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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Group F day Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Arsenal FC Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League // // Arsenal FC Arsenal FC Dortmund Rosický, (p); Henry Bergkamp, Ljungberg Arsenal FC Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Champions League // // SF SF Liverpool FC Liverpool FC UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // // // F SF SF Manchester United FC Manchester United FC European Champion Clubs' Cup // // R R Liverpool FC West Ham United FC West Ham United FC Manchester United FC Manchester United FC agg: (aet) agg: agg: Liverpool Dortmund Manchester Dortmund Glasgow Dortmund Dortmund Manchester Šmicer, Wright Ricken Tretschok Held, Libuda ET; Hunt Emmerich,, Cyliax ; Byrne Peters ; Emmerich, Viollet,, Pegg ; Kapitulski, Preissler Arsenal FC Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Champions League // // R R Arsenal FC Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Arsenal FC Arsenal FC FC Bayern München FC Bayern München Arsenal FC agg: Hamburg Munich Van Persie, Eboué, Baptista ; Van der Vaart Sanogo +; Gilberto Silva (p), Rosický Henry Pizarro,, Salihamidžić ; K. Touré Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) UEFA Champions League // // // // nd nd UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // nd nd QF QF R R Arsenal FC Bayer Leverkusen Bayer Leverkusen Arsenal FC FC Schalke Arsenal FC Arsenal FC FC Schalke FC Bayern München Arsenal FC Arsenal FC FC Bayern München SV Werder Bremen Arsenal FC Arsenal FC SV Werder Bremen UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // // UEFA Cup // // R R R R VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Arsenal FC Arsenal FC VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach. FC Magdeburg Arsenal FC Arsenal FC. FC Magdeburg VfB Leipzig Arsenal FC Arsenal FC VfB Leipzig agg: agg: agg: agg: Leverkusen Gelsenkirchen Munich Bremen Cologne Arsenal Magdeburg Leipzig Pirès, Henry, Vieira, Bergkamp ; Sebescen Kirsten ; Pirès Mulder, Vermant, Möller ; Wiltord Ljungberg, Henry, (p); van Hoogdalem, Emile Mpenza Elber Henry, Kanu ; Tarnat, Scholl Bode, Bogdanovic ; Parlour,,, Henry Henry, Ljungberg Juskowiak,, Effenberg ; Wright, Merson Merson, Wright ; Juskowiak, Effenberg, Passlack Streich (p), Stahmann ; Price, Brady Young, Sunderland ; Pommerenke Stapleton (og); Brady (p), Sunderland, Stapleton, Stapleton,, Sunderland Record versus clubs from opponents' country Arsenal FC Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) background 's return to the UEFA Champions League after an absence of nine years brings them up against one of their former players, with Tomáš Rosický on duty for an Arsenal FC team competing in the tournament for the th successive season. Previous meetings The Group F rivals were also paired in the same UEFA Champions League section in the / first group stage, the last time Dortmund were involved. They went down in north but won at home. Rosický scored both the German team's goals, the second a penalty, after Thierry Henry had opened the scoring for the visitors. Sebastian Kehl also played for BVB. Last season's Bundesliga champions have a habit of beating English opponents in important ties. They overcame Liverpool FC in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in Glasgow having removed West Ham United FC from their path in the semifinals with a aggregate victory. The goal against in a home win was the only time they conceded in their first four home games against English visitors before Henry's strike. Dortmund also knocked out Manchester United FC en route to victory in the / UEFA Champions League, winning both legs of their semifinal. Arsenal's last game in Germany was a win at Hamburger SV in the / UEFA Champions League group stage, Rosický scoring the winner. It was one of three wins in Germany with five defeats and two draws; of their six UEFA Champions League games away to Bundesliga opponents that is Arsenal's sole victory, with one draw and four losses. background Arsenal who finished fourth in last season's Premier League owed their participation to a playoff victory, the fifth time in six seasons they have come through a qualifying round. Theo Walcott gave the side a narrow home firstleg victory against Udinese Calcio. Although that was wiped out by Antonio Di Natale's firsthalf header at the Stadio Friuli, Robin van Persie restored Arsenal's aggregate advantage and, after Wojciech Szczęsny had brilliantly saved a Di Natale penalty, Walcott clinched progress. Last season Arsenal reached the round of where they went down on aggregate to eventual champions FC Barcelona. It was the th successive season they had made it through the group they finished as runnersup behind FC Shakhtar Donetsk and the first time since / they had failed to reach the quarterfinals or better. With the defeat at the Camp Nou following reverses in their previous two group away fixtures, at Shakhtar and SC Braga, Arsenal have lost six of their last seven away games in the competition proper. Their only success in that sequence came on matchday two last season when they won at FK Partizan. Arsène Wenger's team began last season's campaign with a home victory against Braga. It was their sixth matchday one victory in seven attempts, the only blemish a draw at FC Dynamo Kyiv in /. This is Dortmund's seventh participation in the UEFA Champions League. In they became the first winners from Germany, beating Juventus in Munich. At home in their / first group stage campaign, apart from the win against Arsenal, Dortmund played AJ Auxerre () and PSV Eindhoven () to finish with ten points, level with section winners Arsenal but second on head to head record. In the second group stage they beat FC Lokomotiv Moskva at home but lost to AC Milan and drew with Real Madrid CF. Team ties Rosický played for Dortmund between and, when he left for Arsenal, scoring goals in Bundesliga games. Dortmund s Mario Götze, Marcel Schmelzer and Sven Bender, and Arsenal's Per Mertesacker, were in the Germany team that shared a friendly draw with Poland last week in Gdansk. The home side included Arsenal's Wojciech Szczęsny and Dortmund pair Robert Lewandowski and Błaszczykowski, who both scored. When Belgium faced Poland in an UEFA EURO qualifier in November in Brussels, Thomas Vermaelen played for the home team and Jakub Błaszczykowski for the visitors, who won. Błaszczykowski and Lewandowski were in the Polish team beaten by Rosický's Czech Republic in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Prague. Last updated // ::CET background

5 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) facts Dortmund UEFA milestones Dortmund's next defeat in UEFA competition will be their th. UEFA Champions League statistics None Latest domestic information Saturday September: Hertha BSC Berlin (Lewandowski ; Raffael, Niemeyer ) Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Subotić, Hummels, Schmelzer; Bender (Zidan ), Gündoğan (Da Silva ); Błaszczykowski (Perišić ), Kagawa, Grosskreutz; Lewandowski Dortmund's second defeat of the season ended their match unbeaten run at home, since a loss to Sevilla FC on September. Mario Götze, who received a solitary booking last season, was shown his first red card late on in the goalless draw at Bayer Leverkusen on August. Dortmund will be at home to second division SG Dynamo Dresden in the German Cup on October having beaten third tier SV Sandhausen in the first round on July, Robert Lewandowski scoring twice in a win. Fourtime winners Dortmund suffered their first German Super Cup loss on July, going down on penalties against FC Schalke following a draw in Gelsenkirchen. Injury news Sven Bender injured his ankle at Leverkusen and withdrew from the Germany squad but was fit to face Hertha. Lucas Barrios is yet to play this season after tearing a thigh muscle during Paraguay's Copa América final defeat by Uruguay. Marvin Bakalorz has not featured this season because of an Achilles tendon problem. Patrick Owomoyela has been out of action since suffering a hip injury on April. Julian Koch has not played since tearing his knee ligament on February and is not in Dortmund's UEFA Champions League squad. Summer transfers In Ivan Perišić (Club Brugge KV) İlkay Gündoğan (. FC Nürnberg) Chris Löwe (Chemnitzer FC) Out Nuri Şahin (Real Madrid CF) Dedê (Eskişehirspor) Markus Feulner (. FC Nürnberg) Tamás Hajnal (VfB Stuttgart) Mustafa Amini (Central Coast Mariners FC) Dimitar Rangelov (FC Energie Cottbus, loan) Marco Stiepermann (Alemannia Aachen, loan) Lasse Sobiech (FC St Pauli, loan) Daniel Ginczek (VfL Bochum, loan) International duty Götze, who broke his international duck in August's friendly victory over Brazil, came off the bench to score in Germany's win against Austria on September as Joachim Löw's side booked their UEFA EURO spot. He started four days later as Germany drew with Poland in Gdansk, where clubmates Jakub Błaszczykowski and Lewandowski scored the hosts' goals. Miscellaneous In July Łukasz Piszczek signed a new contract tying him to the club until. Last updated // ::CET facts

6 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Arsenal UEFA milestones Arsenal have scored goals in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final. This is Arsenal's th European Cup match, during which they have conceded goals. UEFA Champions League statistics Arsène Wenger begins a twogame suspension on matchday one. Latest domestic information Saturday September: Arsenal FC Swansea City FC (Arshavin ) Szczęsny; Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs; Ramsey, Frimpong (Coquelin ), Arteta; Arshavin (Benayoun ), Walcott, Van Persie (Chamakh ) The Gunners ended a run of six Premier League games without a win. Wenger's team have collected only points from their last matches, a run that includes just three victories. Andrey Arshavin ended a run of games without a goal for club and country; he last found the net on March. Arsenal suffered an defeat at Manchester United FC on August, the first time they had conceded eight goals in a match since an reverse at Loughborough FC on December. Injury news Tomáš Rosický missed the Swansea game with a knee injury while Jack Wilshere (ankle, out since September) and Thomas Vermaelen (left ankle, August) are both sidelined. Kieran Gibbs returned from a strained hamstring on Saturday, however. Abou Diaby has not played since June and underwent surgery on an ankle injury at the start of the summer. Sébastien Squillaci has not featured this season due to a calf problem. Summer transfers In Carl Jenkinson (Charlton Athletic FC) Gervinho (LOSC Lille Métropole) Alex OxladeChamberlain (Southampton FC) Park ChuYoung (AS Monaco FC) André Santos (Fenerbahçe SK) Per Mertesacker (SV Werder Bremen) Mikel Arteta (Everton FC) Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea FC, loan) Out Cesc Fàbregas (FC Barcelona) Samir Nasri (Manchester City FC) Gaël Clichy (Manchester City FC) Emmanuel Eboué (Galatasaray AŞ) Jay EmmanuelThomas (Ipswich Town FC) Armand Traoré (Queens Park Rangers FC) Nicklas Bendtner (Sunderland AFC, loan) Denilson (São Paulo FC, loan) Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad de Fútbol, loan) International duty Robin van Persie scored four times in the Netherlands' home win against San Marino in UEFA EURO qualifying on September, the first Dutchman to do so since Marco van Basten's fivegoal haul against Malta in. Aaron Ramsey was on target for Wales in a win against Montenegro on September and then captained the side in the subsequent defeat by England. Park scored a hattrick in the Korea Republic's win against Lebanon on September and was also on target in the draw with Kuwait four days later. Gervinho scored in the Ivory Coast's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier victory in Rwanda on September. OxladeChamberlain set up all four goals in England Unders' friendly defeat of Israel on September after coming on as a halftime substitute. Last updated // ::CET facts

7 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Squad list No. Player Goalkeepers Roman Weidenfeller Mitchell Langerak Zlatan Alomerović Johannes Focher Defenders Neven Subotić Mats Hummels Chris Löwe Patrick Owomoyela Łukasz Piszczek Felipe Santana Marc Hornschuh Marcel Schmelzer Koray Günter Midfielders Sebastian Kehl Florian Kringe Moritz Leitner Antônio da Silva Mario Götze Jakub Błaszczykowski Kevin Grosskreutz İlkay Gündoğan Sven Bender Marvin Bakalorz Ivan Perišić Forwards Robert Lewandowski Mohamed Zidan Damien Le Tallec Lucas Barrios Shinji Kagawa Marvin Ducksch Coach Jürgen Klopp Nat. AUS SRB POL BRA BRA POL CRO POL EGY FRA PAR JPN DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D QUAL Gls Current season UCL Gls League Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

8 Arsenal FC Alltime Current season UEFA UCL League UCL QUAL Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls D Age DoB Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // POL Wojciech Szczęsny // POL Łukasz Fabiański // ITA Vito Mannone // IRL Sean McDermott Defenders // FRA Bacary Sagna // Per Mertesacker // BEL Thomas Vermaelen // FRA Laurent Koscielny // BRA André Santos // FRA Sébastien Squillaci // SUI Johan Djourou // FIN Carl Jenkinson // Kieran Gibbs // Daniel Boateng // George BrislenHall // SUI Sead Hajrovic // Gavin Hoyte // ESP Ignasi Miquel Midfielders // FRA Abou Diaby // CZE Tomáš Rosický // ESP Mikel Arteta // WAL Aaron Ramsey // CMR Alex Song // Jack Wilshere // Emmanuel Frimpong // ISR Yossi Benayoun // Chuks Aneke // FRA Francis Coquelin // Craig Eastmond // IRL Conor Henderson // Jernade Meade // NED Oğuzhan Özyakup // Nicholas Yennaris Forwards // KOR Park ChuYoung // NED Robin van Persie // Theo Walcott // Alex OxladeChamberlain // RUS Andrey Arshavin // CIV Gervinho // MAR Marouane Chamakh // JPN Ryo Miyaichi // Benik Afobe // Zak Ansah // Luke Freeman // Rhys Murphy // Nigel Neita // Sanchez Watt Coach S // FRA Arsène Wenger Squad list Last updated // ::CET Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Arsenal FC

9 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Head coach : Jürgen Klopp of birth: June Nationality: German Playing career: SV Glatten, TuS Ergenzingen,. FC Pforzheim, Eintracht Frankfurt, Viktoria Sindlingen, RotWeiss Frankfurt,. FSV Mainz Coaching career:. FSV Mainz, Having spent his early career in the lower leagues and failed to break into Eintracht's first team, Klopp turned professional with Mainz, starting off a striker but becoming a nononsense defender. Never played in the top flight but made seconddivision appearances from to, setting a club record, as well as scoring goals. 'Kloppo', as he is known in Germany, was appointed Mainz's caretaker coach on February, helping the club avoid relegation to the third tier. Duly won a permanent contract and over the next few years built Mainz into one of the strongest clubs in the. Bundesliga; narrowly missed out on promotion in and, Mainz losing out to Eintracht by a single goal in the latter campaign. Finally took Mainz into the top flight for the first time in and kept them in the Bundesliga until, taking them into the / UEFA Cup via the UEFA Fair Play ranking they lost to eventual winners Sevilla FC in the first round. After another near miss for promotion in / Klopp whose enthusiasm and passion, plus his stint as a TV pundit, have made him popular all over Germany left for Dortmund. Took them to sixth in his first season, led them into the UEFA Europa League in the following campaign and then, with a squad packed with exciting young talent, oversaw their first league title win since in /. Arsenal FC: Arsène Wenger 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 NancyLorraine, AS Monaco FC, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal FC Not the most successful of players, Arsène Wenger has more than made up for that as a coach, turning Arsenal into one of Europe's top teams. Born in Strasbourg, Wenger worked at Strasbourg and Cannes before NancyLorraine offered him his big break. He impressed sufficiently to be offered the job as coach of Monaco in. Within a year Monaco scooped the French championship and Wenger the Coach of the Year award. After reportedly turning down France and FC Bayern München, he moved on to Japan and enjoyed tremendous success with Nagoya Grampus Eight. Appointed by Arsenal in September, Wenger became the first nonbriton to win the Premier League in, adding the first of four FA Cup triumphs. The Gunners lost the UEFA Cup final to Galatasaray SK but claimed another double in, and in played some thrilling attacking football en route to becoming the first team since to negotiate a topflight season unbeaten. Wenger nearly topped all his achievements by taking Arsenal to the UEFA Champions League 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 Wenger. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

10 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Gianluca Rocchi (ITA) Luca Maggiani (ITA), Nicola Nicoletti (ITA) Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni (ITA), Paolo Valeri (ITA) Daniele Orsato (ITA) Trygve Bornø (NOR) Christer Fällström (SWE) Referee Name Gianluca Rocchi of birth // UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Italian referee Gianluca Rocchi has enjoyed a steady rise through the ranks, being promoted to UEFA's Premier category in July before moving up to Elite status in May of the following year. Born in Florence on August, Rocchi began his refereeing career in Serie C back in, spending the next three seasons learning his trade in the third tier of Italian football. Stepped up to Serie B in, subsequently also taking charge of topflight games, Rocchi was given regular assignments in UEFA competition as a fourth official from / onwards, featuring in the group stages of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup. Handed his first UEFA Cup refereeing assignment at the start of /, Rocchi took charge of four matches in total in the competition proper that season and was in the middle for six more in the / UEFA Europa League. He finished the season by working as fourth official as Club Atlético de Madrid beat Fulham FC in the final in Hamburg. Often entrusted with some of Serie A's biggest matches, Rocchi made his UEFA Champions League refereeing debut in August when SK Slavia Praha took on FC Sheriff in the third qualifying round and featured in the group stage for the first time in September when FC Schalke defeated SL Benfica. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // Competition UCL UCL Home FC Schalke Manchester United FC Away SL Benfica Bursaspor Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // // // // // Competition U UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP QR R R Home England VfL Wolfsburg FC Schalke Celtic FC Liverpool FC Away Portugal FC Rapid Bucureşti Paris SaintGermain FC Hamburger SV SC Braga Gelsenkirchen Manchester Wolfsburg Gelsenkirchen Glasgow Liverpool Last updated // ::CET officials

11 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Competition Opponent // Cup SV Sandhausen (A) W // League Hamburger SV (H) W // League TSG Hoffenheim (A) L // League. FC Nürnberg (H) W // League Bayer Leverkusen (A) D // League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) L // UCL Arsenal FC (H) // League Hannover (A) // League. FSV Mainz (A) // UCL Olympique de Marseille (A) // League FC Augsburg (H) // League SV Werder Bremen (A) // UCL Olympiacos FC (A) // League. FC Köln (H) // Cup. FC Dynamo Dresden (H) // League VfB Stuttgart (A) // UCL Olympiacos FC (H) // League VfL Wolfsburg (H) // League FC Bayern München (A) // UCL Arsenal FC (A) // League FC Schalke (H) // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) // UCL Olympique de Marseille (H) // League. FC Kaiserslautern (H) // League SC Freiburg (A) // League Hamburger SV (A) Lewandowski,, Kagawa Grosskreutz,, Götze Lewandowski, Grosskreutz Lewandowski Pos. Clubs FC Bayern München SV Werder Bremen VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach Bayer Leverkusen TSG Hoffenheim FC Schalke. FC Nürnberg Hertha BSC Berlin Hannover VfB Stuttgart. FSV Mainz VfL Wolfsburg SC Freiburg. FC Köln FC Augsburg. FC Kaiserslautern Hamburger SV W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Arsenal FC Competition Opponent // League Newcastle United FC (A) D // UCL Udinese Calcio (H) W // League Liverpool FC (H) L // UCL Udinese Calcio (A) W // League Manchester United FC (A) L // League Swansea City FC (H) W // UCL (A) // League Blackburn Rovers FC (A) // Cup Shrewsbury Town FC (H) // League Bolton Wanderers FC (H) // UCL Olympiacos FC (H) // League Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) // League Sunderland AFC (H) // UCL Olympique de Marseille (A) // League Stoke City FC (H) // League Chelsea FC (A) // UCL Olympique de Marseille (H) // League West Bromwich Albion FC (H) // League Norwich City FC (A) // UCL (H) // League Fulham FC (H) // League Wigan Athletic FC (A) // UCL Olympiacos FC (A) // League Everton FC (H) // League Manchester City FC (A) // League Aston Villa FC (A) Walcott Van Persie, Walcott Walcott +, Van Persie Arshavin Pos. Clubs Manchester United FC Manchester City FC Chelsea FC Newcastle United FC Stoke City FC Liverpool FC Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Aston Villa FC Wigan Athletic FC Everton FC Queens Park Rangers FC Arsenal FC West Bromwich Albion FC Bolton Wanderers FC Tottenham Hotspur FC Sunderland AFC Norwich City FC Fulham FC Swansea City FC Blackburn Rovers FC W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) bymatch lineups Arsenal FC Playoffs (//) Arsenal Udinese Goals: Walcott Arsenal FC: Szczęsny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Rosický (Frimpong ), Walcott, Ramsey, Song, Gervinho, Gibbs (Djourou ; Jenkinson ), Chamakh (//) Udinese Arsenal (agg: ) Goals: Di Natale, Van Persie, Walcott Arsenal FC: Szczęsny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Van Persie, Walcott (Arshavin +), Ramsey, Song, Djourou, Jenkinson, Frimpong (Rosický ), Gervinho (Traoré ) Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

14 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Group F Standings Club Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC Olympique de Marseille W D L GF GA Pts day (//) Dortmund v Arsenal day (//) Arsenal v Olympiacos Marseille v Dortmund day (//) Marseille v Arsenal Olympiacos v Dortmund day (//) Arsenal v Marseille Dortmund v Olympiacos day (//) Arsenal v Dortmund day (//) Olympiacos v Arsenal Dortmund v Marseille Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

15 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders FC Barcelona are bidding to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between / and / that featured a second group stage). In /, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (, ) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (, ), AFC Ajax (, ), Juventus (, ) and Manchester United (, ) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League in / when he featured against Olympiacos FC on matchday one at the age of years and days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in / at the age of years and days. Ballotta was aged years days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six. Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and days, in Manchester United's win at FC Schalke on April. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November. He was then sent off in the th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged years and days. He found the net in Olympiacos's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October. Barcelona and Manchester United FC have both finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Real Madrid. Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (/), Paris SaintGermain FC (/), FC Spartak Moskva (/) and Barcelona (/, first group stage). Twelve teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including MŠK Žilina and FK Partizan in /. The other ten are: Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC (/), FC Dynamo Kyiv (/), PFC Levski Sofia (/), SK Rapid Wien (/), Anderlecht (/), Spartak Moskva and Bayer Leverkusen (/, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (/, first group stage) and. FC Košice (/). Manchester United scored goals in the / group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored times in the / first group stage. MŠK Žilina conceded goals in their six outings in /, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (/), Dynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in /. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (/), AFC Ajax (/), Juventus (/ and /), Chelsea FC (/), Liverpool FC (/), Villarreal CF (/) and Manchester United (/) all let in just one. Before their win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the / campaign, Spartak Moskva went games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on matchday three of the same campaign. The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in /, were Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer Leverkusen managed it in / and Liverpool in /. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in /. Last updated // ::CET Competition facts

16 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: Nickname: BVB UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Champions League (): UEFA Cup: (), () UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): UEFA Super Cup: () European/South American Cup (): Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa League group stage /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup first round /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Intertoto Cup finals /: UEFA Intertoto Cup finals /: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) /: second group stage /: UEFA Cup finalists (having transferred from UEFA Champions League first group stage) Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Dortmund v Floriana FC //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round second leg Biggest away win : Floriana FC v Dortmund //, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg :. FK Příbram v Dortmund //, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarterfinal first leg Heaviest home defeat on four occasions, most recently v Juventus //, UEFA Champions League group stage on three occasions, most recently v Udinese Calcio //, UEFA Cup first round Heaviest away defeat (aet): Club Brugge KV v Dortmund //, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) Biggest home win twice, most recently v Galatasaray AŞ //, group stage : Dortmund v FC Lokomotiv Moskva //, second group stage Biggest away win twice, most recently v FC Steaua Bucureşti //, group stage Heaviest home defeat Last updated // ::CET Team facts

17 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) : Dortmund v Juventus (see above for details) : Dortmund v AFC Ajax //, quarterfinals first leg Heaviest away defeat twice, most recently v Arsenal FC //, first group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

18 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Arsenal FC Formed: Nickname: The Gunners UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup: () UEFA Cup: () UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): (),, () UEFA Super Cup: () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () FA Cup: () League Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: round of /: quarterfinals /: semifinals /: quarterfinals /: round of /: runnersup /: round of /: quarterfinals /: second group stage /: second group stage Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha //, UEFA Champions League group stage Biggest away win : R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal //, UEFA Cup Winners' 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 League group stage Heaviest away defeat twice, most recently v FC Barcelona //, UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg : FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal //, UEFA Champions League first group stage UEFA Champions League (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 twice, most recently FC Barcelona v Arsenal (see above for details) : FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts

19 Arsenal FC Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Legend ALLTIME STATISTICS The alltime record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (). es in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from / season, group stage to final only. es where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. es where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final : Group stage : First group stage : Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round 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 a coin gg: decided on "Golden Goal"W: Won L: Lost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/a: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from / season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on Last updated // ::CET Legend