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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS EAGUE / SEASON FC Schalke Group B day Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Group Standings... Competition facts... Team facts... egend...

2 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions // FC Schalke ondon Huntelaar, Afellay UEFA Champions // // FC Schalke FC Schalke Gelsenkirchen ondon Mulder, Vermant, Möller ; iltord jungberg, Henry, (p); van Hoogdalem, Emile Mpenza FC Schalke Home Away Final Total FC Schalke Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions // // UEFA Cup // SF SF Manchester United FC FC Schalke FC Schalke Manchester United FC UEFA Champions // // FC Schalke Manchester City FC UEFA Cup inners' Cup // // SF SF FC Schalke Chelsea FC Chelsea FC FC Schalke European Champion Clubs' Cup // // R R Manchester City FC FC Schalke FC Schalke Manchester City FC FC Schalke olverhampton anderers FC olverhampton anderers FC FC Schalke agg: agg: agg: Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions // // UEFA Champions // // Borussia ortmund Borussia ortmund Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Manchester Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen ondon Manchester Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen olverhampton ondon ortmund ondon Hamburg Valencia, Gibson, Anderson, ; Jurado Giggs, Rooney Benjani, Ireland Malouda, rogba oyle, Young,, ee, Bell ; ibuda ibuda Kördel, Siebert ; Jackson Broadbent, ; Siebert, Koslowski Van Persie, ; Kagawa + Perišić ; Van Persie Van Persie, Eboué, Baptista ; Van der Vaart Sanogo +; Gilberto Silva (p), Rosický ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) UEFA Champions // // R R FC Bayern München FC Bayern München agg: ondon Munich Henry Pizarro,, Salihamidžić ; K. Touré UEFA Champions // // Borussia ortmund Borussia ortmund ortmund ondon Rosický, (p); Henry Bergkamp, jungberg UEFA Champions // // nd nd Bayer everkusen Bayer everkusen ondon everkusen Pirès, Henry, Vieira, Bergkamp ; Sebescen Kirsten ; Pirès UEFA Champions // // nd nd FC Bayern München FC Bayern München Munich ondon Elber Henry, Kanu ; Tarnat, Scholl UEFA Cup // // QF QF SV erder Bremen SV erder Bremen agg: Bremen ondon Bode, Bogdanović ; Parlour,,, Henry Henry, jungberg UEFA Cup // // R R Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach agg: Cologne Arsenal Juskowiak,, Effenberg ; right, Merson Merson, right ; Juskowiak, Effenberg, Passlack UEFA Cup inners' Cup // // R R. FC Magdeburg. FC Magdeburg agg: Magdeburg ondon Streich (p), Stahmann ; Price, Brady Young, Sunderland ; Pommerenke UEFA Cup // // R R BSG Chemie eipzig BSG Chemie eipzig agg: eipzig ondon Stapleton (og); Brady (p), Sunderland, Stapleton, Stapleton,, Sunderland Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Schalke Home Away Final Total ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) background Having ended 's long unbeaten home sequence in the UEFA Champions, FC Schalke will now look to preserve their own impressive record on their own ground to cement first place in Group B. Goals from KlaasJan Huntelaar and Ibrahim Afellay made the German club the first foreign visitors to defeat Arsenal at home since FC Internazionale Milano in, ending a game unbeaten streak. The previous two clubs to win at Arsenal in the UEFA Champions were both English: Chelsea FC (/) and Manchester United FC (/), the latter defeat preceding a game unbeaten home run, playoffs included, that Schalke ended. Arsenal won their first away game at Montpellier Hérault SC and then defeated Olympiacos FC. Schalke won in Piraeus, also, before being held at home by Montpellier. Previous meetings The teams met in the / group stage when the coaches were, as now, Arsène enger and Huub Stevens. Arsenal won at home but lost in Gelsenkirchen. The lineups for the game at the Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, on October were: Schalke: Reck, Matellan, Hajto, Möller, Böhme, Mulder, Sand, Van Hoogdalem (Kmetsch ), ałdoch, Vermant (jordjevic ), Němec (Thon ). Arsenal: right, Upson (Stepanovs ), uzhny, Campbell (Keown ), Cole, Pirès, Parlour, Edu, Grimandi, iltord, Kanu (Pennant ). Schalke have lost their last two home contests with English sides and not scored in three. They went down to both Manchester United in the / semifinal first leg and Manchester City FC in the / UEFA Cup group stage. Their home record against English teams reads. Arsenal drew at Borussia ortmund in last season's group stage. Their record in Germany is. background Schalke are making their fifth UEFA Champions appearance and when they were last involved, in /, they recovered from a opening defeat at Olympique yonnais to win seven of their next nine fixtures, including all five at home. The German club have lost only two of their last home fixtures in the competition, qualifying included. Arsenal are in the group stage for the th campaign in a row. In / enger's side departed in the round of for the second season running. It was the th successive time they had made it through the group and only the second campaign since / that they had failed to reach the quarterfinals or better. The matchday one win at Montpellier was only Arsenal's third in away matches in the competition proper, a run that includes eight defeats. Team ties Per Mertesacker played for Hannover () and SV erder Bremen (). He made appearances against Schalke, putting through his own net in Hannover's draw on March. ukas Podolski faced Schalke ten times with. FC Köln and FC Bayern München, scoring four goals. Tomáš Rosický was at ortmund from to, playing Bundesliga games and scoring goals. Huntelaar and Thomas Vermaelen were teammates at AFC Ajax from January to January. Podolski and Mertesacker are Germany teammates of Benedikt Höwedes, ewis Holtby and Julian raxler. Mertesacker and Christoph Metzelder were Germany's centrebacks in the final defeat by Spain at UEFA EURO, Podolski and Spain's Santi Cazorla also featuring. Abou iaby scored the only goal as a French team with Olivier Giroud and aurent Koscielny on the bench beat Teemu Pukki's Finland in a FIFA orld Cup qualifier in Helsinki on September. Christian Fuchs' Austria were beaten by a Germany team who used Podolski as a secondhalf substitute in a orld Cup qualifier in Vienna on September. Mertesacker was on the bench. Tranquillo Barnetta and Johan jourou play together for Switzerland. Carl Jenkinson and Pukki played together in Finland's Under team. Giroud scored for France in a friendly victory against Germany in Bremen on February, Höwedes coming on at the interval. ast updated // ::CET background

5 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) facts Schalke UEFA Champions statistics Schalke have scored goals in UEFA competition. Miscellaneous Atsuto Uchida scored his first Bundesliga goal in his st appearance in the German topflight on Saturday but could not prevent a defeat at TSG Hoffenheim that ended Schalke's eightmatch unbeaten run in all competitions. Ibrahim Afellay, Ciprian Marica and KlaasJan Huntelaar were on target as Schalke won against secondtier SV Sandhausen in the German Cup second round on October. Making his first appearance since April, Christoph Metzelder was replaced at halftime against Sandhausen with an adductor injury. Julian raxler returned from the broken left arm he sustained on matchday two by coming off the bench in the home victory against. FC Nürnberg on October. Aged years five days, raxler Schalke's youngest debutant at the age of years days when he made his first appearance in January became the youngest player to reach Bundesliga appearances when he was introduced as a substitute in the defeat of. FSV Mainz on September. Arsenal UEFA Champions statistics Arsenal have conceded goals in the UEFA Champions, group stage to final. The loss to Schalke last time out was Arsenal's first in the group stage at home since September. The Gunners have had shots on target so far, the joint lowest total in the group stage along with CFR Cluj and RSC Anderlecht. Arsène enger completed a threegame touchline ban on matchday three. Miscellaneous Arsenal lost at Manchester United FC on Saturday, despite ayne Rooney missing a firsthalf penalty, their misery compounded when Jack ilshere was sent off on minutes. It means the Gunners have picked up just points in ten league games, their worst tally at this stage of the campaign since /, two seasons before enger arrived. They were only one point better off last term, though. Arsenal have conceded eight goals in their first ten Premier fixtures; this time last season they had let in. However, the Gunners have scored just once in the opening minutes in the English top flight this term, the worst record in the division. Gervinho has been ruled out of the Schalke game with an ankle injury suffered against Queens Park Rangers FC on October. ilshere (ankle) made his first competitive appearance in nearly months when he started Arsenal's home triumph against QPR. Bacary Sagna (out since May, broken leg) returned to action in the same game. Trailing after minutes, the Gunners fought back to win after extra time against Reading FC in the Cup fourth round on October. Theo alcott scored a hattrick at the Madejski Stadium, with Marouane Chamakh on target twice his first goals for Arsenal since September. The ondon club will visit fourthtier Bradford City AFC in the quarterfinals on ecember. Alex OxladeChamberlain scored his first senior international goal as England defeated San Marino in FIFA orld Cup qualifying on October. Łukasz Fabiański will miss the rest of the group stage after being ruled out for three months because of an ankle ligament injury sustained in training on October. ast updated // ::CET facts

6 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Squad list FC Schalke No. Player Goalkeepers Ralf Fährmann Timo Hildebrand ars Unnerstall Ferdinand Oswald efenders Sergio Escudero Benedikt Höwedes Kyriakos Papadopoulos Christoph Metzelder Atsuto Uchida Christian Fuchs Joel Matip Sead Kolasinac Midfielders ewis Holtby Ibrahim Afellay Marco Höger Jermaine Jones Tranquillo Barnetta Christoph Moritz Max Meyer Rene Klingenburg Julian raxler Roman Neustädter Manuel Torres Forwards Ciprian Marica Jefferson Farfán Chinedu Obasi Teemu Pukki KlaasJan Huntelaar Coach Huub Stevens Nat. ESP GRE JPN AUT CMR NE USA SUI ESP ROU PER N FIN NE NE ob // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age QUA Gls Current season UC Gls Gls Alltime UC UEFA Gls Gls ast updated // ::CET Squad list

7 Alltime Current season UEFA UC UC QUA Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls Age ob Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // PO ojciech Szczęsny // PO Łukasz Fabiański // ITA Vito Mannone // Reice CharlesCook // James Shea efenders // FRA Bacary Sagna // Per Mertesacker // BE Thomas Vermaelen // FRA aurent Koscielny // BRA André Santos // FRA Sébastien Squillaci // SUI Johan jourou // Carl Jenkinson // Kieran Gibbs // SUI Martin Angha // Samir Bihmoutine // SUI Sead Hajrovic // Isaac Hayden // ESP Ignasi Miquel // SUI Elton Monteiro // Jordan ynter Midfielders // FRA Abou iaby // CZE Tomáš Rosický // ESP Mikel Arteta // Jack ilshere // Theo alcott // Alex OxladeChamberlain // A Aaron Ramsey // ESP Santi Cazorla // FRA Francis Coquelin // GHA Emmanuel Frimpong // NE Kyle Ebecilio // Serge Gnabry // Jernade Meade // Joshua Rees // Nicholas Yennaris // Jack Jebb Forwards // ukas Podolski // FRA Olivier Giroud // RUS Andrey Arshavin // CIV Gervinho // MAR Marouane Chamakh // Zak Ansah // Nigel Neita // Austin ipman // Chuba Akpom Coach // FRA Arsène enger Squad list ast updated // ::CET Tuesday November.CET (. local time) FC Schalke

8 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Head coach FC Schalke : Huub Stevens of birth: November Nationality: utch Playing career: SC Fortuna Sittard, PSV Eindhoven Coaching career: Roda JC (twice), FC Schalke (twice), Hertha BSC Berlin,. FC Köln, Hamburger SV, PSV Eindhoven, FC Salzburg An uncompromising defender, Stevens left Fortuna Sittard for PSV in, winning three utch titles and the / UEFA Cup, also picking up caps for the Netherlands before retiring in. Initially head of PSV's youth department, Stevens took up his first head coach position with Roda in, finishing runnersup to AFC Ajax in /. ured to Schalke in October, he led the club to their first European trophy in his first season, winning the / UEFA Cup. Second place in the Bundesliga in represented the team's highest finish in years and they won the German Cup in the same season. Coached Hertha and won the second division title with Köln before heading home to rejoin Roda. Stevens returned to Germany with Hamburg in February, easing their relegation concerns, but was tempted back to another former club, PSV, in summer, his sixmonth reign ending with his resignation the following January. That summer he signed a twoyear contract with ambitious Salzburg; his side were unique in winning all six of their games in the inaugural UEFA Europa group stage. ismissed by Salzburg in April, having won the Austrian Bundesliga the previous season, he returned to Schalke five months later. : Arsène enger of birth: October Nationality: French Playing career: AS Mutzig, FC Mulhouse, AS Vauban, RC Strasbourg Coaching career: RC Strasbourg (assistant coach), AS Cannes (assistant coach), AS Nancyorraine, AS Monaco FC, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Not the most successful of players, Arsène enger has more than made up for that as a coach, turning Arsenal into one of Europe's top teams. Born in Strasbourg, enger worked at Strasbourg and Cannes before Nancyorraine offered him his big break. He impressed sufficiently to be offered the job as coach of Monaco in. ithin a year Monaco scooped the French title and enger the Coach of the Year award. He led the side to French Cup glory, then the European Cup inners' Cup final where they lost to SV erder Bremen. After reportedly turning down France and FC Bayern München, he moved on to Japan and enjoyed huge success with Grampus Eight. Appointed by Arsenal in September, enger became the first nonbriton to win the Premier in, adding the first of four FA Cup triumphs. The Gunners lost the UEFA Cup final to Galatasaray AŞ but claimed another double in, and in / played some thrilling attacking football en route to becoming the first team since to negotiate an English topflight season unbeaten. enger nearly topped all his achievements by taking Arsenal to the UEFA Champions final, only for FC Barcelona to come from behind to win. Arsenal's move to their new stadium later that year was also instigated by enger. ast updated // ::CET Head coach

9 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA elegate UEFA Referee observer Nicola Rizzoli (ITA) Renato Faverani (ITA), Andrea Stefani (ITA) Antonio amato (ITA), Paolo Valeri (ITA) Mauro Tonolini (ITA) JUKANOVIC Milovan jukanovic (MNE) Martin Iseli (SUI) Referee Name Nicola Rizzoli of birth // UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches Born in the Italian town of Mirandola in October, Nicola Rizzoli is following in the footsteps of one of the most famous referees of recent years, Pierluigi Collina, who also started his career as part of the group of match officials based in Bologna. An architect by profession, Rizzoli was promoted to the refereeing lists for Serie A and B in, making his topflight debut the following year. His major breakthrough came in / when he took charge of some of Serie A's most highprofile fixtures, including the game between AS Roma and FC Internazionale Milano and the derbies in Milan and Rome. By the end of that season he had become a regular presence as a fourth official in the UEFA Champions and UEFA Cup. Rizzoli made his only refereeing appearance in UEFA EURO qualifying in the NetherlandsSlovenia match in October having received his FIFA badge earlier that year. Also in the middle for three FIFA orld Cup qualifiers and took charge of three matches at UEFA EURO, culminating in the SpainFrance quarterfinal. as selected for the UEFA Champions proper for the first time at the start of /, taking charge of two games in that season's group stage. Became a regular in the competition for the following campaign, which concluded with him refereeing the first UEFA Europa final in Hamburg having taken charge of the Coppa Italia showpiece a week earlier. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // Competition UC UC UC UC UC UC UC UC QF KO QF KO Home Beşiktaş JK PFC CSKA Moskva Manchester United FC FC Schalke Tottenham Hotspur FC Valencia CF FC Basel Away Manchester United FC Vf olfsburg FC Bayern München Olympique yonnais FC Barcelona Real Madrid CF Chelsea FC FC Bayern München Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // Competition UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP EURO UCUP EURO C QF R F QR QF QR Home Hertha BSC Berlin Manchester City FC iverpool FC Club Atlético de Madrid Switzerland Athletic Club France Republic of Ireland Away Galatasaray AŞ Hamburger SV OSC ille Fulham FC England FC Schalke England Germany Istanbul Moscow Manchester Gelsenkirchen ondon ondon Valencia Basel Berlin Manchester iverpool Hamburg Basel Bilbao onetsk ublin ast updated // ::CET officials

10 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results FC Schalke Competition Opponent // Cup. FC Saarbrücken (A) // Hannover (A) // FC Augsburg (H) // SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) // UC Olympiacos FC (A) // FC Bayern München (H) //. FSV Mainz (H) // Fortuna üsseldorf (A) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (H) // Vf olfsburg (H) // Borussia ortmund (A) // UC (A) //. FC Nürnberg (H) // Cup SV Sandhausen (H) // TSG Hoffenheim (A) // UC (H) // SV erder Bremen (H) // Bayer everkusen (A) // UC Olympiacos FC (H) // Eintracht Frankfurt (H) // Hamburger SV (A) // Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (A) // VfB Stuttgart (A) // SC Freiburg (H) // Cup. FSV Mainz (H) // Hannover (H) // FC Augsburg (A) // SpVgg Greuther Fürth (H) // FC Bayern München (A) //. FSV Mainz (A) // Fortuna üsseldorf (H) // Vf olfsburg (A) // Borussia ortmund (H) //. FC Nürnberg (A) K. Papadopoulos, raxler,, Marica, Huntelaar, Holtby K. Papadopoulos, Jones, Huntelaar raxler, Holtby Höwedes, Huntelaar Farfán (p), Holtby, Pukki Huntelaar, Matip raxler, Huntelaar (p) Farfán, Afellay, Neustädter Afellay, Höger Huntelaar, Afellay Farfán Afellay, Marica, Huntelaar Neustädter, Uchida ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

11 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Bayern München FC Schalke Eintracht Frankfurt Bayer everkusen Borussia ortmund Hannover SV erder Bremen. FSV Mainz Hamburger SV VfB Stuttgart Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach SC Freiburg TSG Hoffenheim. FC Nürnberg Fortuna üsseldorf Vf olfsburg SpVgg Greuther Fürth FC Augsburg ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Competition Opponent // Sunderland AFC (H) // Stoke City FC (A) // iverpool FC (A) // Southampton FC (H) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (A) // Manchester City FC (A) // Cup Coventry City FC (H) // Chelsea FC (H) // UC Olympiacos FC (H) // est Ham United FC (A) // Norwich City FC (A) // UC FC Schalke (H) // Queens Park Rangers FC (H) // Cup Reading FC (A) aet // Manchester United FC (A) // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // UC UC UC Cup FC Schalke (A) Fulham FC (H) Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) Montpellier Hérault SC (H) Aston Villa FC (A) Everton FC (A) Swansea City AFC (H) Olympiacos FC (A) est Bromwich Albion FC (H) Bradford City AFC (A) Reading FC (A) igan Athletic FC (A) est Ham United FC (H) Newcastle United FC (H) Southampton FC (A) Manchester City FC (H) Chelsea FC (A) iverpool FC (H) Stoke City FC (H) Sunderland AFC (A) Podolski, Santi Cazorla Hooiveld (og), Podolski, Gervinho,, Clyne (og), alcott Podolski, Gervinho Koscielny Giroud, OxladeChamberlain, Arshavin, alcott,, Miquel Gervinho Gervinho, Podolski, Ramsey + Giroud, alcott, Santi Cazorla Arteta alcott +, +, + ET, Giroud, Koscielny, Chamakh ET, + ET Santi Cazorla + ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs Manchester United FC Chelsea FC Manchester City FC Everton FC est Bromwich Albion FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Fulham FC est Ham United FC Newcastle United FC Swansea City AFC iverpool FC igan Athletic FC Norwich City FC Stoke City FC Sunderland AFC Aston Villa FC Reading FC Queens Park Rangers FC Southampton FC ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) bymatch lineups Group B Standings Club FC Schalke Olympiacos FC Montpellier Hérault SC day (//) Montpellier Arsenal Goals: Belhanda (pen), Podolski, Gervinho : Mannone, iaby, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Arteta, Podolski (alcott ), Giroud (Ramsey ), Santi Cazorla (Coquelin ), Jenkinson, Gervinho, Gibbs Olympiacos Schalke Goals: Höwedes, Abdoun, Huntelaar FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby, Jones (Höger +), K. Papadopoulos, Farfán (raxler +), Fuchs, Huntelaar, Barnetta (Afellay ), Matip, Neustädter day (//) Schalke Montpellier Goals: AïtFana, raxler, Huntelaar (pen), Camara FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby (Barnetta ), Höger, K. Papadopoulos, Pukki (Farfán ), Uchida, Fuchs, Huntelaar, raxler (Afellay ), Neustädter Arsenal Olympiacos Goals: Gervinho, Mitroglou +, Podolski, Ramsey + : Mannone, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Arteta, Podolski (Ramsey ), OxladeChamberlain (alcott ), Santi Cazorla, Coquelin, Jenkinson, Gervinho (Giroud ), Gibbs day (//) Arsenal Schalke Goals: Huntelaar, Afellay : Mannone, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Arteta, Podolski (Arshavin ), André Santos, Ramsey, Santi Cazorla, Coquelin, Jenkinson (Gnabry ), Gervinho (Giroud ) FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby (Barnetta ), Afellay, Höger (Jones ), Farfán, Uchida, Fuchs, Huntelaar (Marica ), Matip, Neustädter day (//) Schalke v Arsenal day (//) Arsenal v Montpellier Schalke v Olympiacos day (//) Montpellier v Schalke Olympiacos v Arsenal ast updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

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

16 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Group G Club FC Barcelona Celtic FC FC Spartak Moskva S Benfica // // S Benfica Celtic FC FC Spartak Moskva FC Barcelona isbon Glasgow Group H Club Manchester United FC CFR Cluj SC Braga Galatasaray AŞ // // CFR Cluj SC Braga Galatasaray AŞ Manchester United FC ClujNapoca Braga ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

17 FC Schalke Tuesday November.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. Only two teams have failed to score in a group stage: RC eportivo a Coruña in / and Maccabi Haifa FC in /. 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

18 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Team facts FC Schalke Formed: Nickname: S, ie Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), ie Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup: UEFA Intertoto Cup:, omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa quarterfinals /: semifinals /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: quarterfinals /: UEFA Cup first round /: UEFA Cup semifinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions group stage) /: UEFA Cup round of (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: UEFA Cup second round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: UEFA Cup third round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Schalke v HJK Helsinki //, UEFA Europa playoff second leg : Schalke v FK Vardar //, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg Biggest away win : AEK arnaca FC v Schalke //, UEFA Europa group stage Heaviest home defeat : Schalke v isla Kraków //, UEFA Cup third round second leg Heaviest away defeat : Manchester City FC v Schalke //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup semifinal second leg : Club Atlético de Madrid v Schalke //, UEFA Champions third qualifying round second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win twice, most recently v Olympique yonnais //, group stage Biggest away win : RC Mallorca v Schalke //, first group stage Heaviest home defeat twice, most recently v Manchester United FC //, semifinal first leg Heaviest away defeat : Manchester United FC v Schalke //, semifinal second leg ast updated // ::CET Team facts

19 FC Schalke Tuesday November.CET (. local time) Formed: Nickname: The Gunners UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Cup: () UEFA 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) /: round of /: round of /: quarterfinals /: semifinals /: quarterfinals /: round of /: runnersup /: round of /: quarterfinals /: second group stage Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha //, UEFA Champions group stage Biggest away win : R. Standard de iège v Arsenal //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup second round second leg Heaviest home defeat : Arsenal v FC Spartak Moskva //, UEFA Cup first round second leg : Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano //, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat : AC Milan v Arsenal //, UEFA Champions round of first leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details) Biggest away win : FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal //, group stage : PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal //, first group stage Heaviest home defeat : Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : AC Milan v Arsenal (see above for details) ast updated // ::CET Team facts

20 FC Schalke Tuesday November.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 (). 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 orld Cup is excluded. :: officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UC: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions 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 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 : 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 EITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff FT: 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): 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 : Points : rawn R: Sent off (straight red card) ob: of birth Res.: : Goals against sg: decided by silver goal : Goals for t: decided by toss of a coin gg: 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