UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT ACF Fiorentina Debreceni VSC Artemio Franchi, Florence Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group E - Matchday 4 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................3 Squad list.......................................................................................................5 Head coach....................................................................................................7 Match officials................................................................................................8 Fixtures and results......................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................12 Competition facts..........................................................................................14 Team facts....................................................................................................15 Legend.........................................................................................................17 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html ACF Fiorentina - Debreceni VSC Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Artemio Franchi, Florence Match background Previous meetings UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/09 GS Debreceni VSC - ACF Fiorentina 3-4 Budapest Czvitkovics 2, Rudolf 28, Coulibaly 88; Mutu 6, 20, Gilardino 10, Santana 37 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 3 Debreceni VSC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 ACF Fiorentina - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/10/66 R1 Győri ETO FC - ACF Fiorentina 4-2 Budapest Stolcz 10, 59, Varsányi 37, Orbán 85; agg: 4-3 Bertini 20, De Sisti 31 28/09/66 R1 ACF Fiorentina - Győri ETO FC 1-0 Florence Chiarugi 62 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 11/04/62 SF Újpest FC - ACF Fiorentina 0-1 Budapest Bartu 56 agg: 0-3 21/03/62 SF ACF Fiorentina - Újpest FC 2-0 Florence Hamrin 6, 47 Debreceni VSC - record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ACF Fiorentina 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 10 7 Debreceni VSC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 ACF Fiorentina are looking for a third successive Group E win when they welcome a Debreceni VSC team who make a first trip to Italy knowing they must avoid defeat to prolong their first UEFA Champions League campaign. • Fiorentina's first experience of Hungarian opposition since 1966/67 was a positive one on Matchday 3, Adrian Mutu scoring twice as the Viola found the net four times in the first half in Budapest to run out 4-3 victors. The result leaves the Italian side with six points, three behind section leaders Olympique Lyonnais but three above Liverpool FC. • Péter Czvitkovics scored Debrecen's first group-stage goal in the first game between the sides, yet the Hungarian champions have now lost all three Group E games and cannot afford another reverse at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. Match background • While Debrecen had never met Italian opposition prior to this season, Fiorentina have faced Hungarian teams twice before, both in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the 1960s. • Fiorentina defeated Újpest FC both home and away in a 3-0 aggregate success in the 1961/62 semi-final – the first ever meeting between Italian and Hungarian teams in UEFA's club competitions. The holders failed to retain their trophy, however, losing to Club Atlético de Madrid in the final. • The Viola then beat Györi ETO FC 1-0 in Florence in the first round of the same competition in 1966/67. That first-leg lead disappeared when they succumbed 4-2 in the return in the Hungarian capital. • Fiorentina ended a five-game winless run at home in Europe with their 2-0 victory against Liverpool on Matchday 2. Last updated 02/11/09 20:16:41CET Match background 2 ACF Fiorentina - Debreceni VSC Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Artemio Franchi, Florence • Qualifiers included, Debrecen have recorded two wins and two defeats so far on their travels in this season's competition. • Hungarian sides have traditionally enjoyed little success in Italy down the years – recording two victories, four draws and 13 defeats on 19 previous visits. Team ties • Fiorentina coach Cesare Prandelli had his first taste of UEFA club competition against Hungarian opposition 30 years ago. As a 22-year-old with Juventus he made his European debut in a 2-0 home win against Györ in the 1979/80 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, appearing again in the 2-1 return loss in Hungary. It was the only time that Prandelli faced a team from Hungary during his playing career. • Fiorentina's Stevan Jovetić scored twice for Montenegro in a 3-3 friendly draw with Hungary at the Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest on 20 August 2008. Debrecen's Zoltán Szélesi, László Bodnár and Gergely Rudolf all played for Hungary. • Debrecen midfielder Tibor Dombi appeared as a substitute for Hungary in a 2-2 FIFA World Cup qualifying draw with Italy in Budapest in September 2000. Defender Bodnár featured in the return fixture in Parma in October 2001, which Italy won 1-0. • Bodnár has also played against Italian opposition in the UEFA Champions League before, featuring in the FC Dynamo Kyiv side defeated 2-1 at home by Juventus in the 2002/03 group stage. He was an unused substitute when Dynamo lost 5-0 at Juventus in that same campaign. Match facts Fiorentina UEFA milestones • Adrian Mutu's second goal on Matchday 3 was Fiorentina's 50th in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics • Marco Donadel's next yellow card will incur a one-match suspension. Latest domestic information • Sunday 1 November: ACF Fiorentina 3-1 Calcio Catania (Marchionni 4 69, Gilardino 86; Mascara 48) Frey; De Silvestri, Gamberini, Dainelli, Gobbi; Montolivo, Zanetti (Donadel 84); Marchionni (Comotto 80), Santana (Krøldrup 46), Vargas; Gilardino. • Cesare Prandelli replaced both full-backs who started the loss to Genoa CFC on 28 October, Lorenzo De Silvestri and Massimo Gobbi coming in for Gianluca Comotto and Manuel Pasqual. Marco Marchionni and Mario Santana were drafted in to support lone striker Alberto Gilardino, replacing injured pair Mutu and Stevan Jovetić. • The win – Fiorentina's first in five league matches – came despite Dario Dainelli's dismissal just before half-time. Having equalised, Catania were also reduced to ten men themselves on 59 minutes. • Prandelli became Fiorentina's longest-serving coach against Catania, his 204th game surpassing a mark set by Fulvio Bernardini – the man who led the Viola to their first Scudetto in 1956. Prandelli presided over a club record 100th win in all competitions as Fiorentina coach on 26 September when the Viola beat AS Livorno Calcio 1-0. • Alessandro Gamberini's appearance was his 200th in Serie A – 78 with Bologna FC, 122 for Fiorentina. • Prior to this season October had been the most profitable month for Prandelli as Fiorentina coach, the Viola earning 2.26 points per Serie A match compared to an average of 2.05. They mustered two points in four outings this time around. • Marchionni has never scored more than five goals in one Serie A season – which he did for Parma FC in 2003/04 – but he has now struck three in two games. His first goal for the Viola was ultimately in vain, however, as Fiorentina lost 2-1 at Genoa, a match in which José Ignacio Castillo made his debut as an 82nd-minute substitute. • It was Fiorentina's second successive Serie A loss having suffered their first home defeat of the season against SSC Napoli on 25 October, former Viola midfielder Christian Maggio scoring the only goal two minutes from time. • Maggio's goal ended Fiorentina's run of 593 minutes without conceding at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, since 26 August and João Moutinho's strike for Sporting Clube de Portugal in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. • Sébastien Frey has not missed a minute of the Viola's campaign. Last updated 02/11/09 20:16:41CET Match facts 3 ACF Fiorentina - Debreceni VSC Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Artemio Franchi, Florence • Jovetić has scored seven competitive goals this term for club and country, three more than he mustered in the whole of last season. • For the first time since 1960/61, Fiorentina kept clean sheets in their first four home Serie A games this season. Injury news • José Ignacio Castillo – out 29 July to 28 October (knee) • Cesare Natali – out since 27 October (thigh) • Martin Jørgensen – out since 28 October (gastroenteritis) • Adrian Mutu – out since 28 October (swollen knee) • Stevan Jovetić – out since 31 October (toe) • Jovetić missed the Catania match after injuring his toe in training. Miscellaneous • On 26 October Prandelli received the 'Giacinto Facchetti – Il Bello de Calcio' (the beauty of football) award, an accolade given by La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper to those who respect the game's ethos. • Viola supporters have written a song for Prandelli in which he is dubbed 'Il Mago di Orz' (the Wizard of Orz), a reference to his birthplace of Orzinuovi. • Fiorentina signed Savio Nsereko from West Ham United FC in August but the German Under-20 international – yet to make his debut – is not in their UEFA Champions League squad.