Aberdeen FC - FC Lokomotiv Moskva MATCH PRESS KIT Pittodrie, Aberdeen Thursday 8 November 2007 - 20.00 CET (20.00 local time) Group B - Matchday 2 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 Match background FC Lokomotiv Moskva coach Anatoli Byshovets may have reason to recall a previous trip to Scotland as his side travel to face Aberdeen FC in Group B. • He visited Scotland once as a player, scoring FC Dynamo Kyiv’s second goal as they beat Celtic FC 2-1 in Glasgow in the 1967/68 European Champion Clubs’ Cup. That win, combined with a 1-1 draw in the home leg, saw Dynamo knock the then European champions out of the competition in the first round. • As a coach, Byshovets' Soviet Union side lost 3-0 to Andy Roxburgh’s Scotland at the 1992 UEFA European Championship finals in Sweden. • Aberdeen lost 3-0 at Panathinaikos FC on Matchday 1, matching their worst-ever result in their 100th game in UEFA club competition. Lokomotiv, meanwhile, drew 3-3 against Club Atlético de Madrid in a thrilling game in Russia. • The two sides have never met in European competition. • Aberdeen have never met Russian opposition before. • Lokomotiv have never come up against Scottish opponents either. • Lokomotiv boasted a Scottish star player for a while, with former Hibernian FC forward Garry O’Connor spending two seasons in Moscow prior to joining Birmingham City FC in the summer. • Aberdeen have scored just twice in their last four European home games, winning one, losing one and drawing their two most recent fixtures 0-0. • Lokomotiv are yet to lose an away game in the group stage. They played in the 2005/06 competition, drawing 0-0 at US Città di Palermo and winning 4-0 at Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC. • FC København are at home against Panathinaikos in the day's other Group B game. Last updated 06.11.2007 16:54:56CET Match background 1 Aberdeen FC - FC Lokomotiv MoskvaThursday 8 November 2007 - 20.00 CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Pittodrie, Aberdeen Squad list Aberdeen 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 Jamie Langfield SCO 22.12.1979 27 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 5 - 20 Derek Soutar SCO 04.06.1981 26 - - - - - - - - - - - 30 Greg Kelly SCO 28.04.1987 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 40 John Bateman ENG 03.01.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 3 Richard Byrne IRL 24.09.1981 26 - - - - - - - - - 8 - 5 Alexander Diamond SCO 12.03.1985 22 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 14 Richard Foster SCO 31.07.1985 22 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 17 Daniel Smith ENG 05.10.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Lee Mair SCO 09.12.1980 26 - - - - - 3 - 5 - 7 - 21 Andrew Considine SCO 01.04.1987 20 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 33 Stuart Smith SCO 06.07.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 2 Michael Hart SCO 10.02.1980 27 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 5 - 4 Jackie McNamara SCO 24.10.1973 34 - - - - - 2 - 29 1 53 1 6 Scott Severin SCO 15.02.1979 28 - - - - - 3 - 8 - 10 1 8 Barry Nicholson SCO 24.08.1978 29 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 6 - 15 Karim Touzani NED 11.09.1980 27 - - - - - - - 4 - 4 - 19 Derek Young SCO 27.05.1980 27 - - - - - 3 - 5 - 9 - 29 Neil McVitie SCO 17.05.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Jonathan Kurrant ENG 20.01.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 James Smith SCO 20.11.1980 26 - - - - - 2 - 8 - 11 1 9 Steve Lovell ENG 06.12.1980 26 - - - - - 2 - 3 - 5 1 10 Darren Mackie SCO 05.01.1982 25 - - - - - 1 1 3 1 6 2 11 Chris Clark SCO 15.09.1980 27 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 6 - 16 Lee Miller SCO 18.05.1983 24 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 4 - 22 Christopher Maguire SCO 16.01.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Jeffrey De Visscher NED 05.05.1981 26 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 25 Jonathan Smith ENG 31.10.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 26 Omatsone Aluko ENG 19.02.1989 18 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 31 Michael Paton SCO 25.03.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Coach - James Calderwood SCO 28.02.1955 52 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - Last updated 06.11.2007 16:54:58CET Squad list 1 Aberdeen FC - FC Lokomotiv MoskvaThursday 8 November 2007 - 20.00 CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Pittodrie, Aberdeen Lokomotiv Moskva 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 21 Aleksei Polyakov UZB 28.02.1974 33 - - - - - - - 4 - 5 - 33 Ivan Pelizzoli ITA 18.11.1980 26 - - - - - 3 - 6 - 14 - 85 Guilherme BRA 12.12.1985 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 87 Anton Kochenkov RUS 02.04.1987 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Rodolfo BRA 23.10.1982 25 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 17 - 5 Emir Spahić BIH 18.08.1980 27 - - - - - 2 - 5 - 9 - 6 Branislav Ivanović SRB 22.02.1984 23 - - - - - 3 - 5 1 13 2 14 Oleg Pashinin UZB 12.09.1974 33 - - - - - - - 14 - 48 - 15 Fininho BRA 03.11.1983 24 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 17 Dmitri Sennikov RUS 24.06.1976 31 - - - - - 3 - 18 - 49 1 30 Malkhaz Asatiani GEO 04.08.1981 26 - - - - - 2 - 11 1 26 4 44 Ruslan Kambolov RUS 01.01.1990 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Renat Yanbaev RUS 07.04.1984 23 - - - - - 3 - 3 - 3 - 69 Sergei Yefimov RUS 15.10.1987 20 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 83 Andrei Kuznetsov RUS 09.01.1988 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 8 Vladimir Maminov UZB 04.09.1974 33 - - - - - 3 1 21 1 74 5 20 Roman Kontsedalov RUS 11.05.1986 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 24 Chaker Zouaghi TUN 10.01.1985 22 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 25 Razvan Cocis ROU 19.02.1983 24 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 12 3 27 Haminu Draman GHA 01.04.1986 21 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 40 Aleksandr Samedov RUS 19.07.1984 23 - - - - - 3 1 9 2 18 4 41 Sergei Gurenko BLR 30.09.1972 35 - - - - - 3 - 23 - 53 - 59 Semen Fomin RUS 10.01.1989 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Diniyar Bilyaletdinov RUS 27.02.1985 22 - - - - - 3 3 13 4 17 4 Forwards 9 Peter Odemwingie NGA 15.07.1981 26 - - - - - 3 2 12 4 26 6 11 Dmitri Sychev RUS 26.10.1983 24 - - - - - 3 1 5 1 13 4 19 Dramane Traore MLI 17.06.1982 25 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 23 Erik Korchagin RUS 16.01.1979 28 - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - Coach - Anatoli Byshovets RUS 23.04.1946 61 - - - - - 3 - 5 - 7 - Last updated 06.11.2007 16:54:58CET Squad list 2 Aberdeen FC - FC Lokomotiv MoskvaThursday 8 November 2007 - 20.00 CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Pittodrie, Aberdeen Match officials Referee Florian Meyer (GER) Assistant referees Kai Voss (GER), Holger Henschel (GER) Fourth official Babak Rafati (GER) UEFA Delegate José Guilherme Aguiar (POR) UEFA Referee observer Cosimo Bolognino (ITA) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 29.09.2005 UCUP R1 AEK Athens FC - FC Zenit St. Petersburg 0-1 Athens Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 07.09.2002 U21 QR Russia - Republic of Ireland 2-0 Moscow 01.11.2005 UCL GS FC Artmedia Petržalka - Rangers FC 2-2 Bratislava 09.08.2006 UCL QR3 PFC CSKA Moskva - MFK Ružomberok 3-0 Moscow 26.09.2006 UCL GS Celtic FC - FC København 1-0 Glasgow 07.10.2006 EURO QR Russia - Israel 1-1 Moscow Last updated 06.11.2007 16:54:59CET Match officials 1 Aberdeen FC - FC Lokomotiv MoskvaThursday 8 November 2007 - 20.00 CET (20.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Pittodrie, Aberdeen Domestic information Aberdeen FC (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 04/08/07 Dundee United FC (A) 0-1 League 12/08/07 Heart of Midlothian FC (H) 1-1 Nicholson 19 League 19/08/07 Celtic FC (H) 1-3 Brewster 24 League 25/08/07 Hibernian FC (A) 3-3 Brewster 18, 37, Ja. Smith 57 League 01/09/07 Kilmarnock FC (A) 1-0 Miller 54 League 15/09/07 Motherwell FC (H) 1-2 Ja. Smith 65 League 23/09/07 Rangers FC (A) 0-3 Cup 26/09/07 Partick Thistle FC (A) 2-0 Young 42, Considine 64 League 29/09/07 Gretna FC (H) 2-0 Diamond 16, Ja. Smith 18 League 07/10/07 Saint Mirren FC (H) 4-0 Severin 43(pen), 71(pen), Miller 63, 88 League 21/10/07 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (A) 2-1 Young 8, Own goal League 28/10/07 Falkirk FC (H) 1-1 Severin 45(pen) Cup 31/10/07 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (H) 4-1 Nicholson 10(pen), 21(pen), 78, Miller 45 League 03/11/07 Dundee United FC (H) 2-0 Aluko 45, Miller 90 League 11/11/07 Heart of Midlothian FC (A) League 24/11/07 Celtic FC (A) League 02/12/07 Hibernian FC (H) League 08/12/07 Kilmarnock FC (H) League 15/12/07 Motherwell FC (A) League 23/12/07 Rangers FC (H) League 26/12/07 Gretna FC (A) League 29/12/07 Saint Mirren FC (A) League 02/01/08 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (H) League 05/01/08 Falkirk FC (A) League 19/01/08 Dundee United FC (A) League 26/01/08 Heart of Midlothian FC (H) League 09/02/08 Celtic FC (H) League 16/02/08 Hibernian FC (A) League 23/02/08 Kilmarnock FC (A) League 27/02/08 Motherwell FC (H) League 01/03/08 Rangers FC (A) League 15/03/08 Gretna FC (H) League 22/03/08 Saint Mirren FC (H) League 29/03/08 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (A) Pos.