UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT SSC Napoli PSV Eindhoven Group F - Matchday 6 Stadio San Paolo, Naples Thursday 6 December 2012 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................4 Team facts.........................................................................................................................5 Squad list...........................................................................................................................7 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................9 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................13 Match officials..................................................................................................................15 Legend............................................................................................................................16 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html SSC Napoli - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio San Paolo, Naples Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/10/12 GS PSV Eindhoven - SSC Napoli 3-0 Eindhoven Lens 19, Mertens 41, Marcelo 52 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 PSV Eindhoven 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 SSC Napoli - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/12/10 GS FC Utrecht - SSC Napoli 3-3 Utrecht Van Wolfswinkel 6, 28(p), Demouge 35; Cavani 5, 42, 70(p) 16/09/10 GS SSC Napoli - FC Utrecht 0-0 Naples PSV Eindhoven - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/12/10 GS UC Sampdoria - PSV Eindhoven 1-2 Genoa Pazzini 45+3; Toivonen 51, 90 16/09/10 GS PSV Eindhoven - UC Sampdoria 1-1 Eindhoven Dzsudzsák 90; Cacciatore 25 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/04/08 QF PSV Eindhoven - ACF Fiorentina 0-2 Eindhoven Mutu 38, 53 agg: 1-3 03/04/08 QF ACF Fiorentina - PSV Eindhoven 1-1 Florence Mutu 56; Koevermans 63 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/12/07 GS PSV Eindhoven - FC Internazionale Milano 0-1 Eindhoven Cruz 64 02/10/07 GS FC Internazionale Milano - PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Milan Ibrahimović 15(p), 31 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/05 GS PSV Eindhoven - AC Milan 1-0 Eindhoven Farfán 12 19/10/05 GS AC Milan - PSV Eindhoven 0-0 Milan UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/05/05 SF PSV Eindhoven - AC Milan 3-1 Eindhoven Park Ji-Sung 9, Cocu 65, 90+2; agg: 3-3 ag Ambrosini 90+1 26/04/05 SF AC Milan - PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Milan Shevchenko 42, Tomasson 90 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/03/04 R3 PSV Eindhoven - AC Perugia 3-1 Eindhoven Hofland 22, Kežman 43, 48; Zé Maria agg: 3-1 88 26/02/04 R3 AC Perugia - PSV Eindhoven 0-0 Perugia UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/10/01 GS S.S. Lazio - PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Rome Fiore 39, Claudio López 55(p); Kežman 56 26/09/01 GS PSV Eindhoven - S.S. Lazio 1-0 Eindhoven Hofland 40 Last updated 04/12/12 15:40:57CET 2 Previous meetings SSC Napoli - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio San Paolo, Naples UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/02/01 R4 Parma FC - PSV Eindhoven 3-2 Parma Milošević 63(p), 68, Montano 90; agg: 4-4 ag Rommedahl 31, Kežman 44 15/02/01 R4 PSV Eindhoven - Parma FC 2-1 Eindhoven Ooijer 24, Rommedahl 73; Mboma 66 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/04/93 GS AC Milan - PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Milan Simone 5, 18 09/12/92 GS PSV Eindhoven - AC Milan 1-2 Eindhoven Romário 66; Rijkaard 19, Simone 62 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/69 R2 PSV Eindhoven - AS Roma 1-0 Eindhoven van der Kuylen 68(p) agg: 1-1 ag (aet) 12/11/69 R2 AS Roma - PSV Eindhoven 1-0 Rome Capello 87(p) Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA SSC Napoli 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 6 PSV Eindhoven 11 7 1 3 10 1 3 6 0 0 0 0 21 8 4 9 22 23 Last updated 04/12/12 15:40:57CET 3 Previous meetings SSC Napoli - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio San Paolo, Naples Match background SSC Napoli will look to condemn PSV Eindhoven to bottom spot in UEFA Europa League Group F, the Italian side knowing that they are fated to move on to the round of 32 as section runners-up. Group F permutations • FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk are through as group winners due to their superior head-to-head record over SSC Napoli (away goals). • Napoli are through as runners-up. • AIK and PSV are out. Previous meetings • PSV picked up their only Group E win when they beat Napoli 3-0 on matchday two, with Jeremain Lens, Dries Mertens and Marcelo all on target. • Napoli's only previous experience of Dutch opponents came in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage, where they drew 0-0 with FC Utrecht in Naples and came from 3-1 down to earn a 3-3 draw in the return fixture. • PSV's record in 21 games against Italian sides is W8 D4 L9 (W7 D1 L3 at home – W1 D3 L6 in Italy). That lone victory in Italy came on their last visit, as they defeated UC Sampdoria 2-1 in Genoa in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage, Ola Toivonen scoring both goals. Match background • Napoli are unbeaten in 14 European home games (W10 D4) since a 1-0 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in a UEFA Cup third round game on 7 December 1994. If they continue that run against PSV, they will complete an 18th year in Europe unbeaten at the Stadio San Paolo. • Napoli have won their last four European home fixtures, a run which includes victories against Manchester City FC and eventual European champions Chelsea FC last season and back-to-back home wins in Group F, 4-0 against AIK and 4-2 versus section winners Dnipro. • PSV made it through the last three UEFA Europa League group stages as group winners, but will miss out this season for the first time since the competition took on its current form. • PSV have lost both of their previous Group F away games without scoring. Team facts • Napoli's Edinson Cavani is the top scorer in the group stage with six goals. He has also had more shots on target than any other player: 11. Cavani's late winner at AIK on matchday five was the 2000th goal since the advent of the UEFA Europa League. • PSV midfielder Mark van Bommel has recent experience of Italian football, having played for AC Milan last season. • Napoli coach Walter Mazzarri spent most of his playing career as a central defender outside Serie A, and after assisting Renzo Ulivieri as Napoli boss, struck out on his own. He worked his way up the divisions as a coach, before reaching Serie A with AS Livorno Calcio and Reggina FC, guiding UC Sampdoria through the 2008/09 UEFA Cup group stage and then taking command at Napoli in October 2009. • Dick Advocaat took over for a second spell as PSV coach in the summer, having won a league title and a Dutch Cup in his first spell (1995-98). Once a journeyman midfielder, 'The Little General' has since won two Scottish doubles with Rangers FC, and a league title and a UEFA Cup with FC Zenit St Petersburg as well as coaching the Dutch, South Korean, Belgian and Russian national teams. Last updated 04/12/12 15:40:57CET 4 Match background SSC Napoli - PSV Eindhoven Thursday 6 December 2012 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadio San Paolo, Naples Team facts SSC Napoli Formed: 1926 Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup (1): 1989 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 2 (1990) Italian Cup: 4 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2010/11: round of 32 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Napoli v KS Vllaznia 28/08/08, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Valencia CF v Napoli 16/09/92, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Napoli v OFK Beograd (played on neutral ground in Marseille) 03/04/63, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final replay 0-2: Napoli v Paris Saint-Germain FC 21/10/92, UEFA Cup second round first leg 0-2: Napoli v FC Baník Ostrava