UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 19 September 2013 19.00CET (19.00 local time) R. Standard de Liège Group C - Matchday 1 Esbjerg fB Last updated 15/10/2013 11:27CET 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 R. Standard de Liège - Esbjerg fB Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC København - R. Standard de 15/12/2011 GS 0-1 Copenhagen Batshuayi 31 Liège R. Standard de Liège - FC Seijas 57, Felipe 72, 29/09/2011 GS 3-0 Liege København Kanu 79 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers R. Standard de Liège - Aalborg 20/07/1996 GS 1-0 Liege Paulo Da Silva 65 BK Esbjerg fB - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Esbjerg fB 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 R. Standard de Liège 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 Esbjerg fB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 R. Standard de Liège - Esbjerg fB Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Match background R. Standard de Liège will look to extend their six-game winning streak in this season's UEFA Europa League when group stage debutants Esbjerg fB travel to Belgium. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition, and this is Esbjerg's first game against a Belgian club. • Standard have won all three of their previous games against Belgian opponents without conceding a goal; most recently, they met FC København in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League group stage, winning 3-0 at home and 1-0 in Copenhagen. Match background • Standard are unbeaten in ten European home games (W6 D4) since a 3-1 loss to Hamburger SV in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. They have won all six of their games since entering this season's competition in the second qualifying round. • Since missing the cut on their debut in 2004/05, Standard have made it through both of their UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. They also notably reached the last eight in 2009/10, having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage. • Esbjerg beat AS Saint-Étienne home and away in the play-offs to make it to their first UEFA club competition group stage. • The Danish side have won their last three European away fixtures without conceding: 6-0 at FC Flora and 1-0 at Tromsø IL in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup and then 1-0 at St-Étienne in August. Team facts • Norwegian striker Mushaga Bakenga played for Club Brugge KV and on loan at Cercle Brugge KSV before being loaned to Esbjerg this summer. His three games against Standard brought a win (1-0 with Club Brugge in 2011/12) and two defeats (2-1, 1-0 with Cercle Brugge in 2012/13). • Esbjerg winger Emil Lyng also has some experience of Belgian football, having spent part of 2009/10 on loan from LOSC Lille at SV Zulte Waregem. His side drew 1-1 at home against Standard during that spell. Coach information • Guy Luzon left his native Israel to take over as Standard coach in summer 2013, having led his national team on home soil at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Injury forced the nephew of Israel Football Association president Avi Luzon to hang up his boots at 21, but he found his calling as a coach, famously leading Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC into the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. • Hired as Esbjerg coach in the summer of 2013 after Jess Thorup moved on to coach Denmark's Under-21 side, Niels Frederiksen took an unusual path into top-flight football. An economics graduate, he worked at a bank while coaching youth teams at B 1903 København and Lyngby BK, eventually being hired as the club's senior coach in 2009. He led them to promotion in the first of his four seasons in charge. 3 R. Standard de Liège - Esbjerg fB Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Team facts R. Standard de Liège Formed: 1898 Nickname: Les Rouches (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1982) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2009) Belgian Cup: 6 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2007/08: first round 2006/07: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: group stage 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Standard v Floriana FC 01/10/81, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: 1. FC Dynamo Dresden v Standard 10/12/80, third round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v UN Käerjéng 97 16/08/07, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-7: Standard v Arsenal FC 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v Hannover 96 15/03/12, UEFA Europa League round of 16 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-1: Standard v Ards FC 19/09/73, first round second leg 5-0: Standard v Portadown FC 16/09/92, first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: 1. FC Dynamo Dresden v Standard (see above) 0-3 on two occasions, most recently v UN Käerjéng (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-7: Standard v Athletic Club Bilbao 16/12/04, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-0 on two occasions, most recently v Hannover 96 (see above) Esbjerg fB Formed: 1924 Nickname: EfB 4 R. Standard de Liège - Esbjerg fB Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Domestic title: 5 (1979) Danish Cup: 3 (2013) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 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: second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Esbjerg v FC Santa Coloma 14/08/03, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Flora v Esbjerg 28/07/05, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Esbjerg v FC Schalke 04 28/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final first leg 0-2: Esbjerg v Dukla Praha 28/09/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 7-1: PSV Eindhoven v Esbjerg 09/10/63, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg 6-0: FC Zbrojovka Brno v Esbjerg 19/09/79, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Esbjerg v FC Santa Coloma (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Flora v Esbjerg (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Esbjerg v FC Salzburg 03/10/13, group stage 1-2: Esbjerg v FC Flora 14/07/05, first qualifying round first leg 0-1: Esbjerg v Tromsø IL 11/08/05, second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: FC Zbrojovka Brno v Esbjerg (see above) 5 R. Standard de Liège - Esbjerg fB Thursday 19 September 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Squad list R. Standard de Liège 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 1 Eiji Kawashima JPN 20/03/1983 30 - 6 - - - 7 - 6 - 6 - 16 Anthony Moris BEL 29/04/1990 23 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 28 Guillaume Hubert BEL 11/01/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Yohann Thuram-Ulien FRA 31/10/1988 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Lucas Pirard BEL 10/03/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Alessandro Iandoli ITA 29/04/1984 29 - 2 - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 Corentin Fiore BEL 24/03/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Daniel Opare GHA 18/10/1990 22 - 5 - - - 7 - 11 - 13 - 6 Laurent Ciman BEL 05/08/1985 28 - 2 1 - - 7 1 13 1 14 1 8 Ronnie Stam NED 18/06/1984 29 - - - - - - - 19 1 23 1 25 Kanu BRA 03/05/1984 29 - 1 1 - - 7 1 12 4 14 4 26 Tal Ben Haim ENG 13/03/1982 31 - 3 - - - 3 - 23 - 27 - 36 Dino Arslanagic BEL 24/04/1993 20 - 6 - - - - - 6 - 6 - 37 Jelle Van Damme BEL 10/10/1983 29 - 4 - - - 6 - 27 - 49 - 51 Stefano Deloglu BEL 12/02/1994 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Benjamin Van Den 55 BEL 29/06/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Ackerveken 56 Ali Yasar BEL 08/03/1995 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 11 Frédéric Bulot FRA 27/09/1990 22 - 6 3 - - 7 - 6 3 6 3 15 Julien De Sart BEL 23/12/1994 18 - 2 - - -