FC Shakhtar Donetsk - SL Benfica MATCH PRESS KIT RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk Tuesday 4 December 2007 - 20.45 CET Group D - Matchday 6

Contents 1 - Match background 7 - UEFA information 2 - Match facts 8 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 9 - Competition facts 4 - Head coach 10 - Team facts 5 - Match officials 11 - Competition information 6 - Domestic information 12 - Legend

Match background

FC Shakhtar Donetsk go into the final round of Group D fixtures needing three points from their home game against SL Benfica – together with some good news from Italy.

• Shakhtar's 2-1 defeat at Celtic FC on 28 November left them in third place in the group with only an outside chance of advancing to the first knockout round. Shakhtar will take second place if they beat Benfica and Celtic, three points better off at present, lose at AC Milan.

• Such a scenario would leave both Shakhtar and Celtic on nine points, with the Ukrainian team progressing thanks to their better head-to-head record.

• Although bottom of the group and out of the running for the last 16, Benfica have their own incentive as victory in Donetsk would lift them above Shakhtar into third place, thus gaining them entry into the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.

• The two concluding matches in Group D are being played on 4 December, one week before the remaining Matchday 6 fixtures, because of Milan's participation in the FIFA Club World Cup which runs from 7 to 16 December in Japan.

• Shakhtar succumbed to a 92nd-minute winner from Celtic's Massimo Donati in Glasgow on Matchday 5. Mircea Lucescu's team took a fourth-minute lead through Brandão but Jiří Jarošík levelled on the stroke of half-time and Donati completed the turnaround at the death.

• That was Shakhtar's third successive loss in the competition following home and away reverses against Milan – 4-1 at San Siro on Matchday 3, then 3-0 at the RSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium.

• The Ukrainian club began their campaign with a 2-0 home success against Celtic – Brandão and Cristiano Lucarelli the scorers – and followed that up by winning at Benfica on Matchday 2, Jadson netting the only goal after 42 minutes.

• Shakhtar have remained stuck on six points ever since that victory in Lisbon and, curiously, this has been their final points' tally on each of their three previous appearances in the group stage in 2000/01, 2004/05 and 2006/07.

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• Shakhtar have never reached the last 16 and went into their final game of last season's group stage in a similar position to now: they needed to win their match at Olympiacos CFP and for Roma to lose at home to Valencia CF. As it was, they drew their game and Roma won.

• Benfica drew 1-1 at home to Milan on Matchday 5, Maxi Pereira striking in the 20th minute to cancel out Andrea Pirlo's opener five minutes earlier.

• José Antonio Camacho's team began their campaign with a 2-1 defeat in Milan but after then losing to Shakhtar, they revived their hopes on Matchday 3 by beating Celtic 1-0 through Óscar Cardozo's 87th-minute strike. After losing 1-0 at Celtic Park, however, their elimination was confirmed by the 1-1 draw with Milan.

• Benfica have met Ukrainian opposition on five previous occasions, winning three games and losing two.

• They won on their first visit to Ukraine, beating FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3-0 to secure a 4-0 aggregate triumph in the 1989/90 European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals. Their second visit in the tournament's group stage in November 1991 brought a 1-0 defeat by FC Dynamo Kyiv and featured a substitute's appearance from a 19-year-old Rui Costa.

• Shakhtar have played five games against Portuguese sides, winning two, drawing two and losing one.

• Both their previous home games against visitors from Portugal ended in draws: 1-1 with FC Porto in the 1983/84 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals (sealing a 4-3 aggregate loss), and 1-1 with Boavista FC in the first round in the 1997/98 edition of that competition (securing a 4-3 aggregate win).

• Prior to this season, Shakhtar coach Lucescu had only come up against Portuguese opposition twice during his long career. His Romania side lost 1-0 against Portugal at the 1984 UEFA European Championship finals – a defeat that was partially avenged with a 3-2 friendly win in January 1985.

• Lucescu and his Benfica counterpart Camacho had met in three games over the years before this season. They first met as players in the 1975/76 European Cup, with former defender Camacho's Real Madrid CF side beating former striker Lucescu's CS Dinamo Bucuresti side 4-1 at home before losing 1-0 in the second leg.

• Lucescu was a coach by the time the two met again, with his Romania side earning their only point at the finals of the 1984 UEFA European Championship with a 1-1 draw against Spain. Camacho, still a player, would go on to reach the final, losing 2-0 to hosts France.

Match facts

Shakhtar

• Five Shakhtar players have appeared in all nine UEFA Champions League games so far this season, including qualifying: Andriy Pyatov, Răzvan Raţ, Jadson, Darijo Srna and Brandão.

• Mariusz Lewandowski's next appearance in UEFA club competition will be his 50th.

• Fernandinho is available again having served a one-match ban against Celtic after collecting his third yellow card of the competition on Matchday 4, while Srna and Brandão are both a booking away from suspension.

• Fernandinho has had eleven shots wide so far, the joint-highest total in the competition along with Luis Fabiano and Benfica's Rui Costa.

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• Shakhtar's match at FC Zorya Luhansk, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been postponed until the spring after a request from the Donetsk club. Their inactivity at the weekend allowed FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk to move two points clear in the Ukrainian Premier League standings thanks to their 3-0 win at FC Metalurh Donetsk.

• Shakhtar will next be in domestic action on 8 December, when they visit FC Vorskla Poltava in the first leg of their Ukrainian Cup quarter-final tie. The return match will now take place four days later.

• Pyatov, Fernandinho and Olexandr Gladkiy have featured in every one of Shakhtar's 17 league games this season with Pyatov playing all 1,530 minutes.

• Fourteen of Shakhtar's 36 league goals this season have been scored in the first 15 minutes of the second half, compared to just one in the first quarter-hour of the match.

• The Donetsk club have conceded just 12 league goals so far, the best defensive record in the league, and are yet to concede in the first 15 minutes of a game.

• Former BV Vitesse sporting director Jan Streuer has been appointed head of scouting at Shakhtar.

• On 23 November, Forever With Shakhtar, a book written by the club's former vice-president Mark Levitskiy, was published. The book deals with Levitskiy's view of Shakhtar's history and tells the stories of the people who devote their lives to the club.

• Srna was voted Shakhtar's most accessible player in a poll on the official club website. The Croatian international right-back collected 42 per cent of the vote, in which 1,673 people took part.

• The match with Benfica will be the last for Shakhtar's current logo, which was designed by Donetsk artist Viktor Savelov 20 years ago. The club will unveil a new one the day after the game, on 5 December.

• Brandão is Shakhtar's record goalscorer in UEFA club competition with his goal at Celtic Park his 14th for the club.

• Lewandowski has been reflecting on the defeat at Celtic, saying: "It is hard to say what qualities we were missing in Glasgow, especially as we conceded goals right at the end of both the first and second halves. We did not play that badly in defence and midfield, but that was not enough. We lacked a bit of luck; Celtic did not have too many attacks but had two chances and scored twice. It is very disheartening. Yes, we did not have many shots on goal either, but the final result does not seem fair to me."

Benfica

• Five Benfica players have appeared in all seven UEFA Champions League games so far this season, including qualifying: Quim, Léo, Konstantinos Katsouranis, Rui Costa and Óscar Cardozo.

• Augustin Binya will serve the second of a six-match suspension against Shakhtar while Cardozo's next yellow card will incur a suspension after bookings on Matchdays 1 and 2.

• Rui Costa has had eleven shots wide so far, the joint-highest total in the competition along with Luis Fabiano and Shakhtar's Fernandinho.

• Nuno Assis celebrated his 30th birthday on 25 November.

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• Benfica suffered a first defeat of the Liga season on Saturday night, going down 1-0 at home to leaders FC Porto with Ricardo Quaresma scoring the only goal three minutes before half-time. Nuno Gomes failed to convert a presentable opening for Benfica in the first minute of the match and after falling behind the Lisbon side pressed forward in search of an equaliser, Nuno Gomes and substitute Freddy Adu going close. The loss leaves Benfica in second place on 25 points, seven adrift of Porto after 12 matches.

• Coach José Antonio Camacho said: "We lost possession too many times in the first half and that allowed Porto to take control of the game and score a goal. The second half was very different as my team played spent almost all the time in Porto's midfield. I don't think we felt tired because we faced Milan on Wednesday because we put a lot of pressure on Porto. There's still a lot to play for and nothing is lost. Now we have another decisive game and we'll give our best to beat Shakhtar."

• The defeat was Benfica's first in the league since a 3-1 loss at SC Braga on 18 November 2006, 32 games ago.

• Fábio Coentrão, who has not appeared in the first team since 15 September, was Benfica's only injury absentee for the Porto match due to a knee strain. Nélson was on the bench having recovered from the thigh problem he suffered against Shakhtar on Matchday 2.

• Cristián Rodríguez will sit out the Shakhtar game having pulled his left thigh muscle against Porto. The Uruguay winger suffered the injury in the closing moments and, although he was still able to finish the game, he will miss the match against the Donetsk side. Camacho has called up Gonzalo Bergessio and Romeu Ribeiro.

• Benfica have failed to score in four of their 12 Liga matches this season. Despite that, they still have the best attack in the Portuguese top flight having managed 22 goals – one more than Porto.

• Saturday's loss means Camacho is still yet to enjoy a home victory against Porto as Benfica coach. In 2002/03 a Deco goal decided the match in Porto's favour while the following season Simão scored for Benfica to cancel out Costinha's opener in a 1-1 draw.

• Nine of Benfica's 22 league goals have come in the final fifteen minutes of matches.

• Having conceded seven goals in the Liga this season only Porto have a better defensive record than Benfica. The leaders have been breached only four times.

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Squad list

Shakhtar Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Bohdan Shust UKR 04.03.1986 21 ------4 - 10 - 30 Andriy Pyatov UKR 28.06.1984 23 - 4 - 5 - 17 - 5 - 9 - 35 Yuriy Virt UKR 04.05.1974 33 ------6 - 31 - Defenders 3 Tomáš Hübschman CZE 04.09.1981 26 - 1 - 5 - 9 - 31 - 58 2 5 Olexandr Kucher UKR 22.10.1982 25 - 3 - 4 - 11 - 6 - 14 - 11 Ilsinho BRA 12.10.1985 22 - 2 - 5 - 10 3 5 - 7 - 13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk UKR 13.05.1979 28 - - - - - 8 - 3 - 15 - 26 Răzvan Raţ ROU 26.05.1981 26 - 4 - 5 - 10 1 14 - 52 - 27 Dmytro Chygrynskiy UKR 07.11.1986 21 - 3 - 4 - 14 2 9 - 18 - 55 Volodymyr Yezerskiy UKR 15.11.1976 31 - 1 - 2 - 10 - 2 - 26 2 Midfielders 4 Igor Duljaj SRB 29.10.1979 28 - 4 - 2 - 11 - 18 - 71 - 7 Fernandinho BRA 04.05.1985 22 - 3 - 4 - 17 3 9 1 27 4 8 Jadson BRA 05.10.1983 24 - 4 - 5 1 15 3 11 2 30 2 9 Nery Castillo MEX 13.06.1984 23 - 1 1 4 - 8 - 16 5 20 6 10 Zvonimir Vukić SRB 19.07.1979 28 - 1 - - - 3 - 6 - 35 6 14 Evgen Bredun UKR 10.09.1982 25 ------15 Volodymyr Priyomov UKR 02.01.1986 21 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 4 - 18 Mariusz Lewandowski POL 18.05.1979 28 - 4 - 4 - 11 1 13 - 49 2 19 Olexiy Gai UKR 06.11.1982 25 - - - - - 5 - 2 - 17 - 22 Willian BRA 09.08.1988 19 - - - 1 - 8 - 1 - 1 - 33 Darijo Srna CRO 01.05.1982 25 * 4 - 5 - 15 - 15 - 53 2 Forwards 17 Luiz Adriano BRA 12.04.1987 20 - 1 - - - 4 - - - 1 - 20 Olexiy Bielik UKR 15.02.1981 26 - - - - - 2 - 6 1 32 3 21 Olexandr Gladkiy UKR 24.08.1987 20 - 4 2 4 - 17 12 4 - 8 2 25 Brandão BRA 16.06.1980 27 * 4 3 5 2 15 6 15 3 45 14 99 Cristiano Lucarelli ITA 04.10.1975 32 - 3 1 5 2 12 4 5 2 26 11 Coach - Mircea Lucescu ROU 29.07.1945 62 - 4 - 5 - - - 52 - 125 -

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Benfica Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Moreira POR 20.03.1982 25 ------2 - 16 - 12 Quim POR 13.11.1975 32 - 2 - 5 - 12 - 14 - 29 - 24 Jörg Butt GER 28.05.1974 33 - - - - - 1 - 41 2 68 2 31 Bruno Costa POR 28.08.1986 21 ------Defenders 2 Luís Filipe POR 14.06.1979 28 - 2 - 4 - 11 - 4 - 24 - 3 Edcarlos BRA 10.05.1985 22 - - - 3 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 4 Luisão BRA 13.02.1981 26 - 1 - 4 - 7 1 19 1 38 1 5 Léo BRA 06.07.1975 32 - 2 - 5 - 12 - 20 1 28 1 11 Miguelito POR 04.02.1981 26 ------17 Marc Zoro CIV 27.12.1983 23 ------22 Nélson POR 10.06.1983 24 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 12 1 21 1 23 David Luiz BRA 22.04.1987 20 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 1 - 6 - 28 Miguel Vítor POR 30.06.1989 18 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 2 - Midfielders 6 Petit POR 25.09.1976 31 - 2 - 1 - 6 1 25 - 54 2 8 Konstantinos Katsouranis GRE 21.06.1979 28 - 2 1 5 - 12 1 23 1 48 7 10 Rui Costa POR 29.03.1972 35 - 2 2 5 - 12 3 52 1 105 14 14 Maxi Pereira URU 08.06.1984 23 - - - 5 1 9 1 5 1 5 1 18 Augustin Binya CMR 20.09.1984 23 S - - 4 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 25 Nuno Assis POR 25.11.1977 30 - 2 - 2 - 8 - 10 - 15 - 26 Cristián Rodríguez URU 30.09.1985 22 - - - 5 - 9 3 5 - 10 - 32 Romeu Ribeiro POR 13.01.1989 18 - 1 - - - 5 - - - 1 - Forwards 7 Óscar Cardozo PAR 20.05.1983 24 * 2 - 5 1 11 4 5 1 7 1 16 Fábio Coentrão POR 11.03.1988 19 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - 19 Gonzalo Bergessio ARG 20.07.1984 23 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 20 Angel Di María ARG 14.02.1988 19 - 1 - 5 - 10 1 5 - 6 - 21 Nuno Gomes POR 05.07.1976 31 - 2 - 4 1 11 5 23 7 66 23 30 Freddy Adu USA 02.06.1989 18 - 1 - 2 - 5 2 2 - 3 - Coach - José Antonio Camacho ESP 08.06.1955 52 - 1 - 5 - - - 6 - 11 -

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Head coach FC Shakhtar Donetsk: Mircea Lucescu Date of birth: 29 July 1945 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti, FC Stiinta Bucureşti, FC Corvinul Hunedoara Coaching career: FC Corvinul Hunedoara, Romania, FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti, Pisa Calcio, Brescia Calcio, Reggiana AC, AFC Rapid Bucureşti, FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Beşiktaş JK, FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Mircea Lucescu is one of the biggest personalities, and one of the greatest coaches, Romania has produced. He joined FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti in 1963, making his top-flight debut the following year. After spending two seasons in the second division with FC Stiinta Bucureşti, Lucescu returned to Dinamo and stayed another decade, winning five championships and the Romanian Cup. Lucescu represented his country 70 times, scoring nine goals and appearing at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

He was appointed player-coach of FC Corvinul Hunedoara in 1977 before hanging up his boots after 362 first division appearances and 78 goals. As a coach his style has involved rebuilding teams, improving players who appeared to be the finished article, and he took over as coach of Romania in 1981, becoming their technical director a year later.

In 1986, he returned to Dinamo as coach and guided them to a league title and cup win as well as the 1989/90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals. A workaholic who speaks six foreign languages, Lucescu then had spells in charge of Italian sides Pisa Calcio, Brescia Calcio, Reggiana AC and FC Internazionale Milano. After returning to Romania and leading AFC Rapid Bucureşti to their first title for 32 years in 1999, he moved to Turkey's Galatasaray SK, where he was a league winner and also got his hands on the UEFA Super Cup in 2000. After another title with Beşiktaş JK he took charge of FC Shakhtar Donetsk in 2004, winning the Ukrainian Premier League title in each of his first two seasons.

SL Benfica: José Antonio Camacho Date of birth: 8 June 1955 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Real Madrid CF Coaching career: Rayo Vallecano, RCD Espanyol, Sevilla FC, Real Madrid CF (twice), RCD Espanyol, Spain, SL Benfica, SL Benfica

José Antonio Camacho was welcomed back as a returning hero when he was unexpectedly named SL Benfica coach just one game into the 2007/08 season. He quickly showed why by taking the Lisbon club back into the UEFA Champions League with victory against FC København. The Spanish coach had previously enjoyed a successful spell with Benfica from 2002 until 2004, signing off with victory against FC Porto in the Portuguese Cup – his first major honour as a coach – before returning to Real Madrid CF, the club where he started his playing career.

Originally a combative left-back, Camacho rose through the youth ranks at Madrid and was comfortable playing anywhere across the back line. He made nearly 600 appearances for the club between 1974 and 1989, winning two UEFA Cups and playing in the European Champion Clubs' Cup final in 1981. He appeared in two FIFA World Cups – missing out on a third in 1978 through injury – and two UEFA European Championships and was capped a then record 81 times by Spain.

Camacho joined the Madrid coaching team after retiring then enjoyed spells in charge of Rayo Vallecano and RCD Espanyol – both of whom he led into the top flight – and Sevilla FC. He briefly returned to Madrid as coach in 1998 but resigned after just 22 days, citing differences with the board. Camacho replaced Javier Clemente as Spain coach in September 1998 and took his country to the quarter-finals of UEFA EURO 2000™. Under Camacho Spain also qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup but he stepped down after losing a shoot-out to Korea Republic in the quarter-finals. After a two-year stint at Benfica he returned to his beloved Madrid in May 2004 only to resign in December after a poor start to the season.

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Match officials

Referee Kyros Vassaras (GRE) Assistant referees Dimitrios Bozatzidis (GRE), Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE) Fourth official Georgios Kasnaferis (GRE) UEFA Delegate Janis Mežeckis (LVA) UEFA Referee observer Sándor Puhl (HUN)

Referee

Name Nat. DoB UCL UEFA Kyros Vassaras GRE 01.02.1966 35 52

Kyros Vassaras is a regular in the UEFA Champions League. He was also one of the UEFA EURO 2004™ fourth officials, before taking charge, on home soil, of the Olympic final between Argentina and Paraguay.

The travel agent, who is married with a son, from Thessaloniki started refereeing in 1984, eleven years before his first top-flight match. "My father Antonios was a FIFA referee," he said. "I watched him from a very young age. He told me I should start refereeing as early as possible, as this would give me the chance to take part in major competitions if I was good enough. But he was tough with me – he encouraged me, but he would have told me to stop if he had thought I wasn't going to make a career out of it. After two years, he told me that I was on the right road, and he gave me every help."

The water sports enthusiast received his FIFA badge in 1998 and has been involved in the 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship, the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, in which he took charge of the final, and the 2002 World Cup finals, in addition to serving as a fourth official at UEFA EURO 2000™. His most high-profile club fixtures to date are first-leg contests in the 2004/05 and 2006/07 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. In the first, AC Milan won 2-0 against PSV Eindhoven and the second was Manchester United FC's 3-2 victory against eventual winners Milan. A domestic highlight was the 2007 Greek Cup final in which Larissa FC defeated Panathinaikos FC 2-1.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 23.08.2000 UCL QR3 FK Crvena Zvezda - FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-1 Belgrade 11.09.2001 UCL GS1 Liverpool FC - Boavista FC 1-1 Liverpool 24.10.2001 UCL GS1 BV Borussia Dortmund - FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-0 Dortmund 22.10.2003 UCL GS1 Olympique de Marseille - FC Porto 2-3 Marseille 03.11.2004 UCL GS FC Dynamo Kyiv - Real Madrid CF 2-2 Kiev 10.08.2005 UCL QR3 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Udinese Calcio 0-1 Lisbon 07.12.2005 UCL GS SL Benfica - Manchester United FC 2-1 Lisbon 01.11.2006 UCL GS SL Benfica - Celtic FC 3-0 Lisbon 21.11.2006 UCL GS PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Porto 0-2 Moscow

Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Res. Venue 30.04.1998 U16 GS - FT Norway - Portugal 1-2 Motherwell 18.07.1998 UIC R3 SC Fortuna Sittard - FC Vorskla Poltava 3-0 Sittard 23.11.2000 UCUP R3 RCD Espanyol - FC Porto 0-2 Barcelona 10.04.2003 UCUP SF FC Porto - S.S. Lazio 4-1 Porto 13.10.2004 WC QR Portugal - Russia 7-1 Lisbon 07.10.2006 EURO QR Italy - Ukraine 2-0 Rome 24.03.2007 EURO QR Portugal - Belgium 4-0 Lisbon

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Domestic information FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 15/07/07 FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) 1-1 Jadson 60 League 21/07/07 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (A) 3-0 Lewandowski 52, Gladkiy 54, 63 League 27/07/07 FC Zorya Luhansk (H) 3-0 Jadson 22, Gladkiy 34, 43 League 05/08/07 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod (A) 1-0 Brandão 81 League 11/08/07 FC Vorskla Poltava (H) 2-1 Fernandinho 54, Gladkiy 79 League 19/08/07 FC Metalist Kharkiv (A) 3-1 Gladkiy 18, Fernandinho 68, Ilsinho 85 League 25/08/07 SC Tavriya Simferopol (H) 2-0 Lucarelli 24(pen), 40 League 01/09/07 FC Arsenal Kyiv (H) 4-1 Brandão 49, 90, Gladkiy 53, Ilsinho 64 League 15/09/07 FC Chornomorets Odesa (A) 2-1 Lucarelli 20(pen), Chygrynskiy 52 League 23/09/07 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (H) 4-1 Raţ 48, Brandão 53, 77, Gladkiy 73 Cup 26/09/07 SC Mykolaiv (A) 1-0 Jadson 66(pen) League 29/09/07 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (A) 3-1 Brandão 3, Gladkiy 46, 61 League 07/10/07 FC Karpaty Lviv (H) 3-0 Ilsinho 39, Gladkiy 46, 57 League 20/10/07 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (A) 0-1 League 28/10/07 FC Kharkiv (H) 2-1 Own goal, Lucarelli 47(pen) Cup 31/10/07 FC Arsenal Kyiv (H) 4-1 Hübschman 3, Brandão 13, Willian 60, Jadson 69 League 03/11/07 FC Metalurh Donetsk (A) 1-0 Fernandinho 88 Lineups: Pyatov, Srna, Chygrynskiy, Kucher, Shevchuk (Willian 59), Lewandowski (Hübschman 46), Fernandinho, Ilsinho, Jadson, Brandão, Lucarelli (Gladkiy 59) League 11/11/07 FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) 1-2 Jadson 47(pen) Lineups: Pyatov, Srna, Chygrynskiy, Yezerskiy, Raţ, Fernandinho, Jadson (Willian 73), Hübschman (Lucarelli 69), Duljaj (Lewandowski 46), Gladkiy, Brandão League 24/11/07 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (H) 1-1 Chygrynskiy 27 Lineups: Pyatov, Gai (Srna 46), Chygrynskiy, Kucher, Raţ, Fernandinho, Lewandowski, Willian, Jadson, Castillo (Gladkiy 46), Lucarelli (Luiz Adriano 59) League 01/03/08 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod (H) League 08/03/08 FC Vorskla Poltava (A) League 15/03/08 FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) League 22/03/08 SC Tavriya Simferopol (A) League 29/03/08 FC Arsenal Kyiv (A) League 05/04/08 FC Chornomorets Odesa (H) League 12/04/08 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (A) League 19/04/08 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (H) League 26/04/08 FC Karpaty Lviv (A) League 03/05/08 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (H) League 11/05/08 FC Kharkiv (A) League 18/05/08 FC Metalurh Donetsk (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 18 14 1 3 32 15 43 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 17 13 2 2 36 12 41 3 FC Dynamo Kyiv 18 12 3 3 33 17 39 4 FC Metalist Kharkiv 18 12 3 3 28 16 39 5 FC Chornomorets Odesa 18 8 3 7 19 19 27 6 SC Tavriya Simferopol 18 8 3 7 21 26 27 7 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 18 6 5 7 16 18 23 8 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18 6 3 9 22 24 21 9 FC Zorya Luhansk 17 6 2 9 14 22 20 10 FC Arsenal Kyiv 18 5 4 9 25 25 19 11 FC Karpaty Lviv 18 5 4 9 17 25 19 12 FC Kharkiv 18 4 5 9 12 18 17 13 FC Metalurh Donetsk 18 3 8 7 18 23 17 14 FC Vorskla Poltava 18 3 8 7 11 16 17 15 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 18 3 5 10 9 22 14 16 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod 18 3 5 10 10 25 14

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SL Benfica (SuperLiga)

Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 18/08/07 Leixões SC (A) 1-1 Petit 90 League 25/08/07 Vitória SC (H) 0-0 League 02/09/07 CD Nacional (A) 3-0 Óscar Cardozo 18, 76(pen), Rui Costa 69 League 15/09/07 A. Naval 1° Maio (H) 3-0 Cristián Rodríguez 23, Rui Costa 35, Nuno Gomes 52 League 23/09/07 SC Braga (A) 0-0 Cup 26/09/07 CF Estrela da Amadora (A) 1-1 Adu 90 League 29/09/07 Sporting Clube de Portugal (H) 0-0 League 07/10/07 UD Leiria (A) 2-1 Nuno Gomes 15, 64 Cup 20/10/07 Vitória FC (H) 1-1 Adu 90 League 28/10/07 CS Marítimo (H) 2-1 Óscar Cardozo 18(pen), Adu 87 Cup 31/10/07 Vitória FC (A) 1-2 Adu 45(pen) League 03/11/07 FC Paços de Ferreira (A) 2-1 Cristián Rodríguez 19, Katsouranis 84 League 11/11/07 Boavista FC (H) 6-1 Óscar Cardozo 17, Maxi Pereira 62, Cristián Rodríguez 67, Di María 80, Nuno Gomes 86(pen), 90 Lineups: Quim, Luis Felipe, Léo, Luisão, Maxi Pereira (Di María 69), Katsouranis, Binya, Rui Costa (Romeu Ribeiro 87), Cristián Rodríguez, Nuno Gomes, Óscar Cardozo (Bergessio 79) League 24/11/07 A. Académica de Coimbra (A) 3-1 Rui Costa 33, Luisão 86, Adu 90 Lineups: Quim, Luis Felipe, David Luiz, Léo, Luisão, Nuno Assis (Óscar Cardozo 10), Katsouranis (Petit 60), Rui Costa, Binya, Di María, Nuno Gomes (Adu 62) League 01/12/07 FC Porto (H) 0-1 Lineups: Quim, Luis Felipe, Luisão, David Luiz, Léo, Petit, Katsouranis (Óscar Cardozo 66), Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira (Di María 70), Cristián Rodríguez, Nuno Gomes (Adu 79) League 16/12/07 CF Os Belenenses (A) League 23/12/07 CF Estrela da Amadora (H) League 06/01/08 Vitória FC (A) League 13/01/08 Leixões SC (H) League 27/01/08 Vitória SC (A) League 03/02/08 CD Nacional (H) League 17/02/08 A. Naval 1° Maio (A) League 24/02/08 SC Braga (H) League 02/03/08 Sporting Clube de Portugal (A) League 09/03/08 UD Leiria (H) League 16/03/08 CS Marítimo (A) League 30/03/08 FC Paços de Ferreira (H) League 06/04/08 Boavista FC (A) League 13/04/08 A. Académica de Coimbra (H) League 20/04/08 FC Porto (A) League 27/04/08 CF Os Belenenses (H) League 04/05/08 CF Estrela da Amadora (A) League 11/05/08 Vitória FC (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Porto 12 10 2 0 21 4 32 2 SL Benfica 12 7 4 1 22 7 25 3 Vitória SC 12 6 4 2 16 12 22 4 Sporting Clube de Portugal 12 5 5 2 18 10 20 5 Vitória FC 12 4 7 1 19 13 19 6 SC Braga 12 5 3 4 13 12 18 7 CS Marítimo 12 5 2 5 14 9 17 8 CF Os Belenenses 12 3 6 3 11 12 15 9 A. Naval 1° Maio 12 4 3 5 10 19 15 10 CF Estrela da Amadora 12 2 7 3 13 13 13 11 CD Nacional 12 3 4 5 9 11 13 12 Leixões SC 12 1 8 3 11 14 11 13 Boavista FC 12 1 6 5 10 22 9 14 FC Paços de Ferreira 12 2 3 7 9 17 9 15 A. Académica de Coimbra 12 1 5 6 10 20 8 16 UD Leiria 12 0 5 7 6 17 5

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UEFA information

Champions League changes Between 2009 and 2012, 22 teams will qualify directly for the UEFA Champions League group stage instead of 16, and the UEFA Champions League final will be played on a Saturday, under format changes agreed by the UEFA Executive Committee at its meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland. There will be no changes to the main part of European club football's most prestigious competition, which will continue to feature 32 teams split into eight groups of four in the group stage, followed by the knockout phase. The eight sides that finish in third place in their groups will move into the knockout phase of the UEFA Cup – which also has an amended format.

However, the UEFA Champions League access list between 2009 and 2012 will change accordingly: 22 teams go through directly to the group stage instead of 16. The six additional clubs will be the third-placed sides from the associations ranked between 1 and 3 in the ranking list, and the champions of countries ranked from 10 to 12. Ten teams will qualify through a double qualifying route – one is reserved for the champions of the associations ranked from 13 to 53, with the exception of Liechtenstein. Five clubs will qualify via this route. The other path is reserved for the non-champions of associations rated between 1 and 15. The final from 2009/10 will be played on a Saturday, in the same week of the year as now, kicking off at 20.45CET. More details can be found at: http://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/630630.pdf

EURO cardiac tests Players taking part in UEFA EURO 2008™ next summer will be required to take cardiac tests before the tournament in the wake of recent tragic incidents. The UEFA Executive Committee agreed to this proposal at its meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland. Following the recent deaths of players at matches as a result of cardiac problems, UEFA's supreme executive body, chaired by UEFA President Michel Platini, agreed to the move following a report from the UEFA Medical Committee. "We will be requiring players of all teams to undergo mandatory cardiological screening prior to taking part in the competition," said UEFA General Secretary David Taylor.

Club licensing UEFA has produced a report looking back over four years of its European club licensing scheme. The report, entitled Here to Stay – Club Licensing, is designed to provide a clear picture of what the club licensing system is, what it is not and how it functions. It is structured into five chapters – including, among other things, the scheme's main characteristics, the roles of the member associations and their leagues as the licence granters, and of the club as the licence applicants, UEFA's role, and the licensing decisions taken over the first four years.

UEFA/EU Action Plan UEFA President Michel Platini and European Commission Vice-President Franco Frattini have agreed a new action plan against violence in sport, which targets football hooliganism in particular. The initiative came at the end of a two-day conference in Brussels, jointly organised by the European Commission, the Portuguese EU Presidency, the European Parliament and UEFA. Vice-President Frattini has suggested a European training programme for operational police officers and stadium stewards, which will raise standards and spread best practice across the continent. The new programme could start as early as 2008, and will complement UEFA's existing Stadium and Security Education Programme, which operates in 53 national football associations.

Key dates The 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage is played over six Matchdays – 18/19 September, 2/3 October, 23/24 October, 6/7 November, 27/28 November and 11/12 December, although Group D concludes on 4 December. The first knockout round will follow over two legs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March after the draw in Nyon on 21 December. The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be staged on 14 March. The last eight will be played on 1/2 and 8/9 April before the semi-finals on 22/23 and 29/30 April. The 2008 UEFA Champions League final will be held in Moscow on 21 May, before UEFA EURO 2008™ kicks off in Austria and Switzerland on 7 June.

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Match-by-match lineups - Group D

Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts AC Milan 5 3 1 1 11 5 10 Celtic FC 5 3 0 2 5 5 9 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 5 2 0 3 5 9 6 SL Benfica 5 1 1 3 3 5 4 Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 18.09.2007 Milan - Benfica 2-1 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Goals: 1-0 Pirlo 9 , 2-0 Inzaghi 24 , 2-1 Nuno Gomes 90+2 Benfica: Quim, Luís Filipe, Edcarlos, Léo, Óscar Cardozo (Nuno Gomes 63), Katsouranis, Rui Costa (Nuno Assis 87), Maxi Pereira, Di María, Cristián Rodríguez, Miguel Vítor (Binya 73)

18.09.2007 Shakhtar - Celtic 2-0 RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk Goals: 1-0 Brandão 6 , 2-0 Lucarelli 8 Shakhtar: Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Fernandinho (Duljaj 86), Jadson (Castillo 65), Ilsinho, Lewandowski, Brandão, Raţ, Srna, Lucarelli (Gladkiy 70)

03.10.2007 Celtic - Milan 2-1 Celtic Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 McManus 61 , 1-1 Kaká 68 , 2-1 McDonald 89

03.10.2007 Benfica - Shakhtar 0-1 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Goals: 0-1 Jadson 42 Benfica: Quim, Edcarlos, Luisão, Léo, Óscar Cardozo, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira, Di María (Binya 61), Nélson (Nuno Gomes 45), Cristián Rodríguez Shakhtar: Pyatov, Kucher, Fernandinho, Jadson (Castillo 77), Ilsinho (Duljaj 79), Lewandowski (Hübschman 87), Brandão, Raţ, Chygrynskiy, Srna, Lucarelli

24.10.2007 Benfica - Celtic 1-0 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Goals: 1-0 Óscar Cardozo 87 Benfica: Quim, Luisão, Léo, Óscar Cardozo, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira, Binya, Bergessio (Adu 62), Nuno Assis (Di María 62), Cristián Rodríguez (Luís Filipe 84)

24.10.2007 Milan - Shakhtar 4-1 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan Goals: 1-0 Gilardino 6 , 2-0 Gilardino 14 , 2-1 Lucarelli 51 , 3-1 Seedorf 62 , 4-1 Seedorf 69 Shakhtar: Pyatov, Kucher (Hübschman 17), Fernandinho, Jadson (Castillo 63), Ilsinho, Lewandowski, Brandão (Gladkiy 75), Raţ, Chygrynskiy, Srna, Lucarelli

06.11.2007 Celtic - Benfica 1-0 Celtic Park, Glasgow Goals: 1-0 McGeady 45 Benfica: Quim, Luís Filipe, Edcarlos, Luisão, Léo, Óscar Cardozo (Nuno Gomes 77), Katsouranis, Rui Costa (Bergessio 77), Maxi Pereira (Di María 61), Binya, Cristián Rodríguez

06.11.2007 Shakhtar - Milan 0-3 RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk Goals: 0-1 Inzaghi 66 , 0-2 Kaká 72 , 0-3 Inzaghi 90+3 Shakhtar: Pyatov, Hübschman, Fernandinho, Jadson, Ilsinho, Brandão (Gladkiy 84), Raţ (Willian 73), Chygrynskiy, Srna, Yezerskiy, Lucarelli (Castillo 77)

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28.11.2007 Benfica - Milan 1-1 Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon Goals: 0-1 Pirlo 15 , 1-1 Maxi Pereira 20 Benfica: Quim, Luís Filipe (Di María 74), Luisão, Léo, Petit, Katsouranis, Rui Costa, Maxi Pereira, Nuno Gomes (Óscar Cardozo 75), David Luiz (Adu 88), Cristián Rodríguez

28.11.2007 Celtic - Shakhtar 2-1 Celtic Park, Glasgow Goals: 0-1 Brandão 4 , 1-1 Jarošík 45 , 2-1 Donati 90+2 Shakhtar: Pyatov, Hübschman, Kucher, Jadson, Ilsinho (Yezerskiy 83), Lewandowski, Brandão, Raţ, Chygrynskiy, Srna, Lucarelli (Gladkiy 88)

04.12.2007 Milan - Celtic - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 04.12.2007 Shakhtar - Benfica - RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones

Holders AC Milan have avoided becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/00 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage).

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

S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta became the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League when he featured against Olympiacos on Matchday 1 at the age of 43 years and 168 days. The record was previously held by Alessandro Costacurta, the AC Milan defender who played against AEK Athens FC in the 2006/07 season at the age of 40 years and 211 days. Ballotta was aged 43 years 239 days when he featured against Olympiacos CFP on Matchday 5. Laurent Blanc is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days, having found the net for Manchester United FC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos on 23 October 2002.

Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute.

In 2006/07, PFC Levski Sofia joined 1. FC Košice in being the only team to have played in the UEFA Champions League and never picked up a point. The Slovakian side have not returned to the competition since losing all six games in their only campaign to date in 1997/98. Only five other teams have ever gone through a single group stage campaign without picking up a point namely SK Rapid Wien (05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (02/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (01/02, first group stage).

Levski also conceded 17 goals in their six outings last term, just two short of the record number let in during a group stage set by Ferencvárosi TC (19) in the 1995/96 campaign.

Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on Matchday 6 of the 2006/07 campaign, FC Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a win in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday 3 of the same campaign.

The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/00 and Liverpool FC in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and Werder Bremen in 2005/06.

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 13 domestic league winners from last season, but only Group G of the eight groups features four domestic title-holders - namely PSV Eindhoven, FC Internazionale Milano, Fenerbahçe SK and PFC CSKA Moskva. Alongside the 13 champions, there are ten runners-up and six third-placed finishers. The holders AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Valencia CF are the only clubs in the group stage to have finished in fourth place in their domestic league championship.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation in the UEFA Champions League to 12, a record in the competition. PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real Madrid CF are making their eleventh consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal FC.

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Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2006/07 knockout stage, Real Madrid CF surpassed Manchester United FC's record of nine consecutive seasons (which ended in 2005/06) in advancing past the group stage. Madrid have featured in the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. Madrid, have won the competition three times in the last ten years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However, in the last three seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs, S.S. Lazio, Rosenborg BK and VfB Stuttgart did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2006/07 season.

Past masters: Six clubs competing in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition when it started during the 1992/93 season. Olympique de Marseille were champions, beating AC Milan in the final, while PSV Eindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Porto and Rangers FC all participated in the group stage. In addition, VfB Stuttgart, AEK Athens FC and FC Barcelona were knocked out in the two rounds preceding the group stage that marked the competition proper.

Long road for debutants: Six clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round including one of this season's two debutants, SK Slavia Praha. They are joined by Rangers, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Steaua Bucureşti, Beşiktaş JK and Rosenborg as clubs who had to play four matches to claim their 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 Champions League final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

Sevilla FC join Slavia in competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time, although both clubs have previous experience of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Schalke 04 have yet to play a qualifying round match in order to reach the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fifth appearance in the competition, Schalke their third.

Pedigree: Four of the former winners of the competition since it included a group stage element from the 1992/93 season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus (1995/96), BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97) and FC Bayern München (2000/01). Of the last ten winners of the competition, Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, AC Milan (two), FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona, only FC Bayern München are not involved. Only two winners from the last ten UEFA Cup finals are not involved in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, namely Parma FC (1998/99) and Feyenoord (2001/02). Liverpool and Porto have won both competitions in the past decade, while the remaining UEFA Cup winners in that time are FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Valencia CF, PFC CSKA Moskva and Sevilla FC (two).

• UEFA Champions League: All-time records Biggest wins 8-0: Liverpool FC v Beşiktaş JK (06.11.2007) 7-0: Arsenal FC v SK Slavia Praha (23.10.2007) 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003) 7-1: Manchester United FC v AS Roma (10.04.2007) 6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993) 6-0: Leeds United AFC v Beşiktaş JK (26.09.2000) 6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk (25.09.2002)

Most goals in a game 8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003) 7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000) 7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005) 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.

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Leading scorer in a season 12: Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC, 2002/03) Kaká finished as top scorer in 2006/07 with ten goals for AC Milan.

Four goals in a match Marco 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 into the game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

Fastest goal in a match 10.03 secs: Roy Makaay (FC Bayern München 2-1 Real Madrid CF, 07.03.2006) 20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindoven 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)

Fastest hat-tricks 9 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)

Youngest players to score 17 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, having begun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days.

Appearances: UEFA Champions League Note: This list considers group stage to final only; 113 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 112 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK) 107 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 103 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 103 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München) 100 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano) 99 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC) 99 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan) 98 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC) 97 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC) 92 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 89 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona) 88 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC) 88 Fernando Morientes (Real Madrid CF, AS Monaco FC, Liverpool FC, Valencia CF)

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Goals: UEFA Champions League

58 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 53 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 47 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 44 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona) 41 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan) 37 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

Appearances: UEFA club competition

170 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 139 Luís Figo (Sporting, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano) 134 Oliver Kahn (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München) 130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK) 130 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, UC Sampdoria, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan) 127 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC) 124 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK) 122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF) 121 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan) 121 Phillip Cocu (SBV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona)

Goals: UEFA club competition

62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München) 62 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan) 60 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 60 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 57 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 56 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 55 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Helsingborgs IF) 52 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona) 50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF) 47 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF)

Goals: UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' Cup Note: This list considers the all-time goalscorers list in both competitions including all qualifying round matches.

58 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 57 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 56 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 49 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF) 47 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 45 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan) 44 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona)

Last updated: 29.11.2007

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Team facts

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

UEFA club competition milestones • Shakhtar did not make their debut in qualifying for European club football's premier competition until 2000/01 but their first season ranks as their equal best effort as they reached the group stage. There they defeated Arsenal FC 3-0, a result that was not enough to secure qualification but ranks as one of the club's best.

UEFA Champions League milestones • A 6-3 aggregate win against Club Brugge KV in the third qualifying round guaranteed a return to the group stage in 2004/05. As in 2000/01 they were eliminated with two wins but they were memorable ones as Shakhtar defeated Celtic FC 3-0 and FC Barcelona 2-0.

UEFA club competition honours • N/A

Ten-year record 2006/07: UEFA Cup - Round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from European Champions Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2004/05: UEFA Cup - Round of 16 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2002/03: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2001/02: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2000/01: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) 1999/00: UEFA Cup - first round 1998/99: UEFA Cup - second qualifying round 1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition

2006/07 season Domestic record: Shahktar relinquished their hold on the Ukrainian Premier League title as FC Dynamo Kyiv finished eleven points clear at the top of the table. It was enough to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. They also lost 2-1 to their old rivals in the Ukrainian Cup final.

European record: In each of their last nine seaons, Shakhtar's European involvement has ended in the UEFA Cup. A place in the UEFA Champions League group stage was earned by defeating Legia Warszawa 4-2 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. In Group D, they finished behind Valencia CF and AS Roma but three ahead of Olympiacos CFP to move into the UEFA Cup. In the Round of 32, AS Nancy-Lorraine were defeated 2-1 over two legs but they came unstuck against eventual winners Sevilla FC in the last 16, losing 5-4 on aggregate after 210 minutes of football.

Key facts UEFA club competition • Pld: 115 W: 50 D: 20 L: 45 GF: 166 GA: 166

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Pld: 23 W: 7 D: 3 L: 13 GF: 26 GA: 44

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League • Pld: 49 W: 21 D: 8 L: 20 GF: 70 GA: 71

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Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 1-5: FC Levadia Maardu v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 02.08.2000, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round second leg 0-4: Birkirkara FC v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 29.07.1998, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg 1-5: B 1901 Nykøbing v FC Shakhtyor Donetsk 14.09.1983, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg

• Biggest home win 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Debreceni VSC 15.09.2005, UEFA Cup first round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC 20.10.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Club Brugge KV 11.08.2004, European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Lugano 25.07.2001, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC 07.11.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Levadia Maardu 26.07.2000, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Zimbru Chisinau 28.08.1997, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Linfield FC 10.08.1995, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtyor Donetsk v Budapesti Honvéd SE 20.10.1976, UEFA Cup second round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtyor Donetsk v Berliner FC Dynamo 15.09.1976, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Biggest away win 1-5: FC Levadia Maardu v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 0-4: Birkirkara FC v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 1-5: B 1901 Nykøbing v FC Shakhtyor Donetsk (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 12.09.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 24.11.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-1: FK Austria Wien v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 17.09.2002, UEFA Cup first round first leg 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 25.10.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage 4-0: FC Zürich v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 13.08.1998, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v AC Milan 06.11.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v S.S. Lazio 12.09.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage

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• Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: FK Austria Wien v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: FC Zürich v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details)

• Biggest home win 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-1: SL Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk 03.10.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v AC Milan (see above for details) 0-3: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v S.S. Lazio (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)

Last updated: 29.11.2007

SL Benfica

UEFA club competition milestones • Benfica have twice won the European Champion Clubs' Cup, defeating FC Barcelona 3-2 in 1961 before retaining the trophy in 1962 with a 5-3 victory against Real Madrid CF. They were losing finalists in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1988 and 1990.

• They also enjoyed a run to the final of the UEFA Cup in 1983, losing out to RSC Anderlecht 2-1 over two legs.

UEFA Champions League milestones • Benfica have twice reached the last eight, losing to Barcelona in 2005/06 and AC Milan in 1994/95. The latter was their debut season and they are now taking part for the fifth time.

UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1960/61, 1961/62

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Ten-year record 2006/07: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2004/05: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2003/04: UEFA Cup - fourth round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2002/03: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 2000/01: UEFA Cup - first round 1999/00: UEFA Cup - third round 1998/99: UEFA Champions League - group stage 1997/98: UEFA Cup - first round

2006/07 season Domestic record: Although they could only finish third in the Portuguese Liga for the second season in a row, it was still enough to earn Benfica a place in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. It was a close contest, with FC Porto just two points ahead and only a solitary point separating them from city rivals Sporting Clube de Portugal.

European record: Their appearance in the UEFA Champions League was Benfica's fourth in succession. Benfica booked their place in the group stage thanks to a 4-1 defeat of FK Austria Wien. By finishing third in Group F behind Manchester United FC and Celtic FC but ahead of FC København, Benfica transferred to the UEFA Cup. They defeated FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 3-1 on aggregate in the Round of 32 before a 4-3 triumph over two legs in the last 16 against Paris Saint-Germain FC. However, RCD Espanyol ended their hopes with a 3-2 quarter-final success on aggregate.

Key facts UEFA club competition Pld: 296 W: 140 D: 70 L: 86 GF: 500 GA: 316

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) Pld: 33 W: 12 D: 10 L: 11 GF: 35 GA: 34

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League Pld: 179 W: 85 D: 41 L: 53 GF: 321 GA: 188

Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 10-0: SL Benfica v CS Stade Dudelange 05.10.1965, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg

• Biggest home win 10-0: SL Benfica v CS Stade Dudelange (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-8: CS Stade Dudelange v SL Benfica 30.09.1965, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg

• Heaviest defeat 7-0: RC Celta da Vigo v SL Benfica 25.11.1999, UEFA Cup third round first leg

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• Heaviest home defeat 1-5: SL Benfica v Manchester United FC 09.03.1966, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-finals second leg

• Heaviest away defeat 7-0: RC Celta da Vigo v SL Benfica (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC 01.11.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest home win 3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-2: Liverpool FC v SL Benfica 08.03.2006, UEFA Champions League first knockout round second leg

• Heaviest defeat 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica 17.10.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest home defeat 0-1: SL Benfica v Shakhtar Donetsk 03.10.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-1: SL Benfica v Manchester United FC 26.09.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-1: SL Benfica v Villarreal CF 02.11.2005, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica (see above for details)

Last updated: 29.11.2007

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Competition information

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.

• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 August saw the 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each club plays one home and one away match against each other club in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following 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 previous five seasons. The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the first knockout round, to be played over two legs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March 2007. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their group move into the Round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group are eliminated from UEFA club competition for the season. This year's UEFA Champions League final is in Moscow on 21 May 2008.

• Disciplinary information: As a rule, a player who is sent off the field of play is suspended for the next match in a UEFA club competition. The Control and Disciplinary Body is entitled to augment this punishment. In the case of repeated cautions, a player is suspended for one match after three cautions in three different matches, as well as following any subsequent odd-numbered caution (fifth, seventh, ninth, etc). Single yellow cards and pending suspensions are always carried forward either to the next stage of the competition or to another club competition in the current season.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA club competitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2007/08, at least six places will be reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from 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 club for two seasons. In 2006/07, the number of locally-trained players required began at four but the current six will rise to eight in 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 club between the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at least three seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21.

• Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Champions League matches from the start of the first knockout round, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of 25 for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 1 February at the latest. One player from the above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFA Champions League this season.

• Financial information: UEFA says the estimated gross income for the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League is €824.5m – slightly higher than the 2006/07 campaign revenue. Under the competition regulations, 75 per cent of the total revenue received from television and commercial contracts concluded by UEFA, up to a maximum of €530m will go to the 32 teams taking part in the group stage of Europe's premier club competition. The remaining 25 per cent is earmarked for European football and remains with UEFA to cover organisational and administrative costs, as well as for solidarity payments to associations, clubs and leagues.

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

The gross income for 2007/08 is estimated at €824.5m, and according to projections, will be made up of €819m from TV and commercial contracts and €5.5m from new media contracts. The total amount to be distributed to the clubs is €588.6m. Each of the 32 clubs in the group stage will receive a starting bonus of €3m. In addition, they will receive a match bonus of €400,000 per match. Performance bonuses will amount to €600,000 for 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 League winners will receive €7m, and the runners-up €4m.

This means that a total minimum amount of €5.4m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive, at best, up to €23.7m, not counting the market pool share and gate receipts. The remaining €280m will be distributed according to the proportional value of each TV market represented by the clubs taking part in the UEFA Champions League, and to be split among the number of teams – four, three, two or one – participating from a given association.

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

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Legend

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

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973 - ), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities' Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded.

Goals for/against: 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 after a tie ended in a draw.

:: Squad list The 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 the current matchday. All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competition (as defined above) including all qualifying round matches. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. Age: based on the date press kit was last updated BL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Match officials The 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 official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. :: Competitions Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round AP: Appearances No: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round Comp.: Competition Pld: Matches played GS1: First group stage R2: Second round D: Drawn Pos.: Position GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round DoB: Date of birth Pts: Points KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round GA: Goals against R: Sent off (red card) PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals GF: Goals for Res.: Result QF: Quarter-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals L: Lost W: Won QR: Qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals Nat.: Nationality Y: Booked QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg N/a: Not Applicable Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg red) FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player dismissed/sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted

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