KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo La Coruña MATCH PRESS KIT Miejski, Poznan Thursday 4 December 2008 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group H - Matchday 4 Contents 1 - Match background 6 - Competition facts 2 - Squad list 7 - Team facts 3 - Match officials 8 - Competition information 4 - Domestic information 9 - Legend 5 - Match-by-match lineups This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Cup 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 Match background KKS Lech Poznań know that defeat at home against RC Deportivo La Coruña will quite likely mean the end of their UEFA Cup campaign, and will be determined to continue their fine goalscoring form at the Miejski Stadium on Matchday 4. • Lech lost 2-1 at PFC CSKA Moskva on 27 November, a result that confirmed the Russian side's passage to the last 32. They visit Feyenoord in the last set of group-stage fixtures, and would dearly love to do so with a few more points on the board. • Deportivo beat the Rotterdam side 3-0 on Matchday 3 to dispel the memories of their opening loss by the same margin at CSKA. Should they beat Lech, they will be sure of a place in the last 16. • Lech have never come up against Deportivo in either of their previous incarnations. • The Polish side were previously known as KS Amica Wronki, but they changed their name and moved to Poznan in May 2006, with the club that had been playing as Lech Poznań being dissolved. • The original Lech played four games against Spanish sides, with their record reading W1 D2 L1. Their home games ended in a win and a draw. • Amica also played Liga teams four times, but lost all four games, home and away. • Lech coach Franciszek Smuda last faced Spanish opposition in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League when his Wisła Kraków side lost 4-3 at home and 1-0 away against FC Barcelona in the third qualifying round. • His RTS Widzew Łódź outfit fared no better against Club Atlético de Madrid in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League group stage, losing 4-1 at home and 1-0 in Spain. • Smuda is thus looking to avoid defeat against Spanish opponents for the first time. • Deportivo coach Miguel Ángel Lotina is awaiting his first competitive game against a Polish side. • Lech are unbeaten in four home games in Europe this season, and have been on impressive goalscoring form at the Miejski Stadium, scoring 16 times in the course of those matches. • Deportivo have lost their last two UEFA Cup away games without scoring a goal. • Lech's Manuel Arboleda, Sławomir Peszko and Zlatko Tanevski are all within a booking of a one-match ban along with Deportivo's Andres Guardado and Alberto Lopo. Last updated 02.12.2008 11:11:42CET www.uefa.com Match background 1 KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo LaThursday 4 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Coruña MATCH PRESS KIT Miejski, Poznan • AS Nancy-Lorraine play CSKA in Thursday's other Group H game. Feyenoord are the only side in the section not in action on Matchday 4. • The draw for the UEFA Cup Round of 32 and Round of 16 will be held at UEFA Headquarters in Nyon on Friday 19 December at 13.00CET. Group winners will be paired with third-placed sides from other UEFA Cup sections, while second-placed finishers will be drawn against one of the eight clubs who finished third in the UEFA Champions League groups. The UEFA Cup group winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. Last updated 02.12.2008 11:11:42CET www.uefa.com Match background 2 KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo LaThursday 4 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Coruña MATCH PRESS KIT Miejski, Poznan Squad list Lech Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 27 Krzysztof Kotorowski POL 12.09.1976 32 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 5 - 30 Paweł Linka POL 26.06.1986 22 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 31 Ivan Turina CRO 03.10.1980 28 - - - - - 2 - 7 - 12 - Defenders 3 Ivan Djurdjević SRB 05.02.1977 31 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 Dawid Kucharski POL 19.11.1984 24 - - - - - 1 - 9 - 13 - 5 Manuel Arboleda COL 02.08.1979 29 * - - - - 4 - 4 - 7 - 18 Zlatko Tanevski MKD 03.08.1983 25 * - - - - 3 - 5 - 14 - 19 Bartosz Bosacki POL 20.12.1975 32 - - - - - 2 - 8 1 14 1 22 Grzegorz Wojtkowiak POL 26.01.1984 24 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 7 - 25 Luis Henriquez PAN 23.11.1981 27 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Tomasz Bandrowski POL 18.09.1984 24 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 7 Jakub Wilk POL 11.07.1985 23 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 5 - 14 Semir Stilić BIH 08.10.1987 21 - - - - - 4 2 4 2 4 3 16 Rafał Murawski POL 09.10.1981 27 - - - - - 3 1 3 1 5 2 21 Dimitrije Injac SRB 12.08.1980 28 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 4 2 23 Marcin Kikut POL 25.06.1983 25 - - - - - - - 4 - 7 - Forwards 8 Robert Lewandowski POL 21.08.1988 20 - - - - - 4 1 4 1 4 4 9 Piotr Reiss POL 20.06.1972 36 - - - - - 1 - 2 1 8 2 11 Hernán Rengifo PER 18.04.1983 25 - - - - - 4 2 4 2 4 3 17 Sławomir Peszko POL 19.02.1985 23 * - - - - 4 2 4 2 6 3 Coach - Franciszek Smuda POL 22.06.1948 60 - - - - - 4 - 16 - 48 - Last updated 02.12.2008 11:11:43CET www.uefa.com Squad list 1 KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo LaThursday 4 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Coruña MATCH PRESS KIT Miejski, Poznan Deportivo Current season All-time UIC UCL UCUP UCUP UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Daniel Aranzubia ESP 18.09.1979 29 - - - - - 4 - 8 - 10 - Defenders 2 García Manuel Pablo ESP 25.01.1976 32 - 2 - - - 2 - 8 - 49 - 3 Filipe BRA 09.08.1985 23 - 2 - - - 4 - 4 - 8 - 4 Alberto Lopo ESP 05.05.1980 28 * 2 - - - 4 1 11 1 15 1 5 Zé Castro POR 13.01.1983 25 - 1 - - - 1 - 4 - 8 - 15 Laure ESP 22.03.1985 23 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - 18 Guardado Andres MEX 28.09.1986 22 * - - - - 4 1 4 1 6 1 19 Diego Colotto ITA 10.03.1981 27 - - - - - 3 2 3 2 3 2 Midfielders 6 Julian De Guzman CAN 25.03.1981 27 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 7 - 8 González Sergio ESP 10.11.1976 32 - 1 - - - 4 - 10 2 59 5 10 Joan Verdú ESP 05.05.1983 25 - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 1 16 Antonio Tomás ESP 19.01.1985 23 - 1 - - - 3 - 3 - 5 - 21 Juan Carlos Valerón ESP 17.06.1975 33 - 2 1 - - 4 - 15 - 73 6 22 Juan Rodríguez ESP 01.04.1982 26 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 6 - Forwards 9 Omar Bravo MEX 04.03.1980 28 - 1 - - - 4 - 4 - 6 - 11 Riki ESP 11.08.1980 28 - 2 1 - - 1 - 1 - 5 2 12 Mista ESP 12.11.1978 30 - 1 - - - 3 - 3 - 5 - 14 Pablo Álvarez ESP 21.03.1986 22 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 17 Lafita Angel ESP 07.08.1984 24 - 2 1 - - 3 - 3 - 5 1 20 Cristian ESP 21.09.1983 25 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 23 Rodolfo Bodipo EQG 25.10.1977 31 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - Coach - Miguel Ángel Lotina ESP 18.06.1957 51 - 2 - - - 3 - 14 - 23 - Last updated 02.12.2008 11:11:43CET www.uefa.com Squad list 2 KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo LaThursday 4 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Coruña MATCH PRESS KIT Miejski, Poznan Match officials Referee Craig Thomson (SCO) Assistant referees Martin Cryans (SCO), Tom Hugh Murphy (SCO) Fourth official Stevie O'reilly (SCO) UEFA Delegate Arie Wolf (ISR) UEFA Referee observer Eugen Strigel (GER) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 13.12.2006 UCUP GS US Città di Palermo - RC Celta de Vigo 1-1 Palermo Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 31.03.2003 QR2 Spain - Israel 2-0 Ales 24.07.2004 UIC R3 FC Spartak Moskva - Villarreal CF 2-2 Moscow 05.09.2006 U21 QR Portugal - Poland 2-0 Vila Nova de Gaia (Porto) 02.06.2007 EURO QR Latvia - Spain 0-2 Riga 24.10.2007 UCL GS Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF 2-0 Trondheim 06.09.2008 WC QR Spain - Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 Murcia Last updated 02.12.2008 11:11:44CET www.uefa.com Match officials 1 KKS Lech Poznań - RC Deportivo LaThursday 4 December 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) Coruña MATCH PRESS KIT Miejski, Poznan Domestic information KKS Lech Poznań (Ekstraklasa) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 08/08/08 GKS Bełchatów (H) 2-3 Rengifo 45, Lewandowski 67 League 17/08/08 Jagiellonia Białystok (A) 3-0 Arboleda 25, Stilić 39(pen), Own goal 81 League 23/08/08 Górnik Zabrze (H) 3-0 Lewandowski 10, Bosacki 58, Murawski 68 League 31/08/08 Arka Gdynia (A) 1-2 Lewandowski 23 League 14/09/08 Wisla Kraków (A) 4-1 Murawski 5, Lewandowski 8, 58, Bandrowski 40 League 21/09/08 GKS Piast Gliwice (H) 1-0 Tanevski 14 League 28/09/08 ŁKS Łódź (A) 3-0 Murawski 16, Rengifo 40, Reiss 80 League 05/10/08 Legia Warszawa (H) 0-0 League 19/10/08 Clearex Chorzów (A) 0-2 League 25/10/08 Slask Wroclaw (H) 1-1 Lewandowski 6 League 31/10/08 MKS Odra Wodzisław 3-1 Wilk 26, Stilić 49, Lewandowski 53 Śląski (H) League 09/11/08 KS Lechia Gdansk (A) 3-0 Lewandowski 45, Stilić 54, 73 League 12/11/08 KS Polonia Bytom (A) 1-1 Wilk 90 League 16/11/08 KSP Polonia Warszawa 2-0 Rengifo 5, 6 (H) League 22/11/08 MKS Cracovia Kraków (A)1-0 Djurdjević 82 League 30/11/08 MKS Odra Wodzisław 1-0 Stilić 22 Śląski (A) League 07/12/08 KS Polonia Bytom (H) Pos.