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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON FC Barcelona Group H Matchday Tuesday December.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 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions Date // Stage GS Match FC Barcelona Result Venue Minsk Goalscorers A. Volodko (og), Pedro Rodríguez, Messi,, Villa FC Barcelona Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA FC Barcelona Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions Date // // UEFA Cup Date // // Stage GS GS Stage R R Match Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF Match Villarreal CF Villarreal CF Result Result agg: Venue Minsk Madrid Venue Minsk Villarreal Goalscorers Raúl González Sergio Ramos, Van Nistelrooy Goalscorers Cani, Ángel López Nihat Kahveci,, Senna, Tomasson ; Zhavnerchik Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Barcelona Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Match background With FC Barcelona already assured top spot and AC Milan second, the only remaining question in Group H is which club will take third place and visit the Camp Nou with it all to do if they are to avoid the wooden spoon. Viktor Goncharenko's men sit two points below thirdplaced FC Viktoria Plzeň after their costly matchday five defeat by the Czech champions. That reverse leaves them needing both a victory in Spain, and a defeat for Plzeň at home against AC Milan, if they are to snatch a UEFA Europa spot. BATE have never before won a UEFA Champions away game. Barcelona have no such worries, their victory in Milan last time out having established an unbridgeable gap at the top. Match background BATE suffered a home defeat when the teams met for the first time in Minsk in September their fifth defeat in as many encounters with Spanish opposition. This is the Belarusian title holders' third visit to Spain, where they went down to Villarreal CF in the / UEFA Cup first round and to Real Madrid CF in the following season's UEFA Champions group stage. Dmitri Likhtarovich, Aleksandr Volodko, Aleksandr Yurevich and unused substitutes Aleksandr Gutor and Maksim Skavysh were all involved in that September defeat in Madrid. Barcelona are unbeaten in European home matches dating back to a defeat by FC Rubin Kazan on October. Their sequence of results at the Camp Nou since comprises ten wins and two draws. BATE's overall record on their UEFA Champions travels this term, qualifying included, is W D L. In the group stage matches this season and in /, they have recorded three draws and two defeats. Team ties Éric Abidal scored an own goal for France when he played against Belarus in a draw on June at the Dinamo Stadion in UEFA EURO qualifying. Maksim Bordachev was in the home lineup. On June Thiago Alcántara and Martín Montoya featured for Spain in their UEFA European Under Championship semifinal victory against a Belarus side containing Gutor, Yegor Filipenko, Skavysh and substitute Dmitri Baga. Mateja Kežman played for Chelsea FC in a home victory against Barcelona in the / UEFA Champions round of, a result that secured a aggregate triumph. The Serbian's only goal to date against a Spanish side in UEFA club competition was in Fenerbahçe SK's home win against Sevilla FC in the first leg of their UEFA Champions last tie in /. Adriano, Daniel Alves and Seydou Keita were all in that Sevilla team and the latter two scored in a secondleg win for Sevilla that took the game to penalties. However, after Kežman had struck to make it in the shootout, Alves's saved spot kick sent the Turkish side through. Kežman hit eight goals in league outing for Club Atlético de Madrid in /, including the Rojiblancos' second in a home success over Barcelona in September. Kežman and Ibrahim Afellay were teammates at PSV Eindhoven in /, although the latter made only two substitute appearances. Kežman was sent off in Serbia and Montenegro's Group C defeat by Argentina at the FIFA World Cup in Gelsenkirchen, a match in which Lionel Messi scored his first competitive international goal. BATE fitness coach José Pastor Verchili was born in Castellon de la Plana on Spain's Mediterranean coast and after graduating from the Universitat Jaume I in Castellon, he earned his master's degree in a programme funded by Barça. He later continued his studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona before working as a fitness coach with the junior teams of Villarreal. Last updated // ::CET Match background

4 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Match facts Barcelona UEFA milestones Barcelona have conceded goals in UEFA competition. UEFA Champions statistics With, Barcelona are the joint highest scorers along with Real Madrid CF. Lionel Messi has found the net six times, the joint highest total in the group stage along with Mario Gomez. Messi has had more shots on goal () than any other player; his tally of shots wide is the joint highest with Hulk. Daniel Alves is available after serving a onegame ban on matchday five; Carles Puyol's next booking will incur a suspension. Latest domestic information Saturday December: FC Barcelona UD Levante (Fàbregas, Cuenca, Messi, Alexis ) Valdés; Mascherano, Puyol (Alves ), Abidal; Xavi, Busquets (Keita ), Fàbregas (Pedro ), Iniesta; Cuenca, Messi, Alexis Barcelona stretched their unbeaten run at home to games, winning since a loss to Hércules CF on September. Barcelona have gone minutes without conceding a goal at home, keeping nine clean sheets since Thiago Silva's late equaliser for AC Milan on matchday one. They have since scored without reply at the Camp Nou. Saturday's clean sheet was the Azulgrana's th in succession at home in the league, a club record. Messi has scored goals in his last ten games for club and country. Barcelona's game unbeaten run in all competitions, since a loss at Real Sociedad de Fútbol on April, ended with a defeat at Getafe CF on November. The defeat also halted Barcelona's Spanish topflight record of scoring in consecutive Liga away games. Víctor Valdés, who broke Andoni Zubizarreta's club goalkeeping record of Liga appearances on October, had gone minutes without conceding before Ander Herrera opened the scoring for Athletic Club in a draw on November. Xavi Hernández passed Migueli's club record for Liga appearances at Granada CF on October, marking his nd topflight match with the only goal of the game. Barcelona have already collected two trophies this season, beating FC Porto in the UEFA Super Cup on August having already wrapped up a aggregate victory against Real Madrid CF in the Spanish Super Cup. Injury news In for the suspended Gerard Piqué, Puyol was substituted in the first half against Levante after complaining of dizziness. Andrés Iniesta started the win against Rayo Vallecano de Madrid on November after two games out with a thigh problem. Adriano returning from the torn left hamstring he sustained while on international duty in early November suffered a left thigh strain against Rayo Vallecano. Ibrahim Afellay is likely to be out until next year after suffering a knee ligament injury in training in September. Miscellaneous Eleven Barcelona players have been nominated for the FIFA FIFPro World XI, which will be announced in Zurich on January: Valdes, Éric Abidal, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Sergio Busquets, Cesc Fàbregas, Iniesta, Xavi, Messi and David Villa. On Monday Messi and Xavi were announced on the threeman shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d'or. Messi is also in contention for the Ferenc Puskás prize for the Goal of the Year while Josep Guardiola is one of three men nominated for the Coach of the Year for men's football award. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

5 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Messi is among candidates for Time magazine's Person of the Year, the winner of which will be announced later this month. Barcelona will face the winners of the quarterfinal between Qatar's AlSadd Sports Club and Esperance Sportive de Tunis in the last four of the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan on December. BATE UEFA milestones Matchday five was BATE's th game in UEFA club competition, a Belarusian record. They equalled FC Dinamo Minsk's mark on matchday four. BATE were a club record nine games unbeaten in UEFA competition before their matchday two loss to Barcelona. BATE have conceded goals in the European Cup. UEFA Champions statistics Edgar Olekhnovich and Marko Simić will incur a suspension with their next yellow cards. Latest domestic information BATE were not in action at the weekend after completing their domestic campaign on November, a draw at FC Dinamo Brest halting a run of three defeats in all competitions. Renan Bressan scored a secondhalf equaliser, his th league goal of the season. He finished Vysshaya Liga top scorer for the second successive campaign having struck in. The Borisov outfit picked up just points and four victories from their final league games; they won nine of their opening this term, drawing the other four to collect points. BATE ended the campaign on points, five clear of secondplaced FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk last season they finished on points, six ahead of Shakhtyor. Compared to, Viktor Goncharenko's team scored fewer goals, conceded more and managed fewer wins. BATE beat FC Torpedo Zhodino on October to seal their sixth consecutive Belarusian title, and eighth overall, with four matches to spare. Goncharenko's team kept clean sheets in league matches this season. Injury news Vitali Rodionov is likely to be out of action until at least April after rupturing knee ligaments on August. Evgeni Kuntsevich underwent knee surgery in July and has been ruled out until the new year. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

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

7 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Andrei Scherbakov Aleksandr Gutor Pavel Chesnovski Defenders Aleksandr Yurevich Artyom Radkov Maksim Bordachev Yegor Filipenko Marko Simić Evgeni Kuntsevich Ilya Tsyvilko Midfielders Dmitri Likhtarovich Oleg Patotski Artyom Kontsevoi Aleksandr Volodko Renan Bressan Mikhail Gordeychuk Aleksandr Pavlov Kirill Aleksiyan Edgar Olekhnovich Dmitri Baga Vadim Kurlovich Eduard Chudnovski Sergei Glebko Maksim Volodko Filipp Rudik Forwards Alex Porfirio Maksim Skavysh Vitali Rodionov Mateja Kežman Coach Viktor Goncharenko Nat. SRB BRA BRA SRB DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D * * QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

8 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Head coach FC Barcelona: Josep Guardiola Date of birth: January Nationality: Spanish Playing career: FC Barcelona, Brescia Calcio (twice), AS Roma, AlAhly Club, Dorados de Sinaloa Coaching career: FC Barcelona B, FC Barcelona Known as 'Pep', he came up through Barcelona's youth ranks to win six Spanish Liga titles, one European Champion Clubs' Cup, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two Copa del Rey trophies from to. Also had spells with Brescia, Fabio Capello's Roma, AlAhly in Doha and Mexico's Dorados de Sinola before ending his playing career in. Won caps and Olympic footballing gold with Spain in, but missed the and FIFA World Cup tournaments through injury. Having coached Barcelona's B team, became the th Catalanborn boss of the senior team in and won the UEFA Champions, Spanish Liga and Copa del Rey in his first season in charge. Success in the / final made Guardiola the sixth man to lift the European Cup as a player and a coach. Barcelona followed up with victories in the Spanish and UEFA Super Cups at the start of /, going on to win the FIFA Club World Cup and retain the Liga title. Steered the Azulgrana to a third successive Liga crown and their fourth European Cup in /. : Viktor Goncharenko Date of birth: June Nationality: Belarusian Playing career: FC RUOR Minsk, Coaching career: His career as a BATE defender ended at because of ruptured left knee ligaments, Goncharenko immediately switched to coaching, taking over the club's reserves and guiding them to secondplaced finishes in and before graduating to become assistant to head coach Igor Kriushenko. In he replaced Kriushenko on a temporary basis when the latter developed health problems and guided BATE to five wins in his six matches in charge. When Kriushenko departed for FC Dinamo Minsk that November Goncharenko got his big break with the newlycrowned champions; suffered a number of key departures, but the likes of Vladimir Rzhevski, Sergei Sosnovski and Sergei Veremko proved shrewd signings. Won the first of three successive league titles with BATE in, adding a domestic double in, with the coach who won the and titles as a player also feted as his nation's coach of the year in all three seasons. His first year in charge also brought Goncharenko a Belarusian first in taking BATE to the / UEFA Champions group stage; his side were eliminated despite two draws against Juventus, but at, Goncharenko became the group stage's youngest ever coach. Reached the UEFA Europa group stage in the following two campaigns; missed the round of in / but reached knockout stages the following season. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

9 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer William Collum (SCO) George Drummond (SCO), Martin Cryans (SCO) Alan Muir (SCO), Bobby Madden (SCO) Iain Robertson Brines (SCO) Michail Kassabov (BUL) Vladimir Antonov (MDA) Referee Name William Collum Date of birth // UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches Scotland's William Collum took up refereeing in December, just before his th birthday, and by June had been admitted to the Scottish Football Association (SFA) list. Collum's first taste of international competition followed in when he was selected for the UEFA European Under Championship in Luxembourg, overseeing three matches and working as fourth official as Russia overcame the Czech Republic on penalties in the final. Having been awarded his FIFA badge in January, his first involvement both as a referee and as a fourth official in qualifying matches in the UEFA Champions and UEFA Cup, plus the UEFA Intertoto Cup, followed later that summer. A fitness fanatic with a particular interest in running, Collum oversaw the UEFA EURO qualifier between Andorra and Estonia in November and was selected for the U finals in the Czech Republic the following July. There he refereed three matches, concluding with Germany's final win against Italy. A regular in the UEFA Cup and subsequently UEFA Europa from / onwards, Collum began the / season by taking charge of Belarus' famous UEFA EURO qualifying win in France and finished the campaign with two matches at the FIFA U World Cup having also overseen three games in the UEFA Champions group stage. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date // Competition UCL Stage QR Home Away APOEL FC Result Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date // // // // // Competition U UCUP EURO U UCUP Stage GS GS QR PO QF Home Germany CD Nacional France Croatia FC Twente Away Spain Athletic Club Belarus Spain Villarreal CF Result Venue Borisov Venue Plzen Funchal Paris Varazdin Enschede Last updated // ::CET Match officials

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

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

12 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Date Competition Opponent Result // FC Neman Grodno (H) D // FC Naftan Novopolotsk (H) W // FC Dnepr Mogilev (A) D // FC Dinamo Minsk (H) W // FC Dinamo Brest (A) W // FC Torpedo Zhodino (H) W // FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (A) W // FC Vitebsk (H) W // FC Belshina Bobruisk (A) W // FC Minsk (H) D // FC Gomel (A) D // FC Neman Grodno (A) W // FC Naftan Novopolotsk (A) W // FC Dnepr Mogilev (H) W // FC Dinamo Minsk (A) L // FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (H) D // FC Dinamo Brest (H) W // FC Torpedo Zhodino (A) W // UCL Linfield FC (A) D // UCL Linfield FC (H) W // Cup FC Gorodeya (A) W // UCL FK Ekranas (A) D // FC Vitebsk (A) W // UCL FK Ekranas (H) W // FC Belshina Bobruisk (H) W // FC Minsk (A) L // UCL SK Sturm Graz (H) D // FC Gomel (H) D // UCL SK Sturm Graz (A) W // FC Dinamo Minsk (H) D // FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk (A) D // UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (A) D // FC Naftan Novopolotsk (H) W // FC Belshina Bobruisk (A) D // UCL FC Barcelona (H) L // FC Gomel (H) D // FC Minsk (A) W // UCL AC Milan (A) L // FC Torpedo Zhodino (H) W // FC Vitebsk (H) D // UCL AC Milan (H) D // FC Neman Grodno (A) W // Cup FC Dinamo Brest (A) L // FC Dnepr Mogilev (H) L // UCL FC Viktoria Plzeň (H) L // FC Dinamo Brest (A) D // UCL FC Barcelona (A) Goalscorers Shitov Renan Bressan Gordeychuk Renan Bressan Pankovets (og), (og), Baga Simić Renan Bressan, Nekhaychik Nekhaychik, +, Skavysh, Simić, Kontsevoi Nadievski (og), Filipenko, Baga Shitov, Radkov Rudik, Kontsevoi,, Patotski, Renan Bressan Kirenkin (og), Renan Bressan Nekhaychik, Pavlov, Nekhaychik, Renan Bressan (p) Nekhaychik, Pavlov Rudik, Rodionov,,, Skavysh,, Aleksiyan Rodionov Rodionov, Renan Bressan, Gordeychuk Kontsevoi Simić Rodionov A. Volodko, Simić Rodionov, Filipenko Renan Bressan Renan Bressan, Kontsevoi Loshankov (og), Renan Bressan Skavysh, Renan Bressan,, M. Volodko Renan Bressan, Baranok (og) Renan Bressan (p) Pavlov Kontsevoi Renan Bressan Renan Bressan Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk FC Gomel FC Dinamo Minsk FC Belshina Bobruisk FC Torpedo Zhodino FC Naftan Novopolotsk FC Neman Grodno FC Minsk FC Dinamo Brest FC Vitebsk FC Dnepr Mogilev W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups Second qualifying round (//) Linfield BATE Goals: Fordyce, Renan Bressan (pen) : Gutor, Likhtarovich (Olekhnovich ), Yurevich, A. Volodko, Renan Bressan, Nekhaychik, Skavysh (Kontsevoi ), Pavlov (Rudik ), Bordachev, Filipenko, Simić (//) BATE Linfield (agg: ) Goals: Nekhaychik, Pavlov : Gutor, Likhtarovich (Olekhnovich ), Shitov, Yurevich, Patotski, Kontsevoi (Rodionov ), Renan Bressan (A. Volodko ), Nekhaychik, Pavlov, Filipenko, Simić Third qualifying round (//) Ekranas BATE : Gutor, Likhtarovich (Rudik ), Shitov, Yurevich, Patotski (Gordeychuk ), Kontsevoi, Renan Bressan (Rodionov ), Nekhaychik, Filipenko, Simić, Olekhnovich (//) BATE Ekranas (agg: ) Goals: Rodionov, Velička, Renan Bressan, Gordeychuk : Gutor, Likhtarovich (Olekhnovich ), Shitov, Yurevich, Patotski (Gordeychuk ), Renan Bressan, Nekhaychik, Rodionov, Filipenko, Simić, Baga (Rudik ) Playoffs (//) BATE Sturm Goals: Weber, Simić : Gutor, Yurevich, Patotski (Gordeychuk ), Kontsevoi, Nekhaychik, Bordachev (A. Volodko ), Rodionov (Rudik ), Filipenko, Simić, Olekhnovich, Baga (//) Sturm BATE (agg: ) Goals: A. Volodko, Simić : Gutor, Yurevich, Kontsevoi (Gordeychuk ), A. Volodko, Renan Bressan (Rudik ), Nekhaychik, Rodionov (Bordachev ), Filipenko, Simić, Olekhnovich, Baga Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

15 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Group H Standings Club FC Barcelona AC Milan FC Viktoria Plzeň W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Barcelona Milan Goals: Pato, Pedro Rodríguez, Villa, Thiago Silva + FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Xavi Hernández, Villa (Afellay ), Iniesta (Fàbregas ), Messi, Mascherano, Keita (Puyol ), Busquets, Pedro Rodríguez, Abidal Plzeň BATE Goals: Bakoš +, Renan Bressan : Gutor, A. Volodko, Renan Bressan (Kontsevoi ), Gordeychuk (M. Volodko ), Bordachev, Filipenko, Simić, Olekhnovich, Baga, Rudik, Kežman (Alex Porfirio ) Matchday (//) BATE Barcelona Goals: A. Volodko (o.g.), Pedro Rodríguez, Messi, Messi, Villa : Gutor, Kontsevoi, A. Volodko, Renan Bressan (Kurlovich ), Bordachev, Filipenko, Simić, Olekhnovich, Baga, Rudik (Aleksiyan ), Kežman (Skavysh ) FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Puyol, Xavi Hernández (Fàbregas ), Villa, Messi, Thiago Alcántara, Mascherano, Keita, Pedro Rodríguez (Maxwell ), Abidal (Adriano ) Matchday (//) Milan BATE Goals: Ibrahimović, Boateng : Gutor, Likhtarovich (Olekhnovich ), Yurevich, Kontsevoi, A. Volodko, Renan Bressan (Pavlov ), Radkov, Bordachev, Simić, Baga, Kežman (Skavysh ) Barcelona Plzeň Goals: Iniesta, Villa FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Xavi Hernández, Villa (Isaac Cuenca ), Iniesta (Keita ), Messi, Mascherano, Busquets, Pedro Rodríguez, Adriano, Abidal Matchday (//) BATE Milan Goals: Ibrahimović, Renan Bressan (pen) : Gutor, Likhtarovich (Olekhnovich ), Yurevich, Kontsevoi (Gordeychuk ), A. Volodko, Renan Bressan, Radkov, Skavysh, Bordachev, Simić, Baga (Pavlov ) Plzeň Barcelona Goals: Messi (pen), Messi +, Fàbregas, Messi + FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves (Maxwell ), Piqué, Fàbregas, Puyol, Messi, Thiago Alcántara, Busquets (Keita ), Adriano, Abidal (Alexis Sánchez ), Isaac Cuenca Matchday (//) BATE Plzeň Goals: Bakoš : Gutor, Yurevich, Kontsevoi (Rudik ), A. Volodko, Renan Bressan, Skavysh (Kežman ), Pavlov (Gordeychuk ), Bordachev, Filipenko, Simić, Baga Milan Barcelona Goals: Van Bommel (o.g.), Ibrahimović, Messi (pen), Boateng, Xavi Hernández FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Fàbregas (Pedro Rodríguez ), Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Villa (Alexis Sánchez ), Messi, Thiago Alcántara (Dos Santos +), Mascherano, Keita, Busquets, Abidal Matchday (//) Barcelona v BATE Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

16 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions : Group stage milestones Holders FC Barcelona have avoided becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between / 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

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

18 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Formed: Nickname: ZholtoSinie (YellowBlues) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Belarusian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa round of /: UEFA Europa group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: group stage /: UEFA Cup first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup second qualifying round /: UEFA Cup second qualifying round /: UEFA Cup first qualifying round /: first qualifying round /: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round /: UEFA Cup first round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : BATE v FC Kutaisi Torpedo //, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg Biggest away win : PFC Litex Lovech v BATE //, UEFA Europa playoff second leg Heaviest home defeat : BATE v FC Lokomotiv Moskva //, UEFA Cup qualifying round first leg Heaviest away defeat : FC Lokomotiv Moskva v BATE //, UEFA Cup qualifying round second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win N/A Biggest away win N/A Heaviest home defeat : BATE v FC Barcelona //, group stage Heaviest away defeat : Real Madrid CF v BATE //, group stage : AC Milan v BATE //, group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

19 FC Barcelona Tuesday December.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 /UEFA Champions Tournament: UEFA Europa /UEFA Champions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty agg: Aggregate : Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match 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