Uefa Champions League - 2014/15 Season Match Press Kits
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Arena AufSchalke - Gelsenkirchen Tuesday 21 October 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) FC Schalke 04 Sporting Clube de Group G - Matchday 3 Portugal Last updated 11/08/2015 18:35CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 10 Match officials 11 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Group Standings 17 Competition facts 19 Team facts 20 Legend 22 1 FC Schalke 04 - Sporting Clube de Portugal Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Previous meetings Head to Head No UEFA competition matches have been played between these two teams FC Schalke 04 - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Luisão 87; Jurado 19, 07/12/2010 GS SL Benfica - FC Schalke 04 1-2 Lisbon Höwedes 81 Farfán 73, Huntelaar 29/09/2010 GS FC Schalke 04 - SL Benfica 2-0 Gelsenkirchen 85 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 05/03/2008 R16 FC Porto - FC Schalke 04 agg: 1-1 (aet, 1- Porto Lisandro 86 4pens) 19/02/2008 R16 FC Schalke 04 - FC Porto 1-0 Gelsenkirchen Kuranyi 4 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Max 46, Eijkelkamp 09/12/1997 R3 FC Schalke 04 - SC Braga Gelsenkirchen agg: 2-0 63 25/11/1997 R3 SC Braga - FC Schalke 04 0-0 Braga UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Fichtel 74 (P), 3-2 Abramczik 86, Fischer 29/09/1976 R1 FC Schalke 04 - FC Porto Gelsenkirchen agg: 5-4 88; António Oliveira 51, 69 Ferreira 47, Cubillas 08/09/1976 R1 FC Porto - FC Schalke 04 2-2 Porto 66; Fischer 37, 44 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hertha BSC Berlin - Sporting 16/12/2009 GS 1-0 Berlin Kačar 70 Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal - 01/10/2009 GS 1-0 Lisbon Adrien Silva 18 Hertha BSC Berlin 2 FC Schalke 04 - Sporting Clube de Portugal Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Podolski 7, 34, Polga 39 (og), FC Bayern München - Sporting 7-1 Schweinsteiger 43, 10/03/2009 R16 Munich Clube de Portugal agg: 12-1 Van Bommel 74, Klose 82 (P), T. Müller 90; João Moutinho 42 Ribéry 42, 63 (P), Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 25/02/2009 R16 0-5 Lisbon Klose 57, Toni 84, Bayern München 90+1 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - Sporting 31/10/2006 GS 0-0 Munich Clube de Portugal Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 18/10/2006 GS 0-1 Lisbon Schweinsteiger 19 Bayern München UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - 07/11/2000 GS 0-0 Lisbon Bayer 04 Leverkusen Ramelow 65, Brdaric Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Sporting 20/09/2000 GS 3-2 Leverkusen 73, Neuville 77; André Clube de Portugal Cruz 12, Sá Pinto 78 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Emerson 16, 73, Rink Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Sporting 05/11/1997 GS 4-1 Leverkusen 84, Frýdek 90; Hadji Clube de Portugal 44 Sporting Clube de Portugal - Beinlich 70, Emerson 22/10/1997 GS 0-2 Lisbon Bayer 04 Leverkusen 82 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1. FC Köln - Sporting Clube de 2-0 19/03/1986 QF Cologne K. Allofs 7, Bein 37 Portugal agg: 3-1 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 1. Meade 55; K. Allofs 04/03/1986 QF 1-1 Lisbon FC Köln 89 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1. FC Kaiserslautern - Sporting 2-0 Bongartz 26, Neues 07/11/1979 R2 Kaiserslautern Clube de Portugal agg: 3-1 63 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 1. Manoel 47; Bongartz 24/10/1979 R2 1-1 Lisbon FC Kaiserslautern 52 3 FC Schalke 04 - Sporting Clube de Portugal Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Pommerenke 9, 1. FC Magdeburg - Sporting 2-1 24/04/1974 SF Magdeburg Sparwasser 70; Clube de Portugal agg: 3-2 Marinho 78 Sporting Clube de Portugal - 1. Manaca 76; 10/04/1974 SF 1-1 Lisbon FC Magdeburg Sparwasser 62 European Champions Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Sporting Clube de Portugal - FC 1-2 Baltasar 78; Scheitler 04/11/1970 R2 Lisbon Carl Zeiss Jena agg: 2-4 30, Ducke 37 FC Carl Zeiss Jena - Sporting Kurbjuweit 51, Vogel 21/10/1970 R2 2-1 Jena Clube de Portugal 88; Marinho 67 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA FC Schalke 04 4 4 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 5 2 1 12 6 Sporting Clube de Portugal 9 1 4 4 9 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 18 1 5 12 11 36 4 FC Schalke 04 - Sporting Clube de Portugal Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen Match background FC Schalke 04 and Sporting Clube de Portugal will both be looking to put their first victories on the board in Group G when they meet on matchday three. Match background Schalke • A week after drawing 1-1 at home to NK Maribor on matchday two, Schalke appointed Roberto Di Matteo as their new coach following the departure of Jens Keller. • It is Di Matteo's first role since leaving Chelsea FC in November 2012. That came just six months after he had led the west London club to UEFA Champions League glory with a penalty shoot-out victory over FC Bayern München in the German side's own stadium. • The Königsblauen drew 1-1 at Chelsea on matchday one; in both opening fixtures, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has scored equalising goals. • Schalke won two of their group home matches last season and lost the other. They have won nine of their last 19 European home games, with five draws and five defeats. • Schalke have met Portuguese opponents in UEFA competition on four occasions and have always come out on top. • They faced SL Benfica in the 2010/11 group stage, winning 2-0 at home with Jefferson Farfán and Huntelaar on target late on. In Lisbon, a goal from Benedikt Höwedes helped secure a 2-1 success. • Their three previous meetings had all been knockout ties, Schalke winning 4-1 on penalties against FC Porto in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League round of 16 after both legs ended 1-0 in favour of the home side. • Porto were also Schalke's first opponents from Portugal. In the 1976/77 UEFA Cup first round, they won 3-2 at home to edge through 5-4 on aggregate. Against SC Braga in the third round of the same competition in 1997/98, Schalke won 2-0 in Gelsenkirchen having first earned a goalless draw away. • The Bundesliga side are appearing in their seventh UEFA Champions League group stage, having reached the knockout rounds in each of the last four. They were eliminated in last season's round of 16 by eventual winners Real Madrid CF, losing 3-1 away and 9-2 on aggregate. Sporting • Sporting's 1-0 win over Hertha BSC Berlin in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League group stage ended a 16-match wait for success against German opponents. • They subsequently lost the away game in Berlin, also 1-0, and have avoided defeat only once in nine trips to Germany, drawing 0-0 at FC Bayern München in the UEFA Champions League group stage on 31 October 2006. • This is the Lisbon club's sixth group stage campaign and their first since 2008/09, when they reached the last 16 for the first time. • Sporting were denied by NK Maribor's equaliser in added time on matchday one; two weeks later they lost 1-0 at home to Chelsea FC. Coach and player links • Sporting's Cédric was born in Gelsenkirchen but has never played for the Royal Blues, or in Germany. • Nani's Manchester United FC beat Schalke in the 2010/11 semi-final, winning 2-0 in Germany and 4-1 at home. They lost the final 3-1 against FC Barcelona at Wembley. • Schalke's Kevin-Prince Boateng scored in Ghana's 2-1 defeat against Rami Rabia's Egypt in the second leg of a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off on 19 November 2013. • Atsuto Uchida and Junya Tanaka are team-mates for Japan; André Carrilo and Farfán play together for Peru. • Diego Capel scored in Sevilla FC's 4-2 Liga defeat against Huntelaar's Real Madrid CF on 26 April 2009. Match facts Schalke • Boateng is a booking away from a suspension after picking up yellow cards on matchdays one and two. • Schalke dismissed Keller on 7 October following a 2-1 defeat at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in which Joel Matip was sent off. • Di Matteo's first match at the helm ended in victory, 2-0 against Hertha on Saturday. Huntelaar opened the scoring, his fourth goal in five outings for club and country. 5 FC Schalke 04 - Sporting Clube de Portugal Tuesday 21 October 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen • Jan Kirchhoff, who sustained a knee injury in the 1-1 draw against FC Bayern München on 30 August, made his return as a late substitute versus Hertha.