Uefa Champions League
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2014/15 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Stade Louis II - Monaco Tuesday 16 September 2014 20.45CET (20.45 local time) AS Monaco FC Group C - Matchday 1 Bayer 04 Leverkusen Last updated 29/05/2015 07:15CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 4 1 AS Monaco FC - Bayer 04 Leverkusen Tuesday 16 September 2014 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Stade Louis II, Monaco Match background AS Monaco FC are back in European competition after an absence of eight years, and their opening home encounter against Bayer 04 Leverkusen features new coaches on either side. Previous meetings • The sides met in the 1997/98 group stage, Monaco winning 4-0 at home and drawing 2-2 away. • The teams at Stade Louis II on 1 October 1997 were: Monaco: Barthez, Pignol, Djetou, Dumas, Konjić (Irles 46), Legwinski (Christanval 54), Collins, N'Doram (Benarbia 71), Henry, Trezeguet, Ikpeba. Leverkusen: Heinen, Živković (Rydlewicz 60), R Kovač, Happe, N Kovač, Emerson, Heintze, Lehnhoff (Rink 60), Lottner, Meijer, Feldhoff (Frydek 83). Match background Monaco • This is Monaco's fifth group stage campaign and their first since 2004/05, when they reached the round of 16. They were runners-up the previous year. • The French side, who replaced coach Claudio Ranieri with Leonardo Jardim in the summer, have lost only one of their past 18 European home games, winning 14. In the UEFA Champions League, qualifying included, they have lost one of their past 14 home games, winning 11. • Last season's Ligue 1 runners-up have won their last three home games with German clubs, scoring nine goals without reply.
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