UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE / SEASON Playoffs, first leg Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Contents Previous meetings... Match background... Squad list... Match officials... Fixtures and results... Matchbymatch lineups...9 Team facts... Competition format... Legend...
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Previous meetings Head to Head None Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions Date Stage Match Result Venue //9 GS Galatasaray AŞ Istanbul //9 GS Galatasaray AŞ Moscow Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions Date Stage Match Result Venue // GS PFC CSKA Moskva Istanbul // GS PFC CSKA Moskva Moscow Goalscorers Arslan ; Onopko, Karpin Goalscorers Alex, Boral +, 9; Edu Dracena (og) Krasić, Vágner Love (p); Alex 9, Deivid Record versus clubs from opponents' country Pld Home W D L Pld Away W D L Pld Final W D L Pld W Total D L GF GA Last updated // ::CET Previous meetings
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Match background FC Spartak Mosvka are looking to make amends for the events of months ago when they kick off their UEFA Champions playoff tie against at the Luzhniki Stadium. Spartak crashed out of the / UEFA Europa playoffs after following up a away draw with a home defeat against Legia Warszawa. Fenerbahçe are back in Europe after a oneseason absence, looking to improve on their / showing, which saw them lose out to BSC Young Boys in the UEFA Champions third qualifying round and then PAOK FC in the UEFA Europa playoffs. Match background In this first meeting of two clubs who were runnersup in their respective leagues, Spartak are looking to advance to an th UEFA Champions campaign. Fenerbahçe are seeking their first involvement since /9 and seventh in total, and can take heart from having beaten SC Vaslui overall in the third qualifying round. Although Spartak appeared in the / UEFA Champions, they have lost their last two qualifying ties for the group stage, going down on aggregate to FC Dynamo Kyiv in /9 and on penalties to Celtic FC in / after a draw. On each occasion they failed to win their home leg. Their overall record in ties at this final stage of UEFA Champions qualification is W L. Fenerbahçe's record in their six ties at this stage is W L and they have won on their last two attempts beating FK Partizan ( agg) in /9 and RSC Anderlecht ( agg) in /. Spartak's only previous meetings with Turkish opposition saw them draw away and then win at home against Galatasaray AŞ in the 99/9 UEFA Champions group stage. Valeri Karpin, now Spartak's general manager, hit the winner that latter fixture. Fenerbahçe's only previous encounter with Russian opponents saw them beat PFC CSKA Moskva at home in December to reach the UEFA Champions knockout stage for the first time, following a firstleg draw in their first meeting. That draw in Moscow saw Miloš Krasić score against Fenerbahçe, who he joined from Juventus this summer, while another future Fenerbahçe winger, Caner Erkin, featured for the Army Men in the second leg. Still at Fenerbahçe, Alex opened the scoring for the club in both legs of that CSKA tie. Team ties In his time as Valencia CF coach, Spartak boss Unai Emery oversaw (away) and (home) wins over another Turkish side, Bursaspor, in the / UEFA Champions group stage. Emery's team at Mestalla included Mehmet Topal, who joined Fenerbahçe this summer. Spartak's Diniyar Bilyaletdinov played alongside Fenerbahçe's Joseph Yobo at Everton FC in 9/ and has faced the Yellow Canaries' Dirk Kuyt several times in Merseyside derbies against Kuyt's Liverpool FC and in internationals against the Netherlands, including Russia's victory in the UEFA EURO quarterfinals. Fenerbahçe's Kuyt and Spartak's Demy de Zeeuw (Netherlands) are international teammates, as are Fenerbahçe's Yobo and Spartak's Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria). Emenike joined Spartak from Fenerbahçe in the summer of having not played a competitive game for the Istanbul club in a twomonth spell after arriving from Karabükspor in May of that year. Spartak's De Zeeuw scored past Volkan Demirel when his AZ Alkmaar team drew at Fenerbahçe en route to a aggregate draw and away goals victory in the / UEFA Cup round of. Alex and Semih Şentürk also featured for Fenerbahçe. Spartak's Kim Källström and Fenerbahçe's Kuyt each scored in Sweden's UEFA EURO qualifying win over the Netherlands last October, while the Swede's Olympique Lyonnais side took four points off Kuyt's Liverpool in the 9/ UEFA Champions group stage. Fenerbahçe's Moussa Sow a onetime colleague of Spartak's Källström at Stade Rennais FC scored home and away for LOSC Lille Métropole against CSKA in the / UEFA Champions group stage, including in a victory in Moscow. Fenerbahçe's Miroslav Stoch struck Slovakia's goal in a UEFA EURO qualifying success against a Russia side including Spartak's Bilyaletdinov as a substitute in Moscow in September. Last updated // ::CET Match background
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Squad list No. Player Goalkeepers Sergei Pesyakov Andriy Dykan Artem Rebrov Defenders Juan Manuel Insaurralde Sergei Bryzgalov Nicolas Pareja Kirill Kombarov Sergei Parshivlyuk Marek Suchý Ilya Kutepov Evgeni Makeev Soslan Gatagov Aleksandr Putsko Midfielders Emin Makhmudov Rafael Carioca Aiden McGeady Demy de Zeeuw Kim Källström Dmitri Kombarov Diniyar Bilyaletdinov Aleksandr Zotov Romulo 9 Jano Ananidze Dmitri Kayumov Forwards 9 Ari Artem Dzyuba Welliton Pavel Yakovlev 9 Emmanuel Emenike Vladimir Obukhov Coach Unai Emery Nat. ARG ARG CZE BRA IRL NED SWE BRA GEO BRA BRA NGA ESP DoB // // // // //9 9// // //9 9// 9//9 //9 9/9/9 //9 //9 //9 // // // // // //9 9/9/9 //9 //9 // // // //9 // //9 // Age 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 D QUAL Pld Gls Current season UCL Pld Gls Pld Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls 9 9 Last updated // ::CET Squad list
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) No. Player Goalkeepers Volkan Demirel Mert Günok Serkan Kırıntılı Defenders Egemen Korkmaz Hasan Ali Kaldırım Bekir İrtegün Joseph Yobo Özgür Çek Orhan Şam Gökhan Gönül Midfielders Mehmet Topal Alex Cristian Selçuk Şahin Miloš Krasić Mehmet Topuz Salih Uçan Serdar Kesimal Caner Erkin Forwards Moussa Sow 9 Miroslav Stoch Dirk Kuyt Henri Bienvenu Semih Şentürk Coach Aykut Kocaman Nat. NGA BRA BRA SRB SEN SVK NED CMR DoB // //9 // // 9//9 // /9/ //9 // // // /9/ // // // /9/ //9 //9 // 9// 9//9 // // 9// // Age 9 9 9 D QUAL Pld Gls Current season UCL Pld Gls Pld Gls Alltime UCL UEFA Pld Gls Pld Gls 9 9 9 Last updated // ::CET Squad list
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Match officials Referee Assistant referees Additional assistant referees Fourth official UEFA Delegate UEFA Referee observer Martin Atkinson (ENG) Peter Kirkup (ENG), Stuart Burt (ENG) Michael Oliver (ENG), Michael Jones (ENG) Stephen Child (ENG) Rudolf Zavrl (SVN) Andreas Schluchter (SUI) Referee Name Martin Atkinson Date of birth //9 UEFA Champions matches UEFA matches UEFA Champions matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date // // // Competition UCL UCL UCL Stage QR GS GS Home MTK Budapest FC Rubin Kazan Trabzonspor AŞ Away FC København FC Internazionale Milano Result Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date // // // 9//9 // // Competition EURO U UCUP UCUP UCUP EURO Stage QR QR GS R R QR Home Moldova Czech Republic SL Benfica FC Zenit St Petersburg Turkey Away Turkey Turkey Galatasaray AŞ Udinese Calcio AFC Ajax Germany Result Venue Budapest Kazan Trabzon Venue Chisinau Jablonec nad Nisou Lisbon St Petersburg Moscow Istanbul Last updated // ::CET Match officials
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Fixtures and results Date Competition Opponent Result // FC Alania Vladikavkaz (A) W 9// FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (H) W // FC Dinamo Moskva (A) W // FC Zenit St Petersburg (A) L // FC Rubin Kazan (H) W // // 9// /9/ /9/ /9/ 9/9/ // // // // // // // // // // 9// // // UCL UCL (H) FC Terek Grozny (A) (A) FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H) FC Kuban Krasnodar (A) FC Rostov (H) FC Amkar Perm (A) PFC CSKA Moskva (H) FC Anzhi Makhachkala (A) FC Mordovia Saransk (H) PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (A) FC Krasnodar (H) FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod (A) FC Dinamo Moskva (H) FC Zenit St Petersburg (H) FC Rubin Kazan (A) FC Terek Grozny (H) FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A) FC Kuban Krasnodar (H) FC Rostov (A) Goalscorers Emenike, Grigoriev (og) McGeady 9, D. Kombarov 9+ (p) Bilyaletdinov, Pareja 9, Ananidze, Rafael Carioca 9+ Romulo, D. Kombarov (p) Pos. 9 Clubs FC Zenit St Petersburg FC Lokomotiv Moskva FC Terek Grozny FC Rubin Kazan PFC CSKA Moskva FC Anzhi Makhachkala FC Amkar Perm FC Alania Vladikavkaz FC Krasnodar PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Mordovia Saransk FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod FC Rostov FC Dinamo Moskva Pld W D L GF 9 GA Pts 9 9 Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Date Competition Opponent Result // UCL SC Vaslui (H) D // UCL SC Vaslui (A) W // Elazığspor (A) D // UCL (A) // Gaziantepspor (H) 9// UCL (H) /9/ Sivasspor (A) /9/ Mersin İdman Yurdu (H) /9/ Trabzonspor AŞ (H) 9/9/ Kasımpaşa SK (A) // Beşiktaş JK (H) // Bursaspor (A) // Antalyaspor (H) // Akhisar Belediyespor (A) // Orduspor (H) // Eskişehirspor (A) // Gençlerbirliği SK (H) // Kayserispor (A) // İstanbul BB SK (H) // Galatasaray AŞ (A) // Kardemir Karabükspor (H) 9// Elazığspor (H) // Gaziantepspor (A) Goalscorers Bekir İrtegün 9 Caner Erkin, Kuyt,, Sow 9+ Kuyt Pos. 9 Clubs Gençlerbirliği SK Galatasaray AŞ Akhisar Belediyespor Bursaspor Sivasspor Beşiktaş JK Elazığspor İstanbul BB SK Kardemir Karabükspor Trabzonspor AŞ Mersin İdman Yurdu Orduspor Kasımpaşa SK Eskişehirspor Gaziantepspor Kayserispor Antalyaspor Pld W D L GF GA Pts Last updated // ::CET Fixtures and results
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Matchbymatch lineups Playoffs (//) Spartak Moskva v Fenerbahçe (9//) Fenerbahçe v Spartak Moskva Third qualifying round (//) Fenerbahçe Vaslui Goals: Antal, Bekir İrtegün 9 : Volkan Demirel, Egemen Korkmaz, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Bekir İrtegün, Mehmet Topal (Sow 9), Stoch (Caner Erkin ), Alex, Kuyt, Cristian, Semih Şentürk (Mehmet Topuz ), Gökhan Gönül (//) Vaslui Fenerbahçe (agg: ) Goals: Caner Erkin, M.Niculae, Kuyt, Kuyt, Sow 9+ : Volkan Demirel, Egemen Korkmaz, Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Bekir İrtegün, Alex (Mehmet Topal ), Kuyt (Sow ), Cristian, Selçuk Şahin, Mehmet Topuz, Gökhan Gönül, Caner Erkin (Stoch ) Playoffs (//) Spartak Moskva v Fenerbahçe (9//) Fenerbahçe v Spartak Moskva Last updated // ::CET 9 Matchbymatch lineups
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Team facts Formed: 9 Nickname: Narodnaya Komanda (The People's Club) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Domestic cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: UEFA Europa playoffs /: UEFA Europa quarterfinals 9/: did not take part in UEFA club competition /9: UEFA Cup group stage (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: UEFA Cup round of /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions group stage) /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Intertoto Cup third round /: UEFA Cup third round /: first group stage Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Spartak v BK Häcken /9/, UEFA Cup first round first leg Biggest away win on four occasions, most recently v PFC Litex Lovech //9, UEFA Champions second qualifying round first leg Heaviest home defeat : Spartak v FC Porto //, UEFA Europa quarterfinal second leg : Spartak v FC Dynamo Kyiv //, UEFA Champions third qualifying round first leg on four occasions, most recently v Olympique de Marseille //, UEFA Champions group stage Heaviest away defeat : Liverpool FC v Spartak //, UEFA Champions first group stage UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win twice, most recently v Arsenal FC //, second group stage twice, most recently v MŠK Žilina /9/, group stage Biggest away win : Sporting Clube de Portugal v Spartak //, first group stage Heaviest home defeat : Spartak v Olympique de Marseille (see above for details) : Spartak v Valencia CF /9/, first group stage : Spartak v FC Bayern München Last updated // ::CET Team facts
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) //, second group stage Heaviest away defeat : Liverpool FC v Spartak (see above for details) Last updated // ::CET Team facts
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Formed: 9 Nickname: Sarı Kanaryalar (Yellow Canaries) UEFA club competition honours (runnersup in brackets) none Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) title: () Turkish Cup: () Tenyear European record (UEFA Champions unless indicated otherwise) /: did not take part in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Europa playoff round (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) 9/: UEFA Europa round of /9: group stage /: quarterfinals /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) /: group stage /: UEFA Cup round of (having transferred from UEFA Champions group stage) /: did not compete in UEFA club competition /: UEFA Cup second round (having transferred from UEFA Champions third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition Biggest home win : Fenerbahçe v PFK Turan Tovuz 9//9, UEFA Cup preliminary round first leg Biggest away win : B Tórshavn v Fenerbahçe //, UEFA Champions second qualifying round second leg : MTK Budapest v Fenerbahçe //, UEFA Champions second qualifying round second leg Heaviest home defeat : Fenerbahçe v AS Cannes /9/9, UEFA Cup first round second leg : Fenerbahçe v AC Milan //, UEFA Champions group stage : Fenerbahçe v FC Carl Zeiss Jena /9/, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg Heaviest away defeat : SL Benfica v Fenerbahçe /9/, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg UEFA Champions (group stage to final only) Biggest home win : Fenerbahçe v Manchester United FC //, group stage : Fenerbahçe v PSV Eindhoven /9/, group stage Biggest away win : AC Sparta Praha v Fenerbahçe //, group stage : Manchester United v Fenerbahçe //9, group stage Heaviest defeat : Fenerbahçe v AC Milan (see above for details) Heaviest away defeat Last updated // ::CET Team facts
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) : Manchester United v Fenerbahçe /9/, group stage Last updated // ::CET Team facts
Tuesday August.CET (. local time) Competition format Qualifying In matches in the three qualifying rounds and the playoff stage, clubs play two matches against each other on a homeandaway basis. The club which scores the greater aggregate of goals qualifies for the next round, with away goals and then penalties used to determine the winner in the event of a draw. Group stage The ten winners in the playoff round ties five from the bestplaced path and five from the champions path join automatic entrants in the team group stage. The clubs are split into eight groups of four teams, who play home and away against each of their pool opponents between September and December to decide which two teams from each section advance to the first knockout round. The thirdplace finishers in each group enter the UEFA Europa round of. Knockout phase From the last until the semifinals, clubs play two matches against each other on a homeandaway basis with the same rules as the qualifying and playoff rounds applied. In the last, group winners play runnersup other than teams from their own pool or nation, while from the quarterfinals on the draw is free. Final The final is decided by a single match, which this season will be played at Wembley Stadium on Saturday May. Further details, including the criteria for separating teams that finish level on points in a group, can be found in the official competition regulations. Draw schedule Time, date.cet, //.CET, //.CET, //.CET, //.CET, //.CET, // Match calendar Stage First qualifying round, st leg First qualifying round, nd leg Second qualifying round, st leg Second qualifying round, nd leg Third qualifying round, st leg Third qualifying round, nd leg Playoff, st leg Playoff, nd leg Group stage, Matchday Group stage, Matchday Group stage, Matchday Group stage, Matchday Group stage, Matchday Group stage, Matchday Round of, st leg Round of, nd leg Quarterfinals, st leg Quarterfinals, nd leg Semifinals, st leg Semifinals, nd leg Final (Wembley Stadium) Location Nyon Nyon Nyon Monaco Nyon Nyon Dates // // // // /// /// // 9// 9/9/ // // // // // // & 9// // & // // 9// // /// // Draw details First and second qualifying rounds Third qualifying round Playoffs Group stage Round of Quarterfinals, semifinals, final Last updated // ::CET Competition format
Tuesday August.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, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (9999), the UEFA Europa, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (9to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (9). Matches in the InterCities Fairs Cup and the 9 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions from 99/9 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions /UEFA Champions Tournament: UEFA Europa /UEFA Champions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: InterCities Fairs Cup :: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS: First group stage GS: Second group stage KO: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarterfinals QR: Qualifying round QR: First qualifying round QR: Second qualifying round FT: Final tournament ELITE: Elite round rdpo: Thirdplace playoff GSFT: Group stage final tournament :: Statistics () : Denotes player substituted (*) : Denotes player sent off QR: Third qualifying round R: First round R: Second round R: Third round R: Fourth round SF: Semifinals R: round of R: Round of st: first leg nd: second leg PO: Playoff (Rep) : Replay PO FT: Playoff for Final Tournament Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation playoff National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UFRIE: Under friendly internationals U: UEFA European Under Championship U: UEFA Under Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship U9: UEFA Under9 Championship U: UEFA European Under Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Other abbreviations (aet): Match decided after extra timeno.: Number aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal and penalty shootout ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won L: Lost Y: Booked Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) N/a: Not applicable (+) : Denotes player introduced (+/) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances in the qualifying rounds and playoffs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions from 99/9 season, group stage to final only UEFA: Alltime total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: 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 www.uefa.com. Last updated // ::CET Legend