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Riverside, Middlesbrough Thursday, 3 November 2005 - 20:03 local time Group D - Matchday 2

Middlesbrough FC, boosted by a fine win in their opening UEFA Cup Group D match in Zurich against Grasshopper-Club, take on an FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk team who have a new coach and a change of emphasis. Middlesbrough overcame Grasshoppers thanks to an early Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink goal, while Dnipro lost 2-1 at home to last season's semi-finalists AZ Alkmaar on Matchday 1.

•This will be the first time that either side has faced teams from their opponent's country.

•Middlesbrough reached the last 16 of the UEFA Cup on their UEFA competition debut last season and have started the current European campaign in solid fashion with a win against Skoda Xanthi FC in the first round. The home performance paved the way in that tie, a 2-0 win thanks to goals from George Boateng and Mark Viduka and a goalless draw in the second game in Greece taking the English team through.

•The only blemish in Middlesbrough's home record in Europe came last season in the Round of 16, after victories against FC Baník Ostrava, S.S. Lazio, FK Partizan and Grazer AK. Sporting Club de Portugal proved a tougher prospect, however, and raced into a three-goal lead at the Riverside stadium. Although late goals from Joseph Désiré Job and Chris Riggott brought the Teesside team back into that first leg, Sporting remained resolute in the return and progressed 4-2 overall thanks to a 1-0 win in Portugal. •Dnipro were unable to take anything from their home game with AZ despite a second- half rally in which defender Serhiy Matiukhin's reduced the Dutch visitors' two-goal lead.

•The Ukrainian side, who made their debut in UEFA competition in the 1984/85 European Champion Clubs' Cup, have twice reached the quarter-finals of Europe's premier club competition - in that first season and again in 1989/90. Last season, Dnipro looked like repeating that feat in the UEFA Cup only to fall in the Round of 32, losing 3-2 on aggregate to Partizan after progressing through the group stage.

•Dnipro, however, have already impressed on British soil this season. In the first round, the Ukrainian outfit were paired with Scottish side Hibernain FC and ground out a goalless draw in the first game in Edinburgh. The second leg was a completely different story, however, as goals from Serhiy Nazarenko, Bohdan Shershun, Oleh Shelayev and a late Olexandr Melashchenko double secured an impressive 5-1 victory.

Team facts: Middlesbrough •Middlesbrough are making their second consecutive appearance in UEFA competition

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having advanced to the Round of 16 in last season's UEFA Cup. •They are one of ten clubs featuring in the UEFA Cup group stage for the second consecutive season. The full list is: FC Steaua Bucuresti, Middlesbrough, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, AZ Alkmaar, FC Basel 1893, SC Heerenveen, VfB Stuttgart, FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Beşiktaş JK and Sevilla FC. • Middlesbrough finished last season's English Premiership campaign in seventh position, thereby claiming the last qualifying berth for the 2005/06 UEFA Cup.

• The English side entered the competition at the first round stage, defeating Xanthi FC 2­0 on aggregate with both goals coming in the opening leg at the Riverside stadium from George Boateng (28) and Mark Viduka (83). • Boro made their debut in UEFA competition only last season when overcoming Czech side FC Baník Ostrava 4­1 on aggregate in the first round of the competition to book their place in the group stage.

• A confident start left Middlesbrough with six points from their first two outings – a 1­0 victory away to Greek side Egaleo FC thanks to 's 78th­minute goal followed by a 2­0 home success at the expense of S.S. Lazio. On this occasion, Boudewijn Zenden stole the headlines with goals after 16 and 71 minutes.

• Though Middlesbrough were defeated 2­0 in their third group engagement away to Villarreal CF, they bounced back and secured their place in the knockout stages with a 3­0 defeat of FK Partizan with goals from Szilárd Németh (10), Joseph­Desiré Job (22) and James Morrison (90).

• Austrian side Grazer AK were Middlesbrough's opponents in the Round of 32 with the English side prevailing 4­3 on aggregate. A 2­2 draw in Graz with goals from Dutch duo Zenden (52) and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (66) was followed by a 2­1 victory at home after Graz had taken the lead through Mario Bazina after eight minutes. Middlesbrough responded through Morrison (18) and Hasselbaink (60).

• But eventual losing finalists Sporting Clube de Portugal proved an entirely different proposition. The Portuguese side raced into a three­goal lead at the Riverside stadium and though Job and Chris Riggott reduced the deficit late on, Sporting were able to hold on at the Estádio José Alvalade in the return, eventually winning 1­0 thanks to Pedro Barbosa's 89th­minute winner. • Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink's early goal ensured Middlesbrough got their 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage campaign off to a winning start as the English visitors held firm in the face of a determined effort from Grasshopper­Club at the Hardturm stadium. • Prior to Matchday 2 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Middlesbrough had played 13 matches in UEFA competition. All of those matches have come in the UEFA Cup with the English side recording seven wins, three draws and three defeats with 19 goals scored and ten conceded.

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Team facts: Dnipro • Dnipro are involved in UEFA competition for the fourth time in the past five seasons. • Initially as representatives of the , Dnipro made their debut in UEFA competition in the 1984/85 European Champion Clubs' Cup first round. Overall, this season marks their 12th participation in UEFA competition. • They are one of ten clubs featuring in the UEFA Cup group stage for the second consecutive season. The full list is: FC Steaua Bucuresti, Middlesbrough FC, Dnipro, AZ, FC Basel 1893, SC Heerenveen, VfB Stuttgart, FC Zenit St. Petersburg, Beşiktaş JK and Sevilla FC. • Dnipro also advanced from the second qualifying round through the UEFA Cup group stage and on to the Round of 32 last season. FC Artmedia and Maccabi Haifa FC were defeated in order to clear their passage to the group stage where three victories in their opening three games, against Club Brugge KV, FC Utrecht and FK Austria Wien, proved enough to clinch the section. Dnipro lost their final group stage engagement away to Real Zaragoza.

• Their reward was a Round of 32 tie against FK Partizan which ended in a 3­2 loss as Dnipro lost the second leg 1­0 at home after holding the Serbo­Montenegrin side to a 2­ 2 draw in the opening match in Belgrade. • Dnipro qualified for the 2005/06 UEFA Cup second qualifying round following their fourth­placed finish in last season's behind FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Dynamo and FC Metalurh Donetsk.

• They won both legs against Armenian side FC Banants to record an 8­2 aggregate success, despite falling two goals behind in the opening leg in Yerevan. Both Sergei Kornilenko, Konstyantyn Balabanov and Oleg Shelayev ended the tie with two goals apiece.

• The Ukrainian outfit then triumphed 5­1 on aggregate in the first round proper against Scottish side Hibernian FC. Having held Hibs to a scoreless draw in Edinburgh, Dnipro ran riot in the return leg with Oleksandr Melashchenko scoring twice. • But Dnipro found last season's UEFA Cup semi­finalists AZ Alkmaar too good on the opening matchday of the 2005/06 group stage as strikes early in each half from Shota Arveladze (14) and Tarik Sektioui (52) earned a two­goal cushion before defender Serhiy Matiukhin (70) pulled one back for the Ukrainian outfit. • Prior to Matchday 2 of the 2005/06 UEFA Cup group stage, Dnipro had played 57 matches in UEFA competition. To date, the Ukrainian side have won 25 of those matches with 13 draws and 19 defeats. In total, 81 goals have been scored with 60 conceded.

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All-time statistics Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs

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

Away team's record versus clubs from the home team's country Away club has never played against clubs of the country of the home team

UEFA club competition record Middlesbrough FC Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 13 7 3 3 19 10 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 13 7 3 3 19 10 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 12 5 3 4 15 13 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 45 20 10 15 66 47 UEFA Super Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 57 25 13 19 81 60

KEY: All-time statistics Comp. - Competition, Res - Result Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup) Current club names used for all clubs listed in these tables Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined. Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out.. ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League : Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals

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Squad list Middlesbrough FC All-time UEFACUP1 UEFA2 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Mark Schwarzer AUS 06.10.72 12 - 12 - 22 Bradley Jones AUS 19.03.82 1 - 1 - 27 Ross Turnbull ENG 04.01.85 - - - - 32 David Knight ENG 15.01.87 - - - - Defenders 2 Abel Xavier POR 30.11.72 2 - 30 2 3 Franck Queudrue FRA 27.08.78 18 - 18 - 4 Ugochuku Ehiogu ENG 03.11.72 16 1 18 1 5 Chris Riggott ENG 01.09.80 10 1 10 1 6 ENG 03.09.70 25 - 27 - 12 AUT 16.01.83 13 1 19 2 21 Stuart Parnaby ENG 19.07.82 7 - 7 - 23 Colin Cooper ENG 28.02.67 10 - 10 - 26 Matthew Bates ENG 10.12.86 1 - 1 - 29 Anthony McMahon ENG 24.03.86 4 - 4 - 31 ENG 14.02.87 1 - 1 - 38 Sebastian Hines ENG 29.05.88 - - - - Midfielders 7 George Boateng NED 09.05.75 14 1 40 2 14 Gaizka Mendieta ESP 27.03.74 12 - 72 11 15 Ray Parlour ENG 07.03.73 19 3 60 5 17 BRA 28.05.72 18 - 30 1 19 Stewart Downing ENG 22.07.84 9 1 9 1 25 James Morrison ENG 25.05.86 8 3 8 3 34 Jason Kennedy ENG 11.09.86 - - - - 37 Adam Johnson ENG 14.07.87 2 - 2 - 39 Lee Cattermole ENG 21.03.88 - - - - 40 Gary Daniel Liddle ENG 15.06.86 - - - - 41 Josh Walker ENG 21.02.89 - - - - Forwards 8 Szilárd Németh SVK 08.08.77 26 5 40 12 9 Jimmy Hasselbaink NED 27.03.72 31 17 39 19 11 Malcolm Christie ENG 11.04.79 1 - 1 - 18 Massimo Maccarone ITA 06.09.79 6 2 6 2 20 Ayegbeni NGA 22.11.82 5 - 14 7 30 Danny Graham ENG 12.08.85 2 - 2 - 36 Mark Viduka AUS 09.10.75 22 7 49 13 Coach Steve McClaren ENG 03.05.61 13 - 13 -

KEY: Squad list Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality

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DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UEFACUP: Total appearances in the UEFA Cup from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 2 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Squad list FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk All-time UEFACUP1 UEFA2 No. Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Mykola Medin UKR 04.05.72 7 - 12 - 23 Vyacheslav Kernozenko UKR 04.06.76 14 - 20 - 33 Anatoliy Pylypenko UKR 04.07.85 - - - - 77 Artem Kusliy UKR 07.07.81 6 - 6 - Defenders 4 Vitaliy Lysytskiy UKR 16.04.82 4 - 6 - 5 Volodymyr Yezerskiy UKR 15.11.76 14 1 20 2 14 Olexandr Radchenko UKR 19.07.76 13 - 29 - 15 Serhiy Matiukhin UKR 21.03.80 12 1 16 1 16 Andriy Rusol UKR 16.01.83 17 2 22 2 25 Bohdan Shershun UKR 14.05.81 10 1 14 1 Midfielders 2 Serhiy Motuz UKR 06.07.82 3 - 3 - 3 Olexandr Grytsay UKR 30.09.77 17 - 20 - 6 Oleh Shelayev UKR 05.11.76 17 1 28 3 10 Ruslan Kostyshyn UKR 08.01.77 18 1 27 3 17 Ruslan Bidnenko UKR 20.07.81 2 - 2 - 19 Dmytro Mykhaylenko UKR 13.07.73 18 3 42 5 20 Olexandr Rykun UKR 06.05.78 14 2 19 5 21 Dmytro Semochko UKR 25.01.79 11 1 15 2 22 Denys Andriyenko UKR 12.04.80 4 - 5 - 24 Konstyantyn Kravchenko UKR 24.09.86 4 - 6 - 28 Serhiy Nazarenko UKR 16.02.80 14 3 19 4 38 Valeriy Kutsenko UKR 02.11.86 - - - - Forwards 7 Olexandr Melaschenko UKR 13.12.78 10 3 34 11 8 Sergei Kornilenko BLS 14.06.83 5 - 10 2 9 Kostyantyn Balabanov UKR 13.08.82 1 - 3 2 11 Ivan Kotenko UKR 28.04.85 2 - 2 - Coach Yevgen Kucherevskyy UKR 06.08.41 19 - 25 -

KEY: Squad list Squad list is ordered by position and then numerically No - Number, Nat. - Nationality DoB - Date of birth, Pld - Matches played, Gls - Goals 1 - UEFACUP: Total appearances in the UEFA Cup from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition) 2 - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup)

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Match-by-match lineups - Group D Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts AZ Alkmaar 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Middlesbrough FC 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 PFC Litex Lovech 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Grasshopper-Club 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Date Match Res Lineups 20/10/2005 Grasshopper-Club v 0-1 Grasshoppers: Coltorti, Stepanovs, Jaggy, Chihab (Touré 82), Middlesbrough FC Mitreski, Renggli (Salatic 87), Cabanas, Antonio, Sutter, Eduardo, Rogerio Middlesbrough: Schwarzer, Parnaby, Riggott, Southgate, Pogatetz, Mendieta (Queudrue 79), Boateng, Doriva, Németh (Morrison 67), Hasselbaink, Viduka (Ayegbeni 85) 20/10/2005 FC Dnipro 1-2 Dnipro: Kusliy, Yezerskiy, Radchenko, Matiukhin, Shershun (Motuz Dnipropetrovsk v AZ 64), Rusol, Shelayev, Semochko (Kornilenko 60), Andriyenko Alkmaar (Kravchenko 42), Nazarenko, Melashchenko AZ: Timmer, Jaliens, Opdam, De Cler, Steinsson, Landzaat, Schaars, Arveladze (Ramzi 90), Huysegems, Perez, Sektioui (Meerdink 83) 03/11/2005 PFC Litex Lovech v Grasshopper-Club 03/11/2005 Middlesbrough FC v FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 24/11/2005 AZ Alkmaar v Middlesbrough FC 24/11/2005 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk v PFC Litex Lovech 30/11/2005 Grasshopper-Club v FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30/11/2005 PFC Litex Lovech v AZ Alkmaar 15/12/2005 Middlesbrough FC v PFC Litex Lovech 15/12/2005 AZ Alkmaar v Grasshopper-Club

KEY: Match-by-match lineups Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points (NOTE: In the group stage, the group winners, runners-up and third-placed teams advance to the UEFA Cup knockout stage where they are joined by the third-placed teams from the UEFA Champions League group stage. The fourth- and fifth-placed teams in the UEFA Cup group stage are eliminated.)

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Match officials Referee Bertrand Layec (FRA) Assistant referees Patrick Reinbold (FRA), David Benech (FRA) Fourth official Bruno Ruffray (FRA) UEFA Delegate Benny Jacobsen (DEN) UEFA Referee observer Patrick Kelly (IRL) Referee

Name Nat. DoB UEFACUP1 UEFA2 Bertrand Layec FRA 03.07.1965 8 13 UEFA Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 10.03.2005 UCUP 1/8 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - AZ Alkmaar 1-3 Donetsk 03.11.2005 UCUP GS Middlesbrough FC - FC Dnipro Middlesbrough Dnipropetrovsk

UEFA Cup Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 29.08.2002 UCUP QR PFC CSKA Sofia - FC Dinamo Minsk 1-0 Sofia 03.10.2002 UCUP R1 Panathinaikos FC - PFC Litex Lovech 2-1 Athens 15.10.2003 UCUP R1 FK Crvena Zvezda - Odense BK 4-3 Belgrade 27.11.2003 UCUP R2 FK Teplice - 1-1 Teplice 04.11.2004 UCUP GS VfB Stuttgart - SL Benfica 3-0 Stuttgart 02.12.2004 UCUP GS Egaleo FC - S.S. Lazio 2-2 Athens

Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 01.05.2002 U19 IR Czech Republic - Bulgaria 1-1 Sardice 20.07.2002 UIC R3 Málaga CF - KAA Gent 3-0 Malaga 20.09.2002 U17 QR1 Iceland - Switzerland 0-2 Keflavik 22.09.2002 U17 QR1 Switzerland - Israel 1-4 Reykjavik 28.03.2003 U21 QR Portugal - England 4-2 Rio Maior 06.08.2003 UCL QR2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk - FC Sheriff 2-0 Donetsk 09.09.2003 U21 QR Denmark - Romania 0-0 Farum 18.02.2004 FRIE. R1 Spain - Peru 2-1 Barcelona 28.05.2004 U21 GS - FT Germany - Switzerland 2-1 Mainz 01.06.2004 U21 GS - FT Italy - Croatia 1-0 Bochum 08.06.2004 U21 P-O 3rd Portugal - Sweden 3-2 Oberhausen 10.08.2004 UIC F Villarreal CF - Club Atlético de Madrid 2-0 Villarreal 14.09.2004 UCL GS Valencia CF - RSC Anderlecht 2-0 Valencia 30.03.2005 WC QR Greece - Albania 2-0 Athens 17.08.2005 WC QR Liechtenstein - Slovakia 0-0 Vaduz 27.09.2005 UCL GS FC Thun - AC Sparta Praha 1-0 Berne

KEY: Match officials Nat. - Nationality, DoB - Date of birth

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Comp. - Competition, Res - Result 1 - UEFACUP: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Cup from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. Matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) 2 - UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions including all qualifying round matches (NOTE: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. International matches or matches where the match official has acted as a fourth official are not included in this statistic.) ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA AP: Appearances QR2: Second qualifying round Champions League : Final QR3: Third qualifying round UCUP: UEFA Cup GS: Group stage R1: First round UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage R2: Second round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round R4: Fourth round EURO: UEFA European Football Championship QF: Quarter-finals SF: Semi-finals WC: FIFA World Cup QR: Qualifying round 1/8: Eighth-finals CONFCUP: Confederation Cup QR1: First qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals FRIE.: Friendly matches

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Domestic news Contenders celebrate home successes (Monday, 31 October 2005) Four of the five teams in UEFA Cup Group D produced winning displays on the domestic front this weekend. Middlesbrough FC, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, PFC Litex Lovech and AZ Alkmaar all picked up maximum points from their league games, while Grasshopper-Club were the only side to miss out on three points as they were held at home.

Middlesbrough FC 4-1 Manchester United FC Middlesbrough roared to their best win of the season, putting four past a shell-shocked Manchester United at the Riverside Stadium. Gaizka Mendieta opened the scoring in the second minute with a long-range effort, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink added a second in the 25th minute and Yakubu Ayegbeni made it 3-0 from the penalty spot in first-half added time after Staurt Parnaby had been fouled. Mendieta got his second and Middlesbrough's fourth 12 minutes from time before Cristiano Ronaldo responded for United seconds before the final whistle.

"I told the players afterwards that they should enjoy themselves because moments like this do not come along too often," said Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren, whose side progressed to the fourth round of the English League Cup with a 1-0 win at Everton FC on Wednesday night. "We had to impose our system on theirs. We did that and it was a platform for our win. We have been waiting for this kind of performance and result." McClaren's first-choice centre-backs Gareth Southgate (groin) and Ugo Ehiogu (knee) were both missing, so Matthew Bates joined Franck Queudrue and Chris Riggott at the back.

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-0 FC Arsenal Kharkiv Dnipro bounced back from a 1-0 defeat against FC Vorkla Poltava in the last 16 of the Ukrainian Cup last Wednesday with victory in the Premier League against Arsenal on Sunday. Vadim Tishenko's charges scored a goal in each half through Ruslan Kostysyn and Dmytro Semochko to register a win which allowed them to jump from 14th to tenth in the league standings. The match was also notable for the return of midfielder Olexander Rykun to the lineup for the first time in a month following a personal conflict with previous coach Evgeniy Kucherevskiy. "I am very happy that we have finally got a win. It may boost the team and give us more confidence," said Tishenko. "As for Middlesbrough, we expect a very tough match. Our opponents offer more than a serious test, but we will try to come up with some surprises for them." PFC Litex Lovech 4-0 PFC Marek Dupnitza Litex recorded their fifth home win in a row after sweeping aside Marek on Saturday. However, the victory came at a cost as stand-in striker Zhivko Zhelev was forced off injured just 27 minutes into the game. Zhelev, who was replaced by Lyubomir Lyubenov,

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is now a doubt for Litex's first UEFA Cup group game at home to Grasshoppers on Thursday. Brazilian striker Sandrinho scored twice against struggling Marek, with the other goals a Lyubenov penalty and a Milivoje Novakovič strike. "We could have scored more goals, but also could have conceded," said Litex coach Ljupko Petrović, who saw his side move into sixth in the Bulgarian Premier League. "We made some mistakes that could be fatal against Grasshoppers. On Thursday we must be more focused and careful." Grasshopper-Club 1–1 BSC Young Boys

Grasshoppers warmed up for their UEFA Cup match at Litex with a 1­1 draw at home against Young Boys on Sunday. João Paulo opened the scoring for the visitors before half­time, while Antonio Dos Santos struck the equaliser five minutes into the second period with his seventh goal of the season. Grasshoppers finished with ten men after striker Rogerio was sent off for a foul on Tiago. Grasshoppers struggled to break through a determined and well­organised Young Boys defence, although Ricardo Cabanas missed a great chance when the game was still goalless. Grasshoppers are unbeaten at home in 15 league games, and were without injured trio Gerardo Seoane, André Muff, and Leandro. Coach Hanspeter Latour said: "We were the better team but we should have been more ruthless in front of goal. It helped that we were able to equalise shortly after half­time." ADO Den Haag 0­2 AZ Alkmaar

AZ collected a comfortable victory from their trip to Den Haag on Saturday and were given a big boost with the return of Joris Mathijsen after six months out with a knee injury. Tarik Sektioui got AZ's first goal on 16 minutes before Shota Arveladze wrapped up the points with his eleventh goal of the season ten minutes into the second half. "Joris told me he was ready for it and he was full of self­confidence, which I had noticed in training," AZ coach Louis van Gaal revealed. "He is fit and I am glad about the way he played tonight. We played pretty well, but we should have scored a lot more." AZ are not in action on Matchday 2, giving injured trio Demy de Zeeuw (groin), Pius Ikedia (hamstring) and Juha Reini (achilles) more time to recover.

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Domestic league details Middlesbrough FC (Barclaycard Premiership) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 13.08.2005 v Liverpool FC (H) 0-0 20.08.2005 v Tottenham Hotspur FC (A) 0-2 23.08.2005 v Birmingham City FC (A) 3-0 Viduka (2), Queudrue 28.08.2005 v Charlton Athletic FC (H) 0-3 10.09.2005 v Arsenal FC (H) 2-1 Ayegbeni, Maccarone 18.09.2005 v Wigan Athletic FC (A) 1-1 Ayegbeni 25.09.2005 v Sunderland AFC (H) 0-2 02.10.2005 v Aston Villa FC (A) 3-2 Ayegbeni, Boateng, Ayegbeni (pen) 15.10.2005 v Portsmouth FC (H) 1-1 Ayegbeni 23.10.2005 v West Ham United FC (A) 1-2 Queudrue 29.10.2005 v Manchester United FC (H) 4-1 Mendieta (2), Hasselbaink, Ayegbeni (pen) 06.11.2005 v Everton FC (A) 20.11.2005 v Fulham FC (H) 27.11.2005 v West Bromwich Albion FC (H) 03.12.2005 v Chelsea FC (A) 10.12.2005 v Liverpool FC (A) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea FC 11 10 1 0 28 6 31 2 Wigan Athletic FC 10 7 1 2 11 5 22 3 Tottenham Hotspur FC 11 5 5 1 13 7 20 4 Manchester City FC 11 6 2 3 14 9 20 5 Bolton Wanderers FC 11 6 2 3 13 11 20 6 Charlton Athletic FC 10 6 1 3 15 10 19 7 Manchester United FC 10 5 3 2 15 11 18 8 Arsenal FC 10 5 2 3 13 7 17 9 West Ham United FC 10 4 3 3 14 10 15 10 Newcastle United FC 11 4 3 4 11 10 15 11 Middlesbrough FC 11 4 3 4 15 15 15 12 Blackburn Rovers FC 11 4 2 5 11 14 14 13 Liverpool FC 9 3 4 2 7 8 13 14 Portsmouth FC 11 2 4 5 11 13 10 15 Fulham FC 11 2 3 6 10 15 9 16 Aston Villa FC 11 2 3 6 10 19 9 17 West Bromwich Albion FC 11 2 2 7 9 21 8 18 Everton FC 10 2 1 7 3 12 7 19 Birmingham City FC 11 1 3 7 7 16 6 20 Sunderland AFC 11 1 2 8 10 21 5 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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Domestic league details FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian Premier League) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 12.07.2005 v SC Tavriya Simferopol (H) 1-3 Kornilenko 17.07.2005 v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (A) 0-2 23.07.2005 v FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (H) 3-0 Nazarenko, Melashchenko (2) 31.07.2005 v FC Arsenal Kyiv (A) 0-1 06.08.2005 v FC Stal Alchevsk (H) 0-1 21.08.2005 v FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod (A) 2-1 Nazarenko, Shershun 29.08.2005 v FC Illychivets Mariupil (H) 0-1 11.09.2005 v FC Vorskla Poltava (A) 1-1 Kornilenko 19.09.2005 v FC Metalurh Donetsk (H) 1-0 Shelayev 25.09.2005 v FC Chornomorets Odesa (A) 0-0 03.10.2005 v FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) 0-3 16.10.2005 v SC Volyn Lutsk (A) 1-2 Melashchenko 23.10.2005 v FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) 0-0 30.10.2005 v FC Arsenal Kharkiv (H) 2-0 Kostyshyn, Semochko 07.11.2005 v FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (A) 20.11.2005 v SC Tavriya Simferopol (A) 27.11.2005 v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (H) 04.12.2005 v FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (A) 10.12.2005 v FC Arsenal Kyiv (H) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 14 12 2 0 33 5 38 2 FC Dynamo Kyiv 14 11 3 0 34 7 36 3 FC Chornomorets Odesa 14 7 3 4 20 12 24 4 FC Illychivets Mariupil 14 7 3 4 15 15 24 5 SC Volyn Lutsk 14 7 2 5 22 25 23 6 FC Metalist Kharkiv 14 7 2 5 21 22 23 7 FC Metalurh Donetsk 14 5 6 3 19 11 21 8 FC Arsenal Kharkiv 14 5 3 6 21 19 18 9 FC Vorskla Poltava 14 4 4 6 14 19 16 10 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14 4 3 7 11 15 15 11 SC Tavriya Simferopol 14 4 2 8 11 19 14 12 FC Arsenal Kyiv 14 3 5 6 12 19 14 13 FC Stal Alchevsk 14 3 5 6 9 21 14 14 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 14 3 4 7 8 13 13 15 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 14 2 4 8 14 25 10 16 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod 14 1 3 10 6 23 6 KEY: Domestic league details - , Pld - Matches played, W - Won, D - Drawn, L - Lost, GF - Goals for, GA - Goals against, Pts - Points

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