UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group G PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Todor BATKOV Founded: 1914 Date of Birth: 17.10.1958 Address: 47 Todorini Kukli Str, 1517 Sofia, Bulgaria Elected/Appointed: 26.07.2005 Telephone: +359 2847 7958 Website: levski.bg HEAD COACH: Ratko DOSTANIĆ Press Officer: Alexander Kasabov Team Captain: Georgi Petkov Date/Place of Birth: 25.10.1959 in Lucani, Serbia Nationality: SRB MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (26) FK Rad (1980-86), FC Bourges 1933, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1965, (1986-87), SM Caen (1987-88), Le 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1993, Mans UC 72 (1988-90), Rodez AF 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 (1990-92), Red Star 93 (1992-94), National Cup (26) SO Châtellerault (1994-95), EDS 1942, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1967, Montluçon (1995-96) 1970, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 Managerial/Coaching Career: EDS Montluçon (1995-96), FK Crvena Zvezda (assistant) (1999-2000), FK Obilić (2000-01), PFC Levski STADIUM: GEORGI ASPARUHOV Sofia (assistant) (2002-03), FK Smederevo (2003), PFC Slavia Sofia (2003-04), FK Crvena Zvezda (2004-05), Ground Capacity: 29,200 PFC Slavia Sofia (2006), OFK Beograd (2007), FK Opened: 1966 Bežanija (2007), Veria FC (2007), Dalian Shide FC Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m (2008), FK Vardar (2008), FK Srem (2008), PFC Levski Sofia (2009-) 66 PFC Levski Sofia | Group G PLAYERS No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Georgi PETKOV Goalkeeper 14.03.1976 BUL 185 2001 PFC Slavia Sofia 3 Zhivko MILANOV Defender 15.07.1984 BUL 177 2002 none 5 Youssef RABEH Defender 13.04.1985 MAR 185 2007 FAR Rabat 6 Rachid TIBERKANINE Midfielder 28.03.1985 BEL 172 2008 FC Moskva 7 Enyo KRASTOVCHEV Forward 07.02.1984 BUL 187 2008 PFC Marek Dupnitsa 8 Georgi SARMOV Midfielder 07.09.1985 BUL 180 2006 PFC Chernomorets Burgas 10 Hristo YOVOV Forward 04.11.1977 BUL 184 2009 Apollon Limassol FC 11 Elin TOPUZAKOV Defender 05.02.1977 BUL 180 2009 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 12 Bozhidar MITREV Goalkeeper 31.03.1987 BUL 184 2005 none 14 Veselin MINEV Defender 14.10.1980 BUL 178 2006 PFC Botev Plovdiv 15 Chakib BENZOUKANE Defender 07.08.1986 MAR 183 2007 KAC Marrakech 17 DENIRAN Ortega Forward 28.05.1986 BUL 178 2009 PFC Slavia Sofia 20 JOÃOZINHO Forward 25.12.1988 BRA 163 2007 Associação Portuguesa de Desportos 21 ZÉ SOARES Forward 27.07.1983 BRA 173 2007 Clube do Remo 22 Darko TASEVSKI Midfielder 20.05.1984 MKD 184 2007 FC Metallurh Zaporizhya 24 Nikolay DIMITROV Forward 15.10.1987 BUL 175 2004 none 25 Lucio WAGNER Defender 15.06.1976 BUL 180 2003 PFC Cherno More Varna 27 Cédric BARDON Midfielder 15.10.1976 FRA 177 2009 Anorthosis Famagusta FC 31 Tsvetan DIMITROV Goalkeeper 10.02.1987 BUL 186 2006 PFC Chavdar (loan) 45 Vladimir GADZHEV Midfielder 18.07.1987 BUL 182 2008 Panathinaikos FC 55 Yordan MILIEV Defender 05.10.1987 BUL 184 2009 PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 61 Ivaylo VASILEV Goalkeeper 15.01.1991 BUL 178 2009 none 70 Saša SIMONOVIĆ Midfielder 20.07.1975 BUL 173 2009 PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra 99 Georgi HRISTOV Forward 10.01.1985 BUL 183 2008 PFC Botev Plovdiv HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE 2008/09 MP W D L GF GA Winners of Bulgarian A PFG European Champion Clubs’ Cup 58 15 14 29 74 82 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 36 14 5 17 70 55 2009/10 UEFA Cup 76 28 18 30 104 103 UEFA Champions League UEFA Super Cup 0 0000 0 Second Qualifying Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0000 0 First leg, 15 July European/South American Cup 0 0000 0 PFC Levski Sofia – UE Sant Julià (AND) 4-0 Total 170 57 37 76 248 240 Second leg, 21 July UE Sant Julià (AND) – PFC Levski Sofia 0-5 Third Qualifying Round First leg, 28 July GROUP FIXTURES: Group G FK Bakı (AZE) – PFC Levski Sofia 0-0 Second leg, 5 August Matchday One: 17 September PFC Levski Sofia – FK Bakı (AZE) 2-0 Villarreal CF (ESP) – PFC Levski Sofia Play-off Round Matchday Two: 1 October First leg, 19 August PFC Levski Sofia – S.S. Lazio (ITA) PFC Levski Sofia – Debreceni VSC (HUN) 1-2 Matchday Three: 22 October Second leg, 25 August FC Salzburg (AUT) – PFC Levski Sofia Debreceni VSC (HUN) – PFC Levski Sofia 2-0 Matchday Four: 5 November PFC Levski Sofia – FC Salzburg (AUT) Matchday Five: 2 December PFC Levski Sofia – Villarreal CF (ESP) Matchday Six: 17 December S.S. Lazio (ITA) – PFC Levski Sofia 67 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group G S.S. Lazio (ITA) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Claudio LOTITO Founded: 1900 Date of Birth: 09.05.1957 Address: Via di Santa Cornelia 1000, 00060 Formello, Elected/Appointed: 19.07.2004 Roma, Italy Telephone: +39 0697 60 71 11 Website: sslazio.it HEAD COACH: Davide BALLARDINI Press Officer: Stefano De Martino Date/Place of Birth: 06.01.1964 Team Captain: Tommaso Rocchi in Ravenna, Italy Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (2) AC Cesena (1992-96) 1974, 2000 National Cup (5) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1958, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009 S.S. Sambenedettese Calcio (2004- UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) 05), Cagliari Calcio (2005), Pescara 1999 Calcio (2006), Cagliari Calcio (2007-08), US Città di UEFA Super Cup (1) Palermo (2008-09), S.S. Lazio (2009-) 1999 STADIUM: STADIO OLIMPICO Ground Capacity: 72,698 Opened: 1937 Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m 68 S.S. Lazio | Group G PLAYERS No. Name Position Date of Birth Nationality Height (cm) Joined Previous Club 1 Albano BIZZARRI Goalkeeper 09.11.1977 ARG 188 2009 Calcio Catania 2 Stephan LICHTSTEINER Defender 16.01.1984 SUI 183 2008 LOSC Lille Métropole 3 Lionel SCALONI Defender 16.05.1978 ARG 182 2007 RCD Mallorca (loan) 5 Stefano MAURI Midfielder 08.01.1980 ITA 184 2006 Udinese Calcio 6 Ousmane DABO Midfielder 08.02.1977 FRA 185 2008 Manchester City FC 7 ELISEU Midfielder 01.10.1983 POR 177 2009 Málaga CF 8 MATUZALÉM Forward 10.06.1980 BRA 175 2008 Real Zaragoza 9 Tommaso ROCCHI Forward 19.09.1977 ITA 177 2004 Empoli FC 10 Mauro ZÁRATE Forward 18.03.1987 ITA 176 2008 Al-Sadd SC 11 Aleksandar KOLAROV Defender 10.11.1985 SRB 187 2007 OFK Beograd 13 Sebastiano SIVIGLIA Defender 29.03.1973 ITA 182 2004 Parma FC 17 Pasquale FOGGIA Forward 03.06.1983 ITA 172 2006 Cagliari Calcio (loan) 18 Stephen MAKINWA Forward 26.07.1983 NGA 186 2006 AC Chievo Verona (loan) 23 Mourad MEGHNI Midfielder 16.04.1984 FRA 180 2007 Bologna FC 25 CRIBARI Defender 16.03.1980 BRA 185 2005 Udinese Calcio 26 Ştefan RADU Defender 22.10.1986 ROU 183 2008 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 32 Cristian BROCCHI Midfielder 30.01.1976 ITA 171 2008 AC Milan 33 Roberto BARONIO Midfielder 11.12.1977 ITA 180 2005 Brescia Calcio (loan) 40 Antony IANNARILLI Goalkeeper 18.12.1990 ITA 186 2009 none 41 Jacopo SCIAMANNA Forward 24.05.1990 ITA 181 2009 none 42 Federico SEVIERI Midfielder 19.03.1991 ITA 175 2009 none 74 Julio CRUZ Forward 10.10.1974 ARG 190 2009 FC Internazionale Milano 86 Fernando MUSLERA Goalkeeper 16.06.1986 AUT 190 2007 Montevideo Wanderers FC 87 Modibo DIAKITÉ Defender 02.03.1987 FRA 192 2006 Pescara Calcio 99 Riccardo PERPETUINI Midfielder 04.08.1990 ITA 173 2009 none HOW THEY QUALIFIED ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE 2008/09 MP W D L GF GA Winners of Italian Cup European Champion Clubs’ Cup 50 21 12 17 79 61 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 9 450167 2009/10 UEFA Cup/Europa League 63 33 13 17 95 68 UEFA Europa League UEFA Super Cup 1 1001 0 Play-off Round UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 121 55 First leg, 20 August European/South American Cup 0 000 00 S.S. Lazio – IF Elfsborg (SWE) 3-0 Total 127 60 32 35 196 141 Second leg, 27 August IF Elfsborg (SWE) – S.S. Lazio 1-0 GROUP FIXTURES: Group G Matchday One: 17 September S.S. Lazio – FC Salzburg (AUT) Matchday Two: 1 October PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) – S.S. Lazio Matchday Three: 22 October S.S. Lazio – Villarreal CF (ESP) Matchday Four: 5 November Villarreal CF (ESP) – S.S. Lazio Matchday Five: 2 December FC Salzburg (AUT) – S.S. Lazio Matchday Six: 17 December S.S. Lazio – PFC Levski Sofia (BUL) 69 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2009/10 | Group G FC Salzburg (AUT) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Rudolf THEIERL Founded: 1933 Date of Birth: 16.11.1949 Address: Stadionstrasse 2/3, 5071 Wals, Austria Elected/Appointed: 03.06.2005 Telephone: +43 662 43 33 32 Website: redbulls.com HEAD COACH: Huub STEVENS Press Officer: Thomas Blazek Team Captain: Eddie Gustafsson Date/Place of Birth: 29.11.1953 in Sittard, Netherlands Nationality: NED MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Fortuna Sittard (1970-75), PSV National Championship (5) Eindhoven (1975-86) 1994, 1995, 1997, 2007, 2009 Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1978), Dutch Championship (1976, 1978, 1986), Dutch Cup (1976) STADIUM: SALZBURG STADION International Caps/Goals – 18/1 for the Netherlands Ground Capacity: 31,895 Opened: 2003 Managerial/Coaching Career: Size of Pitch: 105m x 68m Roda JC (1993-96), FC Schalke 04 (1996-2002), Hertha BSC Berlin (2002-03), 1. FC Köln (2004-05), Roda JC (2005-07), Hamburger SV (2007-08), PSV Eindhoven (2008-09), FC Salzburg (2009-) Major Honours – UEFA Cup (1997), German Cup (2001, 2002) 70 FC Salzburg | Group G PLAYERS No.