UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Paris Saint-Germain FC Athletic Club Group F - Matchday 6 Parc des Princes, Paris Wednesday 14 December 2011 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Match-by-match lineups....................................................................................................9 Match officials..................................................................................................................11 Legend............................................................................................................................12 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 Paris Saint-Germain FC - Athletic Club Wednesday 14 December 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parc des Princes, Paris Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/11 GS Athletic Club - Paris Saint-Germain FC 2-0 Bilbao Gabilondo 20, Susaeta 45 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Paris Saint-Germain FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 Athletic Club 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/12/10 GS Paris Saint-Germain FC - Sevilla FC 4-2 Paris Bodmer 17, Hoarau 20, 47, Nenê 45; Kanouté 32, 36 16/09/10 GS Sevilla FC - Paris Saint-Germain FC 0-1 Seville Nenê 75 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/08 GS Paris Saint-Germain FC - Real Racing Club 2-2 Paris Kežman 5, Luyindula 32; Traoré 40(og), Colsa 55 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/03/01 2ndGS RC Deportivo La Coruña - 4-3 La Coruna Pandiani 57, 76, 84, Tristán 60; Okocha Paris Saint-Germain FC 29, Laurent Leroy 43, 55 21/11/00 2ndGS Paris Saint-Germain FC - 1-3 Paris Algerino 37; Naybet 64, Flores 70, RC Deportivo La Coruña Makaay 90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/05/97 F FC Barcelona - Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-0 Rotterdam Ronaldo 37(p) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/04/96 SF Paris Saint-Germain FC - 1-0 Paris Loko 58 RC Deportivo La Coruña agg: 2-0 04/04/96 SF RC Deportivo La Coruña - 0-1 La Coruna Djorkaeff 90 Paris Saint-Germain FC UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/03/95 QF Paris Saint-Germain FC - FC Barcelona 2-1 Paris Rai 72, Guérin 83; Bakero 49 agg: 3-2 01/03/95 QF FC Barcelona - Paris Saint-Germain FC 1-1 Barcelona Korneev 48; Weah 57 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/03/94 QF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Real Madrid CF 1-1 Paris Raymundo 51; Butragueño 20 agg: 2-1 03/03/94 QF Real Madrid CF - Paris Saint-Germain FC 0-1 Madrid Weah 32 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/03/93 QF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Real Madrid CF 4-1 Paris Weah 33, Ginola 81, Valdo 87, agg: 5-4 Kombouaré 90; Zamorano 90 02/03/93 QF Real Madrid CF - Paris Saint-Germain FC 3-1 Madrid Butragueño 31, Zamorano 34, Míchel 89(p); Ginola 49 Athletic Club - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Last updated 12/12/11 17:23:44CET 2 Previous meetings Paris Saint-Germain FC - Athletic Club Wednesday 14 December 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parc des Princes, Paris European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/10/84 R1 Athletic Club - FC Girondins de Bordeaux 0-0 Bilbao agg: 2-3 19/09/84 R1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Athletic Club 3-2 Bordeaux Müller 28, Battiston 62, Lacombe 79; Guarrotxena 30, Salinas 70 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 Paris Saint-Germain FC 7 4 2 1 7 3 1 3 1 0 0 1 15 7 3 5 23 21 Athletic Club 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 4 3 Last updated 12/12/11 17:23:44CET 3 Previous meetings Paris Saint-Germain FC - Athletic Club Wednesday 14 December 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parc des Princes, Paris Match background Paris Saint-Germain FC take on Athletic Club on the final day needing things to go their way if they are to join their opponents in progressing from UEFA Europa League Group F. • The Bilbao side are already through as group winners, but to join them, PSG must get a better result than FC Salzburg manage at eliminated ŠK Slovan Bratislava, with the Austrian side boasting a better head-to-head record in the event that the sides finish level on points. Previous meetings • Athletic were without a win in the Liga when they met PSG for the first time on matchday two, but they put their domestic woes behind them to win 2-0. First-half goals from Igor Gabilondo (20) and Markel Susaeta (45) were enough to see off a PSG side whose task was made even harder when Mohamed Sissoko was sent off after the break. • PSG's record in 15 games against Spanish side reads W7 D3 L5 (W4 D2 L1 in Paris). Their most momentous meeting with a Liga side was the 1997 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final, which they lost 1-0 against FC Barcelona in Rotterdam, Ronaldo's penalty settling it. • In Athletic's only previous tie against French opponents, they lost out to FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the 1984/85 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round, drawing 0-0 at home after a 3-2 defeat in France. Match background • PSG are on an 18-game unbeaten run in continental competition at the Parc des Princes (11 wins and seven draws) since a 4-2 loss to Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC on 23 November 2006. A 1-0 win against Slovan on matchday four took that run into a sixth year. • Athletic have won both of their Group F away fixtures this season, and are unbeaten in their last four matches on the road in the group stage (a draw and then three wins) since a 3-1 loss at SV Werder Bremen on matchday two of the 2009/10 campaign. Team facts • Athletic winger Markel Susaeta turns 24 on the day of the game and has never before played in a UEFA game on his birthday. • PSG's next goal will be their 100th in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League; this will be their 72nd game in the two competitions. • PSG winger Nenê played in Spain with RCD Mallorca (2003-04), Deportivo Alavés (2004-06) and RC Celta de Vigo (2006-07) before moving to AS Monaco FC. He then spent the 2008/09 season on loan at RCD Espanyol. • Nenê played eight games against Athletic in Spain, scoring once, with the record W3 D3 L2. • Athletic's Mikel San José and PSG's Mohamed Sissoko were team-mates at Liverpool FC from 2007 to 2008, though the former never made a senior appearance for the Reds. • PSG sporting director Leonardo played in Spain for Valencia CF (1991-93), and won each of the three matches that he played against Athletic. • PSG boss Antoine Kombouaré was a defender for FC Nantes, PSG, FC Sion and Aberdeen FC before returning to Paris to lead PSG's reserves. He got the top job in 2009 at Parc des Princes following spells with RC Strasbourg (2003–04) and Valenciennes FC (2005–09). • Athletic's coach is former Argentina defender Marcelo Bielsa, who briefly led Espanyol in Spain in 1998 before taking charge of the Argentina (1998–2004) and Chile (2007–11) national teams. Athletic's 0-0 draw against Trabzonspor AŞ in the play-offs was his first UEFA club competition fixture. Last updated 12/12/11 17:23:44CET 4 Match background Paris Saint-Germain FC - Athletic Club Wednesday 14 December 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parc des Princes, Paris Team facts Paris Saint-Germain FC Formed: 1970 Nickname: PSG UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1996, (1997) • UEFA Super Cup: (1996) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2001 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1994) French Cup: 8 (2010) French League Cup: 3 (2008) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: quarter-finals 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: UEFA Champions League group stage 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: third round 2001/02: third round (having qualified via the UEFA Intertoto Cup) UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-1: PSG v KAA Gent 01/08/01, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final second leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Differdange 03 v PSG 18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-offs first leg 0-4: FC Vaduz v PSG 12/09/96, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: PSG v Juventus 15/01/97, UEFA Super Cup final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Bayern München v PSG 22/10/97, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0 on four occasions, most recently v FC Twente 18/12/08, group