UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC FC Rapid Bucureşti Group C - Matchday 1 Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Thursday 15 September 2011 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................10 Match officials..................................................................................................................12 Legend............................................................................................................................13 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa 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 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/06 GS Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti 2-2 Tel Aviv Ogbona 10, Badier 32; V Moldovan 14, Buga 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 FC Rapid Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None FC Rapid Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Last updated 13/09/11 14:38:27CET 2 Previous meetings Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Match background Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC and FC Rapid Bucureşti meet again in their UEFA Europa League Group C opener, with both sides looking to improve on a draw when they first met back in 2006. Previous meetings • Răzvan Lucescu's Rapid twice pegged back Itzhak Shum's Hapoel when the teams drew 2-2 in their only previous meeting, a 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage game at Bloomfield Stadium. • The teams for that match on 2 November 2006 were: Hapoel: Elimelech, Dego (Chen 46), Abukasis (Abutbul 72), Badir, Barda, Bondarv, Toama, De Bruno, Antebi, Ogbonna (Vermouth 76), Páez. Rapid: Coman, Rada, Zicu (Mazilu 57), Bădoi, Artavazd Karamyan (Griffiths 68), Lazăr, Măldărăşanu (Grigore 85), Săpunaru, Maftei, Buga, Moldovan. • It was the clubs' only game to date against a side from their opponents' home country. • Hapoel went on to qualify for the round of 32 with five points, but four draws in the section meant Rapid missed out. Match background • Hapoel have won both of their European home games this season 4-0, and have lost only one of their last 14 matches at Bloomfield Stadium, 3-1 against Olympique Lyonnais in last season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Their record over the course of those fixtures reads W8 D5 L1. • Since their last UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League loss at Bloomfield Stadium (2-1 against AS Saint-Étienne on 18 September 2009), Hapoel have recorded five wins and three draws at home in the competition. They have not conceded at home in four UEFA Europa League games. • Back in Europe after a two-season absence, Rapid had not won in four away games (or scored a goal in three) when they beat WKS Śląsk Wrocław in this season's UEFA Europa League play-offs. Team facts • At 66, Hapoel coach Dror Kashtan is one of the most respected figures in Israeli football. The former defensive midfielder coached Israel from 2006 to 2010 and took Beitar Jerusalem FC and Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv into Europe, as well as Hapoel, whom he has led in three previous spells. • Rapid coach Lucescu's father Mircea – now coach of FC Shakhtar Donetsk – led Romania in two friendly draws (0-0 at home and 1-1 away) against Israel in 1984. • Razvăn played in goal for a number of Romanian clubs, including Rapid, and briefly played in Italy for Crema Calcio in 1992/93, while his father was coaching Serie A side Brescia Calcio. In a previous spell as Rapid coach, he won two Romanian Cups and led them to the quarter-finals of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup and into the group stage once more the following season. He then coached Romania from 2009 to 2011. Last updated 13/09/11 14:38:27CET 3 Match background Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Team facts Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1927 Nickname: Ha'adumim (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2010) State Cup: 14 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: first round 2007/08: group stage 2006/07: round of 32 2005/06: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: first round 2002/03: second round 2001/02: quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v FK Željezničar 13/07/2010, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Kärnten v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 19/09/02, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Leeds United AFC (match played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence) 14/11/02, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Rangers FC v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22/02/07, UEFA Cup round of 32 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v SK Rapid Wien 22/10/09, group stage 4-0: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v FK Ekranas 25/08/11, play-offs second leg 4-0: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v FC Vaduz 28/07/11, third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Kärnten v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Leeds United AFC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Rangers FC v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (see above) Last updated 13/09/11 14:38:27CET 4 Team facts Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv FC Rapid Bucureşti Formed: 1923 Nickname: Feroviarii (Railroad Men) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2003) Romanian Cup: 13 (2007) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: first round 2007/08: first round 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: quarter-finals 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2002/03: first round 2001/02: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v FK Atlantas 23/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: UE Sant Julià v Rapid 14/07/05, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rapid v Paris Saint-Germain FC 25/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rapid 01/11/94, UEFA Cup second round second leg 5-0: Leeds United AFC v Rapid 07/03/73, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v FK Atlantas (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: UE Sant Julià v Rapid (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rapid v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rapid (see above for details) Last updated 13/09/11 14:38:27CET 5 Team facts Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti Thursday 15 September 2011 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv Squad list Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 22 Boris Kleyman ISR 26/10/90 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Édel Apoula ARM 17/06/86 25 - 4 - - - 3 - 12 - 28 - Defenders 3 Mário Pečalka SVK 28/12/80 30 - 2 - - - 1 - 5 - 27 - 4 Mor Shushan ISR 04/11/88 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 Bevan Fransman RSA 31/10/83 27 - 2 - - - 3 - 1 - 16 - 10 Walid Badier ISR 12/03/74 37 - 4 - - - 3 - 32 5 80 9 12 Omri Atia ISR 28/10/85 25 - - - - - - - - - - - 19 Dedi Ben-Dayan ISR 22/11/78 32 - 3 - - - 1 - 12 1 36 3 23 Omri Kende ISR 06/07/86 25 - 2 1 - - 1 - 5 - 18 1 25 Gal Shish ISR 28/01/89 22 - 1 - - - 2 - 4 - 10 - 29 Iyad Khutaba ISR 20/11/87 23 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 2 - Midfielders 7 Yossi Shivhon ISR 22/03/82 29 - 2 - - - - - - - 15 2 8 Abbas Mahmmoud ISR 29/07/88 23 - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - 11 Elroy Cohen ISR 07/01/89 22 - 4 2 - - 3 - - - 4 2 15 Salim Toama ISR 09/08/79 32 - 4 - - - 2 - 29 4 54 6 17 Mirko Oremuš CRO 06/09/88 23 - 1 - - - 1 - 5 - 13 - 18 Shay Abutbul ISR 16/01/83 28 - 4 - - - 3