UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2017/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Constant Vanden Stock Stadium - Brussels Wednesday 18 October 2017 RSC Anderlecht 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Paris Saint-Germain Group B - Matchday 3
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Previous meetings 2 Match background 5 Squad list 7 Head coach 9 Match officials 10 Fixtures and results 12 Match-by-match lineups 15 Competition facts 17 Team facts 18 Legend 21
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Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Paris Saint-Germain - RSC Ibrahimović 70; De 05/11/2013 GS 1-1 Paris Anderlecht Zeeuw 68 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint- Ibrahimović 17, 22, 23/10/2013 GS 0-5 Brussels Germain 36, 62, Cavani 52
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint- 1-1 Bosman 52; 08/12/1992 R3 Brussels Germain agg: 1-1 ag Kombouaré 76 Paris Saint-Germain - RSC 24/11/1992 R3 0-0 Paris Anderlecht
Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 2 7 Paris Saint-Germain 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 7 2 RSC Anderlecht - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Chipciu 21, Stanciu RSC Anderlecht - AS Saint- 08/12/2016 GS 2-3 Brussels 31; Søderlund 62, 67, Étienne Monnet-Paquet 74 AS Saint-Étienne - RSC Roux 90+4; 29/09/2016 GS 1-1 Saint-Etienne Anderlecht Tielemans 62 (P)
UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers AS Monaco FC - RSC Gillet 45+1, 26/11/2015 GS 0-2 Monaco Anderlecht Acheampong 78 17/09/2015 GS RSC Anderlecht - AS Monaco FC 1-1 Brussels Gillet 11; L. Traoré 85
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Olympique 1-3 Suárez 51 (P); 25/08/2009 PO Brussels Lyonnais agg: 2-8 Lisandro 26, 32, 41 Pjanić 10, Lisandro 15 Olympique Lyonnais - RSC 19/08/2009 PO 5-1 Lyon (P), Bastos 39, Gomis Anderlecht 42, 63; Suárez 58
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Girondins de Bordeaux - RSC 1-1 Cavenaghi 71; 21/02/2008 R3 Bordeaux Anderlecht agg: 2-3 Chatelle 34
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UEFA Cup Polák 79, Mbo RSC Anderlecht - FC Girondins 13/02/2008 R3 2-1 Brussels Mpenza 90+5; Jussiê de Bordeaux 69 (P)
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Odemwingie 28, 21/11/2006 GS LOSC Lille - RSC Anderlecht 2-2 Lille Fauvergue 47; Mbo Mpenza 38, 48 Pareja 41; Fauvergue 13/09/2006 GS RSC Anderlecht - LOSC Lille 1-1 Brussels 80
UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers RSC Anderlecht - Olympique 25/11/2003 GS1 1-0 Brussels Tihinen 71 Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais - RSC 17/09/2003 GS1 1-0 Lyon Juninho 26 (P) Anderlecht
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Dindane 28, Ještrović RSC Anderlecht - FC Girondins 2-2 12/12/2002 R3 Brussels 68; Darcheville 82, de Bordeaux agg: 4-2 90+1 FC Girondins de Bordeaux - RSC 28/11/2002 R3 0-2 Bordeaux Ještrović 9, Hasi 90+1 Anderlecht
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-0 Krnčević 47, Van 05/10/1988 R1 RSC Anderlecht - FC Metz Brussels agg: 5-1 Tiggelen 73 Longeville-lès- Zanon 87; Pfrunner 2 07/09/1988 R1 FC Metz - RSC Anderlecht 1-3 Metz (og), Krnčević 24, 83
UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 1-0 07/12/1983 R3 RSC Anderlecht - RC Lens Brussels De Groote 39 agg: 2-1 Munaron 89 (og); 23/11/1983 R3 RC Lens - RSC Anderlecht 1-1 Lens Agglo Vandenbergh 89
Paris Saint-Germain - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Arteta 11, Mendy 35, Anelka 45, 63, 7-1 01/08/2001 SF Paris Saint-Germain - KAA Gent Paris Okocha 56 (P), 60, agg: 7-1 Hiroux 89; Kraouche 72 25/07/2001 SF KAA Gent - Paris Saint-Germain 0-0 Ghent
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Larus Gudmundsson KSV Waterschei - Paris Saint- 3-0 16/03/1983 QF Ghent 10, R. Janssen 68, P. Germain agg 3-2 (aet) Janssen 115 ET Paris Saint-Germain - KSV 02/03/1983 QF 2-0 Paris Fernández 42, Kist 57 Waterschei
Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA RSC Anderlecht 11 4 4 3 11 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 22 7 10 5 28 30 Paris Saint-Germain 4 2 2 0 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 3 4 1 16 6
4 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match background
RSC Anderlecht will aim to avoid another heavy home defeat as Group B's early pacesetters Paris Saint-Germain come to Belgium looking for their third win in the section. • While Unai Emery's Paris are three points clear in the standings having won both their games so far, Anderlecht are still looking for their first point and goal. Previous meetings • The teams' last fixture in Brussels brought Anderlecht's joint biggest European home defeat and Paris' joint biggest away victory. Zlatan Ibrahimović scored four times in Paris' 5-0 victory, with Edinson Cavani getting the other. • The teams at the Constant Vanden Stock on 23 October 2013 were: Anderlecht: Kaminski, Gillet, Mbemba, Nuytinck, N'Sakala, Praet (Milivojević 72), Kouyaté, Kljestan, Suárez (Acheampong 46), Tielemans, Mitrović (Cyriac 72). Paris: Sirigu, Van der Wiel, Marquinhos, Alex (Camara 56), Maxwell, Motta, Matuidi (Rabiot 64), Verratti, Lavezzi (Lucas 71), Cavani, Ibrahimović. • Ibrahimović also got the Paris goal in a 1-1 draw at the Parc des Princes on 5 November 2013; Demy De Zeeuw had given Anderlecht the lead, the visitors ending with ten men after Sacha Kljestan collected a second yellow card in the 82nd minute. • The game in Belgium was the first meeting between the teams for 21 years. They played out two draws when facing each other in the 1992/93 UEFA Cup third round, a 0-0 stalemate in Paris and 1-1 result in Brussels taking Paris through on away goals. Match background Anderlecht • The Belgian champions have lost each of their Group B matches 3-0, away to FC Bayern München on matchday one and then against Celtic FC in Brussels last time out. • Anderlecht have won just one of their last eight home games in the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, although that 2-0 success against Galatasaray AŞ in November 2014, their last fixture in the competition in Brussels before the Celtic match, did end a six-match home losing run. • The Celtic defeat was Anderlecht's second in their last eight home matches in European competition (W5 D1), the Brussels side also going down 3-2 against AS Saint-Étienne on matchday six of last season's UEFA Europa League. • Anderlecht also drew 1-1 at St-Étienne last season. Overall their record against French clubs is W7 D10 L5; at home it is W4 D4 L3. • The Belgian club are without a win in their last four fixtures at home to Ligue 1 visitors (D1 L3), since a 2-1 UEFA Cup defeat of FC Girondins de Bordeaux in February 2008. • In 2016/17, Anderlecht crashed out to FC Rostov in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Moving into the UEFA Europa League, they went all the way to the last eight – their first European quarter-final since losing to FC Internazionale Milano in the 1996/97 UEFA Cup – eventually bowing out to Manchester United FC (1-1 home, 1-2 away aet). • Anderlecht are appearing in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 12th time in total. They qualified automatically after landing a 34th Belgian title last term. Paris • Paris have lost only one of their eight games against Belgian opponents, going down 3-0 at KSV Waterschei in the 1982/83 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final second leg (2-3 aggregate). • The 2013 victory at Anderlecht is Paris' only away success against a Belgian club (D2 L1). • Paris earned their biggest ever European win against Belgian opponents, defeating KAA Gent 7-1 at home in a 2001 Intertoto Cup semi-final after a 0-0 draw away. • Having won 5-0 at Celtic on matchday one, Paris were 3-0 victors at home to Bayern in their last outing. • The Parisians have won six of their last ten away fixtures in the competition, losing three. Matchday one was their first clean sheet in seven away matches. • Emery's charges won at PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (3-1) and FC Basel 1893 (2-1) in last year's group stage, also drawing at Arsenal FC (2-2). • Quarter-finalists in four successive seasons between 2013 and 2016, Paris were on the wrong end of the biggest
5 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels comeback in UEFA Champions League history in last term's round of 16. Having won 4-0 at home to FC Barcelona, the French outfit succumbed 6-1 in the away leg to bow out – with Neymar, now of Paris, providing two Barça goals and an assist. Coach and player links • Paris' Belgian international defender Thomas Meunier was born in Sainte-Ode and played for third division side R.E. Virton before joining Club Brugge KV in 2011. Meunier made 149 league appearances for the club, scoring 15 goals and winning the 2015 Belgian Cup – with a 2-1 final win against Anderlecht – adding a league title the following season before moving to Paris. • Anderlecht captain Sofiane Hanni was born in Ivry-sur-Seine, about 6km from the centre of Paris. Dennis Appiah (Toulouse) and Adrien Trebel (Dreux) were also born in France. • Have played together: Dennis Appiah & Layvin Kurzawa (AS Monaco FC, 2010–13) • Have played in France: Uroš Spajić (Toulouse FC, 2013–16) Dennis Appiah (AS Monaco FC, 2011–13; SM Caen, 2013–16) Sofiane Hanni (FC Nantes, 2009–11) Adrien Trebel (FC Nantes, 2011–14) Robert Berić (Saint-Etienne 2015–17) • International team-mates: Leander Dendoncker & Thomas Meunier (Belgium) Match facts Anderlecht • Sven Kums is available after serving a one-game ban on matchday two. • Anderlecht, under the caretaker guidance of Nicolás Frutos, returned to domestic action after losing to Celtic by defeating R. Standard Liège 1-0 at home on 1 October. • Former KAA Gent coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck was appointed two days later, signing a contract until the summer of 2020. On Friday, Anderlecht won 4-3 at Mechelen in Vanhaezebrouck's first game in charge. Paris • Paris have scored five goals or more in a game on four occasions this season, most recently beating FC Girondins de Bordeaux 6-2 on 30 September. • Cavani has registered 11 goals in as many club outings this term. Neymar has eight in nine for Paris. • Paris's six successive victories at the beginning of the Ligue 1 season was the best start to a French top-flight campaign since Olympique de Marseille (6/6) in 2012/13. Olympique Lillois (8/8) set the record in 1936/37. • Thiago Silva was substituted with a thigh injury during Brazil's 0-0 draw against Bolivia on 6 October and was not involved in Saturday's 2-1 league win at Dijon. • Ángel Di María (Argentina), Cavani (Uruguay), Julian Draxler (Germany), Kylian Mbappé (France) and Adrien Rabiot (France) played during the international break as their teams qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. • A goal and an assist from Meunier helped already-qualified Belgium to a 4-3 victory in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 7 October. • Substituted after 72 minutes against Northern Ireland on 5 October, Draxler missed Germany's European Qualifier against Azerbaijan three days later because of flu. • Cavani was on the scoresheet in Uruguay's 4-2 qualification-sealing win against Bolivia on 10 October. • Neymar is among the final three nominees for the Best FIFA Men's Player 2017. The winner will be announced on 23 October. • Cavani, Mbappé and Neymar are on the 30-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or. The winner will be announced in December.
6 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Squad list
RSC Anderlecht Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Matz Sels BEL 26/02/1992 25 - - - 1 - 6 - 9 - 9 - 23 Frank Boeckx BEL 27/09/1986 31 - - - 1 - 4 - 1 - 3 - 30 Boy de Jong NED 10/04/1994 23 ------Defenders 2 Josué Sá POR 17/06/1992 25 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 3 Olivier Deschacht BEL 16/02/1981 36 - - - 2 - 4 - 38 - 99 - 4 Serigne Mbodji SEN 22/11/1989 27 - - - 1 - 7 - 1 - 34 4 5 Uroš Spajić SRB 13/02/1993 24 - - - 2 - 8 1 2 - 12 - 12 Dennis Appiah FRA 09/06/1992 25 - - - 2 - 8 - 2 - 9 - 37 Ivan Obradović SRB 25/07/1988 29 - - - - - 9 - - - 23 - 41 Emmanuel Adjey Sowah GHA 16/01/1998 19 - - - - - 1 - - - 5 - 44 Hannes Delcroix BEL 28/02/1999 18 ------Midfielders 7 Andy Najar HON 16/03/1993 24 - - - 1 - 1 - 7 1 23 2 8 Pieter Gerkens BEL 17/02/1995 22 - - - 1 - 5 1 1 - 3 - 10 Nicolae Stanciu ROU 07/05/1993 24 - - - 2 - 8 1 8 - 47 12 20 Sven Kums BEL 26/02/1988 29 - - - 1 - 6 - 9 2 22 2 25 Adrien Trebel FRA 03/03/1991 26 - - - 2 - 9 - 2 - 18 1 32 Leander Dendoncker BEL 15/04/1995 22 - - - 2 - 9 - 6 - 30 1 94 Sofiane Hanni ALG 29/12/1990 26 - - - 2 - 10 1 2 - 17 3 Forwards 9 Henry Onyekuru NGA 05/06/1997 20 - - - 2 - 9 6 2 - 2 - 11 Alexandru Chipciu ROU 18/05/1989 28 - - - 2 - 9 - 5 - 49 5 17 Massimo Bruno BEL 17/09/1993 24 - - - 1 - 6 1 9 1 30 4 36 Robert Berić SVN 17/06/1991 26 - - - - - 2 - - - 44 14 91 Łukasz Teodorczyk POL 03/06/1991 26 - - - 2 - 9 3 6 - 31 13 99 Hamdi Harbaoui TUN 05/01/1985 32 - - - 1 - 5 1 1 - 5 1 Coach - Hein Vanhaezebrouck BEL 16/02/1964 53 ------8 - 26 -
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Paris Saint-Germain Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Kevin Trapp GER 08/07/1990 27 ------12 - 21 - 16 Alphonse Areola FRA 27/02/1993 24 - - - 2 - 9 - 8 - 13 - 30 Garissone Innocent FRA 16/04/2000 17 ------40 Rémy Descamps FRA 25/06/1996 21 ------Defenders 2 Thiago Silva BRA 22/09/1984 33 - - - 2 - 5 - 60 4 60 4 3 Presnel Kimpembe FRA 13/08/1995 22 - - - - - 7 - 1 - 1 - 5 Marquinhos BRA 14/05/1994 23 - - - 2 - 7 - 31 3 31 3 12 Thomas Meunier BEL 12/09/1991 26 - - - - - 5 3 6 1 41 4 17 Yuri Berchiche ESP 10/02/1990 27 - - - - - 6 - - - - - 20 Layvin Kurzawa FRA 04/09/1992 25 - - - 2 - 5 1 16 - 19 2 32 Dani Alves BRA 06/05/1983 34 - - - 2 1 6 - 102 11 146 13 37 Loïc Mbe Soh FRA 13/06/2001 16 ------38 Stanley Nsoki FRA 09/04/1999 18 ------Midfielders 6 Marco Verratti ITA 05/11/1992 24 - - - 2 - 5 - 38 1 38 1 7 Lucas BRA 13/08/1992 25 - - - - - 3 1 38 3 38 3 8 Thiago Motta ITA 28/08/1982 35 - - - 2 - 7 1 80 5 89 6 11 Ángel Di María ARG 14/02/1988 29 - - - 1 - 6 - 63 15 87 21 18 Giovani Lo Celso ARG 09/04/1996 21 - - - 2 - 7 - 2 - 2 - 23 Julian Draxler GER 20/09/1993 24 - - - 2 - 7 1 36 8 51 11 24 Christopher Nkunku FRA 14/11/1997 19 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 2 - 25 Adrien Rabiot FRA 03/04/1995 22 - - - 2 - 9 1 25 3 25 3 27 Javier Pastore ARG 20/06/1989 28 - - - - - 4 2 34 4 47 7 31 Alec Georgen FRA 17/09/1998 19 ------34 Lorenzo Callegari FRA 27/02/1998 19 ------35 Antoine Bernede FRA 16/05/1999 18 ------36 Moussa Diaby FRA 07/07/1999 18 ------Forwards 9 Edinson Cavani URU 14/02/1987 30 - - - 2 3 8 8 46 28 65 42 10 Neymar BRA 05/02/1992 25 - - - 2 2 7 6 42 23 42 23 29 Kylian Mbappé FRA 20/12/1998 18 - - - 2 1 5 2 11 7 12 7 Coach - Unai Emery ESP 03/11/1971 45 - - - 2 - - - 34 - 111 -
8 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Head coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck Date of birth: 16 February 1964 Nationality: Belgian Playing career: KWSC Lauwe, RC Doornik, KV Kortrijk, KRC Harelbeke, KSC Lokeren OV Coaching career: KSC Lokeren OV (assistant), KSV Ingelmunster, SW Harelbeke, KWSC Lauwe, KV Kortrijk (twice), KRC Genk, KAA Gent, RSC Anderlecht • A creative defender with a good pass, Vanhaezebrouck had a solid playing career in Belgian football. He enjoyed notable spells with Harelbeke and Lokeren before hanging up his boots in 2000. • After two years as assistant at Lokeren, he took the job of head coach at Ingelmunster in 2002. He also coached at former clubs Harelbeke, Lauwe and Kortrijk, whom he took over in 2006. • In Vanhaezebrouck's second season his brand of fresh, creative football steered Kortrijk to the second division championship. Vanhaezebrouck also became famous by searching for a left winger on the internet, a hunt which culminated in the signing of forward Istvan Bakx, who became known as the Google striker. • Vanhaezebrouck's attacking approach attracted interest from Genk, whom he joined in 2009, but after a bad start he was fired in November with Genk in 12th place. The next season he returned to Kortrijk and steered them to the Belgian Cup final in 2012, which they lost to Lokeren, although Vanhaezebrouck was voted Belgian coach of the year. • After four years he left Kortrijk again to join Gent in the summer of 2014. He led the club to its first Belgian Championship in 115 years and won the Belgian Super Cup in July 2015. Vanhaezebrouck won the Guy Thys Award, a special coaching award from the Royal Belgian Football Association, which a coach can only win once, and took Gent into the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League round of 16. He joined Anderlecht in October 2017. Unai Emery Date of birth: 3 November 1971 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Real Sociedad de Fútbol, CD Toledo, Racing de Ferrol, CD Leganés, Lorca Deportiva CF Coaching career: Lorca Deportiva CF, UD Almería, Valencia CF, FC Spartak Moskva, Sevilla FC, Paris Saint- Germain • The son and grandson of famous goalkeepers, Unai Emery took his first steps as a footballer in the youth ranks at Real Sociedad, where he played as a left-sided midfielder. Failed to reach the first team but carved out a career in the lower leagues with Toledo, Ferrol, Leganés and Lorca before being forced to retire at 33 having suffered a knee injury. • He was immediately offered the chance to coach Lorca – the club with whom he had ended his playing career – and took them up to the second division in his first season in charge, 2004/05. After coming close to taking Lorca into the Spanish top flight the following season, was appointed by Almería ahead of 2006/07 and duly won promotion to the Liga. • Almería shone among the Spanish elite, finishing the season in eighth place while their manager's reputation soared, earning him a call to replace Ronald Koeman at Valencia, whom he guided to third place in the Liga in both 2009/10 and 2010/11. • Repeated the third-place finish in 2011/12 but stepped down at the end of the campaign, agreeing a two-year contract to take charge of Spartak in May 2012 but lasted only till that November. • Swiftly returned to Spain, and Sevilla, who he led to a 2013/14 UEFA Europa League final victory against SL Benfica via a semi-final defeat of Valencia. Repeated the trick a year later, Sevilla seeing off FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Warsaw to retain the trophy, before an unprecedented hat-trick with 2016's defeat of Liverpool FC in Basel. That was Emery's last hurrah at Sevilla; he left to join Paris on a two-year deal that June, winning a French and League Cup double in his first season.
9 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match officials
Referee Pavel Královec (CZE) Assistant referees Roman Slyško (SVK) , Ivo Nadvornik (CZE) Additional assistant referees Petr Ardeleanu (CZE) , Karel Hrubes (CZE) Fourth official Martin Wilczek (CZE) UEFA Delegate Mike Appleby (ENG) UEFA Referee observer Tomasz Mikulski (POL)
Referee UEFA Champions Name Date of birth UEFA matches League matches Pavel Královec 16/08/1977 30 92
Pavel Královec Referee since: 1993 First division: 2002 FIFA badge: 2003
Tournaments: UEFA EURO 2016, 2012 Olympic Games, 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2007 UEFA European Under- 19 Championship, 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Finals N/A
UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 27/09/2011 UCL GS Olympique Lyonnais GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Lyon 22/11/2011 UCL GS PFC CSKA Moskva LOSC Lille 0-2 Moscow 16/09/2014 UCL GS AS Monaco FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 Monaco 14/04/2015 UCL QF Juventus AS Monaco FC 1-0 Turin 28/09/2016 UCL GS PFC Ludogorets 1945 Paris Saint-Germain 1-3 Sofia 22/11/2016 UCL GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 Zagreb
Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 02/11/2006 UEL GS AS Nancy-Lorraine Wisła Kraków 2-1 Nancy 24/07/2007 U19 SF Spain France 0-0 Pasching 27/11/2008 UEL GS Paris Saint-Germain Real Racing Club 2-2 Paris 20/08/2009 UEL PO Trabzonspor AŞ Toulouse FC 1-3 Trabzon 04/11/2010 UEL GS Paris Saint-Germain Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Paris 10/03/2011 UEL R16 SL Benfica Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 Lisbon 27/09/2011 UCL GS Olympique Lyonnais GNK Dinamo Zagreb 2-0 Lyon 22/11/2011 UCL GS PFC CSKA Moskva LOSC Lille 0-2 Moscow
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Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 15/03/2012 UEL R16 Hannover 96 R. Standard de Liège 4-0 Hanover 12/10/2012 WC QR Serbia Belgium 0-3 Belgrade 16/09/2014 UCL GS AS Monaco FC Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-0 Monaco 16/11/2014 EURO QR Belgium Wales 0-0 Brussels 14/04/2015 UCL QF Juventus AS Monaco FC 1-0 Turin 28/09/2016 UCL GS PFC Ludogorets 1945 Paris Saint-Germain 1-3 Sofia 22/11/2016 UCL GS GNK Dinamo Zagreb Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 Zagreb 16/02/2017 UEL R32 Manchester United FC AS Saint-Étienne 3-0 Manchester
11 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Fixtures and results
RSC Anderlecht Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 28/07/2017 League Royal Antwerp (A) D 0-0 06/08/2017 League KV Oostende (H) W 1-0 Hanni 77 13/08/2017 League R. Charleroi SC (A) L 0-2 20/08/2017 League K. Sint-Truidense VV (H) L 2-3 Bruno 18, Teodorczyk 87 27/08/2017 League KAA Gent (A) D 0-0 08/09/2017 League KSC Lokeren OV (H) W 3-2 Onyekuru 3, 77, Teodorczyk 90 12/09/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (A) L 0-3 16/09/2017 League KV Kortrijk (A) D 2-2 Harbaoui 23, Onyekuru 76 20/09/2017 Cup KVC Westerlo (A) W 1-0 Onyekuru 66 23/09/2017 League Waasland-Beveren (A) W 2-1 Stanciu 75, Spajić 81 27/09/2017 UCL Celtic FC (H) L 0-3 01/10/2017 League R. Standard de Liège (H) W 1-0 Onyekuru 89 Gerkens 18, Onyekuru 30, 37, Teodorczyk 13/10/2017 League KV Mechelen (A) W 4-3 43 18/10/2017 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (H) 22/10/2017 League KRC Genk (H) 25/10/2017 League SV Zulte Waregem (H) 28/10/2017 League KAS Eupen (A) 31/10/2017 UCL Paris Saint-Germain (A) 05/11/2017 League Club Brugge (H) 18/11/2017 League R. Excel Mouscron (A) 22/11/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (H) 26/11/2017 League KV Kortrijk (H) 29/11/2017 Cup R. Standard de Liège (H) 02/12/2017 League KSC Lokeren OV (A) 05/12/2017 UCL Celtic FC (A) 10/12/2017 League R. Charleroi SC (H) 15/12/2017 League Club Brugge (A) 20/12/2017 League KAS Eupen (H) 26/12/2017 League KAA Gent (H) 19/01/2018 League KRC Genk (A) 23/01/2018 League Waasland-Beveren (H) 26/01/2018 League R. Standard de Liège (A) 02/02/2018 League KV Mechelen (H) 09/02/2018 League KV Oostende (A) 16/02/2018 League K. Sint-Truidense VV (A) 23/02/2018 League R. Excel Mouscron (H) 03/03/2018 League SV Zulte Waregem (A) 10/03/2018 League Royal Antwerp (H)
Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Club Brugge 10 9 0 1 25 9 27 2 R. Charleroi SC 10 6 3 1 18 10 21
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Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 3 Royal Antwerp 10 5 3 2 18 14 18 4 R. Excel Mouscron 10 5 3 2 18 16 18 5 RSC Anderlecht 10 5 3 2 15 13 18 6 K. Sint-Truidense VV 10 5 2 3 12 12 17 7 SV Zulte Waregem 10 5 1 4 20 14 16 8 Waasland-Beveren 10 3 3 4 21 16 12 9 R. Standard de Liège 10 3 3 4 9 15 12 10 KSC Lokeren OV 10 3 2 5 14 17 11 11 KRC Genk 10 2 5 3 17 17 11 12 KAA Gent 10 2 3 5 11 12 9 13 KV Kortrijk 10 2 3 5 11 17 9 14 KV Mechelen 10 1 5 4 13 16 8 15 KAS Eupen 10 1 3 6 13 28 6 16 KV Oostende 10 1 2 7 10 19 5
Paris Saint-Germain Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 05/08/2017 League Amiens (H) W 2-0 Cavani 42, Pastore 80 13/08/2017 League EA Guingamp (A) W 3-0 Ikoko 52 (og), Cavani 62, Neymar 82 Neymar 31, 90+2, Rabiot 35, Cavani 75 20/08/2017 League Toulouse FC (H) W 6-2 (P), Pastore 82, Kurzawa 84 25/08/2017 League AS Saint-Étienne (H) W 3-0 Cavani 20 (P), 89, Thiago Motta 51 Cavani 31, 75, Mbappé 59, Neymar 69, 08/09/2017 League FC Metz (A) W 5-1 Lucas 87 Neymar 19, Mbappé 34, Cavani 40 (P), 85, 12/09/2017 UCL Celtic FC (A) W 5-0 Lustig 83 (og) 17/09/2017 League Olympique Lyonnais (H) W 2-0 Marcelo 75 (og), Morel 86 (og) 23/09/2017 League Montpellier Hérault SC (A) D 0-0 27/09/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (H) W 3-0 Dani Alves 2, Cavani 31, Neymar 63 FC Girondins de Bordeaux Neymar 5, 40 (P), Cavani 12, Meunier 21, 30/09/2017 League W 6-2 (H) Draxler 45, Mbappé 58 14/10/2017 League Dijon FCO (A) W 2-1 Meunier 70, 90+2 18/10/2017 UCL RSC Anderlecht (A) 22/10/2017 League Olympique de Marseille (A) 27/10/2017 League OGC Nice (H) 31/10/2017 UCL RSC Anderlecht (H) 04/11/2017 League Angers SCO (A) 18/11/2017 League FC Nantes (H) 22/11/2017 UCL Celtic FC (H) 26/11/2017 League AS Monaco FC (A) 29/11/2017 League ES Troyes AC (H) 02/12/2017 League RC Strasbourg (A) 05/12/2017 UCL FC Bayern München (A) 09/12/2017 League LOSC Lille (H) 16/12/2017 League Stade Rennais FC (A) 20/12/2017 League SM Caen (H)
13 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels
Paris Saint-Germain 13/01/2018 League FC Nantes (A) 17/01/2018 League Dijon FCO (H) 20/01/2018 League Olympique Lyonnais (A) 27/01/2018 League Montpellier Hérault SC (H) 03/02/2018 League LOSC Lille (A) 10/02/2018 League Toulouse FC (A) 17/02/2018 League RC Strasbourg (H) 24/02/2018 League Olympique de Marseille (H) 03/03/2018 League ES Troyes AC (A) 10/03/2018 League FC Metz (H) 17/03/2018 League OGC Nice (A) 01/04/2018 League Angers SCO (H) 07/04/2018 League AS Saint-Étienne (A) 15/04/2018 League AS Monaco FC (H) 21/04/2018 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (A) 28/04/2018 League EA Guingamp (H) 06/05/2018 League Amiens (A) 12/05/2018 League Stade Rennais FC (H) 19/05/2018 League SM Caen (A)
Pos. Clubs P W D L GF GA Pts 1 Paris Saint-Germain 9 8 1 0 29 6 25 2 AS Monaco FC 9 6 1 2 24 12 19 3 AS Saint-Étienne 9 5 2 2 13 9 17 4 Olympique de Marseille 9 5 2 2 18 15 17 5 FC Nantes 9 5 2 2 7 6 17 6 Olympique Lyonnais 9 4 4 1 20 15 16 7 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 9 4 4 1 16 14 16 8 SM Caen 9 5 0 4 7 6 15 9 EA Guingamp 9 4 1 4 11 12 13 10 Angers SCO 9 2 6 1 14 11 12 11 Montpellier Hérault SC 9 3 3 3 7 6 12 12 ES Troyes AC 9 3 3 3 9 9 12 13 Toulouse FC 9 3 2 4 10 15 11 14 OGC Nice 9 3 1 5 12 14 10 15 Stade Rennais FC 9 1 3 5 11 15 6 16 LOSC Lille 8 1 3 4 6 13 6 17 Amiens 8 2 0 6 4 11 6 18 RC Strasbourg 9 1 3 5 9 17 6 19 Dijon FCO 9 1 3 5 11 19 6 20 FC Metz 9 1 0 8 4 17 3
14 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Match-by-match lineups RSC Anderlecht
UEFA Champions League - Group stage Group B Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Paris Saint-Germain 2 2 0 0 8 0 6 Celtic FC 2 1 0 1 3 5 3 FC Bayern München 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 RSC Anderlecht 2 0 0 2 0 6 0
Matchday 1 (12/09/2017) FC Bayern München 3-0 RSC Anderlecht Goals: 1-0 Lewandowski 12 (P) , 2-0 Thiago Alcántara 65, 3-0 Kimmich 90 RSC Anderlecht: Sels, Deschacht, Spajić, Najar (26 Appiah), Stanciu (59 Onyekuru), Chipciu, Kums, Trebel, Dendoncker, Teodorczyk (84 Harbaoui), Hanni Matchday 2 (27/09/2017) RSC Anderlecht 0-3 Celtic FC Goals: 0-1 Griffiths 38, 0-2 Roberts 50, 0-3 Sinclair 90+3 RSC Anderlecht: Boeckx, Deschacht (57 Stanciu), Spajić (44 Mbodji), Gerkens, Onyekuru, Chipciu, Appiah, Trebel, Dendoncker, Teodorczyk, Hanni (70 Bruno) Matchday 3 (18/10/2017) RSC Anderlecht-Paris Saint-Germain Matchday 4 (31/10/2017) Paris Saint-Germain-RSC Anderlecht Matchday 5 (22/11/2017) RSC Anderlecht-FC Bayern München Matchday 6 (05/12/2017) Celtic FC-RSC Anderlecht Paris Saint-Germain
UEFA Champions League - Group stage Matchday 1 (12/09/2017) Celtic FC 0-5 Paris Saint-Germain Goals: 0-1 Neymar 19, 0-2 Mbappé 34, 0-3 Cavani 40 (P) , 0-4 Lustig 83 (og) , 0-5 Cavani 85 Paris Saint-Germain: Areola, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Verratti, Thiago Motta, Cavani, Neymar, Kurzawa, Rabiot (61 Draxler), Mbappé (84 Lo Celso), Dani Alves Matchday 2 (27/09/2017) Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 FC Bayern München Goals: 1-0 Dani Alves 2, 2-0 Cavani 31, 3-0 Neymar 63 Paris Saint-Germain: Areola, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Verratti (90 Draxler), Thiago Motta (86 Lo Celso), Cavani, Neymar, Kurzawa, Rabiot, Mbappé (79 Di María), Dani Alves Matchday 3 (18/10/2017) RSC Anderlecht-Paris Saint-Germain Matchday 4 (31/10/2017) Paris Saint-Germain-RSC Anderlecht Matchday 5 (22/11/2017) Paris Saint-Germain-Celtic FC Matchday 6 (05/12/2017)
15 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels FC Bayern München-Paris Saint-Germain
16 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Competition facts
17 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Team facts
RSC Anderlecht Formed: 1908 Nicknames: Paars-wit (Purple and Whites, Dutch), Les Mauves et Blancs (Purple and Whites, French) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (2): 1976, (1977), 1978, (1990) • UEFA Cup (1): 1983, (1984) • UEFA Super Cup (2): 1976, 1978 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 34 (2017) Belgian Cup: 9 (2008) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: UEFA Europa League quarter-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) 2015/16: UEFA Europa League round of 16 2014/15: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2013/14: group stage 2012/13: group stage 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 32 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League play-offs) 2008/09: second qualifying round 2007/08: UEFA Cup round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League third qualifying round) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Anderlecht v Derry City FC 23/11/65, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-10: FC Haka v Anderlecht 14/09/66, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain 23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-5: Anderlecht v FC Bayern München 06/03/08, UEFA Cup round of 16 first leg • Heaviest away defeat 10-0: Manchester United FC v Anderlecht 26/09/56, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 4-2: Anderlecht v FC Dynamo Kyiv 18/10/00, first group stage 2-0: Anderlecht v Galatasaray AŞ 26/11/14, group stage 2-0: Anderlecht v Real Madrid CF 14/03/01, second group stage • Biggest away win 2-3: PSV Eindhoven v Anderlecht 08/11/00, first group stage 0-1: Real Betis Balompié v Anderlecht 06/12/05, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-5: Anderlecht v Paris Saint-Germain (see above for details)
18 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels • Heaviest away defeat 5-1 twice, most recently v SV Werder Bremen 02/11/04, group stage 4-0: FC Dynamo Kyiv v Anderlecht 26/09/2000, first group stage
Paris Saint-Germain Formed: 1970 Nickname: PSG UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): 1996, (1997) • UEFA Super Cup: (1996) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2001 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 6 (2016) French Cup: 11 (2017) French League Cup: 7 (2017) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2016/17: round of 16 2015/16: quarter-finals 2014/15: quarter-finals 2013/14: quarter-finals 2012/13: quarter-finals 2011/12: UEFA Europa League group stage 2010/11: UEFA Europa League round of 16 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: UEFA Cup quarter-finals 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-1: Paris v KAA Gent 01/08/01, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-final second leg • Biggest away win 0-5: Celtic FC v Paris 12/09/17, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-5: Malmö FF v Paris 25/11/15, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-5: RSC Anderlecht v Paris 23/10/13, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-6: Paris v Juventus 15/01/97, UEFA Super Cup final first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Barcelona v Paris 08/03/17, UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Biggest home win 7-2: Paris v Rosenborg BK 24/10/00, first group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: Celtic FC v Paris (see above for details) 0-5: Malmö FF v Paris (see above for details) 0-5: RSC Anderlecht v Paris (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Paris v Chelsea FC 14/09/04, group stage
19 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels • Heaviest away defeat 6-1: FC Barcelona v Paris (see above for details)
20 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Legend
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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 golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted
21 RSC Anderlecht - Paris Saint-Germain Wednesday 18 October 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Brussels Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying 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 UEFA.com.
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