UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 0/ SEASON AC Group H day Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) FC Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts...0 Legend...

2 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions /0/ FC AC Pedro Rodríguez, Villa 0; Pato, Thiago Silva 0+ UEFA Champions /0/0 /0/0 FC AC AC FC 00 agg: 0 0 Giuly UEFA Champions 0//0 0/0/0 FC AC AC FC 0 Eto'o, Ronaldinho ; Shevchenko Shevchenko UEFA Champions /0/00 /0/00 AC FC FC AC 0 Albertini,, José Marí ; Rivaldo,, Coco, Bierhoff UEFA Champions /0/ F AC FC 0 Athens Massaro,, Savićević, Desailly UEFA Super Cup 0// // F F AC FC FC AC 0 agg: Evani Amor ; Van Basten (p) European Champion Clubs' Cup // 0// R R FC AC AC FC agg: 0 Kubala 0,,, Segarra, Czibor ; Ferrario Verges, Suárez AC FC Home W D L Away W D L Final W D 0 L 0 W Total D L GF GA AC Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions 0//0 AC Real Madrid CF /0/0 Real Madrid CF AC 0 UEFA Champions 0//0 AC Real Madrid CF /0/0 Real Madrid CF AC Madrid Madrid Inzaghi, ; Higuaín, Pedro León 0+ Cristiano Ronaldo, Özil Ronaldinho (p); Benzema Raúl González, Drenthe ; Pirlo, Pato, Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, UEFA Super Cup /0/0 F AC Sevilla FC Monaco Inzaghi, Jankulovski, Kaká ; Renato UEFA Champions 0/0/0 /0/0 0//0 0/0/0 QF QF RC Deportivo La Coruña AC AC RC Deportivo La Coruña AC RC Celta de Vigo RC Celta de Vigo AC 0 agg: 00 La Coruna Vigo Pandiani, Valerón, Luque, Fran Kaká,, Shevchenko, Pirlo ; Pandiani Kaká 0; Jesuli, José Ignacio UEFA Champions /0/0 //0 //0 /0/0 nd nd Real Madrid CF AC AC Real Madrid CF AC RC Deportivo La Coruña RC Deportivo La Coruña AC 0 0 Madrid La Coruna Raúl González,, Guti ; Rivaldo Shevchenko 0 Tomasson ; Tristán, Makaay 0 Seedorf, Inzaghi,, UEFA Champions /0/0 0//00 nd nd AC RC Deportivo La Coruña RC Deportivo La Coruña AC 0 La Coruna Shevchenko (p); Djalminha (p) Helveg European Champion Clubs' Cup 0// /0/ R R Real Madrid CF AC AC Real Madrid CF 0 agg: 0 Madrid Butragueño Rijkaard, Van Basten European Champion Clubs' Cup /0/ 0/0/ AC Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF AC 0 agg: Madrid Ancelotti, Rijkaard, Gullit, Van Basten, Donadoni 0 Sánchez ; Van Basten UEFA Cup 0// /0/ 0/0/ /0/ R R R R RCD Espanyol AC AC RCD Espanyol AC Real Sporting de Gijón Real Sporting de Gijón AC 00 agg: agg: 0 Lecce Lecce Gijon Zubillaga 0, Pichi Alonso Virdis 0,, Gullit Alvarez 0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup /0/ /0/ R R AC Real Betis Balompié Real Betis Balompié AC agg: 0 Sevilla Tosetto, Capello ; Lopez García Soriano, Eulate UEFA Cup 0// // R R AC Athletic Club Athletic Club AC agg: Bilbao Calloni, (p), Biasiolo 0; Madariaga (p) Dani (p), (p), Carlos, ; Capello Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, European Champion Clubs' Cup /0/ /0/ QF QF AC Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF AC 0 agg: Madrid Lodetti, Altafini Amancio Amaro, Puskás, Di Stéfano, Gento ; Lodetti European Champion Clubs' Cup /0/ F Real Madrid CF AC (aet) Brussels Di Stéfano, Rial, Gento 0 ET; Schiaffino, Grillo European Champion Clubs' Cup 0/0/ /0/ AC Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF AC agg: Madrid Dal Monte, ; Iglesias Rial, Iglesias, Olsen 0, Di Stéfano ; Nordahl, Schiaffino 0 FC Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions /0/0 0/0/0 //0 /0/0 UEFA Champions 0//0 /0/0 FC FC Internazionale o FC Internazionale o FC FC FC Internazionale o FC Internazionale o FC UEFA Champions /0/0 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 QF QF nd nd Udinese Calcio FC FC Udinese Calcio UEFA Champions /0/0 0/0/0 nd nd FC Juventus Juventus FC FC Internazionale o FC FC FC Internazionale o UEFA Champions 0// /0/ AS Roma FC FC AS Roma UEFA Cup Winners' Cup /0/ 0/0/ ACF Fiorentina FC FC ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina FC FC ACF Fiorentina 0 agg: agg (aet) agg: Udine Turin Rome Florence Florence Piqué Sneijder 0, Maicon, Milito ; Pedro Rodríguez Piqué 0, Pedro Rodríguez Ezquerro, Iniesta 0 Ronaldinho,, 0(p), Deco ; Felipe Xavi Hernández ; Nedvěd, Zalayeta ET Montero ; Saviola Saviola, Cocu, Kluivert Emerson, Montella, Tommasi 0+ Kluivert ; Panucci Bressan, Balbo, ; Figo 0, Rivaldo, Figo, Luis Enrique 0, Rivaldo, 0(p); Batistuta 0, Chiesa Couto 0, Guardiola Nadal ; Batistuta Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

5 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, European Champion Clubs' Cup 0/0/ F UC Sampdoria FC 0 (aet) London Koeman ET UEFA Cup Winners' Cup /0/ 0/0/ Juventus FC FC Juventus 0 agg: Turin Baggio Stoichkov, 0, Goikoetxea ; Casiraghi UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0/0/ F FC UC Sampdoria 0 Berne Salinas, Lopez Rekarte 0 European Champion Clubs' Cup /0/ 0/0/ QF QF Juventus FC FC Juventus agg: 0 Turin Platini ; Archibald 0 Julio Alberto UEFA Cup 0// /0/ R R FC S.S. Lazio S.S. Lazio FC 0 agg: 0 0 f Rome Sotil, Cruyff, Neeskens, Fortes forfeited Record versus clubs from opponents' country AC FC Home W D 0 0 L 0 Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L 0 GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

6 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, background First place in Group H is at stake when AC host FC at San Siro on matchday five. With both sides already qualified for the last, travel to Italy with a twopoint lead knowing victory will win them the group. Previous meetings The sides have met times in UEFA competition, recording four wins each and four draws. 's record in five home games against reads W D L. Their most memorable encounter was the UEFA Champions final in Athens, which won 0. also prevailed when the clubs met in the UEFA Super Cup, winning 0 at home after a away draw. 's last victory against came on 0 October 00 in the UEFA Champions group stage, Andriy Shevchenko scoring the only goal. Clarence Seedorf and Gennaro Gattuso were on the winning side with Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol and Víctor Valdés lining up for the Blaugrana. Mark van Bommel was in the lineup when the teams last met at San Siro in the 00/0 UEFA Champions semifinals, the visitors emerging victorious through a solitary Ludovic Giuly strike. The return finished goalless. The lineups for that firstleg game on April 00 were: : Dida, Kaladze, Nesta, Stam (Cafu ), Serginho, Gattuso (Ambrosini ), Seedorf, Pirlo (Maldini ), Kaká, Shevchenko, Gilardino. : Valdés, Oleguer (Motta ), Márquez, Puyol, Van Bronckhorst, Edmílson, Van Bommel, Iniesta, Giuly (Belletti 0), Eto'o, Ronaldinho (Maxi López ). background Before successive wins against Plzeň and BATE, had recorded just one victory in eight home fixtures in their previous two European campaigns. The Rossoneri's overall home record against Spanish clubs is W D L. have scored nine goals in their two Group H away games so far and have lost just one of their last eight European away fixtures. Their most recent trip to San Siro ended in a loss against FC Internazionale o in the 00/0 semifinal first leg. Their overall record away to Italian sides is W D L. Team ties Josep Guardiola played for Brescia Calcio and AS Roma; he was a teammate of Daniele Bonera at Brescia in 00/0. Gianluca Zambrotta (000), Zlatan Ibrahimović (000) and Van Bommel (000) have had spells at. Christian Abbiati (Club Atlético de Madrid), Clarence Seedorf, Robinho and the sidelined Antonio Cassano (all Real Madrid CF) have played in Spain. midfielder Thiago Alcántara was born in San Pietro Vernotico in Italy. His father, Mazinho, played in Serie A for US Lecce and ACF Fiorentina. Javier Mascherano and Alberto Aquilani played together at Liverpool FC in 00/0. Mascherano was in the Liverpool team beaten by in the 00 UEFA Champions final. Maxwell played for Inter between 00 and 00, recording three wins and a defeat in Serie A against. Cesc Fàbregas and Mathieu Flamini were Arsenal FC teammates from 00 to 00. Fàbregas scored at San Siro in a 0 win at in the 00/0 round of second leg, with Flamini also featuring. Iniesta scored the extratime winner as Spain overcame a Netherlands side featuring Van Bommel in the 00 FIFA World Cup final. David Villa and Fàbregas converted from the spot as Spain defeated Italy on penalties in the UEFA EURO 00 quarterfinals. Massimo Ambrosini, Cassano, Zambrotta and Aquilani appeared for Italy. Éric Abidal was sent off when an Italy team including Zambrotta, Gattuso and substitutes Aquilani and Cassano overcame France 0 in the UEFA EURO 00 group stage. Aquilani got the winner as Italy overcame Spain in an August friendly, Thiago making his senior Spain debut. Alexis Sánchez scored in Udinese Calcio's draw at last season. That was his sole goal in seven league and cup meetings with during three years in Udine which brought three wins, two draws and two defeats. Last updated // ::CET background

7 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, facts UEFA milestones FC BATE Borisov's goal on matchday four was the 00th have conceded in the European Cup. UEFA Champions statistics Gennaro Gattuso is available again having completed a fourgame ban. Latest domestic information Saturday November: ACF Fiorentina 00 AC Abbiati; Abate, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Antonini; Aquilani, Ambrosini, Nocerino, Seedorf (Emanuelson ); Ibrahimović, Robinho (Pato 0) The goalless draw in Florence was only the second time have failed to score this season. A 0 defeat at Juventus on October was the other occasion. Zlatan Ibrahimović's sixth goal in six club matches set on their way to a 0 home win against Calcio Catania on November. The Swedish international is one away from a century of Serie A goals. have won six of their last eight fixtures in all competitions. The Diavolo have scored goals in the past six league games. KevinPrince Boateng ( win v US Lecce) and Antonio Nocerino ( v Parma FC) scored their maiden hattricks last month. The Rossoneri are league matches unbeaten at San Siro, since a 0 defeat by AS Roma on December 00. 's haul of one win and two draws from their first five league games represented the worst start to a Serie A defence since SSC Napoli in 0/. Clarence Seedorf's goal in the 0 win against AC Cesena on September meant the yearold has now scored in each of his 0 campaigns as a professional. Injury news Antonio Cassano underwent heart surgery on November to resolve the problem that caused him to suffer an ischemic stroke on the way back from the fixture against Roma last month. Philippe Mexès, out with a knee problem since April, made his comeback as a late substitute on matchday three but is now sidelined with a broken hand. Gattuso has been diagnosed with sixth nerve palsy, a disorder associated with the dysfunction of the cranial nerve that controls eye movement. He has not played since the opening day of the season. Seedorf returned on matchday four, having not featured since injuring a knee in training on October. Pato, out since September with a thigh problem, came on as a substitute against Fiorentina. Mathieu Flamini will miss the group stage after damaging knee ligaments in a friendly win against Juventus on August. International duty Ignazio Abate made his debut for Italy in a 0 success against Poland on November, a day before his th birthday. Miscellaneous Ibrahimović was named Sweden's player of the year for a record sixth time on November. UEFA milestones have conceded goals in UEFA competition. UEFA Champions statistics With, have scored more goals than any other side. Lionel Messi has scored five goals, the joint highest total in the group stage along with Mario Gomez. Last updated // ::CET facts

8 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Messi has had more shots on goal () than any other player while his total of shots wide is the joint highest along with Hulk. Daniel Alves serves a onegame ban on matchday five. Latest domestic information Saturday November: FC 0 Real Zaragoza (Piqué, Messi, Puyol, Villa ) Valdés; Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Maxwell; Fàbregas (Villa ), Xavi (Thiago ), Keita, Cuenca; Messi, Alexis Sánchez (Iniesta ) Messi took his tally to nine in six games for club and country with the second goal against Zaragoza. Carles Puyol had not scored since October 00 prior to Saturday. are games unbeaten in all competitions, since a loss at Real Sociedad de Fútbol on 0 April. Thiago Alcántara's brother, Rafinha, and Cristian Tello made their debuts in a 0 win at CE L'Hospitalet in the first leg of the Copa del Rey round of on November. The return will take place on December. The Catalan giants' run of nine successive clean sheets and minutes without conceding ended when Ander Herrera opened the scoring for Athletic Club in a draw on November. Messi saved the Azulgrana from defeat with an addedtime equaliser his first away Liga goal this season. Víctor Valdés, everpresent throughout that club record sequence, broke Andoni Zubizarreta's club goalkeeping record of 0 Liga appearances on October. Xavi Hernández passed Migueli's club record for Liga appearances at Granada CF on October, marking his nd topflight match with the only goal of the game. It took him to four in nine league outings this term, passing his tallies for each of the last two seasons. Barça have scored in consecutive Liga away games, a Spanish topflight record. have already collected two trophies this season, beating FC Porto 0 in the UEFA Super Cup on August having already wrapped up a aggregate victory against Real Madrid CF in the Spanish Super Cup. Injury news Andrés Iniesta has been ruled out of the trip to have bruised his left thigh at the weekend. Adriano tore his left hamstring while on international duty with Brazil earlier this month. Alexis Sánchez (out since 0 September, hamstring) made his comeback on matchday four. Pedro Rodríguez has resumed training after suffering an ankle injury against Granada CF on October. Ibrahim Afellay is likely to be out until next year after suffering a knee ligament injury in training in September. International duty Messi scored for Argentina in a FIFA World Cup qualifying defeat of Colombia on November. Seydou Keita was on target for Mali in their friendly draw with Burkina Faso on November; a late equaliser from David Villa earned Spain a stalemate in Costa Rica four days later. Marc Bartra and Thiago both scored in Spain Under's 0 win against Switzerland on November. Villa struck his 0th goal for Spain in their home win against Scotland on October, a game that marked Valdés' first competitive start in goal for the Roja. Miscellaneous Josep Guardiola took charge of his 00th official game on matchday four, when Messi broke the 00goal barrier for the club. On 0 November at a ceremony in Madrid, Zubizarreta and Xavi received a commemorative cap and medal from UEFA in honour of their century or more of international appearances. Messi is among candidates for Time magazine's Person of the Year, the winner of which will be announced in December. will face the winners of the quarterfinal between Qatar's AlSadd Sports Club and Esperance Sportive de Tunis in the last four of the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on December. Last updated // ::CET facts

9 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Squad list AC No. Player Goalkeepers Marco Amelia 0 Flavio Roma Christian Abbiati Riccardo Piscitelli Defenders Taye Taiwo Philippe Mexès Alessandro Nesta Gianluca Zambrotta 0 Ignazio Abate Daniele Bonera Thiago Silva Mattia De Sciglio Mario Yepes Luca Antonini Midfielders Mark van Bommel Gennaro Gattuso 0 Clarence Seedorf Alberto Aquilani Antonio Nocerino Massimo Ambrosini KevinPrince Boateng Urby Emanuelson Forwards Pato Zlatan Ibrahimović Simone Andrea Ganz 0 Robinho Antonio Cassano Coach Massimiliano Allegri Nat. NGA FRA BRA COL NED NED GHA NED BRA SWE BRA DoB 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/ Age 0 0 D QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

10 FC Alltime Current season UEFA UCL UCL QUAL Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers /0/ Víctor Valdés 0// José Pinto /0/ Rubén Miño /0/ Oier Olazábal Defenders S 0/0/ BRA Daniel Alves 0 0/0/ Gerard Piqué 0 0 /0/ Carles Puyol 0 0 /0/ BRA Maxwell 0 /0/ FRA Éric Abidal // Andreu Fontàs /0/ Marc Muniesa 0 /0/ Marc Bartra /0/ Sergi Gómez 0 /0/ Martín Montoya Midfielders 0/0/ Cesc Fàbregas 0 /0/0 Xavi Hernández /0/ Andrés Iniesta 0 /0/ Thiago Alcántara 0/0/ ARG Javier Mascherano 0 /0/0 MLI Seydou Keita 0 /0/ Sergio Busquets 0/0/ NED Ibrahim Afellay 0 /0/ BRA Adriano /0/0 MEX Jonathan Dos Santos 0 /0/ Martí Riverola 0/0/ Sergi Roberto 0 /0/ Rafinha Forwards 0// David Villa // CHI Alexis Sánchez /0/ ARG Lionel Messi 0 /0/ Pedro Rodríguez /0/ Gerard Deulofeu 0 0/0/ Kiko Femenía 0 /0/ Isaac Cuenca Coach 0 /0/ Josep Guardiola Squad list 0 Last updated // ::CET Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) AC FC Stadio Giuseppe Meazza,

11 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Head coach AC : Massimiliano Allegri of birth: August Nationality: Italian Playing career: UC Cuoiopelli, AS Livorno Calcio (twice), Pisa Calcio, AC Pavia, Pescara Calcio (twice), Cagliari Calcio, AC Perugia, Calcio Padova, SSC Napoli, AC Pistoiese, Aglianese Calcio Coaching career: Aglianese Calcio, SPAL 0, US Grosseto FC, US Sassuolo Calcio, Cagliari Calcio, AC A creative attacking midfielder, Allegri started out in his native Tuscany with Cuoiopelli and then Livorno, his hometown club. First appeared in Serie A for Pisa against in / but played only twice that season before heading back to Livorno. Returned to Serie A after helping Pescara win promotion in. The following term he scored goals under Giovanni Galeone, the coach Allegri still considers his mentor. After leaving Pescara in, had spells at Cagliari, Perugia, Padova and Napoli before hanging up his boots back in Tuscany with fourth division Aglianese in 00. Moved straight into coaching at Aglianese, prior to taking charge at SPAL and Grosseto. In November 00 he won the Panchina d'oro (golden bench) as the third division's best coach having led Sassuolo to promotion. Had earlier been appointed by Cagliari whom he led to ninth place in 00, winning the Panchina d'oro again, this time as Serie A's best coach. Cagliari started the following season superbly but a bad run of results prompted Allegri's dismissal on April 00 although he had already done enough to earn a twoyear contract at. Allegri's first season at San Siro ended with his new club winning the Scudetto for the first time since 00. FC : Josep Guardiola of birth: January Nationality: Spanish Playing career: FC, Brescia Calcio (twice), AS Roma, AlAhly Club, Dorados de Sinaloa Coaching career: FC B, FC Known as 'Pep', he came up through 's youth ranks to win six Spanish Liga titles, one European Champion Clubs' Cup, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two Copa del Rey trophies from 0 to 00. Also had spells with Brescia, Fabio Capello's Roma, AlAhly in Doha and Mexico's Dorados de Sinola before ending his playing career in 00. Won 0 caps and Olympic footballing gold with Spain in, but missed the and 00 FIFA World Cup tournaments through injury. Having coached 's B team, became the th Catalanborn boss of the senior team in 00 and won the UEFA Champions, Spanish Liga and Copa del Rey in his first season in charge. Success in the 00/0 final made Guardiola the sixth man to lift the European Cup as a player and a coach. followed up with victories in the Spanish and UEFA Super Cups at the start of 00/0, going on to win the FIFA Club World Cup and retain the Liga title. Steered the Azulgrana to a third successive Liga crown and their fourth European Cup in 00/. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

12 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Wolfgang Stark (GER) JanHendrik Salver (GER), Mike Pickel (GER) Peter Sippel (GER), Christian Dingert (GER) Peter Gagelmann (GER) Barry Bright (ENG) Vítor Melo Pereira (POR) Referee Name Wolfgang Stark of birth 0// UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches Wolfgang Stark's ambition is to follow in the footsteps of compatriot Markus Merk and reach the top of the European refereeing tree. Hailing from Landshut in Bavaria, bank employee Stark has been a German Football Association referee since and took charge of matches in the. Bundesliga before stepping up to the top flight in. Two years later he became a FIFA official, overseeing his first international in March 00, a goalless draw between Azerbaijan and Moldova. In he was selected to travel to the FIFA U World Cup in New Zealand and the UEFA European Under Championship in Sweden, also spending a valuable month refereeing in Japan's J in September 00. Stark was a regular in qualifying for both the 00 FIFA World Cup and UEFA EURO 00, when he took charge of five matches including the Group C game between Greece and Turkey in 00. Stark has been in the middle for top domestic fixtures too, with Bayer 0 Leverkusen's match against FC Schalke 0 in 00 among his personal favourites to date. He continues to earn a number of highprofile appointments, particularly in the UEFA Champions when he oversaw the 00/ semifinal first leg between Real Madrid CF and FC, and took charge of three matches at the 00 World Cup finals in South Africa and the 0 German Cup final. Last updated // ::CET officials

13 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away /0/0 UCL Juventus FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 Turin /0/0 UCL nd AS Roma Valencia CF 0 Rome /0/0 UCL nd FC Basel Juventus Basel /0/0 UCL Real Madrid CF Olympique de Marseille Madrid //0 UCL FC Internazionale o Arsenal FC 0//0 UCL RC Deportivo La Coruña Liverpool FC 0 La Coruna 0//0 UCL Rosenborg BK Real Madrid CF 0 Trondheim /0/0 UCL KO AFC Ajax FC Internazionale o Amsterdam /0/0 UCL Olympique Lyonnais Real Madrid CF 0 Lyon //0 UCL FC Shakhtar Donetsk AS Roma 0 Donetsk 0/0/0 UCL KO Valencia CF FC Internazionale o 00 Valencia //0 UCL FC Dynamo Kyiv AS Roma Kyiv /0/0 UCL Manchester United FC Villarreal CF 00 Manchester /0/0 UCL Juventus Real Madrid CF Turin 0//0 UCL Olympique de Marseille Club Atlético de Madrid 00 Marseille /0/0 UCL KO Olympique Lyonnais FC Lyon /0/0 UCL KO Manchester United FC FC Internazionale o 0 Manchester /0/0 UCL QF Arsenal FC Villarreal CF 0 London /0/0 UCL FC Chelsea FC 00 /0/0 UCL FC Internazionale o FC 00 0//0 UCL Olympique de Marseille Real Madrid CF Marseille /0/0 UCL KO Chelsea FC FC Internazionale o 0 London 0/0/0 UCL QF FC Arsenal FC /0/0 UCL PO SC Braga Sevilla FC 0 Braga /0/ UCL KO Olympique Lyonnais Real Madrid CF Lyon /0/ UCL Real Madrid CF FC 0 Madrid 0// UCL FC Internazionale o LOSC Lille Métropole Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away 0/0/ U QR Scotland Spain 0 Ta' Qali /0/ U Republic of Ireland Italy 0 Norrkoping /0/00 UCUP R AS Roma ND Gorica 0 Rome /0/0 UCUP R AC Roda JC 0 /0/0 UCUP R Parma FC Gençlerbirliği SK 0 Parma /0/0 UCUP R Celtic FC FC 0 Glasgow 0/0/0 UCUP R Villarreal CF FC Steaua Bucureşti 0 Villarreal 0/0/0 UCUP R LOSC Lille Métropole Sevilla FC 0 Villeneuve d'ascq 0/0/0 EURO QR Iceland Spain Reykjavik /0/0 U QR Greece Italy Athens 0/0/0 UCUP R SL Benfica SSC Napoli 0 Lisbon 0/0/0 WC QR Italy Republic of Ireland Bari Last updated // ::CET officials

14 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Fixtures and results AC Competition Opponent 0/0/ S.S. Lazio (H) D /0/ UCL FC (A) D /0/ SSC Napoli (A) L /0/ Udinese Calcio (H) D /0/ AC Cesena (H) W 0 /0/ UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (H) W 0 0/0/ Juventus (A) L 0 /0/ US Città di Palermo (H) W 0 /0/ UCL FC BATE Borisov (H) W 0 /0/ US Lecce (A) W /0/ Parma FC (H) W /0/ AS Roma (A) W 0// UCL FC BATE Borisov (A) D 0// Calcio Catania (H) W 0 // ACF Fiorentina (A) D 00 // UCL FC (H) // AC Chievo Verona (H) 0// Genoa CFC (A) 0// UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (A) // Bologna FC (A) // AC Siena (H) // Cagliari Calcio (A) 0/0/ Atalanta BC (A) /0/ FC Internazionale o (H) /0/ Novara Calcio (A) /0/ Cagliari Calcio (H) 0/0/ S.S. Lazio (A) 0/0/ SSC Napoli (H) /0/ Udinese Calcio (A) /0/ AC Cesena (A) /0/ Juventus (H) 0/0/ US Città di Palermo (A) /0/ US Lecce (H) /0/ Parma FC (A) /0/ AS Roma (H) Ibrahimović, Cassano Pato, Thiago Silva 0+ Aquilani El Shaarawy Seedorf Ibrahimović (p), Cassano Nocerino, Robinho, Cassano Ibrahimović, Boateng 0 Boateng,,, Yepes Nocerino 0,, 0+, Ibrahimović Ibrahimović,, Nesta 0 Ibrahimović Ibrahimović (p), Robinho, Lodi (og), Zambrotta Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

15 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Pos. 0 0 Clubs Juventus S.S. Lazio AC Udinese Calcio AS Roma US Città di Palermo SSC Napoli Genoa CFC AC Chievo Verona Parma FC AC Siena Calcio Catania Atalanta BC ACF Fiorentina Cagliari Calcio FC Internazionale o Bologna FC US Lecce Novara Calcio AC Cesena W D 0 L 0 GF GA 0 0 Pts 0 Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

16 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, FC Competition Opponent /0/ SCUP FC Porto (H) W 0 /0/ Villarreal CF (H) W 0 0/0/ Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) D /0/ UCL AC (H) D /0/ CA Osasuna (H) W 0 /0/ Valencia CF (A) D /0/ Club Atlético de Madrid (H) W 0 /0/ UCL FC BATE Borisov (A) W 0 0/0/ Real Sporting de Gijón (A) W 0 /0/ Real Racing Club (H) W 0 /0/ UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (H) W 0 /0/ Sevilla FC (H) D 00 /0/ Granada CF (A) W 0 /0/ RCD Mallorca (H) W 0 0// UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (A) W 0 0// Athletic Club (A) D 0// Cup CE L'Hospitalet (A) W 0 // Real Zaragoza (H) W 0 // // 0// 0// 0// 0// // 0/0/ /0/ /0/ /0/ 0/0/ /0/ /0/ /0/ 0/0/ /0/ /0/ /0/ /0/ UCL UCL Cup AC (A) Getafe CF (A) Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (H) Levante UD (H) FC BATE Borisov (H) Real Madrid CF (A) CE L'Hospitalet (H) RCD Espanyol (A) Real Betis Balompié (H) Málaga CF (A) Villarreal CF (A) Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) CA Osasuna (A) Valencia CF (H) Club Atlético de Madrid (A) Real Sporting de Gijón (H) Real Racing Club (A) Sevilla FC (A) Granada CF (H) RCD Mallorca (A) Messi, Fàbregas Thiago Alcántara, Fàbregas, Alexis Sánchez, Messi, Xavi Hernández 0, Fàbregas Pedro Rodríguez, Villa 0 Messi,,, Fàbregas, Villa,, Rovérsio 0 (og), Xavi Hernández Pedro Rodríguez, Fàbregas Villa, Miranda (og), Messi,, 0+ A. Volodko (og), Pedro Rodríguez, Messi,, Villa 0 Adriano Messi,, Xavi Hernández Iniesta 0, Villa Xavi Hernández Messi (p),, 0, Isaac Cuenca 0, Daniel Alves 0+ Messi (p), +, 0+, Fàbregas Fàbregas, Messi 0+ Iniesta Piqué, Messi, Puyol, Villa Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

17 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Pos. 0 0 Clubs Real Madrid CF FC Valencia CF Levante UD Málaga CF Sevilla FC Athletic Club RCD Espanyol Club Atlético de Madrid Rayo Vallecano de Madrid CA Osasuna Villarreal CF Real Betis Balompié Real Sporting de Gijón Getafe CF RCD Mallorca Real Zaragoza Granada CF Real Sociedad de Fútbol Real Racing Club W 0 D L 0 GF 0 0 GA 0 Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

18 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, bymatch lineups Group H Standings Club FC AC FC BATE Borisov FC Viktoria Plzeň W 0 0 D L 0 0 GF GA Pts 0 day (/0/) Goals: 0 Pato, Pedro Rodríguez, Villa 0, Thiago Silva 0+ FC : Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Xavi Hernández, Villa (Afellay ), Iniesta (Fàbregas ), Messi, Mascherano, Keita (Puyol ), Busquets, Pedro Rodríguez, Abidal AC : Abbiati, Van Bommel (Aquilani ), Pato, Seedorf, Nesta, Zambrotta, Abate, Nocerino, Boateng (Ambrosini ), Thiago Silva, Cassano (Emanuelson ) day (/0/) BATE 0 Goals: 0 A. Volodko (o.g.), 0 Pedro Rodríguez, 0 Messi, 0 Messi, 0 Villa 0 FC : Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Puyol, Xavi Hernández (Fàbregas 0), Villa, Messi, Thiago Alcántara, Mascherano, Keita, Pedro Rodríguez (Maxwell ), Abidal (Adriano ) 0 Plzeň Goals: 0 Ibrahimović (pen), 0 Cassano AC : Abbiati, Van Bommel, Seedorf (Aquilani ), Ibrahimović, Nesta, Abate (De Sciglio ), Nocerino, Emanuelson, Thiago Silva, Antonini (Taiwo ), Cassano day (/0/) 0 BATE Goals: 0 Ibrahimović, 0 Boateng 0 AC : Abbiati, Taiwo, Van Bommel, Ibrahimović, Nesta (Mexès ), Aquilani, Abate, Nocerino, Bonera, Boateng (Emanuelson ), Cassano (Robinho ) 0 Plzeň Goals: 0 Iniesta 0, 0 Villa FC : Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Xavi Hernández, Villa (Isaac Cuenca ), Iniesta (Keita ), Messi, Mascherano, Busquets, Pedro Rodríguez, Adriano, Abidal day (0//) BATE Goals: 0 Ibrahimović, Renan Bressan (pen) AC : Abbiati, Taiwo, Ibrahimović, Nesta (Bonera ), Aquilani (Seedorf ), Abate, Nocerino, Ambrosini, Boateng, Thiago Silva, Robinho (Ganz ) Plzeň 0 Goals: 0 Messi (pen), 0 Messi +, 0 Fàbregas, 0 Messi 0+ FC : Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves (Maxwell ), Piqué, Fàbregas, Puyol, Messi, Thiago Alcántara, Busquets (Keita ), Adriano, Abidal (Alexis Sánchez ), Isaac Cuenca day (//) v day (0//) v BATE Plzeň v Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

19 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Competition facts UEFA Champions : Group stage milestones Holders FC have avoided becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between /000 and 00/0 that featured a second group stage). In /, were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions trophy with AC (, 0) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United (00, 00) have all returned to the UEFA Champions final as holders only to lose. S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions in 00/0 when he featured against Olympiacos FC on matchday one at the age of years and days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC defender who played against AEK Athens FC in 00/0 at the age of 0 years and days. Ballotta was aged years days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six. Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and days, in Manchester United's draw at SL Benfica on September 0. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions. He was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November. He was then sent off in the th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions, aged years and days. He found the net in Olympiacos's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October. and Manchester United FC have both finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Real Madrid. Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions group stage: (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/) and (00/0, first group stage). Twelve teams have gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without picking up a single point, including MŠK Žilina and FK Partizan in 00/. The other ten are: Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC (00/0), FC Dynamo Kyiv (00/0), PFC Levski Sofia (00/0), SK Rapid Wien (00/0), Anderlecht (00/0), Spartak Moskva and Bayer 0 Leverkusen (00/0, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (00/0, first group stage) and. FC Košice (/). Manchester United scored 0 goals in the / group stage, more than any other side has managed. scored times in the /000 first group stage. MŠK Žilina conceded goals in their six outings in 00/, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (00/0), Dynamo Kyiv (00/0) and Ferencvárosi TC in /. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without conceding a goal. (/), AFC Ajax (/), Juventus (/ and 00/0), Chelsea FC (00/0), Liverpool FC (00/0), Villarreal CF (00/0) and Manchester United (00/) all let in just one. Before their win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 00/0 campaign, Spartak Moskva went games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on matchday three of the same campaign. 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 Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer 0 Leverkusen managed it in /000 and Liverpool in 00/0. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 00/0, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 00/0. Last updated // ::CET Competition facts

20 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Team facts AC Formed: Nicknames: Rossoneri (Red and Blacks), Diavoli (Devils) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup (): (),,,, 0, (),, (), 00, (00), 00 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup ():,, () UEFA Super Cup (): (),, 0,, 00, 00 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: (0) Italian Cup: (00) Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) 00/: round of 00/0: round of 00/0: UEFA Cup round of 00/0: round of 00/0: winners 00/0: semifinals 00/0: runnersup 00/0: quarterfinals 00/0: winners 00/0: UEFA Cup semifinals Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 0: v US Luxembourg /0/, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg Biggest away win 0: twice, most recently FC København v 0/0/, UEFA Champions second round first leg Heaviest home defeat 0: seven times, most recently v AFC Ajax 0//0, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat 0: AFC Ajax v /0/, UEFA Super Cup final second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win 0: twice, most recently v FC Shakhtar Donetsk //0, group stage Biggest away win 0: three times, most recently v Fenerbahçe SK //0, group stage Heaviest home defeat 0: four times, most recently v AFC Ajax (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat 0: twice, most recently Manchester United FC v 0/0/0, round of second leg Last updated // ::CET 0 Team facts

21 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, FC Formed: Nicknames: Azulgrana (Blue and Reds, Spanish), Blaugrana (Blue and Reds, Catalan) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup (): (), (),, (), 00, 00, 0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): (),,,, (), UEFA Super Cup (): (), (), (),,, (00), 00, 0 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: (0) Spanish Cup: (00) Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) 00/: winners 00/0: semifinals 00/0: winners 00/0: semifinals 00/0: round of 00/0: winners 00/0: round of 00/0: UEFA Cup fourth round 00/0: quarterfinals 00/0: semifinals Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 0: twice, most recently v ŠKM Púchov /0/0, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest away win 0: Hapoel BeerSheva FC v /0/, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat 0: twice, most recently v FC Dynamo Kyiv 0//, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat 0: AC v /0/, European Champion Clubs' Cup final (played in Athens) : Valencia CF v 0/0/00, UEFA Champions semifinal first leg 0: on ten occasions, most recently v AS Roma (/0/0, UEFA Champions second group stage) UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win 0: Five times, most recently v PFC Levski Sofia /0/0, group stage Biggest away win 0: twice, most recently FC BATE Borisov v /0/, group stage Heaviest home defeat 0: v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat 0: AC v (see above for details) : Valencia CF v (see above for details) 0 on three occasions, most recently v AS Roma (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

22 AC FC Wednesday November 0 0.CET (0. local time) Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Legend ALLTIME 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, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (0), the UEFA Europa, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (000). 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 World Cup is excluded. :: officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions 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 UCL: UEFA Champions /UEFA Champions Tournament: UEFA Europa /UEFA Champions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final : Group stage : First group stage : 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 ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff FT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round : 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 WC: FIFA World 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 WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women'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 Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: of birth Res.: GA: Goals against sg: decided by silver goal GF: Goals for t: decided by toss of a coin gg: decided by golden goal W: Won L: Lost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/a: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions from / season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: 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. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on Last updated // ::CET Legend