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

2 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head 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 SSC Napoli Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // // // UEFA Cup // // R R R R F F R R R R SSC Napoli Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt SSC Napoli SV Werder Bremen SSC Napoli SSC Napoli SV Werder Bremen VfB Stuttgart SSC Napoli SSC Napoli VfB Stuttgart SSC Napoli VfB Leipzig VfB Leipzig SSC Napoli. FC Kaiserslautern SSC Napoli SSC Napoli. FC Kaiserslautern agg: agg: agg: agg: agg: Naples Frankfurt am Main Bremen Naples Stuttgart Naples Naples Leipzig Kaiserslautern Naples Falkenmayer Yeboah Riedle,, Rufer, Sauer, Eilts ; Careca Alemão, Careca ; Neubarth, Riedle, Rufer Klinsmann, Gaudino, Schmäler ; Alemão, Ferrara, Careca Maradona, Careca ; Gaudino Francini, Scholz (og) Zimmerling ; Francini Nilsson, Briegel Diaz ; Nilsson, Allofs Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League // // // // R R FC Internazionale Milano FC Internazionale Milano AS Roma AS Roma agg: ag Milan Rome Gomez, T. Müller ; Eto'o, Sneijder, Pandev Gomez Borriello, De Rossi, Totti (p); Gomez, T. Müller, Klose Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) UEFA Champions League // // // // // F R R FC Internazionale Milano ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina Juventus Juventus agg: ag Madrid Florence Turin Milito, Vargas, Jovetić, ; Van Bommel, Robben Robben +(p), Klose ; Krøldrup Trezeguet ; Butt (p), Olić, Gomez, Tymoshchuk + UEFA Champions League // // ACF Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina Florence Mutu ; Borowski Klose, Schweinsteiger, Zé Roberto UEFA Champions League // // // // QF QF AC Milan AC Milan FC Internazionale Milano FC Internazionale Milano agg: Milan Milan Seedorf, Inzaghi Pirlo, Kaká (p); Van Buyten, + Makaay ; Vieira + Pizarro, Podolski + UEFA Champions League // // // // 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 League // // Juventus Juventus Turin Del Piero Nedvěd UEFA Champions League // // 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 Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // // SF SF AC Milan AC Milan agg: Milan Sormani, Prati 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 Tuesday October.CET (. local time) background Group A leaders face their nemesis from last season's UEFA Champions League when they visit SSC Napoli on matchday three. It was Napoli's Goran Pandev who scored the goal that eliminated Bayern in the last in March, his thminute strike earning former club FC Internazionale Milano an awaygoals victory, although a thigh strain is likely to rule out the striker on matchday three. Including their UEFA Champions League final defeat by Inter in which Pandev also played, this is Bayern's th meeting with Italian opposition in four seasons and they should travel to Naples in good heart after successive wins against Villarreal CF and Manchester City FC. Secondplaced Napoli have cause for optimism too after beating Villarreal last time out, though they have had mixed fortunes in the past against Jupp Heynckes' teams. 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 Napoli are defending an impressive home record in Europe. Since returning to continental competition after years in, they are unbeaten in nine matches and have not conceded a goal in the last six. However, the last foreign team to prevail in Naples were their most recent German visitors, an Eintracht Frankfurt side coached by Heynckes who triumphed there in the UEFA Cup third round in December. Heynckes's Eintracht won both ties but lost to Juventus in the next round. Napoli's overall home record against German clubs is: W D L. Bayern visited Italy twice in each of the past two seasons. Last term they lost a twogoal lead in a defeat by AS Roma in the group stage, then won at Inter. In / they triumphed at Juventus in the group stage and went down at ACF Fiorentina in the round of, although they still progressed on away goals. The Bavarian side's record away to Italian teams is: W D L. Team ties For Bayern coach Heynckes this is the first encounter with Italian opponents since steering Real Madrid CF to victory against Juventus in the UEFA Champions League final. As a coach his record against Serie A clubs is W D L; in Italy W D L. With Bayern, Heynckes' most striking success in Italy 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 suffered a European Champion Clubs' Cup semifinal loss to AC Milan. 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 last eight of last season's competition. Arjen Robben scored for the Netherlands in victories over 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 helped Slovakia overcome David Alaba's Austria in another friendly. Gökhan Inler got the better of Tymoshchuk when his Udinese Calcio 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 Tuesday October.CET (. local time) facts Napoli UEFA milestones None UEFA Champions League statistics Napoli have been caught offside times so far, more than any other side. Paolo Cannavaro and Salvatore Aronica will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Latest domestic information Saturday October: SSC Napoli Parma FC (Mascara ; Gobbi, Modesto ) De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Cannavaro; Aronica (Mascara ); Maggio, Inler (Lucarelli ), Gargano, Dossena (Zúñiga ); Hamšík, Lavezzi; Cavani Giuseppe Mascara scored his first goal of the season as Napoli suffered their first home defeat since a loss to Udinese Calcio on April. Napoli had kept three successive clean sheets in all competitions before the visit of Parma. On October, Walter Mazzarri marked his th birthday by overseeing a defeat of tenman FC Internazionale Milano. It was Napoli's first victory against the Nerazzurri at San Siro since December, inflicting Inter's worst home league loss since May in the process. Hugo Campagnaro gave Napoli the lead in Milan, his second goal in four league games; the defender had registered once in his previous Serie A matches for the Partenopei since joining from UC Sampdoria in. Marek Hamšík scored but also had a penalty saved at San Siro (the rebound was converted by Campagnaro) his fourth failure from the spot in nine attempts as a Napoli player. Edinson 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 (), Sampdoria () and S.S. Lazio (). Injury news Goran Pandev has not played since the Inter match on October; Marco Donadel has been sidelined since suffering a right thigh injury in training on September. Blerim Dž i has recovered from the foot injury he suffered against AC Chievo Verona on September. Miguel Britos was omitted from the Partenopei's UEFA Champions League squad after fracturing a metatarsal during a friendly loss to FC Barcelona on August. International duty Cavani, who missed the Inter win because of an ankle knock sustained against Villarreal CF, scored as Uruguay opened their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a triumph over Bolivia on October. Cavani and Walter Gargano were on duty for the Uruguay side that won the Copa América this summer. Morgan De Sanctis earned his first cap in almost three years when he replaced Gianluigi Buffon for the final minutes of Italy's win against Northern Ireland on October. Miscellaneous 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. Bayern UEFA milestones Bayern have scored goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final. The German side have conceded European Cup goals and scored in UEFA competition. Their next win in UEFA competition will be their th. UEFA Champions League statistics Bayern are one of four clubs still to concede a goal after two matches, along with Olympique Lyonnais, Real Madrid CF and Olympique de Marseille. Franck Ribéry has been fouled times to date, more than any other player. Last updated // ::CET facts

7 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Latest domestic information Saturday October: Hertha BSC Berlin (Gomez pen, Ribéry, Schweinsteiger ) Neuer; Boateng, Van Buyten, Badstuber, Lahm (Contento ); Tymoshchuk, Schweinsteiger; Müller (Alaba ), Kroos, Ribéry; Gomez (Olić ) Jupp Heynckes kept faith with the XI which started the draw at TSG Hoffenheim on October, a result that ended a run of ten successive wins since a loss to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach on August. Mönchengladbach's winner, scored by Igor De Camargo, is the only goal they have conceded in matches this season; they were last breached, minutes ago and have since scored without reply. Everpresent throughout that run, Manuel Neuer has broken Oliver Kahn's club record for the longest time without conceding, minutes set in /. Mario Gomez has scored goals in his last appearances for club and country. Bayern have scored four goals or more on three occasions this season. Summer signing Nils Petersen scored his first goal for Bayern in the defeat of SC Freiburg on September. Eight days later he scored on his first start as Bayern won at FC Schalke. Bayern will host second tier FC Ingolstadt in the German Cup second round on October. Injury news Arjen Robben has been ruled out of the trip to Napoli after undergoing groin surgery on October. Ribéry missed France's final UEFA EURO qualifiers because of calf problems but returned with a goal against Hertha. Bastian Schweinsteiger (bruising) and Jérôme Boateng (muscular problems) missed Germany's win against Belgium on October. Both started the Hertha victory. Rafinha, who sat out the Hoffenheim draw with an adductor problem, was an unused substitute against Hertha. Ivica Olić came on in the second half versus Hertha, his first appearance since injuring his hip on August. Breno has not featured since undergoing knee surgery on May. International duty Gomez ended UEFA EURO qualifying with six goals in as many appearances after scoring in Germany's last two fixtures, defeats of Turkey and Belgium which rounded off a % record in Group A. Thomas Müller scored one, set up Gomez and earned the penalty which Schweinsteiger converted against Turkey. With Neuer, Boateng, Holger Badstuber and Philipp Lahm also in action in Istanbul, Germany's starting XI featured seven Bayern players. Luiz Gustavo made his first international start as Brazil beat Costa Rica in a friendly on October. Last updated // ::CET facts

8 Squad list SSC Napoli Alltime Current season UEFA League 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 * // 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 Squad list Last updated // ::CET Tuesday October.CET (. local time) SSC Napoli

9 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) No. Player Gennaro Signorelli Massimiliano Ammendola Coach Walter Mazzarri Nat. DoB // // // Age D QUAL Gls Current season Gls League Gls Alltime UEFA Gls Gls 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 Gls League Gls Alltime UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

10 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Head coach 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. : 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 League 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. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

11 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Olegário Benquerença (POR) Bertino Miranda (POR), João Santos (POR) Artur Soares (POR), Carlos Xistra (POR) Rui Manuel Gomes Costa (POR) Trygve Bornø (NOR) David R. Elleray (ENG) Referee Name Olegário Benquerença of birth // UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Olegário Benquerença, an insurance broker based in Leiria, was born on October and, having made fine progress after officiating his first topflight match in October, won his FIFA international badge in at the tender refereeing age of. He earned his international stripes working in each of UEFA's agegroup competitions Us, Us and Us before gaining further experience in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League qualifying. Benquerença's first taste of UEFA Champions League groupstage action came in September as Udinese Calcio defeated Panathinaikos FC and he was also in the middle for a FIFA World Cup qualifier involving Italy, the eventual winners, and Moldova in Lecce. Other highlights include the and Portuguese Cup finals and his first UEFA EURO qualifier as Romania won in Albania. Benquerença, who lists music and cycling as his main hobbies, was fourth official at three matches in the final tournament in Austria and Switzerland. Has continued to feature regularly in the UEFA Champions League, taking charge of the / semifinal first leg between eventual winners FC Internazionale Milano and FC Barcelona and the Manchester United FCChelsea FC quarterfinal the following season, and oversaw three games at the World Cup finals, notably the UruguayGhana quarterfinal. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // // // // // // Competition KO PO KO SF KO PO Home Udinese Calcio AS Roma SV Werder Bremen Chelsea FC FC Timişoara Juventus ACF Fiorentina AC Milan FC Internazionale Milano Tottenham Hotspur FC AS Roma Udinese Calcio Away Panathinaikos FC Olympiacos FC S.S. Lazio ACF Fiorentina Juventus VfB Stuttgart Maccabi Haifa FC Olympique Lyonnais Manchester United FC FC Barcelona SV Werder Bremen FC Shakhtar Donetsk Arsenal FC Udine Rome Bremen London Timisoara Turin Florence Milan Milan London Rome Udine Last updated // ::CET officials

12 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away // U QR Italy Turkey Kyiv // U PR Turkey Germany Manisa // UCUP R FC Schalke NK Kamen Ingrad Gelsenkirchen // WC QR Italy Moldova Lecce // UCUP UC Sampdoria Hertha BSC Berlin Genoa // UCUP R Bayer Leverkusen RC Lens Leverkusen // UCUP QF AZ Alkmaar SV Werder Bremen Alkmaar // EURO QR Germany Slovakia Hamburg // UCUP R RSC Anderlecht Brussels // UCUP QF Bayer Leverkusen FC Zenit St Petersburg Leverkusen // UCUP QF Hamburger SV Manchester City FC Hamburg Last updated // ::CET officials

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

14 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Competition Opponent // Cup TSV Eintracht Braunschweig (A) W // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) L // League VfL Wolfsburg (A) W // FC Zürich (H) W // League Hamburger SV (H) W // FC Zürich (A) W // League. FC Kaiserslautern (A) W // League SC Freiburg (H) W // Villarreal CF (A) W // League FC Schalke (A) W // League Bayer Leverkusen (H) W // Manchester City FC (H) W // League TSG Hoffenheim (A) D // League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) W // SSC Napoli (A) // League Hannover (A) // Cup FC Ingolstadt (H) // League. FC Nürnberg (H) // SSC Napoli (H) // League FC Augsburg (A) // League Borussia Dortmund (H) // Villarreal CF (H) // League. FSV Mainz (A) // League SV Werder Bremen (H) // Manchester City FC (A) // League VfB Stuttgart (A) // League. FC Köln (H) // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) // League VfL Wolfsburg (H) // League Hamburger SV (A) // League. FC Kaiserslautern (H) // League SC Freiburg (A) // League FC Schalke (H) // League Bayer Leverkusen (A) 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 Pos. Clubs VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Dortmund VfB Stuttgart SV Werder Bremen FC Schalke Hannover Bayer Leverkusen TSG Hoffenheim. FC Köln Hertha BSC Berlin VfL Wolfsburg. FC Nürnberg. FC Kaiserslautern. FSV Mainz FC Augsburg SC Freiburg Hamburger SV W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

15 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.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 Tuesday October.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 v Bayern 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 Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions League: 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 League 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 League 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 League final as holders only to lose. S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League 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 League. 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 League, 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 League group stage: Milan (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/) and Barcelona (/, first group stage). Twelve teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League 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 League 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 Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Team facts 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) League title: () Italian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa League 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 League (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

19 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.CET (. local time) 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) League title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League 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 League first knockout round first leg Heaviest home defeat on three occasions, most recently v FC Girondins de Bordeaux //, UEFA Champions League 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 League quarterfinals first leg) UEFA Champions League (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

20 SSC Napoli Tuesday October.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 League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (), the UEFA Europa League, 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. : Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from / season, group stage to final only. es where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. es where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions : UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League 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 on "Silver Goal" GF: Goals for t: decided by toss of a coin gg: 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 League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only : Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday : Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League 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