UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Group A day Wednesday November.CET (. local time) SSC Napoli Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions // SSC Napoli Naples Badstuber (og); Kroos UEFA Cup // // SF SF SSC Napoli SSC Napoli agg: Naples Wohlfarth, Reuter ; Careca, Careca, Carnevale SSC Napoli Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions // // // // R R UEFA Champions // // // // // F R R FC Internazionale Milano FC Internazionale Milano AS Roma AS Roma UEFA Champions // // FC Internazionale Milano ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina Juventus Juventus UEFA Champions // // // // QF QF ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina AC Milan AC Milan FC Internazionale Milano FC Internazionale Milano agg: ag agg: ag agg: Milan Rome Madrid Florence Turin Florence Milan Milan Gomez, T. Müller ; Eto'o, Sneijder, Pandev Gomez Borriello, De Rossi, Totti (p); Gomez, T. Müller, Klose Milito, Vargas, Jovetić, ; Van Bommel, Robben Robben +(p), Klose ; Krøldrup Trezeguet ; Butt (p), Olić, Gomez, Tymoshchuk + Mutu ; Borowski Klose, Schweinsteiger, Zé Roberto Seedorf, Inzaghi Pirlo, Kaká (p); Van Buyten, + Makaay ; Vieira + Pizarro, Podolski + Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) UEFA Champions // // // // R R AC Milan AC Milan Juventus Juventus agg: Milan Turin Inzaghi,, Shevchenko, Kaká ; Ismaël Ballack ; Shevchenko (p) Trezeguet, ; Deisler Deisler, Demichelis ; Ibrahimović UEFA Champions // // Juventus Juventus Turin Del Piero Nedvěd UEFA Champions // // AC Milan AC Milan Milan Serginho, Inzaghi ; Tarnat Pizarro ; Inzaghi, European Champion Clubs' Cup // // SF SF AC Milan AC Milan agg: ag (aet) Milan Strunz, McInally ET; Borgonovo ET Van Basten UEFA Cup // // R R FC Internazionale Milano FC Internazionale Milano agg: ag Milan Serena +; Wohlfarth, Augenthaler, Wegmann Serena, Berti UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // // QF QF AS Roma AS Roma agg: Rome Nela ; Matthäus, Kögl Augenthaler, Hoeness UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // // SF SF AC Milan AC Milan agg: Milan Sormani, Prati SSC Napoli Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // R R R R SSC Napoli Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt SSC Napoli SV Werder Bremen SSC Napoli SSC Napoli SV Werder Bremen agg: agg: Naples Frankfurt am Main Bremen Naples Falkenmayer Yeboah Riedle,, Rufer, Sauer, Eilts ; Careca Alemão, Careca ; Neubarth, Riedle, Rufer Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) UEFA Cup // // // // F F R R VfB Stuttgart SSC Napoli SSC Napoli VfB Stuttgart SSC Napoli VfB Leipzig VfB Leipzig SSC Napoli agg: agg: Stuttgart Naples Naples Leipzig Klinsmann, Gaudino, Schmäler ; Alemão, Ferrara, Careca Maradona, Careca ; Gaudino Francini, Scholz (og) Zimmerling ; Francini UEFA Cup // // R R. FC Kaiserslautern SSC Napoli SSC Napoli. FC Kaiserslautern agg: Kaiserslautern Naples Nilsson, Briegel Diaz ; Nilsson, Allofs Record versus clubs from opponents' country SSC Napoli Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

5 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) background welcome SSC Napoli looking to strengthen their grip on top spot in Group A. The teams' draw in Naples on matchday three meant Bayern retained first place, two points above Napoli. Jupp Heynckes' men can guarantee qualification if they defeat their Italian visitors and thirdplaced Manchester City FC fail to beat Villarreal CF. Previous meetings Heynckes was in his first spell as Bayern coach when the clubs met in the / UEFA Cup semifinals, Napoli taking a advantage in the first leg with Careca and Andrea Carnevale scoring. Careca struck twice more in the return in Germany, Roland Wohlfarth and Stefan Reuter replying for Bayern. Napoli beat VfB Stuttgart in the subsequent final to claim their first European trophy. background Bayern have won nine of their last ten UEFA Champions home outings, including successes against FC Zürich and Manchester City FC this season. The only blip was their defeat by FC Internazionale Milano in last season's last, when an thminute goal by Goran Pandev, now a Napoli player, inflicted a loss and elimination on away goals. Bayern had mixed fortunes at home against Italian opposition last season, having earlier beaten AS Roma in the group stage. Thomas Müller scored at home against both Roma and Inter. Including their UEFA Champions final reverse against Inter in which Pandev also played, this is Bayern's th meeting with Italian opposition in four seasons. The Bavarian club's home record against sides from Italy is W D L. Napoli are still seeking a first victory in Germany at the seventh attempt. Their most recent trip brought a loss against an Eintracht Frankfurt side coached by Heynckes in the UEFA Cup third round in December. Heynckes' Eintracht won both ties but lost to Juventus in the next round. Napoli's second heaviest defeat in Europe came on German soil a loss at SV Werder Bremen in the / UEFA Cup third round. The Serie A side's overall away record against German clubs is: W D L. Team ties For Bayern coach Heynckes the matches against Napoli are his first encounters with Italian opponents since he steered Real Madrid CF to victory against Juventus in the UEFA Champions final. As a coach his record against Serie A clubs is W D L; in Germany W D L. With Bayern, Heynckes' most striking result against Italian opponents was a triumph at Inter which overturned a home loss in the / UEFA Cup third round the campaign that ended with elimination by Napoli. The next season he lost a European Champion Clubs' Cup semifinal on away goals against AC Milan despite a home victory. Heynckes was in the Hannover side beaten at Napoli in the / InterCities Fairs Cup first round first leg, although that competition was not a UEFA tournament. Manuel Neuer was in the FC Schalke team that knocked out Pandev's Inter in the quarterfinals of last season's competition. Arjen Robben scored for the Netherlands in victories against Marek Hamšík's Slovakia, and Edinson Cavani and Walter Gargano's Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup. In the thirdplace playoff in South Africa, the Uruguayan pair faced a Germany side including Jörg Butt, Jérôme Boateng, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Thomas Müller and Toni Kroos. Müller and Cavani were among the scorers in Germany's success. Cavani and Gargano helped Uruguay beat Anatoliy Tymoshchuk's Ukraine in a friendly in September. The previous month, Hamšík featured as Slovakia overcame David Alaba's Austria in another friendly. Gökhan Inler got the better of Tymoshchuk when his Udinese Calcio side eliminated then holders FC Zenit St Petersburg from the / UEFA Cup. Rafinha played for Genoa CFC in Serie A last season, suffering defeats home and away by Napoli. Diego Contento's family are from Naples and he was named after Napoli old boy Diego Maradona. Last updated // ::CET background

6 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) facts Bayern UEFA milestones Bayern have scored goals in the UEFA Champions, group stage to final, and in UEFA competition. Napoli's goal on matchday three was the th the German side have conceded in the European Cup. Bayern's next win in UEFA competition will be their th. UEFA Champions statistics Bayern have committed fouls so far, more than any other side. Franck Ribéry has been fouled times to date, more than any other player. Bastian Schweinsteiger's next yellow card will incur a suspension. Latest domestic information Saturday October:. FC Nürnberg (Gomez, Schweinsteiger, Ribéry ) Neuer; Rafinha, Van Buyten, Badstuber, Lahm; Tymoshchuk, Schweinsteiger (Alaba ); Müller (Olić ), Kroos (Luiz Gustavo ), Ribéry; Gomez Mario Gomez's second goal was his th in the league for Bayern in his st appearance. He has scored times in games for club and country. Jupp Heynckes's side have won of their last games in all competitions, scoring goals and conceding three. Bayern's match unbeaten run ended with a loss at Hannover on October. David Alaba scored his first league goal for Bayern, who had Jérôme Boateng sent off before the halfhour mark. Hannover's Steven Cherundolo was dismissed on minutes. Napoli's goal on matchday three was the first conceded by Manuel Neuer and Bayern in a club record, minutes. Hannover's opener a Mohammed Abdellaoue penalty ended their run of topflight minutes without being breached, the third longest in Bundesliga history. Jörg Butt, Diego Contento and Danijel Pranjić made their first starts of the season as a muchchanged Bayern side eased through to the last of the German Cup with a win at home to secondtier FC Ingolstadt on October. Takashi Usami became the first Japanese player to register for the club when he rounded off the scoring. Philipp Lahm was an unused substitute against Ingolstadt, ending his run of successive starts. Injury news Arjen Robben has not featured since undergoing groin surgery on October. Breno, out since having a knee operation on May, is yet to play this season. Miscellaneous Germany's starting XI in the win against Turkey on October featured seven Bayern players. Luiz Gustavo made his first international start as Brazil beat Costa Rica in a friendly on October. Napoli UEFA milestones None UEFA Champions statistics Napoli had four shots on goal over the first three matchdays, the lowest total in the competition. Paolo Cannavaro serves a onegame ban; Christian Maggio and Salvatore Aronica will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Latest domestic information Saturday October: Calcio Catania SSC Napoli (Marchese, Bergessio ; Cavani ) De Sanctis; Fernández, Cannavaro, Fideleff (Maggio ); Zúñiga, Inler, Santana, Dossena (Hamšík ); Mascara (Dz i ), Lavezzi; Cavani Edinson Cavani opened the scoring after just seconds his first goal in five outings for the club but Mario Santana was dismissed two minutes before halftime as Napoli lost in Sicily. Last updated // ::CET facts

7 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Napoli have kept five clean sheets in their last eight matches. Marek Hamšík made his th league outing for Napoli on October as the Partenopei drew at Cagliari Calcio. Ezequiel Lavezzi opened the scoring on October in a win against previously unbeaten Udinese Calcio, days after his last home league goal. On October, Walter Mazzarri marked his th birthday by overseeing a defeat of tenman FC Internazionale Milano. It was Napoli's first victory over the Nerazzurri at San Siro since December, inflicting Inter's worst home league loss since May in the process. Hamšík had a penalty saved at San Siro his fourth failure from the spot in nine attempts for Napoli. Cavani scored a hattrick in a defeat of AC Milan on September, his fifth for the club following trebles last season against FC Utrecht (), Juventus (), UC Sampdoria () and S.S. Lazio (). Injury news Walter Gargano was ruled out for three to four weeks after sustaining a left thigh injury against Cagliari. Goran Pandev has not played since the Inter win on October because of a muscle strain. Marco Donadel, who is yet to play this season, has been out since injuring his right thigh in training on September. Miguel Britos was omitted from the Partenopei's UEFA Champions squad after fracturing a metatarsal during a friendly loss to FC Barcelona on August. Miscellaneous Morgan De Sanctis earned his first cap in almost three years when he replaced Gianluigi Buffon for the final minutes of Italy's UEFA EURO qualifying win against Northern Ireland on October. Mazzarri celebrated two years in charge on October and is Serie A's longestserving coach, ahead of Lazio's Edoardo Reja ( months). Attilio Tesser took over at Novara Calcio in but his side were then in Serie C. Last updated // ::CET facts

8 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Squad list No. Player Goalkeepers Manuel Neuer Jörg Butt Maximilian Riedmüller Rouven Sattelmaier Defenders Breno Daniel Van Buyten Rafinha Jérôme Boateng Philipp Lahm Diego Contento Holger Badstuber Cüneyt Köz Midfielders Franck Ribéry Arjen Robben Takashi Usami Danijel Pranjić David Alaba Luiz Gustavo Bastian Schweinsteiger Emre Can Bastian Müller Toni Kroos Anatoliy Tymoshchuk Forwards Nils Petersen Ivica Olić Thomas Müller Mario Gomez Coach Jupp Heynckes Nat. BRA BEL BRA FRA NED JPN CRO AUT BRA UKR CRO DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D * QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

9 SSC Napoli Alltime Current season UEFA UCL UCL QUAL Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // Morgan De Sanctis // Roberto Colombo // Diamante Crispino // Gaetano Sestile // Antonio Rosati Defenders // Gianluca Grava // ARG Ignacio Fideleff * // Salvatore Aronica // Andrea Dossena // ARG Hugo Campagnaro // ARG Federico Fernández S // Paolo Cannavaro // Daniele Celiento // Giuseppe Di Donna // Alessio Di Falco // Emanuele Marchitelli // Giuseppe Nicolao // Diego Petrarca // Francesco Savarise // Mario D'Urso // Emanuele Allegra Midfielders // Marco Donadel * // Christian Maggio // SVK Marek Hamšík // COL Juan Zúñiga // ARG Mario Santana // SUI Blerim Dz i // URU Walter Gargano // Marco Eligibile // Antonio Esposito // Giuseppe Fornito // Giuliano Laezza // Giuseppe Palma // Simone Raspaolo // Mario Sgambato // SUI Gökhan Inler Forwards // URU Edinson Cavani // Giuseppe Mascara // ARG Ezequiel Lavezzi // MKD Goran Pandev // Luigi Amico // Davide D'Andrea // Roberto Insigne // Giuseppe Iuliano // Giacomo Romano // Gennaro Signorelli // Massimiliano Ammendola Coach // Walter Mazzarri Squad list Last updated // ::CET Wednesday November.CET (. local time) SSC Napoli

10 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Head coach : Jupp Heynckes of birth: May Nationality: German Playing career: VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (twice), Hannover Coaching career: VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (twice), (three times), Athletic Club (twice), Eintracht Frankfurt, CD Tenerife, Real Madrid CF, SL Benfica, FC Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen One of the best strikers in Bundesliga history, Heynckes hit goals in games for Mönchengladbach and Hannover from to ; won four titles and a German Cup with Mönchengladbach and was the league's top scorer in ( goals) and (). Aged, replaced Udo Lattek as Mönchengladbach coach in ; mentored the young Lothar Matthäus but failed to win any trophies, losing to in the / German Cup final and reaching the UEFA Cup semifinals three seasons later. Replaced Lattek again in, this time at Bayern, winning and titles; club general manager Uli Hoeness called his decision to sack Heynckes in October "the biggest mistake of my career". Moved to Spain, earning Athletic Club a place in the / UEFA Cup. His Tenerife side then reached / UEFA Cup semifinals, earning Heynckes a season as Madrid coach; led Los Merengues to UEFA Champions glory in / but left that summer. Following a lean spell, stepped in as caretaker manager at Bayern in April following Jürgen Klinsmann's dismissal; replaced Bruno Labbadia as Leverkusen coach the same summer, beginning with German record run of unbeaten Bundesliga games. His side finished second to Borussia Dortmund in /, Heynckes leaving to take charge of Bayern for a third time at the end of the campaign. SSC Napoli: Walter Mazzarri of birth: October Nationality: Italian Playing career: Pescara Calcio, Cagliari Calcio, AC Reggiana, ACF Fiorentina, Empoli FC, Polisportiva Licata, Modena FC, S.S. Nola, Viareggio Calcio, AS Acireale, Polisportiva Sassari Torres Coaching career: Bologna FC (assistant), SSC Napoli (twice, first time as assistant), AS Acireale, US Pistoiese, AS Livorno Calcio, Reggina Calcio, UC Sampdoria. A product of Fiorentina's youth system, Mazzarri spent the large part of his playing career in Italy's lower divisions, the highlight arguably coming when he helped Empoli earn their first ever promotion to Serie A in /. Began his career in the dugout as assistant to his former coach Renzo Ulivieri at Bologna in ; he later followed Uliveri to Napoli in the same capacity before assuming firstteam duties at fourthdivision Acireale in. Appointed by Livorno in / and immediately steered the Serie B outfit to promotion, before leaving for Reggina that summer. Awarded honorary citizenship by the municipality of Reggio Calabria after saving the southern side from relegation despite an point deduction in /. Joined Sampdoria in and led the Blucerchiati to sixth place in his first season. He followed that up by taking the club to the Coppa Italia final in /, where they lost to S.S. Lazio on penalties. Opted not to renew his Sampdoria contract at the end of that campaign and was recruited by Napoli in October following the dismissal of Roberto Donadoni. He guided the Partenopei to sixth place in Serie A in his first season and third a year later. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

11 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Björn Kuipers (NED) Sander van Roekel (NED), Erwin Zeinstra (NED) Bas Nijhuis (NED), Richard Liesveld (NED) Pol van Boekel (NED) Sune Hellströmer (SWE) Kaj Natri (FIN) Referee Name Björn Kuipers of birth // UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches Björn Kuipers is following in the family trade as he continues to work his way up the refereeing ladder, with his father having also acted as an official in the Netherlands. Kuipers Jr earned his FIFA badge aged, in the year he took charge of the UEFA European Under Championship final between the Czech Republic and Russia. He stepped up to work as a fourth official in both the UEFA Champions and UEFA Cup during the season that followed. A fourth official for four matches at the UEFA European Under Championship, Kuipers who lives in the Dutch town of Oldenzaal with his wife and daughter, works as a supermarket director and counts mountain biking among his hobbies held the same role in five qualifying games for UEFA EURO. He was appointed as referee for four / UEFA Cup fixtures, and was back at the U tournament as a referee in, taking charge of four matches in Sweden including Germany's final defeat of England. Became a UEFA Champions regular the following season, overseeing five matches in the competition proper finishing with the round of first leg between VfB Stuttgart and holders FC Barcelona. Continued his rise in /, overseeing the UEFA Europa semifinal first leg involving FC Porto and Villarreal CF, and started the following season by taking charge of the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // // Competition UCL UCL UCL KO Home VfL Wolfsburg VfB Stuttgart FC Basel Away Manchester United FC FC Barcelona AS Roma Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // // // // Competition U U UIC UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP U UCUP UCUP UCUP ELITE R QR R R F PO R R Home Italy Germany UC Sampdoria Budapest Honvéd FC SSC Napoli FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Zenit St Petersburg Germany Odense BK Fulham FC Villarreal CF Away Russia Serbia PFC Cherno More Varna Hamburger SV SL Benfica Hertha BSC Berlin VfB Stuttgart England Genoa CFC Juventus Bayer Leverkusen Wolfsburg Stuttgart Basel Sheffield Luxembourg Genoa Budapest Naples Kharkiv St Petersburg Malmo Odense London Villarreal Last updated // ::CET officials

12 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Competition Opponent // Cup TSV Eintracht Braunschweig (A) W // VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) L // VfL Wolfsburg (A) W // UCL FC Zürich (H) W // Hamburger SV (H) W // UCL FC Zürich (A) W //. FC Kaiserslautern (A) W // SC Freiburg (H) W // UCL Villarreal CF (A) W // FC Schalke (A) W // Bayer Leverkusen (H) W // UCL Manchester City FC (H) W // TSG Hoffenheim (A) D // Hertha BSC Berlin (H) W // UCL SSC Napoli (A) D // Hannover (A) L // Cup FC Ingolstadt (H) W //. FC Nürnberg (H) W // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // UCL UCL UCL Cup SSC Napoli (H) FC Augsburg (A) Borussia Dortmund (H) Villarreal CF (H). FSV Mainz (A) SV Werder Bremen (H) Manchester City FC (A) VfB Stuttgart (A). FC Köln (H) VfL Bochum (A) VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) VfL Wolfsburg (H) Hamburger SV (A). FC Kaiserslautern (H) SC Freiburg (A) FC Schalke (H) Bayer Leverkusen (A) TSG Hoffenheim (H) Hertha BSC Berlin (A) Hannover (H) Gomez (p), Schweinsteiger (p), T. Müller Luiz Gustavo + Schweinsteiger, Robben Van Buyten, Ribéry, Robben, Gomez, Olić Gomez Gomez (p),, Gomez,,, (p), Ribéry,, Petersen Kroos, Rafinha Petersen, T. Müller T. Müller, Van Buyten, Robben Gomez, + Gomez, (p), Ribéry, Schweinsteiger Kroos Alaba T. Müller, Alaba, Petersen,, Matip (og), Usami Gomez,, Schweinsteiger, Ribéry Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Schalke Borussia Dortmund SV Werder Bremen VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach VfB Stuttgart Hannover Bayer Leverkusen TSG Hoffenheim Hertha BSC Berlin. FC Köln VfL Wolfsburg. FC Kaiserslautern. FC Nürnberg. FSV Mainz Hamburger SV FC Augsburg SC Freiburg W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) SSC Napoli Competition Opponent // AC Cesena (A) W // UCL Manchester City FC (A) D // AC Milan (H) W // AC Chievo Verona (A) L // ACF Fiorentina (H) D // UCL Villarreal CF (H) W // FC Internazionale Milano (A) W // Parma FC (H) L // UCL (H) D // Cagliari Calcio (A) D // Udinese Calcio (H) W // Calcio Catania (A) L // UCL (A) // Juventus (H) // S.S. Lazio (H) // UCL Manchester City FC (H) // Atalanta BC (A) // US Lecce (H) // UCL Villarreal CF (A) // Novara Calcio (A) // AS Roma (H) // Genoa CFC (H) // US Città di Palermo (A) // Bologna FC (H) // AC Siena (A) // Genoa CFC (A) // AC Cesena (H) // AC Milan (A) // AC Chievo Verona (H) // ACF Fiorentina (A) // FC Internazionale Milano (H) // Parma FC (A) Lavezzi, Campagnaro, Hamšík Cavani Cavani,, Hamšík, Cavani (p) Campagnaro, Maggio, Hamšík Mascara Badstuber (og) Lavezzi, Maggio Cavani Pos. Clubs Juventus Udinese Calcio S.S. Lazio AC Milan SSC Napoli Calcio Catania AC Siena US Città di Palermo Cagliari Calcio ACF Fiorentina Genoa CFC Parma FC AS Roma Bologna FC Atalanta BC AC Chievo Verona FC Internazionale Milano Novara Calcio US Lecce AC Cesena W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

15 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) bymatch lineups Playoffs (//) Bayern Zürich Goals: Schweinsteiger, Robben : Neuer, Ribéry, Robben, Rafinha, Boateng, Lahm, Badstuber, Luiz Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Gomez, Kroos (T. Müller ) (//) Zürich Bayern (agg: ) Goals: Gomez : Neuer, Van Buyten, Ribéry, Boateng, Lahm, T. Müller (Alaba ), Badstuber, Luiz Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Gomez (Petersen ), Kroos (Tymoshchuk ) Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

16 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Group A Standings Club SSC Napoli Manchester City FC Villarreal CF W D L GF GA Pts day (//) Man. City Napoli Goals: Cavani, Kolarov SSC Napoli: De Sanctis, Aronica, Cavani (Pandev ), Maggio, Campagnaro, Hamšík (Santana ), Zúñiga, Lavezzi (Dz i ), Gargano, Cannavaro, Inler Villarreal Bayern Goals: Kroos, Rafinha : Neuer, Van Buyten (Rafinha ), Ribéry, Boateng, Lahm, T. Müller, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger, Gomez (Petersen ), Kroos (Luiz Gustavo ), Tymoshchuk day (//) Bayern Man. City Goals: Gomez, Gomez + : Neuer, Van Buyten, Ribéry (Robben ), Rafinha, Boateng, Lahm, T. Müller, Luiz Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Gomez (Petersen +), Kroos (Tymoshchuk ) Napoli Villarreal Goals: Hamšík, Cavani (pen) SSC Napoli: De Sanctis, Aronica, Cavani (Pandev ), Dossena, Campagnaro, Hamšík (Mascara ), Zúñiga, Lavezzi (Santana ), Gargano, Cannavaro, Inler day (//) Napoli Bayern Goals: Kroos, Badstuber (o.g.) SSC Napoli: De Sanctis, Aronica, Cavani (Dz i ), Maggio, Campagnaro, Hamšík (Mascara +), Zúñiga, Lavezzi, Gargano, Cannavaro, Inler (Santana ) : Neuer, Van Buyten, Ribéry (Alaba ), Boateng, Lahm, T. Müller, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger, Gomez (Luiz Gustavo +), Kroos, Tymoshchuk day (//) Bayern v Napoli day (//) Napoli v Man. City Bayern v Villarreal day (//) Man. City v Bayern Villarreal v Napoli Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

17 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.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

18 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: Nickname: Die Bayern (The Bavarians) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup ():,,, (), (), (),, () UEFA Cup (): UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): UEFA Super Cup: () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: round of /: runnersup /: quarterfinals /: UEFA Cup semifinals /: quarterfinals /: round of /: quarterfinals /: round of /: first group stage /: quarterfinals Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Bayern v Anorthosis Famagusta FC //, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : Five times, most recently v Sporting Clube de Portugal //, UEFA Champions first knockout round first leg Heaviest home defeat on three occasions, most recently v FC Girondins de Bordeaux //, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat : FC København v Bayern //, UEFA Cup second round first leg Five other defeats by a fourgoal margin, most recently v FC Barcelona (//, UEFA Champions quarterfinals first leg) UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Bayern v Sporting Clube de Portugal //, first knockout round second leg Biggest away win : Sporting Clube de Portugal v Bayern (see above for details) Heaviest home defeat : Bayern v FC Girondins de Bordeaux (see above for details) : Bayern v AC Milan //, quarterfinals second leg Heaviest away defeat : FC Barcelona v Bayern (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

19 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.CET (. local time) SSC Napoli Formed: Nickname: Partenopei (a reference to Parthenope, one of the Sirens of Greek mythology) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup (): Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Italian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa round of /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup second qualifying round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Napoli v KS Vllaznia //, UEFA Cup second qualifying round second leg Biggest away win : Valencia CF v Napoli //, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Napoli v OFK Beograd (played on neutral ground in Marseille) //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinal replay : Napoli v Paris SaintGermain FC //, UEFA Cup second round first leg : Napoli v FC Baník Ostrava //, UEFA Cup third round first leg Heaviest away defeat : SV Werder Bremen v Napoli //, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final) Biggest home win : Napoli v Villarreal CF //, group stage Biggest away win N/A Heaviest home defeat N/A Heaviest away defeat N/A Last updated // ::CET Team facts

20 SSC Napoli Wednesday November.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 (). 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 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): 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