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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS EAGUE / SEASON FC Shakhtar onetsk Group E day ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... background... facts... Squad list... officials... Fixtures and results... bymatch lineups... Group Standings... Competition facts... Team facts... egend...

2 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions eague // FC Shakhtar onetsk Turin Bonucci ; Alex Teixeira UEFA Cup // // R R FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Shakhtar onetsk agg: onetsk Turin Schevliuk Bettega, Tardelli, Boninsegna FC Shakhtar onetsk Home Away Final Total FC Shakhtar onetsk Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions eague // // R R UEFA Champions eague // // FC Shakhtar onetsk AS Roma AS Roma FC Shakhtar onetsk UEFA Champions eague // // FC Shakhtar onetsk AC Milan AC Milan FC Shakhtar onetsk UEFA Champions eague // // QR QR FC Shakhtar onetsk AS Roma AS Roma FC Shakhtar onetsk UEFA Champions eague // // FC Internazionale Milano FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Internazionale Milano UEFA Champions eague // // AC Milan FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Shakhtar onetsk AC Milan S.S. azio FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Shakhtar onetsk S.S. azio agg: agg: onetsk Rome onetsk Milan onetsk Rome Milan onetsk Milan onetsk Rome onetsk illian,, Eduardo Raţ (og), Ménez ; Jadson, ouglas Costa, uiz Adriano Inzaghi, +, Kaká Gilardino,, Seedorf, ; ucarelli Marica Taddei, Totti, e Rossi, Pizarro Recoba ; Elano Martins, Adriano Kaká, +, Crespo, Seedorf Claudio ópez,,, Favalli, Verón ; Vorobey Claudio ópez, Nedvěd, Inzaghi ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) UEFA Cup inners' Cup // // R R Vicenza Calcio FC Shakhtar onetsk FC Shakhtar onetsk Vicenza Calcio agg: Vicenza onetsk uiso, Viviani ; Atelkin Zubov ; uiso,, Beghetto Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions eague // // UEFA Champions eague // // QF QF FC ynamo Kyiv FC ynamo Kyiv FC ynamo Kyiv FC ynamo Kyiv agg: Kyiv Turin Kyiv Turin Shatskikh ; Salas, Zalayeta i Vaio,, el Piero, avids, Nedvěd Rebrov ; Inzaghi,,, el Piero Inzaghi ; Husin Record versus clubs from opponents' country FC Shakhtar onetsk Home Away Final Total ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) background ith FC Shakhtar onetsk having already qualified for the knockout stages, travel to Ukraine knowing a point would be enough for them to join their hosts in the round of. A draw or better would give Juve Group E's other qualifying berth and condemn UEFA Champions eague holders Chelsea FC to an early exit. could lose and still go through if the ondon club do not beat FC Nordsjælland, while Shakhtar need just a draw to guarantee first place. The Bianconeri are games unbeaten in UEFA competition, since their loss at Fulham FC in the / UEFA Europa eague round of. Shakhtar's victory at Nordsjælland on matchday five ensured Mircea ucescu's team of a place in the round of for only the second time in their eight group stage campaigns. On the same night, beat Chelsea to leapfrog their opponents into second place. On matchday two Shakhtar were the visitors for the first European match to be staged at the new Stadium. They took the lead through Alex Teixeira on minutes only for eonardo Bonucci to level two minutes later. Shakhtar started the campaign with a home victory over Nordsjælland, also winning there against Chelsea. came from behind to draw their first two away games, rallying from two down at Stamford Bridge on matchday one before Mirko Vučinić scored a late equaliser at Nordsjælland. That extended their run of successive European draws to nine, a sequence broken by a home win against the anish champions on matchday four. Previous meetings The teams met in the / UEFA Cup third round, when a firstleg home victory for was enough to see them through. Shakhtar won in onetsk. background That home win against Juve was Shakhtar's only success in their first meetings with Italian opponents, before a win against AS Roma in onetsk in the / UEFA Champions eague group stage. Juve overcame FC ynamo Kyiv on aggregate in the / UEFA Champions eague quarterfinals thanks to a win in the away leg. hen the teams met again in the group stage five seasons later Juve won away and at home. Team ties ucescu faced on nine occasions in the s as coach of Serie A sides AC Pisa, Brescia Calcio, AC Reggiana and FC Internazionale Milano. His only victory was Brescia's home win on March four games were lost and the other four drawn. ucescu's final league match against was Inter's draw on February. ucescu scored in Romania's friendly defeat by Italy in Milan on June. Andrea Pirlo had two spells with ucescu, making his professional debut under him for Brescia on May. Aged years and two days, Pirlo was the club's youngest topflight debutant. The two linked up again at Inter during /. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored against Gianluigi Buffon on October when Italy defeated Armenia in a FIFA orld Cup qualifier in Yerevan. Pirlo's penalty opened the scoring; Claudio Marchisio, Andrea Barzagli, Bonucci, Sebastian Giovinco and substitute Emanuele Giaccherini all featured for the visitors. Eduardo opened the scoring in Croatia's friendly victory against Italy in ivorno in August. Fernandinho played alongside úcio when making his international debut for Brazil in a defeat by Germany in Stuttgart on August. Vučinić suffered three defeats in the UEFA Champions eague against Shakhtar while with Roma, playing minutes in onetsk on November as the Ukraine club won in the group stage. In / Vučinić played in both legs of the round of tie as Shakhtar won away and at home. Eduardo and Nicklas Bendtner were teammates with Arsenal FC from to. Alessandro Matri made his international debut for Italy against Ukraine in a Kyiv friendly on March, scoring the second goal in a away win. ast updated // ::CET background

5 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) facts Shakhtar UEFA Champions eague statistics Having gone into this season on a fourgame winless run in the UEFA Champions eague at the onbass Arena, Shakhtar have claimed two victories from two at home this term. Andriy Pyatov, Olexandr Kucher, Răzvan Raţ, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Fernandinho, arijo Srna and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have played every minute of Shakhtar's group stage campaign. uiz Adriano is banned on matchday six; Tomáš Hübschman and Kucher will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Miscellaneous Mkhitaryan scored his th league goal of the season on Friday as the Pitmen won at FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Both sides had players sent off, with Fernandinho () followed by the hosts' Olexiy Antonov (). Mkhitaryan's tally of league goals this term is already the best return for a campaign by a Shakhtar player since Oleksiy Byelik () in /. The Armenia forward's highest mark before this season was, for FC Pyunik in. Alex Teixeira was also on target with his goal in all competitions this season, two more than his / haul. Shakhtar are on a match winning run at home in all competitions, since a draw with FC nipro nipropetrovsk on March. Mircea ucescu's side lost at FC Arsenal Kyiv on November, ending the club's national record runs of successive Ukrainian Premier eague victories and topflight matches in a row where they scored at least once. Their previous league defeat was at home to FC Metalist Kharkiv on October. Shakhtar this season became the first team to win the first games of a Ukrainian topflight campaign. mytro Chygrynskiy (out since November, thigh) and Hübschman ( November, thigh) have been sidelined. Shakhtar's game unbeaten start to the season, including wins, ended at Chelsea FC on matchday four. UEFA Champions eague statistics 's win against FC Nordsjælland on matchday four ended an unprecedented nine successive draws in European competition; the previous high was seven. On matchday one, became only the second team to avoid defeat against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions eague after going two goals down, following AS Monaco FC in the semifinal second leg. Juve have had more shots wide () than any other team in the group stage. Gianluigi Buffon, eonardo Bonucci, Claudio Marchisio and Andrea Pirlo have played every minute of Juve's group campaign, though Marchisio serves a onegame ban on matchday six. Giorgio Chiellini's next yellow card will incur a suspension. Miscellaneous extended their unbeaten run in the erby della Mole to games on Saturday with a victory over a Torino FC side reduced to ten men on minutes when Kamil Glik was sent off. lost at AC Milan on November, their first defeat in games away from home in all competitions, since a defeat at Parma FC on May. Sidelined since May with a thigh problem, Simone Pepe returned to action on November as Juve were held by S.S. azio. It was the first time in home games in all competitions that the Bianconeri failed to score. Chiellini captained Italy for the first time on November in a defeat by France. Andrea Barzagli, Bonucci, Emanuele Giaccherini, Marchisio, Pirlo and Sebastian Giovinco also featured in Parma. On November Fabio Quagliarella scored his first professional hattrick as won at Pescara, their largest away victory in Serie A since beating Milan by the same scoreline on April. The Bianconeri's game unbeaten run in Serie A nine short of Milan's Italian topflight record set between and ended on November with a loss at home to FC Internazionale Milano. ast updated // ::CET facts

6 Squad list FC Shakhtar onetsk Alltime Current season UEFA UC eague UC QUA Gls Gls Gls Gls Gls Age ob Nat. Player No. Goalkeepers // Andriy Pyatov // Anton Kanibolotskiy // Nikita Shevchenko efenders * // Olexandr Kucher // Vyacheslav Shevchuk // Ivan Ordets // ROU Răzvan Raţ // mytro Chygrynskiy // Serhiy Kryvtsov // Yaroslav Rakitskiy Midfielders // Olexiy Polyanskiy * // CZE Tomáš Hübschman // Taras Stepanenko // BRA Fernandinho // BRA illian // Vasyl Kobin // Olexiy Gai // BRA ouglas Costa // BRA Alan Patrick // BRA Alex Teixeira // CRO arijo Srna // BRA Ilsinho Forwards S // BRA uiz Adriano // CRO Eduardo // Marko ević // ARM Henrikh Mkhitaryan // BRA entinho Coach // ROU Mircea ucescu Squad list ast updated // ::CET ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) FC Shakhtar onetsk

7 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Gianluigi Buffon Marco Storari Rubinho efenders úcio Giorgio Chiellini Martín Cáceres Paolo e Ceglie Andrea Barzagli eonardo Bonucci Stephan ichtsteiner Midfielders Paul Pogba Simone Pepe Claudio Marchisio Simone Padoin Andrea Pirlo Kwadwo Asamoah Arturo Vidal Emanuele Giaccherini Mauricio Isla uca Marrone Forwards Mirko Vučinić Sebastian Giovinco Nicklas Bendtner Fabio Quagliarella Alessandro Matri Coach Antonio Conte Nat. BRA URU SUI FRA GHA CHI CHI MNE EN ob // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age * S S QUA Gls Current season UC Gls eague Gls Alltime UC UEFA Gls Gls ast updated // ::CET Squad list

8 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA elegate UEFA Referee observer Jonas Eriksson (SE) Mathias Klasenius (SE), aniel ärnmark (SE) Stefan Johannesson (SE), Markus Strömbergsson (SE) Stefan ittberg (SE) olfgang Thierrichter (AUT) Rodger Gifford (A) Referee Name Jonas Eriksson of birth // UEFA Champions eague 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 first round 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 former sales director who became a fulltime referee at the start of, 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 and is based in Sigtuna, oversaw three games at the UEFA European Under Championship and took charge of two UEFA EURO qualifiers. Made his UEFA Champions eague group stage debut as a referee in ecember for the matchday six meeting between Real Madrid CF and FC Zenit St. Petersburg, one of three games he oversaw in that season's competition. Has since become a regular in that and the UEFA Europa eague, also overseeing three qualifiers in both the FIFA orld Cup and UEFA EURO, and in the middle for two group matches at the latter tournament. UEFA Champions eague matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match // // // Competition UC UC UC QF Home AS Roma Manchester City FC AC Milan Away CFR Cluj SSC Napoli FC Barcelona Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match // // // // Competition U UCUP UCUP UCUP QR R R QF Home Georgia ebreceni VSC AC Milan SC Braga Away Italy FC Shakhtar onetsk SV erder Bremen FC ynamo Kyiv Rome Manchester Milan Tallinn ebrecen Milan Braga ast updated // ::CET officials

9 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Fixtures and results FC Shakhtar onetsk Competition Opponent // eague FC Arsenal Kyiv (H) // eague FC Hoverla Uzhgorod (A) // eague FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (H) // eague FC Volyn utsk (A) // eague FC Vorskla Poltava (H) // eague FC Chornomorets Odesa (A) // eague FC Karpaty viv (H) // eague FC ynamo Kyiv (H) // eague FC Zorya uhansk (A) // UC FC Nordsjælland (H) // Cup FC ynamo Kyiv (H) // eague FC nipro nipropetrovsk (H) // UC (A) // eague FC Metalist Kharkiv (A) // eague FC Illychivets Mariupil (H) // UC Chelsea FC (H) // eague SC Tavriya Simferopol (A) // Cup FC Hoverla Uzhgorod (A) // eague FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (H) // UC Chelsea FC (A) // eague FC Metalurh onetsk (A) // eague FC Arsenal Kyiv (A) // UC FC Nordsjælland (A) // eague FC Hoverla Uzhgorod (H) // eague FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (A) // // // // // // // // // // // // // // UC eague eague eague eague eague eague Cup eague eague eague eague eague eague (H) FC Volyn utsk (H) FC Vorskla Poltava (A) FC Chornomorets Odesa (H) FC Karpaty viv (A) FC ynamo Kyiv (A) FC Zorya uhansk (H) FC Karpaty viv (H) FC nipro nipropetrovsk (A) FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) FC Illychivets Mariupil (A) SC Tavriya Simferopol (H) FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (A) FC Metalurh onetsk (H) Mkhitaryan,, Seleznyov, Alex Teixeira, Ilsinho, ević + (p) Mkhitaryan, Ilsinho, Seleznyov + Fernandinho + ević, Mkhitaryan,, Alex Teixeira Mkhitaryan,, ević, Alex Teixeira Mkhitaryan,,, Alex Teixeira, illian entinho, uiz Adriano, Mkhitaryan Kucher,, uiz Adriano Alex Teixeira, Mkhitaryan, uiz Adriano Mkhitaryan, uiz Adriano, Alex Teixeira, Fernandinho, Srna Mkhitaryan, Srna Alex Teixeira Mkhitaryan, Ilsinho Ilsinho, Chygrynskiy Alex Teixeira, Fernandinho Alex Teixeira Fernandinho, Alex Teixeira, uiz Adriano, illian (p) ouglas Costa (p), uiz Adriano illian, Eduardo, Mkhitaryan,, Alex Teixeira + uiz Adriano,,, illian, Ilsinho, illian, Mkhitaryan, ouglas Costa, ević Mkhitaryan, Alex Teixeira ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

10 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Shakhtar onetsk FC nipro nipropetrovsk FC ynamo Kyiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Metalurh onetsk FC Volyn utsk FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Illychivets Mariupil FC Zorya uhansk SC Tavriya Simferopol FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Vorskla Poltava FC Karpaty viv FC Hoverla Uzhgorod FC Metalurh Zaporizhya ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

11 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Competition Opponent // eague Parma FC (H) // eague Udinese Calcio (A) // eague Genoa CFC (A) // UC Chelsea FC (A) // eague AC Chievo Verona (H) // eague ACF Fiorentina (A) // eague AS Roma (H) // UC FC Shakhtar onetsk (H) // eague AC Siena (A) // eague SSC Napoli (H) // UC FC Nordsjælland (A) // eague Calcio Catania (A) // eague Bologna FC (H) // eague FC Internazionale Milano (H) // UC FC Nordsjælland (H) // eague Pescara Calcio (A) // eague S.S. azio (H) // UC Chelsea FC (H) // eague AC Milan (A) // eague Torino FC (H) // UC FC Shakhtar onetsk (A) // eague US Città di Palermo (A) // eague Atalanta BC (H) // eague Cagliari Calcio (A) // eague UC Sampdoria (H) // eague Parma FC (A) // eague Udinese Calcio (H) // eague Genoa CFC (H) // eague AC Chievo Verona (A) // eague ACF Fiorentina (H) // eague AS Roma (A) // eague AC Siena (H) // eague SSC Napoli (A) // eague Calcio Catania (H) // eague Bologna FC (A) // eague FC Internazionale Milano (A) // eague Pescara Calcio (H) // eague S.S. azio (A) // eague AC Milan (H) // eague Torino FC (A) ichtsteiner, Pirlo Vidal (p), Vučinić +, Giovinco, Giaccherini, Vučinić (p), Asamoah Vidal, Quagliarella Quagliarella, Pirlo, Vidal (p), Matri, Giovinco Bonucci Pirlo, Marchisio Martín Cáceres, Pogba Vučinić Vidal Quagliarella, Pogba + Vidal Marchisio, Vidal, Giovinco, Quagliarella Vidal, Quagliarella,,, Asamoah, Giovinco Quagliarella, Vidal, Giovinco + Marchisio,, Giovinco ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Pos. Clubs SSC Napoli FC Internazionale Milano ACF Fiorentina S.S. azio AS Roma AC Milan Parma FC Udinese Calcio Calcio Catania Atalanta BC* UC Sampdoria* Cagliari Calcio Torino FC* AC Chievo Verona Bologna FC US Città di Palermo Genoa CFC AC Siena* Pescara Calcio *Atalanta BC have had points deducted *UC Sampdoria have had points deducted *Torino FC have had points deducted *AC Siena have had points deducted ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) bymatch lineups Group E Standings Club FC Shakhtar onetsk Chelsea FC FC Nordsjælland day (//) Shakhtar onetsk Nordsjælland Goals: Mkhitaryan, Mkhitaryan FC Shakhtar onetsk: Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, uiz Adriano (ević ), illian (ouglas Costa ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Srna, Rakitskiy, Ilsinho (Alex Teixeira ) Chelsea Goals: Oscar, Oscar, Vidal, Quagliarella : Buffon, Chiellini, Marchisio, Vučinić (Matri ), Giovinco (Quagliarella ), Barzagli, Bonucci, Pirlo, Asamoah, Vidal, ichtsteiner (Isla ) day (//) Shakhtar onetsk Goals: Alex Teixeira, Bonucci : Buffon, Chiellini, Marchisio, Vučinić (Giovinco ), Barzagli, Bonucci, Pirlo, Asamoah, Vidal (Pogba ), ichtsteiner, Matri (Quagliarella ) FC Shakhtar onetsk: Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, uiz Adriano, illian, Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy day (//) Nordsjælland Goals: Beckmann, Vučinić : Buffon, úcio (Bendtner ), Chiellini, Marchisio, e Ceglie, Giovinco, Bonucci, Pirlo, Vidal (Giaccherini ), Matri (Vučinić ), Isla Shakhtar onetsk Chelsea Goals: Alex Teixeira, Fernandinho, Oscar FC Shakhtar onetsk: Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, uiz Adriano, illian (ouglas Costa ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy day (//) Nordsjælland Goals: Marchisio, Vidal, Giovinco, Quagliarella : Buffon, Chiellini (úcio ), Marchisio, Giovinco (Quagliarella ), Barzagli, Bonucci, Pirlo, Asamoah, Vidal (Pogba ), Matri, Isla Chelsea Shakhtar onetsk Goals: Torres, illian, Oscar, illian, Moses + FC Shakhtar onetsk: Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho, uiz Adriano, illian, Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (Ilsinho ), Srna, Rakitskiy day (//) Nordsjælland Shakhtar onetsk Goals: Nordstrand, uiz Adriano, orentzen, illian, illian, uiz Adriano, uiz Adriano FC Shakhtar onetsk: Pyatov, Kucher, Stepanenko, Fernandinho, uiz Adriano (Eduardo ), illian (Ilsinho ), Mkhitaryan, Raţ, Alex Teixeira (ouglas Costa ), Srna, Rakitskiy Chelsea Goals: Quagliarella, Vidal, Giovinco + : Buffon, Chiellini, Marchisio, Vučinić (Giovinco ), Barzagli, Bonucci, Pirlo, Asamoah, Vidal, ichtsteiner (Martín Cáceres ), Quagliarella (Pogba ) day (//) Shakhtar onetsk v ast updated // ::CET bymatch lineups

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

15 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Group G Club FC Barcelona S Benfica Celtic FC FC Spartak Moskva // // FC Barcelona Celtic FC S Benfica FC Spartak Moskva Barcelona Glasgow Group H Club Manchester United FC Galatasaray AŞ CFR Cluj SC Braga // // Manchester United FC SC Braga CFR Cluj Galatasaray AŞ Manchester Braga ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

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

17 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Team facts FC Shakhtar onetsk Formed: Nickname: Hirnyky (The Pitmen) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup (): UEFA Super Cup: () omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Ukrainian league title: () USSR/Ukrainian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions eague unless indicated otherwise) /: group stage /: quarterfinals /: UEFA Europa eague round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup winners (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: group stage /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: UEFA Cup first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup first round (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Shakhtar v FC Basel //, UEFA Champions eague group stage Biggest away win twice, most recently v FC evadia Maardu //, UEFA Champions eague second qualifying round second leg : Birkirkara FC v Shakhtar //, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg Heaviest home defeat twice, most recently v AC Milan //, UEFA Champions eague group stage Heaviest away defeat on four occasions, most recently v FC Barcelona //, UEFA Champions eague quarterfinal first leg on three occasions, most recently v AS Roma //, UEFA Champions eague group stage UEFA Champions eague (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Shakhtar v FC Basel (see above for details) Biggest away win : FC Nordsjælland v Shakhtar //, group stage twice, most recently v FK Partizan //, group stage Heaviest home defeat twice, most recently v AC Milan (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat three times, most recently v FC Barcelona (see above for details) twice, most recently v AS Roma (see above for details) ast updated // ::CET Team facts

18 FC Shakhtar onetsk ednesday ecember.cet (. local time) Formed: Nicknames: Bianconeri (hite and Blacks), Vecchia Signora (Old ady) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) European Cup (): (), (),,, (), (), () UEFA Cup ():,, () UEFA Cup inners' Cup (): UEFA Super Cup ():, European/South American Cup (): (),, omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) eague title: () Italian Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions eague unless indicated otherwise) /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Europa eague group stage /: UEFA Europa eague round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: round of /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: quarterfinals /: quarterfinals /: round of /: runnersup Records UEFA club competitions Biggest home win on three occasions, most recently v Olympiacos FC //, UEFA Champions eague group stage Biggest away win : Marsa FC v //, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat : v FC Bayern München //, UEFA Champions eague group stage : v Manchester United FC //, UEFA Champions eague second group stage Heaviest away defeat : iener SC v //, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg UEFA Champions eague (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : v Olympiacos FC (see above) Biggest away win : Rangers FC v //, group stage Heaviest home defeat : v FC Bayern München (see above) : v Manchester United FC (see above) Heaviest away defeat on three occasions, most recently v Bayer everkusen //, second group stage on five occasions, most recently v FC Girondins de Bordeaux //, group stage ast updated // ::CET Team facts

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