UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 FC Steaua Bucureşti (ROU) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Valeriu ARGĂSEALĂ Founded: 1947 Date of Birth: 15/08/1955 Address: Aleea Alexandru 1-3, Bucureşti, Romania Elected/Appointed: 2007 Telephone: +40 21 411 4656 Website: steauafc.com HEAD COACH: Ilie STAN Media Officer: Răzvan Rotaru Team Captain: Ciprian Tătăruşanu Date/Place of Birth: 17/10/1967 in Buzau, Romania MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Nationality: ROU National Championship (23) Playing Career: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1976, 1978, FC Gloria Buzău (1985-87), FC Steaua 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, Bucureşti (1987-95), Cercle Brugge 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006 KSV (1995-97), FC Steaua Bucureşti National Cup (22) (1997), FC Naţional Bucureşti 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, (1997), AEL Limassol FC (1997-98), Hapoel Petach- 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, Tikva FC (1998-99), Hapoel Tzafririm FC (1999-2000) 1996, 1997, 1999, 2011 Major Honours – Romanian Championship (1988, 1989, European Champion Clubs’ Cup (1) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997), Romanian Cup (1988, 1989, 1986 1992, 1997) UEFA Super Cup (1) International Caps/Goals – 3/0 for Romania 1986 Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: National Arena Al Ain SCC (assistant) (2001-02), Romania (assistant) (2002), Al-Shabab Al Arabi Club (assistant) (2002-03), Ground Capacity: 55,200 Al-Seeb FC (2003-04), UTA Arad (2004), Romania Opened: 2011 (assistant) (2004), Al-Ittihad FC (2004-06), FCM Târgovişte (2006), FC Gloria Buzău (2007), FC Dunărea Giurgiu (2007-08), FC Victoria Brăneşti (2008-11), CS Mioveni (2011), FC Steaua Bucureşti (2011-) 56 FC Steaua Bucureşti ‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Răzvan STANCA G 18/01/1980 ROU 187 3 - 2011 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 4 Valentin ILIEV D 11/07/1980 BUL 185 4 - 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 5 Pablo BRANDÁN M 05/03/1983 ARG 180 6 - 2010 FC Unirea Urziceni 6 Florin GARDOŞ D 29/10/1988 ROU 194 8 1 2010 CS Concordia Chiajna 7 Alexandru CHIPCIU M 18/05/1989 ROU 175 2012 FC Braşov 8 Mihai RADUŢ M 18/03/1990 ROU 178 4 - 2010 FC Internaţional Curtea de Argeş 9 Mihai COSTEA F 29/05/1988 ROU 179 5 1 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 10 Cristian TĂNASE M 18/02/1987 ROU 177 14 4 2009 FC Argeş Piteşti 11 Andrei PREPELIŢA M 08/12/1985 ROU 178 4 - 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 12 Ciprian TĂTĂRUŞANU G 09/02/1986 ROU 198 9 - 2008 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa 14 Iasmin LATOVLEVICI D 11/05/1986 ROU 175 12 - 2010 FC Timişoara 18 Novak MARTINOVIĆ D 31/01/1985 SRB 188 7 - 2010 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 19 Valeriu LUPU M 24/01/1991 ROU 183 2007 FC Unirea Urziceni (loan) 20 Ovidiu DĂNĂNAE D 26/08/1985 ROU 175 2012 FC Tom Tomsk 21 Vlad CHIRICHEŞ D 14/11/1989 ROU 183 2012 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 23 GERALDO ALVES D 08/11/1980 POR 183 14 - 2010 AEK Athens FC 24 Raul RUSESCU F 09/07/1988 ROU 179 6 2 2011 FC Unirea Urziceni 26 Eric BICFALVI M 05/02/1988 ROU 187 13 - 2007 FC Gloria Buzău (loan) 27 Ionuţ NĂSTĂSIE F 07/01/1992 ROU 179 1 - 2007 none 29 Florin COSTEA F 16/05/1985 ROU 185 4 1 2011 FC Universitatea Craiova 55 Alexandru BOURCEANU M 24/04/1985 ROU 175 12 - 2011 FC Timişoara 77 LEANDRO TATU F 26/04/1982 BRA 173 5 1 2011 SC Beira-Mar 90 Stefan NIKOLIĆ F 16/04/1990 MNE 193 5 2 2011 FC Timişoara ‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 28 Iulian ROŞU (M) 2 Aps/- Gls HOW THEY QUALIFIED 2010/11 Winners of Romanian Cup 2011/12 UEFA Europa League Play-offs First leg, 18 August FC Steaua Bucureşti – PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) 2-0 Second leg, 25 August PFC CSKA Sofia (BUL) - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Group Stage Group J runners-up Matchday One: 15 September FC Steaua Bucureşti – FC Schalke 04 (GER) 0-0 Matchday Two: 29 September ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) - FC Steaua Bucureşti 1-1 Matchday Three: 20 October Pld W D L Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) – FC Steaua Bucureşti 5-0 UEFA Champions League 115 42 30 43 Matchday Four: 3 November UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 40 14 12 14 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Maccabi Haifa FC (ISR) 4-2 UEFA Cup/Europa League 90 34 28 28 Matchday Five: 1 December UEFA Super Cup 1 1 0 0 FC Schalke 04 (GER) - FC Steaua Bucureşti 2-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 Matchday Six: 14 December European/South American Cup 1 0 0 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti - AEK Larnaca FC (CYP) 3-1 Total 247 91 70 86 57 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 FC Twente (NED) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Joop MUNSTERMAN Founded: 1965 Date of Birth: 28/03/1951 Address: Postbus 564, 7500 AN Enschede, Elected/Appointed: 24/03/2004 Netherlands Telephone: +31 53 852 5525 Website: fctwente.nl HEAD COACH: Steve McCLAREN Media Officer: Richard Peters Date/Place of Birth: 03/05/1961 Team Captain: Peter Wisgerhof in York, England Nationality: ENG MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Hull City AFC (1979-85), National Championship (1) Derby County FC (1985-88), 2010 Lincoln City FC (loan) (1987), National Cup (3) Bristol City FC (1988-89), 1977, 2001, 2011 Oxford United FC (1989-92) Managerial/Coaching Career: STADIUM: FC Twente Stadion Derby County FC (assistant) (1995-99), Manchester United FC (assistant) (1999-2001), Middlesbrough FC Ground Capacity: 30,000 (2001-06), England (2006-07), FC Twente (2008-10), Opened: 1998 VfL Wolfsburg (2010-11), Nottingham Forest FC (2011), FC Twente (2012-) Major Honours – Dutch Championship (2010), English League Cup (2004) 58 FC Twente ‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Sander BOSCHKER G 20/10/1970 NED 186 9 - 2004 AFC Ajax 2 Tim CORNELISSE D 03/04/1978 NED 185 8 - 2011 FC Utrecht 3 Nicky KUIPER D 07/06/1989 NED 183 4 - 2009 Vitesse 4 Peter WISGERHOF D 19/11/1979 NED 181 18 1 2009 NEC Nijmegen 5 Rasmus BENGTSSON D 26/06/1986 SWE 186 2 - 2010 Hertha BSC Berlin 6 Wout BRAMA M 21/08/1986 NED 176 19 1 2005 none 7 Denny LANDZAAT M 06/05/1976 NED 177 12 2 2010 Feyenoord 8 Leroy FER M 05/01/1990 NED 188 5 1 2011 Feyenoord 9 Luuk DE JONG F 27/08/1990 NED 188 15 7 2009 De Graafschap 11 Emir BAJRAMI F 07/03/1988 SWE 178 12 2 2010 IF Elfsborg 13 Nikolay MIHAYLOV G 28/06/1988 BUL 194 10 - 2008 Liverpool FC 14 Willem JANSSEN M 04/07/1986 NED 186 5 1 2011 Roda JC 15 Roberto ROSALES D 20/11/1988 VEN 174 10 - 2010 KAA Gent 17 Andrej RENDLA F 13/10/1990 SVK 188 2007 Heracles Almelo (loan) 18 Thilo LEUGERS D 09/01/1991 GER 184 1 - 2010 none 19 DOUGLAS D 12/01/1988 BRA 192 17 1 2007 Joinville EC 20 Dwight TIENDALLI D 21/10/1985 NED 180 9 - 2009 Feyenoord 22 Nacer CHADLI F 02/08/1989 BEL 187 9 1 2010 AGOVV Apeldoorn 23 Bart BUYSSE D 16/10/1986 BEL 178 5 - 2010 SV Zulte Waregem 24 Ola JOHN F 19/05/1992 NED 179 9 - 2006 none 25 DANIEL FERNANDES G 25/09/1983 POR 195 2012 CFR 1907 Cluj 28 Wesley VERHOEK F 25/09/1986 NED 187 2012 ADO Den Haag 29 Glynor PLET F 30/01/1987 NED 194 2012 Heracles Almelo ‘B’ List players who appeared in Group Stage 16 Nick MARSMAN (G) 1 Ap/- Gls; 31 Nils RÖSELER (D) 1/- HOW THEY QUALIFIED 2010/11 Matchday Three: 20 October 2nd in Dutch Eredivisie Odense BK (DEN) – FC Twente 1-4 Matchday Four: 3 November 2011/12 FC Twente – Odense BK (DEN) 3-2 UEFA Champions League Matchday Five: 1 December Third Qualifying Round FC Twente – Fulham FC (ENG) 1-0 First leg, 26 July Matchday Six: 14 December FC Twente – FC Vaslui (ROU) 2-0 Wisła Kraków (POL) – FC Twente 2-1 Second leg, 3 August FC Vaslui (ROU) – FC Twente 0-0 Play-offs First leg, 16 August FC Twente – SL Benfica (POR) 2-2 Second leg, 24 August ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE SL Benfica (POR) – FC Twente 3-1 Pld W D L UEFA Europa League UEFA Champions League 14 2 7 5 Group Stage UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 10 6 1 3 Group K winners UEFA Cup/Europa League 86 35 17 34 Matchday One: 15 September UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 Fulham FC (ENG) – FC Twente 1-1 UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 2 2 2 Matchday Two: 29 September European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 FC Twente – Wisła Kraków (POL) 4-1 Total 116 45 27 44 59 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 FC Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Tomáš PACLÍK Founded: 1911 Date of Birth: 13/02/1966 Address: Štruncovy sady 3, 301 00 Plzeň, Czech Elected/Appointed: 23/08/2010 Republic Telephone: +420 377 221 507 Website: fcviktoria.cz HEAD COACH: Pavel VRBA Media Officer: Pavel Pillár Date/Place of Birth: 06/12/1963 Team Captain: Pavel Horváth in Přerov, Czech Republic Nationality: CZE MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: Železárny Prostějov (1981-82), RH National Championship (1) Cheb (1982-84), FC Baník Ostrava 2011 (1984-85), Baník Haviřov (1985- National Cup (1) 93), FC Přerov (1993-94) 2010 Managerial/Coaching Career: FC Přerov (1994-96), FC Baník Ostrava (assistant) STADIUM: Stadion města Plzně (1996-2004), FK Matador Púchov (2004-06), MŠK Žilina (2006-08), Slovakia (assistant) (2006-08), FC Viktoria Ground Capacity: 11,705 Plzeň (2008-) Opened: 1955 Major Honours – Slovakian Championship (2007), Czech Championship (2011), Czech Cup (2010) 60 FC Viktoria Plzeň ‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No.