Game #4676
Aston Villa
Thursday, 20 September 2001


Lost
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
UEFA Cup
Varteks Varaždin
Villa Park
Attendance: 27,132
🟥 20 Sep 2001, Villa 2-3 Varteks, Villa Park
Aston Villa
2-3

Varteks Varaždin

Assist(s) | Steve Stone | 53' | Hassan Kachloul | 68' |
🟥 20 Sep 2001, Villa 2-3 Varteks, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Thursday, 20 September 2001
🥅 | 43’ Goal, 0-1, (Varteks Varaždin), Sasa Bjelanovic
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-1 Varteks Varaždin
⚽ | 53’ Goal, 1-1, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Steve Stone
🥅 | 63’ Goal, 1-2, (Varteks Varaždin), Veldin Karic
🔁 | 64’ Sub off, Steve Stone, Sub on, David Ginola
⚽ | 68’ Goal, 2-2, Juan Pablo Ángel, Assist by Hassan Kachloul
🔁 | 75’ Sub off, Hassan Kachloul, Sub on, Gareth Barry
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Juan Pablo Ángel
🥅 | 85’ Goal, 2-3, (Varteks Varaždin), Sasa Bjelanovic
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-3 Varteks Varaždin
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
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ON THIS DAY
Thursday, 20 September 2001
After all their hard and early season work Villa lose in the home leg of the UEFA Cup 1st Round to leave them with it all do in Croatia.
Villa face Varteks Varaždin for the first time in competitive football, Varteks become the 147th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football, Villa’s 31st continental European opponents and their second from Croatia following their meeting with Slaven Belupo Koprivnica earlier in the season.
Despite a brace from Juan Pablo Ángel, Villa concede three away goals to Varteks Varaždin placing their UEFA Cup progress in the balance.
Juan Pablo Ángel scores his 5th goal in a Villa shirt on his 12th start (15 Appearances) to make it W5 D4 L6, 5 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one for every 2.40 starts so far in his Villa career.
Steve Stone contributes his 15th goal involvement on his 95th appearance in a Villa shirt (70 Starts) to make it W36 D29 L30, 6 Goals, 9 Assists and 13 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Hassan Kachloul makes his 10th appearance in a Villa shirt (9 Starts) to make it W4 D4 L2, and 2 Assists so far in his Villa career.
🟥 20 Sep 2001, Villa 2-3 Varteks, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Varteks Varaždin


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
Croatian Champions: ❌
Croatian Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
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FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2001-02 |
Matchday | #11 |
Manager Game | #167 |
Thursday, 20 September 2001
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MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: John Gregory | 🏴 | Scunthorpe, 1998-2002
Referee: Paulo Costa | 🇵🇹 | Porto, 1995-2010
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟥 2-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟩 🟨 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002
🕒 166 | 🟩 | 73 🟨 | 45 🟥 48 | 1.59
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
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MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Paulo Costa | 🇵🇹 | Porto, 1995-2010
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 0
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 1
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Juan Pablo Ángel
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
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TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Villa recall Juan Pablo Ángel, Mustapha Hadji and Steve Stone as Paul Merson, Lee Hendrie and Dion Dublin drop out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 27.95 |
Oldest Player |
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 | 37.87 |
Youngest Player |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 | 21.28 |
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MANAGER
John Gregory | 🏴 | 1998-2002

Aston Villa
GK Peter Schmeichel | 🇩🇰 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Alpay Özalan | 🇹🇷 |
RB Mark Delaney | 🏴 |
M George Boateng | 🇳🇱 |
M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
M Mustapha Hadji | 🇲🇦 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | 🟨 |
F Darius Vassell | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Branko Janžek | 🇭🇷 |

Varteks Varaždin
GK Danijel Mađarić | 🇭🇷 |
LB Danijel Hrman | 🇭🇷 | 🔁 |
CB Matjia Kristić | 🇭🇷 |
CB Zoran Kastel | 🇭🇷 |
RB Goran Granić | 🇭🇷 |
M Miljenko Mumlek | 🇭🇷 |
M Denis Mukaj | 🇦🇱 |
M Ivan Režić | 🇭🇷 |
W Silvester Sabolčki | 🇭🇷 |
CF Veldin Karic | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ |
CF Sasa Bjelanovic | 🇭🇷 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
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SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | for M Steve Stone | 🏴 | 64’ |
🔁 M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | for M Hassan Kachloul | 🇲🇦 | 75’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | LB Danijel Hrman | 🇭🇷 | (LB Andrija Balajić | 🇭🇷 |)

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UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 |
F Boško Balaban | 🇭🇷 |
F Stefan Moore | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Zeljko Rumbak | 🇭🇷 |
CB Antun Andričević | 🇭🇷 |
D Goran Borovic | 🇭🇷 |
M Hrvoje Sklepic | 🇭🇷 |
M Nikola Safaric | 🇭🇷 |
CF Oskar Drobne | 🇸🇮
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
🟥 20 Sep 2001, Villa 2-3 Varteks, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W David Ginola | 🇫🇷 | | 35 | 18* | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11* | - | - | 8 | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Peter Enckelman | 🇫🇮 | | 75* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
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SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 4/18
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🇭🇷 : 10/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🇭🇷 : 16/18
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MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
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MATCH REPORTS









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