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After nine Greek titles in ten seasons, Olympiacos CFP are now entering their tenth successive year of UEFA Champions League football. However, while getting into the group stage has proved no problem, getting out of it is another matter altogether. Olympiacos have progressed beyond the first stage only once during the last decade – in the 1998/99 season when they went all the way to the quarter-finals.

• 's men open their Group D campaign against the top seeds Valencia CF but at least they have the benefit of home advantage – they have never won in ten visits to Spain. Even at the Georgios Karaiskaki stadium, however, Olympiacos know they face a tough start against Spain's third-placed team in 2005/06.

Attacking strength • Valencia coach Quique Sánchez Flores signed a trio of Spanish internationals over the summer in , Fernando Morientes and Joaquín Sánchez. The €8m Italian striker Francesco Tavano was another arrival, but it is Morientes who has made the headlines with an impressive start.

• The former Real CF and Liverpool FC front man struck the first as Valencia overturned a 1-0 first-leg deficit with a 3-0 home win over FC Salzburg in the third qualifying round. and Silva were the other scorers.

• Olympiacos strengthened considerably in defence during the summer, their recruitments including Michal Zewłakow, Abdeslam Ouaddou, Didier Domi and Julio César. Another new face is Ecuadorian forward Félix Borja.

Previous encounters • It finished honours even when the sides met in the 2000/01 UEFA Champions League group stage. Valencia won 2-1 at the Mestalla in September 2000 with Rubén Baraja among the scorers, and Olympiacos gained revenge with a 1-0 home victory thanks to Predrag Djordjević's penalty.

• That season Valencia ended up topping the group en route to a second successive final, but Olympiacos missed out on second place due to an inferior head-to-head record with .

• Overall, Olympiacos have won five of ten home matches against Spanish opposition, including a 2-1 triumph against Real Madrid CF last season. Valencia, meanwhile, have never tasted victory in three previous visits to .

Striking records • Valencia fans have unhappy memories of Olympiacos' , who struck a spectacular overhead-kick winner against them for on the final day of the 2000/01 Spanish season. The goal took Barcelona into the following season's UEFA Champions League at Valencia's expense.

• Valencia's Morientes has found the net against Olympiacos twice before. He was on target when Real Madrid beat the Greek team 5-1 in the group stage in October 1997 and repeated the trick when the sides met again at the Santiago Bernabéu at the same stage two years later.

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Team facts

Olympiacos

UEFA club competition milestones • Greece have yet to see any of their clubs win a major European prize with Olympiacos still to reach the last four of either the European Champion Clubs' Cup or UEFA Cup.

• Their best European Cup showing came under the auspices of the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League. The club progressed to the last eight where they met Juventus of Italy. After scoring an away goal in a 2-1 defeat in Turin, a one-goal victory would have been enough at home for Olympiacos to progress. They duly took the lead early in the return only to concede in the 85th minute and Juve went through 3-2 on aggregate.

• The best individual campaign in any competition came when they reached the quarter-finals of the 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, before losing 4-2 on aggregate to Club Atlético de Madrid.

UEFA club competition honours • No participations recorded in a UEFA club competition final.

Ten-year record (including current season) • Olympiacos have qualified for the UEFA Champions League for ten seasons in a row with this year's participation. They have only once made it to the knockout stages, in 1998/99.

1997/98: UEFA Champions League - group stage 1998/99: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 1999/00: UEFA Champions League - first group stage 2000/01: UEFA Champions League - first group stage 2001/02: UEFA Champions League - first group stage 2002/03: UEFA Champions League - first group stage 2003/04: UEFA Champions League - group stage 2004/05: UEFA Cup - round of 16 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, group stage) 2005/06: UEFA Champions League - group stage 2006/07: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2005/06 season Domestic record: Olympiacos won the Alpha Ethniki title for the second straight season and the ninth time in the last ten campaigns. They finished three points ahead of AEK Athens FC and Panathinaikos FC to earn the only automatic group-stage berth on offer to Greek clubs.

European record: Olympiacos again failed to progress to the UEFA Champions League knockout stages. They lost the first four matches in their group against Rosenborg BK, Real Madrid CF and twice to Olympique Lyonnais. A 1-1 draw at Rosenborg and 2-1 win at home against Madrid were not enough to lift the side off the bottom of the section.

Key facts • Olympiacos have played 56 times in the UEFA Champions League, winning 16, drawing 12 and losing 28. They have scored 66 goals and conceded 100.

• The club have played 165 times overall in UEFA club competition, with 60 wins, 31 draws and 74 defeats. They have scored 204 times and conceded 263 goals. In the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, the Greek side have played 88 matches, with 26 wins, 19 draws and 43 defeats. In that time, they have scored 104 goals and conceded 148.

Records

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UEFA club competition • Biggest win 5-0: Olympiacos CFP v MPKC Mozyr 13.08.1997, 1997/98 European Champion Clubs' Cup, second qualifying round, first leg

• Biggest home win 5-0: Olympiacos CFP v MPKC Mozyr (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-3: FC Chornomorets Odesa v Olympiacos CFP 30.09.1992, 1992/93 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, first round, second leg 0-3: US Luxembourg v Olympiacos CFP 01.10.1986, 1986/87 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, first round, second leg

• Heaviest defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP 10.12.2003, 2003/04 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Heaviest home defeat 0-4: Olympiacos CFP v Hamburger SV 03.11.1982, 1982/83 European Champion Clubs' Cup, second round, second leg

• Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 6-2: Olympiacos CFP v Bayer 04 18.09.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, first group stage

• Biggest home win 6-2: Olympiacos CFP v (see above for details)

• Biggest away win No away victories recorded in the competition

• Heaviest defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat 1-4: Olympiacos CFP v Olympique Lyonnais 01.11.2005, 2005/06 UEFA Champions League, group stage

• Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (see above for details)

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Valencia

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UEFA club competition milestones • Valencia have a fine tradition in European competition and have twice gone close to winning the UEFA Champions League. In successive seasons - 1999/2000 and 2000/01 - they were beaten finalists against Real Madrid CF and FC Bayern München respectively. Despite losing 3-0 against their Spanish rivals they were only denied by penalty kicks a year later against Bayern after the match in Milan had ended 1-1 after 120 minutes.

• The club's greatest success on the European stage however has come in the other UEFA club competitions. In 1979/80 they were on the right side of a penalty shootout, defeating Arsenal FC 5-4 to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup after the teams had played out a goalless draw.

• Valencia's most recent triumph arrived in the UEFA Cup in 2003/04 where a Vicente Rodríguez penalty and a goal from Mista helped them lift the trophy against in Gothenburg.

UEFA club competition honours • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1979/80 • UEFA Cup: 2003/04 • UEFA Super Cup: 1980, 2004 • UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1998

Ten-year record (including current season) • Valencia have enjoyed a successful record in recent seasons and return to the UEFA Champions League for the fifth time in seven years after a 3-1 aggregate third qualifying round victory against FC Salzburg.

1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition 1998/99: UEFA Cup - second round 1999/00: UEFA Champions League - runners-up 2000/01: UEFA Champions League - runners-up 2001/02: UEFA Cup - quarter-finals 2002/03: UEFA Champions League - quarter-finals 2003/04: UEFA Cup - winners 2004/05: UEFA Cup - round of 32 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League, group stage) 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup - finalists 2006/07: UEFA Champions League - group stage

2005/06 season Domestic record: Valencia missed out on an automatic place in the group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League after a final day defeat against CA Osasuna meant that they finished third in the Primera División standings, a point behind Real Madrid.

European record: Following a poor domestic season, by their high standards, in 2004/05 Valencia had to rely on the UEFA Intertoto Cup to qualify for the UEFA Cup. Victories against KAA Gent and Roda JC set-up a final meeting with Hamburger SV but the German club denied them with a 1-0 victory over two legs.

Key facts • Valencia have played 177 games in UEFA club competition. They have won 88, drawn 46, lost 43, scoring 274 and conceding 168.

• In the European Champion Clubs' Cup, Valencia have had 66 matches, winning 33, drawn 18 and lost 15. They have scored 97 and conceded 56.

• Valencia have played 54 matches in the UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only). In that time, they have won 27, drawn 15, lost 12, scored 80 goals and conceded 49.

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Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 0-5: SK Sturm v Valencia CF 07.03.2001, 2000/01 UEFA Champions League, second group stage 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia Warszawa 01.11.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Cup, second round, second leg 5-0: Valencia CF v FC Chernomorets Novorossyisk 27.09.2001, 2001/02 UEFA Cup, first round, second leg

• Biggest home win 6-1: Valencia CF v Legia Warszawa (see above for details) 5-0: Valencia CF v FC Chernomorets Novorossyisk (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat 7-0: Karlsruher SC v Valencia CF 02.11.1993, 1993/94 UEFA Cup, second round, second leg

• Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Valencia CF v FC Internazionale Milano 20.10.2004, 2004/05 UEFA Champions League, group stage 1-5: Valencia CF v SSC Napoli 16.09.1992, 1992/93 UEFA Cup, first round, first leg

• Heaviest away defeat 7-0: Karlsruher SC v Valencia CF (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF (see above for details)

• Biggest home win 6-2: Valencia CF v FC 02.10.2002, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League, first group stage

• Biggest away win 0-5: SK Sturm Graz v Valencia CF (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat 1-5: Valencia CF v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat 1-5: Valencia CF v FC Internazionale Milano (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat 3-0: Real Madrid CF v Valencia CF 24.05.2000, 1999/2000 UEFA Champions League, final (neutral venue) 3-0: Manchester United FC v Valencia CF 08.12.1999, UEFA Champions League, second group stage

Last updated: 27 August 2006

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Match facts

Group D

• Aside from Olympiacos and Valencia, AS Roma and FC Shakhtar Donetsk meet in Rome on Matchday 1. Valencia and Olympiacos are scheduled to do battle again in Spain on Matchday 5 (22 November), when Shakhtar will play host to Roma. On Matchday 2 (27 September), Olympiacos travel to Shakhtar while Valencia receive Roma, with those games being reversed on Matchday 6 (5 December). Valencia take on Shakhtar on Matchdays 3 (18 October) and 4 (31 October) in Spain and Ukraine respectively, the same nights as Olympiacos meet Roma at home and then away.

Olympiacos

• Predrag Djordjević is one match away from his 50th appearance in the UEFA Champions League, while Giorgios Anatolakis needs two more games to reach his half-century. While Djordjević has scored nine goals, Anatolakis has never found the net in Europe's premier club competition.

• The most experienced player in the squad is Rivaldo, who has played 67 times in the UEFA Champions League, scoring 27 goals.

• Other than Rivaldo, no other player in the Olympiacos squad has yet to hit double figures for goals in the UEFA Champions League.

• Grigoris Georgatos needs one more appearance for 50 in UEFA club competition, while Michalis Konstantinou is four games away from the same mark.

• Olympiacos made it three league wins in three on Saturday as they beat FC PAOK 2-0 at home to remain the only team in Greece with a 100 per cent record. The victory was revenge for the defeat in this fixture last season, Olympiacos's only home reverse in the campaign. Konstantinou struck the first in the seventh minute before in-form Nery Alberto Castillo doubled the lead with a lobbed effort in the 29th minute. PAOK pushed on strongly in the second half but failed to find a way back into the contest.

• Castillo had struck a hat-trick in the 3-0 win at Panionios NFC on 27 August, and is leading the scoring charts with four goals.

• Trond Sollied said: "We played an excellent first half on a pitch that was in bad condition. We wanted to get revenge for ourselves from last season's defeat and that gave us extra motivation. It's the first match in a series of hard encounters in our schedule. At half-time, I told my players to keep their concentration. However, with the 2-0 scoreline, it was only natural that they had their mind on the encounter against Valencia. I will be very satisfied if on Tuesday we manage not to concede goals and at the same time score."

• Apart from long-term injury victim Erol Bulut, not due back until 2007, Sollied was without the injured Georgatos, who is rated extremely doubtful to face Valencia, along with Michalis Kapsis and Marco Né, who are proceeding with their recovery programme. Rivaldo has recovered from a knee injury, but he was rested at the weekend ahead of the Valencia encounter. Didier Domi returned to the side after serving a suspension and played on the left.

• Olympiacos are ten goals away from reaching the 3.000-mark in the Greek league, a mark only Panathinaikos FC have already passed. They need 31 victories to make it 1,000 in the league.

• Olympiacos signed seven foreign players during the summer . The main concern was to bolster their defence and they brought goalkeeper Tomislav Butina and the defenders Michał Żewłakow, Abdeslam Ouaddou, Domi and César. They also signed midfielder Marco Né and striker

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Félix Borja. However, they lost one of the team’s pillars of last season, the Ivory Coast defensive midfielder Yaya Touré, who signed for AS FC.

• Rivaldo has stated once more that this will be his last season at Olympiacos – and in Europe – and then he will return to Brazil: "It's my last season here and I really want us to have an excellent run in the UEFA Champions League," he said on Thursday after meeting his compatriot Pelé, who was on a visit to Greece.

• Five players were on international duty last week. , Georgios Anatolakis and Pantelis Kafes travelled with Greece to Moldova, where the European champions won 1-0 on 2 September. Nikopolidis played the entire 90 minutes, Anatolakis came as substitute in the last five minutes, while Kafes remained on the substitute's bench.

• Ioannis Okkas played all 90 minutes for in their 6-1 defeat by Slovakia on the same day. Żewłakow did not miss a minute of Poland’s two home encounters on 2 and 6 September. On Saturday they lost 3-1 to Finland, while on Wednesday they drew 1-1 with Serbia.

• Olympiacos begin their participation in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League with two major goals. First, to record their first away victory, as they have no wins, five draws and 23 defeats in the nine seasons they have participated in the competition. Second, to get past the group stage – they have not done so since 1998/99, when they reached the quarter-finals of the competition and were eliminated by Juventus.

• The tickets for the home match against Valencia were sold out in just a few hours on Thursday.

Valencia

• Mario Regueiro turns 28 on Wednesday, five days before Jorge López reaches the same milestone.

• Fernando Morientes, on 75 games and 27 goals in the UEFA Champions League, needs six more appearances for 100 overall in UEFA club competition.

• Eleven players featured in both matches in the third qualifying round against FC Salzburg. They are: Cañizares, David Navarro, Raúl Albiol, , , , Vicente, David Villa, Morientes, Miguel Ángel Angulo and David Silva.

• Joaquín will miss the club's first two games in the group stage, against Olympiacos and AS Roma, as he carries forward a two-match suspension picked up last season with Balompié.

• In an action-packed encounter at the Vicente Calderón stadium on Saturday evening, Valencia maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a 1-0 victory over Club Atlético de Madrid. Villa scored the only goal of the game after just seven minutes. Moretti was sent off for the visitors in the 66th minute, but the numbers were soon equal again as received a red card ten minutes later.

• Quique Sánchez Flores said: "What changed the game was taking the lead early on. The game became simpler after that and we able to defend that lead. In the first 30 minutes we played as I wanted and did not allow their forwards any space. We did not create many chances ourselves, but the ones we did were very good."

• Valencia had a busy summer in the transfer market. Joaquín was signed from Betis, Morientes returned to Spain after two seasons at Liverpool FC, Asier del Horno also came back after one year at Chelsea FC, Francesco Tavano was signed from Empoli FC. Jaime Gavilán rejoined the club after a year on loan at CF as did Silva after a season on loan at RC Celta de .

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• A number of players were also allowed to leave as Fabio Aurelio moved to Liverpool FC, Rufete joined RCD Espanyol, Mista signed for Atlético, Pablo Aimar switched to , joined PSV Eindhoven and Gonzalo De Los Santos moved to Hércules CF.

• Amadeo Carboni retired from playing at the age of 40 and accepted the position of sporting director at the . The Italian defender played his final match for the club, who he joined in 1997, against Atlético in April, 2006.

• In pre-season Valencia CF played two matches in Ermelo, Netherlands, and defeated both Go Ahead Eagles and Fenerbahçe SK 2-1. Their third warm-up match resulted in another victory as they beat Charlton Athletic FC 3-1, before playing a dress rehearsal for the UEFA Champions League encounter against AS Roma in the Trofeo Naranja in Mestalla. Silva and Albelda both scored in a 2-0 victory.

• Sánchez Flores’s side opened the league season on 26 August with a 2-1 home victory against Betis. Morientes scored the first league goal before former player Xisco levelled for the visitors. Just after the hour mark though, Raúl Albiol struck the winning goal to give his side a winning start to the campaign.

• Joaquín was left out of the Valencia squad at the weekend for the victory against Atlético as he only began training with his new team-mates last week.

• Albelda is also out of the game against Olympiacos after fracturing his cheekbone during Spain's 3-2 defeat by Northern Ireland on 6 September, when Villa scored Spain's second goal. Albelda underwent minor surgery in Madrid after the match.

• Both Albelda and Villa had also started in the 4-0 win against Liechtenstein four days before, with Villa scoring twice. Joaquín was an unused substitute for that encounter while did not get off the bench against Northern Ireland.

• Two other players are also set to miss out against Olympiacos. Del Horno is still recovering from the muscle tear close to his achilles which forced him to withdraw from Spain's FIFA World Cup squad, while Rubén Baraja remains sidelined with a torn thigh muscle.

• Silva scored as Spain's Under-21 side beat Slovakia 4-2 on 5 September to win through to next month's play-offs. A two-legged tie with Italy stands between Spain and the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship finals.

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 16 domestic league winners from last season, but none of the eight groups comprising the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League features four champions. Only Group A features three league winners from the last campaign with England, Spain and Bulgaria represented by their champions, namely Chelsea FC, FC Barcelona and PFC Levski Sofia. The fourth club in the group, Werder , finished second in last season's Bundesliga, five points behind FC Bayern München. All of the remaining groups feature two domestic league winners with the exception of Group H, where Belgian side RSC Anderlecht are the only champions. Group rivals AEK Athens FC were runners-up in Greece, while LOSC Lille Métropole and AC Milan were classified in third place in and respectively. Alongside 16 champions, there are nine runners-up and six third-placed finishers. Arsenal FC are the only club in the group stage to have finished in fourth place in their domestic league championship last season.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation in the UEFA Champions League to eleven, a record in the competition. Bayern, PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real Madrid CF are making their tenth consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal.

Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2005/06 knockout phase, Real Madrid CF tied Manchester United FC's record of nine consecutive seasons in advancing past the group stage. While United's streak came to an end last season, Madrid have featured in the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. In those nine seasons, United won the competition once while they also advanced as far as the semi-finals twice, the quarter-finals four times and the first knockout round twice in the other eight seasons. Madrid, meanwhile, have won the competition three times in the last nine years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However, in the last two seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs competing in this season's UEFA Champions League, only FC Spartak Moskva and FC Girondins de did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2005/06 season. Indeed, the two clubs are making their first appearance in UEFA club competition since the 2003/04 season.

Past masters: Four clubs competing in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition when it started during the 1992/93 season. AC Milan were beaten finalists (to Olympique de Marseille), while PSV Eindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva and FC all participated in the group stage. In addition, AEK Athens FC and FC Barcelona were knocked out in the second round, the last hurdle to enter the group stage.

Long road for debutants: Five clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round including this season's two debutants, FC København and PFC Levski Sofia. They are joined by FC Spartak Moskva, FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Steaua Bucuresti as clubs who had to play four matches to claim their place in the group stage of the competition. A debutant has not won the competition since Juventus in 1995/96, the Italian side becoming the third club to complete this achievement following namely Olympique de Marseille (1992/93, first UEFA Champions League final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Girondins de Bordeaux have yet to play a qualifying round match in order to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fourth appearance in the competition, while Bordeaux are involved for the second time.

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Pedigree: Four of the former winners of the competition since it included a group stage element from the 1992/93 season are not participating in this season's UEFA Champions League, namely Olympique de Marseille (1992/93), AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus (1995/96) and BV (1996/97). The last ten winners of the competition, Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, FC Bayern München, AC Milan, FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona are involved in this season's group stage. Only three winners from the last ten UEFA Cup finals are not involved in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage, namely Parma FC (1998/99), Feyenoord (2001/02) and Sevilla FC (2005/06). Liverpool and Porto have won both competitions in the past decade, while the remaining UEFA Cup winners in that time are FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Valencia CF and PFC CSKA Moskva.

• UEFA Champions League: All-time records Biggest wins 8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003) 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003) 7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000) 7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005) 6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993) 6-0: Leeds United AFC v Besiktas JK (26.09.2000) 6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC (25.09.2002) Monaco's record victory was achieved in part thanks to the exploits of Dado Pršo, who scored four of his seven 2003/04 UEFA Champions League goals that evening against Deportivo. Only one team has scored more than five goals in an away game, Manchester United FC winning 6-2 at Brøndby IF in 1998/99.

Most goals in a season 12: Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United FC, 2002/03) 10: (Juventus, 1997/98) 10: Mário Jardel (FC Porto, 1999/00) 10: Rivaldo (FC Barcelona, 1999/00) 10: Raúl González (Real Madrid CF, 1999/00) 10: Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United FC, 2001/02) 10: Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan, 2002/03) top scored with nine goals at the end of the 2005/06 campaign, three behind the record mark set for one season in the competition.

Four goals in a match (AC Milan 4-0 IFK Göteborg, 25.11.1992) Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000) Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003) Ruud van Nistelrooij (Manchester United FC 4-1 AC Sparta Praha, 03.11.2004) Andriy Shevchenko (Fenerbahçe SK 0-4 AC Milan, 23.11.2005) Of these four-goal hauls, Dado Pršo's against Deportivo was the quickest. He scored his first goal 26 minutes into the game and his fourth just 23 minutes later.

Fastest goal in a match 20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindhoven 0-4 Arsenal FC, 25.09.2002) 20.12 secs: Alessandro Del Piero (Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus, 01.10.1997) 21.20 secs: (FC Schalke 04 2-2 AC Milan, 28.09.2005) 25.40 secs: Marek Kincl (Club Brugge KV 3-2 SK Rapid Wien, 02.11.2005) 28.21 secs: Mariano Bombarda (Willem II 3-4 AC Sparta Praha, 20.10.1999) AC Milan's joy at Clarence Seedorf's first-minute goal against FC Schalke 04 was short-lived - Søren Larsen equalised for the home side in the third minute.

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Fastest hat-tricks 9 mins: Mike Newell (Blackburn Rovers FC 4-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.1995) 19 mins: Marco Simone (Rosenborg BK 1-4 AC Milan, 25.09.1996) 19 mins: Dado Pršo (AS Monaco FC 8-3 RC Deportivo La Coruña, 05.11.2003) 21 mins: Sigurd Rushfeldt (Rosenborg BK 3-0 Galatasaray SK, 21.10.1998) 21 mins: Simone Inzaghi (S.S. Lazio 5-1 Olympique de Marseille, 14.03.2000) Rosenborg conceded 16 goals the season Mike Newell scored his rapid hat-trick, three fewer than the UEFA Champions League group stage record set by Hungarian side Ferencvárosi TC the same season.

Youngest players to score 17 years, 195 days: Peter Oforiquaye (Rosenborg BK 5-1 Olympiacos CFP, 01.10.1997) 17 years, 218 days: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC 5-1 Rosenborg BK, 07.12.2004) 17 years, 241 days: Martin Klein (Panathinaikos FC 2-1 AC Sparta Praha, 27.02.2002) 18 years, 61 days: Sammy Kuffour (FC Bayern München 2-2 FC Spartak Moskva, 02.11.1994) 18 years, 70 days: Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv 1-4 FC Bayern München, 07.12.1994) Peter Oforiquaye became the youngest player to score, but Celestine Babayaro is still the youngest player to appear, having begun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994 aged 16 years and 87 days.

• UEFA club competition and UEFA Champions League: All-time record appearances and goalscoring

Appearances: UEFA club competition Note: Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup) 159 (AC Milan) 130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK) 129 Luís Figo (Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano) 124 (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München) 122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF) 120 (AC Milan)

117 Giuseppe Bergomi (FC Internazionale Milano) 114 Phillip Cocu (BV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona) 112 Stefan Reuter (1. FC Nürnberg, FC Bayern München, Juventus, BV Borussia Dortmund) 112 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan) 110 Pavel Nedvěd (AC Sparta Praha, S.S. Lazio, Juventus)

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109 (UC Sampdoria, AS Roma, Valencia CF) 109 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 109 (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF) 108 Vítor Baía (FC Porto, FC Barcelona) 107 (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 107 Stefan Klos (BV Borussia Dortmund, Rangers FC) 107 Roar Strand (Rosenborg BK) 106 Filip De Wilde (KSK Beveren, RSC Anderlecht, Sporting Clube de Portugal) 106 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 106 (Real Madrid CF) 105 Michel Preud'homme (R. Standard de Liège, KV Mechelen, SL Benfica) 105 Alessio Tacchinardi (Juventus, Villarreal CF) 104 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC) 104 Claude Makelele (FC Nantes Atlantique, RC Celta de Vigo, Real Madrid CF, Chelsea FC) 104 Gert Verheyen (RSC Anderlecht, Club Brugge KV) 103 Ciro Ferrara (SSC Napoli, Juventus) 103 Lilian Thuram (AS Monaco FC, Parma FC, Juventus, FC Barcelona) 102 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC) 102 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC) 101 Bülent Korkmaz (Galatasaray SK) 101 Manuel Sanchís (Real Madrid CF) 100 Edgar Davids (AFC Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, FC Internazionale Milano) 100 Lothar Matthäus (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano)

99 (Athletic Club Bilbao, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, FC Bayern München) 98 (AS Roma, Juventus, S.S. Lazio) 97 Francisco Gento (Real Madrid CF) 97 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC) 96 Marc Overmars (AFC Ajax, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona) 95 Ray Clemence (Liverpool FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC) 95 (CF Sportul Studentesc, FC Steaua Bucuresti, Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK) 95 Erik Hoftun (Rosenborg BK)

Appearances: UEFA Champions League Note: This list considers group stage to final only 101 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 99 Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid CF) 97 David Beckham (Real Madrid CF) 96 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 94 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München) 92 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC) 90 Luís Figo (FC Internazionale Milano)

87 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC) 84 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC) 82 Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan) 80 Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid CF)

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79 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 79 Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC) 79 Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea FC) 78 Alessio Tacchinardi (Villarreal CF) 77 Míchel Salgado (Real Madrid CF) 76 Iván Helguera (Real Madrid CF) 75 Fernando Morientes (Valencia CF) 75 Hasan Salihamidžić (FC Bayern München) 74 (Real Madrid CF) 74 Claude Makelele (Chelsea FC) 74 Robert Pirès (Arsenal FC) 72 Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven) 71 (Real Madrid CF) 71 Michael Reiziger (PSV Eindhoven) 71 Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Manchester United FC) 70 Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyonnais)

68 Gianluca Pessotto (Juventus) 67 Rivaldo (Olympiacos CFP) 66 Roar Strand (Rosenborg BK)

Goals: UEFA club competition Note: Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup) 62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München) 56 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 56 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 54 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan) 53 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF)

49 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC) 47 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF) 47 Ruud van Nistelrooij (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 46 Henrik Larsson (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona) 45 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 45 (Hannover 96, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Goals: UEFA Champions League Note: This list considers group stage to final only 51 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 43 Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea FC) 43 Ruud van Nistelrooij (Real Madrid CF) 41 Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)

37 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 34 Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan)

28 David Trezeguet (Juventus) 27 Fernando Morientes (Valencia CF) 27 Roy Makaay (FC Bayern München) 27 Rivaldo (Olympiacos CFP) 24 Luís Figo (FC Internazionale Milano) 23 Hernán Crespo (FC Internazionale Milano) 21 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC)

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Goals: UEFA Champions League/European Champion Clubs' Cup Note: This list considers the all-time goalscorers list in both competitions including all qualifying round matches; Players listed in bold are still involved in this season's competitions (UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup) 52 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 51 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF)

49 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF) 47 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 47 Ruud van Nistelrooij (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 41 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC)

38 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 36 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan)

Last updated: 1 September 2006

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UEFA information

UEFA and Europe's major clubs ended two days of European Club Forum discussions last Wednesday, with the pledge to seek common ground and unity. The talks focused among other things, on the future structure of UEFA's club competitions, the relationship between UEFA and the clubs, stadium matters and commercial matters related to the European club competitions. UEFA's professional football director Giorgio Marchetti said: "I would welcome this meeting as the dawning of a new period of positive relations with the clubs."

Crucial advice to help clubs tackle racism on and off the pitch is the focal point of a new publication produced on UEFA's behalf by its partner, the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network. Tackling Racism in Club Football - A Guide For Clubs has been issued initially in English to herald the start of the new UEFA club competition season and is the latest step in the concerted campaign being waged to rid the game of racism and discrimination.

UEFA has asked referees to clamp down on dissent after the UEFA Referees' Committee, together with top officials, discussed various refereeing issues at their fourth annual gathering. Following the outcome of the discussions in Nyon a fortnight ago, UEFA wants to emphasise that it has asked match officials to take immediate action by cautioning players in the case of the following offences: waving of an imaginary card to have an opponent booked; crowding around the referee, when at least one player should be cautioned and not only the initiator; and dissent by gesture or running towards to referee.

UEFA has completed three new media rights agreements covering China guaranteeing what the European body says will be "an unprecedented breadth and quality of coverage" of European football's major club competition. CCTV, China's free to air national broadcaster which is present in 350 million television homes, will show extensive highlights of each match night for the next three seasons. UEFA's long-term partner across Asia, ESPN Star, will show more than 45 matches live in China per season as well as delayed matches, highlights and magazine programmes, while Sina.com, China's leading internet portal with 60 million page views per day, will show delayed match coverage and establish its own UEFA Champions League mobile service.

UEFA has paid tribute to the late Giacinto Facchetti, the FC Internazionale Milano president who died aged 64 last Monday after a battle with cancer. Facchetti, who as a player with Inter twice won the European Champion Clubs' Cup. He was a valued part of the UEFA family, having served the UEFA Fair Play Committee and UEFA's Technical Development Committee. Back in March, UEFA presented Facchetti with a Champions of Europe award amid celebrations to mark 50 years of European Cup finals. Andy Roxburgh, the UEFA technical director. "He was a fantastic person – he was an absolute gentleman." As a mark of respect, Inter have retired Facchetti's No3 shirt, with current player Nicolás Burdisso switching to No16.

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Head coach profiles

Trond Sollied Date of birth: 29 April 1959 Nationality: Norwegian Coaching career: FK Bodø/Glimt, Rosenborg BK, KAA Gent, Club Brugge KV, Olympiacos CFP

Trond Sollied is a Norwegian coach with the happy knack of winning titles in whatever country he has worked in. He took over at Olympiacos CFP in the summer of 2005 after a particularly successful spell with Club Brugge KV and continued his winning ways in Athens, leading Olympiacos to the league and cup double in his first season in charge.

Sollied enjoyed a relatively successful playing career, turning out for various clubs including Vålerenga IF, Rosenborg BK and FK Bodø/Glimt as well as winning 15 caps and scoring once for . He began his coaching career at Bodø/Glimt in 1992 and, as player-coach, he led them to a Norwegian first division title, a second-placed finish in the top flight and third place in 1995. He was dismissed in 1996 after a dispute with the club's board and joined Rosenborg as assistant coach to . Rosenborg won the title that year and again in 1998 after Sollied had replaced Eggen as coach.

He subsequently moved to and after a brief spell at KAA Gent joined Club Brugge KV in the summer of 2000. His coaching philosophy of a physical approach and strong team spirit proved successful with two Belgian league titles in 2003 and 2005 and two cup successes in 2002 and 2004. He left the Belgian club in somewhat acrimonious circumstances in June 2005 before promptly taking over at Olympiacos. Despite a successful first season on the domestic front, Olympiacos were unable to make an impression in the UEFA Champions League.

Quique Sánchez Flores Date of birth: 2 February, 1965 Nationality: Spanish Playing career: Valencia CF, Real Madrid CF, Real Zaragoza Coaching career: Real Madrid CF (youth coach), Getafe CF, Valencia CF

Quique Sánchez Flores promised to use Rafael Benítez's blueprint to guide Valencia CF back to the top when he took over at the Mestalla in summer 2005. Having spent nine years there as a player between 1986 and 1994, he had been a popular choice to replace and soon set about further ingratiating himself to the Valencia fans. Filling the gaps in a leaky defence certainly helped but it was the signing of David Villa from Real Zaragoza that had the biggest impact, the striker scoring 25 goals in 37 league games as the side finished third.

It was enough to secure a UEFA Champions League place after a rare season in the European wilderness for Valencia. Sánchez Flores continued to make his mark in summer 2006, allowing former stars Pablo Aimar and Mista to depart, and further fulfilling the role of a young, ambitious coach that had convinced the club to bring him on board 12 months earlier.

He represented something of a risk for the side after only turning his hand to coaching in 2003 but Sánchez Flores has already enjoyed success, leading Real Madrid CF to the youth title before moving across the city to newly-promoted senior side Getafe CF who enjoyed an impressive campaign. It further vindicated his decision to give up a career as a media pundit and having enjoyed some success as a player at Valencia, Madrid and Real Zaragoza and made 15 international appearances for Spain, Sánchez Flores could make waves as a coach.

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Squad list

Olympiacos Current Season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 34 Kleopas Giannou GRE 04.05.82 ------1 - 1 - 71 Antonios Nikopolidis GRE 14.01.71 - - - - 3 - 39 - 66 - 74 Tomislav Butina CRO 30.03.74 ------10 - 36 - 87 Leonidas Panagopoulos GRE 03.01.87 ------Defenders 2 GRE 19.03.79 - - - - 1 - 18 - 20 - 3 Didier Domi FRA 02.05.78 - - - - 2 - 6 - 27 - 14 Michał Żewłakow POL 22.04.76 - - - - 3 - 14 - 30 - 19 Athanasios Kostoulas GRE 24.03.76 - - - - 1 - 12 - 16 - 27 Abdeslam Ouaddou MOR 01.11.78 - - - - 2 - - - 13 - 30 Anastasios Pantos GRE 05.05.76 ------13 - 16 - 32 Giorgios Anatolakis GRE 16.03.74 - - - - 3 - 48 - 59 1 55 Júlio César BRA 17.11.76 ------Midfielders 1 Pantelis Kafes GRE 24.06.78 - - - - 3 - 17 2 41 3 6 Ieroklis Stoltidis GRE 02.02.75 - - - - 3 - 17 3 33 5 7 Nery Alberto Castillo URU 13.06.84 - - - - 3 4 7 2 10 2 8 Miloš Marić SCG 05.03.82 - - - - 3 - 5 - 9 - 10 Rivaldo BRA 19.04.72 - - - - 2 2 67 27 83 36 11 Predrag Djordjević SCG 04.08.72 - - - - 2 - 49 9 63 14 16 Marco Né CIV 17.07.83 ------8 2 17 Yiannis Taralidis GRE 17.05.81 ------2 - 21 Grigoris Georgatos GRE 31.10.72 - - - - 1 - 30 2 49 5 28 Konstantinos Mendrinos GRE 28.05.85 ------Forwards 9 Yiannis Okkas CYP 11.02.77 - - - - 3 - 18 1 63 13 18 Félix Borja ECU 02.04.83 - - - - 2 - - - - - 23 Michalis Konstantinou CYP 19.02.78 - - - - 1 - 28 9 46 14 40 Haruna Babangida NGA 01.10.82 ------6 1 6 1 77 Charilaos Pappas GRE 12.05.83 - - - - 1 - - - - - Coach Trond Sollied NOR 29.04.59 ------18 - 49 -

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Squad list

Valencia Current Season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Santiago Cañizares ESP 18.12.69 2 - - - 2 - 52 - 90 - 13 Juan Luis Mora ESP 12.07.73 ------6 - 25 Ludovic Butelle FRA 03.04.83 ------Defenders 2 Luis Miguel POR 04.01.80 - - - - 1 - - - 15 1 3 Asier del Horno ESP 19.01.81 ------4 - 12 3 4 ARG 14.04.73 - - - - 1 - 27 2 50 2 5 Carlos Marchena ESP 31.07.79 1 - - - 2 - 13 - 32 - 17 David Navarro ESP 25.05.80 2 - - - 1 - 6 - 18 1 20 Raúl Albiol ESP 04.09.85 2 - - - 2 1 - - 7 - 23 Cristobal Emilio Curro Torres ESP 27.12.76 2 - - - - - 13 1 35 1 24 Emiliano Moretti ITA 11.06.81 2 - - - 2 - 7 - 22 1 26 Cerra ESP 04.08.83 ------29 David Córcoles ESP 08.05.85 ------Midfielders 6 David Albelda ESP 01.09.77 2 - - - 1 - 35 - 64 2 8 Rubén Baraja ESP 11.07.75 1 - - - - - 32 7 58 12 14 Vicente ESP 16.07.81 2 - - - 2 - 27 2 51 5 15 Joaquín ESP 21.07.81 ------6 - 17 1 16 Hugo Viana POR 15.01.83 ------8 1 32 4 18 Jorge López ESP 19.09.78 - - - - 1 - - - 10 2 19 Jaime Gavilán ESP 12.05.85 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 22 Edu BRA 15.05.78 1 - - - 2 - 21 3 26 3 28 Nacho Insa ESP 09.06.86 ------31 Miguel Pallardó ESP 05.09.86 ------Forwards 7 David Villa ESP 03.12.81 2 1 - - 2 1 - - 18 5 9 Fernando Morientes ESP 05.04.76 2 1 - - 1 1 75 27 94 34 10 Miguel Ángel Angulo ESP 23.06.77 2 - - - 2 - 41 5 71 12 11 Mario Regueiro URU 14.09.78 1 - - - 2 - - - 2 - 12 Francesco Tavano ITA 02.03.79 ------21 David Silva ESP 08.01.86 2 1 - - 2 - - - 2 1 30 Aarón ESP 26.04.89 ------Coach Quique Sánchez Flores ESP 02.02.65 2 ------8 -

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Domestic information

Olympiacos CFP (Ethniki Kategoria)

Date Opponent Res Lineups League 19.08.2006 v Skoda Xanthi FC (H) 2-1 Nikopolidis, Żewłakow, Domi, Kostoulas, Anatolakis, Kafes (Miloš Marić 81), Stoltidis, Castillo (Borja 55), Predrag Djordjević, Rivaldo, Okkas League 27.08.2006 v Panionios NFC (A) 3-0 Nikopolidis, Żewłakow, Ouaddou (Julio Cesar 66), Anatolakis, Kafes, Stoltidis, Castillo, Rivaldo (Miloš Marić 87), Georgatos, Okkas, Borja (Pappas 69) League 09.09.2006 v PAOK FC (H) 2-0 Nikopolidis, Domi, Ouaddou (Cesar 78), Anatolakis, Żewłakow, Kafes, Stoltidis (Patsatzoglou 66), Predrag Djordjević, Castillo, Michalis Konstantinou, Okkas (Miloš Marić 66)

Date Opponent Res Goalscorers League 19.08.2006 v Skoda Xanthi FC (H) 2-1 Rivaldo (2) League 27.08.2006 v Panionios NFC (A) 3-0 Castillo (3) League 09.09.2006 v PAOK FC (H) 2-0 Constantinou, Castillo League 19.08.2006 v Skoda Xanthi FC (H) League 17.09.2006 v OFI Crete FC (A) League 24.09.2006 v AEK Athens FC (H) League 01.10.2006 v Iraklis FC (A) League 15.10.2006 v Atromitos FC (A) League 22.10.2006 v Ergotelis FC (H) League 29.10.2006 v Panathinaikos FC (A) League 05.11.2006 v Apollon Kalamarias FC (H) League 19.11.2006 v Aris FC (A) League 26.11.2006 v Larissa FC (H) League 03.12.2006 v Kerkira FC (A) League 10.12.2006 v Egaleo FC (H) League 17.12.2006 v Ionikos FC (H) League 07.01.2007 v Skoda Xanthi FC (A) League 14.01.2007 v Panionios NFC (H) League 21.01.2007 v PAOK FC (A) League 28.01.2007 v OFI Crete FC (H) League 11.02.2007 v AEK Athens FC (A) League 18.02.2007 v Iraklis FC (H) League 25.02.2007 v Atromitos FC (H)

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Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Olympiacos CFP 3 3 0 0 7 1 9 2 Ionikos FC 3 2 1 0 4 1 7 3 Panathinaikos FC 3 2 0 1 5 3 6 4 Ergotelis FC 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 5 OFI Crete FC 3 1 2 0 6 5 5 6 Kerkira FC 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 7 Larissa FC 3 1 2 0 3 2 5 8 PAOK FC 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 9 Egaleo FC 3 1 1 1 3 5 4 10 Aris Thessaloniki FC 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 11 AEK Athens FC 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 12 Atromitos FC 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 13 Iraklis FC 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 14 Panionios NFC 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 15 Skoda Xanthi FC 3 0 1 2 1 3 1 16 Apollon Kalamarias FC 3 0 0 3 1 4 0

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Domestic information

Valencia CF (Primera División)

Date Opponent Res Lineups League 26.08.2006 v Real Betis Balompié (H) 2-1 Cañizares, Navarro, Moretti, Albelda, Vicente (Gavilán 90), Albiol, Edu (Marchena 89), Silva, Villa, Morientes (Regueiro 82), Angulo League 09.09.2006 v Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 1-0 Cañizares, Miguel, Ayala, Marchena, Moretti, Vicente, Albiol, Silva (Regueiro 67, Gavilán 82), Edu, Angulo, Villa (Jorge López 90)

Date Opponent Res Goalscorers League 26.08.2006 v Real Betis Balompié (H) 2-1 Morientes, Albiol League 09.09.2006 v Club Atlético de Madrid (A) 1-0 Villa League 17.09.2006 v Getafe CF (H) League 24.09.2006 v FC Barcelona (A) League 01.10.2006 v CG Tarragona (H) League 15.10.2006 v RC Celta de Vigo (A) League 22.10.2006 v CA Osasuna (H) League 29.10.2006 v Real Racing Club Santander (A) League 05.11.2006 v RCD Espanyol (A) League 12.11.2006 v Athletic Club Bilbao (H) League 19.11.2006 v Sevilla FC (A) League 26.11.2006 v Real Madrid CF (H) League 03.12.2006 v RC Recreativo de Huelva (A) League 10.12.2006 v RC Deportivo La Coruña (H) League 17.12.2006 v Real Zaragoza (A) League 20.12.2006 v RCD Mallorca (H) League 07.01.2007 v Villarreal CF (A) League 14.01.2007 v Levante UD (H) League 21.01.2007 v Real Sociedad de Fútbol (A) League 28.01.2007 v Real Betis Balompié (A) League 04.02.2007 v Club Atlético de Madrid (H) League 11.02.2007 v Getafe CF (A)

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Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Sevilla FC 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 2 FC Barcelona 2 2 0 0 6 2 6 3 Getafe CF 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 4 Valencia CF 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 5 Real Madrid CF 2 1 1 0 4 1 4 6 RC Deportivo La Coruña 2 1 1 0 3 2 4 7 RC Recreativo de Huelva 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 8 Real Zaragoza 2 1 0 1 5 3 3 9 Real Betis Balompié 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 10 RC Celta de Vigo 2 1 0 1 4 4 3 11 CG Tarragona 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 12 Club Atlético de Madrid 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 13 RCD Mallorca 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 14 Villarreal CF 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 15 Real Sociedad de Fútbol 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 16 Athletic Club Bilbao 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 17 Real Racing Club Santander 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 18 RCD Espanyol 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 19 CA Osasuna 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 20 Levante UD 2 0 0 2 1 8 0

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Match officials

Referee (NOR) Assistant referees Steinar Holvik (NOR), Jan Petter Randen (NOR) Fourth official Tommy Skjerven (NOR) UEFA Delegate Pierino Lardi (SUI)

Referee

Name Nat. DoB UCL UEFA Terje Hauge NOR 05.10.1965 31 54

Terje Hauge became the first Norwegian to referee a UEFA Champions League final when he took charge of the meeting of FC Barcelona and Arsenal FC in Paris. The Bergen-born official began his refereeing career as a teenager in 1982, was taking charge of top-flight matches by 1990, and joined the FIFA international list in 1993. A health official by profession, he has also been working as a referee consultant in his local football association.

His rise began with the UEFA European Under-18 Championship in Spain in 1994, and was followed in 1997 by the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup in Portugal and the FIFA World Youth Championship. A fourth official at UEFA EURO 2000™, he was on board for the finals in Portugal four years later having also travelled to the Far East for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. A regular in UEFA club competition since 2001, he also had the honour of taking charge of the 2004 UEFA Super Cup between FC Porto and Valencia CF.

As well as the 2005/06 final, Hauge also took charge of three group-stage matches and two matches in the knockout phase. At home, he has been regarded as one of his nation’s shining lights since the Norwegian FA Cup final between FK Bodø/Glimt and Tromsø IL in October 1996. Seven years later, he assumed control of his second domestic cup final between Bodø/Glimt and Rosenborg BK before being asked to be the man in the middle for the Ukrainian Cup final in May 2005. He was also awarded the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship final in the Netherlands, when Argentina overcame Nigeria.

UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 27.08.1997 UCL QR2 Skonto FC-FC Barcelona 0-1 Liepaja 24.10.2000 UCL GS1 Leeds United AFC-FC Barcelona 1-1 Leeds 26.09.2001 UCL GS1 Real Madrid CF-RSC Anderlecht 4-1 Madrid 21.11.2001 UCL GS2 RC Deportivo La Coruña-Arsenal FC 2-0 La Coruna 03.04.2002 UCL QF Panathinaikos FC-FC Barcelona 1-0 Athens 30.10.2002 UCL GS1 Liverpool FC-Valencia CF 0-1 Liverpool 11.12.2002 UCL GS2 Manchester United FC-RC Deportivo La 2-0 Manchester Coruña 06.05.2003 UCL SF Real Madrid CF-Juventus 2-1 Madrid 05.11.2003 UCL GS1 AS Monaco FC-RC Deportivo La Coruña 8-3 Monaco 10.12.2003 UCL GS1 Real Sociedad de Fútbol-Galatasaray SK 1-1 San Sebastian 24.02.2004 UCL 1/8 FC Bayern München-Real Madrid CF 1-1 Munich 29.09.2004 UCL GS FC Barcelona-FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 Barcelona 23.11.2004 UCL GS Olympiacos CFP-RC Deportivo La Coruña 1-0 Athens 14.09.2005 UCL GS Werder Bremen-FC Barcelona 0-2 Bremen 22.02.2006 UCL 1/8 Chelsea FC-FC Barcelona 1-2 London 17.05.2006 UCL F FC Barcelona-Arsenal FC 2-1 Paris

UEFA Champions League Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 22.10.1997 UCL GS AS Monaco FC-K. Lierse SK 5-1 Monaco

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Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 12.08.1998 UCL QR2 FC Bayern München-FK Obilic 4-0 Munich 28.07.1999 UCL QR2 ÍBV Vestmannaeyjar-MTK 0-2 Vestmannaeyjar 15.09.1999 UCL GS1 AC Sparta Praha-FC Girondins de Bordeaux 0-0 Prague 19.10.1999 UCL GS1 NK Maribor-S.S. Lazio 0-4 Maribor 08.08.2000 UCL QR3 SK Sturm Graz-Feyenoord 2-1 Graz 13.09.2000 UCL GS1 Manchester United FC-RSC Anderlecht 5-1 Manchester 21.08.2001 UCL QR3 Liverpool FC-FC Haka 4-1 Liverpool 23.10.2001 UCL GS1 Fenerbahçe SK-Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1-2 30.10.2001 UCL GS1 FC Nantes Atlantique-S.S. Lazio 1-0 Nantes 26.02.2002 UCL GS2 FC Bayern München-Boavista FC 1-0 Munich 28.08.2002 UCL QR3 Club Brugge KV-FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1*(4-1) Bruges 25.09.2002 UCL GS1 BV Borussia Dortmund-AJ Auxerre 2-1 Dortmund 18.02.2003 UCL GS2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen-Newcastle United FC 1-3 Leverkusen 08.04.2003 UCL QF AFC Ajax-AC Milan 0-0 Amsterdam 13.08.2003 UCL QR3 FK Vardar-AC Sparta Praha 2-3 Skopje 22.10.2003 UCL GS1 Chelsea FC-S.S. Lazio 2-1 London 23.03.2004 UCL QF FC Porto-Olympique Lyonnais 2-0 Porto 15.09.2004 UCL GS Liverpool FC-AS Monaco FC 2-0 Liverpool 15.03.2005 UCL 1/8 FC Internazionale Milano-FC Porto 3-1 Milan 04.05.2005 UCL SF PSV Eindhoven-AC Milan 3-1 Eindhoven 23.08.2005 UCL QR3 -Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-2 Udine 04.04.2006 UCL QF AC Milan-Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 Milan 22.08.2006 UCL QR3 SL Benfica-FK Austria Wien 3-0 Lisbon

Other matches Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 05.10.1993 U18 PR Iceland-Estonia 7-0 13.03.1994 WCHAMP QR England-Belgium 6-0 24.07.1994 U18 GS - FT Spain-Russia 4-2 Almendralejo 28.07.1994 U18 GS - FT Portugal-Netherlands 1-0 Merida 23.08.1994 UCUP PR Aberdeen FC-Skonto FC 1-1 Aberdeen 12.10.1994 EURO PR Scotland-Faroe Islands 5-1 15.08.1995 U21 QR Iceland-Switzerland 2-4 Hafnarfjordur 27.09.1995 UCUP R1 FC Avenir Beggen-RC Lens 0-7 Beggen 31.10.1995 U18 PR Wales-Republic of Ireland 0-3 23.06.1996 UIC GS FF Jaro-EA Guingamp 0-0 22.08.1996 UCWC QR Myllykosken Pallo-47-FK Karabakh 1-1 Anjalankoski 31.08.1996 WC QR Faroe Islands-Slovakia 1-2 Toftir 16.10.1996 UCUP R2 Hamburger SV-FC Spartak Moskva 3-0 02.02.1997 MCUP R1 Rep of Guinea-France 4-3 Lourinha 07.02.1997 MCUP SF Portugal-Nigeria 0-2 07.06.1997 WC QR Portugal-Albania 2-0 Porto 15.11.1997 FRIE. R1 England-Cameroon 2-0 London 25.11.1997 UCUP R3 FC Twente-AJ Auxerre 0-1 Enschede 02.06.1998 FRIE. R1 Sweden-Italy 1-0 Gothenburg 05.08.1998 UIC SF -Werder Bremen 0-3 Samsun 05.09.1998 EURO PR Wales-Italy 0-2 Liverpool 15.09.1998 UCUP R1 FC Schalke 04-SK Slavia Praha 1-0 03.11.1998 UCUP R2 Real Sociedad de Fútbol-FC Dinamo Moskva 3-0 San Sebastian 08.12.1998 UCUP R3 Parma FC-Rangers FC 3-1 Parma 27.03.1999 EURO PR Armenia-Russia 0-3 Yerevan 13.11.1999 U21 P-O Portugal-Croatia 2-0 Faro 25.11.1999 UCUP R3 RC Deportivo La Coruña-Panathinaikos FC 4-2 La Coruna 07.03.2000 UCUP R4 Udinese Calcio-SK Slavia Praha 2-1 Udine

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Date Comp. Stage Match Res Venue 27.05.2000 FRIE. R1 Netherlands-Romania 2-1 Amsterdam 11.10.2000 WC QR Republic of Ireland-Estonia 2-0 23.11.2000 UCUP R3 Bayer 04 Leverkusen-AEK Athens FC 4-4 Leverkusen 01.09.2001 WC QR Andorra-Portugal 1-7 Lleida 06.10.2001 WC QR Scotland-Latvia 2-1 Glasgow 06.06.2002 WC GS - FT Cameroon-Saudi Arabia 1-0 Saitama 07.09.2002 EURO QR Belgium-Bulgaria 0-2 Brussels 13.03.2003 UCUP QF Celtic FC-Liverpool FC 1-1 Glasgow 07.06.2003 EURO QR Slovakia-Turkey 0-1 Bratislava 10.09.2003 EURO QR Spain-Ukraine 2-1 Elche 15.11.2003 EURO P-O Scotland-Netherlands 1-0 Glasgow 06.05.2004 UCUP SF Valencia CF-Villarreal CF 1-0 Valencia 16.06.2004 EURO GS - FT Russia-Portugal 0-2 Lisbon 23.06.2004 EURO GS - FT Germany-Czech Republic 1-2 Lisbon 27.08.2004 SCUP F FC Porto-Valencia CF 1-2 Monaco 09.10.2004 WC QR England-Wales 2-0 Manchester 30.03.2005 WC QR Georgia-Turkey 2-5 17.08.2005 FRIE. R1 Netherlands-Germany 2-2 Rotterdam 03.09.2005 WC QR Romania-Czech Republic 2-0 Constanta 08.10.2005 WC QR Switzerland-France 1-1 Berne

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Competition information

UEFA's most prestigious club competition was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the 1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced that the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA club competitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2006/07, at least four places on this list will be reserved for players trained by the club's own football academy of which half can be players trained by other clubs from within the same association of the said club.

The 'B' list will also continue to exist - involving an unlimited number of Under-21 players who have been at the club for two seasons. In 2007/08, the number of locally-trained players in a squad will increase to six before rising to eight in 2008/09, with up to half of each figure allowed to be association trained.

A club-trained player is defined as a player who has been registered for a minimum of three seasons with the club between the age of 15 and 21, whereas an association-trained player is one who has been registered for at least three seasons by the club or by other clubs affiliated to the same association between the age of 15 and 21.

UEFA is concerned some clubs are not training enough of their own players, but simply taking them from elsewhere. The proposed measures have the objective of creating a better balance in domestic competitions, preventing clubs from simply 'hoarding' players in squads and creating a system whereby locally-trained players would be given a greater opportunity to play regularly in club sides - ensuring a large reservoir of talent for national teams as a consequence.

• Financial information: UEFA says the estimated budgeted income for the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League is €750m – higher than the 2005/06 campaign revenue which amounted to CHF943m (approx. €610m).

Under the competition regulations, 75 per cent of the total revenue received from television and commercial contracts concluded by UEFA, up to a maximum of €530m will go to the 32 clubs taking part in the group stage of Europe's premier club competition. The remaining 25 per cent is earmarked for European football and remains with UEFA to cover organisational and administrative costs, as well as for solidarity payments to associations, clubs and leagues.

It is also stipulated that participating clubs will receive 82 per cent of any revenue received from the same stream in excess of € 530m, with the remaining 18 per cent allocated to UEFA for European football. In addition, 50 per cent of the revenue received from new media contracts concluded by UEFA will also be available for distribution to the clubs, and the remaining 50 per cent will be allocated to the above-mentioned European football portion/quota.

The gross income for 2006/07 is estimated at €750m, and according to projections, will be made up of € 743.3m from TV and commercial contracts and €6.7m from new media contracts.

The fixed amount to the clubs is €276.6m. Each of the 32 clubs in the group stage will receive a starting bonus of €2m. In addition, they will receive a match bonus of €400,000 per match. Performance bonuses will amount to €600,000 for a win and €300,000 for a draw in the group stage. The 16 teams playing in the first knockout round will receive €2.2m, the eight quarter-finalists €2.5m each and the four semi-finalists €3m each. The UEFA Champions League winners will receive €7m, and the runners-up €4m.

This means that a total minimum amount of €4.4m per club is guaranteed for the group stage. A club could receive, at best, up to €22.7m, not counting the market pool share and gate receipts.

The remaining €270.4m will be distributed according to the proportional value of each TV market represented by the clubs taking part in the UEFA Champions League, and to be split among the number of teams – four, three, two or one – participating from a given association.

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• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 24 August saw the 32 teams divided into eight groups of four. Clubs from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each club plays one home and one away match against each other club in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a defeat. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria are applied to determine the rankings. a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question; b) superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question; c) higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question; d) superior goal difference from all group matches played; e) higher number of goals scored; f) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question as well as its association, over the previous five seasons.

The eight group-winners and eight runners-up of the group stage qualify for the first knockout round, to be played over two legs on 20 February and 7 March 2007. The clubs that finish this stage in third position in their group move into the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup. The clubs that finish this stage in fourth position in their group are eliminated from UEFA club competition for the season.

• Deadlines: UEFA Champions League matchday stats packs and match-by-match press kits are provided to media by uefa.com. For every matchday, a global stats pack is created and issued once matches from the previous matchday have been completed and the data verified. For every UEFA Champions League match, two press kits are issued in English: Sunday at 22:00CET with a match preview update on Monday at 22:00CET for Tuesday's matches. For Wednesday's matches, the press kit is issued on Monday at 22:00CET with the match preview update version published on Tuesday at 22:00CET. Multilingual versions of press kits, determined on a match-by-match basis, are also issued with similar deadlines.

• 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.

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Legend

:: All-time statistics The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competitions: 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 (from the 1973 competition), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup. Matches in the Inter-Cities’ Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information purposes as these competitions were not held under UEFA auspices.

Goals for/against: 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 after a tie ended in a draw.

:: Squad list The eligible list of players ordered first by playing position and then numeric order.

Current season - UCLQ: Total UEFA Champions League appearances in qualifying rounds only. Current season - UCL: Total UEFA Champions League appearances from the group stage onwards prior to the current matchday. All-time - UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from the 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition. All-time - UEFA: Total appearances in UEFA club competitions (as defined above) including all qualifying round matches. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in the competition.

:: Bookings list The current disciplinary situation in the competition. *: Misses next match if booked #: Suspended for at least one match +: Provisionally suspended R: Sent off (red card) S: Suspended Y: Booked (yellow card) Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red) R*: Sent off (red card) in the UEFA Cup S*: Suspended following cautions received in the UEFA Cup Y*: Booked (yellow card) in the UEFA Cup Y/R*: Sent off (yellow card then direct red) in the UEFA Cup

Note: The bookings list is destined for the press. It is given to the competing clubs for information purposes only and therefore has no legal value. In the event of any discrepancy, only the correspondence addressed directly to the clubs will be considered as the authoritative version.

:: 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 in the competition.

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UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club competitions 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 in the competition.

:: Competitions ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup EURO: UEFA European Football Championship U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: A International friendly matches U21 FRIE: Under-21 international friendly matches

:: Competition stages F: Final GS: Group stage GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage KO1: First knockout round PR: Preliminary round QF: Quarter-finals QR: Qualifying round QR1: First qualifying round QR2: Second qualifying round QR3: Third qualifying round R1: First round R2: Second round R3: Third round R4: Fourth round SF: Semi-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals 1/16: Sixteenth-finals 1st: First leg 2nd: Second leg

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:: Other abbreviations AP: Appearances Comp: Competition D: Drawn DoB: Date of birth GA: Goals against GF: Goals for L: Lost Nat: Nationality N/a: Not applicable No: Number Pld: Matches played Pos: Position Pts: Points R: Sent off (red card) Res: Result W: Won Y: Booked (yellow card) Y/R: Sent off (yellow card then direct red)

:: Statistics (-): Denotes player substituted (+): Denotes player introduced (*): Denotes player dismissed/sent off (+/-): Denotes player introduced and substituted

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