UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Linzer Stadion - Linz Tuesday 20 August 2019 21.00CET (21.00 local time) LASK Play-off, First leg Club Brugge Last updated 12/12/2019 17:56CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 5 Match officials 7 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Team facts 12 Legend 14 1 LASK - Club Brugge Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Linzer Stadion, Linz Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams LASK - Record versus clubs from opponents' country LASK have not played against a club from their opponents' country Club Brugge - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 4-0 Schlager 17, Daka 29, 21/02/2019 R32 FC Salzburg - Club Brugge Salzburg agg: 5-2 43, Dabbur 90+4 Denswil 64, Wesley 14/02/2019 R32 Club Brugge - FC Salzburg 2-1 Bruges 81; Junuzović 17 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Portillo 9, Balaban 25, 02/11/2005 GS Club Brugge - SK Rapid Wien 3-2 Bruges Verheyen 63; Kincl 1, S. Hofmann 81 18/10/2005 GS SK Rapid Wien - Club Brugge 0-1 Vienna Balaban 75 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/12/2004 GS FK Austria Wien - Club Brugge 1-1 Vienna Gilewicz 50; Lange 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 3-1 Zsak 49, Fridrikas 70, 04/11/1992 R2 FK Austria Wien - Club Brugge Vienna agg: 3-3 ag Stöger 87; Plovie 61 21/10/1992 R2 Club Brugge - FK Austria Wien 2-0 Bruges Verheyen 22, Booy 42 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Fjørtoft 54, Keglevits 70, 87, Pfeifenberger 4-3 01/11/1989 R2 SK Rapid Wien - Club Brugge Vienna 84; Farina 17, agg: 6-4 Ceulemans 81 (P), Booy 90+2 Christiaens 22; 18/10/1989 R2 Club Brugge - SK Rapid Wien 1-2 Bruges Keglevits 87, Pfeifenberger 89 2 LASK - Club Brugge Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Linzer Stadion, Linz UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Brylle Larsen 42, Rosenthal 54, Van 3-3 01/10/1986 R1 Club Brugge - SK Rapid Wien Bruges Wijk 89; Kranjčar 56, agg: 6-7 Weinhofer 58, Halilović 81 Kienast 44, 58, Brauneder 45, 17/09/1986 R1 SK Rapid Wien - Club Brugge 4-3 Vienna Willfurth 48; Rosenthal 35, Beyens 61, Van Wijk 71 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA LASK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club Brugge 5 3 1 1 6 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 4 2 5 20 24 3 LASK - Club Brugge Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Linzer Stadion, Linz Match background Club Brugge are aiming for a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the third time in four seasons as they take on a LASK side who are making their play-off debut. • While the Belgian side have already appeared in the group stage six times – including 2018/19 – LASK are playing in only their second UEFA Champions League tie, but claimed a notable scalp in the third qualifying round. Form guide LASK • This is only LASK's fifth match in the European Cup. In 1965/66, as Austrian champions, they were eliminated by Poland's Górnik Zabrze in the preliminary round, losing 3-1 at home and 2-1 away. • Having finished second to Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga under Oliver Glasner in 2018/19, Valérien Ismaël succeeded the Wolfsburg-bound coach this summer and guided the team to a 5-2 aggregate victory against Switzerland's Basel in the third qualifying round thanks to a 2-1 away win and 3-1 home success. • LASK qualified for UEFA competition in 2018/19 for the first time since 2000, when they reached the second round of the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Last season they beat Lillestrøm 6-1 on aggregate in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, before an away-goals defeat against Beşiktaş in the next stage (0-1 a, 2-1 h). • The Linz club are bidding to become the fifth Austrian side to appear in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and the first since Austria Wien in 2013/14 – the country's sole appearance since 2005/06. • LASK have never before faced a club from Belgium. Club Brugge • Runners-up to Genk in the 2018/19 Belgian league, Club Brugge are looking to reach the group stage for the seventh time, and the second season in a row – something they have only managed once before, in 2003/04. • In 2018/19, Club Brugge finished third in Group A behind Borussia Dortmund and Atlético Madrid, moving into the UEFA Europa League. There they were eliminated by Austrian side Salzburg, going out 5-2 on aggregate (2-1 h, 0-4 a). • That gave Club Brugge the record W4 D2 L5 against Austrian sides, the second-leg loss at Salzburg ending a three- match winning run in such fixtures. The Bruges club have won their last three home matches against Austrian visitors. • This is Club Brugge's second UEFA Champions League play-off, following their 2015/16 defeat by Manchester United (1-3 a, 0-4 h); that loss in Bruges was their heaviest home European defeat. They have not come through the qualifying rounds to reach the group stage since 2005/06. • Club Brugge won their first five play-off ties in the UEFA Europa League but lost the most recent, against AEK Athens in 2017/18 – they have not won a play-off tie in UEFA competition since beating Grasshoppers in 2014/15. • On the last three occasions that Club Brugge have reached the group stage from the qualifying phase they have done so with penalty shoot-out victories – against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2002/03, Borussia Dortmund in 2003/04 and Vålerenga in 2005/06. Their only other successful such qualification came on away goals against Austria Wien in the inaugural 1992/93 UEFA Champions League. Links and trivia • Emanuel Pogatetz was in the Hannover side that beat Club Brugge 2-1 at home and 1-0 away in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 32. • LASK coach Ismaël was in the Bayern München team that beat Club Brugge 1-0 in Munich in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage, when Philippe Clement, the Belgian club's current coach, was an unused substitute for the visitors. Both played 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw in Bruges that December. 4 LASK - Club Brugge Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Linzer Stadion, Linz Squad list LASK Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Alexander Schlager AUT 01/02/1996 23 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 6 - 24 Tobias Lawal AUT 07/06/2000 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 36 Thomas Gebauer AUT 30/06/1982 37 - - - - - - - - - 9 - Defenders 4 Emanuel Pogatetz AUT 16/01/1983 36 - 2 - - - 1 - - - 42 2 17 David Schnegg AUT 29/09/1998 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 18 Gernot Trauner AUT 25/03/1992 27 - 2 1 - - 4 1 - - 6 1 21 Markus Wostry AUT 19/07/1992 27 - - - - - 2 - - - 7 1 28 Dominik Frieser AUT 09/09/1993 25 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 6 2 30 Andres Andrade PAN 16/10/1998 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 37 Jan Boller GER 14/03/2000 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 43 Nemanja Celic AUT 26/04/1999 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 44 David Bumberger AUT 05/02/1999 20 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Philipp Wiesinger AUT 23/05/1994 25 - 2 - - - 4 1 - - 2 - 7 Rene Renner AUT 29/11/1993 25 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 8 Peter Michorl AUT 09/05/1995 24 - 2 - - - 4 - - - 6 - 19 Valentino Müller AUT 19/01/1999 20 - - - - - 3 1 - - - - 23 Stefan Haudum AUT 27/11/1994 24 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 25 James Holland AUS 15/05/1989 30 - 2 - - - 4 - 6 - 15 1 26 Reinhold Ranftl AUT 24/01/1992 27 - 2 1 - - 2 - - - 6 1 27 Thomas Goiginger AUT 15/03/1993 26 - 2 1 - - 3 - - - 6 4 Forwards 9 Klauss BRA 01/03/1997 22 - 2 1 - - 2 1 - - 2 1 14 Yusuf Otubanjo NGA 12/09/1992 26 - - - - - 1 - - - 6 1 20 Samuel Tetteh GHA 28/07/1996 23 - 2 - - - 3 1 - - 7 1 29 Marko Raguz AUT 10/06/1998 21 - 2 1 - - 3 1 - - 2 1 33 Thomas Sabitzer AUT 12/10/2000 18 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - Coach - Valérien Ismaël FRA 28/09/1975 43 - 2 - - - - - - - 2 - 5 LASK - Club Brugge Tuesday 20 August 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Linzer Stadion, Linz Club Brugge Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 22 Ethan Horvath USA 09/06/1995 24 - - - - - 2 - 3 - 22 - 33 Nick Shinton BEL 10/05/2001 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 88 Simon Mignolet BEL 06/03/1988 31 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 - 27 - 91 Senne Lammens BEL 07/07/2002 17 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Eduard Sobol UKR 20/04/1995 24 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 17 - 5 Odilon Kossounou CIV 04/01/2001 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Matej Mitrović CRO 10/11/1993 25 - 1 - - - 3 - 3 - 19 - 17 Simon Deli CIV 27/10/1991 27 - 2 1 - - 3 - - - 25 1 18 Federico Ricca ITA 01/12/1994 24 - - - - - - - - - - - 21 Dion Cools BEL 04/06/1996 23 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 11 1 44 Brandon Mechele BEL 28/01/1993 26 - 1 - - - 2 - 7 - 37 - 77 Clinton Mata ANG 07/11/1992 26 - 2 - - - 4 - 4 - 6 - 92 Ignace Van Der Brempt BEL 01/04/2002 17 - - - - - - - - - - - 93 Siemen Voet BEL 03/02/2000 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 94 Brendan Schoonbaert BEL 09/05/2000 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Midfielders 6 Sofyan Amrabat MAR 21/08/1996 22 - - - - - 1 - 8 1 11 1 11 Krépin Diatta SEN 25/02/1999 20 - 1 - - - 2 - 2 - 5 - 16 Siebe Schrijvers BEL 18/07/1996 23 - 1 - - - 4 1 2 - 15 - 19 Thibault Vlietinck BEL 19/08/1997 22 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 4 - 20 Hans Vanaken BEL 24/08/1992 26 - 2 1 - - 4 3 12 2 34 5 25 Ruud Vormer NED 11/05/1988 31 - 2 1 - - 4 - 11 1 47 3 26 Mats Rits BEL 18/07/1993 26 - 2 - - - 4 - 5 - 9 - 90 Charles De Ketelaere BEL 10/03/2001 18 - - -