Uefa Champions League Season 2009/10 Match Press Kit

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT

VfB Stuttgart FC Unirea Urziceni VfB Arena, Stuttgart Wednesday 9 December 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Group G - Matchday 6

Contents

Match background...... 2 Match facts...... 3 Squad list...... 5 Head coach...... 7 Match officials...... 8 Fixtures and results...... 9 Match-by-match lineups...... 12 Competition facts...... 14 Team facts...... 15 Legend...... 17

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 VfB Stuttgart - FC Unirea Urziceni Wednesday 9 December 2009 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT VfB Arena, Stuttgart Match background

Previous meetings

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/09/09 GS FC Unirea Urziceni - VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Bucharest Varga 48; Tasci 5

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfB Stuttgart 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 FC Unirea Urziceni 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1

VfB Stuttgart - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/08/09 P-O VfB Stuttgart - FC Timişoara 0-0 Stuttgart agg: 2-0 18/08/09 P-O FC Timişoara - VfB Stuttgart 0-2 Timisoara Gebhart 28(p), Hleb 30 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/12/05 GS VfB Stuttgart - FC Rapid Bucureşti 2-1 Stuttgart Gómez 20, 37; Burdujan 80

FC Unirea Urziceni - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/10/08 R1 FC Unirea Urziceni - Hamburger SV 0-2 Urziceni Petrić 27, 51 agg: 0-2 18/09/08 R1 Hamburger SV - FC Unirea Urziceni 0-0 Hamburg

Record versus clubs from opponents' country

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfB Stuttgart 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 5 2 FC Unirea Urziceni 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 3

Second place in Group G will be on the line when FC Unirea Urziceni and VfB Stuttgart meet in Germany on Matchday 6, with the Romanian champions enjoying a two-point cushion over their final opponents. • Both teams recorded victories on Matchday 5, Unirea overcoming section leaders Sevilla FC 1-0 in Bucharest while Stuttgart ran out 2-0 winners at Rangers FC, who are therefore certain to finish in fourth place. • Unirea have eight points, two fewer than Sevilla but two more than Stuttgart, who must consequently beat the Romanian side to stay in the competition. A point will do for Unirea and three would take them into the last 16 as group winners should Sevilla lose to Rangers in Spain. • After one win in their last 13 games in all competitions, Stuttgart parted company with coach Markus Babbel on Sunday, Christian Gross taking over. Babbel's assistants Rainer Widmayer and Alexander Zorniger have also left the club. Previous meeting • Stuttgart took an early lead in the reverse fixture at the Steaua Stadium on 29 September thanks to Serdar Tasci's fifth-minute strike. Unirea had failed to score in any of their previous games in UEFA club competition but finally got off the mark at the fourth attempt three minutes into the second half through Dacian Varga. Match background • Stuttgart qualified for their third group-stage campaign after coming through a play-off test against another Romanian side, FC Timişoara. It finished goalless at the VfB Arena after Markus Babbel's team had won 2-0 away.

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• In their only other fixture against Romanian opponents, Stuttgart beat FC Rapid Bucureşti 2-1 at home in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. • As for Unirea, their only previous away meeting with a German outfit produced a 0-0 draw at Hamburger SV in the 2008/09 UEFA Cup first round, their debut in UEFA competition. They bowed out of the competition after losing the second leg 2-0 at home. • Undone 3-1 by Sevilla on Matchday 3, Stuttgart have lost four and drawn one of their last six UEFA Champions League home games since a 3-2 win against Rangers on 27 November 2007. Team ties • Stuttgart's Romanian striker Ciprian Marica will come up against international team-mates Vasile Maftei and Iulian Apostol. • In last season's UEFA Cup first round, a Rapid Bucureşti team featuring Maftei in their ranks lost to VfL Wolfsburg. The defender scored in the home leg, which ended 1-1 after the current Bundesliga champions had won 1-0 in Germany. • Maftei was also in the Rapid team that succumbed 2-1 at Stuttgart in the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage. • Unirea coach Dan Petrescu was in the Chelsea side that beat Stuttgart 1-0 to win the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final in Stockholm. • Petrescu scored Chelsea's third goal in a 6-1 league win at a Tottenham Hotspur FC team managed by Gross on 6 December 1997 and also featured in a 2-0 home Chelsea victory the following April. • Apostol played for Romania in their 5-0 defeat by Serbia in a FIFA World Cup qualifier in Belgrade on 10 October this year. Stuttgart's Zdravko Kuzmanović appeared as a substitute in the 64th minute and scored Serbia's third goal 13 minutes later. Match facts

Stuttgart UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • None Latest domestic information • Saturday 5 December: VfB Stuttgart 1-1 VfL Bochum 1848 (Tasci 63; Fuchs 89) Lehmann; Träsch, Tasci, Delpierre, Magnin; Kuzmanović (Élson 27), Hitzlsperger (Celozzi 39), Rudy, Hleb; Schieber (Marica 64), Cacau. • A late Christian Fuchs strike denied Stuttgart a much-needed three points, leaving them with just one win in 13 outings in all competitions and ultimately spelling the end of Markus Babbel's reign. Bochum's equaliser came eight minutes after they had been reduced to ten men following Diego Klimowicz's dismissal. • The club confirmed Babbel's departure on Sunday, also unveiling new coach Christian Gross. The Swiss, who oversaw his first training session the same evening, said: "It's an honourable but very difficult task. It's all about saving what's left to be saved. Firstly I want to win on Wednesday. I want to get everything possible from the players so as we can satisfy the fans again. I always demand passion from my players." • Stuttgart have not won at home in ten attempts, losing four and drawing six since beating SC Freiburg 4-2 in their first outing of the season at the VfB Arena. • Stuttgart were 13 home games unbeaten in the league before a 2-0 loss to 1. FC Köln on 19 September. • Die Roten suffered their heaviest defeat of the season on 29 November, going down 4-0 at Bayer 04 Leverkusen. They twice lost by four-goal margins last season – against FC Bayern München and Werder Bremen – en route to finishing third in the Bundesliga. • Stuttgart have registered just seven goals in their last 12 games in all competitions and have failed to score in eight of their 15 Bundesliga fixtures this season.

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• VfB had lost five in a row before a goalless draw against Bayern on 31 October. It equalled their worst run since losing six on the trot in 1974/75, when they were relegated from the Bundesliga for the first and so far only time. • The Matchday 5 win at Rangers was Stuttgart's first victory in eleven games. Injury news • Ricardo Osorio – out 31 October to 24 November (thigh) • Serdar Tasci – out 5-29 November (foot) • Martin Lanig – out since 15 August (cruciate ligament) • Sami Khedira – out since 23 October (foot) • Artur Boka − out since 2 December (shoulder) • Jan Šimák − out since 3 December (flu) • Babbel had restored Thomas Hitzlsperger and, following suspension, Zdravko Kuzmanović to the starting XI against Bochum but neither made it to half-time after picking up thigh injuries. Both are expected to miss the Unirea game, with Hitzlsperger unlikely to play again this year. • Cacau did last the distance against Bochum, but ended the match complaining of a groin pain. • Boka damaged his shoulder in training, and Jan Šimák also missed out against Bochum because of flu. Unirea UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Unirea have won 13 corners in the group stage, the lowest total in the competition. • Vasile Maftei serves a one-match suspension again Stuttgart. George Galamaz and Ricardo Vilana are a booking away from a ban. Latest domestic information • Friday 4 December: FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 2-3 FC Unirea Urziceni (Ibrahim 30, Fabbron 36; Semedo 31, Onofraş 55, Brandán 86pen) Arlauskis; Maftei, Galamaz, Bruno Fernandes, Brandán; Semedo, Pădureţu, Ricardo Vilana (Paraschiv 88), Varga (Frunză 46); Onofraş, Bilasco (Rusescu 70). • Unirea came from behind at Liga 1's bottom club to register their fourth successive victory. Pablo Brandán's first league goal of the season clinched the points, the defender converting from the spot after an incident that saw Ceahlaul's Rodrigue Dikaba sent off. • It was only the sixth time in 16 league outings this term that Dan Petrescu's team have scored more than once. • The result extended Unirea's unbeaten away record in all competitions to six matches, dating back to a 2-1 defeat by FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti on 20 September. • Unirea had extended their unbeaten Liga 1 run to five matches on 30 November when goals from António Semedo – his first for the club – and Marius Ioan Bilasco earned a 2-0 win at home to CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita. • For the first time this season Unirea followed up a UEFA Champions League match with victory, having previously managed three draws and a defeat. • Valeriu Bordeanu was suspended against Gloria 1922 Bistrita having been sent off at FC Internaţional Curtea de Argeş on 21 November. Ersin Mehmedović and Sorin Frunză were both rested. • Semedo made his 100th Liga 1 appearance in the Gloria 1922 Bistrita win, accrued at CFR 1907 Cluj (68 games), FC Steaua Bucureşti (24) and now Unirea. Injury news • Bruno Fernandes – out 31 October to 30 November (right thigh) • Raul Rusescu – out 1 October to 4 December (knee) • Rusescu and Bruno Fernandes made their returns against Gloria and Ceahlaul respectively, the former ending a two-month spell on the sidelines. Miscellaneous • On 16 November a biography, Dan Petrescu, a Legendary Champion, went on sale. It was written by family friend Gabriel Seitan, though Petrescu admits he would rather have waited until there were "several more achievements" to include.

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VfB Stuttgart

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 Jens Lehmann GER 10/11/69 40 - 2 - 5 - 15 - 64 - 113 - 12 Alexander Stolz GER 13/10/83 26 ------2 - 24 Sven Ulreich GER 03/08/88 21 ------37 Timo Hammel GER 27/08/87 22 ------Defenders 3 Ricardo Osorio MEX 30/03/80 29 - - - 2 - 3 - 7 - 16 - 4 Khalid Boulahrouz NED 28/12/81 27 - - - 2 - 2 - 8 - 28 - 5 Serdar Tasci GER 24/04/87 22 - 2 - 4 1 11 1 10 1 22 2 6 Georg Niedermeier GER 26/02/86 23 - - - 1 - 4 1 1 - 1 - 15 Arthur Boka CIV 02/04/83 26 - - - 5 - 10 - 8 - 25 1 17 Matthieu Delpierre FRA 26/04/81 28 - 2 - 4 - 13 - 10 - 41 - 21 Ludovic Magnin SUI 20/04/79 30 - 2 - - - 5 - 11 - 35 - 27 Stefano Celozzi GER 02/11/88 21 - 2 - 2 - 7 - 2 - 4 - 35 Christian Träsch GER 01/09/87 22 - - - 3 - 11 - 3 - 8 - 42 Marco Pischorn GER 01/01/86 23 ------43 Sebastian Enderle GER 29/05/89 20 ------Midfielders 8 Jan Šimák CZE 13/10/78 31 - 1 - - - 2 - 18 - 30 1 11 Thomas Hitzlsperger GER 05/04/82 27 - 2 - 5 - 11 1 7 - 30 2 13 Timo Gebhart GER 12/04/89 20 - 2 1 3 - 10 - 3 - 6 2 14 Patrick Funk GER 11/02/90 19 ------16 Sebastian Rudy GER 28/02/90 19 - 2 - 2 1 8 - 2 1 6 1 19 Roberto Hilbert GER 16/10/84 25 - - - 3 - 8 - 8 - 19 1 23 Aleksandr Hleb BLR 01/05/81 28 - 1 1 4 - 12 - 44 2 75 8 25 Élson BRA 16/11/81 28 - 2 - 2 1 11 2 2 1 8 1 26 Daniel Didavi GER 21/02/90 19 ------28 Sami Khedira GER 04/04/87 22 - 2 - 3 - 9 - 8 - 18 1 32 Zdravko Kuzmanović SRB 22/09/87 22 - - - 3 2 9 1 8 2 36 6 Forwards 9 Ciprian Marica ROU 02/10/85 24 - 2 - 1 - 8 - 16 3 52 16 18 Cacau GER 27/03/81 28 - - - 3 - 12 1 12 1 31 8 29 Pavel Pogrebnyak RUS 08/11/83 26 - 2 - 5 1 12 2 11 2 38 17 30 Manuel Fischer GER 19/09/89 20 ------1 - 4 - 39 Julian Schieber GER 13/02/89 20 - 2 - 5 - 13 3 5 - 8 - 47 Tobias Rühle GER 07/02/91 18 ------Coach - Christian Gross SUI 14/08/54 55 ------30 - 119 -

Key: Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically D Disciplinary: * Misses next match if booked, S Suspended, # Suspended for at least one match UCLQ1: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL2: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UCL3: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA4: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches

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FC Unirea Urziceni

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 Giedrius Arlauskis LTU 01/12/87 22 - - - 4 - 12 - 4 - 6 - 74 Daniel Tudor ROU 01/06/74 35 - - - 1 - 3 - 1 - 3 - Defenders 6 George Galamaz ROU 05/04/81 28 * - - 5 - 13 1 5 - 20 - 16 Epaminonda Nicu ROU 17/12/79 29 - - - 2 - 11 - 2 - 4 - 19 Pablo Brandán ARG 05/03/83 26 - - - 5 1 13 1 5 1 6 1 22 Bruno Fernandes POR 06/11/78 31 - - - 2 - 11 - 2 - 2 - 23 Valeriu Bordeanu ROU 02/02/77 32 - - - 2 - 9 - 2 - 14 1 24 Vasile Maftei ROU 01/01/81 28 S - - 5 - 13 1 5 - 38 1 Midfielders 4 Ersin Mehmedović SRB 10/05/81 28 - - - 2 - 5 - 2 - 6 - 5 Dinu Todoran ROU 08/09/78 31 - - - - - 7 - - - 6 1 8 Sorin Paraschiv ROU 17/06/81 28 - - - 1 - 12 - 7 - 46 4 9 Serban Dacian Varga ROU 15/10/84 25 - - - 5 1 7 1 5 1 5 1 10 Răzvan Pădureţu ROU 19/06/81 28 - - - 4 - 11 1 4 - 8 - 18 Ricardo Vilana BRA 18/07/81 28 * - - 5 - 9 - 5 - 5 - 21 Tiberiu Bălan ROU 17/02/81 28 - - - 5 - 7 - 5 - 7 - 30 Sorin Frunză ROU 28/08/78 31 - - - 5 - 15 2 5 - 6 - 32 Iulian Apostol ROU 03/12/80 29 - - - 5 - 9 2 5 - 12 1 Forwards 7 Marius Ioan Bilasco ROU 13/07/81 28 - - - 5 1 13 5 5 1 7 1 11 Marius Onofraş ROU 17/08/80 29 - - - 3 1 10 4 3 1 6 1 14 Raul Rusescu ROU 09/07/88 21 - - - 1 - 9 1 1 - 1 - 17 António Semedo POR 01/06/79 30 - - - 3 - 9 2 9 - 11 - Coach - Dan Petrescu ROU 22/12/67 41 - - - 5 - - - 5 - 10 -

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VfB Stuttgart: Christian Gross Date of birth: 14 August 1954 Nationality: Swiss Playing career: Grasshopper-Club, Lausanne-Sports, Neuchâtel Xamax FC, VfL Bochum 1848, FC St. Gallen, FC Lugano, FC Wil Coaching career: FC Wil, Grasshopper-Club, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Basel 1893, VfB Stuttgart • Enjoyed a moderately successful playing career as a defender with highlights including one cap for Switzerland and a two-season spell in the Bundesliga with Bochum. • Having finished his professional career he moved to Wil in 1988, acting as player-coach and winning two promotions to reach the Swiss second division. • In 1993 Gross returned to Grasshoppers as coach and, having secured the Swiss Cup in his first season, guided them to league titles in 1995 and 1996. • After a disappointing 1997/98 campaign in England with Tottenham he returned to Switzerland and Basel, whom he led to league titles in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2008 and four cup successes before his dismissal in May 2009. • Oversaw four UEFA Champions League group-stage campaigns with Grasshoppers and Basel, the highlight coming in 2002/03 when Basel reached the second group stage, eliminating Liverpool FC and Celtic FC and defeating eventual runners-up Juventus on their way.

FC Unirea Urziceni: Dan Petrescu Date of birth: 22 December 1967 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Steaua Bucureşti, FC Olt Scorniceşti, US Foggia, Genoa CFC, Sheffield Wednesday FC, Chelsea FC, Bradford City AFC, Southampton FC, FC National Bucureşti Coaching career: FC Rapid Bucureşti, FC Sportul Studenţesc, Wisła Kraków, AFC Unirea Urziceni • The left-back won a Romanian title with Steaua in 1985/86 and then domestic doubles in both subsequent campaigns, playing in their 4-0 1988/89 European Champion Clubs' Cup final defeat by AC Milan. • After a season with Genoa, a good 1994 FIFA World Cup campaign saw him move from Italy to England, where he shone at Sheffield Wednesday prior to a five-season spell at Chelsea, who he joined in 1995. • Petrescu's Stamford Bridge haul included an FA Cup and a League Cup as well as the 1997/98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup; he named one of his three daughters Chelsea in the club's honour. • Having played well into his 30s, the 95-times capped Petrescu had a brief spell as Rapid coach, led Bucharest neighbours Sportul Studenţesc for a while and finished second in Poland with Wisła in 2005/06. • Hired by promoted Unirea in 2006, his side – who he nicknamed 'the Chelsea of Ialomita County' – were beaten Romanian Cup finalists in 2007/08 before romping to the 2008/09 title.

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Referee Viktor Kassai (HUN) Assistant referees Gabor Erös (HUN), Tibor Vámos (HUN) Fourth official Tamás Bognar (HUN) UEFA Delegate Andreas Akkelides (CYP) UEFA Referee observer Cornelius (Cees) Bakker (NED) Referee Name Date of birth UCL matches * UEFA matches Viktor Kassai 10/09/1975 7 50 • Viktor Kassai works as a travel agent in his native Hungary and his progress to UEFA's list of Premier referees has ensured plenty of opportunities to broaden his horizons still further. • Born on 10 September 1975, Kassai has taken charge of more than 100 matches in the Hungarian top flight, getting his first taste of international action in the 2001 UEFA Regions' Cup final tournament. • Kassai, whose principle interests are sports and film, officiated two UEFA Cup matches in 2003/04 and the following season brought his first UEFA Champions League engagement, the second qualifying round first leg between HNK Hajduk Split and Shelbourne FC. He went on to officiate in FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Under-21 Championship games the same season. • In July 2005 Kassai was selected to referee three games at the UEFA European U19 Championship in Northern Ireland, and he has remained a regular in international fixtures ever since, also working at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. • He also worked as a fourth official at UEFA EURO 2008™, where he was given three matches, and was a referee at the football tournament at the Olympic Games in Beijing later that summer, taking charge of the final as Argentina defeated Nigeria. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 04/11/08 UCL GS Werder Bremen - Panathinaikos FC 0-3 Bremen 30/09/09 UCL GS Manchester United FC - VfL Wolfsburg 2-1 Manchester Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 02/07/05 UIC R2 Hamburger SV - FK Pobeda 4-1 Hamburg 15/09/05 UCUP R1 APOEL FC - Hertha BSC Berlin 0-1 Nicosia 17/10/05 U19 QR Greece - Germany 2-3 Warendorf 14/09/06 UCUP R1 Hertha BSC Berlin - Odense BK 2-2 Berlin 10/09/08 WC QR Finland - Germany 3-3 Helsinki 12/03/09 UCUP R16 Hamburger SV - Galatasaray AŞ 1-1 Hamburg

* Group stage to final only

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VfB Stuttgart

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 01/08/09 Cup SG Sonnenhof Großaspach (A) W 4-1 Hitzlsperger 55, Cacau 62, Šimák 66, 88 07/08/09 League VfL Wolfsburg (A) L 0-2 15/08/09 League SC Freiburg (H) W 4-2 Pogrebnyak 53, Élson 65 (p), 76, Schieber 88 22/08/09 League BV Borussia Dortmund (A) D 1-1 Niedermeier 47 29/08/09 League 1. FC Nürnberg (H) D 0-0 12/09/09 League Hamburger SV (A) L 1-3 Pogrebnyak 62 19/09/09 League 1. FC Köln (H) L 0-2 23/09/09 Cup VfB Lübeck (A) W 3-1 Schieber 77, Khedira 109, Cacau 117 (aet) 26/09/09 League Eintracht Frankfurt (A) W 3-0 Schieber 17, 31, Hitzlsperger 54 04/10/09 League Werder Bremen (H) L 0-2 17/10/09 League FC Schalke 04 (H) L 1-2 Cacau 73 24/10/09 League Hannover 96 (A) L 0-1 27/10/09 Cup SpVgg Greuther Fürth (A) L 0-1 31/10/09 League FC Bayern München (H) D 0-0 07/11/09 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (A) D 0-0 21/11/09 League Hertha BSC Berlin (H) D 1-1 Kuzmanović 82 29/11/09 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (A) L 0-4 05/12/09 League VfL Bochum 1848 (H) D 1-1 Tasci 63 13/12/09 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (A) 19/12/09 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (H) 16/01/10 League VfL Wolfsburg (H) 22/01/10 League SC Freiburg (A) 31/01/10 League BV Borussia Dortmund (H) 06/02/10 League 1. FC Nürnberg (A) 13/02/10 League Hamburger SV (H) 20/02/10 League 1. FC Köln (A) 27/02/10 League Eintracht Frankfurt (H) 06/03/10 League Werder Bremen (A) 13/03/10 League FC Schalke 04 (A) 20/03/10 League Hannover 96 (H) 27/03/10 League FC Bayern München (A) 03/04/10 League VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach (H) 10/04/10 League Hertha BSC Berlin (A) 17/04/10 League Bayer 04 Leverkusen (H) 24/04/10 League VfL Bochum 1848 (A) 01/05/10 League 1. FSV Mainz 05 (H) 08/05/10 League TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 15 8 7 0 30 9 31 2 Werder Bremen 15 7 7 1 31 12 28 3 FC Schalke 04 15 8 4 3 23 13 28 4 FC Bayern München 15 7 6 2 24 12 27 5 Hamburger SV 15 6 7 2 28 18 25 6 TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 15 7 3 5 25 13 24 7 BV Borussia Dortmund 15 6 6 3 19 16 24 8 VfL Wolfsburg 15 6 5 4 29 27 23 9 1. FSV Mainz 05 15 6 5 4 20 20 23 10 Eintracht Frankfurt 15 6 4 5 19 21 22 11 VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 5 3 7 17 23 18 12 Hannover 96 15 4 5 6 16 19 17 13 SC Freiburg 15 5 2 8 19 32 17 14 1. FC Köln 15 3 5 7 7 15 14 15 VfL Bochum 1848 15 3 4 8 14 26 13 16 VfB Stuttgart 15 2 6 7 12 21 12 17 1. FC Nürnberg 15 3 3 9 12 25 12 18 Hertha BSC Berlin 15 1 2 12 9 32 5

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FC Unirea Urziceni

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 01/08/09 League CFR 1907 Cluj (A) L 0-2 08/08/09 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (H) W 1-0 Pădureţu 13 16/08/09 League FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) W 1-0 Apostol 72 22/08/09 League FC Timişoara (H) D 0-0 28/08/09 League FC Otelul Galati (A) W 4-1 Bilasco 8 (p), 88, Maftei 44, Onofraş 85 12/09/09 League FC Unirea Alba Iulia (H) W 1-0 Marinescu 33 20/09/09 League FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti (A) L 1-2 Apostol 28 23/09/09 Cup FC Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti (H) W 3-0 Dănălache 19 (p), 26, 81 25/09/09 League FC Astra Ploiesti (H) W 4-1 Rusescu 13, Varga 59, Galamaz 64, Dănălache 90 03/10/09 League AS Gaz Metan Medias (A) D 0-0 16/10/09 League SC Vaslui (H) L 1-2 Onofraş 7 24/10/09 League CS Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu (A) D 0-0 27/10/09 Cup FC Brasov (H) L 0-1 31/10/09 League FC Universitatea Craiova (H) W 3-2 Frunză 27, 62, Bilasco 90+2 07/11/09 League FC Brasov (A) D 0-0 21/11/09 League FC Internaţional Curtea de Argeş (A) W 2-1 Bilasco 22, Onofraş 40 30/11/09 League CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita (H) W 2-0 Semedo 8, Bilasco 84 04/12/09 League FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (A) W 3-2 Semedo 31, Onofraş 55, Brandán 86 (p) 14/12/09 League FC Politehnica Iaşi (H)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Timişoara 16 8 7 1 29 11 31 2 CFR 1907 Cluj 16 9 4 3 21 10 31 3 FC Unirea Urziceni 16 9 4 3 23 13 31 4 FC Steaua Bucureşti 16 9 4 3 22 12 31 5 FC Rapid Bucureşti 16 9 3 4 35 20 30 6 SC Vaslui 16 9 2 5 24 18 29 7 FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti 16 7 5 4 18 11 26 8 FC Brasov 16 6 6 4 18 11 24 9 AS Gaz Metan Medias 16 5 5 6 18 26 20 10 FC Otelul Galati 16 5 4 7 20 24 19 11 FC Politehnica Iaşi 16 5 3 8 15 23 18 12 FC Universitatea Craiova 16 5 2 9 24 26 17 13 FC Astra Ploiesti 16 4 5 7 19 23 17 14 CS Pandurii Lignitul Târgu Jiu 16 4 5 7 12 17 17 15 FC Internaţional Curtea de Argeş 16 5 1 10 14 28 16 16 FC Unirea Alba Iulia 16 3 5 8 17 25 14 17 CF Gloria 1922 Bistrita 16 2 7 7 12 23 13 18 FC Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt 16 2 4 10 13 33 10

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VfB Stuttgart Play-Offs (18/08/09) FC Timişoara 0-2 VfB Stuttgart Goals: 0-1 Gebhart 28(pen), 0-2 Hleb 30 VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Tasci, Marica, Hitzlsperger, Gebhart (Rudy 86), Delpierre, Magnin, Hleb (Élson 61), Celozzi, Khedira, Pogrebnyak (Schieber 77) (26/08/09) VfB Stuttgart 0-0 FC Timişoara (agg: 2-0 ) VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Tasci, Marica (Schieber 79), Hitzlsperger, Gebhart (Élson 90), Rudy (Šimák 67), Delpierre, Magnin, Celozzi, Khedira, Pogrebnyak

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Group G Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Sevilla FC 5 3 1 1 10 4 10 FC Unirea Urziceni 5 2 2 1 7 5 8 VfB Stuttgart 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 Rangers FC 5 0 2 3 4 12 2

Matchday 1 (16/09/09) VfB Stuttgart 1-1 Rangers FC Goals: 1-0 Pogrebnyak 18, 1-1 Bougherra 77 VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Tasci, Hitzlsperger, Boka, Delpierre, Cacau (Schieber 88), Hilbert, Hleb (Gebhart 67), Khedira, Pogrebnyak, Träsch Sevilla FC 2-0 FC Unirea Urziceni Goals: 1-0 Luis Fabiano 45+1, 2-0 Renato 70 FC Unirea Urziceni: Arlauskis, Mehmedović, Galamaz, Bilasco, Varga (Semedo 73), Ricardo Vilana (Onofraş 81), Brandán, Bălan (Paraschiv 65), Maftei, Frunză, Apostol

Matchday 2 (29/09/09) FC Unirea Urziceni 1-1 VfB Stuttgart Goals: 0-1 Tasci 5, 1-1 Varga 48 FC Unirea Urziceni: Arlauskis, Galamaz, Bilasco (Rusescu 64), Varga (Pădureţu 90), Nicu, Ricardo Vilana, Brandán, Bălan (Frunză 46), Bruno Fernandes, Maftei, Apostol VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Tasci, Marica (Schieber 64), Hitzlsperger, Gebhart, Boka, Delpierre, Hilbert, Celozzi, Khedira, Pogrebnyak

Matchday 3 (20/10/09) VfB Stuttgart 1-3 Sevilla FC Goals: 0-1 Squillaci 23, 0-2 Jesús Navas 55, 0-3 Squillaci 72, 1-3 Élson 74 VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Osorio, Boulahrouz, Tasci, Boka, Cacau (Pogrebnyak 69), Hleb (Élson 69), Khedira, Kuzmanović, Träsch (Hitzlsperger 69), Schieber Rangers FC 1-4 FC Unirea Urziceni Goals: 1-0 Ricardo Vilana 2(o.g.), 1-1 Bilasco 32, 1-2 Lafferty 49(o.g.), 1-3 McCulloch 59(o.g.), 1-4 Brandán 65 FC Unirea Urziceni: Tudor, Galamaz, Bilasco, Varga (Pădureţu 89), Nicu (Onofraş 19), Ricardo Vilana, Brandán, Bălan (Frunză 75), Bruno Fernandes, Maftei, Apostol

Matchday 4 (04/11/09) FC Unirea Urziceni 1-1 Rangers FC Goals: 0-1 McCulloch 79, 1-1 Onofraş 88 FC Unirea Urziceni: Arlauskis, Galamaz, Bilasco, Varga (Semedo 81), Ricardo Vilana (Pădureţu 81), Brandán, Bălan (Onofraş 28), Bordeanu, Maftei, Frunză, Apostol Sevilla FC 1-1 VfB Stuttgart Goals: 1-0 Jesús Navas 14, 1-1 Kuzmanović 79 VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Boulahrouz (Celozzi 46), Tasci, Hitzlsperger (Schieber 65), Boka, Delpierre, Hilbert (Rudy 46), Hleb, Élson, Pogrebnyak, Kuzmanović

Matchday 5 (24/11/09) Rangers FC 0-2 VfB Stuttgart Goals: 0-1 Rudy 16, 0-2 Kuzmanović 59 VfB Stuttgart: Lehmann, Osorio, Niedermeier, Boka, Rudy (Gebhart 90), Delpierre, Cacau (Schieber 82), Hleb, Pogrebnyak, Kuzmanović (Hitzlsperger 75), Träsch FC Unirea Urziceni 1-0 Sevilla FC Goals: 1-0 Dragutinović 45(o.g.) FC Unirea Urziceni: Arlauskis, Mehmedović, Galamaz, Bilasco, Varga (Semedo 89), Ricardo Vilana (Pădureţu 90+4), Brandán, Bordeanu, Maftei, Frunză (Bălan 64), Apostol

Matchday 6 (09/12/09) VfB Stuttgart v FC Unirea Urziceni

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• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders FC Barcelona are looking 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 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, 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. Barcelona, Manchester United and Milan have all finished as group winners on ten occasions, one more than Real Madrid and Juventus. Four teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96) and Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage). 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 Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2002/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (2001/02, first group stage). Manchester United scored 20 goals in the 1998/99 group stage, more than any other side has managed. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage. Dynamo 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. No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), AFC Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea FC (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06) and Villarreal CF (2005/06) all let in just one. 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 victory in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday 3 of the same campaign. The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool 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.

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VfB Stuttgart Formed: 1893 Nickname: Die Roten (The Reds) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Cup: (1989) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: (1998) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (3): 2000, 2002, 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 5 (2007) German Cup: 3 (1997) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2008/09: UEFA Cup Round of 32 2007/08: group stage 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Cup Round of 32 2004/05: UEFA Cup Round of 32 2003/04: first knockout round 2002/03: UEFA Cup fourth round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2000/01: UEFA Cup fourth round (having qualified as UEFA Intertoto Cup winners) 1999/00: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 9-0: Stuttgart v Olympiakos Nicosia FC 17/09/73, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-6: Neuchâtel Xamax FC v Stuttgart 01/07/00, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 3-5: Stuttgart v Torpedo Moskva 05/11/86, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 2-4: Stuttgart v KFC Germinal Ekeren 06/11/97, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg 1-3: Stuttgart v Sevilla FC 20/10/09, UEFA Champions League group stage 1-3: Stuttgart v Feyenoord 15/09/98, UEFA Cup first round first leg Stuttgart have lost 0-2 on five occasions, most recently v Olympique Lyonnais (23/10/07, UEFA Champions League group stage) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: ASVS Dukla Praha v Stuttgart 06/12/78, UEFA Cup third round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 2-0: Stuttgart v Panathinaikos FC 22/10/03, group stage • Biggest away win 1-3: Panathinaikos FC v Stuttgart 04/11/03, group stage 0-2: Rangers FC v Stuttgart 24/11/09, group stage

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• Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Stuttgart v Sevilla FC (see above for details) 0-2: Stuttgart v Olympique Lyonnais (see above for details) 0-2: Stuttgart v FC Barcelona 02/10/07, group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Stuttgart 07/11/07, group stage 3-1: FC Barcelona v Stuttgart 12/12/07, group stage 2-0: Manchester United FC v Stuttgart 09/12/03, group stage

FC Unirea Urziceni Formed: 1954 Nickname: Lupii din Baragan (The Wolves of Baragan) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • None Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2009) Ten-year record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2008/09: UEFA Cup first round 2007/08: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2001/02: did not compete in UEFA club competition 2000/01: did not compete in UEFA club competition 1999/00: did not compete in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 1-0: Unirea v Sevilla FC 24/11/09, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest away win 1-4: Rangers FC v Unirea 20/10/09, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-2: Unirea v Hamburger SV 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Sevilla FC v Unirea 16/09/09, UEFA Champions League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 1-0: Unirea v Sevilla FC (see above for details) • Biggest away win 1-4: Rangers FC v Unirea (see above for details) • Heaviest home defeat None • Heaviest away defeat 2-0: Sevilla FC v Unirea (see above for details)

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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 Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), 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. :: 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 National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round aet: Match decided after extra time No.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: Second knockout round Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of coin FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off GF: Goals for W: Won ELITE: Elite round (R) : Replay L: Lost Y: Booked P-O 3rd: Third place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct Tournament red) GS - FT: Group stage - Final Prom/Rel P-O: Promotion/RelegationN/a: Not Applicable tournament 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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