UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 FC Porto (POR) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: Jorge Nuno PINTO DA COSTA Founded: 1893 Date of Birth: 28/12/1937 Address: Estádio do Dragão, Via FC Porto, Entrada Elected/Appointed: 23/04/1982 Poente, Piso 3, 4350-451 Porto, Portugal Telephone: +351 22 507 0500 Website: fcporto.pt HEAD COACH: VÍTOR PEREIRA Media Officer: Rui Cerqueira Date/Place of Birth: 26/07/1968 Team Captain: Hulk in Espinho, Portugal Nationality: POR MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Managerial/Coaching Career: National Championship (25) Padroense FC (youth) (2002-03), 1935, 1939, 1940, 1956, 1959, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, FC Porto (youth) (2003-04), AD 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, Sanjoanense (2004-05), SC 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Espinho (2005-07), FC Porto National Cup (16) (youth) (2007-08), CD Santa Clara (2008-10), FC Porto 1956, 1958, 1968, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1998, (assistant) (2010-11), FC Porto (2011-) 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (2) 1987, 2004 UEFA Cup/ UEFA Europa League (2) 2003, 2011 UEFA Super Cup (1) 1987 European/South American Cup (2) 1987, 2004 STADIUM: Estádio do Dragão Ground Capacity: 50,399 Opened: 2003 24 FC Porto ‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 HELTON G 18/05/1978 BRA 189 15 - 2005 UD Leiria 2 DANILO D 15/07/1991 BRA 184 2012 Santos FC 3 LUCHO GONZÁLEZ M 19/01/1981 ARG 186 3 - 2012 Olympique de Marseille 4 MAICON D 14/09/1988 BRA 191 6 - 2009 CD Nacional 5 ÁLVARO PEREIRA D 28/11/1985 URU 180 12 - 2009 CFR 1907 Cluj 8 JOÃO MOUTINHO M 08/09/1986 POR 171 25 1 2010 Sporting Clube de Portugal 10 Cristian RODRÍGUEZ F 30/09/1985 URU 176 11 1 2008 Paris Saint-Germain FC 11 KLÉBER F 02/05/1990 BRA 188 2011 Clube Atlético Mineiro 12 HULK F 25/07/1986 BRA 180 15 4 2008 Kawasaki Frontale 14 ROLANDO D 31/08/1985 POR 190 13 2 2008 CF Os Belenenses 17 SILVESTRE VARELA F 02/02/1985 POR 179 10 1 2009 CF Estrela da Amadora 19 JAMES RODRÍGUEZ F 12/07/1991 COL 180 9 1 2010 CA Banfield 20 DJALMA F 30/05/1987 ANG 175 2011 CS Marítimo 21 Cristian SĂPUNARU D 05/04/1984 ROU 187 11 - 2008 FC Rapid Bucureşti (loan) 22 Eliaquim MANGALA D 13/02/1991 FRA 188 6 - 2011 R. Standard de Liège 23 SOUZA M 11/02/1989 BRA 188 6 - 2010 CR Vasco da Gama 25 FERNANDO M 25/07/1987 BRA 183 12 - 2007 CF Estrela Amadora (loan) 26 ALEX SANDRO D 26/01/1991 BRA 180 2011 Santos FC 30 Nicolás OTAMENDI D 12/02/1988 ARG 184 13 1 2010 CA Vélez Sarsfield 31 RAFAEL BRACALLI G 05/05/1981 BRA 184 6 - 2011 CD Nacional 35 Steven DEFOUR M 15/04/1988 BEL 173 3 - 2011 R. Standard de Liège HOW THEY QUALIFIED 2010/11 Winners of Portuguese Liga 2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group G third place Matchday One: 13 September FC Porto – FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 2-1 Matchday Two: 28 September FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) – FC Porto 3-1 Matchday Three: 19 October FC Porto – APOEL FC (CYP) 1-1 Matchday Four: 1 November APOEL FC (CYP) – FC Porto 2-1 ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Matchday Five: 23 November FC Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) – FC Porto 0-2 Pld W D L Matchday Six: 6 December UEFA Champions League 183 79 44 60 FC Porto – FC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 0-0 UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 41 21 7 13 UEFA Cup/Europa League 74 43 11 20 UEFA Super Cup 5 2 0 3 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 2 1 1 0 Total 305 146 63 96 25 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 Manchester City FC (ENG) GENERAL INFORMATION CHAIRMAN: Khaldoon AL MUBARAK Founded: 1894 Date of Birth: 27/01/1976 Address: Etihad Stadium, Etihad Campus, Manchester Elected/Appointed: 24/09/2009 M11 3FF, England Telephone: +44 161 438 7999 Website: mcfc.co.uk MANAGER: Roberto MANCINI Media Officer: Simon Heggie Date/Place of Birth: 27/11/1964 Team Captain: Vincent Kompany in Jesi, Italy Nationality: ITA MAJOR CLUB HONOURS Playing Career: National Championship (2) Bologna FC (1981-82), UC 1937, 1968 Sampdoria (1982-97), S.S. Lazio National Cup (5) (1997-2000), Leicester City FC 1904, 1934, 1956, 1969, 2011 (2001) National League Cup (2) Major Honours – UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1990, 1999), 1970, 1976 UEFA Super Cup (1999), Italian Championship (1991, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) 2000), Italian Cup (1985, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1998, 2000), 1970 International Caps/Goals – 36/4 for Italy STADIUM: City of Manchester Stadium Managerial/Coaching Career: S.S. Lazio (assistant) (2000), ACF Fiorentina (2001-02), Ground Capacity: 47, 726 S.S. Lazio (2002-04), FC Internazionale Milano (2004- Opened: 2002 08), Manchester City FC (2009-) Major Honours – Italian Championship (2006, 2007, 2008), Italian Cup (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006), English FA Cup (2011) 26 Manchester City FC ‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 2 Micah RICHARDS D 24/06/1988 ENG 180 7 - 2005 none 4 Vincent KOMPANY D 10/04/1986 BEL 193 6 - 2008 Hamburger SV 5 Pablo ZABALETA D 16/01/1985 ARG 175 9 - 2008 RCD Espanyol 6 Joleon LESCOTT D 16/08/1982 ENG 188 6 - 2009 Everton FC 7 James MILNER M 04/01/1986 ENG 175 5 - 2010 Aston Villa FC 8 David PIZARRO M 11/09/1979 CHI 170 7 1 2012 AS Roma 10 Edin DŽEKO F 17/03/1986 BIH 193 10 3 2011 VfL Wolfsburg 11 Adam JOHNSON M 14/07/1987 ENG 175 6 2 2010 Middlesbrough FC 12 Stuart TAYLOR G 28/11/1980 ENG 196 2009 Aston Villa FC 13 Aleksandar KOLAROV D 10/11/1985 SRB 187 8 1 2010 S.S. Lazio 15 Stefan SAVIĆ D 08/01/1991 MNE 188 2011 FK Partizan 16 Sergio AGÜERO F 02/06/1988 ARG 173 12 5 2011 Club Atlético de Madrid 18 Gareth BARRY M 23/02/1981 ENG 183 6 - 2009 Aston Villa FC 19 Samir NASRI M 26/06/1987 FRA 175 2011 Arsenal FC 21 David SILVA M 08/01/1986 ESP 170 15 2 2010 Valencia CF 22 Gaël CLICHY D 26/07/1985 FRA 176 2011 Arsenal FC 25 Joe HART G 19/04/1987 ENG 191 7 - 2006 Birmingham City FC (loan) 28 Kolo TOURÉ D 19/03/1981 CIV 183 4 - 2009 Arsenal FC 30 Costel PANTILIMON G 01/02/1987 ROU 203 5 - 2011 FC Timişoara 34 Nigel DE JONG M 30/11/1984 NED 174 3 - 2009 Hamburger SV 42 Yaya TOURÉ M 13/05/1983 CIV 191 7 1 2010 FC Barcelona 45 Mario BALOTELLI F 12/08/1990 ITA 190 5 2 2010 FC Internazionale Milano HOW THEY QUALIFIED 2010/11 3rd in English Premier League 2011/12 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Group A third place Matchday One: 14 September Manchester City FC – SSC Napoli (ITA) 1-1 Matchday Two: 27 September FC Bayern München (GER) – Manchester City FC 2-0 Matchday Three: 18 October Manchester City FC – Villarreal CF (ESP) 2-1 Matchday Four: 2 November ALL-TIME RECORD IN EUROPE Villarreal CF (ESP) – Manchester City FC 0-3 Matchday Five: 22 November Pld W D L SSC Napoli (ITA) – Manchester City FC 2-1 UEFA Champions League 8 3 2 3 Matchday Six: 7 December UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 18 11 2 5 Manchester City FC – UEFA Cup/Europa League 48 25 13 10 FC Bayern München (GER) 2-0 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 European/South American Cup 0 0 0 0 Total 74391718 27 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE | Season 2011/12 AFC Ajax (NED) GENERAL INFORMATION PRESIDENT: None Founded: 1900 Address: ArenA Boulevard 29, 1101 AX, Amsterdam, Netherlands HEAD COACH: Frank DE BOER Telephone: +31 20 311 14 44 Website: ajax.nl Date/Place of Birth: 15/05/1970 in Hoorn, Netherlands Media Officer: Miel Brinkhuis Nationality: NED Team Captain: Jan Vertonghen Playing Career: AFC Ajax (1988-99), FC Barcelona MAJOR CLUB HONOURS (1999-2003), Galatasaray AŞ (2003-04), Rangers FC (2004), National Championship (30) Al-Rayyan SC (2004-05), 1918, 1919, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1957, Al-Shamal SC (2005-06) 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, Major Honours – UEFA Champions League (1995), 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, UEFA Cup (1992), UEFA Super Cup (1995), 2002, 2004, 2011 European/South American Cup (1995), Dutch National Cup (18) Championship (1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998), 1917, 1943, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1979, 1983, Spanish Championship (1999), Dutch Cup (1993, 1998) 1986, 1987, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010 International Caps/Goals – 112/13 for the Netherlands European Champion Clubs’ Cup/UEFA Champions League (4) Managerial/Coaching Career: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1995 AFC Ajax (youth) (2006-10), Netherlands (assistant) UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1) (2008-10), AFC Ajax (2010-) 1987 Major Honours – Dutch Championship (2011) UEFA Cup (1) 1992 UEFA Super Cup (2) 1973, 1995 European/South American Cup (2) 1972, 1995 STADIUM: Amsterdam ArenA Ground Capacity: 52,342 Opened: 1996 28 AFC Ajax ‘A’ LIST PLAYERS UEL No. Name Pos. D.o.B. Nat. Ht. Aps Gls Joined Previous Club 1 Kenneth VERMEER G 10/01/1986 NED 182 2003 Willem II (loan) 2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL D 03/02/1988 NED 172 12 - 2006 none 3 Toby ALDERWEIRELD D 02/03/1989 BEL 186 11 1 2008 none 4 Jan VERTONGHEN D 24/04/1987 BEL 189 12 - 2006 RKC Waalwijk (loan) 5 Vurnon ANITA D 04/04/1989 NED 167 7 - 2005 none 6 Eyong ENOH M 23/03/1986 CMR 178 11 - 2008 Ajax Cape Town FC 7 Miralem SULEJMANI F 05/12/1988 SRB 178 12 3 2008 sc Heerenveen 8 Christian ERIKSEN M 14/02/1992 DEN 180 6 1 2009 Odense BK 9 Kolbeinn SIGTHÓRSSON F 14/03/1990 ISL 185 6 3 2011 AZ Alkmaar 10 Siem DE JONG M 28/01/1989 NED 185 9 - 2007 none 11 Lorenzo EBECILIO F 24/09/1991 NED 176 4 - 2010 none 13 André OOIJER D 11/07/1974 NED 184 6 - 2010 PSV Eindhoven 15 Nicolai BOILESEN D 16/02/1992 DEN 185 2010 Brøndby IF 16 Theo JANSSEN M 27/07/1981 NED 180 12 2 2011 FC Twente 17 Daley BLIND M 09/03/1990 NED 180 4 - 2008 FC Groningen (loan) 18 Nicolás LODEIRO M 21/03/1989 URU 173 2010 CD Nacional 19 Dmitri BULYKIN F 20/11/1979 RUS 193 2011 RSC Anderlecht 21 Derk BOERRIGTER F 16/10/1986 NED 187 2011 RKC Waalwijk