Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF MATCH PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim Thursday 27 November 2008 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group G - Matchday 3 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 Valencia CF will look to make amends for two humiliating UEFA Champions League defeats as they take on Rosenborg BK in Trondheim in their second UEFA Cup Group G fixture. • Rosenborg and Valencia met twice in the UEFA Champions League group stage last season, and while both sides had different coaches in the two matches, the outcome was the same both times, with Rosenborg winning 2-0 in Trondheim and by the same scoreline at the Mestalla Stadium. • Knut Tørum's Rosenborg beat a Valencia team coached by Quique Sánchez Flores – now in charge of SL Benfica – in the first fixture, Yssouf Koné and Vidar Riseth getting the goals. • By the time they met in Spain, just a fortnight later, Trond Henriksen was in charge at Rosenborg and Ronald Koeman had replaced Sánchez Flores, but this time Steffen Iversen scored both goals in another 2-0 win for the Norwegian side. • The teams for their meeting on 24 October 2007 in Trondheim were: Rosenborg: Lars Hirschfeld, Roar Strand (Fredrik Stoor, 86), Yssouf Koné (Øyvind Storflor, 80), Vidar Riseth, Steffen Iversen, Per Ciljan Skjelbred, Alexander Tettey, Abdou Razack Traoré, Bjørn Tore Kvarme, Marek Sapara, Mikael Dorsin. Valencia: Santiago Cañizares, Raúl Albiol, Carlos Marchena (Rubén Baraja, 67), David Albelda, Fernando Morientes, Jaime Gavilán (Nikola Žigić, 67), Iván Helguera, Joaquín, David Silva, Miguel (Miguel Ángel Angulo, 78), Emiliano Moretti. • Those two defeats against Rosenborg represent Valencia's only experience of Norwegian opposition. • In contrast Rosenborg have played 16 games against Spanish teams, winning five, drawing three and losing eight. Of their eight home games against Liga opponents they have won four, drawn one and lost three. • For the two sides' third meeting in just over a year they will once more line up with different coaches. Swede Erik Hamrén is now in charge at Rosenborg while Valencia are led by Unai Emery. • Hamrén has some experience of Spanish opposition. His Aalborg BK side lost 2-1 at home against Getafe CF in last season's UEFA Cup group stage, while back in 1997, his AIK Solna outfit went down 3-1 at FC Barcelona and drew 1-1 at home in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. • Valencia's Pablo Hernández scored Getafe's first goal in that game against Hamrén's AaB. Last updated 25.11.2008 15:31:49CET www.uefa.com Match background 1 Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF Thursday 27 November 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim • Rosenborg and Valencia have picked up a point apiece so far. Rosenborg held Club Brugge KV to a goalless draw on Matchday 1, while Valencia drew 1-1 at home against FC København two weeks later. • This will be Rosenborg's eleventh European game of the season, having started their campaign in the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. They are the only side left in the tournament to have started the campaign so early. • Of their ten 2008/09 European engagements so far, the Norwegian side have won six, drawn one and lost three, with their five home games bringing them four wins and a draw. • Valencia's David Albelda, Iván Helguera and David Villa are all within a booking of a one-match suspension. • Club Brugge KV face AS Saint-Etienne in Matchday 3's other Group G tie. København are the only side in the section not in action. Last updated 25.11.2008 15:31:49CET www.uefa.com Match background 2 Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF Thursday 27 November 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim Squad list Rosenborg 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 Alexander Lund Hansen NOR 06.10.1982 26 - 2 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 12 Rune Jarstein NOR 29.09.1984 24 - 2 - - - 3 - 5 - 9 - 28 Ole Næss NOR 22.07.1989 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Lustig Mikael SWE 13.12.1986 21 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 6 - 3 Mikael Dorsin SWE 06.10.1981 27 - - - - - 4 - 10 - 36 - 5 Christer Basma NOR 01.08.1972 36 - 1 - - - - - 15 - 85 - 13 Kris Stadsgaard DEN 01.08.1984 24 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 5 - 18 Alejandro Lago URU 28.06.1979 29 - 4 - - - 3 - 4 - 13 - 22 Andreas Nordvik NOR 18.03.1987 21 - 4 - - - 2 - 4 - 9 - 24 Roy Miller CRC 24.11.1984 24 - 4 - - - - - - - 4 - Midfielders 6 Roar Strand NOR 02.02.1970 38 - 3 1 - - 4 - 15 - 124 20 10 Alexander Tettey NOR 04.04.1986 22 - 4 - - - 4 - 7 - 25 - 11 Vadim Demidov NOR 10.10.1986 22 - 2 - - - 4 - 6 - 9 - 15 Per Ciljan Skjelbred NOR 16.06.1987 21 - 4 - - - 4 2 6 2 25 4 16 Albert Berbatovci NOR 17.02.1989 19 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - 19 Juska Savolainen FIN 01.09.1983 25 - - - - - - - 1 - 15 - 27 Marek Sapara SVK 31.07.1982 26 - 3 - - - 4 2 6 2 25 5 Forwards 8 Didier Konan Ya CIV 25.02.1984 24 - 3 1 - - 4 1 6 1 19 4 9 John Pelu SWE 02.02.1982 26 - 2 - - - 2 - 3 - 6 - 14 Steffen Iversen NOR 10.11.1976 32 - 4 2 - - 3 - 9 1 43 15 17 Øyvind Storflor NOR 18.12.1979 28 - 2 - - - - - 9 1 36 3 20 Abdou Razack Traoré CIV 28.12.1988 19 - 1 - - - 3 - 4 - 15 3 21 Jo Sondre Aas NOR 02.07.1989 19 - 3 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 25 Kjell Rune Sellin NOR 01.06.1989 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Besart Berisha ALB 29.07.1985 23 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 6 1 Coach - Erik Hamrén SWE 27.06.1957 51 - 4 - - - 4 - 14 - 42 - Last updated 25.11.2008 15:31:51CET www.uefa.com Squad list 1 Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF Thursday 27 November 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim Valencia 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 Timo Hildebrand GER 05.04.1979 29 - - - - - - - 25 - 52 - 13 Renan Brito Soares BRA 24.01.1985 23 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - Defenders 2 Curro Torres ESP 27.12.1976 31 - - - - - - - 18 - 37 1 4 Raúl Albiol ESP 04.09.1985 23 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 26 1 5 Carlos Marchena ESP 31.07.1979 29 - - - - - 2 - 16 - 44 - 11 Asier del Horno ESP 19.01.1981 27 - - - - - 3 1 11 3 17 3 15 Iván Helguera ESP 28.03.1975 33 * - - - - 2 - 2 - 96 16 20 Alexis ESP 04.05.1985 23 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 - 23 Miguel POR 04.01.1980 28 - - - - - 2 - 13 1 32 1 24 Emiliano Moretti ITA 11.06.1981 27 - - - - - - - 8 - 37 1 Midfielders 3 Hedwiges Maduro NED 13.02.1985 23 - - - - - 1 - 9 - 20 - 6 David Albelda ESP 01.09.1977 31 * - - - - 2 - 19 2 77 2 8 Rubén Baraja ESP 11.07.1975 33 - - - - - 1 - 23 4 64 12 14 Vicente ESP 16.07.1981 27 - - - - - 2 - 17 3 60 6 16 Juan Mata ESP 28.04.1988 20 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 4 - 17 Joaquín ESP 21.07.1981 27 - - - - - - - 9 1 32 1 18 Manuel Fernandes POR 05.02.1986 22 - - - - - 3 - 15 - 27 1 19 Pablo Hernández ESP 11.04.1985 23 - - - - - 3 - 12 4 12 4 22 Edu BRA 15.05.1978 30 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 33 3 25 Hugo Viana POR 15.01.1983 25 - - - - - 2 - 23 2 41 4 Forwards 7 David Villa ESP 03.12.1981 26 * - - - - 3 1 13 4 37 13 9 Fernando Morientes ESP 05.04.1976 32 - - - - - 2 2 2 2 112 43 10 Miguel Ángel Angulo ESP 23.06.1977 31 - - - - - 2 - 20 6 85 14 12 Nikola Žigić SRB 25.09.1980 28 - - - - - 1 - 12 6 25 17 21 David Silva ESP 08.01.1986 22 - - - - - - - - - 19 4 Coach - Quique Sánchez Flores ESP 02.02.1965 43 - - - - - 4 - 4 - 27 - Last updated 25.11.2008 15:31:51CET www.uefa.com Squad list 2 Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF Thursday 27 November 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim Match officials Referee Bernie Raymond (Kevin) Blom (NED) Assistant referees Norbertus Josephus C. Simons (NED), Nicky Siebert (NED) Fourth official Richard Liesveld (NED) UEFA Delegate Wolfgang Thierrichter (AUT) UEFA Referee observer Wilfried Heitmann (GER) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 12.04.2005 Spain - Israel 3-0 Talayuela 06.11.2005 QR Israel - Norway 4-1 Nes-Ziona 15.07.2006 UIC R3 Villarreal CF - NK Maribor 1-2 Villarreal 16.07.2007 GS - FT Austria - Spain 0-2 Linz Last updated 25.11.2008 15:31:52CET www.uefa.com Match officials 1 Rosenborg BK - Valencia CF Thursday 27 November 2008 - 20.45 CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Lerkendal, Trondheim Domestic information Rosenborg BK (Tippeligaen) Comp.