UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT FC Rubin Kazan FC Barcelona Centralniy, Kazan Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) Group F - Matchday 4 Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................3 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Head coach....................................................................................................8 Match officials................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results......................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................13 Competition facts..........................................................................................14 Team facts....................................................................................................15 Legend.........................................................................................................17 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html FC Rubin Kazan - FC Barcelona Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy, Kazan Match background Previous meetings UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/10/09 GS FC Barcelona - FC Rubin Kazan 1-2 Barcelona Ibrahimović 48; Ryazantsev 2, Gökdeniz Karadeniz 73 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rubin Kazan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 FC Barcelona 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 FC Rubin Kazan - record versus clubs from opponents' country None FC Barcelona - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/02 GS FC Barcelona - FC Lokomotiv Moskva 1-0 Barcelona Frank de Boer 76 01/10/02 GS FC Lokomotiv Moskva - FC Barcelona 1-3 Moscow Obiorah 56; Kluivert 29, Saviola 32, 49 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/03/94 GS FC Barcelona - FC Spartak Moskva 5-1 Barcelona Stoichkov 34, Amor 75, Koeman 78, 80, Romário 86(p); Karpin 3 02/03/94 GS FC Spartak Moskva - FC Barcelona 2-2 Moscow Rodionov 77, Karpin 88; Stoichkov 10, Romário 66 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/92 R2 FC Barcelona - PFC CSKA Moskva 2-3 Barcelona Nadal 13, Beguiristáin 31; Bushmanov agg: 3-4 44, Mashkarin 57, Korsakov 60 21/10/92 R2 PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Barcelona 1-1 Moscow Grichine 17; Beguiristáin 58 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/87 R2 FC Dinamo Moskva - FC Barcelona 0-0 Moscow agg: 0-2 21/10/87 R2 FC Barcelona - FC Dinamo Moskva 2-0 Barcelona Amarilla 10, Schuster 28 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Rubin Kazan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 FC Barcelona 5 3 0 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 3 2 17 10 Buoyed by their unexpected win at the Camp Nou on Matchday 3, FC Rubin Kazan welcome European champions FC Barcelona for their second home game in Group F having already held FC Internazionale Milano in Russia. • Goals in each half from Aleksandr Ryazantsev and Gökdeniz Karadeniz stunned the UEFA Champions League holders in the first meeting between the teams – and Rubin's first game against Spanish opposition – and, while Barça remain top of the section, all four teams are now separated by a single point at the halfway stage ahead of the reverse fixture at the Centralniy Stadium. Match background • While this is Rubin's first home match against a Spanish club, Barcelona have travelled to Russia four times before and returned unbeaten on each occasion, recording one victory and three draws. Last updated 03/11/09 11:06:45CET Match background 2 FC Rubin Kazan - FC Barcelona Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy, Kazan • The holders' last game in Russia was a UEFA Champions League first group-stage meeting with FC Lokomotiv Moskva on 1 October 2002. • Xavi Hernández, Carles Puyol and Víctor Valdés featured for a Barcelona side who won 3-1 through goals from Patrick Kluivert and Javier Saviola (2). • The current coach and director of football at the Camp Nou – Josep Guardiola and Txiki Begiristain respectively – were in the Barcelona side defeated by PFC CSKA Moskva in the UEFA Champions League second round in 1992/93. Although Begiristain scored in both legs, Barcelona's 3-2 home loss on 4 November 1992 ended their trophy defence, the 4-3 aggregate reverse denying them a place in the group stage. • Rubin did not compete in Europe before 2004. Outside of qualifying rounds and UEFA Intertoto Cup ties, this is only their third home game in a UEFA club competition proper and they are still seeking a first win. • Barcelona are unbeaten in seven away matches in the UEFA Champions League, including the goalless draw at Inter on Matchday 1. Team ties • Rubin captain Sergei Semak twice finished on the losing side against Barcelona's Spanish internationals Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández and Carles Puyol at UEFA EURO 2008™. Semak's Russia side succumbed 4-1 to Spain in their opening group game and then 3-0 in the semi-final, where Xavi scored the first goal. • Rubin's South African international Macbeth Sibaya suffered the same fate against Spain at this year's FIFA Confederations Cup. He lined up against Barcelona's Sergio Busquets, Gerard Piqué and Puyol as South Africa lost to the Spanish 2-0 in the group stage and 3-2 in the play-off for third place. • Barcelona forward Thierry Henry had mixed fortunes against Russian clubs in the UEFA Champions League with former club Arsenal FC. He appeared against FC Spartak Moskva, Lokomotiv Moskva and CSKA, winning two, losing two and drawing two. He found the net once, in Arsenal's 1-0 home win against Spartak in the 2000/01 second group stage. • Barcelona full-back Daniel Alves was in the Sevilla FC side that beat Lokomotiv home and away in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup round of 32. He also made three trips to FC Zenit St. Petersburg with Sevilla, but never finished on the winning side. • César Navas began his career in Real Madrid CF's B team. He later played for Málaga CF, Catalonia's Club Gimnàstic de Tarragona and Real Racing Club Santander prior to joining Rubin earlier this year. • One of Navas's final appearances for Racing came in a 2-1 home loss to Barcelona in February. Match facts Rubin Kazan UEFA milestones • The win in Barcelona was Rubin's first in the UEFA Champions League in their third game. UEFA Champions League statistics • Rubin have had six shots wide so far, the lowest total in the competition. • Macbeth Sibaya is available again after a three-game ban following his dismissal against SK Rapid Wien in the 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round second leg. Cristian Ansaldi's next yellow card will incur a one-match suspension. Latest domestic information • Friday 30 October: FC Rubin Kazan 4-1 PFC Krylya Sovetov Samara (Noboa 48, Bukharov 56 75, Gökdeniz 63; Koller 61) Ryzhikov; Ansaldi, Navas, Sharonov (Balyaykin 86), Popov; Ryazantsev (Bystrov 82), Noboa, Murawski (Sibaya 39), Gökdeniz; Domínguez, Bukharov. • Kurban Berdyev made two changes to the team that beat FC Rostov 2-1 on 25 October, Aleksei Popov and fit-again Aleksandr Bukharov coming in for Alan Kasaev and Vitali Kaleshin. • The Russian champions have won four in a row – against FC Khimki, Barcelona, Rostov and Krylya Sovetov – since ending a sequence of five games without a victory. • Rubin have not kept a clean sheet since a 0-0 draw with FC Tom Tomsk on 20 September, a run of seven games. Last updated 03/11/09 11:06:45CET Match facts 3 FC Rubin Kazan - FC Barcelona Wednesday 4 November 2009 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Centralniy, Kazan • Alejandro Domínguez broke the deadlock at Rostov with his 12th goal in 15 games (including the Krylya Sovetov fixture), all but five coming from the penalty spot. • Ansaldi's clincher against Rostov came a year to the day after his only previous goal for Rubin. • The last unbeaten away record in the Premier-Liga ended when Rubin lost 2-1 at FC Lokomotiv Moskva on 4 October. The titleholders had won seven and drawn four of their previous eleven matches on the road and the setback cut Rubin's lead at the top to a solitary point. They had been seven clear on 12 September. Injury news • Petr Bystrov – out 14 June to 25 October (heatstroke) • Macbeth Sibaya – out 13-30 October (thigh) • Aleksandr Bukharov – out 17-30 October (wrist) • Sergei Semak – out since 20 October (adductor) • Rafał Murawski suffered an arm injury against Krylya Sovetov and was replaced by Sibaya six minutes before half-time. Miscellaneous • Evgeni Balyaykin could feature when Russia take on Slovenia in the FIFA World Cup play-offs on 14 and 18 November. Barcelona UEFA milestones • Barcelona have conceded 199 goals in 199 games in the European Champion Clubs' Cup. UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Saturday 31 October: CA Osasuna 1-1 FC Barcelona (Piqué 90+3og; Keita 72) Valdés; Puyol, Piqué, Chygrynskiy (Márquez 61), Abidal; Xavi, Busquets, Keita, Messi, Iniesta (Pedro 90); Ibrahimović. • Josep Guardiola made one change to the team that beat Real Zaragoza 6-1 on 25 October, Eric Abidal replacing Maxwell at left-back. • Carles Puyol made his 453rd appearance for Barça against Osasuna, taking him past Carles Rexach and into third on the club's all-time appearance list.