UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT

Montpellier Hérault SC Arsenal FC Group B - Matchday 1 La Mosson, Montpellier Tuesday 18 September 2012 20.45CET (20.45 local time)

Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 4 Match facts...... 5 Squad list...... 7 Head coach...... 9 Match officials...... 10 Fixtures and results...... 11 Match-by-match lineups...... 13 Group Standings...... 14 Competition facts...... 16 Team facts...... 17 Legend...... 19 Montpellier Hérault SC - Arsenal FC Tuesday 18 September 2012 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT La Mosson, Montpellier Previous meetings

Head to Head None

Montpellier Hérault SC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 19/03/91 QF Montpellier Hérault SC - 0-2 Montpellier Blackmore 45, Bruce 48 Manchester United FC agg: 1-3 06/03/91 QF Manchester United FC - 1-1 Manchester McClair 1; Martin 7(og) Montpellier Hérault SC

Arsenal FC - Record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 01/11/11 GS Arsenal FC - 0-0 London 19/10/11 GS Olympique de Marseille - Arsenal FC 0-1 Marseille Ramsey 90+2 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 22/10/02 GS Arsenal FC - AJ Auxerre 1-2 London Kanu 53; Kapo 8, Fadiga 27 02/10/02 GS AJ Auxerre - Arsenal FC 0-1 Auxerre Gilberto Silva 48 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 21/02/01 2ndGS Arsenal FC - 1-1 London Bergkamp 33; Edmílson 90 13/02/01 2ndGS Olympique Lyonnais - Arsenal FC 0-1 Lyon Henry 59 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 20/04/00 SF RC Lens - Arsenal FC 1-2 Lens Nouma 72; Henry 42, Kanu 86 agg: 1-3 06/04/00 SF Arsenal FC - RC Lens 1-0 London Bergkamp 2 09/12/99 R3 FC Nantes - Arsenal FC 3-3 Nantes Sibierski 13, 58, Vahirua 80; Grimandi agg: 3-6 25, Henry 31, Overmars 43 25/11/99 R3 Arsenal FC - FC Nantes 3-0 London Overmars 15(p), Winterburn 82, Bergkamp 90 UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/98 GS Arsenal FC - RC Lens 0-1 London Debeve 72 16/09/98 GS RC Lens - Arsenal FC 1-1 Lens Vairelles 90; Overmars 51 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 16/03/95 QF AJ Auxerre - Arsenal FC 0-1 Auxerre Wright 16 agg: 1-2 02/03/95 QF Arsenal FC - AJ Auxerre 1-1 London Wright 60; Verlaat 63 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 12/04/94 SF Arsenal FC - Saint-Germain FC 1-0 London Campbell 7 agg: 2-1 29/03/94 SF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Arsenal FC 1-1 Paris Ginola 50; Wright 35

Record versus clubs from opponents' country

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Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Montpellier Hérault SC 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 3 Arsenal FC 8 3 3 2 8 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 8 6 2 19 11

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Their first appearance in the UEFA Champions League provides Montpellier Hérault SC with a home game against Arsenal FC and an immediate reunion with their former striker . • The French international, 's joint leading scorer last season with 21 goals, joined the London club during the summer and now makes a rapid return. Previous meetings • The sides have never met in a competitive fixture while Montpellier, Ligue 1 champions for the first time in 2011/12, have previously faced only one English side. That came in the 1990/91 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-final when Manchester United FC got the better of them on their way to lifting the trophy. The first leg at Old Trafford ended 1-1 with United winning 2-0 in France. • Arsenal are making their second visit to France in successive seasons for a UEFA Champions League game. Their 1-0 win at Olympique de Marseille on 19 October 2011, courtesy of an Aaron Ramsey goal in added time, maintained their record of never losing an away fixture against Ligue 1 opposition in UEFA competition. Their eight visits have produced five wins and three draws and they have won their last four fixtures. • However the Marseille game bucked a trend because Arsenal have been struggling away from home in the competition proper; that win was only their second in 12 away games, eight of those fixtures ending in defeat. • The Gunners have lost two European finals in Paris: 2-1 to FC Barcelona in the 2006 UEFA Champions League and 2-1 (aet) to in the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. Match background • Arsenal, who finished third in the 2011/12 , are taking part in the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 15th season in a row. For only the second time in seven campaigns they did not have to negotiate a qualifying round. • For the second season in a row Arsenal departed from last year's tournament in the round of 16. It was the 12th successive time that they had made it through the group and only the second campaign since 2006/07 that they had failed to reach the quarter-finals or better. • Arsène Wenger's team began last season's competition with a 1-1 draw at , extending their unbeaten run on matchday one to eight games including six wins and two draws. Their last opening-day defeat came on 17 September 2003 when FC Internazionale Milano won 3-0 at Highbury. • Away from home in the group they followed the Dortmund game by winning at Marseille before going down 3-1 at Olympiacos FC. After losing 4-0 away to Milan in the round of 16 they almost pulled off a stunning fightback but bowed out despite winning the return 3-0. Team ties • Wenger faced René Girard twice in Ligue 1 during his time as a defender with RC Strasbourg. Girard played for Nîmes Olympique in 1979 against Wenger, the game ending goalless, and for FC Girondins de Bordeaux in 1980 with Bordeaux winning 2-1. • Giroud spent two seasons at Montpellier scoring 33 goals in 73 Ligue 1 appearances. He had arrived from Tours FC having also played for and FC Istres. • (AJ Auxerre 2004–2007), (EA Guingamp 2004–2007, Tours FC 2007–2009, FC Lorient 2009/10), Sébastien Squillaci (AC Ajaccio 2000–2002, AS Monaco FC 2002–2006, Olympique Lyonnais 2006–2008), Abou Diaby (AJ Auxerre 2004–2005), (Le Mans FC 2007–2009, LOSC Lille 2009–2011), Marouane Chamakh (FC Girondins de Bordeaux 2002-2010) and Mikel Arteta (Paris Saint-German FC 2001–2002) have all played in France. • John Utaka faced Arsenal four times while at Portsmouth FC between 2007 and 2011 and did not appear on the winning side. Portsmouth suffered three defeats, scoring two goals and conceding ten, with the other game ending scoreless. • Chamakh and Younes Belhanda are team-mates in the Morocco national team.

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Montpellier UEFA Champions League statistics • This is Montpellier's first game in the European Cup. They are one of three clubs making their debut in the group stage this season, along with Málaga CF and FC Nordsjælland. • The French champions have scored 49 goals in UEFA competition. • Romain Pitau is suspended for the first two group stage matches following his red card against Győri ETO FC in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. International duty • Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa (France), Younés Belhanda (Morocco), Henri Bedimo (Cameroon) and Jamel Saihi (Tunisia) were on international duty last week. • Yanga-Mbiwa received a yellow card in France's FIFA World Cup qualifying victories over Finland (1-0) and Belarus (3-1) and will be suspended for next month's encounter with Spain. • Rémi Cabella and Benjamin Stambouli were part of the France team that dropped their first points of the campaign by losing 2-1 to Slovakia on 7 September in 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying. Cabella was on target three days later as France, who will participate in the play-offs, defeated Chile 4-0 in a friendly. Summer transfers • In Emanuel Herrera (CD Unión Española) Anthony Mounier (OGC Nice) Daniel Congré (Toulouse FC) Gaëtan Charbonnier (Angers SCO) Jonas Martin (Amiens SC) Teddy Mezague (FC Martigues) Guillaume Legras (FC Martigues)* Adrien Coulomb (Vannes OC)* *not in UEFA Champions league squad • Out Olivier Giroud (Arsenal FC) Geoffrey Dernis () Grégory Lacombe ( Auvergne) William Aho Abou (AC Arles Avignon) Bengali-Fodé Koita (Le Havre AC, loan) Miscellaneous • It took René Girard's side until the fourth Ligue 1 match of the season to record their first victory; they won their opening three fixtures last term. Arsenal UEFA Champions League statistics • Arsène Wenger starts a three-game touchline ban on matchday one. • Arsenal have scored 346 goals in UEFA competition. International duty • Thirteen Arsenal players were on senior duty during the international break: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, (England), Lukas Podolski, Per Mertesacker (Germany), Abou Diaby, Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny (France), Santi Cazorla (Spain), Thomas Vermaelen (), Łukasz Fabiański (Poland), Johan Djourou (Switzerland), Aaron Ramsey (Wales) and Gervinho (). • Diaby's first international goal ensured France started their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win in Finland but he missed the meeting with Belarus four days later because of a muscle strain. • Cazorla opened the scoring as Spain defeated Saudi Arabia 5-0 in a friendly on 7 September.

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• Gervinho was on target in Ivory Coast's 4-2 victory against Senegal in the first leg of their 2013 Africa Cup of Nations second round tie. Summer transfers • In Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln) Olivier Giroud (Montpellier Hérault SC) Santi Cazorla (Málaga CF) • Out (Manchester United FC) (FC Barcelona) Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad de Fútbol) Kyle Bartley (Swansea City AFC) Henri Lansbury (Nottingham Forest FC) Manuel Almunia (Watford FC) Joel Campbell (Real Betis Balompié, loan) Ryo Miyaichi (Wigan Athletic FC, loan) Park Chu-Young (RC Celta de Vigo, loan) Nicklas Bendtner (Juventus, loan) Miscellaneous • Arsenal are five away matches unbeaten in all competitions, since a 2-1 loss to Queens Park Rangers FC on 31 March.

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Montpellier Hérault SC

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Laurent Pionnier FRA 24/05/82 30 ------16 Geoffrey Jourdren FRA 04/02/86 26 - - - - - 5 - - - 2 - 30 Jonathan Ligali FRA 28/05/91 21 ------40 Baptiste Valette FRA 01/09/92 20 ------Defenders 2 Garry Bocaly FRA 19/04/88 24 - - - - - 2 - 1 - 1 - 3 Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa FRA 15/05/89 23 - - - - - 4 - - - 2 - 4 Hilton BRA 13/09/77 35 - - - - - 4 - 9 1 51 4 5 Henri Bedimo CMR 04/06/84 28 - - - - - 5 - - - - - 12 Daniel Congré FRA 05/04/85 27 - - - - - 5 - - - 10 - 21 Abdel El Kaoutari FRA 17/03/90 22 ------1 - 22 Benjamin Stambouli FRA 13/08/90 22 - - - - - 5 - - - 1 - 25 Mathieu Deplagne FRA 01/10/91 20 ------31 Teddy Mezague FRA 27/05/90 22 ------ 6 Joris Marveaux FRA 15/08/82 30 - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - 10 Younés Belhanda MAR 25/02/90 22 - - - - - 4 1 - - 2 - 13 Marco Estrada CHI 28/05/83 29 - - - - - 1 - - - 2 - 14 Romain Pitau FRA 08/08/77 35 S - - - - 2 - - - 17 - 15 Jonathan Tinhan FRA 01/06/89 23 ------20 Rémi Cabella FRA 08/03/90 22 - - - - - 5 2 - - - - 23 Jamel Saihi TUN 27/01/87 25 - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - 26 Bryan Dabo FRA 18/02/92 20 ------27 Cyril Jeunechamp FRA 18/12/75 36 - - - - - 2 - - - 34 4 28 Jonas Martin FRA 09/04/90 22 ------Forwards 7 John Utaka NGA 08/01/82 30 - - - - - 5 - 6 2 22 4 8 Anthony Mounier FRA 27/09/87 24 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 4 - 9 Gaëtan Charbonnier FRA 27/12/88 23 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 11 Emanuel Herrera ARG 13/04/87 25 - - - - - 5 2 - - - - 18 Karim Aït-Fana FRA 25/02/89 23 - - - - - 4 - - - 2 - 19 Suleyman Camara SEN 22/12/82 29 - - - - - 4 1 2 - 10 1 34 Abdoul Karim Sylla FRA 23/01/92 20 ------Coach - René Girard FRA 04/04/54 58 ------2 -

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Arsenal FC

Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Wojciech Szczęsny POL 18/04/90 22 - - - - - 2 - 9 - 11 - 21 Łukasz Fabiański POL 18/04/85 27 ------11 - 19 - 24 Vito Mannone ITA 02/03/88 24 - - - - - 2 - 4 - 4 - Defenders 3 Bacary Sagna FRA 14/02/83 29 ------28 - 56 - 4 Per Mertesacker GER 29/09/84 27 - - - - - 4 - 26 2 58 3 5 Thomas Vermaelen BEL 14/11/85 26 - - - - - 4 - 19 1 42 2 6 Laurent Koscielny FRA 10/09/85 27 - - - - - 1 - 9 1 10 1 11 André Santos BRA 08/03/83 29 - - - - - 1 - 6 1 20 6 18 Sébastien Squillaci FRA 11/08/80 32 ------39 4 52 5 20 Johan Djourou SUI 18/01/87 25 ------19 - 25 - 25 Carl Jenkinson FIN 08/02/92 20 - - - - - 4 - 2 - 4 - 28 ENG 26/09/89 22 - - - - - 4 - 13 - 14 - Midfielders 2 Abou Diaby FRA 11/05/86 26 - - - - - 3 - 25 4 32 4 7 Tomáš Rosický CZE 04/10/80 31 ------57 10 80 11 8 Mikel Arteta ESP 26/03/82 30 - - - - - 4 - 14 - 41 6 14 Theo Walcott ENG 16/03/89 23 - - - - - 3 1 38 7 44 10 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ENG 15/08/93 19 - - - - - 3 - 4 1 4 1 16 Aaron Ramsey WAL 26/12/90 21 - - - - - 4 - 15 2 19 2 19 Santi Cazorla ESP 13/12/84 27 - - - - - 4 1 10 - 53 9 47 GER 14/07/95 17 ------Forwards 9 Lukas Podolski GER 04/06/85 27 - - - - - 4 2 11 3 23 8 12 Olivier Giroud FRA 30/09/86 25 - - - - - 4 - - - 2 1 23 RUS 29/05/81 31 - - - - - 1 - 22 4 68 21 27 Gervinho CIV 27/05/87 25 - - - - - 3 2 5 - 25 5 29 Marouane Chamakh MAR 10/01/84 28 ------29 8 49 16 Coach - Arsène Wenger FRA 22/10/49 62 S ------141 - 195 -

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Montpellier Hérault SC: René Girard Date of birth: 4 April 1954 Nationality: French Playing career: Nîmes Olympique (twice), FC Girondins de Bordeaux Coaching career: Nîmes Olympique, Pau FC, RC Strasbourg, France Under-19s, U16, U21, Montpellier Hérault SC • Girard made his name at Nîmes, making over 200 appearances before moving to Bordeaux in 1980. The defensive , who won five of his seven international caps as France finished fourth at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, was in the Girondins side that lost to Juventus in the 1984/85 European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals. • After winning the Ligue 1 title three times (1984, 1985, 1987) and the French Cup in 1986 and 1987, Girard returned for a second spell at Nîmes in 1988, helping the team back into the top flight and becoming head coach immediately on retiring in 1991. • He endured difficulties early on his coaching career and stepped back to manage a bar for a spell, but even then he was completing his coaching qualifications and took the reins at Pau in 1996/97, quickly moving on to Strasbourg. • Working under Aimé Jacquet, his former boss at Bordeaux, Girard was on the coaching staff for France's UEFA EURO 2000 triumph but also the disappointing 2002 FIFA World Cup campaign that followed. • He had spells at the helm of the national U19, U16 and U21 teams before returning to club football in June 2009 with newly-promoted Ligue 1 side Montpellier – within three seasons they were French champions.

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, 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 title and Wenger the Coach of the Year award. After reportedly turning down France and FC Bayern München, he moved on to Japan and enjoyed huge success with 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 AŞ 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 an English 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.

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Referee Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) Assistant referees Roberto Alonso Fernández (ESP), Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez (ESP) Additional assistant referees Carlos Gómez (ESP), Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP) Fourth official Roberto Díaz Pérez del Palomar (ESP) UEFA Delegate René Eberle (SUI) UEFA Referee observer Georgios Bikas (GRE) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions UEFA matches League matches Carlos Velasco Carballo 16/03/1971 10 35 • Carlos Velasco Carballo made his debut in the Spanish Liga in 2004 and has progressed rapidly through the ranks, getting his first taste of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the FC Shakhtar Donetsk-FK Partizan game in September 2010. • An engineer from Madrid, Velasco Carballo's first taste of European competition came in April 2005 when he was selected as fourth official for three UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite round games. • Held the same role in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup from 2005/06 onwards, also working as fourth official at the UEFA EURO 2008 qualifier between Turkey and Malta in September 2006. • Awarded his first UEFA Champions League refereeing appointment when Anorthosis Famagusta FC took on SK Rapid Wien in the second qualifying round in July 2008, the following June he oversaw his only 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier, a 2-2 draw between Cyprus and Montenegro. • A regular as a referee in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League, where he oversaw six matches in total, Velasco Carballo was also entrusted with the Estonia-Italy fixture at the start of UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying in September 2010. He reached another career pinnacle when he was appointed to officiate at the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final between FC Porto and SC Braga and was then in the middle for two group matches at UEFA EURO 2012. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 19/10/10 UCL GS FC Spartak Moskva Chelsea FC 0-2 Moscow 07/12/10 UCL GS FC Twente Tottenham Hotspur FC 3-3 Enschede 15/03/11 UCL KO1 Manchester United FC Olympique de Marseille 2-1 Manchester 26/04/11 UCL SF FC Schalke 04 Manchester United FC 0-2 Gelsenkirchen 28/09/11 UCL GS Arsenal FC Olympiacos FC 2-1 London 21/02/12 UCL KO1 SSC Napoli Chelsea FC 3-1 Naples 28/03/12 UCL QF Olympique de Marseille FC Bayern München 0-2 Marseille Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 31/05/08 U19 ELITE France Italy 0-2 Sion 27/08/09 UCUP PO Aston Villa FC SK Rapid Wien 2-1 Birmingham 18/02/10 UCUP R32 FC København Olympique de Marseille 1-3 08/03/12 UCUP R16 Sporting Clube de Portugal Manchester City FC 1-0

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Montpellier Hérault SC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 10/08/12 League Toulouse FC (H) D 1-1 Camara 34 18/08/12 League FC Lorient (A) L 1-2 Herrera 37 26/08/12 League Olympique de Marseille (H) L 0-1 01/09/12 League FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (A) W 3-1 Belhanda 16 (p), Herrera 58, Cabella 78 14/09/12 League Champagne (A) L 1-3 Cabella 55 18/09/12 UCL Arsenal FC (H) 21/09/12 League AS Saint-Étienne (H) 29/09/12 League AS Nancy-Lorraine (A) 03/10/12 UCL FC Schalke 04 (A) 06/10/12 League Évian Thonon Gaillard FC (H) 20/10/12 League Stade Rennais FC (A) 24/10/12 UCL Olympiacos FC (H) 27/10/12 League OGC Nice (H) 03/11/12 League ES Troyes Aube Champagne (A) 06/11/12 UCL Olympiacos FC (A) 10/11/12 League Paris Saint-Germain FC (H) 17/11/12 League Valenciennes FC (A) 21/11/12 UCL Arsenal FC (A) 24/11/12 League FC Girondins de Bordeaux (H) 01/12/12 League Olympique Lyonnais (A) 04/12/12 UCL FC Schalke 04 (H) 08/12/12 League AC Ajaccio (H) 12/12/12 League Stade Brestois 29 (A) 15/12/12 League SC Bastia (H) 22/12/12 League LOSC Lille (A)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympique de Marseille 5 5 0 0 8 1 15 2 Olympique Lyonnais 5 4 1 0 11 4 13 3 FC Lorient 5 3 2 0 11 6 11 4 Paris Saint-Germain FC 5 2 3 0 6 3 9 5 FC Girondins de Bordeaux 5 2 3 0 5 3 9 6 Valenciennes FC 5 2 2 1 6 3 8 7 Toulouse FC 5 2 2 1 5 5 8 8 Stade de Reims Champagne 5 2 1 2 6 5 7 9 AS Saint-Étienne 5 2 0 3 9 5 6 10 OGC Nice 5 1 3 1 7 6 6 11 LOSC Lille 5 1 3 1 7 7 6 12 SC Bastia 5 2 0 3 7 12 6 13 Stade Brestois 29 5 2 0 3 5 10 6 14 AC Ajaccio* 5 2 1 2 3 5 5 15 Évian Thonon Gaillard FC 5 1 1 3 6 7 4 16 Montpellier Hérault SC 5 1 1 3 6 8 4 17 AS Nancy-Lorraine 5 1 1 3 2 6 4 18 Stade Rennais FC 5 1 0 4 5 9 3 19 FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 5 1 0 4 4 9 3 20 ES Troyes Aube Champagne 5 0 2 3 5 10 2 AC Ajaccio have had 2 points deducted

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Arsenal FC

Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 18/08/12 League Sunderland AFC (H) D 0-0 26/08/12 League Stoke City FC (A) D 0-0 02/09/12 League Liverpool FC (A) W 2-0 Podolski 31, Santi Cazorla 68 15/09/12 League Southampton FC (H) W 6-1 Hooiveld 11 (og), Podolski 31, Gervinho 35, 71, Clyne 37 (og), Walcott 88 18/09/12 UCL Montpellier Hérault SC (A) 23/09/12 League Manchester City FC (A) 26/09/12 Cup Coventry City FC (H) 29/09/12 League Chelsea FC (H) 03/10/12 UCL Olympiacos FC (H) 06/10/12 League West Ham United FC (A) 20/10/12 League Norwich City FC (A) 24/10/12 UCL FC Schalke 04 (H) 27/10/12 League Queens Park Rangers FC (H) 03/11/12 League Manchester United FC (A) 06/11/12 UCL FC Schalke 04 (A) 10/11/12 League Fulham FC (H) 17/11/12 League Tottenham Hotspur FC (H) 21/11/12 UCL Montpellier Hérault SC (H) 24/11/12 League Aston Villa FC (A) 28/11/12 League Everton FC (A) 01/12/12 League Swansea City AFC (H) 04/12/12 UCL Olympiacos FC (A) 08/12/12 League West Bromwich Albion FC (H) 15/12/12 League Reading FC (A)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea FC 4 3 1 0 8 2 10 2 Manchester United FC 4 3 0 1 10 5 9 3 Arsenal FC 4 2 2 0 8 1 8 4 Manchester City FC 4 2 2 0 9 6 8 5 Swansea City AFC 4 2 1 1 10 4 7 6 West Bromwich Albion FC 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 7 Everton FC 4 2 1 1 6 5 7 8 West Ham United FC 4 2 1 1 4 3 7 9 Fulham FC 4 2 0 2 10 6 6 10 Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 11 Newcastle United FC 4 1 2 1 5 6 5 12 Stoke City FC 4 0 4 0 4 4 4 13 Aston Villa FC 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 14 Wigan Athletic FC 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 15 Sunderland AFC 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 16 Norwich City FC 4 0 3 1 2 7 3 17 Liverpool FC 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 18 Queens Park Rangers FC 4 0 2 2 2 9 2 19 Reading FC 3 0 1 2 4 8 1 20 Southampton FC 4 0 0 4 5 14 0

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Group B Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olympiacos FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matchday 1 (18/09/12) Montpellier v Arsenal

Matchday 2 (03/10/12) Schalke v Montpellier Arsenal v Olympiacos

Matchday 3 (24/10/12) Arsenal v Schalke Montpellier v Olympiacos

Matchday 4 (06/11/12) Schalke v Arsenal Olympiacos v Montpellier

Matchday 5 (21/11/12) Arsenal v Montpellier

Matchday 6 (04/12/12) Montpellier v Schalke Olympiacos v Arsenal

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Group A Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18/09/12 GNK Dinamo Zagreb FC Porto Zagreb 18/09/12 Paris Saint-Germain FC FC Dynamo Kyiv Paris

Group B Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olympiacos FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18/09/12 Montpellier Hérault SC Arsenal FC Montpellier 18/09/12 Olympiacos FC FC Schalke 04 Piraeus

Group C Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts RSC Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Málaga CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Zenit St Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18/09/12 Málaga CF FC Zenit St Petersburg Malaga 18/09/12 AC Milan RSC Anderlecht Milan

Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Manchester City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AFC Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real Madrid CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

18/09/12 Borussia Dortmund AFC Ajax Dortmund 18/09/12 Real Madrid CF Manchester City FC Madrid

Group E Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Nordsjælland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19/09/12 FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Nordsjælland Donetsk 19/09/12 Chelsea FC Juventus London

Group F Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Valencia CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOSC Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC BATE Borisov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19/09/12 LOSC Lille FC BATE Borisov Villeneuve-d'Ascq 19/09/12 FC Bayern München Valencia CF Munich

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Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts SL Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19/09/12 FC Barcelona FC Spartak Moskva Barcelona 19/09/12 Celtic FC SL Benfica Glasgow

Group H Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manchester United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

19/09/12 Manchester United FC Galatasaray AŞ Manchester 19/09/12 SC Braga CFR 1907 Cluj Braga

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UEFA Champions League: Did you know? • Holders Chelsea 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 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. • No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United FC (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six in 2007/08 aged 43 years and 252 days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was 40 years and 211 days when he played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07. • Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 289 days, in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 14 September 2011. • Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. • became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 7 March 2012. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. • Barcelona have finished as group winners on 13 occasions, one more than Manchester United and Real Madrid. • Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage) and Real Madrid (2011/12). • Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including Villarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK Dinamo Zagreb in 2011/12. • Barcelona scored 20 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from 1998/99. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage, a tally matched by Real Madrid last season. • Dinamo Zagreb conceded 22 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, a new record. The previous highest goals against total was 19, shared by MŠK Žilina (2010/11), Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC in 1995/96. • No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06), Villarreal (2005/06) and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition. • 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 Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, as did Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06. • Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (1997, final in Munich) and Juventus (1996, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the 2011 final in London and 12 months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München.

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Montpellier Hérault SC Formed: 1974 Nickname: MHSC, La Paillade (the club's home district in Montpellier) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 1999 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 1 (2012) French Cup: 2 (1990) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 2009/10: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2008/09: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2007/08: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 6-0: Montpellier v Qarabağ FK 10/07/99, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round second leg • Biggest away win 0-3: Qarabağ FK v Montpellier 03/07/99, UEFA Intertoto Cup second round first leg 0-3: FC Steaua Bucureşti v Montpellier 07/11/90, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Montpellier v SL Benfica 07/09/88, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: RC Deportivo La Coruña v Montpellier 19/10/99, UEFA Cup second round first leg 3-1: SL Benfica v Montpellier 05/10/88, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win N/A • Biggest away win N/A • Heaviest home defeat N/A • Heaviest away defeat N/A

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Arsenal FC Formed: 1886 Nickname: The Gunners UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • European 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) 2011/12: round of 16 2010/11: round of 16 2009/10: quarter-finals 2008/09: semi-finals 2007/08: quarter-finals 2006/07: round of 16 2005/06: runners-up 2004/05: round of 16 2003/04: quarter-finals 2002/03: second 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 FC 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 4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal 15/02/12, UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg 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) • Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AC Milan v Arsenal (see above for details)

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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 UCL: UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals UEL: UEFA Europa League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Championship SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: 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: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight 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 sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/A: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: 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..com.

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