Media Release Route de Genève 46 Case postale Communiqué aux médias CH-1260 Nyon 2 Union des associations Tel. +41 22 994 45 59 européennes de football Medien-Mitteilung Fax +41 22 994 37 37 uefa.com [email protected] Date: 08/04/2002 No. 57 - 2002 UEFA Cup to arrive in Rotterdam on Friday Trophy to be handed back by Liverpool FC at City Hall and displayed till May 8 final On Friday 12 April the UEFA Cup will arrive in Rotterdam and will be put on display to the public until the UEFA Cup final, which is to be played at Stadion Feijenoord, more popularly known as De Kuip, on Wednesday 8 May. The occasion will be marked by a special event at the City Hall in Rotterdam, starting at 13.00, with the official handover ceremony scheduled to start at 13.30 in the Burgerzaal. The UEFA Cup will be handed back to UEFA by Liverpool FC, winners of last season’s thrilling and dramatic final at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund. The English club will be represented by Chief Executive Rick Parry and manager Gérard Houllier. Once the trophy has been returned to UEFA, it will immediately be handed over to the Lord Mayor of Rotterdam, Ivo Opstelten, for safe keeping until the final. Although De Kuip has been the scenario for some memorable finals – the last one having been the EURO 2000 final between Italy and France – this is only the second time that the UEFA Cup will have been presented to the winning team in the stadium. The previous occasion was the final played on 29 May 1974 when, after a 2-2 draw in the first leg played at White Hart Lane in London, Feyenoord beat Tottenham Hotspur FC 2-0 at De Kuip to take the title. Wiel Coerver, the head coach of the Feyenoord team at the time, used 17 players during the 12 UEFA Cup matches played during the 1973/74 campaign. Sadly, Yugoslav midfielder Mladen Ramljak has since died, but UEFA has invited the other players to re-unite at the City Hall and attend the Cup Handover Ceremony, along with Mathieu Sprengers who will be playing a dual role as president of the Dutch national association and treasurer of UEFA. Direct telephone line to the UEFA Media Services: ++41 22 99 44 55 9 Feyenoord 1973/74 Wiel Coerver, the head coach, used 17 players in Feyenoord’s 12 matches during the successful 1973-74 UEFA Cup campaign: Date of Birth Matches/ Goals Nationality Eddy Treytel 28.05.1946 11 Wim Rijsbergen 18.01.1952 12 1 Joop van Daele 14.08.1947 12 Rinus Israël 19.03.1942 5 Harry Vos 04.09.1946 10 Lex Schoenmaker 23.08.1947 11 9 Mladen Ramljak 01.07.1945 5 Yugoslav Wim Jansen 28.10.1946 12 Peter Ressel 04.12.1945 11 2 Theo de Jong 11.08.1947 12 4 Wim van Hanegem 20.02.1944 10 4 Jørgen Kristensen 12.12.1946 11 2 Danish Jan Boskamp 12.10.1948 9 Henk Wery 10.06.1943 8 1 Jan Everse 05.01.1954 2 Dirk Schneider 21.03.1948 4 Gerard Reitsma 28.12.1948 1 Wiel Coerver 03.12.1924.