UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Club Atlético de Madrid Udinese Calcio Group I - Matchday 4 Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Thursday 3 November 2011 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Match officials..................................................................................................................14 Legend............................................................................................................................15 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League 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 Club Atlético de Madrid - Udinese Calcio Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/11 GS Udinese Calcio - Club Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Udine Benatia 88, Floro Flores 90+4 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Club Atlético de Madrid 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Udinese Calcio 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Club Atlético de Madrid - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/08/10 F FC Internazionale Milano - 0-2 Monaco Reyes 62, Agüero 83 Club Atlético de Madrid UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/99 SF Parma FC - Club Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Parma Balbo 35, Chiesa 83; Roberto 63 agg: 5-2 06/04/99 SF Club Atlético de Madrid - Parma FC 1-3 Madrid Juninho 22; Chiesa 14, 41, Crespo 62 16/03/99 QF AS Roma - Club Atlético de Madrid 1-2 Rome Delvecchio 32; Aguilera 60, Roberto 88 agg: 2-4 02/03/99 QF Club Atlético de Madrid - AS Roma 2-1 Madrid José Marí 13, Roberto 46; Di Biagio 75 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/04/98 SF S.S. Lazio - Club Atlético de Madrid 0-0 Rome agg: 1-0 31/03/98 SF Club Atlético de Madrid - S.S. Lazio 0-1 Madrid Jugović 33 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/04/93 SF Parma FC - Club Atlético de Madrid 0-1 Parma Juan Sabas 77 agg: 2-2 ag 06/04/93 SF Club Atlético de Madrid - Parma FC 1-2 Madrid Luis García 43; Asprilla 57, 61 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/09/89 R1 ACF Fiorentina - Club Atlético de Madrid 1-0 Perugia Buso 26 agg: 1-1 aet (3-1pens) 13/09/89 R1 Club Atlético de Madrid - ACF Fiorentina 1-0 Madrid Baltazar 78 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/11/70 R2 Club Atlético de Madrid - Cagliari Calcio 3-0 Madrid Aragonés 33, 72(p), 89 agg: 4-2 21/10/70 R2 Cagliari Calcio - Club Atlético de Madrid 2-1 Cagliari Riva 41, Gori 45; Aragonés 77 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/09/62 F ACF Fiorentina - Club Atlético de Madrid 0-3 Stuttgart Jones 8, Jorge Mendonça 26, Joaquín agg: 1-4 Peiró 88 10/05/62 F Club Atlético de Madrid - ACF Fiorentina 1-1 Glasgow Joaquín Peiró 11; Hamrin 27 Udinese Calcio - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Last updated 01/11/11 12:47:16CET 2 Previous meetings Club Atlético de Madrid - Udinese Calcio Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/05 GS Udinese Calcio - FC Barcelona 0-2 Udine Ezquerro 85, Iniesta 90 27/09/05 GS FC Barcelona - Udinese Calcio 4-1 Barcelona Ronaldinho 13, 32, 90(p), Deco 41; Felipe 24 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Club Atlético de Madrid 6 3 0 3 7 2 1 4 3 2 1 0 16 7 2 7 19 16 Udinese Calcio 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 3 6 Last updated 01/11/11 12:47:16CET 3 Previous meetings Club Atlético de Madrid - Udinese Calcio Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Match background Club Atlético de Madrid will look to avenge a 2-0 matchday three defeat as they take on Udinese Calcio again in a meeting of the top sides in UEFA Europa League Group I. Previous meetings • When the teams met for the first time in UEFA competition on matchday three, it was Atlético who created the majority of the chances, but late goals from Mehdi Benatia (88) and Antonio Floro Flores (90+4) secured all three points for Udinese. • In Udinese's only previous games against Spanish opposition, they lost 4-1 away and 2-0 at home against FC Barcelona in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Atlético's 16 matches against Italian sides ended W7 D2 L7 (W3 D0 L3 in Madrid). Atlético beat ACF Fiorentina after a replay in the 1962 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, and overcame FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 in the 2010 UEFA Super Cup. Match background • Defeat at Udinese was only Atlético's second loss in ten European games – the other coming against Aris Thessaloniki FC during last season's UEFA Europa League group stage – a match that ended 2-0. The remaining eight fixtures produced four wins and four draws. • Udinese have not won in six European away games (two draws, four defeats) since a 2-1 victory at FC Spartak Moskva in the UEFA Cup group stage on 6 November 2008. Team facts • Udinese's second goal on matchday three was their 50th in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League, and the 100th Atlético have conceded in the two competitions. • Udinese's Pablo Armero celebrates his 25th birthday the day before the game. • Atlético's Brazilian midfielder Diego played in Italy with Juventus in the 2009/10 season. He made a cameo appearance in a 1-0 Serie A home win against Udinese. • Atlético's Tiago Mendes played for Juventus from 2007 to 2009. He featured in a 1-0 home defeat by Udinese in the 2007/08 season. • Udinese boss Francesco Guidolin spent the bulk of his playing career with Hellas-Verona FC, representing the Veneto club in four separate spells. His coaching career included a stint in France as AS Monaco FC boss in 2005/06. Since then he has been in charge of US Città di Palermo (2007-08) and Parma FC (2008-10), taking over for a second spell at Udinese in 2010, 11 years after his first. • Udinese are one of five clubs Guidolin has led in Europe along with Vicenza Calcio, Bologna FC, Monaco and Palermo. He successfully guided Monaco through the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage but missed the cut with Palermo the following season. • A coach since his late 20s, Atlético boss Gregorio Manzano's most tangible achievement in football was leading RCD Mallorca to the 2002/03 Spanish Cup. He took over at Atlético for a second time in the summer after a spell at Sevilla FC, who gave him a belated first taste of UEFA competition in the 2010/11 season. Last updated 01/11/11 12:47:16CET 4 Match background Club Atlético de Madrid - Udinese Calcio Thursday 3 November 2011 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estadio Vicente Calderón, Madrid Team facts Club Atlético de Madrid Formed: 1903 Nickname: Los Colchoneros (The Mattress Makers) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1974) • UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League: 2010 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1962, (1963), (1986) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 2010 • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2007, (2004) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 (1996) Spanish Cup: 9 (1996) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: winners (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League first knockout round 2007/08: round of 32 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2004/05: UEFA Intertoto Cup final 2003/04: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Atlético v Drumcondra FC 17/09/58, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Kayseri Erciyesspor v Atlético 04/10/07, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Atlético v FC Porto 08/12/09, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 1-5: Atlético v Tottenham Hotspur FC 15/05/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final (played in Rotterdam) 4-0: Chelsea FC v Atlético 21/10/09, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0 on two occasions, most recently v Kayseri Erciyesspor 29/09/07, first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Kayseri Erciyesspor v Atlético (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Atlético v Parma FC 06/04/99, semi-final first leg