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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS EAGUE / SEASON Real CF Group day Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Manchester City FC Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Group Standings... Competition facts... Team facts... egend...

2 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Real CF Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions eague // // QF QF UEFA Champions eague // // R R Tottenham Hotspur FC Real CF Real CF Tottenham Hotspur FC UEFA Champions eague // // R R iverpool FC Real CF Real CF iverpool FC UEFA Champions eague // // QF QF Arsenal FC Real CF Real CF Arsenal FC UEFA Champions eague // // ndgs ndgs Manchester United FC Real CF Real CF Manchester United FC UEFA Champions eague // // QF QF UEFA Super Cup // UEFA Cup // // F QF QF Real CF eeds United AFC eeds United AFC Real CF Manchester United FC Real CF Real CF Manchester United FC Real CF Chelsea FC European Champion Clubs' Cup // F Real CF Tottenham Hotspur FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Real CF iverpool FC Real CF agg: agg: agg: agg: agg: agg: ondon iverpool ondon Manchester eeds Manchester Monaco ondon Paris Cristiano Ronaldo Adebayor,, i María, Cristiano Ronaldo Torres, Gerrard (p),, ossena Benayoun Henry Van Nistelrooy, Iván Helguera (og), Beckham, ; Ronaldo,, uís Figo, Raúl González, ; Van Nistelrooy Raúl González,, uís Figo ; Smith, Viduka Hierro, Raúl González Beckham, Scholes (p); Keane (og), Raúl González, Poyet Perryman (og) Kennedy ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) European Champion Clubs' Cup // // R R Real CF erby County FC erby County FC Real CF agg: (aet) erby Martínez, Nish (og), Santillana, ET, Pirri (p); George George, (p), (p), Nish ; Pirri UEFA Cup // // R R Real CF Ipswich Town FC Ipswich Town FC Real CF agg: Ipswich Rubiñán (og) UEFA Cup inners' Cup // // F F Real CF Chelsea FC Chelsea FC Real CF agg: Athens Athens Fleitas ; empsey, Osgood Osgood ; Zoco European Champion Clubs' Cup // // SF SF Real CF Manchester United FC Manchester United FC Real CF agg: Manchester Pirri, Gento, Amancio Amaro ; Zoco (og), Sadler, Foulkes Best European Champion Clubs' Cup // // SF SF Manchester United FC Real CF Real CF Manchester United FC agg: Manchester Taylor, Charlton ; Kopa, Rial Rial, i Stéfano, Mateos ; Taylor Manchester City FC Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions eague // // UEFA Cup // UEFA Cup // // GS GS GS R R Villarreal CF Manchester City FC Manchester City FC Villarreal CF Real Racing Club Manchester City FC UEFA Cup inners' Cup // // R R Valencia CF Manchester City FC Manchester City FC Valencia CF Manchester City FC Athletic Club Athletic Club Manchester City FC agg: agg: Villarreal Manchester Santander Valencia Manchester Manchester Bilbao Y. Touré,, Balotelli +(p) Marchena (og), Agüero +; Cani Jonathan Pereira, Óscar Serrano, Valera ; Caicedo + Valdez, Quino ; Marsh ee, Marsh ; Valdez, Adorno Oakes, Bell, Bowyer Argoitia, Clemente, Uriarte ; Young, Booth, Echeberría (og) Record versus clubs from opponents' country Real CF Manchester City FC Home Away Final Total ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) background Real CF and Manchester City FC meet for the first time when the ninetime continental champions kick off their Group campaign against the European game's new pretenders at the Santiago Bernabéu. The match brings together the champions of Spain and England with beaten semifinalists for the past two seasons and City keen to improve on their group stage elimination on their / UEFA Champions eague debut. background won six straight home matches in last season's competition, scoring goals. Including the defeat of Tottenham Hotspur FC in the / quarterfinals, have a home record of against English visitors. City lost three of five games on their European travels in / as they finished behind FC Bayern München and SSC Napoli in UEFA Champions eague Group A and fell to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the UEFA Europa eague round of. However, they did win at Villarreal CF, their first victory in Spain at the fourth attempt. Team ties José Mourinho replaced Roberto Mancini as FC Internazionale Milano coach in. Mourinho had got the better of the Italian when FC Porto beat Mancini's S.S. azio on aggregate in the semifinals of the / UEFA Cup. Mourinho suffered his first defeat as Chelsea FC manager against City in Manchester in October but ended with a record of against them. Mourinho has a good record in the UEFA Champions eague against English clubs, starting with Porto's aggregate success against Manchester United FC in the / round of. His Inter side lost to United ( agg) at the same stage in / but beat Chelsea ( agg) in the last a year later. Then, in / with, Mourinho oversaw home and away quarterfinal wins over Tottenham ( agg). As a UC Sampdoria player Mancini lost the / European Cup inners' Cup and the / European Champion Clubs' Cup finals against FC Barcelona. He helped azio defeat RC Mallorca to claim the / UEFA Cup inners' Cup. As a coach, Mancini's Inter were eliminated from the / UEFA Champions eague quarterfinals by Villarreal. As a Manchester United player, Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in derbies against City, winning seven and losing three. He scored four goals but also collected two red cards, both away from home. Álvaro Arbeloa, Xabi Alonso (both iverpool FC), Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien (both Chelsea) and uka Modrić (Tottenham) also faced City in the Premier eague. Modrić was in the Tottenham side that won at City in May to earn UEFA Champions eague qualification at their opponents' expense. Arbeloa scored an own goal to give City a draw at iverpool in February. Essien hit the opening goal in Chelsea's home defeat of City in October. The next season he got the only goal as Chelsea beat City again at Stamford Bridge. Javi García started his career at and made iga appearances before joining S Benfica in. Scott Sinclair made four Chelsea appearances under Mourinho while Maicon was part of the Portuguese coach's UEFA Champions eaguewinning side with Inter. Sergio Agüero failed to win a single derby match at Club Atlético de despite scoring three goals, suffering eight defeats in attempts against the Merengues. Twice a Spanish champion with Barcelona, Yaya Touré appeared five times against, winning three times and losing twice. avid Silva (RC Celta de Vigo, Valencia CF) and Pablo Zabaleta (RC Espanyol) also faced during their time in the Spanish iga. Karim Benzema took on Joe Hart, goalscorer Joleon escott and James Milner in France's draw with England at UEFA EURO, Samir Nasri equalising for es Bleus. Alonso hit both goals in Spain's quarterfinal defeat of a France side including Benzema, Nasri and Gaël Clichy. ith Italy, Mario Balotelli met Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Alonso, Arbeloa and Silva in two matches at UEFA EURO the group stage draw and Spain's final triumph. ast updated // ::CET background

5 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) facts Real UEFA Champions eague statistics have won UEFA Champions eague games, group stage to final, scoring goals and conceding. won all six of their home games in the competition last season. International duty Fifteen players were on senior duty during the international break: Iker Casillas, Raúl Albiol, Álvaro Arbeloa, Sergio Ramos, Xabi Alonso (Spain), Mesut Özil, Sami Khedira (Germany), Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Fabio Coentrão (Portugal), Karim Benzema (France), uka Modrić (Croatia), Gonzalo Higuaín, Ángel i María (Argentina) and Marcelo (Brazil). After helping Spain to UEFA EURO glory in July, Casillas, Arbeloa, Ramos and Alonso helped a Roja begin their FIFA orld Cup defence with a qualifying win in Georgia on September. Özil scored twice as Germany opened their qualifying campaign with a home win against the Faroe Islands on September and was on target from the penalty spot four days later in a triumph in Austria. Ronaldo scored his th international goal in Portugal's defeat of uxembourg. Higuaín and i María struck as Argentina beat Paraguay in qualifying on September, with Higuaín on target again four days later in a draw away to Peru. Summer transfers In uka Modrić (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Michael Essien (Chelsea FC, loan) Out assana iarra (FC Anzhi Makhachkala) Hamit Altıntop (Galatasaray AŞ) Fernando Gago (Valencia CF) Sergio Canales (Valencia CF) Nuri Şahin (iverpool FC, loan) Pedro eón (Getafe CF, loan) Miscellaneous lifted the Spanish Super Cup on August with an awaygoals victory over FC Barcelona. José Mourinho's side lost the away leg but won the return. iga champions with a record points and goals last term, endured their worst start to a campaign for years when they failed to win their first two matches against Valencia CF and Getafe CF. Ronaldo and Barcelona's ionel Messi finished runnersup to Andrés Iniesta in the voting for the / UEFA Best Player in Europe Award, which was presented in Monaco on August. i María extended his contract until June on August. Manchester City UEFA Champions eague statistics City failed to reach the knockout stages last season despite picking up ten points in the group stage, matching the record for highest points haul without advancing. SV erder Bremen (/), Olympiacos FC, FC ynamo Kyiv (/) and PSV Eindhoven (/) all suffered an identical fate. International duty Ten City players were involved for their countries during the international break: Joe Hart, Joleon escott, James Milner (England), Aleksandar Kolarov, Matija Nastasić (Serbia), avid Silva (Spain), Vincent Kompany (Belgium), Gaël Clichy (France), Edin žeko (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Costel Pantilimon (Romania). Milner scored his first international goal as England opened their FIFA orld Cup qualifying campaign with a defeat of Moldova on September. ast updated // ::CET facts

6 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Kolarov got off the mark himself with a powerful freekick during Serbia's qualifying triumph over ales on September, before crossing for Zoran Tošić to score the second goal. žeko helped Bosnia and Herzegovina match their biggest margin of victory with a secondhalf hattrick in an success against iechtenstein. He struck again four days later as they beat atvia and is now the nation's goal leading alltime scorer. Summer transfers In Jack Rodwell (Everton FC) Scott Sinclair (Swansea City AFC) Richard right (Preston North End FC) Matija Nastasić (ACF Fiorentina) Javi García (S Benfica) Maicon (FC Internazionale Milano) Out Emmanuel Adebayor (Tottenham Hotspur FC) Vladimír eiss (Pescara Calcio) Adam Johnson (Sunderland AFC) Nigel de Jong (AC Milan) Stefan Savić (ACF Fiorentina) Owen Hargreaves (released) ayne Bridge (Brighton and Hove Albion FC, loan) Roque Santa Cruz (Málaga CF, loan) edryck Boyata (FC Twente, loan) Miscellaneous The Premier eague champions defeated FA Cup holders Chelsea FC in the FA Community Shield on August. Kompany signed a new sixyear contract on July. ast updated // ::CET facts

7 Squad list Real CF Alltime Current season UEFA eague QUA Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls Age ob Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // Iker Casillas // Antonio Adán // Jesús Fernández // Fernando Pacheco efenders // FRA Raphaël Varane // POR Pepe // Sergio Ramos // POR Fábio Coentrão // POR Ricardo Carvalho // BRA Marcelo // Álvaro Arbeloa // Raúl Albiol // Nacho Midfielders // GER Sami Khedira // BRA Kaká // GER Mesut Özil // Xabi Alonso // GHA Michael Essien // Juanfran // CRO uka Modrić // José Callejón // ARG Ángel i María // Álex Fernández // ucas Forwards // POR Cristiano Ronaldo // FRA Karim Benzema // ARG Gonzalo Higuaín // RUS enis Cheryshev // Óscar Plano // Jesé Rodríguez // Álvaro Morata Coach // POR José Mourinho Squad list ast updated // ::CET Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Real CF Manchester City FC

8 Manchester City FC Alltime Current season UEFA eague QUA Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls Age ob Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // Joe Hart // ROU Costel Pantilimon // NOR Eirik Holmen Johansen efenders // Micah Richards // BRA Maicon // BE Vincent Kompany // ARG Pablo Zabaleta // Joleon escott // SRB Aleksandar Kolarov // FRA Gaël Clichy // SRB Matija Nastasić // Kieran Kennedy // Courtney Meppen alters // Reece abara // FRA Jérémy Hélan // Shay Facey // Greg eigh // Ellis Plummer // George Swan Midfielders // James Milner // FRA Samir Nasri // Javi García // Jack Rodwell // Gareth Barry // avid Silva // CIV Yaya Touré // A Emyr Huws // SVK Albert Rusnák // George Evans // ouis Hutton // George Glendon Forwards // BIH Edin žeko // Scott Sinclair // ARG Sergio Agüero // ARG Carlos Tévez // Alex Nimely // ITA Mario Balotelli // Adam rury // Alex Henshall // SE John Guidetti // evante Cole Coach // ITA Roberto Mancini Squad list ast updated // ::CET Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Real CF Manchester City FC

9 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Head coach Real CF: José Mourinho of birth: January Nationality: Portuguese Coaching career: S Benfica, U eiria, FC Porto, Chelsea FC, FC Internazionale Milano, Real CF A former teacher, Mourinho had spells working at Sporting Clube de Portugal, Porto and FC Barcelona as a coaching assistant in the s. As coach, had a brief, ninegame stay at Benfica and a highly successful tenure at eiria before really making his mark after arriving at Porto in January. In his first full season, /, Porto won the UEFA Cup and a domestic double. The next year they retained their league title and claimed the UEFA Champions eague with a defeat of AS Monaco FC in Gelsenkirchen. Joined Chelsea in and led the club to the eague Cup and their first league championship for years in his first season. Followed up with the league title again in, and both the eague Cup and FA Cup in. eft Chelsea in September and stayed out of football until joining Inter in June. In his first campaign the Nerazzurri retained their Serie A crown, a feat they repeated in / when they also added the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Champions eague crown, their first European Cup win since. Victory at the Santiago Bernabéu was Mourinho's last act as Inter coach before joining on a fouryear deal. His first season featured the club's first Copa del Rey victory in years and a UEFA Champions eague semifinal appearance, his second the iga title and an end to Barcelona's three successive championship triumphs. Manchester City FC: Roberto Mancini of birth: November Nationality: Italian Playing career: Bologna FC, UC Sampdoria, S.S. azio, eicester City FC Coaching career: ACF Fiorentina, S.S. azio, FC Internazionale Milano, Manchester City FC Spent the majority of his playing career in Italy, winning Serie A titles and UEFA Cup inners' Cups with both Sampdoria and azio as well as six editions of the Coppa Italia, four with Sampdoria and two with azio. Capped times by Italy, the forward was a bronze medallist at the FIFA orld Cup. Started his coaching career as assistant to SvenGöran Eriksson at azio before replacing Fatih Terim at Fiorentina in. After leading the Viola to the Coppa Italia, he returned to azio and repeated that feat as well as steering the Roman club into the UEFA Champions eague and to the UEFA Cup semifinals in /. Became coach of Inter in July, replacing Alberto Zaccheroni one day after terminating his contract with azio; led the Nerazzurri to Coppa Italia glory in his debut season, Inter's first domestic honour since the Scudetto. After Juventus were stripped of their / title and AC Milan suffered a points penalty, Inter were finally crowned champions of Italy again. Mancini repeated that success in /. eft Inter in May despite winning another title. Mancini replaced Mark Hughes as manager of Manchester City midway through the / Premier eague season, signing a threeandahalfyear deal. City finished fifth in his first campaign, third in his second when they also lifted the FA Cup and dramatically won the top flight for the first time in years on the final day of his third. ast updated // ::CET Head coach

10 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA elegate UEFA Referee observer amir Skomina (SVN) Primož Arhar (SVN), Matej Žunič (SVN) Matej Jug (SVN), Slavko Vinčić (SVN) Bojan Ul (SVN) ag Steinar Vestlund (NOR) Alfredo Trentalange (ITA) Referee Name amir Skomina of birth // UEFA Champions eague matches UEFA matches amir Skomina has steadily worked his way up the ranks both in his native Slovenia, where he has taken charge of three cup finals, and abroad. Cut his teeth in international football at the UEFA European Under Championship and made his UEFA Cup bow in October, his first UEFA Champions eague qualifying appearance coming the following July. Fourth official for the U and European U Championship showpieces, Skomina was the youngest official at the U finals in the Netherlands. There he oversaw three games, concluding with the hosts' win against Serbia in the final. A father of two sons who works in real estate and tourism, Skomina continued his rise to prominence by taking charge of three UEFA EURO qualifiers. He was fourth official at three matches at the finals, also overseeing two fixtures at that August's Olympic Games. Skomina made his UEFA Champions eague group stage bow on matchday three of / as PSV Eindhoven took on Olympique de Marseille and has since become a regular in that competition and the UEFA Europa eague. Ended the / season by taking charge of the Slovenian Cup final. Having overseen three UEFA EURO qualifiers, Skomina took charge of three matches in Poland and Ukraine and was fourth official for the SpainPortugal semifinal. The / campaign started with him being appointed for the Slovenian Super Cup and then the UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea FC and Club Atlético de in Monaco. UEFA Champions eague matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // // // Competition GS GS GS KO PO GS GS GS KO QF Home iverpool FC Real CF FC Internazionale Milano Real CF Odense BK S Benfica Olympique de Marseille SSC Napoli Arsenal FC Chelsea FC Away ACF Fiorentina AFC Ajax Tottenham Hotspur FC Olympique yonnais Villarreal CF Manchester United FC Arsenal FC Manchester City FC AC Milan S Benfica iverpool Milan Odense isbon Marseille Naples ondon ondon ast updated // ::CET officials

11 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away // U SF Portugal England Viseu // UCUP R RC Mallorca APOE FC Palma de Mallorca // U QR Spain Netherlands Burriana // UCUP GS CA Osasuna sc Heerenveen Pamplona // U GS England Italy Arnhem // UCUP GS FK Mladá Boleslav Villarreal CF Mlada Boleslav // UCUP GS RSC Anderlecht Tottenham Hotspur FC Brussels // UCUP R Valencia CF FC ynamo Kyiv Valencia // C QR Ukraine England nipropetrovsk // UCUP QF Fulham FC Vf olfsburg ondon // EURO QR England Switzerland ondon // UCUP R Manchester United FC AFC Ajax Manchester // UCUP SF Valencia CF Club Atlético de Valencia // EURO GS Sweden England Kyiv // SCUP F Chelsea FC Club Atlético de Monaco ast updated // ::CET officials

12 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Real CF Competition Opponent // eague Valencia CF (H) // eague Getafe CF (A) // eague Granada CF (H) // eague Sevilla FC (A) // Manchester City FC (H) // eague Rayo Vallecano de (A) // eague RC eportivo a Coruña (H) // AFC Ajax (A) // eague FC Barcelona (A) // eague RC Celta de Vigo (H) // Borussia ortmund (A) // eague RC Mallorca (A) // eague Real Zaragoza (H) // Borussia ortmund (H) // eague evante U (A) // eague Athletic Club (H) // Manchester City FC (A) // eague Real Betis Balompié (A) // eague Club Atlético de (H) // AFC Ajax (H) // eague Real Valladolid CF (A) // eague RC Espanyol (H) // eague Málaga CF (A) // eague Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) Higuaín Higuaín Cristiano Ronaldo,, Higuaín Pos. Clubs FC Barcelona Málaga CF RC Mallorca Sevilla FC Club Atlético de Rayo Vallecano de Real Betis Balompié RC eportivo a Coruña Real Valladolid CF Real Sociedad de Fútbol Valencia CF Real CF Getafe CF evante U Athletic Club RC Celta de Vigo Real Zaragoza Granada CF RC Espanyol CA Osasuna ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Manchester City FC Competition Opponent // eague Southampton FC (H) // eague iverpool FC (A) // eague Queens Park Rangers FC (H) // eague Stoke City FC (A) // Real CF (A) // eague Arsenal FC (H) // Cup Aston Villa FC (H) // eague Fulham FC (A) // Borussia ortmund (H) // eague Sunderland AFC (H) // eague est Bromwich Albion FC (A) // AFC Ajax (A) // eague Swansea City AFC (H) // eague est Ham United FC (A) // AFC Ajax (H) // eague Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) // eague Aston Villa FC (H) // Real CF (H) // eague Chelsea FC (A) // eague igan Athletic FC (A) // eague Everton FC (H) // Borussia ortmund (A) // eague Manchester United FC (H) // eague Newcastle United FC (A) Tévez, žeko, Nasri Y. Touré, Tévez Y. Touré, žeko, Tévez + Javi García Pos. Clubs Chelsea FC Manchester United FC Arsenal FC Manchester City FC Swansea City AFC est Bromwich Albion FC Everton FC est Ham United FC Fulham FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Newcastle United FC Stoke City FC Aston Villa FC igan Athletic FC Sunderland AFC Norwich City FC iverpool FC Queens Park Rangers FC Reading FC Southampton FC ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) bymatch lineups Group Standings Club Manchester City FC Borussia ortmund AFC Ajax Real CF day (//) Real v Man. City day (//) Man. City v ortmund Ajax v Real day (//) Ajax v Man. City ortmund v Real day (//) Man. City v Ajax Real v ortmund day (//) Man. City v Real day (//) ortmund v Man. City Real v Ajax ast updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

15 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Group Standings Group A Club FC ynamo Kyiv GNK inamo Zagreb FC Porto Paris SaintGermain FC // // GNK inamo Zagreb Paris SaintGermain FC FC Porto FC ynamo Kyiv Zagreb Paris Group B Club FC Schalke Montpellier Hérault SC Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC // // Montpellier Hérault SC Olympiacos FC Arsenal FC FC Schalke Montpellier Piraeus Group C Club RSC Anderlecht Málaga CF FC Zenit St Petersburg AC Milan // // Málaga CF AC Milan FC Zenit St Petersburg RSC Anderlecht Malaga Milan Group Club Manchester City FC Borussia ortmund AFC Ajax Real CF // // Borussia ortmund Real CF AFC Ajax Manchester City FC ortmund Group E Club Juventus FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Nordsjælland Chelsea FC // // FC Shakhtar onetsk Chelsea FC FC Nordsjælland Juventus onetsk ondon Group F Club Valencia CF OSC ille FC BATE Borisov FC Bayern München // // OSC ille FC Bayern München FC BATE Borisov Valencia CF Villeneuved'Ascq Munich ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

16 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Group G Club S Benfica FC Barcelona FC Spartak Moskva Celtic FC // // FC Barcelona Celtic FC FC Spartak Moskva S Benfica Barcelona Glasgow Group H Club CFR Cluj Manchester United FC Galatasaray AŞ SC Braga // // Manchester United FC SC Braga Galatasaray AŞ CFR Cluj Manchester Braga ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

17 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions eague: id you know? Holders Chelsea FC are hoping to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions eague began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between / and / that featured a second group stage). In /, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions eague trophy with AC Milan (, ) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United FC (, ) have all returned to the UEFA Champions eague final as holders only to lose. S.S. azio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions eague having featured against Real CF on matchday six in / aged years and days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was years and days when he played against AEK Athens FC in /. Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and days, in Manchester United's draw at S Benfica on September. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November. He was sent off in the th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions eague, aged years and days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October. ionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's win against Bayer everkusen on March. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. Barcelona have finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Manchester United and Real. Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions eague group stage: Milan (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/), Barcelona (/, first group stage) and Real (/). Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions eague group stage without picking up a single point, including Villarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK inamo Zagreb in /. Barcelona scored goals in the / group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from /. Barcelona scored times in the / first group stage, a tally matched by Real last season. inamo Zagreb conceded goals in the / group stage, a new record. The previous highest goals against total was, shared by MŠK Žilina (/), ebreceni VSC (/), FC ynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in /. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions eague group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (/), Ajax (/), Juventus (/ and /), Chelsea (/), iverpool FC (/), Villarreal (/) and Manchester United (/) all let in just one. Before their win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the / campaign, Spartak Moskva went games without a victory in the competition. The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it since three points for a win was introduced in / were egia arszawa that same season before ynamo Kyiv and Bayer everkusen managed it in / and iverpool in /. FC okomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, as did Rangers FC and SV erder Bremen in /. Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions eague on home soil: Borussia ortmund (, final in Munich) and Juventus (, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the final in ondon and months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München. ast updated // ::CET Competition facts

18 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Team facts Real CF Formed: Nickname: os Merengues (The Meringues) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Cup ():,,,,, (), (),, (),,, UEFA Cup ():, UEFA Cup inners' Cup: (), () UEFA Super Cup (): (), (), European/South American Cup ():, (),, (), omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) eague title: () Spanish Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions league unless indicated otherwise) /: semifinals /: semifinals /: round of /: round of /: round of /: round of /: round of /: round of /: quarterfinals /: semifinals Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : v Odense BK //, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : Olympiakos Nicosia FC v //, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat : v FC Bayern München //, UEFA Champions eague second group stage : v FC Spartak Moskva //, European Champion Clubs' Cup semifinal second leg on five occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona //, UEFA Champions eague semifinal first leg Heaviest away defeat twice, most recently v AC Milan //, European Champion Clubs' Cup semifinal second leg UEFA Champions eague (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : v KRC Genk //, first group stage Biggest away win : SK Sturm Graz v //, group stage : AFC Ajax v //, group stage Heaviest home defeat ast updated // ::CET Team facts

19 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) : v FC Bayern München (see above for details) on three occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : iverpool FC v //, round of second leg ast updated // ::CET Team facts

20 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Manchester City FC Formed: Nickname: The Citizens UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup inners' Cup (): omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) eague title: () FA Cup: () eague Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions eague unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa eague round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: UEFA Europa eague round of /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup quarterfinals /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup second round /: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Manchester City v The New Saints FC //, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg : Manchester City v K. ierse SK //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup second round second leg Biggest away win twice, most recently Villarreal CF v Manchester City //, UEFA Champions eague group stage Heaviest away defeat on four occasions, most recently v KKS ech Poznań //, UEFA Europa eague group stage on five occasions, most recently v FC Bayern München //, UEFA Champions eague group stage Heaviest home defeat : Manchester City v FC Midtjylland //, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg : Manchester City v Chelsea FC //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup semifinal second leg UEFA Champions eague (group stage to final) Biggest home win : Manchester City v FC Bayern München //, group stage Biggest away win : Villarreal CF v Manchester City (see above for details) Heaviest home defeat N/A Heaviest away defeat : FC Bayern München v Manchester City (see above for details) ast updated // ::CET Team facts

21 Real CF Manchester City FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) egend ATIME STATISTICS The alltime record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions eague, the UEFA Cup inners' Cup (), the UEFA Europa eague, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (). es in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club orld Cup is excluded. :: officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. : Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions eague from / season, group stage to final only. es where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. es where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions : UEFA Champions eague ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions eague UE: UEFA Europa eague UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa eague UCC: UEFA Cup inners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament EITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : enotes player substituted (*) : enotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship C: FIFA orld Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship C: FIFA omen's orld Cup CHAMP: UEFA European omen's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: decided on away goals (P): Penalty agg: Aggregate : es played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition : Points : rawn R: Sent off (straight red card) ob: of birth Res.: : Goals against sg: decided by silver goal : Goals for t: decided by toss of a coin gg: decided by golden goal : on : ost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/A: Not applicable (+) : enotes player introduced (+/) : enotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list : isciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match Q: Current season total UEFA Champions eague appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only : Current season total UEFA Champions eague appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday : Total appearances in the UEFA Champions eague from / season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: isclaimer: 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. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on ast updated // ::CET egend