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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Olympique de Marseille Group F Matchday Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Competition facts... Team facts... Legend...

2 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Olympique de Marseille Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup // // R R Match UEFA Cup Winners' Cup // // UEFA Cup // // UEFA Cup // // R R R R R R Olympique de Marseille SV Werder Bremen SV Werder Bremen Olympique de Marseille Match Olympique de Marseille VfB Leipzig VfB Leipzig Olympique de Marseille Match Olympique de Marseille FC Carl Zeiss Jena FC Carl Zeiss Jena Olympique de Marseille Match. FC Köln Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille. FC Köln agg: agg: agg: agg: Marseille Bremen Marseille Leipzig Marseille Jena Cologne Marseille Maurice, Issa, Dugarry ; Eilts, Herzog Herzog ; Maurice Allofs Irmscher Sengewald,, Kurbjuweit Flohe, Müller,, Overath (p), Löhr, Lopez, Kuszowski Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League // // UEFA Cup // // R R Match Paris SaintGermain FC Paris SaintGermain FC Match UEFA Champions League // // UEFA Cup // // R R FC SochauxMontbéliard FC SochauxMontbéliard Match AJ Auxerre AJ Auxerre Match LOSC Lille Métropole LOSC Lille Métropole agg: agg: ag Paris Dortmund Montbeliard Dortmund Auxerre Dortmund Dortmund Lille Nuri Şahin (p); Chantôme Frau (p), Santos, Oruma, Mathieu Senesie, Ewerthon ; Santos, Frau Benjani Koller, Amoroso ; Benjani Bassir ; Ewerthon Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) UEFA Champions League Match // QF AJ Auxerre // QF AJ Auxerre UEFA Cup Match // SF AJ Auxerre // SF AJ Auxerre agg: agg: aet (pens) Auxerre Dortmund Auxerre Dortmund Ricken Riedle, Schneider, Möller ; Lamouchi Martins, Verlaat Karl, Zorc Record versus clubs from opponents' country Olympique de Marseille Pld Home W D L Pld Away W D L Pld Final W D L Pld W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Match background Olympique de Marseille and meet for the first time with the hosts anxious to improve on a record of seven defeats in their last home UEFA Champions League matches. Didier Deschamps' team opened with a victory at Olympiacos FC, while Dortmund needed a spectacular late strike from Ivan Perišić to rescue a home draw against Arsenal FC. Match background This is Marseille's first contest with a German team since the / UEFA Cup when, in a second round tie against SV Werder Bremen, they followed a away draw with a win at home. Three other fixtures have produced two wins and a defeat, the reverse coming against FC Carl Zeiss Jena in the / UEFA Cup first round when a home loss completed a aggregate defeat. Dortmund have not scored in their last three visits to France. They last faced Ligue opposition in last season's UEFA Europa League group stage when they drew at Paris SaintGermain FC. Their best result came at AJ Auxerre in the / UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg when a secondleg victory their only success in France secured a aggregate triumph on their way to lifting the trophy for the first and only time. They also faced Auxerre on their last appearance in the competition's group stage, in /, losing in France. Dortmund's record from games against French sides reads W D L (W D L in France). Marseille are in their fifth successive participation in the competition and their eighth in all. In between lifting the trophy in and last season, they only advanced beyond the initial group stage on one occasion, reaching the second group stage in /. Last season they finished second in their pool, three points behind Chelsea FC. They lost at home to FC Spartak Moskva but then beat both MŠK Žilina and Chelsea at the Stade Vélodrome. In the round of they drew at home to Manchester United FC before losing away. OM will be looking to improve on their home record in Europe's elite club competition. In their last fixtures in the competition proper they have only won five with seven defeats. This is Dortmund's seventh participation in the UEFA Champions League. In their / first group stage campaign, Dortmund lost at Arsenal as well as the defeat at Auxerre. In their other away game they beat PSV Eindhoven. In the second group stage they won at FC Lokomotiv Moskva () and AC Milan (), but lost at Real Madrid CF (). Team ties Deschamps played for Juventus in the UEFA Champions League final, when Dortmund with current sporting director Michael Zorc an thminute substitute triumphed in Munich. AndréPierre Gignac and Perišić scored for their respective sides when Toulouse FC and Club Brugge KV drew in the / UEFA Europa League group stage. Perišić scored the thminute 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. 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. Last updated // ::CET Match background

5 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Match facts Marseille UEFA milestones Marseille have lost matches in UEFA competition. UEFA Champions League statistics Rod Fanni is suspended following his red card on matchday one. Latest domestic information Saturday September: Valenciennes FC Olympique de Marseille (Saez +; Diawara ) Mandanda; N'Koulou, Diawara, Fanni, Morel; Lucho, Diarra (Kaboré ); Valbuena (Azpilicueta ), Amalfitano, A Ayew; Rémy (J Ayew ) Souleymane Diawara's first league goal since April looked like earning OM their second win in four days until José Saez equalised in added time. Fanni had not received a red card since September before matchday one but was sent off again at Valenciennes after conceding a penalty in firsthalf added time; Steve Mandanda blocked the resulting spot kick. Marseille went bottom of Ligue for the first time in six years following their defeat at Olympique Lyonnais on September. They bounced back three days later with a victory against Évian Thonon Gaillard FC their first league win in ten attempts, since a triumph against Stade Brestois on May. That represented their worst sequence under Didier Deschamps. Marseille will take on RC Lens in the last of the French League Cup on October. Injury news Djimi Traoré (foot) was not included in the squad to face Valenciennes; Loïc Rémy started despite a groin problem. Mathieu Valbuena returned against Lyon after recovering from a knee problem sustained in the loss to Stade Rennais FC on September. André Ayew also made his comeback against Lyon having picked up a groin injury on international duty at the start of the month. AndréPierre Gignac (groin, out since September) and Stéphane Mbia (broken metatarsal, August) have been out of action. Summer transfers In Alou Diarra (FC Girondins de Bordeaux) Morgan Amalfitano (FC Lorient) Nicolas N'Koulou (AS Monaco FC) Jérémy Morel (FC Lorient) Djimi Traoré (AS Monaco FC) Gennaro Bracigliano (AS NancyLorraine) Out Vitorino Hilton (Montpellier Hérault SC) Gabriel Heinze (AS Roma) Fabrice Abriel (OGC Nice) Taye Taiwo (AC Milan) Jules Goda (released) Charley Fomen (Clermont Foot Auvergne ) Sénah Mango (AS Monaco FC, loan) Alexander N'Doumbou (US Orléans, loan) Kevin Osei (Aviron Bayonnais, loan) Papa M'Bow (RAEC Mons, loan) Leyti N'Diaye (AS Ajaccio, loan) Miscellaneous Work began in June to put a roof on the Tribune Ganay at the Stade Vélodrome in preparation for UEFA EURO. Last updated // ::CET Match facts

6 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Dortmund UEFA milestones Dortmund's next defeat in UEFA competition will be their th. UEFA Champions League statistics None Latest domestic information Saturday September:. FSV Mainz (N Müller ; Perišić, Piszczek ) Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Subotić, Hummels, Löwe; Gündoğan (Błaszczykowski ), Kehl; Götze, Kagawa (Leitner ), Perišić; Lewandowski (Barrios ) Mario Götze and Sebastian Kehl returned from twomatch bans; Lucas Barrios came on for his first appearance of the season. Ivan Perišić and Łukasz Piszczek scored their maiden Bundesliga goals for Dortmund the latter in his th topflight appearance for the club to earn Jürgen Klopp's team a first league away win in eight attempts, since a triumph over FC Bayern München on February. Dortmund conceded twice in the final three minutes to lose at Hannover on September. It was the first time they had lost after going in front since a reverse at SC Freiburg on May. The Hannover defeat was Dortmund's third of the season in just six league games. They were not beaten three times last term until matches in. Dortmund's home defeat by Hertha BSC Berlin on September ended their match unbeaten run at home, which stretched back to a loss to Sevilla FC on September. Dortmund will be at home to second division SG Dynamo Dresden in the German Cup second round on October. 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 Lucas Barrios returned against Mainz after recovering from a torn thigh muscle suffered during Paraguay's Copa América final defeat by Uruguay. Marcel Schmelzer came off at halftime against Hannover with a thigh injury. Sven Bender has not featured since picking up a hip problem during the draw against Arsenal FC. Marvin Bakalorz has not played this term because of an Achilles problem; Patrick Owomoyela has been out of action since suffering a hip injury on April. Julian Koch has not played since sustaining knee ligament damage 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, loan) Dimitar Rangelov (FC Energie Cottbus, loan) Marco Stiepermann (Alemannia Aachen, loan) Lasse Sobiech (FC St Pauli, loan) Daniel Ginczek (VfL Bochum, loan) Last updated // ::CET Match facts

7 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Squad list Olympique de Marseille 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 Mathieu Valbuena Florian Moulet Forwards AndréPierre Gignac Loïc Rémy André Ayew Jordan Ayew Billel Omrani Chris Gadi Najib Ammari Coach Didier Deschamps Nat. POR ESP CMR SEN ARG BFA CMR GHA GHA DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D S QUAL Pld Gls Current season UCL Pld Gls League Pld Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

8 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) 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 PAR JPN DoB // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age D QUAL Pld Gls Current season UCL Pld Gls League Pld Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls Last updated // ::CET Squad list

9 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Head coach Olympique de Marseille: Didier Deschamps of birth: October Nationality: French Playing career: FC Nantes, Olympique de Marseille (twice), FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Chelsea FC, Valencia CF Coaching career: AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Olympique de Marseille A product of Nantes' highly rated youth system, Deschamps had success with Marseille as a defensive midfielder, winning Ligue in and and captaining them to UEFA Champions League glory in. Joined Juve in and won the UEFA Champions League again in, adding three Serie A titles, a Coppa Italia and a European/South American Cup. Left in 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 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, 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. : 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 /. Last updated // ::CET Head coach

10 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Jonas Eriksson (SWE) Stefan Wittberg (SWE), Mathias Klasenius (SWE) Stefan Johannesson (SWE), Tobias Mattsson (SWE) Martin Strömbergsson (SWE) Nebojša Ivkovic (SRB) Markus Nobs (SUI) Referee Name Jonas Eriksson of birth // UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Jonas Eriksson started out as a referee in, making his topflight debut in his native Sweden six years later and first appearing in UEFA competition as the fourth official in the UEFA Cup firstround second leg between FK Crvena Zvezda and FC Arsenal Kyiv in September. The following summer he took charge of three games at the UEFA European Under Championship and was fourth official as Switzerland beat France in the final. A sales director based in Sigtuna, Eriksson's star continued to rise as he earned his FIFA badge in and featured at the UEFACAF Meridian Cup, subsequently making regular appearances across UEFA competitions as a fourth official. Eriksson, who lists music and travelling among his hobbies, oversaw three games at the UEFA European Under Championship and took charge of two UEFA EURO qualifiers. Made his UEFA Champions League groupstage debut as a referee in December for the Matchday meeting between Real Madrid CF and FC Zenit St. Petersburg, one of three games he oversaw in that season's competition. Refereed the same number again in /, also overseeing three FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and was in the middle for three matches in both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in /. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // Competition UCL UCL KO Home Maccabi Haifa FC FC Schalke Away FC Girondins de Bordeaux Valencia CF Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Competition U U MCUP U U U QR QR PO R R R R R Home Portugal Germany Nigeria Germany Germany England Bayer Leverkusen AJ Auxerre RC Lens Bayer Leverkusen SC Braga Paris SaintGermain FC VfL Wolfsburg AC Milan VfL Wolfsburg Away France Hungary France Slovakia Poland France FC Sion Rangers FC Panathinaikos FC Toulouse FC FC Bayern München Kayserispor sc Heerenveen SV Werder Bremen FC Rubin Kazan Paris SaintGermain FC Ramat Gan Gelsenkirchen Lyngby Slagelse Ismailia Trnava Cottbus London Leverkusen Auxerre Lens Leverkusen Braga Paris Wolfsburg Milan Wolfsburg Dortmund Last updated // ::CET Match officials

11 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Olympique de Marseille Competition Opponent // League FC SochauxMontbéliard (H) D // League AJ Auxerre (A) D // League AS SaintÉtienne (H) D // League LOSC Lille Métropole (A) L // League Stade Rennais FC (H) L // UCL Olympiacos FC (A) W // League Olympique Lyonnais (A) L // League Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (H) W // League Valenciennes FC (A) D // UCL (H) // League Stade Brestois (H) // League Toulouse FC (A) // UCL Arsenal FC (H) // League AC Ajaccio (H) // Cup RC Lens (H) // League Dijon FCO (A) // UCL Arsenal FC (A) // League OGC Nice (H) // League Montpellier Hérault SC (A) // UCL Olympiacos FC (H) // League Paris SaintGermain FC (H) // League SM Caen (A) // UCL (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) Lucho González, Rémy Rémy, A. Ayew Valbuena, Lucho González Rémy, Diawara Pos. Clubs Paris SaintGermain FC Olympique Lyonnais Toulouse FC Montpellier Hérault SC Stade Rennais FC LOSC Lille Métropole FC Lorient SM Caen AJ Auxerre Dijon FCO AS SaintÉtienne FC SochauxMontbéliard Olympique de Marseille FC Girondins de Bordeaux Évian Thonon Gaillard FC Valenciennes FC OGC Nice Stade Brestois AC Ajaccio AS NancyLorraine Pld W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) 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) D // League Hannover (A) L // League. FSV Mainz (A) W // 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) // League TSG Hoffenheim (H) // League. FC Nürnberg (A) // League Bayer Leverkusen (H) Lewandowski,, Kagawa Grosskreutz,, Götze Lewandowski, Grosskreutz Lewandowski Perišić Kagawa Perišić, Piszczek Pos. Clubs FC Bayern München SV Werder Bremen VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach TSG Hoffenheim FC Schalke Hannover VfB Stuttgart. FC Nürnberg. FC Köln Bayer Leverkusen Hertha BSC Berlin VfL Wolfsburg. FSV Mainz. FC Kaiserslautern FC Augsburg SC Freiburg Hamburger SV Pld W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups Group F Standings Club Olympique de Marseille Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC Pld W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (//) Olympiacos Marseille Goals: Lucho González Olympique de Marseille: 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 Matchday (//) Marseille v Dortmund Matchday (//) Marseille v Arsenal Olympiacos v Dortmund Matchday (//) Arsenal v Marseille Dortmund v Olympiacos Matchday (//) Marseille v Olympiacos Arsenal v Dortmund Matchday (//) Dortmund v Marseille Last updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

14 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday 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 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. 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

15 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Team facts Olympique de Marseille Formed: Nicknames: Les Olympiens (The Olympians), Les Phocéens (The Phocians) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Champion Clubs' Cup (): (), UEFA Cup: (), () Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () French Cup: () League Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) /: round of /: UEFA Europa League round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: 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 //, UEFA Champions League group stage Biggest away win : MŠK Žilina v Olympique de Marseille //, 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

16 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) 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 : Dortmund v Juventus (see above for details) : Dortmund v AFC Ajax //, quarterfinals first leg Last updated // ::CET Team facts

17 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday September.CET (. local time) Heaviest away defeat twice, most recently v Arsenal FC //, first group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts

18 Olympique de Marseille Wednesday 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 (). Matches in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: Match 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. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League/UEFA Champions League Tournament: UEFA Europa League/UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League : 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): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches 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: Match decided on "Silver Goal" GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match 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