UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Liverpool FC BSC Young Boys Group A - Matchday 5 Anfield, Liverpool Thursday 22 November 2012 21.05CET (20.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 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 Liverpool FC - BSC Young Boys Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Anfield, Liverpool Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/09/12 GS BSC Young Boys - Liverpool FC 3-5 Berne Nuzzolo 38, Ojala 53, Zárate 63; Ojala 4(og), Wisdom 40, Coates 67, Shelvey 76, 88 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Liverpool FC 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 3 BSC Young Boys 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 5 Liverpool FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/11/02 GS FC Basel 1893 - Liverpool FC 3-3 Basel Rossi 2, Giménez 22, Atouba 29; Murphy 61, Šmicer 64, Owen 85 25/09/02 GS Liverpool FC - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Liverpool Baroš 34; Rossi 43 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 31/10/96 R2 Liverpool FC - FC Sion 6-3 Liverpool McManaman 27, Bjørnebye 55, Barnes agg: 8-4 66, Fowler 70, 79, Berger 89; Chassot 20, 65, Bonvin 23 17/10/96 R2 FC Sion - Liverpool FC 1-2 Sion Bonvin 10; Fowler 28, Barnes 80 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/77 SF Liverpool FC - FC Zürich 3-0 Liverpool Case 32, 76, Keegan 79 agg: 6-1 06/04/77 SF FC Zürich - Liverpool FC 1-3 Zurich Risi 6(p); Neal 15, 67(p), Heighway 48 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/71 R1 Liverpool FC - Servette FC 2-0 Liverpool Hughes 27, Heighway 57 agg: 3-2 15/09/71 R1 Servette FC - Liverpool FC 2-1 Geneva Dörfel 25, Barriquand 48; Lawler 80 BSC Young Boys - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/08/10 PO Tottenham Hotspur FC - BSC Young Boys 4-0 London Crouch 5, 61, 78(p), Defoe 32 agg: 6-3 17/08/10 PO BSC Young Boys - Tottenham Hotspur FC 3-2 Berne Lulić 4, Bienvenu 13, Hochstrasser 28; Bassong 42, Pavlyuchenko 83 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 Liverpool FC 4 3 1 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 2 1 26 14 BSC Young Boys 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 6 11 Last updated 21/11/12 12:16:59CET 2 Previous meetings Liverpool FC - BSC Young Boys Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Anfield, Liverpool Match background Liverpool FC will look to cement their place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 as BSC Young Boys battle for Group A survival at Anfield. • The sides are level on six points, but due to head-to-head record, Young Boys would be eliminated if they lose and FC Anji Makhachkala defeat Udinese Calcio in the other Group A game. Previous meetings • Liverpool won 5-3 at Young Boys on matchday one in what remains the highest-scoring game of this season's group stage. The Reds trailed 3-2 with 23 minutes to go, but two goals from substitute Jonjo Shelvey helped give them victory in the first meeting between these clubs. • Young Boys lost to Tottenham Hotspur FC in the 2010/11 UEFA Champions League play-offs, their only previous encounter with English opponents. They won 3-2 in the first leg in Berne, but three goals from former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch helped Spurs win the return leg 4-0. • Liverpool's record in nine games against Swiss sides now reads W6 D2 L1 (W3 D1 L0 at home - W3 D1 L1 in Switzerland). Their only defeat against Swiss opponents came at Servette FC in September 1971, and they are now unbeaten in eight games against Swiss clubs. Match background • A 3-2 defeat by Udinese Calcio on matchday two was Liverpool's first loss in 14 European home games, and ended a run of 17 home games unbeaten in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League (qualifiers included). • They made some amends by beating Anji 1-0 in their most recent European game at Anfield. • Young Boys have won two of their five European away games this season, prevailing 3-0 at FC Midtjylland and 3-2 at Udinese either side of a 2-0 loss away against Anji. Team facts • Young Boys' Raúl Bobadilla is the second-highest scorer in the group stage with four goals, one adrift of the competition's top marksman, SSC Napoli's Edinson Cavani. • Liverpool have had two notable Swiss players: defenders Stéphane Henchoz (1999-05) and Philipp Degen (2008-10). Henchoz is remembered particularly fondly, having helped the Reds to win a treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2000/01. • Young Boys' right-back Scott Sutter was born in England, and played youth team football for Millwall FC, Barnet FC, Aston Villa FC and Charlton Athletic FC before moving to his father's home country and starting his professional career with Grasshopper-Club. • Young Boys' Canadian winger Josh Simpson started his career in England, representing Millwall FC from 2004-06. • Brendan Rodgers replaced Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager at the end of the 2011/12 season, having won promotion to the Premier League with Swansea City AFC and led the Welsh club to a comfortable mid-table finish in their first campaign back in the top flight. Born in Northern Ireland, he had to end his playing career at 20 due to a knee condition, but made his name as a coach with Watford FC and Reading FC. He is coaching in Europe for the first time this term. • Capped five times by Switzerland, Young Boys coach Martin Rueda was a defender for Grasshoppers, FC Wettingen 93, FC Luzern and Neuchâtel Xamax FC before moving into coaching. He took charge of Young Boys in 2012 following a two-year spell with FC Lausanne-Sport, in which his side reached the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League group stage. Last updated 21/11/12 12:16:59CET 3 Match background Liverpool FC - BSC Young Boys Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Anfield, Liverpool Team facts Liverpool FC Formed: 1892 Nickname: The Reds UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (5): 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, (1985), 2005, (2007) • UEFA Cup (3): 1973, 1976, 2001 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1966) • UEFA Super Cup (3): 1977, (1978), (1984), 2001, 2005 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 18 (1990) FA Cup: 7 (2006), League Cup: 8 (2012) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: semi-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2008/09: UEFA Champions League quarter-finals 2007/08: UEFA Champions League semi-finals 2006/07: UEFA Champions League runners-up 2005/06: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2004/05: UEFA Champions League winners 2003/04: fourth round 2002/03: quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 11-0: Liverpool v Strømgodset IF 17/09/74, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-5 three times, most recently v FC Haka 08/08/01, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v Chelsea FC 08/04/09, UEFA Champions League quarter-finals first leg 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v SL Benfica 08/03/06, UEFA Champions League first knockout round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: AFC Ajax v Liverpool 07/12/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: Liverpool v Real Sociedad de Fútbol 04/11/75, second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: MFK Košice v Liverpool 15/09/98, first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Liverpool v Celtic FC 20/03/03, quarter-final second leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: RC Strasbourg v Liverpool 21/10/97, second round first leg Last updated 21/11/12 12:16:59CET 4 Team facts Liverpool FC - BSC Young Boys Thursday 22 November 2012 - 21.05CET (20.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Anfield, Liverpool BSC Young Boys Formed: 1898 Nickname: YB, Die Gelb-Schwarzen (Yellow and Blacks) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph