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1 Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Round of, Matchday Match background Squad list Match officials Domestic information Matchbymatch lineups Contents Competition facts Team facts Competition information Legend Match background KarlHeinz Feldkamp brings his Galatasaray side back to his native Germany with their UEFA Cup Round of tie against Bayer 0 Leverkusen still goalless. Galatasaray had the best of the first leg, played in snowy conditions at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul, but wasteful finishing and some good work from goalkeeper René Adler kept Leverkusen in the tie. Feldkamp, the yearold former RotWeiss Oberhausen player, was in charge of SG Wattenscheid 0, DSC Arminia Bielefeld,. FC Kaiserslautern, BV Borussia Dortmund, Bayer 0 Uerdingen and Eintracht Frankfurt before spending a first spell at Galatasaray in /. This will be his first European game against a side from his home country. Galatasaray boast a number of players with experience of German football. Rigobert Song played at. FC Köln, while Lincoln starred for both Kaiserslautern and FC Schalke 0. Algeria defender Ismaël Bouzid also played for Kaiserslautern. A number of others were born in Germany to Turkish parents and started their careers there before heading for Istanbul including goalkeeper Aykut Erçetin, Barıs Özbek, Serkan Çalık and Ümit Karan. Michael Skibbe led Leverkusen to a home win against Beşiktaş JK in last season's UEFA Cup group stage in his only game against Turkish opposition prior to the first leg against Galatasaray. Galatasaray qualified for the Round of by finishing third in Group H. Leverkusen finished top of Group E. Galatasaray have now played games against German sides, winning five, drawing ten and losing five. In Germany, they have won three, drawn three and lost four. They are unbeaten, home and away, in their last five games against Bundesliga clubs. Prior to the first leg against Galatasaray, Leverkusen had won all three of their previous games against Turkish sides. They have beaten both of Galatasaray's big Istanbul rivals Fenerbahçe SK and Beşiktaş JK at the BayArena. Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Match background

2 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray The aggregate winners of this tie will meet the victors of the tie between FC Zürich and Hamburger SV in the Round of on and / March, playing the first leg at home. Hamburg are well placed to advance having won away. There is thus the possibility of an allgerman Round of tie between Leverkusen and Hamburg. Leverkusen have already played Zürich once this season, winning 0 in Switzerland in their final group stage game to match their biggestever winning margin in a UEFA club competition away game ( at Estonian side JK Tervis Pärnu in the UEFA Intertoto Cup). Galatasaray's Uğur Uçar is within a booking of a match ban, along with Leverkusen's Gonzalo Castro. Carsten Ramelow is available again for the German side having been suspended for the first leg. Winter UEFA Cup registrations Galatasaray: In Emre Güngör, Ahmed Apimah Barusso, Hakan Balta, Harun Temür, Erhan Şentürk, İlker Cihan. Out Özgürcan Özcan. Leverkusen: In David Thiel, Kerim Arslan, Fabian Giefer, Oliver Petersch. Out Ricardo Faty, Michal Papadopulos, Benjamin Kirsten, Denis Schmidt. Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Match background

3 Squad list Leverkusen Alltime Current season UEFA UCUP UCUP UCL UIC Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld BL Age DoB Nat. Player No Goalkeepers René Adler 0.0. Benedikt Fernandez.0. David Thiel.. Eric Domaschke.0.0 Fabian Giefer Defenders.0. TUN Karim Haggui.0. Manuel Friedrich.0. Hans Sarpei 0.0. Lukas Sinkiewicz.0. CHI Arturo Vidal *.0. Gonzalo Castro.0. JanIngwer CallsenBracker 0.0. Marius Schultens 0.0. Stefan Reinartz 0.0. Kim Falkenberg.0. Kerim Arslan.0. Markus Happe.0. Jens Hegeler.0. Oliver Petersch Midfielders.0. Simon Rolfes.0. SUI Tranquillo Barnetta.0. Paul Freier 0.0. Sascha Dum 0.0. SUI Pirmin Schwegler 0.0. SVK Vratislav Greško.. Marcel Risse 0.. Bernd Schneider.0. Carsten Ramelow 0.0. Dennis Naki.0. Kevin Kratz 0.. Mohammed Lartey.0. MNE Slobodan Lakicevic.0. Adrian Student 0.0. Julian Schauerte Forwards.0.0 GRE Theofanis Gkekas 0.0. Stefan Kiessling.. RUS Dmitri Bulykin.0. BUL Atanas Kurdov 0.0. BIH Sergej Barbarez.0. Alexander Hettich.0.0 Richard SukutaPasu Coach 0.0. Michael Skibbe Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Squad list Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time)

4 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Galatasaray No Player Goalkeepers Aykut Erçetin Orkun Uşak Sadrettin Kocaoğlu Defenders Emre Güngör Rigobert Song Ismael Bouzid Bouzid İlker Cihan Uğur Uçar Volkan Yaman Servet Çetin Midfielders Tobias Linderoth Okan Buruk Barış Özbek 0 Lincoln Hasan Şaş Mehmet Topal Ahmed Apimah Barusso Marcelo Carrusca Ayhan Akman Hakan Balta Harun Temür Sabrı Sarıoğlu Arda Turan Mehmet Güven Forwards Hakan Şükür Shabani Nonda Sentürk Erhan 0 Çağrı Yarkın Serkan Çalık Ümit Karan Coach Karl Heinz Feldkamp Nat. CMR ALG SWE BRA GHA ARG CGO DoB Age 0 0 BL * Current season UIC UCL UCUP Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Alltime UCUP UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls 0 0 Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Squad list

5 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Damir Skomina (SVN) Primoz Arhar (SVN), Marko Stancin (SVN) Roberto Ponis (SVN) Sune Hellströmer (SWE) Peter Mikkelsen (DEN) Joseph Mcglue (IRL) Referee UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue U QR Wales Germany 0 Wrexham.0.0 GS FT Greece Germany 0 Lurgan U QR Turkey Israel 00 Ankara Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Match officials

6 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Domestic information Bayer 0 Leverkusen (Bundesliga) Comp. Date Opponent Cup 0/0/0 FC St. Pauli (A) /0/0 FC Energie Cottbus (H) /0/0 Hamburger SV (A) /0/0 Karlsruher SC (H) /0/0 FC Schalke 0 (A) /0/0 VfL Bochum (H) /0/0 Hannover (A) /0/0. FC Nürnberg (A) /0/0 FC Bayern München (H) 0/0/0 Eintracht Frankfurt (A) /0/0 BV Borussia Dortmund (H) /0/0 VfB Stuttgart (A) 0//0 DSC Arminia Bielefeld (H) //0 VfL Wolfsburg (A) //0 MSV Duisburg (H) 0//0 Hertha BSC Berlin (A) 0//0 FC Hansa Rostock (H) //0 Werder Bremen (A) 0/0/0 FC Energie Cottbus (A) 0/0/0 Hamburger SV (H) /0/0 Karlsruher SC (A) /0/0 FC Schalke 0 (H) 0/0/0 VfL Bochum (A) 0/0/0 Hannover (H) /0/0. FC Nürnberg (H) /0/0 FC Bayern München (A) /0/0 Eintracht Frankfurt (H) 0/0/0 BV Borussia Dortmund (A) /0/0 VfB Stuttgart (H) /0/0 DSC Arminia Bielefeld (A) /0/0 VfL Wolfsburg (H) 0/0/0 MSV Duisburg (A) 0/0/0 Hertha BSC Berlin (H) 0/0/0 FC Hansa Rostock (A) /0/0 Werder Bremen (H) Res Goalscorers Own goal, M. Friedrich, Gekas Gekas Haggui, M. Friedrich Kiessling 0, Vidal, Gekas (pen) Kiessling, Barnetta Own goal Gekas, Kiessling Barbarez, 0, Gekas, Freier, Kiessling Barbarez, Rolfes, Freier (pen), Gekas Ramelow, Barnetta 0, Barbarez 0 Rolfes, Freier (pen), Gekas Barnetta, Kiessling Rolfes,, Bulykin M. Friedrich 0 Rolfes, Kiessling Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Domestic information

7 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Pos. 0 Clubs FC Bayern München Werder Bremen Hamburger SV Bayer 0 Leverkusen FC Schalke 0 Karlsruher SC VfL Wolfsburg Eintracht Frankfurt Hannover VfB Stuttgart Hertha BSC Berlin BV Borussia Dortmund VfL Bochum FC Hansa Rostock DSC Arminia Bielefeld. FC Nürnberg FC Energie Cottbus MSV Duisburg Pld W 0 0 D L GF 0 0 GA 0 Pts 0 Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Domestic information

8 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Galatasaray (Super ) Domestic information Comp. Cup Cup Cup Cup Cup Date /0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0//0 0//0 //0 //0 0//0 0//0 //0 //0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 /0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 Opponent Rizespor (H) Bursaspor (A) MKE Ankaragücü (H) Vestel Manisaspor (A) Konyaspor (H) Kasimpasa SK (A) Beşiktaş JK (H) Kayserispor (A) Ankaraspor (H) Denizlispor (A) Denizlispor (H) Gaziantepspor (A) Gençlerbirligi SK (H) Trabzonspor (A) Istanbul BB SK (H) Fenerbahçe SK (A) Sivasspor (H) Gençlerbirligi Oftasspor (A) Bursaspor (A) Rizespor (A) Sariyer (H) Bursaspor (H) Gençlerbirligi Oftasspor (A) MKE Ankaragücü (A) Fenerbahçe SK (A) Vestel Manisaspor (H) Konyaspor (A) Kasimpasa SK (H) Beşiktaş JK (A) Kayserispor (H) Ankaraspor (A) Denizlispor (H) Gaziantepspor (H) Gençlerbirligi SK (A) Trabzonspor (H) Istanbul BB SK (A) Fenerbahçe SK (H) Sivasspor (A) Gençlerbirligi Oftasspor (H) Res Goalscorers Lincoln, Volkan Yaman, Hakan Şükür, Ümit Karan 0 Lincoln Ümit Karan (pen), Hakan Şükür Nonda (pen),, Carrusca, Hakan Şükür, Ümit Karan, Hasan Şaş 0 Ümit Karan Hakan Balta, Nonda (pen) Ümit Karan Nonda, 0(pen) Carrusca 0, Song (pen) Servet Çetin Mehmet Topal, Serkan Çalık 0, Lincoln 0 Serkan Çalık Hakan Balta, Ümit Karan 0 Nonda, Barış Özbek Mehmet Topal, Mehmet Güven Nonda,,, Servet Çetin, Arda Turan Serkan Çalık, Ümit Karan, Barış Özbek Nonda Hakan Şükür, Arda Turan, Ümit Karan, Serkan Çalık Barış Özbek, Hakan Şükür,,, Arda Turan (pen), Ümit Karan Ümit Karan Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Domestic information

9 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Pos. 0 Clubs Galatasaray Fenerbahçe SK Sivasspor Beşiktaş JK Kayserispor Trabzonspor Denizlispor Gençlerbirligi Oftasspor Istanbul BB SK MKE Ankaragücü Gaziantepspor Konyaspor Gençlerbirligi SK Bursaspor Ankaraspor Rizespor Vestel Manisaspor Kasimpasa SK Pld W D L 0 GF 0 GA 0 0 Pts 0 Last updated.0.0 :00:0CET Domestic information

10 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Competition facts The City of Manchester Stadium will stage the 0/0 UEFA Cup final on May 0. Initially constructed for the 0 Commonwealth Games, the stadium was converted for use as a football arena the following year. The,000capacity venue, one of the largest in the English Premier, is home to Manchester City FC as well as a popular setting for music concerts, and was the setting for England's opening game against Finland in UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 0, the crowd of,0 a finals record. The club's former Maine Road home was the venue for England's first ever FIFA World Cup qualifier in November while across the city Manchester United FC's Old Trafford staged the 0/0 UEFA Champions final as well as fixtures at the World Cup and EURO '. UEFA Cup : Alltime records Most final wins: by club FC Internazionale Milano Juventus Liverpool FC Feyenoord IFK Göteborg Parma FC Real Madrid CF Sevilla FC Tottenham Hotspur FC VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Most final wins: by player Ray Clemence (Liverpool FC /, /, Tottenham Hotspur FC /) Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano 0/, /, /) Nicola Berti (FC Internazionale Milano 0/, /, /) Most final wins: by country Italy England Germany Spain Netherlands Sweden Belgium Portugal Russia Turkey Most appearances: by player Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano) Most goals: by player Dieter Müller (. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, FC Girondins de Bordeaux) Most goals (in one season): by player Jürgen Klinsmann (FC Bayern München, /) John Wark (Ipswich Town FC, /) Derlei (FC Porto, 0/0) Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Competition facts

11 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Team facts Bayer 0 Leverkusen UEFA Club competition milestones Success in the / UEFA Cup final remains the highwater mark of Leverkusen's European campaigns but they came within 0 minutes of an even greater achievement as they shocked the continent to reach the 0/0 UEFA Champions final. There they lost against Real Madrid CF in Glasgow with Zinédine Zidane scoring the unforgettable winner. UEFA Cup milestones In / Leverkusen defeated FK Austria Wien, Toulouse FC, Feyenoord, FC Barcelona and Werder Bremen to set up a final engagement against RCD Español. Leverkusen lost 0 in the away leg but won the return by the same score with goals from Milton Tita (), Falko Götz () and Cha BumKun () and after a goalless extra time, they prevailed on penalties. UEFA club competition honours UEFA Cup: / Tenyear record 0/0: UEFA Cup quarterfinals 0/0: UEFA Cup first round 0/0: UEFA Champions first knockout round 0/0: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 0/0: UEFA Champions second group stage 0/0: UEFA Champions finalists 00/0: UEFA Cup third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions, first group stage) /00: UEFA Cup third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions, first group stage) /: UEFA Cup second round /: UEFA Champions quarterfinals 0/0 season Domestic record: A fifthplaced finish in the Bundesliga earned Leverkusen a first round berth in the UEFA Cup. They were knocked out of the German Cup second round by MSV Duisburg. European record: Having beaten FC Sion in the first round, Leverkusen battled their way through the UEFA Cup group stage and then eliminated Blackburn Rovers FC in the first knockout round. They then accounted for RC Lens in the Round of before bowing out to CA Osasuna in the quarterfinals, losing 0 at home and 0 away. Key facts UEFA club competition Pld: W: D: L: GF: GA: UEFA Cup Pld: W: D: L: GF: GA: Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Team facts

12 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Records UEFA club competition Biggest win 0: FC Zürich v Bayer 0 Leverkusen..0, UEFA Cup group stage 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v FC Baník Ostrava.0.0, European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round first leg : TSV Bayer 0 Leverkusen v FC Dinamo Tbilisi.0., European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg : JK Tervis Pärnu v TSV Bayer 0 Leverkusen 0.0., UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage 0: TSV Bayer 0 Leverkusen v Kispest Honvéd FC 0.., UEFA Cup second round second leg Biggest home win 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v FC Baník Ostrava (see above for details) : TSV Bayer 0 Leverkusen v FC Dinamo Tbilisi (see above for details) 0: TSV Bayer 0 Leverkusen v Kispest Honvéd FC (see above for details) Biggest away win 0: FC Zürich v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) : JK Tervis Pärnu v TSV Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) Heaviest defeat : Olympiacos CFP v Bayer 0 Leverkusen.0.0, UEFA Champions group stage 0: Juventus v Bayer 0 Leverkusen..0, UEFA Champions second group stage 0: Monaco FC v Bayer 0 Leverkusen 0.0., UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest home defeat 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v CA Osasuna 0.0.0, UEFA Cup quarterfinals first leg Heaviest away defeat : Olympiacos CFP v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) 0: Juventus v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) 0: Monaco FC v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) UEFA Cup Biggest win 0: FC Zürich v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v Kispest Honvéd FC (see above for details) Biggest home win 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v Kispest Honvéd FC (see above for details) Biggest away win 0: FC Zürich v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Team facts

13 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Heaviest defeat 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v CA Osasuna (see above for details) 0: Parma AC v Bayer 0 Leverkusen.0., UEFA Cup semifinals second leg 0: Brøndby IF v Bayer 0 Leverkusen..0, UEFA Cup third round first leg 0: RCD Español v Bayer 0 Leverkusen 0.0., UEFA Cup final first leg Heaviest home defeat 0: Bayer 0 Leverkusen v CA Osasuna (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat 0: Parma AC v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) 0: Brøndby IF v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) 0: RCD Español v Bayer 0 Leverkusen (see above for details) Last updated:.0.0 Galatasaray UEFA club competition milestones Galatasaray's longest run in the European Champion Clubs' Cup came in / when they reached the semifinals before exiting on aggregate to CSA Steaua Bucureşti. Eleven years later the Turkish side claimed the UEFA Cup and quickly captured their second European honour, overcoming Real Madrid CF in the UEFA Super Cup. UEFA Cup milestones Galatasaray's finest hour came in /00 when they defeated Arsenal FC on penalties in the UEFA Cup final following a goalless draw in Copenhagen. In doing so they became the first team to claim the trophy having finished third in their UEFA Champions group earlier in the season. UEFA club competition honours UEFA Cup: /00 UEFA Super Cup: 00 Tenyear record 0/0: UEFA Champions group stage 0/0: UEFA Cup first round 0/0: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 0/0: UEFA Cup third round (transferred from the UEFA Champions group stage) 0/0: UEFA Champions first group stage 0/0: UEFA champions second group stage 00/0: UEFA Champions quarterfinals /00: UEFA Cup winners (transferred from the UEFA Champions group stage) /: UEFA Champions group stage /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 0/0 season Domestic record: Galatasaray finished a disappointing third, points behind city rivals Fenerbahçe SK, and a further five adrift of another Istanbul side, Beşiktaş JK. In the Turkish Cup, they were knocked out in the quarterfinal by secondtier Kayseri Erciyesspor. Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Team facts

14 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray European record: Drawn in a group containing eventual finalists Liverpool FC, FC Girondins de Bordeaux and PSV Eindhoven, Galatasaray finished bottom with four points. Their only win came in the final group match against a Liverpool side who had already secured progress. Key facts UEFA club competition Pld: W: D: L: GF: GA: 0 UEFA Cup record Pld: W: D: L: GF: GA: Records UEFA club competitions Biggest win 0: Galatasaray SK v Neuchâtel Xamax FC 0.., European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg Biggest home win 0: Galatasaray SK v Neuchâtel Xamax FC (see above for details) Biggest away win : FC Avenir Beggen v Galatasaray SK 0.0., UEFA Champions qualifying round first leg Heaviest defeat 0: FC Bayern München v Galatasaray SK.0., European Champions Clubs' Cup first round second leg Heaviest home defeat 0: Galatasaray SK v Chelsea FC.0., UEFA Champions first group stage Heaviest away defeat 0: FC Bayern München v Galatasaray SK (see above for details) UEFA Cup Biggest win : Galatasaray SK v FC Sion 0.0.0, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest home win : Galatasaray SK v FC Sion (see above for details) Biggest away win : RCD Mallorca v Galatasaray SK.0.00, UEFA Cup quarterfinals first leg Heaviest defeat 0: Villarreal CF v Galatasaray SK 0.0.0, UEFA Cup third round second leg 0: FC Torpedo Moskva v Galatasaray SK 0.., UEFA Cup second round second leg Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Team facts

15 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Heaviest home defeat : Galatasaray SK v FC Torpedo Moskva.0., UEFA Cup second round first leg : Galatasaray SK v West Bromwich Albion FC.0., UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest away defeat 0: Villarreal CF v Galatasaray SK (see above for details) 0: FC Torpedo Moskva v Galatasaray SK (see above for details) Last updated:.0.0 Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Team facts

16 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Competition information The UEFA Cup grew out of the InterCities Fairs Cup and was first held in /. The UEFA Cup is open to the holders, the teams finishing in leading positions behind the champions in their domestic top flights, the winners of national cup competitions, the winners of the Cup in certain countries, the eleven winners of the final matches in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, three clubs from UEFA's Fair Play and clubs eliminated from the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions. The eight thirdplaced clubs at the end of the UEFA Champions group stage drop into the UEFA Cup, in time for the tournament's knockout phase. Format: If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of all the group matches, the following criteria was applied to determine the rankings: a) superior goal difference from all group matches played; b) higher number of goals scored; c) higher number of goals scored away; d) higher number of wins; e) higher number of away wins; f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question, as well as its association, over the previous five seasons Locallytrained players rule: In February 0, UEFA announced that the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA club competitions will continue to be limited to players, and from 0/0, at least six places on this list will be reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from within the same association of the said club. The 'B' list will also continue to exist involving an unlimited number of Under players who have been at the club for two seasons. In 0/0 the number of locallytrained players required began at four but the current six will rise to eight in 0/0, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained. A clubtrained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of and, whereas an associationtrained player is one who has been registered for at least three seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of and. UEFA is concerned some clubs are not training enough of their own players, but simply taking them from elsewhere. The proposed measures have the objective of creating a better balance in domestic competitions, preventing clubs from simply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system whereby locallytrained players would be given a greater opportunity to play regularly in club sides ensuring a large reservoir of talent for national teams as a consequence. Competition format: Two qualifying rounds produce a first round of 0 teams who play over two legs to find the 0 clubs that make up the group stage. This phase comprises eight groups of five, with each side playing four games, two at home and two away. The winners, runnersup and thirdplaced teams from each section advance to the last where they are joined by the eight thirdplaced clubs from the UEFA Champions. Here, the traditional twomatch knockout format resumes, until the final. The dates for the games are as follows: the Round of takes place on / and February; Round of on and / March; quarterfinals on and 0 April; semifinals on April and May. The 0/0 UEFA Cup final will be held at the City of Manchester Stadium on May. Away goals rule: For matches played under the cup (knockout) system, the team which scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches qualifies for the next round. If the two teams involved in a tie score the same number of goals over the two legs, the team which scores more away goals qualifies for the next stage. If this procedure does not produce a result, i.e, if the two teams score the same number of goals at home and away, extra time of two periods of minutes shall be played at the end of the second leg. If during extra time, both teams score the same number of goals, away goals count double (i.e. the visiting club qualifies). If no goals are scored during extra time, penalty kicks determine which team qualifies. Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Competition information

17 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Cup matches from the start of the Round of, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by February at the latest. One player from the above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFA Cup this season. Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Competition information

18 Thursday February 0.00 CET (.00 local time) Bayer 0 Leverkusen Galatasaray Legend :: Competitions Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship :: Competition stages F: Final QR: Third qualifying round GS: Group stage R: First round GS: First group stage R: Second round GS: Second group stage R: Third round KO: First knockout round R: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round SF: Semifinals QF: Quarterfinals /: Eighthfinals QR: Qualifying round /: Sixteenthfinals QR: First qualifying round st: first leg QR: Second qualifying round nd: second leg FT: Final tournament PO: Playoff :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off :: Other Abbreviations AP: Appearances Comp.: Competition D: Drawn DoB: Date of birth GA: Goals against GF: Goals for L: Lost Nat.: Nationality N/a: Not Applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted No: Number Pld: Matches played Pos.: Position Pts: Points R: Sent off (red card) Res.: Result W: Won Y: Booked Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red) Last updated.0.0 :00:CET Legend