UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010/11 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 00/ SEASON FC Schalke 0 day Semifinals, first leg Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend... This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and indepth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at:

2 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None FC Schalke 0 Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup //0 UEFA Champions League 0//0 /0/0 FC Schalke 0 City FC UEFA Champions League 0/0/0 /0/0 FC Schalke 0 Chelsea FC Chelsea FC FC Schalke 0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup /0/0 0/0/0 SF SF FC Schalke 0 Arsenal FC Arsenal FC FC Schalke 0 European Champion Clubs' Cup // // R R City FC FC Schalke 0 FC Schalke 0 City FC FC Schalke 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Wolverhampton Wanderers FC FC Schalke agg: 0 agg: Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen London Gelsenkirchen London Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Wolverhampton Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League 0/0/0 0/0/0 0//0 0/0/0 QF QF UEFA Champions League 0//0 0/0/0 FC Bayern München FC Bayern München VfL Wolfsburg VfL Wolfsburg UEFA Champions League //0 /0/0 VfB Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart Bayer 0 Leverkusen Bayer 0 Leverkusen agg: ag 0 0 Munich Wolfsburg Stuttgart Leverkusen Benjani, Ireland Malouda, Drogba Mulder, Vermant 0, Möller ; Wiltord Ljungberg, Henry, (p); van Hoogdalem, Emile Mpenza Doyle, Young,, Lee 0, Bell ; Libuda Libuda Kördel, Siebert ; Jackson Broadbent, ; Siebert, Koslowski Gibson, Nani, ; Olić, Robben Ribéry, Olić 0+; Rooney Džeko ; Owen,, 0+ Giggs, Carrick ; Džeko Van Nistelrooy +, Giggs Szabics 0, Kuranyi ; Van Nistelrooy (p) Verón, Van Nistelrooy Berbatov ; Van Nistelrooy, Last updated /0/ ::CET Previous meetings

3 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) UEFA Champions League 0/0/0 /0/0 /0/0 0//0 SF SF nd nd Bayer 0 Leverkusen Bayer 0 Leverkusen FC Bayern München FC Bayern München agg: ag 00 Leverkusen Munich Neuville +; Keane Živković (og), Van Nistelrooy (p); Ballack, Neuville Paulo Sérgio ; Van Nistelrooy UEFA Champions League /0/0 0/0/0 QF QF FC Bayern München FC Bayern München agg: 0 Munich Elber, Scholl ; Giggs Paulo Sérgio UEFA Champions League /0/ 0// 0/0/ F FC Bayern München FC Bayern München FC Bayern München Barcelona Munich Sheringham 0+, Solskjær 0+; Basler Keane ; Salihamidžić Elber, ; Yorke 0, Scholes UEFA Champions League /0/ 0/0/ SF SF Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund 0 agg: 0 0 Dortmund Ricken Tretschok European Champion Clubs' Cup 0// // R R FFC Victoria FFC Victoria agg: 0 Berlin Herd 0, 0, ; Piepenburg Law, Connelly 0 European Champion Clubs' Cup // /0/ R R Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund 00 agg: Dortmund Viollet 0,, Pegg ; Kapitulski, Preissler Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Schalke 0 Home W D L Away W D 0 L 0 Final W D L 0 0 W 0 Total D L GF GA Last updated /0/ ::CET Previous meetings

4 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) background Firsttime UEFA Champions League semifinalists FC Schalke 0 welcome to Gelsenkirchen for the first leg of a contest that has the look of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object. For the irresistible force, read a Schalke side with a 00% winning record at home en route to the last four. The immovable object is a United team yet to concede a goal in recording four wins and one draw on their travels in the competition. If threetime winners United have vast UEFA Champions League semifinal experience Schalke have in their ranks Raúl González, who lifted the trophy three times at Real Madrid CF, where he was twice United's nemesis. background This is the clubs' first ever encounter yet United must rewrite their recent UEFA Champions League history against German teams if they are to progress to a fifth final and deny Ralf Rangnick's side a first appearance in the showpiece game. Although they have lost just one of ten group stage meetings with Bundesliga opposition, winning five, in twolegged knockout ties United's record reads no wins and four defeats most recently against FC Bayern München in last year's quarterfinals. United visited Bayern for the first leg and took a firstminute lead through Wayne Rooney, only for Bayern to turn the tables with two goals in the last minutes. Sir Alex Ferguson's men surrendered an advantage in the return too, allowing Bayern to claw their way back from 0 behind to and thereby win the tie on away goals. Those four defeats in full are: / semifinals: Borussia Dortmund (0 aggregate) 000/0 quarterfinals: FC Bayern München ( aggregate) 00/0 semifinals: Bayer 0 Leverkusen ( aggregate, away goals) 00/0 quarterfinals: FC Bayern München ( aggregate, away goals) Schalke suffered a aggregate loss to United's neighbours City FC in the /0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semifinals, their 0 firstleg lead undone by a heavy defeat in. More recently Schalke surrendered their unbeaten home record against English opposition when losing 0 to City in the 00/0 UEFA Cup group stage. Schalke's overall home record against English teams reads W D L. That City defeat followed a goalless draw against Chelsea FC in their previous home game with Premier League opponents, in the 00/0 UEFA Champions League group stage. The Gelsenkirchen club have recorded five straight home wins in the 00/ UEFA Champions League, scoring goals and conceding only three. United have an impressive away record, however, having won ten of their last matches on the road in the competition including four out of five this term without a single goal against. United's record on German soil is W D L. Their most recent success was a win at VfL Wolfsburg in last term's group stage in which Michael Owen scored a hattrick. In twolegged ties with German teams United have recorded two wins and four defeats. That /0 City tie aside, Schalke's only other twolegged meeting with English opposition came against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in the / European Champion Clubs' Cup ( away, home). While this is Schalke's first time in the last four of the UEFA Champions League, they have contested three semifinals in UEFA's other club competitions. They lost the aforementioned tie to eventual winners City in 0 and went down 0 to Sevilla FC in the 00/0 UEFA Cup, but beat CD Tenerife on aggregate en route to capturing the / UEFA Cup. United are competing in their th semifinal in Europe's elite club competition, their record to date reading four wins and seven defeats (W L under Sir Alex): 00/0 Arsenal FC: 0 (h), (a) 00/0 FC Barcelona: 00 (a), 0 (h) 00/0 AC Milan: (h), 0 (a) 00/0 Bayer 0 Leverkusen: (h), (a) / Juventus: (h), (a) / Borussia Dortmund: 0 (a), 0 (h) / AC Milan: 0 (a), 0 (h) / Real Madrid CF: 0 (h), (a) Last updated /0/ ::CET background

5 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) / FK Partizan: 0 (a), 0 (h) / AC Milan: (h), 0 (a) / Real Madrid CF: (a), (h) The date of this first leg falls 0 years and two days after Sir Alex's first European semifinal triumph with United, in the 0/ UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. A home draw against Legia Warszawa on April completed a aggregate victory, setting up a final meeting with FC Barcelona which the English side won. With Gary Neville's retirement earlier this season, Ryan Giggs is now the only survivor of the United team that defeated Bayern in the UEFA Champions League final in Barcelona. Team ties Raúl scored four UEFA Champions League goals in three games against United for Real Madrid. He appeared in both matches of Madrid's quarterfinal win in /000, striking twice in the secondleg success in that secured an identical aggregate victory. Raúl hit two more when Madrid beat United at the Santiago Bernabéu in a quarterfinal first leg in 00/0. Giggs and Paul Scholes lined up against Raúl in both of those seasons, while Wes Brown and Rio Ferdinand faced the Spaniard in 00/0. Both times Raúl went on to earn a winners' medal. Dimitar Berbatov was a substitute in the Leverkusen team beaten by Madrid in the 00 UEFA Champions League final, Raúl scoring the first goal. During his time with Leverkusen from 000 to 00, Berbatov hit six league goals in meetings with Schalke. Rooney was sent off at the Arena AufSchalke in the nd minute of England's 00 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal defeat by Portugal. Ferdinand was also in the England side beaten on penalties after a goalless draw. At the 00 World Cup Rooney's England went down to Manuel Neuer's Germany in the round of. Neuer had earlier been on the losing side against Nemanja Vidić's Serbia, who were 0 victors in the group stage. Hans Sarpei's Ghana team beat Vidić and Serbia 0 in the countries' opening game in South Africa. Atsuto Uchida was in the Japan team that beat Park JiSung's Korea Republic on penalties after a draw in the AFC Asian Cup semifinals in Qatar in January. Park struck one of Korea Republic's goals in a 0 firstround victory against Angelos Charisteas's Greece at last year's World Cup. The Korean was a teammate of Jefferson Farfán at PSV Eindhoven in 00/0, the pair losing a UEFA Champions League semifinal against AC Milan. KlaasJan Huntelaar played in both legs of Milan's aggregate defeat by United in the 00/0 UEFA Champions League round of. Farfán and Berbatov scored the goals as PSV and Tottenham Hotspur FC drew on aggregate in the 00/0 UEFA Cup round of. Both also converted their kicks in the resulting penalty shootout, PSV prevailing. Nicolas Plestan's LOSC Lille Métropole side were beaten 0 both home and away by United in the 00/0 UEFA Champions League round of. Last updated /0/ ::CET background

6 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) facts Schalke UEFA milestones Schalke have scored goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final. Thiago Motta's goal in the quarterfinal second leg was the 0th Schalke have conceded in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics Schalke have conceded eight goals, the most of the teams left in the competition. Schalke have committed fouls and collected yellow cards, both more than any other semifinalist. Jefferson Farfán is the only player to have collected five yellow cards in this season's competition and is available again after a onegame suspension. Raúl González, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, KlaasJan Huntelaar and José Manuel Jurado are within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information Saturday April: FC Schalke 0 0. FC Kaiserslautern (Lakić ) Neuer; Hao, Pliatsikas (Jurado ), Metzelder, Escudero; Matip, Farfán (Baumjohann ), Draxler, Avelar; Edu (Karimi ), Raúl Ralf Rangnick suffered the first defeat of his second spell in charge of Schalke after four wins and a draw as his club recorded their 0th home Bundesliga loss. The Schalke coach was without the injured Benedikt Höwedes while Sergio Escudero, Junmin Hao, Vasilios Pliatsikas and Edu came in for Atsuto Uchida, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Anthony Annan and Angelos Charisteas. Pliatsikas, who is not in the UEFA Champions League squad, made his first firstteam appearance since November 00 while Alexander Baumjohann, Uchida, Hans Sarpei and José Manuel Jurado were all on the bench. The 0 defeat at Kaiserslautern on November was Schalke's heaviest Bundesliga loss in years. Schalke's 00% record under Rangnick ended on April with a draw at SV Werder Bremen. Charisteas made his first start for the Gelsenkirchen side against his former employers while winter signing Danilo Avelar, who is ineligible for the UEFA Champions League, made his club debut. The game marked Rangnick's 0th as a coach in the Bundesliga, reaching the milestone with wins. Schalke have conceded nine goals in their last home games, keeping seven clean sheets in the process. Edu mustered two goals in his first games this season but has now scored three in five outings. Schalke parted company with Felix Magath on March. Assistant Seppo Eichkorn presided over a 0 defeat at Bayer 0 Leverkusen four days later before Rangnick was unveiled as Magath's longterm successor. Including the 0 defeat by FC Bayern München in the German Super Cup on August, Schalke have lost times this term seven more than in the whole of 00/0. They lost six of their first seven games this season. Schalke meet secondtier MSV Duisburg in the German Cup final on May. They have lost every game following a German Cup tie this term: the only potential fixture after the showpiece is the UEFA Champions League final. Schalke lost their opening four league games this season, their worst start to a Bundesliga campaign. Injury news Höwedes missed Saturday's defeat after suffering a stomach strain in team training. Mario Gavranović (ankle) and Peer Kluge (abdominal muscle strain) have been sidelined since picking up injuries at FC St Pauli on April, a game Christoph Metzelder ended with a broken nose. Kluge returned to training on April. Huntelaar has not played since suffering a knee injury on March. Christoph Moritz (knee) and Christian Pander (toe, cold) have not featured since January. Miscellaneous On 0 April Manuel Neuer said he will not extend his contract beyond summer 0, when his current deal runs out. Last updated /0/ ::CET facts

7 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Uchida won the 0 AFC Asian Cup with Japan in January. Gavranović made his Switzerland debut on March in a 00 UEFA EURO 0 qualifying draw away to Bulgaria. Schalke signed midfielders Avelar (from FC Karpaty Lviv) and Annan (Rosenborg BK) in January but they are ineligible for the UEFA Champions League. Tim Hoogland (knee, pancreatitis) and Levan Kenia (ankle), both yet to play this season, were left out. United UEFA milestones United have scored goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final; Javier Hernández's goal in the quarterfinal second leg was their 00th in UEFA competition. Aged years and days, Ryan Giggs became the oldest United UEFA Champions League outfield player in the quarterfinal first leg against Chelsea FC. He was nine days older than Laurent Blanc when the latter played against RC Deportivo La Coruña in March 00. UEFA Champions League statistics United have scored goals, fewer than any other semifinalist. They have conceded only three, the joint lowest total with Real Madrid CF. United have had fewer shots on goal (0) and collected fewer yellow cards (eight) than any other semifinalist. Nani has committed fouls; more than any other player still involved. Latest domestic information Saturday April: 0 Everton FC (Hernández ) Van der Sar; O'Shea (Evra ), Ferdinand, Evans, Fabio; Valencia, Gibson (Giggs ), Anderson, Nani (Owen ); Rooney, Hernández United closed in on a record th league title despite making five changes, captain Nemanja Vidić and Chris Smalling left out altogether and Michael Carrick, Patrice Evra and Giggs on the bench. Rio Ferdinand, Jonny Evans his first league appearance since March Darron Gibson, Fabio and Antonio Valencia came in. The Premier League leaders have won only three of their last eight away games in all competitions. Sir Alex Ferguson's side have won all of their home matches since being held by Valencia CF on day. They have scored in their last games at Old Trafford, last drawing a blank against Rangers FC on September. United are games unbeaten at home, since a defeat by Chelsea FC on April 00, and have won all but one of their Premier League matches at Old Trafford this season, the only blemish a draw against West Bromwich Albion FC on October. United have kept six clean sheets in their last ten matches in all competitions, and five in their last seven home matches. United's sevengame winning run in all competitions was ended by a 0 derby defeat by neighbours City FC in the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley on April. Three days later United were held to a goalless draw at Newcastle United FC, the first time they had failed to score in successive matches since February/March 00. Dimitar Berbatov has scored league goals this season, equalling his best return set in the Bundesliga with Bayer 0 Leverkusen in 00/0. He became the fourth player to score five goals in a Premier League game on November as United beat Blackburn Rovers FC. Giggs played his 0th league game for United at Liverpool FC on March, breaking Sir Bobby Charlton's club record. United's unbeaten start to the league season ended with a defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC on February, their first Premier League loss since Chelsea won by the same score at Old Trafford last April. Injury news Berbatov has not played since the City defeat on April due to a groin strain. Darren Fletcher, who has been suffering from a virus, made his last appearance on March. Rafael injured a hamstring against Olympique de Marseille on March and, though he returned for the quarterfinal first leg at Chelsea, he was replaced on minutes with a knee injury and has not played since, although he was an unused substitute against Everton on Saturday. Last updated /0/ ::CET facts

8 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Anders Lindegaard has been out since early March with a knee problem. Valencia dislocated and fractured his left ankle against Rangers on September, returning to action on March. Miscellaneous Sir Alex is to be made a Doctor of the University of Stirling at a ceremony on June in recognition of his outstanding contribution to sport. On 0 April Will Keane scored a hattrick as United ran out 0 winners against Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup semifinal second leg, completing a aggregate victory. They will play Sheffield United FC in the twolegged final on 0 and May. Edwin van der Sar, Vidić, Nani and Berbatov were all included in the Professional Footballers' Association team of the year, announced on April. Van der Sar has confirmed he will hang up his gloves at the end of the campaign at the age of 0. Owen Hargreaves lasted ten minutes against Wolves on November his first start since September 00 before going off with a hamstring injury. He is not in United's UEFA Champions League squad. United will embark on a fivematch preseason tour of the United States in July. Last updated /0/ ::CET facts

9 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Squad list FC Schalke 0 No. Player Goalkeepers Manuel Neuer Mathias Schober Lars Unnerstall Defenders Hans Sarpei Sergio Escudero Benedikt Höwedes Nicolas Plestan Kyriakos Papadopoulos Christoph Metzelder Atsuto Uchida Christian Pander Frank Fahrenhorst Marvin Pachan Midfielders Junmin Hao Alexander Baumjohann Peer Kluge Lukas Schmitz Ali Karimi José Manuel Jurado Mario Gavranović Ciprian Deac Christoph Moritz Julian Draxler Joel Matip Danny Latza Forwards Raúl González Edu Angelos Charisteas Jefferson Farfán KlaasJan Huntelaar Coach Ralf Rangnick Nat. GHA ESP FRA GRE JPN CHN IRN ESP SUI ROU CMR ESP BRA GRE PER NED DoB /0/ 0/0/ 0/0/0 /0/ 0/0/ /0/ 0/0/ /0/ 0//0 /0/ /0/ /0/ /0/0 /0/ /0/ //0 /0/ 0// /0/ // /0/ /0/0 0/0/ 0/0/ 0// /0/ 0// 0/0/0 /0/ /0/ /0/ Age D * * * * QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls 0 0 League Gls 0 Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated /0/ ::CET Squad list

10 Alltime Current season UEFA UCL League UCL QUAL Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers /0/0 NED Edwin van der Sar 0/0/ POL Tomasz Kuszczak /0/ DEN Anders Lindegaard /0/ ENG Samuel Johnstone 0 Defenders /0/ FRA Patrice Evra 0// ENG Rio Ferdinand /0/ ENG Wes Brown // ENG Chris Smalling 0 /0/ SRB Nemanja Vidić 0 0/0/0 BRA Fabio 0 0 0/0/0 BRA Rafael 0 0/0/ IRL John O'Shea 0 0/0/ NIR Jonny Evans 0 /0/0 ENG Oliver Gill Midfielders 0 /0/ BRA Anderson 0 // WAL Ryan Giggs 0 /0/ KOR Park JiSung 0 /0/ ENG Michael Carrick 0 // POR Nani 0 0 // ENG Paul Scholes 0/0/ SCO Darren Fletcher 0/0/ ECU Antonio Valencia /0/ IRL Darron Gibson 0// ENG Ryan Tunnicliffe 0 /0/ NIR Oliver Norwood Forwards // ENG Michael Owen 0 0/0/ BUL Dimitar Berbatov 0 0 /0/ ENG Wayne Rooney 0 0/0/ MEX Javier Hernández /0/ FRA Gabriel Obertan 0 /0/0 POR Bébé /0/ NOR Joshua King /0/ ENG William Keane Coach 0 // SCO Sir Alex Ferguson Squad list 0 Last updated /0/ ::CET Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) FC Schalke 0

11 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Head coach FC Schalke 0: Ralf Rangnick of birth: June Nationality: German Playing career: VfB Stuttgart II, Southwick FC, VfR Heilbronn, SSV Ulm, FC Viktoria Backnang, TSV Lippoldsweiler Coaching career: FC Viktoria Backnang, TSV Lippoldsweiler, SC Korb, SSV Reutlingen 0, SSV Ulm, VfB Stuttgart, Hannover, FC Schalke 0 (twice), TSG Hoffenheim Ralf Rangnick is a thoughtful, academic coach who is most at home on the training ground. As a player he never made it past the amateur ranks at Stuttgart, but he returned to take charge of their amateur team in having cut his teeth at regional league side Viktoria Backnang. Later became the club's youth director before taking over at Reutlingen and then accepting the job at secondtier outfit Ulm in. Having almost guided the parttimers to promotion, Stuttgart made him head coach in, but he failed to bring the same kind of success, although he did win a UEFA Intertoto Cup title in summer 000 before leaving the following February. His next stop was Hannover, where he achieved promotion to the first division as champions in 00/0, his first season only to be sacked near the end of his third season with the side slipping down the table. Schalke had nonetheless seen enough to appoint him coach early in 00/0. Rangnick led the Gelsenkirchen club to the German Cup final and second place in the Bundesliga, but an early UEFA Champions League elimination plus struggles in the league and cup prompted his departure in December 00. Took over at Hoffenheim in summer 00 and went on to lead the club from the third division to the upper reaches of the Bundesliga, where they were established by the time of Rangnick's resignation in January 0. Two months later, he returned to Schalke, signing a threeyear contract the day after Felix Magath's departure. : Sir Alex Ferguson of birth: December Nationality: Scottish Playing career: Queen's Park FC, Saint Johnstone FC, Dunfermline Athletic FC, Rangers FC, Falkirk FC (playercoach), Ayr United FC Coaching career: East Stirlingshire FC, Saint Mirren FC, Aberdeen FC, Shot to prominence at Aberdeen by breaking the Old Firm's year stranglehold on the Scottish title in 0. Claimed a first European title three years later when the Dons beat Real Madrid CF to lift the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup earning him freedom of the City of Aberdeen. Replaced Ron Atkinson at Old Trafford in November, and ended United's year wait for an English title in. Has since added ten more championships to a domestic collection which includes five FA Cups and four League Cups. Guided United to UEFA Cup Winners' Cup glory with victory against FC Barcelona in, though his greatest achievements are the UEFA Champions League triumphs of and 00. Knighted in June, Sir Alex is head of the UEFA Coaches Panel. Last updated /0/ ::CET Head coach

12 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) officials Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) Assistant referees Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP), Jesús Calvo Guadamuro (ESP) Additional assistant referees Carlos Clos Gómez (ESP), Antonio Rubinos Pérez (ESP) Fourth official David Fernández Borbalán (ESP) UEFA Delegate Ainar Leppänen (EST) UEFA Referee observer Sergey Zuev (RUS) Referee Name Carlos Velasco Carballo of birth /0/ UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Carlos Velasco made his debut in the Spanish Liga in 00 and has progressed rapidly thought the ranks, getting his first taste of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the FC Shakhtar DonetskFK Partizan game in September 00. An engineer from Madrid, Velasco's first taste of European competition came in April 00 when he was selected as fourth official for three UEFA European Under Championship elite round games. Held the same role in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup from 00/0 onwards, also working as fourth official at the UEFA EURO 00 qualifier between Turkey and Malta in September 00. Awarded his first UEFA Champions League refereeing appointment when Anorthosis Famagusta FC took on SK Rapid Wien in the second qualifying round in July 00, the following June he oversaw his only 00 FIFA World Cup qualifier, a draw between Cyprus and Montenegro. A regular as a referee in the 00/0 UEFA Europa League, where he oversaw six matches in total, Velasco was also entrusted with the EstoniaItaly fixture at the start of UEFA EURO 0 qualifying in September 00. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match /0/0 0//0 /0/ Competition UCL UCL UCL KO Home FC Spartak Moskva FC Twente Away Chelsea FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Olympique de Marseille Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match /0/0 0//0 Competition UCUP UCUP PO Home Aston Villa FC Hamburger SV Away SK Rapid Wien Celtic FC 0 00 Moscow Enschede Birmingham Hamburg Last updated /0/ ::CET officials

13 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Fixtures and results FC Schalke 0 Competition Opponent /0/0 Cup VfR Aalen (A) W /0/0 League Hamburger SV (A) L /0/0 League Hannover (H) L 0/0/0 League TSG Hoffenheim (A) L 0 /0/0 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (A) L 0 /0/0 League Borussia Dortmund (H) L /0/0 League SC Freiburg (A) W /0/0 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) D /0/0 UCL SL Benfica (H) W 0 0/0/0 League. FC Nürnberg (A) L /0/0 League VfB Stuttgart (H) D 0/0/0 UCL Hapoel TelAviv FC (H) W /0/0 League Eintracht Frankfurt (A) D 00 /0/0 Cup FSV Frankfurt (A) W 0 0/0/0 League Bayer 0 Leverkusen (H) L 0 0//0 UCL Hapoel TelAviv FC (A) D 00 0//0 League FC St Pauli (H) W 0 //0 League VfL Wolfsburg (A) D 0//0 League SV Werder Bremen (H) W 0 //0 UCL Olympique Lyonnais (H) W 0 //0 League. FC Kaiserslautern (A) L 0 0//0 League FC Bayern München (H) W 0 0//0 UCL SL Benfica (A) W //0 League. FSV Mainz 0 (A) W 0 //0 League. FC Köln (H) W 0 //0 Cup FC Augsburg (A) W 0 /0/ League Hamburger SV (H) L 0 /0/ League Hannover (A) W 0 /0/ Cup. FC Nürnberg (H) W aet /0/ League TSG Hoffenheim (H) L 0 0/0/ League Borussia Dortmund (A) D 00 /0/ League SC Freiburg (H) W 0 /0/ UCL Valencia CF (A) D 0/0/ League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) L /0/ League. FC Nürnberg (H) D 0/0/ Cup FC Bayern München (A) W 0 0/0/ League VfB Stuttgart (A) L 0 0/0/ UCL Valencia CF (H) W /0/ League Eintracht Frankfurt (H) W 0/0/ League Bayer 0 Leverkusen (A) L 0 0/0/ League FC St Pauli (A) W 0 0/0/ UCL FC Internazionale Milano (A) W 0/0/ League VfL Wolfsburg (H) W 0 /0/ UCL FC Internazionale Milano (H) W /0/ League SV Werder Bremen (A) D /0/ League. FC Kaiserslautern (H) L 0 /0/ UCL (H) 0/0/ League FC Bayern München (A) 0/0/ UCL (A) 0/0/ League. FSV Mainz 0 (H) /0/ League. FC Köln (A) /0/ Cup MSV Duisburg Farfán, Farfán 0 Jones Huntelaar Rakitić, Huntelaar Huntelaar, Raúl González Farfán, Huntelaar Huntelaar Edu, Huntelaar 0 (p) Raúl González,, Jurado Jurado Raúl González,, Huntelaar Edu, Huntelaar Metzelder, Raúl González +,, Farfán, Huntelaar 0, Jurado, Höwedes Jurado, Höwedes Farfán 0 Raúl González 0, 0, Farfán Raúl González Gavranović, Rakitić, Draxler Farfán Raúl González Kluge Raúl González Raúl González Farfán 0, 0+, Gavranović Jurado + (p), Charisteas Raúl González, Draxler Matip, Edu 0,, Raúl González, Ranocchia (og) Jurado Raúl González, Höwedes Edu Last updated /0/ ::CET Fixtures and results

14 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Pos. 0 Clubs Borussia Dortmund Bayer 0 Leverkusen Hannover FC Bayern München. FSV Mainz 0. FC Nürnberg Hamburger SV SC Freiburg TSG Hoffenheim FC Schalke 0 SV Werder Bremen. FC Kaiserslautern VfB Stuttgart. FC Köln Eintracht Frankfurt VfL Wolfsburg VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach FC St Pauli W D 0 L 0 0 GF 0 GA Pts 0 0 Last updated /0/ ::CET Fixtures and results

15 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Competition Opponent /0/0 League Newcastle United FC (H) W 0 /0/0 League Fulham FC (A) D /0/0 League West Ham United FC (H) W 0 /0/0 League Everton FC (A) D /0/0 UCL Rangers FC (H) D 00 /0/0 League Liverpool FC (H) W /0/0 Cup Scunthorpe United FC W /0/0 League Bolton Wanderers FC (A) D /0/0 UCL Valencia CF (A) W 0 0/0/0 League Sunderland AFC (A) D 00 /0/0 League West Bromwich Albion FC (H) D 0/0/0 UCL Bursaspor (H) W 0 /0/0 League Stoke City FC (A) W /0/0 Cup Wolverhampton Wanderers FC W 0/0/0 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) W 0 0//0 UCL Bursaspor (A) W 0 0//0 League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (H) W 0//0 League City FC (A) D 00 //0 League Aston Villa FC (A) D 0//0 League Wigan Athletic FC (H) W 0 //0 UCL Rangers FC (A) W 0 //0 League Blackburn Rovers FC (H) W 0//0 Cup West Ham United FC (A) L 0 0//0 UCL Valencia CF (H) D //0 League Arsenal FC (H) W 0 //0 League Sunderland AFC (H) W 0 //0 League Birmingham City FC (A) D 0/0/ League West Bromwich Albion FC (A) W 0/0/ League Stoke City FC (H) W 0/0/ Cup Liverpool FC (H) W 0 /0/ League Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) D 00 /0/ League Birmingham City FC (H) W 0 /0/ League Blackpool FC (A) W /0/ Cup Southampton FC (A) W 0/0/ League Aston Villa FC (H) W 0/0/ League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (A) L /0/ League City FC (H) W /0/ Cup Crawley Town FC (H) W 0 /0/ UCL Olympique de Marseille (A) D 00 /0/ League Wigan Athletic FC (A) W 0 0/0/ League Chelsea FC (A) L 0/0/ League Liverpool FC (A) L /0/ Cup Arsenal FC (H) W 0 /0/ UCL Olympique de Marseille (H) W /0/ League Bolton Wanderers FC (H) W 0 0/0/ League West Ham United FC (A) W 0/0/ UCL Chelsea FC (A) W 0 0/0/ League Fulham FC (H) W 0 /0/ UCL Chelsea FC (H) W /0/ Cup City FC L 0 /0/ League Newcastle United FC (A) D 00 /0/ League Everton FC (H) W 0 /0/ UCL FC Schalke 0 (A) 0/0/ League Arsenal FC (A) 0/0/ UCL FC Schalke 0 (H) Berbatov, D. Fletcher, Giggs Scholes, Hangeland (og) Rooney (p), Nani 0, Berbatov D. Fletcher, Vidić, Berbatov Berbatov,, Gibson, Smalling, Owen,, Park JiSung Nani, Owen Hernández Hernández, Nani Nani Hernández, Bébé, Park JiSung 0, Hernández 0 Vidić, Nani D. Fletcher, Obertan, Bébé Park JiSung, 0+ Macheda, Vidić Evra, Hernández Rooney (p) Berbatov,,,, 0, Park JiSung, Nani Anderson Park JiSung Berbatov, Berbatov Rooney, Hernández Hernández, Nani Giggs (p) Berbatov,,, Giggs +, Nani Berbatov,, Hernández Owen, Hernández Rooney, +, Vidić Nani Nani, Rooney Brown Hernández,, Rooney, Fabio Rooney Hernández 0+ Fabio, Rooney Hernández, Berbatov Rooney,, (p), Hernández Rooney Berbatov, Valencia Hernández, Park JiSung Hernández Last updated /0/ ::CET Fixtures and results

16 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) 0/0/ /0/ /0/ League League League Chelsea FC (H) Blackburn Rovers FC (A) Blackpool FC (H) Pos. 0 0 Clubs Chelsea FC Arsenal FC City FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Liverpool FC Everton FC Bolton Wanderers FC Newcastle United FC Sunderland AFC Aston Villa FC West Bromwich Albion FC Fulham FC Stoke City FC Birmingham City FC Blackburn Rovers FC Blackpool FC Wigan Athletic FC Wolverhampton Wanderers FC West Ham United FC W D L 0 GF 0 0 GA 0 0 Pts 0 Last updated /0/ ::CET Fixtures and results

17 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) bymatch lineups FC Schalke 0 Group stage Standings Club FC Schalke 0 Olympique Lyonnais SL Benfica Hapoel TelAviv FC W D 0 L GF 0 GA 0 0 Pts 0 day (/0/0) Lyon 0 Schalke Goals: 0 Bastos FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Sarpei (Schmitz ), Höwedes, Plestan, Raúl González, Rakitić, Farfán, Jones (Kluge 0), Huntelaar, Deac (Matip ), Moritz day (/0/0) Schalke 0 Benfica Goals: 0 Farfán, 0 Huntelaar FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Raúl González, Rakitić (Jones ), Schmitz, K. Papadopoulos, Farfán, Jurado (Kluge ), Metzelder, Uchida (Sarpei ), Huntelaar, Matip day (0/0/0) Schalke H. TelAviv Goals: 0 Raúl González, 0 Raúl González, 0 Jurado, Shechter 0+ FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Höwedes, Raúl González, Schmitz, Farfán (Junmin ), Jurado, Metzelder, Uchida, Jones (Matip ), Huntelaar, Moritz (Rakitić ) day (0//0) H. TelAviv 00 Schalke FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Escudero, Höwedes, Raúl González, Rakitić (Edu ), Kluge (Moritz ), Farfán (Deac ), Jurado, Metzelder, Uchida, Huntelaar day (//0) Schalke 0 Lyon Goals: 0 Farfán, 0 Huntelaar 0, 0 Huntelaar FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Höwedes, Raúl González, Kluge, Schmitz, Farfán (Edu ), Jurado (Deac ), Metzelder, Uchida, Jones (Matip 0), Huntelaar day (0//0) Benfica Schalke Goals: 0 Jurado, 0 Höwedes, Luisão FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Höwedes, Raúl González, Rakitić, Kluge (Matip ), Schmitz, K. Papadopoulos, Jurado (Jendrišek ), Metzelder, Uchida, Huntelaar (Edu ) Last updated /0/ ::CET bymatch lineups

18 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Round of (/0/) Valencia Schalke Goals: 0 Soldado, Raúl González FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Höwedes, Raúl González, Kluge, Schmitz, Farfán (Draxler ), Jurado (Edu ), Metzelder, Uchida, Huntelaar (Junmin 0), Matip (0/0/) Schalke Valencia (agg: ) Goals: 0 Ricardo Costa, Farfán 0, Gavranović, Farfán 0+ FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Escudero, Höwedes, Raúl González, Kluge (Sarpei ), Farfán, Jurado (Draxler ), Gavranović, Metzelder, Uchida, Matip (K. Papadopoulos 0) Quarterfinals (0/0/) Internazionale Schalke Goals: 0 Stanković, Matip, Milito, Edu 0, Raúl González, Ranocchia (o.g.), Edu FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Sarpei, Höwedes, Raúl González (Karimi ), Edu, Baumjohann (Schmitz ), K. Papadopoulos, Farfán, Jurado (Draxler ), Uchida, Matip (/0/) Schalke Internazionale (agg: ) Goals: 0 Raúl González, Thiago Motta, Höwedes FC Schalke 0: Neuer, Sarpei, Höwedes, Raúl González, Edu (Charisteas ), Baumjohann (Draxler ), K. Papadopoulos, Jurado (Schmitz ), Metzelder, Uchida, Matip Semifinals (/0/) Schalke v Man. United (0/0/) Man. United v Schalke Last updated /0/ ::CET bymatch lineups

19 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Group stage Standings Club Valencia CF Rangers FC Bursaspor W 0 D L 0 GF GA Pts day (/0/0) Man. United 00 Rangers : Kuszczak, Ferdinand, Brown, Rooney, Smalling, Park JiSung (Owen ), Hernández, Fabio (J. Evans ), D. Fletcher, Valencia (Giggs ), Gibson day (/0/0) Valencia 0 Man. United Goals: 0 Hernández : Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Anderson (Hernández ), Berbatov (Macheda ), Park JiSung, Vidić, Carrick, Nani, Rafael (O'Shea 0+), D. Fletcher day (0/0/0) Man. United 0 Bursaspor Goals: 0 Nani : Kuszczak, Evra, Anderson (Hernández ), Smalling, Park JiSung (Obertan ), Vidić, Carrick, Nani, Rafael, D. Fletcher, Macheda day (0//0) Bursaspor 0 Man. United Goals: 0 D. Fletcher, 0 Obertan, 0 Bébé : Van der Sar, Evra (Fabio ), Berbatov, Smalling, Vidić, Carrick, Nani (Park JiSung ), Scholes, Rafael, D. Fletcher (Bébé ), Obertan day (//0) Rangers 0 Man. United Goals: 0 Rooney (pen) : Van der Sar, Berbatov (Hernández ), Rooney, Giggs, Smalling, Carrick, Nani (Obertan ), Scholes (Anderson ), Fabio, O'Shea, J. Evans day (0//0) Man. United Valencia Goals: 0 Pablo Hernández, Anderson : Amos, Ferdinand (Smalling 0), Anderson (D. Fletcher 0), Berbatov, Rooney, Park JiSung, Vidić, Carrick, Nani (Giggs ), Fabio, Rafael Last updated /0/ ::CET bymatch lineups

20 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Round of (/0/) Marseille 00 Man. United : Van der Sar, Evra, Berbatov, Rooney, Smalling, Vidić, Carrick, Nani, O'Shea, D. Fletcher, Gibson (Scholes ) (/0/) Man. United Marseille (agg: ) Goals: 0 Hernández, 0 Hernández, Brown (o.g.) : Van der Sar, Evra, Brown, Rooney, Giggs, Smalling, Hernández, Carrick, Nani (Valencia ), Scholes, O'Shea (Rafael ; Fabio 0) Quarterfinals (0/0/) Chelsea 0 Man. United Goals: 0 Rooney : Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Rooney, Giggs, Park JiSung (Smalling 0+), Hernández (Berbatov ), Vidić, Carrick, Rafael (Nani ), Valencia (/0/) Man. United Chelsea (agg: ) Goals: 0 Hernández, Drogba, Park JiSung : Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Rooney, Giggs, Park JiSung, Hernández, Vidić, Carrick, Nani (Valencia ), O'Shea Semifinals (/0/) Schalke v Man. United (0/0/) Man. United v Schalke Last updated /0/ ::CET 0 bymatch lineups

21 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions League knockout stage: Did you know? Teams have recovered from a firstleg deficit to go through on occasions, including FC Barcelona and FC Internazionale Milano in this season's round of, although only twice AFC Ajax's defeat of Panathinaikos FC in the / semifinals and Inter's win against FC Bayern München in the 00/ 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 00/0 quarterfinals when they lost at AC Milan but won 0 at home. Twenty ties have been decided on the away goals rule, including six where the triumphant team lost the first leg. FC Bayern München hold the record for the biggest firstleg lead with a 0 success at Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 00/0 first knockout round, eventually going through after a home victory in the second leg. Those two games also featured more goals () over its two legs than any previous UEFA Champions League knockout tie. Ten ties have now gone to penalties, including the game between Arsenal FC and AS Roma in the 00/0 round of. Five of these were finals, 00, 00, 00 and 00. The first twolegged tie decided on spotkicks was PSV Eindhoven's win against Olympique Lyonnais on April 00 after a aggregate draw. In all, ties have required extra time. So far seven have been decided by extra time alone: four quarterfinals, two first knockout round encounters and the 00/0 semifinal between Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC. There has never been a knockout tie ending goalless after two legs. Ten have finished 0 on aggregate, most recently Tottenham Hotspur FC's narrow victory against AC Milan in the 00/ round of. The biggest winning margin in a UEFA Champions League semifinal game has been three goals. AFC Ajax recorded a home success in the / second leg against Bayern, while there were victories for Juventus at home against Ajax (second leg) and AS Monaco FC (first leg) in / and / respectively, and Valencia at home to Barcelona (first leg) in /000. On six other occasions teams won 0, most recently Bayern's defeat of Lyon in the 00/0 second leg. That win for Juventus against Monaco in / was part of the biggest aggregate semifinal score. The principality club won in their home return to make it ten goals in the tie. Bayern's 0 defeat of Lyon in 00/0 is the joint biggest aggregate win in a UEFA Champions League semifinal, equalling Juventus' victory against Ajax in /. Madrid's 0 secondleg win against FC Zürich in / is the biggest European Champion Clubs' Cup semifinal victory. Eintracht Frankfurt's success against Rangers FC in /0 is the biggest aggregate total. Clarence Seedorf is the only player to win the European Cup with three clubs (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan 00, 00). Liverpool's Bob Paisley (,, ) is the only coach to win three times. Ottmar Hitzfeld (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern 00), Ernst Happel (Feyenoord 0, Hamburger SV ) and José Mourinho (FC Porto 00, FC Internazionale Milano 00) are the only coaches to win the trophy with two clubs. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (, 0) the last club to win consecutive European Champion Clubs' Cups. Milan (, ), Juventus (, ) and United (00, 00) have all returned to the final as holders only to lose. Only two teams have ever won or even reached the final of the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (, final in Munich) and Juventus (, final in Rome). Five teams won European Cup finals on home soil: Real Madrid CF (), FC Internazionale Milano (), (), AFC Ajax () and Liverpool FC (), while Stade de Reims Champagne (), AS Roma () and FC Barcelona () all lost finals in their own country. UEFA Champions League: Did you know? S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having been aged years days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on day of the 00/0 edition. Filippo Inzaghi is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and days, in AC Milan's draw against Real Madrid CF on November 00. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared. He was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against Steaua on November. He was sent off in the th minute. Last updated /0/ ::CET Competition facts

22 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Team facts FC Schalke 0 Formed: 0 Nickname: S0, Die Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), Die Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup: UEFA Intertoto Cup: 00, 00 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () German Cup: (00) Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 00/0: Did not take part in UEFA club competition 00/0: UEFA Cup group stage 00/0: quarterfinals 00/0: UEFA Cup first round 00/0: UEFA Cup semifinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 00/0: UEFA Cup round of (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 00/0: UEFA Cup second round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 00/0: UEFA Cup third round 00/0: first group stage 000/0: Did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 0: Schalke v FK Vardar /0/0, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg Biggest away win 0: RCD Mallorca v Schalke /0/0, UEFA Champions League first group stage 0: SK Liepájas Metalurgs v Schalke 0/0/0, UEFA Cup first round second leg Heaviest home defeat : FC Schalke 0 v Wisla Kraków 0//0, UEFA Cup third round second leg Heaviest away defeat : City FC v Schalke /0/0, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semifinal second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win 0: Schalke v Olympique Lyonnais //0, group stage 0: Schalke v PSV Eindhoven //0, group stage Biggest away win 0: RCD Mallorca v Schalke /0/0, first group stage Heaviest home defeat 0: Schalke v Panathinaikos FC /0/0, first group stage Heaviest away defeat 0: Chelsea FC v Schalke /0/0, group stage Last updated /0/ ::CET Team facts

23 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) 0: Panathinaikos FC v FC Schalke 0 /0/0, first group stage Last updated /0/ ::CET Team facts

24 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. local time) Formed: Nickname: The Red Devils UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup ():,, 00, (00) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): UEFA Super Cup:, (), (00) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: (00) FA Cup: (00) League Cup: (00) Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 00/0: quarterfinals 00/0: runnersup 00/0: winners 00/0: semifinals 00/0: group stage 00/0: round of 00/0: round of 00/0: quarterfinals 00/0: semifinals 000/0: quarterfinals Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 00: United v RSC Anderlecht /0/, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg Biggest away win 0: Shamrock Rovers FC v United /0/, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg Heaviest home defeat : United v RC Deportivo La Coruña /0/0, UEFA Champions League first group stage : United v Real Madrid CF /0/00, UEFA Champions League quarterfinals second leg United have lost 0 on six occasions, most recently v Beşiktaş JK (//0, UEFA Champions League group stage) Heaviest away defeat 0: Sporting Clube de Portugal v United /0/, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarterfinals second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : United v AS Roma 0/0/0, quarterfinals second leg Biggest away win : Brøndby IF v United /0/, group stage Heaviest home defeat : United v RC Deportivo La Coruña (see above for details) : United v Real Madrid CF (see above for details) United have lost 0 on six occasions, most recently v Beşiktaş (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat 0: FC Barcelona v United 0//, group stage Last updated /0/ ::CET Team facts

25 FC Schalke 0 Tuesday April 0 0.CET (0. 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 (0), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (000). 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 QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff FT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: decided on away goals (p): Penalty agg: Aggregate : es played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: of birth Res.: GA: Goals against sg: decided on "Silver Goal" GF: Goals for t: decided by toss of 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 /0/ ::CET Legend