UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Aviva Stadium - Dublin Wednesday 17 August 2016 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Dundalk FC Play-off, First leg Legia Warszawa Last updated 15/03/2017 11:35CET 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 12 Competition format 14 Legend 15 1 Dundalk FC - Legia Warszawa Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Dundalk FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Dundalk FC have not played against a club from their opponents' country Legia Warszawa - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Radović 25, 82, Żyro Saint Patrick's Athletic FC - Legia 0-5 23/07/2014 2QR Dublin 69, Saganowski 87, Warszawa agg: 1-6 Byrne 90+2 (og) Legia Warszawa - Saint Patrick's Radović 90+1; Fagan 16/07/2014 2QR 1-1 Warsaw Athletic FC 38 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Dundalk FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Legia Warszawa 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 6 1 2 Dundalk FC - Legia Warszawa Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Match background Dundalk worked a minor miracle by eliminating BATE Borisov in the third qualifying round and will look to create an even bigger stir against Legia Warszawa in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. Previous meetings • The clubs are meeting for the first time in what is Dundalk’s first competitive encounter with Polish opponents. • Legia first faced Irish opponents when they took on Dublin side Saint Patrick's Athletic in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round; they drew 1-1 at home but recorded a 5-0 win in the away leg. Match background • Dundalk made it through two rounds of a UEFA competition for the first time in reaching the play-offs, beating FH Hafnarfjördur and BATE. • They are angling to become the first Irish side to reach the group stage of UEFA's top club competition, Shamrock Rovers having been the first League of Ireland outfit to make it to the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2011/12. • Legia got past Zrinjski and Trenčín in the second and third qualifying rounds respectively. • Legia lost to Steaua Bucureşti in their only previous UEFA Champions League play-off, in 2013/14. Team and coach links • Legia forward Michał Kucharczyk's next European appearance will be his 50th in UEFA competition. • David McMillan has scored seven UEFA goals – more than all of his Dundalk team-mates combined. Like most of the Dundalk players, he has a day job, working as an architect as well as playing football. • McMillan went into the play-offs as the joint-top scorer in UEFA Champions League qualifying this season with five goals, one ahead of Legia's Nemanja Nikolić. Coach profiles • Briefly a player with Dublin-based Home Farm, Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny is one of the most successful Irish managers of his age, having won one national title with Bohemians and two more in successive seasons with his current club. He also coached in Scotland with Dunfermline Athletic. • Born in what is now Kosovo, former Albanian international Besnik Hasi made his name as a player in Belgium with Genk and Anderlecht, winning four titles – and another as Anderlecht coach in 2013/14. He took charge of Legia after they clinched the 2015/16 Polish championship under Russian Stanislav Cherchesov. 3 Dundalk FC - Legia Warszawa Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Squad list Dundalk FC 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 Gary Rogers IRL 25/09/1981 34 - 4 - - - 20 - - - 26 - 22 Gabriel Sava ROU 15/10/1986 29 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 30 Ben Kelly IRL 26/07/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Sean Gannon IRL 11/07/1991 25 - 4 - - - 17 - - - 10 - 3 Brian Gartland IRL 04/11/1986 29 - 1 - - - 17 2 - - 11 1 4 Andy Boyle IRL 07/03/1991 25 - 4 - - - 20 2 - - 10 - 12 Shane Grimes IRL 09/03/1987 29 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 14 Dane Massey IRL 17/04/1988 28 - 4 - - - 19 1 - - 10 - 15 Patrick Barrett IRL 22/07/1993 23 - 4 - - - 12 2 - - 4 - 23 Reilly Anton IRL 09/10/1997 18 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 5 Chris Shields IRL 27/12/1990 25 - 3 - - - 16 - - - 8 - 6 Stephen O'Donnell IRL 15/01/1986 30 - 4 - - - 14 1 - - 20 2 7 Daryl Horgan IRL 10/08/1992 24 - 4 - - - 20 6 - - 9 - 8 John Mountney IRL 22/02/1993 23 - 4 - - - 18 - - - 10 1 10 Ronan Finn IRL 21/12/1987 28 - 4 - - - 18 7 - - 21 - 17 Georgie Poynton IRL 08/09/1997 18 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 18 Robert Benson IRL 07/05/1992 24 - 4 1 - - 15 2 - - 8 1 21 Darren Meenan NIR 16/11/1986 29 - - - - - 19 1 - - 11 - Forwards 9 David McMillan IRL 14/12/1988 27 - 4 5 - - 19 12 - - 17 7 11 Patrick McEleney IRL 26/09/1992 23 - 4 - - - 12 2 - - 10 1 16 Ciaran Kilduff IRL 29/09/1988 27 - 4 - - - 13 5 - - 14 - 20 Ciaran O'Connor IRL 04/07/1996 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 26 Michael O'Connor IRL 31/07/1998 18 - - - - - 2 - - - - - Coach - Stephen Kenny IRL 30/10/1971 44 - 4 - - - - - - - 32 - 4 Dundalk FC - Legia Warszawa Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Legia Warszawa 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 Arkadiusz Malarz POL 19/06/1980 36 - 4 - - - 5 - - - 14 - 30 Radosław Majecki POL 16/11/1999 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Radosław Cierzniak POL 24/04/1983 33 - 1 - - - - - - - 5 - Defenders 2 Michał Pazdan POL 21/09/1987 28 - 3 - - - 3 - - - 13 - 4 Igor Lewczuk POL 30/05/1985 31 - 4 - - - 4 1 - - 16 - 17 Tomasz Brzyski POL 10/01/1982 34 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 28 2 19 Bartosz Bereszyński POL 12/07/1992 24 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 22 - 25 Jakub Rzeźniczak POL 26/10/1986 29 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 56 2 28 Łukasz Broź POL 17/12/1985 30 - 4 - - - 3 - - - 27 - 47 Rafał Makowski POL 05/08/1996 20 - - - - - - - - - 3 - 52 Mateusz Wieteska POL 11/02/1997 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 3 Tomasz Jodłowiec POL 08/09/1985 30 - 4 - - - 3 - - - 53 3 6 Guilherme BRA 21/05/1991 25 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 21 2 7 Steeven Langil FRA 04/03/1988 28 - 1 - - - 3 - 4 1 5 1 8 Vadis Odjidja BEL 21/02/1989 27 - - - - - 1 - - - 40 3 15 Michał Kopczyński POL 15/06/1992 24 - 3 - - - 5 - - - 3 - 20 Jarosław Niezgoda POL 15/03/1995 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 22 Kasper Hämäläinen FIN 08/08/1986 30 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 25 2 23 Stojan Vranjes BIH 11/10/1986 29 - - - - - - - - - 12 4 53 Sebastian Szymański POL 10/05/1999 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 75 Thibault Moulin FRA 13/01/1990 26 - 4 - - - 5 - - - 4 - 77 Mihail Alexandrov BUL 11/06/1989 27 - 4 - - - 3 1 6 - 31 1 Forwards 11 Nemanja Nikolić HUN 31/12/1987 28 - 4 4 - - 5 - - - 31 10 14 Adam Hloušek CZE 20/12/1988 27 - 3 - - - 4 - - - 13 1 18 Michał Kucharczyk POL 20/03/1991 25 - 4 - - - 5 1 - - 49 10 99 Aleksandar Prijovic SUI 21/04/1990 26 - 3 - - - 5 1 - - 20 5 Coach - Besnik Hasi BEL 29/12/1971 44 - 4 - - - - - 6 - 22 - 5 Dundalk FC - Legia Warszawa Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Match officials Referee Deniz Aytekin (GER) Assistant referees Guido Kleve (GER) , Markus Häcker (GER) Additional assistant referees Tobias Welz (GER) , Benjamin Brand (GER) Fourth official Jan Seidel (GER) UEFA Delegate Pierino L.G. Lardi (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Rodger Gifford (WAL) Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Deniz Aytekin 21/07/1978 12 37 UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 08/08/2012 UCL 3QR Helsingborgs IF WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3-1 Helsingborg Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 26/07/2012 UEL 2QR Saint Patrick's Athletic FC NK Široki Brijeg 2-1 Dublin 08/08/2012 UCL 3QR Helsingborgs IF WKS Śląsk Wrocław 3-1 Helsingborg 6 Dundalk FC - Legia Warszawa Wednesday 17 August 2016 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Match press kit Aviva Stadium, Dublin Fixtures and results Dundalk FC Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 05/03/2016 League Bray Wanderers FC (A) W 3-1 Kilduff 5, 27, Finn 81 11/03/2016 League Finn Harps FC (H) W 3-0 Barrett 16, P. McEleney 58, Curran 75 (og) 14/03/2016 League Wexford Youths (A) W 2-1 McMillan 34, Kilduff 83 18/03/2016 League Cork City FC (H) L 0-1 O'Donnell 9, McMillan 64, Horgan 71, 24/03/2016 League Saint Patrick's Athletic FC (A) W 4-0 Gartland 90 01/04/2016 League Derry City FC (H) D 1-1 McMillan 4 09/04/2016 League Longford Town FC (A) W 4-0 Finn 11 (P), 78, 87, Gartland 22 15/04/2016 League Sligo Rovers FC (H) W 1-0 Finn 45+1 (P) 22/04/2016 League Shamrock Rovers FC (A) W 2-0 Webster 16 (og), Finn 46 29/04/2016 League Bohemian FC (A) W 2-0 Horgan 38, Prendergast 67 (og) 06/05/2016 League Galway FC (H) W 2-1 McMillan 70, 78 10/05/2016 League Bray Wanderers FC (H) W 1-0 Boyle 21 Benson 5, 20, Horgan 35, Coll 44 (og), 13/05/2016 League Finn Harps FC (A) W 7-0 McMillan 57, Boyle 71, Barrett 90 20/05/2016 Cup Shelbourne FC (H) W 2-0 Horgan 21, Kilduff 85 29/05/2016 League Wexford Youths (H) W 3-2 Horgan 24, Meenan 76, P.