UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Štadión Pasienky - Bratislava Thursday 27 November 2014 19.00CET (19.00 local time) ŠK Slovan Bratislava Group I - Matchday 5 BSC Young Boys Last updated 09/06/2015 17:50CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - BSC Young Boys Thursday 27 November 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Lecjaks 5, Steffen 29, BSC Young Boys - ŠK Slovan 18/09/2014 GS 5-0 Berne Nuzzolo 63, Nikci 80, Bratislava Hoarau 90+2 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ŠK Slovan Bratislava 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 BSC Young Boys 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Grasshopper Club - ŠK Slovan 4-0 Gren 16, 115 ET, Egli 26/09/1989 R1 Zurich Bratislava agg 4-3 (aet) 60, Strudal 84 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - Timko 35, Vankovic 12/09/1989 R1 3-0 Bratislava Grasshopper Club 54 (P), Juriga 87 (P) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers ŠK Slovan Bratislava - FC 1-0 28/11/1962 R2 Bratislava Moravčík 86 Lausanne-Sport agg: 2-1 FC Lausanne-Sport - ŠK Slovan 14/11/1962 R2 1-1 Lausanne Hosp 40; Moravčík 52 Bratislava European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Grasshopper Club - ŠK Slovan 2-0 Vukosavljevic 75, 12/12/1956 R1 Munich Bratislava agg: 2-1 Duret 89 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - 24/10/1956 R1 1-0 Bratislava Moravčík 20 Grasshopper Club BSC Young Boys - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Zuffi 64, Weber 67, BSC Young Boys - DAC 1904 3-1 30/09/1987 R1 Berne Maissen 88; Majoros Dunajská Streda agg: 4-3 78 DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda - Mičinec 9, Kaspar 37; 16/09/1987 R1 2-1 Dunajska Streda BSC Young Boys Zuffi 22 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA ŠK Slovan Bratislava 3 3 0 0 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 3 6 12 BSC Young Boys 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 9 3 2 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - BSC Young Boys Thursday 27 November 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava Match background ŠK Slovan Bratislava are no longer able to qualify for the UEFA Europa League round of 32, but they could take BSC Young Boys down with them in the event of a Group I win. Form guide • Although they lost 5-0 at Young Boys on matchday one, Slovan have won all three of their previous home games against Swiss sides without conceding, while Young Boys lost their only previous match in Slovakia. • Slovan and FC Metalist Kharkiv are the only teams to have lost all four of their group stage games this season. Slovan have conceded more goals than any other club (14) and are the only side in the group stage yet to score. • Young Boys are without a win in three European away fixtures (D1 L2). Trivia and links • Slovan goalkeeper Dušan Perniš turns 30 the day after the Young Boys game. • Young Boys defender Scott Sutter can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance. • Slovan are the only Slovakian side to have won a major European trophy – the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1968/69 – and seven of their players featured in Czechoslovakia's victorious 1976 UEFA European Championship squad. • Slovan's only previous group stage campaign was in 2011/12, when they picked up just one point from six games. As for Young Boys, this is their third tilt at this group stage: they made it to the round of 32 in 2010/11 but narrowly missed out in 2012/13 despite picking up ten points. The coaches • Slovan's František Straka became the first coaching casualty of the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League when he was dismissed on 6 October, the Slovakian champions having won only once in their previous ten games. • Slovan's new coach is Jozef Chovanec. The former Czechoslovakia defender played over 300 games in three spells at AC Sparta Praha, representing PSV Eindhoven during a stint abroad as well. Chovanec has also coached Sparta on four separate occasions, and led the Czech national team from 1998 to 2001. • A one-time central defender, Young Boys coach Uli Forte is enjoying his first foray in Europe. Having moved into coaching as player-manager at FC Red Star Zürich, he took charge of FC Wil 1900, FC St Gallen and Grasshopper Club before taking command at Young Boys in 2013. 3 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - BSC Young Boys Thursday 27 November 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava Team facts ŠK Slovan Bratislava Formed: 1919 Nickname: Belasí (Sky blues) UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1969 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 20 (2014) Slovakian Cup: 18 (2013) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2012/13: second qualifying round 2011/12: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-1: Slovan v HPS Helsinki 19/10/63, European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Cwmbran Town FC v Slovan 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Slovan v AC Sparta Praha 23/10/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-3: Slovan v GNK Dinamo Zagreb 14/09/00, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Slovan 14/03/63, European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Slovan v FK Vojvodina 13/09/72, first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Cwmbran Town FC v Slovan (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Slovan v AC Sparta Praha (see above) 0-3: Slovan v GNK Dinamo Zagreb (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: BSC Young Boys v Slovan 18/09/14, group stage 5-0: AFC Ajax v Slovan 20/08/09, play-offs first leg BSC Young Boys Formed: 1898 Nickname: YB, Die Gelb-Schwarzen (Yellow and Blacks) 4 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - BSC Young Boys Thursday 27 November 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 11 (1986) Swiss Cup: 6 (1987) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: first round 2007/08: second qualifying round 2006/07: second qualifying round 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Young Boys v ŠK Slovan Bratislava 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: Limerick FC v Young Boys 31/08/60, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Young Boys v Hamburger SV 02/11/60, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Young Boys 03/10/79, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Young Boys v ŠK Slovan Bratislava (see above) • Biggest away win 0-3: FC Midtjylland v Young Boys 23/08/12, play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-5: Young Boys v Liverpool FC 20/09/12, group stage 0-2: Young Boys v FC Midtjylland 30/08/12, play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: RC Lens v Young Boys 30/08/07, second qualifying round second leg 5 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - BSC Young Boys Thursday 27 November 2014 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Štadión Pasienky, Bratislava Squad list ŠK Slovan Bratislava Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Dušan Perniš SVK 28/11/1984 29 - 6 - 4 - 16 - 8 - 36 - 22 Martin Poláček SVK 02/04/1990 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Milan Valašík SVK 10/07/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 31 Matúš Putnocký SVK 01/11/1984 30 - - - - - - - 2 - 16 - Defenders 2 Miloš Josimov SRB 27/09/1984 30 - - - - - 1 - - - 2 - 3 Branislav Niňaj SVK 17/05/1994 20 - 4 - 2 - 12 - 2 - 6 - 4 Erik Čikoš SVK 31/07/1988 26 - 6 1 4 - 10 1 4 - 19 1 14 Tomáš Jablonský CZE 21/06/1987 27 - 6 - 2 - 15 - 2 - 19 - 16 Nicolas Gorosito ARG 17/08/1988 26 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 3 - 11 - 18 Mamadou Bagayoko CIV 31/12/1989 24 - - - 2 - 6 - 7 - 22 - 21 Kristián Kolčák SVK 30/01/1990 24 - 2 - 4 - 11 2 6 - 14 - 25 Michal Sipľak SVK 02/02/1996 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 26 Dávid Hudák SVK 21/03/1993 21 - 6 - 2 - 10 - 2 - 8 - 28 Martin Vrablec SVK 13/01/1992 22 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Midfielders 8 Erik Grendel SVK 13/10/1988 26 - 6 - 4 - 11 - 9 - 29 - 10 Igor Žofčák SVK 10/04/1983 31 - 6 1 4 - 12 - 17 - 44 2 11 Marko Milinković SRB 16/04/1988 26 - 5 2 3 - 11 2 8 - 26 3 12 Karol Mészáros SVK 25/07/1993 21 - 2 1 1 - 10 1