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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2016/17 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Jan Breydelstadion - Bruges Wednesday 14 September 2016 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Club Brugge KV Group G - Matchday 1 Leicester City FC Last updated 13/09/2016 03:11CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 Club Brugge KV - Leicester City FC Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Match background After their fairy-tale triumph in last season's Premier League, Leicester City FC turn their sights to the UEFA Champions League as they kick off their Group G campaign away at Club Brugge KV. Match background Club Brugge • The Belgian titleholders are competing in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time since 2005/06. • They will hope to fare better at home in Group G than they managed in last term's UEFA Europa League group stage. En route to finishing third in their group, they suffered home losses to FC Midtjylland (1-3) and SSC Napoli (0- 1), either side of a 1-0 win against Legia Warszawa. • Brugge's most recent encounter with English opposition came in last season's UEFA Champions League play-offs against Manchester United FC, when they lost 3-1 at Old Trafford and 4-0 at the Jan Breydelstadion. • Their overall home record against English sides is W6 D2 L2. However, they have not beaten an English team in Bruges since a 1-0 first-leg success against Chelsea FC in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals (agg 1-2). Leicester • This is a first taste of Europe's elite club competition for the Foxes – and only their fourth season in European competition in their 132-year history. Their last continental adventure came in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup and was short- lived as they went down 4-2 on aggregate against FK Crvena zvezda. • Leicester have played eight matches in European football prior to this season and their record reads W2 D2 L4. Those two victories came in the 1961/62 European Cup Winners' Cup when they beat Northern Irish side Glenavon FC home (3-1) and away (4-1) in the first round. • This will be the sixth UEFA Champions League campaign for coach Claudio Ranieri, who led Chelsea FC to the semi-finals in 2004, with a sixth different club (Chelsea, Valencia, Juventus, Roma, Inter and now Leicester). He has steered his team into the knockout phase four times in five attempts; the only group stage exit was with Valencia in 2004/05. Coach and player links • Rival coaches Michel Preud'homme and Ranieri met in the European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals in 1996/97. Preud'homme was in goal for an SL Benfica side beaten 2-0 at home by a Ranieri-coached ACF Fiorentina, who advanced as 2-1 aggregate winners after a narrow second-leg defeat in Florence. • Preud'homme was in the Belgium side beaten 1-0 by England in the round of 16 at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He was also in the R. Standard de Liège side beaten 4-2 on aggregate by Manchester City FC in the second round of the 1978/79 UEFA Cup. • As Valencia coach Ranieri oversaw home (2-0) and away (2-1) wins over RSC Anderlecht in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League group stage – the first of those matches taking place on 14 September 2004. • Andy King appeared as a substitute in Wales's 3-1 quarter-final win over Belgium at UEFA EURO 2016. • Daniel Amartey got FC København's goal in a 1-1 draw at Club Brugge in the 2014/15 UEFA Europa League group stage. • Shinji Okazaki scored the third goal in Japan's 4-0 friendly victory over a Belgium side including Timmy Simons and substitute Jelle Vossen in May 2009. Okazaki's VfB Stuttgart won 2-0 at KRC Genk in the 2012/13 UEFA Europa League round of 32 to secure a 3-1 aggregate success. • Marcin Wasilweski played for RSC Anderlecht from 2007 to 2013, winning four Belgian First League titles and one Belgian Cup. • Vossen had spells with Middlesbrough FC and Burnley FC in England between 2014 and 2015. Match facts Club Brugge • Club Brugge won the Belgian Super Cup on 23 July, José Izquierdo and Ruud Vormer scoring as they came from behind to beat R. Standard de Liège 2-1 at the Jan Breydel Stadion. Hans Vanaken was sent off before half-time. • Dion Cools scored his first league goal for the club (and first in 12 months in all competitions) in the opening day victory over KV Mechelen on 29 July. 2 Club Brugge KV - Leicester City FC Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges • Björn Engels recently headed in two added-time goals in five days, first earning a 2-2 league draw with Standard on 28 August, then snatching a 3-2 EURO U21 qualifying win for Belgium against Malta. • Club Brugge beat Willem II 2-1 in a friendly on 1 September, with Vanaken and Anthony Limbombe on target. • Lior Refaelov underwent surgery on his pubis on 22 August and is expected to be out until November. • Felipe Gedoz (28 August, ankle) is sidelined but Izquierdo returned from injury in Friday's 1-0 loss at Waasland- Beveren. • On 4 September, Abdoulay Diaby scored as Mali beat Benin 5-2 to book an Africa Cup of Nations spot. Leicester City • The Premier League champions lost their first two fixtures of the season 2-1 – against Manchester United FC in the Community Shield at Wembley and at Hull City AFC in the English top flight. • Leicester had not previously lost successive games since February 2015. • Riyad Mahrez, Premier League player of the season for 2015/16, opened his account for this term against Hull. He also struck twice for Algeria – including a sensational free-kick – in a 6-0 win against Lesotho on 4 September. • Also involved in that game was Islam Slimani, who joined Leicester from Sporting CP for a club record fee on transfer deadline day. • Jamie Vardy, second in the 2015/16 Premier League scoring charts, found the net against United, in the 2-1 victory against Swansea City AFC on 27 August and again in the 4-1 loss at Liverpool FC on Saturday. • Leicester have lost just one of their last 18 home games in all competitions, winning 11 and drawing six. • Vardy, Mahrez, captain Wes Morgan, goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel and midfielder Danny Drinkwater have all signed new contracts since the Foxes' title triumph. 3 Club Brugge KV - Leicester City FC Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion, Bruges Legend ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as European Champion Clubs' Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winner's Cup UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are not included as they were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. Match officials UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competition including all qualifying round matches. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. Competitions Club competitions National team competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup WC: FIFA World Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by 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 4 Club Brugge KV - Leicester City FC Wednesday 14 September 2016 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Jan Breydelstadion,