UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Națională - Bucharest Thursday 7 December 2017 21.05CET (22.05 local time) FCSB Group G - Matchday 6 FC Lugano Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Team facts 5 Squad list 7 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 FCSB - FC Lugano Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Bottani 14; Budescu 28/09/2017 GS FC Lugano - FCSB 1-2 Lucerne 58, Júnior Morais 64 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FCSB 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 FC Lugano 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FCSB - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 03/11/2016 GS FC Zürich - FCSB 0-0 Zurich Golubović 63; Koné 20/10/2016 GS FCSB - FC Zürich 1-1 Bucharest 86 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sio 90+1; Piovaccari 06/11/2013 GS FC Basel 1893 - FCSB 1-1 Basel 17 Leandro Tatu 88; Díaz 22/10/2013 GS FCSB - FC Basel 1893 1-1 Bucharest 48 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 26/08/2010 PO Grasshopper Club Zürich - FCSB agg: 1-1 (aet, 3- Zurich Salatic 77 4pens) 19/08/2010 PO FCSB - Grasshopper Club Zürich 1-0 Bucharest Stancu 71 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Raducanu 11; Guido 27/09/2001 R1 FCSB - FC St Gallen Bucharest agg: 2-3 59 Jefferson 33, 20/09/2001 R1 FC St Gallen - FCSB 2-1 Zurich Mokoena 53; Neaga 37 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 24/08/1994 QR Servette FC - FCSB Geneva Schepull 13; Pirvu 51 agg: 2-5 Ilie 1, Stan 16 (P), 10/08/1994 QR FCSB - Servette FC 4-1 Bucharest Pirvu 25, Lăcătuş 49; De Campos 71 2 FCSB - FC Lugano Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Nitu 2, Sameş 7, 65, 6-0 03/10/1979 R1 FCSB - BSC Young Boys Bucharest Aelenei 46, Raducanu agg: 8-2 55, Zahiu 70 Zwygart 42, Schönenberger 79; 19/09/1979 R1 BSC Young Boys - FCSB 2-2 Berne Stoica 39, Iordănescu 44 FC Lugano - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Lugano have not played against a club from their opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FCSB 6 3 3 0 7 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 13 4 7 2 21 12 FC Lugano 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 FCSB - FC Lugano Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Match background With qualification for the round of 32 sealed after matchday four, FCSB will be eyeing top spot in Group G as they entertain a Lugano side that can no longer make it beyond the group stage. • The Romanian team need a win to gurantee going through as group winners, although any result will do if fellow qualifiers Viktoria Plzeň, who trail them by a point and have an inferior head-to-head record, do not win away to Hapoel Beer-Sheva. Previous meetings • Lugano's first encounter with Romanian opponents did not end as desired, with FCSB defeating them 2-1 in Switzerland on matchday two. Mattia Bottani put the hosts ahead on 14 minutes, but second-half goals from Constantin Budescu and Júnior Morais turned the match in favour of the visitors. • FCSB's record in 13 meetings with Swiss clubs stands at W4 D7 L2. They have yet to lose any of their six games at home (W3 D3), though the last two have both been drawn. Form guide • FCSB are unbeaten in five UEFA Europa League group games at home (W2 D3), though they have won only once in Romania against European opposition this season (D2 L1). Their matchday six record in the UEFA Europa League group stage is W1 D2 L3. • FCSB have qualified with ten points. Their highest points tally in six previous UEFA Europa League group stage adventures is 11, which they achieved in 2012/13 – the only time they have gone through as section winners. • In 11 European away matches to date, Lugano have earned just one win (D2 L8) and scored only four goals. That lone victory came at Internazionale Milano in a 1-0 second-leg success in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup first round, giving the Swiss club a famous 2-1 aggregate win. • Beaten 5-1 on aggregate by Sporting CP in the UEFA Champions League play-offs, 2016/17 Romanian league runners-up FCSB are competing in the UEFA Europa League group stage for a seventh time since the tournament assumed its current format in 2009/10 – a record they share with Salzburg. They have now reached the knockout phase three times. • Third in Switzerland last term, Lugano – from the Italian-speaking Ticino canton – have been absent from UEFA competition since 2002/03 and have never before featured in a group stage. Links and trivia • The journey from Lugano to Bucharest is around 1,350km. • FCSB striker Harlem Gnohéré started his career in the lower leagues in Switzerland with La Tour/Le Pâquier, Bulle and Urania Genève Sport. • This is FCSB's 42nd game in the UEFA Europa League group stage – a competition high that they share with Salzburg. • FCSB's Constantin Budescu sits out this game through suspension. • Suspended for next game if booked: Mihai Pintilii, Dennis Man (FCSB). The coaches • Nicolae Dică returned to FCSB as coach in May 2017, having served the club as a player in two previous spells, landing two titles – and a further one with CFR Cluj. The attacking midfielder also played in Italy, Greece and Turkey. • Pierluigi Tami took charge of Lugano for a second time in June 2017, the Italian-born defender having spent his entire professional career in Switzerland. Notably, he assisted Ottmar Hitzfeld during his spell as national coach. 4 FCSB - FC Lugano Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Team facts Fotbal Club FCSB Formed: 1947 Nickname: Roș-albaștrii (The Red and Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (1): 1986, (1989) • UEFA Super Cup (1): 1986 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 26 (2015) Romanian Cup: 22 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2015/16: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2014/15: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League group stage 2012/13: round of 16 2011/12: round of 32 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: group stage 2008/09: UEFA Champions League group stage 2007/08: UEFA Champions League group stage Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: FCSB v Aalborg 18/09/14, UEFA Europa League group stage 6-0: FCSB v Young Boys 03/10/79, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Biggest away win 1-5: Sparta Praha v FCSB 07/09/88, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: FCSB v Manchester City 16/08/16, UEFA Champions League play-offs, first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently v Maccabi Haifa 20/10/11, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 6-0: FCSB v Aalborg (see above) • Biggest away win 1-4: Levadia Maardu v FCSB 26/08/99, qualifying round second leg 0-3 on three occasions, most recently v Spartak Trnava 09/08/12, third qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-5: FCSB v Stuttgart 22/11/12, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Maccabi Haifa v FCSB (see above) FC Lugano Formed: 1908 Nickname: Bianconeri (Black-and-White) 5 FCSB - FC Lugano Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (1949) Swiss Cup: 3 (1993) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2015/16: did not take part in UEFA club competition 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 Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Lugano v Neman Grodno 18/08/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg • Biggest away win 0-1: Internazionale v Lugano 26/09/95, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v Real Madrid 29/09/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Viktoria Plzeň v Lugano 02/11/17, UEFA Europa League group stage 3-0 three times, most recently v Ventspils 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-0: Lugano v Jeunesse Esch 23/08/95, preliminary round second leg • Biggest away win 0-1: Internazionale v Lugano (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Lugano v Legia Warszawa 15/09/71, first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Viktoria Plzeň v Lugano (see above) 3-0: Ventspils v Lugano 15/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg 6 FCSB - FC Lugano Thursday 7 December 2017 - 21.05CET (22.05 local time) Match press kit Arena Națională, Bucharest Squad list FCSB Current season All-time UCL UEL League UEL UEFA No.