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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS EAGUE / SEASON Group E Matchday Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Chelsea FC Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Group Standings... Competition facts... Team facts... egend...

2 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Chelsea FC Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions ate // // Stage R R Match UEFA Cup inners' Cup ate // // Stage R R Chelsea FC FC København FC København Chelsea FC Match FC København Chelsea FC Chelsea FC FC København Result agg: Result agg: Venue ondon Copenhagen Venue Copenhagen ondon Goalscorers Anelka, Goalscorers audrup esailly ; Goldbæk Record versus clubs from opponents' country Chelsea FC Home Away Final Total ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Match background 's first home game in the UEFA Champions provides them with a mouthwatering encounter against winners Chelsea FC in the second round of Group E fixtures. hile Chelsea let slip a twogoal lead at home to Juventus on matchday one to draw, Nordsjælland went down at FC Shakhtar onetsk on their competition debut. Previous meetings It is the anish champions' first competitive meeting with English opposition, while Chelsea have good memories of their two previous visits to the Scandinavian country. In each case they faced FC København and won both matches without conceding a goal. They triumphed in the / UEFA Champions round of and in the / UEFA Cup inners' Cup second round. At home both games ended all square, in and years later. Match background Nordsjælland won their maiden anish Superliga title with a victory against AC Horsens on the final day of last season to hold off the challenge of København, who had picked up the prize in the previous three years. Nordsjælland have had four campaigns in the UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa but only managed to get through to the first round proper twice. On each occasion they lost to Greek opponents, going down to Panionios GSS in / and Olympiacos FC in /. ast year the Farum club were knocked out of the UEFA Europa in the playoffs, beaten by Sporting Clube de Portugal in the second leg after the game in enmark had ended goalless. The / campaign proved historic for Chelsea as they finally tasted UEFA Champions glory at the tenth attempt, overcoming FC Bayern München on the German side's own ground. It was also the first time a ondon club had lifted the trophy. idier rogba scored a late equaliser to take the final to extra time and then converted the decisive penalty to win the shootout, the Ivorian striker's last kick for the club as he joined Chinese side FC Shanghai Shenhua in June. Chelsea have finished as group winners in eight of their ten UEFA Champions campaigns, including last season, and qualified for the knockout rounds in the other two years. Chelsea failed to win any of their away games in last year's group stage, drawing at Valencia CF and KRC Genk before going down at Bayer everkusen. That was only their second reverse in their last nine away group games, four of which they have won. Team ties Anders Christiansen was part of the enmark Under team which lost to England in a friendly international in Viborg on March. Kasper orentzen was in the enmark U side that suffered a friendly loss against England in Herning on August. orentzen's enmark lost to England in a UEFA European U Championship qualifier in Kidricevo, Slovenia. Søren Christensen appeared as a substitute. On March, Christensen was part of the enmark team that lost to England in a European U Championship qualifier in Crewe. Andreas audrup was introduced as a substitute when enmark's Us defeated England in a tournament in Torshavn, Faroe Islands, on ecember. orentzen was part of the enmark team which drew against England in Hvidovre in the UEFA European U Championship on May. ast updated // ::CET Match background

4 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Match facts Nordsjælland UEFA Champions statistics Nordsjælland are one of three clubs making their debut in the group stage this season, along with Montpellier Hérault SC and Málaga CF. None of the Nordsjælland squad had played in the UEFA Champions before this season. The anish club collected five yellow cards in their first game, the joint highest total in the competition along with FC Spartak Moskva. Summer transfers In Morten Nordstrand (FC København) Thomas Villadsen (FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ) Anders Christiansen (yngby BK) Kamal Issah (Stade Rennais FC) Joshua John (FC Twente, loan) Out Andreas Granskov (R. MouscronPéruwelz) Andreas Bjelland (FC Twente) Rune Pedersen (Akademisk Boldklub) Tobias Mikkelsen (SpVgg Greuther Fürth) Nichlas Rohde (Breidablik) Jacob Egeris (Viborg FF) Miscellaneous Nordsjælland are home games unbeaten, since a reverse by Brøndby IF on March. Joshua John has scored eight goals in as many games since joining Nordsjælland on loan from Twente. Kasper Hjulmand's team are six points adrift of leaders København; at this stage last season the deficit was ten. Nordsjælland needed extra time to see off third tier Svebølle B&I in the anish Cup third round on September, Kasper orentzen and Christiansen scoring in the second additional period to seal a win. Mark Gundelach, Andreas audrup and Christiansen are likely to be in the enmark squad that face Spain in the UEFA European Under Championship playoffs, with the first leg in Burgos next Thursday. Chelsea UEFA Champions statistics Chelsea became the fifth successive UEFA Champions holders to draw their opening game of the following season on matchday one. The previous four all then recorded wins, scoring a combined unanswered goals in the process. On matchday one Oscar became the first player to score twice on his UEFA Champions debut for Chelsea, and the first man to hit two against Juventus in the competition since Galatasaray AŞ's Hakan Şükür in. Before matchday one, Chelsea had only once before let slip a twogoal lead in the UEFA Champions, against AS Monaco FC in the semifinal. Chelsea have conceded goals in the UEFA Champions, group stage to final. The Blues won all six of their UEFA Champions home games last season, scoring goals and conceding two in the process. John Terry is available after serving a twomatch suspension following his red card in last season's semifinal second leg at FC Barcelona. Summer transfers In Eden Hazard (OSC ille) Marko Marin (SV erder Bremen) ast updated // ::CET Match facts

5 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Oscar (SC Internacional) César Azpilicueta (Olympique de Marseille) Victor Moses (igan Athletic FC) Out idier rogba (Shanghai Shenhua FC) Salomon Kalou (OSC ille) José Bosingwa (Queens Park Rangers FC) Raul Meireles (Fenerbahçe SK) Thibaut Courtois (Club Atlético de Madrid, loan) Kevin e Bruyne (SV erder Bremen, loan) Romelu ukaku (est Bromwich Albion FC, loan) Josh McEachran (Middlesbrough FC, loan) Yossi Benayoun (est Ham United FC, loan) Gael Kakuta (Vitesse, loan) Miscellaneous Ashley Cole's first goal in appearances for club and country, since May, earned Chelsea a win against Stoke City FC on September. Oriol Romeu is likely to be in the Spain squad that face enmark in this month's UEFA European Under Championship playoffs, with the first leg in Burgos next Thursday. Ryan Bertrand, who won his first cap in August's friendly against Italy, made his competitive debut for England in a FIFA orld Cup qualifying draw with Ukraine on September. He signed a new fiveyear deal in September. Fernando Torres won his th cap for Spain on September in a friendly win against Saudi Arabia. Chelsea suffered a record oneoff UEFA Super Cup loss on August, against Atlético. FA Cup holders Chelsea lost to Premier champions Manchester City FC in the FA Community Shield on August. ast updated // ::CET Match facts

6 Squad list Alltime Current season UEFA UC UC QUA Age ob Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // Jesper Hansen // Thomas Villadsen // avid Raagaard Jensen // Jannich Storch efenders // Jores Okore // Henrik Kildentoft // Patrick Mtiliga // USA Michael Parkhurst // Mark Gundelach // CRO Ivan Runje // Seejou King // Søren Henriksen // Pascal Gregor // Andreas Maxsø // Nicklas Mouritzen // Mathias Mejer Knudsen Midfielders // GHA Enoch Adu // Nicolai Stokholm // Søren Christensen // Kasper orentzen // CRO Mario Tičinović // GHA Kamal Issah // asse Petry // Emiliano Hansen // Samed Barut Forwards // Anders Christiansen // Mikkel Beckmann // Morten Nordstrand // SE Rawez awan // Oguzhan Aynaoglu // SE Joe Sise // NE Joshua John // Andreas audrup // Kristian indberg // Johannes Ritter Plum // Philip Zinckernagel Coach // Kasper Hjulmand Squad list ast updated // ::CET Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Chelsea FC

7 Chelsea FC Alltime Current season UEFA UC UC QUA Age ob Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // CZE Petr Čech // Ross Turnbull // Jamal Blackman efenders // SRB Branislav Ivanović // Ashley Cole // BRA avid uiz // POR Paulo Ferreira // Gary Cahill // John Terry // ESP César Azpilicueta // Ryan Bertrand // Billy Clifford // SE Aziz eenconteh // Todd Kane // GHA aniel Pappoe // Adam Phillip Midfielders // ESP Oriol Romeu // BRA Ramires // Frank ampard // BRA Oscar // N John Obi Mikel // BE Eden Hazard // GER Marko Marin // BRA ucas Piazón // George Saville Forwards // ESP Fernando Torres // ESP Juan Mata // N Victor Moses // aniel Sturridge Coach // ITA Roberto i Matteo Squad list ast updated // ::CET Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Chelsea FC

8 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Head coach : Kasper Hjulmand ate of birth: April Nationality: anish Playing career: Randers SK Freja, Herlev IF, B Coaching career: yngby BK (youth), yngby, After Hjulmand's career was ended at the age of by injury he learned his trade coaching the youth teams at yngby, graduating to the senior side and coming to prominence in when he guided them to the first division title to secure a return to the Superliga after a fiveyear absence. His success with yngby earned him the Claus Rode Prisen, awarded by the Union of anish Clubs (ivisionsforeningen). In summer Hjulmand was appointed as assistant to Morten ieghorst at Nordsjælland. Stepped into ieghorst's shoes as head coach in the summer of when the latter left to take charge of enmark's Under team. Made history by taking Nordsjælland to their first ever league championship in his first season in charge, in the process securing a place in the group stage of the / UEFA Champions. Chelsea FC: Roberto i Matteo ate of birth: May Nationality: Italian Playing career: FC Schaffhausen, FC Zürich, FC Aarau, S.S. azio, Chelsea FC Coaching career: MK ons FC, est Bromwich Albion FC, Chelsea FC (assistant), Chelsea Born in the Swiss city of Schaffhausen, i Matteo started his career with the local club, scoring two goals in league appearances over three seasons before moving to Zürich in. on the Swiss league title with Aarau in /, his sole season with the club, going on to a threeyear spell at azio. Became Chelsea's record signing in and paid back a chunk of that.m fee with goals in their final victories of the FA Cup after seconds, then the fastest in the final's history and English Cup. Scored the only goal of another FA Cup final triumph in /, the last final at the old embley. Having won caps for Italy, i Matteo sustained a triple leg fracture in a UEFA Cup tie against FC St Gallen early in the / campaign and was forced to retire in February. Thenmanager Claudio Ranieri asked him to lead out the team for the FA Cup Final, which Chelsea lost to Arsenal FC. Took charge of MK ons in July and, having finished third in the English third tier, was appointed by est Brom the following summer. In his first season, led the club to second place in the Championship and promotion to the Premier but sacked in February. That June, i Matteo returned to Chelsea as assistant to André VillasBoas and, following the Portuguese coach's dismissal on March, was appointed as interim firstteam coach for the remainder of the season. After guiding the Blues to FA Cup and UEFA Champions glory, i Matteo was confirmed as manager on a permanent basis that summer. ast updated // ::CET Head coach

9 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA elegate UEFA Referee observer Marijo Strahonja (CRO) Sinisa Premuzaj (CRO), Igor Krmar (CRO) Igor Pristovnik (CRO), Ante VučemilovićŠimunović Jr. (CRO) Ivica Modrić (CRO) Kazimierz Oleszek (PO) Yury upanau (BR) Referee Name Marijo Strahonja ate of birth // UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches A physical education teacher from Zagreb, Marijo Strahonja has been on the FIFA list since although by then he was already established in international competition having refereed three games and been fourth official at two more at the UEFA European Under Championship in France. Involved in UEFA Champions and UEFA Cup qualifying since /, Strahonja a former futsal referee who also played seconddivision football in his native Croatia had to wait until / for his first opportunity to referee in the competition proper, taking charge of the UEFA Cup first round game between MFK Petržalka and SC Braga. Having frequently worked as a fourth official, referee liaison officer and additional assistant referee, Strahonja oversaw five matches in the / UEFA Europa. Also took charge of two U qualifiers for the finals in enmark, where he oversaw two group games. In the middle for the UEFA EURO qualifiers between Austria and Kazakhstan and Cyprus and enmark before he made his UEFA Champions refereeing bow on matchday four of the / competition, and promoted to UEFA's Elite evelopment category in January. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match ate // // Competition UC UC Stage GS PO Home Manchester United FC FC København Away FC Oţelul Galaţi OSC ille Result Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match ate // // // // // // // // // Competition U U U U U UCUP EURO UCUP Stage rdpo EITE EITE R QR QR QR QR GS Home Portugal England Moldova England enmark England Sporting Clube de Portugal Cyprus FC Twente Away England Sweden England Czech Republic Turkey Greece enmark Fulham FC Result Venue Manchester Copenhagen Venue Chateauroux Bury Blackpool Grodzisk ielkopolski Nessebar oncaster isbon Nicosia Enschede ast updated // ::CET Match officials

10 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results ate Competition Opponent Result // AC Horsens (A) // FC Midtjylland (A) // Odense BK (H) // Aalborg BK (A) // Silkeborg IF (H) // A Aarhus (A) // SønderjyskE (H) // Brøndby IF (H) // FC København (A) // UC FC Shakhtar onetsk (A) // Randers FC (H) // Cup Svebølle B og IF (A) aet // Esbjerg fb (H) // UC Chelsea FC (H) // Odense BK (A) // Silkeborg IF (H) // UC Juventus (H) // Aalborg BK (H) // SønderjyskE (A) // UC Juventus (A) // Randers FC (H) // A Aarhus (A) // UC FC Shakhtar onetsk (H) // Esbjerg fb (A) // Brøndby IF (H) // UC Chelsea FC (A) // FC København (A) // AC Horsens (H) // FC Midtjylland (A) // Aalborg BK (A) // A Aarhus (H) // FC Midtjylland (H) // AC Horsens (A) Goalscorers orentzen, audrup, Stokholm, Gytkjaer + Stokholm + Christensen John John,,,, Parkhurst, orentzen Parkhurst John, Mtiliga, Christensen, Beckmann Christensen + (og) John Kildentoft, orentzen ET, Christiansen ET John, orentzen, Stokholm Pos. Clubs FC København Aalborg BK A Aarhus Randers FC Odense BK SønderjyskE AC Horsens FC Midtjylland Silkeborg IF Esbjerg fb Brøndby IF ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

11 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Chelsea FC ate Competition Opponent Result // igan Athletic FC (A) // Reading FC (H) // Newcastle United FC (H) // SCUP Club Atlético de Madrid (H) // Queens Park Rangers FC (A) // UC Juventus (H) // Stoke City FC (H) // Cup olverhampton anderers FC (H) // Arsenal FC (A) // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // UC UC Cup UC UC UC (A) Norwich City FC (H) Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) FC Shakhtar onetsk (A) Manchester United FC (H) Manchester United FC (H) Swansea City AFC (A) FC Shakhtar onetsk (H) iverpool FC (H) est Bromwich Albion FC (A) Juventus (A) Manchester City FC (H) Fulham FC (H) est Ham United FC (A) (H) Sunderland AFC (A) Aston Villa FC (H) Norwich City FC (A) Everton FC (A) Queens Park Rangers FC (H) Goalscorers Ivanović, ampard (p) ampard (p), Cahill, Torres, Ivanović + Hazard (p), Torres + Cahill Oscar, A. Cole Cahill, Bertrand, Juan Mata, Oriol Romeu (p), Torres, Moses Torres, Juan Mata Pos. Clubs Chelsea FC Everton FC Manchester United FC Manchester City FC Tottenham Hotspur FC est Bromwich Albion FC est Ham United FC Arsenal FC Fulham FC Newcastle United FC Swansea City AFC Stoke City FC Sunderland AFC iverpool FC Aston Villa FC igan Athletic FC Southampton FC Norwich City FC Reading FC Queens Park Rangers FC ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups Group E Standings Club FC Shakhtar onetsk Juventus Chelsea FC Matchday (//) Shakhtar onetsk Nordsjælland Goals: Mkhitaryan, Mkhitaryan : J. Hansen, Okore, Adu, Stokholm, Mtiliga, Beckmann, John (audrup ), Christensen (Christiansen ), Parkhurst, orentzen (Nordstrand ), Runje Chelsea Juventus Goals: Oscar, Oscar, Vidal, Quagliarella Chelsea FC: Čech, Ivanović, A. Cole, avid uiz, Ramires (Bertrand ), ampard, Torres, Oscar (Juan Mata ), Mikel, Hazard, Terry Matchday (//) Nordsjælland v Chelsea Matchday (//) Nordsjælland v Juventus Shakhtar onetsk v Chelsea Matchday (//) Juventus v Nordsjælland Chelsea v Shakhtar onetsk Matchday (//) Nordsjælland v Shakhtar onetsk Juventus v Chelsea Matchday (//) Chelsea v Nordsjælland ast updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

13 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Group Standings Group A Club Paris SaintGermain FC FC Porto GNK inamo Zagreb FC ynamo Kyiv // // FC ynamo Kyiv FC Porto GNK inamo Zagreb Paris SaintGermain FC Kyiv Porto Group B Club FC Schalke Arsenal FC Montpellier Hérault SC Olympiacos FC // // FC Schalke Arsenal FC Montpellier Hérault SC Olympiacos FC Gelsenkirchen ondon Group C Club Málaga CF RSC Anderlecht AC Milan FC Zenit St Petersburg // // FC Zenit St Petersburg RSC Anderlecht AC Milan Málaga CF St Petersburg Brussels Group Club Real Madrid CF Borussia ortmund Manchester City FC AFC Ajax // // Manchester City FC AFC Ajax Borussia ortmund Real Madrid CF Manchester Amsterdam Group E Club FC Shakhtar onetsk Juventus Chelsea FC // // Juventus FC Shakhtar onetsk Chelsea FC Turin Copenhagen Group F Club FC BATE Borisov FC Bayern München Valencia CF OSC ille // // Valencia CF FC BATE Borisov OSC ille FC Bayern München Valencia Minsk ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

14 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Group G Club FC Barcelona S Benfica Celtic FC FC Spartak Moskva // // FC Spartak Moskva S Benfica Celtic FC FC Barcelona Moscow isbon Group H Club CFR Cluj Manchester United FC Galatasaray AŞ SC Braga // // CFR Cluj Galatasaray AŞ Manchester United FC SC Braga ClujNapoca Istanbul ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

15 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions : id you know? Holders Chelsea FC are hoping to avoid 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 /, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions trophy with AC Milan (, ) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United FC (, ) have all returned to the UEFA Champions final as holders only to lose. S.S. azio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions having featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six in / aged years and days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was years and days when he played against AEK Athens FC in /. Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and days, in Manchester United's draw at S Benfica on September. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November. He was sent off in the th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions, aged years and days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October. ionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's win against Bayer everkusen on March. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. Barcelona have finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Manchester United and Real Madrid. Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions group stage: Milan (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/), Barcelona (/, first group stage) and Real Madrid (/). Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without picking up a single point, including Villarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK inamo Zagreb in /. Barcelona scored goals in the / group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from /. Barcelona scored times in the / first group stage, a tally matched by Real Madrid last season. inamo Zagreb conceded goals in the / group stage, a new record. The previous highest goals against total was, shared by MŠK Žilina (/), ebreceni VSC (/), FC ynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in /. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (/), Ajax (/), Juventus (/ and /), Chelsea (/), iverpool FC (/), Villarreal (/) 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. 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 egia arszawa that same season before ynamo Kyiv and Bayer everkusen managed it in / and iverpool in /. FC okomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, as did Rangers FC and SV erder Bremen in /. Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions on home soil: Borussia ortmund (, final in Munich) and Juventus (, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the final in ondon and months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München. ast updated // ::CET Competition facts

16 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: Nickname: Tigerne (Tigers) UEFA club competition honours none omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () anish Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa playoffs /: UEFA Europa third qualifying round /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup first round /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup first round /: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Nordsjælland v FC TVMK Tallinn //, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg Biggest away win : FC TVMK Tallinn v Nordsjælland //, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Nordsjælland v Olympiacos FC //, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest away defeat : Olympiacos FC v Nordsjælland //, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win N/A Biggest away win N/A Heaviest home defeat N/A Heaviest away defeat : FC Shakhtar onetsk v Nordsjælland //, group stage ast updated // ::CET Team facts

17 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Chelsea FC Formed: Nickname: The Blues UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Cup (): (), UEFA Cup inners' Cup ():, UEFA Super Cup ():, () omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () FA Cup: () Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: winners /: quarterfinals /: round of /: semifinals /: runnersup /: semifinals /: round of /: semifinals /: semifinals /: UEFA Cup first round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Chelsea v FC Jeunesse Hautcharage //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : FC Jeunesse Hautcharage v Chelsea //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Chelsea v Beşiktaş JK //, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat : FC Barcelona v Chelsea //, UEFA Champions quarterfinal second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Chelsea v KRC Genk //, group stage Biggest away win : Galatasaray AŞ v Chelsea //, first group stage Heaviest home defeat : Chelsea v Beşiktaş JK (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : FC Barcelona v Chelsea (see above for details) ast updated // ::CET Team facts

18 Chelsea FC Tuesday October.CET (. local time) egend ATIME 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 inners' 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 orld Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UC: 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 UC: UEFA Champions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UE: UEFA Europa UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa UCC: UEFA Cup inners' 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 EITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : enotes player substituted (*) : enotes 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 C: FIFA orld 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 C: FIFA omen's orld Cup CHAMP: UEFA European omen'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 : Points : rawn R: Sent off (straight red card) ob: ate of birth Res.: Result : Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal : Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match decided by golden goal : on : ost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/A: Not applicable (+) : enotes player introduced (+/) : enotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list : isciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCQ: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UC: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UC: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions from / season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: isclaimer: 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 ast updated // ::CET egend