FC Internazionale Milano V FC Artmedia PRESS KIT

FC Internazionale Milano v FC Artmedia PRESS KIT

Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Wednesday, 23 November 2005 - 20:45 CET Group H - Matchday 5

A home win against FC Artmedia would allow FC Internazionale Milano to win the group and take their place in the knockout phase. But the Slovakian champions have proved themselves to be worthy opposition, and, since a 1-0 defeat by the Italian club in their opening group game, Artmedia have remained unbeaten.

Matchday 1 meeting •The only goal of the previous meeting on 13 September in Bratislava was scored by Julio Cruz. It was the first time the two sides had ever met in UEFA club competition, with Artmedia making their bow in the UEFA Champions League this season. The Slovakian side are third in Group H with five points, four fewer than their Matchday 5 opponents, but the same amount as second-placed Rangers FC who are in action at FC Porto.

Behind closed doors •Inter will again be playing behind closed doors as a result of the stadium ban imposed by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body last April. It came after disturbances during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg against AC Milan. Previous Bratislava tie •The Italian side have played against a Bratislava club in UEFA club competition before this season. In the 1982/83 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round, Inter were drawn against ŠK Slovan Bratislava, then a force in the old Czechoslovakian league. Inter won 2-0 at home and a penalty from Hansi Müller after five minutes of the return put them in control. But Slovan hit back with goals from Marian Takac and Rudolf Bobek, to win the game, if not the tie.

Unbeaten away in the group •This will be the final away fixture in the group for Artmedia, and the club have so far remained unbeaten on their travels. The Slovakian champions suffered a shock 3-2 win at Porto on 28 September after recovering from two goals down. Then on 19 October, Artmedia went to Ibrox and drew 0-0 with Rangers.

Qualifying round form •Artmedia did lose twice on their travels in the qualifying rounds. In the first qualifying round they lost 2-0 at FC Kairat Almaty of Kazakhstan, only to come back and win 4-1 after extra time in a dramatic second leg. Then, in the next round, after a 5-0 home win against Celtic FC, Artmedia again came close to elimination by losing 4-0 in Glasgow. •But the away form picked up in the third qualifying round with a 0-0 draw after extra time at FK Partizan, with Artmedia then holding their nerve in Belgrade to win 4-3 on a penalty shoot-out. The two away games in the resulting group stage have shown the side has plenty of resilience.

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Marked contrast •Artmedia qualified for the UEFA Champions League by becoming the Slovakian title- holders for the first time in their 105-year history. In contrast, Inter have twice been champions of Europe in 1961 and 1962 and are in their 44th season of UEFA club competition.

Team facts: Internazionale •Inter are competing in their fourth successive UEFA Champions League group stage. Inter have qualified for the knockout stages in two of the past three seasons, their best performance coming in the 2002/03 season when they advanced to the semi-final stage only to lose out on away goals to AC Milan. Last season Inter advanced to the quarter- final stage only to see Milan block their route. •Prior to the 2002/03 season, Inter's only other involvement in the UEFA Champions League came in the 1998/99 season when they reached the quarter-final stage only to lose 3-1 on aggregate to eventual winners, Manchester United FC.

•Since the UEFA Champions League started in the 1992/93 season, Inter have been more closely involved with the destiny of the UEFA Cup, playing in three finals and winning two of them.

•They defeated SV Austria Salzburg 2-0 on aggregate in the 1993/94 season, but they lost 4-1 on penalties to FC Schalke 04 three years later after the two sides ended 1-1 on aggregate. However, Inter bounced back the following season to claim the trophy for the second time in four years by putting three goals past S.S. Lazio without reply with Iván Zamorano (5), Javier Zanetti (60) and Ronaldo (70) doing the damage.

•Inter also won the UEFA Cup in the 1990/91 season when they defeated Lazio's cross- city rivals, AS Roma, 2-1 on aggregate. They overcame a one-goal deficit following the opening leg in Italy’s capital to win 2-0 at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium thanks to goals from Lothar Matthäus (58pen) and Nicola Berti (67).

•To date, Inter have won the European Champion Clubs' Cup on two occasions in four final appearances. The first came in the 1963/64 competition when Real Madrid CF were beaten 3-1 in Vienna. Sandro Mazzola scored in each half, either side of a goal from Aurelio Milani. Rafael Bautista scored for Madrid. •Inter finished in third position in last season's Italian Serie A, 14 points behind winners Juventus, and seven adrift of AC Milan. Udinese Calcio finished a further ten points behind in fourth. •That earned them a place in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, where they faced FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In the first leg in Ukraine, goals from Obafemi Martins (68) and Adriano (79) gave the Italian side a valuable away win. Álvaro Recoba (13) extended their lead in the return in Milan and Elano Blumer's 25th-minute equaliser on the night was little more than a consolation.

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•Inter travelled to Slovakia on the opening matchday to face competition debutants FC Artmedia and a goal from Argentinian striker Julio Cruz after 17 minutes earned them a hard-fought win. •Inter won by the same scoreline on Matchday 2 against Scottish champions Rangers FC. The match was played in an empty Giuseppe Meazza stadium as Inter's punishment for crowd misdemeanors last season. However, the Italian side made light of the eerie atmosphere and won courtesy of a deflected free-kick from Chilean midfielder David Pizarro after 49 minutes. Inter could even afford the luxury of Julio Cruz's missed penalty, which struck the post after 25 minutes.

•Inter lost for the first time in this season’s competition on Matchday 3 as FC Porto ran out 2-0 winners in Portugal. There was an element of fortune about both goals, but inspired by the brilliant Ricardo Quaresma, they outclassed their illustrious visitors. The Portuguese side had looked on the brink of elimination, but they are now back in the hunt for qualification, thanks to Marco Materazzi's own goal after 22 minutes and a Benni McCarthy volley 13 minutes later that deflected heavily off Juan Sebastián Verón. •On Matchday 4, Inter's blushes were spared by two late goals from substitute Julio Cruz as they won 2-1 at an empty Giuseppe Meazza stadium, leaving Porto to wonder how this game got away. The home side struggled to find any rhythm at all and it was not long before they were made to pay in the most spectacular fashion when, direct from a free-kick 30 metres out, Hugo Almeida hit a thunderbolt that flew past Julio César into the top corner of the net. It was not until with 15 minutes remaining that Inter hit back. Porto captain Pedro Emanuel upended David Pizarro inside the penalty area and Cruz dispatched the resulting penalty with aplomb. He then added a second with an 82nd- minute header from Sinisa Mihajlović's corner to provide victory. • To date, Inter have played 44 matches in the UEFA Champions League winning 21, drawing 13 and losing ten with 66 goals scored and 51 conceded.

• On Matchday 4, Inter scored their 400th goal in UEFA club competition. Overall, their record reads: played 266, won 131, drawn 72, lost 63 with 401 goals scored and 232 conceded.

Team facts: Artmedia • Artmedia's first game in UEFA club competition came on 17 June 2001 in the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round against Lithuanian side FK Ekranas. Virginijus Baltushnikas opened the scoring after 19 minutes for Ekranas before Vladimír Kinder equalised from the penalty spot after 57 minutes. • Their best performance prior to this season came in qualifying for the first round of 2003/04 UEFA Cup before losing 32 on aggregate at the hands of FC Girondins de Bordeaux, with Marek Krejcí scoring in both legs for the Slovak side. • Artmedia won the Slovakian first league by seven points from MŠK Žilina.

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• That earned them a place in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. But it was hardly a perfect start, as Artmedia went down 20 in Kazakhstan against FC Kairat Almaty. However, Artmedia bounced back in the return leg with a stunning 41 victory after extra time. They quickly cancelled out Kairat's 20 firstleg advantage with goals from Balázs Borbély (21) and Daniel Tchuř (52) only for Andrej Bogomolov's strike in the first minute of extratime to leave them needing to score twice due to the awaygoals rule. But Ján Kozák made it 33 from the penaltyspot after 94 minutes before substitute Pavol Staňo headed the winner in the dying seconds. • Their second qualifying round tie was even more remarkable. They stunned 1967 European champions Celtic FC with a thumping 50 win in the first leg thanks to a hat trick from Slovakian Under21 international Juraj Halenár. Blažej Vašcák and substitute Martin Mikluič, who scored just six minutes after coming on, completed the victory.

• It was a dream debut in the competition for Halenár. He only signed for Artmedia the previous Friday from AŠK Inter Bratislava and was sent off on his Artmedia bow the next day. • However, Celtic almost recovered from the worst European defeat in their history in the return leg at Celtic Park. Goals from Alan Thompson, John Hartson, Stephen McManus and Craig Beattie took the Scottish side to the brink of victory but Artmedia held on for the 54 aggregate win. • Next up were FK Partizan of Serbia and Montenegro in the third qualifying round and it was a case of famine after feast as the sides failed to score over 210 minutes. Artmedia finally prevailed 43 on penalties after the second leg in Belgrade. Goalkeeper Juraj Čobej was the hero for Artmedia. He was in stunning form throughout the tie, making a series of saves to keep the home side at bay before denying Nenad Brnović to hand Artmedia a 43 suddendeath shootout victory.

• Artmedia failed to score for the fourth successive match in the competition when they debuted in the UEFA Champions League group stage against FC Internazionale Milano on Matchday 1. The Italian giants were made to work hard for their win in the Slovakian capital with Julio Cruz's 17thminute strike finally sealing the win.

• Artmedia were back to their entertaining best on the second matchday as they again won away in dramatic fashion. They initially trailed 2004 European champions FC Porto after strikes from Lucho González (32) and Diego (39). But Peter Petráš began the Artmedia comeback just before halftime. Then Ján Kozák finished off a counterattack after 54 minutes and Balázs Borbély scored the winner 16 minutes for an historic victory. • Petráš's strike ended a run of almost seven hours (418 minutes) without a goal in this season's competition for the occasionally freescoring Slovakian side. • An inspired performance by Juraj Čobej gave Artmedia a precious away point as the Slovakian champions held Rangers FC in a goalless encounter at Ibrox on Matchday 3. The 34yearold goalkeeper, who saved two penalties in the shootout against Partizan

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to book Artmedia's first appearance in the group stage, produced a string of superb stops to deny Rangers their second win. • Rangers squandered a great opportunity to take a commanding position in their group, dominating against Artmedia in Bratislava but falling foul of their own poor finishing and defending. Nevertheless, the 22 draw on Matchday 4 left both sides firmly in contention to reach the knockout rounds. Dado Pršo got the Glasgow team off to a perfect start with a header in the third minute, but Artmedia captain Balázs Borbély levelled within five minutes. Steven Thompson restored the Scottish champions' lead with another header in the dying moments of the first half, before Ján Kozák salvaged a point after 59 minutes, firing the ball in after goalkeeper Ronald Waterreus had failed to clear his lines. • Artmedia are relative European novices with 20 games under their belt in UEFA club competition when compared to group rivals Rangers FC, FC Porto and FC Internazionale Milano who boast over 230 games apiece. To date, the Slovakian side have won five, drawn nine and lost six matches with 22 goals scored and 27 conceded.

Match facts: Internazionale v Artmedia • Inter captain Javier Zanetti returned to action for Argentina in the friendly game against England on 12 November after recovering from the thigh injury he suffered in the first Serie A game of the season against Treviso FC in September.

• Zanetti is just four caps away from becoming the most capped player in Argentinian history after playing in the 32 friendly defeat against England. Former Inter midfielder Diego Simeone holds the record with 106 appearances.

• Esteban Cambiasso, Julio Cruz, Walter Samuel and Zanetti were all included in the Argentina squad for the friendly against Qatar in Doha on 16 November. Samuel scored against England while Cruz scored against Qatar as Argentina ran out 30 winners.

• Julio Cruz's inclusion for the games against Qatar and England was his first for more than three years. His last appearance for Argentina was before the 2002 FIFA World Cup. • Marco Materazzi was included in the starting XI as Italy drew 11 with the Ivory Coast in a friendly match in Geneva on 16 November. • Alvaro Recoba delivered a manofthematch performance as Uruguay defeated Australia in the first leg of their FIFA World Cup playoff on 12 November. However, the second leg ended in heartbreak as he was forced off through injury and his colleagues were beaten 42 in a penalty shootout. • Striker Adriano was on the scoresheet for Brazil in a friendly against the United Arab Emirates on 12 November. The 23yearold scored from the penalty spot while Inter colleague Júlio César was an unused substitute.

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• Luís Figo scored his first Serie A goal in his 12th appearance for Inter as they secured a 20 win against Parma FC on Sunday. • Esteban Cambiasso scored his third Serie A goal of the season in the game against Parma FC on Sunday. He has already beaten his tally for last season, when he found the net twice in 30 appearances. • An article written against racism by Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins was published in Italian newspaper 'Corriere della Sera' on 16 November.

• Inter's board of directors approved the budget for 2005 on 14 November. Giacinto Facchetti, Rinaldo Ghelfi, Carlo Buora, Mauro Gambaro, Carlo d'Urso, Maurizio Fabris, Marco Gastel, Luigi Amato Molinari, Natalino Curzola Moratti, Pier Francesco Saviotti, Tommaso Giulini and Ernesto Paolillo were all named members of the board of directors. Giacinto Facchetti has been confirmed as president of the board. • Jon Buckland, Guy Berryman and Will Champion of British rock band Coldplay visited Inter’s headquarters at the 'Angelo Moratti' sports centre on 16 November, two days after performing a concert in Milan. • Wide of goal most often has been FC Schalke 04 striker Kevin Kuranyi who has had eleven attempts off target from the opening four matchdays. Nelson Valdez (Werder Bremen) and Adriano are close behind on ten apiece.

• Suffering the most fouls after four matchdays in this season's UEFA Champions League is Artmedia's Branislav Fodrek. The Slovakian midfielder has been fouled 18 times, one foul ahead of DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Julio Cruz and Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyonnais).

• If selected, Alvaro Recoba will make his 50th appearance in UEFA club competition against Artmedia. His 49 appearances to date have brought 13 goals. • Luís Figo is Inter's most experienced player in Europe's premier club competition, having made 86 UEFA Champions League appearances and scored 23 goals.

• Inter goalkeeper Francesco Toldo is only one game away from making his 75th appearance on the European stage. Of his 74 appearances to date, 40 have come in the group stage and beyond in the UEFA Champions League. • Toldo's goalkeeping rival Júlio César is the only player to have been on the pitch for every minute of Inter's UEFA Champions League campaign qualifiers included this season. Marco Materazzi has played every minute of the Group H campaign so far, while David Pizarro, Walter Samuel, Julio Cruz and Luís Figo have all been involved in some part of each group stage fixture. • Inter coach Roberto Mancini will celebrate his 41st birthday on Sunday. Blažej Vaščák, the Artmedia forward, turned 22 on Monday. • Aleš Urbánek is the most experienced Artmedia player in terms of football in UEFA

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club competition. The Czech midfield player has made 31 appearances on the European stage. • Goalkeeper Juraj Čobej is the only player to have been on the pitch for every minute of Inter's UEFA Champions League campaign qualifiers included this season. Ondrej Debnár, Ján Ďurica, Branislav Fodrek and Ján Kozák have all played every minute of the group stage campaign. • Čobej celebrated his 200th game in domestic top flight competition by keeping a clean sheet in Artmedia's 20 win against Dukla Banská Bystrica on 6 November.

• Defender Ján Ďurica and Branislav Fodrek were both included in the Slovakia squad that lost 62 on aggregate to Spain in a FIFA World Cup playoff. Ďurica and Fodrek both appeared in the second leg, a 11 draw, increasing their tally of caps to seven and three respectively. • Ján Ďurica is the only Artmedia player to have played in all 18 of Artmedia's league games so far this season.

• Ján Kozák scored for the fifth time this season in Artmedia's 11 draw against FC AS Trenčín on 9 November. All of his goals have come from the penalty spot.

• League leaders Spartak Trnava inflicted a 20 home defeat on Artmedia in the opening game of the season, but were unable to repeat the trick on 19 November. Artmedia won 21 in Bratislava to close to within three points of the top of the table • Czech forward Lukáš Hartig scored his sixth goal in eleven league appearances against Spartak Trnava.

• Spartak Trnava oldboys Luboš Kamenár and Pavol Staňo both faced their former club on Saturday. • Meanwhile, former Artmedia players Martin Lipčák and Jozef Kotula lined up for Trnava, and both were shown yellow cards.

• Off target the most from the opening four matchdays have been AFC Ajax with 44 shots wide of goal ahead of LOSC Lille Métropole (42) and Werder Bremen (41). Artmedia are bottom of the rankings with eleven efforts wide, five behind Olympiacos CFP, Udinese Calcio and Arsenal FC. • Real Madrid CF have won the most corners to date in this season's UEFA Champions League with 33, four clear of Arsenal FC. At the other end of the scale, LOSC Lille Métropole have had eight corners in four games, two behind Artmedia. • To date, 159 goals have been scored in this season's UEFA Champions League. Breaking the statistics down into 15minute segments, the most goals have been scored between the 61st and 75th minutes with 29.

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Competition facts UEFA Champions League: Did you know? • Only Group A in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage contains four domestic league champions from their respective 2004/05 domestic seasons. SK Rapid Wien won the Austrian Bundesliga by a point from Grazer AK. Club Brugge KV won the Belgian first division by three points from RSC Anderlecht. FC Bayern München won the German Bundesliga by 14 points from FC Schalke 04, while Juventus won the Italian Serie A championship by seven points from AC Milan, with FC Internazionale Milano and Udinese Calcio a further seven and 17 points behind. • This season Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation in the UEFA Champions League to ten, a record in the competition. Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real Madrid CF are making their ninth consecutive appearance, one ahead of Arsenal FC. • In addition, Manchester United have qualified for the knockout stages of the competition for the each of the past nine seasons, winning the European Champion Clubs' Cup at the end of the 1998/99 campaign. The English club have also advanced as far as the semifinals twice, the quarterfinals four times and the first knockout round twice in the other eight seasons.

• Of all 32 clubs competing in this season's UEFA Champions League, only Real Betis Balompié did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2004/05 season.

• Six clubs competing in the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition when it started during the 1992/93 season with two rounds preceding the group stage. AC Milan were beaten finalists (to Olympique de Marseille), while Club Brugge, PSV, Rangers FC and FC Porto all participated in the group stage. FC Barcelona were knocked out in the second round, the last hurdle to enter the group stage.

• Defending champions Liverpool FC entered the competition at the first qualifying round stage having not secured one of the automatic qualification slots available for finishing in the top four places in last season's English Premiership, but they are not the only club to have played six matches to advance to the group stage a feat shared by FC Artmedia. Three clubs also made it from the second qualifying round: Rapid Wien, Anderlecht and FC Thun. • Both Arsenal and Schalke remain the only two clubs among this season's participants never to have played a UEFA Champions League qualifyinground match. At the start of the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League all of Arsenal's 68 matches were restricted to the group stage and beyond while Schalke's six matches had come in the first group stage of the 2001/02 season, their sole previous participation before this campaign. • Only two of the former winners of the competition since it commenced in the 1992/93 season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely Marseille (1992/93) and BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97).

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UEFA Champions League: Alltime records • Biggest wins Res Match Date 8-3 AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña 05.11.2004 7-0 Juventus v Olympiacos CFP 10.12.2003 7-2 Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK 24.10.2000 Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen 08.03.2005 6-0 Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva 17.03.1993 Leeds United AFC v Besiktas JK 26.09.2000 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 seven 2003/04 UEFA Champions League goals that evening against Deportivo. Only one team has scored more than five goals in an away game, Manchester United FC winning 6-2 at Brøndby IF in 1998/99.

• Most goals in a season Goals Player Club Season 12 Ruud van Nistelrooij Manchester United FC 2002/03 10 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 1997/98 Mário Jardel FC Porto 1999/00 Rivaldo FC Barcelona 1999/00 Raúl González Real Madrid FC 1999/00 Ruud van Nistelrooij Manchester United FC 2001/02 Filippo Inzaghi AC Milan 2002/03

Ruud van Nistelrooij has finished UEFA Champions League top goalscorer in three of the past four seasons, AS Monaco FC's Fernando Morientes pipping him to that feat with nine in 2003/04.

• Four goals in a match Player Match Res Date Marco van Basten AC Milan v IFK Göteborg 4-0 25.11.1992 Simone Inzaghi S.S. Lazio v Olympique de Marseille 5-1 14.03.2000 Dado Pršo AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña 8-3 05.11.2003 Ruud van Nistelrooij Manchester United FC v AC Sparta Praha 4-1 03.11.2004

Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes into the game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

• Fastest goal in a match Player Match Time (sec) Date Gilberto PSV Eindoven 0-4 Arsenal FC 20.07 25.09.2002 Alessandro Del Piero Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus 20.12 01.10.1997 Clarence Seedorf FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan 21.20 28.09.2005 Marek Kincl Club Brugge KV 3-2 SK Rapid Wien 25.40 02.11.2005 Mariano Bombardo Willem II 3-4 AC Sparta Praha 28.21 20.10.1999

AC Milan's joy at Clarence Seedorf's first-minute goal against FC Schalke 04 was short-lived - Søren Larsen equalised for the home side in the third minute.

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• Fastest hattricks Player Match Time (min) Date Mike Newell Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK 9 06.12.1995 Marco Simone Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan 19 25.09.1996 Dado Pršo AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña 19 05.11.2003 Sigurd Rushfeldt Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK 21 21.10.1998 Simone Inzaghi S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille 21 14.03.2000

Rosenborg conceded 16 goals the season Mike Newell scored his rapid hat-trick, three fewer than the UEFA Champions League group stage record set by Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC the same season.

• Youngest players to score Player Match Age Date Peter Oforiquaye Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP 17 y - 195 d 01.10.1997 Cesc Fabregas Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK 17 y - 218 d 07.12.2004 Martin Klein Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha 17 y - 241 d 27.02.2002 Sammy Kuffour FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva 18 y - 61 d 02.11.1994 Andriy Shevchenko FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München 18 y - 70 d 07.12.1994

Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest player to appear, having begun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994 aged 16 years and 87 days.

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All-time statistics Head-to-head record Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 13.09.2005 UCL GS FC Artmedia - FC Internazionale Milano 0-1 Bratislava Overall record Pld W D L GF GA FC Internazionale Milano 1 1 0 0 1 0 FC Artmedia 1 0 0 1 0 1

Home team's record versus clubs from the away team's country Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 15.09.1982 UCWC R1 FC Internazionale Milano - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 2-0 Milan 29.09.1982 UCWC R1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava - FC Internazionale Milano 2-1 Bratislava 13.09.2005 UCL GS FC Artmedia - FC Internazionale Milano 0-1 Bratislava Overall record Pld W D L GF GA FC Internazionale Milano 3 2 0 1 4 2

Away team's record versus clubs from the home team's country Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 13.09.2005 UCL GS FC Artmedia - FC Internazionale Milano 0-1 Bratislava Overall record Pld W D L GF GA FC Artmedia 1 0 0 1 0 1

UEFA club competition record FC Internazionale Milano Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 105 53 31 21 157 94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 12 6 2 4 22 9 UEFA Cup 149 72 39 38 222 129 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 266 131 72 63 401 232 FC Artmedia Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 10 3 4 3 14 12 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 6 2 2 2 5 7 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 4 0 3 1 3 8

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Total 20 5 9 6 22 27

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) club record FC Internazionale Milano Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Champions League 44 21 13 10 66 51 FC Artmedia Pld W D L GF GA UEFA Champions League 4 1 2 1 5 5

KEY: All-time statistics Comp. - Competition, Res - Result Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup) (NOTE: For matches in the UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) club record, the fixtures played in the 1992/93 and 1993/94 first and second rounds are included in the statistics calculation) Current club names used for all clubs listed in these tables Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined. Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out.. ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals

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Squad list FC Internazionale Milano Current Season All-time UCLQ1 UCL2 League UCL3 UEFA4 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Francesco Toldo ITA 02.12.71 - - - - 1 - 40 - 74 - 12 Júlio César BRA 03.09.79 2 - 4 - 11 - 4 - 6 - 22 Paolo Orlandoni ITA 12.08.72 ------35 Paolo Tornaghi ITA 21.06.88 ------45 Matteo Piazza ITA 22.06.88 ------Defenders 2 Iván Cordoba COL 11.08.76 2 - 3 - 12 2 30 1 62 1 3 Nicolás Burdisso ARG 12.04.81 - - 1 - 1 - 4 - 4 - 4 Javier Zanetti ARG 10.08.73 2 - - - 2 - 38 1 89 4 11 Siniša Mihajlovic SCG 20.02.69 - - 1 - 2 - 45 11 79 14 13 Zé Maria BRA 25.07.73 2 - 2 - 8 - 12 - 30 2 16 Giuseppe Favalli ITA 08.01.72 1 - 2 - 11 - 31 1 69 2 23 Marco Materazzi ITA 19.08.73 2 - 4 - 11 1 26 - 43 1 25 Walter Samuel ARG 23.03.78 - - 4 - 8 1 32 - 50 3 33 Pierre Womé CMR 26.03.79 1 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 14 - 36 Simone Fautario ITA 12.02.87 ------38 Daniel Semenzato ITA 11.01.87 ------46 Dennis Esposito ITA 25.01.88 ------47 Mattia Barni ITA 28.04.88 ------49 Marco Andreoli ITA 10.06.86 ------Midfielders 5 Dejan Stanković SCG 11.09.78 2 - 1 6 1 40 5 72 15 6 Cristiano Zanetti ITA 10.04.77 - - 1 6 - 19 36 1 7 Luís Figo POR 04.11.72 - - 4 12 1 86 23 123 27 8 David Pizarro CHI 11.09.79 2 - 4 1 8 - 4 1 11 1 14 Juan Sebastián Verón ARG 09.03.75 2 - 3 9 - 56 7 76 7 18 Kily González ARG 04.08.74 - - 1 1 - 41 7 53 7 19 Esteban Cambiasso ARG 18.08.80 2 - 3 12 3 26 31 21 Santiago Solari ARG 07.10.76 2 - 2 3 - 50 7 62 7 40 Abdoulaye Diarra CIV 12.10.86 - - - - 41 Jacopo Ravasi ITA 08.02.87 - - - - 55 Daniel Boumsong CMR 20.03.87 - - - - Forwards 9 Julio Cruz ARG 10.10.74 1 - 4 3 10 5 31 12 48 13 10 Adriano BRA 17.02.82 2 1 3 11 5 10 7 23 14 20 Alvaro Recoba URU 17.03.76 1 1 2 8 1 21 3 49 13 30 Obafemi Martins NGA 28.10.84 1 1 3 9 2 20 8 25 11 42 Domenico Germinale ITA 03.06.87 - - - - 43 Basty Kyeremateng GHA 03.02.87 - - - - 44 Matteo Momente ITA 26.02.87 - - - - Coach Roberto Mancini ITA 27.11.64 2 - 4 - - 19 43

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KEY: Squad list Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds only 2 - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday 3 - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 4 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Squad list FC Artmedia Current Season All-time UCLQ1 UCL2 League UCL3 UEFA4 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Juraj Čobej SVK 07.08.71 6 - 4 14 - 4 16 18 LubošKamen ár SVK 17.06.87 - - 2 - 2 30 Stefan Kollár SVK 19.01.75 - - 3 - 2 Defenders 2 Ondrej Debnár SVK 18.06.73 5 - 4 13 2 4 10 4 Ján Ďurica SVK 10.12.81 6 - 4 18 - 4 16 2 5 Aleš Hellebrand CZE 27.08.74 2 - 3 - 5 17 Balázs Borbély SVK 02.10.79 6 1 3 2 17 2 3 2 19 4 23 Roman Konečný SVK 25.07.83 - - 1 4 - 1 3 24 Peter Burák SVK 17.09.78 4 - 1 9 - 1 6 Midfielders 3 Pavol Staňo SVK 29.09.77 6 1 4 14 1 4 17 1 13 Daniel Tchuř CZE 08.08.76 6 1 2 13 - 2 12 1 15 Vratislav Gajdoš SVK 13.01.86 2 - 5 - 2 16 Lukáš Hartig CZE 28.10.76 - - 4 11 6 12 1 17 1 20 Branislav Fodrek SVK 05.02.81 5 - 4 16 3 4 11 21 Peter Petráš SVK 07.05.79 2 - 4 1 14 - 4 1 12 1 22 Aleš Urbánek CZE 25.05.80 - - 4 11 - 10 31 25 Ján Kozák SVK 22.04.80 6 1 4 2 15 5 4 2 26 4 Forwards 8 Blažej Vaščák SVK 21.11.83 6 1 4 17 2 4 15 1 9 Fabio Luis Gomes BRA 11.11.75 2 - 1 4 - 1 25 5 10 Martin Mikulič SVK 14.03.85 5 1 1 13 1 1 12 1 12 Branislav Obžera SVK 29.08.81 5 - 3 13 2 3 11 1 14 Juraj Halenár SVK 28.06.83 4 3 4 14 3 4 8 3 19 Milorad Bukvić SCG 11.06.76 1 - 1 - 1 Coach Vladimír Weiss SVK 22.09.64 6 - 4 - - 4 16

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Match-by-match lineups - Group H Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Internazionale Milano 4 3 0 1 4 3 9 Rangers FC 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 FC Artmedia 4 1 2 1 5 5 5 FC Porto 4 1 0 3 7 8 3 Date Match Res Lineups 13/09/2005 Rangers FC v FC Porto 3-2 Rangers: Waterreus, Ricksen, Bernard, Ferguson, Pršo, Kyrgiakos, Rodriguez, Jeffers (Thompson 84), Murray, Løvenkrands (Buffel 56), Namouchi (Novo 72) Porto: Vítor Baía, Ricardo Costa, Pedro Emanuel (Sonkaya 41), Ibson, Lucho González, Pepe, Jorginho, Šokota, Diego (Quaresma 65), César Peixoto, Alan (Hugo Almeida 65) 13/09/2005 FC Artmedia v FC Internazionale Milano 0-1 Artmedia: Čobej, Debnár, Staňo (Gomes 62), Ďurica, Vaščák, Halenár, Hartig (Mikulič 71), Fodrek, Petráš, Urbánek (Konečný 74), Kozák Internazionale: Júlio César, Córdoba, Stanković, Cristiano Zanetti, Figo (Martins 81), Cruz (Pizarro 65), Adriano, Verón, Materazzi, Samuel, Womé 28/09/2005 FC Internazionale Milano v Rangers FC 10 Internazionale: Júlio César, Córdoba, Figo (Zé Maria 75), Pizarro, Cruz, Cambiasso, Solari (González 85), Materazzi, Samuel, Martins (Recoba 60), Womé Rangers: Waterreus, Ricksen, Bernard, Buffel (Jeffers 78), Ferguson, Pršo, Kyrgiakos, Rodriguez, Murray (Nieto 84), Løvenkrands, Namouchi (Thompson 90) 28/09/2005 FC Porto v FC Artmedia 23 Porto: Vítor Baía, Ricardo Costa (Alan 76), Ibson, Quaresma, Lucho González, McCarthy, Bosingwa, Bruno Alves, Jorginho, Diego (Hugo Almeida 76), César Peixoto Artmedia: Čobej, Debnár, Ďurica, Vaščák, Hartig (Obžera 84), Borbély, Fodrek, Petráš (Staňo 79), Urbánek, Burák (Halenár 46), Kozák 19/10/2005 FC Porto v FC Internazionale Milano 20 Porto: Vítor Baía, Pedro Emanuel, Quaresma (Ivanildo 82), Lucho González, McCarthy (Alan 60), Bosingwa, Pepe, Jorginho (Ibson 92), Paulo Assunção, Čech, Hugo Almeida Internazionale: Júlio César, Córdoba, Figo (Zé Maria 82), Pizarro (Recoba 53), Cruz, Verón, Favalli, Cambiasso, Solari (Adriano 67), Materazzi, Samuel 19/10/2005 Rangers FC v FC Artmedia 00 Rangers: Waterreus, Ricksen, Bernard, Ferguson, Hemdani, Pršo, Kyrgiakos (Andrews 59), Rodriguez, Nieto (Thompson 38), Løvenkrands, Namouchi (Burke 75) Artmedia: Čobej, Debnár, Ďurica, Vaščák (Obžera 69), Halenár (Tchuř 73), Hartig (Staňo 83), Borbély, Fodrek, Petráš, Urbánek, Kozák 01/11/2005 FC Internazionale Milano v FC Porto 21 Internazionale: Júlio César, Burdisso, Figo, Pizarro, Adriano (Cruz 61), Verón, Favalli, Materazzi, Samuel (Mihajlović 66), Martins, Womé (Cambiasso 54) Porto: Vítor Baía, Pedro Emanuel, Quaresma, Lucho González, Bosingwa, Pepe, Jorginho, Paulo Assunção (Bruno Alves 62), Alan (Raúl Meireles 46), Čech, Hugo Almeida (McCarthy 76) 01/11/2005 FC Artmedia v Rangers FC 22 Artmedia: Čobej, Debnár, Ďurica, Vaščák (Tchuř 83),

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Obžera (Staňo 87), Hartig (Halenár 73), Borbély, Fodrek, Petráš, Urbánek, Kozák Rangers: Waterreus, Ricksen, Bernard (Murray 91), Ferguson, Hemdani, Pršo, Kyrgiakos, Rodriguez, Thompson (Jeffers 70), Hutton, Løvenkrands 23/11/2005 FC Porto v Rangers FC 23/11/2005 FC Internazionale Milano v FC Artmedia 06/12/2005 Rangers FC v FC Internazionale Milano 06/12/2005 FC Artmedia v FC Porto

KEY: Match-by-match lineups Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points (NOTE: In the group stage, the group winners and runners-up advance to the UEFA Champions League knockout stage, the eight third-placed teams move into the UEFA Cup third round, and the eight fourth-placed teams are eliminated.)

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Booking list - Group H FC Internazionale Milano 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 2 Iván Córdoba Y Y * 6 Cristiano Zanetti Y 7 Luís Figo Y 9 Julio Cruz Y 14 Juan Sebastián Verón R 16 Giuseppe Favalli Y Rangers FC 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 3 Olivier Bernard Y 6 Barry Ferguson Y 9 Dado Pršo Y Y * 14 Sotirios Kyrgiakos Y 17 Chris Burke Y 25 Ronald Waterreus Y FC Porto 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 7 Ricardo Quaresma Y 8 Lucho González Y 12 Hugo Bosingwa Y Y * 14 Pepe Y 39 Hugo Almeida Y FC Artmedia 04/05 QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 3 Pavol Staňo Y Y * 12 Branislav Obžera Y Y * 14 Juraj Halenár Y 17 Balázs Borbély Y Y Y 20 Branislav Fodrek Y Y * 21 Peter Petráš Y

KEY: Booking list Y - Booked, R - Sent off, Y/R - Yellow + Direct Red - Suspension, ### - Suspension for at least 1 match, * - Misses next match if booked NOTE: this list is destined for the press. It is given to the competing clubs for information purposes only and therefore has no legal value. In the event of any discrepancy, only the correspondence addressed directly to the clubs will be considered as the authoritative version.

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Player statistics FC Internazionale Milano QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 Goalkeepers 1 Francesco Toldo ------12 Júlio César - - - - 90 90 90 90 90 90 - - 22 Paolo Orlandoni ------35 Paolo Tornaghi ------45 Matteo Piazza ------Defenders 2 Iván Cordoba - - - - 90 81(-) 90 90 90 - - - 3 Nicolás Burdisso ------90 - - 4 Javier Zanetti - - - - 90 90 ------11 Siniša Mihajlovic ------24(+) - - 13 Zé Maria - - - - 26(+) 17(+) - 15(+) 8(+) - - - 16 Giuseppe Favalli - - - - 90 - - - 90 90 - - 23 Marco Materazzi - - - - 90 46(-) 90 90 90 90 - - 25 Walter Samuel ------90 90 90 66(-) - - 33 Pierre Womé - - - - - 90 90 90 - 54(-) - - 36 Simone Fautario ------38 Daniel Semenzato ------46 Dennis Esposito ------47 Mattia Barni ------49 Marco Andreoli ------Midfielders 5 Dejan Stanković - - - - 90 73(-) 90 - - - - - 6 Cristiano Zanetti ------90 - - - - - 7 Luís Figo ------81(-) 75(-) 82(-) 90 - - 8 David Pizarro - - - - 14(+) 44(+) 25(+) 90 53(-) 90 - - 14 Juan Sebastián Verón - - - - 76(-) 90 56 - 90 90 - - 18 Kily González ------5(+) - - - - 19 Esteban Cambiasso - - - - 90 90 - 90 90 36(+) - - 21 Santiago Solari - - - - 64(-) 90 - 85(-) 67(-) - - - 40 Abdoulaye Diarra ------41 Jacopo Ravasi ------55 Daniel Boumsong ------Forwards 9 Julio Cruz - - - - - 9(+) 65(-) 90 90 29(+) - - 10 Adriano - - - - 90 90 90 - 23(+) 61(-) - - 20 Alvaro Recoba - - - - - 90 - 30(+) 37(+) - - - 30 Obafemi Martins - - - - 90 - 9(+) 60(-) - 90 - - 42 Domenico Germinale ------43 Basty Kyeremateng ------44 Matteo Momente ------

KEY: Lineups Lineups are ordered by position and then numerically No - Jersey number

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(-) - Denotes player substituted (+) - Denotes player introduced (*) - Denotes player dismissed (+/-) - Denotes player introduced and substituted

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Player statistics FC Artmedia QF1 QF2 QF3 Group Phase No. Player 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd MD1 MD2 MD3 MD4 MD5 MD6 Goalkeepers 1 Juraj Čobej 90 120 90 90 90 120 90 90 90 90 - - 18 LubošKamen ár ------30 Stefan Kollár ------Defenders 2 Ondrej Debnár 80(-) 120 90 90 - 95 90 90 90 90 - - 4 Ján Ďurica 90 120 90 90 90 55(-) 90 90 90 90 - - 5 Aleš Hellebrand 18(+) 72(-) ------17 Balázs Borbély 90 120 90 90 90 120 - 90 90 90 - - 23 Roman Konečný ------16(+) - - - - - 24 Peter Burák 90 - 10(+) 68(-) - 120 - 46(-) - - - - Midfielders 3 Pavol Staňo 90 37 5(+) 22(+) 90 65 62(-) 11(+) 7(+) 3(+) - - 11 Anton Šoltis ------13 Daniel Tchuř 72(-) 83(-) 85(-) 90 90 120 - - 17(+) 7(+) - - 15 Vratislav Gajdoš 90 44 ------16 Lukáš Hartig ------71(-) 84(-) 83(-) 73(-) - - 20 Branislav Fodrek - 120 90 90 90 120 90 90 90 90 - - 21 Peter Petráš - - - - 89(-) 120 90 79(-) 90 90 - - 22 Aleš Urbánek ------74(-) 90 90 90 - - 25 Ján Kozák 62(-) 120 90 90 90 120 90 90 90 90 - - Forwards 8 Blažej Vaščák 28(+) 76(-) 63(-) 74(-) 90 120 90 90 69(-) 83(-) - - 9 Fabio Luis Gomes - - - - 1(+) 25 28(+) - - - - - 10 Martin Mikulič 90 48 27(+) 16(+) - 10 19(+) - - - - - 12 Branislav Obžera 90 120 80(-) 90 31(+) - - 6(+) 21(+) 87(-) - - 14 Juraj Halenár - - 90 88(-) 59(-) 110 90 44(+) 73(-) 17(+) - - 19 Milorad Bukvić - - - 2(+) ------

KEY: Lineups Lineups are ordered by position and then numerically No - Jersey number (-) - Denotes player substituted (+) - Denotes player introduced (*) - Denotes player dismissed (+/-) - Denotes player introduced and substituted

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Head coach profiles Roberto Mancini Roberto Mancini became FC Internazionale Milano's eleventh coach since 1995 on 7 July 2005, replacing Alberto Zaccheroni one day after terminating his contract with S.S. Lazio, and is already considered one of the most stylish and promising trainers in Italy despite his age. As a player Mancini made his Serie A debut on 13 September 1981 for Bologna FC, going on to play for Sampdoria UC, S.S. Lazio and Leicester City FC. He won two Italian first division titles (one each with Sampdoria and Lazio) six Coppa Italias (four with Sampdoria, two with Lazio) and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups (one with Sampdoria, one with Lazio). For the Italian national team, Mancini won 36 caps and scored four goals. He then started his coaching career as assistant to future England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson at Lazio before replacing Fatih Terim at ACF Fiorentina in spring 2001. After leading Fiorentina to the Coppa Italia, he returned to Lazio and repeated that feat as well as steering the Roman club into the UEFA Champions League and the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.

Inter saw the then 41-year-old as the man to end a Serie A title drought stretching back 16 years and for the second time, having done so when appointed at Lazio, Mancini replaced Zaccheroni. He immediately led the Nerazzurri to Coppa Italia glory, Inter's first domestic honour since that 1989 Scudetto, and is hoping to build on that platform this term in both Italy and the UEFA Champions League.

Vladimír Weiss The son of an international footballer and an accomplished international with both Czechoslovakia and Slovakia, Vladimír Weiss has served FC Artmedia Bratislava as player, assistant coach, general secretary and even club president, but he is first and foremost a successful coach. He took charge in 2001 and guided Artmedia to their first league title in 2005; steered the club to a place in the UEFA Champions League group stage; and led them to a win over 2004 European champions FC Porto.

Weiss spent his formative years at Bratislava clubs Rapid and Èervená Hviezda before moving to second division VTJ Hurbanovo after his miltary service. In 1986 he joined AŠK Inter Bratislava and prospered as a midfield player. Nineteen caps for Czechoslovakia and a trip to the 1990 FIFA World Cup followed before he scored Slovakia's first international goal against the United Arab Emirates in February 1994. He moved to AC Sparta Praha after Italia '90 and won the final federal championship title in 1993. After a brief spell with FK Drnovice, Weiss was signed by FC Košice in 1994 and won back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998. He joined Artmedia as a player in 1996, turning out for five years before trying his hand at coaching. He was named Slovakian coach of the year in 2004 and has since gone from strength to strength, notably with that famous win at Porto.

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Match officials Referee Michael Riley (ENG) Assistant referees James Devine (ENG), David Babski (ENG) Fourth official Martin Atkinson (ENG) UEFA Delegate Roland Coquard (FRA) UEFA Referee observer Manuel López Fernández (ESP) UEFA Media Officer Borja Bilbao (ESP) Referee

Name Nat. DoB UCL1 UEFA2 Michael Riley ENG 17.12.1964 10 25 Mike Riley is a straight-talking Yorkshireman who likes to keep a tight rein on his matches - but what do you expect from a man who works as a finance director by profession? Born in Rotherham on 17 December 1964, Riley took charge of his first English FA Premiership game in 1996 before being awarded his FIFA badge in 1999.

Only four years ago, Riley was a member of the UEFA European Under-18 Championship referees' team but since enjoyed an elevated role, living out his lifelong dream by taking charge of two group games at UEFA EURO 2004™ as well as refereeing games in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup.

In September 2005 he was awarded the whistle for the UEFA Champions League game between AC Milan and Fenerbahçe SK and impressed as the middle man when Lithuania and Belgium met in October.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 13.11.2002 UCL GS1 AC Milan - RC Deportivo La Coruña 1-2 Milan 01.10.2003 UCL GS1 RC Celta de Vigo - AC Milan 0-0 Vigo 23.11.2004 UCL GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - AS Roma 2-0 Kiev 07.12.2004 UCL GS FC Internazionale Milano - RSC Anderlecht 3-0 Milan 13.09.2005 UCL GS AC Milan - Fenerbahçe SK 3-1 Milan

UEFA Champions League Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 09.08.2000 UCL QR3 FC Wacker Tirol - Valencia CF 0-0 Innsbruck 01.08.2001 UCL QR2 KS Vllaznia - Galatasaray SK 1-4 Tirana 30.10.2001 UCL GS1 FC Lokomotiv Moskva - Real Madrid CF 2-0 Moscow 17.09.2002 UCL GS1 AFC Ajax - Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Amsterdam 27.08.2003 UCL QR3 BV Borussia Dortmund - Club Brugge KV 2-1*(2-4) Dortmund 25.11.2003 UCL GS1 RC Deportivo La Coruña - AEK Athens FC 3-0 La Coruna

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09.03.2004 UCL 1/8 Olympique Lyonnais - Real Sociedad de 1-0 Lyon Fútbol 24.08.2004 UCL QR3 AS Monaco FC - NK Gorica 6-0 Monaco 29.09.2004 UCL GS Werder Bremen - Valencia CF 2-1 Bremen 23.08.2005 UCL QR3 Panathinaikos FC - Wisla Kraków 4-1 Athens

Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 04.03.1999 U16 QR Italy - Portugal 0-1 06.03.1999 U16 QR Portugal - Albania 4-1 17.07.1999 UIC R3 NK Varteks - FC Rostov 1-2 Varazdin 26.08.1999 UCUP QR FC Tiraspol - Ferencvárosi TC 1-1 Chisinau 30.09.1999 UCUP R1 PFC Levski Sofia - HNK Hajduk Split 3-0 Sofia 17.10.1999 U18 PR Netherlands - Israel 3-3 Baku 19.07.2000 U18 GS - FT Germany - Netherlands 3-0 Heilbronn 21.07.2000 U18 GS - FT France - Russia 2-0 Gundelfingen 14.09.2000 UCUP R1 CSF Zimbru Chisinau - Hertha BSC Berlin 1-2 Chisinau 09.11.2000 UCUP R2 1. FC Kaiserslautern - Iraklis FC 2-3 Kaiserslautern 24.03.2001 WC QR Bulgaria - Iceland 2-1 Sofia 15.08.2001 FRIE. R1 Sweden - South Africa 3-0 Solna 07.10.2001 WC QR FYR Macedonia - Slovakia 0-5 Skopje 14.11.2001 U21 P-O France - Romania 4-0 Brest 22.11.2001 UCUP R3 FC København - BV Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Copenhagen 17.04.2002 FRIE. R1 France - Russia 0-0 Paris 13.08.2002 UIC F Villarreal CF - Málaga CF 0-1 Villarreal 01.09.2002 FRIE. R1 Jamaica - India 0-0 Wolverhampton 16.10.2002 EURO QR Estonia - Belgium 0-1 Tallinn 28.11.2002 UCUP R3 FC Slovan Liberec - Panathinaikos FC 2-2 Liberec 29.03.2003 EURO QR Ukraine - Spain 2-2 Kiev 10.09.2003 EURO QR Poland - Sweden 0-2 Chorzow 08.04.2004 UCUP QF FC Girondins de Bordeaux - Valencia CF 1-2 Bordeaux 14.06.2004 EURO GS - FT Sweden - Bulgaria 5-0 Lisbon 19.06.2004 EURO GS - FT Latvia - Germany 0-0 Porto 04.09.2004 WC QR Croatia - Hungary 3-0 Zagreb 17.03.2005 UCUP 1/8 AJ Auxerre - LOSC Lille Métropole 0-0 Auxerre 08.06.2005 WC QR Estonia - Portugal 0-1 Tallinn 12.10.2005 WC QR Lithuania - Belgium 1-1 Vilnius

KEY: Match officials Nat. - Nationality, DoB - Date of birth Comp. - Competition, Res - Result 1 - UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. Matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) 2 - UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. International matches or matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round

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UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals CONFCUP: Confederation Cup QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals FRIE.: Friendly matches

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Domestic news Inter return to winning ways (Sunday, 20 November 2005) FC Porto were the big winners among the UEFA Champions League Group H contenders, while there were also victories for FC Artmedia and FC Internazionale Milano, who ended a run of three games without a win. However, defeat for Rangers FC in the Glasgow derby heaped more pressure on manager Alex McLeish.

FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 Parma FC

Second-half goals from Luís Figo and substitute Esteban Cambiasso gave Internazionale a 2-0 victory against Parma on Sunday evening to end a three-game winless streak. Parma defended stubbornly in the first half, before the home side increased the pressure after the restart and were rewarded with victory by two goals to stay fourth in Serie A.

Coach Roberto Mancini employed a diamond formation in midfield with Cristiano Zanetti anchoring and David Pizarro and Juan Sebastián Verón playing wide, while Figo supported the front two. "To win was really important today as we went into the match after failing to win our last three league games," said Mancini. "We did not perform well during the first half but we improved a lot after the break and deserved to win."

Kily González remains a long-term absentee while Alvaro Recoba returned from Australia with a minor ankle injury after playing for Uruguay in their FIFA World Cup play-off penalty shoot-out defeat. However, the forward is expected to be available for Wednesday's UEFA Champions League match against Artmedia, as is Siniša Mihajlović (muscular). Zé Maria (knee) also sat out the weekend win.

FC Artmedia 21 FC Spartak Trnava The Slovakian champions narrowed the gap to four points behind current leaders Spartak Trnava with a spirited comeback in Bratislava on Saturday. Goalkepeer Juraj Čobej was ruled out with a shoulder injury, but his deputy L'uboš Kamenár acquitted himself well. Kamenár was beaten just once, when Spartak topscorer Vladimír Kožuch opened the scoring on ten minutes. Ján Kozák hit the post seconds later, and both sides had excellent chances but were denied by inform goalkeepers. Trnava were without experienced defenders Souleymane Fall and Jaroslav Hrabal, and their absence told in the 54th minute when Branislav Obžera equalised after latching on to a Juraj Halenár cross. Lukáš Hartig sealed all three points for Artmedia with nine minutes remaining, finding the net with a spectacular winner after being left unmarked. Artmedia coach Vladimír Weiss said: "It was the biggest league game of the year from our point of view and in my opinion the best one, the tension mounting until the final whistle. I was always sure we could come back, we showed great team spirit today." FC Porto 51 A. Académica de Coimbra

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Lisandro López and Lucho González were both on target twice as Porto enjoyed their most emphatic victory of the season on Saturday to keep pace with Portuguese Liga frontrunners SC Braga. Porto coach Co Adriaanse named an unchanged side from that which edged FC Paços de Ferreira last week and the team were soon into their stride. Argentinian midfield player Lucho broke the deadlock after just ten minutes, slotting in Ricardo Quaresma's leftwing cross.

López doubled the lead with a header midway through the half, and although César Peixoto did not seal the win with a third until 70 minutes, Porto were always in control. López scored his second of the game with a predatory goal six minutes later, before Lucho completed his side’s scoring three minutes into added time, executing a superb lob after a long pass by goalkeeper Vítor Baía. There was still time for Académica to grab a late consolation.

Adriaanse, who was again without longterm striking absentees Bruno Moraes and Tomoslav Šokota, said: "This was the best result of the season, but not the best Porto performance. We started well for the first 30 minutes and then again in the last 20 minutes, but I will only be satisfied when we play well for 90 minutes. However, I have to recognise that we played well tonight, as we scored five goals and this can bring confidence for the Rangers match."

Celtic FC 30 Rangers FC Rangers fell 15 points behind Scottish Premier League leaders Celtic as they lost to their old rivals for the second time in ten days. Manager Alex McLeish rang the changes from the side that lost 20 to Celtic in the Scottish League Cup. Ronald Waterreus was preferred to Stefan Klos in goal while Marvin Andrews, Brahim Hemdani and Francis Jeffers all came in to the starting lineup.

The visitors fell behind on 12 minutes after Alan Hutton surrendered possession on the right and John Hartson converted Shaun Maloney’s cross. Hamed Namouchi, captain Barry Ferguson and Dado Pršo all had chances to level for Rangers before the break but lacked composure. Celtic doubled their lead on 56 minutes when Bobo Balde headed in Shunsuke Nakamura's cross, and Aiden McGeady added a third from close range on the hour. Rangers striker Pršo was forced off with a hamstring injury and is out of Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League match against Porto. "I felt we were the better side in the first half," said McLeish. "It's a shame we didn't take one of the chances that came our way but we are going to have to regroup. Dado will be missing during the week which is another blow to us, but we must march on."

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Domestic league details FC Internazionale Milano (Serie A) Date Opponent Res Lineups 29.10.2005 v UC Sampdoria (A) 2-2 Júlio César, Córdoba, Mihajlović, Samuel, Favalli (Recoba 88), Figo (Zé Maria 81), Pizarro, Cambiasso, Solari (Womé 67), Martins, Adriano 05.11.2005 v S.S. Lazio (A) 00 Júlio César, Córdoba, Mihajlović (Samuel 37), Materazzi, Zé Maria (Cristiano Zanetti 46), Favalli, Figo, Pizarro, Cambiasso, Adriano (Recoba 75), Martins 20.11.2005 v Parma FC (H) 20 Júlio César, Córdoba, Materazzi, Favalli, Javier Zanetti, Cristiano Zanetti, Pizarro (Stanković 59), Verón, Figo (Cambiasso 79), Cruz (Martins 53), Adriano Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 28.08.2005 v Treviso FC (H) 30 Adriano (3) 10.09.2005 v US Città di Palermo (A) 23 Cruz (2) 17.09.2005 v US Lecce (H) 30 Martins, Cruz, Stanković 21.09.2005 v AC Chievo Verona (A) 10 Samuel 25.09.2005 v ACF Fiorentina (H) 10 Martins 02.10.2005 v Juventus (A) 02 16.10.2005 v AS Livorno Calcio (H) 50 Materazzi, Cambiasso, Córdoba, Recoba, Cruz 23.10.2005 v Udinese Calcio (A) 10 Cruz 26.10.2005 v AS Roma (H) 23 Adriano (2) 29.10.2005 v UC Sampdoria (A) 22 Cambiasso, Córdoba 05.11.2005 v S.S. Lazio (A) 00 20.11.2005 v Parma FC (H) 20 Cambiasso, Figo 27.11.2005 v FC Messina Peloro (A) 11.12.2005 v AC Milan (H) 18.12.2005 v Reggina Calcio (A) 21.12.2005 v Empoli FC (H) 08.01.2006 v AC Siena (A) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Juventus 12 11 0 1 26 6 33 2 ACF Fiorentina 12 9 1 2 27 13 28 3 AC Milan 12 9 1 2 27 12 28 4 FC Internazionale Milano 12 7 2 3 22 10 23 5 AS Livorno Calcio 12 6 3 3 13 13 21 6 AC Chievo Verona 12 5 5 2 16 12 20 7 UC Sampdoria 12 6 2 4 23 17 20 8 AS Roma 12 5 3 4 18 14 18 9 US Città di Palermo 12 4 5 3 19 18 17 10 Udinese Calcio 12 5 2 5 13 16 17 11 Empoli FC 12 5 2 5 15 17 17 12 S.S. Lazio 12 4 4 4 13 15 16 13 AC Siena 12 4 2 6 18 23 14 14 Ascoli Calcio 1898 12 2 6 4 12 15 12 15 Reggina Calcio 12 4 0 8 13 19 12 16 Parma FC 12 2 3 7 10 21 9 17 FC Messina Peloro 12 1 5 6 10 18 8 18 Treviso FC 12 1 4 7 7 18 7 19 US Lecce 12 2 1 9 8 21 7

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20 Cagliari Calcio 12 0 5 7 8 20 5 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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Domestic league details FC Artmedia (Corgon Liga) Date Opponent Res Lineups 06.11.2005 v FK Dukla Banská Bystrica (H) 2-0 Debnár, Hartig, Čobej, Petráš, Ďurica, Tchuř, Fodrek, Borbély, Urbánek (Staňo 83), Obžera (Konečný 81), Mikulič (Vaščák 46) 09.11.2005 v FK AS Trencín (A) 11 Kozák, Čobej, Petráš, Debnár, Ďurica, Urbánek (Mikulič 82), Borbély, Vaščák (Tchuř 78), Fodrek, Obžera, Hartig (Halenár 9.) 19.11.2005 v FC Spartak Trnava (H) 21 Obžera, Hartig (Tchuř 86), Kamenár, Petráš, Debnár (Staňo 34), Ďurica, Urbánek (Vaščák 69), Kozák, Borbély, Fodrek, Halenár Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 17.07.2005 v FC Spartak Trnava (H) 02 23.07.2005 v FC Nitra (A) 01 30.07.2005 v FK Púchov (H) 20 Debnár, Fodrek (pen) 06.08.2005 v MŠK Žilina (A) 21 Fodrek, Staňo 14.08.2005 v FK ZTS Dubnica (H) 22 Kozák (pen), Fodrek 19.08.2005 v MFK Ružomberok (H) 21 Kozák (pen), Mikulič 27.08.2005 v FK Dukla Banská Bystrica (A) 03 09.09.2005 v FK AS Trencín (H) 30 Vaščák, Hartig, Halenár 17.09.2005 v AŠK Inter Bratislava (A) 21 Kozák (pen), Hartig 20.09.2005 v FC Spartak Trnava (A) 31 Halenár (2), Borbély 25.09.2005 v FC Nitra (H) 11 Borbély 02.10.2005 v FK Púchov (A) 21 Kozák (pen), Hartig 16.10.2005 v MŠK Žilina (H) 11 Hartig 22.10.2005 v FK ZTS Dubnica (A) 20 Vaščák, Obžera 28.10.2005 v MFK Ružomberok (A) 01 06.11.2005 v FK Dukla Banská Bystrica (H) 20 Hartig, Debnár 09.11.2005 v FK AS Trencín (A) 11 Kozák (pen) 19.11.2005 v FC Spartak Trnava (H) 21 Obžera, Hartig 27.11.2005 v FC Nitra (A) 30.11.2005 v AŠK Inter Bratislava (H) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Spartak Trnava 18 12 1 5 32 16 37 2 MFK Ružomberok 18 12 1 5 30 15 37 3 FC Artmedia 18 10 4 4 27 18 34 4 MŠK Žilina 18 10 1 7 39 25 31 5 FC Nitra 18 8 3 7 25 24 27 6 FK AS Trencín 18 7 5 6 17 18 26 7 FK Dukla Banská Bystrica 18 8 0 10 20 21 24 8 FK ZTS Dubnica 18 4 5 9 20 28 17 9 FK Púchov 18 3 3 12 17 38 12 10 AŠK Inter Bratislava 18 3 3 12 12 36 12 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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UEFA information The week in UEFA •' Champions of Europe' awards UEFA is celebrating 50 years of European club football throughout the season, culminating with the UEFA Champions League final in Paris on 17 May. European football's governing body will pay tribute to players and coaches who have made a significant contribution to the success of this competition by awarding a specially-designed plaque to recognise their status as 'Champions of Europe'.

Some of these figures will be honoured on the pitch before five UEFA Champions League games this week to enable supporters to thank these icons for the many memorable moments they have offered the game of football.

The matches concerned are: FC Bayern München-SK Rapid Wien, Manchester United FC-Villarreal CF, AFC Ajax-AC Sparta Praha and Liverpool FC-Real Betis Balompié.

The list of 'Champions of Europe' and the presenter of each plaque will be distributed in the media working area and at the TV commentators' briefing approximately two hours before kick-off.

•Champions No14 - out now Issue 14 of Champions, the UEFA Champions League official magazine, is on sale. As the group stage nears its conclusion, Champions talks to three outstanding midfielders: AC Milan's Kaká, Juventus's Patrick Vieira and FC Bayern München's Michael Ballack.

Champions also looks at the continent's greatest goalscorers, highlighting 27 Golden Boot winners. In another feature, two Dutch coaches working in Portugal - FC Porto's Co Adriaanse and Ronald Koeman of SL Benfica - reveal their individual methods. Champions magazine appears in English and is on sale in shops and at Europe's major football stadiums.

•UEFA Champions League Technical Report The Technical Report reviews an exciting 2004/05 season in European football's premier club competition. Compiled by UEFA's football development division under technical director Andy Roxburgh, in conjunction with a team comprising Roy Hodgson, Gérard Houllier, Jürgen Klinsmann, György Mezey, Holger Osieck, Carlos Alberto Parreira and Jozef Venglos, it examines tactical and technical trends from last season.

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General competition information Competition summary UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the 1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. •Key dates: The draw for the first knockout round will take place in Nyon on 16 December with matches being played on 21/22 February and 7/8 March. The draws for the quarter-finals (to be played on 28/29 March and 4/5 April), semi-finals (18/19 & 25/26 April) and final are scheduled for 17 March 2006. This season’s showpiece will be played at the Stade de France, Paris on Wednesday 17 May 2006.

•Financial information: UEFA has estimated that the gross budgeted income for the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League will be €598m - higher than the revenue obtained last season. Based on those amounts, €453m would go to the 32 clubs, including €22.5m for the professional leagues of the participating associations, and €145m to UEFA for European football. Clubs in the group stage will receive a starting fee of €1.6m and a bonus of €321,000 per match.

Performance bonuses will involve €321,000 for a win and €161,000 for a draw in the group stage. The 16 teams playing in the first knockout round will receive €1.6m each, the eight quarter-finalists €1.9m each and the four semi-finalists €2.6m. The Champions League winners will receive €6.4m, and the runners-up €3.9m. This means that a total minimum amount of €3.5m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive, at best, up to €18m, not counting the TV market pool share and gate receipts.

•Deadlines: UEFA Champions League press kits are provided to media by uefa.com. For every UEFA Champions League match, two press kits are issued: Sunday at 22:00CET with a match preview update on Monday at 22:00CET for Tuesday's matches. For Wednesday's matches, the press kit is issued on Monday at 22:00CET with the match preview update version published on Tuesday at 22:00CET.

•Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this press kit 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.

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