UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski - Sofia Wednesday 17 August 2016 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 20.45CET (21.45 local time) FC Viktoria Plzeň Play-off, First leg Last updated 15/03/2017 11:33CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Match officials 6 Fixtures and results 7 Match-by-match lineups 10 Team facts 11 Competition format 13 Legend 14 1 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Viktoria Plzeň Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - Record versus clubs from opponents' country PFC Ludogorets Razgrad have not played against a club from their opponents' country FC Viktoria Plzeň - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Viktoria Plzeň have not played against a club from their opponents' country 2 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Viktoria Plzeň Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match background Unbeaten in four European games this season, Ludogorets Razgrad will hope to end Viktoria Plzeň's perfect record in UEFA Champions League play-offs. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time in a competitive game and have never come up against teams from their opponents' country in UEFA competition. • Ludogorets defeated Plzeň 2-1 in a friendly in Turkey in January. Marcelinho (28) and Lucas Sasha (52) scored for Ludogorets; Matěj Končal (56) replied for the Czech side. Match background • Ludogorets eliminated Mladost Podgorića and then Crvena zvezda to reach the play-offs. • This is Ludogorets' third play-off in this competition; they lost 6-2 on aggregate to Basel in 2013/14 but overcame Steaua Bucureşti on penalties in 2014/15. • Plzeň accounted for Qarabağ on away goals in the third qualifying round. The Czech First League club are seven UEFA matches without a victory. • Plzeň have a 100% record in UEFA Champions League play-offs, having beaten København (2011/12) and Maribor (2013/14) in their two previous ties. Team and coach links • Exactly 99 goals have been scored in Ludogorets's 36 games in UEFA competition. • Ludogorets forward Marcelinho needs one more goal to match Roman Bezjak as the club's top UEFA scorer with seven. With 34 outings, he is already the Eagles' European appearance record holder. • Wanderson became the first Ludogorets player to score a UEFA hat-trick in the third qualifying round meeting with Crvena zvezda. He was the first player to register a European treble for a Bulgarian club since fellow Brazilian Joãozinho hit three against Želježničar for Litex Lovech in the UEFA Cup in August 2004. Coach profiles • One-time defender Georgi Dermendzhiev steered Ludogorets into the UEFA Champions League group stage in 2014/15 in his first spell in charge, resigning in May 2015 before being re-hired in November the same year. The former Spartak Plovdiv and Sliven coach has won two Bulgarian titles with Ludogorets. • A defender for Dukla Praha and Sigma Olomouc, and a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup runner up with Rapid Wien in 1996, Roman Pivarník was coaching Bohemians Praha when he was brought in to replace the outgoing Karel Krejčí at Plzeň this summer. 3 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Viktoria Plzeň Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Squad list PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 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 Milan Borjan CRO 23/10/1987 28 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 21 Vladislav Stoyanov BUL 08/06/1987 29 - 4 - - - 1 - 5 - 54 - 90 Ivan Atanasov BUL 06/08/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 91 Vasil Simeonov BUL 04/02/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 4 Cicinho BRA 26/12/1988 27 - 1 - - - 2 1 - - 2 - 5 José Palomino ARG 05/01/1990 26 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 6 Natanael BRA 25/12/1990 25 - 4 - - - 2 - - - 4 - 25 Yordan Minev BUL 14/10/1980 35 - 3 - - - - - 5 1 42 1 27 Cosmin Moţi ROU 03/12/1984 31 - 4 1 - - 1 - 6 - 62 2 32 Igor Plastun UKR 20/08/1990 25 - 4 - - - - - - - 4 - 55 Georgi Terziev BUL 18/04/1992 24 - - - - - 1 - 4 1 9 1 77 Vitinha POR 11/02/1986 30 - - - - - 1 - - - 3 - Midfielders 8 Sasha BRA 01/03/1990 26 - 4 - - - 1 - - - 13 3 10 Gustavo Campanharo BRA 04/04/1992 24 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 18 Svetoslav Dyakov BUL 31/05/1984 32 - 4 - - - 1 - 6 - 34 1 30 Andrei Prepeliţă ROU 08/12/1985 30 - 1 - - - - - 2 - 33 1 88 Wanderson BRA 02/01/1988 28 - 4 4 - - 2 - 4 - 12 6 98 Svetoslav Kovachev BUL 14/03/1998 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 11 Júnior Quixadá BRA 12/12/1985 30 - 2 - - - 2 1 2 - 14 3 22 Jonathan Cafú BRA 10/07/1991 25 - 4 2 - - 1 - - - 4 2 28 Claudiu Keșerü ROU 02/12/1986 29 - 4 1 - - 2 1 - - 13 6 80 Denislav Aleksandrov BUL 19/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 84 Marcelinho BUL 24/08/1984 31 - 4 - - - 2 1 6 1 34 7 92 Jody Lukoki NED 15/11/1992 23 - 3 3 - - 1 - 4 - 11 4 93 Virgil Misidjan NED 24/07/1993 23 - 1 - - - 2 - 5 - 25 2 Coach - Georgi Dermendzhiev BUL 04/01/1955 61 - 4 - - - - - - - 4 - 4 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Viktoria Plzeň Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia FC Viktoria Plzeň 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 Matúš Kozáčik SVK 27/12/1983 32 - 2 - - - 3 - 6 - 65 - 13 Petr Bolek CZE 13/06/1984 32 - - - - - - - - - 13 - 30 Dominik Sváček CZE 24/02/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Lukáš Hejda CZE 09/03/1990 26 - 2 - - - 2 - 1 - 21 - 3 Aleš Matějů CZE 03/06/1996 20 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 4 - 4 Roman Hubník CZE 06/06/1984 32 - 2 - - - 3 - 5 - 30 2 8 David Limberský CZE 06/10/1983 32 - 2 - - - 2 - 9 - 62 1 14 Radim Řezník CZE 20/01/1989 27 - - - - - 2 - 5 - 36 1 22 Jan Baránek CZE 26/06/1993 23 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 7 - 27 František Rajtoral CZE 12/03/1986 30 - - - - - 2 - 12 1 53 6 Midfielders 7 Tomáš Hořava CZE 29/05/1988 28 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 1 32 6 10 Jan Kopic CZE 04/06/1990 26 - 2 - - - 3 2 - - 20 3 11 Milan Petržela CZE 19/06/1983 33 - 2 - - - 1 - 12 - 47 5 17 Patrik Hrošovský SVK 22/04/1992 24 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 12 1 19 Jan Kovařík CZE 19/06/1988 28 - 2 - - - 3 1 5 - 34 4 24 Jan Suchan CZE 18/01/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 25 Jakub Hromada SVK 25/05/1996 20 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 26 Daniel Kolář CZE 27/10/1985 30 - 2 - - - 2 - 12 1 66 15 29 Tomáš Kučera CZE 20/07/1991 25 - - - - - 2 1 - - 3 - Forwards 12 Michal Ďuriš SVK 01/06/1988 28 - 2 - - - 2 1 12 1 59 16 15 Michael Krmenčik CZE 15/03/1993 23 - 2 1 - - 2 - - - 2 1 16 Jan Holenda CZE 22/08/1985 30 - - - - - - - - - 28 6 23 Marek Bakoš SVK 15/04/1983 33 - 1 - - - 3 1 11 3 48 15 Coach - Roman Pivarnik CZE 17/02/1967 49 - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - 5 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Viktoria Plzeň Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Match officials Referee Mark Clattenburg (ENG) Assistant referees Jake Collin (ENG) , Simon Bennett (ENG) Additional assistant referees Andre Marriner (ENG) , Lee Mason (ENG) Fourth official Adam Nunn (ENG) UEFA Delegate Scott Struthers (SCO) UEFA Referee observer Guy Goethals (BEL) Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Mark Clattenburg 13/03/1975 29 71 UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 17/06/2016 EURO GS-FT Czech Republic Croatia 2-2 Saint-Etienne 6 PFC Ludogorets Razgrad - FC Viktoria Plzeň Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Natsionalen Stadion Vasil Levski, Sofia Fixtures and results PFC Ludogorets Razgrad Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 13/07/2016 UCL FK Mladost Podgorica (H) W 2-0 Moţi 13 (P), Lukoki 26 19/07/2016 UCL FK Mladost Podgorica (A) W 3-0 Lukoki 39, 64, Wanderson 48 26/07/2016 UCL FK Crvena zvezda (H) D 2-2 Jonathan Cafú 43, Keșerü 76 Jonathan Cafú 24, Wanderson 40, 92 ET, 02/08/2016 UCL FK Crvena zvezda (A) W 4-2 97 ET Cicinho 9, Marcelinho 19, Keșerü 44 (P), 06/08/2016 League PFC Botev Plovdiv (H) W 4-1 Júnior Quixadá 53 13/08/2016 League PFC Levski Sofia (A) L 0-1 17/08/2016 UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (H) 20/08/2016 League PFC Montana 1921 (H) 23/08/2016 UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (A) PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 28/08/2016 League (A) 09/09/2016 League PFC Cherno More Varna (A) 17/09/2016 League PFC Slavia Sofia (H) 24/09/2016 League Vereya (A) 01/10/2016 League PFC Neftochimic Burgas (H) 08/10/2016 League OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (A) Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 15/10/2016 League (H) 22/10/2016 League FC Dunav Ruse (A) 29/10/2016 League PFC CSKA-Sofia (H) 05/11/2016 League PFC Beroe Stara Zagora (H) 12/11/2016 League PFC Botev Plovdiv (A) 19/11/2016 League PFC Levski Sofia (H) 26/11/2016 League PFC Montana 1921 (A) PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv 1936 03/12/2016 League (H) 10/12/2016 League PFC Cherno More Varna (H) 18/02/2017 League PFC Slavia Sofia (A) 25/02/2017 League Vereya (H) 01/03/2017 League PFC Neftochimic Burgas (A) 04/03/2017 League OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad (H) Lokomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa 11/03/2017 League (A) 18/03/2017 League FC Dunav Ruse (H) 01/04/2017 League PFC CSKA-Sofia (A) Pos.