2002 UEFA Cup Final
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The 2002 UEFA Cup Final was a football match played on 8 May 2002, between Feyenoord of the Netherlands
and Borussia Dortmund
of Germany. Feyenoord won the match 3–2. It was the 31st UEFA Cup Final and was held in the Feijenoord Stadion, which is the home ground of Feyenoord. This was the first time since the introduction of single–match finals in the UEFA Cup in 1998, that the final had been played at a finalists home ground. Previous to this match, Feyenoord had not won a European trophy since 1974, when they beat Tottenham Hotspur
to win the UEFA Cup. Borussia Dortmund
, who had already won the Bundesliga
title, were hoping to join Ajax, Bayern Munich
and Juventus
in being the only clubs to win all three European trophies. Feyenoord's victory marked the first European triumph for a Dutch club in seven years, after Ajax won the Champions League
in 1995.
5–1 over two legs. Borussia needed to win their last group game against Liverpool
to have any chance of making it to the second group stage, but they lost 2–0 and were eliminated from Group B on goal difference, after finishing on the same points as Boavista.
Dortmund were drawn against F.C. Copenhagen
of Denmark
in the third round and won the first leg 1–0 away from home with Heiko Herrlich
scoring in injury time. The second leg produced the same result, this time, Jan-Derek Sørensen scored in the 89th minute to secure Dortmund a place in the fourth round. In the fourth round, Dortmund were drawn against Lille
of France, who had also joined the UEFA Cup, after finishing third in their Champions League group. Dortmund played the first leg away from home and got an away goal, after a 1–1 draw. Dortmund had opened the scoring in the 67th minute when Ewerthon
scored after a rebound, the lead only lasted five minutes, as Salaheddine Bassir scored a half volley on 72 minutes to tie the game 1–1, going into the second leg in Dortmund. In a rain soaked second leg at the Westfalenstadion
, the match finished in a 0–0 draw, meaning Borussia went through to the quarter–finals on the away goals rule
.
Borussia were drawn against Slovan Liberec
of the Czech Republic
in the quarter–finals, the first leg was drawn 0–0 draw in Prague
. The draw was significant because it was the first time in the competition, that Liberec had failed to win at home. Dortmund won the second leg 4–0, after goals from Márcio Amoroso
on 51 minutes, Jan Koller
on 57 minutes, Lars Ricken
on 70 minutes, and finally Ewerthon on 89 minutes. Borussia faced stronger opponents in the semi-finals, when they were drawn with the then five times champions of Europe; A.C. Milan
. Nevertheless, Borussia won the first leg 4–0, after a hat trick from Márcio Amoroso, and a goal on 63 minutes from Jörg Heinrich
. A.C. Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti
admitted he was not surprised with the result, stating that; "We knew they had quick strikers. I am more surprised by the terrible performance of our team. The problem stemmed from the wings. I had no reason to change the team because Rui Costa has not trained for ten days. It will be very difficult but it is our duty to give it our best and to try and qualify." In the second leg, A.C. Milan won 3–1, with Filippo Inzaghi
, and Cosmin Contra
scoring within 18 minutes. However, Milan did not get their third goal until injury time when Serginho
scored a penalty after Inzaghi was adjudged to have been pulled back by Christoph Metzelder
. With Milan still needing one goal to force extra time, Lars Ricken scored for Dortmund in the fourth minute of injury time, to put the club into their first European final since winning the 1997 Champions League Final
.
Feyenoord went straight to the Group stage of the Champions League after finishing second in the Eredivisie
but were eliminated after only winning one game, and finishing six points behind Sparta Prague, and were consequently drawn against SC Freiburg
of Germany in the third round of the UEFA Cup. Feyenoord won the first leg 1–0, after a late goal from Shinji Ono
. The second leg was drawn 2–2, however Feyenoord came close to going out, as Freiburg took a 2–0 lead on 49 minutes with goals from Sebastian Kehl
and Levan Kobiashvili
, to make the aggregate score 2–1 in Freiburg's favour. But on 57 minutes, Pierre van Hooijdonk
pulled a goal back, to make it 2–2 on aggregate, which would see Feyenoord going through due to the away goal rule. Feyenoord secured their place in the fourth round when Leonardo
scored in the 86th minute. Feyenoord faced Rangers
of Scotland in the fourth round with the tie proving to be a close affair. The first leg ended 1–1, in Glasgow
, Feyenoord had gone ahead on seventy two minutes through Shinji Ono, but Rangers equalised after Peter Løvenkrands
was brought down by Glenn Loovens
on 81 minutes. Barry Ferguson
scored the subsequent penalty. The second leg in Rotterdam ended 3–2 in Feyenoord's favor, the match was notable for the sending off of one player on each side Patrick Paauwe
for Feyenoord and Neil McCann
for Rangers.
Feyenoord were paired with fellow Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the quarter–finals, and the tie came down to a penalty shootout, which Feyenoord won 5–4. The first leg was drawn 1–1 with Feyenoord taking the lead in first half injury time through Pierre van Hooijdonk. PSV equalised two minutes after the restart when Mateja Kežman
scored on 47 minutes. The second leg was again drawn 1–1, with PSV taking the lead on 75 minutes, when Mark van Bommel
scored from outside the penalty area
. That looked to have sent PSV into the semi-finals, but with seconds remaining, van Hooijdonk scored from Johan Elmander
's cross to send the tie into extra-time. PSV were reduced to ten men in extra time when Mark van Bommel was sent off for a second bookable offence but they still managed to hold out for the extra 30 minutes to force a penalty shootout. All penalties were converted until Giorgi Gakhokidze
stepped up, and saw his penalty saved. Feyenoord converted their subsequent penalties with van Hooijdonk putting away the vital fifth penalty.
Like Borussia, Feyenoord faced opposition from Milan
in the semi-finals, in the shape of Internazionale
. Around 10,000 Feyenoord fans made the trip to the scene of Feyenoord’s 1970 European Cup
victory for the first leg. Feyenoord won the first leg 1–0 to gain a vital away goal after Iván Córdoba scored an own goal
. The second leg started well for Feyenoord after going 2–0 up inside 34 minutes, due to goals from van Hooijdonk and Jon Dahl Tomasson
, to put Feyenoord 3–0 up on aggregate. Internazionale came back into the tie in the last minutes when they pulled two goals back through Javier Zanetti
and Mohamed Kallon
, but Feyenoord secured their place in the final with a 3–2 aggregate victory.
The match was the last for Borussia Dortmund
veteran Jürgen Kohler
, who was retiring after this match, however, the match did not go as intended as he was sent off
after 31 minutes. The sides had met twice before in European competition, drawing on both occasions in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. Borussia Dortmund were also boosted before kick-off by the news that Stefan Reuter
had passed a late fitness test on his injured back.
. After 10 minutes, Shinji Ono
spotted Lehmann off his line but sent his lofted shot wide of the target. This sparked Dortmund into life; they were thwarted when Patrick Paauwe
intercepted Jan Koller
just as he was looking to get his shot away. On 15 minutes they came even closer to breaking the deadlock when Amoroso picked out Tomáš Rosický
; however he shot straight at Edwin Zoetebier
. On 19 minutes, Pierre van Hooijdonk
came close to scoring with a free kick, which hit the right hand post. Feyenoord's Tomasz Rząsa
was then booked for dissent on 23 minutes, and following the resulting free kick, Evanlison came close to scoring, however his shot went over the crossbar, after Ewerthon
's pass had sent him through.
The deadlock was broken on 31 minutes when Jürgen Kohler, who was playing his last game for Borussia Dortmund, pulled back Jon Dahl Tomasson
in the Dortmund penalty area, Kohler was shown a red card, and van Hooijdonk converted the subsequent penalty dispatching it to Jens Lehmann
's right hand side. Feyenoord made it 2–0 seven minutes later when Pierre van Hooijdonk, scored a free kick from the edge of the area, his eighth goal over the course of the season's competition.
was brought down by Patrick Paauwe. Paauwe was spared Kohler's fate as he only received a yellow card. Amoroso scored the following penalty and the score was 2–1. Two minutes later Amoroso was cautioned for diving in an attempt to win another spot kick. Just three minutes after Dortmund scored, Jon Dahl Tomasson who was playing his last game for Feyenoord before his move to A.C. Milan
, scored after beating the offside trap, and being put through by Shinji Ono. Dortmund once again found a way back into the match when Jan Koller volleyed home his shot from 25 metres on 58 minutes, after capitalizing on a weak defensive header. Dortmund now assumed the ascendancy with attack after attack, whilst Feyenoord seemed content to sit back and try and see the game out. Dortmund tried everything to find the equaliser replacing Lars Ricken
with Jörg Heinrich
, and Ewerthon
was replaced by Otto Addo, however it was to no avail as Feyenoord saw the game out to win 3–2 and continue their streak of never losing a European final.
A huge party erupted both inside and outside De Kuip not only because of the title, but also because the final was held two days after Rotterdam's political hero Pim Fortuyn
was murdered. Many Feyenoord fans were still full of emotion before and after the match. As a result of Fortuyn's murder, the victory was not officially celebrated in Coolsingel Square with their fans. During Feyenoord's UEFA Cup run, a parody was launched of the song "Put Your Hands Up" by Black & White Brothers, "Put Your Hands Up for Pi-Air", as a tribute to Pierre van Hooijdonk.
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BORUSSIA DORTMUND:
|
GK
1
Jens Lehmann
RB
3
Evanílson
CB
2
Christian Wörns
CB
5
Jürgen Kohler
LB
17
Dedê
RM
18
Lars Ricken
CM
7
Stefan Reuter
(c)
CM
10
Tomáš Rosický
LM
12
Ewerthon
CF
8
Jan Koller
CF
22
Márcio Amoroso
Substitutes:
GK
20
Philipp Laux
DF
6
Jörg Heinrich
DF
23
Ahmed Reda Madouni
MF
4
Miroslav Stević
MF
15
Sunday Oliseh
MF
19
Otto Addo
FW
29
Jan-Derek Sørensen
Manager:
Matthias Sammer
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
of Germany. Feyenoord won the match 3–2. It was the 31st UEFA Cup Final and was held in the Feijenoord Stadion, which is the home ground of Feyenoord. This was the first time since the introduction of single–match finals in the UEFA Cup in 1998, that the final had been played at a finalists home ground. Previous to this match, Feyenoord had not won a European trophy since 1974, when they beat Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
to win the UEFA Cup. Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
, who had already won the Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
title, were hoping to join Ajax, Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
and Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
in being the only clubs to win all three European trophies. Feyenoord's victory marked the first European triumph for a Dutch club in seven years, after Ajax won the Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
in 1995.
Route to the final
Both Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund started off their European campaigns in the 2001–02 Champions League and entered the 2001–02 UEFA Cup in the third round, after finishing third in their respective Champions League groups.Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund started off their campaign in the third qualifying of the Champions League round defeating Shakhtar DonetskFC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...
5–1 over two legs. Borussia needed to win their last group game against Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
to have any chance of making it to the second group stage, but they lost 2–0 and were eliminated from Group B on goal difference, after finishing on the same points as Boavista.
Dortmund were drawn against F.C. Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen
F.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....
of Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
in the third round and won the first leg 1–0 away from home with Heiko Herrlich
Heiko Herrlich
Heiko Herrlich is a German former football centre forward and the current manager of 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:...
scoring in injury time. The second leg produced the same result, this time, Jan-Derek Sørensen scored in the 89th minute to secure Dortmund a place in the fourth round. In the fourth round, Dortmund were drawn against Lille
Lille OSC
LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...
of France, who had also joined the UEFA Cup, after finishing third in their Champions League group. Dortmund played the first leg away from home and got an away goal, after a 1–1 draw. Dortmund had opened the scoring in the 67th minute when Ewerthon
Éwerthon
Ewerthon Henrique de Souza is a Brazilian international football player who plays for Terek Grozny. His position is forward or winger...
scored after a rebound, the lead only lasted five minutes, as Salaheddine Bassir scored a half volley on 72 minutes to tie the game 1–1, going into the second leg in Dortmund. In a rain soaked second leg at the Westfalenstadion
Westfalenstadion
Westfalenstadion is an association football stadium in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home stadium of the Borussia Dortmund football team playing in the German Bundesliga....
, the match finished in a 0–0 draw, meaning Borussia went through to the quarter–finals on the away goals rule
Away goals rule
The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...
.
Borussia were drawn against Slovan Liberec
FC Slovan Liberec
FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club founded in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won two league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Slovan Liberec is also one of the richest clubs in the Czech league...
of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
in the quarter–finals, the first leg was drawn 0–0 draw in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. The draw was significant because it was the first time in the competition, that Liberec had failed to win at home. Dortmund won the second leg 4–0, after goals from Márcio Amoroso
Márcio Amoroso
Márcio Amoroso dos Santos is a retired Brazilian footballer. He has played his football for several teams in Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece while representing Brazil at international level.-Club career:...
on 51 minutes, Jan Koller
Jan Koller
Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...
on 57 minutes, Lars Ricken
Lars Ricken
Lars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years....
on 70 minutes, and finally Ewerthon on 89 minutes. Borussia faced stronger opponents in the semi-finals, when they were drawn with the then five times champions of Europe; A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
. Nevertheless, Borussia won the first leg 4–0, after a hat trick from Márcio Amoroso, and a goal on 63 minutes from Jörg Heinrich
Jörg Heinrich
Jörg Heinrich is a former German football defender.After spells with various small clubs in East Germany, Heinrich joined amateur side Kickers Emden in the summer of 1990 and played for the club in the following four seasons, three of which were in the third division...
. A.C. Milan manager Carlo Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti
Carlo Ancelotti is an Italian football manager, Nicknamed Carletto, Ancelotti played as a midfielder and had a successful career with Roma – captaining the team – with whom he won one Scudetto and 4 Coppa Italia and was part of the legendary late 80's Milan team, with whom he won two Scudetti and...
admitted he was not surprised with the result, stating that; "We knew they had quick strikers. I am more surprised by the terrible performance of our team. The problem stemmed from the wings. I had no reason to change the team because Rui Costa has not trained for ten days. It will be very difficult but it is our duty to give it our best and to try and qualify." In the second leg, A.C. Milan won 3–1, with Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi, Ufficiale OMRI commonly known as Pippo, is a World Cup and UEFA Champions League-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....
, and Cosmin Contra
Cosmin Contra
Cosmin Marius Contra is a retired Romanian footballer who played mainly as a right defender.Offensive-minded, he could also appear as a midfielder, and played professionally in four countries , mainly in Spain, where he appeared for three clubs, mainly Getafe CF, which he helped consolidate in the...
scoring within 18 minutes. However, Milan did not get their third goal until injury time when Serginho
Sergio Claudio dos Santos
Sérgio Cláudio dos Santos is a former association footballer, who last played as a left winger and left back for A.C. Milan. His nickname is Il Concorde, due to his quick and tireless pace on the pitch.-Career:He played for Cruzeiro EC and Bahia, and moved to AC Milan from São Paulo FC in 1999...
scored a penalty after Inzaghi was adjudged to have been pulled back by Christoph Metzelder
Christoph Metzelder
Christoph Tobias Metzelder is a German footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04 as a central defender....
. With Milan still needing one goal to force extra time, Lars Ricken scored for Dortmund in the fourth minute of injury time, to put the club into their first European final since winning the 1997 Champions League Final
1997 UEFA Champions League Final
The 1997 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match won 3-1 by Borussia Dortmund of Germany against Juventus from Italy.-Venue, date and colours:The event took place at the Olympiastadion in Munich on 28 May 1997....
.
Feyenoord
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
but were eliminated after only winning one game, and finishing six points behind Sparta Prague, and were consequently drawn against SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg
Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009...
of Germany in the third round of the UEFA Cup. Feyenoord won the first leg 1–0, after a late goal from Shinji Ono
Shinji Ono
is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing...
. The second leg was drawn 2–2, however Feyenoord came close to going out, as Freiburg took a 2–0 lead on 49 minutes with goals from Sebastian Kehl
Sebastian Kehl
Sebastian Walter Kehl is a German footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Borussia Dortmund. He is naturally left footed and has also occasionally appeared at left back...
and Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili
Levan Kobiashvili is a Georgian footballer who plays in midfield for Hertha BSC.-Career:His career began in his hometown with Awasa Tbilisi. Moving to play for Metalurg Rustavi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Alania Vladikavkaz he was transferred to SC Freiburg in 1998, where he was one of several Georgians...
, to make the aggregate score 2–1 in Freiburg's favour. But on 57 minutes, Pierre van Hooijdonk
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004...
pulled a goal back, to make it 2–2 on aggregate, which would see Feyenoord going through due to the away goal rule. Feyenoord secured their place in the fourth round when Leonardo
Leonardo Santiago
Leonardo Vitor Santiago , commonly known as Leonardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian side FC Red Bull Salzburg on loan from NAC Breda....
scored in the 86th minute. Feyenoord faced Rangers
Rangers F.C.
Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
of Scotland in the fourth round with the tie proving to be a close affair. The first leg ended 1–1, in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Feyenoord had gone ahead on seventy two minutes through Shinji Ono, but Rangers equalised after Peter Løvenkrands
Peter Løvenkrands
Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands is a Danish footballer who plays for Newcastle United in the Premier League, and for the Danish national team. He is a striker who can also play as a left winger and is known for his pace....
was brought down by Glenn Loovens
Glenn Loovens
Glenn Loovens is a Dutch professional footballer currently playing as a centre back for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League...
on 81 minutes. Barry Ferguson
Barry Ferguson
Barry Ferguson MBE is a Scottish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Blackpool.Ferguson has made 82 appearances in European competitions, all for Rangers, which makes him the record European appearance holder at the club. He was also inducted into the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame...
scored the subsequent penalty. The second leg in Rotterdam ended 3–2 in Feyenoord's favor, the match was notable for the sending off of one player on each side Patrick Paauwe
Patrick Paauwe
Patrick Paauwe is a former professional football player from the Netherlands.-Career:He played for Feyenoord Rotterdam in a defensive midfield role, although he has been used mainly as defender in the past. Other teams he served are PSV Eindhoven, De Graafschap, Fortuna Sittard, Valenciennes FC...
for Feyenoord and Neil McCann
Neil McCann
Neil Docherty McCann is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing for Partick Thistle-Club career:...
for Rangers.
Feyenoord were paired with fellow Dutch side PSV Eindhoven in the quarter–finals, and the tie came down to a penalty shootout, which Feyenoord won 5–4. The first leg was drawn 1–1 with Feyenoord taking the lead in first half injury time through Pierre van Hooijdonk. PSV equalised two minutes after the restart when Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman is a Serbian football striker who plays for FC BATE Borisov of the Belarusian Premier League....
scored on 47 minutes. The second leg was again drawn 1–1, with PSV taking the lead on 75 minutes, when Mark van Bommel
Mark van Bommel
Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Milan and captains the Netherlands national team as a midfielder....
scored from outside the penalty area
Penalty area
The penalty area , is an area of an association football pitch. It is rectangular and extends to each side of the goal and in front of it. Within the penalty area is the penalty spot , which is from the goal line, directly in-line with the centre of the goal...
. That looked to have sent PSV into the semi-finals, but with seconds remaining, van Hooijdonk scored from Johan Elmander
Johan Elmander
Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray and the Sweden national football team. He joined in a free transfer after his contract with English club Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League expired...
's cross to send the tie into extra-time. PSV were reduced to ten men in extra time when Mark van Bommel was sent off for a second bookable offence but they still managed to hold out for the extra 30 minutes to force a penalty shootout. All penalties were converted until Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze
Giorgi Gakhokidze is a former Georgian footballer. He played for clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk...
stepped up, and saw his penalty saved. Feyenoord converted their subsequent penalties with van Hooijdonk putting away the vital fifth penalty.
Like Borussia, Feyenoord faced opposition from Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
in the semi-finals, in the shape of Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
. Around 10,000 Feyenoord fans made the trip to the scene of Feyenoord’s 1970 European Cup
1970 European Cup Final
The 1970 European Cup Final was a football match held at the San Siro, Milan, on 6 May 1970, that saw Feyenoord of the Netherlands defeat Celtic of Scotland 2-1 after extra time. Ove Kindvall's goal in the 117th minute meant the trophy was going to a Dutch club for the first time. It remains...
victory for the first leg. Feyenoord won the first leg 1–0 to gain a vital away goal after Iván Córdoba scored an own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....
. The second leg started well for Feyenoord after going 2–0 up inside 34 minutes, due to goals from van Hooijdonk and Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....
, to put Feyenoord 3–0 up on aggregate. Internazionale came back into the tie in the last minutes when they pulled two goals back through Javier Zanetti
Javier Zanetti
Javier Adelmar Zanetti is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Inter. Javier Zanetti has played for Inter since 1995, taking the captain's armband from 29 August 1999. Known for his versatility, he is adept on both the left and right wing, having played on both flanks as a fullback...
and Mohamed Kallon
Mohamed Kallon
Mohamed Kallon is a Sierra Leonean international footballer and considered the most famous footballer from Sierra Leone. He is currently playing for I-League club Viva Kerala FC-Personal life:...
, but Feyenoord secured their place in the final with a 3–2 aggregate victory.
| Feyenoord | |Borussia Dortmund | ||||
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| SC Freiburg SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg, commonly known as SC Freiburg, is a German association football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. SC Freiburg has played in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, since their promotion in 2009... H 1–0 |
Ono Shinji Ono is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing... 82' |
Round Three First Leg |
| F.C. Copenhagen F.C. Copenhagen F.C. Copenhagen is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Parken Sport & Entertainment....  A 1–0 |
Herrlich Heiko Herrlich Heiko Herrlich is a German former football centre forward and the current manager of 3rd Liga club SpVgg Unterhaching.-Career:... 90+2' |
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| SC Freiburg A 2–2 |
van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... 57' Leonardo Leonardo Santiago Leonardo Vitor Santiago , commonly known as Leonardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian side FC Red Bull Salzburg on loan from NAC Breda.... 86' |
Second Leg | F.C. Copenhagen H 1–0 |
Sørensen 89' | |
 RangersRangers F.C. Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses... A 1–1 |
Ono Shinji Ono is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing... 72' |
Round Four First Leg |
Lille Lille OSC LOSC Lille Métropole is a French association football club based in Lille. The club was founded in 1944 as a result of a merger and currently play in Ligue 1, the first division of French football. Lille plays its home matches at the Stade Lille-Metropole in nearby Villeneuve-d'Ascq. In 2012, the...  A 1–1 |
Ewerthon Éwerthon Ewerthon Henrique de Souza is a Brazilian international football player who plays for Terek Grozny. His position is forward or winger... 67' |
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| Rangers H 3–2 |
van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... 37', 44' Kalou 47' |
Second Leg | Lille H 0–0 |
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 PSV Eindhoven A 1–1 |
van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... 45' |
Quarter–finals First Leg |
Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec is a Czech football club founded in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won two league titles and the domestic cup since 1993. Slovan Liberec is also one of the richest clubs in the Czech league... A 0–0 |
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| PSV Eindhoven H 1–1 |
van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... 90+3' Feyenoord won 5 – 4 on Penalties |
Second Leg | Slovan Liberec H 4–0 |
Amoroso Márcio Amoroso Márcio Amoroso dos Santos is a retired Brazilian footballer. He has played his football for several teams in Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece while representing Brazil at international level.-Club career:... 51' Koller Jan Koller Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps... 57' Ricken Lars Ricken Lars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years.... 70' Ewerthon Éwerthon Ewerthon Henrique de Souza is a Brazilian international football player who plays for Terek Grozny. His position is forward or winger... 89' |
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 InternazionaleF.C. Internazionale Milano Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always... A 1–0 |
Córdoba (o.g. Own goal An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents.... ) 51' |
Semi-finals First Leg |
Milan A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others... A 4–0 |
Amoroso Márcio Amoroso Márcio Amoroso dos Santos is a retired Brazilian footballer. He has played his football for several teams in Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece while representing Brazil at international level.-Club career:... 7', 33', 39' Heinrich Jörg Heinrich Jörg Heinrich is a former German football defender.After spells with various small clubs in East Germany, Heinrich joined amateur side Kickers Emden in the summer of 1990 and played for the club in the following four seasons, three of which were in the third division... 63' |
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| Internazionale H 2–2 |
van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... 17' Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior.... 34' |
Second Leg | Milan H 1–3 |
Ricken Lars Ricken Lars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years.... 90+4' |
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Match summary
Feyenoord and Borussia Dortmund had the two highest scorers in the competition that season in Pierre van Hooijdonk, who finished top of the scoring charts with eight goals, and Márcio Amoroso, who scored five goals overall. Both players added to their tallies during this match with van Hooijdonk scoring two goals and Amoroso scoring one goal.The match was the last for Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund
Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund, commonly BVB, are a German sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. Dortmund are one of the most successful clubs in German football history. Borussia Dortmund play in the Bundesliga, the top league of German football...
veteran Jürgen Kohler
Jürgen Kohler
Jürgen Kohler is a World Cup-winning German centre back football player and football manager. Kohler has retired from professional sports, but still occasionally plays for Alemannia Adendorf in the Kreisliga C...
, who was retiring after this match, however, the match did not go as intended as he was sent off
Ejection (sports)
In sports, an ejection is one of several disqualifying actions assessed to a player or coach by a game official , usually for unsportsmanlike conduct....
after 31 minutes. The sides had met twice before in European competition, drawing on both occasions in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. Borussia Dortmund were also boosted before kick-off by the news that Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...
had passed a late fitness test on his injured back.
First half
The first shot on goal was registered by Bonaventure Kalou, who forced a save out of Jens LehmannJens Lehmann
Jens Gerhard Lehmann is a German former football goalkeeper. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for the 1996–97 and 2005–06 seasons, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. He was a member of Arsenal's Invincibles, playing every match of their famous unbeaten title winning...
. After 10 minutes, Shinji Ono
Shinji Ono
is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing...
spotted Lehmann off his line but sent his lofted shot wide of the target. This sparked Dortmund into life; they were thwarted when Patrick Paauwe
Patrick Paauwe
Patrick Paauwe is a former professional football player from the Netherlands.-Career:He played for Feyenoord Rotterdam in a defensive midfield role, although he has been used mainly as defender in the past. Other teams he served are PSV Eindhoven, De Graafschap, Fortuna Sittard, Valenciennes FC...
intercepted Jan Koller
Jan Koller
Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...
just as he was looking to get his shot away. On 15 minutes they came even closer to breaking the deadlock when Amoroso picked out Tomáš Rosický
Tomáš Rosický
Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...
; however he shot straight at Edwin Zoetebier
Edwin Zoetebier
Eduard "Edwin" Andreas Dominicus Hendricus Jozef Zoetebier is a former football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1988-1989 season playing for FC Volendam. He later served Sunderland, Feyenoord, Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven and NAC Breda...
. On 19 minutes, Pierre van Hooijdonk
Pierre van Hooijdonk
Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004...
came close to scoring with a free kick, which hit the right hand post. Feyenoord's Tomasz Rząsa
Tomasz Rzasa
Tomasz Rząsa is a former Polish professional footballer.-Career:During his career, Rząsa represented Sokół Pniewy , Grasshoppers , Lugano , Young Boys , De Graafschap , Feyenoord , Partizan , Heerenveen , ADO Den Haag and Ried .In...
was then booked for dissent on 23 minutes, and following the resulting free kick, Evanlison came close to scoring, however his shot went over the crossbar, after Ewerthon
Éwerthon
Ewerthon Henrique de Souza is a Brazilian international football player who plays for Terek Grozny. His position is forward or winger...
's pass had sent him through.
The deadlock was broken on 31 minutes when Jürgen Kohler, who was playing his last game for Borussia Dortmund, pulled back Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson
Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior....
in the Dortmund penalty area, Kohler was shown a red card, and van Hooijdonk converted the subsequent penalty dispatching it to Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann
Jens Gerhard Lehmann is a German former football goalkeeper. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for the 1996–97 and 2005–06 seasons, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. He was a member of Arsenal's Invincibles, playing every match of their famous unbeaten title winning...
's right hand side. Feyenoord made it 2–0 seven minutes later when Pierre van Hooijdonk, scored a free kick from the edge of the area, his eighth goal over the course of the season's competition.
Second half
After half time, Dortmund were handed a way back into the match when Márcio AmorosoMárcio Amoroso
Márcio Amoroso dos Santos is a retired Brazilian footballer. He has played his football for several teams in Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece while representing Brazil at international level.-Club career:...
was brought down by Patrick Paauwe. Paauwe was spared Kohler's fate as he only received a yellow card. Amoroso scored the following penalty and the score was 2–1. Two minutes later Amoroso was cautioned for diving in an attempt to win another spot kick. Just three minutes after Dortmund scored, Jon Dahl Tomasson who was playing his last game for Feyenoord before his move to A.C. Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
, scored after beating the offside trap, and being put through by Shinji Ono. Dortmund once again found a way back into the match when Jan Koller volleyed home his shot from 25 metres on 58 minutes, after capitalizing on a weak defensive header. Dortmund now assumed the ascendancy with attack after attack, whilst Feyenoord seemed content to sit back and try and see the game out. Dortmund tried everything to find the equaliser replacing Lars Ricken
Lars Ricken
Lars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years....
with Jörg Heinrich
Jörg Heinrich
Jörg Heinrich is a former German football defender.After spells with various small clubs in East Germany, Heinrich joined amateur side Kickers Emden in the summer of 1990 and played for the club in the following four seasons, three of which were in the third division...
, and Ewerthon
Éwerthon
Ewerthon Henrique de Souza is a Brazilian international football player who plays for Terek Grozny. His position is forward or winger...
was replaced by Otto Addo, however it was to no avail as Feyenoord saw the game out to win 3–2 and continue their streak of never losing a European final.
A huge party erupted both inside and outside De Kuip not only because of the title, but also because the final was held two days after Rotterdam's political hero Pim Fortuyn
Pim Fortuyn
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn was a Dutch politician, civil servant, sociologist, author and professor who formed his own party, Pim Fortuyn List ....
was murdered. Many Feyenoord fans were still full of emotion before and after the match. As a result of Fortuyn's murder, the victory was not officially celebrated in Coolsingel Square with their fans. During Feyenoord's UEFA Cup run, a parody was launched of the song "Put Your Hands Up" by Black & White Brothers, "Put Your Hands Up for Pi-Air", as a tribute to Pierre van Hooijdonk.
Match details
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| GK | 1 | Edwin Zoetebier Edwin Zoetebier Eduard "Edwin" Andreas Dominicus Hendricus Jozef Zoetebier is a former football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1988-1989 season playing for FC Volendam. He later served Sunderland, Feyenoord, Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven and NAC Breda... |
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| RB | 2 | Christian Gyan Christian Gyan Christian Attah Gyan is a Ghanaian footballer who currently plays for RoPS in Finland.- Career :Gyan signed for Feyenoord in 1996. During the following season the club send him on loan to Excelsior. After only a couple of months Feyenoord recalled the defender, and he made his debut for Feyenoord... |
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| CB | 8 | Kees van Wonderen Kees van Wonderen Cornelis "Kees" Hendricus van Wonderen is a Dutch retired footballer who played professional football for NEC Nijmegen, NAC Breda and Feyenoord Rotterdam.... |
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| CB | 17 | Patrick Paauwe Patrick Paauwe Patrick Paauwe is a former professional football player from the Netherlands.-Career:He played for Feyenoord Rotterdam in a defensive midfield role, although he has been used mainly as defender in the past. Other teams he served are PSV Eindhoven, De Graafschap, Fortuna Sittard, Valenciennes FC... |
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| LB | 3 |  Tomasz RząsaTomasz Rzasa Tomasz Rząsa is a former Polish professional footballer.-Career:During his career, Rząsa represented Sokół Pniewy , Grasshoppers , Lugano , Young Boys , De Graafschap , Feyenoord , Partizan , Heerenveen , ADO Den Haag and Ried .In... |
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| RM | 7 |  Bonaventure Kalou |
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| CM | 6 | Paul Bosvelt Paul Bosvelt Paul Bosvelt is a retired Dutch footballer. He played for Go Ahead Eagles and Twente before making his big move to Feyenoord in 1997.-Club career:... (c) |
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| CM | 14 |  Shinji OnoShinji Ono is a Japanese football player, who plays as a midfielder for Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan.Known as Tensai, Japanese for "Genius", from his youth days, Ono is one of the biggest stars in Asian football, known for his vision, technique and superb passing... |
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| LM | 32 | Robin van Persie Robin van Persie Robin van Persie is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Arsenal and the Dutch national team. He is a youth product of Feyenoord. Having joined Arsenal in 2004, Van Persie became the club captain on 16 August 2011... |
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| CF | 10 | Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior.... |
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| CF | 9 | Pierre van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk Petrus Ferdinandus Johannes "Pierre" van Hooijdonk is a retired Dutch football player who played as a striker. His last spell was at Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch national team, scoring 21 goals, and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004... |
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| GK | 30 | Henk Timmer Henk Timmer (footballer) Hendrik "Henk" Timmer is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:For 11 years, Timmer played only in the second division, with FC Zwolle – named PEC in his first year... |
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| DF | 4 |  Mauricio ArosMauricio Aros Mauricio Fernando Aros Bahamóndez is a Chilean football player, who currently plays midfielder for Unión Temuco.-Career:He began his career in the youth squads of Deportes Concepción and debuted as a professional in 1995... |
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| DF | 20 | Ferry de Haan Ferry de Haan Ferry de Haan is a retired Dutch footballer who currently coaches the youth team of Excelsior Rotterdam. He played club football for Excelsior Rotterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam.-References:... |
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| DF | 26 |  Pieter CollenPieter Collen Pieter Collen is a Belgian footballer who last played as a defender for Brisbane Roar.-Club career:His former teams are K.A.A. Gent, NEC Nijmegen, NAC Breda, Feyenoord, Sint-Truidense and SC Cambuur-Leeuwarden.... |
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| FW | 11 | Leonardo Leonardo Santiago Leonardo Vitor Santiago , commonly known as Leonardo, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian side FC Red Bull Salzburg on loan from NAC Breda.... |
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| FW | 15 |  Johan ElmanderJohan Elmander Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray and the Sweden national football team. He joined in a free transfer after his contract with English club Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League expired... |
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| FW | 18 |  Igor KorneyevIgor Korneev Igor Vladimirovich Korneev is a former association footballer who played midfielder. Since 2002 he also holds Dutch citizenship... |
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| Bert van Marwijk Bert van Marwijk Bert van Marwijk OON is the coach of the Netherlands national football team. He also played for Go Ahead Eagles, AZ, MVV, Fortuna Sittard, and other clubs, as well as for the Dutch national team. In 1982, he began his transition into coaching, retiring as a player in 1988 and becoming a full time... |
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Jens LehmannJens Lehmann
Jens Gerhard Lehmann is a German former football goalkeeper. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for the 1996–97 and 2005–06 seasons, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. He was a member of Arsenal's Invincibles, playing every match of their famous unbeaten title winning...
EvanílsonEvanílson Aparecido Ferreira
Evanílson Aparecido Ferreira or simply Evanílson , is a former Brazilian football right back.-Club career:...
Christian WörnsChristian Wörns
Christian Wörns is a retired German footballer who played as a sweeper. Wörns was widely considered one of the finest German defenders of his generation and one of the best sweepers of his era. He started his career with Waldhof Mannheim but played the majority of his career with Bayer Leverkusen...
Jürgen KohlerJürgen Kohler
Jürgen Kohler is a World Cup-winning German centre back football player and football manager. Kohler has retired from professional sports, but still occasionally plays for Alemannia Adendorf in the Kreisliga C...
DedêDedé
Leonardo de Deus Santos , nicknamed Dedê, is a Brazilian-German footballer, who plays for Turkish club Eskişehirspor. He has played a single match for the Brazil national team...
Lars RickenLars Ricken
Lars Ricken is a retired German footballer. The skilled midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years....
Stefan ReuterStefan Reuter
Stefan Reuter is a German football coach and former player.-Career:A right sided defender who started his career with TSV 1860 Dinkelsbühl. 1982 he played for 1. FC Nuremberg, first in the 2. Bundesliga and since 1985 in the German Bundesliga. In exactly 100 games he scored 10 goals...
(c)
Tomáš RosickýTomáš Rosický
Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...
EwerthonÉwerthon
Ewerthon Henrique de Souza is a Brazilian international football player who plays for Terek Grozny. His position is forward or winger...
Jan KollerJan Koller
Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...
Márcio AmorosoMárcio Amoroso
Márcio Amoroso dos Santos is a retired Brazilian footballer. He has played his football for several teams in Japan, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece while representing Brazil at international level.-Club career:...
Philipp LauxPhilipp Laux
Philipp Laux is a German former footballer, now Sports psychologist of FC Bayern Munich.-Playing career:...
Jörg HeinrichJörg Heinrich
Jörg Heinrich is a former German football defender.After spells with various small clubs in East Germany, Heinrich joined amateur side Kickers Emden in the summer of 1990 and played for the club in the following four seasons, three of which were in the third division...
Ahmed Reda MadouniAhmed Reda Madouni
Ahmed Reda Madouni is an Algerian footballer player, who currently plays for 1. FC Union Berlin.- Career :...
Miroslav Stevic
Miroslav Stević is a retired Serbian football player. He played in the defensive midfielder position.-Club:...
Sunday Oliseh Otto Addo Jan-Derek Sørensen Matthias SammerMatthias Sammer
Matthias Sammer is a retired German football player and coach who is now working as technical director of the DFB . He played as a midfielder, and later in his career as a sweeper....
Man of the Match: Jon Dahl TomassonJon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson is a retired Danish footballer and assistant manager at the Dutch football club SBV Excelsior.... (Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam Feyenoord is a Dutch professional football club located in Rotterdam. Along with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlands. These three clubs and Utrecht and Roda JC are the only clubs never to have been relegated from the Dutch first division... ) Assistant referees:  Paulo Januário Carlos MatosFourth official: Lucílio BatistaLucílio Batista Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista is a retired Portuguese football referee.A bank teller by profession, Batista started refereeing Portuguese first division matches in the mid-90s. Amongst his many games in the national territory, he was in charge for the controversial League Cup final between Lisbon... |