UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT FC København Hannover 96 Group B - Matchday 4 Parken Stadion, Copenhagen Thursday 3 November 2011 19.00CET (19.00 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Team facts.........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Fixtures and results...........................................................................................................8 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Match officials..................................................................................................................14 Legend............................................................................................................................15 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html FC København - Hannover 96 Thursday 3 November 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parken Stadion, Copenhagen Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/11 GS Hannover 96 - FC København 2-2 Hannover Pander 29, Pinto 81; N'Doye 67, Santin 89 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC København 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 FC København - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/05 R1 FC København - Hamburger SV 0-1 Copenhagen Van der Vaart 89(p) agg: 1-2 15/09/05 R1 Hamburger SV - FC København 1-1 Hamburg Van der Vaart 37; Van Heerden 40 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/12/01 R3 Borussia Dortmund - FC København 1-0 Dortmund Sørensen 89 agg: 2-0 22/11/01 R3 FC København - Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Copenhagen Herrlich 90+2 Hannover 96 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC København 2 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 3 6 Hannover 96 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 Last updated 01/11/11 12:53:40CET 2 Previous meetings FC København - Hannover 96 Thursday 3 November 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parken Stadion, Copenhagen Match background FC København will look to extend an eight-game unbeaten home run in UEFA group stage matches as they host a Hannover 96 side who have yet to lose a contest in this competition. Previous meetings • The teams drew 2-2 when they met for the first time on 20 October, in what was Hannover's first UEFA game against a Danish side. • Dame N'Doye (67) cancelled out a first-half opener from Hannover's Christian Pander (29), but Sergio Pinto (81) looked to have won the game for the hosts until substitute César Santin (89) levelled at the death. • Including their matchday three game against Hannover, FCK's seven games against German sides ended W1 D2 L4 (W1 D0 L3 at home). • Hannover beat a Danish side, B1909 Odense, 3-2 at home and 1-0 away in the 1968/69 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the non-UEFA affiliated predecessor of the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League. • The clubs that merged to form FCK both played German teams in UEFA competition. Kjøbenhavns BK took on FC Schalke 04 in the preliminary round of the 1958/59 European Champion Clubs' Cup, winning 3-0 at home, losing 5-2 in Gelsenkirchen and then going down 3-1 in a replay at the Diekman Stadion in Enschede, the Netherlands. • B 1903 København, meanwhile, lost 2-0 away and 3-2 at home against 1. FC Köln in the 1975/76 UEFA Cup first round. However, they eliminated FC Bayern München in a 1991/92 UEFA Cup second round tie, beating them 6-2 at home and losing 1-0 away. Match background • FCK have won five and drawn three during an eight-game unbeaten home run in UEFA group stage games. The spell includes an impressive 1-1 draw against FC Barcelona in last season's UEFA Champions League. • Hannover's 2-1 win at FC Vorskla Poltava on matchday two was their first victory on the road in UEFA competition. • Hannover are the only team in this season's group stage who have never lost a UEFA Cup or UEFA Europa League game; this is their sixth appearance in the competition. Team facts • FCK's first goal against Hannover on matchday three was their 200th in UEFA club competition, in what was their 135th UEFA game. • All three of FCK's group stage goals this season have been scored in the second half. • Hannover coach Mirko Slomka led the club he had previously served as a player and assistant coach into Europe with a club record fourth-placed Bundesliga finish in his first season in charge. • Slomka enjoyed success in the 2005/06 edition of the competition. He led Schalke from the round of 32 to the semi-finals, before succumbing to a 1-0 aggregate defeat by Sevilla FC, after replacing Ralf Rangnick as coach following the group stage. • Roland Nilsson replaced Ståle Solbakken at the FCK helm this year, after winning the 2010 Swedish title with Malmö FF. This is his first European season as a coach, but the former Swedish international defender has extensive European experience, having been capped 116 times by his country. • Nilsson twice took on Bayern in the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League with Helsingborgs IF, losing 3-1 at home and drawing 0-0 in Germany. • Nilsson played 90 minutes for hosts Sweden in the EURO '92 semi-final, his side lost 3-2 to eventual runners-up Germany. • FCK's Christian Grindheim plays for the Norwegian national team alongside København's Mohammed Abdellaoue and Henning Hauger. Last updated 01/11/11 12:53:40CET 3 Match background FC København - Hannover 96 Thursday 3 November 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parken Stadion, Copenhagen Team facts FC København Formed: 1992 Nickname: Løverne (The Lions) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 (2011) Danish Cup: 4 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 2010/11: UEFA Champions League round of 16 2009/10: round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-off round) 2008/09: round of 32 2007/08: group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2006/07: UEFA Champions League group stage 2005/06: first round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2003/04: second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2002/03: first round 2001/02: third round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: København v Cliftonville FC 31/07/08, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg • Biggest away win 0-6: FK Mogren v København 22/07/09, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg 0-6: Sliema Wanderers FC v København 06/08/03, UEFA Champions League second qualifying round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-6: København v AC Milan 20/10/93, UEFA Champions League second round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0 on three occasions, most recently vSK Hradec Králové 14/09/95, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League • Biggest home win 7-0: København v Cliftonville FC (see above) • Biggest away win 1-5: Mikkelin Palloilijat v København 30/09/92, first round second leg 0-4: Cliftonville FC v København 17/07/08, first qualifying round first leg 0-4: FC Jazz v København 23/08/94, preliminary round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 1-3 twice, most recently v Olympique de Marseille 18/02/10, round of 32 first leg 0-2 on three occasions, most recently v Club Atlético de Madrid 05/12/07, group stage • Heaviest away defeat Last updated 01/11/11 12:53:40CET 4 Team facts FC København - Hannover 96 Thursday 3 November 2011 - 19.00CET (19.00 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Parken Stadion, Copenhagen 5-0 twice, most recently v AJ Auxerre 21/10/92, second round first leg Hannover 96 Formed: 1896 Nickname: Die Roten (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) National title: 2 (1954) German Cup: 1 (1992) Ten-year European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) 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: did not take part in UEFA competition 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 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA competition 2001/02: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 2-1: Hannover v Sevilla FC 18/08/11, UEFA Europa League play-off first leg 2-1: Hannover v SV Werder Bremen 30/09/92, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first