UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Maurice Dufrasne - Liege Thursday 18 September 2014 21.05CET (21.05 local time) R. Standard de Liège Group G - Matchday 1 HNK Rijeka Last updated 09/06/2015 13:53CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 16 1 R. Standard de Liège - HNK Rijeka Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers R. Standard de Liège - HNK 1-1 Bodart 65 (P); 01/10/1986 R1 Liege Rijeka agg: 2-1 Radmanovic 57 HNK Rijeka - R. Standard de 17/09/1986 R1 0-1 Rijeka Claesen 25 Liège 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 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 HNK Rijeka 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country R. Standard de Liège have not played against a club from their opponents' country HNK Rijeka - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Radović 44, 89; 03/10/1979 R1 HNK Rijeka - Beerschot VAC Rijeka agg: 2-1 Mücher 32 19/09/1979 R1 Beerschot VAC - HNK Rijeka 0-0 Antwerp UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 01/11/1978 R2 KSK Beveren - HNK Rijeka Beveren Baecke 20, 65 agg: 2-0 18/10/1978 R2 HNK Rijeka - KSK Beveren 0-0 Rijeka 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 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 HNK Rijeka 3 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 3 2 3 5 2 R. Standard de Liège - HNK Rijeka Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Match background R. Standard de Liège cannot expect an easy ride against on-song HNK Rijeka, though they got the better of the Croatian side last time they met their UEFA Europa League Group G opponents. Form guide • These teams crossed paths in the first round of the 1986/87 UEFA Cup, Milorad Pavić's Standard eking out a 2-1 aggregate win against Josip Skoblar's Rijeka. The teams for their last Belgian encounter, a 1-1 draw on 1 October 1986, were: Standard: Bodart, Luyckx, Thomas, Siquet, Aussems, Delangre, Petrović, Claesen, Czerniatynski, Van Der Smissen, Repčić. Rijeka: Ravnić, Jelavić, Milenković, Kotur, Paliska, Sredojević, Janković, Radmanović, Matrljian, Valenčić (Škerjanc 75), Vujčić. • Standard have not won in their last five European home games (D1 L4) and have yet to register at home in UEFA competition this season. They lost all three of their 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage home games. • Rijeka, by contrast, have won all three of their European away fixtures this season – scoring ten goals in the process – but they did not score in their three 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage fixtures on the road. Trivia and links • Standard's Slovenian defender Martin Milec turns 23 on the Saturday after the Rijeka game, 20 February. He will be up against fellow Slovenian international, and former NK Maribor team-mate, Goran Cvijanović, who plays in midfield for Rijeka. • Prior to a 2-1 defeat to NK Lokomotiva Zagreb in the Croatian league on 24 August, Rijeka had been on a run of 16 straight wins in all competitions, which had begun on 2 May. The coaches • Standard coach since summer 2013, Guy Luzon led his native Israel on home soil at the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Injury forced him to hang up his boots at 21, but Luzon found his calling as a coach, leading Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC into the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. • Hired in February 2013, Rijeka coach Matjaž Kek led his native Slovenia to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. Kek started and ended his playing career as a defender at NK Maribor – where his father and son also played – either side of a long spell in Austria, and returned there to start his coaching career. 3 R. Standard de Liège - HNK Rijeka Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 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) 2013/14: group stage 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 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) HNK Rijeka Formed: 1946 Nickname: Riječki bijeli (Rijeka Whites) 4 R. Standard de Liège - HNK Rijeka Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National cup: 5 (2014) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: group stage 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: third qualifying round 2008/09: UEFA Intertoto Cup first round 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: first qualifying round 2005/06: second qualifying round 2004/05: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town FC 18/07/13, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Vikingur v Rijeka 31/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rijeka v FK Partizan 04/08/99, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Vitória SC v Rijeka 19/09/13, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Vikingur v Rijeka (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Rijeka v FC Metalist Kharkiv 30/07/09, third qualifying round first leg 0-1 twice, most recently v RC Celta de Vigo 28/09/00, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Vitória SC v Rijeka (see above) 5 R. Standard de Liège - HNK Rijeka Thursday 18 September 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liege Squad list R. Standard de Liège Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL 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 31 - 4 - - - - - 3 - 13 - 16 Yohann Thuram-Ulien FRA 31/10/1988 25 - - - - - - - 3 - 3 - 28 Guillaume Hubert BEL 11/01/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 29 Lucas Pirard BEL 10/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 5 Jorge Teixeira POR 27/08/1986 28 - 4 - - - - - 6 - 24 - 6 Laurent Ciman BEL 05/08/1985 29 - 4 - - - - - 13 - 22 1 8 Ronnie Stam NED 18/06/1984 30 - 2 - - - - - 18 1 28 1 20 Ali Yasar BEL 08/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Corentin Fiore BEL 24/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 27 Darwin Andrade COL 11/02/1991 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Samy Mmaee BEL 08/09/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Dino Arslanagic BEL 24/04/1993 21 - 3 - - - - - 4 - 13 - 37 Jelle Van Damme BEL 10/10/1983 30 - 4 - - - - - 25 - 56 1 51 Stefano Deloglu BEL 12/02/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 52 Benjamin Van Den Ackerveken BEL 29/06/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 53 Franco Zennaro BEL 01/04/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 66 Martin Milec SVN 20/09/1991 22 - 1 - - - - - 16 1 29 1 Midfielders 4 Ricardo Faty FRA 04/08/1986 28 S 2 - - - - - 14 1 20 1 15 Julien De Sart BEL 23/12/1994 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 3 - 17 Deni Milosevic BEL 09/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 21 Eyong Enoh CMR 23/03/1986 28 - - - - - - - 15 1 36 1 23 Adrien Trebel FRA 03/03/1991 23 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 25 Jeff Louis HAI 08/08/1992 22 - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - 33 Mehdi Carcela-González BEL 01/07/1989 25 - 2 - - - - - 20 - 31 1 40 Paul-José Mpoku BEL 19/04/1992 22 - 4 1 - - - - 5 1 14 4 45 François Marquet BEL 17/04/1995 19 - 1 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 62 Maecky Ngombo BEL 31/03/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Geoffrey Mujangi Bia BEL 12/08/1989 25 - 4 - - - - - 8 3 20 5 68 Beni Badibanga BEL 19/02/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Alexis De Sart BEL 12/11/1996 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 9 Vinícius Araújo BRA 22/02/1993 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 10 Igor De Camargo BEL 12/05/1983 31 - 4 - - - - - 21 9 48 15 11 Jonathan Viera ESP 21/10/1989 24 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 14 Yuji Ono JPN 22/12/1992 21 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 32 Tony Watt SCO 29/12/1993 20 - 3 - - - - - - - 9 1 60 Pierre Biscotti BEL 06/01/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 6 R.