 3 2 0 7 4 Sevilla FC Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 6 2 2 2 9 13 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 1 0 1 2 4 UEFA Cup 33 15 8 10 45 32 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 41 18 10 13 56 49 KEY: All-time statistics Comp.