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All that remains for Hamburger SV as their second UEFA Champions League campaign limps towards a conclusionis to try and gain their first points in Group G. They were assured of finishing in last place after Matchday 4 so thereal significance of this game lies in whether PFC CSKA Moskva can overcome recent disappointment and securethe victory which could book them a first-ever qualifying place.

• CSKA were handily placed before the last round of fixtures, in possession of a one-point advantage over both ArsenalFC and FC Porto. However, a 2-0 home defeat by Porto promises to be very costly because even a win at the ArenaHamburg might see them left to fight a UEFA Cup campaign if the game between Porto and Arsenal ends in a draw.In that event all three teams would finish with eleven points (and on five points each when results between the threeare taken into account) and the goal difference in the matches involved would give Arsenal top spot with Porto second.Valeri Gazzaev's side must look to triumph in Germany and then pray there is a winner at the Estádio do Dragão.

• Porto went through to the knockout rounds at CSKA's expense in 2004/05 and on 21 November put themselves inline to repeat the feat after goals in each half from Ricardo Quaresma and captain Lucho González gave them a thirdsuccessive victory. CSKA, in contrast, suffered defeat for the first time in the section.

Late goals• In London, Hamburg slid to their fifth successive defeat though for a time they harboured hopes of a surprise victoryas they held the upper hand at Arsenal thanks to Rafael van der Vaart's second UEFA Champions League goal inas many games. Robin van Persie equalised (52) before Emmanuel Eboué and Julio Baptista finally put paid to theresistance of Thomas Doll's side in the final seven minutes.

• Hamburg have actually scored more goals than CSKA - four against two - but the Russian champions' meagrescoring tally need not necessarily be an impediment to their hopes of making progress. Teams have qualified beforewithout a rush of goals: Villarreal CF last season and AS Roma in the 2002/03 first group stage both advanced to thenext phase with just three goals, the Spanish club going on to reach the semi-finals.

Improved form• After losing at home to Arsenal, Hamburg travelled to Moscow on Matchday 2 hoping to show improved form.However, their challenge foundered on Dudu's 59th-minute header which gave CSKA only their second home win inthe UEFA Champions League proper. Their previous two campaigns had brought just one win in six home games.

• Before that game the teams had never met in UEFA club competition and it was CSKA's first-ever fixture againstGerman opposition. Hamburg had met a team from Russia on one previous occasion - the 1996/97 UEFA Cup whenunder the guidance of current FC Bayern München coach Felix Magath, they played a second-round tie against FCSpartak Moskva, winning 3-0 at home before drawing 2-2 in the Russian capital.

• Hamburg are looking to avoid becoming the only the second German club to fail to register a point in the UEFAChampions League, although Bayer 04 Leverkusen's came in the second group stage in 2002/03. SK Rapid Wien(05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskva (02/03), Fenerbahçe SK (01/02) and 1. FC Košice (97/98) arethe five other teams which failed to register a group stage point.

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Hamburger SV v PFC CSKA MoskvaMATCH PRESS KITArena Hamburg, HamburgWednesday, 6 December 2006 - 20:45CETGroup G - Matchday 6

Team facts

Hamburger SV

UEFA club competition milestones• Hamburg's greatest achievement came in the 1982/83 season when they were crowned champions of Europe witha 1-0 win against Juventus - Felix Magath scoring the only goal in Athens after just seven minutes. Three seasonsearlier they were beaten finalists, losing by a solitary goal against Nottingham Forest FC in Madrid.

• A golden era, the 1981/82 season also saw them reach the UEFA Cup final, where they were runners-up againstIFK Göteborg 4-0 over two legs. While success in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup saw Hamburg as runners-up to ACMilan in 1967/68 and winners in 1976/77 when late goals from Georg Volkert and Magath guided them to a 2-0 win.

UEFA club competition honours• European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1982/83• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1976/77• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005

Ten-year record (including current season)• This season has seen Hamburg return to the UEFA Champions League for the first time in six years. They reachedthis stage after a third qualifying round victory against CA Osasuna, the German side advancing on away goalsfollowing a 1-1 second leg draw in Spain, the only goals scored in the tie.

1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1998/99: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1999/00: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2000/01: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, first group stage)2001/02: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2002/03: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2003/04: UEFA Cup - first round2004/05: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2005/06: UEFA Cup - round of 162006/07: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2005/06 seasonDomestic record: After being championship contenders for much of the season Hamburg finished third in theBundesliga, seven points behind champions FC Bayern München. Ending with the best defensive record of all 18clubs, it was enough to earn them a place in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

European record: A 2-1 aggregate win against FC København in the UEFA Cup first round was followed by asecond-place finish in the group stage where Hamburg won three of four fixtures. They then earned a round of 322-1 victory against FC Thun but the run ended with a last-16 defeat by AFC Rapid Bucuresti on away goals.

Key facts• Hamburg have played 185 matches in UEFA club competition. They have won 92 games, drawn 37 and lost 56,scoring 324 and conceding 218.

• The German club have featured in 42 games in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. They have won 18, drawn nineand lost 15, scoring 69 goals and conceding 54. In the UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only), Hamburghave won one, drawn three, lost seven, with 13 goals scored and 22 conceded.

RecordsUEFA club competition


Hamburger SV v PFC CSKA MoskvaMATCH PRESS KIT

• Biggest win8-0: Hamburger SV v CSC Steagul Rosu Brasov23.10.1974, 1974/75 UEFA Cup, second round, first leg

• Biggest home win8-0: Hamburger SV v CSC Steagul Rosu Brasov (see above for details)

• Biggest away win0-5: FC Avenir Beggen v Hamburger SV15.09.1987, 1987/88 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, first round, first leg0-5: BSC Young Boys v Hamburger SV02.11.1960, 1960/61 European Champion Clubs' Cup, first round, first leg

• Heaviest defeat6-0: Liverpool FC v Hamburger SV06.12.1977, 1977 UEFA Super Cup, second leg

• Heaviest home defeat0-5: Hamburger SV v AS Saint-Etienne26.11.1980, 1980/81 UEFA Cup, third round, first leg

• Heaviest away defeat6-0: Liverpool FC v Hamburger SV (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win1-3: Juventus v Hamburger SV24.10.2000, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League, first group stage

• Biggest home winNo home victories recorded to date in the competition

• Biggest away win1-3: Juventus v Hamburger SV (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat4-1: FC Porto v Hamburger SV17.10.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Heaviest home defeat1-3: Hamburger SV v FC Porto01.11.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Heaviest away defeat4-1: FC Porto v Hamburger SV (see above for details)

Last updated: 24 November 2006

PFC CSKA Moskva



UEFA club competition milestones• CSKA became the first Russian side to win a UEFA club competition when they lifted the UEFA Cup in May 2005with a 3-1 victory in Lisbon against Sporting Clube de Portugal. They missed out on the chance to win the subsequentUEFA Super Cup with a 3-1 defeat by Liverpool FC in August 2005.

• The club have competed in the European Champion Clubs' Cup on six separate occasions with two other group-stagecampaigns coming under the auspices of the UEFA Champions League in 1992/93 and 2004/05 before this season.

UEFA club competition honours• UEFA Cup: 2004/05

Ten-year record (including current season)• CSKA return to the UEFA Champions League for the second time in three seasons after comfortably disposing ofMFK Ružomberok in qualifying. They failed to shine in the 2004/05 campaign in their last appearance in the competition,but went on to win the UEFA Cup.

1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1998/99: Did not compete in UEFA club competition1999/00: UEFA Champions League - second qualifying round2000/01: UEFA Cup - first round2001/02: Did not compete in UEFA club competition2002/03: UEFA Cup - first round2003/04: UEFA Champions League - second qualifying round2004/05: UEFA Cup - winners (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, group stage)2005/06: UEFA Cup - group stage2006/07: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2005/06 seasonDomestic record: In the 2005 Russian season, CSKA won the title by six points from capital rivals FC Spartak Moskvaand FC Lokomotiv Moskva. It was their second success in three years, having failed to win the championship in thefirst eleven seasons after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

European record: The UEFA Cup holders failed to hit the highs of the previous campaign in the same competition.After coming through the first round with a 6-2 aggregate defeat of FC Midtjylland, they struggled in the group stage.They won just one of their four games, a 2-1 home victory against PFC Levski Sofia, and their only other point camein a 0-0 draw at SC Heerenveen. Defeats at home by Olympique de Marseille (2-1) and away at FC Dinamo 1948Bucuresti (1-0) at the start and end of their campaign helped consign CSKA to last place.

Key facts• CSKA have played 35 matches in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, winning 14,drawing ten and losing eleven. They have scored 37 goals and conceded 35. In the UEFA Champions League (groupstage to final only), CSKA's record reads: played 17, won four, drawn five and lost eight with nine goals scored and18 conceded.

• In total, CSKA have played 65 UEFA club competition games, winning 27, drawing 17 and losing 21. They havescored 80 goals and conceded 64.

RecordsUEFA club competition• Biggest win4-0: PFC CSKA Moskva v AJ Auxerre07.04.2005, 2004/05 UEFA Cup, quarter-finals, first leg



• Biggest home win4-0: PFC CSKA Moskva v AJ Auxerre (see above for details)

• Biggest away win1-3: FC Midtjylland v PFC CSKA Moskva29.09.2005, 2005/06 UEFA Cup, first round, second leg1-3: Sporting Clube de Portugal v PFC CSKA Moskva18.05.2005, 2004/05 UEFA Cup, final (neutral venue)1-3: Paris Saint-Germain FC v PFC CSKA Moskva07.12.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage0-2: ÍA Akranes v PFC CSKA Moskva06.08.1996, 1996/97 UEFA Cup, qualifying round, first leg

• Heaviest defeat6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva17.03.1993, 1992/93 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: PFC CSKA Moskva v FC Porto21.11.2006, 2006/07 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Heaviest away defeat6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only)• Biggest win1-3: Paris Saint-Germain FC v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details)2-0: PFC CSKA Moskva v Paris Saint-Germain FC29.09.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Biggest home win2-0: PFC CSKA Moskva v Paris Saint-Germain FC (see above for details)

• Biggest away win1-3: Paris Saint-Germain FC v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat0-2: PFC CSKA Moskva v FC Porto (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (see above for details)

Last updated: 24 November 2006



Match facts

Hamburg

• Three Hamburg players have featured in all seven UEFA Champions League matches to date, including qualifying:Mehdi Mahdavikia, Piotr Trochowski and Boubacar Sanogo. In addition, Joris Mathijsen and Danijel Ljubojahave appeared in the first five Group G games. Of those five, Mathijsen and Sanogo have played all 450 minutes inthe group stage so far.

• Nigel de Jong is Hamburg's most experienced player with 29 UEFA Champions League matches to his name, allbut three of which came for his former club AFC Ajax.

• In terms of UEFA club competition Raphael Wicky has appeared 66 times, 18 more than his nearest team-mate,Rafael van der Vaart. The Swiss international's appearance against Arsenal FC on Matchday 1 was, however, hisUEFA Champions League debut.

• Although Wicky is the only Hamburg player to have passed the 50-match mark in UEFA competition, Van der Vaartis closing in on that landmark; the Dutch international has featured in Europe 48 times having been kept out ofHamburg's first three games by injury.

• Thirteen Hamburg players have taken their bows in the UEFA Champions League proper this season: Besart Berisha,who made his debut at home to Porto on Matchday 4, was the last of them.

• Van der Vaart is the top scorer in UEFA club competition in the current Hamburg squad with 15 goals to his name;with six goals, he also has one more in the UEFA Champions League than his former Ajax team-mate De Jong.

• Only three Hamburg players have found the net in this season's competition; Trochowski, Sanogo and Van der Vaart,who has scored in each of the last two games.

• Van der Vaart is one of 22 players to have scored twice in the first five matches, with Didier Drogba, FernandoMorientes and Kaká leading the way with five goals each.

• Mahdavikia has set up two goals so far, one of 18 players to do so. Juninho Pernambucano is the leading assistprovider with five.

• Sanogo and Robin van Persie have had the most shots wide of any player in the UEFA Champions League afterfive games having missed the target on 12 occasions.

• Sanogo has also been caught offside six times, with Francesco Totti and Mohamed Tchite leading the way in thatrespect on 13 each.

• Hamburg are one of only three clubs to have had more than one player sent off in this season's competition havinghad Sascha Kirschstein and Benjamin Lauth dismissed; FC Internazionale Milano have received three red cardsto date and Galatasaray SK two.

• Hamburg have had the most shots wide in the competition with 40.

• Only PFC Levski Sofia, with 15, and FC Dynamo Kyiv (14) have conceded more goals than Hamburg's total of 13.

• De Jong was 22 on 30 November while Sanogo celebrates his 24th birthday on 17 December.



• Hamburg's miserable season continued on Saturday as they were beaten 2-1 at VfL Bochum 1848. The visitorswere behind within five minutes after Christoph Dabrowski's opener but they were given hope just before half-timewhen Ljuboja equalised. And it was against the run of play when a Zvjezdan Misimović free-kick midway through thesecond half claimed all three points for Bochum. Hamburg's woe was compounded late on when Van der Vaart wassent off.

• The defeat was the first time this century that Hamburg had lost at Bochum. Hamburg are the only team to havebeen involved in all 44 Bundesliga seasons.

• Hamburg are now four points adrift of the safety zone in the Bundesliga, sitting one off the bottom with just elevenpoints from 15 games.

• Juan Pablo Sorín made his first appearance for Hamburg since 4 November at the weekend, after recovering froma torn thigh muscle. The Argentinian was a second-half substitute for Collin Benjamin but ended the match with anew problem to his calf.

• Namibian midfielder Benjamin was forced off after adding to Hamburg's growing injury list with an arm injury, althougha scan on Sunday did not reveal a break. He will have further scans to determine the exact nature of the problem.

• Benjamin joins a crowded treatment room alongside Mario Fillinger (knee), René Klingbeil (ankle),Vincent Kompany (achilles), Guy Demel (thigh), De Jong (knee) and Wicky (calf).

• De Jong's injury in Hamburg's 4-1 defeat at Porto on 17 October has proved worse than initially thought. The originaldiagnosis was that the Dutch midfielder would be on the sidelines for up to four weeks. He has not played since,though, and has travelled to Amsterdam for further examinations.

• Wicky underwent calf surgery in Basle on 24 November. The operation, which was carried out by Dr BernhardSegesser, will keep the Swiss international on the sidelines until next year.

• Van der Vaart's dismissal against Bochum was the fifth for a Hamburg player in the league this season. Benjamin,Demel, David Jarolím and Mahdavikia have also been shown red cards.

• Coach Thomas Doll said: "We are very disappointed, there were so many things we had intended to do but didn't.We are lacking the will to win and we didn't do enough today, that's something we hade to admit. It hurts a whole lot."

• Despite increased pressure on Doll following the loss, the club's sporting director Dietmar Beiersdorfer said: "It'sa difficult situation, we played very badly. But we still believe in Thomas Doll and will try to turn things around togetherwith him."

• Excluding the pre-season German League Cup win against Hertha BSC Berlin, Hamburg's only competitive victorythis season was the 2-1 success at Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 22 October. Discounting the League Cup, their run isone win in 25 competitive games.

• Hamburg are now on a run of seven Bundesliga games without a win. This is a long way short of their record however;In the 1966/67 season, when they were nearly relegated, there was a 14-game winless stretch. In contrast, their36-game unbeaten run from 16 January 1982 to 29 January 1983 is a Bundesliga record.

• Hamburg have yet to win a home match in any competition since their 1-0 defeat of VfL Borussia Mönchengladbachin the Bundesliga on 9 April 2006. Of the 12 games at home since, Hamburg have drawn six and lost six, scoring ninegoals and conceding 17. That includes seven matches this season.

• Of the 15 Bundesliga games they have played so far, they have drawn eight. Only 1. FC Nürnberg, with nine, havedrawn more matches in the league.



• Of the 13 league goals Hamburg have managed to date, six have come between the 61st and 75th minutes whileonly five have been scored in the first half.

• Only two players have featured in all 15 of Hamburg's Bundesliga games to date, Trochowski and Sanogo.

• Sanogo, who scored three of his four league goals this season in the first three matches, is still Hamburg's topscorer, followed by Ljuboja with three goals and Guerrero with two. Sanogo has now been without a goal for nineleague games while Ljuboja is the only Hamburg player to find the net in their last seven Bundesliga matches fromopen play.

• At home against FC Bayern München on 25 November, Hamburg lost 2-1 after taking the lead; Van der Vaart'sfirst-half penalty was cancelled out by Roy Makaay early in the second half and Claudio Pizarro won the game elevenminutes from the end. Half-time substitute Sebastian Deisler proved a vital introduction for Bayern, setting up boththeir goals.

• Van der Vaart has dismissed claims that he will leave Hamburg in the summer, saying: "Things have beenexaggerated. I will concentrate on this season for now. You can never say never, but I would have to receive an offerby an absolute top club to leave Hamburg, Sylvie [his wife] and I love it here, it is our second home."

• José Paolo Guerrero made his comeback from a torn muscle against Bayern, his former club, but failed to shineand was substituted in the closing stages.

• Wächter replaced Kirschstein in the Hamburg goal on 4 November against VfL Wolfsburg and has subsequentlyremained first choice. "Sascha hasn't played with much confidence lately," said Doll. "Stefan has shown great effortin training and has the required experience. We hope this will give our team a new boost."

CSKA Moskva

• No fewer than eleven CSKA Moskva players have featured in all seven UEFA Champions League matches to date,including qualifying: Igor Akinfeev, Deividas Šemberas, Aleksei Berezutskiy, Daniel Carvalho, Miloš Krasić,Yuri Zhirkov, Dudu, Evgeni Aldonin, Elvir Rahimić, Ivica Olić and Vágner Love. In addition, Vasili Berezutskiydid not appear in the third qualifying round but has featured in all five Group G games. Of those 12 players, Akinfeev,Aleksei Berezutskiy, Zhirkov and Rahimić have played all 450 minutes so far.

• Sergei Ignashevich is the most experienced CSKA player by a distance in UEFA Champions League terms havingplayed in the competition 33 times, 22 more than the next highest total. Akinfeev, Šemberas, Aleksei Berezutskiy,Zhirkov, Aldonin, Rahimić and Vágner Love all played in their eleventh game in the competition against Porto afortnight ago.

• Rolan Gusev has appeared 48 times in UEFA club competition but has featured just once in the group stage sofar.

• Only four CSKA players have scored in the UEFA Champions League; Ignashevich has two goals to his namewhile Vágner Love has scored once in eleven games. Dudu, meanwhile, found the net on Matchday 2 and Carvalhogot the winner against Arsenal in the third round of matches.

• Vágner Love is CSKA's top scorer in UEFA club competition with 13 goals while Carvalho's goal on Matchday 3was his tenth in continental competition. The former struck in CSKA's victory against Sporting Clube de Portugal inthe 2005 UEFA Cup final and Carvalho scored in a losing cause in that year's UEFA Super Cup against LiverpoolFC.



• Dudu made his UEFA Champions League debut against Porto on Matchday 1. It was the Brazilian midfielder'sseventh match in European competition. Jô made his group-stage debut against Hamburg having taken his bow inUEFA club competition in qualifying and Ivan Taranov first appeared as an 89th-minute substitute against Arsenalon Matchday 3. Kirill Kochubei took his bow against Porto a fortnight ago.

• Carvalho has had seven shots on goal so far, five fewer than Kaká who has had the most. CSKA's Brazilian midfielderhas also had six shots wide, six less than Robin van Persie and Boubacar Sanogo.

• Dudu has committed 15 fouls in the first four games in the competition this season, five fewer than the most penalisedplayer, Brandão.

• Carvalho has been impeded on 15 occasions, two fewer than the UEFA Champions League's most fouled playersRonaldinho and Florent Malouda. Vágner Love has been fouled 13 times and Dudu 12.

• Having not conceded in their first four group games, it took Porto's Ricardo Quaresma just two minutes to find a waythrough the CSKA defence on Matchday 5, with Lucho González then adding a second. No team has ever gonethrough the group stage without conceding.

• CSKA's first five games have yielded just four goals, the lowest total in the competition.

• CSKA have won the most corners in the first five games with 38.

• Only PFC Levski Sofia, with 14, have had fewer shots on goal than CSKA's total of 15.

• FC Shakhtar Donetsk, with 16 bookings, and FC Steaua Bucuresti, 14, are the only sides who have collected moreyellow cards than CSKA's total of 13.

• Anton Grigoryev celebrates his 21th birthday on 13 December, four days before Chidi Odiah turns 23.

• With the Russian title wrapped up for the second year running, CSKA's minds may have been on their costly lossto Porto five days earlier when they ended the season with a 2-1 defeat at home against 14th-placed FC DinamoMoskva on 26 November.

• Dinamo and CSKA both made a number of scoring chances, but Valeri Gazzaev's team were less clinical. FormerCSKA player Igor Semshov put Dinamo ahead just past the half-hour but CSKA equalised before half-time when Olićstruck after Aldonin's pass. After the break Olić and Krasić missed two great opportunities, and with time runningout Dinamo went in front again through Denis Kolodin. He was later sent off, but the scoreline did not change.

• The defeat actually allowed FC Spartak Moskva to join CSKA on 58 points, but the title was already secure as thetie-breaker was number of wins and the final tally was 17-15 in CSKA's favour.

• Gazzaev said: "Both teams played for pleasure today. Dinamo managed to do that better. Now we'll have a little bitof rest and start to prepare for Hamburg."

• CSKA rested a number of players against Dinamo; Vágner Love, suspended for the Hamburg game, had alreadybegun his winter holidays while Akinfeev, Ignashevich, Carvalho and Dudu also missed the match.

• Dudu, widely considered CSKA's best player in the decisive final month of the season, sustained a knock in thePorto defeat and was allowed to recover in Brazil. He returned to the squad at the weekend.

• Rahimić, banned for the Hamburg encounter, was given permission to go home to Bosnia-Herzegovina, but hedecided to play against Dinamo, making him the only CSKA player to appear in all 30 league matches this season.Indeed, he did not miss a minute.



• It is the fourth time Rahimić has been ever-present in the Russian league - he managed it in 2000 for FC AnzhiMakhachkala and 2002 and 2005 for CSKA. He had also not missed a European minute this season before hisenforced absence this week.

• Croatian striker Olić's future at CSKA is under question as his current deal runs out in May 2007. The striker's playingtime this season was limited despite injury to top scorer Jô.

• Jô may have been ruled out for the rest of the year with a knee ligament injury on 1 October but he still ended theseason as the top scorer in Russia with 22 goals in all competitions, two ahead of Spartak's Roman Pavlyuchenko.

• The 19-year-old Brazilian was second in the league ranking behind Pavlyuchenko with 14 goals from 18 appearances.Against FC Shinnik Yaroslavl on 26 March, Jô became the first player from outside the former Soviet republics toscore four goals in a Premier League game, on what was his home league debut since leaving SC Corinthians.

• Russia's leading sports dailies have published their Premier-Liga teams of the season, with Akinfeev, Ignashevich,the Berezutski brothers, Zhirkov, Jô and Rahimić among the picks.

• CSKA have been on a seven-day training camp in Marbella to prepare for the Hamburg game. Aldonin only joinedup on Saturday, as he became the father of a daughter on Friday.



Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones

Holders FC Barcelona are not having an easy ride this time around. Failure to beat Werder Bremen would make themthe first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (Thisrecord, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/00 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage)

In 1992/93, Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregatein the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva.

Manchester United FC could become the first team to win their first three games in a group stage and still not progressif they fail to pick up at least a point against SL Benfica.

Alessandro Costacurta will extend the UEFA Champions League oldest player record he set on Matchday 5 to 40years and 226 days if he features against LOSC Lille Métropole. Against AEK Athens FC on Matchday 5, the veterandefender was 40 years and 211 days, 94 days older than previous record holder, Club Brugge KV goalkeeper DanyVerlinden when he played the full 90 minutes against AFC Ajax on 9 December 2003. Laurent Blanc is currently theoldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days having found the net for Manchester UnitedFC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos CFP on 23 October 2002.

For those already-qualified clubs considering giving a chance to young players, Celestine Babayaro is the youngestplayer to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSCAnderlecht against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute.

PFC Levski Sofia have double incentive for wanting to do well at Chelsea FC. They are aiming to avoid joining 1. FCKošice in being the only team to have played in the UEFA Champions League and never picked up a point. TheSlovakian side did just that in their maiden campaign in 1997/98, and have not returned to the competition since. Onlyfive other teams have ever gone through a single group stage campaign without picking up a point namely SK RapidWien (05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (02/03, first and second groupstage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (01/02, first group stage).

Levski have also shipped 15 goals in their first five outings this term, just four short of the record number let in duringa group stage set by Ferencvárosi TC (19) in the 1995/96 campaign.

Spartak have not won in their last 22 games in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK AthensFC on Matchday 3 this season. AEK ended their run of 21 games without a win with a 1-0 home victory against LOSCLille Métropole on Matchday 4.

Spartak extended their sequence without a win to 22 games with the 2-2 home draw against FC Bayern München onMatchday 5. Those 22 games are made up of 17 defeats and five draws. The last time Spartak won was 22 November2000 with a 4-1 second group stage victory at home against Arsenal FC. Interestingly, Spartak’s last away win wasat Sporting Clube de Portugal, their Matchday 6 opponents, when they won 3-0 in Lisbon on 17 October 2000. Theyhave not won in their last 12 away games in Europe’s premier club competition.

For all their defensive solidity, CSKA have only scored two goals in the first five games. They can take comfort fromthe achievement of Villarreal CF last season and AS Roma in the 2002/03 first group stage, as both clubs advancedto the next phase with just three goals to their name. Villarreal are a particularly noteworthy example, as they madeit all the way to the semi-finals in their debut campaign in the competition.



AEK and AS Roma can still go through with seven points. The first to do it since three points for a win was introducedin 1995/96 were Legia Warszawa that season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/00 and Liverpool FCin 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, afeat achieved by Rangers FC and Bremen last term.

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 16 domestic league winners from last season, but noneof the eight groups comprising the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League features four champions. Only Group A featuresthree league winners from the last campaign with England, Spain and Bulgaria represented by their champions,namely Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona and PFC Levski Sofia. The fourth club in the group, Werder Bremen, finishedsecond in last season's Bundesliga, five points behind FC Bayern München. All of the remaining groups feature twodomestic league winners with the exception of Group H, where Belgian side RSC Anderlecht are the only champions.Group rivals AEK Athens FC were runners-up in Greece, while LOSC Lille Métropole and AC Milan were classifiedin third place in Ligue 1 and Serie A respectively. Alongside 16 champions, there are nine runners-up and six third-placedfinishers. Arsenal FC are the only club in the group stage to have finished in fourth place in their domestic leaguechampionship last season.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation inthe UEFA Champions League to eleven, a record in the competition. Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP andReal Madrid CF are making their tenth consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal.

Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2005/06 knockout phase, Real Madrid CF equalled Manchester United FC'srecord of nine consecutive seasons in advancing past the group stage. While United's streak came to an end lastseason, Madrid have featured in the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. In those nine seasons,United won the competition once while they also advanced as far as the semi-finals twice, the quarter-finals four timesand the first knockout round twice in the other eight seasons. Madrid, meanwhile, have won the competition threetimes in the last nine years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However,in the last two seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs competing in this season's UEFA Champions League, only FC Spartak Moskvaand FC Girondins de Bordeaux did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2005/06 season. Indeed,the two clubs are making their first appearance in UEFA club competition since the 2003/04 season.

Past masters: Four clubs competing in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition whenit started during the 1992/93 season. AC Milan were beaten finalists (losing to Olympique de Marseille), while PSVEindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva and FC Porto all participated in the group stage. In addition, AEK Athens FC and FCBarcelona were knocked out in the second round, the last hurdle before the group stage.

Long road for debutants: Five clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cupsecond qualifying round including this season's two debutants, FC København and PFC Levski Sofia. They are joinedby FC Spartak Moskva, FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Steaua Bucuresti as clubs who had to play four matches to claimtheir place in the group stage of the competition. A debutant has not won the competition since Juventus in 1995/96,the Italian side becoming the third club to achieve this following Olympique de Marseille (1992/93, first UEFA ChampionsLeague final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Girondins de Bordeaux have yetto play a qualifying round match in order to reach the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fourthappearance in the competition, while Bordeaux are involved for the second time.



Pedigree: Four of the former winners of the competition since it included a group stage element from the 1992/93season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely Olympique de Marseille (1992/93),AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus (1995/96) and BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97). The last ten winners of the competition,Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FCBarcelona are involved in this season's group stage. Only three winners from the last ten UEFA Cup finals are notinvolved in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, namely Parma FC (1998/99), Feyenoord (2001/02)and Sevilla FC (2005/06). Liverpool and Porto have won both competitions in the past decade, while the remainingUEFA Cup winners in that time are FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Valencia CF and PFC CSKA Moskva.

• UEFA Champions League: All-time recordsBiggest wins8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003)7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003)7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000)7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005)6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993)6-0: Leeds United AFC v Besiktas JK (26.09.2000)6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk (25.09.2002)Monaco's record victory was achieved in part thanks to the exploits of Dado Pršo, who scored four of his seven2003/04 UEFA Champions League goals that evening against Deportivo. Only one team has scored more than fivegoals in an away game, Manchester United FC winning 6-2 at Brøndby IF in 1998/99.

Most goals in a season12: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2002/03)10: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus, 1997/98)10: Mário Jardel (FC Porto, 1999/00)10: Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, 1999/00)10: Raúl González (Real Madrid CF, 1999/00)10: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2001/02)10: Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan, 2002/03)Andriy Shevchenko finished as top scorer in 2005/06 with nine goals, three behind the record mark set for one season.

Four goals in a matchMarco van Basten (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25.11.1992)Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC 4-1 AC Sparta Praha, 03.11.2004)Andriy Shevchenko (Fenerbahçe SK 0-4 AC Milan, 23.11.2005)Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes intothe game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

Fastest goal in a match20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindhoven 0-4 Arsenal FC, 25.09.2002)20.12 secs: Alessandro Del Piero (Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus, 01.10.1997)21.20 secs: Clarence Seedorf (FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan, 28.09.2005)25.40 secs: Marek Kincl (Club Brugge KV 3-2 SK Rapid Wien, 02.11.2005)28.21 secs: Mariano Bombarda (Willem II 3-4 AC Sparta Praha, 20.10.1999)AC Milan's joy at Clarence Seedorf's first-minute goal against FC Schalke 04 in the 2005/06 group stage was short-lived- Søren Larsen equalised for the home side in the third minute.



Fastest hat-tricks9 mins: Mike Newell (Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.1995)19 mins: Marco Simone (Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan, 25.09.1996)19 mins: Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003)21 mins: Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK, 21.10.1998)21 mins: Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000)Rosenborg conceded 16 goals the season Mike Newell scored his rapid hat-trick, three fewer than the UEFA ChampionsLeague group stage record set by Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC the same season.

Youngest players to score17 years, 195 days: Peter Oforiquaye (Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP, 01.10.1997)17 years, 218 days: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK, 07.12.2004)17 years, 241 days: Martin Klein (Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha, 27.02.2002)17 years, 353 days: Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.2005)18 years, 61 days: Sammy Kuffour (FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva, 02.11.1994)18 years, 70 days: Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München, 07.12.1994)Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest to appear, havingbegun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994 aged 16 years and 87 days.

• UEFA club competition and UEFA Champions League: All-time record appearances and goalscoring

Appearances: UEFA club competitionNote: Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup)

120+162 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)133 Luís Figo (Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)129 Oliver Kahn (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München)122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF)121 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan)

110-119117 Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano)117 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan)116 Phillip Cocu (BV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)114 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)114 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF)112 Stefan Reuter (1. FC Nürnberg, FC Bayern München, Juventus, BV Borussia Dortmund)111 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)110 Pavel Nedvěd (AC Sparta Praha, S.S. Lazio, Juventus)



100-109109 Amedeo Carboni (UC Sampdoria, AS Roma, Valencia CF)108 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC)108 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, RC Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC)108 Vítor Baía (FC Porto, FC Barcelona)107 Stefan Klos (BV Borussia Dortmund, Rangers FC)107 Roar Strand (Rosenborg BK)106 Filip De Wilde (KSK Beveren, RSC Anderlecht, Sporting Clube de Portugal)106 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)106 Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid CF)105 Michel Preud'homme (R. Standard de Liège, KV Mechelen, SL Benfica)105 Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus, Villarreal CF)105 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)105 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC)105 Lilian Thuram (AS Monaco FC, Parma FC, Juventus, FC Barcelona)104 Gert Verheyen (RSC Anderlecht, Club Brugge KV)103 Ciro Ferrara (SSC Napoli, Juventus)102 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)101 Edgar Davids (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano, Tottenham Hotspur FC)101 Bülent Korkmaz (Galatasaray SK)101 Manuel Sanchís (Real Madrid CF)100 Lothar Matthäus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano)100 Javier Zanetti (FC internazionale Milano)

95-9999 Bixente Lizarazu (Athletic Club Bilbao, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Bayern München)99 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)99 Edwin van der Sar (AFC Ajax, Juventus, Fulham FC, Manchester United FC)99 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)98 Angelo Peruzzi (AS Roma, Juventus, S.S. Lazio)97 Francisco Gento (Real Madrid CF)97 Patrick Kluivert (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Newcastle United FC, Valencia CF)97 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC)96 Marc Overmars (AFC Ajax, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)96 Michael Reiziger (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, FC Barcelona, Middlesbrough FC, PSV Eindhoven)95 Ray Clemence (Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC)95 Rui Costa (SL Benfica, AC Fiorentina, AC Milan)95 Gheorghe Hagi (CF Sportul Studentesc, FC Steaua Bucuresti, Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)95 Erik Hoftun (Rosenborg BK)

Appearances: UEFA Champions LeagueNote: This list considers group stage to final only; Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competition

100+106 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)104 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF)101 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)

90-9999 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München)99 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)95 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC)94 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)



80-8989 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)89 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)87 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan)83 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)83 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)81 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK)80 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)80 Hasan Salihamidžić (FC Bayern München)80 Zinédine Zidane (Juventus, Real Madrid CF)

70-7979 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)79 Guti (Real Madrid CF)79 Iván Helguera (Real Madrid CF)78 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC)78 Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus, Villarreal CF)77 Míchel Salgado (Real Madrid CF)76 Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF)74 Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)74 Edgar Davids (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano)74 Robert Pirès (Olympique de Marseille, Arsenal FC)74 Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Manchester United FC)74 Sylvain Wiltord (FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Arsenal FC, Olympique Lyonnais)73 Michael Reiziger (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, FC Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven)72 Samuel Kuffour (FC Bayern München)72 Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos CFP)71 Roy Keane (Manchester United FC)

Others (involved in this season's competition only)69 Mehmet Scholl (FC Bayern München)68 Patrick Kluivert (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona)67 Mikaël Silvestre (FC Internazionale Milano, Manchester United FC)67 Patrick Vieira (Arsenal FC, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano)66 Alessandro Nesta (S.S. Lazio, AC Milan)65 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan)62 Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal FC)62 Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona)61 Xavi Hernández (FC Barcelona)

Goals: UEFA club competitionNote: Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup)

50+62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München)56 Eusébio (SL Benfica)56 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)56 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC)55 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan)51 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)50 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC)



45-4947 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF)46 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona)45 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)45 Jupp Heynckes (Hannover 96, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Goals: UEFA Champions LeagueNote: This list considers group stage to final only; Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competition

40+54 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)47 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)43 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)42 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)

30-3937 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)35 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)32 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)

20-2929 Patrick Kluivert (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona)28 David Trezeguet (AS Monaco FC, Juventus)27 Roy Makaay (RC Deportivo La Coruña, FC Bayern München)27 Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, AC Milan, Olympiacos CFP)25 Mário Jardel (FC Porto, Galatasaray SK)24 Giovane Elber (FC Bayern München, Olympique Lyonnais)24 Hernán Crespo (Parma FC, S.S. Lazio, FC Internazionale Milano, Chelsea FC, AC Milan)24 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano)23 Jari Litmanen (AFC Ajax, Liverpool FC)21 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)20 Serhiy Rebrov (FC Dynamo Kyiv)20 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC)20 Marco Simone (AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain FC, AS Monaco FC)

Others (involved in this season's competition only)19 Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Manchester United FC)

Goals: UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' CupNote: This list considers the all-time goalscorers list in both competitions including all qualifying round matches;Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competition

50+54 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)52 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan)51 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF)

40-4949 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)47 Eusébio (SL Benfica)42 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)



UEFA information

First knockout round drawThe 2006/07 UEFA Champions League first knockout round draw will take place from 12.00CET on Friday 15 Decemberat UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight group winners will be drawn against the eight runners-up intotwo-legged ties to be played on 20/21 February and 6/7 March. Clubs from the same country cannot be drawn againsteach other while teams who met in the group stage will also be kept apart. Group runners-up must play the first legat home. The quarter-finals will follow on 3/4 and 10/11 April, with the semi-finals on 24/25 April and 1/2 May. Thefinal will be played in Athens on 23 May. The full visual identity for the showpiece event will be unveiled during thedraw. Media representatives wishing to attend have to apply via email to [email protected] before midday on14 December.

Player registrationThe 2006/07 UEFA Champions League regulations state that for all matches from the start of the first knockout round,a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players for the remaining matches in the current competition.Such registration must be completed by 1 February. One player from the above quota of three who has played inUEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may be exceptionally registered,provided that the player has not been fielded in the same competition for another club and/or for another club that iscurrently in the same competition.

UEFA Executive CommitteeThe UEFA Executive Committee holds its final meeting of a hectic year at the House of European Football in Nyon,Switzerland on Thursday and Friday. The UEFA club competition access list for the 2007/08 season will be examined,together with requests by the associations of San Marino and Andorra for one place in the UEFA Champions League.Terms of reference for the new European Professional Football Strategy Forum promoting and developing dialogueon the European club game will also be discussed.

European Union affairsConcerted co-operation between UEFA and the European political authorities, and the protection of sport's specificnature in future EU legislation, are crucial for football's wellbeing. This was the message from the fourth UEFA Seminaron European Union Affairs held last Thursday and Friday at the Belgian FA headquarters in Brussels, attended bysenior EU officials, members of the European parliament and representatives of UEFA's 52 member associations.The seminar put particular focus on the Independent European Sport Review, which has UEFA's full endorsement,and which contains key recommendations for football's wellbeing. The Brussels gathering also gave an update onthe current state of UEFA's essential dialogue with the European authorities, and on developments in EU policies andwhat these mean for European football.

Medical symposiumAlso last week, UEFA vice-president Senes Erzik welcomed medical experts from across the sporting world to thefourth UEFA Medical Symposium in Istanbul. In his opening address, he said: "Sports medicine plays an increasinglyessential role in modern football. Players now play more matches than ever before and in doing so they place theirbodies under excessive physical strain. As the demands on top level players intensify, greater importance is placedappropriate and specific medical support. It is this increase in importance and the constantly changing nature of sportsmedicine that makes a football specific medical symposium necessary."



Head coach profiles

Thomas DollDate of birth: 9 April 1966Nationality: GermanPlaying career: BSG Lok Malchin, FC Hansa Rostock, Berliner FC Dynamo, Hamburger SV, S.S. Lazio, EintrachtFrankfurt, AS BariCoaching career: Hamburger SV

A world-class midfielder in his prime, Thomas Doll is a young coach keen to integrate the latest findings in sportsscience into management. Raised in the former East Germany, Doll played his first games for his local club BSG LokMalchin, before signing for first FC Hansa Rostock and then Berliner FC Dynamo. Following German reunification,he joined Hamburger SV for the first time in 1990.

An outstanding first season led to Italians giants S.S. Lazio making Hamburg an offer they could not refuse - theestimated €8.5m fee helped save the Bundesliga side from bankruptcy - and Doll spent the next three seasons inSerie A. An injury-plagued spell at Eintracht Frankfurt followed before Doll found his way back to Hamburg via atwo-season stint at AS Bari. He hung up his boots after that second spell with Hamburg in 2001 having made 18appearances for Germany, and was part of the team that lost to Denmark in the final of EURO '92.

Doll was not idle for long, having already started coaching the Hamburg Under-19 side during his later years at theclub when injuries began to take hold. Promoted to become reserve-team coach in 2002, he took command of thesenior side following Klaus Toppmöller's departure on 18 October 2004. He lifted Hamburg off the foot of the table,and went on to lead them to UEFA Intertoto Cup triumph in 2005 and a place in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup. In the lattercampaign Doll guided Hamburg to a third-placed finish in the Bundesliga, opening the door to the UEFA ChampionsLeague.

Valeri GazzaevDate of birth: 7 August 1954Nationality: RussianPlaying career: FC Spartak Ordzhonikidze, SKA Rostov-Na-Donu, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Dinamo Moskva, FCDinamo TbilisiCoaching career: FC Dinamo Moskva, FC Alania Vladikavkaz, PFC CSKA Moskva (twice), Russia

Valeri Gazzaev enjoyed the greatest achievement of his colourful career in May 2005 when he led PFC CSKA Moskvato the UEFA Cup title. In addition, the former Russia coach has won four domestic titles with three of these comingduring his reign at CSKA, including the 2006 championship.

Gazzaev played for a number of clubs in a successful career as a forward, winning the USSR Cup with FC DinamoMoskva in 1984 and he also appeared eight times for the Soviet national team, scoring four goals. He began hiseventful coaching career with Dinamo before spells with FC Alania Vladikavkaz and CSKA, making his coaching nameas he led unfashionable Alania to the title in 1995. He also enjoyed success in his first spell at CSKA, winning theRussian Cup in 2002, when his team lost a Russian Premier League title play-off against FC Lokomotiv Moskva.However, CSKA led from start to finish the following season to claim their first Russian title.

The spell at CSKA overlapped with a short-lived stint as Russian national-team coach. Gazzaev started off brightlyin the UEFA EURO 2004™ qualifiers but resigned following defeats by Albania and Georgia. He then returned toCSKA where he won a second title in three years in November 2005, completing a wonderful treble. The RussianCup had been secured in May and that month CSKA became the first Russian side to win a European trophy as theyovercame Sporting Clube de Portugal at their home ground to win the UEFA Cup.



Squad list

HamburgAll-timeCurrent Season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-21-3-6-3--20.04.78GERStefan Wächter1-7-3-9-3-209.06.80GERSascha Kirschstein12----------13.01.86GERWolfgang Hesl29

Defenders128-15-7-3--05.05.76ARGJuan Pablo Sorín2131114-7-3--17.02.82CMRThimothée Atouba3-16-319-3-219.11.75GERBastian Reinhardt4328-5-13-5--05.04.80NEDJoris Mathijsen5127115-6-3-210.04.86BELVincent Kompany10-14-2-6-2-102.04.81GERRené Klingbeil16121-2-2-1-213.06.81FRAGuy Demel20

Midfielders466-4-9-4-126.04.77SUIRaphael Wicky6534210-10-5-224.07.77IRNMehdi Mahdavikia7-2-2-8-2--10.10.84GERMario Fillinger13-26-3-12-2-217.05.79CZEDavid Jarolím143231511515-222.03.84GERPiotr Trochowski15-3--------02.03.85GEROliver Hampel18

164861911122-211.02.83NEDRafael van der Vaart2317---5---105.05.84GERAlexander Laas2763852917-31230.11.84NEDNigel de Jong28-8-2-5-2--03.08.78NAMCollin Benjamin30-2-2-7-2--19.01.85USABenny Feilhaber33

Forwards218217213-4-101.01.84PERJosé Paolo Guerrero9621-2-5-2-204.08.81GERBenjamin Lauth11171541515-217.12.82CIVBoubacar Sanogo17-1-1-7-1--29.07.85ALBBesart Berisha22----------31.01.88GERSidney Sam34----------28.08.87GERRouwen Hennings37618-10312-5--04.09.78SCGDanijel Ljuboja38

Coach-25-5---5-209.04.66GERThomas Doll



Squad list

CSKA MoskvaAll-timeCurrent Season

UEFAUCLLeagueUCLUCLQGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldGlsPldDoBNat.PlayerNo

Goalkeepers-3---1----30.08.81RUSVeniamin Mandrykin1-34-11-28-5-208.04.86RUSIgor Akinfeev35-----3----19.10.83RUSVladimir Gabulov77

Defenders-44-11-24-5-202.08.78LITDeividas Šemberas2761233226-4-214.07.79RUSSergei Ignashevich4135-11-29-5-220.06.82RUSAleksei Berezutskiy6133-2-3----17.12.83NGAChidi Odiah15226-8126-5--20.06.82RUSVasili Berezutskiy24-3-2-13-2--22.06.86RUSIvan Taranov39-----5----13.12.85RUSAnton Grigoryev50-----1----29.04.85RUSSergei Gorelov57

Midfielders102316422151201.03.83BRADaniel Carvalho7748-5118-1-217.09.77RUSRolan Gusev8-26-8326-5-201.11.84SCGMiloš Krasić17130-11127-5-220.08.83RUSYuri Zhirkov181111522715-215.04.83BRADudu20131-11-28-5-222.01.80RUSEvgeni Aldonin22-36-11130-5-204.04.76BHZElvir Rahimić25-1-1-3-1--06.10.86RUSKirill Kochubei37

Forwards526-8924-52214.09.79CROIvica Olić9-3-11418-1-220.03.87BRAJô10

1331111923-52211.06.84BRAVágner Love11-4---5----23.10.88RUSAleksandr Salugin40

Coach-62-11---5-207.08.54RUSValeriy Gazzaev



Match-by-match lineups - Group G

PtsGAGFLDWPldClubs10371135Arsenal FC10491135FC Porto8221225PFC CSKA Moskva01345005Hamburger SV

VenueResultsMatchDatePorto0-0Porto v CSKA Moskva13.09.2006

Goals: -Porto: Helton, Pepe, Quaresma (Alan 61), Lucho González, Anderson, Sektioui (Hélder Postiga 46), Bosingwa, BrunoAlves, Ezequias, Paulo Assunção, Adriano (Lisandro López 71)CSKA Moskva: Akinfeev, Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Carvalho (Gusev 91' ), Vágner Love (Olić 76' ),Krasić, Zhirkov, Dudu (V. Berezutskiy 87' ), Aldonin, RahimićReferee: Tom Henning Øvrebø(NOR)

VenueResultsMatchDateHamburg1-2Hamburg v Arsenal13.09.2006

Goals: 0-1 Gilberto 12, 0-2 Rosický 53, 1-2 Sanogo 91Hamburg: Kirschstein, Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Wicky (Wächter 12), Kompany, Jarolím, Trochowski, Sanogo, Demel(Mahdavikia 54), De Jong, Ljuboja (Guerrero 82)Arsenal: Lehmann, Fabregas, Kolo Touré (Hoyte 29' ), Rosický, Gallas, Van Persie (Baptista 70' ), Hleb (Flamini 70'), Gilberto, Djourou, Adebayor, EbouéReferee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)

VenueResultsMatchDateMoscow1-0CSKA Moskva v Hamburg26.09.2006

Goals: 1-0 Dudu 59CSKA Moskva: Akinfeev, Šemberas (Krasić 46), Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Carvalho (Jô 85), Olić (Aldonin 76),Vágner Love, Zhirkov, Dudu, V. Berezutskiy, RahimićHamburg: Wächter, Sorín (Guerrero 69' ), Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Wicky, Mahdavikia, Kompany, Jarolím, Sanogo, DeJong (Trochowski 70' ), Ljuboja (Lauth 80' )Referee: Jan Wegereef(HOL)

VenueResultsMatchDateLondon2-0Arsenal v Porto26.09.2006

Goals: 1-0 Henry 38, 2-0 Hleb 48Arsenal: Lehmann, Fabregas, Kolo Touré, Rosický, Gallas (Song 93), Van Persie (Ljungberg 74), Hleb (Walcott 86),Henry, Gilberto, Eboué, HoytePorto: Helton, Ricardo Costa (Raul Meireles 46' ), Pepe, Čech, Quaresma, Lucho González, Anderson (Adriano 66'), Bosingwa, Bruno Alves, Paulo Assunção, Hélder Postiga (Lisandro López 46' )Referee: Stefano Farina (ITA)

VenueResultsMatchDateMoscow1-0CSKA Moskva v Arsenal17.10.2006

Goals: 1-0 Carvalho 24CSKA Moskva: Akinfeev, Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Carvalho (Taranov 89), Vágner Love (Olić 86),Zhirkov, Dudu, Aldonin (Krasić 93), V. Berezutskiy, RahimićArsenal: Lehmann, Fabregas, Kolo Touré, Rosický (Walcott 80' ), Gallas, Van Persie (Adebayor 68' ), Hleb, Henry,Gilberto, Djourou (Clichy 75' ), HoyteReferee: Manuel Mejuto González(ESP)

VenueResultsMatchDatePorto4-1Porto v Hamburg17.10.2006

Goals: 1-0 Lisandro López 14, 2-0 Lucho González 48, 3-0 Hélder Postiga 69, 4-0 Lisandro López 81, 4-1 Trochowski89



Porto: Helton, Pepe, Čech, Quaresma (Vieirinha 80), Lucho González, Lisandro López, Anderson (Jorginho 43),Fucile, Bruno Alves, Raul Meireles, Hélder Postiga (Bruno Moraes 75)Hamburg: Kirschstein, Sorín, Atouba (Guerrero 68' ), Mathijsen, Wicky (Klingbeil 54' ), Mahdavikia, Trochowski,Sanogo, De Jong, Benjamin (Fillinger 46' ), LjubojaReferee: Alain Hamer (LUX)

VenueResultsMatchDateLondon0-0Arsenal v CSKA Moskva01.11.2006

Goals: -Arsenal: Lehmann, Fabregas (Flamini 89), Kolo Touré, Rosický, Gallas, Van Persie (Aliadière 82), Hleb (Walcott 71),Henry, Gilberto, Clichy, HoyteCSKA Moskva: Akinfeev, Šemberas, Ignashevich, A. Berezutskiy, Carvalho (Taranov 92' ), Vágner Love (Olić 85' ),Krasić (Aldonin 40' ), Zhirkov, Dudu, V. Berezutskiy, RahimićReferee: Ľuboš Micheľ(SVK)

VenueResultsMatchDateHamburg1-3Hamburg v Porto01.11.2006

Goals: 0-1 Lucho González 44, 0-2 Lisandro López 61, 1-2 Van der Vaart 62, 1-3 Bruno Moraes 87Hamburg: Kirschstein, Sorín, Atouba (Berisha 65), Mathijsen, Mahdavikia, Kompany (Klingbeil 71), Trochowski,Sanogo, Van der Vaart, Feilhaber, Ljuboja (Guerrero 58)Porto: Helton, Pepe, Quaresma, Lucho González, Lisandro López (Jorginho 82' ), Bosingwa, Fucile, Bruno Alves,Raul Meireles (Čech 92' ), Paulo Assunção, Hélder Postiga (Bruno Moraes 70' )Referee: Laurent Duhamel (FRA)

VenueResultsMatchDateMoscow0-2CSKA Moskva v Porto21.11.2006

Goals: 0-1 Quaresma 2, 0-2 Lucho González 61CSKA Moskva: Akinfeev, Šemberas, A. Berezutskiy, Carvalho, Vágner Love, Krasić (Olić 66), Zhirkov, Dudu (Kochubei27), Aldonin, V. Berezutskiy, RahimićPorto: Helton, Pepe, Quaresma (Alan 88' ), Lucho González, Lisandro López, Bosingwa, Fucile, Bruno Alves, RaulMeireles (Jorginho 70' ), Paulo Assunção, Hélder Postiga (Bruno Moraes 77' )Referee: Kyros Vassaras (GRE)

VenueResultsMatchDateLondon3-1Arsenal v Hamburg21.11.2006

Goals: 0-1 Van der Vaart 4, 1-1 Van Persie 52, 2-1 Eboué 83, 3-1 Baptista 88Arsenal: Lehmann, Fabregas, Kolo Touré, Senderos, Ljungberg (Walcott 75), Van Persie (Adebayor 70), Hleb(Baptista 81), Henry, Flamini, Clichy, EbouéHamburg: Wächter, Atouba (Ljuboja 67' ), Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Wicky (Lauth 87' ), Mahdavikia (Feilhaber 46' ),Fillinger, Trochowski, Sanogo, Van der Vaart, BenjaminReferee: Claus Bo Larsen (DEN)

Porto-Porto v Arsenal06.12.2006Hamburg-Hamburg v CSKA Moskva06.12.2006



Bookings list - Group G

Arsenal FCFSFQFKO1Matchday

2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNoSYYYThierry Henry14

YTomás Rosický7*YYAleksandr Hleb13

YPhilippe Senderos6YGaël Clichy22

YGilberto19

PFC CSKA MoskvaFSFQFKO1Matchday

2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNoYDeividas Semberas2

SYYYElvir Rahimic25YVasili Berezutskiy24

YSergei Ignashevich4YDudu20

*YYYuri Zhirkov18SYYYVágner Love11

YKirill Kochubei37

Hamburger SVFSFQFKO1Matchday

2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNoYDavid Jarolím14YJuan Pablo Sorín2

*YYRafael van der Vaart23YJoris Mathijsen5

YMehdi Mahdavikia7SRBenjamin Lauth11YNigel de Jong28YDanijel Ljuboja38

YCollin Benjamin30SRSascha Kirschstein12

YMario Fillinger13YBoubacar Sanogo17

FC Porto



FSFQFKO1Matchday2nd1st2nd1st2nd1st654321PlayerNo

YRicardo Costa2YRaul Meireles16

YRicardo Quaresma7YBruno Alves14

YBruno Moraes29YPepe3YPaulo Assunção18

YFucile13



Domestic information

Hamburger SV (Bundesliga)

LineupsResOpponentDateWächter, Atouba, Klingbeil (Fillinger 46),Reinhardt, Mathijsen, Jarolím, Wicky, Vander Vaart, Trochowski, Ljuboja (Berisha72), Sanogo

0-0v 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A)18.11.2006League

Wächter, Atouba, Reinhardt, Mathijsen,Wicky (Berisha 87), Trochowski, Van derVaart (Fillinger 84), Benjamin, Mahdavikia,Guerrero (Ljuboja 84), Sanogo

1-2v FC Bayern München (H)25.11.2006League

Wächter, Mathijsen, Reinhardt, Benjamin(Sorín 47), Feilhaber, Jarolím (Sanogo 74),Trochowski (Laas 70), Van der Vaart,Mahdavikia, Guerrero, Ljuboja

1-2v VfL Bochum 1848 (A)02.12.2006League

GoalscorersResOpponentDateKompany 521-0v Hertha BSC Berlin (H)29.07.2006CupSanogo 701-2v Werder Bremen (A)01.08.2006CupSanogo 671-1v DSC Arminia Bielefeld (H)12.08.2006LeagueSanogo 38, De Jong 712-2v FC Energie Cottbus (A)19.08.2006LeagueSanogo 181-1v Hertha BSC Berlin (H)27.08.2006LeagueSanogo 28, Ljuboja 36, Demel 443-4v Stuttgart Kickers (A)09.09.2006Cup

0-1v BV Borussia Dortmund (A)16.09.2006LeagueReinhardt 681-1v Werder Bremen (H)23.09.2006LeagueLjuboja 51, Sanogo 692-2v Eintracht Frankfurt (A)30.09.2006LeagueTrochowski 301-2v FC Schalke 04 (H)14.10.2006LeagueGuerrero 71, 862-1v Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A)22.10.2006League

0-0v Hannover 96 (H)28.10.2006League0-1v VfL Wolfsburg (A)04.11.2006League0-2v VfB Stuttgart (A)07.11.2006League

Ljuboja 661-1v VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H)11.11.2006League0-0v 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A)18.11.2006League

Van der Vaart 18(pen)1-2v FC Bayern München (H)25.11.2006LeagueLjuboja 421-2v VfL Bochum 1848 (A)02.12.2006League

v 1. FC Nürnberg (H)09.12.2006Leaguev TSV Alemannia Aachen (A)16.12.2006League



PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsRank30193933915Werder Bremen130162533915FC Schalke 04228192734815VfB Stuttgart327182443815FC Bayern München424222636615Hertha BSC Berlin522161937515BV Borussia Dortmund621172246515DSC Arminia Bielefeld720212038415Eintracht Frankfurt81915182103151. FC Nürnberg919222464515Bayer 04 Leverkusen1019121047415VfL Wolfsburg1119221464515Hannover 961216221774415FC Energie Cottbus1315292383415TSV Alemannia Aachen1415292083415VfL Bochum 18481514201292415VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach1611191368115Hamburger SV17102510771151. FSV Mainz 0518



Domestic information

PFC CSKA Moskva (Premier-Liga)

LineupsResOpponentDateAkinfeev, Šemberas, V. Berezutskiy, A.Berezutskiy, Krasić, Dudu, Aldonin(Kochubei 79), Rahimić, Carvalho (Salugin81), Taranov (Grigoryev 55), Vágner Love

0-2v FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (A)08.11.2006League

Akinfeev, Šemberas, A. Berezutskiy,Carvalho (Salugin 90), Vágner Love (Odiah88), Krasić, Zhirkov, Dudu (Taranov 78),Aldonin, V. Berezutskiy, Rahimić

4-0v FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok (A)18.11.2006League

Mandrykin (Gabulov 46), Šemberas, A.Berezutskiy, Odiah (Grigoryev 46), V.Berezutskiy, Krasić, Zhirkov, Aldonin,Rahimić, Kochubei (Salugin 78), Olić

1-2v FC Dinamo Moskva (H)26.11.2006League

GoalscorersResOpponentDateV. Berezutskiy 901-0v FC Spartak Nalchik (A)18.03.2006LeagueIgnashevich 11, Jô 49, 58, 83, 855-1v FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (H)26.03.2006LeagueVágner Love 591-1v FC Spartak Moskva (A)01.04.2006LeagueJô 20, 412-0v FC Tom Tomsk (H)08.04.2006LeagueGusev 28, Jô 342-3v FC Lokomotiv Moskva (A)16.04.2006LeagueJô 121-0v FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast (H)22.04.2006League

0-1v FC Rubin Kazan (A)29.04.2006LeagueJô 12, 73(pen)2-0v FC Amkar Perm (H)06.05.2006LeagueJô 171-0v FC Moskva (A)14.05.2006LeagueJô 7(pen), Olić 65(pen)2-0v FC Torpedo Moskva (H)06.07.2006LeagueJô 32(pen)1-2v FC Rostov (H)10.07.2006League

0-0v FC Zenit St. Petersburg (A)19.07.2006LeagueKrasić 901-1v FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (H)23.07.2006LeagueKrasić 29, Rahimić 832-2v FC Torpedo Moskva (A)29.07.2006LeagueKrasić 15, Olić 702-1v FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok (H)03.08.2006LeagueVágner Love 40, 68, Olić 483-2v FC Dinamo Moskva (A)13.08.2006LeagueJô 79, Vágner Love 832-1v FC Spartak Nalchik (H)19.08.2006LeagueOlić 901-0v FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (A)27.08.2006LeagueCarvalho 27, Olić 622-2v FC Spartak Moskva (H)09.09.2006LeagueOlić 531-0v FC Tom Tomsk (A)17.09.2006LeagueDudu 361-2v FC Lokomotiv Moskva (H)23.09.2006LeagueIgnashevich 61, Carvalho 79(pen)2-2v FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast (A)01.10.2006LeagueZhirkov 67, Dudu 712-1v FC Rubin Kazan (H)14.10.2006League

0-0v FC Amkar Perm (A)21.10.2006LeagueVágner Love 25, 432-1v FC Moskva (H)25.10.2006LeagueOlić 54, 862-1v FC Rostov (A)28.10.2006LeagueCarvalho 58(pen)1-0v FC Zenit St. Petersburg (H)05.11.2006League

0-2v FC Krylya Sovetov Samara (A)08.11.2006LeagueCarvalho 15, Vágner Love 25, 52, 654-0v FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok (A)18.11.2006LeagueOlić 451-2v FC Dinamo Moskva (H)26.11.2006League



PtsGAGFLDWPldClubsRank582847671730PFC CSKA Moskva15836602131530FC Spartak Moskva2533447781530FC Lokomotiv Moskva35030426111330FC Zenit St. Petersburg44637431071330FC Rubin Kazan54337417131030FC Moskva64139371351230FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok74133351181130FC Tom Tomsk84132331181130FC Spartak Nalchik93835371281030FC Krylya Sovetov Samara10372429716730FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast113648421461030FC Rostov123536221111830FC Amkar Perm133440311210830FC Dinamo Moskva142240221413330FC Torpedo Moskva15115617218130FC Shinnik Yaroslavl16



Match officials

Stefano Farina (ITA)RefereeAlessandro Stagnoli (ITA), Alessandro Griselli (ITA)Assistant refereesPaolo Tagliavento (ITA)Fourth officialHarry Been (HOL)UEFA Delegate

Referee

UEFAUCLDoBNat.Name251019.09.1962ITAStefano Farina

Stefano Farina followed in the footsteps of compatriots Sergio Gonella, Luigi Agnolin and Piero Ceccarini when hewas appointed to control one of European football's flagship matches - the 2006 UEFA Super Cup.

Born on 19 September 1962, Farina is an insurance agent based in Rome who lists ancient Roman history amonghis hobbies and also doubles up as tennis instructor. He has been refereeing since 1979, made his top-flight debutin 1995 (a game between US Foggia and AC Reggiana) and earned his FIFA badge in 2001. He took charge of hisfirst UEFA Champions League qualifying fixture that same summer and by September 2003 was refereeing gamesin the competition proper as well UEFA Cup ties and UEFA European Championship qualifiers.

Farina topped up his air miles in summer 2004 when overseeing two FIFA World Cup qualifiers; Tahiti against Fijiand New Zealand versus Vanuatu. A regular in the UEFA Champions League for the last two seasons, three of hisfour matches last term involved English clubs. Farina has also proved adept at controlling two of European football'smost passionate derbies in Rome and Milan, so it was no surprise to see him appointed for the all-Spanish SuperCup in which Sevilla FC turned on the style to defeat FC Barcelona 3-0 in Monaco.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this matchVenueResMatchStageComp.DateMoscow1-2PFC CSKA Moskva-FK VardarQR2UCL30.07.2003

UEFA Champions League Other matchesVenueResMatchStageComp.DateSofia0-0PFC Levski Sofia-SK BrannQR2UCL25.07.2001Belgrade4-0FK Partizan-HammarbyQR2UCL07.08.2002Monaco4-0AS Monaco FC-AEK Athens FCGS1UCL30.09.2003Brussels3-0RSC Anderlecht-SL BenficaQR3UCL24.08.2004Monaco2-0AS Monaco FC-RC Deportivo La CoruñaGSUCL28.09.2004Lyon4-2Olympique Lyonnais-Fenerbahçe SKGSUCL03.11.2004London5-1Arsenal FC-Rosenborg BKGSUCL07.12.2004Berne3-0FC Thun-Malmö FFQR3UCL23.08.2005Athens1-3Olympiacos CFP-Rosenborg BKGSUCL13.09.2005Manchester0-0Manchester United FC-LOSC Lille MétropoleGSUCL18.10.2005Brussels0-2RSC Anderlecht-Chelsea FCGSUCL23.11.2005Madrid0-1Real Madrid CF-Arsenal FC1/8UCL21.02.2006Vienna1-1FK Austria Wien-SL BenficaQR3UCL08.08.2006London2-0Arsenal FC-FC PortoGSUCL26.09.2006Barcelona2-2FC Barcelona-Chelsea FCGSUCL31.10.2006

Other matchesVenueResMatchStageComp.DateAlbacete0-0Spain-PortugalIRU1818.04.2001Lisbon6-0Portugal-CyprusQRWC06.06.2001



VenueResMatchStageComp.DateLeeds3-0Leeds United AFC-CS MarítimoR1UCUP27.09.2001Teplice4-0FK Teplice-1. FC KaiserslauternR3UIC27.07.2002London2-2Fulham FC-HNK Hajduk SplitR1UCUP03.10.2002Vigo3-0RC Celta de Vigo-Viking FKR2UCUP31.10.2002Tirana0-0Albania-Republic of IrelandQREURO02.04.2003Bucharest1-1FC Steaua Bucuresti-Liverpool FCR2UCUP06.11.2003Istanbul2-2Galatasaray SK-Villarreal CFR3UCUP26.02.2004Chorzow1-2Poland-EnglandQRWC08.09.2004Bratislava4-1Slovakia-LatviaQRWC09.10.2004Middlesbrough2-3Middlesbrough FC-Sporting Clube de Portugal1/8UCUP10.03.2005Valencia1-0Spain-LithuaniaQRWC04.06.2005Budapest0-1Hungary-SwedenQRWC07.09.2005Amsterdam0-0Netherlands-F.Y.R. MacedoniaQRWC12.10.2005Basle2-0FC Basel 1893-RC Strasbourg1/8UCUP09.03.2006St Petersburg1-1FC Zenit St. Petersburg-Sevilla FCQFUCUP06.04.2006Monaco0-3FC Barcelona-Sevilla FCFSCUP25.08.2006Constanta2-2Romania-BulgariaQREURO02.09.2006



Competition information

UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced that the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA clubcompetitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2006/07, at least four places on this list willbe reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubsfrom within the same association of the said club.

The 'B' list will also continue to exist - involving an unlimited number of Under-21 players who have been at the clubfor two seasons. In 2007/08, the number of locally-trained players in a squad will increase to six before rising to eightin 2008/09, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained.

A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the clubbetween the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at leastthree seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21.

UEFA is concerned some clubs are not training enough of their own players, but simply taking them from elsewhere.The proposed measures have the objective of creating a better balance in domestic competitions, preventing clubsfrom simply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system whereby locally-trained players would be given agreater opportunity to play regularly in club sides - ensuring a large reservoir of talent for national teams as aconsequence.

• Financial information: UEFA says the estimated budgeted income for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League is€750m – higher than the 2005/06 campaign revenue which amounted to CHF943m (approx. €610m).

Under the competition regulations, 75 per cent of the total revenue received from television and commercial contractsconcluded by UEFA, up to a maximum of €530m will go to the 32 clubs taking part in the group stage of Europe'spremier club competition. The remaining 25 per cent is earmarked for European football and remains with UEFA tocover organisational and administrative costs, as well as for solidarity payments to associations, clubs and leagues.

It is also stipulated that participating clubs will receive 82 per cent of any revenue received from the same stream inexcess of € 530m, with the remaining 18 per cent allocated to UEFA for European football. In addition, 50 per centof the revenue received from new media contracts concluded by UEFA will also be available for distribution to theclubs, and the remaining 50 per cent will be allocated to the above-mentioned European football portion/quota.

The gross income for 2006/07 is estimated at €750m, and according to projections, will be made up of € 743.3m fromTV and commercial contracts and €6.7m from new media contracts.

The fixed amount to the clubs is €276.6m. Each of the 32 clubs in the group stage will receive a starting bonus of€2m. In addition, they will receive a match bonus of €400,000 per match. Performance bonuses will amount to €600,000for a win and €300,000 for a draw in the group stage. The 16 teams playing in the first knockout round will receive€2.2m, the eight quarter-finalists €2.5m each and the four semi-finalists €3m each. The UEFA Champions Leaguewinners will receive €7m, and the runners-up €4m.

This means that a total minimum amount of €4.4m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive,at best, up to €22.7m, not counting the market pool share and gate receipts.

The remaining €270.4m will be distributed according to the proportional value of each TV market represented by theclubs taking part in the UEFA Champions League, and to be split among the number of teams – four, three, two orone – participating from a given association.



• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 24 August saw the 32 teams divided intoeight groups of four. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each club plays onehome and one away match against each other club in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for adraw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, thefollowing criteria are applied to determine the rankings.

a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;c) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question;d) superior goal difference from all group matches played;e) higher number of goals scored;f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question as well as its association, over the previousfive seasons.

The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the first knockout round, to be playedover two legs on 20 February and 7 March 2007. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their group moveinto the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group are eliminatedfrom UEFA club competition for the season.

• Deadlines: UEFA Champions League matchday stats packs and match-by-match press kits are provided to mediaby uefa.com. For every matchday, a global stats pack is created and issued once matches from the previous matchdayhave been completed and the data verified. For every UEFA Champions League match, two press kits are issued inEnglish: Sunday at 22:00CET with a match preview update on Monday at 22:00CET for Tuesday's matches. ForWednesday's matches, the press kit is issued on Monday at 22:00CET with the match preview update version publishedon Tuesday at 22:00CET. Multilingual versions of press kits, determined on a match-by-match basis, are also issuedwith similar deadlines.

• Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document isaccurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressedor implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the useor interpretation of information contained herein.



Legend

:: All-time statisticsThe all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competitions: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFAclub competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA CupWinners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (from the 1973 competition), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and theEuropean/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities’ Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only forinformation purposes as these competitions were not held under UEFA auspices.

Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result isdetermined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tieended in a draw.

:: Squad listThe eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order.

Current season - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in qualifying rounds only.Current season - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to thecurrent matchday.All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to finalonly. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions (as defined above) including all qualifying roundmatches. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Bookings listThe current disciplinary situation in the competition.*: Misses next match if booked#: Suspended for at least one match+: Provisionally suspendedR: Sent off (red card)S: SuspendedY: Booked (yellow card)Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red)R*: Sent off (red card) in the UEFA CupS*: Suspended following cautions received in the UEFA CupY*: Booked (yellow card) in the UEFA CupY/R*: Sent off (yellow card then direct red) in the UEFA Cup

Note: The bookings list is destined for the press. It is given to the competing clubs for information purposes only andtherefore has no legal value. In the event of any discrepancy, only the correspondence addressed directly to the clubswill be considered as the authoritative version.

:: Match officialsThe match officials appointed to officiate the fixture.

UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 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 officialstatistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.



UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches. Matches wherethe official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics consideredvalid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: CompetitionsClub competitionsECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions LeagueUCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' CupSCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup

National team competitionsEURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA European Under-21 ChampionshipWC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations CupFRIE: A International friendly matches • U21 FRIE: Under-21 international friendly matchesU19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 ChampionshipU17: UEFA European Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 ChampionshipRCUP: UEFA Regions' Cup • MERI: UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup

:: Competition stagesF: FinalGS: Group stageGS1: First group stageGS2: Second group stageKO1: First knockout roundPR: Preliminary roundQF: Quarter-finalsQR: Qualifying roundQR1: First qualifying roundQR2: Second qualifying roundQR3: Third qualifying roundR1: First roundR2: Second roundR3: Third roundR4: Fourth roundSF: Semi-finals1/8: Eighth-finals1/16: Sixteenth-finals1st: First leg2nd: Second leg



:: Other abbreviationsAP: AppearancesComp: CompetitionD: DrawnDoB: Date of birthGA: Goals againstGF: Goals forL: LostNat: NationalityN/a: Not applicableNo: NumberPld: Matches playedPos: PositionPts: PointsR: Sent off (red card)Res: ResultW: WonY: Booked (yellow card)Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red)

:: Statistics(-): Denotes player substituted(+): Denotes player introduced(*): Denotes player dismissed/sent off(+/-): Denotes player introduced and substituted



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Hamburger SV v PFC CSKA Moskva - uefa.com · 02.11.1960, 1960/61 European Champion Clubs' Cup, first round, first leg • Heaviest defeat 6-0:Liverpool FC v Hamburger SV ... with