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Uefa Champions League UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena Lviv - Lviv Tuesday 17 February 2015 20.45CET (21.45 local time) FC Shakhtar Donetsk Round of 16, First leg FC Bayern München Last updated 29/05/2015 03:57CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Bayern München Tuesday 17 February 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Match background FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Bayern München meet for the first time with the Ukrainian side hoping to record a first home win over Bundesliga visitors since 1980. Match background Shakhtar • Shakhtar lost to German opponents at this stage in 2012/13 when they drew 2-2 at home to Borussia Dortmund, leading twice through Darijo Srna and Douglas Costa with Robert Lewandowski scoring Dortmund's first equaliser. Shakhtar were beaten 3-0 in Germany, Mario Götze getting the second goal. • In last season's UEFA Champions League group stage, the Ukrainian champions drew 0-0 at home to Bayer 04 Leverkusen after a 4-0 away defeat. • Shakhtar's last four home games with Bundesliga visitors have ended in three draws and a loss. Their last success came against holders Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1980/81 UEFA Cup first round when Mikhail Sokolovski's goal earned a 1-0 first-leg win, although the ensuing 3-0 defeat in Germany meant it was in vain. • The Pitmen's home record against German clubs is W2 D3 L1. Overall it reads W5 D4 L5. • Shakhtar's most memorable encounter with a Bundesliga team was their 2-1 victory over SV Werder Bremen after extra time in the 2009 UEFA Cup final in Istanbul. Luiz Adriano scored the opening goal for a Shakhtar side including Andriy Pyatov, Srna, Olexandr Kucher and Ilsinho. • This is Shakhtar's third appearance in the round of 16, all in the last five seasons. Aside from the Dortmund reverse, they overcame AS Roma to reach the 2010/11 quarter-finals. • This time round Mircea Lucescu's men finished second in Group H, five points behind FC Porto. At home they were held 2-2 by Porto before a 5-0 success against FC BATE Borisov; they also won 7-0 away. When they lost 1-0 to Athletic Club on matchday five it was a fourth defeat in their last 19 UEFA Champions League home games, group stage to final, winning nine. • Group H proved a personal triumph for Luiz Adriano who equalled Cristiano Ronaldo's record – set in 2013/14 – of nine group stage goals. Bayern • Bayern's ten previous matches against Ukrainian clubs were all against FC Dynamo Kyiv, who beat the Munich outfit 3-0 (2-0 in Kyiv) over two legs to lift the 1975 UEFA Super Cup. • Their last trip to Ukraine was in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League second group stage when they succumbed 2-0. • Bayern have posted a solitary win, one draw and three defeats in Ukraine. • Last term Bayern eliminated Arsenal FC at this stage for the second successive season on their way to a third semi- final appearance in a row. • Winners of Group E by a seven-point margin, Josep Guardiola's charges won away against PFC CSKA Moskva (1- 0) and AS Roma (7-1) and lost 3-2 at Manchester City FC. Coach and player links • Lucescu's Shakhtar played five times against Guardiola's FC Barcelona and suffered four defeats (including a 1-0 reverse in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup). The victory came in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League group stage as Olexandr Gladkiy's double steered the visitors to a 3-2 Camp Nou triumph. • Thomas Müller struck the final goal to earn Germany a 3-3 draw in a friendly against Ukraine on 11 November 2011 in Kyiv. Jérôme Boateng, Holger Badstuber and Götze also played for the visitors while Kucher and Yaroslav Rakitskiy featured for Ukraine. • Srna was on target in Croatia's 2-1 win over Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger's Germany in the UEFA EURO 2008 group stage in Klagenfurt. Schweinsteiger was sent off in added time. • Kucher was dismissed and scored an own goal in Ukraine's 2-1 friendly victory against David Alaba's Austria in Lviv on 15 November 2011. Rakitskiy also figured for the hosts. • Kucher was also dismissed in added time of the first leg of the 2014 FIFA World Cup play-off against Franck Ribéry’s France in Kyiv on 15 November 2013. Pyatov, Vyacheslav Shevchuk and Taras Stepanenko all played that night while Rakitskiy was on the bench. 2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Bayern München Tuesday 17 February 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv Match facts Shakhtar • Stepanenko is serving a one-match suspension having been booked three times in the group stage. • Shakhtar have not had a competitive fixture since matchday six. They resume their Ukrainian Premier League defence against FC Vorskla Poltava on 28 February. Lucescu's men are second, five points behind unbeaten leaders Dynamo. • The Pitmen played a number of friendlies at training camps in Brazil and Spain during the winter break. Brazil (7-26 Jan): EC Bahia (L3-2), CR Flamengo (0-0), CA Mineiro (L4-2), SC Internacional (W2-1), Cruzeiro EC (1- 1). Spain (30 Jan-9 Feb): GNK Dinamo Zagreb (1-1), UD Almería (W3-1), Real Murcia CF (W2-1), Aalborg BK (W2-1). • Shakhtar terminated Dmytro Chygrynskiy's contract by mutual consent on 2 February. The centre-back has since joined FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk on a six-month deal. UEFA Champions League squad changes • In: None • Out: Mykyta Kryukov (FC Illychivets Mariupil, loan) Bayern • Bayern went into the winter break in Germany 11 points clear of second-placed VfL Wolfsburg – the biggest lead at the midway point of a Bundesliga season. Two months on and Guardiola's side have an eight-point cushion after winning two of their four games in 2015. • The Munich outfit warmed up for the first leg against Shakhtar by recording their biggest Bundesliga win since March 1984 on Saturday, beating Hamburger SV 8-0. • Ribéry (thigh) and Rafinha (ankle) both made their first competitive appearances of 2015 on Saturday, the Frenchman scoring after his introduction as a substitute. • The Bavarian side suffered their first domestic defeat of the campaign on 30 January, losing 4-1 to Wolfsburg. Manuel Neuer conceded as many goals in 90 minutes as he had in his previous 17 league matches this term. • Lahm (out since 18 November, ankle), Javi Martínez (13 August, knee) and Thiago Alcántara (29 March, knee) are long-term absentees. • Bayern defeated Qatar Stars (4-1, Doha), al-Hilal FC (4-1, Riyadh) and VfL Bochum 1848 (5-1) in friendlies during the winter hiatus. UEFA Champions League squad changes • In: Pepe Reina, Tom Starke • Out: Pierre Højbjerg (FC Augsburg, loan), Ylli Sallahi, Xherdan Shaqiri (FC Internazionale Milano, loan) 3 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Bayern München Tuesday 17 February 2015 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Match press kit Arena Lviv, Lviv 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 European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. Match officials 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 National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by
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