UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stadio San Paolo - Naples Tuesday 19 August 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) SSC Napoli Play-off, First leg Athletic Club Last updated 31/05/2015 07:53CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Team facts 15 Competition format 17 Legend 20 1 SSC Napoli - Athletic Club Tuesday 19 August 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/2011 GS Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli 0-2 Villarreal Inler 65, Hamšík 76 Hamšík 15, Cavani 17 27/09/2011 GS SSC Napoli - Villarreal CF 2-0 Naples (P) UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Nilmar 42, Rossi 24/02/2011 R32 Villarreal CF - SSC Napoli Villarreal agg: 2-1 45+1; Hamšík 18 17/02/2011 R32 SSC Napoli - Villarreal CF 0-0 Naples UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 30/09/1992 R1 SSC Napoli - Valencia CF Naples Fonseca 8 agg: 6-1 Roberto 56; Fonseca 16/09/1992 R1 Valencia CF - SSC Napoli 1-5 Valencia 20, 60, 64, 87, 90 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Francini 9; 30/09/1987 R1 SSC Napoli - Real Madrid CF Naples agg: 1-3 Butragueño 43 Míchel 19 (P), 16/09/1987 R1 Real Madrid CF - SSC Napoli 2-0 Madrid Tendillo 76 Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Gurpegi 6, Del Horno 21/10/2004 GS Athletic Club - Parma FC 2-0 Bilbao 49 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Mikel Lasa 68 (og); 04/11/1998 GS Juventus - Athletic Club 1-1 Turin Guerrero 45 21/10/1998 GS Athletic Club - Juventus 0-0 Bilbao UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Aitor Larrazábal 41, 30/09/1997 R1 Athletic Club - UC Sampdoria Bilbao agg: 4-1 Ziganda 48 2 SSC Napoli - Athletic Club Tuesday 19 August 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples UEFA Cup Boghossian 74; 16/09/1997 R1 UC Sampdoria - Athletic Club 1-2 Genoa Roberto Rios 18, Iñigo Larrainzar 61 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Zola 20, D. Baggio 4-2 06/12/1994 R3 Parma FC - Athletic Club Parma 38, 47, Couto 63; agg: 4-3 Vales 56, Guerrero 76 22/11/1994 R3 Athletic Club - Parma FC 1-0 Bilbao Ziganda 49 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Uralde 52, Andrinua 3-2 09/11/1988 R2 Athletic Club - Juventus Bilbao 58, 70; M. Laudrup agg: 4-7 35, Galia 77 M. Laudrup 4, 52, 26/10/1988 R2 Juventus - Athletic Club 5-1 Turin Galia 24, Mauro 41, Altobelli 47; Uralde 36 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Irureta 12, Carlos 78; 18/05/1977 F Athletic Club - Juventus Bilbao agg: 2-2 ag Bettega 7 05/05/1977 F Juventus - Athletic Club 1-0 Turin Tardelli 14 Calloni 53, 83 (P), 3-1 08/12/1976 R3 AC Milan - Athletic Club Milan Biasiolo 60; agg: 4-5 Madariaga 86 (P) Dani 45 (P), 81 (P), 24/11/1976 R3 Athletic Club - AC Milan 4-1 Bilbao Carlos 48, 86; Capello 25 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 4 2 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 12 6 Athletic Club 6 5 1 0 5 1 1 3 2 1 0 1 13 7 2 4 21 19 3 SSC Napoli - Athletic Club Tuesday 19 August 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Match background Boasting a Spanish coach and plenty of Liga-hardened players, SSC Napoli will fancy their chances of making it past Athletic Club to the UEFA Champions League group stage. Previous meetings • none Form guide • Athletic's only previous UEFA Champions League group stage campaign was in 1998/99; Napoli have made it to the group stage twice: in 2011/12 and again last season. • Of the last 14 meetings between Italian and Spanish sides in UEFA club competition, only one has been won by a Serie A club – AC Milan's 2-0 home win against FC Barcelona in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League round of 16. • Napoli's record in eight European games against Spanish sides is W4 D2 L2 (W2 D2 L0 at home, W2 D0 L2 in Spain). In their only meetings with Liga sides in this competition, they beat Villarreal CF 2-0 home and away in their 2011/12 UEFA Champions League group. • Athletic's 13 games against Italian sides have ended W7 D2 L4 (W6 D1 L0 in Bilbao – W1 D1 L4 in Italy). They are unbeaten in five games against Italian sides (W3 D2). • Napoli are unbeaten in five European home games (W4 D1) since a 3-0 loss to FC Viktoria Plzeň in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League round of 32. Links and trivia • Athletic defender Carlos Gurpegui turns 34 on the day of the first leg. • This will be Napoli coach Rafael Benítez's 150th UEFA match. The Spaniard is familiar with the Basque Country from his time as coach of CA Osasuna in neighbouring Navarre in 1996/97; Benítez's record in 11 games against Athletic as a coach is W4 D3 L4. He has yet to win an away game in Bilbao. • Benítez signed Mikel San José from Athletic in 2007, during his time as Liverpool FC coach. However, the defender returned to Bilbao – initially on loan – in 2009 without making a single first-team appearance for the Reds. • Napoli boast Spanish talent in the form of defender Raúl Albiol, forward José María Callejón and new striker Michu, who made his Liga debut – for Rayo Vallecano de Madrid – in a 1-1 draw at Athletic on 28 August 2011. Meanwhile, Federico Fernández (Getafe CF), Henrique (FC Barcelona and Real Racing Club), Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid CF) and Eduardo Vargas (Valencia CF) all have Liga experience. • Higuaín enjoyed his games against Athletic with Madrid, scoring eight goals in ten fixtures – all of them wins. • Athletic's Iker Muniain came on as a substitute in the final of the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship as Spain defeated an Italy side including Napoli's Lorenzo Insigne 4-2. • Napoli midfielder Gökhan Inler captained Switzerland to a 1-0 victory over Spain at the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. 4 SSC Napoli - Athletic Club Tuesday 19 August 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Squad list SSC Napoli Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Rafael Cabral POR 20/05/1990 24 - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - 12 Nikita Contini ITA 21/05/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 45 Mariano Andújar ARG 30/07/1983 31 - - - - - - - - - 7 - Defenders 4 Henrique BRA 14/10/1986 27 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 5 Miguel Britos URU 17/07/1985 29 - - - - - - - 2 - 8 - 11 Christian Maggio ITA 11/02/1982 32 - - - - - - - 12 - 34 2 18 Camilo Zúñiga COL 14/12/1985 28 - - - - - - - 9 - 23 - 26 Kalidou Koulibaly FRA 20/06/1991 23 - - - - - - - - - 18 - 31 Faouzi Ghoulam FRA 01/02/1991 23 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 33 Raúl Albiol ESP 04/09/1985 28 - - - - - - - 42 2 60 2 51 Alfredo Bifulco ITA 19/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 54 Michele Girardi ITA 04/08/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 55 Vincenzo Guardiglio ITA 02/08/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 56 Gianluigi Mangiapia ITA 06/07/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 58 Giorgio Palumbo ITA 16/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 61 Marco Supino ITA 21/06/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 63 Antonio Granata ITA 20/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 65 Aniello Esposito ITA 31/03/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 66 Vincenzo Frulio ITA 06/04/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 70 Gianmarco De Masi ITA 17/07/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 7 José Callejón ESP 11/02/1987 27 - - - - - - - 15 9 19 9 8 Jorginho ITA 20/12/1991 22 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Giandomenico Mesto ITA 25/05/1982 32 - - - - - - - 3 - 15 - 17 Marek Hamšík SVK 27/07/1987 27 - - - - - - - 12 2 36 6 20 Blerim Dzemaili SUI 12/04/1986 28 - - - - - - - 9 - 23 3 22 Josip Radošević CRO 03/04/1994 20 - - - - - - - - - 4 - 53 Felice Gaetano ITA 08/01/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 57 Luca Palmiero ITA 01/05/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 59 Mario Prezioso ITA 15/04/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 60 Antonio Romano ITA 23/03/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 62 Biagio Setola ITA 12/01/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 67 Fabrizio De Simone ITA 09/05/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 68 Gennaro De Simone ITA 22/05/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 77 Walter Gargano URU 23/03/1984 30 - - - - - - - 7 - 28 - 88 Gökhan Inler SUI 27/06/1984 30 - - - - - - - 13 3 36 6 Forwards 9 Gonzalo Higuaín ARG 10/12/1987 26 - - - - - - - 53 12 57 13 5 SSC Napoli - Athletic Club Tuesday 19 August 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples SSC Napoli Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA 14 Dries Mertens BEL 06/05/1987 27 - - - - - - - 6 - 39 7 24 Lorenzo Insigne ITA 04/06/1991 23 - - - - - - - 6 2 15 3 25 Michu ESP 21/03/1986 28 - - - - - - - - - 7 4 52 Alessandro Di Fiore ITA 09/04/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 64 Giovanni Lombardi ITA 11/03/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 69 Raffaele Selva ITA 06/06/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 91 Duván Zapata COL 01/04/1991 23 - - - - - - - 3 1 5 2 Coach - Rafael Benítez ESP 16/04/1960 54 - - - - - - - 89 - 149 - 6 SSC Napoli - Athletic Club Tuesday 19 August 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stadio San Paolo, Naples Athletic Club Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.