UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS U Nisy - Liberec Thursday 22 October 2015 21.05CET (21.05 local time) FC Slovan Liberec Group F - Matchday 3 FC Groningen Last updated 21/10/2015 10:50CET Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 9 Match-by-match lineups 12 Match officials 14 Legend 15 1 FC Slovan Liberec - FC Groningen Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit U Nisy, Liberec Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Slovan Liberec - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Viergever 19; Budnik 27/02/2014 R32 AZ Alkmaar - FC Slovan Liberec Alkmaar agg: 2-1 72 20/02/2014 R32 FC Slovan Liberec - AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Liberec Viergever 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Steinsson 70, Jenner 29/11/2006 GS AZ Alkmaar - FC Slovan Liberec 2-2 Alkmaar 89; Zápotočný 26, Papoušek 85 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Došek 80; Pacheco 23/07/2005 R3 FC Slovan Liberec - Roda JC Liberec agg: 1-1 ag Oliveira 38 16/07/2005 R3 Roda JC - FC Slovan Liberec 0-0 Kerkrade UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-1 Cristiano 6; Hološko 24/07/2004 R3 Roda JC - FC Slovan Liberec Kerkrade agg 1-2 (aet) 108 ET 17/07/2004 R3 FC Slovan Liberec - Roda JC 1-0 Liberec Papoušek 19 FC Groningen - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dostálek 84; FC Zbrojovka Brno - FC 24/06/1995 GS 1-2 Brno Bombarda 34, Sion Groningen 54 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Slovan Liberec 3 1 1 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 5 1 6 6 FC Groningen 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 FC Slovan Liberec - FC Groningen Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit U Nisy, Liberec Match background The scorelines in FC Slovan Liberec's last few games have taken on something of a pattern as they welcome an FC Groningen side still in search of their first goal in UEFA Europa League Group F. Previous meetings • The teams are meeting for the first time in UEFA competition. • Liberec's seven games against Dutch clubs have ended W1 D5 L1 (W1 D1 L1 at home – W0 D4 L0 in the Netherlands). • Groningen's only previous match against Czech opponents was a 2-1 win at FC Zbrojovka Brno in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage. Form guide • Liberec's last four fixtures have ended 1-0 – three wins and a defeat by SC Braga in their most recent home game. • Groningen are without a win in six European matches (D3 L3), a run dating back to a 1-0 victory over FK Partizan in a September 2006 UEFA Cup first round tie. They have yet to score in Group F. • This is Liberec's third appearance in this group stage – they fell short in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup but advanced to the round of 32 in 2013/14. • Groningen are featuring in the group stage of a major UEFA competition for the first time. They are set to equal their longest European campaign with their six Group F games, having also played six matches by reaching the third round of the 1988/89 UEFA Cup. Trivia and links • The journey from Groningen to Liberec is around 650km. • Liberec central defender Ondřej Švejdík played for Groningen from 2006–10. He made his UEFA club competition debut with the Eredivisie outfit, but injuries – including a broken arm – limited his game time. • Liberec boast Dutch talent in the form of erstwhile AZ Alkmaar striker Kevin Luckassen. The coaches • Jindřich Trpišovský took charge at Slovan in June. It was a first major top-flight appointment for the coach, who models himself on Liverpool FC boss Jürgen Klopp. Once a youth coach at AC Sparta Praha, he previously led second-division FK Viktoria Žižkov, impressing despite the club's financial problems. • Previously assistant coach, Erwin van de Looi assumed sole command at Groningen in 2013. They qualified for Europe in his first season and last time out won their first Dutch Cup. A former Dutch Under-21 international, he played UEFA Cup football with Vitesse, ending his injury-ravaged playing days at Groningen in 2002. 3 FC Slovan Liberec - FC Groningen Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit U Nisy, Liberec Team facts FC Slovan Liberec Formed: 1958 Nickname: Modrobílí (Blue and Whites) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2012) Czech Cup: 2 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: third qualifying round 2013/14: round of 32 2012/13: play-offs (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round 2006/07: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup second round Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Liberec v MFK Dubnica 10/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC v Liberec 06/08/15, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg 0-3 (default): FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Liberec 20/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liberec v FC Dinamo Bucureşti 27/08/09, UEFA Europa League play-off second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SC Braga v Liberec 02/11/06, UEFA Cup group stage 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Liberec 21/03/02, UEFA Cup quarter-finals second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 4-1: Liberec v Grasshopper Club Zürich 23/11/06, group stage 4-1: Liberec v Olympique Lyonnais 28/02/02, fourth round second leg 3-0: Liberec v RC Celta de Vigo 01/11/01, second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Hapoel Kiryat Shmona FC v Liberec (see above) 0-3 (default): FC Dinamo Bucureşti v Liberec (see above) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Liberec v FC Dinamo Bucureşti (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: SC Braga v Liberec (see above) 4 FC Slovan Liberec - FC Groningen Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit U Nisy, Liberec 4-0: Borussia Dortmund v Liberec (see above for details) FC Groningen Formed: 1971 Nickname: Trots van het Noorden (Pride of the North) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Dutch Cup: 1 (2015) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2014/15: second qualifying round 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: first round 2006/07: first round 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: Groningen v Galway United FC 16/09/86, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-4: JK Trans Narva v Groningen 29/06/96, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Groningen v Olympique de Marseille 17/09/15, UEFA Europa League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v Groningen 02/11/83, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup • Biggest home win 5-1: Groningen v Galway United FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-3: Galway United FC v Groningen 01/10/86, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Groningen v Olympique de Marseille (see above) • Heaviest away defeat 5-1: FC Internazionale Milano v Groningen (see above) 5 FC Slovan Liberec - FC Groningen Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit U Nisy, Liberec Squad list FC Slovan Liberec Current season All-time QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Ondřej Kolář CZE 17/10/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Václav Hladký CZE 14/11/1990 24 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 21 Tomáš Koubek CZE 26/08/1992 23 - 4 - 2 - 8 - 2 - 6 - 30 Lukáš Hroššo SVK 19/04/1987 28 - - - - - - - 8 - 15 - 34 Jan Konečný CZE 14/02/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Defenders 2 Che Bong Won KOR 16/05/1994 21 - - - - - - - - - - - 5 Vladimír Coufal CZE 22/08/1992 23 - 4 - 2 1 9 1 6 1 13 1 11 David Hovorka CZE 07/08/1993 22 - 4 - 2 - 9 - 2 - 6 - 13 Ondřej Švejdík CZE 03/12/1982 32 - 1 - - - 6 1 9 1 17 1 18 Jan Mudra CZE 22/01/1990 25 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 26 Lukáš Bartošák CZE 03/07/1990 25 - 4 - 2 - 8 1 2 - 6 - 29 Lukáš Pokorný CZE 05/07/1993 22 - 3 1 2 - 8 1 2 - 5 1 Midfielders 6 Jan Sýkora CZE 29/12/1993 21 - - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 8 David Pavelka CZE 18/05/1991 24 - 4 1 2 - 9 1 12 1 26 2 9 Herolind Shala ALB 01/02/1992 23 - 4 1 2 - 8 2 2 - 6 1 10 Zdeněk Folprecht CZE 07/01/1991 24 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 2 - 12 Isaac Sackey GHA 04/04/1994 21 - 4 - - - 5 - 6 - 18 - 15 Dmitri Efremov RUS 01/04/1995 20 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 6 - 17 Milan Kerbr CZE 10/09/1989 26 - 4 - 2 - 9 2 2 - 6 - 22 Soune Soungole CIV 26/02/1995 20 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 3 - 24 Daniel Bartl CZE 05/07/1989 26 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 5 1 31 Lukáš Kaiser CZE 29/11/1995 19 - - - - - - - - - - - 32 Karel Knejzlík CZE 23/10/1996 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 33 Ondřej Bláha CZE 22/08/1996 19 - - - - - - - - - - - Forwards 7 Michael Rabušic CZE 17/09/1989 26 - 3 - 2 - 8 - 8 3 18 5 19 Kevin Luckassen NED 26/07/1993 22 - - - - - 3 1 - - 3 - 23 Josef Šural CZE 30/05/1990 25 - 4 2 2 - 10 4 10 2 28 7 27 Marek Bakoš SVK 15/04/1983 32 - 4 1 2 - 10 5 17 1 43 14 Coach - Jindřích Třpišovský CZE 27/02/1976 39 - 4 - 2 - - - 2 - 6 - 6 FC Slovan Liberec - FC Groningen Thursday 22 October 2015 - 21.05CET (21.05 local time) Match press kit U Nisy, Liberec FC Groningen Current season All-time UEL League UEL UEFA No.