UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Bucharest Thursday 29 September 2016 19.00CET (20.00 local time) FCSB Group L - Matchday 2 Villarreal CF Last updated 03/08/2017 14:29CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 FCSB - Villarreal CF Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Villarreal CF - FC Steaua 1-0 20/03/2005 R16 Villarreal Riquelme 62 (P) Bucureşti agg: 1-0 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Villarreal 16/03/2005 R16 0-0 Bucharest CF Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FCSB 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 FCSB - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/2007 GS FC Steaua Bucureşti - Sevilla FC 0-2 Bucharest Renato 25, 65 Kanouté 5, Luís 23/10/2007 GS Sevilla FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-1 Seville Fabiano 17; O.Petre 63 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 22/02/2007 R3 Sevilla FC - FC Steaua Bucureşti Seville Kerzhakov 45+3 agg: 3-0 C. Poulsen 41, 15/02/2007 R3 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Sevilla FC 0-2 Bucharest Kanouté 77 (P) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Madrid CF - FC Steaua 01/11/2006 GS 1-0 Madrid Nicoliţă 70 (og) Bucureşti Badea 64; Ramos 9, FC Steaua Bucureşti - Real Raúl González 34, 17/10/2006 GS 1-4 Bucharest Madrid CF Robinho 56, Van Nistelrooy 76 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Real Betis Balompié - FC Steaua 0-3 Nicoliţă 54, 82, Iacob 16/03/2006 R16 Seville Bucureşti agg: 0-3 78 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Real Betis 09/03/2006 R16 0-0 Bucharest Balompié 2 FCSB - Villarreal CF Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Valencia 24/02/2005 R3 agg: 2-2 (aet, 4- Bucharest Andrei Cristea 50, 71 CF 3pens) Valencia CF - FC Steaua 16/02/2005 R3 2-0 Valencia Di Vaio 39, Aimar 55 Bucureşti Athletic Club - FC Steaua 01/12/2004 GS 1-0 Bilbao Etxeberria 45 Bucureşti UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Valencia CF - FC Steaua 3-0 Roche 53, Claudio 29/09/1998 R1 Valencia Bucureşti agg: 7-3 López 56, Lucarelli 86 Lincar 29, Roşu 70, FC Steaua Bucureşti - Valencia Dumitrescu 90+3; Ilie 15/09/1998 R1 3-4 Bucharest CF 12, 24, Angulo 85, 90+6 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - Club Sabin Ilie 46; Pantić 20/11/1996 GS 1-1 Bucharest Atlético de Madrid 24 Club Atlético de Madrid - FC Esnáider 33, 45, 11/09/1996 GS 4-0 Madrid Steaua Bucureşti Simeone 64, 84 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - Real 1-0 07/11/1991 R2 Bucharest Popa 60 Sporting de Gijón agg: 3-2 Luhovy 45, Mirea 90 Real Sporting de Gijón - FC 24/10/1991 R2 2-2 Gijon (og); Popa 28, Steaua Bucureşti Dumitrescu 59 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC 0-0 07/05/1986 F Seville Barcelona (aet, 2-0pens) UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dumitru 35 (P); Cruyff FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC 1-3 28/09/1977 R1 Bucharest 23, Asensi 76, Tente Barcelona agg: 2-8 Sánchez 90 Heredia 4, 30, Cruyff FC Barcelona - FC Steaua 5 (P), Clares 63, 14/09/1977 R1 5-1 Barcelona Bucureşti Zuviria 82; Năstase 45 3 FCSB - Villarreal CF Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - FC 2-1 Năstase 53, 60; 03/11/1971 R2 Bucharest Barcelona agg: 3-1 Asensi 49 FC Barcelona - FC Steaua 20/10/1971 R2 0-1 Barcelona Năstase 12 Bucureşti UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Steaua Bucureşti - Valencia 1-0 14/12/1967 R2 Bucharest Constantin 12 CF agg: 1-3 Valencia CF - FC Steaua Claramunt 1, Ansola 30/11/1967 R2 3-0 Valencia Bucureşti 41, 73 Villarreal CF - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Villarreal CF have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FCSB 12 4 3 5 13 2 1 10 1 0 1 0 26 6 5 15 20 42 Villarreal CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 FCSB - Villarreal CF Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match background It was a close-run thing the last time Steaua met Villarreal, but following a matchday one defeat, the Romanian side have extra motivation as they bid to sink the Yellow Submarine in Group L. Previous meetings • Manuel Pellegrini's Villarreal eliminated Walter Zenga's Steaua from the 2004/05 UEFA Cup round of 16 in the teams' only previous meeting, Juan Roman Riquelme's penalty at El Madrigal decisive after a goalless first leg. • The line-ups for their encounter in Bucharest on 16 March 2005 were: Steaua: Khomutovski, Rădoi, Munteanu, Diniţa (Dumitru 75), Dică (Ciocoiu 90), Marin, Opriţa, Ogăraru, Cristea (Boştină 75), Paraschiv, Ghionea. Villarreal: Reina, Arruabarrena, Cazorla (Font 87), Josico, Sorín, Figueroa, Quique Álvarez (Arzo 89), Venta, Senna, Peña, Mari (Guayre 85). • Those were Villarreal's only games to date against Romanian opponents, while Steaua have faced Spanish sides 26 times in total with the record W6 D5 L15 (W4 D3 L5 in Bucharest). Most notably, they beat Barcelona on penalties following a 0-0 draw to win the 1986 European Champion Clubs' Cup final. • Steaua have lost their last six matches against Spanish clubs since a 3-0 second-leg success over Real Betis in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup round of 16. Form guide • A 2-0 reverse at Osmanlıspor on matchday one means Steaua are on a three-game losing streak in Europe. • Villarreal have lost their last two European away fixtures without scoring. • UEFA Europa League semi-finalists last term, the Yellow Submarine have made it through to the round of 32 in all six of their previous UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. • Steaua have qualified for the round of 32 in four of their seven UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns. Links and trivia • The journey from Villarreal to Bucharest is around 2,200km. • Villarreal's 2-1 matchday one victory over Zürich was their 28th win in the UEFA Europa League, enabling them to overtake Sevilla and set a new competition record. They also extended their record number of goals to 85. • Steaua defender Bogdan Mitrea turns 29 the day of Villarreal's visit. • Steaua's Gabriel Tamaş (Celta Vigo, 2006–07) and Wilfried Moke (several lower-league sides including Cádiz, 2010–13, and Burgos, 2013–15) have played club football in Spain. • Jonathan dos Santos's winner for Villarreal against Zürich was the 400th goal scored in the UEFA Europa League by a Spanish team – which is the highest total for any country's representative clubs. The coaches • Laurenţiu Reghecampf collected two titles as a midfielder with Steaua and two more in his first stint as coach, from 2012 to 2014. He returned to Bucharest in December 2015 after a spell in Bulgaria with Litex Lovech, with whom he won the championship as a player in 1998/99. • Fran Escribá took charge of Villarreal in August. Originally a playing trainee at Valencia, he had coached the Mestalla club's youth teams and had worked as Quique Sánchez Flores's assistant at Valencia, Getafe, Benfica and Atlético Madrid before going it alone with Elche and – last term – Getafe. 5 FCSB - Villarreal CF Thursday 29 September 2016 - 19.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest 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: 26 (2015) Romanian Cup: 22 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2015/16: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 32 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) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v Aalborg BK 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 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 0-5: Steaua v Manchester City FC 16/08/16, UEFA Champions League play-offs, first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v Maccabi Haifa FC 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Steaua v Aalborg BK (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: FC Levadia Maardu v Steaua 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v FC Spartak Trnava 09/08/12, third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Steaua v VfB Stuttgart 22/11/12, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: