UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

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1 UEFA CHAMPIONS EAGUE / SEASON FC Schalke Group B Matchday ednesday November.CET (. local time) Olympiacos FC Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Match facts... Squad list... Head coach... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups... Group Standings... Competition facts... Team facts... egend...

2 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions eague ate // Match Olympiacos FC FC Schalke Piraeus Abdoun ; Höwedes, Huntelaar FC Schalke Olympiacos FC Home Away Final Total FC Schalke Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions eague ate // // Match Panathinaikos FC FC Schalke FC Schalke Panathinaikos FC Athens Gelsenkirchen Olympiacos FC Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions eague ate // // UEFA Cup ate // Match Borussia ortmund Olympiacos FC Olympiacos FC Borussia ortmund Match UEFA Champions eague ate // // Olympiacos FC Hertha BSC Berlin Match UEFA Champions eague ate // // Olympiacos FC SV erder Bremen SV erder Bremen Olympiacos FC Match European Champion Clubs' Cup ate // // R R Bayer everkusen Olympiacos FC Olympiacos FC Bayer everkusen Match European Champion Clubs' Cup ate // // R R Olympiacos FC Hamburger SV Hamburger SV Olympiacos FC Match FC Bayern München Olympiacos FC Olympiacos FC FC Bayern München agg: agg: ortmund Piraeus Piraeus Piraeus Bremen everkusen Athens Athens Hamburg Munich Piraeus Olisadebe, Konstantinou Vlaović, Basinas Grosskreutz Holebas, jebbour, Modesto ; ewandowski udu, Galletti (p), Torossidis, iogo Stoltidis,, Kovačević Hugo Almeida ; Stoltidis, Patsatzoglou, Kovačević Juan, Schneider (p) Kleine (og), Giannakopoulos, P. jordjević, (p),, Zetterberg ; Eleftheropoulos (og), Schneider (p) Magath, Hrubesch, Rolff, Bastrup Von Heesen Hoeness, Rummenigge, Janzon (p) Galakos, Ahlström ; remmler,, Rummenigge, Kraus Record versus clubs from opponents' country ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

3 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) FC Schalke Olympiacos FC Home Away Final Total ast updated // ::CET Previous meetings

4 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Match background FC Schalke continued their impressive home record in the UEFA Champions eague with a stirring comeback against Arsenal FC and are again seeking to preserve their position at the top of Group B when they play host to Olympiacos FC. hen the teams met on the opening day in Piraeus, Schalke prevailed through KlaasJan Huntelaar's winner, the utchman also missing a penalty. Benedikt Höwedes had headed Huub Stevens' team ahead before the hosts equalised through jamel Abdoun. The German team were then held at home by Montpellier Hérault SC but on matchday three became the first foreign visitors to defeat Arsenal at home since, ending a game unbeaten streak with a victory. Schalke looked like suffering a similar fate when Arsenal established a twogoal lead in Gelsenkirchen last time out, but fought back for a draw. Olympiacos followed their first victory of the campaign away to Montpellier with a home triumph on matchday four, the same score by which they had gone down at Arsenal in their second match. Previous meetings This is the second successive season in which Olympiacos have faced German opposition in the group stage. Twelve months ago they lost away to Borussia ortmund, their fourth defeat in their five visits to Bundesliga opposition; they have failed to score in all those losses. Their only victory came in the / group stage when they won at SV erder Bremen, scoring three goals in the last minutes after falling behind in the first half. Match background Schalke are making their fifth UEFA Champions eague appearance and when they were last involved, in /, they recovered from a opening defeat at Olympique yonnais to win seven of their next nine fixtures, including all five at home, before bowing out in the semifinals against Manchester United FC. The German club have lost only two of their last home fixtures in the competition, qualifying included. Olympiacos are in their th participation in the UEFA Champions eague, and reached the round of in / and /. ast season a win at Olympique de Marseille followed away defeats at Arsenal () and Borussia ortmund () as they finished third in Group F. Team ties Kyriakos Papadopoulos played for Olympiacos from until. Aged years and days, he became the youngest player to appear in the Greek league against Atromitos FC on ecember. Papadopoulos plays with Vasilis Torossidis, José Holebas, Avraam Papadopoulos, imitrios Siovas, Giannis Maniatis, Kostas Mitroglou and Giannis Fetfatzidis for Greece. Ciprian Marica scored the second equaliser for FC Shakhtar onetsk in a home draw with Olympiacos in a UEFA Champions eague group stage fixture on September. Ibrahim Afellay scored once past halftime substitute Roy Carroll, his second of the game, in the Netherlands' win against Northern Ireland in a friendly on June. Huntelaar appeared off the bench for the utch. Teemu Pukki scored past Carroll as Finland and Northern Ireland drew in a friendly on August. Marko Pantelić and Marica were both on the scoresheet when Serbia beat Romania away and at home in qualifying matches for the FIFA orld Cup. Torossidis scored Greece's winner in a defeat of a Nigeria team including Chinedu Obasi in the orld Cup group stage. Mitroglou was brought up in Germany and started out with Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach while Holebas was born in Bavaria and began his career with TSV München. Pantelić was at Hertha BSC Berlin between and. Christian Fuchs scored his only international goal as Austria lost to Greece in November ; Torossidis, Avraam Papadopoulos and Fetfatzidis, a substitute, were in the opposition. Mitroglou scored in Greece's victory over Germany in the semifinals of the UEFA European Under Championship in Austria. Siovas was a substitute for Greece while Germany included Höwedes. ast updated // ::CET Match background

5 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Match facts Schalke UEFA Champions eague statistics ars Unnerstall, Benedikt Höwedes, Christian Fuchs and Roman Neustädter have played every minute of Schalke's group stage campaign. Joel Matip and Jermaine Jones will incur a suspension with their next bookings. International duty Twelve Schalke players were on senior duty during the recent international break: Höwedes, Julian raxler, Neustädter, ewis Holtby (Germany), Ibrahim Afellay, KlaasJan Huntelaar (Netherlands), Tranquillo Barnetta (Switzerland), Jones (United States), Ciprian Marica (Romania), Matip (Cameroon), Teemu Pukki (Finland) and Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Greece). Neustädter made his debut as a late substitute in Germany's goalless draw with the Netherlands last ednesday, when Höwedes, Holtby and raxler also featured. Huntelaar was an unused substitute for the hosts in Amsterdam, while Afellay was replaced just before the hour because of a thigh problem. Pukki created the first goal as Finland defeated Cyprus on the same evening, while Christoph Moritz captained Germany's U side in their draw with Turkey. Miscellaneous Papadopoulos was sent off on minutes as Schalke lost at Bayer everkusen on Saturday. Schalke will host. FSV Mainz in the German Cup third round on ecember. Atsuto Uchida (right thigh) and Marco Höger (sprained ankle) have not featured since matchday four. The Royal Blues will hold a winter training camp in Qatar from to January. Christoph Metzelder's first appearance since April was cut short by an adductor injury in the win against secondtier SV Sandhausen in the German Cup second round on October. He has not played since. At years, five days, raxler Schalke's youngest debutant at years, days in January became the youngest player to reach Bundesliga appearances in the defeat of. FSV Mainz on September. Olympiacos UEFA Champions eague statistics Olympiacos have scored goals in the European Cup, conceding. Giannis Maniatis, José Holebas and Kostas Manolas have played every minute of Olympiacos' group stage campaign. Holebas and Pablo Contreras will incur a suspension with their next bookings. International duty Six Olympiacos players were on senior international duty last week: Vassilis Torossidis, Maniatis, Kostas Mitroglou, Holebas (Greece), Paulo Machado (Portugal) and Roy Carroll (Northern Ireland). Holebas' first international goal earned Greece a friendly victory against the Republic of Ireland last ednesday. Called up for the first time, Manolas withdrew from the squad with a right calf injury. Charalambos ykogiannis was a substitute as Greece Unders drew at home with Austria. Miscellaneous Mitroglou has scored six goals in his last six club appearances. Holebas has scored four topflight goals in outings this term, one more than he managed in his first league appearances for the Red and hites. Giannis Fetfatzidis extended his contract until on November. Olympiacos equalled the best start to a season in the professional era of the Greek top flight nine wins and one draw, set by Panathinaikos FC in / when they triumphed at AEK Athens FC on November. Ariel Ibagaza (groin) and Tassos Papazoglou (dislocated shoulder) returned from over a month out at AEK. Avraam Papadopoulos will miss the group stage as he recovers from the left knee injury he suffered while playing for Greece in the opening match of UEFA EURO. ast updated // ::CET Match facts

6 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Squad list FC Schalke No. Player Goalkeepers Ralf Fährmann Timo Hildebrand ars Unnerstall Ferdinand Oswald efenders Sergio Escudero Benedikt Höwedes Kyriakos Papadopoulos Christoph Metzelder Atsuto Uchida Christian Fuchs Joel Matip Sead Kolasinac Midfielders ewis Holtby Ibrahim Afellay Marco Höger Jermaine Jones Tranquillo Barnetta Christoph Moritz Max Meyer Rene Klingenburg Julian raxler Roman Neustädter Manuel Torres Forwards Ciprian Marica Jefferson Farfán Chinedu Obasi Teemu Pukki KlaasJan Huntelaar Coach Huub Stevens Nat. ESP JPN AUT CMR NE USA SUI ESP ROU PER N FIN NE NE ob // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age * * QUA Gls Current season UC Gls eague Gls Alltime UC UEFA Gls Gls ast updated // ::CET Squad list

7 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Olympiacos FC No. Player Goalkeepers Roy Carroll Aristidis Vlachos Balázs Megyeri efenders Giannis Maniatis François Modesto Paulo Machado Tassos Papazoglou Pablo Contreras José Holebas Kostas Manolas Charalambos ykogiannis Vassilis Torossidis Midfielders Ariel Ibagaza jubomir Fejsa Giannis Fetfatzidis avid Fuster imitris Siovas rissa iakité eandro Greco Kostas Rougalas jamel Abdoun Forwards Marko Pantelić Rafik jebbour Kostas Mitroglou iogo Coach eonardo Jardim Nat. NIR HUN FRA POR CHI ARG SRB ESP MI ITA AG SRB AG BRA POR ob // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // Age * * QUA Gls Current season UC Gls eague Gls Alltime UC UEFA Gls Gls ast updated // ::CET Squad list

8 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Head coach FC Schalke : Huub Stevens ate of birth: November Nationality: utch Playing career: SC Fortuna Sittard, PSV Eindhoven Coaching career: Roda JC (twice), FC Schalke (twice), Hertha BSC Berlin,. FC Köln, Hamburger SV, PSV Eindhoven, FC Salzburg An uncompromising defender, Stevens left Fortuna Sittard for PSV in, winning three utch titles and the / UEFA Cup, also picking up caps for the Netherlands before retiring in. Initially head of PSV's youth department, Stevens took up his first head coach position with Roda in, finishing runnersup to AFC Ajax in /. ured to Schalke in October, he led the club to their first European trophy in his first season, winning the / UEFA Cup. Second place in the Bundesliga in represented the team's highest finish in years and they won the German Cup in the same season. Coached Hertha and won the second division title with Köln before heading home to rejoin Roda. Stevens returned to Germany with Hamburg in February, easing their relegation concerns, but was tempted back to another former club, PSV, in summer, his sixmonth reign ending with his resignation the following January. That summer he signed a twoyear contract with ambitious Salzburg; his side were unique in winning all six of their games in the inaugural UEFA Europa eague group stage. ismissed by Salzburg in April, having won the Austrian Bundesliga the previous season, he returned to Schalke five months later. Olympiacos FC: eonardo Jardim ate of birth: August Nationality: Portuguese Coaching career: A Camacha, G Chaves, SC BeiraMar, SC Braga, Olympiacos FC Played football at an amateur level during his youth and despite taking a passing interest in handball, it was always Jardim's intention to become a coach. As a result he studied physical education at the University of Madeira, and at became the youngest Portuguese coach to obtain a UEFA A licence. Three years later, in, appointed assistant coach at Madeiran club Camacha, where he impressed sufficiently to take charge of firstteam duties two years later. eft to join Chaves midway through /, masterminding rise to the second division months later. Also won promotion at BeiraMar after taking charge in summer and preserved their topflight status the following season before stepping down. Signed a threeyear contract when he succeeded omingos Paciência at Braga in but left after only one having guided the club to a thirdplaced finish, helped by a recordbreaking successive league wins at the turn of the year, and into the UEFA Europa eague round of. Confirmed as the new coach of Olympiacos in June, putting pen to paper on a twoyear contract, to become the fourth former Braga coach to work in Greece, after Carlos Carvalhal (Asteras Tripolis FC), Jesualdo Ferreira (Panathinaikos FC) and Manuel Machado (Aris Thessaloniki FC). ast updated // ::CET Head coach

9 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA elegate UEFA Referee observer Björn Kuipers (NE) Sander van Roekel (NE), Erwin Zeinstra (NE) Pol van Boekel (NE), Richard iesveld (NE) Angelo Boonman (NE) Campbell Ogilvie (SCO) Nuno Castro (POR) Referee Name Björn Kuipers ate of birth // UEFA Champions eague matches UEFA matches Björn Kuipers is following in the family trade as he continues to work his way up the refereeing ladder, with his father having also acted as an official in the Netherlands. Kuipers Jr earned his FIFA badge aged, in the year he took charge of the UEFA European Under Championship final between the Czech Republic and Russia. He stepped up to work as a fourth official in both the UEFA Champions eague and UEFA Cup the following season. A fourth official for four matches at the European U Championship, Kuipers who lives in the utch town of Oldenzaal with his wife and daughter, works as a supermarket director and counts mountain biking among his hobbies held the same role in five qualifying games for UEFA EURO. He was appointed as referee for four / UEFA Cup fixtures, and was back at the U tournament as a referee in, taking charge of four matches in Sweden including Germany's final defeat of England. Became a UEFA Champions eague regular the following season and continued his rise in /, taking charge the UEFA Europa eague semifinal first leg involving FC Porto and Villarreal CF. Started the following season by taking charge of the UEFA Super Cup in Monaco and in the middle for two group matches at UEFA EURO ; began / by taking charge of the prestigious Johan Cruyff Schaal for the second time. UEFA Champions eague matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match ate // // // Competition UC UC UC KO Home Vf olfsburg VfB Stuttgart FC Bayern München Away Manchester United FC FC Barcelona SSC Napoli Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match ate // // // // // // // // Competition U UCUP U UCUP UCUP U UCUP C QR QR R F R QR Home Germany Budapest Honvéd FC Greece FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Zenit St Petersburg Germany Villarreal CF Austria Away Serbia Hamburger SV Croatia Hertha BSC Berlin VfB Stuttgart England Bayer everkusen Germany olfsburg Stuttgart Munich uxembourg Budapest Athens Kharkiv St Petersburg Malmo Villarreal Vienna ast updated // ::CET Match officials

10 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results FC Schalke ate Competition Opponent // Cup. FC Saarbrücken (A) // eague Hannover (A) // eague FC Augsburg (H) // eague SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) // UC Olympiacos FC (A) // eague FC Bayern München (H) // eague. FSV Mainz (H) // eague Fortuna üsseldorf (A) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (H) // eague Vf olfsburg (H) // eague Borussia ortmund (A) // UC Arsenal FC (A) // eague. FC Nürnberg (H) // Cup SV Sandhausen (H) // eague TSG Hoffenheim (A) // UC Arsenal FC (H) // eague SV erder Bremen (H) // eague Bayer everkusen (A) // UC Olympiacos FC (H) // eague Eintracht Frankfurt (H) // eague Hamburger SV (A) // eague Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (A) // eague VfB Stuttgart (A) // eague SC Freiburg (H) // Cup. FSV Mainz (H) // eague Hannover (H) // eague FC Augsburg (A) // eague SpVgg Greuther Fürth (H) // eague FC Bayern München (A) // eague. FSV Mainz (A) // eague Fortuna üsseldorf (H) // eague Vf olfsburg (A) // eague Borussia ortmund (H) // eague. FC Nürnberg (A) // eague TSG Hoffenheim (H) // eague SV erder Bremen (A) // eague Bayer everkusen (H) K. Papadopoulos, raxler,, Marica, Huntelaar, Holtby K. Papadopoulos, Jones, Huntelaar raxler, Holtby Höwedes, Huntelaar Farfán (p), Holtby, Pukki Huntelaar, Matip raxler, Huntelaar (p) Farfán, Afellay, Neustädter Afellay, Höger Huntelaar, Afellay Farfán Afellay, Marica, Huntelaar Neustädter, Uchida Huntelaar +, Farfán Neustädter, raxler ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

11 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Pos. Clubs FC Bayern München FC Schalke Eintracht Frankfurt Borussia ortmund Bayer everkusen Hannover SV erder Bremen. FSV Mainz Hamburger SV SC Freiburg Vf Borussia Mönchengladbach VfB Stuttgart Vf olfsburg TSG Hoffenheim. FC Nürnberg Fortuna üsseldorf SpVgg Greuther Fürth FC Augsburg ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

12 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Olympiacos FC ate Competition Opponent // eague Veria FC (A) // eague evadiakos FC (H) // eague PAS Giannina FC (A) // UC FC Schalke (H) // eague Panthrakikos FC (H) // eague Atromitos FC (A) // UC Arsenal FC (A) // eague Asteras Tripolis FC (H) // eague Xanthi FC (H) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (A) // eague Aris Thessaloniki FC (A) // eague OFI Crete FC (H) // UC Montpellier Hérault SC (H) // eague AEK Athens FC (A) // eague Kerkyra FC (H) // UC FC Schalke (A) // eague PAOK FC (A) // Cup Panahaiki FC (H) // eague Platanias (H) // UC Arsenal FC (H) // eague Panathinaikos FC (A) // eague Panionios S (A) // Cup Panahaiki FC (A) // eague Veria FC (H) // eague evadiakos FC (A) // eague PAS Giannina FC (H) // eague Panthrakikos FC (A) // eague Atromitos FC (H) // eague Asteras Tripolis FC (A) // eague Xanthi FC (A) // eague Aris Thessaloniki FC (H) // eague OFI Crete FC (A) // eague AEK Athens FC (H) // eague Kerkyra FC (A) // eague PAOK FC (H) jebbour, Modesto Siovas, jebbour,, Maniatis Mitroglou, jebbour Abdoun jebbour,, Holebas, Skliopidis (og) avid Fuster Mitroglou + Holebas Manolas, Holebas, jebbour, Torossidis, Mitroglou + Abdoun (p), Holebas Mitroglou, Paulo Machado Paulo Machado, Greco, Mitroglou Abdoun (p), Mitroglou,, avid Fuster Mitroglou, Siovas Pos. Clubs Olympiacos FC PAOK FC Panionios S Asteras Tripolis FC Atromitos FC Panathinaikos FC* PAS Giannina FC OFI Crete FC evadiakos FC Platanias Kerkyra FC Panthrakikos FC Xanthi FC Aris Thessaloniki FC Veria FC AEK Athens FC *Panathinaikos FC have had points deducted ast updated // ::CET Fixtures and results

13 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups Group B Standings Club FC Schalke Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC Montpellier Hérault SC Matchday (//) Olympiacos Schalke Goals: Höwedes, Abdoun, Huntelaar Olympiacos FC: Megyeri, Maniatis, Modesto (Greco ), Paulo Machado, jebbour, Contreras, avid Fuster (Ibagaza ), Holebas, Manolas, Torossidis, Abdoun (Mitroglou ) FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby, Jones (Höger +), K. Papadopoulos, Farfán (raxler +), Fuchs, Huntelaar, Barnetta (Afellay ), Matip, Neustädter Matchday (//) Schalke Montpellier Goals: AïtFana, raxler, Huntelaar (pen), Camara FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby (Barnetta ), Höger, K. Papadopoulos, Pukki (Farfán ), Uchida, Fuchs, Huntelaar, raxler (Afellay ), Neustädter Arsenal Olympiacos Goals: Gervinho, Mitroglou +, Podolski, Ramsey + Olympiacos FC: Megyeri, Maniatis, Paulo Machado (Pantelić ), Mitroglou, Contreras, avid Fuster, Holebas, Siovas, Manolas, iakité (Ibagaza ), Greco (Abdoun ) Matchday (//) Arsenal Schalke Goals: Huntelaar, Afellay FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby (Barnetta ), Afellay, Höger (Jones ), Farfán, Uchida, Fuchs, Huntelaar (Marica ), Matip, Neustädter Montpellier Olympiacos Goals: Charbonnier, Torossidis, Mitroglou + Olympiacos FC: Carroll, Maniatis, Modesto, Paulo Machado, jebbour (Mitroglou ), Contreras, avid Fuster (ykogiannis ), Holebas, Manolas, Greco (Abdoun ), Torossidis Matchday (//) Schalke Arsenal Goals: alcott, Giroud, Huntelaar +, Farfán FC Schalke : Unnerstall, Höwedes, Holtby (Barnetta +), Afellay, Jones, Farfán, Uchida (Höger ), Fuchs, Huntelaar, Matip, Neustädter Olympiacos Montpellier Goals: Paulo Machado, Belhanda (pen), Greco, Mitroglou Olympiacos FC: Carroll, Maniatis, Modesto (avid Fuster ), Paulo Machado (Fejsa ), Mitroglou (ykogiannis +), Holebas, Siovas, Manolas, Greco, Torossidis, Abdoun Matchday (//) Schalke v Olympiacos Matchday (//) Montpellier v Schalke Olympiacos v Arsenal ast updated // ::CET Matchbymatch lineups

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

15 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Group G Club FC Barcelona Celtic FC S Benfica FC Spartak Moskva // // FC Spartak Moskva S Benfica FC Barcelona Celtic FC Moscow isbon Group H Club Manchester United FC Galatasaray AŞ CFR Cluj SC Braga // // Galatasaray AŞ CFR Cluj Manchester United FC SC Braga Istanbul ClujNapoca ast updated // ::CET Group Standings

16 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.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 (, ), Juventus (, ) 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 (/), Juventus (/ 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 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 eague on home soil: Borussia ortmund (, final in Munich) and Juventus (, 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 Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Team facts FC Schalke Formed: Nickname: S, ie Königsblauen (The Royal Blues), ie Knappen (The Miners) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) UEFA Cup: UEFA Intertoto Cup:, omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) eague title: () German Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions eague unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa eague quarterfinals /: semifinals /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round) /: quarterfinals /: UEFA Cup first round /: UEFA Cup semifinals (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: UEFA Cup round of (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: UEFA Cup second round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) /: UEFA Cup third round Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Schalke v HJK Helsinki //, UEFA Europa eague playoff second leg : Schalke v FK Vardar //, UEFA Intertoto Cup third round first leg Biggest away win : AEK arnaca FC v Schalke //, UEFA Europa eague group stage Heaviest home defeat : Schalke v isla Kraków //, UEFA Cup third round second leg Heaviest away defeat : Manchester City FC v Schalke //, UEFA Cup inners' Cup semifinal second leg : Club Atlético de Madrid v Schalke //, UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round second leg UEFA Champions eague (group stage to final only) Biggest home win twice, most recently v Olympique yonnais //, group stage Biggest away win : RC Mallorca v Schalke //, first group stage Heaviest home defeat twice, most recently v Manchester United FC //, semifinal first leg Heaviest away defeat : Manchester United FC v Schalke //, semifinal second leg ast updated // ::CET Team facts

18 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.CET (. local time) Olympiacos FC Formed: Nickname: Erythrolefki (Red and hites), Thrylos (egend) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) None omestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) eague title: () Greek Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions eague unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa eague round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: UEFA Europa eague third qualifying round /: round of /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague third qualifying round) /: round of /: group stage /: group stage /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions eague group stage) /: group stage /: first group stage Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Olympiacos v KS Besa //, UEFA Europa eague second qualifying round second leg twice, most recently v FC Nordsjælland //, UEFA Cup first round second leg Biggest away win : KS Besa v Olympiacos //, UEFA Europa eague second qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Olympiacos v Hamburger SV //, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round second leg Heaviest away defeat : Juventus v Olympiacos //, UEFA Champions eague group stage UEFA Champions eague (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Olympiacos v Bayer everkusen //, first group stage Biggest away win : SV erder Bremen v Olympiacos //, group stage Heaviest home defeat : Olympiacos v Olympique yonnais //, group stage Heaviest away defeat : Juventus v Olympiacos (see above for details) ast updated // ::CET Team facts

19 FC Schalke Olympiacos FC ednesday November.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 (). Matches in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club orld Cup is excluded. :: Match 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. 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 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): 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.: : 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 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