UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2013/14 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Frankfurt Stadion - Frankfurt am Main Thursday 24 October 2013 Eintracht Frankfurt 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Group F - Matchday 3 Last updated 24/10/2013 09:05CET 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 1 Eintracht Frankfurt - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams Eintracht Frankfurt - Record versus clubs from opponents' country Eintracht Frankfurt have not played against a club from their opponents' country Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pizarro 12, FC Bayern München - Maccabi Salihamidžić 37, 23/11/2004 GS 5-1 Munich Tel-Aviv FC Frings 44, Makaay 71, 80; Dego 56(P) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - FC Bayern 15/09/2004 GS 0-1 Tel-Aviv Makaay 64(P) München UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers SV Werder Bremen - Maccabi 2-0 29/09/1994 R1 Bremen Bode 55, Basler 75 Tel-Aviv FC agg: 2-0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC - SV Werder 13/09/1994 R1 0-0 Tel-Aviv Bremen Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Eintracht Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 8 2 Eintracht Frankfurt - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main Match background Eintracht Frankfurt take on their main rivals for top spot in UEFA Europa League Group F with Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC looking to become the first Israeli club to avoid defeat on a trip to Germany. Previous meetings • This is the sides' first UEFA competition encounter and Eintracht's first meeting with an Israeli club. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv's record in four games against German clubs is W0 D1 L3 (W0 D1 L1 at home – W0 D0 L2 in Germany). They have lost their last three meetings with Bundesliga opponents but made a breakthrough of sorts in the most recent of those fixtures, with Baruch Dego's penalty in a 5-1 defeat against FC Bayern München in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage their first goal against a German side. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv could become the first Israeli team to avoid defeat in a UEFA club competition game in Germany; all seven previous visits for Israeli outfits have ended in home wins. Match background • Back in Europe for the first time since failing to make it through the 2006/07 UEFA Cup group stage, Eintracht are unbeaten in seven continental fixtures – three draws followed by four wins, with all of those victories coming this season. • After beating FC Girondins de Bordeaux on matchday one and APOEL FC on matchday two, Eintracht could complete a hat-trick of 3-0 Group F victories against Maccabi Tel-Aviv. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv's 2-1 win at Bordeaux on matchday two was their first UEFA Europa League group stage win in eight attempts. With four points from their first two fixtures they have already doubled the total they racked up in their group stage debut in 2011/12. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv were handed a bye in the UEFA Europa League play-offs after their opponents, PAOK FC, took the place of excluded FC Metalist Kharkiv in the UEFA Champions League play-offs. Team facts • Eintracht are one of five sides who have yet to concede in this season's group stage along with Swansea City AFC, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, FC Kuban Krasnodar and Tottenham Hotspur FC. • Eintracht's Václav Kadlec scored the first goal of the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League group stage, a calm finish from inside the area four minutes into his side's 3-0 matchday one win against Bordeaux. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv are the most southerly side in this season's competition, with Tromsø IL pushing the competition's northern frontier inside the Arctic Circle – 4,299km separate the two clubs. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Group F rivals APOEL are among nine domestic champions in this season's group stage along with NK Maribor (Slovenia), FC Sheriff (Moldova), PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria), Legia Warszawa (Poland), FC Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan), GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) and IF Elfsborg (Sweden). • Maccabi Tel-Aviv midfielder Gal Alberman has some Bundesliga experience, having represented VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach from 2008 to 2010. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv's Swedish forward Rade Prica has also played in Germany, scoring 20 goals in 113 league games for FC Hansa Rostock between 2002 and 2006. Coach information • Hired in May 2011, Armin Veh led Eintracht to promotion in his first season in charge and into Europe as sixth-place finishers in his second. As a midfielder, he was in the VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach squad that lost to Eintracht in the 1980 UEFA Cup final, before a broken leg ended his career. As a coach, he won the 2006/07 German title at VfB Stuttgart prior to less successful spells with VfL Wolfsburg and Hamburger SV. • Maccabi Tel-Aviv's Portuguese coach Paulo Sousa famously won back-to-back UEFA Champions League titles with different clubs – Juventus (1995/96) and Borussia Dortmund (1996/97). The defensive midfielder also reached the semi-finals of UEFA EURO 2000 with Portugal. He coached a series of English league clubs before leading Videoton FC in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League, and was hired as Maccabi coach in June 2013. 3 Eintracht Frankfurt - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main Team facts Eintracht Frankfurt Formed: 1899 Nickname: Adler (Eagles) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (1960) • UEFA Cup: 1980 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (1959) German Cup: 4 (1988) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA competition 2006/07: group stage 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Eintracht v RTS Widzew Łódź 30/09/92, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Dinamo Moskva v Eintracht 14/09/93, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Eintracht v FC Dynamo Kyiv 23/10/74, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup second round first leg 1-2 on three occasions, most recently v US Città di Palermo 19/10/06, UEFA Cup group stage 0-1: Eintracht v KAA Gent 06/11/91, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Brøndby IF v Eintracht 19/09/90, UEFA Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 9-0: Eintracht v RTS Widzew Łódź (see above) • Biggest away win 0-6: FC Dinamo Moskva v Eintracht (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-2 twice, most recently v US Città di Palermo (see above) 0-1: Eintracht v KAA Gent (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Brøndby IF v Eintracht (see above) Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Formed: 1906 Nickname: The Yellows UEFA club competition honours 4 Eintracht Frankfurt - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 20 (2013) Israeli Cup: 22 (2005) Ten-year record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA competition 2011/12: group stage 2010/11: play-offs 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA competition 2007/08: second qualifying round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA competition 2005/06: second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League group stage 2003/04: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v FK Željezničar 04/08/11, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg 6-0: Maccabi v FK Žalgiris Vilnius 09/08/01, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg • Biggest away win 0-3: PAOK FC v Maccabi 10/08/04, UEFA Champions League third qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Maccabi v Beşiktaş JK 01/12/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 1-2: Maccabi v Stoke City FC 03/11/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-1 of four occasions, most recently v FC Bayern München 15/09/2004, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 5-1: FC Bayern München v Maccabi 23/11/04, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 6-0: Maccabi v FK Željezničar (see above) 6-0: Maccabi v FK Žalgiris Vilnius (see above) • Biggest away win 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v Győri ETO FC 17/07/13, second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-3: Maccabi v Beşiktaş JK (see above) 1-2: Maccabi v Stoke City FC (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Beşiktaş JK v Maccabi (see above) 5 Eintracht Frankfurt - Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC Thursday 24 October 2013 - 21.05CET, (21.05 local time) Match press kit Frankfurt Stadion, Frankfurt am Main Squad list Eintracht Frankfurt Current season All-time QUAL Tournament League Tournament UEFA No.