UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Hannover 96 (first leg: 2-2) R. Standard de Liège Matchday 10 - round of 16, second leg Hannover Arena, Hannover Thursday 15 March 2012 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................13 Match officials..................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................18 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 Hannover 96 - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 15 March 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Hannover Arena, Hannover Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/03/12 R16 R. Standard de Liège - Hannover 96 2-2 Liege Buyens 27, Tchite 30; Stindl 22(p), Diouf 56 30/11/11 GS R. Standard de Liège - Hannover 96 2-0 Liege Tchite 26, Cyriac 59 15/09/11 GS Hannover 96 - R. Standard de Liège 0-0 Hannover Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 4 R. Standard de Liège 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 4 2 Hannover 96 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/02/12 R32 Club Brugge KV - Hannover 96 0-1 Bruges Diouf 21 agg: 1-3 16/02/12 R32 Hannover 96 - Club Brugge KV 2-1 Hannover Sobiech 73, Schlaudraff 80(p); Lestienne 51 R. Standard de Liège - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/04/10 QF R. Standard de Liège - Hamburger SV 1-3 Liege De Camargo 33; Petrić 20, 35, Guerrero agg: 2-5 90+4 01/04/10 QF Hamburger SV - R. Standard de Liège 2-1 Hamburg Petrić 42(p), Van Nistelrooy 45; Mbokani 31 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/12/08 GS VfB Stuttgart - R. Standard de Liège 3-0 Stuttgart Khedira 5, Hilbert 49, Marica 72 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 30/09/04 R1 VfL Bochum 1848 - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Bochum Maltritz 45+3; Jorge Wiston 90+2 agg: 1-1 ag 16/09/04 R1 R. Standard de Liège - VfL Bochum 1848 0-0 Liege UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/08/00 SF R. Standard de Liège - VfB Stuttgart 0-1 Liege Dundee 27 agg: 1-2 26/07/00 SF VfB Stuttgart - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Karlsruhe Thiam 68; Meyssen 59 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/07/97 GS 1. FC Köln - R. Standard de Liège 1-1 Cologne Gaissmayer 17; Emile Mpenza 39 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/08/96 F Karlsruher SC - R. Standard de Liège 3-1 Karlsruhe Hässler 36, Bender 79, Schroth 87; agg: 3-2 Lawaree 61 06/08/96 F R. Standard de Liège - Karlsruher SC 1-0 Liege Bisconti 60 13/07/96 GS VfB Stuttgart - R. Standard de Liège 0-2 Stuttgart Paulo Da Silva 36, Krupnikovic 90 Last updated 14/03/12 13:52:59CET 2 Previous meetings Hannover 96 - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 15 March 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Hannover Arena, Hannover UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/84 R2 1. FC Köln - R. Standard de Liège 2-1 Cologne Strack 41, Allofs 55; Gründel 75 agg: 4-1 24/10/84 R2 R. Standard de Liège - 1. FC Köln 0-2 Liege Littbarski 39, Bein 81 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/03/81 QF 1. FC Köln - R. Standard de Liège 3-2 Cologne Müller 29, Bonhof 70(p), Littbarski 86; agg: 3-2 Graf 41, van der Smissen 66 04/03/81 QF R. Standard de Liège - 1. FC Köln 0-0 Liege 10/12/80 R3 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 1-4 Dresden Döschner 80; Sigurvinsson 17, 40, 55, R. Standard de Liège agg: 2-5 Tahamata 76 26/11/80 R3 R. Standard de Liège - 1-1 Liege Plessers 88; Heidler 36 1. FC Dynamo Dresden 05/11/80 R2 R. Standard de Liège - 2-1 Liege Edström 4, Graf 83; Briegel 10 1. FC Kaiserslautern agg: 4-2 22/10/80 R2 1. FC Kaiserslautern - 1-2 Kaiserslautern Wendt 32; Wellens 44, Plessers 65 R. Standard de Liège UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/12/77 R3 R. Standard de Liège - FC Carl Zeiss Jena 1-2 Liege Nickel 75; Sengewald 37, Weise 81 agg: 1-4 23/11/77 R3 FC Carl Zeiss Jena - R. Standard de Liège 2-0 Jena Schnuphase 11, 75(p) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/04/67 SF R. Standard de Liège - 1-3 Liege Galić 32; Müller 27, 73, 83 FC Bayern München agg: 1-5 11/04/67 SF FC Bayern München - 2-0 Munich Müller 2, Kupferschmidt 10 R. Standard de Liège 14/12/66 R2 R. Standard de Liège - 1-0 Liege Claessen 57 BSG Chemie Leipzig agg: 2-2 ag 30/11/66 R2 BSG Chemie Leipzig - 2-1 Leipzig Behla 4, Schmidt 23; Galić 43 R. Standard de Liège 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 Hannover 96 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 1 5 5 R. Standard de Liège 12 3 4 5 14 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 28 7 8 13 29 39 Last updated 14/03/12 13:52:59CET 3 Previous meetings Hannover 96 - R. Standard de Liège Thursday 15 March 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Hannover Arena, Hannover Match background Hannover 96 have yet to lose a home game in Europe, and will look to maintain that momentum as R. Standard de Liège come calling again in their UEFA Europa League round of 16 decider. • The sides drew 2-2 in Liege in the first leg. Lars Stindl's 22nd-minute penalty put the visitors ahead, but goals from Yoni Buyens (27) and Mohamed Tchite (30) swiftly turned things around, only for Mame Diouf to equalise for Hannover on 56 minutes. Previous meetings • Standard and Hannover met for the first time in this season's group stage. The sides drew 0-0 in Germany before Mohamed Tchite (26) and Gohi Bi Cyriac (59) gave Standard a 2-0 home win. • The teams for their 0-0 draw in Hannover on 15 September 2011 were: Hannover: Zieler, Haggui, Pogatetz, Cherundulo, Sergio Pinto (Hauger 75), Schlaudraff, Chahed, Abdellaoue (Konen Ya 46), Stindl, Schiedebach (Stoppelkamp 82), Rausch. Standard: Bolat, Opare, Felipe, Berrier (Nacho González 82), Cyriac (Tchite 67), Pocognoli, Buyens, Vainqueur, Kanu, Van Damme, Mujangi (Buzaglo 74). Match backgrounds • Since their group stage meetings with Standard, Hannover have met another Belgian team, eliminating Club Brugge KV in the round of 32. Their record in five games against Belgian sides now reads W2 D2 L1 (W1 D1 L0 at home). • Standard's 28 games against German sides have ended W7 D8 L13 (W3 D4 L8 in Germany). Prior to beating Hannover in November, they had gone ten games without a victory against Bundesliga opposition. • Standard have gone 11 matches unbeaten in this term's UEFA Europa League with six wins and five draws. They have conceded the fewest goals in Europe this season of all the sides left in the competition, just four in nine games since the start of the group stage. • Standard last reached the round of 16 in 2009/10, beating Panathinaikos FC but bowing out to Hamburger SV in their next tie. • Hannover are competing in UEFA competition for only the second time in their history, and this is the first time they have played in a post-Christmas club competition tie. Their previous campaign, in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, ended in a 4-3 aggregate defeat by SV Werder Bremen. • Hannover have yet to lose a home game in UEFA competition, recording four wins and two draws over the course of their two continental campaigns. • Standard have yet to lose away from home in this season's UEFA Europa League, recording three wins and two draws on their travels. Team facts • Hannover are the least experienced side left in Europe this season; this will be only their 14th UEFA club competition game, while it is Standard's 198th. • Hannover midfielder Konstantin Rausch celebrates his 22nd birthday on the day of this match. • Hannover boss Mirko Slomka led the club he had previously served as a player and assistant coach into Europe with a fourth-placed Bundesliga finish in his first season in charge. • Slomka is competing in the group stage of this competition for the first time, but enjoyed success in the 2005/06 edition. He led FC Schalke 04 from the round of 32 to the semi-finals after replacing Ralf Rangnick as coach following the group phase.