UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC Rapid Bucureşti Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Group C - Matchday 5 Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest Wednesday 30 November 2011 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................11 Match officials..................................................................................................................13 Legend............................................................................................................................14 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 FC Rapid Bucureşti - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/09/11 GS Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti 0-1 Tel Aviv Herea 55 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/06 GS Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - FC Rapid Bucureşti 2-2 Tel Aviv Ogbona 10, Badier 32; V Moldovan 14, Buga 53 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rapid Bucureşti 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 2 Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 FC Rapid Bucureşti - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Last updated 29/11/11 11:32:15CET 2 Previous meetings FC Rapid Bucureşti - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest Match background The UEFA Europa League trail has already gone cold for both FC Rapid Bucureşti and Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC, but the Romanian side can guarantee a third-placed finish with a second Group C win against their visitors. Previous meetings • Ovidiu Herea's header (55) was enough to earn Rapid a 1-0 win at Bloomfield Stadium when the sides met on matchday one, with both teams ending the game with ten men; Hapoel's Avihay Yadin and Rapid's Romeo Surdu were both shown straight red cards following a late clash. • Răzvan Lucescu's Rapid twice pegged back Itzhak Shum's Hapoel when the teams drew 2-2 in a 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage game at Bloomfield Stadium. • The teams for that match on 2 November 2006 were: Hapoel: Elimelech, Dego (Chen 46), Abukasis (Abutbul 72), Badeer, Barda, Bondarv, Toama, De Bruno, Antebi, Ogbonna (Vermouth 76), Páez. Rapid: Coman, Rada, Zicu (Mazilu 57), Bădoi, Artavazd Karamyan (Griffiths 68), Lazăr, Măldărăşanu (Grigore 85), Săpunaru, Maftei, Buga, Moldovan. • It was the clubs' first game against a side from their opponents' home country. Match background • Rapid are now without a win in seven European home games, with two Group C defeats following a run of five draws. Their last victory on home soil in UEFA competition came on 14 September 2006 when they beat CD Nacional 1-0 in the first round of the 2006/07 UEFA Cup. • FC Steaua Bucureşti became the first side to win a European home game at the new National Arena when they beat Maccabi Haifa FC 4-2 on matchday four; prior to that, Rapid and FC Oţelul Galaţi had lost two games each at the new venue, while the national team had been held to two draws. Team facts • Rapid need four more goals to reach 100 in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League; this will be their 67th game in the two competitions. • At 66, Hapoel coach Dror Kashtan is one of the most respected figures in Israeli football. The former defensive midfielder coached Israel from 2006 to 2010 and took Beitar Jerusalem FC and Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv into Europe, as well as Hapoel, whom he has led in three previous spells (1996-97, 1999-2004 & 2005-06). • Rapid coach Razvăn Lucescu's father Mircea - now coach of FC Shakhtar Donetsk - led Romania in two friendly draws (0-0 at home and 1-1 away) against Israel in 1984. • Razvăn played in goal for a number of Romanian clubs, including Rapid, and briefly played in Italy for Crema Calcio in 1992/93, while his father was coaching Serie A side Brescia Calcio. In a previous spell as Rapid coach, he won two Romanian Cups and led them to the quarter-finals of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup and into the group stage once more the following season. He then coached Romania from 2009 to 2011. Last updated 29/11/11 11:32:15CET 3 Match background FC Rapid Bucureşti - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest Team facts FC Rapid Bucureşti Formed: 1923 Nickname: Feroviarii (Railroad Men) UEFA club competition honours • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2003) Romanian Cup: 13 (2007) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: first round 2007/08: first round 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: quarter-finals 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2002/03: first round 2001/02: first round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v FK Atlantas 23/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: UE Sant Julià v Rapid 14/07/05, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rapid v Paris Saint-Germain FC 25/09/01, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rapid 01/11/94, UEFA Cup second round second leg 5-0: Leeds United AFC v Rapid 07/03/73, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 8-0: Rapid v FK Atlantas (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: UE Sant Julià v Rapid (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Rapid v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Eintracht Frankfurt v Rapid (see above for details) Last updated 29/11/11 11:32:15CET 4 Team facts FC Rapid Bucureşti - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1927 Nickname: Ha'adumim (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2010) State Cup: 14 (2011) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League group stage 2009/10: round of 32 2008/09: first round 2007/08: group stage 2006/07: round of 32 2005/06: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: first round 2002/03: second round 2001/02: quarter-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v FK Željezničar 13/07/2010, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Kärnten v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 19/09/02, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Leeds United AFC (match played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence) 14/11/02, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Rangers FC v Hapoel Tel-Aviv 22/02/07, UEFA Cup round of 32 second leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 5-1: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v SK Rapid Wien 22/10/09, group stage 4-0: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v FK Ekranas 25/08/11, play-offs second leg 4-0: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v FC Vaduz 28/07/11, third qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Kärnten v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Leeds United AFC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: Rangers FC v Hapoel Tel-Aviv (see above) Last updated 29/11/11 11:32:15CET 5 Team facts FC Rapid Bucureşti - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC Wednesday 30 November 2011 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stadionul Naţional, Bucharest Squad list FC Rapid Bucureşti Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Dănuţ Coman ROU 28/03/79 32 - 2 - 3 - 13 - 19 - 25 - 89 Catalin Straton ROU 09/10/89 22 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 90 Virgil Draghia ROU 31/07/90 21 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - Defenders 2 Rui Duarte POR 11/10/80 31 * 2 - 4 - 9 - 4 - 6 - 3 Ezequias BRA 28/01/81 30 - - - 1 - 10 - 1 - 2 - 4 Marcos António BRA 25/05/83 28 - 2 - 4 - 15 - 4 - 6 - 15 Cristian Oroş ROU 15/10/84 27 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 16 Ovidiu Burcă ROU 16/03/80 31 - 2 - 4 - 10 1 4 - 7 - 17 Valentin Creţu ROU 02/01/89 22 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 27 Gláuber Berti BRA 05/08/83 28 - - - - - 5 - 4 - 4 - Midfielders 5 Dan Alexa ROU 28/10/79 32 S 2 - 4 1 12 1 16 1 29 2 7 Ciprian Deac ROU 16/02/86 25 *