UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Augsburg Arena - Augsburg Thursday 18 February 2016 21.05CET (21.05 local time) FC Augsburg Round of 32, First leg Liverpool FC Last updated 18/02/2016 16:10CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Team facts 6 Squad list 8 Fixtures and results 10 Match-by-match lineups 14 Match officials 16 Legend 17 1 FC Augsburg - Liverpool FC Thursday 18 February 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Augsburg Arena, Augsburg Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Augsburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Augsburg have not played against a club from their opponents' country Liverpool FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Krzynówek 88; Luis Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Liverpool 1-3 09/03/2005 R16 Leverkusen García 28, 32, Baroš FC agg: 2-6 67 Luis García 15, John Liverpool FC - Bayer 04 Arne Riise 35, 22/02/2005 R16 3-1 Liverpool Leverkusen Hamann 90+2; França 90+3 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Ballack 16, 64, Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Liverpool 4-2 Berbatov 68, Lúcio 09/04/2002 QF Leverkusen FC agg: 4-3 84; Abel Xavier 42, Litmanen 79 Liverpool FC - Bayer 04 03/04/2002 QF 1-0 Liverpool Hyypiä 44 Leverkusen Liverpool FC - Borussia 30/10/2001 GS1 2-0 Liverpool Šmicer 15, Wright 82 Dortmund 19/09/2001 GS1 Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool FC 0-0 Dortmund UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Salihamidžić 57, FC Bayern München - Liverpool Jancker 82; John 24/08/2001 F 2-3 Monaco FC Arne Riise 23, Heskey 45, Owen 46 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - Liverpool 1-1 K-H. Rummenigge 88; 22/04/1981 SF Munich FC agg: 1-1 ag Kennedy 83 Liverpool FC - FC Bayern 08/04/1981 SF 0-0 Liverpool München European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - VfL Borussia 3-0 Kennedy 6, Dalglish 12/04/1978 SF Liverpool Mönchengladbach agg: 4-2 35, Case 54 2 FC Augsburg - Liverpool FC Thursday 18 February 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Augsburg Arena, Augsburg European Champions Clubs' Cup VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Hannes 28, Bonhof 29/03/1978 SF 2-1 Dusseldorf - Liverpool FC 90; Johnson 89 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 2-1 Kotte 47, Sachse 52; 02/11/1977 R2 Dresden Liverpool FC agg: 3-6 Heighway 67 Hansen 14, Case 21, Liverpool FC - 1. FC Dynamo 58, Neal 43 (P), 19/10/1977 R2 5-1 Liverpool Dresden Kennedy 66; Häfner 76 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Thompson 21, 6-0 McDermott 40, 56, 57, 06/12/1977 F Liverpool FC - Hamburger SV Liverpool agg: 7-1 Fairclough 84, Dalglish 88 Keller 29; Fairclough 22/11/1977 F Hamburger SV - Liverpool FC 1-1 Hamburg 65 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers McDermott 28, Smith Liverpool FC - VfL Borussia 25/05/1977 F 3-1 Rome 65, Neal 83 (P); Mönchengladbach Simonsen 51 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Liverpool FC - 1. FC Dynamo 2-1 Case 24, Keegan 47; 17/03/1976 QF Liverpool Dresden agg: 2-1 Heidler 63 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 03/03/1976 QF 0-0 Dresden Liverpool FC UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach - 2-0 23/05/1973 F Monchengladbach Heynckes 31, 40 Liverpool FC agg: 2-3 Liverpool FC - VfL Borussia Keegan 21, 32, 10/05/1973 F 3-0 Liverpool Mönchengladbach Lloyd 61 1. FC Dynamo Dresden - 0-1 21/03/1973 QF Dresden Keegan 53 Liverpool FC agg: 0-3 Liverpool FC - 1. FC Dynamo 07/03/1973 QF 2-0 Liverpool Hall 25, Boersma 60 Dresden Boersma 1, Liverpool FC - Berliner FC 3-1 13/12/1972 R3 Liverpool Heighway 25, Dynamo agg: 3-1 Toshack 55; Netz 8 Berliner FC Dynamo - Liverpool 29/11/1972 R3 0-0 Berlin FC 0-0 26/09/1972 R1 Eintracht Frankfurt - Liverpool FC Frankfurt am Main agg: 0-2 Keegan 12, Hughes 12/09/1972 R1 Liverpool FC - Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Liverpool 75 3 FC Augsburg - Liverpool FC Thursday 18 February 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Augsburg Arena, Augsburg UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers G. Müller 25, 27, U. FC Bayern München - Liverpool 3-1 03/11/1971 R2 Munich Hoeness 58; Evans FC agg: 3-1 38 Liverpool FC - FC Bayern 20/10/1971 R2 0-0 Liverpool München UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Borussia Dortmund - Liverpool 2-1 Held 61, Yeats 109 05/05/1966 F Glasgow FC (aet) ET (og); Hunt 68 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-2 (Rep) St. John 21, Hunt 36; 24/03/1965 QF (Rep) Liverpool FC - 1. FC Köln Rotterdam t Thielen 40, Löhr 48 17/03/1965 QF Liverpool FC - 1. FC Köln 0-0 Liverpool 10/02/1965 QF 1. FC Köln - Liverpool FC 0-0 Cologne Home Away Final Neutral Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Augsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liverpool FC 12 9 3 0 12 2 6 4 7 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 32 15 11 6 52 27 4 FC Augsburg - Liverpool FC Thursday 18 February 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Augsburg Arena, Augsburg Match background FC Augsburg take on Liverpool FC in their most prestigious UEFA Europa League game to date, with Jürgen Klopp returning to his native Germany for an 11th encounter with the Fuggerstädter. Previous meetings • The sides are meeting for the first time and this is Augsburg's maiden date with English opponents. • Liverpool's record in 32 games against German teams is W15 D11 L6 (W11 D3 L0 at home – W2 D7 L5 in Germany – W2 D1 L1 on neutral territory). They won their first European trophy by beating VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1973 UEFA Cup final and overcame the same opponents in the 1977 European Champion Clubs' Cup decider. Form guide • Augsburg have lost two of their three European home fixtures to date, those matches producing 14 goals. • Liverpool are unbeaten in Europe this season (W2 D4), that run including all four of their continental games under Klopp (W2 D2). • Founded in 1907, Augsburg finished fifth in Germany last term to qualify directly for the UEFA Europa League group stage. • Liverpool lost to Beşiktaş JK on penalties in last season's round of 32 and to FC Zenit at the same stage of their previous UEFA Europa League appearance, in 2012/13. The 1973, 1976 and 2001 UEFA Cup winners last made it to the round of 16 in 2010/11, eliminating AC Sparta Praha and then bowing out to SC Braga. Trivia and links. • The journey from Liverpool to Augsburg is around 1,100km. • Augsburg's Raúl Bobadilla and Athletic Club's Aritz Aduriz are the six-goal top scorers in this season's UEFA Europa League. • Liverpool left-back Alberto Moreno and Augsburg midfielder Piotr Trochowski were team-mates at Sevilla FC from 2012 to 2014. • Augsburg right-back Daniel Opare featured in the second leg as Beşiktaş ousted Liverpool last year. • Augsburg's Austrian goalkeeper Alex Manninger was at Arsenal FC from 1997 to 2002, as back-up to David Seaman. • Augsburg's Greek international Kostas Stafylidis played in England with Fulham FC (2014/15) – he, Dominik Kohr and Liverpool's Emre Can were team-mates at Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2013/14. • While at Leverkusen, Can scored two of his four Bundesliga goals against Augsburg – in a 2-1 home win on 26 October 2013 and in a 3-1 away victory on 26 March 2014. • Liverpool's Roberto Firmino has also played in the Bundesliga (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, 2011–15). • Augsburg's South Korea striker Ji Dong-won was on the books at Dortmund during Klopp's time in charge. He managed two goals in 24 Premier League appearances for Liverpool's domestic rivals Sunderland AFC between 2011 and 2014. The coaches • Ausgburg coach Markus Weinzierl's playing career peaked when he spent a season with the first-team squad at FC Bayern München, though he never played a senior game. Augsburg appointed him in 2012 following a spell at SSV Jahn Regensburg and he has thrived in the role, last term's fifth-place finish a club best. • Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool manager last October. His Dortmund side won the Bundesliga in 2010/11, scooped a double the next season and lost to Bayern in the 2013 UEFA Champions League final. 5 FC Augsburg - Liverpool FC Thursday 18 February 2016 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit Augsburg Arena, Augsburg Team facts FC Augsburg Formed: 1907 Nickname: Fuggerstädter (people from the Fuggers' city, in honour of a prominent local merchant family) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) None Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2013/14: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2012/13: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 4-1: Augsburg v AZ Alkmaar 05/11/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Biggest away win 1-3: FK Partizan v Augsburg 10/12/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Augsburg v FK Partizan 01/10/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: Athletic Club v Augsburg 17/09/15,