UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Group F day Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... Head coach...9 officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League /9/ Marseille A. Ayew, 9(p), Rémy 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 Europa League // // UEFA Cup // // R R Paris SaintGermain FC Paris SaintGermain FC UEFA Champions League // /9/ UEFA Cup // // R R FC SochauxMontbéliard FC SochauxMontbéliard AJ Auxerre AJ Auxerre UEFA Champions League //9 //9 UEFA Cup //9 //9 QF QF SF SF LOSC Lille Métropole LOSC Lille Métropole AJ Auxerre AJ Auxerre AJ Auxerre AJ Auxerre agg: agg: ag agg: agg: aet (pens) Paris Dortmund Montbeliard Dortmund Auxerre Dortmund Dortmund Lille Auxerre Dortmund Auxerre Dortmund Nuri Şahin (p); Chantôme Frau (p), Santos, Oruma, Mathieu 9 Senesie, Ewerthon ; Santos, Frau Benjani Koller, Amoroso ; Benjani Bassir ; Ewerthon Ricken Riedle, Schneider, Möller ; Lamouchi Martins, Verlaat Karl, Zorc Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup //9 //9 R R SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen agg: Marseille Bremen Maurice, Issa, Dugarry ; Eilts, Herzog Herzog ; Maurice Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // /9/ R R BSG Chemie Leipzig BSG Chemie Leipzig agg: Marseille Leipzig Allofs UEFA Cup // /9/ R R FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena agg: Marseille Jena Irmscher Sengewald,, Kurbjuweit UEFA Cup // // R R. FC Köln. FC Köln agg: Cologne Marseille Flohe, Müller,, Overath (p), Löhr, Lopez, Kuszowski Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home W D L Away W D L Final W D L 9 W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) background Three teams are still vying for Group F's second qualifying place but it is who hold the upper hand and a win at would assure them of second spot. A draw would also be enough as long as Olympiacos FC do not beat section winners Arsenal FC in Piraeus. Marseille have seven points, one more than Olympiacos and three ahead of Dortmund. For Dortmund to progress they need to win by at least four goals should Olympiacos lose; if their Greek rivals draw, the German champions must prevail by five goals to stay in the competition. Dortmund's defeat in north London on matchday five left them as the outsiders of the threeteam struggle. At the same time Marseille were undone at home by a stunning late strike from Olympiacos substitute Giannis Fetfatzidis. When these teams met on matchday two their first competitive fixture a counterattacking masterclass helped Marseille to a win. André Ayew opened the scoring on minutes and then completed the win from the penalty spot after Loïc Rémy had added a second on minutes. The hosts had substitute Jordan Ayew sent off late on. Dortmund had opened with a home draw against Arsenal, and traded victories against Olympiacos at the midpoint of the campaign, losing in Greece before winning at home. The French side had six points on the board after the first two games, opening with a victory in Greece before their Dortmund success. A home defeat by Arsenal then deflated some of their optimism before a goalless draw in north London. background Dortmund are unbeaten in their six games at home to French opponents, recording three wins and three draws. Before this season, Marseille had not locked horns with German opponents since the 9/99 UEFA Cup when, in a second round tie against SV Werder Bremen, they followed a away draw with a win at home. That was the only time in four visits to Germany that the Frenchmen managed to find the net, their first two trips producing a defeat by. FC Köln in the / UEFA Cup second round and a loss to FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the first round of the same competition two years later. The next assignment, against VfB Leipzig in the / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, ended goalless. Team ties Deschamps played for Juventus in the 9 UEFA Champions League final, when Dortmund with current sporting director Michael Zorc an 9thminute substitute triumphed in Munich. AndréPierre Gignac and Ivan Perišić scored for their respective sides when Toulouse FC and Club Brugge KV drew in the 9/ UEFA Europa League group stage. Perišić scored the 9thminute equaliser on that occasion and the Croatian also notched the only goal again in the final minute when the teams met in Belgium on December 9. Damien Le Tallec and Stéphane Mbia were teammates at Stade Rennais FC between and, although the former never appeared in the French top flight. Antonio Da Silva and Elinton Andrade both started their careers at CR Flamengo. Mohamed Zidan scored twice for Egypt in their victory against a Cameroon side including Mbia in a Africa Cup of Nations group fixture. Both teams made it through to the final. Mbia played the whole game while Zidan was brought on after the hour to help Egypt to their victory. Zidan's Egypt were winners against a Cameroon side including Nicolas N'Koulou in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal. Loïc Rémy came on as a substitute for France in a friendly draw against a Croatia team featuring Perišić on 9 March this year. Rémy was also a secondhalf replacement in the France team that won away to a Poland team including Łukasz Piszczek and Robert Lewandowski on 9 June. Last updated // ::CET background

5 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) facts Dortmund UEFA milestones Dortmund have conceded 9 European Cup goals. UEFA Champions League statistics Marcel Schmelzer serves a onegame ban on matchday six. Latest domestic information Saturday December: VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (Hanke ; Lewandowski ) Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Santana, Hummels, Schmelzer; Gündoğan, Kehl; Götze (Barrios ), Kagawa (Błaszczykowski ), Grosskreutz (Perišić ); Lewandowski Dortmund's draw against the side they began the day level with at the top of the Bundesliga table allowed FC Bayern München to leapfrog both to the summit. Jürgen Klopp's side have won six of their last nine games in all competitions. Robert Lewandowski, who scored the first hattrick of his professional career when Dortmund beat FC Augsburg on October, has registered ten goals in matches for the German title holders. His goal on Saturday was his first away strike in the league since December. Three days after defeat at Arsenal FC, Dortmund bounced back with a victory against FC Schalke their first home derby win in five attempts. Felipe Santana wrapped up the points with his first goal in games. Dortmund have lost one of their last home games in all competitions to Hertha BSC Berlin on September. Dortmund will play away to secondtier Fortuna Düsseldorf 9 in the German Cup third round on December. Fourtime winners Dortmund suffered their first German Super Cup loss on July, going down on penalties against Schalke following a draw in Gelsenkirchen. Injury news Moritz Leitner missed the Mönchengladbach match with a spinal problem. Sven Bender is unlikely to play again this year after breaking his jaw in two places at Arsenal on matchday five. Neven Subotić has been ruled out until the new year after fracturing his cheekbone on November. Julian Koch, out with knee ligament damage since February, is not in Dortmund's UEFA Champions League squad. Miscellaneous On December, Dortmund announced that midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt,, will join from second division FC Energie Cottbus next summer on a fouryear deal. İlkay Gündoğan made his senior Germany debut as a late replacement in October's win against Belgium. Marseille UEFA milestones day six marks Didier Deschamps' th UEFA competition game at the OM helm, surpassing Erik Gerets' club record. Marseille have conceded 9 goals in the European Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics Marseille have let in only two goals so far in the group stage, the joint lowest total along with Real Madrid CF. Jérémy Morel's next booking will incur a suspension. Latest domestic information Friday December: SM Caen (Frau pen; A Ayew, J Ayew ) Mandanda; Azpilicueta, Diawara, N'Koulou, Traoré; Mbia (Cheyrou ), Diarra, Lucho (Valbuena ), Amalfitano, A Ayew; J Ayew (Gignac ) Jordan Ayew scored only the second away goal of his career and first since December 9 as Marseille sealed their fifth win in six league games. Steve Mandanda had earlier conceded a penalty. Last updated // ::CET facts

6 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Marseille have conceded just three goals in their last six outings in all competitions. Morgan Amalfitano scored his first goal for the club as Marseille responded to backtoback defeats with a win at home to Paris SaintGermain FC on November. Loïc Rémy has scored five goals in his last seven outings for OM. French League Cup holders Marseille will travel to Caen in the quarterfinals on / January. OM went bottom of Ligue for the first time in six years after their loss at Olympique Lyonnais on September. OM's victory against Évian Thonon Gaillard FC on September was their first league win in ten attempts their worst sequence under Deschamps. Injury news Stéphane Mbia went off before the hour against Caen with a knee problem; it was only his third appearance since returning from three months out with a broken metatarsal. Late substitute AndréPierre Gignac is unlikely to play again this year after tearing an adductor at Caen. Rémy (ankle) and Morel (knee) missed the Caen trip after picking up injuries against PSG. Rod Fanni has not played since breaking a toe at Arsenal FC on November. Miscellaneous On November Souleymane Diawara signed a contract extension that will keep him at Marseille until. Last updated // ::CET facts

7 Tuesday December.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 9 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 9 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 PAR JPN DoB // // //9 //9 // // //9 //9 // // //9 // //9 // // //9 // //9 // // //9 //9 /9/9 //9 // // //9 // //9 //9 // Age 9 9 D S QUAL Gls Current season Gls League Gls 9 Alltime UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

8 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Gennaro Bracigliano Elinton Andrade Steve Mandanda Julien Fabri Defenders César Azpilicueta Nicolas N'Koulou Djimi Traoré Jérémy Morel Souleymane Diawara Rod Fanni JeanPhilippe Sabo Gérard Roland Christophe Lowinsky Midfielders Alou Diarra Benoît Cheyrou Lucho González Charles Kaboré Stéphane Mbia Morgan Amalfitano Larry Azouni Mathieu Valbuena Florian Moulet Forwards AndréPierre Gignac Loïc Rémy André Ayew Jordan Ayew Billel Omrani 9 Chris Gadi Najib Ammari Coach Didier Deschamps Nat. POR ESP CMR SEN ARG BFA CMR GHA GHA DoB // //9 // //9 //9 //9 // // // // // // //9 // // // 9// // // //9 /9/ //9 // // //9 /9/9 //9 9//9 //9 // Age 9 D * QUAL Gls Current season Gls League Gls 9 9 Alltime UEFA Gls Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

9 Tuesday December.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 9 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 /. : Didier Deschamps of birth: October Nationality: French Playing career: FC Nantes, (twice), FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Chelsea FC, Valencia CF Coaching career: AS Monaco FC, Juventus, A product of Nantes' highly rated youth system, Deschamps had success with Marseille as a defensive midfielder, winning Ligue in 9 and 9 and captaining them to UEFA Champions League glory in 9. Joined Juve in 9 and won the UEFA Champions League again in 9, adding three Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia and a European/South American Cup. Left in 99 for Chelsea, staying one season and winning the FA Cup, before ending his career with a year in Valencia, watching from the bench as they lost the UEFA Champions League final to FC Bayern München. Captained France to victory on home soil at the 9 FIFA World Cup and also at UEFA EURO, retiring that year with caps. Started coaching career in with Monaco, winning the League Cup in and reaching the UEFA Champions League final a year later, going down to José Mourinho's FC Porto. Resigned in September and joined his old club Juventus, then in Serie B, the following June. Stepped down after securing promotion back to Serie A in May. Appointed Marseille coach in May 9, replacing Erik Gerets. Enjoyed a fantastic first season in charge, ending an year wait for the Ligue title and adding a first League Cup, and retained the latter trophy in the following campaign. Last updated // ::CET 9 Head coach

10 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Howard Webb (ENG) Stephen Child (ENG), Simon Beck (ENG) Stuart Attwell (ENG), Michael Oliver (ENG) Mike Dean (ENG) Harry M. Been (NED) Alfredo Trentalange (ITA) Referee Name Howard Webb of birth // UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Howard Webb has made tremendous progress in recent years, both in his native England where highlights include the / League Cup final and the /9 FA Cup final but also abroad, particularly in 9/. His appointment on day of the / campaign was his first taste of the UEFA Champions League proper, reward for an impressive performance at the UEFA European Under Championship in Portugal. A former police officer who enjoys keeping fit, Webb already has a long career behind him having been inspired to pick up the whistle by his father at the age of. Took charge of the FA Community Shield, and that November was in the middle for his first senior international between Northern Ireland and Portugal. Having overseen five qualifiers, Webb was referee for two games at UEFA EURO and in /9 took charge of the UEFA Cup semifinal first leg between Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV. The following season he became the fifth Englishman to oversee the European Cup final when FC Internazionale Milano overcame FC Bayern München in Madrid. Even better was to come at the FIFA World Cup, however, where Webb refereed three matches before becoming the first Englishman since Jack Taylor in to be awarded the final as Spain beat the Netherlands. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match /9/ /9/ // // //9 /9/9 //9 // // 9/9/ // // Competition KO QF KO F Home FC Steaua Bucureşti Real Madrid CF FC Porto Olympique Lyonnais FC Barcelona FC Bayern München AC Milan Olympiacos FC FC Bayern München Hapoel TelAviv FC SL Benfica LOSC Lille Métropole Away Olympique Lyonnais SV Werder Bremen FC Schalke FC Bayern München FC Bayern München Juventus FC Girondins de Bordeaux FC Internazionale Milano Olympique Lyonnais FC Schalke FC Internazionale Milano Bucharest Madrid Porto Lyon Barcelona Munich Milan Piraeus Madrid Tel Aviv Lisbon Villeneuved'Ascq Last updated // ::CET officials

11 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Competition Home Away // UCUP Hertha BSC Berlin RC Lens Berlin // U Portugal France Braga // UIC R FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk // U PO France Israel Caen // UCUP R AFC Ajax SV Werder Bremen Amsterdam // UCUP R RC Lens Bayer Leverkusen Lens // EURO QR Lithuania France Kaunas // EURO QR Germany Czech Republic Munich // UCUP QF FC Bayern München Getafe CF Munich //9 WC QR France Lithuania Paris //9 UCUP SF SV Werder Bremen Hamburger SV Bremen // EURO QR Germany Turkey Berlin /9/ EURO QR Romania France Bucharest Last updated // ::CET officials

12 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Competition Opponent // Cup SV Sandhausen (A) W // League Hamburger SV (H) W // League TSG 99 Hoffenheim (A) L // League. FC Nürnberg (H) W // League Bayer Leverkusen (A) D /9/ League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) L /9/ Arsenal FC (H) D /9/ League Hannover 9 (A) L /9/ League. FSV Mainz (A) W /9/ (A) L // League FC Augsburg (H) W // League SV Werder Bremen (A) W // Olympiacos FC (A) L // League. FC Köln (H) W // Cup. FC Dynamo Dresden (H) W 9// League VfB Stuttgart (A) D // Olympiacos FC (H) W // League VfL Wolfsburg (H) W // League FC Bayern München (A) W // Arsenal FC (A) L // League FC Schalke (H) W // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) D // (H) // League. FC Kaiserslautern (H) // League SC Freiburg (A) // Cup Fortuna Düsseldorf 9 (A) // League Hamburger SV (A) // League TSG 99 Hoffenheim (H) // League. FC Nürnberg (A) // League Bayer Leverkusen (H) // League Hertha BSC Berlin (A) // League Hannover 9 (H) // League. FSV Mainz (H) // League FC Augsburg (A) // League SV Werder Bremen (H) // League. FC Köln (A) // League VfB Stuttgart (H) // League VfL Wolfsburg (A) // League FC Bayern München (H) // League FC Schalke (A) // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) // League. FC Kaiserslautern (A) Lewandowski, 9, Kagawa Grosskreutz,, Götze 9 Lewandowski, Grosskreutz Lewandowski Perišić Kagawa Perišić, Piszczek 9 Lewandowski,,, Götze Perišić, Owomoyela Lewandowski Kagawa, Schmelzer, Lewandowski,, Kehl Lewandowski, Götze Piszczek + Grosskreutz Götze,, Kagawa, Bender, Lewandowski Götze Kagawa 9+ Lewandowski, Felipe Santana Lewandowski Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Pos. 9 Clubs FC Bayern München VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach FC Schalke SV Werder Bremen Bayer Leverkusen VfB Stuttgart Hannover 9 Hertha BSC Berlin TSG 99 Hoffenheim Hamburger SV. FC Köln VfL Wolfsburg. FSV Mainz. FC Nürnberg. FC Kaiserslautern SC Freiburg FC Augsburg W D L GF GA 9 Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

14 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Competition Opponent // League FC SochauxMontbéliard (H) D // League AJ Auxerre (A) D // League AS SaintÉtienne (H) D // League LOSC Lille Métropole (A) L /9/ League Stade Rennais FC (H) L /9/ Olympiacos FC (A) W /9/ League Olympique Lyonnais (A) L /9/ League Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (H) W /9/ League Valenciennes FC (A) D /9/ (H) W // League Stade Brestois 9 (H) D // League Toulouse FC (A) D // Arsenal FC (H) L // League AC Ajaccio (H) W // Cup RC Lens (H) W 9// League Dijon FCO (A) W // Arsenal FC (A) D // League OGC Nice (H) W // League Montpellier Hérault SC (A) L // Olympiacos FC (H) L // League Paris SaintGermain FC (H) W // League SM Caen (A) W // (A) // League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (H) // League FC Lorient (H) // League AS NancyLorraine (A) // League LOSC Lille Métropole (H) // League Stade Rennais FC (A) // League Olympique Lyonnais (H) // League Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (A) // League Valenciennes FC (H) // League Stade Brestois 9 (A) // League Toulouse FC (H) // League AC Ajaccio (A) // League Dijon FCO (H) // League OGC Nice (A) // League Montpellier Hérault SC (H) // League Paris SaintGermain FC (A) // League SM Caen (H) // League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) 9// League FC Lorient (A) // League AS NancyLorraine (H) Lucho González, Rémy Rémy, A. Ayew Valbuena, Lucho González Rémy, Diawara A. Ayew, 9 (p), Rémy A. Ayew A. Ayew, 9 Gignac, J. Ayew, Rémy, 9 Rémy, Cheyrou, Diarra J. Ayew, Rémy 9+ (p) Rémy 9, Amalfitano, A. Ayew A. Ayew, J. Ayew Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

15 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Pos. 9 Clubs Montpellier Hérault SC Paris SaintGermain FC LOSC Lille Métropole Olympique Lyonnais Stade Rennais FC Toulouse FC AS SaintÉtienne FC Lorient SM Caen Évian Thonon Gaillard FC FC Girondins de Bordeaux FC SochauxMontbéliard Dijon FCO Stade Brestois 9 AJ Auxerre Valenciennes FC OGC Nice AS NancyLorraine AC Ajaccio W 9 D L GF 9 GA 9 Pts 9 Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

16 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) bymatch lineups Group F Standings Club Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC W D L GF GA 9 Pts day (/9/) Olympiacos Marseille Goals: Lucho González : Mandanda, Azpilicueta, N'Koulou, Diarra, Cheyrou (Fanni ), Lucho González (Kaboré ), Rémy (J. Ayew ), Traoré, Morel, Amalfitano, Diawara Dortmund Arsenal Goals: Van Persie, Perišić : Weidenfeller, Subotić, Kehl (Błaszczykowski ), Lewandowski, Götze, Hummels, Grosskreutz (Perišić ), Bender, Kagawa (Zidan ), Piszczek, Schmelzer day (/9/) Marseille Dortmund Goals: A. Ayew, Rémy, A. Ayew 9(pen) : Mandanda, Azpilicueta, N'Koulou, Diarra, Lucho González (Amalfitano ), Rémy (J. Ayew ), Kaboré, Morel, A. Ayew (Sabo 9), Diawara, Valbuena : Weidenfeller, Subotić, Kehl, Lewandowski (Barrios ), Götze, Hummels, Grosskreutz (Perišić ), Bender, Kagawa (Błaszczykowski ), Piszczek, Schmelzer day (//) Marseille Arsenal Goals: Ramsey 9+ : Mandanda, Azpilicueta, N'Koulou, Diarra, Cheyrou (Kaboré ), Lucho González (Amalfitano ), Rémy (Gignac 9), Morel, A. Ayew, Diawara, Valbuena Olympiacos Dortmund Goals: Holebas, Lewandowski, Djebbour, Modesto : Weidenfeller, Subotić, Lewandowski, Götze (Grosskreutz ), Hummels, Gündoğan (Leitner ), Bender, Kagawa (Błaszczykowski ), Piszczek, Schmelzer, Perišić day (//) Arsenal Marseille : Mandanda, N'Koulou, Diarra, Cheyrou, Rémy (Amalfitano 9), Morel, A. Ayew, Diawara, J. Ayew (Gignac ), Fanni, Valbuena (Lucho González ) Dortmund Olympiacos Goals: Grosskreutz : Weidenfeller, Subotić, Kehl, Leitner (Felipe Santana ), Lewandowski, Götze (Kagawa ), Hummels, Grosskreutz, Piszczek, Schmelzer, Perišić (Błaszczykowski ) day (//) Marseille Olympiacos Goals: Fetfatzidis : Mandanda, N'Koulou, Diarra, Cheyrou (Mbia ), Rémy, Kaboré, Traoré, A. Ayew, Diawara, J. Ayew (Gignac ), Valbuena (Lucho González ) Arsenal Dortmund Goals: Van Persie 9, Van Persie, Kagawa 9+ : Weidenfeller, Kehl (Barrios ), Lewandowski, Götze (Perišić 9), Hummels, Grosskreutz, Bender (Leitner ), Kagawa, Piszczek, Felipe Santana, Schmelzer day (//) Dortmund v Marseille Last updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

17 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders FC Barcelona have avoided 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 99/ and / that featured a second group stage). In 9/9, 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 (9, 9) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (9, 9), AFC Ajax (9, 9), Juventus (9, 9) and Manchester United (, 9) 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 9 days, in Manchester United's draw at SL Benfica on September. 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 9. 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 9. 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 (9/9), Paris SaintGermain FC (9/9), FC Spartak Moskva (9/9) 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 (9/), 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 (9/9). Manchester United scored goals in the 9/99 group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored times in the 99/ first group stage. MŠK Žilina conceded goals in their six outings in /, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Debrecen (9/), Dynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in 9/9. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (9/9), AFC Ajax (9/9), Juventus (9/9 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 9/9, were Legia Warszawa that same season before FC Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer Leverkusen managed it in 99/ 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

18 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: 9 Nickname: BVB UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Champions League (): 9 UEFA Cup: (9), () UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): UEFA Super Cup: (9) European/South American Cup (): 9 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () German Cup: (9) Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa League group stage 9/: did not compete in UEFA club competition /9: 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 9/9/, 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 /9/9, UEFA Champions League group stage : on three occasions, most recently v Udinese Calcio /9/, UEFA Cup first round Heaviest away defeat (aet): Club Brugge KV v Dortmund 9//, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) Biggest home win : twice, most recently v Galatasaray AŞ //9, group stage : Dortmund v FC Lokomotiv Moskva //, second group stage Biggest away win : twice, most recently v FC Steaua Bucureşti /9/9, group stage Heaviest home defeat Last updated // ::CET Team facts

19 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) : Dortmund v Juventus (see above for details) : Dortmund v AFC Ajax //9, quarterfinals first leg Heaviest away defeat : v Dortmund /9/, group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

20 Tuesday December.CET (. local time) Formed: 99 Nicknames: Les Olympiens (The Olympians), Les Phocéens (The Phocians) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup (): (9), 9 UEFA Cup: (99), () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 9 () French Cup: (9) League Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: round of 9/: UEFA Europa League round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /9: UEFA Cup quarterfinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: UEFA Cup first round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: UEFA Cup round of (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: Did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup runnersup (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: Did not take part in UEFA club competition /: Did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Marseille v US Luxembourg //, UEFA Cup first round second leg : Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva //9, UEFA Champions League group stage Biggest away win : MŠK Žilina v //, UEFA Champions League group stage Heaviest home defeat : Marseille v Liverpool FC //, UEFA Champions League group stage Heaviest away defeat :. FC Köln v Marseille //, UEFA Cup second round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details) Biggest away win : MŠK Žilina v Marseille (see above for details) Heaviest home defeat : Marseille v Liverpool FC (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : S.S. Lazio v Marseille //, second group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

21 Tuesday December.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 (99), 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. : Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 9/9 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 : 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 by silver goal GF: Goals for t: decided by toss of a coin gg: decided by 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 Q: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only : Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday : Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 9/9 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