UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Luzern Arena - Lucerne Thursday 19 October 2017 19.00CET (19.00 local time) FC Lugano Group G - Matchday 3 FC Viktoria Plzeň Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1 FC Lugano - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Luzern Arena, Lucerne Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Lugano - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 31/10/1995 R2 SK Slavia Praha - FC Lugano Prague Šmicer 61 agg: 3-1 Shalimov 84; Vágner 17/10/1995 R2 FC Lugano - SK Slavia Praha 1-2 Lugano 20, Penicka 25 FC Viktoria Plzeň - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Viktoria Plzeň have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Lugano 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 FC Viktoria Plzeň 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FC Lugano - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Luzern Arena, Lucerne Match background Lugano will look to avoid another 2-1 defeat in UEFA Europa League Group G against a Plzeň team who have not won on the road in Europe for some time. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time, and it is Plzeň's maiden encounter with Swiss opposition. • Lugano faced another Czech club, Slavia Praha, in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup second round; František Cipro's Slavia beat Roberto Morinini's team 2-1 in Lugano and then 1-0 in Prague. Form guide • Lugano have lost both of their Group G games by the same 2-1 scoreline. • Plzeň are without a win in 11 European away matches (D5 L6) • Third in Switzerland last term, Lugano – from the Italian-speaking Ticino canton – have been absent from UEFA competition since 2002/03 and have never before featured in a group stage. • Runners-up in last term's Czech First League, Viktoria Plzeň are contesting the UEFA Europa League group stage for a third straight season. They reached the last 16 in 2012/13 and 2013/14. Trivia and links • The journey from Plzen to Lugano is a little over 500km. • Plzeň have won all ten of their Czech league games this season; only Napoli – with eight wins from eight in Italy – have made a comparable positive start to a 2017/18 European top-division campaign. • Plzeň's Martin Zeman played in Switzerland with Sion (2015–16). The coaches • Pierluigi Tami took charge of Lugano for a second time in June 2017, the Italian-born defender having spent his entire professional career in Switzerland. Notably, he assisted Ottmar Hitzfeld during his spell as national coach. • After stints as Czech Republic and Anji coach, Pavel Vrba rejoined Plzeň this year, having earlier steered Viktoria to two championships between 2008 and 2013. Once a Baník Ostrava player and coach, he lifted the 2006/07 Slovak title as Žilina boss. 3 FC Lugano - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Luzern Arena, Lucerne Team facts FC Lugano Formed: 1908 Nickname: Bianconeri (Black-and-White) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (1949) Swiss Cup: 3 (1993) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Lugano v Neman Grodno 18/08/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-1: Internazionale v Lugano 26/09/95, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v Real Madrid 29/09/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0 three times, most recently v Ventspils 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Lugano v Jeunesse Esch 23/08/95, preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-1: Internazionale v Lugano (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Lugano v Legia Warszawa 15/09/71, first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Ventspils v Lugano (see above) FC Viktoria Plzeň Formed: 1911 Nickname: Viktorka UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 4 (2016) Domestic cup: 1 (2010) 4 FC Lugano - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Luzern Arena, Lucerne Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2010/11: third qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Plzeň v Ruch Chorzów 09/08/12, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: Pyunik v Plzeň 12/07/11, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Plzeň v Barcelona 01/11/11, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: Bayern München v Plzeň 29/09/71, European Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg 5-0: Bayern München v Plzeň 23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-0: Plzeň v Ruch Chorzów (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-3: Napoli v Plzeň 14/02/13, round of 32 first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Plzeň v Petrolul Ploieşti 07/08/14, third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1 twice, most recently v Roma 24/11/16, group stage 3-0 twice, most recently v FCSB 14/09/17, group stage 5 FC Lugano - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Luzern Arena, Lucerne Squad list FC Lugano Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 David Da Costa SUI 19/04/1986 31 - 2 - 11 - 8 - 17 - 23 Joel Kiassumbua SUI 06/04/1992 25 - - - - - - - - - 25 Alexander Muci GER 20/11/2000 16 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Marco Padalino SUI 08/12/1983 33 - - - - - 5 - 6 - 5 Vladimir Golemic POL 28/06/1991 26 - 2 - 10 1 2 - 2 - 6 Dominik Kovacic CRO 05/01/1994 23 - - - - - - - - - 12 Silvano Schäppi SUI 05/02/1994 23 - - - 3 - - - - - 22 Steve Rouiller SUI 10/07/1990 27 - 1 - 9 1 1 - 1 - 28 Fulvio Sulmoni SUI 04/01/1986 31 - 2 - 11 - 5 - 16 - 30 Fabio Daprelà SUI 19/02/1991 26 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 96 Guy Eloge Koffi Yao CIV 20/01/1996 21 - 1 - 4 - 1 - 1 - Midfielders 8 Davide Mariani SUI 19/05/1991 26 - 2 - 10 1 2 - 2 - 9 Antonini Čulina CRO 27/01/1992 25 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 10 Mattia Bottani SUI 24/05/1991 26 - 2 1 5 - 2 1 2 1 14 Jonathan Sabbatini ITA 31/03/1988 29 - 2 - 11 1 2 - 2 - 17 Bálint Vécsei HUN 13/07/1993 24 - - - 7 - - - 3 - 18 Mario Piccinocchi ITA 21/02/1995 22 - 1 - 10 - 1 - 1 - 21 Radomir Milosavljevic SRB 30/07/1992 25 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 24 Cristian Ledesma ITA 24/09/1982 35 - 1 - 1 - 26 - 40 1 33 Domen Črnigoj SVN 18/11/1995 21 - 2 - 9 1 2 - 10 - 91 Dragan Mihajlovic SUI 22/08/1991 26 - 2 - 11 - 2 - 2 - Forwards 7 Younes Bnou-Marzouk FRA 02/03/1996 21 - 2 - 10 1 2 - 2 - 11 Carlinhos Junior BRA 08/08/1994 23 - - - 9 1 - - - - 19 Alexander Gerndt SWE 14/07/1986 31 - 2 - 10 2 6 - 12 3 95 Carlo Manicone ITA 26/01/1998 19 - - - 1 - - - - - Coach - Pierluigi Tami SUI 12/09/1961 56 - 2 - - - 2 - 10 - 6 FC Lugano - FC Viktoria Plzeň Thursday 19 October 2017 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Match press kit Luzern Arena, Lucerne FC Viktoria Plzeň Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat.