UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS White Hart Lane - London Thursday 19 September 2013 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Tottenham Hotspur FC Group K - Matchday 1 Tromsø IL Last updated 15/10/2013 11:41CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Tromsø IL Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Tottenham Hotspur FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chivers 20, 31, 70, 6-0 27/09/1972 R1 Tottenham Hotspur FC - FK Lyn London Coates 52, 83, agg: 12-3 Pearce 57 Austnes 7, Christophersen 39, 13/09/1972 R1 FK Lyn - Tottenham Hotspur FC 3-6 Oslo 57; Peters 8, Pratt 24, Gilzean 37, 38, Chivers 82, 83 Tromsø IL - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Petrescu 12, 85, Vialli 7-1 24, 60, 75, Zola 43, 06/11/1997 R2 Chelsea FC - Tromsø IL London agg: 9-4 Leboeuf 54(P); Bjørn Johansen 39 Nilsen 6, Fermann 19, 23/10/1997 R2 Tromsø IL - Chelsea FC 3-2 Tromso Årst 81; Vialli 80, 85 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Tottenham Hotspur FC 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 12 3 Tromsø IL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 9 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Tromsø IL Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Match background Tottenham Hotspur FC have reason for confidence as they embark on their seventh UEFA group stage campaign, with their UEFA Europa League Group K visitors Tromsø IL having endured a miserable previous visit to London. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Tottenham's only experience of Norwegian opponents dates back 41 years to a two-legged UEFA Cup first round tie against FK Lyn. The then holders won 6-3 in Oslo and 6-0 at White Hart Lane, with England international Martin Chivers scoring a total of five goals in the tie. • Tromsø's experience of English opponents also amounts to a single tie. The club recorded a famous 3-2 victory at home against Chelsea FC in the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round – it might have been even better had Gianluca Vialli not scored twice for the Blues in the last ten minutes. The Italian then scored a hat-trick in the second leg as Chelsea won 7-1 – still Tromsø's heaviest defeat in Europe. Match background • This is Tottenham's sixth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaign, and they also competed in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League group stage, meaning that they have been competing in one group stage or another for seven of the last eight seasons; their only absence was in 2009/10. They have only once missed out on the knockout phase in those campaigns, in 2011/12. • Tottenham have only once lost their first home game of a group stage, 2-1 to Getafe CF in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup. They are unbeaten in their last seven continental ties at White Hart Lane (W5 D2) since a 2-1 loss to PAOK FC in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Tromsø reached the group stage of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup, but finished bottom of their section with a win and three defeats. • Tromsø, who started in the first qualifying round, have reached this stage despite losing their last three European away games without scoring. Beaten 3-2 by Beşiktaş JK in the play-offs, Tromsø were reinstated following the Turkish club's disqualification. • A Norwegian club has yet to win a game on English soil in UEFA competition in 18 attempts; two draws and 16 defeats. Team facts • Tottenham (1972, 1984) are one of five teams in the group stage who have won this trophy before along with Valencia CF (2004), Eintracht Frankfurt (1980), PSV Eindhoven (1978) and fellow two-time winners Sevilla FC (2006, 2007). • Tromsø defender Jaroslaw Fojut was a trainee at Bolton Wanderers FC from 2004 to 2009. He spent time out on loan at Luton Town FC and Stockport County FC before returning home to Poland. • Notable Norwegians who have played for Tottenham in the past include goalkeepers Espen Baardsen (1996-2000) and Erik Thorstvedt (1989-96), midfielder Øyvind Leonhardsen (1999-2002) and forward Steffen Iversen (1996-2003). • Former Tromsø goalkeeper Lars Hirschfeld was on Tottenham's books from 2002 to 2004 but never made a competitive appearance for the club. Coach information • The only coach in the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage to have won the competition in its current incarnation, André Villas-Boas learned his coaching craft under Sir Bobby Robson and José Mourinho. After a first solo venture at A. Académica de Coimbra, he led FC Porto to an extraordinary league, cup and UEFA Europa League treble in 2010/11. He fared less well at Chelsea FC, but regained his footing after joining Tottenham in July 2012. • Tromsø coach Agnar Christensen played a record 569 games for lower league Grovfjord IL before turning to coaching. He led nearby Medkila IL's women to a sensational Norwegian Cup triumph in 2003 and then took over as assistant coach at another side from the far north, Tromsø, before the 2006 season. He served under Ivar Morten Normark, Steinar Nilsen and Per-Mathias Høgmo in that role until he got the top job ahead of the 2013 campaign. 3 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Tromsø IL Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Team facts Tottenham Hotspur FC Formed: 1882 Nickname: Spurs UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League (2): 1972, (1974), 1984 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1963 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1961) FA Cup: 8 (1991) League Cup: 4 (2008) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: round of 16 2006/07: quarter-finals 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík 28/09/71, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United FC v Tottenham 14/09/83, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Tottenham v FC Luzern 25/06/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: 1. FC Köln v Tottenham 22/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 9-0: Tottenham v Keflavík (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: Drogheda United FC v Tottenham (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2 twice, most recently v PAOK FC 30/11/11, group stage 0-1 twice, most recently v PSV Eindhoven 06/03/08, round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1 (aet): FC Internazionale Milano v Tottenham 14/03/13, round of 16 second leg Tromsø IL Formed: 1920 Nickname: Gutan (The Lads) UEFA club competition honours 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Tromsø IL Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Norwegian Cup: 2 (1996) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: play-offs 2011/12: second qualifying round 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: group stage 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 10-0: Tromsø v HB Tórshavn 02/07/95, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Daugava v Tromsø 30/06/11, UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Tromsø v Paksi SE 21/07/11, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: Chelsea FC v Tromsø 06/11/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-1: Tromsø v FC Dinamo Minsk 23/07/09, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Daugava v Tromsø (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Tromsø v Paksi SE (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Tromsø 29/08/13, group stage 5 Tottenham Hotspur FC - Tromsø IL Thursday 19 September 2013 - 21.05CET, (20.05 local time) Match press kit White Hart Lane, London Squad list Tottenham Hotspur FC Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.