UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE / SEASON Group K Matchday Thursday September.CET (. local time) FC Twente Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Team facts... Squad list... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Match officials... Legend... This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Europa League match. For more detailed factual information, and indepth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at:

2 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Record versus clubs from opponents' country None FC Twente Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Cup // GS GS GS Match FC Twente Tottenham Hotspur FC Tottenham Hotspur FC FC Twente Match UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // QR QR R R R R R R Manchester City FC FC Twente Match Arsenal FC FC Twente FC Twente Arsenal FC Match Manchester City FC FC Twente FC Twente Manchester City FC Match FC Twente Ipswich Town FC Ipswich Town FC FC Twente Match FC Twente Ipswich Town FC Ipswich Town FC FC Twente Record versus clubs from opponents' country agg: agg: agg: ag agg: Enschede London Manchester London Arnhem Manchester Enschede Enschede Ipswich Enschede Ipswich Landzaat (p), Rosales, Chadli ; Wisgerhof (og), Defoe, Van der Vaart, Pavlyuchenko (p), (p), Bale ; Chadli WrightPhillips, Robinho, Benjani ; Elia, Wielaert Nasri, Gallas, Walcott, Bendtner Gallas, Adebayor Wildschut (og), Kidd, Bell ; Overweg, Gritter Thoresen ; Watson Bos ; Hamilton Hamilton, Talbot ; Zuidema, Pahlplatz Streuer ; Morris, Hamilton Whymark FC Twente Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Match background 's Dutch boss Martin Jol will be up against his countrymen as the / UEFA Europa League finalists take on FC Twente in their opening UEFA Europa League Group K game. Previous meetings The sides are meeting for the first time in Europe and this is also Fulham's maiden experience of Dutch opponents. Twente are yet to win in games against English sides, boasting the unenviable record W D L (W D L in England). Their two previous games in London ended in a loss at Arsenal FC in the / UEFA Champions League third qualifying round and a defeat at Tottenham Hotspur FC in last season's UEFA Champions League group stage. Match background Fulham have already played eight European games this season, since entering the first qualifying round through the UEFA Respect Fair Play system. They have won six of those and drawn two. The Cottagers are the only side to have made it all the way from the first qualifying round to the group stage this season. Fulham remain unbeaten in European home games ( wins and four draws) stretching back to their European debut, a UEFA Intertoto Cup draw against FC Haka on July. They have won their last nine continental fixtures at Craven Cottage, where they have not conceded a goal in UEFA matches this season. Twente have gone four games (three defeats and a draw) without a win on their European travels since beating FC Rubin Kazan in last season's UEFA Europa League round of. Team facts Bryan Ruiz joined Fulham from Twente on transfer deadline day, but he is not eligible to play for his new club in the UEFA Europa League as he has already represented the Enschede side in Europe this season. Fulham's Dutch manager Martin Jol needs no introduction to Twente; he played for the club from to. Jol and his Twente counterpart Co Adriaanse have been on opposite sides on numerous occasions: as players when Jol's ADO Den Haag side took on Adriaanse's FC Utrecht in the s, and as coaches when Jol's Roda JC and RKC Waalwijk teams took on Willem II, AFC Ajax and AZ Alkmaar teams coached by Adriaanse. Adriaanse () and Jol () were both Ajax coaches at one stage in their careers. Twente's Nacer Chadli and Fulham's Moussa Dembélé are Belgian international teammates. Dembélé also made his name in Dutch football with spells at Willem () and AZ (). Twente's Denny Landzaat previously played in England for Wigan Athletic FC from to. Fulham's Czech defender Zdeněk Grygera played in the Netherlands for Ajax from to. Last updated // ::CET Match background

4 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: Nickname: The Cottagers UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Europa League: () UEFA Intertoto Cup (): Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) none Tenyear European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: final /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions /: third round (having transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) /: did not compete in UEFA club competitions Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Fulham v Crusaders FC //, UEFA Europa League second qualifying round second leg Biggest away win : FK Vėtra v Fulham //, UEFA Europa League third qualifying round first leg : NK Dinamo Zagreb v Fulham //, UEFA Cup second round first leg Heaviest home defeat None Heaviest away defeat : Juventus v Fulham //, UEFA Europa League round of first leg UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League Biggest home win : Fulham v Crusaders FC (see above) Biggest away win : FK Vėtra v Fulham (see above) : NK Dinamo Zagreb v Fulham (see above) Heaviest home defeat None Heaviest away defeat : Juventus v Fulham (see above) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

5 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) FC Twente Formed: Nickname: Tukkers (slang for people from the Enschede region) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup: () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () Dutch Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League unless indicated otherwise) /: quarterfinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) /: round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) /: first round /: second qualifying round (having transferred from UEFA Intertoto Cup) /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: second round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Twente v Panahaiki FC //, UEFA Cup second round second leg Biggest away win : BK Frem v Twente //, UEFA Cup second round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Twente v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach //, UEFA Cup final second leg Heaviest away defeat : Villarreal CF v Twente //, UEFA Europa League quarterfinal first leg on three occasions, most recently Paris SaintGermain FC v Twente //, UEFA Cup group stage UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League Biggest home win : Twente v Panahaiki FC (see above) Biggest away win : BK Frem v Twente (see above) Heaviest home defeat : Twente v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (see above) Heaviest away defeat : Villarreal CF v Twente (see above) : Paris SaintGermain FC v Twente (see above) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

6 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Squad list No. Player Goalkeepers Mark Schwarzer Csaba Somogyi Neil Etheridge Marcus Bettinelli Jesse Joronen Defenders Stephen Kelly John Arne Riise Brede Hangeland Chris Baird Philippe Senderos Aaron Hughes Zdeněk Grygera Matthew Briggs Stephen Arthurworrey Alex Smith Midfielders Steve Sidwell Pajtim Kasami Danny Murphy Marcel Gecov Damien Duff Dickson Etuhu Kerim Frei Clint Dempsey Courtney Harris Josh Pritchard Forwards Andrew Johnson Orlando Sá Bobby Zamora Moussa Dembélé Richard Peniket Marcello Trotta Coach Martin Jol Nat. AUS HUN FIN IRL NOR NOR NIR SUI NIR CZE SUI CZE IRL NGA SUI USA POR BEL WAL ITA DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D QUAL Gls Current season Tournament Gls League Gls Alltime Tournament UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

7 FC Twente Alltime Current season UEFA Tournament League Tournament QUAL Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // Sander Boschker // BUL Nikolay Mihaylov // Nick Marsman // POL Filip Bednarek Defenders // Tim Cornelisse // Nicky Kuiper // Peter Wisgerhof // SWE Rasmus Bengtsson // VEN Roberto Rosales // GER Thilo Leugers // BRA Douglas // Dwight Tiendalli // BEL Bart Buysse // GER Nils Röseler // Thijs Bouma // Mitch Stockentree // GER Stefan Thesker Midfielders // Wout Brama // Denny Landzaat // Leroy Fer // SWE Emir Bajrami // Steven Berghuis // Willem Janssen // CRO Dario Vujičević // Chris David // Theodor Vogelsang Forwards // Luuk de Jong // SVK Andrej Rendla // AUT Marc Janko // BEL Nacer Chadli // Ola John // Cas Peters // Ninos Gouriye // Joey Pelupessy // GER Mirco Born Coach // Co Adriaanse Squad list Last updated // ::CET Thursday September.CET (. local time) FC Twente

8 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Competition Opponent // UEL NSÍ Runavík (H) W // UEL NSÍ Runavík (A) D // UEL Crusaders FC (A) W // UEL Crusaders FC (H) W // UEL RNK Split (A) D // UEL RNK Split (H) W // League Aston Villa FC (H) D // UEL FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (H) W // League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (A) L // UEL FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (A) L // League Newcastle United FC (A) L // League Blackburn Rovers FC (H) D // UEL FC Twente (H) // League Manchester City FC (H) // Cup Chelsea FC (A) // League West Bromwich Albion FC (A) // UEL Odense BK (A) // League Queens Park Rangers FC (H) // League Stoke City FC (A) // UEL Wisła Kraków (A) // League Everton FC (H) // League Wigan Athletic FC (A) // UEL Wisła Kraków (H) // League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) // League Sunderland AFC (A) // League Arsenal FC (A) // UEL FC Twente (A) // League Liverpool FC (H) // League Swansea City FC (A) // UEL Odense BK (H) // League Bolton Wanderers FC (H) // League Manchester United FC (H) Duff, Murphy (p), A. Johnson Briggs, Zamora, Murphy (p) A. Johnson, Duff, Zamora, Sidwell A. Johnson, Murphy (p) Hughes, Dempsey, Dempsey Zamora Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

9 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs Manchester United FC Manchester City FC Chelsea FC Newcastle United FC Stoke City FC Liverpool FC Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Aston Villa FC Wigan Athletic FC Everton FC Queens Park Rangers FC Arsenal FC West Bromwich Albion FC Bolton Wanderers FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Sunderland AFC Norwich City FC Swansea City FC Blackburn Rovers FC W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

10 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) FC Twente Competition Opponent // UCL FC Vaslui (H) W // UCL FC Vaslui (A) D // League NAC Breda (A) W // League AZ Alkmaar (H) W // UCL SL Benfica (H) D // League sc Heerenveen (A) W // UCL SL Benfica (A) L // League VVVVenlo (H) W // League Roda JC (A) L // UEL (A) // League ADO Den Haag (H) // Cup Zwaluwen (A) // League AFC Ajax (A) // UEL Wisła Kraków (H) // League SBV Excelsior (H) // League RKC Waalwijk (A) // UEL Odense BK (A) // League FC Groningen (A) // League PSV Eindhoven (H) // UEL Odense BK (H) // League De Graafschap (H) // League Heracles Almelo (A) // League Vitesse (H) // UEL (H) // League FC Utrecht (A) // League NEC Nijmegen (H) // UEL Wisła Kraków (A) // League Feyenoord (A) // League RKC Waalwijk (H) Janko (p), Janko (p) Janko, Ruiz De Jong, Ruiz De Jong, Janssen, Janko +, (p), Bajrami Ruiz Ruiz, De Jong,, Janko Janko Pos. Clubs AFC Ajax AZ Alkmaar FC Twente Feyenoord PSV Eindhoven RKC Waalwijk FC Utrecht Vitesse NEC Nijmegen Roda JC Heracles Almelo sc Heerenveen De Graafschap ADO Den Haag FC Groningen VVVVenlo NAC Breda SBV Excelsior W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

11 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups UEFA Europa League Qualifying First qualifying round (//) Fulham NSÍ Goals: Duff, Murphy (pen), Johnson : Schwarzer, Hangeland, Baird, Johnson, Murphy, Duff, Hughes, Etuhu (Sidwell ), Zamora (Dalla Valle ), Briggs, Davies (Bjørn Helge Riise ) (//) NSÍ Fulham (agg: ) : Schwarzer, Kelly, Sidwell, Hangeland, Johnson (Frei ), Senderos, Duff (Dalla Valle ), Etuhu, Zamora, Greening (Bjørn Helge Riise ), Briggs Second qualifying round (//) Crusaders Fulham Goals: Briggs, Adamson, Zamora, Murphy (pen) : Schwarzer, Hangeland, Baird, Johnson (Bjørn Helge Riise ), Murphy, Duff (Donegan ), Hughes, Etuhu (Sidwell ), Frei, Zamora, Briggs (//) Fulham Crusaders (agg: ) Goals: Johnson, Duff, Zamora, Sidwell : Schwarzer, Sidwell (Etuhu ), Hangeland, John Arne Riise (Bjørn Helge Riise ), Johnson (Frei ), Murphy, Senderos, Duff, Hughes, Zamora, Briggs Third qualifying round (//) Split Fulham : Schwarzer, Hangeland, Baird, John Arne Riise, Johnson, Murphy, Duff, Hughes, Etuhu (Sidwell ), Zamora (Kasami ), Briggs (//) Fulham Split (agg: ) Goals: Johnson, Murphy (pen) : Schwarzer, Hangeland, John Arne Riise, Johnson, Murphy, Senderos, Duff (Kasami ), Hughes, Etuhu, Dempsey (Briggs ), Zamora (Dembélé ) Playoffs (//) Fulham Dnipro Goals: Hughes, Dempsey, Dempsey : Schwarzer, Kelly, Sidwell, Hangeland, Kasami (Johnson ), Murphy (Etuhu ), Duff (Dembélé ), Hughes, Dempsey, Zamora, Briggs (//) Dnipro Fulham (agg: ) Goals: Shakhov : Schwarzer, John Arne Riise (Briggs ), Sidwell, Hangeland, Baird, Johnson, Murphy, Duff, Hughes, Dempsey (Etuhu ), Dembélé (Kasami ) FC Twente UEFA Champions League Qualifying Third qualifying round (//) Twente Vaslui Goals: Janko (pen), Janko FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, De Jong, Bajrami (John ), Berghuis (Vogelsang ), Leugers, Douglas, Janko (Rendla ), Buysse (//) Vaslui Twente (agg: ) FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, De Jong, Ruiz (John ), Berghuis, Janssen, Douglas, Tiendalli, Janko (Landzaat ) Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

12 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Playoffs (//) Twente Benfica Goals: De Jong, Óscar Cardozo, Nolito, Ruiz FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama, Landzaat (Janko ), De Jong, Ruiz, Bajrami (John ), Janssen, Douglas, Tiendalli (Buysse ) (//) Benfica Twente (agg: ) Goals: Witsel, Luisão, Witsel, Ruiz FC Twente: Mihaylov, Cornelisse, Wisgerhof, Brama (Landzaat ), De Jong, Ruiz, Berghuis (Bajrami ), Janssen (John ), Douglas, Tiendalli, Janko Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

13 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Group K Standings Club FC Twente Wisła Kraków Odense BK W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Fulham v Twente Matchday (//) Twente v Wisła Kraków OB v Fulham Matchday (//) OB v Twente Wisła Kraków v Fulham Matchday (//) Twente v OB Fulham v Wisła Kraków Matchday (//) Twente v Fulham Matchday (//) Wisła Kraków v Twente Fulham v OB Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

14 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Antonio Damato (ITA) Riccardo Di Fiore (ITA), Roberto Iannello (ITA) Christian Brighi (ITA), Gabriele Gava (ITA) Domenico Celi (ITA) Tugomir Frajman (SVN) Janos Ring (HUN) Referee Name Antonio Damato of birth // UEFA Europa League matches UEFA matches UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // Competition UCUP QR Home FK Rabotnicki Away Liverpool FC Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // Competition U QR Home Netherlands Away Poland Skopje Doetinchem Last updated // ::CET Match officials

15 FC Twente Thursday September.CET (. local time) Legend :: Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off :: Squad list D: Disciplinary S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty agg: Aggregate : Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: of birth Res.: GA: Goals against sg: Match decided on "Silver Goal" GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match decided on "Golden Goal"W: Won L: Lost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/a: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted *: Misses next match if booked #: Suspended for at least one match UEL: Current season total UEFA Europa League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UEL: Total appearances in the UEFA Europa League, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on Last updated // ::CET Legend