Uefa Champions League 2011/12 Season Match Press Kit
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2011/12 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT Chelsea FC KRC Genk Group E - Matchday 3 Stamford Bridge, London Wednesday 19 October 2011 20.45CET (19.45 local time) Contents Previous meetings.............................................................................................................2 Match background.............................................................................................................3 Match facts........................................................................................................................4 Squad list...........................................................................................................................6 Head coach.......................................................................................................................8 Match officials....................................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results.........................................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups..................................................................................................14 Competition facts.............................................................................................................16 Team facts.......................................................................................................................17 Legend............................................................................................................................19 Chelsea FC - KRC Genk Wednesday 19 October 2011 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stamford Bridge, London Previous meetings Head to Head None Chelsea FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/11/05 GS RSC Anderlecht - Chelsea FC 0-2 Brussels Crespo 8, Carvalho 15 13/09/05 GS Chelsea FC - RSC Anderlecht 1-0 London Lampard 19 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 14/03/95 QF Chelsea FC - Club Brugge KV 2-0 London Stein 16, Furlong 37 agg: 2-1 28/02/95 QF Club Brugge KV - Chelsea FC 1-0 Bruges Verheyen 82 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 24/03/71 QF Chelsea FC - Club Brugge KV 4-0 London Houseman 20, Osgood 82, 114 ET, agg 4-2 (aet) Baldwin 117 ET 10/03/71 QF Club Brugge KV - Chelsea FC 2-0 Bruges Lambert 4, Marmenout 40 KRC Genk - Record versus clubs from opponents' country None 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 Chelsea FC 3 3 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 9 3 KRC Genk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Last updated 17/10/11 13:21:52CET 2 Previous meetings Chelsea FC - KRC Genk Wednesday 19 October 2011 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stamford Bridge, London Match background Chelsea FC have made their customary strong start in the UEFA Champions League and in their first meeting with KRC Genk will be looking to extend an unbeaten home record in the group stage which stretches back eight years. Previous meetings • As well as the first meeting between the teams, this is also Genk's maiden experience of opponents from England. • All six of Chelsea's previous fixtures against Belgian sides have produced a decisive scoreline and in each case the losing team failed to score. • The Blues have won all three home games, the first of which was a 1970/71 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final – en route to lifting the trophy – when a 4-0 second-leg triumph against Club Brugge KV overturned a 2-0 loss in Belgium. • It was a similar story at the same stage of the same competition in 1994/95, Chelsea losing 1-0 at Club Brugge before a 2-0 home success. • In the 2005/06 UEFA Champions League group stage Chelsea were 1-0 winners against RSC Anderlecht thanks to an early Frank Lampard goal. Petr Čech, Michael Essien, John Terry, Didier Drogba were also in the home team while Anthony Vanden Borre lined up for the opposition. The Blues subsequently won 2-0 in Belgium. Match background • Chelsea began with a 2-0 defeat of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, David Luiz and Juan Mata giving new manager André Villas-Boas a winning start in the competition and securing the London club's eighth matchday one victory in ten attempts. • Lampard subsequently put Chelsea ahead at Valencia CF but a late Roberto Soldado penalty denied them all three points. • Genk marked their return to Europe's elite club competition after nine years with a hard-earned point at home to Valencia in their first game. They then went down 2-0 at Leverkusen two weeks later. • Last season Chelsea won all three home games in the group and reached the quarter-finals where they bowed out to Premier League rivals Manchester United FC, losing 1-0 at home and 2-1 away. That denied them a sixth semi-final appearance in eight years. • Chelsea are unbeaten in 24 group stage fixtures at Stamford Bridge, winning 18 and drawing six since a 2-0 reverse at the hands of Beşiktaş JK on 1 October 2003. • On their only previous participation, in 2002/03, Genk finished bottom of their group with four points. On their travels they lost 6-0 at Real Madrid CF but then gained draws at AS Roma (0-0) and AEK Athens FC (1-1). • Genk reached the group stage in dramatic circumstances, the Belgian champions overturning Maccabi Haifa FC's 2-1 first-leg advantage in the play-offs to win by the same score in the return. With no addition to the 3-3 aggregate score in extra time it went to a shoot-out, Genk winning 4-1 thanks to two saves from goalkeeper László Köteles. • Coach Frank Vercauteren stepped down after the first leg against Haifa. Pierre Denier was in caretaker charge for the return before Mario Been was appointed as Vercauteren's permanent successor on 30 August. Team ties • Villas-Boas was in charge of FC Porto last season when they beat Genk 7-2 on aggregate in the UEFA Europa League play-off round, winning 3-0 away and 4-2 at home. Both Genk goals were scored by Jelle Vossen. • Thibaut Courtois left Genk for Chelsea this summer, and was loaned out to Club Atlético de Madrid for this season. • Romelu Lukaku, who is not in Chelsea's UEFA Champions League squad, played for Anderlecht until this summer. He scored 33 goals in 72 league appearances after making his debut in August 2009 before moving to Stamford Bridge. • Lukaku is an international team-mate of Vossen, Kevin De Bruyne and Marvin Ogunjimi for Belgium. • Been was an assistant coach at Feyenoord in 2003/04 when Salomon Kalou was at the Rotterdam club. • Čech and Daniel Pudil are Czech Republic international team-mates. Last updated 17/10/11 13:21:52CET 3 Match background Chelsea FC - KRC Genk Wednesday 19 October 2011 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Stamford Bridge, London Match facts Chelsea UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • Chelsea have had 19 shots on goal, the joint highest total along with FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF. • Fernando Torres has set up two goals so far, the joint highest total. Latest domestic information • Saturday 15 October: Chelsea FC 3-1 Everton FC (Sturridge 31, Terry 45+2, Ramires 61; Vellios 81) Čech; Bosingwa, Ivanović, Terry, Cole; Mikel (Romeu 77), Lampard, Ramires (Malouda 65); Sturridge, Drogba, Mata (Anelka 77) • Chelsea extended their winning Premier League run to three matches. They have scored 12 goals in that time, beating Swansea City FC 4-1 and Bolton Wanderers FC 5-1. • Frank Lampard scored a hat-trick at Bolton, his 350th league appearance for Chelsea. His goals took him on to 119 league strikes for the club, moving him fifth on Chelsea's all-time list. • John Terry made his 350th league appearance for Chelsea against Everton. • The Blues have kept just one clean sheet in their last 12 league games and none in the last seven; the latter run is their longest since September 2003. • The London club will visit Everton in the League Cup fourth round on 26 October. Injury news • Midfielder Michael Essien could be out of action until January after suffering ligament damage to a knee during pre-season training. • David Luiz has started both Chelsea's UEFA Champions League games to date, although his appearance at Bolton on 2 October was his first in this season's Premier League and he was rested for the Everton match. • Daniel Sturridge suffered a knee problem against Fulham FC on 21 September but returned against Bolton, scoring twice. International duty • Captain Terry, Ashley Cole and substitute Lampard helped England book their place at UEFA EURO 2012 with a 2-2 draw in Montenegro on 7 October. • Florent Malouda found the net in France's 3-0 win against Albania on 7 October and also featured in the 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina that clinched a place in next summer's finals. • Branislav Ivanović scored Serbia's goal in a 1-1 home draw against Italy on 7 October, although the subsequent 1-0 defeat in Slovenia ended their UEFA EURO 2012 hopes. • Juan Mata scored past Petr Čech as Spain won 2-0 in the Czech Republic on 7 October. • John Obi Mikel's Nigeria missed out on a place in next year's Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since 1986 as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Guinea in their final qualifier on 8 October. • Luiz scored an own goal as Brazil claimed a 2-1 friendly victory away to Mexico on 11 October. • Didier Drogba scored his 50th goal in 76 internationals in the Ivory Coast's 4-3 friendly win against Israel on 10 August. Genk UEFA milestones