UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Galatasaray AŞ SC Braga Group H - Matchday 2 Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Tuesday 2 October 2012 20.45CET (21.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................12 Group Standings.............................................................................................................14 Competition facts.............................................................................................................16 Team facts.......................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................19 Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga Tuesday 2 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Previous meetings Head to Head None Galatasaray AŞ - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/11/08 GS SL Benfica - Galatasaray AŞ 0-2 Lisbon Emre Aşık 51, Ümit Karan 69 SC Braga - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/02/12 R32 Beşiktaş JK - SC Braga 0-1 Istanbul Lima 25 agg: 2-1 14/02/12 R32 SC Braga - Beşiktaş JK 0-2 Braga Sivok 37, Simão 58 UEFA Intertoto Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/07/08 R3 SC Braga - Sivasspor 3-0 Braga Matheus 45, Linz 57, Aguiar 70(p) agg: 5-0 20/07/08 R3 Sivasspor - SC Braga 0-2 Sivas Linz 45+1, Moisés 78 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 Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 SC Braga 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 6 2 Last updated 01/10/12 23:19:27CET 2 Previous meetings Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga Tuesday 2 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match background SC Braga will look to complete a hat-trick of victories in Turkey when they visit Galatasaray AŞ in their second UEFA Champions League Group H fixture. • The Portuguese side have triumphed on both their previous visits to the country but they can expect a tough challenge at the Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi. Both clubs are looking to respond positively to opening defeats, Galatasaray having gone down 1-0 at Manchester United FC and Braga beaten 2-0 at home by CFR 1907 Cluj. Match background • Galatasaray enter the game on a run of one defeat in their last nine European home fixtures, although José Peseiro's Braga are on a six-match unbeaten sequence on their travels in Europe. • Braga's run includes a 1-1 draw at Udinese Calcio in this season's UEFA Champions League play-offs and a 1-0 victory at Beşiktaş JK in the 2011/12 UEFA Europa League round of 32. Lima hit Braga's winning goal in Istanbul though it was not enough to overturn a 2-0 first-leg home defeat in which Hélder Barbosa was sent off. • Braga's other victory in Turkey was a 2-0 success at Sivasspor in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup. Paulo César is the only survivor of a match featuring goals from Roland Linz and Moisés. • This is only Galatasaray's second encounter with Portuguese opposition after a UEFA Cup group stage visit to SL Benfica in 2008/09, when Emre Aşık and Ümit Karan struck in a 2-0 victory. Sabri Sarıoğlu, Hakan Balta and Milan Baroš all played, with Quim in Benfica's goal. • Including a victory over Liverpool FC, Galatasaray took four points at home in their last UEFA Champions League group stage campaign in 2006/07 while Braga recorded one win – at FK Partizan – and lost twice on their travels in their one previous appearance in the competition. Team ties • Fatih Terim oversaw a 2-0 UEFA EURO 2008 group stage defeat by Portugal as coach of a Turkey team that included Hakan Balta, Sabri and Hamit Altıntop. • Braga's assistant coach Fernando Couto scored in Portugal's 1-0 victory over Turkey in the EURO '96 group stage and also played in a 2-0 success in the countries' UEFA EURO 2000 quarter-final meeting. Quim was on the bench for the latter game. • Baroš made his 93rd and final Czech Republic appearance in the 1-0 UEFA EURO 2012 quarter-final defeat by a Portugal team that included substitute Custódio. • Albert Riera scored past Quim as his RCD Espanyol side beat Benfica 3-2 in Spain – and by the same score on aggregate – in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup quarter-finals. • Hamit visited Braga with FC Bayern München for a 1-1 draw in the 2007/08 UEFA Cup group stage. In that season's first round he faced Ruben Amorim's CF Os Belenenses, scoring the second goal in a 2-0 win in Lisbon. • Last season Amorim featured in Benfica's 2-0 home win against Trabzonspor AŞ in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, and later for Braga against Beşiktaş. • Emmanuel Eboué was in the Arsenal FC team that overwhelmed Braga 6-0 in their first UEFA Champions League group stage game in September 2010. Hugo Viana, Paulo César, Alan, Hélder Barbosa and Mossoró played for Braga that night. Eboué, who also appeared in Arsenal's 2-0 reverse in the return fixture, scored in the London club's 6-2 aggregate success against FC Porto in the 2009/10 round of 16. • With former clubs Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor, Burak Yılmaz has faced Portuguese opponents five times previously and – with four defeats and one draw – is still seeking a first victory. • Viana cancelled out Johan Elmander's opening strike when a Portugal side also including Custódio beat Sweden 3-2 in an Olympic play-off game at the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals. Elmander had scored twice in Sweden's 3-1 group stage win against the Portuguese. • Viana's Newcastle United FC side beat Elmander's NAC Breda 6-0 on aggregate in the 2003/04 UEFA Cup first round. • Umut Bulut scored twice in Turkey's 3-1 friendly win away to a Portugal team that included substitute Custódio in June. Last updated 01/10/12 23:19:27CET 3 Match background Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga Tuesday 2 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Match facts Galatasaray UEFA Champions League statistics • Galatasaray and Braga were among ten teams who failed to score on matchday one. • Burak Yılmaz started at Old Trafford, becoming the first Turkish player to represent four different clubs in the UEFA Champions League. He had previously featured for Beşiktaş JK, Fenerbahçe SK and Trabzonspor AŞ. Summer transfers • In Cris (Olympique Lyonnais) Hamit Altıntop (Real Madrid CF) Burak Yılmaz (Trabzonspor AŞ) Nordin Amrabat (Kayserispor) Dany Nounkeu (Gaziantepspor) Umut Bulut (Toulouse FC, loan) Furkan Özçal (Kayserispor)* *not in UEFA Champions League squad • Out Servet Çetin (Eskişehirspor) Necati Ateş (Eskişehirspor) Bogdan Stancu (Orduspor) Emirhan Ergün (Bandırmaspor) Berkin Kamil Arslan (Şanlıurfaspor) Kazım Kazım (Blackburn Rovers FC, loan) Juan Culio (Mersin İdman Yurdu, loan) Mehmet Batdal (Bucaspor, loan) Yiğit İsmail Gökoğlan (Orduspor, loan) Anıl Dilaver (Denizlispor, loan) Miscellaneous • Hamit Altıntop limped off after 18 minutes of Friday's 2-0 defeat at Orduspor; Galatasaray's first defeat of the season. • Galatasaray have won three out of three at home this season. • Two Umut goals and a last-minute Selçuk İnan strike earned Galatasaray a 3-2 win against Fenerbahçe in the Turkish Super Cup on 12 August. • Tomáš Ujfaluši is expected to be sidelined until the new year after undergoing surgery in Prague on 12 September to repair cruciate ligament damage he sustained to his left knee in training. Braga UEFA Champions League statistics • Braga lost 2-0 to CFR 1907 Cluj despite having 35 shots – more than any other side on matchday one. Their tally of 23 shots on target was also the highest in the first round of matches. • The Portuguese side and Galatasaray were among ten teams who failed to score on matchday one. Summer transfers • In Beto (CFR 1907 Cluj) Cristiano (Valencia CF) Ismaily (SC Olhanense) Éder (A. Académica de Coimbra) Rúben Micael (Club Atlético de Madrid, loan) Michel (SL Benfica, loan) • Out Tommaso Berni (UC Sampdoria) Emmanuel Imourou (Clermont Foot Auvergne 63) Last updated 01/10/12 23:19:27CET 4 Match facts Galatasaray AŞ - SC Braga Tuesday 2 October 2012 - 20.45CET (21.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Ali Sami Yen Spor Kompleksi, Istanbul Ewerton (FC Anzhi Makhachkala) Nuno Gomes (Blackburn Rovers FC) Rodrigo Galo (A. Académica de Coimbra, loan) Vinicius (Moreirense FC, loan) Pizzi (RC Deportivo La Coruña, loan) Miscellaneous