UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS EAGUE / SEASON Group H Matchday Tuesday October.CET (. local time) CFR 9 Cluj Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results...9 Matchbymatch lineups... Group Standings... Competition facts... Team facts... egend...9

2 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa ate //9 //9 Stage GS GS Match UEFA Champions ate // // Stage QR QR FC inamo Bucureşti FC inamo Bucureşti Match European Champion Clubs' Cup ate 9//9 //9 UEFA Cup ate // /9/ Stage SF SF Stage R R FC Steaua Bucureşti FC Steaua Bucureşti Match FC Steaua Bucureşti FC Steaua Bucureşti Match European Champion Clubs' Cup ate /9/ 9/9/ Stage PR PR FC Universitatea Craiova FC Universitatea Craiova Match European Champion Clubs' Cup ate /9/ // Stage PR PR FC inamo Bucureşti FC inamo Bucureşti Match FC inamo Bucureşti FC inamo Bucureşti Result Result agg: Result agg: Result agg: Result agg: Result agg: Venue Bucharest Istanbul Venue Bucharest Istanbul Venue Izmir Bucharest Venue Istanbul Craiova Venue Istanbul Bucharest Venue Istanbul Bucharest Goalscorers Kewell, Nonda, Mehmet Topal Kewell, Nonda,, Elano (p); Boştină Goalscorers Nicoliţă Nonda 9, ; ayro Moreno, Nicoliţă Goalscorers Tanman ; umitrescu 9 umitrescu, Hagi, Petrescu, Balint Goalscorers Tanman, Kocabiyik ; G Popescu Geolgau, Bicu Goalscorers Oktay (p), Köken, Kutver Pîrcălab (p); Oktay Goalscorers Aytaç, Oktay 9; Suru Voica,, Ene ; Okay CFR 9 Cluj Record versus clubs from opponents' country None Record versus clubs from opponents' country CFR 9 Cluj Home Away Final Total 9 ast updated // ::9CET Previous meetings

3 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Match background will look to revive their UEFA Champions ambitions when they take on CFR 9 Cluj in Istanbul on matchday three. The Turkish title holders are bottom of Group H after defeats by Manchester United FC and SC Braga, three points behind CFR and secondplaced Braga. Match background CFR are seeking a fourth straight away victory this term having prevailed at FC Slovan iberec and FC Basel 9 in qualifying and Braga on matchday one. Galatasaray, by contrast, have won none of their last four home outings in UEFA competition. If they lose, they will have started a UEFA Champions group stage with three defeats for only the second time the previous instance was in 99/9 when they finished bottom of their section. hile this is CFR's first encounter with Turkish opponents, Galatasaray have a long history with teams from Romania and are unbeaten at home against Romanian opposition, their record reading. Their continental debut came against FC inamo Bucureşti in the 9/ European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round, and ended in a aggregate defeat. Galatasaray lost on aggregate to FC Steaua Bucureşti in the 9/9 Champion Clubs' Cup semifinals. That Steaua side included Gheorghe Hagi, who went on to serve Galatasaray as player and coach. Team ties As Turkey captain, Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim met Ioan Andone, his CFR counterpart, in a friendly draw with Romania at the Ali Sami Yen on 9 January 9. They went head to head again on 9 March that year, in Targu Mures, Romania winning. Terim took on Romania four times as a player, recording two draws and two defeats. Terim also failed to record a victory against Romania as Turkey coach. In August, his side including Hamit Altıntop, Gökhan Zan and Sabri Sarıoğlu lost in Bucharest. In February 99, during a previous spell in charge, Turkey were held by Romania in Izmir. Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut, Altıntop and substitute Emre Çolak were in the Turkey side beaten at home by Romania in a FIFA orld Cup qualifier on October. Altıntop and Hakan Balta played in Turkey's friendly home win against Romania in August. Altıntop was in the FC Bayern München team that earned home and away victories over CFR in the / UEFA Champions group stage. Fernando Muslera played in Uruguay's draw with Romania in Bucharest in February this year. Nordin Amrabat struck PSV Eindhoven's second goal in a win at CFR in the 9/ UEFA Europa group stage. In that same group stage campaign, Pantelis Kapetanos scored in Steaua's loss at Fenerbahçe SK. Kapetanos and Ionuţ Rada were in the Steaua team beaten home and away by Fenerbahçe and consigned to last place. Kapetanos and Steaua lost home and away to Cris's Olympique yonnais in the /9 UEFA Champions group stage. That same season Kapetanos had been an unused secondleg substitute when Steaua defeated a Galatasaray side including Hasan Şaş, now one of Terim's assistant coaches, and Hakan Balta in the third qualifying round. Gökhan conceded a decisive late penalty and was sent off playing for Beşiktaş JK in a loss at FC inamo Bucureşti in the / UEFA Cup group stage. Eleven Romanian players have represented Galatasaray and two, Hagi and Gheorghe Popescu, were in the team that Terim led to the UEFA Cup, Turkey's first European club trophy. Hagi was sent off four minutes into extra time in the final against Arsenal FC, which his side won on penalties after a draw. FARE Action eek Matchday three of the UEFA Champions and UEFA Europa will contribute to the fight against all forms of discrimination in football stadiums as UEFA gives its full support to Europe's biggest antidiscrimination campaign the FARE Action eek. Forty matches across the competitions on, and October will restate UEFA's commitment to ensuring that European football is free of racism, intolerance and xenophobia. ast updated // ::9CET Match background

4 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Match facts Galatasaray UEFA Champions statistics Burak Yılmaz has this season become the first Turkish player to represent four different clubs in the UEFA Champions. He had previously featured for Beşiktaş JK, Fenerbahçe SK and Trabzonspor AŞ. Felipe Melo's next yellow card will incur a ban. International duty There were Galatasaray players on senior international duty last week: Aydın Yılmaz, Burak, Hakan Balta, Emre Çolak, Hamit Altıntop, Selçuk İnan, Semih Kaya, Umut Bulut (Turkey), Johan Elmander (Sweden), Emmanuel Eboué (Ivory Coast), any Nounkeu (Cameroon), Fernando Muslera (Uruguay) and Nordin Amrabat (Morocco). Burak (hip), Hakan (groin) and Selçuk (thigh) missed Turkey's FIFA orld Cup qualifiers because of injury. Emre Çolak made his senior Turkey debut in the qualifying defeat by Romania on October. Elmander was among the scorers as Sweden came from four down to draw with Germany in qualifying on October. Amrabat completed the scoring in added time on October as Morocco beat Mozambique to seal qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations. Miscellaneous Fatih Terim's side have gone four games without a win, Galatasaray's worst sequence since March/April. Galatasaray's noninternationals lost to Romanian side FC Petrolul Ploieşti in a friendly in Istanbul on October. Galatasaray recently signed a partnership agreement with Russia's FC Alania Vladikavkaz. Two Umut goals and a lastminute Selçuk strike earned Galatasaray a win against Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Super Cup on August. Tomáš Ujfaluši is expected to miss the group stage after suffering knee ligament damage in training in September. CFR UEFA Champions statistics CFR's victory against SC Braga on matchday one was only the third time a Romanian side had won away from home in the UEFA Champions group stage, following FC Steaua Bucureşti ( at FC ynamo Kyiv in ) and CFR ( at AS Roma in ). CFR have scored goals in UEFA competition. International duty Matías Aguirregaray was called up for Uruguay's FIFA orld Cup qualifiers but did not feature against Argentina or Bolivia. Miscellaneous CFR lost at home to FC Viitorul Constanţa on Thursday, despite the visitors being down to ten men for the last minutes. It was their third successive defeat in all competitions, their worst sequence since losing four in a row between November and April. Already on loan from US Città di Palermo, Aguirregaray completed a permanent transfer to CFR earlier this month, signing a fouryear contract. Ioan Andone's side will host secondtier FC Botoşani in the Romanian Cup round of on October. CFR lost on penalties to Romanian Cup holders FC inamo Bucureşti in the Super Cup on July after a draw. Ciprian eac (knee ligaments), Adam Vass (broken foot), Bakary Sare (broken leg) and Ronny (ligaments) have all been left out of CFR's UEFA Champions squad after picking up major injuries in the opening month of the season. Andone expects Vass back towards the end of October. eac was involved in a friendly against CS Sănătatea Cluj as part of the inauguration of a new stadium in the local village of Sancraiu on October. ast updated // ::9CET Match facts

5 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Squad list No. Player Goalkeepers Fernando Muslera Eray İşcan Ufuk Ceylan efenders Cris Gökhan Zan Ceyhun Gülselam any Nounkeu Hakan Balta Semih Kaya Emmanuel Eboué Çağlar Birinci Sabri Sarıoğlu Midfielders Hamit Altıntop Aydın Yılmaz Selçuk İnan Felipe Melo Albert Riera Yekta Kurtuluş Engin Baytar Emre Çolak Nordin Amrabat Forwards 9 Johan Elmander Milan Baroš Burak Yılmaz 9 Umut Bulut 9 Sercan Yıldırım Coach Fatih Terim Nat. URU BRA CMR CIV BRA ESP MAR SE CZE ob // 9//9 // // /9/ // // // //9 // // // // 9// // // // // // //9 // // // // // //9 /9/ Age * QUA Gls Current season UC Gls Gls Alltime UC UEFA Gls Gls ast updated // ::9CET Squad list

6 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) CFR 9 Cluj No. Player Goalkeepers Mário Felgueiras Mihai Mincă Eduard Stăncioiu Cristian Man efenders Ivo Pinto ászló Sepsi Vasile Maftei Felice Piccolo Cadú Ionuţ Rada Camora Midfielders Gabriel Mureşan iogo Valente Rafael Bastos Nicolas Godemèche uís Alberto Rui Pedro Matías Aguirregaray Constantin PaunAlexandru Forwards 9 Pantelis Kapetanos Viorel Nicoară Sergiu Buş 9 Saša Bjelanović 99 Modou Sougou Coach Ioan Andone Nat. POR POR ITA POR POR POR BRA FRA BRA POR URU GRE CRO SEN ob // // // //9 //9 // // // // // // // /9/ // // // // //9 //9 // /9/ //9 //9 // // Age QUA Gls Current season UC Gls Gls Alltime UC UEFA Gls Gls ast updated // ::9CET Squad list

7 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Head coach : Fatih Terim ate of birth: September 9 Nationality: Turkish Playing career: Adana emirspor, Coaching career: MKE Ankaragücü, Göztepe AŞ, Turkey Under, Turkey (twice), (three times), ACF Fiorentina, AC Milan A central defender, Terim played for Galatasaray for over a decade and represented Turkey times, of them as captain. He started his coaching career with MKE Ankaragücü and then Göztepe, before he was named assistant to national team boss Sepp Piontek and put in charge of the Unders in 99. Appointed Turkey coach in 99 and led them to EURO '9. They lost all of their games in England, but just getting to the final tournament, Turkey's first since the 9 FIFA orld Cup, was a major landmark. After EURO '9 he returned to Galatasaray, winning four league titles and the UEFA Cup. Serie A came calling and Terim took charge of Fiorentina and Milan before returning to Galatasaray, but problems behind the scenes brought about a temporary retirement in. Reappointed by Turkey in following a break from management, Terim known as 'Imparator' (The Emperor) for his leadership skills could not guide the team through a FIFA orld Cup playoff against Switzerland. Success followed at UEFA EURO, however, with Terim leading Ay Yıldızlılar (The CrescentStars) to the semifinals, but he resigned following his side's unsuccessful bid to reach the FIFA orld Cup. Returned for a third spell in charge of Galatasaray in May and in his first season back steered Cimbom to their first Süper ig crown in four years. CFR 9 Cluj: Ioan Andone ate of birth: March 9 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Corvinul Hunedoara, FC inamo Bucureşti, Elche CF, sc Heerenveen Coaching career: FC Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti (three times), FC Universitatea Cluj, FC Petrolul Ploieşti, FC Farul Constanţa, FC Braşov, FC Bihor, FC inamo Bucureşti (twice), AC Omonia, CFR 9 Cluj (twice), AlEttifaq Club, Al Ahli Club, PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Rapid Bucureşti Considered one of Romania's best defenders, Andone joined inamo in 9 and in seven seasons won two league titles and three Romanian Cups as well as reaching the European Cup inners' Cup semifinals. Completed his career in Spain and the Netherlands, winning caps and playing at the 9 UEFA European Championship and 99 FIFA orld Cup. ent into coaching aged in 99 and had a series of short reigns at lowerranked clubs before his March appointment by inamo. His reign produced a hattrick of Romanian Cup successes and the / title but he was dismissed late in. Moved to Cyprus and Omonia, leaving in January and taking charge of ambitious CFR that July. In / they had been a third division side but were now established in the top division and claimed the domestic double in / their first major honours and the first time the league title had left Bucharest since 99 to earn a UEFA Champions debut. Sacked in September after a slow start to the season, Andone tried his luck in the Middle East and then Bulgaria with CSKA before returning to Romania with Rapid and inamo. Rejoined CFR in April, claiming another league title the following month. ast updated // ::9CET Head coach

8 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA elegate UEFA Referee observer Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) Mauro Tonolini (ITA), orenzo Manganelli (ITA) uca Banti (ITA), Antonio amato (ITA) Andrea Stefani (ITA) Ainar eppänen (EST) Michel Piraux (BE) Referee Name Paolo Tagliavento ate of birth 9/9/9 UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches A match official from Terni, Paolo Tagliavento has been working in Serie A in his native Italy since /, getting his first taste of UEFA competition the following year. A hairdresser by profession, Tagliavento earned his FIFA badge in but had been working as a fourth official in the UEFA Champions and UEFA Cup since November, a role he held on a regular basis in both competitions over the next few seasons. Oversaw three games at the UEFA Regions' Cup, including the final, and began to referee UEFA Cup matches the following season, including RSC AnderlechtFC Girondins de Bordeaux in the round of. Fourth official at two UEFA EURO qualifiers, Tagliavento refereed two FIFA orld Cup qualifiers. orked at eight matches in the 9/ UEFA Europa and was an additional assistant referee as Club Atlético de Madrid beat Fulham FC in the final in Hamburg. Took charge of his first UEFA Champions group stage game in ecember, between Arsenal FC and FK Partizan, and finished the campaign with three games at the UEFA European Under Championship in enmark, including Spain's final defeat of Switzerland. Became a UEFA Champions regular the next season, which ended with three UEFA EURO outings as an additional assistant referee. UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match ate //9 /9/9 //9 // // // // Competition UCUP UCUP UCUP UCUP U UCUP UCUP Stage QR GS GS PO PO GS R Home AC Omonia Panathinaikos FC FC Timişoara Fenerbahçe SK England FC Porto Beşiktaş JK Away SC Vaslui AFC Ajax PAOK FC Romania Beşiktaş JK Club Atlético de Madrid Result Venue Nicosia Athens Timisoara Istanbul Norwich Porto Istanbul ast updated // ::9CET Match officials

9 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results ate Competition Opponent Result // Kasımpaşa SK (H) // Beşiktaş JK (A) /9/ Bursaspor (H) /9/ Antalyaspor (A) 9/9/ UC Manchester United FC (A) /9/ Akhisar Belediyespor (H) /9/ Orduspor (A) // UC SC Braga (H) // Eskişehirspor (H) 9// Gençlerbirliği SK (A) // // // // // // // // // // // // // 9// // // 9// // // // UC UC UC UC CFR 9 Cluj (H) Kayserispor (H) İstanbul BB SK (A) CFR 9 Cluj (A) Mersin İdman Yurdu (A) Kardemir Karabükspor (H) Manchester United FC (H) Elazığspor (A) Gaziantepspor (H) SC Braga (A) Sivasspor (A) Fenerbahçe SK (H) Trabzonspor AŞ (A) Kasımpaşa SK (A) Beşiktaş JK (H) Bursaspor (A) Antalyaspor (H) Akhisar Belediyespor (A) Orduspor (H) Eskişehirspor (A) Goalscorers Umut Bulut, Elmander, Umut Bulut, Selçuk İnan (p) Umut Bulut, Musa Çağıran (og), Burak Yılmaz Elmander, Amrabat +, Burak Yılmaz, Umut Bulut 9+ Burak Yılmaz,, Sercan Yıldırım Burak Yılmaz 9 Umut Bulut, Elmander, Hakan Balta Pos. 9 Clubs Antalyaspor Orduspor Gençlerbirliği SK Kasımpaşa SK Fenerbahçe SK Eskişehirspor Trabzonspor AŞ Sivasspor İstanbul BB SK Bursaspor Beşiktaş JK Gaziantepspor Kardemir Karabükspor Kayserispor Akhisar Belediyespor Mersin İdman Yurdu Elazığspor 9 9 ast updated // ::9CET 9 Fixtures and results

10 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) CFR 9 Cluj ate Competition Opponent Result // CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (H) // FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (A) // UC FC Slovan iberec (H) // SC Vaslui (H) // UC FC Slovan iberec (A) // FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) // CSMS Iaşi (H) // UC FC Basel 9 (A) // FC Rapid Bucureşti (A) 9// UC FC Basel 9 (H) /9/ FC Petrolul Ploieşti (H) /9/ FC inamo Bucureşti (A) 9/9/ UC SC Braga (A) /9/ CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) /9/ Cup ACS Berceni (A) 9/9/ ACF Gloria 9 Bistriţa (H) // UC Manchester United FC (H) // FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) // FC Viitorul Constanţa (H) // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 9// // // // // // UC Cup UC UC UC (A) CS Turnu Severin (A) Botosani (H) FC Braşov (H) (H) CS Concordia Chiajna (A) FC Astra Ploieşti (H) SC Braga (H) FC Universitatea Cluj (A) CS Gaz Metan Mediaş Manchester United FC (A) FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (H) SC Vaslui (A) FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) CSMS Iaşi (A) FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) FC Petrolul Ploieşti (A) FC inamo Bucureşti (H) CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (H) ACF Gloria 9 Bistriţa (A) Goalscorers Kapetanos Kapetanos, Maftei Cadú (p) Cadú (p), Rafael Bastos 9, Kapetanos +, Sougou 9+ Mureşan (p), Ronny Cadú (p), Hora Sougou, Ronny, Maftei Kapetanos Kapetanos, Mureşan Rui Pedro Rafael Bastos 9, Rafael Bastos Aguirregaray, 9+ Kapetanos, Mureşan (p),, Bjelanović, uís Alberto 9 Kapetanos ast updated // ::9CET Fixtures and results

11 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Steaua Bucureşti CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu SC Vaslui FC Astra Ploieşti FC inamo Bucureşti FC Petrolul Ploieşti FC Braşov FC Rapid Bucureşti 9 CS Concordia Chiajna CFR 9 Cluj FC Viitorul Constanţa FC Universitatea Cluj FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ CS Gaz Metan Mediaş FC Oţelul Galaţi* ACF Gloria 9 Bistriţa CSMS Iaşi CS Turnu Severin *FC Oţelul Galaţi have had points deducted ast updated // ::9CET Fixtures and results

12 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups CFR 9 Cluj Third qualifying round (//) CFR Cluj iberec Goals: Cadú (pen) CFR 9 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Mureşan (Sare ), eac, Kapetanos, Rafael Bastos (iogo Valente ), Vass (Edimar ), Cadú, Rada, Camora, Sougou (//) iberec CFR Cluj (agg: ) Goals: Kapetanos +, Šural, Sougou 9+ CFR 9 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Sare, Kapetanos, Rafael Bastos (Mureşan ), Vass (Ronny ), Cadú, Rada, Camora, Edimar (Nicoară ), Sougou Playoffs (//) Basel CFR Cluj Goals: Streller, Sougou, Sougou CFR 9 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Sare, Kapetanos (Ronny ), Rafael Bastos, Cadú, Godemèche (Mureşan ), Rada, Rui Pedro (Nicoară ), Camora, Sougou (9//) CFR Cluj Basel (agg: ) Goals: Kapetanos CFR 9 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Sare (Godemèche ), Mureşan, Kapetanos (Rui Pedro ), iogo Valente (Nicoară ), Rafael Bastos, Cadú, Rada, Camora, Sougou ast updated // ::9CET Matchbymatch lineups

13 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Group H Standings Club Manchester United FC CFR 9 Cluj SC Braga Matchday (9/9/) Man. United Galatasaray Goals: Carrick : Muslera, Hamit Altıntop, Selçuk İnan, Felipe Melo (Aydın Yılmaz 9), Nounkeu, Burak Yılmaz, Umut Bulut (Elmander ), Hakan Balta, Semih Kaya, Eboué, Amrabat (Emre Çolak ) Braga CFR Cluj Goals: Rafael Bastos 9, Rafael Bastos CFR 9 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Mureşan, Sepsi, Kapetanos, Rafael Bastos (Rui Pedro 9), Cadú, Rada, uís Alberto (Godemèche ), Camora, Sougou (Aguirregaray ) Matchday (//) CFR Cluj Man. United Goals: Kapetanos, Van Persie 9, Van Persie 9 CFR 9 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Mureşan, Sepsi, Kapetanos (Bjelanović ), Rafael Bastos, Cadú, Rada, Aguirregaray (Nicoară ), Camora, Sougou (uís Alberto ) Galatasaray Braga Goals: Rúben Micael, Alan 9+ : Muslera, Selçuk İnan, Felipe Melo (Elmander ), Riera, Nounkeu, Burak Yılmaz, Umut Bulut, Semih Kaya, Eboué, Emre Çolak (Kurtuluş ), Amrabat (Aydın Yılmaz ) Matchday (//) Galatasaray v CFR Cluj Matchday (//) CFR Cluj v Galatasaray Matchday (//) Galatasaray v Man. United CFR Cluj v Braga Matchday (//) Man. United v CFR Cluj Braga v Galatasaray ast updated // ::9CET Matchbymatch lineups

14 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Group Standings Group A Club FC Porto Paris SaintGermain FC FC ynamo Kyiv GNK inamo Zagreb // // FC Porto GNK inamo Zagreb FC ynamo Kyiv Paris SaintGermain FC Porto Zagreb Group B Club Arsenal FC FC Schalke Montpellier Hérault SC Olympiacos FC // // Arsenal FC Montpellier Hérault SC FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ondon Montpellier Group C Club Málaga CF AC Milan RSC Anderlecht FC Zenit St Petersburg // // FC Zenit St Petersburg Málaga CF RSC Anderlecht AC Milan St Petersburg Malaga Group Club Real Madrid CF Borussia ortmund Manchester City FC AFC Ajax // // AFC Ajax Borussia ortmund Manchester City FC Real Madrid CF Amsterdam ortmund Group E Club Chelsea FC FC Shakhtar onetsk Juventus FC Nordsjælland // // FC Nordsjælland FC Shakhtar onetsk Juventus Chelsea FC Copenhagen onetsk Group F Club FC BATE Borisov Valencia CF FC Bayern München OSC ille // // FC BATE Borisov OSC ille Valencia CF FC Bayern München Minsk Villeneuve d'ascq ast updated // ::9CET Group Standings

15 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Group G Club FC Barcelona Celtic FC S Benfica FC Spartak Moskva // // FC Spartak Moskva FC Barcelona S Benfica Celtic FC Moscow Barcelona Group H Club Manchester United FC CFR 9 Cluj SC Braga // // Manchester United FC CFR 9 Cluj SC Braga Istanbul Manchester ast updated // ::9CET Group Standings

16 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions : id you know? Holders Chelsea FC are hoping to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 999/ and / that featured a second group stage). In 99/9, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions trophy with AC Milan (99, 99) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (99, 99), AFC Ajax (99, 99), Juventus (99, 99) and Manchester United FC (, 9) have all returned to the UEFA Champions final as holders only to lose. S.S. azio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions having featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six in / aged years and days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was years and days when he played against AEK Athens FC in /. Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and 9 days, in Manchester United's draw at S Benfica on September. Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was years and days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on November 99. He was sent off in the th minute. Peter OforiQuaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions, aged years and 9 days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's defeat at Rosenborg BK on October 99. ionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's win against Bayer everkusen on March. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. Barcelona have finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Manchester United and Real Madrid. Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions group stage: Milan (99/9), Paris SaintGermain FC (99/9), FC Spartak Moskva (99/9), Barcelona (/, first group stage) and Real Madrid (/). Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without picking up a single point, including Villarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK inamo Zagreb in /. Barcelona scored goals in the / group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from 99/99. Barcelona scored 9 times in the 999/ first group stage, a tally matched by Real Madrid last season. Only two teams have failed to score in a group stage: RC eportivo a Coruña in / and Maccabi Haifa FC in 9/. inamo Zagreb conceded goals in the / group stage, a new record. The previous highest goals against total was 9, shared by MŠK Žilina (/), ebreceni VSC (9/), FC ynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in 99/9. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (99/9), Ajax (99/9), Juventus (99/9 and /), Chelsea (/), iverpool FC (/), Villarreal (/) and Manchester United (/) all let in just one. Before their win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the / campaign, Spartak Moskva went games without a victory in the competition. The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it since three points for a win was introduced in 99/9 were egia arszawa that same season before ynamo Kyiv and Bayer everkusen managed it in 999/ and iverpool in /. FC okomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, as did Rangers FC and SV erder Bremen in /. Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions on home soil: Borussia ortmund (99, final in Munich) and Juventus (99, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the final in ondon and months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München. ast updated // ::9CET Competition facts

17 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: 9 Nickname: Cimbom UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup (): UEFA Super Cup (): omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Turkish Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: did not participate in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Europa playoffs 9/: UEFA Europa round of /9: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from the UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup round of /: group stage /: UEFA Cup first round /: did not participate in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions group stage) /: first group stage Records UEFA club competitions Biggest home win : Galatasaray v Maccabi Netanya FC //9, UEFA Europa third qualifying round second leg Biggest away win : FC Avenir Beggen v Galatasaray //9, UEFA Champions qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Galatasaray v Chelsea FC //99, UEFA Champions first group stage Heaviest away defeat : FC Bayern München v Galatasaray /9/, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round second leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Galatasaray v Rosenborg BK //9, group stage Biggest away win : Hertha BSC Berlin v Galatasaray //99, first group stage Heaviest home defeat : Galatasaray v Chelsea FC (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : Manchester United FC v Galatasaray //9, group stage ast updated // ::9CET Team facts

18 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) CFR 9 Cluj Formed: 9 Nickname: Feroviarii (Railwaymen) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Intertoto Cup: () omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Romanian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: group stage 9/: UEFA Europa group stage /9: group stage /: UEFA Cup second qualifying round /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Intertoto Cup runnersup /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : CFR v FK Žalgiris Vilnius //, UEFA Intertoto Cup semifinals second leg Biggest away win : FK Vėtra v CFR //, UEFA Intertoto Cup first round second leg Heaviest home defeat : CFR v FC Bayern München //, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat : RC ens v CFR //, UEFA Intertoto Cup final second leg twice, most recently v FC København //9, UEFA Europa group stage UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : CFR v FC Basel 9 /9/, group stage Biggest away win : SC Braga v CFR 9/9/, group stage Heaviest home defeat : CFR v FC Bayern München (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat : FC Bayern München v CFR 9//, group stage twice, most recently v AS Roma /9/, group stage twice, most recently v FC Basel 9 //, group stage ast updated // ::9CET Team facts

19 CFR 9 Cluj Tuesday October.CET (. local time) egend ATIME STATISTICS The alltime record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions, the UEFA Cup inners' Cup (9999), the UEFA Europa, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (9to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (9). Matches in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the 9 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club orld Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UC: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions from 99/9 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions UC: UEFA Champions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UE: UEFA Europa UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa UCC: UEFA Cup inners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament EITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : enotes player substituted (*) : enotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship C: FIFA orld Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U9: UEFA Under9 Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship C: FIFA omen's orld Cup CHAMP: UEFA European omen's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty agg: Aggregate : Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition : Points : rawn R: Sent off (straight red card) ob: ate of birth Res.: Result : Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal : Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match decided by golden goal : on : ost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/A: Not applicable (+) : enotes player introduced (+/) : enotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list : isciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCQ: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UC: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UC: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions from 99/9 season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: isclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on ast updated // ::9CET 9 egend