UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS

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1 FK Vardar UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE /18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Nacionalna Arena Filip II Makedonski - Skopje Thursday 14 September CET (21.05 local time) Group L - Matchday 1 FC Zenit Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Team facts 4 Squad list 6 Fixtures and results 8 Match-by-match lineups 11 Match officials 13 Legend 14 1

2 Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FK Vardar - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/08/2003 2QR FK Vardar - PFC CSKA Moskva 1-1 agg: 3-2 Skopje 30/07/2003 2QR PFC CSKA Moskva - FK Vardar 1-2 Moscow Wandeir 64; Gogniev 30 Samodin 89; Grozdanoski 54, Wandeir 64 FC Zenit - Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Zenit 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 FK Vardar FC Zenit

3 Match background #EQUALGAME This week, football fans watching UEFA Europa League matches in stadiums, online and on TV will witness the premiere of the new UEFA RESPECT TV ads, called #EqualGame. The adverts feature Ada Hegerberg, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo and amateur players and will run throughout the season to promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility in European Football with the motto "Everyone has the right to enjoy football, no matter who you are, where you're from, or how you play." More information on the campaign and on the advertisements can be found in the accompanying media release and on the campaign website: Macedonian football history will be made in UEFA Europa League Group L as the nation hosts its first UEFA club competition group stage game, Vardar welcoming Zenit. Previous meetings The sides are meeting for the first time, and it is Zenit's first competitive encounter with a team from FYR Macedonia. In their only past tie against a Russian club, Vardar unexpectedly eliminated CSKA Moskva in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round, holding on for a 1-1 home draw after a 2-1 success in Moscow. That win remains the only Macedonian victory in eight UEFA club competition meetings with Russian sides: W1 D4 L3. Form guide Vardar have won all three of their European home matches this season against Malmö and København in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, and then against Fenerbahçe in the play-offs for this competition conceding just once in the process. Zenit have lost three of their last four UEFA away fixtures, the exception a 2-0 win at Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv in this season's UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. Domestic champions for the third straight year last season, Vardar are the first club from FYR Macedonia to make it to the group stage of a major UEFA competition, overcoming Fenerbahçe home and away in the play-offs. UEFA Cup winners in 2008, Zenit finished third in Russia last term; they have competed in either the UEFA Champions League or UEFA Europa League group stage in every season since 2010/11, playing European football in the spring on each occasion. Links and trivia The journey from St Petersburg to Skopje is around 2,100km. Zenit have played 158 UEFA games to date; Vardar named in honour of the river that runs through Skopje just 64. The coaches Cedomir Janevski returned to coach Vardar in August 2017, having previously served the Skopje side as a defender from He spent many of the intervening years in Belgium, where he played for and coached Club Brugge, among other teams. Roberto Mancini took charge of Zenit in June A European Cup Winners' Cup winner as a player with Sampdoria in 1989/90 and Lazio in 1998/99, he coached Internazionale and Manchester City to league titles, and more recently claimed a Turkish Cup at Galatasaray. 3

4 Team facts FK Vardar Formed: 1947 Nickname: Crveno-Crni (Red-and-Blacks) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 10 (2017) National cup: 6 (2007) Ten-year record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2015/16: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2014/15: did not compete in UEFA competition 2013/14: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2012/13: UEFA Champions League second qualifying round 2011/12: did not compete in UEFA competition 2010/11: did not compete in UEFA competition 2009/10: did not compete in UEFA competition 2008/09: did not compete in UEFA competition 2007/08: first qualifying round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 3-0 twice, most recently v Barry Town 16/07/03, UEFA Champions League first qualifying round first leg Biggest away win 0-2: Samtredia v Vardar 22/08/95, UEFA Cup preliminary round second leg Heaviest home defeat 0-5 twice, most recently v Zenit 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Vardar v Schalke 17/07/04, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup Biggest home win 2-0: Vardar v Fenerbahçe 17/08/17, play-off first leg Biggest away win 0-2: Samtredia v Vardar (see above) Heaviest home defeat 0-5 twice, most recently v Zenit (see above) Heaviest away defeat 5-1: Roeselare v Vardar 27/07/06, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg 4-0 twice, most recently v Roma 24/09/03, first round first leg FC Zenit Formed: 1925 Nickname: Sine-belo-golubye (Blue-White-Sky Blues) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) UEFA Cup (1): 2008 UEFA Super Cup (1):

5 Domestic honours (latest triumph in brackets) League title: 5 (2015) USSR/Russian Cup: 4 (2016) Ten-year European record (UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup unless otherwise indicated) 2016/17: round of /16: UEFA Champions League round of /15: quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: UEFA Champions League round of /13: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2011/12: UEFA Champions League round of /11: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: play-offs 2008/09: round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2007/08: winners Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v Encamp 29/08/02, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v Vardar 14/09/17, UEFA Europa League group stage Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna 16/09/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest away defeat 5-0 twice, most recently v Stuttgart 01/11/89, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup Biggest home win 8-0: Zenit v Encamp (see above) Biggest away win 0-5 twice, most recently v Vardar (see above) Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Zenit v Bologna (see above) Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Stuttgart v Zenit (see above) 5

6 Squad list FK Vardar Current season All-time UCL QUAL UEL League UEL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Igor Aleksovski MKD 24/02/ Bojan Timevski MKD 21/01/ Filip Gacevski MKD 17/08/ Defenders 5 Visar Musliu MKD 13/11/ Boban Grncarov MKD 12/08/ Darko Velkoski MKD 21/06/ Hovhannes Hambartsumyan ARM 04/10/ Ievgenii Novak UKR 01/02/ Besir Demiri MKD 01/08/ Darko Glisic MKD 23/09/ Vladica Brdarovski MKD 07/02/ Midfielders 4 Dejan Markoski MKD 24/03/ Jambul Jigauri GEO 08/07/ Vanja Markovic SRB 20/06/ Dejan Blazevski MKD 06/12/ Boban Nikolov MKD 28/07/ Tigran Barseghyan ARM 22/09/ Aleksandar Trajchevski MKD 18/08/ Nikola Gligorov MKD 15/08/ Filip Stojchevski MKD 04/02/ Besar Iseni MKD 18/01/ Juan Felipe BRA 05/12/ Petar Petkovski MKD 03/01/ Forwards 48 Ytalo BRA 12/01/ Coach - Cedomir Janevski MKD 03/07/

7 FC Zenit 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 Yuri Lodygin RUS 26/05/ Mikhail Kerzhakov RUS 28/01/ Maksim Rudakov RUS 22/01/ Andrei Lunev RUS 13/11/ Defenders 2 Aleksandr Anyukov RUS 28/09/ Denis Terentyev RUS 13/08/ Domenico Criscito ITA 30/12/ Igor Smolnikov RUS 08/08/ Miha Mevlja SVN 12/06/ Ivan Novoseltsev RUS 25/08/ Emanuel Mammana ARG 10/02/ Maksim Karpov RUS 17/03/ Nikita Kakkoev RUS 22/08/ Danil Krugovoi RUS 28/05/ Branislav Ivanović SRB 22/02/ Dmitri Bogaev RUS 24/01/ Midfielders 5 Leandro Paredes ARG 29/06/ Matías Kranevitter ARG 21/05/ Emiliano Rigoni ARG 04/02/ Daler Kuzyaev RUS 15/01/ Christian Noboa ECU 08/04/ Oleg Shatov RUS 29/07/ Yuri Zhirkov RUS 20/08/ Aleksandr Erokhin RUS 13/10/ Vitali Gorulev RUS 30/07/ Dmitri Kirillov RUS 16/06/ Forwards 7 Dmitri Poloz RUS 12/07/ Aleksandr Kokorin RUS 19/03/ Sebastian Driussi ARG 09/02/ Artem Dzyuba RUS 22/08/ Stanislav Krapukhin RUS 28/03/ Coach - Roberto Mancini ITA 27/11/

8 Fixtures and results FK Vardar Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 12/07/2017 UCL Malmö FF (A) D 1-1 Nikolov 63 18/07/2017 UCL Malmö FF (H) W /07/2017 UCL FC København (H) W 1-0 Jonathan Balotelli 65 02/08/2017 UCL FC København (A) L 1-4 Nikolov 19 12/08/2017 League KF Shkëndija (A) L /08/2017 UEL Fenerbahçe SK (H) W 2-0 Barseghyan 20, Mehmet Topal 90+2 (og) 20/08/2017 League FK Pobeda (H) W 4-0 Grncarov 55, Barseghyan 61, Nikolov 90+1 Barseghyan 4, Kojašević 45+1, Ytalo 68, Juan Felipe 86 (P) 24/08/2017 UEL Fenerbahçe SK (A) W 2-1 Jigauri 68, Gligorov /08/2017 Cup Lokomotiva Skopje (A) W 4-1 Blazevski 23, Iseni 31, 90+2, Demiri 40 09/09/2017 League FK Sileks (H) W 3-1 Grncarov 18, Barseghyan 57, Gligorov 66 14/09/2017 UEL FC Zenit (H) 17/09/2017 League FK Skopje (A) 20/09/2017 League KF Renova (H) 24/09/2017 League FK Pelister (A) 27/09/2017 League Akademija Pandev (A) 28/09/2017 UEL Rosenborg BK (A) 01/10/2017 League FK Shkupi (H) 15/10/2017 League KF Shkëndija (H) 19/10/2017 UEL Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) 22/10/2017 League FK Pobeda (A) 25/10/2017 League FK Rabotnicki (A) 29/10/2017 League FK Sileks (A) 02/11/2017 UEL Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) 05/11/2017 League FK Skopje (H) 16/11/2017 League KF Renova (A) 19/11/2017 League FK Pelister (H) 23/11/2017 UEL FC Zenit (A) 26/11/2017 League Akademija Pandev (H) 03/12/2017 League FK Shkupi (A) 07/12/2017 UEL Rosenborg BK (H) 10/12/2017 League KF Shkëndija (A) Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 KF Shkëndija FK Pelister Akademija Pandev FK Vardar FK Sileks FK Shkupi FK Pobeda FK Rabotnicki

9 Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 9 FK Skopje KF Renova FC Zenit Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 16/07/2017 League SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (A) W 2-0 Kuzyaev 52, Kokorin 81 22/07/2017 League FC Rubin (H) W 2-1 Driussi 51, /07/2017 UEL Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (A) W 2-0 Criscito 59, Kokorin 90 30/07/2017 League FC Tosno (A) W 1-0 Kokorin 10 03/08/2017 UEL Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (H) 06/08/2017 League FC Spartak Moskva (H) L 0-1 W /08/2017 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (A) D 1-1 Kokorin 60 13/08/2017 League FC Akhmat Grozny (H) 16/08/2017 UEL FC Utrecht (A) W 4-0 L /08/2017 League FC Amkar Perm (A) W 1-0 Kokorin 61 24/08/2017 UEL FC Utrecht (H) W 2-0 Kokorin 9, 105 ET 27/08/2017 League FC Rostov (H) 10/09/2017 League FC Dinamo Moskva (A) 14/09/2017 UEL FK Vardar (A) 18/09/2017 League FC Ufa (H) 20/09/2017 Cup Dinamo St Petersburg (A) 24/09/2017 League FC Krasnodar (A) 28/09/2017 UEL Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) 01/10/2017 League FC Anji (A) 15/10/2017 League PFC Arsenal Tula (H) 19/10/2017 UEL Rosenborg BK (H) 22/10/2017 League PFC CSKA Moskva (A) 29/10/2017 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H) 02/11/2017 UEL Rosenborg BK (A) 05/11/2017 League FC Rubin (A) 19/11/2017 League FC Tosno (H) 23/11/2017 UEL FK Vardar (H) 26/11/2017 League FC Spartak Moskva (A) 03/12/2017 League FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (H) 07/12/2017 UEL Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) 10/12/2017 League FC Akhmat Grozny (A) 04/03/2018 League FC Amkar Perm (H) 11/03/2018 League FC Rostov (A) 18/03/2018 League FC Dinamo Moskva (H) 01/04/2018 League FC Ufa (A) 08/04/2018 League FC Krasnodar (H) 15/04/2018 League FC Anji (H) 22/04/2018 League PFC Arsenal Tula (A) 29/04/2018 League PFC CSKA Moskva (H) D 0-0 D 0-0 Kokorin 36, Erokhin 45, Criscito 57, Kuzyaev 63, Rebrov 77 (og) Paredes 28, Kokorin 50, Kuzyaev 68, Zhirkov 84 9

10 FC Zenit 06/05/2018 League FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A) 13/05/2018 League SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk (H) Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Zenit FC Lokomotiv Moskva FC Krasnodar PFC CSKA Moskva FC Rostov FC Rubin FC Akhmat Grozny FC Spartak Moskva FC Ufa FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast FC Dinamo Moskva FC Tosno PFC Arsenal Tula FC Anji SKA-Energiya Khabarovsk FC Amkar Perm

11 Match-by-match lineups FK Vardar UEFA Champions League - Second qualifying round (12/07/2017) Malmö FF 1-1 FK Vardar Goals: 0-1 Nikolov 63, 1-1 Brorsson 75 FK Vardar: Gacevski, Grncarov, Spirovski (78 Kojašević), Barseghyan (72 Blazevski), Hambartsumyan, Nikolov, Novak, Demiri, Iseni (46 Gligorov), Juan Felipe, Jonathan Balotelli (18/07/2017) FK Vardar 3-1 Malmö FF (agg: 4-2) Goals: 0-1 Rosenberg 16 (P), 1-1 Grncarov 55, 2-1 Barseghyan 61, 3-1 Nikolov 90+1 FK Vardar: Gacevski, Grncarov, Spirovski, Barseghyan (73 Brdarovski), Gligorov (46 Blazevski), Hambartsumyan, Nikolov, Novak, Demiri, Juan Felipe, Jonathan Balotelli (85 Musliu) Third qualifying round (25/07/2017) FK Vardar 1-0 FC København Goals: 1-0 Jonathan Balotelli 65 FK Vardar: Gacevski, Grncarov, Spirovski, Blazevski (60 Kojašević), Barseghyan (76 Brdarovski), Hambartsumyan, Nikolov (88 Gligorov), Novak, Demiri, Juan Felipe, Jonathan Balotelli (02/08/2017) FC København 4-1 FK Vardar (agg: 4-2) Goals: 1-0 Greguš 2, 1-1 Nikolov 19, 2-1 Barseghyan 26 (og), 3-1 Santander 75, 4-1 Sotiriou 88 (P) FK Vardar: Gacevski, Grncarov, Spirovski (82 Jigauri), Kojašević (46 Brdarovski), Barseghyan, Hambartsumyan (76 Blazevski), Nikolov, Novak, Demiri, Juan Felipe, Jonathan Balotelli UEFA Europa League - Play-off (17/08/2017) FK Vardar 2-0 Fenerbahçe SK Goals: 1-0 Barseghyan 20, 2-0 Mehmet Topal 90+2 (og) FK Vardar: Gacevski, Grncarov, Spirovski, Blazevski (85 Gligorov), Kojašević (67 Jigauri), Barseghyan, Hambartsumyan, Nikolov, Novak, Demiri (46 Brdarovski), Juan Felipe (24/08/2017) Fenerbahçe SK 1-2 FK Vardar (agg: 1-4) Goals: 1-0 Neustädter 61, 1-1 Jigauri 68, 1-2 Gligorov 90+1 FK Vardar: Gacevski, Jigauri (84 Kojašević), Spirovski, Blazevski (62 Musliu), Barseghyan, Velkoski (73 Gligorov), Hambartsumyan, Nikolov, Novak, Juan Felipe, Brdarovski Group stage Group L Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Zenit FK Vardar Real Sociedad de Fútbol Rosenborg BK Matchday 1 (14/09/2017) FK Vardar-FC Zenit Matchday 2 (28/09/2017) Rosenborg BK-FK Vardar Matchday 3 (19/10/2017) 11

12 FK Vardar-Real Sociedad de Fútbol Matchday 4 (02/11/2017) Real Sociedad de Fútbol-FK Vardar Matchday 5 (23/11/2017) FC Zenit-FK Vardar Matchday 6 (07/12/2017) FK Vardar-Rosenborg BK FC Zenit UEFA Europa League - Third qualifying round (27/07/2017) Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC 0-2 FC Zenit Goals: 0-1 Criscito 59, 0-2 Kokorin 90 FC Zenit: Lunev, Anyukov, Criscito, Javi García, Poloz (75 Dzyuba), Kokorin, Giuliano (58 Driussi), Luís Neto, Zhirkov (71 Paredes), Erokhin, Ivanović (03/08/2017) FC Zenit 0-1 Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv FC (agg: 2-1) Goals: 0-1 Buzaglo 67 FC Zenit: Lodygin, Anyukov (73 Kokorin), Terentyev, Javi García (81 Ivanović), Poloz, Giuliano (79 Driussi), Luís Neto, Noboa, Zhirkov, Dzyuba, Hernani Play-off (16/08/2017) FC Utrecht 1-0 FC Zenit Goals: 1-0 Labyad 77 FC Zenit: Lunev, Criscito, Paredes, Kranevitter (84 Kuzyaev), Kokorin (89 Dzyuba), Driussi (57 Poloz), Zhirkov, Smolnikov, Erokhin, Mammana, Ivanović (24/08/2017) FC Zenit 2-0 FC Utrecht (agg: 2-1) Goals: 1-0 Kokorin 9, 2-0 Kokorin 105 ET FC Zenit: Lunev, Criscito, Paredes, Kokorin (17 Dzyuba), Driussi (73 Poloz), Kuzyaev, Shatov (89 Kranevitter), Smolnikov, Erokhin, Mammana, Ivanović Group stage Matchday 1 (14/09/2017) FK Vardar-FC Zenit Matchday 2 (28/09/2017) FC Zenit-Real Sociedad de Fútbol Matchday 3 (19/10/2017) FC Zenit-Rosenborg BK Matchday 4 (02/11/2017) Rosenborg BK-FC Zenit Matchday 5 (23/11/2017) FC Zenit-FK Vardar Matchday 6 (07/12/2017) Real Sociedad de Fútbol-FC Zenit 12

13 Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Jakob Kehlet (DEN) Henrik Larsen (DEN), Heine Sørensen (DEN) Michael Tykgaard (DEN), Jens Maae (DEN) Lars Rix (DEN) Danilo Filacchione (ITA) Rene H.J. Temmink (NED) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Europa League matches UEFA matches Jakob Kehlet 05/09/ UEFA Europa League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 25/08/2016 UEL PO FK Partizani FC Krasnodar 0-0 Elbasan Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 25/08/2016 UEL PO FK Partizani FC Krasnodar 0-0 Elbasan 13

14 Legend Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final Tournament GS-FT: Group stage final tournament Statistics National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Other abbreviations (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended QUAL: All UEFA qualifiers 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: All-time 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 UEFA.com. 14