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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Bayer Leverkusen Group E Matchday Wednesday September.CET (. local time) KRC Genk Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Bayer Leverkusen Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue // GS Club Brugge KV Bayer Leverkusen Bruges UEFA Champions Date Stage Match Result Venue // GS K. Lierse SK Bayer Leverkusen Gent // GS Bayer Leverkusen K. Lierse SK Leverkusen Goalscorers Clement ; Schneider Goalscorers Emerson, Kirsten Beinlich (p) KRC Genk Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date // // UEFA Cup Date // // Stage R R Stage R R Match Borussia Dortmund KRC Genk KRC Genk Borussia Dortmund Match UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date // // Stage R R KRC Genk SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen KRC Genk Match KRC Genk MSV Duisburg MSV Duisburg KRC Genk Record versus clubs from opponents' country Result agg: ag Result agg: Result agg: Venue Dortmund Genk Venue Genk Bremen Venue Brussels Duisburg Goalscorers Dede ; De Camargo, Odonkor Goalscorers Thijs, Zokora ; Pizarro, (p),, Stalteri, Maximov Ernst, Herzog, Baumann, Bode ; Sonck Goalscorers Oulare,, Strupar, T. Gudjónsson, Wedau ; Reini Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Match background Bayer Leverkusen begin their home campaign in Group E with the visit of KRC Genk as they seek to continue a threematch unbeaten run against Belgian opposition. The German side went down at Chelsea FC on matchday one, when Genk earned a goalless draw against Valencia CF. Match background It is the first competitive meeting between the teams although they did come face to face for a friendly on July this year. Leverkusen came out on top, Eren Derdiyok scoring a hattrick. In three previous games against Belgian opponents Leverkusen have still to taste defeat. Their most recent contest, a / UEFA Cup group stage away game against Club Brugge KV, ended. The other matches against K. Lierse SK in the / UEFA Champions group stage were won at home and away. Genk, in the group stage for the first time in nine years, were winners at Borussia Dortmund on their last trip to Germany in the UEFA Intertoto Cup third round. Their only other win in six fixtures with Bundesliga opposition came against MSV Duisburg in the / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, a home secondleg success completing a aggregate triumph. That is Genk's sole home win against German opponents; in the two other games, they lost to SV Werder Bremen in November and against Dortmund in July. This is Leverkusen's seventh UEFA Champions participation. In their latest group campaign seven years ago, last season's Bundesliga runnersup won all three home matches, beating Real Madrid CF, AS Roma and FC Dynamo Kyiv. In the round of they lost home and away to eventual champions Liverpool FC. Genk reached the group stage in dramatic circumstances, the Belgian champions overturning Maccabi Haifa FC's firstleg advantage in the playoffs to win by the same score in the return. With no addition to the aggregate score in extra time, it went to the shootout, Genk winning thanks to two saves from goalkeeper László Köteles. Coach Frank Vercauteren stepped down after the first leg against Haifa. Pierre Denier was in caretaker charge for the return before Mario Been was appointed as Vercauteren's permanent successor on August. The Belgian side defeated FK Partizan in the third qualifying round, winning at home with goals from Jelle Vossen and Marvin Ogunjimi. Vossen's penalty equaliser earned a secondleg draw in Belgrade. On their only previous participation, in /, Genk finished bottom of their group with four points. On their travels they lost at Real Madrid but then gained draws at Roma () and AEK Athens FC (). Team ties Been scored the second goal for Feyenoord in a draw with Leverkusen in a / UEFA Cup third round tie. Feyenoord lost the away leg against a team who went on to win that season's competition. Daniel Pudil and Michal Kadlec are international teammates with the Czech Republic. In a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Tel Aviv in September, Tranquillo Barnetta played for Switzerland in a draw against Israel, who brought on Elyaniv Barda after an hour. The return game in Basle months later ended goalless. Derdiyok and Barnetta featured for Switzerland while Barda played for Israel. Germany beat Belgium in an August friendly in Nuremberg. Simon Rolfes was in the German side while Thomas Buffel and Stijn Huysegems appeared as substitutes for the visitors. Rolfes was a substitute for Germany as they lost to the Czech Republic in a UEFA EURO qualifier played in Munich in October. Pudil started for the winning team. Last updated // ::CET Match background

4 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Match facts Leverkusen UEFA milestones Leverkusen have conceded goals in the UEFA Champions, group stage to final. The matchday one defeat at Chelsea FC was the German club's th loss in UEFA competition. UEFA Champions statistics Leverkusen committed fouls on matchday one, the joint highest total in the competition along with FC Bayern München. Latest domestic information Saturday September: FC Bayern München Bayer Leverkusen (T Müller, Van Buyten, Robben ) Leno; Balitsch, Reinartz, Toprak (Friedrich ), Da Costa (Bellarabi ); Bender, Rolfes; Sam, Renato Augusto, Castro; Kiessling Danny da Costa,, made his Bundesliga debut as Leverkusen suffered a third successive defeat in all competitions. Leverkusen lost to. FC Köln on September. André Schürrle was sent off in added time and banned against Bayern. Bernd Leno's run of three successive clean sheets ended when the yearold conceded his first senior goal against FC Augsburg on September. He has subsequently shipped nine in three games. Injury news Daniel Schwaab (knee) and Michael Ballack (flu) missed the Bayern defeat. Gonzalo Castro returned having sat out the loss to Köln with a groin injury. Bastian Oczipka, out since breaking an ankle on loan at FC St Pauli on February, was an unused substitute. Firstchoice keeper René Adler has been sidelined since undergoing knee surgery in midjuly. Understudy Fabian Giefer has not played since suffering concussion against. FSV Mainz on August. Tranquillo Barnetta could be out of the group stage after undergoing another operation on his right knee to correct complications which arose during the summer. Summer signing Michael Ortega underwent surgery after injuring his left knee on September. Summer transfers In André Schürrle (. FSV Mainz ) Ömer Toprak (SC Freiburg) Karim Bellarabi (Eintracht Braunschweig) David Yelldell (MSV Duisburg) Bernd Leno (VfB Stuttgart, loan) Michael Ortega (Club Atlas, loan) Out Sami Hyypiä (retired) Arturo Vidal (Juventus) Domagoj Vida (GNK Dinamo Zagreb) Marcel Risse (. FSV Mainz ) Constant Djakpa (Eintracht Frankfurt) Burak Kaplan (Beşiktaş JK) Richard SukutaPasu (. FC Kaiserslautern) Kevin Kampl (VfL Osnabrück) Benedikt Fernandez (released) Zvonko Pamić (MSV Duisburg, loan) Miscellaneous Sami Hyypiä, who ended his Leverkusen playing days at the end of last season, started a coaching internship with the club last week. Lars Bender made his Germany debut as a substitute in a friendly draw in Poland on September. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

5 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Genk UEFA milestones None UEFA Champions statistics None Latest domestic information Saturday September: OudHeverlee Leuven KRC Genk (Hayen ; Vossen +) Köteles; Anele, Nadson, Simaeys, Pudil; Hubert, Tőzsér, Buffel (De Bruyne ); Barda, Vossen (Ndabashinze ), Kennedy (Benteke ) Jelle Vossen's third goal in three First games earned Genk a point despite the thminute dismissal of Elyaniv Barda. It left Genk five points adrift of First leaders Club Brugge KV. At this stage last term they were four points clear at the summit after seven wins and a draw from their opening eight fixtures. Nadson scored his first goal for Genk in the win against R. Standard de Liège on September. Genk beat K. SintTruidense VV on September to record their first victory in five league outings. That win came in Mario Been's first game since being unveiled as Frank Vercauteren's successor on August. Vercauteren left for United Arab Emirates outfit AlJazira Club on August, with Pierre Denier leading the side in the interim. Genk will play K. Lierse SK in the last of the Belgian Cup on October, having won at third tier KMSK Deinze last Wednesday. Dániel Tőzsér struck the only goal as Genk claimed their first Belgian Super Cup at the sixth attempt on July, beating Standard despite playing over an hour with ten men after Vossen's dismissal. Injury news Kevin De Bruyne returned against Leuven having been out since tearing a calf against Lierse on August. Torben Joneleit could be out until April after tearing cruciate ligaments in his left knee against KV Mechelen on August. Stijn Wertelaers suffered a broken nose and eye socket fracture during a friendly defeat by TSV Alemannia Aachen on September. Summer transfers In Grzegorz Sandomierski (Jagiellonia Białystok) Khaleem Hyland (SV Zulte Waregem) Jeroen Simaeys (Club Brugge KV) Abel Masuero (Club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata) Mohamed Sarr (Hércules CF) Christian Benteke (R. Standard de Liège) Leandro Grimi (Sporting Club de Portugal, loan) Out Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea FC) Dimitri Daeseleire (K. SintTruidense VV) Jelle Ryckx (LommelWezel United) Koen Casteels (TSG Hoffenheim) Eric Matoukou (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) Abel Masuero (Club Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, loan) Stein Huysegems (released) On September, Genk reached agreement with RCD Mallorca for the transfer of Marvin Ogunjimi. The Belgium striker will leave Genk on December. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

6 Squad list Bayer Leverkusen Alltime Current season UEFA QUAL D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // René Adler // David Yelldell // Bernd Leno // Patrick Nettekoven // Fabrice Vollborn // Fabian Giefer // Niklas Lomb Defenders // Daniel Schwaab // Stefan Reinartz // Bastian Oczipka // Manuel Friedrich // Tobias Haitz // Danny da Costa // Ömer Toprak // CZE Michal Kadlec // Gonzalo Castro // Rico Weiler // Gerrit Nauber // Patrick Koronkiewicz // Sascha Eichmeier Midfielders // Simon Rolfes // SUI Tranquillo Barnetta // Lars Bender // BRA Renato Augusto // Michael Ballack // Hanno Balitsch // Julius Biada // COL Michael Ortega // Sidney Sam // Niko Opper // Erik Zenga // Julian Riedel // Oliver Lanwer // Karim Bellarabi Forwards // André Schürrle // Stefan Kiessling // SUI Eren Derdiyok // DEN Nicolai Jørgensen // Sven Kreyer Coach // Robin Dutt Squad list Last updated // ::CET Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk

7 KRC Genk Alltime Current season UEFA QUAL D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // POL Grzegorz Sandomierski // HUN László Köteles // Gilles Lentz // Stijn Wertelaers Defenders // ARG Abel Masuero // ARG Leandro Grimi // Anthony Vanden Borre // RSA Anele Ngcongca // Jeroen Simaeys // BRA Nadson // SEN Mohamed Sarr // Timothy Durwael // Jordy Croux // Jentle Gaethofs // Willem OforiAppiah // Stef Peeters // Frederik Spruyt // Sandy Walsh Midfielders // David Hubert // TRI Khaleem Hyland // HUN Dániel Tőzsér // Kevin De Bruyne // TUN Fabien Camus // BDI Dugary Ndabashinze // CZE Daniel Pudil // Anthony Limbombe // Jordie Briels // Seppe Brulmans // Umberto Carvalho // Jaouad Emaankaf // Pieter Gerkens // Muhammed Mert Forwards // Jelle Vossen // ISR Elyaniv Barda // Thomas Buffel // NGA Kennedy Nwanganga // Marvin Ogunjimi // KEN Ayub Masika // Leopold Madeng Coach // NED Mario Been Squad list Last updated // ::CET Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk

8 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Head coach Bayer Leverkusen: Robin Dutt Date of birth: January Nationality: German Playing career: SpVgg Hirschlanden, TSV Korntal (twice), TSV Münchingen, FV Zuffenhausen, SKV Rutesheim, TSG Leonberg Coaching career: TSG Leonberg (playercoach), TSF Ditzingen, Stuttgarter Kickers (reserves), Stuttgarter Kickers, SC Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen One of the new breed of German coaches whose second career has eclipsed modest playing days, Dutt rose through the ranks of several clubs in southern Germany as he methodically learned his trade. From to he was playercoach at nonleague Leonberg, whom he led to promotion before taking over Ditzingen's reserves, becoming coach of their first team, then in the fourth tier, in. Two years later accepted the offer to take charge of the reserve side of former Bundesliga outfit Stuttgarter Kickers, stepping up to the third tier and the first team a year later. Awarded the UEFA Pro Licence as top of his class in, the same year he guided Stuttgarter Kickers to the first of successive victories in the regional Württemberg Cup. Thus qualified for the first round of the national trophy, his side duly knocked out Hamburger SV in September. Having already been linked with several higherprofile clubs, Dutt took over Freiburg in summer, finishing fifth in the. Bundesliga in his first season before winning the division, and promotion to the top flight, a year later. Took Freiburg to th position in the Bundesliga in / and led the club to sixth place at the halfway stage of the following campaign; they eventually finished ninth, earning Dutt the chance to take charge of Leverkusen. KRC Genk: Mario Been Date of birth: December Nationality: Dutch Playing career: Feyenoord, Pisa Calcio, Roda JC, sc Heerenveen, FC Tirol Innsbruck, SBV Excelsior Coaching career: Feyenoord (assistant) SBV Excelsior, Trinidad & Tobago (assistant), NEC Nijmegen, Feyenoord, KRC Genk Developed in Feyenoord's youth department, the attacking midfielder played in the first team from ; his greatest success came in when he helped the Rotterdam giants, whose side included Johan Cruyff and Ruud Gullit, to the Dutch double, also winning the country's Talent of the Year prize and making his only appearance for the Netherlands in a friendly against Austria. As a skilled playmaker who also possessed a powerful shot, he earned the nickname Mariodona at Feyenoord; left in for Pisa, and had spells with Roda, Heerenveen and Tirol Innsbruck before ending his career in back in Rotterdam with Excelsior. In he became Bert van Marwijk's assistant at Feyenoord, winning the UEFA Cup in ; left in and the following year took over at Excelsior, whom he guided to promotion as second division champions in his first season. Worked as Leo Beenhakker's assistant with Trinidad & Tobago at the FIFA World Cup before taking charge of NEC, leading the club to fifth place in the Eredivisie in / and reaching the round of of the following season's UEFA Cup. Unable to resist the lure of Feyenoord, where he returned in summer ; finished fourth and reached the Dutch Cup final in his first season but his second campaign included a club record defeat by PSV Eindhoven. Been stepped down in July but was back in football the following month, taking charge of Genk. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

9 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Alan Kelly (IRL) Damien MacGraith (IRL), Marc Douglas (IRL) Padraig Sutton (IRL), Tomas Connolly (IRL) David Mckeon (IRL) Jim Stjerne Hansen (DEN) Kyros Vassaras (GRE) Referee Name Alan Kelly Date of birth // UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches Born in Cork in, Alan Kelly is following a family tradition with both his father and grandfather having worked as referees in the of Ireland. Turned professional in and was selected for that year's UEFA European Under Championship, taking charge of four matches in Denmark including the semifinal between Spain and France. Kelly was awarded the Irish Cup final in having worked at the UEFACAF Meridian Cup earlier that year. Started / with his first taste of the qualifying fixtures in the UEFA Champions and UEFA Cup. Continued to feature regularly in both competitions, also appearing in the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Refereed one UEFA EURO qualifier, between Latvia and Iceland in October. A fixture in the UEFA Cup by /, Kelly also took charge of three qualifying fixtures for the FIFA World Cup and was in the middle for the friendly between Spain and Argentina in November. Given his second Irish Cup final the same month, Kelly started / with his first taste of the UEFA Champions proper as a referee when CFR Cluj met FC Basel on matchday one and ended it by refereeing the allireland cup final between Shamrock Rovers FC and Dundalk FC. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date // Competition Stage QR Home FC BATE Borisov Away RSC Anderlecht Result Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date // // // // // // // Competition UCUP WC UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP Stage R QR PO GS R GS GS Home FC Zürich Azerbaijan Club Brugge KV Hertha BSC Berlin FC Salzburg Sporting Clube de Portugal Rosenborg BK Away Hamburger SV Germany KKS Lech Poznań FK Ventspils R. Standard de Liège KAA Gent Bayer Leverkusen Result Venue Borisov Venue Zurich Baku Bruges Berlin Salzburg Lisbon Trondheim Last updated // ::CET Match officials

10 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Bayer Leverkusen Date Competition Opponent Result // Cup. FC Dynamo Dresden (A) L //. FSV Mainz (A) L // SV Werder Bremen (H) W // VfB Stuttgart (A) W // Borussia Dortmund (H) D // FC Augsburg (A) W // Chelsea FC (A) L //. FC Köln (H) L // FC Bayern München (A) L // KRC Genk (H) // VfL Wolfsburg (H) // VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) // Valencia CF (H) // FC Schalke (H) // SC Freiburg (A) // Valencia CF (A) // Hamburger SV (H) //. FC Kaiserslautern (A) // Chelsea FC (H) // Hertha BSC Berlin (A) // TSG Hoffenheim (H) // KRC Genk (A) // Hannover (A) //. FC Nürnberg (H) //. FSV Mainz (H) // SV Werder Bremen (A) // VfB Stuttgart (H) // Borussia Dortmund (A) // FC Augsburg (H) Goalscorers Derdiyok, Sam, Schürrle M. Kadlec Kiessling Sam,, Kiessling, Derdiyok Rolfes Pos. Clubs FC Bayern München SV Werder Bremen VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach TSG Hoffenheim FC Schalke Hannover VfB Stuttgart Borussia Dortmund. FC Nürnberg. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen Hertha BSC Berlin VfL Wolfsburg. FSV Mainz. FC Kaiserslautern FC Augsburg SC Freiburg Hamburger SV W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

11 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) KRC Genk Date Competition Opponent Result // FK Partizan (H) W // K. Beerschot AC (H) W // FK Partizan (A) D // K. Lierse SK (A) D // SV Zulte Waregem (H) D // Maccabi Haifa FC (A) L // Cercle Brugge KSV (A) L // Maccabi Haifa FC (H) W aet (p) // KV Mechelen (H) D // K. SintTruidense VV (A) W // Valencia CF (H) D // R. Standard de Liège (H) W // Cup KMSK Deinze (A) W // OudHeverlee Leuven (A) D // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Cup Bayer Leverkusen (A) RSC Anderlecht (H) KSC Lokeren OV (A) Chelsea FC (A) RAEC Mons (H) K. Lierse SK (H) Club Brugge KV (A) Chelsea FC (H) KV Kortrijk (H) KVC Westerlo (H) Valencia CF (A) KAA Gent (A) K. Beerschot AC (A) Bayer Leverkusen (H) K. Lierse SK (H) R. Standard de Liège (A) Cercle Brugge KSV (H) SV Zulte Waregem (A) K. SintTruidense VV (H) KV Mechelen (A) Goalscorers Vossen (p), Ogunjimi + Tőzsér, Barda, Hubert Vossen (p) Vossen, Joneleit Barda Viane (og), (og) Vossen, Buffel Buffel,, Vossen, Tőzsér Barda, Nadson, Vossen + Vossen,, Simaeys, Hyland, Limbombe, Nwanganga Vossen + Pos. Clubs Club Brugge KV RSC Anderlecht KAA Gent Cercle Brugge KSV KRC Genk RAEC Mons R. Standard de Liège KV Kortrijk OudHeverlee Leuven KV Mechelen K. Beerschot AC SV Zulte Waregem KSC Lokeren OV K. Lierse SK KVC Westerlo K. SintTruidense VV W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups KRC Genk Third qualifying round (//) Genk Partizan Goals: Tomić, Vossen (pen), Ogunjimi + KRC Genk: Köteles, Joneleit, Hubert (Barda ), Tőzsér, Vossen (Ogunjimi ), De Bruyne, Ngcongca, Buffel (Vanden Borre ), Nadson, Nwanganga, Pudil (//) Partizan Genk (agg: ) Goals: Tomić, Vossen (pen) KRC Genk: Köteles, Joneleit, Hubert, Tőzsér, Vossen (Barda ), Vanden Borre, De Bruyne, Nadson, Durwael, Ogunjimi (Nwanganga ), Pudil Playoffs (//) M. Haifa Genk Goals: Amasha, Dvalishvili, Barda KRC Genk: Köteles, Joneleit, Hubert, Hyland (Camus ), Tőzsér, Vossen (Buffel ), Barda, Nadson, Durwael, Nwanganga, Pudil (//) Genk M. Haifa (agg:, p) Goals: Vossen, Golasa, Buffel Penalties: Vossen, Dvalishvili missed, Hubert, Golasa missed, Tőzsér, Twatha, Pudil KRC Genk: Köteles, Joneleit, Hubert, Tőzsér, Vossen, Ngcongca, Barda (Vanden Borre ET), Buffel (Limbombe ET), Nadson, Nwanganga (Ogunjimi ), Pudil Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

13 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Group E Standings Club Chelsea FC Valencia CF KRC Genk Bayer Leverkusen W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Chelsea Leverkusen Goals: David Luiz, Juan Mata + Bayer Leverkusen: Leno, Reinartz, Rolfes, Bender (Balitsch ), Schürrle, Kiessling, Ballack (Renato Augusto ), Sam (Derdiyok ), Toprak, M. Kadlec, Castro Genk Valencia KRC Genk: Köteles, Hubert, Tőzsér, Vossen (Barda ), Ngcongca, Simaeys, Buffel (Camus ), Nadson, Ndabashinze, Nwanganga (Ogunjimi ), Pudil Matchday (//) Leverkusen v Genk Matchday (//) Leverkusen v Valencia Chelsea v Genk Matchday (//) Valencia v Leverkusen Genk v Chelsea Matchday (//) Leverkusen v Chelsea Valencia v Genk Matchday (//) Genk v Leverkusen Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

14 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions : Group stage milestones Holders FC Barcelona are bidding to avoid 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 / and / that featured a second group stage). In /, Barcelona 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 Milan (, ) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United (, ) 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 / 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 Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in / at the age of 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. 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. Barcelona 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: Milan (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/) and Barcelona (/, 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 /. The other ten are: Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC (/), FC Dynamo Kyiv (/), PFC Levski Sofia (/), SK Rapid Wien (/), Anderlecht (/), Spartak Moskva and Bayer Leverkusen (/, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (/, first group stage) and. FC Košice (/). Manchester United scored goals in the / group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored times in the / first group stage. MŠK Žilina conceded goals in their six outings in /, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (/), Dynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in /. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (/), AFC Ajax (/), Juventus (/ and /), Chelsea FC (/), Liverpool FC (/), Villarreal CF (/) 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, 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 Leverkusen managed it in / and Liverpool in /. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in /. Last updated // ::CET Competition facts

15 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Team facts Bayer Leverkusen Formed: Nickname: Werkself (Factory Team) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Champions : () UEFA Cup: Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) German Cup: () Tenyear European record(uefa Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa round of /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup quarterfinals /: UEFA Cup quarterfinals /: UEFA Cup first round /: round of /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: second group stage /: runnersup Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Leverkusen v FC Dinamo Tbilisi //, UEFA Champions second qualifying round first leg : twice, most recently v FC Baník Ostrava //, UEFA Champions third qualifying round first leg Biggest away win : JK Tervis Pärnu v Leverkusen //, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage : FC Zürich v Leverkusen //, UEFA Cup group stage Heaviest home defeat : Leverkusen v FC Zenit St Petersburg //, UEFA Cup quarterfinals first leg : Leverkusen v CA Osasuna //, UEFA Cup quarterfinals first leg Heaviest away defeat : Olympiacos FC v Leverkusen //, UEFA Champions group stage : twice, most recently vjuventus //, UEFA Champions second group stage UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Leverkusen v Sporting Clube de Portugal //, group stage : on three occasions, most recently v FC Dynamo Kyiv //, group stage Biggest away win : RC Deportivo La Coruña v Leverkusen //, second group stage : on four occasions, most recently v Maccabi Haifa FC //, first group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

16 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Heaviest home defeat : Leverkusen v Olympique Lyonnais //, first group stage : twice, most recently v Liverpool FC //, round of second leg : Leverkusen v FC Internazionale Milano //, second group stage Heaviest away defeat : Olympiacos FC v Leverkusen (see above for details) : twice, most recently vjuventus (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

17 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) KRC Genk Formed: Nickname: Genkies UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Belgian Cup: () Tenyear record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa playoffs /: UEFA Europa playoffs /: did not take part in UEFA competition /: second qualifying round /: did not take part in UEFA competition /: UEFA Cup first round /: UEFA Intertoto Cup semifinals /: did not take part in UEFA competition /: first group stage /: did not take part in UEFA competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Genk v MSV Duisburg //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : B Tórshavn v Genk //, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Heaviest home defeat : Genk v SV Werder Bremen //, UEFA Cup second round second leg Heaviest away defeat : Real Madrid CF v Genk //, UEFA Champions first group stage UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win N/A Biggest away win N/A Heaviest home defeat : Genk v AS Roma //, first group stage Heaviest away defeat : Real Madrid CF v Genk (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

18 Bayer Leverkusen KRC Genk Wednesday September.CET (. local time) 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 (), the UEFA Europa, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (). Matches 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. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. : Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions from / season, group stage to final only. Matches 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. Matches 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 /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 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 ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: 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 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 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): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty agg: Aggregate : Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result GA: Goals against sg: Match decided on "Silver Goal" GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match decided on "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 Q: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only : Current season total UEFA Champions appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday : 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