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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Borussia Dortmund (first leg: ) Matchday round of, second leg Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions // Stage R Match Borussia Dortmund Venue Donetsk Goalscorers Srna, Douglas Costa ; Lewandowski, Hummels UEFA Champions // // Stage QR QR Match Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund agg: Venue Dortmund Donetsk Goalscorers Koller,, Amoroso ; Aghahowa Ricken, Oliseh Borussia Dortmund Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Borussia Dortmund Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa // // Stage GS GS Match UEFA Champions // // Stage GS GS Borussia Dortmund FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv Borussia Dortmund Match Borussia Dortmund FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv Borussia Dortmund Venue Dortmund Lviv Venue Dortmund Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup // UEFA Cup // UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // Stage F Stage GS Stage R R Stage R R Match SV Werder Bremen Match VfB Stuttgart Match FC Schalke FC Schalke Match Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt (aet) agg: agg: Kyiv Venue Istanbul Venue Stuttgart Venue Gelsenkirchen Donetsk Venue Frankfurt am Main Donetsk Goalscorers Kagawa, Hummels, Lewandowski Golodyuk, Kopolovets, Kozhanov ; Nuri Şahin (p), Götze, +, Barrios Goalscorers Rosický Melashchenko, Idahor +; Koller, Amoroso Goalscorers Luiz Adriano, Jadson ET; Naldo Goalscorers Fernandinho, Marica Goalscorers Aghahowa Brandão ; Ailton Goalscorers Hölzenbein, Cha, Sokolovski Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) UEFA Cup // // Stage R R Match Berliner FC Dynamo Berliner FC Dynamo agg: Venue Berlin Donetsk Goalscorers Noack ; Rogovskoi Rogovskoi, Sokolovski, Starukhin Record versus clubs from opponents' country Borussia Dortmund Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Match background Borussia Dortmund will look to continue their fine home form in this season's UEFA Champions when they host in the second leg of their last contest. Jürgen Klopp's men were one of only four sides to post a % home record in the group stage in arguably the toughest section, beating AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF and Manchester City FC although they will be wary of a Shakhtar side seeking a third consecutive victory on German soil. Dortmund, however, have a slight awaygoals edge in the tie following the firstleg draw in Donetsk. This is Shakhtar's second appearance in the round of ; in / they overcame AS Roma to reach the quarterfinals. Dortmund were most recently in the last in / when competing in the second group stage and, including the firstleg draw, have not lost any of their seven contests with Ukrainian clubs. The German side are striving to reach the last eight for the first time since / when as defending champions they lost in the semifinals. They got to the UEFA Champions quarterfinals and beyond for three years running between and but have not been that far since. Previous meetings Dortmund ran out aggregate winners when the clubs met in the third qualifying round of the / UEFA Champions. Lars Ricken, now head of the club's youth department, and Sunday Oliseh scored in Dortmund's away win in the first leg on August. Julius Aghahowa halved the deficit for Viktor Prokopenko's visitors seven minutes into the return days later, but Matthias Sammer's team hit back through Jan Koller () and Márcio Amoroso to secure a overall success. The lineups in Dortmund were: Dortmund: Lehmann, Evanilson, Dedê, Kohler, Reuter, Wörns, Oliseh, Ricken (Stević ), Rosický, Amoroso (Madouni ), Koller (Bobic ). Shakhtar: Virt, Florea, Oronkwo, Popov, Starostiak, Aliuţă, Bakharev (Bielik ), Tymoshchuk, Zubov, Aghahowa, Vorobey. Match background If Dortmund's victorious streak at home in the group stage is one source of confidence, they can also point to a % winning record against Ukrainian visitors in UEFA competition. In the / UEFA Europa group phase, they overcame FC Karpaty Lviv at home through goals from Shinji Kagawa, Mats Hummels and Robert Lewandowski. Dortmund's other home encounter with Ukrainian opposition came after they had ousted Shakhtar in the / UEFA Champions qualifiers and faced FC Dynamo Kyiv in that season's first group stage. Tomáš Rosický struck the only goal in a success. The German club have drawn seven away first legs in UEFA competition and gone through on aggregate on six occasions. The sole defeat came the only time they recorded a away draw in the first leg, against Juventus in the / UEFA Cup semifinals; Dortmund were beaten in the home return. Shakhtar took four points on their travels in Group E, winning at FC Nordsjælland, drawing with Juventus and losing only to an addedtime goal at Chelsea FC. Moreover, in the last three seasons they have played away fixtures in the UEFA Champions and scored goals failing to find the net on only one occasion. Shakhtar have been victorious on their last two visits to Germany, Fernandinho hitting the opening goal when they won at VfB Stuttgart in the / UEFA Cup group stage. Răzvan Raţ and Darijo Srna also featured that night. The previous season Shakhtar had got the better of FC Schalke in the / UEFA Cup round of, as an Aghahowa goal in Gelsenkirchen secured a secondleg success and aggregate win. Shakhtar's overall away record against German outfits is W D L. Shakhtar won their first European trophy at the expense of German opposition, beating SV Werder Bremen in extra time in the UEFA Cup final in Istanbul, with Luiz Adriano and Jadson scoring. Eight of Shakhtar's starting XI that night remain at the club Andriy Pyatov, Olexander Kucher, Fernandinho, Ilsinho, Luiz Adriano, Raţ, Dmytro Chygrynskiy and Srna along with substitute Olexiy Gai. Shakhtar have drawn at home in the first leg of five previous UEFA competition ties and have lost three of those. They have been held in only one first leg, against FC Timişoara in the / UEFA Champions third qualifying round, when a goalless away draw eliminated Shakhtar. Last updated // ::CET Match background

5 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Dortmund's shootout record in UEFA club competitions is: v Udinese Calcio, / UEFA Cup first round v Club Brugge KV, / UEFA Champions third qualifying round v Rangers FC, / UEFA Cup third round v AJ Auxerre, / UEFA Cup semifinals Shakhtar's shootout record is: v Club Brugge KV, / UEFA Champions third qualifying round Team ties Mircea Lucescu was coach of the Romania team which lost to West Germany in the group stage of the UEFA European Championship. As a player, Lucescu's FC Dinamo Bucureşti were eliminated from the second round of the / UEFA Cup by. FC Köln, beaten on aggregate after a secondleg loss in Germany. He did not face Bundesliga opposition again until Shakhtar's / UEFA Cup tie with Schalke. Kucher, Yaroslav Rakitskiy and substitute Gai came up against Hummels and Mario Götze on November, when Ukraine and Germany played out a draw in a friendly to mark the reopening of the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. Tomáš Hübschman's Czech Republic were winners against the Poland of Jakub Błaszczykowski, Lewandowski and Łukasz Piszczek in the group stage at UEFA EURO, a result that eliminated the cohosts. Dortmund's Polish contingent will face Shakhtar's Ukrainian internationals when their countries meet in Warsaw in FIFA World Cup qualifying on March. Błaszczykowski, Lewandowski and Piszczek were involved in a friendly draw with a Ukraine team including Pyatov in September. Błaszczykowski also featured when Poland fell to a Ukraine side featuring Chygrynskiy, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Gai and Pyatov in an August friendly. Fernandinho made his Brazil debut in a friendly reverse against Germany in August in Stuttgart. Hummels and Götze, who scored, featured for Germany. Raţ was in the Romania side beaten home and away by Neven Subotić's Serbia in World Cup qualifying. He did, however, help Romania defeat Błaszczykowski and Lewandowski's Poland in a November friendly and, prior to that, scored his only international goal in a friendly defeat of Germany in Bucharest in April. Nuri Şahin played in Turkey's friendly win against a Ukraine team including Pyatov, Kucher, Rakitskiy and Shevchuk last June. He also hit an thminute winner when Turkey beat Ukraine in Kyiv in a UEFA European Under Championship qualifier in June. Olexiy Polyanskiy and Taras Stepanenko were in the home team and the latter featured as Şahin struck again in Turkey's victory in the return. Srna scored in Croatia's defeat of Germany at UEFA EURO. Taison appeared in the FC Metalist Kharkiv team which got the better of Bayer Leverkusen in this season's UEFA Europa group stage, drawing in Germany and winning at home. Eduardo has not lined up against Bundesliga opponents since losing at Stuttgart in the / UEFA Cup group stage with GNK Dinamo Zagreb. Last updated // ::CET Match background

6 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Match facts Dortmund UEFA Champions statistics Dortmund have scored European Cup goals. They have conceded goals in UEFA competition. Dortmund have been caught offside seven times and collected six yellow cards, both fewer than any other team in the last. They are one of three unbeaten sides in the competition along with FC Schalke and Juventus. Roman Weidenfeller and Marcel Schmelzer have played every minute of Jürgen Klopp's team's campaign. UEFA Champions squad changes In Marcel Halstenberg, Jonas Hofmann, Nuri Şahin (Real Madrid CF, loan) Out Mustafa Amini, Chris Löwe (. FC Kaiserslautern), Ivan Perišić (VfL Wolfsburg) Şahin has returned to Dortmund in an month loan deal. Miscellaneous Lewandowski struck twice on Saturday taking his tally to nine in his past nine outings for the club as Dortmund beat Hannover. He had been set to complete a threematch league ban following his dismissal against Hamburger SV on February, but the suspension was reduced to two games on Friday. Julian Schieber was also on target against Hannover, his first Bundesliga goal for Dortmund. Dortmund's German Cup defence ended last Wednesday with a quarterfinal defeat at FC Bayern München, the team they beat in last season's final. The loss ended Dortmund's game unbeaten run away from home in all competitions. Marco Reus scored every goal in a win against Eintracht Frankfurt on February, becoming the first German player to record a hattrick at home for Dortmund since Günter Breitzke in. For the second successive league game Klopp's team were reduced to ten men on minutes, with Schieber sent off. Dortmund's home defeat by Hamburg on February was their heaviest loss since going down at home to Bayern on September. Hamburg ended Dortmund's match unbeaten league run in September. İlkay Gündogan has been out of the starting XI in six Bundesliga games this season; Dortmund failed to win any (three draws, three losses). Neven Subotić (until summer ), Kevin Grosskreutz (), Sven Bender () and Schmelzer () have signed contract extensions this year. Shakhtar UEFA Champions statistics Andriy Pyatov, Răzvan Raţ, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Fernandinho, Darijo Srna and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have played every minute of Shakhtar's campaign. Olexandr Kucher is back after being banned on matchday seven. Luiz Adriano and Tomáš Hübschman will incur a suspension with their next bookings. UEFA Champions squad changes In Taison (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Dmytro Grechyshkin (FC Illychivets Mariupol) Out Willian (FC Anji Makhachkala), Dentinho (Beşiktaş JK), Olexiy Polyanskiy, Marko Dević (FC Metalist Kharkiv) Taison's.m switch is the biggest between two Ukrainian clubs while Willian's m price tag made him the most expensive player sold by a Ukrainian side. On February Shakhtar signed Ismaily from SC Braga on a fiveyear deal; the Brazilian defender is ineligible for the UEFA Champions. Dević left Shakhtar last week to return to Metalist Kharkiv on a fouryear deal. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

7 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Miscellaneous Shakhtar's day domestic winter break ended on Friday when they won at home to FC Volyn Lutsk. Kucher registered his third league goal of the season, eclipsing his combined haul of two from six previous campaigns at the club. Eduardo was on target with his first goal at the Donbass Arena since December. Eduard Sobol, a yearold signing from FC Metalurh Zaporizhya last month, came on for his debut on Friday. After the first leg against Dortmund, Mircea Lucescu's squad had a training camp in Turkey and played six friendlies in nine days, recording three wins, two draws and a defeat: /: IFK Norrköping, SWE (Stepanenko ; Telo ) /: FC Braşov, ROU (Alan Patrick, Douglas Costa, Eduardo ) /: Randers FC, DEN (Maicon, Gai, Taison, Kobin ; Schwartz ) /: FK Crvena zvezda, SRB /: PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara, RUS (Dević, Gai ) /: FC Dinamo Moskva, RUS (Mkhitaryan ; Kuranyi, Noboa ) Shakhtar were in supreme friendly form before the first leg, triumphing in ten of their outings and winning tournaments in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and La Manga, Spain. Srna won his th cap on February in Croatia's win against South Korea at Craven Cottage, London. He marked the occasion with the th goal of his international career. Mkhitaryan's tally of league goals this term is already the best return for a campaign by a Shakhtar player since Olexiy Byelik () in /. The Armenia forward's highest mark before this season was, for FC Pyunik in. Alex Teixeira has scored goals in all competitions this season, two more than his / haul. Shakhtar this season became the first team to win the first games of a Ukrainian topflight campaign. Lucescu's side lost at FC Arsenal Kyiv on November, ending the club's national record runs of consecutive Ukrainian Premier victories and topflight matches in a row in which they scored at least once. Shakhtar's game unbeaten start to the season, including wins, ended at Chelsea FC on matchday four. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

8 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Squad list Borussia Dortmund No. Player Goalkeepers Roman Weidenfeller Mitchell Langerak Zlatan Alomerović Defenders Marc Hornschuh Neven Subotić Mats Hummels Oliver Kirch Patrick Owomoyela Łukasz Piszczek Felipe Santana Marcel Schmelzer Koray Günter Marcel Halstenberg Midfielders Sebastian Kehl Sven Bender Moritz Leitner İlkay Gündoğan Mario Götze Marco Reus Jakub Błaszczykowski Nuri Şahin Kevin Grosskreutz Leonardo Bittencourt Jonas Hofmann Rico Benatelli Forwards Robert Lewandowski Julian Schieber Coach Jürgen Klopp Nat. AUS SRB POL BRA POL TUR POL DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

9 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Andriy Pyatov Anton Kanibolotskiy Nikita Shevchenko Defenders Olexandr Kucher Vyacheslav Shevchuk Răzvan Raţ Dmytro Chygrynskiy Serhiy Kryvtsov Yaroslav Rakitskiy Midfielders Tomáš Hübschman Taras Stepanenko Fernandinho Vasyl Kobin Olexiy Gai Douglas Costa Alan Patrick Dmytro Grechyshkin Alex Teixeira Darijo Srna Ilsinho Forwards Luiz Adriano Eduardo Henrikh Mkhitaryan Taison Coach Mircea Lucescu Nat. ROU CZE BRA BRA BRA BRA CRO BRA BRA CRO ARM BRA ROU DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D * * QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

10 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Head coach Borussia Dortmund: Jürgen Klopp of birth: June Nationality: German Playing career: SV Glatten, TuS Ergenzingen,. FC Pforzheim, Eintracht Frankfurt, Viktoria Sindlingen, RotWeiss Frankfurt,. FSV Mainz Coaching career:. FSV Mainz, Borussia Dortmund Having spent his early career in the lower leagues and failed to break into Eintracht's first team, Klopp turned professional with Mainz, starting off as a striker before becoming a nononsense defender. Never played in the top flight but made seconddivision appearances from to, setting a club record, scoring goals. 'Kloppo', as he is known in Germany, was appointed Mainz's caretaker coach on February, helping the club avoid relegation to the third tier. Duly won a permanent contract and over the next few years built Mainz into one of the strongest clubs in the. Bundesliga; narrowly missed out on promotion in and, Mainz losing out to Eintracht by a single goal in the latter campaign. Finally took Mainz into the top flight for the first time in and kept them in the Bundesliga until, taking them into the / UEFA Cup via the UEFA Fair Play ranking they lost to eventual winners Sevilla FC in the first round. After another near miss for promotion in / Klopp whose enthusiasm and passion, plus his stint as a TV pundit, have made him popular all over Germany left for Dortmund. Took them to sixth in his first season, led them into the UEFA Europa in the following campaign and then, with a squad packed with exciting young talent, oversaw league title wins in / and /, adding the German Cup in the latter campaign. : Mircea Lucescu of birth: July Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Dinamo Bucureşti, FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti, FC Corvinul Hunedoara Coaching career: FC Corvinul Hunedoara, Romania, FC Dinamo Bucureşti, AC Pisa, Brescia Calcio, AC Reggiana, FC Rapid Bucureşti (twice), FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray AŞ, Beşiktaş JK, FC Shakhtar Donetsk A useful striker for Dinamo in the s and s, winning six league titles and caps for Romania as well as playing at the FIFA World Cup, Lucescu became Corvinul playercoach in his early s and went on to win three Romanian championships with Dinamo. Fluent in six foreign languages and regarded as a workaholic, he cemented his reputation at Pisa, Brescia and Reggiana before returning home for the first of two spells as Rapid coach, winning the league in and. Returned to Serie A for a short spell at Inter in / before a oneseason return to Rapid, going on to lift the UEFA Super Cup in his first game as Galatasaray coach in. Lucescu won the Turkish title in / and repeated the feat with Beşiktaş in /, their centenary season. Left Beşiktaş in and promptly joined Shakhtar, leading the club to titles in, and, when his side also won the Ukrainian Cup. In May, Lucescu's Shakhtar became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in the competition's final edition. He suffered a heart attack that summer but swiftly returned to work, guiding the club to another league title at the end of the season and winning the domestic double in /, when Shakhtar also reached the UEFA Champions quarterfinals, and /. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

11 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Damir Skomina (SVN) Matej Žunič (SVN), Bojan Ul (SVN) Slavko Vinčić (SVN), Roberto Ponis (SVN) Primož Arhar (SVN) Jozef Kliment (SVK) Peter Mikkelsen (DEN) Referee Name Damir Skomina of birth // UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches Damir Skomina has steadily worked his way up the ranks both in his native Slovenia, where he has taken charge of three cup finals, and abroad. Cut his teeth in international football at the UEFA European Under Championship and made his UEFA Cup bow in October, his first UEFA Champions qualifying appearance coming the following July. Fourth official for the U and European U Championship showpieces, Skomina was the youngest official at the U finals in the Netherlands. There he oversaw three games, concluding with the hosts' win against Serbia in the final. A father of two sons who works in real estate and tourism, Skomina continued his rise to prominence by taking charge of three UEFA EURO qualifiers. He was fourth official at three matches at the finals, also overseeing two fixtures at that August's Olympic Games. Skomina made his UEFA Champions group stage bow on matchday three of / as PSV Eindhoven took on Olympique de Marseille and has since become a regular in that competition and the UEFA Europa. Ended the / season by taking charge of the Slovenian Cup final. Having overseen three UEFA EURO qualifiers, Skomina took charge of three matches in Poland and Ukraine and was fourth official for the SpainPortugal semifinal. The / campaign started with him being appointed for the Slovenian Super Cup and then the UEFA Super Cup between Chelsea FC and Club Atlético de Madrid in Monaco. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // // // Competition UCL UCL UCL UCL Stage QR GS QF GS Home FC Salzburg Maccabi Haifa FC FC Schalke Away FC Bayern München FC Internazionale Milano Chelsea FC Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // // // // Competition U U U EURO U UCUP UCUP UCUP WC UEL EURO Stage QR GS QR QR QR R GS R QR QF QF Home Wales Greece Armenia Faroe Islands Ukraine Bayer Leverkusen UC Sampdoria Valencia CF Ukraine Fulham FC Germany Away Germany Germany Ukraine Ukraine Azerbaijan Galatasaray AŞ VfB Stuttgart FC Dynamo Kyiv England VfL Wolfsburg Greece Venue Salzburg Ramat Gan Gelsenkirchen Donetsk Venue Wrexham Lurgan Riga Toftir Orhei Leverkusen Genoa Valencia Dnipropetrovsk London Gdansk Last updated // ::CET Match officials

12 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Borussia Dortmund Competition Opponent // Cup FC Oberneuland (A) W // SV Werder Bremen (H) W //. FC Nürnberg (A) D // Bayer Leverkusen (H) W // UCL AFC Ajax (H) W // Hamburger SV (A) L // Eintracht Frankfurt (A) D // VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) W // UCL Manchester City FC (A) D // Hannover (A) D // FC Schalke (H) L // UCL Real Madrid CF (H) W // SC Freiburg (A) W // Cup VfR Aalen (A) W // VfB Stuttgart (H) D // UCL Real Madrid CF (A) D // FC Augsburg (A) W // SpVgg Greuther Fürth (H) W // UCL AFC Ajax (A) W //. FSV Mainz (A) W // Fortuna Düsseldorf (H) D // FC Bayern München (A) D // UCL Manchester City FC (H) W // VfL Wolfsburg (H) L // TSG Hoffenheim (A) W // Cup Hannover (H) W // SV Werder Bremen (A) W //. FC Nürnberg (H) W // Bayer Leverkusen (A) W // Hamburger SV (H) L // UCL (A) D // Eintracht Frankfurt (H) W // VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) D // Cup FC Bayern München (A) L // Hannover (H) W // // // // // // // // // // // UCL (H) FC Schalke (A) SC Freiburg (H) VfB Stuttgart (A) FC Augsburg (H) SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A). FSV Mainz (H) Fortuna Düsseldorf (A) FC Bayern München (H) VfL Wolfsburg (A) TSG Hoffenheim (H) Goalscorers Reus, Błaszczykowski, Perišić Reus, Götze Błaszczykowski Hummels, Błaszczykowski, Lewandowski Lewandowski Perišić, Piszczek, Reus, Götze Reus,, Subotić, Gündoğan, Błaszczykowski Reus Lewandowski Lewandowski Lewandowski, Schmelzer Subotić, Götze Hummels, Schmelzer, Götze, Schieber Reus, Arbeloa (og) Reus, Lewandowski, Lewandowski, (p), Götze Reus, Götze, Lewandowski, Reus, Lewandowski, Błaszczykowski Götze Schieber Reus, Błaszczykowski (p) Götze, Grosskreutz, Lewandowski Götze,,, Błaszczykowski, Lewandowski Reus, Götze, Felipe Santana, Lewandowski, Błaszczykowski Błaszczykowski (p),, Lewandowski Reus, Błaszczykowski (p), Lewandowski Lewandowski Lewandowski, Hummels Reus,, Götze (p) Lewandowski,, Schieber Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Bayern München Borussia Dortmund Bayer Leverkusen Eintracht Frankfurt SC Freiburg FC Schalke Hamburger SV. FSV Mainz VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Hannover VfB Stuttgart Fortuna Düsseldorf. FC Nürnberg SV Werder Bremen VfL Wolfsburg FC Augsburg TSG Hoffenheim SpVgg Greuther Fürth W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Competition Opponent // FC Arsenal Kyiv (H) W // FC Hoverla Uzhhorod (A) W // FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (H) W // FC Volyn Lutsk (A) W // FC Vorskla Poltava (H) W // FC Chornomorets Odesa (A) W // FC Karpaty Lviv (H) W // FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) W // FC Zorya Luhansk (A) W // UCL FC Nordsjælland (H) W // Cup FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) W // FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (H) W // UCL Juventus (A) D // FC Metalist Kharkiv (A) W // FC Illychivets Mariupil (H) W // UCL Chelsea FC (H) W // SC Tavriya Simferopol (A) W // Cup FC Hoverla Uzhhorod (A) W // FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (H) W // UCL Chelsea FC (A) L // FC Metalurh Donetsk (A) W // FC Arsenal Kyiv (A) L // UCL FC Nordsjælland (A) W // FC Hoverla Uzhhorod (H) W // FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (A) W // UCL Juventus (H) L // UCL Borussia Dortmund (H) D // FC Volyn Lutsk (H) W // // // // // // // // // // // // // UCL Cup Borussia Dortmund (A) FC Vorskla Poltava (A) FC Chornomorets Odesa (H) FC Karpaty Lviv (A) FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) FC Zorya Luhansk (H) FC Karpaty Lviv (H) FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (A) FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) FC Illychivets Mariupil (A) SC Tavriya Simferopol (H) FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (A) FC Metalurh Donetsk (H) Goalscorers Mkhitaryan,, Seleznyov, Alex Teixeira, Ilsinho, Dević + (p) Mkhitaryan, Ilsinho, Seleznyov + Fernandinho + Dević, Mkhitaryan,, Alex Teixeira Mkhitaryan,, Dević, Alex Teixeira Mkhitaryan,,, Alex Teixeira, Willian Dentinho, Luiz Adriano, Mkhitaryan Kucher,, Luiz Adriano Alex Teixeira, Mkhitaryan, Luiz Adriano Mkhitaryan, Luiz Adriano, Alex Teixeira, Fernandinho, Srna Mkhitaryan, Srna Alex Teixeira Mkhitaryan, Ilsinho Ilsinho, Chygrynskiy Alex Teixeira, Fernandinho Alex Teixeira Fernandinho, Alex Teixeira, Luiz Adriano, Willian (p) Douglas Costa (p), Luiz Adriano Willian, Eduardo, Mkhitaryan,, Alex Teixeira + Luiz Adriano,,, Willian, Ilsinho, Willian, Mkhitaryan, Douglas Costa, Dević Mkhitaryan, Alex Teixeira Srna, Douglas Costa Shandruk (og), Kucher, Douglas Costa, Eduardo + Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

15 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Illychivets Mariupil FC Zorya Luhansk FC Volyn Lutsk FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih SC Tavriya Simferopol FC Vorskla Poltava FC Hoverla Uzhhorod FC Metalurh Zaporizhya W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

16 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups Borussia Dortmund Group stage Standings Club Borussia Dortmund Real Madrid CF AFC Ajax Manchester City FC W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Dortmund Ajax Goals: Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Subotić, Kehl, Gündoğan (Leitner ), Lewandowski, Götze (Schieber ), Reus, Hummels, Błaszczykowski (Perišić ), Piszczek, Schmelzer Matchday (//) Man. City Dortmund Goals: Reus, Balotelli (pen) Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Subotić, Bender, Gündoğan (Grosskreutz ), Lewandowski, Götze (Kehl ), Reus, Hummels (Felipe Santana ), Błaszczykowski, Piszczek, Schmelzer Matchday (//) Dortmund Real Madrid Goals: Lewandowski, Ronaldo, Schmelzer Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Subotić, Kehl, Bender (Gündoğan ), Lewandowski, Götze (Schieber ), Reus (Perišić +), Hummels, Grosskreutz, Piszczek, Schmelzer Matchday (//) Real Madrid Dortmund Goals: Reus, Pepe, Arbeloa (o.g.), Özil Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Subotić, Kehl, Gündoğan (Perišić ), Lewandowski, Götze (Leitner +), Reus (Bender ), Hummels, Grosskreutz, Piszczek, Schmelzer Matchday (//) Ajax Dortmund Goals: Reus, Götze, Lewandowski, Lewandowski, Hoesen Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Subotić, Bender (Perišić ), Gündoğan, Lewandowski, Götze (Błaszczykowski ), Reus (Schieber ), Hummels, Grosskreutz, Piszczek, Schmelzer Matchday (//) Dortmund Man. City Goals: Schieber Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Leitner, Gündoğan, Reus (Błaszczykowski ), Hummels, Grosskreutz, Kirch (Bittencourt ), Schieber (Lewandowski ), Felipe Santana, Schmelzer, Perišić Round of (//) Shakhtar Donetsk Dortmund Goals: Srna, Lewandowski, Douglas Costa, Hummels : Pyatov, Hübschman, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano, Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Chygrynskiy, Taison (Douglas Costa ), Alex Teixeira (Eduardo ), Srna, Rakitskiy Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Kehl, Bender, Lewandowski, Götze, Reus (Schieber +), Hummels, Błaszczykowski (Leitner ), Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Schmelzer (//) Dortmund v Shakhtar Donetsk Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

17 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Group stage Standings Club Juventus Chelsea FC FC Nordsjælland W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Shakhtar Donetsk Nordsjælland Goals: Mkhitaryan, Mkhitaryan : Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano (Dević ), Willian (Douglas Costa ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Srna, Rakitskiy, Ilsinho (Alex Teixeira ) Matchday (//) Juventus Shakhtar Donetsk Goals: Alex Teixeira, Bonucci : Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano, Willian, Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy Matchday (//) Shakhtar Donetsk Chelsea Goals: Alex Teixeira, Fernandinho, Oscar : Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano, Willian (Douglas Costa ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy Matchday (//) Chelsea Shakhtar Donetsk Goals: Torres, Willian, Oscar, Willian, Moses + : Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano, Willian, Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy Matchday (//) Nordsjælland Shakhtar Donetsk Goals: Nordstrand, Luiz Adriano, Lorentzen, Willian, Willian, Luiz Adriano, Luiz Adriano : Pyatov, Kucher, Stepanenko, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano (Eduardo ), Willian (Ilsinho ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Douglas Costa ), Srna, Rakitskiy Matchday (//) Shakhtar Donetsk Juventus Goals: Kucher (o.g.) : Pyatov, Kucher, Stepanenko, Fernandinho, Willian, Eduardo (Dević ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy Round of (//) Shakhtar Donetsk Dortmund Goals: Srna, Lewandowski, Douglas Costa, Hummels : Pyatov, Hübschman, Fernandinho, Luiz Adriano, Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Chygrynskiy, Taison (Douglas Costa ), Alex Teixeira (Eduardo ), Srna, Rakitskiy Borussia Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Kehl, Bender, Lewandowski, Götze, Reus (Schieber +), Hummels, Błaszczykowski (Leitner ), Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Schmelzer (//) Dortmund v Shakhtar Donetsk Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

18 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions knockout stage: Did you know? Teams have recovered from a firstleg deficit to go through on occasions, including SL Benfica, APOEL FC, FC Bayern München and Chelsea FC in /. Only twice AFC Ajax's defeat of Panathinaikos FC in the / semifinals and FC Internazionale Milano's win against FC Bayern München in the / round of has a side progressed after a home firstleg loss. The biggest losing margin a side has overturned was achieved by RC Deportivo La Coruña in the / quarterfinals when they lost at AC Milan but won at home. Twentyone ties have been decided on away goals, including six where the triumphant team lost the first leg. In all, ties have required extra time. Eight have been decided by extra time alone: four quarterfinals, three round of encounters and the / semifinal between Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC. Thirteen ties have gone to penalties, including six finals,,,, and. The first twolegged tie decided on spot kicks was PSV Eindhoven's win against Lyon on April after a aggregate draw. There has never been a knockout tie ending goalless after two legs. Ten have finished on aggregate, most recently Tottenham Hotspur FC's narrow victory against AC Milan in the / round of. FC Bayern München hold the record for the biggest firstleg lead with a success at Sporting Clube de Portugal in the / round of, eventually going through after a home victory in the second leg. Those two games also featured more goals () over its two legs than any UEFA Champions knockout tie. FC Bayern München's secondleg defeat of FC Basel in the / round of is the largest margin of victory in a UEFA Champions knockout match. Clarence Seedorf is the only player to win the European Cup with three clubs (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan, ). Liverpool's Bob Paisley (,, ) is the only coach to win three times. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern ), Ernst Happel (Feyenoord, Hamburger SV ) and José Mourinho (FC Porto, FC Internazionale Milano ) are the only coaches to win the trophy with two clubs. Chelsea FC have become 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 /, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions trophy with AC Milan (, ) the last club to win consecutive European Champion Clubs' Cups. Milan (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United (, ) have all returned to the final as holders only to lose. Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (, final in Munich) and Juventus (, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the final in London and months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München. UEFA Champions : Did you know? Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in FC Barcelona's win against Bayer Leverkusen on March. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete having been aged years days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six of the / edition. 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. He was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November. He was sent off in the th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored, aged years and days, in Olympiacos FC's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October. Last updated // ::CET Competition facts

19 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Team facts Borussia Dortmund Formed: Nickname: BVB UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Champions (): UEFA Cup: (), () UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): UEFA Super Cup: () European/South American Cup (): Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: group stage /: UEFA Europa group stage /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup first round /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Intertoto Cup finals /: UEFA Intertoto Cup finals /: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: second group stage Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Dortmund v Floriana FC //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round second leg Biggest away win : Floriana FC v Dortmund //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg :. FK Příbram v Dortmund //, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarterfinal first leg Heaviest home defeat on four occasions, most recently v Juventus //, UEFA Champions group stage on three occasions, most recently v Udinese Calcio //, UEFA Cup first round Heaviest away defeat (aet): Club Brugge KV v Dortmund //, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final) Biggest home win twice, most recently v Galatasaray AŞ //, group stage : Dortmund v FC Lokomotiv Moskva //, second group stage Biggest away win : AFC Ajax v Dortmund //, group stage twice, most recently v FC Steaua Bucureşti //, group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

20 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Heaviest home defeat : Dortmund v Juventus (see above for details) : Dortmund v AFC Ajax //, quarterfinals first leg Heaviest away defeat : Olympique de Marseille v Dortmund //, group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

21 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.CET (. local time) Formed: Nickname: Hirnyky (The Pitmen) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup (): UEFA Super Cup: () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Ukrainian league title: () USSR/Ukrainian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: group stage /: quarterfinals /: UEFA Europa round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup winners (having transferred from UEFA Champions group stage) /: group stage /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions group stage) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions group stage) /: UEFA Cup first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Shakhtar v FC Basel //, UEFA Champions group stage Biggest away win twice, most recently v FC Levadia Maardu //, UEFA Champions second qualifying round second leg : Birkirkara FC v Shakhtar //, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg Heaviest home defeat twice, most recently v AC Milan //, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat on four occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona //, UEFA Champions quarterfinal first leg on three occasions, most recently v AS Roma //, UEFA Champions group stage UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Shakhtar v FC Basel (see above for details) Biggest away win : FC Nordsjælland v Shakhtar //, group stage twice, most recently v FK Partizan //, group stage Heaviest home defeat twice, most recently v AC Milan (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat three times, most recently v FC Barcelona (see above for details) twice, most recently v AS Roma (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

22 Borussia Dortmund Tuesday March.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. UCL: 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 UCL: UEFA Champions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UEL: UEFA Europa UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa 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 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 QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number R: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal R: Second round and penalty shootout R: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty R: Fourth round agg: Aggregate : Matches played SF: Semifinals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position R: round of Comp.: Competition Pts: Points R: Round of D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) st: first leg DoB: of birth Res.: nd: second leg ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal PO: Playoff GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin (Rep) : Replay GF: Goals for W: Won PO FT: Playoff for Final gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked Tournament L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) playoff 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