MEDIA INFORMATION DELO EHF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2020/21 MOTW Play-offs, Leg 2: FTC Rail-Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost FTC RAIL-CARGO HUNGARIA (HUN) VS BUDUCNOST (MNE) PLAY-OFFS Saturday 13 March 2021, 18:00 CET LEG 2 Playing hall Elek Gyula Aréna Köbányai út 47/A 1101 Budapest Hungary Capacity: 1,300 • FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria have won six of their Most games vs Buducnost: previous 12 matches against Buducnost, but Buducnost Most games vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria: Zita Szucánszki 10 won the most recent one: 22:19 in the first leg of the DELO Marta Batinovic (Zderic) 6 Szandra Szöllösi-Zácsik 7 EHF Champions League play-offs last Sunday. Snezana Damjanac 5 Rea Mészáros 6 • Buducnost were 16:14 down with 13 minutes left but Itana Grbic 5 Nerea Pena 6 finished Sunday's match on an 8:3 run. Sanja Jovovic 5 Melinda Szikora 6 Ivona Pavicevic 5 • FTC and Buducnost contested a CL knockout tie once before: in the semi-final in 2002, when FTC won 64:63 on Most goals vs Buducnost: aggregate (32:32 at home and 32:31 away). Most goals vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria: Szandra Szöllösi-Zácsik 25 Jovanka Radicevic 24 Zita Szucánszki 25 • FTC are playing in the club's 21st CL season, Ana Radovic 18 Buducnost are in their 25th season. Ágnes Farkas 23 Milena Raicevic (Knezevic) 18 Katarína Mravíková 20 • FTC finished the group phase in fourth position in Itana Grbic 17 Anikó Kovacsics 19 group A, Buducnost ended in fifth in group B. Cristina Neagu 17 Nerea Pena 19 • The winners of this play-off tie will face either Györi Audi ETO KC or SG BBM Bietigheim in the quarter-final. • Buducnost’s Jovanka Radicevic led with seven goals in the first leg, raising her total for the season to 73. • FTC’s best scorers so far this CL season are Angela Malestein (with 67 goals) and Katrin Klujber (65). • FTC reached the CL quarter-final for four straight Domestic league seasons between 2016 and 2019 but they were Domestic league eliminated in the main round in 2019/20. K&H liga • Buducnost can reach their eighth quarter-final in a Prva liga row, but they have not qualified for the EHF FINAL4 since their last of four straight visits in 2017. Last 3 games: • Buducnost finished runners-up to Györ in 2014, won Buducnost will join the Montenegrin the title in the final against Larvik in 2015, and finished national championship only for 03/03 vs Mosonmagyaróvár W34:31 fourth in the following two years. the final phase, together with the 27/02 @ Siófok KC W20:38 • Buducnost also won the CL title in 2012, before the three best teams from the regular introduction of the EHF FINAL4 format, and four players 2020/21 season. 24/02 @ MTK Budapest W25:34 of the 2012 squad are still or again with the club: Bojana Popovic (now coach), Majda Mehmedovic, Radmila Petrovic, and Milena Raicevic (who is out with pregnancy). Next game: Buducnost have won the national • Popovic is one of just two players, alongside Ausra championship each year since its 27/03 vs Dunaújvárosi KKA Fridrikas, who won the CL six times. inauguration in 2006/07, except for • Apart from Raicevic, Buducnost are also missing 2019/20 when the season was not Andrea Lekic, who tore an Achilles tendon in December. Standings as of 11/03: played to a finish. • Although they would have the shortest travel distance 1. Györ 15 540:293 30 of all CL participants to get to the Papp Laszlo Sportarena in Budapest, FTC have failed to qualify for the annual EHF 2. FTC 14 482:320 26 FINAL4 in their home town so far. 3. Siófok KC 19 601:510 26 • FTC's squad includes one CL winner (Aniko Kovacsics 4. Mosonmagyar. 16 468:438 24 with Györ in 2013 and 2014) and only four foreign players: Emily Bölk, Julia Behnke and Alicia Stolle from Germany, 5. MTK Budapest 16 494:496 21 and Angela Malestein from Netherlands. ... • Buducnost's squad includes two former world champions: Barbara Arenhart won with Brazil in 2013, 14. Békéscsaba 15 333:470 3 Allison Pineau with France in 2017. PREVIOUS MATCHES IN EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITIONS FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 6-1-5 (325:317) 13:11 14.04.2002 HERZ – FTC Budapest vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 32:32 (16:14) 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest, EHF Champions League – Semi-final 31:32 (16:16) 29.10.2006 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FTC Budapest HUN, ECh for Club Teams – Place 3/4 30:25 (15:14) 27.10.2007 Buducnost T-Mobile vs Budapest Bank-FTC, EHF Champions League – Group D 22:19 (11:9) 06.01.2008 Budapest Bank-FTC vs Buducnost T-Mobile, EHF Champions League – Group D 36:28 (15:12) 13.10.2013 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Group B 27:25 (13:13) 17.11.2013 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Group B 29:21 (15:14) 12.02.2017 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 25:33 (9:19) 11.03.2017 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 23:24 (8:9) 28.01.2018 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 34:26 (19:18) 24.02.2018 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 23:24 (12:12) 07.03.2021 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria, DELO EHF Champions League – Play-offs 22:19 (11:7) FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA VS MONTENEGRIN CLUBS 5-0-5 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2006/07 ZRK Buducnost MONET 25:30 Champions Trophy – Place 3/4 2007/08 Buducnost T-Mobile 36:28 19:22 EHF Champions League – Group D 2013/14 Buducnost 27:25 21:29 EHF Champions League – Group B 2016/17 Buducnost 23:24 33:25 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2017/18 Buducnost 34:26 24:23 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2020/21 Buducnost 19:22 DELO EHF Champions League – Play-offs BUDUCNOST VS HUNGARIAN CLUBS 12-6-29 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1988/89 Spartacus Budapest 34:31 28:31 IHF Cup – Last 16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1999/00 Dunaferr SE 27:25 33:33 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2001/02 Dunaferr SE 33:25 22:28 EHF Champions League – Group B 2001/02 HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 32:32 EHF Champions League – Semi-final 2003/04 Dunaferr SE 26:31 24:29 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2004/05 Dunaferr SE 16:18 18:27 EHF Champions League – Group A 2005/06 Györi ETO Kezilabda Club 25:25 26:23 Cup Winners’ Cup – Final 2006/07 FTC Budapest 30:25 ECh for Club Teams – Place 3/4 2006/07 Györi Audi ETO KC 25:31 20:28 EHF Champions League – Group B 2007/08 Budapest Bank-FTC 22:19 28:36 EHF Champions League – Group D 2008/09 Györi AUDI ETO KC 26:26 27:31 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2009/10 DVSC-Korvex 28:20 20:27 Cup Winners’ Cup – Last 16 2011/12 Györi AUDI ETO KC 27:25 27:29 EHF Champions League - Final 2012/13 Györi Audi ETO KC 21:22 17:27 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2013/14 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 29:21 25:27 EHF Champions League – Group B 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC 26:26 23:23 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2013/14 Györi Audi ETO KC 21:27 MVM EHF FINAL4 – Final 2015/16 Györi Audi ETO KC 25:22 20:22 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2015/16 Györi Audi ETO KC 20:21 EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2016/17 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 25:33 24:23 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 1 2016/17 Györi Audi ETO KC 20:26 TIPPMIX EHF FINAL4 – Semi-final 2017/18 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 23:24 26:34 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2017/18 Györi Audi ETO KC 20:26 28:30 EHF Champions League – Quarter-final 2019/20 Györi Audi ETO KC 27:28 24:26 EHF Champions League – Main Round Group 2 2020/21 Györi Audi ETO KC 21:26 29:34 DELO EHF Champions League – Group B 2020/21 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 22:19 DELO EHF Champions League – Play-offs MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA VS BUDUCNOST Agnes Farkas 15 14.04.2002 HERZ – FTC Budapest vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica 32:32 Eszter Siti 9 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Katarina Mravikova 9 29.10.2006 Buducnost T-Mobile vs FTC Budapest 30:25 Agnes Farkas 8 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Szandra Zacsikova 8 06.01.2008 Budapest Bank vs FTC-Buducnost T-Mobile 36:28 MOST GOALS IN ONE GAME FOR BUDUCNOST VS FTC-RAIL CARGO HUNGARIA Marijana Bulatovic 8 14.04.2002 HERZ – FTC Budapest vs Bud. Brillant Podgorica 32:32 Ana Radovic 8 06.01.2008 Budapest Bank-FTC vs Buducnost T-Mobile 36:28 Radmila Petrovic 8 13.10.2013 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria vs Buducnost 27:25 Milena Raicevic 8 24.02.2018 Buducnost vs FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 23:24 Marijana Bulatovic 7 21.04.2002 Bud. Brillant Podgorica vs HERZ – FTC Budapest 31:32 Tatjana Jeraminok 7 21.04.2002 Bud.