UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2010/11 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON SV Werder Bremen Group A Matchday Tuesday 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... This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and indepth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at:

2 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None SV Werder Bremen Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date // /9/ UEFA Cup Date // // Stage Stage QF QF Match SV Werder Bremen Chelsea FC Chelsea FC SV Werder Bremen Match SV Werder Bremen Arsenal FC Arsenal FC SV Werder Bremen agg: Venue Bremen London Venue Bremen London Mertesacker Essien, Ballack (p) Bode, Bogdanovic 9; Parlour,,, Henry 9 Henry, Ljungberg Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date // UEFA Cup Date //99 //99 Stage Stage R R UEFA Intertoto Cup Date //9 UEFA Cup Date // // Stage FT Stage R R Match Bayer Leverkusen Match. FC Kaiserslautern. FC Kaiserslautern Match. FC Köln Match UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date // // Stage R R FC Bayern München FC Bayern München Match UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date // // Stage QF QF FC Bayern München FC Bayern München Match Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt agg: agg: agg: agg: Venue Leverkusen Venue Kaiserslautern London Venue Cologne Venue London Munich Venue Munich London Venue Frankfurt am Main London Berbatov Buck 9, Carr 9(og) Iversen D Munteanu,, Labbadia,,, Polster, Steinmann, Kohn Archibald, Falco Rummenigge Hoeness, Horsmann, Breitner, Rummenigge ; Hughton 9 Archibald ; Breitner Borchers, Cha ; Hoddle Miller, Hazard Last updated /9/ ::CET Previous meetings

3 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) UEFA Cup Date // // // // Stage SF SF QF QF Match VfB Leipzig VfB Leipzig. FC Köln. FC Köln agg: agg: Venue London Leipzig London Cologne McGrath, Chivers Löwe ; Peters, Coates Chivers, Coates, Peters 9 Müller ; McGrath, Peters Record versus clubs from opponents' country SV Werder Bremen Pld Home W D L Pld Away W D L Pld Final W D L Pld W Total D L GF GA Last updated /9/ ::CET Previous meetings

4 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Match background will make their debut in the UEFA Champions League group stage at the Weserstadion, home of a SV Werder Bremen side who have waited rather less time to return to the European limelight. Spurs' only previous European Champion Clubs' Cup appearance was back in 9/ when they reached the semifinals before losing to SL Benfica. Bremen, by contrast, are back in the group stage after an absence of only months, their failure to qualify last term halting a sequence of five consecutive appearances. Match background This is the first meeting between two teams who both qualified through the playoffs. Bremen, third in the Bundesliga last term, defeated UC Sampdoria on aggregate, winning at home before losing the return after extra time in Genoa. Harry Redknapp's Tottenham, who finished fourth in the Premier League in 9/, also suffered a away defeat in their playoff against BSC Young Boys but bounced back with a home victory in the second leg. Bremen won five and drew one of six home games in reaching the round of of the 9/ UEFA Europa League, where they lost out to Valencia CF on away goals. Bremen have only faced English opposition twice before and both times during coach Thomas Schaaf's reign. Torsten Frings and Claudio Pizarro are the only survivors of the team that lost home and away to Tottenham's neighbours Arsenal FC in the 999/ UEFA Cup quarterfinals. Per Mertesacker scored the only goal when Bremen beat Chelsea FC at the Weserstadion in the / group stage. Schaaf's men had lost in London on the opening matchday and eventually finished third in the group behind Chelsea and FC Barcelona. Tottenham's last visit to Germany was for a / UEFA Cup group stage game at Bayer Leverkusen that they won through a Dimitar Berbatov goal. The London club first faced German opposition in the 9/ UEFA Cup when they achieved wins at. FC Köln and VfB Leipzig in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively to make the final. The Premier League club suffered their heaviest European defeat when going down to Köln in the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 99. Tottenham's record from eight away matches against Bundesliga outfits is three wins and five defeats. Team ties Pizarro spent / in England with Chelsea but scored only two league goals. He played against Tottenham in Chelsea's victory at Stamford Bridge in January, lasting minutes before making way for Nicolas Anelka. This fixture brings together several players who met during the summer's FIFA World Cup. Bremen midfielder Daniel Jensen featured in Denmark's win against a Cameroon side that included Tottenham duo Benoît AssouEkotto and Sébastien Bassong a result that eliminated the west Africans. Mertesacker was in the Germany side that ran out winners in the last against an England team featuring Tottenham forward Jermain Defoe. Tottenham trio Vedran Ćorluka, Niko Kranjčar and Luka Modrić helped Croatia beat Germany at UEFA EURO. Bremen's Mertesacker, Frings and Clemens Fritz were on the losing side. The Bundesliga club's Austria defender Sebastian Prödl also lost to Croatia in the same tournament, a game in which Modrić scored the only goal. Modrić scored a penalty in the second leg but finished on the losing side when NK Dinamo Zagreb lost home and away to Bremen in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round in /. Last updated /9/ ::CET Match background

5 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Match facts Bremen UEFA milestones Bremen have conceded 9 goals in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics None Latest domestic information Saturday September: FC Bayern München SV Werder Bremen Wiese; Fritz, Prödl, Pasanen, Silvestre; Bargfrede, Frings; Marin (Almeida ), Wesley (Borowski 9), Hunt (Jensen 9); Arnautović Wesley and Mikaël Silvestre made their Bundesliga debuts against Bayern, two of four changes to the team which defeated. FC Köln on August. They replaced injured duo Claudio Pizarro and Per Mertesacker, while Petri Pasanen and Aaron Hunt were preferred to Sebastian Boenisch and Tim Borowski. The result ended Bremen's match scoring run in the Bundesliga while it was also their first goalless draw in any competition this calendar year. Bremen were, however, the first team to prevent Bayern scoring in front of their home fans since FC Girondins de Bordeaux on November 9. The German champions had subsequently scored goals in home matches in all competitions. Bremen kicked off their Bundesliga campaign by losing at TSG 99 Hoffenheim on August. Having opened the scoring in that game from the penalty spot, Torsten Frings repeated the feat at home to Köln a week later in a win. Marko Arnautović has scored three goals in three games for Bremen and Austria Unders. Injury news Mertesacker fractured his eye socket in Germany's UEFA EURO qualifier against Azerbaijan on September. Naldo has yet to make an appearance this term due to a recurring knee problem. Pizarro was substituted five minutes before halftime against Köln with a thigh injury. Summer transfers In Wesley (Santos FC) Mickaël Silvestre (Arsenal FC) Felix Kroos (FC Hansa Rostock) Marko Arnautović (FC Twente) Out Mesut Özil (Real Madrid CF) Markus Rosenberg (Real Racing Club, loan) Peter Niemeyer (Hertha BSC Berlin, loan) Timo Perthel (SK Sturm Graz, loan) Márkó Futács (FC Ingolstadt, loan) Martin Harnik (VfB Stuttgart) Torsten Oehrl (FC Augsburg) Aymen Abdennour (Etoile Sportive du Sahel) Carlos Alberto (CR Vasco da Gama) Bremen extended Rosenberg's contract until before loaning him to Racing for the season. International news UEFA EURO qualifying unless stated. Friday September: Belgium Germany Per Mertesacker Portugal Cyprus Hugo Almeida (goal) Moldova Finland Petri Pasanen Last updated /9/ ::CET Match facts

6 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Saturday September: Poland Ukraine, friendly Sebastian Boenisch Tuesday September: Germany Azerbaijan Per Mertesacker, Marko Marin (sub) Netherlands Finland Petri Pasanen Norway Portugal Hugo Almeida Poland Australia, friendly Sebastian Boenisch Scotland Austria, Us Marko Arnautović (goal) Miscellaneous Wilfried Lemke, Bremen's chairman of the board and special adviser to the United Nations secretary general on sport for development and peace, received the UEFA Monaco Charity Award. Tottenham UEFA milestones This match is Tottenham's first in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final. UEFA Champions League statistics None Latest domestic information Saturday September: West Bromwich Albion FC (Brunt ; Modrić ) Cudicini; Ćorluka, Kaboul, Gallas, Bale; Lennon (Crouch ), Huddlestone, Van der Vaart, Palacios, Modrić (Kranjčar ); Pavlyuchenko (Keane ) Tottenham won their first four league games last season; this time round they have collected only five points by the same stage. In the absence of captain Ledley King due to a persistent knee injury, Tom Huddlestone wore the armband. William Gallas and Rafael van der Vaart made their Tottenham debuts at West Brom. Tottenham have won only two of their six matches in all competitions this season. Tottenham will be at home to Arsenal FC in the third round of the English League Cup on September. Injury news Modrić hobbled off just past the halfhour at West Brom. Michael Dawson was ruled out for up to two months after spraining the medial ligament in his left knee during England's win against Bulgaria on September. Jermain Defoe suffered an ankle injury during England's win in Switzerland on September and is expected to be out for three months. Peter Crouch missed both England games with a back injury, although he returned as a substitute at West Brom. Jamie O'Hara underwent surgery on a stress fracture to his back on August and David Bentley has not appeared this season due to an ankle problem. Heurelho Gomes missed the home defeat by Wigan Athletic FC on August and the West Brom match with a groin injury. Alan Hutton recovered from a similar problem to appear for the first time this season in Scotland's recent internationals. Jonathan Woodgate has not been included in Tottenham's UEFA Champions League squad having not played since November 9 due to a groin injury. Summer transfers In Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid CF) William Gallas (Arsenal FC) Stipe Pletikosa (FC Spartak Moskva, loan) Out John Bostock (Hull City AFC, loan) Danny Rose (Bristol City FC, loan) Adel Taarabt (Queens Park Rangers FC) Last updated /9/ ::CET Match facts

7 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) International news UEFA EURO qualifying unless stated. Friday September: England Bulgaria Jermain Defoe ( goals), Michael Dawson Montenegro Wales Gareth Bale Latvia Croatia Vedran Ćorluka, Niko Kranjčar Armenia Republic of Ireland Robbie Keane Andorra Russia Roman Pavlyuchenko (sub) San Marino Netherlands Rafael van der Vaart (sub) Lithuania Scotland Alan Hutton Portugal England, Us Kyle Walker Tuesday September: Switzerland England Jermain Defoe Republic of Ireland Andorra Robbie Keane (goal) Netherlands Finland Rafael van der Vaart Scotland Liechtenstein Alan Hutton Croatia Greece Vedran Ćorluka, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar Russia Slovakia Roman Pavlyuchenko (sub) England Lithuania, Us Kyle Walker Dawson won his first England cap in the friendly defeat of Hungary on August. The same night, Keane made his th Ireland appearance against Argentina. Miscellaneous On July manager Harry Redknapp signed a twoyear contract extension keeping him at White Hart Lane until. Modrić signed a sixyear deal over the summer, running until, while Carlo Cudicini () and King () both agreed new terms in May. Last updated /9/ ::CET Match facts

8 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Squad list SV Werder Bremen No. Player Goalkeepers Tim Wiese Sebastian Mielitz Christian Vander Felix Wiedwald Defenders Sebastian Boenisch Petri Pasanen Naldo Clemens Fritz Sebastian Prödl Mikaël Silvestre Niklas Andersen 9 Per Mertesacker Dominik Schmidt Midfielders Wesley Tim Borowski Marko Marin Aaron Hunt Said Husejinović Daniel Jensen Torsten Frings Philipp Bargfrede Forwards Marko Arnautović Felix Kroos 9 Sandro Wagner Hugo Almeida Claudio Pizarro Onur Ayık Coach Thomas Schaaf Nat. POL FIN BRA AUT FRA BRA BIH DEN AUT POR PER TUR DoB // //9 // //9 // /9/ /9/ // // 9// // 9/9/ // // // //9 /9/ // //9 // //9 9//9 //9 9// // // //9 // Age D Q Pld Gls Current season Pld Gls League Pld Gls Alltime UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls Key: Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically D Disciplinary: * Misses next match if booked, S Suspended, # Suspended for at least one match Q: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only : Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday : Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 99/9 season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Last updated /9/ ::CET Squad list

9 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Heurelho Gomes Carlo Cudicini Stipe Pletikosa Defenders Alan Hutton Gareth Bale Younes Kaboul William Gallas 9 Sébastien Bassong Michael Dawson Vedran Ćorluka Ledley King Benoît AssouEkotto Adam Smith Calum Butcher Steven Caulker Midfielders David Bentley Tom Huddlestone Aaron Lennon Jermaine Jenas Rafael van der Vaart Wilson Palacios Luka Modrić Niko Kranjčar Jamie O'Hara 9 Jake Livermore Nathan Byrne Thomas Carroll Jake Nicholson Forwards 9 Roman Pavlyuchenko Robbie Keane Peter Crouch Giovani dos Santos Jermain Defoe PaulJosé Mpoku Coach Harry Redknapp Nat. BRA ITA CRO SCO WAL FRA FRA CMR CRO CMR NED HON CRO CRO RUS IRL MEX BEL DoB // /9/ //9 // //9 // // 9// // // // // 9//9 //9 9//9 // // // // // 9// 9/9/ // /9/ //9 //9 //9 9//9 // // // //9 // 9//9 // Age D Q Pld Gls Current season Pld Gls League Pld Gls Alltime UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls Key: Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically D Disciplinary: * Misses next match if booked, S Suspended, # Suspended for at least one match Q: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only : Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday : Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 99/9 season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Last updated /9/ ::CET 9 Squad list

10 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Head coach SV Werder Bremen: Thomas Schaaf Date of birth: April 9 Nationality: German Playing career: SV Werder Bremen Coaching career: SV Werder Bremen A oneclub man, Schaaf rose through the ranks of Bremen's youth department to play Bundesliga games for the club between 9 and 99, mainly as a defender, scoring times. As a player he won two German Cups (99 and 99) and two Bundesliga titles (9 and 99) as well as the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 99, coming on minutes into the final victory against AS Monaco FC. Having coached the club's youth and reserve teams, Schaaf and former teammate Klaus Allofs were hired to lead the senior team in May 999. In their first month in charge they steered Bremen away from relegation and won the German Cup, beating FC Bayern München on penalties in the final. Schaaf and general manager Allofs slowly rebuilt Werder as one of Germany's top teams over the following years; Bremen won the double in / and secured a third German Cup under Schaaf in /9. Under his guidance, Bremen qualified for the UEFA Champions League five times in a row and again in /. They were runnersup in the last UEFA Cup final, going down to FC Shakhtar Donetsk after extra time in 9. : Harry Redknapp Date of birth: March 9 Nationality: English Playing career: West Ham United FC, AFC Bournemouth (twice), Brentford FC, Seattle Sounders Coaching career: AFC Bournemouth, West Ham United FC, Portsmouth FC (twice), Southampton FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC Started out at West Ham, where his teammates included future England FIFA World Cupwinning captain Bobby Moore. A midfielder, Redknapp scored seven goals in 9 appearances before joining Bournemouth in 9, where he also played over games. Moved to America via Brentford in 9, spending three years in Seattle where he also worked as assistant coach. Held the same post to Moore at nonleague Oxford City FC and then went to Bournemouth, where he was appointed manager in late 9. Masterminded an FA Cup shock against holders Manchester United FC in January 9. Left in summer 99, returning to West Ham as assistant to Billy Bonds, whom he succeeded as manager in 99. Gave firstteam chances to the likes of Frank Lampard, Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole during his seven years in charge. Appointed Portsmouth's director of football in, Redknapp stepped into the manager's chair the following year. Took them into the Premier League in and, after a year in charge of local rivals Southampton, returned in December, winning the FA Cup in. Struggling Tottenham turned to Redknapp that October and he steered the team away from relegation trouble, also reaching the League Cup final. In 9/ he led the club to fourth position in the Premier League, earning a new contract until. Last updated /9/ ::CET Head coach

11 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referee Additional assistant referee Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Massimo Busacca (SUI) Matthias Arnet (SUI), Francesco Buragina (SUI) Sascha Kever (SUI) Carlo Bertolini (SUI) Daniel Wermelinger (SUI) Benny Jacobsen (DEN) Kaj Natri (FIN) Referee Name Massimo Busacca Date of birth //99 UEFA Champions League matches UEFA matches Massimo Busacca has steadily enhanced his reputation since succeeding Urs Meier on Switzerland's élite list, with the UEFA Cup final following the FIFA World Cup and the crowning glory in May 9 when he took charge of the UEFA Champions League final. From Monte Carrasso, in the Italianspeaking southern canton of Ticino, Busacca reached the highest domestic level in 99 and within three years was cutting his teeth in UEFA youth matches. He took charge of his first Swiss Cup final in May. Busacca has long a UEFA Champions League regular, notably serving as fourth official to Meier for the final between Real Madrid CF and Bayer Leverkusen at Hampden Park. He was back in Glasgow for the UEFA Cup final, won by Sevilla FC won on penalties after a draw against RCD Espanyol. He was also selected for UEFA EURO, where he refereed the group matches between the Netherlands and Romania and Greece and Sweden and the GermanyTurkey semifinal. A company director and keen skier, Busacca was the referee for seven matches in the /9 UEFA Champions League, culminating in FC Barcelona's final defeat of Manchester United FC in Rome's Stadio Olimpico. Also selected for the World Cup and that year's UEFA Super Cup. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date // // // 9// // /9/ // // // // // // //9 //9 //9 /9/9 //9 // // // Competition Stage QR QR KO SF QR QF F PO KO QF SF Home SV Werder Bremen FC Porto Debreceni VSC RSC Anderlecht CA Osasuna PSV Eindhoven FC Bayern München FC Barcelona FC Porto FC Schalke FC Barcelona Liverpool FC FC Porto FC Barcelona Celtic FC VfB Stuttgart Juventus Manchester United FC Arsenal FC Olympique Lyonnais Away RSC Anderlecht Chelsea FC Manchester United FC Liverpool FC Hamburger SV Liverpool FC Sporting Clube de Portugal SV Werder Bremen Chelsea FC Chelsea FC Manchester United FC R. Standard de Liège Manchester United FC Manchester United FC Arsenal FC Rangers FC FC Bayern München AC Milan FC Barcelona FC Bayern München 9 Venue Bremen Porto Budapest Brussels Pamplona Eindhoven Munich Barcelona Porto Gelsenkirchen Barcelona Liverpool Porto Rome Glasgow Stuttgart Turin Manchester London Lyon Last updated /9/ ::CET Match officials

12 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Venue 9//99 U Germany Denmark Lanzhot //99 U PO rd Czech Republic Germany Prostejov /9/99 U QR Finland Germany Lahti // UCUP R Liverpool FC FC Slovan Liberec Liverpool // UIC F Fulham FC Bologna FC London // UCUP R Leeds United AFC Málaga CF Leeds /9/ WC QR Northern Ireland England Belfast // UCUP R Olympique de Marseille Bolton Wanderers FC Marseille // UCUP QF FC Schalke PFC Levski Sofia Gelsenkirchen // WC Sweden England Cologne // UCUP R Newcastle United FC AZ Alkmaar Newcastle // UCUP QF Getafe CF FC Bayern München Getafe // EURO SF Germany Turkey Basel //9 WC QR Russia Germany Moscow Last updated /9/ ::CET Match officials

13 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results SV Werder Bremen Date Competition Opponent // Cup Rot Weiss Ahlen (A) W // UC Sampdoria (H) W // League TSG 99 Hoffenheim (A) L // UC Sampdoria (A) L (aet) // League. FC Köln (H) W /9/ League FC Bayern München (A) D /9/ (H) /9/ League. FSV Mainz (H) /9/ League Hannover 9 (A) /9/ League Hamburger SV (H) 9/9/ FC Internazionale Milano (A) // League Bayer Leverkusen (A) // League SC Freiburg (H) // FC Twente (A) // League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) // Cup FC Bayern München (A) // League. FC Nürnberg (H) // FC Twente (H) // League VfB Stuttgart (A) // League Eintracht Frankfurt (H) // League FC Schalke (A) // (A) // League FC St. Pauli (H) // League VfL Wolfsburg (A) // FC Internazionale Milano (H) // League BV Borussia Dortmund (A) Pizarro, Hugo Almeida, Borowski, Marin Fritz, Frings (p), Pizarro 9 Frings (p) Rosenberg 9+, Pizarro Ex Frings (p), Arnautović, 9+, Hugo Almeida Pos. Clubs TSG 99 Hoffenheim. FSV Mainz Hamburger SV Hannover 9. FC Kaiserslautern BV Borussia Dortmund SC Freiburg Bayer Leverkusen VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach SV Werder Bremen FC Bayern München Eintracht Frankfurt FC St. Pauli. FC Köln. FC Nürnberg VfL Wolfsburg FC Schalke VfB Stuttgart Pld W D L GF GA Pts 9 9 Last updated /9/ ::CET Fixtures and results

14 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Date Competition Opponent // League Manchester City FC (H) D // BSC Young Boys (A) L // League Stoke City FC (A) W // BSC Young Boys (H) W // League Wigan Athletic FC (H) L /9/ League West Bromwich Albion FC (A) D /9/ SV Werder Bremen (A) /9/ League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (H) /9/ Cup Arsenal FC (H) /9/ League West Ham United FC (A) 9/9/ FC Twente (H) // League Aston Villa FC (H) // League Fulham FC (A) // FC Internazionale Milano (A) // League Everton FC (H) // League Manchester United FC (A) // FC Internazionale Milano (H) // League Bolton Wanderers FC (A) 9// League Sunderland AFC (H) // League Blackburn Rovers FC (H) // League Arsenal FC (A) // SV Werder Bremen (H) // League Liverpool FC (H) // League Birmingham City FC (A) // FC Twente (A) // League Chelsea FC (H) Bassong, Pavlyuchenko Bale 9, Crouch,, (p), Defoe Modrić Pos. 9 9 Clubs Chelsea FC Arsenal FC Manchester United FC Blackpool FC Birmingham City FC Fulham FC Aston Villa FC Manchester City FC Wolverhampton Wanderers FC Sunderland AFC Bolton Wanderers FC Liverpool FC Newcastle United FC Blackburn Rovers FC West Bromwich Albion FC Wigan Athletic FC Stoke City FC Everton FC West Ham United FC Pld W D L GF GA Pts Last updated /9/ ::CET Fixtures and results

15 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups SV Werder Bremen Playoffs (//) Bremen Sampdoria Goals: Fritz, Frings (pen), Pizarro 9, Pazzini 9 SV Werder Bremen: Wiese, Pasanen (Boenisch ), Borowski, Fritz, Hunt (Marin ), Prödl, Frings, Hugo Almeida (Arnautović 9), Pizarro, Mertesacker, Bargfrede (//) Sampdoria Bremen (agg: (aet)) Goals: Pazzini, Pazzini, Cassano, Rosenberg 9+, Pizarro Ex. SV Werder Bremen: Wiese, Pasanen (Boenisch 9), Borowski (Arnautović ), Fritz, Marin, Prödl, Wagner (Rosenberg ), Frings, Pizarro, Mertesacker, Bargfrede Playoffs (//) Young Boys Tottenham Goals: Lulić, Bienvenu, Hochstrasser, Bassong, Pavlyuchenko : Gomes, Bale, Pavlyuchenko, Palacios, Modrić (Kranjčar ), Dos Santos, Defoe (Keane ), Bassong, Dawson, Čorluka, AssouEkotto (Huddlestone ) (//) Tottenham Young Boys (agg: ) Goals: Crouch, Defoe, Crouch, Crouch (pen) : Gomes (Cudicini ), Bale (Kranjčar ), Huddlestone, Lennon, Palacios, Crouch, Defoe (Pavlyuchenko ), Dawson, Čorluka, King, AssouEkotto Last updated /9/ ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

16 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Group A Standings Club FC Twente FC Internazionale Milano SV Werder Bremen Pld W D L GF GA Pts Matchday (/9/) Bremen v Tottenham Matchday (9/9/) Tottenham v Twente Internazionale v Bremen Matchday (//) Internazionale v Tottenham Twente v Bremen Matchday (//) Tottenham v Internazionale Bremen v Twente Matchday (//) Tottenham v Bremen Matchday (//) Twente v Tottenham Bremen v Internazionale Last updated /9/ ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

17 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Competition facts UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders FC Internazionale Milano are looking 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 999/ and / that featured a second group stage). In 99/9, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. 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 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. Laurent Blanc is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged years and 9 days, having found the net for Manchester United FC in their defeat of Olympiacos on October. 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 99. He was then sent off in the th minute. Barcelona and Manchester United have both finished as group winners on occasions, one more than Milan and Real Madrid. Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (99/9), Paris SaintGermain FC (99/9), FC Spartak Moskva (99/9) and Barcelona (/, first group stage). Ten teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including Maccabi Haifa FC and Debreceni VSC in 9/. The other eight are: FC Dynamo Kyiv (/), PFC Levski Sofia (/), SK Rapid Wien (/), RSC Anderlecht (/), FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer Leverkusen (/, first and second group stage respectively), Fenerbahçe SK (/, first group stage) and. FC Košice (99/9). Manchester United scored goals in the 99/99 group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored 9 times in the 999/ first group stage. Debrecen conceded 9 goals in their six outings in 9/, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Dynamo Kyiv (/) and Ferencvárosi TC in 99/9. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (99/9), AFC Ajax (99/9), Juventus (99/9 and /), Chelsea FC (/), Liverpool FC (/) and Villarreal CF (/) all let in just one. Before their win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on Matchday of the / campaign, FC Spartak Moskva went games without a victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday 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 99/9, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer Leverkusen managed it in 999/ and Liverpool in /. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in /, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and Werder Bremen in /. Last updated /9/ ::CET Competition facts

18 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Team facts SV Werder Bremen Formed: 99 Nickname: Die Werderaner (The River Islanders) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (): 99 UEFA Cup: (9) UEFA Super Cup: (99) UEFA Intertoto Cup (): 99 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: () German Cup: (9) Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 9/: UEFA Europa League round of /9: UEFA Cup runnersup (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: UEFA Cup semifinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) /: round of /: round of /: UEFA Intertoto Cup semifinals /: UEFA Cup second round /: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round /: UEFA Cup third round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Bremen v FC Metalurh Donetsk //, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : FK Bodø/Glimt v Bremen /9/99, UEFA Cup first round first leg : Mjøndalen v Bremen /9/, UEFA Cup first round first leg : APOEL FC v Bremen //, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Bremen v FC Porto //9, UEFA Champions League group stage Heaviest away defeat : Olympique Lyonnais v Bremen //, UEFA Champions League first knockout round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Bremen v Panathinaikos FC //, group stage : Bremen v RSC Anderlecht //, group stage Biggest away win : PFC Levski Sofia v Bremen //, group stage Heaviest home defeat : Bremen v FC Porto (see above for details) Last updated /9/ ::CET Team facts

19 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Heaviest away defeat : Olympique Lyonnais v Bremen (see above for details) Last updated /9/ ::CET 9 Team facts

20 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Formed: Nickname: Spurs UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 9 UEFA Cup: 9, (9), 9 Domestic honours League title: (9) FA Cup: (99) League Cup: () Tenyear record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 9/: Did not compete in UEFA club competition /9: UEFA Cup round of /: UEFA Cup round of /: UEFA Cup quarterfinals /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition /: Did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win 9: Tottenham v Keflavík /9/, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : Drogheda United FC v Tottenham /9/, UEFA Cup first round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Tottenham v FC Luzern //9, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage Heaviest away defeat :. FC Köln v Tottenham //9, UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) Biggest home win N/A Biggest away win N/A Heaviest home defeat N/A Heaviest away defeat N/A Last updated /9/ ::CET Team facts

21 SV Werder Bremen Tuesday September.CET (. local time) Legend ALLTIME STATISTICS The alltime record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (9999), the UEFA Europa League, 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 World Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. : Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League 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 ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final : Group stage : First group stage : Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round PO rd: Third place playoff FT: Group stage Final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off 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 U9: UEFA Under9 Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number R: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal R: Second round and penalty shootout R: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty R: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played SF: Semifinals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position R: Round of Comp.: Competition Pts: Points R: Round of D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided on "Silver Goal" PO: Playoff GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of coin (R) : Replay gg: Match decided on "Golden Goal"W: Won PO FT: Playoff for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Prom/Rel PO: Promotion/RelegationN/a: Not applicable playoff (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: 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 /9/ ::CET Legend