UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Malmö New Stadium - Malmo Tuesday 4 November 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Malmö FF Group A - Matchday 4 Club Atlético de Madrid Last updated 28/08/2015 23:22CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 5 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 15 Group Standings 17 Competition facts 19 Team facts 20 Legend 22 1 Malmö FF - Club Atlético de Madrid Tuesday 4 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Koke 48, Mandžukić Club Atlético de Madrid - Malmö 22/10/2014 GS 5-0 Madrid 61, Griezmann 63, FF Godín 87, Cerci 90+3 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Aragonés 14, Jorge Club Atlético de Madrid - Malmö 3-1 12/10/1966 R1 Madrid Mendonça 57, Urtiaga FF agg: 5-1 66; Svahn 19 Malmö FF - Club Atlético de Cardona 43, 28/09/1966 R1 0-2 Malmo Madrid Aragonés 45 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Malmö FF 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 10 Club Atlético de Madrid 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 10 1 Malmö FF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Malmö FF have not played against a club from their opponents' country Club Atlético de Madrid - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Club Atlético de Madrid have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 Malmö FF - Club Atlético de Madrid Tuesday 4 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Match background Malmö FF will look to make amends for their 5-0 defeat at Club Atlético de Madrid when the teams meet again in Sweden on matchday four. • Group A leaders Atlético would move six points clear of their hosts with victory at Malmö New Stadium. Conversely, Malmö – whose loss in Madrid was their biggest European defeat in 44 years – would climb back level on points with Atlético should they win the game. Previous meetings • Luis Aragonés scored in both legs when Atlético defeated Malmö 5-1 on aggregate in the first round of the 1966/67 European Champion Clubs' Cup, winning 2-0 away then 3-1 in Spain. • That remains the only time either club had faced opponents from the other country before this season. Match background Malmö FF • Åge Hareide's side have won their last three European home fixtures, including the 2-0 victory over Olympiacos FC on matchday two. • Qualifiers included, they have not conceded a goal at home in 360 minutes in this season's UEFA Champions League – a run including the qualifying round games against FK Ventspils (0-0), AC Sparta Praha (2-0) and FC Salzburg (3-0). • Overall, the Swedish champions are unbeaten at home in eight games in UEFA competition, having kept a clean sheet in each of them. • Malmö are Sweden's first group stage representatives since Helsingborgs IF in 2000/01. Club Atlético de Madrid • In putting five goals past Malmö, Atlético recorded their biggest European victory since beating NK Maribor 6-1 at home in the 1992/93 European Cup Winners' Cup first round. • Atlético are looking for their first away points in Group A after losing their first match on the road 3-2 at Olympiacos on matchday one. • They were unbeaten in all six UEFA Champions League away games in 2013/14, when they won at FC Porto, FK Austria Wien, AC Milan and Chelsea FC. Coach and player links • Diego Simeone was an unused substitute as Argentina were eliminated from the 2002 FIFA World Cup by a 1-1 group stage draw with Sweden. • As Helsingborg coach, Hareide lost twice to Levante UD (0-1a, 1-3h) in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League group stage. With Rosenborg BK in 2003/04, he suffered a UEFA Champions League third qualifying round defeat by RC Deportivo La Coruña (0-0h, 0-1a) • Markus Rosenberg spent 2010/11 with Real Racing Club and faced Atlético twice, drawing 0-0 away then hitting the winner in a 2-1 home success on 10 May 2011. • In the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League, Rosenberg scored in SV Werder Bremen's 3-2 group stage win over Real Madrid CF, having earlier lost 2-1 in Spain. In 2009/10 he helped Bremen beat Athletic Club twice (3-1h, 3-0a) in the UEFA Europa League group stage – scoring in Bilbao – before the German side lost to Valencia CF in the last 16. • Arda Turan's Galatasaray AŞ lost against Helsingborg in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage (2-3h), but Arda was in the Turkey team that beat Sweden 2-1 in a friendly in March this year. • Markus Halsti played against Mario Suárez and Koke in Finland's 2-0 home loss to Spain in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier in September 2013. Halsti had also appeared as a late substitute in Finland's 1-1 draw in Gijon. • Ricardinho and Miranda came through the youth ranks together at Coritiba together. • Antonio Durán coached Malmö to four Allsvenskan titles between 1965 and 1971. The Spaniard had won two leagues as an Atlético player between 1948 and 1952. Match facts Malmö • Malmö ended the Allsvenskan season with a 2-1 defeat at Åtvidabergs FF on Saturday. Anton Tinnerholm opened the scoring against the club he left in July. 3 Malmö FF - Club Atlético de Madrid Tuesday 4 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo • Malmö finished six points clear of second-placed IFK Göteborg with the record: P30 W18 D8 L4. • As 2014 Allsvenskan champions, Malmö were presented with the Lennart Johansson trophy after their 2-0 home win against IF Brommapojkarna on 27 October. • The Blues clinched the Swedish championship with three rounds to spare, a 3-2 victory over AIK Solna on 5 October ensuring they became the first team since 2003 to successfully defend the title. • Malmö scored in all 15 of their home league games in 2014. The only visiting teams to have kept a clean sheet at Malmö New Stadium this year are Ventspils (16 July, 0-0) and Helsingborgs IF (1 May, 0-2, Swedish Cup). • Magnus Eriksson was the only player to feature in all of Malmö's league matches this season. • Goalkeeper Robin Olsen, defender Filip Helander, midfielder Emil Forsberg and forward Rosenberg have been nominated in their respective positions for the annual Swedish football awards. Atlético • Mario Mandžukić's first-half goal secured Atlético a 1-0 success at Getafe CF on 26 October. • Mandžukić was on target again on Saturday as the Colchoneros won for the seventh time in eight games, 4-2 at home against Córdoba CF. • Simeone's team have 23 points from ten matches this season, four points less than they had at the same stage a year ago. • Tiago (bruised thigh) and Cristian Ansaldi (hamstring), who was an unused substitute at the weekend, have sat out Atletico's last three fixtures. • Simeone received the coach of the year accolade on 27 October at the annual LFP (Liga de Fútbol Profesional) awards ceremony. The 44-year-old has been nominated for the FIFA World Coach of the Year for Men's Football, with the three-strong shortlist to be announced on 1 December and the winner on 12 January. • Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois, instrumental in Atlético's Liga title success last season, are among 23 players in the running for the FIFA Ballon d'Or. 4 Malmö FF - Club Atlético de Madrid Tuesday 4 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Squad list Malmö FF Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 16 Sixten Mohlin SWE 17/01/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - 25 Robin Olsen DEN 08/01/1990 24 6 - 3 - 29 - 3 - 9 - 27 Zlatan Azinovic SWE 31/01/1988 26 - - - - 2 - - - 1 - Defenders 2 Matias Concha SWE 31/03/1980 34 3 - - - 8 - - - 15 - 3 Anton Tinnerholm SWE 26/02/1991 23 4 - 3 - 14 1 3 - 7 - 4 Filip Helander SWE 22/04/1993 21 4 - 3 - 28 1 3 - 9 - 18 Johan Hammar SWE 22/02/1994 20 3 - - - 7 - - - 3 - 20 Ricardinho BRA 09/09/1984 30 5 - 2 - 23 - 2 - 23 - 21 Erik Johansson SWE 30/12/1988 25 5 - 3 - 25 - 3 - 13 - 32 Pa Konate SWE 25/04/1994 20 1 - 2 - - - 2 - 3 - 34 Alexander Blomqvist SWE 03/08/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Markus Halsti FIN 19/03/1984 30 6 - 3 - 26 1 3 - 29 2 7 Magnus Eriksson SWE 08/04/1990 24 5 1 3 - 30 5 3 - 14 3 8 Enock Adu GHA 14/09/1990 24 4 - 3 - 15 - 9 - 16 - 11 Simon Thern SWE 18/09/1992 22 - - 1 - 14 2 1 - 10 - 14 Simon Kroon SWE 16/06/1993 21 5 - 2 - 19 - 2 - 11 2 15 Pawel Cibicki SWE 09/01/1994 20 4 - 1 - 21 3 1 - 9 - 22 Amin Nazari SWE 26/04/1993 21 3 - - - 10 - - - 4 - 31 Erdal Rakip SWE 19/02/1996 18 1 - 2 - 15 - 2 - 4 - 33 Emil Forsberg SWE 23/10/1991 23 6 2 3 - 29 14 3 - 15 4 35 Piotr Johansson SWE 28/02/1995 19 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - Forwards 9 Markus Rosenberg SWE 27/09/1982 32 6 4 3 2 28 15 21 5 55 17 24 Isaac Kiese Thelin SWE 24/06/1992 22 6 2 3 - 14 5 3 - 9 2 26 Agon Mehmeti SWE 20/11/1989 24 3 - 1 - 10 2 1 - 15 1 Coach - Åge Hareide NOR 23/09/1953 61 6 - 3 - - - 3 - 55 - 5 Malmö FF - Club Atlético de Madrid Tuesday 4 November 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Malmö New Stadium, Malmo Club Atlético de Madrid Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.