Tottenham Hotspur FC - PSV Eindhoven MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London Thursday 6 March 2008 - 20.05 CET (20.05 local time) Round of 16, - Matchday 8 Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups Match background Two former UEFA Cup winners meet in London as two-time winners Tottenham Hotspur FC look to deny PSV Eindhoven a place in this season's quarter-finals. • Tottenham are on the hunt for a third UEFA Cup, having won the competition in 1971/72 and 1983/84 while PSV claimed the trophy in 1977/78. • Despite their strong European pedigree, Tottenham and PSV have never met in European competition. However, they met in a pre-season friendly at White Hart Lane on 3 August 2003, with goals from Ji-Sung Park and Arjen Robben giving PSV a 2-0 win. • Having beaten Chelsea FC 2-1 after added time in the English League Cup final on 24 February, Tottenham are already certain of a return to the UEFA Cup next year. • Spurs have played in ten previous UEFA club competition games against Dutch opposition, winning five, drawing three and losing two. Those five two-leg ties ended in three overall wins for Tottenham and two defeats. At White Hart Lane, their record against Dutch sides reads won two and drawn three. • Eight of Tottenham's ten European games against Dutch sides have been against Feyenoord. They beat them 5-2 on aggregate in the first round of the 1961/62 European Champion Clubs' Cup, but then lost 4-2 on aggregate to the Rotterdam side in the 1973/74 UEFA Cup final. • Spurs avenged that defeat in the second round of the 1983/84 UEFA Cup, winning 6-2 on aggregate en route to winning the competition, but Feyenoord had the upper hand again in the quarter-finals of the 1991/92 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, winning 1-0 on aggregate. • The two sides were set to meet again in last season's UEFA Cup Round of 32 but Tottenham were give a bye to the next round after Feyenoord were thrown out of the competition as punishment for crowd problems. • Tottenham's only European tie against a Dutch club other than Feyenoord saw them meet AFC Ajax in the first round of the 1981/82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Spurs won 3-1 in Amsterdam and 3-0 at White Hart Lane to complete a 6-1 triumph. Last updated 04.03.2008 16:12:43CET Match background 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - PSV Thursday 6 March 2008 - 20.05 CET (20.05 local time) Eindhoven MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London • Tottenham's Spanish coach Juande Ramos remains on course to win a third successive UEFA Cup, having claimed the previous two as coach of Sevilla FC. • Ramos' Sevilla lost 2-1 at home against PSV's Eredivisie rivals AZ Alkmaar in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage in what was the coach's only previous game against Dutch opposition. PSV's former AZ striker Danny Koevermans did not play in that match, however. • Sef Vergoossen has been placed in charge of PSV for the remainder of the season, at which point he will be replaced by Hamburger SV's Huub Stevens. The 60-year-old, who took over following Ronald Koeman's move to Valencia CF, previously coached VVV Venlo, Roda JC, KRC Genk, Al-Jazira Club and Nagoya Grampus Eight. • Tottenham's Ivorian midfielder Didier Zokora played under Vergoossen at Genk prior to joining AS Saint-Etienne in 2004. He won the Belgian title with Genk under Vergoossen in 2001/02. • PSV have played 26 games against English sides in UEFA club competition, winning eight, drawing seven and losing eleven. Those matches included eight two-leg knockout ties, of which PSV won four and lost four. In England, their record reads won three, drawn two and lost eight. • While PSV have never played Tottenham, they have met their north London rivals Arsenal six times in the last six years. In the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League first group stage, they lost 4-0 at home against the Gunners but drew 0-0 in the return at Highbury. • Two seasons later, the two sides were drawn together again in the group stage, with PSV losing 1-0 in London and drawing 1-1 at home. • However, all previous defeats were avenged in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League first knockout round, as Edison Méndez's goal gave them a 1-0 lead in the home leg which they preserved with a 1-1 draw at Arsenal Stadium, with Brazilian defender Alex – now in London with Chelsea FC – scoring at both ends. • Tottenham's Korean left-back Lee Young-Pyo joined the club from PSV in the summer of 2005. He won league titles in the Netherlands with PSV in 2002/03 and 2004/05 as well as the Dutch Cup in the latter campaign. • PSV's Jan Kromkamp has experience of English football, having played for Liverpool FC for around six months in the latter part of the 2005/06 season before joining PSV. He came on as a substitute in the Reds epic 2005/06 FA Cup final win against West Ham United FC. Liverpool won 3-1 penalties after a 3-3 draw. • PSV defender Alcides and Tottenham's Ricardo Rocha played together at Benfica before moving on to their respective clubs. The pair won the Liga title together in 2004/05. • During a brief loan spell at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2005/06 PSV forward Danko Lazović – then contracted to Feyenoord – played alongside Tottenham's Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov. • Tottenham's Kevin-Prince Boateng, Jermaine Jenas and Jamie O'Hara are all within a booking of a one-match suspension. The same goes for PSV's Dirk Marcellis and Danko Lazović. • PSV beat Helsingborgs IF 4-1 on aggregate in the Round of 32 after moving into the competition with a third-placed finish in their UEFA Champions League group. Tottenham finished second in UEFA Cup Group G and then beat SK Slavia Praha 3-2 on aggregate in the first knockout round. • The second leg will be played in Eindhoven on 12 March. The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the UEFA Cup will be held at UEFA HQ in Nyon on 14 March at 12.00CET. Last updated 04.03.2008 16:12:44CET Match background 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC - PSV Thursday 6 March 2008 - 20.05 CET (20.05 local time) Eindhoven MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London Squad list Tottenham Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Paul Robinson ENG 15.10.1979 28 - - - - - 5 - 20 - 26 - 12 Radek Černý CZE 18.02.1974 34 - - - - - 3 - 36 - 48 - 48 Tommy Forecast ENG 15.10.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 52 David Button ENG 27.02.1989 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Pascal Chimbonda FRA 21.02.1979 29 - - - - - 7 - 17 - 17 - 3 Lee Young-Pyo KOR 23.04.1977 30 - - - - - 5 - 15 - 35 - 5 Youness Kaboul FRA 04.01.1986 22 - - - - - 3 1 10 1 14 1 16 Gareth Bale WAL 16.07.1989 18 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 20 Michael Dawson ENG 18.11.1983 24 - - - - - 6 1 16 1 16 1 26 Ledley King ENG 12.10.1980 27 - - - - - - - 6 - 6 - 32 Benoît Assou-Ekotto FRA 24.03.1984 23 - - - - - 1 - 13 - 20 - 33 Ricardo Rocha POR 03.10.1978 29 - - - - - - - 12 - 32 - 39 Jonathan Woodgate ENG 22.01.1980 28 - - - - - 2 - 22 - 32 1 53 Chris Riley ENG 02.02.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Mills Leigh ENG 08.02.1988 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Troy Archibald-Henville ENG 04.10.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Cian Hughton ENG 25.01.1989 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Takura Mtandari ENG 11.10.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 4 Didier Zokora CIV 14.12.1980 27 - - - - - 8 - 21 1 32 1 6 Teemu Tainio FIN 27.11.1979 28 - - - - - 3 - 27 2 43 2 8 Jermaine Jenas ENG 18.02.1983 25 * - - - - 5 - 32 2 43 2 11 Gilberto BRA 25.04.1976 31 - - - - - - - 6 - 8 - 15 Steed Malbranque FRA 06.01.1980 28 - - - - - 8 1 28 6 48 8 17 Kevin-Prince Boateng GER 06.03.1987 20 * - - - - 3 - 9 1 10 1 22 Tom Huddlestone ENG 28.12.1986 21 - - - - - 7 - 13 - 13 - 24 Jamie O'Hara ENG 25.09.1986 21 * - - - - 2 1 2 1 2 1 25 Aaron Lennon ENG 16.04.1987 20 - - - - - 7 - 15 1 15 1 46 Jacques Maghoma ENG 23.10.1987 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 47 Jake Livermore ENG 14.11.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 51 Kieran McKenna NIR 14.05.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Jamie Davis ENG 25.10.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 56 Joseph Martin ENG 29.11.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 60 Daniel Hutchins ENG 04.12.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 61 David Hutton ENG 04.12.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 62 Kyle Fraser-Allen ENG 12.02.1990 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Dimitar Berbatov BUL 30.01.1981 27 - - - - - 6 4 20 11 51 27 10 Robbie Keane IRL 08.07.1980 27 - - - - - 8 4 26 13 28 13 19 Adel Taarabt FRA 24.05.1989 18 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 23 Darren Bent ENG 06.02.1984 24 - - - - - 7 2 11 3 12 3 36 Simon Dawkins ENG 01.12.1987 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 40 Tomáš Pekhart CZE 26.05.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - Juande Ramos ESP 25.09.1954 53 - - - 5 - 5 - 45 - 54 - Last updated 04.03.2008 16:12:47CET Squad list 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - PSV Thursday 6 March 2008 - 20.05 CET (20.05 local time) Eindhoven MATCH PRESS KIT White Hart Lane, London PSV Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No Player Nat.