PRESS KITS Group stage - Group H - Matchday 4 Thursday, 2 December 2004 - 20:45 (local time) Rhein Energie Stadion - Cologne

TSV FC ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG

MATCH OFFICIALS Referee Sorin Corpodean (ROM) Assistant referees Marcel Savaniu (ROM), Miklos Istvan Nagy (ROM) Fourth official Robert Dumitru (ROM) UEFA delegate Yoav Strauss (ISR)

MATCH BACKGROUND Aachen and Zenit look to restore winning feeling Both TSV Alemannia Aachen and FC Zenit St. Peterburg maintain considerable interest in progressing from Group H and into the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup after both won their opening games back in October.

Opening wins Aachen shocked LOSC Lille Métropole with a 1-0 win, while Zenit had a convincing 5-1 win over AEK Athens FC. However, neither club has won since, so are keen to restore the winning habit.

European novices Aachen are in their first UEFA club competition season, and have qualified as a second division club after losing the DFB-Pokal final narrowly to Werder Bremen. Their win against Lille has given their campaign added impetus, and the Germans will now meet Russian opposition for the first time.

Zenit defeated Zenit, who finished fourth in the recently concluded Russian league championship, enter this game looking to end a sequence of four consecutive defeats against German clubs in UEFA club competitions. Playing as Zenit Leningrad as part of the former Soviet Union they met 1. FC Dynamo Dresden, then of the former German Democratic Republic, in the 1981/82 UEFA Cup first round and lost both games. Dresden won 2-1 in Leningrad despite the fact that Zenit took the lead through Yuri Zhedlukov after 14 minutes. But Hans-Jurgen Dörner and Gerd Heidler scored two goals in four minutes before the break for Dresden. It proved easier for the Germans to score on their home patch as they raced to a two-goal lead in the opening 18 minutes before Vladimir Kazacheynok replied for Zenit after 39 minutes. Dresden added two further goals in the second half to complete a 6-2 aggregate win with a 4-1 home win.

Easy for Stuttgart Then in the 1989/90 UEFA Cup, Zenit were paired with VfB Stuttgart and again were beaten in both legs of the second round tie. Stuttgart visited Leningrad for the first leg and a late goal from Karl Allgöwer gave them the confidence to inflict a 5-0 defeat on Zenit in the return leg. Asgeir Sigurvinsson scored twice in the return leg as Stuttgart won 6-0 on aggregate. So Zenit enter this game needing to reverse the past formguide, which has seen them score just twice and concede 12 goals in the four games against German opposition.

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PLAYERS PROFILES TSV Alemannia Aachen Goalkeepers No Name Nat. DoB 1 Stephan Straub GER 25.01.1971 15 Marcus Hesse GER 22.03.1984 24 Kristian Nicht GER 03.04.1982 Defenders No Name Nat. DoB 2 Franck Paulus GER 07.09.1978 3 Alexander Klitzpera GER 19.10.1977 4 Thomas Hengen GER 22.09.1974 6 Wilfried Landgraf GER 29.08.1968 12 Moses Sichone ZAM 31.05.1977 17 Thomas Stehle GER 26.10.1980 33 Stefan Blank GER 10.03.1977 36 Raschid El Hammouchi GER 12.09.1981 Midfielders No Name Nat. DoB 5 Dennis Brinkmann GER 22.11.1978 7 Reiner Plasshenrich GER 12.12.1976 8 Simon Rolfes GER 21.01.1982 10 Ivan Petrovic YUG 11.01.1980 21 Cristian Fiel ESP 12.03.1980 22 Kai Michalke GER 05.04.1976 27 Emil Noll GER 21.11.1978 34 Tom Moosmayer BEL 01.10.1979 Forwards No Name Nat. DoB 9 Daniel Gomez FRA 16.03.1979 11 Erik Meijer HOL 02.08.1969 13 Florian Bruns GER 21.08.1979 16 Christopher Iwelumo SCO 01.08.1978 18 Sergio Pinto GER 16.10.1980 20 Jens Scharping GER 16.07.1974 Coach No Name Nat. DoB Dieter Hecking GER 12.09.1964

FC Zenit St. Petersburg Goalkeepers No Name Nat. DoB 1 Kamil Contofalský SVK 03.06.1978 16 Viacheslav Malafeev RUS 04.03.1979

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31 Sergei Ivanov RUS 16.06.1984 Defenders No Name Nat. DoB 3 Martin Škrtel SVK 15.12.1984 4 Martin Horák CZE 16.09.1980 5 Milan Vjestica YUG 15.11.1979 8 Pavel Mareš CZE 18.01.1976 20 Aleksei Katulsky RUS 16.08.1977 25 Daniel Chirita ROM 24.03.1974 28 Jan Flachbart CZE 03.03.1978 35 Viktor Stroev RUS 16.01.1987 48 Stanislav Tarassiuk RUS 05.01.1987 Midfielders No Name Nat. DoB 2 Vladislav Radimov RUS 26.11.1975 6 Olexandr Spivak UKR 06.01.1975 9 Radek Šírl CZE 20.03.1981 17 Darko Maletic BHZ 20.10.1980 19 Velice Šumulikoski MKD 24.04.1981 24 Aleksandr Burakov RUS 27.08.1987 26 Darius Miceika LIT 22.02.1983 27 Igor Denisov RUS 17.05.1984 34 Vladimir Bystrov RUS 31.01.1984 43 Oleg Vlassov RUS 10.12.1984 55 Ilia Maximov RUS 02.02.1987 88 Olexandr Gorshkov UKR 08.02.1970

Forwards No Name Nat. DoB 7 Dmitri Makarov RUS 16.09.1982 10 Andrei Arshavin RUS 29.05.1981 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov RUS 27.11.1982 15 LukášHartig CZE 28.10.1976 45 Nikolai Bugmyrin RUS 05.03.1987 Coach No Name Nat. DoB Vlastimil Petržela TCH 20.07.1953

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DOMESTIC FORMGUIDE

Struggling sides hit stride (Sunday, 28 November 2004) Group H's bottom sides, AEK Athens FC and TSV Alemannia Aachen, warmed up for this week's UEFA Cup games with morale-boosting victories at the weekend. uefa.com rounds up the latest ahead of Matchday 4.

Sevilla Sevilla FC's inconsistent season continued on Sunday when they were soundly beaten at CA Osasuna in a match they finished with ten men. After Iñaki Muñoz had put the home side ahead, Carlitos ensured the scores were level at the interval with his first goal of the campaign. Osasuna then struck three second-half goals, while Javi Navarro was sent off as Sevilla slipped to fifth in the table.

AEK AEK went top of the Alpha Ethniki after a 1-0 home success against Halkidona FC. Alessandro Soares scored the only goal, his seventh in the league, as the side bereft of Christos Kontis (biceps) and Ivan Rusev (knee) maintained their unbeaten start to the campaign. AEK must win at Sevilla on Thursday, but will have to do so without suspended centre-half Bruno Alves. Evangelos Moras is the likely replacement.

Aachen Aachen came from a goal down to record an emphatic 5-1 victory against TSV 1860 München in the 2. . Simon Rolfes, Alexander Klitzpera and Erik Meijer were all on target before the break, and Kai Michalke and Thomas Stehle sealed a comfortable win with two more in the second half. Florian Bruns missed out with a knee injury.

Zenit FC Zenit St. Peterburg will travel to Germany without Kamil Contofalský after the goalkeeper joined the Slovakia squad for an international tournament in Thailand. Defender Martin Škrtel also received a call-up but was unavailable as he is unfit. Playmaker Vladislav Radimov has been struggling with a knock sustained in the 1-1 draw against Sevilla last Thursday but is expected to return for the Russian team's final Group H fixture.

Lille LOSC Lille Métropole, who sit out Matchday 4, fell five points behind Ligue 1 leaders Olympique Lyonnais as they were held to a third consecutive 1-1 draw, at home to RC Strasbourg. It could have been worse for the Group H leaders who were behind for much of the game until Peter Odemwingie, ineligible for the UEFA Cup after starting the season with RAA Louviéroise, levelled five minutes from time. Lille have no injury concerns ahead of the visit of Sevilla on 15 December.

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DOMESTIC LEAGUE DETAILS TSV Alemannia Aachen () Results Standings Date Match Res R Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts Fixtures Date Match

FC Zenit St. Petersburg (Premier-Liga) Results Standings Date Match Res R Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 16.10.2004 Rubin - Zenit 1 - 1 1 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 18 7 5 44 19 61 25.10.2004 Zenit - CSKA Moskva 0 - 3 2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 9 4 53 22 60 31.10.2004 Saturn - Zenit 1 - 3 3 Krylya Sovetov 30 17 5 8 50 41 56 08.11.2004 Zenit - Moskva 2 - 3 4 Zenit 30 17 5 8 55 37 56 12.11.2004 Rotor - Zenit 2 - 5 5 Torpedo Moskva 30 16 6 8 53 37 54 6 Shinnik 30 12 8 10 29 29 44 7 Saturn 30 10 11 9 37 30 41 8 Spartak Moskva 30 11 7 12 43 44 40 9 Moskva 30 10 10 10 38 39 40 10 Rubin 30 7 12 11 32 31 33 11 Amkar 30 6 12 12 27 42 30 12 Rostov 30 7 8 15 28 42 29 Fixtures 13 Dinamo Moskva 30 6 11 13 27 38 29 Date Match 14 Alania 30 7 7 16 28 52 28 15 Kuban 30 6 10 14 26 42 28 16 Rotor 30 4 10 16 28 53 22

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REFEREE Sorin Corpodean (ROM) Date of birth: 29.03.1965

Matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 07.12.2000 UCUP R3 Rayo - Lokomotiv Moskva 2-0 Madrid 12.11.2002 UCL GS1 Auxerre - Dortmund 1-0 Auxerre

ALL-TIME STATISTICS Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs

Home teams record versus clubs from the away teams country Home club has never played against clubs of the country of the away team

Away teams record versus clubs from the home teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 16.09.1981 UCUP R1 Zenit - Dresden 1-2 St. Petersburg 30.09.1981 UCUP R1 Dresden - Zenit 4-1 Dresden 18.10.1989 UCUP R2 Zenit - Stuttgart 0-1 Leningrad 01.11.1989 UCUP R2 Stuttgart - Zenit 5-0 Stuttgart Overall record FC Zenit St. Petersburg Pld: 4, W: 0, D: 0, L: 4, GS: 2, GA: 12

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RECORD IN EUROPE TSV Alemannia Aachen AP Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 1 4 2 1 1 6 3 FC Zenit St. Petersburg AP Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 League UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 6 21 9 3 9 41 35 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1 8 6 1 1 17 7 Total 8 33 18 4 11 65 46

LEGEND European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA F: Final(s) ECCC: Champions League GS: Group stage UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage UCUP: UEFA Cup GS2: Second group stage UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup QF: Quarter-finals AP: Appearances QR: Qualifying round DoB: Date of birth QR1: First qualifying round D: Drawn QR2: Second qualifying round GA: Goals against QR3: Third qualifying round GF: Goals for R1: First round L: Lost R2: Second round Pld: Matches played R3: Third round Nat.: Nationality R4: Fourth round No: Number SF: Semi-finals W: Won

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