Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2017/18 Group Phase, Round 4 Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) vs THW Kiel (GER) Veszprém Arena (Veszprém, HUN) Sunday 8 October, 17:00 hrs
Telekom Veszprém HC (HUN) vs THW Kiel (GER) GROUP B Sunday 8 October, 17:00 hrs Playing hall Veszprém Arena Külso Kadartai ut 8200 Veszprém Hungary Capacity: 5,020 Round 4 Most Games vs THW Kiel: Peter Gulyas 13 Gergö Ivancsik 12 Mirko Alilovic 11 Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero 11 Istvan Timuzsin Schuch 11 Renato Sulic 11 Mirsad Terzic 11 Cristian Ugalde Garcia 11 Most Goals vs THW Kiel: Laszlo Nagy 56 Momir Ilic 37 Renato Sulic 28 Cristian Ugalde Garcia 27 Kiril Lazarov 22 István Pásztor 20 Domestic league NB I Last 4 games 04/10 vs Eger W31:19 26/09 @ Vaci W18:36 19/09 vs Gyongyosi W39:19 12/09 @ Oroshazi W21:40 Next game: 10/10 vs Ferencvaros Standings as of 06/10 1. Szeged 6 200:125 12 2. Veszprém 5 177:92 10 3. Balatonfüredi 5 147:114 10... 14. Oroshazi 5 112:157 0 Veszprem play their 23 rd CL season, Kiel their 21 st it is the second MOTW for Kiel this season, but the memories on their premiere are not that positive, as they lost 21:32 at Kielce Christian Zeitz played for Veszprém from 2014 to 2016, before he returned to Kiel - where he had played for eleven years already before Zeitz and assistant coach Christian Sprenger are the only remaining Zebras, who were part of the two VELUX EHF FINAL4 triumphs in Cologne 2010 and 2012; besides, Zeitz was also part of the 2007 winner s squad on the other hand, Veszprém s Momir Ilic was part of the THW squad in 2010 and 2012 - like Aron Palmarsson, who was suspended by Veszprém at the start of the season. before he joined Kiel in 2012, Marko Vujin had played six seasons (2006-2012) for Veszprém THW coach Alfred Gislason is the last survivor of the 2002 Champions League finals, when Veszprém were defeated by Magdeburg, coached by Gislason the outcome in domestic competitions could not be different: Veszprém took five wins in five matches of the Hungarian league, Kiel ranks only ninth in Bundesliga after four wins and already four defeats in their eight matches after ten league titles between 2004 and 2015, Kiel finished twice third in Bundesliga, while Veszprém are Hungarian champions constantly since 2009; in total, Veszprém won the league 25 times, Kiel 20 times - both are record champions 11 victories and 17 defeats is the balance of Veszprém s coach Ljubomir Vranjes in his time as coach of Flensburg against THW Kiel (from November 2010 until June 2017 Vranjes biggest win in that era was the 2014 VELUX EHF Champions League final, when Flensburg took the trophy besides Ilic, Veszprém s Dejan Manaskov (Wetzlar and Rhein-Neckar Löwen) and Andreas Nilsson (Hamburg) have played for German clubs before Veszprém s Nilsson will face his Swedish compatriots Lukas Nilsson, Emil Frend-Öfors and Niclas Ekberg another national team affair: Kiel s Slovenia playmaker Miha Zarabec won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Championship with Veszprém s Blaz Blagotinsek and Gasper Marguc; in addition Dragan Gajic (Veszprém) is Slovenian too THW team captain Domagoj Duvnjak is still (and since April) ruled out by an injury Duvnjak and Andreas Nilsson were part of the HSV Hamburg squad, which won the VELUX EHF FINAL4 in 2013 Most Games vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Niclas Ekberg 11 Christian Sprenger 11 Marko Vujin 11 Rene Toft Hansen 10 Dominik Klein 9 Patrick Wiencek 9 Most Goals vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Marko Vujin 53 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson 26 Filip Jicha 24 Niclas Ekberg 21 Aron Palmarsson 21 Domestic league DKB Bundesliga Last 4 games 05/10 @ Erlangen W20:31 01/10 @ Rhein-Neckar L30:28 21/09 @ Wetzlar L30:22 14/09 vs Leipzig W29:26 Next game: 12/10 vs Frisch Auf! Göppingen Standings as of 07/10 1. Rhein-Neckar 8 246:198 14 2. Füchse Berlin 6 179:161 12... 9. Kiel 8 231:219 8... 18. N-Lübbecke 7 147:206 0 2
Historic encounters in the EC Telekom Veszprém HC vs THW Kiel 9-0-7 (450:450) 18:14 24.01.1996 THW Kiel vs Fotex Veszprém SE, EHF Champions League Group A 28:25 (17:15) 13.02.1996 Fotex Veszprém SE vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League Group A 23:21 (11:9) 25.10.2002 THW Kiel vs Fotex KC Veszprém, European Championship for Club Teams Semi-final 23:31 (11:15) 24.02.2007 MKB Veszprém KC vs THW Kiel, EHF Champions League Quarter-final 39:36 (19:20) 01.03.2007 THW Kiel vs MKB Veszprém KC, EHF Champions League Quarter-final 39:32 (22:15) 18.10.2012 MKB Veszprém KC vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 31:30 (14:15) 17.02.2013 THW Kiel vs MKB Veszprém KC, VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 32:21 (17:13) 21.04.2013 THW Kiel vs MKB Veszprém KC, VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 32:31 (15:16) 27.04.2013 MKB Veszprém KC vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 28:29 (14:12) 31.05.2014 MKB-MVM Veszprém vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 Semi-final 26:29 (13:13) 30.05.2015 THW Kiel vs MKB-MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 Semi-final 27:31 (13:13) 17.10.2015 MVM Veszprém vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 29:27 (17:15) 06.12.2015 THW Kiel vs MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 25:24 (11:12) 28.05.2016 THW Kiel vs MVM Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 Semi-final 28:31 AET (25:25, 15:12) 15.10.2016 Telekom Veszprém vs THW Kiel, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 21:19 (13:10) 15.02.2017 THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 25:27 (15:15) Details of last THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC Match: 15.02.2017 (Kiel, Germany) (VELUX EHF Champions League, Group A) 25:27 (15:15) Referees: Matija Gubica/Boris Milosevic (Croatia). Suspensions: 6 10 (Zeitz 2, Dahmke 2, Brozovic 2 Schuch 2, Nagy 2, Terzic 2, Blagotinsek 4 ). Number of 7m: 5/4 4/2. Attendance: 10,285. Tom Landgraf Andreas Wolff - Domagoj Duvnjak (2) Rene Toft Hansen (1) Blazenko Lackovic Christian Sprenger Christian Dissinger (1) Patrick Wiencek (6) Niclas Ekberg (7) Christian Zeitz (2) Rune Dahmke (1) Ilija Brozovic Marko Vujin (2) Nikola Bilyk (3) Lukas Nilsson Raul Santos Roland Mikler Mirko Alilovic - (1) Peter Gulyas (2) Gergö Ivancsik Istvan Timuzsin Schuch (7) Momir Ilic (1) Dragan Gajic (1) Andreas Nilsson (6) Laszlo Nagy (1) Cristian Ugalde Garcia Gasper Marguc Jose Maria Rodriguez Vaquero Mirsad Terzic Blaz Blagotinsek (2) Renato Sulic (6) Mate Lekai 3
Most Goals in one game Telekom Veszprém HC vs THW Kiel: Laszlo Nagy 11 21.04.2013 THW Kiel-MKB Veszprém KC 32:31 Laszlo Nagy 9 18.10.2012 MKB Veszprém KC-THW Kiel 31:30 Kiril Lazarov 8 25.10.2002 THW Kiel-Fotex KC Veszprém 23:31 Momir Ilic 8 30.05.2015 THW Kiel-MKB-MVM Veszprém 27:31 Momir Ilic 8 28.05.2016 THW Kiel-MVM Veszprém 28:31 Most Goals in one game THW Kiel vs Telekom Veszprém HC: Holger Meinke 10 13.02.1996 Fotex Veszprém SE-THW Kiel 23:21 Nikola Karabatic 10 24.02.2007 MKB Veszprém KC-THW Kiel 39:36 Henrik Lundström 10 01.03.2007 THW Kiel-MKB Veszprém KC 39:32 Aron Palmarsson 9 30.05.2015 THW Kiel-MKB-MVM Veszprém 27:31 Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson 8 18.10.2012 MKB Veszprém KC-THW Kiel 31:30 Marko Vujin 8 21.04.2013 THW Kiel-MKB Veszprém KC 32:31 Marko Vujin 8 06.12.2015 THW Kiel-MVM Veszprém 25:24 Marko Vujin 8 28.05.2016 THW Kiel-MVM Veszprém 28:31 Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: Telekom Veszprém HC: current run won four 11.03.2017 Veszprém HUN vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt W 34:28 25.03.2017 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 22:23 01.04.2017 Veszprém HUN vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 29:19 22.04.2017 Veszprém HUN vs Montpellier HB FRA W 26:23 30.04.2017 Montpellier FRA @ Montpellier HB FRA W 25:30 03.06.2017 Köln GER vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 26:27 04.06.2017 Köln GER vs FC Barcelona Lassa ESP W 34:30 16.09.2017 Celje SLO @ RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko SLO W 31:39 23.09.2017 Veszprém HUN vs SG Flensburg-Handewitt GER W 28:27 30.09.2017 Brest BLR @ HC Meshkov Brest BLR W 26:29 THW Kiel: current run won one 25.02.2017 Kiel GER vs Bjerringbro-Silkeborg DEN L 21:24 05.03.2017 Kiel GER vs FC Barcelona Lassa ESP D 27:27 12.03.2017 Paris FRA @ Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 42:24 22.03.2017 Kiel GER vs Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 24:25 30.03.2017 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER W 24:26 23.04.2017 Kiel GER vs FC Barcelona Lassa ESP W 28:26 29.04.2017 Barcelona ESP @ FC Barcelona Lassa ESP L 23:18 17.09.2017 Kiel GER vs Paris Saint-Germain Handball FRA L 22:25 24.09.2017 Kielce POL @ PGE Vive Kielce POL L 32:21 27.09.2017 Kiel GER vs Aalborg Handbold DEN W 27:26 4
Telekom Veszprém HC vs German clubs 33-5-25 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1984/85 SC Dynamo Berlin 18:23 20:21 Cup Winners Cup Last 16 1986/87 Empor Rostock 23:26 20:30 Champions Cup Last 16 1988/89 TuSEM Essen 23:20 15:23 Cup Winners Cup Quarter-final 1990/91 TSV Milbertshofen 20:15 15:23 Cup Winners Cup Semi-final 1991/92 TSV Milbertshofen 24:14 27:20 Cup Winners Cup Final 1992/93 TuSEM Essen 29:18 23:22 Cup Winners Cup Semi-final ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1995/96 THW Kiel 23:21 25:28 EHF Champions League Group A 1997/98 TBV Lemgo 24:24 26:29 EHF Champions League Group D 2000/01 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 20:22 22:31 Cup Winners Cup Quarter-final 2001/02 Sportclub Magdeburg 24:20 22:25 EHF Champions League Group D 2001/02 Sportclub Magdeburg 23:21 25:30 EHF Champions League Final 2002/03 THW Kiel 31:23 ECh for Club Teams Semi-final 2002/03 Sportclub Magdeburg 30:31 ECh for Club Teams Final 2002/03 Sportclub Magdeburg 31:22 28:27 EHF Champions League Group A 2004/05 TBV Lemgo 29:23 28:23 EHF Champions League Group G 2006/07 THW Kiel 39:36 32:39 EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2007/08 VfL Gummersbach 35:35 30:32 EHF Champions League Group F 2007/08 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 37:32 28:28 Cup Winners Cup Final 2008/09 HSG Nordhorn 39:30 Champions Trophy Semi-final 2008/09 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 29:28 29:32 EHF Champions League Group F 2009/10 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 34:30 29:32 EHF Champions League Group B 2010/11 HSV Hamburg 33:30 26:27 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2011/12 Füchse Berlin 24:33 29:24 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2012/13 THW Kiel 31:30 21:32 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2012/13 THW Kiel 28:29 31:32 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2013/14 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 30:29 25:25 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2013/14 THW Kiel 26:29 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2014/15 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 27:24 25:32 VELUX EHF Champions League Group C 2014/15 THW Kiel 31:27 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2015/16 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:24 29:28 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 29:27 24:25 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2015/16 THW Kiel 31:28aet VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2016/17 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 34:28 24:24 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2016/17 THW Kiel 21:19 27:25 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2017/18 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28:27 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B THW Kiel vs Hungarian clubs 12-0-12 Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1995/96 Fotex Veszprém SE 28:25 21:23 EHF Champions League Group A 1997/98 Dunaferr Sportegyesület 26:21 23:24 EHF Cup Last 16 2002/03 Fotex KC Veszprém 23:31 ECh for Club Teams Semi-final 2006/07 MKB Veszprém KC 39:32 36:39 EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2011/12 Pick Szeged 34:24 38:26 VELUX EHF Champions League Group D 2012/13 MKB Veszprém KC 32:21 30:31 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2012/13 MKB Veszprém KC 32:31 29:28 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2013/14 MKB-MVM Veszprém 29:26 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2014/15 MOL-Pick Szeged 31:23 29:31 VELUX EHF Champions League Quarter-final 2014/15 MKB-MVM Veszprém 27:31 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 25:24 27:29 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2015/16 MOL-Pick Szeged 36:29 29:33 VELUX EHF Champions League Last 16 2015/16 MVM Veszprém 28:31aet VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2016/17 Telekom Veszprém 25:27 19:21 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 5
Telekom Veszprém HC players career statistics against THW Kiel Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Mirko Alilovic CRO 19 7 0 12 0 0,00 0 0 Aleksandar Djurdjevic SRB 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Roland Mikler HUN 8 5 0 3 0 0,00 0 0 Barnabas Nagy HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM William Accambray FRA 7 2 0 5 22 3,14 8 (2) 2 Gabor Ancsin HUN 7 3 0 4 22 3,14 6 0 Blaz Blagotinsek SLO 4 2 1 1 2 0,50 2 10 (D) Uros Borzas HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Bence Ernei HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Dragan Gajic SLO 7 3 0 4 17 2,43 5 (2) 2 Matyas Györi HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Andras Hanak HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Momir Ilic SRB 6 5 0 1 37 6,17 8 (2) 6 (D) Moorchegani Iman Jamali HUN 6 2 0 4 7 1,17 4 0 Matyas Kristof HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mate Lekai HUN 8 5 0 3 13 1,63 6 0 Patrik Ligetvari HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Dejan Manaskov MKD 5 1 0 4 9 1,80 6 0 Gasper Marguc SLO 10 6 0 4 47 4,70 11 4 Balazs Molnar HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Laszlo Nagy HUN 26 12 1 13 109 4,19 11 36 (D) Andreas Nilsson SWE 7 6 0 1 14 2,00 5 0 Istvan Timuzsin Schuch HUN 13 6 0 7 2 0,15 1 (2) 18 Renato Sulic CRO 14 7 0 7 38 2,71 7 28 (D2) Benedek Szakaly HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Mirsad Terzic BIH 13 6 0 7 19 1,46 6 24 Kent Robin Tönnesen NOR 2 0 0 2 7 3,50 4 0 David Ubornyak HUN 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Cristian Ugalde Garcia ESP 19 10 1 8 44 2,32 5 (2) 6 William Accambray (Montpellier HB 2007/08, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2011/12); Mirko Alilovic (RK Izvidac Ljubuski 2003/04, C.BM. Ademar Leon 2007/08, Reale Ademar 2009/10, HC Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2010/11); Gabor Ancsin (Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2009/10 DNP, Pick Szeged 2011/12, MOL-Pick Szeged 2014/15, MOL-Pick Szeged 2015/16); Blaz Blagotinsek (Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2012/13 DNP, RK Celje Pivcovarna Lasko 2015/16); Dragan Gajic (Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2007/08, HC Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2010/11, Montpellier Agglomeration HB 2011/12); Mate Lekai (Pick Szeged 2011/12, Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2012/13); Dejan Manaskov (HC Metalurg 2013/14, HC Metalurg 2014/15, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2016/17); Gasper Marguc (HC Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2010/11, Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2012/13); Roland Mikler (Pick Szeged 2011/12); Laszlo Nagy (FC Barcelona 2000/01, FC Barcelona 2001/02, FC Barcelona 2004/05, FC Barcelona 2007/08, FC Barcelona Borges 2008/09, FC Barcelona Borges 2009/10, FC Barcelona Borges 2010/11); Andreas Nilsson (HSV Hamburg 2012/13); Istvan Timuzsin Schuch (HCM Constanta 2007/08); Renato Sulic (RK Zagreb 2002/03, Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2007/08); Mirsad Terzic (RK Izvidac Ljubuski 2003/04); Kent Robin Tönnesen (IK Sävehof 2012/13); Cristian Ugalde Garcia (FC Barcelona 2004/05 DNP, FC Barcelona 2007/08, FC Barcelona Borges 2008/09, FC Barcelona Borges 2009/10, FC Barcelona Borges 2010/11) 6
THW Kiel players career statistics against Telekom Veszprém HC Goalkeeper GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Tom Landgraf GER 1 0 0 1 0 0,00 0 0 Niklas Landin Jacobsen DEN 10 2 1 7 0 0,00 0 0 Andreas Wolff GER 2 0 0 2 0 0,00 0 0 Player GP W D L G AVG HI PIM Thies Bergemann GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Nikola Bilyk AUT 2 0 0 2 5 2,50 3 0 Rune Dahmke GER 6 1 0 5 11 1,83 3 (3) 6 Christian Dissinger GER 4 1 0 3 14 3,50 6 0 Domagoj Duvnjak CRO 6 0 0 6 20 3,33 7 (2) 2 Niclas Ekberg SWE 11 5 0 6 21 1,91 7 2 Lucas Firnhaber GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Sebastian Firnhaber GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Emil Frend-Öfors SWE 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Lukas Nilsson SWE 2 0 0 2 2 1,00 2 0 Ole Rahmel GER 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Raul Santos AUT 0 0 0 0 0 0,00 0 0 Rene Toft Hansen DEN 10 5 0 5 15 1,50 4 16 Marko Vujin SRB 11 5 0 6 53 4,82 8 (3) 4 Steffen Weinhold GER 5 1 0 4 6 1,20 3 10 Patrick Wiencek GER 9 4 0 5 15 1,67 6 8 Miha Zarabec SLO 4 0 0 4 15 3,75 6 2 Christian Zeitz GER 8 4 0 4 15 1,88 4 (2) 16 Domagoj Duvnjak (HSV Hamburg 2010/11); Niklas Landin Jacobsen (Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2011/12, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2013/14, Rhein-Neckar Löwen 2014/15); Ole Rahmel (VfL Gummersbach 2007/08 DNP); Rene Toft Hansen (KIF Kolding Elite A/S 2007/08 DNP); Steffen Weinhold (HSG Nordhorn 2008/09); Miha Zarabec (RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2014/15, RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko 2015/16) New trophy for the Matches of the Week: Player of the Match From the first round of the VELUX EHF Champions League 2017/18 Group Phase a new player s award have been introduced for the Matches of the Week. EHF Marketing have prepared a trophy called Player of the Match which will be presented and handed over by different sponsors throughout the season. Awardees: Round 1: Hendrik Pekeler (Rhein-Neckar Löwen) Round 2: Slawomir Szmal (PGE VIVE Kielce) Round 3: Mattias Andersson (SG Flensburg-Handewitt) 7