Chelsea FC v RSC Anderlecht
Stamford Bridge - London Tuesday, 13 September 2005 - 20:45 (CET) Group stage - Group G - Matchday 1
Match officials Referee Wolfgang Stark (GER) Assistant referees Harald Sather (GER), Harry Ehing (GER) Fourth official Manuel Graefe (GER) UEFA delegate Michael Van Praag (HOL) Match preview Mourinho targets smooth start After successive defeats for Chelsea FC at the semi-final stage of the UEFA Champions League, manager José Mourinho has set his sights on going one step further in this season's competition but warns that his club have been drawn in a "dangerous group".
Strong start The English champions begin another quest for the trophy Mourinho says is the "crown everyone wants to have" with a home fixture in Group G against RSC Anderlecht. Chelsea have started their campaign with impressive results - five wins in five Premiership games so far and yet to concede a goal - but their coach, a Champions League winner in 2003/04 with FC Porto, spoke of possible pitfalls ahead.
'We want the final' "We want to dominate in England, we want to win the Premiership more times and the natural consequence is to succeed in the Champions League," Mourinho said. "I don't know if it will be this season or next but the reality is we have had two successive semi-final appearances and we want the next step which is the final.
Unlucky draw "But I have to say we have not been lucky with this group. We knew we would be drawn with a big team, Liverpool [FC] or Real Madrid [CF] or [FC] Barcelona or [FC] Bayern [München] but we were not lucky with the third and fourth seeds.
'Dangerous group' "There are teams without experience of the competition, teams from Bratislava or Switzerland, but we are in with a good Spanish side [Real Betis Balompié] and also Anderlecht who have years and years of experience at this level. It is a dangerous group and we need three points to start us off in the right way."
Left-back conundrum Mourinho has a decision to make at left-back with Asier Del Horno sidelined with a thigh muscle injury and Wayne Bridge still to recover fitness after a broken leg. He could switch William Gallas there or move Paulo Ferreira from the other flank and retain Geremi at right-back. The Cameroonian international played, and scored, in that role against Sunderland AFC on Saturday.
Makelele wait John Terry, who returned from the knee injury which kept him out of England's last two FIFA World Cup qualifiers to face Sunderland, suffered no adverse reaction while a possible comeback for Claude Makelele will depend on how he felt after Monday night's training session. Mourinho said it would be "crazy" of him to deny that Chelsea possessed better players than their Belgian opponents but predicted that the two games against them would be difficult.
Anderlecht's incentive "Anderlecht will be fighting hard to be in the next round and if that's not possible they will be fighting hard to be in the UEFA Cup," he said. "I have shown the players a video of some of their games and they have a good team. I like them."
Low expectations However, Anderlecht struck a less bullish note themselves, coach Frank Vercauteren pointing out that it was an honour to begin the campaign at the home of such an illustrious club and insisting that Belgium expectations
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remained at a low level. "It is clear who are the favourites in this game and it is clear we don't have a lot to lose," he said. "All I can ask my team is that they do their best. If we are beaten by the better team then at least there will be no questions we can ask of ourselves.
Vercauteren realistic "As a sportsman you always play to win even though this is one of the most difficult games to start a Champions League programme. You can have the ambition to reach the second round but I prefer to start on a realistic and lower level."
Match background Chelsea and Anderlecht aim high Chelsea FC, having been beaten in the last two UEFA Champions League semi-finals, have the clear objective of taking their run a stage further this season. The Premiership champions are again among the favourites and after elimination by Liverpool FC last season will now meet their rivals again in Group G.
RSC Anderlecht have different reasons for wanting a successful campaign. Last season, the Brussels club joined a small band of teams to have lost all six group games. However, Anderlecht came through a potentially difficult third qualifying round tie with SK Slavia Praha with a 4-1 aggregate win, to give a boost to their confidence for the group stage.
There was a possibility that these clubs might have met in the first European Champion Clubs’ Cup event 50 years ago; Anderlecht took part in the first edition in 1955/56, but Chelsea, the English champions, were not allowed to enter. Half a century on, and this is their first meeting.
Chelsea have played in two previous ties against Belgian teams, in both instances against Club Brugge KV in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, with the London club winning through on both occasions.
The first tie took place in 1970/71 when Club Brugge recorded a 2-0 home win. The return leg at Stamford Bridge found Chelsea in top form and two goals from Peter Osgood, plus one each from Peter Houseman and Tommy Baldwin, took Chelsea through. The Blues went on to beat Real Madrid CF 2-1 in the replayed final.
The second encounter in 1994/95 followed a similar pattern with Club Brugge winning the home leg 1-0 thanks to a Gert Verheyen goal; but Chelsea scored twice in the first half of the return leg through Mark Stein and Paul Furlong to progress. Chelsea were eliminated in the semi-finals by Real Zaragoza.
Anderlecht have twice been drawn with English teams in the UEFA Champions League. In the 2000/01 first group stage, they were pitted against Manchester United FC. The Old Trafford leg was won by United 5-1, thanks to an Andrew Cole hat-trick, but Anderlecht won the return game 2-1 with two goals from Tomasz Radzinski. Anderlecht topped the group and met Leeds United AFC in the second group stage.
Leeds won at Elland Road 2-1, and then gave a fine performance in the return leg in Brussels, where an Alan Smith double paved the way towards a 4-1 win, with Leeds going on to reach the semi-finals.
They also played English opposition in the 1956/57 edition of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the forerunner to the Champions League. It was a harrowing experience for the Belgian side when they were drawn against Manchester United in the preliminary round. United won 2-0 in Brussels, but in the return at Maine Road, home of their Manchester City FC neighbours, United won 10-0 with four goals for Dennis Viollet and a hat-trick from Tommy Taylor.
Anderlecht have met English clubs in two of their UEFA finals. The 1976 Cup Winners' Cup was won with a fluent display in a 4-2 win against West Ham United FC, but Tottenham Hotspur FC prevailed on penalties after two 1-1 draws in the final of the 1984 UEFA Cup. But the draw was an achievement for Anderlecht, it is the only time in eleven visits to England that they have avoided defeat, with a goal difference of 5-34.
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All-time statistics Head-to-head record No matches have been played between the two clubs
Home teams record versus clubs from the away teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 10.03.1971 UCWC QF Club Brugge - Chelsea 2-0 Bruges 24.03.1971 UCWC QF Chelsea - Club Brugge 4-0 London 28.02.1995 UCWC QF Club Brugge - Chelsea 1-0 Bruges 14.03.1995 UCWC QF Chelsea - Club Brugge 2-0 London Overall record Chelsea FC Pld: 4, W: 2, D: 0, L: 2, GS: 6, GA: 3
Away teams record versus clubs from the home teams country Date Competition Stage Match Res Venue 12.09.1956 UCL PR Anderlecht - Man. United 0-2 Brussels 26.09.1956 UCL PR Man. United - Anderlecht 10-0 Manchester 25.11.1964 UCL R1 Liverpool - Anderlecht 3-0 Liverpool 16.12.1964 UCL R1 Anderlecht - Liverpool 0-1 Brussels 13.11.1968 UCL R2 Man. United - Anderlecht 3-0 Manchester 27.11.1968 UCL R2 Anderlecht - Man. United 3-1 Brussels 05.03.1975 UCL QF Leeds - Anderlecht 3-0 Leeds 19.03.1975 UCL QF Anderlecht - Leeds 0-1 Brussels 05.05.1976 UCWC F Anderlecht - West Ham 4-2 Brussels 02.03.1977 UCWC QF Anderlecht - Southampton 2-0 Brussels 16.03.1977 UCWC QF Southampton - Anderlecht 2-1 Southampton 04.12.1978 SCUP R1 Anderlecht - Liverpool 3-1 Brussels 19.12.1978 SCUP R1 Liverpool - Anderlecht 2-1 Liverpool 07.04.1982 UCL SF Villa - Anderlecht 1-0 Birmingham 21.04.1982 UCL SF Anderlecht - Villa 0-0 Brussels 11.04.1984 UCUP SF Notts Forest - Anderlecht 2-0 Nottingham 25.04.1984 UCUP SF Anderlecht - Notts Forest 3-0 Brussels 09.05.1984 UCUP F Anderlecht - Tottenham 1-1 Brussels 23.05.1984 UCUP F Tottenham - Anderlecht 1-1*(4-3) London 13.09.2000 UCL GS1 Man. United - Anderlecht 5-1 Manchester 24.10.2000 UCL GS1 Anderlecht - Man. United 2-1 Brussels 13.02.2001 UCL GS2 Leeds - Anderlecht 2-1 Leeds 21.02.2001 UCL GS2 Anderlecht - Leeds 1-4 Brussels Overall record RSC Anderlecht Pld: 23, W: 6, D: 2, L: 15, GS: 24, GA: 48
Record in Europe
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Chelsea FC Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 42 22 10 10 67 37 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 39 23 10 6 81 28 UEFA Cup 8 4 1 3 11 10 UEFA Super Cup 1 1 0 0 1 0 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 90 50 21 19 160 75 RSC Anderlecht Pld W D L GF GA European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA Champions League 146 60 30 56 219 219 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 44 29 4 11 86 34 UEFA Cup 84 42 21 21 150 88 UEFA Super Cup 4 2 0 2 9 6 UEFA Intertoto Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 278 133 55 90 464 347
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Players List Chelsea FC Current Season All-time UCL League UCL UEFA Num Player DoB Pos Nat Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Petr Cech 20.05.82 GK CZE 0 0 4 0 23 0 27 0 23 Carlo Cudicini 06.09.73 GK ITA 0 0 1 0 15 0 19 0 40 Lenny Pidgeley 07.02.84 GK ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 Yves Ma-Kalambay 31.01.86 GK BEL 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 Defenders 2 Glen Johnson 23.08.84 DF ENG 0 0 1 0 15 1 15 1 3 Asier Del Horno 19.01.81 DF ESP 0 0 5 1 0 0 8 3 6 Ricardo Carvalho 18.05.78 DF POR 0 0 0 0 33 1 41 1 13 William Gallas 17.08.77 DF FRA 0 0 5 0 29 2 43 2 15 Didier Drogba 11.03.78 DF CIV 0 0 5 3 17 10 25 16 18 Wayne Bridge 05.08.80 DF ENG 0 0 0 0 17 2 17 2 20 Paulo Ferreira 18.01.79 DF POR 0 0 3 0 20 0 33 0 26 John Terry 07.12.80 DF ENG 0 0 5 0 24 4 30 6 29 Robert Huth 18.08.84 DF GER 0 0 1 0 6 1 8 1 32 Steven Watt 01.05.85 DF SCO 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 Midfielders 4 Claude Makelele 18.02.73 MD FRA 0 0 4 0 68 1 96 4 5 Michael Essien 03.12.82 MD GHA 0 0 4 0 18 5 18 5 8 Frank Lampard 20.06.78 MD ENG 0 0 5 2 26 8 42 14 10 Joe Cole 08.11.81 MD ENG 0 0 4 1 18 1 23 1 11 Damien Duff 02.03.79 MD IRL 0 0 5 1 21 3 25 4 14 Geremi 20.12.78 MD CMR 0 0 1 1 35 1 36 1 16 Arjen Robben 23.01.84 MD NED 0 0 4 0 15 4 17 4 19 Lassana Diarra 10.03.85 MD FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Anthony Grant 04.06.87 MD ENG 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 44 Michael Mancienne 08.01.88 MD ENG 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0 0 Forwards 9 Hernán Crespo 05.07.75 FW ARG 0 0 5 1 54 24 66 33 12 Carlton Cole 12.10.83 FW ENG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Eidur Gudjohnsen 15.09.78 FW ISL 0 0 3 0 21 5 28 8 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 25.10.81 FW ENG 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 1
Coach: José Mourinho (POR)
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Players List RSC Anderlecht Current Season All-time UCL League UCL UEFA Num Player DoB Pos Nat Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Daniel Zítka 20.06.75 GK CZE 4 0 5 0 19 0 30 0 13 Silvio Proto 23.05.83 GK BEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 Jan Van Steenberghe 04.07.72 GK BEL 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 Defenders 4 Yves Vanderhaeghe 30.01.70 DF BEL 4 1 5 0 32 1 42 1 5 Roland Juhász 01.07.83 DF HUN 0 0 n/a n/a 4 0 6 0 6 Michał Żewłakow 22.04.76 DF POL 3 0 4 0 15 0 26 0 19 Laurent Delorge 21.07.79 DF BEL 1 0 4 0 1 0 5 0 27 Vincent Kompany 10.04.86 DF BEL 4 0 5 0 20 0 20 0 30 Hannu Tihinen 01.07.76 DF FIN 4 1 5 0 22 2 41 3 34 Lamine Traoré 10.06.82 DF BFA 0 0 0 0 8 0 10 0 37 Anthony Vanden Borre 24.10.87 DF BEL 4 0 3 0 10 0 10 0 Midfielders 3 Olivier Deschacht 16.02.81 MD BEL 4 0 5 0 22 0 22 0 7 Goran Lovre 23.03.82 MD SCG 0 0 0 0 7 1 9 1 10 Walter Baseggio 19.08.78 MD BEL 2 0 1 0 40 2 61 3 14 Bart Goor 09.04.73 MD BEL 4 2 5 1 20 3 58 9 15 Besnik Hasi 29.12.71 MD ALB 1 0 1 0 35 1 45 2 17 Christian Wilhelmsson 08.12.79 MD SWE 4 0 4 0 20 2 27 4 20 Fabrice Ehret 28.09.79 MD FRA 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 21 Pär Zetterberg 14.10.70 MD SWE 3 0 4 1 42 2 70 9 28 Anatoli Gerk 20.11.84 MD RUS 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 31 Mark De Man 27.04.83 MD BEL 2 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 41 Cheik Ismael Tiote 21.06.86 MD CIV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 Marius Mitu 10.09.76 MD ROM 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 Forwards 8 Nenad Ještrović 09.05.76 FW SCG 3 1 4 4 10 4 30 13 9 Mbo Mpenza 04.12.76 FW BEL 4 3 5 7 14 3 19 5 11 Grégory Pujol 25.01.80 FW FRA 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 3 22 Oleg Iachtchouk 26.10.77 FW UKR 0 0 0 0 20 2 29 4 24 Serhat Akın 05.06.81 FW TUR 4 1 4 3 16 2 20 3 36 Jonathan Legear 13.04.87 FW BEL 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 42 Regis Lacroix 18.10.87 FW BEL 0 0 n/a n/a 0 0 0 0
Coach: Frank Vercauteren
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Booking List – 2005
Group G
Qualifying Group Stage phases Matchdays 1 2 3 4 5 6 LIVERPOOL FC
CHELSEA FC
SK RAPID WIEN
RSC ANDERLECHT MITU Dan Marius R
REAL BETIS BALOMPIE RIVERA PIZARRO Alberto Y Y
Y Booked R sent off Y/R Yellow + Direct Red suspension ### suspension for at least 1 match * misses next match if booked
Note: this 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.
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Referee Wolfgang Stark Nationality: GER Date of birth: 20.11.1969
Wolfgang Stark’s ambition is to follow in the footsteps of his compatriot Markus Merk and reach the summit of the European refereeing tree. As a young match official, he still has time on his side.
Career: Stark, from Landshut in Bavaria, is already well on the way to the higher European reaches as well as other major international and domestic games. The 34-year-old bank employee has been a DFB referee since 1994, took charge of his first domestic top-flight encounter in 1997, and earned his international spurs in 1999.
1999: Among the highlights of his career so far have been the FIFA World Under-17 Youth Championship in New Zealand in 1999, and the UEFA European Under-18 Championship in Sweden in the same year.
2001: Stark also spent four weeks refereeing in Japan’s J-League in September 2001.
2003/04: He officiated at three matches in the UEFA Champions League group stage as well as two matches in the latter stages of the UEFA Cup.
2004/05: Stark took charge of four UEFA Champions League, two UEFA Cup and two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.
UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match Date Stage Match Res Venue 14.08.2002 QR3 ZTE - Man. United 1-0 Budapest 25.11.2003 GS1 Internazionale - Arsenal 1-5 Milan 15.09.2004 GS Lyon - Man. United 2-2 Lyon 03.11.2004 GS Deportivo - Liverpool 0-1 La Coruna 23.08.2005 QR3 Liverpool - CSKA Sofia 0-1 Liverpool
Other Matches Date Stage Match Res Venue 24.10.2001 GS1 PSV - Nantes 0-0 Eindhoven 20.03.2002 GS2 Sparta - Porto 2-0 Prague 24.09.2002 GS1 Juventus - Dynamo Kyiv 5-0 Turin 29.10.2002 GS1 Galatasaray - Lokomotiv Moskva 1-2 Istanbul 18.02.2003 GS2 Roma - Valencia 0-1 Rome 18.03.2003 GS2 Basel - Juventus 2-1 Basle 27.08.2003 QR3 Celtic - MTK 1-0 Glasgow 16.09.2003 GS1 Real Madrid - Marseille 4-2 Madrid 10.12.2003 GS1 AEK - Monaco 0-0 Athens 25.08.2004 QR3 Rangers - CSKA Moskva 1-1 Glasgow
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Domestic News Contenders warm up well (Saturday, 10 September 2005) All four UEFA Champions League Group G contenders look in useful form ahead of their Tuesday fixtures. Only Liverpool FC failed to win on Saturday, but they still gained a useful point, while their midweek hosts Real Betis Balompié, and the other sides in the section, Chelsea FC and RSC Anderlecht, all gained a maximum haul.
Real Betis Balompié 1-0 CA Osasuna
Betis registered their first win of the new Primera División season with Ricardo Oliveira scoring the only goal against Osasuna from the penalty spot. The home side enjoyed a handful of chances during the opening half with Xisco Muñoz and Edú both threatening Juantxo Elía's goal. Marcos Assunção tried his luck with a trademark free-kick then David Rivas fired just wide but Betis were unable to break the deadlock.
The southern side were forced to wait until the 62nd minute for a breakthrough, which came when Miguel Flaño tripped Xisco inside the area. Oliveira tucked the resulting penalty inside the left post to ensure victory. The goal served to stimulate Betis, who went in search of a second strike which failed to arrive.
Goalkeeper Antonio Doblas showed no symptoms of the collarbone injury that put his participation into doubt ahead of the game. Coach Llorenç Serra Ferrer made three changes – substituting Joaquín Sánchez, who is doubtful for the meeting with Liverpool, for Fernando Fernández and Xisco for defender Melli. Meanwhile, left- back Luis Fernández, who trudged off after 27 minutes, is definitively ruled out.
"I sincerely felt that we had more clear chances than Osasuna this evening and should really have added to our tally," said Serra Ferrer. "It was a struggle to gain control of the game during the first half but the second period belonged to us."
Tottenham Hotspur FC 0-0 Liverpool FC
Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez was able to welcome back striker Peter Crouch from a hamstring injury, although a similiar complaint, suffered on international duty with Spain, is expected to keep fellow forward Fernando Morientes on the sidelines for a fortnight. Both sides had chances in an entertaining encounter at White Hart Lane, with John Arne Riise hitting the crossbar with a long-range effort while Crouch had a strike ruled out as the ball had gone out of play.
Meanwhile, Djibril Cissé, one of several Liverpool players on international duty last week, could not rediscover the form that brought him two goals for France against the Faroe Islands. Spanish midfield player Xabi Alonso was dropped to the bench as Dietmar Hamann started, while Harry Kewell and Jerzy Dudek remain long-term absentees with hernia and elbow injuries respectively.
"I always pick a team with the intention of winning the three points and we could have won today with the opportunities we created," Benítez said. "Riise was unlucky to hit the crossbar and we had other opportunities, but we kept another clean sheet and we are more consistent away now. I thought Crouch and Cissé did well together up front and were unlucky not to score. Cissé makes runs while Crouch wins headers and holds the ball up. Hamann had to come off at half-time because he was a little dizzy after being hit with the ball in the first half and Warnock had cramp in his calf, but I think both players will be fine for Tuesday night against Betis."
Chelsea FC 2-0 Sunderland AFC
José Mourinho's side stretched their Premiership lead to three points with a fifth successive victory of the new season, defeating bottom team Sunderland at Stamford Bridge. The English champions still have not conceded a league goal in 2005/06 but initially struggled to break down a side who have now lost 20 Premiership matches in a row. However, the half-time introduction of Damien Duff sparked the home side into life, with Geremi putting Chelsea in front nine minutes into the second period and substitute Didier Drogba heading a clinching second eight minutes from time.
Geremi and Drogba had been opponents last week, the latter scoring twice as the Ivory Coast were defeated 3-
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2 in FIFA World Cup qualifying by a Cameroon team orchestrated by Geremi. The win means Cameroon are now favourites for a place in Germany, and they could be joined by Ghana for whom new Chelsea signing Michael Essien was on target against Uganda.
Captain John Terry was ruled out of England's World Cup qualifiers but returned to take his place in the centre of defence, while Del Horno also recovered from a knee complaint to start. Joe Cole, who scored the winner for England against Wales last week, and Duff were only fit enough for the bench with calf and ankle injuries respectively, however, while Claude Makelele missed out altogether with a knee problem. Hernán Crespo recovered from a groin injury to lead the attack, and Paulo Ferreira was rested. Chelsea were forced to finish the match with ten men as, with Mourinho having made all three permitted substitutions, Del Horno hobbled off with ten minutes remaining having picked up a muscle injury that is expected to rule him out of Tuesday's game.
"[Del Horno] went away to Spain, trains twice a day every day, plays against Serbia and Montenegro, flies the next day, trains yesterday, plays today, after 90 minutes sprints for a tackle and now has a muscular injury," said Mourinho. "But that's the life of internationals. Today we didn't play very well but we could not play better because we didn't work. I was away almost on holiday for 15 days. Sunderland defended well and were well organised but we never panicked and just played our game. It wasn't a brilliant game but, after international weeks, it's always very difficult so I'm happy with the points."
RSC Anderlecht 3-1 R. Excelsior Mouscron
Anderlecht maintained their unbeaten start to the Belgian league season with a comfortable win. Nenad Jestrovic was set up by Bart Goor ten minutes before the break for the opener, and although Tailson swiftly equalised, Jestrovic struck again early in the second half, provided this time Yves Vanderhaeghe. Mpo Mpenza sealed victory at the end with his seventh goal of the season.
Coach Frank Vercauteren said: "A match against Mouscron is dangerous in between international matches and the Champions League because not everyone is returning fresh from their internationals."
Daniel Zitka started in goal, Anthony Vanden Borres was suspended and replaced by Michal Zewlakow, while new signings Roland Juhasz and Grégory Pujol started on the bench along with Serhat Akin, who had a slight muscle inury from international duty with Turkey.
Vincent Kompany, who was taken off with a back injury during Belgium's win against Andorra, in which Silvio Proto, Goor, Vanden Borre, Vanderhaeghe, Olivier Deschacht and double goalscorer Mpenza all played, suffered a recurrence of the problem 78 minutes in on Saturday. Facing each other in World Cup action were Hungary's Juhasz and Sweden's Christian Wilhelmsson, while Hannu Tihinen scored for Finland against F.Y.R. Macedonia.
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Domestic League Details Chelsea FC (Barclaycard Premiership) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 14.08.2005 v Wigan (A) 1-0 90' Crespo 21.08.2005 v Arsenal (H) 1-0 73' Drogba 24.08.2005 v West Brom (H) 4-0 23' Lampard, 43' Cole, 68' Drogba, 80' Lampard 27.08.2005 v Tottenham (A) 2-0 39' Del Horno, 71' Duff 10.09.2005 v Sunderland (H) 2-0 54' Geremi, 82' Drogba 17.09.2005 v Charlton (A) 24.09.2005 v Villa (H) 02.10.2005 v Liverpool (A) 15.10.2005 v Bolton (H) 23.10.2005 v Everton (A) 29.10.2005 v Blackburn (H) 06.11.2005 v Man. United (A) 19.11.2005 v Newcastle (H) 26.11.2005 v Portsmouth (A) 03.12.2005 v Middlesbrough (H) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Chelsea FC 5 5 0 0 10 0 15 2 Charlton Athletic FC 4 4 0 0 8 1 12 3 Manchester City FC 5 3 2 0 7 4 11 4 Manchester United FC 4 3 1 0 6 1 10 5 Bolton Wanderers FC 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 6 Tottenham Hotspur FC 5 2 2 1 4 2 8 7 West Ham United FC 4 2 1 1 8 3 7 8 Middlesbrough FC 5 2 1 2 5 6 7 9 Arsenal FC 4 2 0 2 7 4 6 10 Wigan Athletic FC 4 2 0 2 3 3 6 11 Liverpool FC 3 1 2 0 1 0 5 12 Blackburn Rovers FC 5 1 2 2 3 5 5 13 Fulham FC 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 14 Aston Villa FC 5 1 2 2 4 8 5 15 Portsmouth FC 5 1 1 3 4 7 4 16 Birmingham City FC 5 1 1 3 4 8 4 17 West Bromwich Albion FC 5 1 1 3 5 10 4 18 Everton FC 4 1 0 3 1 4 3 19 Newcastle United FC 5 0 2 3 1 7 2 20 Sunderland AFC 5 0 0 5 2 9 0
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Domestic League Details RSC Anderlecht (Jupiler League) Date Opponent Res Goalscorers 06.08.2005 v La Louvière (H) 6-0 9' Mpenza, 25' Akin, 44' Zetterberg, 61' Goor, 67' Akin, 85' Mitu 14.08.2005 v Cercle Brugge (A) 2-0 25' Akin, 81' Mpenza 20.08.2005 v Germinal Beerschot (H) 3-1 36' Jestrovic, 44' Jestrovic, 73' Mpenza 28.08.2005 v Genk (A) 3-3 44' Mpenza, 60' Mpenza, 81' Mpenza 10.09.2005 v Mouscron (H) 3-1 35' Jestrovic, 49' Jestrovic, 88' Mpenza 17.09.2005 v Brussels (A) 21.09.2005 v Roeselare (H) 24.09.2005 v Lierse (A) 01.10.2005 v Sint-Truiden (H) 15.10.2005 v Beveren (A) 22.10.2005 v Club Brugge (H) 29.10.2005 v Lokeren (A) 05.11.2005 v Charleroi (H) 19.11.2005 v Westerlo (A) 26.11.2005 v Standard (A) Rank Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 RSC Anderlecht 5 4 1 0 17 5 13 2 R. Standard de Liège 5 4 0 1 11 7 12 3 Club Brugge KV 5 3 2 0 7 3 11 4 KVC Westerlo 5 3 1 1 7 2 10 5 SV Zulte-Waregem 5 3 1 1 10 6 10 6 R. Charleroi SC 5 2 3 0 6 3 9 7 KSV Roeselare 5 2 1 2 6 3 7 8 KAA Gent 5 2 1 2 6 6 7 9 KSC Lokeren OV 4 2 1 1 4 5 7 10 KSK Beveren 5 2 0 3 7 6 6 11 K. Sint-Truidense VV 5 2 0 3 3 5 6 12 FC Molenbeek Brussels Strombeek 5 1 2 2 5 7 5 13 K. Lierse SK 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 14 KRC Genk 5 0 4 1 5 7 4 15 KFC Germinal Beerschot Antwerpen 5 1 0 4 4 9 3 16 R. Excelsior Mouscron 5 1 0 4 2 8 3 17 RAA Louviéroise 5 0 3 2 3 10 3 18 Cercle Brugge KSV 5 0 1 4 2 9 1
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Competition overview Competition Overview How the UEFA Champions League works…
The UEFA Champions League is UEFA's most prestigious club competition. It was originally created as the European Champion Clubs' Cup for the 1955/56 season, before its format and name were changed in 1992.
Real Madrid CF have been the most successful side in the UEFA Champions League, winning the competition three times. They are also the most successful side overall with nine triumphs, followed by six for AC Milan and five for current champions Liverpool FC.
The Champions League is open to each national association's domestic champions, as well as clubs who finish just behind them in their respective domestic championship. The number of clubs that can be entered by an association and their entry point in the competition depends on the association’s position in UEFA's coefficient ranking list.
Since its inception in 1992/93, the Champions League has continued to evolve, maintaining a mixture of round- robin group matches as well as its traditional knockout format. The current format was introduced in 2003/04. After three qualifying rounds, 32 teams contest the group stage, divided into eight groups of four. The group winners and runners-up advance to the knockout stage, the eight third-placed teams move into the UEFA Cup third round, and the eight fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
A draw determines who each of the 16 clubs will play in the first knockout stage, with ties decided over two matches on a home and away basis. The club that scores the greater aggregate of goals advances, or in the event of both teams scoring the same number of goals, the team which scores more away goals.
If the away-goals rule proves inconclusive, extra time of two periods of 15 minutes is played after the second match. If during extra time both teams score the same number of goals, away goals count double (ie the visiting team advances). If no goals are scored during extra time, the winner is decided by penalty kicks. The two teams that advance from the knockout round contest the final, held as a single match in May.
The European Champion Clubs' Cup was a purely knockout competition until the format was changed in 1992/93 with the inception of the Champions League. That year the competition began with three knockout rounds with the winners advancing to a group stage involving two sets of four clubs playing home and away. The two group winners contested the final. A similar format was used the following season, with the addition of a two-legged semi-final stage involving the top two clubs from both groups.
The competition expanded further for the 1994/95 season with one preliminary round required before the clubs divided into four groups of four clubs. The top two clubs in each group advanced to the knockout stage, which this time began at the quarter-final stage. The 1997/98 season saw another phase of expansion. Two qualifying rounds were introduced and the group stage expanded to six groups of four clubs each. The six group winners and the two best runners-up advanced to the knockout stages.
An additional qualifying round was introduced for the 1999/2000 season to generate two group stages, firstly with 32 teams - eight groups of four - who played six matches apiece to reduce the competition to 16 teams for the second group stage, with the eight third-placed teams moving to the UEFA Cup third round. At the end of the second group stage, eight teams remained to contest the knockout stage.
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Notices Out-of-competition tests welcomed Clubs taking part in the UEFA Champions League this season have reacted positively to UEFA's decision to introduce out-of-competition doping controls.
Full details The 32 sides setting out in the group stage of European club football's most prestigious tournament later this month have been supplied with full details of the out-of-competition programme and have been appraised of how they will be expected to co-operate in its implementation.
Weekly whereabouts All players registered for the Champions League will become part of the 2005/06 UEFA Out-of-Competition Pool. The players will remain in this pool until their team is eliminated. Clubs will also provide UEFA with weekly reports of the whereabouts of their players.
UEFA DCOs Under the out-of-competition procedure, UEFA Doping Control Officers (DCOs) will be responsible for collecting samples, and will come unannounced to a location designated by the club. Up to ten players can be tested. UEFA's anti-doping panel may decide to nominate the players to be tested, or instruct the DCO to conduct a draw.
Reporting regulations Drawn players who are not present will have 60 minutes to report to the doping control location – should a player drawn for testing not report to the doping control location, the DCO will submit a missed test report to UEFA.
Information system "Out-of-competition testing is part of the requirements from the World Anti-Doping Code," said Marc Vouillamoz, head of the UEFA anti-doping unit. "We have put in place a whereabouts information system which can be implemented at team level. The launch of the out-of-competition testing programme will increase the deterrence factor."
Club sessions Clubs are being asked to organise information sessions for all players concerned to advise them of their responsibilities, and each player is being briefed about UEFA's out-of-competition testing directives.
Anti-doping activities The move is part of UEFA's reinforcement of its anti-doping activities, which has seen an increase in the number of drugs tests in its tournaments, greater financial outlay in the sector, the creation of an anti-doping unit within the UEFA administration, as well as an expert anti-doping panel and an education programme aimed at the broad spectrum of the European football community.
Anti-doping programme Associations and clubs taking part in UEFA competitions are being asked to assist UEFA in implementing the anti-doping scheme. Under UEFA's new anti-doping regulations, which came into force on 1 June, these doping controls may include blood and/or urine samples.
LEGEND European Champions Clubs' Cup / UEFA F: Final(s) ECCC: Champions League GS: Group stage UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup GS1: First group stage UCUP: UEFA Cup GS2: Second group stage UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup PR: Preliminary round SCUP: UEFA Super Cup QF: Quarter-finals
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AP: Appearances QR: Qualifying round DoB: Date of birth QR1: First qualifying round D: Drawn QR2: Second qualifying round GA: Goals against QR3: Third qualifying round GF: Goals for R1: First round L: Lost R2: Second round Pld: Matches played R3: Third round Nat.: Nationality R4: Fourth round No: Number SF: Semi-finals W: Won 1/8: Eighth-finals 1/16: Sixteenth-finals
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Statistics: Competitions Statistics pertaining to the UEFA Champions League only commence at the start of the 1992/93 season, whereas statistics pertaining to the European Champion Clubs’ Cup commence at the start of the 1955/56 season and include UEFA Champions League statistics. Other statistics included make reference to the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1961/62 to 1998/99), the UEFA Cup (1971/72 to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1995 to date), the UEFA Super Cup (1973 to date) and the European/South American Cup (1956 to 2004). No statistics are provided for the Inter-Cities’ Fairs Cup as this competition was not held under UEFA auspices.
Statistics: Appearances The player appearance statistic is calculated by adding the amount of times the player has been in the starting line-up plud the amount of times the player has been introduced during the course of a match. For the calculation of appearances, all matches - including all qualifying rounds - are included for both UEFA Champions League (UCL) and UEFA club competition (UEFA) listings. UEFA club competitions are defined as the UEFA Champions League (and European Champion Clubs' Cup), the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the UEFA Super Cup.
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