Media Information VELUX EHF Champions League Season 2015/16 Match of the Week - Round 5 KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) Hala M.O.S.I.R. Legionow, Kielce Saturday 17 October, 18:00 hrs
ROUND 5 Match of the Week GROUP B KS Vive Tauron Kielce (POL) vs FC Barcelona Lassa (ESP) Saturday, 17 October 2015, 18:00 hrs Playing hall Hala M.O.S.I.R Legionów ul. Boczna 15A 25-093 Kielce Poland Capacity: 4,000 Most Games vs FC Barcelona Lasssa: Mateusz Jachlewski 4 Michal Jurecki 4 Tomasz Rosinski 4 Piotr Grabarczyk 3 Rastko Stojkovic 3 Most Goals vs FC Barcelona Lassa: Mateusz Zaremba 12 Rastko Stojkovic 11 Michal Jurecki 8 Karol Bielecki 7 Henrik Knudsen 6 Vitaliy Nat 6 Tomasz Rosinski 6 Manuel Strlek 6 Domestic league Polish PGNiG Superliga Last 4 games 12.10. @ Legionowo W35:25 6.10. vs Kwidzyn W38:28 4.10. @ Zabrze W38:34 15.9. vs Chrobry Glogow W33:23 Next game 20.10. vs Azoty-Pulawy Standings 1. Kielce 8 284:204 15 2. Plock 7 233:157 14... 12. Stal Mielec 7 180:237 2 Barcelona are the number 1 in the All-time CL ranking, while Kielce are ranked 14th re-match of the 2013 and 2015 VELUX EHF FINAL4 semifinals - both time won by Barcelona (28:23 in 2013, 33:28 in 2015) Barcelona has been part of five (of in total six) FINAL4 events, winning the trophy twice (2011, 2015), Kielce made it twice and finished third each time Barca coach Xavi Pascual led his team to both titles in Cologne, while Kielce s coach Talant Dujshebaev is treble CL winner (in the old format) as coach of Ciudad Real (2006, 2008, 2009) and besides as a player in 1994 with Santander both sides lost their 2015/16 openers (Kielce at Szeged, Barcelona at RNL), then remained unbeaten in the current and the previous three seasons, the success rate of Barcelona against teams coached by a Spaniard is 75 % (6 wins, 2 defeats); Dujshebaev s coaching stats against Barcelona in the CL is four wins and four defeats Dujshebaev s son Daniel (18) is part of the Barcelona squad since this season, but mainly plays in the junior team. Talant will face his older son Alex, when Kielce play at Vardar next week at least one Polish and one Spanish player will win (if not a draw): Barcelona has Polish line player Kamil Syprzak, while Spanish pivot Julen Aguinagalde is playing for Kielce seven nationalities (POL, CRO, ESP, GER, SLO, MNE, ESP) are represented in the Kielce squad, while Barca have players from ten countries (ESP, CRO, POL, MKD, ISL, TUN, CZE, BIH, FRA, DEN) as Barcelona s Belarusian shooter Siarhei Rutenka transferred to Qatar two weeks ago, he will not face Dujshebaev, under whom he won the CL thrice as a player of Ciudad Real Kielce players Ivan Cupic, Karol Bielecki, Slawomir Szmal, Krzystof Lijewski and Grzegorz Tkaczyk were teammates of Barcelona s left wing Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson at Rhein-Neckar Löwen, while Uros Zorman (Kielce) and Viran Morros (Barcelona) won the CL with Ciudad Real, coached by Talant Dujshebaev. Tobias Reichmann (Kielce) and Filip Jicha (Barcelona) were teammates at THW Kiel, winning the CL twice (2010, 2012) while Zorman, Reichmann are the only CL winners in the Kielce squad, Barcelona have 14 players in their squad, who at least won the CL once, topped by team captain Victor Tomas, the only triple winner of the competition (2005, 2011, 2015) on court Ivan Cupic, the currently smallest player of the Croatian national team (178 cm), will face the tallest player of Zeljko Babic s squad, Barcelona s right back, Marko Kopljar (210 cm) Most Games vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez 4 Jesper Brian Nöddesbo 4 Siarhei Rutenka 4 Danijel Saric 4 Daniel Sarmiento Melian 4 Cedric Sorhaindo 4 Victor Tomas Gonzalez 4 Most Goals vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce: Iker Romero Fernandez 20 Jesper Brian Nöddesbo 13 Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez 10 Konstantin Igropulo 9 Juan Garcia Lorenzana 8 Nikola Karabatic 8 Siarhei Rutenka 8 Victor Tomas Gonzalez 8 Domestic league Spanish Liga ASOBAL Last 4 games 14.10. vs Cuenca W34:21 7.10. @ Adelma W37:28 30.9. vs Guadalajara W40:24 23.9. @ Huesca W40:28 Next game 21.10. @ Puente Genil Standings 1. Barcelona 7 266:171 14 2. La Rioja 7 234:181 13... 18. Aragon 7 190:237 2 2
Historic encounters in the EC FC Barcelona Lassa vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 3-1-0 (122:105) 7:1 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce vs FC Barcelona Borges, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 26:33 (11:18) 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges vs KS Vive Targi Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 28:28 (15:12) 01.06.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce vs FC Barcelona Intersport, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 Semi-final 23:28 (10:13) 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce, VELUX EHF Champions League FINAL4 Semi-final 33:28 (16:14) Matchdetails of last match - 30.05.2015 (Cologne, Germany) FC Barcelona vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 (16:14) VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final Referees: Zigmars Stolarovs/Renars Licis (Latvia) Suspensions: 4 8 (Karabatic 4 Buntic 4, Musa 4 ) 7m: 5/3 4/2 Attendance: 20,000 Moreno Perez de Vargas Danijel Saric - Jesper Brian Nöddesbo (4) Victor Tomas Gonzalez (3) Raul Entrerrios Rodriguez (2) Cedric Sorhaindo (2) Daniel Sarmiento Melian (2) Aitor Arino Bengoechea Eduardo Gurbindo Martinez Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson (5) Alejandro Marquez Coloma Siarhei Rutenka Viran Morros de Argila Nikola Karabatic (8) Wael Jallouz Kiril Lazarov (7) Slawomir Szmal Marin Sego - (1) Michal Jurecki (2) Grzegorz Tkaczyk (2) Tobias Reichmann (1) Piotr Chrapkowski (3) Julen Aguinagalde Akizu (7) Karol Bielecki (1) Mateusz Jachlewski (2) Manuel Strlek (2) Krzysztof Lijewski (2) Denis Buntic (1) Zeljko Musa Uros Zorman (1) Tomasz Rosinski (3) Ivan Cupic Most Goals Vive Tauron Kielce vs FC Barcelona Lassa Individual Game: Karol Bielecki 7 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 Mateusz Zaremba 6 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 Mateusz Zaremba 6 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 Vitaliy Nat 5 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 Henrik Knudsen 5 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 Most Goals FC Barcelona Lassa vs Vive Tauron Kielce Individual Game: Iker Romero Fernandez 11 20.11.2010 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 Iker Romero Fernandez 9 27.11.2010 FC Barcelona Borges-KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 Siarhei Rutenka 8 01.06.2013 KS Vive Targi Kielce-FC Barcelona Intersport 23:28 Nikola Karabatic 8 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 Kiril Lazarov 7 30.05.2015 FC Barcelona-KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 3
KS Vive Tauron Kielce vs Spanish clubs Season Opponent Home Away Competition 1994/95 Elgorriaga Bidasoa 23:26 19:30 EHF Champions League Qualification Round 3 1995/96 Academia Octavio Vigo 35:29 24:28 Cup Winners Cup Last 16 2004/05 CBM Valladolid 25:23 25:33 Cup Winners Cup Round 2 2010/11 FC Barcelona Borges 26:33 28:28 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2011/12 Cuatro Rayas Valladolid 21:19 VELUX EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament Group W 2011/12 BM Atletico Madrid 29:37 27:28 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2012/13 FC Barcelona Intersport 23:28 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2014/15 FC Barcelona 28:33 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final FC Barcelona Lassa vs Polish clubs Season Opponent Home Away Competition 2000/01 Wybrzeze Gdansk 31 :22 23 :21 EHF Champions League Group B 2010/11 KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:28 33:26 VELUX EHF Champions League Group A 2012/13 KS Vive Targi Kielce 28:23 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 2014/15 Orlen Wisla Plock 30:25 31:34 VELUX EHF Champions League Group B 2014/15 KS Vive Tauron Kielce 33:28 VELUX EHF FINAL4 Semi-final 4
Last Ten Games in VELUX EHF Champions League: KS Vive Tauron Kielce: current run - won one 15.03.2015 Pérols/Montpellier FRA @ Montpellier Agglomeration HB FRA W 29:25 21.03.2015 Kielce POL vs Montpellier Agglomeration HB FRA L 31:33 11.04.2015 Skopje MKD @ HC Vardar MKD W 22:20 19.04.2015 Kielce POL vs HC Vardar MKD W 33:31 30.05.2015 Köln GER vs FC Barcelona ESP L 28:33 31.05.2015 Köln GER vs THW Kiel GER W 28:26 20.09.2015 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN L 30:31 26.09.2015 Kielce POL vs Montpellier HB FRA W 30:23 30.09.2015 Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER D 32:32 10.10.2015 Kielce POL vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 35:27 FC Barcelona Lassa: current run - won three 15.03.2015 Aalborg Ost DEN @ Aalborg Handball DEN W 31:11 22.03.2015 Barcelona ESP vs Aalborg Handball DEN W 29:22 09.04.2015 Zagreb CRO @ HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 25:23 18.04.2015 Barcelona ESP vs HC Prvo plinarsko drustvo Zagreb CRO W 43:21 30.05.2015 Köln GER vs KS Vive Tauron Kielce POL W 33:28 31.05.2015 Köln GER vs MKB-MVM Veszprém HUN W 28:23 20.09.2015Mannheim GER @ Rhein-Neckar Löwen GER L 22:21 26.09.2015 Barcelona ESP vs IFK Kristianstad SWE W 34:32 04.10.2015 Szeged HUN @ MOL-Pick Szeged HUN W 30:28 10.10.2015 Barcelona ESP vs Montpellier HB FRA W 37:27 2015/16 VELUX EHF Champions League - MOTW #5 Media Information by EHF Media & Communications, 17/10/2015 Contributors: Björn Pazen, Roy Knoppert 5
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