FC Barcelona Arsenal Stadium, London Wednesday 31 March 2010 - 20.45CET (19.45 Local Time) Matchday 9 - Quarter-Finals, First Leg

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT

Arsenal FC FC Barcelona Arsenal Stadium, London Wednesday 31 March 2010 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Matchday 9 - Quarter-finals, first leg

Contents

Match background...... 2 Match facts...... 7 Squad list...... 10 Head coach...... 12 Match officials...... 13 Fixtures and results...... 15 Match-by-match lineups...... 19 Competition facts...... 22 Team facts...... 23 Legend...... 26

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 Arsenal FC - FC Barcelona Wednesday 31 March 2010 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Arsenal Stadium, London Match background

Previous meetings

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/05/06 F FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC 2-1 Paris Eto'o 76, Belletti 81; Campbell 37

UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/10/99 GS Arsenal FC - FC Barcelona 2-4 London Bergkamp 43, Overmars 84; Rivaldo 14, Luis Enrique 15, Figo 55, Cocu 69 29/09/99 GS FC Barcelona - Arsenal FC 1-1 Barcelona Luis Enrique 16; Kanu 81

Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Arsenal FC 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 2 4 7 FC Barcelona 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 7 4

Arsenal FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/04/09 QF Arsenal FC - Villarreal CF 3-0 London Walcott 10, Adebayor 60, Van Persie agg: 4-1 69(p) 07/04/09 QF Villarreal CF - Arsenal FC 1-1 Villarreal Senna 10; Adebayor 66 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/11/07 GS Sevilla FC - Arsenal FC 3-1 Seville Keita 24, Luis Fabiano 34, Kanouté 89(p); Eduardo 11 19/09/07 GS Arsenal FC - Sevilla FC 3-0 London Fàbregas 27, Van Persie 59, Eduardo 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/04/06 SF Villarreal CF - Arsenal FC 0-0 Villarreal agg: 0-1 19/04/06 SF Arsenal FC - Villarreal CF 1-0 London Touré 41 08/03/06 KO1 Arsenal FC - Real Madrid CF 0-0 London agg: 1-0 21/02/06 KO1 Real Madrid CF - Arsenal FC 0-1 Madrid Henry 47 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/03/04 KO1 Arsenal FC - RC Celta de Vigo 2-0 London Henry 14, 34 agg: 5-2 24/02/04 KO1 RC Celta de Vigo - Arsenal FC 2-3 Vigo Edu 27, José Ignacio 64; Edu 18, 58, Pirès 80 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/03/03 2ndGS Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 2-1 Valencia Carew 34, 57; Henry 49 10/12/02 2ndGS Arsenal FC - Valencia CF 0-0 London UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/03/02 2ndGS Arsenal FC - RC Deportivo La Coruña 0-2 London Valerón 30, Naybet 40 21/11/01 2ndGS RC Deportivo La Coruña - Arsenal FC 2-0 La Coruna Makaay 9, Tristán 25 24/10/01 GS Arsenal FC - RCD Mallorca 3-1 London Pirès 61, Bergkamp 63, Henry 90+3; Novo 74 11/09/01 GS RCD Mallorca - Arsenal FC 1-0 Palma de Engonga 12(p) Mallorca

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UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 17/04/01 QF Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 1-0 Valencia Carew 75 agg: 2-2 ag 04/04/01 QF Arsenal FC - Valencia CF 2-1 London Henry 58, Parlour 59; Ayala 40 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 09/03/00 R4 RC Deportivo La Coruña - Arsenal FC 2-1 La Coruna Víctor 69, Iván Pérez 90; Henry 63 agg: 3-6 02/03/00 R4 Arsenal FC - RC Deportivo La Coruña 5-1 London Dixon 5, Henry 29, 66, Kanu 77, Bergkamp 82; Djalminha 55 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/05/95 F Arsenal FC - Real Zaragoza 1-2 Paris Hartson 75; Esnaider 67, Nayim 119 aet UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/05/80 F Valencia CF - Arsenal FC 0-0 Brussels (5-4aetps)

FC Barcelona - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 27/05/09 F FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 2-0 Rome Eto'o 10, Messi 70 06/05/09 SF Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-1 London Essien 9; Iniesta 90+3 agg: 1-1 ag 28/04/09 SF FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 0-0 Barcelona UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 29/04/08 SF Manchester United FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 Manchester Scholes 14 agg: 1-0 23/04/08 SF FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 0-0 Barcelona UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/03/07 KO1 Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona 0-1 Liverpool Gudjohnsen 75 agg: 2-2 ag 21/02/07 KO1 FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 1-2 Barcelona Deco 14; Bellamy 43, Riise 74 31/10/06 GS FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 2-2 Barcelona Deco 3, Gudjohnsen 58; Lampard 52, Drogba 90+3 18/10/06 GS Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 London Drogba 47 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/03/06 KO1 FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 1-1 Barcelona Ronaldinho 78; Lampard 90+2(p) agg: 3-2 22/02/06 KO1 Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 1-2 London Thiago Motta 59(og); Terry 72(og), Eto'o 80 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 08/03/05 KO1 Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 4-2 London Gudjohnsen 8, Lampard 17, Duff 19, agg: 5-4 Terry 76; Ronaldinho 27(p), 38 23/02/05 KO1 FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 2-1 Barcelona Maxi López 67, Eto'o 73; Belletti 33(og) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/03/03 2ndGS Newcastle United FC - FC Barcelona 0-2 Newcastle Kluivert 60, Thiago Motta 75 11/12/02 2ndGS FC Barcelona - Newcastle United FC 3-1 Barcelona Dani García 7, Kluivert 35, Thiago Motta 58; Ameobi 24

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UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 13/03/02 2ndGS FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 0-0 Barcelona 20/11/01 2ndGS Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona 1-3 Liverpool Owen 27; Kluivert 41, Rochemback 65, Overmars 84 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/04/01 SF Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 Liverpool McAllister 44(p) agg: 1-0 05/04/01 SF FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 0-0 Barcelona UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/10/00 GS Leeds United AFC - FC Barcelona 1-1 Leeds Bowyer 5; Rivaldo 90 13/09/00 GS FC Barcelona - Leeds United AFC 4-0 Barcelona Rivaldo 10, Frank de Boer 20, Kluivert 75, 84 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 18/04/00 QF FC Barcelona - Chelsea FC 5-1 Barcelona Rivaldo 24, 99(p), Figo 45, Dani García agg: 6-4 aet 83, Kluivert 104; Flo 60 05/04/00 QF Chelsea FC - FC Barcelona 3-1 London Zola 30, Flo 34, 38; Figo 64 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/98 GS FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 3-3 Barcelona Anderson 1, Rivaldo 57, 73; Yorke 25, 68, Cole 53 16/09/98 GS Manchester United FC - FC Barcelona 3-3 Manchester Giggs 16, Scholes 24, Beckham 63; Anderson 47, Giovanni 59(p), Luis Enrique 70(p) UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/11/97 GS FC Barcelona - Newcastle United FC 1-0 Barcelona Giovanni 17 17/09/97 GS Newcastle United FC - FC Barcelona 3-2 Newcastle Asprilla 22(p), 31, 49; Luis Enrique 73, Figo 89 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/11/94 GS FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 4-0 Barcelona Stoichkov 2, 59, Romário 45, Ferrer 88 19/10/94 GS Manchester United FC - FC Barcelona 2-2 Manchester Hughes 19, Sharpe 79; Romário 33, Bakero 49 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/05/91 F Manchester United FC - FC Barcelona 2-1 Rotterdam Hughes 67, 74; Koeman 79 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/03/84 QF Manchester United FC - FC Barcelona 3-0 Manchester Robson 21, 50, Stapleton 51 agg: 3-2 07/03/84 QF FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 2-0 Barcelona Hogg 35(og), Rojo 90 UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 26/01/83 R1 Aston Villa FC - FC Barcelona 3-0 Birmingham Shaw 80, Cowans 100(p), McNaught agg: 3-1 aet 104 19/01/83 R1 FC Barcelona - Aston Villa FC 1-0 Barcelona Alonso 52 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/04/82 SF FC Barcelona - Tottenham Hotspur FC 1-0 Barcelona Simonsen 46 agg: 2-1 07/04/82 SF Tottenham Hotspur FC - FC Barcelona 1-1 London Roberts 85; Olmo 60

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UEFA Super Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 05/02/80 F FC Barcelona - Nottingham Forest FC 1-1 Barcelona Roberto 25(p); Burns 42 agg: 1-2 30/01/80 F Nottingham Forest FC - FC Barcelona 1-0 Nottingham George 9 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/03/79 QF FC Barcelona - Ipswich Town FC 1-0 Barcelona Migueli 39 agg: 2-2 ag 07/03/79 QF Ipswich Town FC - FC Barcelona 2-1 Ipswich Gates 52, 64; Vigo Benítez 53 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/03/78 QF FC Barcelona - Aston Villa FC 2-1 Barcelona Migueli 67, Asensi 77; Little 57 agg: 4-3 01/03/78 QF Aston Villa FC - FC Barcelona 2-2 Birmingham McNaught 87, Deehan 89; Cruyff 20, Zuviria 80 07/12/77 R3 FC Barcelona - Ipswich Town FC 3-0 Barcelona Cruyff 20, 47, Rexach 87(p) agg: 3-3 (3-1aetps) 23/11/77 R3 Ipswich Town FC - FC Barcelona 3-0 Ipswich Gates 17, Whymark 61, Talbot 77 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/04/76 SF Liverpool FC - FC Barcelona 1-1 Liverpool Thompson 51; Rexach 52 agg: 2-1 30/03/76 SF FC Barcelona - Liverpool FC 0-1 Barcelona Toshack 13 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/04/75 SF FC Barcelona - Leeds United AFC 1-1 Barcelona Clares 69; Lorimer 7 agg: 2-3 09/04/75 SF Leeds United AFC - FC Barcelona 2-1 Leeds Bremner 10, Clarke 77; Asensi 64 European Champion Clubs' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 02/03/60 QF Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - 2-5 Wolverhampton Murray 35, Mason 78; Martinez 29, FC Barcelona agg: 2-9 Kocsis 44, 49, 74, Villaverde 85 10/02/60 QF FC Barcelona - 4-0 Barcelona Villaverde 8, 80, Kubala 16, Evaristo 65 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC

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 Arsenal FC 11 7 2 2 11 2 3 6 3 0 1 2 25 9 6 10 32 28 FC Barcelona 24 13 9 2 24 6 7 11 5 2 1 2 53 21 17 15 83 63

Thierry Henry will face his old club Arsenal FC when FC Barcelona visit north London for the quarter-final first leg in a repeat of the 2006 UEFA Champions League final. • Henry set new scoring records during eight years at Arsenal although the home side will be more focused on Barcelona, who shattered Arsenal's dream of a first European crown four years ago in Paris. • The Gunners' skipper Cesc Fàbregas faces his old club too having left Barcelona for Arsenal in 2003. Previous meetings • Barcelona came from behind to defeat Arsenal 2-1 in the 2006 UEFA Champions League final at the Stade de France. Samuel Eto'o (76) and substitute Juliano Belletti (81) scored in quick succession to overturn Sol Campbell's 37th-minute opener for an Arsenal side reduced to ten men by goalkeeper Jens Lehmann's 18th-minute dismissal. • The full lineups for that match on 17 May 2006 were: Barcelona: Valdés, Oleguer (Belletti 71), Márquez, Puyol, Van Bronckhorst, Deco, Edmílson (Iniesta 46), Van Bommel (Larsson 61), Giuly, Eto'o, Ronaldinho.

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Arsenal: Lehmann, Eboué, Touré, Campbell, Cole, Pires (Almunia 20), Gilberto, Fàbregas (Flamini 74), Hleb (Reyes 85), Ljungberg, Henry. • The clubs also met in the 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League group stage, drawing 1-1 in Barcelona before the Catalan giants won 4-2 at Wembley. • Current coach Josep Guardiola captained Barcelona in both matches while Henry appeared each time as a second-half substitute for Arsenal. Carles Puyol was on the bench for the game at Wembley. Match background • Arsenal will look to maintain their impressive run of home form, having recorded five straight wins in this season's UEFA Champions League, play-off round included. Arsène Wenger's men took their home goals' tally to 16 in five games when beating FC Porto 5-0 to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit in the first knockout round. • Arsenal have fared well in two-legged ties with teams from Spain, winning five and losing just one. • The Gunners overcame Spanish opponents at this stage of last season's UEFA Champions League, beating Villarreal CF 4-1 on aggregate with a 3-0 second-leg win at home. • They have a less enviable history when it comes to meeting Spanish sides in major finals, however. Besides their 2006 defeat by Barcelona, they lost UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finals against Valencia CF (1980) and Real Zaragoza (1995). • While Arsenal are chasing a third semi-final appearance, Barcelona are looking for their 11th. • The holders are undefeated on their travels in this season's UEFA Champions League with one win and three draws. They held VfB Stuttgart 1-1 in the first leg of their last-16 tie in Germany before a 4-0 home win. • Barcelona's last away defeat in the competition proper, qualifiers excluded, was in the 2007/08 semi-final at Manchester United FC. • Barcelona's most recent meeting with a Premier League team came in last year's Rome final where they defeated United 2-0 through goals from Eto'o and Lionel Messi. That was their second major final against United, who beat them 2-1 in the 1991 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. • The Spanish titleholders' last visit to London in May 2009 was high on drama as Andrés Iniesta's 93rd-minute goal earned them the 1-1 draw at semi-final opponents Chelsea FC that carried them into the UEFA Champions League final on the away-goals rule. • Barcelona have won eight and lost nine of 17 previous two-legged meetings with teams from England. Team ties • In addition to their meetings during the 1999/2000 season, the rival coaches also lined up against each other when Wenger was coach of AS Monaco FC and Guardiola was a player at Barcelona. • Guardiola came out on top with Barcelona beating Monaco both home (2-0) and away (1-0) in the 1993/94 UEFA Champions League group stage. Both clubs subsequently lost to AC Milan, Monaco in the semi-final, Barcelona in the final. • Guardiola held aloft the European Champion Clubs' Cup on English soil as a player when the Blaugrana beat UC Sampdoria at Wembley in 1992. But he won only once in five attempts away to English opponents during his playing days. • Henry is Arsenal's record league scorer. He hit 174 goals in 254 Premier League appearances, and 226 in 369 matches overall between 1999 and 2007. • The French international won two league titles and three FA Cups during his time in north London. His first coach when he joined Monaco as a teenager was Wenger. • Fàbregas travelled in the opposite direction as Henry when he left Barcelona's youth ranks to join Arsenal as a 16-year-old in September 2003. • Thomas Vermaelen was a colleague of Maxwell and Zlatan Ibrahimović at AFC Ajax, playing with the latter from 2001 to 2004 and the former for another two years until 2006. • William Gallas played in the Chelsea team that eliminated Barcelona from the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League but then lost to them at the same last-16 stage the next season. • Mikaël Silvestre appeared as a last-minute substitute for former club Manchester United in their 2008 semi-final win against Barcelona at Old Trafford.

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• Andrei Arshavin was in the Russia side beaten 3-0 by Spain in the UEFA EURO 2008 semi-final. Puyol, Xavi Hernández and Iniesta were in the Spain lineup along with Fàbregas. • Gerard Piqué played once against Arsenal during his four years at Manchester United from 2004 to 2008. That appearance, in a 2-1 United win at Old Trafford in April 2008, was his last for the club. • Seydou Keita scored the opening goal for Sevilla FC when they beat Arsenal 3-1 in the UEFA Champions League group stage in November 2007. Daniel Alves also played for Sevilla that night and the future Barcelona pair were involved too in Sevilla's 3-0 reverse at Arsenal two months earlier. • Carlos Vela is a team-mate of Rafael Márquez with Mexico. • The second leg takes place on 6 April. The victors will take on the winner of the quarter-final between FC Internazionale Milano and PFC CSKA Moskva in the semi-finals. Match facts

Arsenal UEFA milestones • Arsenal have drawn 49 matches in UEFA competition. UEFA Champions League statistics • Arsenal have had 37 shots wide, less than the other sides in the quarter-finals. • The Gunners have scored 18 times and had 67 shots on goal, both more than any other quarter-finalist. • Nicklas Bendtner has scored four goals, the joint highest total of players left in the competition. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way overall with seven. • Andrey Arshavin has set up five goals, the joint highest total in the competition. • Alex Song has committed 20 fouls while Cesc Fàbregas has been impeded 24 times, both more than any other player still involved. • Gaël Clichy, Fàbregas and Robin van Persie are all within a booking of a one-match ban. Latest domestic information • Saturday 27 March: Birmingham City FC 1-1 Arsenal FC (Phillips 90+2; Nasri 81) Almunia; Sagna, Campbell, Song, Clichy; Denilson, Diaby; Walcott (Nasri 69), Fàbregas, Rosický (Arshavin 68); Bendtner. • The Gunners' six-match winning run was ended after a last-gasp equaliser in the Midlands, Bacary Sagna's clearance hitting the head of Kevin Phillips, an 84th-minute substitute, and squeezing past Manuel Almunia. • With Thomas Vermaelen banned, Song dropped into defence while Sagna replaced Emanuel Eboué at right-back. Abou Diaby came into midfield and Theo Walcott and fit-again Tomáš Rosický were initially preferred to Samir Nasri and Arshavin on the flanks. Bendtner played all 90 minutes after shaking off an ankle problem. • Manchester United FC and Chelsea FC have also dropped points at St Andrew's this season. • The Gunners have recorded 20 victories in 23 matches at the Arsenal Stadium in 2009/10, including each of their last five. They also won their first eleven home games this term. • With 15 Premier League goals this season, Fàbregas has surpassed the club record tally for a midfielder in one campaign. Robert Pirès managed 14 goals three seasons running between 2002/03 and 2004/05. • Just three of Arsenal's 74 league goals have come in the first 15 minutes, compared to 21 in the final quarter-hour. Injury news • Cesc Fàbregas – out 6-20 March (hamstring) • Tomáš Rosický – out 9-27 March (groin) • Johan Djourou – out since 11 August (knee) • Robin van Persie – out since 14 November (right ankle ligaments) • Kieran Gibbs – out 17-24 November (bruised foot) and since 24 November (broken metatarsal) • William Gallas – out since 10 February (calf) • Aaron Ramsey – out since 27 February (broken leg)

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• Fàbregas suffered a bang on the knee at Birmingham, although he completed 90 minutes. • Ramsey will not play again this season after fracturing the tibia and fibula in his right leg at Stoke City FC. • Van Persie damaged his ankle in the Netherlands' friendly against Italy in November. • Gibbs fractured the first metatarsal of his left foot against R. Standard de Liège and will miss the rest of the season. Miscellaneous • On 1 October Wenger became Arsenal's longest serving manager, celebrating 13 years at the club and eclipsing the previous record tenure of 4,748 days set by George Allison between 1934 and 1947. • On 16 January Sol Campbell became the first player to rejoin Arsenal during Wenger's tenure and only the fifth to do so in the club's history. Barcelona UEFA milestones • Barcelona have drawn 49 European Champion Clubs' Cup matches. • Lionel Messi's double against VfB Stuttgart took him to 21 UEFA Champions League goals, bringing him level with Patrick Kluivert on Barça's all-time list. Rivaldo leads the way with 25 goals in Europe's élite club competition. UEFA Champions League statistics • Messi has scored four goals, the joint highest total of players left in the competition. Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way overall with seven. • Barça have committed 99 fouls, fewer than any other team in the quarter-finals. • Zlatan Ibrahimović fired 17 shots on goal in the first eight matches, more than any other player. • Gerard Piqué and Carles Puyol will incur a ban with their next bookings. Latest domestic information • Saturday 27 March: RCD Mallorca 0-1 FC Barcelona (Ibrahimović 63) Valdés; Alves, Puyol, Milito, Maxwell; Keita, Touré (Xavi 61), Iniesta (Messi 51); Pedro, Ibrahimović, Jeffrén (Dos Santos 76). • Xavi Hernández made an instant impact on his return from calf injury, delivering the corner from which Ibrahimović tapped in his third goal in as many games. Mallorca hit the post twice in the first half. • Josep Guardiola opted to rest Messi and Thierry Henry, so Pedro Rodríguez and Jeffrén started, while Seydou Keita came in for the suspended Sergio Busquets. • Having been doubtful for the trip with a tooth abscess, Messi's fine form continued on 21 March when he recorded a second consecutive Liga hat-trick as Barcelona beat Real Zaragoza 4-2. He also hit all three goals against Valencia CF on 14 March. • Messi is only the second player to record back-to-back Liga hat-tricks after Salva Ballesta did so for Real Racing Club in October 1999. • Ibrahimović completed the scoring from the penalty spot – Barcelona's 100th goal of the season in all competitions. They scored 158 goals last term. • Ibrahimović (73) and substitute Bojan Krkić (88) were on target as Barcelona beat CA Osasuna 2-0 to claim a seventh successive home win on 24 March. • Messi, who became the youngest player to reach 100 goals for the club in January, made his 200th Barcelona appearance against Osasuna. He reached the milestone with 114 goals, including 72 in his last 90 games. • Messi has scored 23 times in his last 21 appearances for the Spanish titleholders. • Barça have won 12 games this season by three goals or more. • Barcelona have scored five Liga goals direct from free-kicks this season, all from different players: Daniel Alves, Ibrahimović, Rafael Márquez, Henry and Messi. • Pedro has surpassed Giovanni Silva's 1997/98 club record by scoring in six competitions in one season: the Liga, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, Copa del Rey, Spanish Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. • The Blaugrana's six-match winning start to the Liga campaign equalled a club record also achieved in 1929/30, 1990/91 and 1997/98.

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• Ibrahimović started the season by becoming the first new signing to score in Barcelona's opening five league games. Hristo Stoichkov held the previous record for a newcomer, having struck in Barça's first three outings in 1990/91. Injury news • Seydou Keita – out 14 February to 21 March (torn right hamstring) • Xavi Hernández – out 17-27 March (torn right calf) • Eric Abidal – out since 9 February (groin strain) • Gerard Piqué – out since 21 March (bruised left knee) • Andrés Iniesta – out since 27 March (thigh) • Iniesta has been ruled out of the trip to Arsenal having gone off with a thigh problem soon after half-time in Mallorca. • Gabriel Milito went off with a calf strain at Real Zaragoza but played 90 minutes against both Osasuna and Mallorca. Miscellaneous • On 26 March Johan Cruyff was named Barcelona's honourary president following a unanimous decision by the club's board. Director general Joan Oliver said it was "in recognition of Johan Cruyff as a player, a coach and someone who helped inspire the successes at the club in 2009." • Messi, as captain of the UEFA.com users' Team of the Year 2009, accepted a cheque for €100,000 from UEFA before the second leg with Stuttgart to be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross. • Dmytro Chygrynskiy is ineligible for the UEFA Champions League after playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk in qualifying.

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Arsenal FC

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 Manuel Almunia ESP 19/05/77 32 - 2 - 3 - 27 - 28 - 35 - 21 Łukasz Fabiański POL 18/04/85 24 - - - 2 - - - 5 - 13 - 24 Vito Mannone ITA 02/03/88 22 - - - 3 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 49 James Shea ENG 16/06/91 18 ------Defenders 3 Bacary Sagna FRA 14/02/83 27 - 2 - 4 - 29 - 18 - 44 - 5 Thomas Vermaelen BEL 14/11/85 24 - 2 - 7 1 31 7 12 1 33 2 10 William Gallas FRA 17/08/77 32 - 2 1 5 - 26 3 62 3 81 6 18 Mikaël Silvestre FRA 09/08/77 32 - - - 2 - 6 - 78 2 84 2 20 Johan Djourou SUI 18/01/87 23 ------9 - 13 - 22 Gaël Clichy FRA 26/07/85 24 * 2 - 5 - 20 - 34 - 40 - 27 Emmanuel Eboué CIV 04/06/83 26 - 1 1 7 1 19 1 40 2 53 3 30 Armand Traoré FRA 08/10/89 20 - - - - - 8 - 2 - 8 - 31 Sol Campbell ENG 18/09/74 35 - - - 2 1 5 - 41 2 47 2 36 Thomas Cruise ENG 09/03/91 19 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 37 Craig Eastmond ENG 09/12/90 19 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 39 Cédric Evina ENG 16/11/91 18 ------Midfielders 2 Abou Diaby FRA 11/05/86 23 - 2 - 6 1 24 6 21 4 28 4 4 Cesc Fàbregas ESP 04/05/87 22 * 1 - 6 3 27 15 49 9 55 13 7 Tomáš Rosický CZE 04/10/80 29 - - - 6 - 21 3 45 9 66 10 8 Samir Nasri FRA 26/06/87 22 - - - 4 3 20 2 17 3 42 5 15 Denilson BRA 16/02/88 22 - 2 - 3 1 18 4 17 1 22 1 16 Aaron Ramsey WAL 26/12/90 19 - 1 - 5 - 18 3 10 1 12 1 17 Alex Song CMR 09/09/87 22 - 2 - 7 - 24 1 22 1 26 1 28 Kieran Gibbs ENG 26/09/89 20 - - - 2 - 3 - 6 - 6 - 32 Fran Mérida ESP 04/03/90 20 - - - 1 - 3 1 1 - 1 - 33 Nacer Barazite NED 27/05/90 19 ------35 Francis Coquelin FRA 13/05/91 18 ------40 Luke Freeman ENG 22/03/92 18 ------41 Emmanuel Frimpong ENG 10/01/92 18 ------43 Conor Henderson IRL 08/09/91 18 ------Forwards 9 Eduardo CRO 25/02/83 27 - 1 1 3 1 22 3 10 3 31 12 11 Robin van Persie NED 06/08/83 26 * 1 - 3 1 11 7 37 12 54 13 12 Carlos Vela MEX 01/03/89 21 - - - 5 - 8 - 13 - 13 - 14 Theo Walcott ENG 16/03/89 21 - - - 4 - 17 2 25 4 29 5 23 Andrei Arshavin RUS 29/05/81 28 - 2 1 5 1 28 9 11 1 56 17 51 Gilles Sunu FRA 30/03/91 18 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 52 Nicklas Bendtner DEN 16/01/88 22 - 2 - 3 4 19 4 19 7 23 8 Coach - Arsène Wenger FRA 22/10/49 60 - 2 - 8 - - - 125 - 178 -

Key: Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically D Disciplinary: * Misses next match if booked, S Suspended, # Suspended for at least one match UCLQ1: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL2: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday UCL3: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA4: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches

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FC Barcelona

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 Víctor Valdés ESP 14/01/82 28 - - - 8 - 29 - 63 - 74 - 13 José Pinto ESP 08/11/75 34 ------5 - 29 - 30 Rubén ESP 18/02/89 21 ------Defenders 2 Daniel Alves BRA 06/05/83 26 - - - 7 - 22 3 25 2 67 4 3 Gerard Piqué ESP 02/02/87 23 * - - 8 1 23 2 24 4 27 4 4 Rafael Márquez MEX 13/02/79 31 - - - 3 - 12 1 44 1 55 1 5 Carles Puyol ESP 13/04/78 31 * - - 7 - 24 1 91 2 107 2 18 Gabriel Milito ARG 07/09/80 29 - - - 2 - 9 - 11 - 21 - 19 Maxwell BRA 27/08/81 28 - - - 3 - 17 - 39 - 47 1 22 Eric Abidal FRA 11/09/79 30 - - - 6 - 14 - 40 - 43 - 26 Marc Bartra ESP 15/01/91 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 33 Marc Muniesa ESP 23/03/92 18 ------Midfielders 6 Xavi Hernández ESP 25/01/80 30 - - - 7 1 26 2 95 6 116 8 8 Andrés Iniesta ESP 11/05/84 25 - - - 8 - 27 1 58 5 64 5 15 Seydou Keita MLI 16/01/80 30 - - - 6 - 21 6 31 4 68 6 16 Sergio Busquets ESP 16/07/88 21 - - - 6 - 25 - 14 2 15 2 24 Yaya Touré CIV 13/05/83 26 - - - 6 - 15 - 31 1 38 2 28 Jonathan Dos Santos MEX 26/04/90 19 - - - 1 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 31 Gai Assulin ISR 09/04/91 18 ------32 Andreu Fontàs ESP 14/11/89 20 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 35 Jeffrén ESP 20/01/88 22 - - - 1 - 7 - 1 - 1 - Forwards 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović SWE 03/10/81 28 - - - 7 2 24 15 67 17 76 20 10 Lionel Messi ARG 24/06/87 22 - - - 7 4 26 25 40 21 42 21 11 Bojan Krkić ESP 28/08/90 19 - - - 3 1 16 2 21 5 23 5 14 Thierry Henry FRA 17/08/77 32 - - - 5 - 16 3 110 50 138 59 17 Pedro Rodríguez ESP 28/07/87 22 - - - 5 3 26 7 9 3 11 4 27 Oriol ESP 24/09/91 18 ------34 Thiago ESP 11/04/91 18 - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 36 Jonathan Soriano ESP 24/09/85 24 ------3 - Coach - Josep Guardiola ESP 18/01/71 39 - - - 8 - - - 20 - 23 -

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Arsenal FC: Arsène Wenger Date of birth: 22 October 1949 Nationality: French Playing career: AS Mutzig, FC Mulhouse, AS Vauban, RC Strasbourg Coaching career: RC Strasbourg (assistant coach), AS Cannes (assistant coach), AS Nancy-Lorraine, AS Monaco FC, Nagoya Grampus Eight, Arsenal FC • Not the most successful of players, Arsène Wenger has more than made up for that as a coach, turning Arsenal into one of Europe's top teams. • Born in Strasbourg, Wenger worked at Strasbourg and Cannes before Nancy-Lorraine offered him his big break. He impressed sufficiently to be offered the job as coach of Monaco in 1987. • Within a year Monaco scooped the French championship and Wenger the Coach of the Year award. After reportedly turning down France and FC Bayern München, he moved on to Japan and enjoyed tremendous success with Nagoya Grampus Eight. • Appointed by Arsenal in September 1996, Wenger became the first non-Briton to win the Premier League in 1998, adding the first of four FA Cup triumphs. The Gunners lost the 2000 UEFA Cup final to Galatasaray SK but claimed another double in 2002, and in 2004 played some thrilling attacking football en route to becoming the first team since 1889 to negotiate a top-flight season unbeaten. • Wenger nearly topped all his achievements by taking Arsenal to the 2006 UEFA Champions League final, only for FC Barcelona to come from behind to win 2-1. Arsenal's move to their new stadium later that year was also instigated by Wenger.

FC Barcelona: Josep Guardiola Date of birth: 18 January 1971 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: FC Barcelona, Brescia Calcio (twice), AS Roma, Al-Ahly Club, Dorados de Sinaloa Coaching career: FC Barcelona B, FC Barcelona • Known as 'Pep', he came up through Barcelona's youth ranks to win six Spanish Liga titles, one European Champion Clubs' Cup, a UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and two Copa del Rey trophies from 1990 to 2001. • Also had spells with Brescia, Fabio Capello's Roma, Al-Ahly in Doha and Mexico's Dorados de Sinola before ending his playing career in 2006. • Won 40 caps and Olympic footballing gold with Spain in 1992, but missed the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup tournaments through injury. • Having coached Barcelona's B team, became the 15th Catalan-born boss of the senior team in 2008 and won the UEFA Champions League, Spanish Liga and Copa del Rey in his first season in charge. • Success in the 2008/09 final made Guardiola the sixth man to lift the European Cup as a player and a coach following Miguel Muñoz, Giovanni Trapattoni, Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti and Frank Rijkaard. Barcelona followed up with victories in the Spanish and UEFA Super Cups at the start of 2009/10.

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Referee Massimo Busacca (SUI) Assistant referees Matthias Arnet (SUI), Francesco Buragina (SUI) Fourth official Claudio Circhetta (SUI) UEFA Delegate Harry M. Been (NED) UEFA Referee observer Pierluigi Collina (ITA) Referee Name Date of birth UCL matches * UEFA matches Massimo Busacca 06/02/1969 30 91 • Massimo Busacca has steadily enhanced his reputation since succeeding Urs Meier on Switzerland's élite list, with the 2007 UEFA Cup final following the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the crowning glory in May 2009 when he took charge of the UEFA Champions League final. • From Monte Carrasso, in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino, Busacca reached the highest domestic level in 1996 and within three years was cutting his teeth in UEFA youth matches. He took charge of his first Swiss Cup final in May 2005. • Busacca has long a UEFA Champions League regular, notably serving as fourth official to Meier for the 2002 final between Real Madrid CF and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Hampden Park. He was back in Glasgow for the 2007 UEFA Cup final, won by Sevilla FC won 3-1 on penalties after a 2-2 draw against RCD Espanyol. • He was also selected for UEFA EURO 2008™, where he refereed the group matches between the Netherlands and Romania and Greece and Sweden and the Germany-Turkey semi-final. • A company director and keen skier, Busacca was the referee for seven matches in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League, culminating in FC Barcelona's 2-0 final defeat of Manchester United FC in Rome's Stadio Olimpico. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res. Venue 22/10/03 UCL GS Real Madrid CF - FK Partizan 1-0 Madrid 11/08/04 UCL QR3 Wisla Kraków - Real Madrid CF 0-2 Krakow 07/12/04 UCL GS FC Porto - Chelsea FC 2-1 Porto 24/08/05 UCL QR3 Debreceni VSC - Manchester United FC 0-3 Budapest 19/10/05 UCL GS RSC Anderlecht - Liverpool FC 0-1 Brussels 22/08/06 UCL QR3 CA Osasuna - Hamburger SV 1-1 Pamplona 12/09/06 UCL GS PSV Eindhoven - Liverpool FC 0-0 Eindhoven 05/12/06 UCL GS FC Barcelona - Werder Bremen 2-0 Barcelona 21/02/07 UCL KO1 FC Porto - Chelsea FC 1-1 Porto 19/09/07 UCL GS FC Barcelona - Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 Barcelona 06/11/07 UCL GS FC Schalke 04 - Chelsea FC 0-0 Gelsenkirchen 11/12/07 UCL GS Real Madrid CF - S.S. Lazio 3-1 Madrid 04/03/08 UCL KO1 Sevilla FC - Fenerbahçe SK 3-2 Seville 23/04/08 UCL SF FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 0-0 Barcelona 27/08/08 UCL QR3 Liverpool FC - R. Standard de Liège 1-0 Liverpool 30/09/08 UCL GS FC Zenit St. Petersburg - Real Madrid CF 1-2 St Petersburg 26/11/08 UCL GS Club Atlético de Madrid - PSV Eindhoven 2-1 Madrid 10/03/09 UCL KO1 Panathinaikos FC - Villarreal CF 1-2 Athens 15/04/09 UCL QF FC Porto - Manchester United FC 0-1 Porto 27/05/09 UCL F FC Barcelona - Manchester United FC 2-0 Rome 18/08/09 UCL P-O Celtic FC - Arsenal FC 0-2 Glasgow 24/11/09 UCL GS FC Barcelona - FC Internazionale Milano 2-0 Barcelona 10/03/10 UCL KO1 Manchester United FC - AC Milan 4-0 Manchester

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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 24/04/99 U16 GS Spain - Croatia 2-0 Moravska Trebova 01/09/00 U21 QR Bosnia-Herzegovina - Spain 0-2 Zenica 28/09/00 UCUP R1 HNK Rijeka - RC Celta de Vigo 0-1 Rijeka 26/10/00 UCUP R2 Liverpool FC - FC Slovan Liberec 1-0 Liverpool 29/07/01 U18 P-O 3rd Serbia - Spain 2-6 Helsinki 27/08/02 UIC F Fulham FC - Bologna FC 3-1 London 12/12/02 UCUP R3 Leeds United AFC - Málaga CF 1-2 Leeds 03/03/04 UCUP R3 FC Barcelona - Brøndby IF 2-1 Barcelona 16/03/05 UCUP R16 FC Steaua Bucureşti - Villarreal CF 0-0 Bucharest 30/03/05 WC QR Serbia - Spain 0-0 Belgrade 07/09/05 WC QR Northern Ireland - England 1-0 Belfast 23/02/06 UCUP 1/16 Olympique de Marseille - Bolton Wanderers FC 2-1 Marseille 14/06/06 WC GS Spain - Ukraine 4-0 Leipzig 20/06/06 WC GS Sweden - England 2-2 Cologne 08/03/07 UCUP R16 Newcastle United FC - AZ Alkmaar 4-2 Newcastle 24/03/07 EURO QR Spain - Denmark 2-1 Madrid 16/05/07 UCUP F RCD Espanyol - Sevilla FC 2-2 Glasgow 10/04/08 UCUP QF Getafe CF - FC Bayern München 3-3 Getafe 28/03/09 WC QR Spain - Turkey 1-0 Madrid

* Group stage to final only

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Arsenal FC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 15/08/09 League Everton (A) W 6-1 Denilson 26, Vermaelen 37, Gallas 41, Fàbregas 48, 70, Eduardo 89 22/08/09 League Portsmouth FC (H) W 4-1 Diaby 18, 21, Gallas 51, Ramsey 68 29/08/09 League Manchester United FC (A) L 1-2 Arshavin 40 12/09/09 League Manchester City FC (A) L 2-4 Van Persie 62, Rosický 88 19/09/09 League Wigan Athletic FC (H) W 4-0 Vermaelen 25, 49, Eboué 59, Fàbregas 90 22/09/09 Cup West Bromwich Albion FC (H) W 2-0 Watt 68, Vela 76 26/09/09 League Fulham FC (A) W 1-0 Van Persie 52 04/10/09 League Blackburn Rovers FC (H) W 6-2 Vermaelen 17, Van Persie 33, Arshavin 37, Fàbregas 57, Walcott 75, Bendtner 89 17/10/09 League Birmingham City FC (H) W 3-1 Van Persie 16, Diaby 18, Arshavin 84 25/10/09 League West Ham United FC (A) D 2-2 Van Persie 16, Gallas 37 28/10/09 Cup Liverpool FC (H) W 2-1 Mérida 19, Bendtner 50 31/10/09 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) W 3-0 Van Persie 42, 60, Fàbregas 43 07/11/09 League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (A) W 4-1 Zubar 28 (og), Craddock 35 (og), Fàbregas 45+1, Arshavin 66 21/11/09 League Sunderland AFC (A) L 0-1 29/11/09 League Chelsea FC (H) L 0-3 02/12/09 Cup Manchester City FC (A) L 0-3 05/12/09 League Stoke City FC (H) W 2-0 Arshavin 26, Ramsey 79 13/12/09 League Liverpool FC (A) W 2-1 Johnson 50 (og), Arshavin 58 16/12/09 League Burnley FC (A) D 1-1 Fàbregas 7 19/12/09 League Hull City AFC (H) W 3-0 Denilson 45+3, Eduardo 59, Diaby 80 27/12/09 League Aston Villa FC (H) W 3-0 Fàbregas 65, 81, Diaby 90+1 30/12/09 League Portsmouth FC (A) W 4-1 Eduardo 27, Nasri 42, Ramsey 69, Song 81 03/01/10 Cup West Ham United FC (A) W 2-1 Ramsey 78, Eduardo 83 09/01/10 League Everton (H) D 2-2 Denilson 28, Rosický 90+2 17/01/10 League Bolton Wanderers FC (A) W 2-0 Fàbregas 28, Mérida 78 20/01/10 League Bolton Wanderers FC (H) W 4-2 Rosický 43, Fàbregas 52, Vermaelen 65, Arshavin 85 24/01/10 Cup Stoke City FC (A) L 1-3 Denilson 42 27/01/10 League Aston Villa FC (A) D 0-0 31/01/10 League Manchester United FC (H) L 1-3 Vermaelen 80 07/02/10 League Chelsea FC (A) L 0-2 10/02/10 League Liverpool FC (H) W 1-0 Diaby 72 20/02/10 League Sunderland AFC (H) W 2-0 Bendtner 27, Fàbregas 90+3 (p) 27/02/10 League Stoke City FC (A) W 3-1 Bendtner 32, Fàbregas 90 (p), Vermaelen 90+4 06/03/10 League Burnley FC (H) W 3-1 Fàbregas 34, Walcott 60, Arshavin 90+4 13/03/10 League Hull City AFC (A) W 2-1 Arshavin 14, Bendtner 90+3 20/03/10 League West Ham United FC (H) W 2-0 Denilson 5, Fàbregas 83 (p) 27/03/10 League Birmingham City FC (A) D 1-1 Nasri 81 03/04/10 League Wolverhampton Wanderers FC (H) 14/04/10 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) 18/04/10 League Wigan Athletic FC (A) 24/04/10 League Manchester City FC (H) 01/05/10 League Blackburn Rovers FC (A) 09/05/10 League Fulham FC (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Manchester United FC 32 23 3 6 76 25 72 2 Chelsea FC 32 22 5 5 82 29 71 3 Arsenal FC 32 21 5 6 74 34 68 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 31 17 7 7 57 29 58 5 Manchester City FC 31 15 11 5 58 39 56 6 Liverpool FC 32 16 6 10 53 32 54 7 Aston Villa FC 31 13 12 6 43 32 51 8 Everton 32 13 10 9 50 42 49 9 Birmingham City FC 32 12 9 11 33 37 45 10 Blackburn Rovers FC 32 11 8 13 35 50 41 11 Stoke City FC 31 9 12 10 30 35 39 12 Fulham FC 31 10 8 13 33 36 38 13 Sunderland AFC 32 8 11 13 41 50 35 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 32 8 8 16 28 50 32 15 Bolton Wanderers FC 32 8 8 16 36 60 32 16 Wigan Athletic FC 32 8 7 17 29 62 31 17 West Ham United FC 32 6 9 17 38 55 27 18 Hull City AFC 31 6 9 16 31 64 27 19 Burnley FC 32 6 6 20 31 65 24 20 Portsmouth FC 32 6 4 22 28 60 13

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FC Barcelona

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 31/08/09 League Real Sporting de Gijón (H) W 3-0 Bojan 18, Keita 42, Ibrahimović 82 12/09/09 League Getafe CF (A) W 2-0 Ibrahimović 66, Messi 80 19/09/09 League Club Atlético de Madrid (H) W 5-2 Ibrahimović 2, Messi 16, 90+4, Daniel Alves 30, Keita 41 22/09/09 League Real Racing Club (A) W 4-1 Ibrahimović 20, Messi 24, 63, Piqué 27 26/09/09 League Málaga CF (A) W 2-0 Ibrahimović 39, Piqué 59 03/10/09 League UD Almería (H) W 1-0 Pedro Rodríguez 31 17/10/09 League Valencia CF (A) D 0-0 25/10/09 League Real Zaragoza (H) W 6-1 Keita 24, 41, 86, Ibrahimović 29, 56, Messi 80 28/10/09 Cup Cultural Leonesa (A) W 2-0 Pedro Rodríguez 40, 62 31/10/09 League CA Osasuna (A) D 1-1 Keita 72 07/11/09 League RCD Mallorca (H) W 4-2 Pedro Rodríguez 11, 40, Henry 44, Messi 87 (p) 10/11/09 Cup Cultural Leonesa (H) W 5-0 Bojan 52, 55, Pedro Rodríguez 64, Messi 65, Xavi Hernández 76 21/11/09 League Athletic Club (A) D 1-1 Daniel Alves 54 29/11/09 League Real Madrid CF (H) W 1-0 Ibrahimović 56 02/12/09 League Xerez CD (A) W 2-0 Henry 46, Ibrahimović 90+3 05/12/09 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (A) W 3-1 Messi 27, 79, Ibrahimović 88 12/12/09 League RCD Espanyol (H) W 1-0 Ibrahimović 39 (p) 02/01/10 League Villarreal CF (H) D 1-1 Pedro Rodríguez 7 05/01/10 Cup Sevilla FC (H) L 1-2 Ibrahimović 75 10/01/10 League CD Tenerife (A) W 5-0 Messi 36, 45+1, 75, Puyol 44, Luna 85 (og) 13/01/10 Cup Sevilla FC (A) W 1-0 Xavi Hernández 65 16/01/10 League Sevilla FC (H) W 4-0 Escudé 49 (og), Pedro Rodríguez 70, Messi 85, 90+1 23/01/10 League Real Valladolid CF (A) W 3-0 Xavi Hernández 20, Daniel Alves 22, Messi 56 30/01/10 League Real Sporting de Gijón (A) W 1-0 Pedro Rodríguez 29 06/02/10 League Getafe CF (H) W 2-1 Messi 7, Xavi Hernández 67 14/02/10 League Club Atlético de Madrid (A) L 1-2 Ibrahimović 27 20/02/10 League Real Racing Club (H) W 4-0 Iniesta 7, Henry 29, Márquez 34, Thiago 84 27/02/10 League Málaga CF (H) W 2-1 Pedro Rodríguez 69, Messi 84 06/03/10 League UD Almería (A) D 2-2 Messi 42, 66 14/03/10 League Valencia CF (H) W 3-0 Messi 56, 81, 83 21/03/10 League Real Zaragoza (A) W 4-2 Messi 5, 66, 78, Ibrahimović 90+1 (p) 24/03/10 League CA Osasuna (H) W 2-0 Ibrahimović 73, Bojan 88 27/03/10 League RCD Mallorca (A) W 1-0 Ibrahimović 63 03/04/10 League Athletic Club (H) 11/04/10 League Real Madrid CF (A) 14/04/10 League RC Deportivo La Coruña (H) 18/04/10 League RCD Espanyol (A) 25/04/10 League Xerez CD (H) 02/05/10 League Villarreal CF (A) 05/05/10 League CD Tenerife (H) 09/05/10 League Sevilla FC (A) 16/05/10 League Real Valladolid CF (H)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Real Madrid CF 29 24 2 3 81 26 74 2 FC Barcelona 29 23 5 1 71 18 74 3 Valencia CF 29 15 8 6 45 32 53 4 RCD Mallorca 29 14 5 10 45 33 47 5 Sevilla FC 29 13 6 10 40 35 45 6 Athletic Club 29 13 6 10 40 37 45 7 RC Deportivo La Coruña 29 12 6 11 32 35 42 8 Villarreal CF 29 11 7 11 43 41 40 9 Getafe CF 29 12 4 13 41 39 40 10 Club Atlético de Madrid 29 10 7 12 44 45 37 11 Real Sporting de Gijón 29 9 9 11 31 36 36 12 UD Almería 29 9 9 11 31 38 36 13 CA Osasuna 29 9 7 13 26 32 34 14 RCD Espanyol 29 8 9 12 21 36 33 15 Málaga CF 29 7 10 12 34 36 31 16 Real Racing Club 29 7 10 12 30 42 31 17 Real Zaragoza 29 7 8 14 35 53 29 18 CD Tenerife 29 6 7 16 29 58 25 19 Real Valladolid CF 29 4 12 13 30 51 24 20 Xerez CD 29 5 7 17 24 50 22

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Arsenal FC

Play-offs (18/08/09) Celtic FC 0-2 Arsenal FC Goals: 0-1 Gallas 43, 0-2 G. Caldwell 71(o.g.) Arsenal FC: Almunia, Sagna, Fàbregas, Vermaelen, Gallas, Van Persie, Denilson, Song, Clichy, Arshavin (Diaby 70), Bendtner (26/08/09) Arsenal FC 3-1 Celtic FC (agg: 5-1) Goals: 1-0 Eduardo 28(pen), 2-0 Eboué 53, 3-0 Arshavin 74, 3-1 Donati 90+2 Arsenal FC: Almunia, Diaby (Ramsey 61), Sagna, Vermaelen, Eduardo (Arshavin 72), Gallas, Denilson, Song, Clichy, Eboué (Wilshere 72), Bendtner

Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Arsenal FC 6 4 1 1 12 5 13 Olympiacos FC 6 3 1 2 4 5 10 R. Standard de Liège 6 1 2 3 7 9 5 AZ Alkmaar 6 0 4 2 4 8 4

Matchday 1 (16/09/09) R. Standard de Liège 2-3 Arsenal FC Goals: 1-0 Mangala 3, 2-0 Jovanović 5(pen), 2-1 Bendtner 45, 2-2 Vermaelen 77, 2-3 Eduardo 81 Arsenal FC: Mannone, Diaby, Fàbregas, Vermaelen, Rosický (Ramsey 70), Eduardo (Wilshere 86), Gallas, Song, Clichy, Eboué (Sagna 78), Bendtner

Matchday 2 (29/09/09) Arsenal FC 2-0 Olympiacos FC Goals: 1-0 Van Persie 78, 2-0 Arshavin 86 Arsenal FC: Mannone, Diaby (Vela 77), Fàbregas, Vermaelen, Rosický (Eduardo 66), Gallas, Van Persie (Ramsey 85), Song, Clichy, Arshavin, Eboué

Matchday 3 (20/10/09) AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Arsenal FC Goals: 0-1 Fàbregas 36, 1-1 Mendes da Silva 90+3 Arsenal FC: Mannone, Diaby, Sagna, Fàbregas, Vermaelen, Gallas, Van Persie (Vela 74), Song, Clichy, Arshavin, Eboué (Ramsey 83)

Matchday 4 (04/11/09) Arsenal FC 4-1 AZ Alkmaar Goals: 1-0 Fàbregas 25, 2-0 Nasri 43, 3-0 Fàbregas 52, 4-0 Diaby 72, 4-1 Lens 82 Arsenal FC: Almunia, Diaby, Fàbregas (Ramsey 67), Vermaelen, Nasri, Gallas, Van Persie (Eduardo 67), Song, Arshavin (Rosický 75), Eboué, Gibbs

Matchday 5 (24/11/09) Arsenal FC 2-0 R. Standard de Liège Goals: 1-0 Nasri 35, 2-0 Denilson 45+2 Arsenal FC: Almunia, Fàbregas, Vermaelen, Nasri (Walcott 60), Gallas (Silvestre 46), Vela, Denilson (Rosický 67), Song, Arshavin, Eboué, Gibbs

Matchday 6 (09/12/09) Olympiacos FC 1-0 Arsenal FC Goals: 1-0 Leonardo 47 Arsenal FC: Fabiański, Vela, Walcott, Ramsey, Song, Silvestre, Wilshere (Sunu 76), Mérida, Bartley, Cruise, Gilbert

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Knockout phase First knockout round (17/02/10) FC Porto 2-1 Arsenal FC Goals: 1-0 Varela 11, 1-1 Campbell 18, 2-1 Falcao 51 Arsenal FC: Fabiański, Diaby, Sagna, Fàbregas, Vermaelen, Rosický (Walcott 68), Nasri (Eboué 88), Denilson, Clichy, Campbell, Bendtner (Vela 83)

(09/03/10) Arsenal FC 5-0 FC Porto (agg: 6-2) Goals: 1-0 Bendtner 10, 2-0 Bendtner 25, 3-0 Nasri 63, 4-0 Eboué 66, 5-0 Bendtner 90+1(pen) Arsenal FC: Almunia, Diaby, Sagna, Vermaelen, Rosický (Eboué 57), Nasri (Denilson 73), Song, Clichy, Arshavin (Walcott 77), Campbell, Bendtner

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FC Barcelona Group stage Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Barcelona 6 3 2 1 7 3 11 FC Internazionale Milano 6 2 3 1 7 6 9 FC Rubin Kazan 6 1 3 2 4 7 6 FC Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 2 3 7 9 5

Matchday 1 (16/09/09) FC Internazionale Milano 0-0 FC Barcelona FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Ibrahimović, Messi, Henry (Iniesta 77), Keita, Abidal, Touré

Matchday 2 (29/09/09) FC Barcelona 2-0 FC Dynamo Kyiv Goals: 1-0 Messi 26, 2-0 Pedro Rodríguez 76 FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Iniesta (Pedro Rodríguez 46), Ibrahimović (Jeffrén 85), Messi, Keita, Abidal, Touré (Busquets 68)

Matchday 3 (20/10/09) FC Barcelona 1-2 FC Rubin Kazan Goals: 0-1 Ryazantsev 2, 1-1 Ibrahimović 48, 1-2 Gökdeniz Karadeniz 73 FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves (Busquets 90+3), Piqué, Márquez (Keita 80), Xavi Hernández, Iniesta, Ibrahimović, Messi, Pedro Rodríguez (Bojan 66), Abidal, Touré

Matchday 4 (04/11/09) FC Rubin Kazan 0-0 FC Barcelona FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Iniesta, Ibrahimović, Messi, Keita (Henry 83), Abidal, Touré

Matchday 5 (24/11/09) FC Barcelona 2-0 FC Internazionale Milano Goals: 1-0 Piqué 10, 2-0 Pedro Rodríguez 26 FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Iniesta (Dos Santos 90+4), Henry, Keita, Busquets, Pedro Rodríguez (Bojan 85), Abidal (Maxwell 89)

Matchday 6 (09/12/09) FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-2 FC Barcelona Goals: 1-0 Milevskiy 2, 1-1 Xavi Hernández 33, 1-2 Messi 86 FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué (Márquez 88), Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Iniesta (Pedro Rodríguez 82), Ibrahimović, Messi, Keita, Busquets, Abidal Knockout phase First knockout round (23/02/10) VfB Stuttgart 1-1 FC Barcelona Goals: 1-0 Cacau 25, 1-1 Ibrahimović 52 FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Piqué, Márquez (Milito 59), Puyol, Xavi Hernández, Iniesta, Ibrahimović, Messi, Busquets, Maxwell, Touré (Henry 53)

(17/03/10) FC Barcelona 4-0 VfB Stuttgart (agg: 5-1) Goals: 1-0 Messi 13, 2-0 Pedro Rodríguez 22, 3-0 Messi 60, 4-0 Bojan 89 FC Barcelona: Víctor Valdés, Daniel Alves, Piqué, Puyol, Iniesta (Bojan 88), Messi, Henry (Milito 78), Busquets (Ibrahimović 66), Pedro Rodríguez, Maxwell, Touré

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UEFA Champions League knockout stage: Did you know? • Teams have recovered from a first-leg deficit to go through to the next stage on 22 occasions, although only once – AFC Ajax's defeat of Panathinaikos FC in the 1995/96 semi-finals – has a side gone through after losing the first leg at home. The biggest losing margin a side has overturned was achieved by RC Deportivo La Coruña in the 2003/04 quarter-finals when they fought back from a 4-1 defeat at AC Milan to win 4-0 at home. • Eighteen ties have been decided on the away goals rule, including five where the triumphant team lost the first leg. • FC Bayern München hold the record for the biggest first-leg lead with a 5-0 success at Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 2008/09 first knockout round, eventually going through 12-1 after a 7-1 home victory in the second leg. • Ten ties have now gone to penalties, including the game between Arsenal FC and AS Roma in the 2008/09 first knockout round. Five of these were finals – 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2008. The first two-legged tie decided on spot-kicks was PSV Eindhoven's 4-2 win against Olympique Lyonnais on 13 April 2005 after a 2-2 aggregate draw. • In all, 17 ties have required extra time. So far seven have been decided by extra time alone: four quarter-finals, two first knockout round encounters and the 2007/08 semi-final between Chelsea FC and Liverpool FC. • The 2008/09 last-16 encounter between Bayern and Sporting featured more goals (13) over its two legs than any previous UEFA Champions League knockout tie, Bayern prevailing 12-1. • There has never been a knockout tie ending goalless after two legs. Nine have finished 1-0 on aggregate, most recently Manchester United FC's narrow victory against FC Barcelona in the 2007/08 semi-finals. • Teams from the same country have contested the final on three previous occasions. Real Madrid CF overcame Valencia CF 3-0 in Paris in 2000. Three years later Milan defeated Juventus 3-2 on penalties after a goalless draw at Old Trafford, and United beat Chelsea, also on spot-kicks, after a 1-1 draw in Moscow in May 2008. • Clarence Seedorf is the only player to win the European Champion Clubs' Cup with three clubs (Ajax 1995, Madrid 1998, Milan 2003, 2007). Liverpool's Bob Paisley (1977, 1978, 1981) is the only coach to win three times. • Ottmar Hitzfeld (BV Borussia Dortmund 1997, Bayern 2001) and Ernst Happel (Feyenoord 1970, Hamburger SV 1983) are the only coaches to win the trophy with two clubs. • Only five capital cities have been home to teams that have won the European Cup: Madrid (Real Madrid), Belgrade (FK Crvena Zvezda), Bucharest (FC Steaua Bucureşti), Amsterdam (Ajax) and Lisbon (SL Benfica). • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having been aged 43 years 252 days when he featured against Real Madrid CF on Matchday 6 of the 2007/08 competition. • Laurent Blanc is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days, in Manchester United's 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos FC 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 Steaua on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute.

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Arsenal FC Formed: 1886 Nickname: The Gunners UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup: (2006) • UEFA Cup: (2000) • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1): (1980), 1994, (1995) • UEFA Super Cup: (1994) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 13 (2004) FA Cup: 10 (2005) League Cup: 2 (1993) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2008/09: semi-finals 2007/08: quarter-finals 2006/07: first knockout round 2005/06: runners-up 2004/05: first knockout round 2003/04: quarter-finals 2002/03: second group stage 2001/02: second group stage 2000/01: quarter-finals 1999/00: UEFA Cup runners-up (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha 23/10/07, UEFA Champions League group stage • Biggest away win 0-7: R. Standard de Liège v Arsenal 03/11/93, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 2-5: Arsenal v SK Spartak Moskva 29/09/82, UEFA Cup first round second leg 0-3: Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano 17/09/03, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal 22/11/00, UEFA Champions League second group stage 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal 07/11/00, UEFA Champions League first group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 7-0: Arsenal v SK Slavia Praha (see above for details) • Biggest away win 1-5: FC Internazionale Milano v Arsenal 25/11/03, group stage 0-4: PSV Eindhoven v Arsenal 25/09/02, first group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Arsenal v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details)

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• Heaviest away defeat 4-1: FC Spartak Moskva v Arsenal (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal (see above for details)

FC Barcelona Formed:1899 Nicknames: Azulgrana (Blue and Reds, Spanish), Blaugrana (Blue and Reds, Catalan) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European Champion Clubs' Cup (3): (1961), (1986), 1992, (1994), 2006, 2009 • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (4): (1969), 1979, 1982, 1989, (1991), 1997 • UEFA Super Cup (3): (1979), (1982), (1989), 1992, 1997, (2006), 2009 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 19 (2009) Spanish Cup: 25 (2009) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2008/09: winners 2007/08: semi-finals 2006/07: first knockout round 2005/06: winners 2004/05: first knockout round 2003/04: UEFA Cup fourth round 2002/03: quarter-finals 2001/02: semi-finals 2000/01: UEFA Cup semi-finals (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 1999/00: semi-finals Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 8-0: Barcelona v ŠKM Púchov 15/10/03, UEFA Cup first round second leg 8-0: Barcelona v Apollon Limassol FC 15/09/82, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 0-7: Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC v Barcelona 12/09/95, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Barcelona v FC Dynamo Kyiv 05/11/97, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-4: Barcelona v 1. FC Köln 05/11/80, UEFA Cup second round second leg • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AC Milan v Barcelona 18/05/94, European Champion Clubs' Cup final (played in Athens) UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 5-0: Five times, most recently v PFC Levski Sofia 12/09/06, group stage • Biggest away win 0-5: FC Basel 1893 v Barcelona 22/10/08, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Barcelona v FC Dynamo Kyiv (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 4-1: Valencia CF v Barcelona

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02/05/00, UEFA Champions League semi-finals first leg Barcelona have lost 3-0 on three occasions, most recently v AS Roma (26/02/02, UEFA Champions League second group stage)

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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 Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), 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. :: 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 National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other Abbreviations F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round aet: Match decided after extra time No.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (p): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: Second knockout round Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of coin FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off GF: Goals for W: Won ELITE: Elite round (R) : Replay L: Lost Y: Booked P-O 3rd: Third place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct Tournament red) GS - FT: Group stage - Final Prom/Rel P-O: Promotion/RelegationN/a: Not Applicable tournament 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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