Rosenborg battle for all-Norwegian tie

The chance of an all-Norwegian Round of 16 tie against SK Brann will give Rosenborg BK added motivation as they face ACF Fiorentina.

• Fiorentina will host the second leg in Florence on 21 February. The aggregate victors will then meet the winners of the tie between 2007 Norwegian champions Brann and Everton FC in the Round of 16 on 6 and 12/13 March, playing the first leg at home.

• The statistics do not favour Rosenborg. In 25 UEFA club competition games between Norwegian and Italian clubs, the Norwegian side has won only three times, with five draws and 17 defeats.

• Rosenborg qualified for the Round of 32 after finishing third in UEFA Champions League Group B. Fiorentina came second in UEFA Cup Group C.

• However, Fiorentina's campaign has been tinged with tragedy, with coach Cesare Prandelli taking time off following the death of his wife Manuela at the age of 45 following a long illness.

• The two sides have never met in UEFA club competition.

• Rosenborg have played 12 games against Italian opposition, winning one, drawing four and losing seven. At home, they have drawn four games against Italian sides, losing the remaining two.

• Fiorentina have never played against Norwegian opposition before.

• Rosenborg have announced that Aalborg BK's Swedish coach Erik Hamrén will take over as their new manager in June once his contract with the Danish club expires. "I think it is a terrific challenge," he said, having agreed a two-year contract. "Rosenborg are a great club in Scandinavia and are respected across Europe too."

• In the meantime, Trond Henriksen will continue to act as stand-in coach, having replaced Knut Tørum last autumn.

• Henriksen was in the Rosenborg side that lost 5-0 at UC Sampdoria and then 2-1 at home in the first round of the 1991/92 European Champion Clubs' Cup.

• Fiorentina striker Christian Vieri has played against Rosenborg four times before, all in the UEFA Champions League. He most recently faced them in the 2002/03 edition with FC Internazionale Milano. Inter won 3-0 at home and drew 2-2 in Norway, but Vieri did not score in either leg. However, he did strike when playing for Juventus at Rosenborg in the 1996/97 UEFA Champions League quarter-final first leg which ended 1-1. The Italian side then progressed to the semi-finals after a 2-0 victory at home.

• Fiorentina have drawn all three of their European away games this season 1-1.

• Winter UEFA Cup registrations
Rosenborg: In - Rune Almenning Jarstein, John Pelu, Vadim Demidov.
Out – Mika Koppinen, Vidar Riseth, Lars Hirschfeld, Mikael Dorsin, Jon Arne Krakens.
Fiorentina: In - Vlada Avramov, Daniele Cacia, Alessandro Potenza.
Out – Federico Balzaretti, Anthony Vanden Borre, Michele Pazienze, Danilo D'Ambrosio.