UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán - Seville Thursday 3 October 2013 Sevilla FC 19.00CET (19.00 local time) SC Freiburg Group H - Matchday 2 Last updated 16/10/2013 10:28CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 Sevilla FC - SC Freiburg Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Sevilla FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Pogatetz 36(og); 25/08/2011 PO Sevilla FC - Hannover 96 Seville agg: 2-3 Abdellaoue 22 Schlaudraff 6, 45; 18/08/2011 PO Hannover 96 - Sevilla FC 2-1 Hanover Kanouté 37 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Romaric 31, Kanouté 15/12/2010 GS Sevilla FC - Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Seville 35; Kagawa 4, Subotić 49 30/09/2010 GS Borussia Dortmund - Sevilla FC 0-1 Dortmund Cigarini 45+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Jesús Navas 14; 04/11/2009 GS Sevilla FC - VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Seville Kuzmanović 79 Élson 74; Squillaci 23, 20/10/2009 GS VfB Stuttgart - Sevilla FC 1-3 Stuttgart 72, Jesús Navas 55 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Romaric 15, Renato 23/10/2008 GS Sevilla FC - VfB Stuttgart 2-0 Seville 16 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 27/04/2006 SF Sevilla FC - FC Schalke 04 Seville Puerta 100 ET agg 1-0 (aet) 20/04/2006 SF FC Schalke 04 - Sevilla FC 0-0 Gelsenkirchen 0-2 Frankfurt am 29/09/2005 R1 1. FSV Mainz 05 - Sevilla FC Kanouté 9, 40 agg: 0-2 Main 15/09/2005 R1 Sevilla FC - 1. FSV Mainz 05 0-0 Seville UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sevilla FC - TSV Alemannia Aranda 8, Júlio 04/11/2004 GS 2-0 Seville Aachen Baptista 77(P) 2 Sevilla FC - SC Freiburg Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Nilsson 10, Geye 18, 4-0 08/12/1982 R3 1. FC Kaiserslautern - Sevilla FC Kaiserslautern Brehme 43, Eilenfeldt agg: 4-1 64 24/11/1982 R3 Sevilla FC - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1-0 Seville Francisco López 55 SC Freiburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country SC Freiburg 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 Sevilla FC 8 4 4 0 6 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 14 7 5 2 17 11 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sevilla FC - SC Freiburg Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Match background Sevilla FC will look to make it six wins from six in Europe as they host SC Freiburg in UEFA Europa League Group H, with the German side keen to build on a 2-2 draw against FC Slovan Liberec on matchday one. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time and this is Freiburg's first encounter with Spanish opponents. • Sevilla's record in 14 games against German clubs is an excellent W7 D5 L2 (W4 D4 L0 at home – W3 D1 L2 in Germany). They are yet to lose at home to a German side, but have drawn their last three home fixtures against Bundesliga opponents. • Juande Ramos's Sevilla eliminated two German sides – 1. FSV Mainz in the first round and FC Schalke 04 in the semi-finals – en route to winning the first of their back-to-back UEFA Cups in 2005/06. Match background • Sevilla have made it to this stage for the sixth time since the advent of the UEFA Cup group stage in 2004/05. They have only once failed to get through to the round of 32, in 2008/09. • A 2-1 win at Estoril Praia on matchday one means Sevilla have won all five of their games since entering this season's competition in the third qualifying round. They scored 18 goals in their four qualifying fixtures against FK Mladost Podgorica and WKS Śląsk Wrocław – 11 of them away from home. • Freiburg are making their first appearance in a UEFA competition group stage. Indeed, this is their first appearance in Europe since they reached the third round of the 2001/02 UEFA Cup, losing to eventual winners Feyenoord. • Freiburg have played only four away games in European competition with the record W1 D2 L1. Seville is the furthest west and the furthest south that Freiburg have ever gone for a UEFA club competition game. Team facts • Seville is the only city to have two representatives in this season's competition, with neighbours Real Betis Balompié in Group I. • Sevilla are one of five teams in the group stage who have won this competition before along with Valencia CF (2004), Eintracht Frankfurt (1980), PSV Eindhoven (1978) and fellow two-time winners Tottenham Hotspur FC (1972, 1984). The man who led them to their 2006 and 2007 triumphs, Juande Ramos, is also in this season's group stage as coach of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. • Sevilla boast German talent in the form of on-loan Chelsea FC man Marko Marin and midfielder Piotr Trochowski, while Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitić was a Schalke player from 2007-10. • Freiburg midfielder Gelson Fernandes and Sevilla's Daniel Carriço were briefly team-mates at Sporting Clube de Portugal at the start of 2012/13. Coach information • Sevilla coach since January 2013, Unai Emery started out as a midfielder at Real Sociedad de Fútbol, but was to play the bulk of his career in Spain's second division, switching from playing to coaching at Lorca Deportiva CF after a serious knee injury. Having led UD Almería to the top tier, he coached Valencia CF from 2008 to 2012, with his side regular European contenders during that spell. More recently he had a brief spell at FC Spartak Moskva. • A qualified teacher, coach Christian Streich played for Freiburg and their neighbours Freiburger FC as a midfielder, making a brief cameo appearance in the Bundesliga with FC Homburg 08 before moving into coaching. He took charge of Freiburg's youth team in 1995, later combining that role with work as the club's assistant coach before being given sole command in December 2011. He famously cycles to all of Freiburg's home games. 4 Sevilla FC - SC Freiburg Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Team facts Sevilla FC Formed: 1905 Nickname: Los Hispalenses (from Hispalis, Seville's ancient name) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (2): 2006, 2007 • UEFA Super Cup (1): 2006, (2007) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Spanish title: 1 (1946) Spanish Cup: 5 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2011/12: play-offs 2010/11: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2006/07: winners 2005/06: winners 2004/05: round of 16 2003/04: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v FC Karpaty Lviv 04/11/10, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 1-6: FK Mladost Podgorica v Sevilla 09/08/13, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 0-5: WKS Śląsk Wrocław v Sevilla 29/08/13, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-4: Sevilla v SC Braga 24/08/10, UEFA Champions League play-off second leg 1-2 on three occasions, most recently v FC Porto 17/02/11, UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg 0-1: Sevilla v Paris Saint-Germain FC 16/09/10, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 8-0: Real Madrid CF v Sevilla 23/01/58, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0 on three occasions, most recently v FC Karpaty Lviv (see above) • Biggest away win 1-6: FK Mladost Podgorica v Sevilla (see above) 0-5: WKS Śląsk Wrocław v Sevilla (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Sevilla v FC Porto (see above) 1-2: Sevilla v AZ Alkmaar 14/12/06, UEFA Cup group stage 0-1: Sevilla v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5 Sevilla FC - SC Freiburg Thursday 3 October 2013 - 19.00CET, (19.00 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville 4-0: 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Sevilla 08/12/82, third round second leg SC Freiburg Formed: 1904 Nickname: Breisgau-Brasilianer (Breisgau Brazilians) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-1: Freiburg v FK Púchov 27/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: FC St Gallen v Freiburg 01/11/01, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Freiburg v SK Slavia Praha