UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán - Seville Thursday 11 December 2014 Sevilla FC 21.05CET (21.05 local time) HNK Rijeka Group G - Matchday 6 Last updated 09/06/2015 18:51CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 15 Legend 16 1 Sevilla FC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Kramarić 53 (P), 02/10/2014 GS HNK Rijeka - Sevilla FC 2-2 Rijeka Kvržić 68; Aspas 26, Mbia 90+1 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sevilla FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 HNK Rijeka 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Sevilla FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Sevilla FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country HNK Rijeka - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/12/2013 GS Real Betis Balompié - HNK Rijeka 0-0 Sevilla 03/10/2013 GS HNK Rijeka - Real Betis Balompié 1-1 Rijeka Benko 10; Cedrick 14 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 0-1 28/09/2000 R1 HNK Rijeka - RC Celta de Vigo Rijeka Djorović 112 ET agg 0-1 (aet) 14/09/2000 R1 RC Celta de Vigo - HNK Rijeka 0-0 Vigo UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Juanito 67 (P), 3-0 07/11/1984 R2 Real Madrid CF - HNK Rijeka Madrid Santillana 79, agg: 4-3 Valdano 82 Fegić 30, 57, Matrljan 24/10/1984 R2 HNK Rijeka - Real Madrid CF 3-1 Rijeka 40; Díaz González 81 4-1 Fegić 4, 76, Hrstić 23, 03/10/1984 R1 HNK Rijeka - Real Valladolid CF Rijeka agg: 4-2 Desnica 82; More 25 19/09/1984 R1 Real Valladolid CF - HNK Rijeka 1-0 Valladolid Da Silva 66 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Sevilla FC 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 HNK Rijeka 5 2 2 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 9 2 4 3 10 10 2 Sevilla FC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Match background Last season's UEFA Europa League winners Sevilla FC have a battle on their hands if they are to make it to the round of 32, with HNK Rijeka set to go for broke on matchday six. • A draw or a win will guarantee Sevilla a top-two finish in Group G. • Rijeka must win in Seville if they are to make it to the spring phase of a UEFA competition for the first time since 1979/80, when they bowed out to Juventus in the European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals. Form guide • Stéphane Mbia's added-time volley earned Sevilla a 2-2 draw when the sides met in Croatia on matchday two. • Rijeka have yet to score in four games in Spain, but earned goalless draws in their two most recent visits – including a 0-0 result at Sevilla's neighbours Real Betis Balompié on matchday six in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage. • Having also drawn at home against Betis last season, Rijeka have drawn all three of their games against Seville clubs to date. • Sevilla have won their last four European home games; Rijeka have lost both of their Group G away fixtures thus far. Trivia and links • Rijeka are one of only four teams left in the competition who entered this season's UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round, along with FC Krasnodar, FC Dinamo Minsk and Asteras Tripolis FC. The coaches • Sevilla coach since January 2013, one-time midfielder Unai Emery switched from playing to coaching at Lorca Deportiva CF. 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 stint at FC Spartak Moskva. • Hired in February 2013, Rijeka coach Matjaž Kek led his native Slovenia to the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals. Kek started and ended his playing career as a defender at NK Maribor – where his father and son also played – either side of a long spell in Austria, and returned there to begin his coaching career. 3 Sevilla FC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 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), Los Blanquirrojos (white-and-reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League (3): 2006, 2007, 2014 • UEFA Super Cup (1): 2006, (2007), (2014) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Spanish title: 1 (1946) Spanish Cup: 5 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: winners 2012/13: did not take part 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 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 0-2: Sevilla v Real Betis Balompié 13/03/14, UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg • 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 0-2: Sevilla v Real Betis Balompié (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: 1. FC Kaiserslautern v Sevilla 08/12/82, third round second leg HNK Rijeka Formed: 1946 Nickname: Riječki bijeli (Rijeka Whites) UEFA club competition honours 4 Sevilla FC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National cup: 5 (2014) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: third qualifying round 2008/09: UEFA Intertoto Cup first round 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: first qualifying round 2005/06: second qualifying round 2004/05: second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town FC 18/07/13, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Vikingur v Rijeka 31/07/14, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rijeka v FK Partizan 04/08/99, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Vitória SC v Rijeka 19/09/13, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-0: Rijeka v Prestatyn Town FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Vikingur v Rijeka (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2: Rijeka v FC Metalist Kharkiv 30/07/09, third qualifying round first leg 0-1 twice, most recently v RC Celta de Vigo 28/09/00, first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Vitória SC v Rijeka (see above) 5 Sevilla FC - HNK Rijeka Thursday 11 December 2014 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville Squad list Sevilla FC Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Mariano Barbosa ITA 27/07/1984 30 - - - 2 - - - 7 - 13 Beto POR 01/05/1982 32 - 3 - 11 - 10 - 23 - 29 Sergio Rico ESP 01/09/1993 21 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 32 Juan Soriano ESP 23/08/1997 17 - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Benoît Trémoulinas FRA 28/12/1985 28 - 2 - 9 - 23 1 36 1 3 Fernando Navarro ESP 25/06/1982 32 * 3 - 3 - 22 - 50 - 5 Diogo Figueiras POR 07/01/1991 23 - 3 - 9 - 13 - 16 - 6 Daniel Carriço POR 04/08/1988 26 - 5 - 13 - 39 2 53 3 15 Timothée Kolodziejczak FRA 01/10/1991 23 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 7 - 21 Nicolas Pareja ARG 19/01/1984 30 - 1 - 13 - 18 - 37 1 23 Coke ESP 26/04/1987 27 - 2 - 11 - 12 - 17 2 24 Alejandro Arribas ESP 01/05/1989 25 * 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - Midfielders 4 Grzegorz Krychowiak POL 29/01/1990 24 * 5 1 14 - 5 1 6 1 10 José Antonio Reyes ESP 01/09/1983 31 - 5 1 4 - 38 4 83 12 12 Vicente Iborra ESP 16/01/1988 26 - 2 - 5 1 22 3 26 3 17 Denis Suárez ESP 03/01/1994 20 - 4 - 13 1 4 - 5 - 18 Gerard Deulofeu ESP 13/03/1994 20 - 4 - 9 1 4 - 7 - 19 Éver Banega ARG 20/06/1988 26 - 3 - 13 1 12 - 30 - 20 Vitolo ESP 02/11/1989 25 - 2 - 11 2 15 3 19 4 22 Aleix Vidal ESP 21/08/1989 25 - 2 - 13 2 2 - 3 - 25 Stéphane Mbia CMR 20/05/1986 28 * 4 2 9 4 22 5 42 6 26 Luismi ESP 05/05/1992 22 - - - 1 - - - - - 27 Antonio Cotán ESP 19/05/1996 18 - - - - - - - 2 - 31 Juan Arguez ESP 04/04/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Kevin Gameiro FRA 09/05/1987 27 - 3 1 7 2 23 8 29 10 9 Carlos Bacca COL 08/09/1986 28 - 5 1 14 10 23 6 29 11 14 Iago Aspas ESP 01/08/1987 27 - 3 1 6 - 3 1 4 1 28 Carlos Fernández ESP 22/05/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - 30 Juan Muñoz Muñoz ESP 12/11/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - Coach - Unai Emery ESP 03/11/1971 43 - 5 - - - 46 - 75 - HNK Rijeka Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No.