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Manchester United FC - Celtic FC MATCH PRESS KIT Old Trafford, Manchester Tuesday 21 October 2008 - 20.45CET Group E - Matchday 3

Contents 1 - Match background 7 - UEFA information 2 - Match facts 8 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 9 - Competition facts 4 - Head coach 10 - Team facts 5 - Match officials 11 - Legend 6 - Domestic information 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

Match background

The champions of England and Scotland meet on Matchday 3 in a cross-border contest that neutrals will hope provides as much drama as their last UEFA Champions League encounters. • When Manchester United FC and Celtic FC faced off in the 2006/07 group stage, each side recorded a victory – United winning 3-2 at Old Trafford, Celtic 1-0 in – and recent history makes Sir Alex Ferguson's men the favourites to prevail once again on home turf. • Although United were held 0-0 by Villarreal CF in their opening Group E fixture, they have gone 16 matches undefeated at home in the competition, while Celtic have not won a single one of their 18 away games in the UEFA Champions League in its modern guise. • Celtic maintained their unhappy sequence of results on the road in suffering their ninth successive away defeat in the competition when going down 1-0 at Villarreal on Matchday 2 thanks to Marcos Senna's 67th-minute free-kick. • Add the points dropped in their earlier home stalemate with Aalborg BK and 's side arrive in Manchester knowing another loss would leave them with a small mountain to climb to qualify from the section. • United, by contrast, sit top of the group with four points after winning 3-0 at AaB last time out, Wayne Rooney (22) and Dimitar Berbatov (55, 79) the scorers. Should they defeat Celtic, they would be strongly placed to progress. • It was Matchday 1 of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League when the clubs met for the first time in European competition – and conspired to produce a five-goal thriller. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (21) opened the scoring at Old Trafford for Celtic, United responded with two goals from (30, 40), the first from the penalty spot, and then (43) made it 2-2 with a fine free-kick. The scoring ended two minutes into the second period when Ole Gunnar Solskjær found the net to secure all three points for the home side. • The lineups for that match on 13 September 2006 were: Man United: Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Mikaël Silvestre, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes (John O'Shea), Ryan Giggs (Ole Gunnar Solskjær), Wayne Rooney (Kieran Richardson), Louis Saha. Celtic: , Mark Wilson (Paul Telfer), , Stephen McManus, , , Shunsuke Nakamura, Thomas Gravesen, Aiden McGeady (), Jiří Jarošík (), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink.

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• Celtic avenged that defeat, and secured their progress from the group stage for the first time, by beating United in Glasgow on 21 November that year. The heroes were Nakamura, scorer of the only goal with an 81st-minute free-kick, and Artur Boruc, who saved a late Saha spot-kick. • The lineups that evening were: Celtic: Artur Boruc, Paul Telfer, Dianbobo Balde, Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Thomas Gravesen, Neil Lennon, Evander Sno (Jiří Jarošík), Shunsuke Nakamura (Kenny Miller), Maciej Żurawski (Shaun Maloney), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. Man United: Edwin van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidić, Gabriel Heinze (Patrice Evra), Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Carrick (John O'Shea), Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney, Louis Saha. • United have met Scottish opposition only three times before at Old Trafford. Besides their aforementioned 2006 victory against Celtic, they beat Rangers FC 3-0 in the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League group stage and drew 2-2 with Dundee United FC in the 1984/85 UEFA Cup third round. • Celtic's record from previous visits south of the border is W3 D2 L2 – with their most recent successes coming at Blackburn Rovers FC and Liverpool FC, both 2-0 wins on their run to the 2002/03 UEFA Cup final. • Sir Alex had mixed fortunes in Anglo-Scottish contests when managing in Scotland with Aberdeen FC. His Aberdeen side lost 5-0 on aggregate to Liverpool in the 1980/81 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round. However, the next season they eliminated holders Ipswich Town FC in the UEFA Cup first round with a 4-2 aggregate win. • Celtic manager Strachan, who was a scorer in that UEFA Cup win against Ipswich, played under Sir Alex at Aberdeen and Manchester United and also with Scotland's 1986 FIFA World Cup team. • Strachan has enjoyed no previous success when returning to Old Trafford as a manager. During spells in charge of Coventry City FC and Southampton FC he made eight visits for matches – and suffered eight defeats at a cost of 26 goals conceded. • Celtic's Greek forward Georgios Samaras appeared in one Manchester derby during his two-year stay with United's neighbours Manchester City FC, a 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford in December 2006. • The most recent Scottish visitors to Manchester were Celtic's great rivals Rangers, who contested last May's UEFA Cup final at the City of Manchester stadium, going down 2-0 against FC Zenit St. Petersburg. • Villarreal will play host to AaB in the other Group E fixture on Matchday 3.

Match facts

Manchester United UEFA milestones • Edwin van der Sar's next UEFA Champions League game will be his 75th. • Patrice Evra's next match in UEFA club competition will mark his 50th appearance. UEFA Champions League statistics • United are one of three clubs yet to concede a goal after two games; Villarreal CF and Chelsea FC are the others. • The holders have managed 15 shots on goal so far, the joint highest total along with Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC, FC Bayern München and Arsenal FC. United have also had 21 shots wide, again the joint highest total along with Madrid and Werder Bremen. Disciplinary information • United have no players suspended or within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 18 October: Manchester United FC 4-0 West Bromwich Albion FC (Rooney 56, Ronaldo 69, Berbatov 71, Nani 90) United recorded a third successive Premier League win – and fifth in all competitions – at Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney continuing his fine recent form in front of goal by breaking the deadlock. Cristiano Ronaldo added his third goal of the season in all competitions and Dimitar Berbatov made it three goals in two games for United to make the points safe, substitute Nani rounding off a clinical counterattack involving Berbatov and Rooney to add a fourth.

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• "The players kept fantastic rhythm and tempo – it's the best we've played this season," said Sir Alex Ferguson. "Today there was great spirit in the team, they all worked hard for each other and defended very well. Patience is vital; the important thing was to keep the rhythm and tempo to our play and they did that. We did very well today. Rooney is 22 and you expect players to improve as they get the experience. Players like that will improve this club all the time." • Rafael made his first league start for United at right-back against West Brom, while Carlos Tévez and Anderson were both left out altogether after international duty. • Nani's goal was his first in the Premier League since 23 March. • United had taken their winning run to four games with a 2-0 league victory at Blackburn Rovers FC on 4 October. Wes Brown headed the first goal just after the half-hour and Rooney found the net for the third match in a row after a fine burst from Ronaldo on 64 minutes. • United are now unbeaten in seven matches in all competitions since a 2-1 league loss at Liverpool FC on 13 September. • Rooney has scored on each of his last four United appearances and has managed eight goals in his last six games for club and country. He has scored in his last six appearances for United and England. • The English champions have conceded just four times in the Premier League; twice between the 16th and 30th minutes and the other two in the final 15 minutes. • Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Rooney and Van der Sar have played in all seven of United's league games with Ferdinand playing every minute. • Sir Alex's side have scored at least once in each of their last 31 league matches. • United have gone 44 Premier League games without a goalless draw, a run stretching back to the stalemate at home to Reading FC on the opening day of last season. • United will play Queens Park Rangers FC at Old Trafford in the English League Cup fourth round on 11 November. Injury news • Michael Carrick – out since 13 September (ankle) • Paul Scholes – out since 30 September (knee) • Owen Hargreaves – out since 21 September (knee) • – out 21 September to 18 October (groin) • Rodrigo Possebon – out 23 September to 18 October (knee) • Ben Foster – out 18 September to 14 October (ankle) • Evra limped off after 36 minutes against West Brom to be replaced by John O'Shea. • Scholes is expected to sit out the rest of the group stage after rupturing medial ligaments in his knee at AaB on Matchday 2. • Foster made his return from an ankle injury for United's reserve side on 14 October. International news • Rooney enjoyed a week to remember with England, scoring two goals in each of the victories against Kazakhstan (5-1) and Belarus (3-1) in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group 6. Ferdinand captained the side in both games, opening the scoring against Kazakhstan and Brown also played 180 minutes. • Van der Sar made an unexpected return to the Netherlands fold for their Group 9 wins against Iceland (2-0) and Norway (1-0) having retired from international football after UEFA EURO 2008™. With his successor Maarten Stekelenburg and Henk Timmer injured Van der Sar agreed to make an emergency comeback, explaining: "It was hard to say no. I have been part of this team for a long time. I have always had a sense of responsibility. I did not want to desert the team but that does not mean I will do the same again next time." • Nemanja Vidić helped Serbia to victories against Lithuania (3-0) and Austria (3-1) in Group 7, and in the same section Evra was part of the France side that came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Romania. In Group 9, Darren Fletcher was the Scotland captain in a goalless draw against Norway and there was similar frustration for Ronaldo and Nani, whose Portugal side were held 0-0 by Sweden and Albania in Group 1.

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• Jonny Evans appeared as Northern Ireland lost 2-0 in Slovenia in Group 3, but in Group 8 O'Shea and Darron Gibson helped the Republic of Ireland to a 1-0 home win against Cyprus. • Ji-Sung Park was the Korea Republic captain as Uzbekistan were defeated 3-0 in a friendly prior to a 4-1 World Cup qualifying win against the United Arab Emirates in which he scored the second goal. Tévez played for Argentina in a 2-1 win against Uruguay – missing the subsequent 1-0 defeat in Chile – and Manucho appeared as Angola overcame Niger 3-1. Miscellaneous • Vidić turns 27 the day of the Celtic game, 21 October, while Rooney is 23 three days later and Van der Sar celebrates his 38th birthday on 29 October. Gibson is 21 on 25 October. • On 3 October United announced Scholes and Fletcher had signed extensions to their existing contracts, continuing their association with the European champions until June 2010 and June 2012 respectively. Celtic UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Celtic are one of only three sides who failed to score in the first two matches; AaB and FC Steaua Bucureşti are the others. Disciplinary information • Celtic have no players suspended or within a booking of a ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 18 October: Inverness Caledonian FC 1-2 Celtic FC (Wood 69; Brown 48, Loovens 65) Celtic established a three-point advantage at the top of the with victory at the , Scott Brown's first league goal since 29 December 2007 breaking the deadlock. Glenn Loovens made it 0-2 with his second strike in three games, and Celtic held on for a fifth successive league win despite Garry Wood's goal for the home side. • "It was a poor game," said Celtic manager Gordon Strachan. "The first half wasn't very good; the second half improved to average. But when did you see a real good Celtic-Inverness game here? I've not seen one yet. I've seen exciting finishes, strange goals, silly tackles, sendings-off, near sendings-off. I've seen everything but good football. Why? There's some mysteries in this world that can't be solved. We've just got to deal with them." • Celtic are unbeaten in seven away games in the league – winning six – since a 2-1 defeat at Rangers FC on 29 March. • Celtic are yet to concede in the first 30 minutes of a league game this season, and have been breached just once in the first half. • Artur Boruc, Scott Brown, Stephen McManus and Mark Wilson have played in all nine of Celtic's league games to date, Boruc and McManus playing every minute. • Celtic bounced back from their Matchday 2 defeat with a 4-0 home win against Hamilton Academical FC on 4 October with goals from Shunsuke Nakamura (25), Georgios Samaras (37), Scott McDonald (76) and Aiden McGeady (83). Boruc also saved James McArthur's second-half penalty with the score at 3-0. • Strachan made four changes to the side that started at El Madrigal with Lee Naylor, , Shaun Maloney and Samaras dropping to the bench. , Marc Crosas, McDonald and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink were restored to the starting lineup. • Samaras took his tally for the season to ten goals in eleven matches in all competitions having come on as an early replacement for Vennegoor of Hesselink after the Dutch striker pulled up injured soon after kick-off. • The victory against Hamilton maintained Celtic's impressive domestic record of having only ever lost one match following a UEFA Champions League group stage fixture, at Hibernian FC on 23 September 2007. Of 32 matches after a group game, the Glasgow club have won 24. • Samaras and Strachan won the Scottish Player and Manager of the Month awards for September.

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• Celtic scored 14 goals in four domestic matches during September, including a 4-0 win against first division Livingston FC to progress to the quarter-finals of the . • The Glasgow club will visit Kilmarnock FC in the League Cup quarter-finals on 29 October. Injury news • Barry Robson – out 17-30 September (groin) • Lee Naylor – out 4-18 October (back) • – out since summer (knee) • – out since 23 September (thigh strain) • Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink – out since 4 October (groin) • Georgios Samaras – out since 15 October (back) • Vennegoor of Hesselink sat out the Netherlands' 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Iceland and Norway having strained an adductor muscle in the Hamilton game. "[It's] not good news," said Strachan. "I don't know how long he'll be out. He'd been carrying a wee injury but it was something completely different." • Celtic collected two more injuries at Inverness, with Caldwell requiring stitches to his instep and Crosas withdrawn late on due to a hamstring problem. • Samaras underwent an operation on a cartilage problem in Dublin on Sunday, and is expected to be out for around a month. International news • Four Celtic players – Brown, Maloney, Robson and Gary Caldwell – played in Scotland's 0-0 draw with Norway at Hampden on 11 October in qualifying Group 9 for the 2010 World Cup. McManus missed the game through suspension. • There were mixed fortunes for Samaras and Boruc, the former featuring as Greece won 3-0 against Moldova and then lost 2-1 at home to Switzerland in Group 2 while in Group 3 Boruc was restored to the Poland side that overcame the Czech Republic 2-1 but then lost to Slovakia by the same scoreline. In Group 8, McGeady helped the Republic of Ireland to a 1-0 home win against Cyprus. • In Asian qualifying, an assist from Nakamura helped Japan to a 1-1 draw against Uzbekistan in Saitama, while McDonald was in the starting lineup for Australia's 4-0 win against Qatar in Brisbane. Miscellaneous • Paul Hartley turned 32 on 19 October, two days before Celtic visit Old Trafford. • Kit man John Clark, one of Jock Stein's famous Lisbon Lions side who became the first British side to lift the European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1967, celebrated the 50th anniversary of his signing for Celtic last week. He joined the club from Larkhall Thistle FC on 16 October 1958. • Lisbon Lion team-mate Bertie Auld published his autobiography A Bhoy Called Bertie at on 8 October. • The pennant handed over by Celtic captain Billy McNeill to his FC Internazionale Milano counterpart Armando Picchi before that 1967 final is expected to fetch €38,500 when it goes under the hammer at a sporting memorabilia auction on 5 November. • On 7 October a Celtic XI beat Derry City FC 1-0 in a friendly at the Brandywell Stadium with Ben Hutchinson getting the only goal. The game was organised as part of the deal that took former Derry winger Pat McCourt to Celtic during the summer and marked the Irish club’s 80th anniversary. • McCourt scored his first goal in Celtic colours during the 1-1 draw with Aberdeen FC's reserve team on 14 October. • Former Celtic goalkeeper John Thomson is to be inducted into Scottish Football's Hall of Fame. Thomson was 22 when he died on 5 September 1932 following an accidental collision with Rangers FC striker Sam English during an game at Ibrox. • Celtic's charity fund have announced a €13,000 donation to Francis House in Manchester, which offers the families of terminally ill children respite from their role as carers and gives children a loving home. The club will officially hand over the donation while in Manchester for the United game.

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Squad list

Man. United

Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Edwin van der Sar NED 29.10.1970 37 - - - 2 - 7 - 74 - 119 - 12 Ben Foster ENG 03.04.1983 25 ------29 Tomasz Kuszczak POL 20.03.1982 26 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 5 - 38 Ron-Robert Zieler GER 12.02.1989 19 ------40 Ben Amos ENG 10.04.1990 18 ------Defenders 2 Gary Neville ENG 18.02.1975 33 - - - 1 - 3 - 100 2 111 2 3 Patrice Evra FRA 15.05.1981 27 - - - 2 - 7 - 40 1 49 1 5 Rio Ferdinand ENG 07.11.1978 29 - - - 2 - 7 - 56 2 76 2 6 Wes Brown ENG 13.10.1979 29 - - - 1 - 4 1 56 1 59 1 15 Nemanja Vidić SRB 21.10.1981 26 - - - 1 - 6 - 18 1 33 5 20 Fabio BRA 09.07.1990 18 ------21 Rafael BRA 09.07.1990 18 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 22 John O'Shea IRL 30.04.1981 27 - - - 1 - 5 - 51 1 57 1 23 Jonny Evans NIR 03.01.1988 20 - - - 1 - 1 - 3 - 3 - 36 David Gray SCO 04.05.1988 20 ------39 James Chester ENG 23.01.1989 19 ------42 Richard Eckersley ENG 12.03.1989 19 ------Midfielders 4 Owen Hargreaves ENG 20.01.1981 27 - - - 1 - 2 - 50 - 53 - 8 Anderson BRA 13.04.1988 20 - - - 1 - 4 - 13 - 14 - 11 Ryan Giggs WAL 29.11.1973 34 - - - 2 - 4 - 106 23 122 25 13 Ji-Sung Park KOR 25.02.1981 27 - - - 1 - 4 1 27 1 36 2 16 Michael Carrick ENG 28.07.1981 27 - - - - - 2 - 24 2 25 2 17 Nani POR 17.11.1986 21 - - - 2 - 3 1 19 1 22 1 18 Paul Scholes ENG 16.11.1974 33 - - - 1 - 5 - 103 21 114 23 19 Daniel Welbeck ENG 26.11.1990 17 ------24 Darren Fletcher SCO 01.02.1984 24 - - - 1 - 6 2 32 - 37 - 28 Darron Gibson IRL 25.10.1987 20 ------33 Sam Hewson ENG 28.11.1988 19 ------34 Rodrigo Possebon BRA 13.02.1989 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 35 Thomas Cleverley ENG 12.08.1989 19 ------Forwards 7 Cristiano Ronaldo POR 05.02.1985 23 - - - 2 - 4 2 42 11 48 12 9 Dimitar Berbatov BUL 30.01.1981 27 - - - 1 2 5 1 27 9 54 30 10 Wayne Rooney ENG 24.10.1985 22 - - - 2 1 7 3 35 12 37 13 26 Manucho ANG 07.03.1983 25 ------32 Carlos Tévez ARG 05.02.1984 24 - - - 2 - 4 1 14 4 18 4 Coach - Sir Alex Ferguson SCO 31.12.1941 66 - - - 2 - - - 142 - 218 -

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Celtic

Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Artur Boruc POL 20.02.1980 28 - - - 2 - 9 - 18 - 25 - 21 Mark Brown SCO 28.02.1981 27 ------1 - 82 SCO 28.06.1987 21 ------Defenders 2 Andreas Hinkel GER 26.03.1982 26 - - - 1 - 4 - 11 1 45 2 3 Lee Naylor ENG 19.03.1980 28 - - - 2 - 5 - 17 - 19 - 4 Stephen McManus SCO 10.09.1982 26 - - - 2 - 9 1 19 1 22 2 5 Gary Caldwell SCO 12.04.1982 26 - - - 2 - 7 - 14 - 20 - 12 Mark Wilson SCO 05.06.1984 24 - - - 1 - 9 - 7 - 11 - 22 Glenn Loovens NED 22.09.1983 25 - - - - - 4 1 1 - 7 - 24 Jean-Joël Perrier Doumbé CMR 27.09.1978 30 ------1 - 10 - 48 Darren O'Dea IRL 04.02.1987 21 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 5 - 52 Paul Caddis SCO 19.04.1988 20 - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - Midfielders 8 Scott Brown SCO 25.06.1985 23 - - - 2 - 9 1 9 - 16 1 11 Paul Hartley SCO 19.10.1976 32 - - - 1 - 7 1 9 - 22 2 17 Marc Crosas ESP 09.01.1988 20 - - - - - 6 - 1 - 1 - 18 ITA 26.03.1981 27 ------8 1 20 2 19 Barry Robson SCO 07.11.1978 29 - - - 2 - 6 1 3 1 5 1 20 Pat McCourt NIR 16.12.1983 24 ------5 - 25 Shunsuke Nakamura JPN 24.06.1978 30 - - - 2 - 7 2 14 2 16 2 29 Koki Mizuno JPN 06.09.1985 23 ------42 Michael McGlinchey SCO 07.01.1987 21 ------46 Aiden McGeady IRL 04.04.1986 22 - - - 2 - 8 1 19 1 22 1 53 SCO 11.01.1988 20 ------54 SCO 28.04.1987 21 ------56 SCO 23.02.1988 20 ------Forwards 7 Scott McDonald AUS 21.08.1983 25 - - - 2 - 6 3 10 1 12 2 9 Georgios Samaras GRE 21.02.1985 23 - - - 2 - 8 8 4 - 20 3 10 Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkNED 07.11.1978 29 - - - 2 - 7 2 41 6 63 11 13 Shaun Maloney SCO 24.01.1983 25 - - - 2 - 7 2 9 - 17 2 23 Ben Hutchinson ENG 27.11.1987 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 26 Cilian Sheridan IRL 23.02.1989 19 - - - - - 2 - - - - - 33 Chris Killen NZL 08.10.1981 27 - - - - - 1 - 5 - 8 1 55 Paul McGowan SCO 07.10.1987 21 ------Coach - Gordon Strachan SCO 09.02.1957 51 - - - 2 - - - 18 - 24 -

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Head coach Manchester United FC: Sir Alex Ferguson Date of birth: 31 December 1941 Nationality: Scottish Playing career: Queen's Park FC, Saint Johnstone FC, Dunfermline Athletic FC, Rangers FC, Falkirk FC, Ayr United FC Coaching career: Falkirk FC, East Stirlingshire FC, Saint Mirren FC, Aberdeen FC, Manchester United FC Sir Alex Ferguson has enjoyed almost three decades at the top, cementing Manchester United FC in a position as one of 's foremost clubs. He helped to nurture a group of young players including David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Gary Neville who formed the backbone of United's treble-winning side of 1999, and the latter two were still serving the club as the UEFA Champions League was regained in 2008, at the end of a season in which also clinched his tenth English title. The esteem in which he is held by his peers is reflected in his position as head of the UEFA Coaches Panel. Sir Alex enjoyed a relatively successful playing career that featured a spell at Rangers FC before becoming player-coach at Falkirk FC. He then managed East Stirlingshire FC and Saint Mirren FC before shooting to prominence at Aberdeen FC. In 1980, the club won the Scottish title to break the Old Firm's 14-year stranglehold, a dominance that has returned since Aberdeen's last championship in 1985. But his greatest glory with the Dons came in 1983 when they beat Real Madrid CF to lift the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. United appointed Sir Alex in 1986 and, after a difficult start, he led the Old Trafford team to their longest period of sustained success. Their first trophy was the 1990 FA Cup, followed the next season by a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup triumph. In 1993 came the first of ten Premier League titles, to which five FA Cups have been added. Ferguson's finest hour arrived in 1999, when two stoppage-time goals gave United a 2-1 UEFA Champions League final victory against FC Bayern München. After failing to get beyond the 2005/06 group stage and also finishing as Premier League runners-up, Sir Alex hit the heights again with the 2006/07 league crown. This was retained in the following campaign before United defeated Chelsea FC in Moscow to claim the UEFA Champions League for the third time in their history.

Celtic FC: Gordon Strachan Date of birth: 9 February 1957 Nationality: Scottish Playing carer: Dundee FC, Aberdeen FC, Manchester United FC, Leeds United AFC, Coventry City FC Coaching career: Coventry City FC, Southampton FC, Celtic FC Gordon Strachan was an energetic and talented midfielder who was capped 50 times by Scotland and helped Aberdeen FC to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson. He began in management while still a player at English top-flight club Coventry City FC in November 1996. He helped Coventry avoid relegation and then ended his on-field career aged 40 to concentrate on coaching, keeping the club in the Premier League until 2001. Strachan was sacked early the following season but was swiftly appointed at Southampton FC – whom he again kept in the highest division against the odds. In 2002/03, he took them to eighth place in the English top flight and the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Arsenal FC but earning a UEFA Cup berth. Strachan announced early the next season that he would step down at the end of the campaign for personal reasons and left his role in March 2004 to concentrate on media work. Always a man in demand due to his tactical astuteness and motivational skills, in summer 2005 Strachan was given the tough task of succeeding Martin O'Neill at Celtic FC. Strachan's reign began with a disastrous 5-0 loss at FC Artmedia in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg, and a 4-0 win in the return could not salvage their European campaign. But Celtic regrouped and won the Scottish Premier League in record time and also lifted the Scottish League Cup. In 2006/07, Celtic triumphed in both Premier League and , and got past the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time, falling only to eventual winners AC Milan in the last 16 in extra time. And not only did they again reach that stage last term, losing to FC Barcelona, they produced a tremendous late surge past Rangers FC to retain the Scottish title.

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Match officials

Referee Frank De Bleeckere (BEL) Assistant referees Peter Hermans (BEL), Alex Verstraeten (BEL) Fourth official Joeri Van De Velde (BEL) UEFA Delegate David George Collins (WAL) UEFA Referee observer Christakis Skapoullis (CYP)

Referee

Name Nat. Date of birth UCL UEFA Frank De Bleeckere BEL 01.07.1966 30 54 Frank De Bleeckere is carrying on a family tradition which has endured for more than four decades. De Bleeckere's grandfather was a referee in Belgium in the 1950s and 1960s, and his father René a top-flight match official in the domestic game some 20 years ago. A PR manager born in Oudenaarde, he speaks English, Flemish, French and German and is married with a daughter. He started refereeing in 1984, oversaw his first top-flight match in 1995 and received his FIFA badge in 1998. The same year he officiated at his first UEFA tournament, the UEFA European Under-16 Championship in Scotland, and quickly graduated to UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup duties. He sandwiched UEFA EURO 2004™, where he was one of four specialist fourth officials, with appearances at the 2003 FIFA U-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates and 2005 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru, where he refereed the final between Mexico and Brazil. De Bleeckere had earlier overseen a showpiece closer to home, the 2005 Belgian Cup final between Club Brugge KV and KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen. He was in the middle for six UEFA Champions League matches in 2004/05 and four the following season before travelling to the FIFA World Cup where he took charge of four matches including Italy's quarter-final defeat of Ukraine. He was soon back in the rarified air of the UEFA Champions League, ending the 2006/07 campaign with AC Milan's 3-0 victory against Manchester United FC that confirmed the eventual winners' place in the 2007 final. The following season, he took charge of the UEFA Cup semi-final second leg between ACF Fiorentina and Rangers FC and was the referee for three matches at UEFA EURO 2008™, including the semi-final involving eventual champions Spain and Russia.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 02.08.2000 UCL QR2 FBK Kaunas - Rangers FC 0-0 Kaunas 28.08.2002 UCL QR3 Newcastle United FC - NK Željeznicar 4-0 Newcastle 02.10.2002 UCL GS1 AJ Auxerre - Arsenal FC 0-1 Auxerre 11.12.2002 UCL GS2 FC Barcelona - Newcastle United FC 3-1 Barcelona 28.09.2004 UCL GS Manchester United FC - Fenerbahçe SK 6-2 Manchester 05.04.2005 UCL QF Liverpool FC - Juventus 2-1 Liverpool 09.08.2005 UCL QR3 Anorthosis Famagusta FC - Rangers FC 1-2 26.09.2006 UCL GS SL Benfica - Manchester United FC 0-1 Lisbon 18.10.2006 UCL GS Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 London 04.04.2007 UCL QF Chelsea FC - Valencia CF 1-1 London 02.05.2007 UCL SF AC Milan - Manchester United FC 3-0 Milan 29.08.2007 UCL QR3 Arsenal FC - AC Sparta Praha 3-0 London 19.02.2008 UCL 1/8 Liverpool FC - FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 Liverpool 01.04.2008 UCL QF AS Roma - Manchester United FC 0-2 Rome

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Other matches - Matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 21.10.1998 U18 PR Slovenia - Scotland 0-2 Beltinci 16.09.1999 UCUP R1 Celtic FC - Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC 2-0 Glasgow 06.12.2001 UCUP R3 Leeds United AFC - Grasshopper-Club 2-2 Leeds 10.04.2003 UCUP SF Celtic FC - Boavista FC 1-1 Glasgow 06.09.2003 EURO QR F.Y.R. Macedonia - England 1-2 Skopje 25.06.2006 WC 1/8 England - Ecuador 1-0 Stuttgart 28.03.2007 EURO QR Italy - Scotland 2-0 Bari 01.05.2008 UCUP SF ACF Fiorentina - Rangers FC 0-0*(2-4) Florence

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Domestic information Manchester United FC (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers Cup 10/08/08 Portsmouth FC (H) 0-0 League 17/08/08 Newcastle United FC (H) 1-1 Fletcher 24 League 25/08/08 Portsmouth FC (A) 1-0 Fletcher 32 League 13/09/08 Liverpool FC (A) 1-2 Tévez 3 League 21/09/08 Chelsea FC (A) 1-1 Park 18 Cup 23/09/08 Middlesbrough FC (H) 3-1 Cristiano Ronaldo 25, Giggs 79, Nani 90 League 27/09/08 Bolton Wanderers FC (H)2-0 Cristiano Ronaldo 60(pen), Rooney 77 Lineups: Van der Sar, G. Neville, Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra, Cristiano Ronaldo (Nani 80), Fletcher, Anderson (Scholes 71), Park, Tévez (Rooney 71), Berbatov League 04/10/08 Blackburn Rovers FC (A) 2-0 Brown 31, Rooney 64 Lineups: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra (O'Shea 71), Cristiano Ronaldo, Fletcher, Anderson, Giggs (Tévez 66), Berbatov, Rooney (Park 77) League 18/10/08 West Bromwich Albion FC4-0 Rooney 56, Cristiano Ronaldo 69, Berbatov 71, Nani (H) 90 Lineups: Van der Sar, Rafael (G. Neville 65), Ferdinand, Vidić, Evra (O'Shea 36), Cristiano Ronaldo, Fletcher, Giggs, Park (Nani 70), Berbatov, Rooney League 25/10/08 Everton FC (A) League 29/10/08 West Ham United FC (H) League 01/11/08 Hull City AFC (H) League 08/11/08 Arsenal FC (A) League 15/11/08 Stoke City FC (H) League 22/11/08 Aston Villa FC (A) League 30/11/08 Manchester City FC (A) League 06/12/08 Sunderland AFC (H) League 13/12/08 Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) League 26/12/08 Stoke City FC (A) League 29/12/08 Middlesbrough FC (H) League 10/01/09 Chelsea FC (H) League 17/01/09 Bolton Wanderers FC (A) League 27/01/09 West Bromwich Albion FC (A) League 31/01/09 Everton FC (H) League 07/02/09 West Ham United FC (A) League 21/02/09 Blackburn Rovers FC (H) League 28/02/09 Portsmouth FC (H) League 04/03/09 Newcastle United FC (A) League 14/03/09 Liverpool FC (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea FC 8 6 2 0 19 3 20 2 Liverpool FC 8 6 2 0 13 6 20 3 Hull City AFC 8 5 2 1 11 11 17 4 Arsenal FC 8 5 1 2 16 6 16 5 Manchester United FC 7 4 2 1 12 4 14 6 Aston Villa FC 8 4 2 2 12 10 14 7 Portsmouth FC 8 4 1 3 9 13 13 8 West Ham United FC 8 4 0 4 14 14 12 9 Blackburn Rovers FC 8 3 2 3 8 14 11 10 Manchester City FC 8 3 1 4 20 14 10 11 West Bromwich Albion FC 8 3 1 4 7 11 10 12 Sunderland AFC 8 2 3 3 7 9 9 13 Middlesbrough FC 8 3 0 5 7 14 9 14 Wigan Athletic FC 8 2 2 4 11 9 8 15 Bolton Wanderers FC 8 2 2 4 8 10 8 16 Everton FC 8 2 2 4 12 18 8 17 Fulham FC 7 2 1 4 5 7 7 18 Stoke City FC 8 2 1 5 10 15 7 19 Newcastle United FC 8 1 3 4 9 15 6 20 Tottenham Hotspur FC 8 0 2 6 5 12 2

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Celtic FC (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 10/08/08 Saint Mirren FC (H) 1-0 Robson 62(pen) League 17/08/08 Dundee United FC (A) 1-1 Hartley 51 League 23/08/08 Falkirk FC (H) 3-0 McManus 32, Samaras 44, 68 League 31/08/08 Rangers FC (H) 2-4 Samaras 39, Nakamura 90 League 13/09/08 Motherwell FC (A) 4-2 Maloney 5, Samaras 9, 42, McDonald 24 League 21/09/08 Kilmarnock FC (A) 3-1 Maloney 26, Samaras 56, 82(pen) Cup 23/09/08 Livingston FC (H) 4-0 Loovens 24, Samaras 64, 85(pen), S. Brown 81 League 27/09/08 Aberdeen FC (H) 3-2 Vennegoor 14, 90, McDonald 78 Lineups: Boruc, Wilson, Loovens, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, Marc Crosas (McDonald 72), S. Brown, Maloney (McGeady 61), Vennegoor, Samaras (Hartley 90) League 04/10/08 Hamilton Academical FC 4-0 Nakamura 25, Samaras 37, McDonald 76, McGeady (H) 83 Lineups: Boruc, Wilson, G. Caldwell, McManus, Robson, Nakamura, S. Brown (O'Dea 81), Marc Crosas, McGeady, Vennegoor (Samaras 3., Maloney 77), McDonald League 18/10/08 Inverness Caledonian 2-1 S. Brown 48, Loovens 65 Thistle FC (A) Lineups: Boruc, G. Caldwell (Wilson 64), McManus, Loovens, Naylor, McGeady, S. Brown, Marc Crosas (Hartley 90), Robson, McDonald (Sheridan 64), Maloney League 25/10/08 Hibernian FC (H) League 02/11/08 Heart of Midlothian FC (A) League 08/11/08 Motherwell FC (H) League 12/11/08 Kilmarnock FC (H) League 16/11/08 Hamilton Academical FC (A) League 22/11/08 Saint Mirren FC (A) League 29/11/08 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (H) League 07/12/08 Hibernian FC (A) League 13/12/08 Heart of Midlothian FC (H) League 21/12/08 Falkirk FC (A) League 27/12/08 Rangers FC (A) League 03/01/09 Dundee United FC (H) League 17/01/09 Aberdeen FC (A) League 24/01/09 Hibernian FC (H) League 31/01/09 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (A) League 14/02/09 Rangers FC (H) League 21/02/09 Motherwell FC (A) League 28/02/09 Saint Mirren FC (H) League 04/03/09 Kilmarnock FC (A) League 14/03/09 Falkirk FC (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Celtic FC 9 7 1 1 23 11 22 2 Rangers FC 8 6 1 1 15 6 19 3 Kilmarnock FC 9 5 1 3 10 9 16 4 Hibernian FC 9 4 2 3 10 11 14 5 Heart of Midlothian FC 9 4 1 4 11 14 13 6 Dundee United FC 8 3 2 3 10 10 11 7 Saint Mirren FC 9 3 2 4 8 9 11 8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 9 3 1 5 11 11 10 9 Motherwell FC 9 3 1 5 12 15 10 10 Aberdeen FC 9 3 1 5 8 11 10 11 Hamilton Academical FC 9 3 0 6 9 16 9 12 Falkirk FC 9 2 1 6 12 16 7

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UEFA information

UEFA decision on Club Atlético de Madrid-Liverpool FC match The UEFA Champions League Group D match between Club Atlético de Madrid and Liverpool FC is taking place as scheduled on Wednesday at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid. European football's governing body issued the following statement last week: "Following the decision of UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body to sanction Club Atlético de Madrid for a series of incidents at the UEFA Champions League Group D match against Olympique de Marseille on 1 October, the club has lodged an appeal against the decision and requested suspension of the sanctions to allow their match against Liverpool FC to be played in Madrid as originally scheduled. After immediate consideration of the request for suspension, and having considered in particular the organisational and logistical difficulties related to relocating the Club Atlético de Madrid v Liverpool FC match to another venue at short notice, the chairman of the Appeals Body has decided to grant the request for suspension of the sanctions. "Consequently, UEFA can confirm that the UEFA Champions League match between Club Atlético de Madrid and Liverpool FC will take place as scheduled on 22 October at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid. It should be emphasised that suspension of the sanctions does not mean that the decision of the Control and Disciplinary Body has been set aside. The decision remains in force pending a full hearing of the appeal which will take place on Friday 31 October at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. UEFA is however keen to stress that safety and security matters, including efficient co-operation with the police, are of the utmost priority and that there is a zero tolerance policy for incidents concerning racism in football. The match will be under particular scrutiny and UEFA is ready to take immediate and further action if there are any reported incidents at this match." FARE Action Week This week's UEFA Champions League matches are being used as a platform to promote the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) Action Week. UEFA's partner in the fight against racism is calling on all stakeholders across European football to make a joint stand for equality and against racism and discrimination. This year, the FARE Action Week, which continues until 28 October, will feature an unprecedented 40 European countries involved in an united effort to rid the game of racism and exclusion. "We thank the clubs playing in the UEFA Champions League for their participation in the FARE Action Week, and captains for accepting to wear the unite against racism captain's armbands," said UEFA communications director William Gaillard. "The players' testimony of respect for diversity is much appreciated." Activities at UEFA Champions League matches will include children escorting players in unite against racism T-shirts, tannoy announcements, the "No to Racism" giant screen TV spot and editorials in match programmes. Refereeing experiment UEFA President Michel Platini and General Secretary David Taylor were 'wired up' to follow the referees' communication as an experiment with five match officials was carried out at a UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round mini-tournament in Slovenia. In addition to the match referee and two assistant referees on the touchline, two extra assistants were situated behind the goalline to focus on incidents that happen in the penalty area, such as fouls or misconduct. The tests followed approval of the test by football's lawmakers, the International Football Association Board, last spring. "It is very important to see this experiment at first hand, and I could not get closer than to stand behind the goal," said Mr Taylor. "What I have seen in this experiment has been very interesting and worthwhile." Only a Game? exhibition opens The Only A Game? exhibition opened its doors to the public on 11 October as the UEFA-driven project takes up residence in the World Museum Liverpool until 1 March. With admission free, the interactive exhibition invites visitors to plunge into the emotions of football, inspired by a selection of prestigious artefacts, trophies and memorabilia, covering in particular the last 50 years of European football. Only A Game? also charts the development of the European Community after the Treaty of Rome, in tandem with the growth of the European club competitions. UEFA first vice-president Şenes Erzik said: "The exhibition is a fantastic event to convey the message that football is a family, altogether, without discrimination."

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Match-by-match lineups

Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Manchester United FC 2 1 1 0 3 0 4 Villarreal CF 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 Celtic FC 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 Aalborg BK 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 Date Match Result Stadium/Venue 17.09.2008 Man. United - Villarreal 0-0 Old Trafford, Manchester Goals: - Man. United: Van der Sar, G. Neville, Evra, Hargreaves (Anderson 62), Ferdinand, Rooney, Park (Cristiano Ronaldo 62), Nani, Evans, Fletcher, Tévez (Giggs 81) Villarreal: Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Edmílson, Diego Godín, Capdevila, Eguren, Pirès (Ariel Ibagaza 68), Guille Franco (Joseba Llorente 77), Cani (Santi Cazorla 46), Mati Fernández, Ángel 17.09.2008 Celtic - AaB 0-0 Celtic Park, Glasgow Goals: - Celtic: Boruc, Hinkel, Naylor, McManus, G. Caldwell, McDonald (McGeady 63), S. Brown, Samaras, Maloney (Vennegoor 72), Robson, Nakamura AaB: Zaza, Jakobsen, Martin Pedersen, Beauchamp, Olfers, Johansson, Augustinussen, Saganowski, Curth (L. Nielsen 86), Risgård, Enevoldsen 30.09.2008 AaB - Man. United 0-3 Aalborg, Aalborg Goals: 0-1 Rooney 22, 0-2 Berbatov 55, 0-3 Berbatov 79 AaB: Zaza, Martin Pedersen, Beauchamp (Caca 38), Olfers, Johansson, Augustinussen, Saganowski, Curth, Bøgelund, Risgård, Enevoldsen Man. United: Van der Sar, Evra, Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Berbatov, Rooney (Tévez 59), Vidić, Nani, Scholes (Giggs 16), Rafael (Brown 66), O'Shea 30.09.2008 Villarreal - Celtic 1-0 El Madrigal, Villarreal Goals: 1-0 Senna 67 Villarreal: Diego López, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Diego Godín, Capdevila, Eguren, Pirès (Bruno 83), Santi Cazorla (Cani 90), Joseba Llorente, Ángel, Senna, Rossi (Ariel Ibagaza 77) Celtic: Boruc, Naylor, McManus, G. Caldwell, S. Brown, Samaras, Hartley (Vennegoor 82), Wilson, Maloney (McDonald 72), Nakamura (Robson 74), McGeady 21.10.2008 Villarreal - AaB - El Madrigal, Villarreal 21.10.2008 Man. United - Celtic - Old Trafford, Manchester 05.11.2008 AaB - Villarreal - Aalborg, Aalborg 05.11.2008 Celtic - Man. United - Celtic Park, Glasgow 25.11.2008 Villarreal - Man. United - El Madrigal, Villarreal 25.11.2008 AaB - Celtic - Aalborg, Aalborg 10.12.2008 Man. United - AaB - Old Trafford, Manchester 10.12.2008 Celtic - Villarreal - Celtic Park, Glasgow

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones Holders Manchester United FC are hoping 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 1999/00 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, FC 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. 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 FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (2002/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (2001/02, first group stage). Dynamo also 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. 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 win 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 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool FC 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. Last updated: 11.10.2008

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Team facts

Manchester United FC UEFA club competition milestones • United have been crowned champions of Europe three times, having defeated English Premier League rivals Chelsea FC on penalties in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League final. United also won the competition in 1998/99, overturning a one-goal deficit against FC Bayern München with goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær in added time, and in 1967/68, running out 4-1 winners over SL Benfica after extra time. UEFA Champions League milestones • No club has taken part more times than United (14), although FC Porto also share this achievement. United's first entry came in 1994/95 and they last missed out in 1995/96, meaning this is their 13th campaign in a row. No team is on as good a run, with Real Madrid CF, Olympiacos CFP and PSV Eindhoven (12) their closest rivals. UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1967/68, 1998/99, 2007/08 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1990/91 • European/South American Cup: 1999 • UEFA Super Cup: 1991 Ten-year record (including current season) 2007/08: UEFA Champions League – winners 2006/07: UEFA Champions League – semi-finals 2005/06: UEFA Champions League – group stage 2004/05: UEFA Champions League – first knockout round 2003/04: UEFA Champions League – first knockout round 2002/03: UEFA Champions League – quarter-finals 2001/02: UEFA Champions League – semi-finals 2000/01: UEFA Champions League – quarter-finals 1999/00: UEFA Champions League – quarter-finals 1998/99: UEFA Champions League – winners 2007/08 season Domestic record: United retained the title by two points from Chelsea on the final day of the Premier League season, having also finished one place above the London club the previous campaign. It was their tenth championship since the Premier League began in 1992. In all-time records since 1889, United have 17 titles, just one fewer than Liverpool FC. They were knocked out of the FA Cup at Old Trafford in the quarter-final 1-0 by eventual winners Portsmouth FC. European record: United won five of their six Group F matches to finish five points clear of AS Roma at the summit. They then completed a narrow 2-1 aggregate triumph over in the first knockout round before meeting Roma in the quarter-finals for the second consecutive season, prevailing 3-0 overall. A lone Paul Scholes goal was enough to see of the challenge of FC Barcelona over two legs in the semi-final, to send United through to a final against Chelsea which they won 6-5 on penalties after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes. Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 10-0: Manchester United FC v RSC Anderlechtois 26.09.1956, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round second leg • Biggest home win 10-0: Manchester United FC v RSC Anderlechtois (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-6: Shamrock Rovers FC v Manchester United FC 25.09.1957, European Champion Clubs' Cup preliminary round first leg

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• Heaviest defeat 5-0: Sporting Clube de Portugal v Manchester United FC 18.03.1964, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Manchester United FC v AC Milan 23.02.2005, UEFA Champions League first knockout round first leg 2-3: Manchester United FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña 17.10.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage 0-1: Manchester United FC v FC Bayern München 03.04.2001, UEFA Champions League quarter-finals first leg 2-3: Manchester United FC v Real Madrid CF 19.04.2000, UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg 0-1: Manchester United FC v BV Borussia Dortmund 23.04.1997, UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg 0-1: Manchester United FC v Juventus 20.11.1996, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-1: Manchester United FC v Fenerbahçe SK 30.10.1996, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: Sporting Clube de Portugal v Manchester United FC (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 7-1: Manchester United FC v AS Roma 10.04.2007, UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg • Biggest home win 7-1: Manchester United FC v AS Roma (see above for details) • Biggest away win 2-6: Brøndby IF v Manchester United FC 21.10.1998, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest defeat 4-0: FC Barcelona v Manchester United FC 02.11.1994, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-1: Manchester United FC v AC Milan (see above for details) 2-3: Manchester United FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (see above for details) 0-1: Manchester United FC v FC Bayern München (see above for details) 2-3: Manchester United FC v Real Madrid CF (see above for details) 0-1: Manchester United FC v BV Borussia Dortmund (see above for details) 0-1: Manchester United FC v Juventus (see above for details) 0-1: Manchester United FC v Fenerbahçe SK (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: FC Barcelona v Manchester United FC (see above for details) Last updated: 02.10.2008

Celtic FC UEFA club competition milestones • Celtic were the first British champions of Europe when they won the 1966/67 European Champion Clubs' Cup with a 2-1 defeat of FC Internazionale Milano in Lisbon. • The closest Celtic have come to a European honour since was finishing runners-up to FC Porto in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup, losing 3-2 in Seville after moving across from the UEFA Champions League following the third qualifying round.

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UEFA Champions League milestones • The Scottish side reached the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2006/07, losing to eventual winners AC Milan. They then repeated the feat last season, going out to FC Barcelona. UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1966/67 Ten-year record 2007/08: UEFA Champions League – first knockout round 2006/07: UEFA Champions League – first knockout round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League – second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League – group stage 2003/04: UEFA Cup – quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2002/03: UEFA Cup – runners-up (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2001/02: UEFA Cup – third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) 2000/01: UEFA Cup – second round 1999/00: UEFA Cup – second round 1998/99: UEFA Cup – second round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round) 2007/08 season Domestic record: Celtic were crowned Scottish Premier League champions after a dramatic race in which they overhauled Glasgow rivals Rangers FC four games from the end of the campaign. It was the club's 42nd league success since 1891. They missed out in the Scottish Cup, though, going down 1-0 to Aberdeen FC in a quarter-final replay at Celtic Park. European record: Celtic matched their 2006/07 UEFA Champions League campaign by reaching the first knockout round thanks to three home victories against AC Milan, SL Benfica and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. After successfully progressing from Group D, they met FC Barcelona who won 3-2 in Scotland. The Spanish side were also victorious at home to end Celtic's hopes in the competition. Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 9-0: Celtic FC v KPV Kokkola 16.09.1970, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg • Biggest home win 9-0: Celtic FC v KPV Kokkola (see above for details) • Biggest away win 0-7: Waterford AFC v Celtic FC 21.10.1970, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg • Heaviest defeat 5-0: FC Artmedia v Celtic FC 27.07.2005, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Celtic FC v Paris Saint-Germain FC 02.11.1995, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Artmedia v Celtic FC (see above for details) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica 17.10.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest home win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica (see above for details)

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• Biggest away win No away victories recorded in the competition • Heaviest defeat 3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC 01.11.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC 20.10.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 3-0: FC Porto v Celtic FC 17.10.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage • Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Celtic FC v FC Barcelona 14.09.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Porto v Celtic FC (see above for details) Last updated: 02.10.2008

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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 Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973 - ), 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. :: Squad list The eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order. Current season - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in qualifying rounds only. Current season - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday. Current season - League: Total league appearances based on the date press kit was last updated All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competition (as defined above) including all qualifying round matches. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. Age: based on the date press kit was last updated BL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: 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 Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round AP: Appearances No.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round Comp.: Competition Pld: Matches played GS1: First group stage R2: Second round D: Drawn Pos.: Position GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round DoB: Date of birth Pts: Points KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round GA: Goals against R: Sent off (red card) PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals GF: Goals for Res.: Result QF: Quarter-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals L: Lost W: Won QR: Qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals Nat.: Nationality Y: Booked QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg N/a: Not Applicable Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg red) FT: Final tournament P-O: 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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