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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Villarreal CF Group A day Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list...8 Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Villarreal CF Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League // // R R UEFA Europa League // 8// R R UEFA Intertoto Cup /8/ 8// Villarreal CF Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen Villarreal CF VfL Wolfsburg Villarreal CF Villarreal CF VfL Wolfsburg Hamburger SV Villarreal CF Villarreal CF Hamburger SV agg: agg: agg: Villarreal Leverkusen Wolfsburg Villarreal Hamburg Villarreal Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League // 8// UEFA Cup //8 //8 FC Barcelona FC Barcelona UEFA Champions League // // R R Getafe CF Getafe CF UEFA Champions League // // R R Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF UEFA Champions League // 8// Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF RC Deportivo La Coruña RC Deportivo La Coruña agg: agg: ag (aet) agg: ag agg: Barcelona Getafe Madrid Madrid La Coruna Santi Cazorla, Rossi ; Derdiyok 8 M. Kadlec, Castro ; Rossi, Nilmar, + Džeko, Ángel López (og), Gentner, Grafite ; Capdevila Senna, Marco Ruben 8; Grafite, 8(p) José Marí Anderson (p) Ribéry ; Keita Messi, 8, Eto'o, Henry Contra, Casquero ET, Braulio ET; Ribéry 8, Toni ET, ET Toni ; Contra Makaay, Lúcio ; Van Nistelrooy 8(p) Raúl González, 8, Van Nistelrooy ; Lúcio, Van Bommel 88 Zidane Makaay ; Roberto Carlos 8 Víctor, Makaay 8; Santa Cruz Salihamidžić, Elber ; Makaay, +, Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) UEFA Champions League // // Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF agg: Madrid Iván Helguera, Guti 8 Effenberg 8, Pizarro 88; Geremi UEFA Champions League // // // F Valencia CF Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF aet (pens) agg: Milan Madrid Effenberg (p); Mendieta (p) Elber 8, Jeremies ; Figo 8 Elber UEFA Champions League // // 8// // // 8// nd nd Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF Valencia CF Valencia CF agg: Madrid Madrid Valencia Jancker, Elber ; Anelka Anelka, Jeremies (og) Scholl, Elber, Zickler, ; Iván Helguera Morientes, Raúl González 8; Scholl, Effenberg, Fink, Paulo Sérgio Ilie ; Effenberg 8(p) Elber ; Gerard 8 UEFA Champions League //8 //8 FC Barcelona FC Barcelona Barcelona Giovanni ; Zickler 8, Salihamidžić 8 Effenberg UEFA Cup // // R R Valencia CF Valencia CF agg: Valencia Ziege Engonga, Javier Lopez, Karpin UEFA Cup // // FC Barcelona FC Barcelona agg: Barcelona De la Peña 88; Babbel, Witeczek 8 Witeczek, Scholl ; Oscar García, Hagi European Champion Clubs' Cup //88 //88 Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF agg: Madrid Jankovic, Míchel Pflügler, Eder, Wohlfarth ; Butragueño 8, Sánchez European Champion Clubs' Cup //8 8//8 Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF agg: Madrid Santillana 8 Augenthaler, Matthäus (p), (p), Wohlfarth ; Butragueño European Champion Clubs' Cup // // Real Madrid CF Real Madrid CF agg: Madrid Müller, Martínez ; Müller Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) European Champion Clubs' Cup // // F F Club Atlético de Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid (Rep) Brussels Brussels Hoeness 8, 8, Müller, Schwarzenbeck ET; Aragonés ET UEFA Cup Winners' Cup //8 //8 Valencia CF Valencia CF agg: Valencia Müller Vilar ; Mestre (og) Record versus clubs from opponents' country Villarreal CF Pld Home W D L Pld Away W D L Pld Final W D L Pld W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

5 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) background Villarreal CF get their third taste of the UEFA Champions League when they welcome to El Madrigal in the first round of Group A games. The Spanish club's debut campaign in the competition in / wound up with a semifinal defeat by Arsenal FC, the same opponents who ended their second foray in the last eight in 8/. Their latest bid begins with a first meeting against fourtime European champions Bayern. Jupp Heynckes, the visiting manager, has coached three teams in Spain but is still working out a way to better Villarreal, who beat his previous club, Bayer Leverkusen, twice in last season's UEFA Europa League. background Both teams qualified for the competition through the playoffs. Juan Carlos Garrido's Villarreal, fourth in the / Spanish Liga, recovered from losing to Odense BK with a home victory. Villarreal's victory against OB was their ninth in a row at home in Europe, after they won eight out of eight en route to last season's UEFA Europa League semifinals, where they lost on aggregate to FC Porto. Bayern finished third in the / Bundesliga, beating FC Zürich on aggregate in the playoffs. This is their fourth successive group campaign. The secondleg win in Zurich was Bayern's fifth in their last six UEFA Champions League away games. It is ten years since Bayern last won away to Spanish opposition at Real Madrid CF in the / semifinals. The Bavarian side subsequently beat Valencia CF in the final but have since suffered one draw and five losses in Spain, where their overall record reads: W D L. They also went down to FC Internazionale Milano in the UEFA Champions League final at the Santiago Bernabéu in May. Bayern lost to Inter again in last season's round of, going out on away goals ( away, home). Villarreal are unbeaten at home against German opponents with a record reading W D L and defeated Heynckes' Leverkusen at El Madrigal in last season's UEFA Europa League last, completing a aggregate success. The only two survivors in today's Villarreal squad of the group that former coach Manuel Pellegrini guided to the / semifinals are Gonzalo and Marcos Senna. Team ties Last season's UEFA Europa League defeat maintained Heynckes' unhappy record of having never beaten Spanish opposition in twolegged European ties. His four defeats include a reverse at RC Celta de Vigo with SL Benfica in the / UEFA Cup and an incredible 8/8 UEFA Cup tie with VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach where his side beat Real Madrid at home but still lost on away goals. Heynckes won the UEFA Champions League in his solitary season at the Madrid helm in /8 and has also had spells at Athletic Club ( and ) and CD Tenerife (/). He failed to beat Villarreal in four attempts with Athletic. As a Mönchengladbach player, Heynckes hit four goals in a aggregate victory against Real Zaragoza in the / UEFA Cup, but in the following season's European Cup scored against Madrid yet lost on away goals. Giuseppe Rossi hit Italy's equaliser past Manuel Neuer in a friendly draw with Germany in Dortmund in February. Senna was in the Spain team that defeated a Germany side including Mario Gomez, Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger in the UEFA EURO 8 final. Jérôme Boateng, Toni Kroos and Neuer had joined Gomez, Lahm and Schweinsteiger in the Nationalmannschaft by the time they faced Spain again in the FIFA World Cup semifinals. Germany lost once more to opponents who fielded Carlos Marchena as a substitute. Marchena lined up against Neuer and Rafinha when his Valencia CF side won at FC Schalke in the /8 group stage. Cristián Zapata was in the Udinese Calcio team that defeated Anatoliy Tymoshchuk's FC Zenit St Petersburg in the 8/ UEFA Cup round of, ending the Russian side's trophy defence. Last updated // ::CET background

6 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) facts Villarreal UEFA milestones None UEFA Champions League statistics Borja Valero begins a threegame ban following his red card in the playoff second leg against Odense BK. Latest domestic information Saturday September: Villarreal CF Sevilla FC (Rossi pen, Ruben ; Negredo, Alexis 8) López; Oriol, Gonzalo (Ruben ), Musacchio, Gaspar; Camuñas (De Guzman ), Bruno, Marcheno, Valero, Cani (César Sánchez ); Rossi Diego López was dismissed on minutes only the second red card of his career. César Sánchez replaced him in goal, his club debut marking his th Liga appearance eight days after turning. Villarreal began their Liga campaign with a loss at FC Barcelona on August. In seasons since returning to the Spanish top flight the Yellow Submarine have won just two of their opening league games. Villarreal, who ended last term with two draws and two defeats, have won just one of their last eight games in all competitions. Injury news Ángel López remains sidelined by the cruciate ligament injury he sustained in January. Summer transfers In César Sánchez (Valencia CF) Javier Camuñas (CA Osasuna) Cristian Zapata (Udinese Calcio) Jonathan De Guzman (RCD Mallorca) Ikechukwu Uche (Real Zaragoza) Out Santi Cazorla (Málaga CF) Javier Oliva (released) Joan Capdevila (SL Benfica) Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar) Cristóbal (FC Karpaty Lviv) Javier Matilla (Real Betis Balompié) Jeferson Montero (Real Betis Balompié, loan) Iván Marcano (Olympiacos FC, loan) Nicki Bille Nielsen (Elche CF, loan) Joan Carlos Sánchez (Elche CF, loan) Ikechukwu Uche (Granada CF, loan) International duty Giuseppe Rossi started Italy's wins against Faroe Islands and Slovenia on and September respectively as the Azzurri sealed a UEFA EURO spot. Valero made his debut for Spain in their triumph over the United States on June. Miscellaneous On September Villarreal contested a triangular tournament held to raise funds for victims of May's earthquake in Lorca, Murcia. They drew with Málaga CF and with Valencia CF. Bayern UEFA milestones This is Bayern's th match in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, and th European Cup game. UEFA Champions League statistics None Last updated // ::CET facts

7 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Latest domestic information Saturday September: SC Freiburg (Gomez 8 pen; Ribéry, Petersen ) Neuer; Rafinha, Boateng, Badstuber, Lahm (Contento ); Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Müller, Kroos, Ribéry (Alaba ); Gomez (Petersen ) Summer signing Nils Petersen scored his first goal for Bayern. Bayern's goals in their opening five league games is one shy of their club record, achieved in 8/8 and 8/. Mario Gomez, who struck a hattrick in the win against. FC Kaiserslautern on August, has scored seven goals in his last two games for Bayern and nine in his last four appearances. Bayern have won six successive games in all competitions, since a loss to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach on August. That is also the only goal they have conceded in their eight matches this season; they were last breached 8 minutes ago and hav scored times since that goal against. That reverse is only the third time Bayern have lost their opening Bundesliga home game of the season. Bayern rose to the top of the table for the first time since May after their win at Kaiserslautern on August. Bayern will host second tier FC Ingolstadt in the German Cup second round on October. Injury news Philipp Lahm was replaced against Freiburg as a precaution having picked up a knee injury. Gomez missed Germany's games against Austria and Poland on and September with a thigh problem. Ivica Olić has not played since injuring his hip scoring in a win against Hamburger SV on August; Arjen Robben (pelvic problem) has been out since the same game. Breno has not featured since undergoing knee surgery on May. Summer transfers In Manuel Neuer (FC Schalke ) Jérôme Boateng (Manchester City FC) Rafinha (Genoa CFC) Nils Petersen (FC Energie Cottbus) Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka, loan) Out Miroslav Klose (S.S. Lazio) Hamit Altıntop (Real Madrid CF) Thomas Kraft (Hertha BSC Berlin) Andreas Ottl (Hertha BSC Berlin) Mehmet Ekici (SV Werder Bremen) International duty Neuer, Holger Badstuber, Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Kroos, Thomas Müller and Boateng featured in Germany's victory against Austria on September as Joachim Löw's men became the first team to qualify for UEFA EURO. Kroos scored his first goal, a penalty, for Germany in their draw with Poland four days later. Gustavo made his debut for Brazil in a defeat by Germany on August. Schweinsteiger opened the scoring with a stminute penalty. Miscellaneous Jupp Heynckes began his third spell as Bayern coach on July. The yearold, who guided Bayer Leverkusen to second last season, was previously in charge from 8 and in April/May as caretaker. Last updated // ::CET facts

8 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Squad list Villarreal CF No. Player Goalkeepers César Sánchez Diego López Diego Mariño Defenders Gonzalo Rodríguez Joan Oriol Mateo Musacchio Carlos Marchena Ángel López Cristián Zapata Mario Gaspar José Catalá Carlos Tomás Midfielders 8 Jonathan De Guzman Cani Hernán Peréz Javier Camuñas 8 Wakaso Mubarak Marcos Senna Borja Valero Bruno Soriano Marcos Gullón Nico Cháfer Forwards Nilmar Marco Ruben Giuseppe Rossi Gerard Bordás Kike López Coach Juan Carlos Garrido Nat. ARG ARG COL CAN PAR GHA BRA ARG ITA DoB // //8 // //8 //8 /8/ // //8 //8 // //8 8//88 //8 /8/8 //8 //8 // // //8 //8 //8 // //8 //8 //8 //8 //88 // Age D S QUAL Pld Gls Current season UCL Pld Gls League Pld Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls Last updated // ::CET 8 Squad list

9 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Manuel Neuer Jörg Butt Maximilian Riedmüller Rouven Sattelmaier Defenders Breno Daniel Van Buyten Rafinha Jérôme Boateng Philipp Lahm Diego Contento 8 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 Josef Heynckes Nat. BRA BEL BRA FRA NED JPN CRO AUT BRA UKR CRO DoB //8 8// //88 /8/8 //8 //8 //8 //88 //8 // //8 // //8 //8 // //8 // //8 /8/8 // // // // //88 // //8 //8 // Age 8 8 D QUAL Pld Gls Current season UCL Pld Gls League Pld Gls 8 Alltime UCL UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

10 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Head coach Villarreal CF: Juan Carlos Garrido of birth: March Nationality: Spanish Coaching career: Levante UD (youth team), El Puig CF, Villarreal CF Initially a football reporter for his local newspaper, Valenciaborn Garrido decided on a change of career in his early s, moving into coaching youth football teams. Learned his craft coaching in the youth ranks at Levante before taking sole command at El Puig, guiding them to two promotions and eventually finishing runnersup in the Valencia region's top local league during his six years in charge. Hired by Villarreal president Fernando Roig in to take charge of the academy; over the following nine years he also led Villarreal Onda, the club's youth side, taking them into the Spanish third division. Took over from Juan Carlos Oliva as coach of Villarreal B's team in 8, guiding them from the third tier to the top rungs of the second. His reputation established, Garrido was handed a chance at coaching the first team in February following the departure of Ernesto Valverde, and he jusified his subsequent threeyear contract extension by securing a fourthplace Liga finish in /; Villarreal came through qualifying at the start of the following campaign to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time since 8/. : 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 8; 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 8/8 German Cup final and reaching the UEFA Cup semifinals three seasons later. Replaced Lattek again in 8, this time at Bayern, winning 8 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 /8 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 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Cüneyt Çakır (TUR) Bahattin Duran (TUR), Tarik Ongun (TUR) Süleyman Abay (TUR), Tolga Özkalfa (TUR) Halis Özkahya (TUR) Stanisław Speczik (POL) Alfredo Trentalange (ITA) Referee Name Cüneyt Çakır of birth // UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches One of Turkey's most promising match officials, Cüneyt Çakir has enjoyed a rapid rise up the ladder since his UEFA debut as the fourth official in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round game between Skonto FC and Sliema Wanderers FC in July. Took charge of two matches at the UEFA European Under Championship in Austria and was also the referee for two UEFA EURO 8 qualifying fixtures. Çakir, who lives with his wife in Istanbul and works in insurance, made his refereeing debut in the UEFA Cup proper in 8/, taking charge of two games including the group stage fixture between FC Twente and FC Schalke in December 8. He has been in the middle for more than matches in the Turkish Süper Lig and was selected for the U finals in Sweden in, taking charge of three games including England's penalty shootout win against the hosts in the semifinals. Oversaw Fulham's secondleg win against Hamburger SV in the / UEFA Europa League semifinals, one of seven matches he refereed in total in the competition that season. Çakir took charge of three group stage matches in the / UEFA Champions League and was selected for the FIFA U World Cup, when he was in the middle for the FrancePortugal semifinal. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // Competition UCL UCL Home FC Rubin Kazan SV Werder Bremen Away FC Barcelona FC Internazionale Milano Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match 8// /8/8 //8 //8 // // // Competition U UCUP U UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP QR PO R Home Spain RC Deportivo La Coruña Spain FC Twente Valencia CF Fulham FC Villarreal CF Away Portugal HNK Hajduk Split Switzerland FC Schalke Genoa CFC Hamburger SV SSC Napoli Kazan Bremen Steyr La Coruna Lorca (Murcia) Enschede Valencia London Villarreal Last updated // ::CET officials

12 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Villarreal CF Competition Opponent /8/ UCL Odense BK (A) L /8/ UCL Odense BK (H) W /8/ League FC Barcelona (A) L // League Sevilla FC (H) D // UCL (H) // League Granada CF (A) // League RCD Mallorca (H) // League Athletic Club (A) // UCL SSC Napoli (A) // League Real Zaragoza (H) // League Getafe CF (A) 8// UCL Manchester City FC (A) // League Levante UD (H) // League Real Madrid CF (A) // League Rayo Vallecano (H) // UCL Manchester City FC (H) // League RCD Espanyol (A) // League Real Betis Balompié (H) // UCL (A) // League Málaga CF (A) // League Real Racing Club (A) // UCL SSC Napoli (H) // League Real Sociedad de Fútbol (H) 8// League CA Osasuna (A) Rossi,, Marchena 8 Rossi (p), Marco Ruben Pos. 8 8 Clubs Real Madrid CF Valencia CF Real Betis Balompié FC Barcelona Real Sociedad de Fútbol Sevilla FC CA Osasuna Málaga CF RCD Espanyol RCD Mallorca Levante UD Rayo Vallecano Real Racing Club Athletic Club Club Atlético de Madrid Getafe CF Villarreal CF Real Zaragoza Real Sporting de Gijón Granada CF Pld W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Competition Opponent /8/ Cup TSV Eintracht Braunschweig (A) W /8/ League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) L /8/ League VfL Wolfsburg (A) W /8/ UCL FC Zürich (H) W /8/ League Hamburger SV (H) W /8/ UCL FC Zürich (A) W /8/ League. FC Kaiserslautern (A) W // League SC Freiburg (H) W // UCL Villarreal CF (A) 8// League FC Schalke (A) // League Bayer Leverkusen (H) // UCL Manchester City FC (H) // League TSG 8 Hoffenheim (A) // League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) 8// UCL SSC Napoli (A) // League Hannover (A) // Cup FC Ingolstadt (H) // League. FC Nürnberg (H) // UCL SSC Napoli (H) // League FC Augsburg (A) // League Borussia Dortmund (H) // UCL Villarreal CF (H) // League. FSV Mainz (A) // League SV Werder Bremen (H) // UCL Manchester City FC (A) // League VfB Stuttgart (A) // League. FC Köln (H) // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) Gomez (p), Schweinsteiger (p), T. Müller 8 Luiz Gustavo + Schweinsteiger 8, Robben Van Buyten, Ribéry, Robben, Gomez, Olić 8 Gomez Gomez (p),, Gomez 8,,, (p), Ribéry,, Petersen Pos. 8 8 Clubs SV Werder Bremen VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen TSG 8 Hoffenheim FC Schalke. FC Nürnberg Hertha BSC Berlin Hannover VfB Stuttgart Borussia Dortmund. FSV Mainz VfL Wolfsburg SC Freiburg. FC Köln FC Augsburg. FC Kaiserslautern Hamburger SV Pld W D L GF GA 8 8 Pts 8 8 Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) bymatch lineups Villarreal CF Playoffs (/8/) OB Villarreal Goals: Andreasen 8 Villarreal CF: Diego López, Oriol, Musacchio, Marchena (Marco Ruben 8), Nilmar (Camuñas 8), Cani, Zapata, Mario Gaspar, Borja Valero (Senna 8), Bruno Soriano, Rossi (/8/) Villarreal OB (agg: ) Goals: Rossi, Rossi, Marchena 8 Villarreal CF: Diego López, Oriol, Musacchio, Nilmar (Marco Ruben 8), Cani (Gonzalo Rodríguez 8), Zapata, Camuñas (Marchena ), Senna, Borja Valero, Bruno Soriano, Rossi Playoffs (/8/) Bayern Zürich Goals: Schweinsteiger 8, Robben : Neuer, Ribéry, Robben, Rafinha, Boateng, Lahm, Badstuber, Luiz Gustavo, Schweinsteiger, Gomez, Kroos (T. Müller ) (/8/) 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

15 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Group A Standings Club Manchester City FC SSC Napoli Villarreal CF Pld W D L GF GA Pts day (//) Villarreal v Bayern day (//) Bayern v Man. City Napoli v Villarreal day (8//) Napoli v Bayern Man. City v Villarreal day (//) Bayern v Napoli Villarreal v Man. City day (//) Bayern v Villarreal day (//) Man. City v Bayern Villarreal v Napoli Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

16 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.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 (8, ) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United (8, ) 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 /8 when he featured against Olympiacos FC on matchday one at the age of years and 8 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 8 days, in Manchester United's win at FC Schalke on April. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was years and 8 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 (/8), 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 (/8). Manchester United scored goals in the 8/ 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 (/8) 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

17 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Team facts Villarreal CF Formed: Nickname: El Submarino Amarillo (The Yellow Submarine) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Intertoto Cup ():, Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) none Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa League semifinals /: UEFA Europa League round of 8/: quarterfinals /8: UEFA Cup round of /: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round /: semifinals /: UEFA Cup quarterfinals (having qualified as a UEFA Intertoto Cup winner) /: UEFA Cup semifinals (having qualified as a UEFA Intertoto Cup winner) /: UEFA Intertoto Cup finalist /: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Villarreal v NAC Breda /8/, UEFA Europa League playoff second leg : Villarreal v FC Dnepr Mogilev /8/, UEFA Europa League playoff first leg Biggest away win twice, most recently Odense BK v Villarreal //, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg Heaviest home defeat on two occasions, most recently v NK Maribor //, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg : Villarreal v Málaga CF /8/, UEFA Intertoto Cup finals first leg Heaviest away defeat : FC Porto v Villarreal 8//, UEFA Europa League semifinal first leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) Biggest home win : Villarreal v Aalborg BK //8, group stage Biggest away win : Panathinaikos FC v Villarreal //, round of second leg : SL Benfica v Villarreal //, group stage Heaviest home defeat N/A Heaviest away defeat : Arsenal FC v Villarreal //, quarterfinal second leg Last updated // ::CET Team facts

18 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Formed: Nickname: Die Bayern (The Bavarians) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup ():,,, (8), (8), (),, () 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 8/: quarterfinals /8: 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 8//8, 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 (8//, 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 8 Team facts

19 Villarreal CF Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Legend ALLTIME STATISTICS The alltime record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions 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. UCL: 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 UCL: 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 : Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GT: 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 : 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 U8: UEFA European Under8 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 Pld: 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 UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: 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