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FC - Arsenal FC MATCH PRESS KIT Valeri Lobanovskiy, Kiev Wednesday 17 September 2008 - 20.45CET Group G - Matchday 1

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 - Legend 6 - Domestic information

This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html

Match background

FC Dynamo Kyiv will go into their UEFA Champions League Group G opener against Arsenal FC with something to prove after a hugely disappointing performance in last season's competition. • The Ukrainian side did not pick up a single point in the 2007/08 group stage – the worst record of any of the 32 teams. Their troubled campaign involved two changes of coach, Oleh Luzhny replacing Joszef Szabó who himself had succeeded Anatoliy Demianenko after Matchday 1, and ended with Dynamo rooted to the foot of their section with a goal difference of -15. • Dynamo, who finished second in the Ukrainian last season, have a new man at the helm in and will hope for a positive start against an Arsenal side who, for all their pedigree, have lost on all three previous visits to . • Semin's team certainly reached this season's group stage in some style, beating 's FC Spartak Moskva 8-2 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. • Two goals apiece from Ismaël Bangoura and Artem Milevskiy earned Spartak a 4-1 victory in and they achieved an identical success in the return, Olexandr Aliyev opening the scoring before Bangoura and Milevskiy (2) found the net once more. • Surprisingly, given the scale of that victory, Dynamo had previously made heavy work of beating Drogheda United FC in the second qualifying round. It took an 86th-minute Aliyev strike to win the first leg 2-1 in Ireland and Dynamo were held 2-2 at home in the return, despite another Aliyev goal and Milevskiy's penalty. • For Arsenal's part, they were comfortable 6-0 aggregate winners against Dutch side FC Twente in the third qualifying round. • Third in the Premier League in 2007/08, Arsène Wenger's side secured a 2-0 first-leg advantage in Arnhem thanks to goals from and . Arsenal then strolled to a 4-0 win in the return, , Gallas again, and scoring.

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• Arsenal reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League last season. After defeating AC Sparta Praha in the third qualifying round they advanced from the group stage in second place in their section, with a record of W4 D1 L1, and then beat holders AC Milan 2-0 in the first knockout round. However, their run then ended with a 5-3 aggregate defeat against Premier League rivals Liverpool FC. • Dynamo have had the better of past matches against Arsenal. When the teams met in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League group stage, Dynamo earned a 1-1 draw at Highbury and then won the return 3-1 in Ukraine. • , Olexandr Golovko and scored for a Dynamo side who finished group winners en route to reaching the last four, while Stephen Hughes struck a late consolation for the visitors. • The lineups for that match on 4 November 1998 were: Dynamo: Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Oleh Luzhny, Olexander Golovko, Vladyslav Vashchuk, Yuriy Dmytrulin, Vitalii Kossovskyi, Andriy Shevchenko, Sergiy Rebrov, Andrii Gusin, Vasyl Kardash, Valentin Belkevich (Yuriy Kalitvintsev). Arsenal: , , , Steve Bould (Gilles Grimandi), , Nelson Vivas (Remi Garde), , , , Luís Boa Morte (Stephen Hughes), Christopher Wreh. • Dynamo won the sides' second meeting in Kiev 2-1 in the 2003/04 group stage. and Valentin Belkevich struck for the home side with replying late on. However, Arsenal won the return 1-0 through an goal and ended up topping the group with Dynamo down in fourth place. • The lineups for that match on 21 October 2003 were: Dynamo: Olexandr Shovkovskiy, Georgi Peev, Goran Gavrančić, , Andriy Nesmachniy, Oleh Gusev (Diogo Rincón), Yuriy Dmytrulin (Goran Sabljić), , (Aleksandr Khatskevich), Valentin Belkevich, Maksim Shatskikh. Arsenal: Jens Lehmann, Lauren, Kolo Touré, , Ashley Cole, Ray Parlour (Fredrik Ljungberg), Edu (Patrick Vieira), Gilberto (), Robert Pirès, , Thierry Henry. • Arsenal's other previous trip to Ukraine ended in a 3-0 defeat at FC Shakhtar in the 2000/01 group stage. • Dynamo's overall home record against English teams is P8 W3 D3 L2. Their most recent visitors from England were Manchester United FC, who prevailed 4-2 in Kiev last October. • Arsenal got the better of an FC Lokomotiv Moskva side coached by Semin in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage. After a goalless draw in Russia, the team won 2-0 at home in their final game to secure first place in the section – and eliminate their opponents. • As coach of AS Monaco FC, Wenger oversaw a 1-0 aggregate defeat of Ukraine's FC Chornomorets Odesa in the 1990/91 UEFA Cup second round. • FC Porto will face Fenerbahçe SK in the other Group G game taking place on Matchday 1.

Match facts

Dynamo UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Eleven Dynamo players appeared in all four qualifying games: Betão, Pape Diakhate, Tiberiu Ghioane, Ognjen Vukojević, Taras Mikhalik, Badr El Kaddouri, Miloš Ninković, Olexandr Aliyev, Ismaël Bangoura, and Artem Milevskiy. Disciplinary information • El Kaddouri serves a one-game suspension on Matchday 1.

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Latest domestic information • Saturday 13 September: FC Olkom Melitopil 0-5 FC Dynamo Kyiv (Yarmolenko 6 70, Asatiani 13, Kravets 45, Shudryk og 62) Dynamo reached the last 16 of the with an emphatic victory at second division Olkom, 18-year-old striker scoring in each half with debutant Malkhaz Asatiani also getting an early goal having joined Dynamo on loan from FC Lokomotiv Moskva. Kravets struck on the stroke of half-time and Dynamo's other goal came from the home side's Denys Shudryk from an Andriy Nesmachniy cross. • With head coach Yuri Semin in England to watch Arsenal's Premier League game at Blackburn Rovers FC, Dynamo were coached by his assistant Oleh Luzhny. "We gave a chance to the players who are not used often or at all in the Dynamo first team or their national teams," Luzhny said. "They met this challenge and received an additional boost to their confidence. The first-team players are concentrating on the opening fixture of UEFA Champions League." • Dynamo rested the majority of their first team at Olkom, with goalkeeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy and defensive pair Asatiani and Nesmachniy the representatives from the senior squad. • The Kiev club have reached the cup final in each of the last four seasons, lifting the trophy in 2005, 2006 and 2007 but losing to FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2007/08 showpiece. • Dynamo had started the season with a defeat by FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Ukrainian on 15 July, going down 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw. • Before the international break, the Kiev club had collected 16 points from their first seven Premier League matches, suffering only one reverse when they lost 2-1 at home to FC Metalist on 2 August. • Milevskiy and Bangoura scored 17 of Dynamo's 26 goals from their opening 12 games of the season in all competitions. Milevskiy is the top scorer with ten goals, including a double in each leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie against FC Spartak Moskva. • Milevskiy was voted the 's best player for July and August following a poll of top-flight players and coaches. • By defeating FC Arsenal Kyiv on 23 August, Dynamo set a Ukrainian league record of going 48 matches unbeaten on their travels. They last lost on the road in June 2005, succumbing 3-2 at Shakhtar on the final day of the season. • Aliyev, Bangoura, Betão, El Kaddouri, Milevskiy, Mikhalik, Vukojević and Ninković have played all seven of Dynamo's league games in 2008/09. • Dynamo are yet to concede a league goal in the first 30 minutes of their 20 matches this season; they have also been breached just once in the first half-hour after the restart. Injury news • Oleh Gusev – out since 15 April (knee) • Carlos Corrêa – out since May (fractured left fibula) • Artem Milevskiy – out 6-12 September (ankle) • Corrêa and Milevskiy are both back in training after their respective injuries, although Gusev remains a long-term absentee. Summer transfers •In Betão (Santos FC) Stanislav Bogush (FC Metalurh Zaporizhya) Malkhaz Asatiani (FC Lokomotiv Moskva, loan) Ognjen Vukojević (NK Dinamo Zagreb) (Udinese Calcio, loan) (HNK Hajduk Split) Goran Sabljić (HNK Hajduk Split) Emmanuel Okoduwa (KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen)

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•Out Kléber (SE Palmeiras) Rodrigo (São Paulo FC) Diogo Rincón (SC Corinthians Paulista) Michael (Santos FC) Vitaliy Mandzyuk (FC Arsenal Kyiv) Goran Gavrančić (PAOK FC) Marjan Marković (FK Crvena Zvezda) Vladyslav Vaschuk (FC ) Denys Oliynyk (FC Arsenal Kyiv) Vitaliy Fedoriv (FC Amkar Perm) • Dynamo also announced a deal for Serhiy Kravchenko who will join from FC Vorskla in January. International news • As European qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicked off in earnest on 6 and 10 September, Mikhalik helped Ukraine open Group 6 with victories against Belarus (1-0) and Kazakhstan (3-1). Aliyev also appeared in both games, the first as a half-time substitute, while Milevskiy played 75 minutes of the first match but missed the second with an ankle injury. • Vukojević was unused on each occasion as Croatia played Kazakhstan (3-0) and England (1-4) in the same section. Asatiani was a late substitute as Georgia began their Group 8 bid with a 2-1 loss to the Republic of Ireland, then sat out the 2-0 reverse in Italy. In Group 4, Roman Eremenko helped claim a memorable 3-3 draw against Germany. • Elsewhere in World Cup qualifying, Maksim Shatskikh's Uzbekistan fell to Qatar (0-3) and Australia (0-1) while was in team who beat South Africa 1-0, although Diakhate's Senegal side went down 3-2 to Algeria. Bangoura started Guinea's qualifier against Zimbabwe on 7 September (0-0) and featured as a second-half replacement in the subsequent 1-0 friendly win against South Africa. El Kaddouri's Morocco were held 0-0 by Oman in another friendly. • Oleh Dopilka played 90 minutes as Ukraine overcame the Czech Republic 1-0 in their concluding UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier on 9 September, but his side finished second in Group 2 and missed out on the play-offs. Miscellaneous • A member of Dynamo's side of the 1970s, – formerly coach of Ukraine's U21 squad, SC Tavriya , FC Kryvbas and Vorskla Poltava – has been appointed coach of the club's youth team. • The NSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Kiev's biggest arena, is closed for renovation so Dynamo will play their home UEFA Champions League matches at the Valeri Lobanovskiy Stadium, with the ground boasting new floodlights. • Dynamo's new UEFA Champions League kit bears a striking resemblance to the outfit the team wore in the 1990s, which itself evoked the ensemble used in 1961 when Dynamo won their first Soviet title. Arsenal UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Eleven Arsenal players appeared in both qualifying games: Manuel Almunia, , William Gallas, , Gaël Clichy, Denilson, Theo Walcott, Emmanuel Eboué, , Emmanuel Adebayor and Nicklas Bendtner. Disciplinary information • Arsenal have no players suspended or within a booking of a ban.

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Latest domestic information • Saturday 13 September: Blackburn Rovers FC 0-4 Arsenal FC (Van Persie 8, Adebayor 45 81pen 90) Arsenal recorded a second successive Premier League win in emphatic fashion, Walcott setting up Van Persie early on before Adebayor headed in Denilson's left-wing cross on the stroke of half-time. The Togolese striker made it 3-0 from the penalty spot after Eboué had been fouled, and collected a pass from substitute Aaron Ramsey to complete his hat-trick in the closing stages. • "It was a good defensive performance – we scored four goals and you'd think it was all Arsenal but Blackburn played very well and they were always dangerous going forward," said manager Arsène Wenger. "We had to defend very well, especially from crosses. The second goal just before half-time was a big moment and after that the third and fourth goals came logically. Fluency is one of our strengths, to be clinical was important today – we've found our rhythm. We have a very young squad but very talented and they all enjoy playing the game we play." • Adebayor's hat-trick took him to 50 goals for Arsenal in all competitions. • Wenger made just one change from the side that had defeated Newcastle in their previous league fixture, Walcott coming into the starting lineup in place of the injured Samir Nasri. Ramsey came on as a late replacement to make his Premier League debut. • Arsenal have won five of their six matches in all competitions this season, conceding just one goal. The north London club have won all but one of their last ten matches, the exception their 1-0 league loss at Fulham FC on 23 August. • Kolo Touré made his 200th Premier League appearance at – all for Arsenal – while Walcott made his 100th club career appearance for Southampton FC and Arsenal. • Arsenal opened the English Premier League season in mixed fashion, with home wins against West Bromwich Albion FC (1-0) and Newcastle United FC (3-0) sandwiching a 1-0 defeat at Fulham. • Nasri marked his Arsenal debut with the only goal against West Brom while Carlos Vela made his first appearance as a substitute against Newcastle. Injury news • Robin van Persie – out 30 August to 6 September (ankle/foot) • Mikaël Silvestre – out since 27 August (thigh) • Cesc Fàbregas – out since 13-27 August (hamstring) • – out since 3 August (thigh) • Tomáš Rosický – out since 26 January (hamstring) • – out since 23 February (leg) • Samir Nasri – out since 6 September (knee) Summer transfers •In Samir Nasri () Aaron Ramsey (Cardiff City FC) Mikaël Silvestre (Manchester United FC) Amaury Bischoff (Werder Bremen) •Out Aleksandr Hleb (FC Barcelona) Mathieu Flamini (AC Milan) Gilberto (Panathinaikos FC) Jens Lehmann (VfB ) (Middlesbrough FC) Philippe Senderos (AC Milan, loan) Armand Traoré (Portsmouth FC, loan) International news • Walcott enjoyed a week to remember in FIFA World Cup qualifying. First, the forward made his first competitive start for England as they prevailed 2-0 in Andorra on 6 September. Then, four days later, he hit a spectacular hat-trick as Croatia were overrun 4-1 in Zagreb.

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• Walcott's treble at the age of 19 years and 178 days made him the youngest player to score a hat-trick for England, breaking the record set by Dixie Dean against Belgium on 11 May 1927. Everton FC legend Dean was 20 years and 109 days old at the time. They were also Walcott's first goals for his country. • It was a mixed week for Arsenal's France players. Gallas and Sagna started the 3-1 opening-night defeat in Austria in Group 7, with Nasri emerging as a second-half substitute. Gallas and Clichy then started the 2-1 home win against – the left-back's senior debut for Les Bleus. • Elsewhere, Bendtner participated in Denmark's two away games in Group 1 – against Hungary (0-0) and then Portugal (3-2), where he struck the visitors' first goal of a frantic finale in Lisbon. In Group 5, Fàbregas set up Spain's goal in the 1-0 success against Bosnia-Herzegovina and came off the bench in the following 4-0 defeat of Armenia. • Djourou figured twice for Switzerland in Group 2 against Israel (2-2) and Luxembourg (1-2); Łukasz Fabiański made two Group 3 appearances for Poland against Slovenia (1-1) and San Marino (2-0). • Van Persie won two more caps as the Netherlands lost 2-1 to Australia in a friendly in Eindhoven before launching their Group 9 campaign with a victory by the same scoreline in F.Y.R. Macedonia. • In the African qualifying section, Touré and Eboué were in the Ivory Coast side held 1-1 in Mozambique, while Alexandre Song collected a late red card for a second bookable offence as Cameroon triumphed 2-1 in the Cape Verde Islands. • Vela started both matches as Mexico overcame Jamaica (3-0) and Canada (2-1). • Ramsey played 90 minutes on 9 September as Wales won 3-0 in Romania to clinch first place in 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying Group 10 and set up a play-off against England. • Fàbregas had the perfect summer as Spain won UEFA EURO 2008™, the midfielder converting the clinching penalty in the quarter-final shoot-out against Italy. Gallas played all three games and Nasri two as France failed to progress beyond the group stage; Djourou and Fabiański did not feature as Switzerland and Poland suffered a similar fate. Van Persie scored twice in four outings for quarter-finalists the Netherlands. • Fàbregas was named in the UEFA Technical Team's Team of the Tournament. Miscellaneous • On 18 August, Arsenal confirmed that Adebayor had ended speculation about his future by signing a new long-term contract with the north London club. • Three of the Gunners' younger players also pledged their futures to the cause by penning lengthy new deals: Clichy, Sagna and Song.

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Squad list

Dynamo Kyiv

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 Olexandr Shovkovskiy UKR 02.01.1975 33 - 2 - - - 4 - 62 - 97 - 31 Stanislav Bogush UKR 25.10.1983 24 - 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - 55 Olexandr Rybka UKR 10.04.1987 21 ------2 - 3 - 74 Kychak Artem UKR 16.05.1989 19 ------Defenders 2 Oleh Dopilka UKR 12.03.1986 22 - - - - - 1 - 2 - 2 - 3 Betão BRA 11.11.1983 24 - 4 - - - 7 - - - 4 - 6 Goran Sabljić CRO 04.08.1979 29 ------14 - 31 - 7 Carlos Corrêa BRA 29.12.1980 27 ------7 - 13 1 15 Pape Diakhate SEN 21.06.1984 24 - 4 - - - 5 - 2 - 16 - 23 Olexandr Romanchuk UKR 21.10.1984 23 ------26 Andriy Nesmachniy UKR 28.02.1979 29 - 2 - - - 5 - 35 - 53 - 32 Malkhaz Asatiani GEO 04.08.1981 27 ------2 - 29 4 Midfielders 4 Tiberiu Ghioane ROU 18.06.1981 27 - 4 - - - 6 2 28 2 42 2 5 Ognjen Vukojević CRO 20.12.1983 24 - 4 - - - 7 - - - 29 5 9 Morozyuk Mykola UKR 17.01.1988 20 - 3 - - - 2 - - - 3 - 11 Roman Eremenko FIN 19.03.1987 21 ------17 Taras Mikhalik UKR 28.10.1983 24 - 4 1 - - 7 1 6 - 13 1 19 Florin Cernat ROU 10.03.1980 28 ------19 3 38 6 20 Oleh Gusev UKR 25.04.1983 25 ------22 - 36 2 30 Badr El Kaddouri MAR 31.01.1981 27 S 4 - - - 7 - 13 - 26 - 36 Miloš Ninković SRB 25.12.1984 23 - 4 - - - 7 1 2 - 8 - 37 Ayila Yussuf NGA 04.11.1984 23 - 1 - - - 3 - 13 1 21 2 49 UKR 17.11.1989 18 ------Forwards 8 Olexandr Aliyev UKR 03.02.1985 23 - 4 3 - - 7 1 1 - 6 3 10 Ismaël Bangoura GNB 02.01.1985 23 - 4 3 - - 7 4 5 2 11 6 16 Maksim Shatskikh UZB 30.08.1978 30 - 2 - - - 4 - 44 11 72 23 22 Artem Kravets UKR 03.06.1989 19 - 4 - - - 4 - 1 - 5 - 25 Artem Milevskiy UKR 12.01.1985 23 - 4 5 - - 7 4 10 1 15 6 33 Emmanuel Okoduwa NGA 21.11.1983 24 ------70 Andriy Yarmolenko UKR 23.10.1989 18 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Coach - Yuri Semin RUS 11.05.1947 61 - 4 - - - - - 29 - 80 -

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Arsenal

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 Manuel Almunia ESP 19.05.1977 31 - 2 - - - 4 - 15 - 20 - 21 Łukasz Fabiański POL 18.04.1985 23 ------8 - 24 ITA 02.03.1988 20 ------53 Wojciech Szczęsny POL 18.04.1990 18 ------Defenders 3 Bacary Sagna FRA 14.02.1983 25 - 2 - - - 4 - 7 - 31 - 5 Kolo Touré CIV 19.03.1981 27 - - - - - 4 - 52 2 56 2 10 William Gallas FRA 17.08.1977 31 - 2 2 - - 4 - 50 2 67 4 18 Mikaël Silvestre FRA 09.08.1977 31 ------70 2 76 2 20 Johan Djourou SUI 18.01.1987 21 - 2 - - - 1 - 3 - 7 - 22 Gaël Clichy FRA 26.07.1985 23 - 2 - - - 4 - 21 - 25 - 27 Emmanuel Eboué CIV 04.06.1983 25 - 2 - - - 4 - 24 1 36 1 34 Kyle Bartley ENG 22.05.1991 17 ------36 Thomas Cruise ENG 09.03.1991 17 ------38 Jay Thomas ENG 27.12.1990 17 ------41 Gavin Hoyte ENG 06.06.1990 18 ------46 Abu Ogogo ENG 03.11.1989 18 ------49 Paul Rodgers ENG 06.10.1989 18 ------51 Rene Steer ENG 31.01.1990 18 ------Midfielders 2 Abou Diaby FRA 11.05.1986 22 ------8 2 13 2 4 Cesc Fàbregas ESP 04.05.1987 21 - 1 - - - 2 - 34 6 39 10 7 Tomáš Rosický CZE 04.10.1980 27 ------39 9 59 10 8 Samir Nasri FRA 26.06.1987 21 - 1 1 - - 3 1 4 - 29 2 15 Denilson BRA 16.02.1988 20 - 2 - - - 4 1 4 - 7 - 16 Aaron Ramsey WAL 26.12.1990 17 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 17 Alexandre Song CMR 09.09.1987 21 - 1 - - - 3 - 5 - 7 - 19 ENG 01.02.1992 16 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 35 Francis Coquelin FRA 13.05.1991 17 ------37 James Dunne ENG 18.09.1989 18 ------40 Kieran Gibbs ENG 26.09.1989 18 ------42 Henri Lansbury ENG 12.10.1990 17 ------43 Fran Mérida ESP 04.03.1990 18 ------47 Mark Randall ENG 28.09.1989 18 - 1 ------1 - Forwards 9 Eduardo CRO 25.02.1983 25 ------5 2 25 10 11 Robin van Persie NED 06.08.1983 25 - 2 - - - 4 3 26 6 42 7 12 Carlos Vela MEX 01.03.1989 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 14 Theo Walcott ENG 16.03.1989 19 - 2 1 - - 4 - 13 2 17 3 25 Emmanuel Adebayor TGO 26.02.1984 24 - 2 1 - - 4 3 31 4 45 9 26 Nicklas Bendtner DEN 16.01.1988 20 - 2 1 - - 2 - 6 2 8 3 39 Rui Fonte POR 23.04.1990 18 ------44 Rhys Murphy ENG 06.11.1990 17 ------50 Jay Simpson ENG 01.12.1988 19 ------55 Sanchez Watt ENG 14.02.1991 17 ------Coach - Arsène Wenger FRA 22.10.1949 58 - 2 - - - - - 106 - 157 -

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Head coach FC Dynamo Kyiv: Yuri Semin Date of birth: 11 May 1947 Nationality: Russian Playing career: FC Spartak Orel, FC Spartak Moskva, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, FC Dinamo Moskva, FC Kairat Almaty, FC Chkalovec Novosibirsk, FC Kuban Krasnodar Coaching career: FC Pamir Dushanbe, FC Lokomotiv Moskva, Russia, FC Dinamo Moskva, FC Dynamo Kyiv Yuri Semin is one of the most successful Russian coaches of the last decade. His playing career reached new heights in 1965 when he was invited to FC Spartak Moskva after starring for Russia's Under-21 team at a tournament between the Soviet republics. Overall he played 280 games in the Soviet League, scoring 39 goals. After Spartak he moved on to city rivals FC Dinamo Moskva where he won a runners-up medal and the domestic cup in 1970. He retired due to injury in 1980 while captain of FC Kuban Krasnodar. After receiving his coaching licence he started work at FC Pamir Dushanbe in 1983. However, he is best known for coaching FC Lokomotiv Moskva, where he spent 19 years until 2005, interrupted by a short break in 1990 when he was appointed as an adviser to the New Zealand Under-21 team. With Semin in charge, Lokomotiv were transformed into one of Russia's leading clubs. He was appointed in 1986 when Lokomotiv were relegated from the top flight but they were soon back in the élite and under Semin claimed league titles in 2002 and 2004 in addition to four Russian Cups and reaching the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals in 1998 and 1999. Between 1992-1994 and 1996-1999 Semin was the Russian assistant coach, a precursor to taking over the national team in April 2005. However, six months later he quit after failing to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. At the beginning of 2006 Semin had a short spell at the helm of Dinamo Moskva but soon switched to the position of sporting director at Lokomotiv. After being dismissed, he signed a contract with FC Dynamo Kyiv in December 2007 and guided the Ukrainian club into the UEFA Champions League group stage with an aggregate victory over Spartak in the third qualifying round in August of the following year.

Arsenal FC: Arsène Wenger Date of birth: 22 October 1949 Nationality: French Playing career: AS Mutzig, FC Mulhouse, AS Vauban, RC Strasbourg Coaching career: RC Strasbourg (assistant coach), AS Cannes (assistant coach), AS Nancy-Lorraine, AS Monaco FC, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal FC Arsène Wenger was never covered in glory as a player, but has more than made up for that lack of success in his time as a coach, turning Arsenal FC into one of Europe's top teams thanks to his incredible eye for a bargain and an astute footballing mind. Born in Strasbourg, Wenger worked at RC Strasbourg and AS Cannes before AS Nancy-Lorraine offered him his big break. He impressed sufficiently to be offered the job as coach of AS Monaco FC in 1987. Within a year Monaco scooped the French championship and Wenger the Manager of the Year award. He reportedly turned down France and FC Bayern München to continue at Monaco, although he did subsequently move on to Japan and enjoy tremendous success with Nagoya Grampus Eight. Appointed by Arsenal in September 1996, Wenger became the first foreigner to win the Premiership in 1998, adding the first of four FA Cup triumphs to boot. The Gunners lost the 2000 UEFA Cup final to Galatasaray SK but claimed another double in 2002, and in 2004 played some thrilling attacking football en route to becoming the first team since 1889 to negotiate a top-flight season unbeaten. Wenger, given the freedom of Islington for his domestic success in north London, nearly topped all of his achievements by taking Arsenal to the 2006 UEFA Champions League final, only for FC Barcelona to come from behind to win 2-1. Arsenal's move to their new stadium later that year was also instigated by Wenger.

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Match officials

Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP) Assistant referees Jesús Calvo Guadamuro (ESP), Luis Alberto Gutierrez Perez (ESP) Fourth official Carlos Megia Davila (ESP) UEFA Delegate Sergio Di Cesare (ITA) UEFA Referee observer Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)

Referee

Name Nat. Date of birth UCL UEFA Luis Medina Cantalejo ESP 01.03.1964 15 30 Luis Medina Cantalejo is relishing taking charge of the game's biggest names after his accession to the UEFA élite ranks as the latest in a long line of excellent Spanish referees. Medina Cantalejo was born in Seville, where he still lives, on 1 March 1964, 34 years before making his Primera División debut. Awarded his FIFA badge at the start of 2002, early appointments in youth tournament qualifiers, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Champions League qualifying ties aided his development. He lists an FC Barcelona-Real Madrid CF game from 2002 as one of his career highlights, while another came in 2004 when he was rewarded for some sterling displays at the UEFA European Under-21 Championship with the final, which was won 3-0 by Italy against Serbia and Montenegro. A married father of three who works in local government, he gained élite status after the tournament in Germany and justified that promotion with more controlled performances at the pinnacle of European football – earning an August 2005 date in Russia for a Premier-Liga match between PFC CSKA Moskva and FC Zenit St. Petersburg. The 2005/06 season was particularly memorable as Medina Cantalejo took charge of the Spanish Cup final, three UEFA Champions League ties and a FIFA World Cup play-off between Australia and Uruguay before travelling to the competition proper in Germany where his fourth and final game was France's quarter-final victory against Brazil. He was also fourth official for Italy's victory against France in the final after a penalty shoot-out and has become a regular presence in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup, also taking charge of four UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying fixtures. He enjoys travelling, reading and music in his spare time.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 24.08.2004 UCL QR3 Liverpool FC - Grazer AK 0-1 Liverpool 02.11.2004 UCL GS Arsenal FC - Panathinaikos FC 1-1 London 09.08.2005 UCL QR3 Manchester United FC - Debreceni VSC 3-0 Manchester 27.09.2005 UCL GS AFC Ajax - Arsenal FC 1-2 Amsterdam 27.09.2006 UCL GS Liverpool FC - Galatasaray AŞ 3-2 Liverpool 07.03.2007 UCL 1/8 Manchester United FC - LOSC Lille Métropole 1-0 Manchester 15.08.2007 UCL QR3 AC Sparta Praha - Arsenal FC 0-2 Prague 24.10.2007 UCL GS AC Milan - FC Shakhtar Donetsk 4-1 Milan 20.02.2008 UCL 1/8 Olympique Lyonnais - Manchester United FC 1-1 Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 03.10.2002 UCUP R1 FK Smederevo - Ipswich Town FC 0-1 Smederevo 08.10.2005 WC QR England - Austria 1-0 Manchester 02.06.2007 EURO QR France - Ukraine 2-0 Paris 17.10.2007 EURO QR Russia - England 2-1 Moscow

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Domestic information FC Dynamo Kyiv (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 19/07/08 FC Illychivets Mariupil (H)2-0 Mikhalik 2, Milevskiy 66 League 25/07/08 FC Dnipropetrovsk3-1 Ghioane 37, Milevskiy 44(pen), 82 (A) League 02/08/08 FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) 1-2 Ninković 45 League 09/08/08 FC Vorskla Poltava (A) 2-2 Milevskiy 29, Bangoura 60 League 17/08/08 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 2-0 Bangoura 11, Aliyev 45 (H) League 23/08/08 FC Arsenal Kyiv (A) 2-0 Bangoura 2, Ghioane 78 Lineups: Bogush, Ninković (Diakhate 89), El Kaddouri, Betão, Ghioane, Yussuf, Vukojević, Aliyev (Morozyuk 85), Mikhalik, Bangoura, Milevskiy (Kravets 90) League 31/08/08 FC Metalurh Donetsk (H) 1-0 Bangoura 18 Lineups: Bogush, Ninković (Yeremenko 90), El Kaddouri, Diakhate, Betão, Yussuf, Vukojević, Aliyev (Nesmachniy 78), Mikhalik, Milevskiy, Bangoura Cup 13/09/08 Olkom (A) 5-0 Yarmolenko 6, 70, Asatiani 13, Kravets 45, Own goal Lineups: Shovkovskiy, Yarmolenko, Asatiani, Kravets, Sabljić, Romanchuk, Nesmachniy, Ghioane, Morozyuk (Bilala 76), Cernat (Hacheridi 56), Zozulya League 21/09/08 FC Chornomorets Odesa (A) League 26/09/08 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (H) League 04/10/08 FC Kharkiv (A) League 18/10/08 FC Zorya (H) League 25/10/08 SC Tavriya Simferopol (A) League 01/11/08 FC Karpaty Lviv (H) League 08/11/08 FC Lviv (H) League 15/11/08 FC Shakhtar Donetsk (A) Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Metalurh Donetsk 7 6 0 1 11 3 18 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv 7 5 1 1 13 5 16 3 FC Vorskla Poltava 7 4 2 1 10 5 14 4 FC Metalist Kharkiv 7 3 3 1 10 6 12 5 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 3 3 1 6 4 12 6 FC Chornomorets Odesa 7 3 1 3 10 7 10 7 FC Zorya Luhansk 7 2 3 2 7 7 9 8 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 7 2 3 2 7 8 9 9 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 7 2 3 2 5 6 9 10 FC Arsenal Kyiv 7 2 3 2 6 8 9 11 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 7 1 4 2 8 8 7 12 FC Karpaty Lviv 7 1 4 2 4 7 7 13 FC Lviv 7 1 2 4 3 6 5 14 FC Kharkiv 7 0 5 2 4 8 5 15 SC Tavriya Simferopol 7 1 1 5 6 13 4 16 FC Illychivets Mariupil 7 1 0 6 4 13 3

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Arsenal FC (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 16/08/08 West Bromwich Albion FC1-0 Nasri 4 (H) League 23/08/08 Fulham FC (A) 0-1 Lineups: Almunia, Sagna, Touré (Song 77), Gallas, Clichy, Walcott (Bendtner 65), Eboué, Denilson, Nasri, Adebayor, Van Persie League 30/08/08 Newcastle United FC (H) 3-0 Van Persie 18(pen), 41, Denilson 59 Lineups: Almunia, Sagna, Touré, Gallas, Clichy, Eboué (Walcott 72), Fàbregas, Denilson (Song 69), Nasri, Adebayor, Van Persie (Vela 63) League 13/09/08 Blackburn Rovers FC (A) 4-0 Van Persie 8, Adebayor 45, 81(pen), 90 Lineups: Almunia, Sagna, Touré, Gallas, Clichy, Eboué (Ramsey 82), Fàbregas, Denilson, Walcott (Song 64), Adebayor, Van Persie (Wilshere 84) League 20/09/08 Bolton Wanderers FC (A) League 27/09/08 Hull City AFC (H) League 04/10/08 Sunderland AFC (A) League 18/10/08 Everton FC (H) League 26/10/08 West Ham United FC (A) League 29/10/08 Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) League 01/11/08 Stoke City FC (A) League 08/11/08 Manchester United FC (H) League 15/11/08 Aston Villa FC (H) League 22/11/08 Manchester City FC (A) League 30/11/08 Chelsea FC (A) League 06/12/08 Wigan Athletic FC (H) League 13/12/08 Middlesbrough FC (A) League 20/12/08 Liverpool FC (H) League 26/12/08 Aston Villa FC (A) League 28/12/08 Portsmouth FC (H) League 10/01/09 Bolton Wanderers FC (H) League 17/01/09 Hull City AFC (A) League 28/01/09 Everton FC (A) League 31/01/09 West Ham United FC (H) Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea FC 4 3 1 0 9 2 10 2 Liverpool FC 4 3 1 0 5 2 10 3 Arsenal FC 4 3 0 1 8 1 9 4 Aston Villa FC 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 5 Hull City AFC 4 2 1 1 5 8 7 6 Manchester City FC 4 2 0 2 9 7 6 7 Fulham FC 3 2 0 1 4 3 6 8 West Ham United FC 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 9 Middlesbrough FC 4 2 0 2 6 6 6 10 Portsmouth FC 4 2 0 2 5 6 6 11 Everton FC 4 2 0 2 7 9 6 12 Wigan Athletic FC 4 1 1 2 7 4 4 13 Bolton Wanderers FC 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 14 Manchester United FC 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 15 West Bromwich Albion FC 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 16 Newcastle United FC 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 17 Sunderland AFC 4 1 1 2 3 6 4 18 Blackburn Rovers FC 4 1 1 2 5 11 4 19 Stoke City FC 4 1 0 3 7 10 3 20 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 0 1 3 4 7 1

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UEFA information

Elite Coaches Forum UEFA has given Europe's top club coaches another unique opportunity to come together and exchange views with the governing body on the state of the European game at a gathering in Nyon, Switzerland. The UEFA Elite Coaches Forum celebrated its tenth anniversary with discussions on tactical and technical trends, the evolution of the European club competitions, the leadership role of the modern coach, how coaches cope with the demands of the high-pressure game today and their relationship with match officials. "It's a short but very intense gathering. Twenty-three top coaches were here, a fantastic turnout from our point of view," said UEFA technical director Andy Roxburgh. "UEFA respects them and listens to what they say, and there are many things that UEFA has taken on board [over the years]." EURO example UEFA hopes that the UEFA Champions League season will carry on in the same spirit that marked UEFA EURO 2008™ in Austria and Switzerland in June. At the UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco, UEFA General Secretary David Taylor recalled the attitude of players, supporters and officials at the EURO tournament, which heartened European football's governing body as it strives to promote the idea of respect throughout football. Congratulating the 32 clubs that have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group phase, Mr Taylor said: "The new European club football season comes hot on the heels of a hugely successful European Championship, where the spirit of both respect and fair play were seen both on and off the field. I'd therefore like to take this opportunity to ask all the clubs, players and officials to continue in that spirit for the season." Only a Game? exhibition Fans from across the globe will be able to get close to some of football's most coveted trophies at the ground-breaking Only a Game? exhibition which opens in Liverpool next month. The UEFA Champions League trophy, the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup will all be on display at the interactive exhibition in the World Museum Liverpool. While providing a traditional museum experience, the exhibition also aims to provoke visitors into considering the social and cultural impact of the planet's most popular sport. The exhibition, which will run from 11 October to 1 March 2009, has been organised by UEFA in conjunction with the Northwest Development Agency, the National Football Museum and National Museums Liverpool to mark the city's year as 2008 European Capital of Culture. Charity cheque As ambassador for the European Leukodystrophy Association (ELA), Zinédine Zidane accepted a cheque from UEFA for CHF1m (€619,000) during the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in Monaco. At the start of each season UEFA donates CHF1m to a charitable or humanitarian cause. "It is a major contribution by UEFA and an important help for the association I have been sponsoring for the past eight years," Zidane told uefa.com. "I believe we have made good progress and ELA is lucky to receive a cheque from UEFA and its president Michel Platini." Leukodystrophies are rare genetic diseases, and UEFA's donation will help support a four-year project developing a European information and exchange network. Support for referees Europe's top referees and assistant referees have been urged by UEFA to carry on the good work this season and build on the positive results from UEFA EURO 2008™. The annual UEFA summer gathering for its leading match officials was an ideal platform for European football's governing body to give a resounding thumbs-up to the referees, assistants and fourth officials who played a crucial role in nurturing the theme of respect UEFA is striving to promote among players, referees, officials and spectators. "I want to congratulate the 12 referees, 24 assistant referees and eight fourth officials who were at the EURO tournament," said Referee Committee member Volker Roth, who added that the officials had stood up to the challenge of replacing recently retired elite referees. "We had no Pierluigi Collina, Anders Frisk or Markus Merk, but you responded, your performances were great, and we are proud. We ask you to keep up this high level of performance."

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Match-by-match lineups

Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fenerbahçe SK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Match Result Stadium/Venue 17.09.2008 Porto - Fenerbahçe - Estádio do Dragão, Porto 17.09.2008 Dynamo Kyiv - Arsenal - Valeri Lobanovskiy, Kiev 30.09.2008 Arsenal - Porto - , London 30.09.2008 Fenerbahçe - Dynamo Kyiv - Sükrü Saraçoglu, 21.10.2008 Fenerbahçe - Arsenal - Sükrü Saraçoglu, Istanbul 21.10.2008 Porto - Dynamo Kyiv - Estádio do Dragão, Porto 05.11.2008 Arsenal - Fenerbahçe - Arsenal Stadium, London 05.11.2008 Dynamo Kyiv - Porto - Valeri Lobanovskiy, Kiev 25.11.2008 Fenerbahçe - Porto - Sükrü Saraçoglu, Istanbul 25.11.2008 Arsenal - Dynamo Kyiv - Arsenal Stadium, London 10.12.2008 Porto - Arsenal - Estádio do Dragão, Porto 10.12.2008 Dynamo Kyiv - Fenerbahçe - Valeri Lobanovskiy, Kiev

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders Manchester United FC are hoping to avoid 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 in 2007/08 when he featured against Olympiacos CFP 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 252 days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on Matchday 6. 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 CFP 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. Six other teams have gone through a single group stage campaign without picking up a point: FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08), SK Rapid Wien (2005/06) and RSC Anderlecht (2004/05) plus FC Spartak Moskva and (2002/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (2001/02, first group stage). Dynamo also conceded 19 goals in their six outings in 2007/08, equalling the record let in during a group stage set by Ferencvárosi TC 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 was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 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. Last updated: 01.09.2008

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Team facts

FC Dynamo Kyiv UEFA club competition milestones • Dynamo have twice won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, in the 1974/75 and 1985/86 seasons, recording a 3-0 victory each time. They beat Ferencvárosi TC in Basel and then Club Atlético de Madrid in Lyon. • Dynamo have reached the semi-finals of the European Champion Clubs' Cup on three occasions. The first time came in the 1976/77 campaign, losing 2-1 on aggregate to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach. They then lost over two legs to FC Porto and FC Bayern München in the 1986/87 and 1998/99 campaigns respectively. UEFA Champions League milestones • That 1998/99 run remains the high point for a club who are into their 12th campaign. Since their bow in 1994/95, they have only missed out in 1996/97 and 2005/06. UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1974/75, 1985/86 • UEFA Super Cup: 1975 Ten-year record 2007/08: UEFA Champions League – group stage 2006/07: UEFA Champions League – group stage 2005/06: UEFA Champions League – second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Cup – Round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Champions League – group stage 2002/03: UEFA Cup – third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) 2001/02: UEFA Champions League – first group stage 2000/01: UEFA Champions League – first group stage 1999/00: UEFA Champions League – second group stage 1998/99: UEFA Champions League – semi-finals 2007/08 season Domestic record: Dynamo relinquished their title to old rivals FC Shakhtar Donetsk after only managing a 2-2 draw on the last day of the season at FC Metalist Kharkiv and finishing three points adrift of the champions. They also lost their hold on the Ukrainian Cup, after winning the three previous editions, following a 2-0 final defeat by Shakhtar. European record: The Ukrainian side cruised through the third qualifying round with a 4-0 aggregate success against FK . However, they endured a miserable group stage campaign becoming only the eighth team to lose all six games since the onset of the UEFA Champions League, although they did have eventual winners Manchester United FC in their section. Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 8-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Barry Town AFC 22.07.1998, European Champion Clubs' Cup first qualifying round first leg • Biggest home win 8-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Barry Town AFC (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-5: Beşiktaş JK v FC Dinamo Kiev 14.03.1987, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-final first leg 1-6: Coleraine FC v FC Dinamo Kiev 02.09.1965, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg

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• Heaviest defeat 5-0: Juventus v FC Dynamo Kyiv 24.09.2002, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-0: SL Benfica v FC Dinamo Kiev 01.04.1992, European Champion Clubs' Cup final round group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v AS Roma 27.11.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Olympique Lyonnais 17.10.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v FC Steaua Bucuresti 13.09.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Juventus 18.03.1998, UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v FC Bayern München 07.12.1994, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: FC Dynamo Kyiv v RSC Anderlecht 04.11.1992, UEFA Cup second round second leg 0-3: FC Dinamo Kiev v Hamburger SV 02.03.1983, European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Juventus v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) 5-0: SL Benfica v FC Dinamo Kiev (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 4-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v RSC Anderlecht 26.09.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage 0-4: FC Barcelona v FC Dynamo Kyiv 05.11.1997, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest home win 4-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v RSC Anderlecht (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-4: FC Barcelona v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) • Heaviest defeat 5-0: Juventus v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v AS Roma (see above for details) 0-3: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v FC Steaua Bucureşti (see above for details) 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Juventus (see above for details) 1-4: FC Dynamo Kyiv v FC Bayern München (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Juventus v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) Last updated: 01.09.2008

Arsenal FC UEFA club competition milestones • In the 2005/06 season, Arsenal advanced to the European Champion Clubs' Cup final for the first time although they had previously been involved in both UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup finals.

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• Arsenal played in three UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals, triumphing in the 1993/94 season when they overcame Parma FC 1-0 thanks to Alan Smith's 22nd-minute goal. The other finals ended in narrow defeats by Valencia CF and in 1979/80 and 1994/95 respectively. • Following their elimination from the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League at the end of the group stage, Arsenal advanced to the UEFA Cup final only to lose on penalties to Galatasaray SK at 's . UEFA Champions League milestones • Their finest UEFA Champions League campaign culminated on 17 May 2006 with a 2-1 defeat by FC Barcelona, after Sol Campbell had given the London club the lead in Paris. UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1993/94 Ten-year record 2007/08: UEFA Champions League – quarter-finals 2006/07: UEFA Champions League – first knockout round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League – runners-up 2004/05: UEFA Champions League – first knockout round 2003/04: UEFA Champions League – quarter-finals 2002/03: UEFA Champions League – second group stage 2001/02: UEFA Champions League – second group stage 2000/01: UEFA Champions League – quarter-finals 1999/00: UEFA Cup – finalists (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) 1998/99: UEFA Champions League – group stage 2007/08 season Domestic record: Arsenal finished third in the English Premier League, four points behind champions Manchester United FC – and seven ahead of fourth-placed Liverpool FC – although the Gunners had topped the table for much of the season. It was, however, an improvement on their last two campaigns where they had come fourth. They were eliminated in the fifth round of the FA Cup after a 4-0 loss to United. European record: The English club comprehensively defeated AC Sparta Praha in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round to make the group stage for the tenth season in succession. After winning their first three games, Arsenal recorded a draw followed by an away loss to Sevilla FC and finished second in Group H to their Spanish rivals. They met AC Milan in the first knockout round and had to settle for a goalless draw in London but won 2-0 in Italy to set up a quarter-final meeting with fellow English side Liverpool FC. Arsène Wenger's men then went down 5-3 on aggregate after a dramatic second leg at Anfield. Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 7-0: Arsenal FC v SK Slavia Praha 23.10.2007, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal FC 03.11.1993, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal FC v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal FC (see above for details)

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• Heaviest defeat 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano 17.09.2003, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC 22.11.2000, UEFA Champions League second group stage 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC 07.11.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage 2-5: Arsenal FC v SK Spartak Moskva 29.09.1982, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) 2-5: Arsenal FC v SK Spartak Moskva (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 7-0: Arsenal FC v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details) • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal FC v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details) • Biggest away win 1-5: FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal FC 25.11.2003, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage 0-4: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal FC 25.09.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League first group stage • Heaviest defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal FC v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details) Last updated: 30.08.2008

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:: 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. :: 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. Current season - League: Total league appearances based on the date press kit was last updated 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 WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA 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 :: Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www.uefa.com.

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