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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2015/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS VfL Wolfsburg Arena - Wolfsburg Tuesday 15 September 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) VfL Wolfsburg Group B - Matchday 1 PFC CSKA Moskva Last updated 12/04/2016 23:23CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Match background 4 Squad list 6 Head coach 8 Match officials 9 Fixtures and results 11 Match-by-match lineups 14 Group Standings 16 Team facts 18 Legend 21 1 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 15 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg Previous meetings Head to Head UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers PFC CSKA Moskva - VfL Necid 58, Krasić 66; 25/11/2009 GS 2-1 Moscow Wolfsburg Džeko 19 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Grafite 36, 41 (P), 87; 15/09/2009 GS 3-1 Wolfsburg Moskva Dzagoev 76 Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfL Wolfsburg 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 3 PFC CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 VfL Wolfsburg - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Hunt 47, 57, Guilavogui 73, 06/11/2014 GS VfL Wolfsburg - FC Krasnodar 5-1 Wolfsburg Bendtner 89 (P), 90+1; Wanderson 72 Granqvist 51 (P), Wanderson 86; 23/10/2014 GS FC Krasnodar - VfL Wolfsburg 2-4 Krasnodar Granqvist 37 (og), De Bruyne 46, 80, Luiz Gustavo 64 UEFA Europa League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 2-1 Martins 58, Gentner 18/03/2010 R16 VfL Wolfsburg - FC Rubin Kazan Wolfsburg agg 3-2 (aet) 119 ET; Kasaev 21 Noboa 29; Misimović 11/03/2010 R16 FC Rubin Kazan - VfL Wolfsburg 1-1 Kazan 67 PFC CSKA Moskva - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers FC Bayern München - PFC Müller 18 (P), Rode 10/12/2014 GS 3-0 Munich CSKA Moskva 84, Götze 90 PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Bayern 30/09/2014 GS 0-1 Khimki Müller 22 (P) München UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Honda 62 (P); PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Bayern 27/11/2013 GS 1-3 Moscow Robben 17, Götze 56, München Müller 65 (P) FC Bayern München - PFC Alaba 4, Mandžukić 17/09/2013 GS 3-0 Munich CSKA Moskva 41, Robben 68 2 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 15 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers Berisha 28, Van der Hamburger SV - PFC CSKA 06/12/2006 GS 3-2 Hamburg Vaart 84, Sanogo 90; Moskva Olić 23 (P), Zhirkov 65 PFC CSKA Moskva - Hamburger 26/09/2006 GS 1-0 Moscow Dudu 59 SV Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA VfL Wolfsburg 3 3 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 1 16 8 PFC CSKA Moskva 4 2 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 6 7 17 3 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 15 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg Match background VfL Wolfsburg kick off their second UEFA Champions League campaign in the very same way that they began their first – with a home match against PFC CSKA Mosvka. Previous meetings • Wolfsburg beat CSKA in their first ever UEFA Champions League fixture on 15 September 2009. Grafite hit a hat- trick for Armin Veh's hosts, Alan Dzagoev scoring for a CSKA team coached by Juande Ramos. • CSKA still ended up second in the group with Wolfsburg third, having turned the tables with a 2-1 victory in Moscow two months later. Tomáš Necid and Miloš Krasić struck second-half goals to overturn Edin Džeko's opener for the German side. • The lineups for the clubs' first encounter in Germany in September 2009 were: Wolfsburg: Benaglio, Riether, Madlung, Barzagli, Schäfer, Misimović, Josué, Gentner (Hasebe 90), Martins (Ziani 65), Džeko, Grafite (Santana 89). CSKA: Akinfeev, Šemberas, Ignashevich, V Berezutski (Necid 84), A Berezutski, Aldonin (Mamaev 68), Rahimić, Krasić, Dzagoev, Schennikov (Piliev 57), Guilherme. Match background Wolfsburg • Wolfsburg finished second in the Bundesliga last season to earn a second tilt at the UEFA Champions League group stage, having first featured in 2009/10. • Last season Dieter Hecking's men reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League, their run ended by a 6-3 aggregate defeat by SSC Napoli. • En route to the last eight, Wolfsburg put nine goals past Russia's FC Krasnodar in the group stage, winning 4-2 away and 5-1 at home. That latter success made it three wins out of three for Wolfsburg at home to Russian sides. CSKA Moskva • For CSKA this is their third consecutive campaign in the UEFA Champions League group stage. In each of the past two seasons they failed to advance, finishing bottom both in 2013 and last term. • CSKA's elimination from Europe was confirmed on German soil last season when they fell 3-0 at FC Bayern München on matchday six. Bayern had already defeated them 1-0 at the Arena Khimki. • CSKA have lost on all four previous visits to Germany, including another 3-0 reverse at Bayern in their opening game of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League campaign. • Igor Akinfeev, Aleksei and Vasili Berezutski are survivors of CSKA's first trip to Germany when their hopes of reaching the 2006/07 last 16 vanished as they leaked two late goals at Hamburger SV in a 3-2 matchday six defeat. Coach and player links • As FC Moskva coach, Slutski lost to Hertha BSC Berlin in the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup (0-0 a, 0-2 h). • Dante faced CSKA in four matches with Bayern, winning every one. • André Schürrle hit a hat-trick for Germany in a 5-3 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Pontus Wernbloom's Sweden in October 2013. Max Kruse and Julian Draxler also appeared. • Vierinha was on the winning side against Akinfeev, Vasili Berezutski and Sergei Ignashevich in Portugal's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Russia in June 2013. • Nicklas Bendtner scored in Denmark's 1-1 World Cup qualifying draw with Georgi Milanov's Bulgaria in the same campaign in October 2012. • Players who have played together: Luiz Gustavo & Mário Fernandes (Brazil) Match facts Wolfsburg • Wolfsburg overcame Bayern on penalties on 1 August to win their first German Super Cup. • Holders Wolfsburg started their defence of the German Cup with a 4-1 victory at third-tier Stuttgarter Kickers on 8 August. They play Bayern at home in the second round on 27 October. • The Wolves gained seven points from their opening three Bundesliga games for the first time. • Wolfsburg are 24 league fixtures unbeaten at home (18 wins, six draws) since a 6-1 loss to Bayern on 8 March 2014. 4 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 15 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg • Bendtner has scored eight goals for Wolfsburg since joining the club in summer 2014 – all of them have come as a substitute. • Diego Benaglio missed the first four games of the season with a back problem but returned to action as Wolfsburg's reserve side beat TSV Havelse 6-1 on 5 September. CSKA Moskva • CSKA started the 2015/16 Russian Premier-Liga season with a club record seven consecutive victories prior to Saturday's draw with FC Zenit. • The Army Men's sole defeat in 12 matches this term is the 2-1 loss to Sporting Clube de Portugal in the first leg of their play-off tie. • Akinfeev, voted CSKA's player of the month for August by the club's fans, has conceded a goal in each of his last 31 UEFA Champions League appearances, qualifying included. His last clean sheet in the competition came when CSKA drew 0-0 at Arsenal FC on 1 November 2006. • CSKA have failed to convert four of their last five penalties: Bibras Natcho v AC Sparta Praha (28 July) Seydou Doumbia v Sporting (18 August) Bibras Natcho v FC Kuban Krasnodar (30 August) Alan Dzagoev v FC Zenit (12 September) **Natcho did score from the spot in the 2-0 home win against FC Amkar Perm on 9 August. • Doumbia has found the net four times in six games since returning to CSKA on loan from AS Roma on 10 August. Ahmed Musa has scored five goals in his last eight club outings. • Wernbloom extended his contract until the end of the 2017/18 campaign on 9 September. • Slutski was appointed Russia coach for the rest of UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying on 7 August and began his tenure with 1-0 and 7-0 victories against Sweden and Liechtenstein respectively in early September. 5 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 15 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg Squad list VfL Wolfsburg 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 Diego Benaglio SUI 08/09/1983 32 - - - - - 1 - 6 - 30 - 20 Max Grün GER 05/04/1987 28 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Koen Casteels BEL 25/06/1992 23 - - - - - 3 - - - - - Defenders 4 Marcel Schäfer GER 07/06/1984 31 - - - - - - - 6 - 26 - 5 Timm Klose SUI 09/05/1988 27 - - - - - 3 1 - - 3 1 6 Carlos Ascues PER 19/06/1992 23 - - - - - - - - - - - 18 Dante BRA 18/10/1983 31 - - - - - 1 - 28 - 44 - 24 Sebastian Jung GER 22/06/1990 25 - - - - - - - - - 12 1 25 Naldo BRA 10/09/1982 33 - - - - - 4 - - - 11 1 31 Robin Knoche GER 22/05/1992 23 - - - - - - - - - 11 - 34 Ricardo Rodriguez SUI 25/08/1992 23 - - - - - 4 1 - - 18 3 Midfielders 7 Daniel Caligiuri GER 15/01/1988 27 - - - - - 3 - - - 11 1 8 Vieirinha POR 24/01/1986 29 - - - - - 3 - 1 - 34 9 10 Julian Draxler GER 20/09/1993 21 - - - - - 1 - 23 4 38 7 15 Christian Träsch GER 01/09/1987 28 - - - - - 3 - 6 1 25 1 17 André Schürrle GER 06/11/1990 24 - - - - - 2 - 22 3 33 5 22 Luiz Gustavo BRA 23/07/1987 28 - - - - - 3 - 22 - 35 1 23 Josuha Guilavogui FRA 19/09/1990 24 - - - - - 3 - 2 - 16 1 27 Maximilian Arnold GER 27/05/1994 21 - - - - - 4 - - - 8 - 30 Paul Seguin GER 29/03/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - - - 35 Francisco Rodriguez SUI 14/09/1995 20 - - - - - - - - - 6 - Forwards 3 Nicklas Bendtner DEN 16/01/1988 27 - - - - - 4 1 29 8 41 13 11 Max Kruse GER 19/03/1988 27 - - - - - 4 - - - 7 - 12 Bas Dost NED 31/05/1989 26 - - - - - 4 2 - - 9 2 Coach - Dieter Hecking GER 12/09/1964 51 - - - - - - - - - 20 - 6 VfL Wolfsburg - PFC CSKA Moskva Tuesday 15 September 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit VfL Wolfsburg Arena, Wolfsburg PFC CSKA Moskva Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No.