Uefa Europa League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit

Uefa Europa League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit

UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Steaua Bucureşti FC Schalke 04 Group J - Matchday 1 Stadionul Dr Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Thursday 15 September 2011 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................11 Match officials..................................................................................................................13 Legend............................................................................................................................14 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 FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 15 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Previous meetings Head to Head None FC Steaua Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/08 GS FC Bayern München - FC Steaua Bucureşti 3-0 Munich Klose 57, 71, Toni 61 17/09/08 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Bayern München 0-1 Bucharest Van Buyten 15 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/12/05 GS Hertha BSC Berlin - FC Steaua Bucureşti 0-0 Berlin UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/12/96 GS Borussia Dortmund - FC Steaua Bucureşti 5-3 Dortmund Chapuisat 13, 22, Tretschok 43, Riedle 63, Zorc 65; Sabin Ilie 17(p), Baciu 52, Calin 79 25/09/96 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - Borussia Dortmund 0-3 Bucharest Ricken 6, Heinrich 37, Chapuisat 77 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/95 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Bucharest 18/10/95 GS Borussia Dortmund - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-0 Dortmund Ricken 58 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/03/72 QF FC Bayern München - FC Steaua Bucureşti 0-0 Munich agg: 1-1 ag 08/03/72 QF FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Bayern München 1-1 Bucharest Tătaru II 18; Müller 69 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/12/57 R1 Borussia Dortmund - FC Steaua Bucureşti 3-1 (Rep) Bologna Dulz 15, Kelbassa 62, Preissler 79; Cacoveanu 35 08/12/57 R1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Borussia Dortmund 3-1 Bucharest Tătaru 17, Constantin 25, Alexandrescu agg: 4-4 45; Niepieklo 12 27/11/57 R1 Borussia Dortmund - FC Steaua Bucureşti 4-2 Dortmund Peters 35, 62, 64, Niepieklo 66; Zavoda I 43, Bone 50 FC Schalke 04 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/76 R2 FC Schalke 04 - 4-0 Gelsenkirchen Bongartz 2, 78, Fischer 15, 24 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti agg: 5-0 20/10/76 R2 FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti - 0-1 Bucharest Fischer 59 FC Schalke 04 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 FC Steaua Bucureşti 5 1 2 2 7 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 12 1 4 7 10 22 FC Schalke 04 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 Last updated 14/09/11 13:02:16CET 2 Previous meetings FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 15 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Match background FC Steaua Bucureşti will look to take inspiration from a new coach as they take on last season's UEFA Champions League semi-finalists FC Schalke 04 in their opening UEFA Europa League Group J game. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time in Europe. • Steaua's record in 12 games against German opponents is a somewhat dispiriting W1 D4 L7 (W1 D2 L2 at home). • That lone victory against a German side was a 3-1 win against Borussia Dortmund in Bucharest in the second leg of a European Champion Clubs' Cup first round tie on 8 December 1957, having lost the first leg 4-2. With the away goals rule yet to be introduced, the tie was settled by a replay, which Dortmund won 3-1 in Bologna. • Steaua have not scored in their last three games against German sides, and have also drawn a blank in their last three home fixtures against teams from the Bundesliga. • Schalke met Steaua's neighbours FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup second round; they won 1-0 away and 4-0 at home in what was their only previous tie against a Romanian side. Match background • Unbeaten in six European home games since a 1-0 loss to Fenerbahçe SK in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage, Steaua have been alternating draws and wins on their own turf; should that pattern continue they are due another draw against Schalke. • Schalke have not won in three UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League away fixtures (a draw and two defeats) since a 4-1 victory at APOEL FC in the first round on 16 September 2008. Their only previous away fixture this season ended in a shock 2-0 loss at HJK Helsinki, though they won the return fixture 6-1. Team facts • Schalke defender and midfielder Marco Höger celebrates his 22nd birthday the day after the Steaua game. A summer signing from TSV Alemannia Aachen, he made his European debut for Schalke in the play-offs, featuring in both legs against HJK Helsinki. • Schalke boast Romanian talent in the form of forward Ciprian Marica, who started his career with Steaua's neighbours FC Dinamo Bucureşti. He represented FC Shakhtar Donetsk and VfB Stuttgart before joining Schalke this summer. • Steaua are led by Israeli coach Roni Levy, who won three titles as a coach in his home country with Maccabi Haifa FC and a runners-up medal in Romania with FC Unirea Urziceni in 2009/10. He joined Steaua this summer after a spell back in Israel at Beitar Jerusalem FC. • Levy led Maccabi Haifa through the group stage of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup, eventually reaching the round of 16. • Ralf Rangnick returned to Schalke in the spring, having previously been in charge in the 2004/05 season. The studious coach guided them to the UEFA Champions League semi-finals last season having taken them through the UEFA Cup group stage in his first spell at the helm. Last updated 14/09/11 13:02:16CET 3 Match background FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 15 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca Team facts FC Steaua Bucureşti Formed: 1947 Nickname: Militarii (Army Men) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1986, (1989) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1986 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 23 (2006) Romanian Cup: 21 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage 2006/07: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2004/05: round of 16 2003/04: second round 2002/03: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v BSC Young Boys 03/10/79, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: AC Sparta Praha v Steaua 07/09/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Real Madrid CF 17/10/06, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3 on four occasions, most recently v Olympique Lyonnais 26/09/06 UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on two occasions, most recently v Paris Saint-Germain FC 27/08/97, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg UEFA Cup/Europa League • Biggest home win 4-0: Steaua v RC Lens 20/10/05, group stage • Biggest away win 1-4: FC Levadia Maardu v Steaua 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on two occasions, most recently v Real Betis Balompié 09/03/06, round of 16 second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Steaua v FC Barcelona 28/09/77, first round second leg 0-2: Steaua v Sevilla FC 15/02/07, round of 32 first leg • Heaviest away defeat Last updated 14/09/11 13:02:16CET 4 Team facts FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 15 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca 5-1: FC Barcelona v Steaua 14/09/77, first round first leg Last updated 14/09/11 13:02:16CET 5 Team facts FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC Schalke 04 Thursday 15 September 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Dr Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj-Napoca FC Schalke 04 Formed: 1904 Nickname: S04, Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition

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