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FC Shakhtar - Celtic FC MATCH PRESS KIT RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk Tuesday 18 September 2007 - 20.45CET Group D - Matchday 1

Contents 1 - Match background 7 - UEFA information 2 - Match facts 8 - Match-by-match lineups 3 - Squad list 9 - Competition facts 4 - Head coach 10 - Team facts 5 - Match officials 11 - Competition information 6 - Domestic information 12 - Legend

Match background

FC Shakhtar Donetsk and Celtic FC meet in their opening Group D fixture both aiming to avoid the fate that befell them when they were last drawn together in the UEFA Champions League. Then, in 2004/05, neither side made it beyond the group stage and, with holders AC Milan the undoubted favourites to win this section, a losing start for either here would leave them facing an uphill struggle to finish in the top two.

• There are grounds for optimism in both camps. Shakhtar may have missed out on the knockout stages in their three previous group stage campaigns but they have a strong home record in the competition, having registered five wins and two draws in nine matches at their RSC Olympiyskiy stadium.

• As for Celtic, champions of Europe in 1967, they will be determined to build on their success of last season where, at the fourth attempt, they progressed for the first time to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League in its modern format.

• Second in the Ukrainian last season, 's team reached the group stage by retrieving a two-goal deficit to defeat FC Salzburg in the third qualifying round. Already trailing 1-0 after a first-leg loss in Austria, Shakhtar fell further behind when Remo Meyer struck five minutes into the return. However, goals from Cristiano Lucarelli (9) and substitutes Nery Alberto Castillo (79) and Brandão (87) earned the Ukrainian side victory.

• Scottish champions Celtic also progressed in dramatic circumstances, overcoming FC Spartak Moskva 4-3 on penalties after two 1-1 draws. ’s side led in both ties, but strikes from in Moscow and Scott McDonald in were cancelled out by Roman Pavlyuchenko on each occasion. Both Pavlyuchenko and Celtic's Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink missed penalties in the return fixture before the concluding shootout where two saves from proved decisive.

• Shakhtar were 3-0 winners when the teams met in on 20 October 2004, prevailing through second-half goals from Matuzalem (2) and Brandão. It was their first encounter with a Scottish side.

• The lineups for the match were:

Shakhtar - Jan Laštuvka; Flavius Stoican, Cosmin Barcauan, , Razvan Rat; Vorobey (Brandão), Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Matuzalem; Zvonimir Vukić; Julius Agahowa (), Ciprian Marica (Igor Duljaj)

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Celtic - David Marshall; Didier Agathe, Stanislav Varga, Dianbobo Balde, Jackie McNamara (Stephen McManus); Stilian Petrov, , , Juninho Paulista (Aiden McGeady); , Henri Camara.

• Six Shakhtar players in action that day are still at the club – Brandão, Duljaj, Lewandowski, Rat, Srna and Vukić – but only three from that Celtic side remain – Balde, McGeady and McManus.

• Celtic won the return 1-0 – only their second victory in eight past meetings with Ukrainian opposition.

• Celtic reached the first knockout round of last season's competition thanks to their formidable home form. They won all three home games in the group stage while losing every match outside . In the first knockout round, an extra-time Kaká strike at San Siro consigned them to a 1-0 aggregate defeat by Milan.

• Those four away defeats in last term's competition mean Celtic have lost 12 of 13 previous away matches in the UEFA Champions League.

• Shakhtar lost fewer games than Celtic in the 2006/07 group stage – only two and both away from home – but the fact they only won once, a 1-0 home success against AS Roma, consigned them to third place in their section.

• They duly stepped into the UEFA Cup where their hopes were extinguished in the Round of 16 by eventual winners Sevilla FC, who won 3-2 in Donetsk after a 2-2 draw in Spain.

Match facts

Shakhtar

• Igor Duljaj's next appearance in UEFA club competition will be his 70th.

• Evgen Bredun celebrated his 25th birthday on 10 September, six days after Tomáš Hübschman turned 26.

• Shakhtar defeated FC Chornomorets Odesa 2-1 on Saturday afternoon to strengthen their position on top of the . Cristiano Lucarelli was first on target after 20 minutes with a penalty. On 52 minutes, Mircea Lucescu's team doubled their lead as rose to head in Jadson's corner. Oleh Venhlinskyy pulled a goal back in the 63rd minute.

• Mariusz Lewandowski and Volodymyr Yezerskiy were rested, with Hübschman and coming in. Willian made his debut, appearing as a substitute for Jadson in the second half. Olexandr Gladkiy was saved until early in the second half, with Brandão and Lucarelli the forward partnership. Nery Castillo was also given a break from action.

• "After international games clubs always have certain problems," said Shakhtar coach Mircea Lucescu. "Overall I'm not satisfied with our performance, even though we created enough chances. We were not as concentrated as normal, especially when it came to organisation of defence. Even so we got the three points and the enthusiasm after today's match should help us against Celtic. I'm satisfied, because Chornomorets are a good and well-organised team."

• Shakhtar suffered a number of departures before the start of the new season. Matuzalem (€8m to Real Zaragoza), Ciprian Marica (€8m to VfB Stuttgart), Elano Blumer (€12m to Manchester City FC), Andriy Vorobey and Vyacheslav Sviderskiy (both €1m to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) all moved on.

• Shakhtar nevertheless spent almost €60m on new players over the summer, Lucarelli joining from AS Livorno Calcio for €8m on a three-year deal. He became the first Italian to play in the Ukrainian top flight and chose to wear the No99 shirt.

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• Gladkiy signed for €2.5m from FC on a five-year contract, while a club-record €20m was spent on Castillo from Olympiacos CFP.

• Ilsinho arrived from São Paulo FC for €11m after taking the advice of former Shakhtar player Elano. He now lives in the house where his countrymate stayed during his stint in Donetsk.

• Yezerskiy signed for €1.2m from Dnipro and Willian left SC Corinthians for €14m.

• also completed his switch to Shakhtar after signing a five-year contract in December but spending six months with former club FC Vorskla . He officially became a Shakhtar player on 30 June.

• Dmytro Shutkov decided to prolong his playing career by one more year after originally planning to hang up his gloves to move into coaching. The veteran has played more times for Shakhtar than anyone in the club's history, appearing 265 times in the top flight after making his debut in August 1991.

• Shakhtar were beaten in the on 10 July, losing out 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw against FC Dynamo . Gladkiy opened the scoring and after the champions had fought back to lead 2-1, Serhiy Tkachenko forced the match into a shoot-out.

• The teams met again five days later in the opening league fixture of the season and once again it finished honours even, this time 1-1 in Donetsk. Since that game the club have gone on an impressive eight-game winning run in the Premier League, beating FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (3-0), FC Zorya Luhansk (3-0), FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod (1-0), FC Vorskla Poltava (2-1), FC Metalist Kharkiv (3-1), SC Tavriya Simferopol (2-0), FC Arsenal Kyiv (4-1) and Chornomorets (2-1).

• Castillo had to play both legs of Shaktar's UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie against FC Salzburg wearing a special mask after suffering a broken nose in an earlier league game.

• The player enjoyed a busy summer after playing for Mexico at the Copa América, where his team finished third. Castillo also featured for Mexico in their 3-1 friendly defeat against Brazil on 12 September.

• Gladkiy made his bow for Ukraine and scored his first senior international goal in a friendly 2-1 win against Uzbekistan on 22 August.

• Yezerskiy and Olexandr Kucher played the whole of Ukraine's UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying Group B matches against Georgia and Italy on September 8 and 12 respectively. Olexiy Gay was as a substitute against Georgia and started against Italy while Gladkiy came on in the second half of both games.

• Lucarelli was a substitute in Italy's 0-0 draw against France in Group B on 8 September, while Darijo Srna started Croatia's Group E qualifiers against Estonia and Andorra. He missed a penalty in the first game but made amends with a goal in the 6-0 victory against Andorra.

• Răzvan Raţ played the full 90 minutes of Romania's 3-0 Group G win against Belarus on 8 September, Lewandowski completed both of Poland's Group A games against Portugal and Finland and Duljaj was a second-half substitute in 's draw against Portugal in the same section.

• Before the new academic year Shakhtar issued more than 400,000 diaries to schools containing the club's details and 132,000 learning tables in both Russian and Ukrainian.

Celtic

• Maciej Żurawski is one appearance shy of 50 in UEFA club competition.

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• Żurawski celebrated his 31st birthday on 12 September, two days after Stephen McManus turned 25. Jean-Joël Doumbé is 29 on 27 September.

• Celtic went to the top of the for the first time this season with an 5-0 home win against bottom club Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC on Saturday. The goals came from Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (14, 58), Massimo Donati (40), (55) and a Phil McGuire own goal (69).

• Maciej Żurawski was left out of the squad after returning from international duty with a stomach bug, although he travelled to Ukraine with the rest of the squad on Sunday. was also ruled out after undergoing back surgery but Scott McDonald recovered from a hamstring injury.

• "There was a bit of pressure on us because of the opportunity to go top of the league but the players handled that," said Celtic manager Gordon Strachan. "To win 5-0 was fantastic especially when you consider we have a big game coming up on Tuesday."

• Vennegoor of Hesselink's two goals against Inverness made him Celtic's top scorer with five so far this season.

• The victory was the third consecutive match in which Celtic have scored five goals having beaten Heart of Midlothian FC 5-0 and Saint Mirren FC 5-1 before the international break.

• Pressley is likely to miss the majority of Celtic's group stage campaign after being ruled out for up to eight weeks following back surgery.

• Celtic concluded most of their transfer business early this summer with Scott Brown and Donati the most notable arrivals while former captain Neil Lennon joined Nottingham Forest FC. The Scottish champions paid Hibernian FC €6.4m, a domestic record, to secure Brown on a five-year deal and the club also spent a reported €4.4m to take Donati, who has signed a four-year contract, from UEFA Champions League holders AC Milan. McDonald, whose two goals for Motherwell FC on the final day of the 2004/05 season gave Rangers FC the Scottish Premier League title at Celtic's expense, joined for €1.1m.

• Perrier-Doumbé, who scored the winner in last season's Scottish FA Cup final, signed a one-year deal after a six-month loan from Stade Rennais FC while John Kennedy completed his comeback from a three-year absence with a knee injury with a new three-year contract. Theodor Bjarnason was also handed a three-year deal and joined from Hibernian on a similar contract.

• Lennon aside, and Thomas Gravesen were the other high-profile departures during the final week of the summer . Derby County FC paid €4.4m for Miller and Gravesen rejoined Everton FC on a year-long loan. Craig Beattie also moved to England, signing for West Bromwich Albion FC for a fee that could rise to €2.6m while Adam Virgo joined Colchester United FC on a six-month loan.

• Celtic added to their backroom staff with the appointment of Frenchman Grégory Dupont as head of sport science. The 34-year-old performed the same role at LOSC Lille Métropole for seven years and will work with Celtic's first team, reserves and youth sides to improve players' fitness levels.

• After a pre-season tour that took in the United States, Switzerland and England, Celtic kicked off the defence of their title with a goalless draw at home to Kilmarnock FC on 5 August. They then came from a goal down to win at Falkirk FC (4-1) and FC (3-1) before moving up a gear with overwhelming victories against Hearts (5-0) and St Mirren (5-1).

• Celtic have been drawn away to first division side Dundee FC in the third round of the .

• Stephen McManus was one of three Celtic players who started Scotland's 1-0 friendly international against South Africa at Pittodrie on 22 August. Brown and were also in the starting lineup.

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• A day before his 25th birthday, McManus scored his first international goal in the 3-1 UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying Group B win against Lithuania at on 8 September, converting former Celtic forward 's cross with 13 minutes to go to give Scotland a 2-1 lead. "It arrived at an awkward height and I just improvised to try and keep the ball low," McManus told .com. "Luckily it worked and it turned out to be an important goal." Brown earned his fifth cap, while Paul Hartley and Caldwell were unused substitutes.

• On the same day Aiden McGeady started for the Republic of Ireland in their 2-2 Group D draw away to Slovakia, Artur Boruc and Żurawski were in the starting lineup for Poland's 2-2 Group A draw with Portugal in Lisbon and Vennegoor of Hesselink was an unused substitute as the Netherlands won 2-0 against Bulgaria in Group G.

• Three Celtic players started Scotland's 1-0 win away to France at the Parc des Princes on 12 September when James McFadden's second-half strike sent the visitors top of Group B. Hartley came in as a holding midfielder with McManus at centre-back and Brown moving to right midfield while Caldwell was again on the bench as the visitors celebrated their first win on French soil since 1950.

• "It was brilliant; what a result," said Hartley. "It just doesn't get any better than that. It was a fantastic performance by everyone. We've got a long way to go but we're in the driving seat now."

• It was a disappointing night for McGeady as Ireland's qualifying hopes receded following their 1-0 defeat by the Czech Republic in Prague. Boruc also endured a frustrating evening as Poland were held to a goalless draw in Finland with Żurawski relegated to the bench. Vennegoor of Hesselink was also a substitute in the Netherlands' 1-0 victory in Albania in Group G.

• Japanese midfielder Nakamura featured in friendly internationals against Austria and Switzerland, scoring two second-half penalties in a 4-3 win against the Swiss on 11 September.

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Squad list

Shakhtar Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 UKR 04.03.1986 21 ------4 - 10 - 30 Andriy Pyatov UKR 28.06.1984 23 - 4 - - - 9 - - - 4 - 35 Yuriy Virt UKR 04.05.1974 33 ------6 - 31 - Defenders 3 Tomáš Hübschman CZE 04.09.1981 26 - 1 - - - 5 - 26 - 53 2 5 Olexandr Kucher UKR 22.10.1982 24 - 3 - - - 6 - 2 - 10 - 11 Ilsinho BRA 12.10.1985 21 - 2 - - - 5 2 - - 2 - 13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk UKR 13.05.1979 28 - - - - - 4 - 3 - 15 - 26 Răzvan Raţ ROU 26.05.1981 26 - 4 - - - 6 - 9 - 47 - 27 Dmytro Chygrynskiy UKR 07.11.1986 20 - 3 - - - 8 1 5 - 14 - 55 Volodymyr Yezerskiy UKR 15.11.1976 30 - 1 - - - 6 - - - 24 2 4 Igor Duljaj SRB 29.10.1979 27 - 4 - - - 7 - 16 - 69 - 7 Fernandinho BRA 04.05.1985 22 - 3 - - - 9 2 5 1 23 4 8 Jadson BRA 05.10.1983 23 - 4 - - - 8 2 6 1 25 1 9 Nery Castillo MEX 13.06.1984 23 - 1 1 - - 3 - 12 5 16 6 10 Zvonimir Vukić SRB 19.07.1979 28 - 1 - - - 2 - 6 - 35 6 14 Evgen Bredun UKR 10.09.1982 25 ------15 Volodymyr Priyomov UKR 02.01.1986 21 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 4 - 18 Mariusz Lewandowski POL 18.05.1979 28 - 4 - - - 5 1 9 - 45 2 19 Olexiy Gay UKR 06.11.1982 24 - - - - - 2 - 2 - 17 - 22 Willian BRA 09.08.1988 19 ------33 Darijo Srna CRO 01.05.1982 25 - 4 - - - 8 - 10 - 48 2 Forwards 17 BRA 12.04.1987 20 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 20 Olexiy Bielik UKR 15.02.1981 26 - - - - - 2 - 6 1 32 3 21 Olexandr Gladkiy UKR 24.08.1987 20 - 4 2 - - 9 7 - - 4 2 25 Brandão BRA 16.06.1980 27 - 4 3 - - 8 3 10 1 40 12 99 Cristiano Lucarelli ITA 04.10.1975 31 - 3 1 - - 6 3 - - 21 9 Coach - Mircea Lucescu ROU 29.07.1945 62 - 4 - - - - - 47 - 120 -

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Celtic Current season All-time UCLQ UCL League UCL UEFA No Player Nat. DoB Age BL Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Artur Boruc POL 20.02.1980 27 - 1 - - - 4 - 8 - 15 - 21 Mark Brown SCO 28.02.1981 26 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 1 - 47 Michael McGovern NIR 12.07.1984 23 ------Defenders 3 ENG 19.03.1980 27 - 2 - - - 6 - 8 - 10 - 5 Gary Caldwell SCO 12.04.1982 25 - 2 - - - 4 - 4 - 10 - 6 Dianbobo Baldé FRA 05.10.1975 31 ------19 - 45 - 12 Mark Wilson SCO 05.06.1984 23 - 2 - - - 6 - 3 - 7 - 17 Stephen Pressley SCO 11.10.1973 33 ------2 - 29 - 24 Jean-Joël Doumbé FRA 27.09.1978 28 ------9 - 41 John Kennedy SCO 18.08.1983 24 - 1 - - - 2 - 1 - 6 - 44 Stephen McManus SCO 10.09.1982 25 - 2 - - - 6 1 9 - 12 1 48 Darren O'Dea IRL 04.02.1987 20 - 1 - - - - - 3 - 4 - 49 Scott Cuthbert SCO 15.06.1987 20 ------52 Paul Caddis SCO 19.04.1988 19 ------Midfielders 8 Scott Brown SCO 25.06.1985 22 - 2 - - - 6 2 - - 7 1 11 Paul Hartley SCO 19.10.1976 30 - 1 1 - - 3 - - - 13 2 15 Evander Sno NED 09.04.1987 20 - 1 - - - 2 - 5 - 6 - 18 Massimo Donati ITA 26.03.1981 26 - 2 - - - 6 3 - - 12 1 20 Jiří Jarošík CZE 27.10.1977 29 ------38 6 56 11 25 Shunsuke Nakamura JPN 24.06.1978 29 - 2 - - - 5 3 8 2 10 2 42 Michael McGlinchey SCO 07.01.1987 20 ------45 James O'Brien SCO 28.09.1987 19 ------46 Aiden McGeady SCO 04.04.1986 21 - 2 - - - 5 - 9 - 12 - 53 Simon Ferry SCO 11.01.1988 19 ------54 Ryan Conroy SCO 28.04.1987 20 ------56 Theodor Bjarnason ISL 04.03.1987 20 ------2 - Forwards 7 Maciej Żurawski POL 12.09.1976 31 - 1 - - - 3 - 5 - 49 24 10 Jan Vennegoor of HesselinkNED 07.11.1978 28 - 2 - - - 6 5 33 5 55 10 14 SCO 16.01.1983 24 - 1 - - - 2 - - - 2 1 27 Scott McDonald AUS 21.08.1983 24 - 2 1 - - 4 1 - - 2 1 33 Chris Killen NZL 08.10.1981 25 - - - - - 4 - - - 3 1 43 Diarmuid O'Carroll IRL 16.03.1987 20 ------55 Paul McGowan SCO 07.10.1987 19 - - - - - 1 - - - - - Coach - Gordon Strachan SCO 09.02.1957 50 - 2 - - - - - 8 - 14 -

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Head coach FC Shakhtar Donetsk: Mircea Lucescu Date of birth: 29 July 1945 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti, FC Stiinta Bucureşti, FC Corvinul Hunedoara Coaching career: FC Corvinul Hunedoara, Romania, FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti, Pisa Calcio, Brescia Calcio, Reggiana AC, AFC Rapid Bucureşti, FC Internazionale Milano, Galatasaray SK, Beşiktaş JK, FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Mircea Lucescu is one of the biggest personalities, and one of the greatest coaches, Romania has produced. He joined FC Dinamo 1948 Bucureşti in 1963, making his top-flight debut the following year. After spending two seasons in the second division with FC Stiinta Bucureşti, Lucescu returned to Dinamo and stayed another decade, winning five championships and the Romanian Cup. Lucescu represented his country 70 times, scoring nine goals and appearing at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

He was appointed player-coach of FC Corvinul Hunedoara in 1977 before hanging up his boots after 362 first division appearances and 78 goals. As a coach his style has involved rebuilding teams, improving players who appeared to be the finished article, and he took over as coach of Romania in 1981, becoming their technical director a year later.

In 1986, he returned to Dinamo as coach and guided them to a league title and cup win as well as the 1989/90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals. A workaholic who speaks six foreign languages, Lucescu then had spells in charge of Italian sides Pisa Calcio, Brescia Calcio, Reggiana AC and FC Internazionale Milano. After returning to Romania and leading AFC Rapid Bucureşti to their first title for 32 years in 1999, he moved to Turkey's Galatasaray SK, where he was a league winner and also got his hands on the UEFA Super Cup in 2000. After another title with Beşiktaş JK he took charge of FC Shakhtar Donetsk in 2004, winning the Ukrainian Premier League title in each of his first two seasons.

Celtic FC: Gordon Strachan Date of birth: 9 February 1957 Playing carer: Dundee FC, Aberdeen FC, Manchester United FC, Leeds United AFC, Coventry City FC Coaching career: Coventry City FC, Southampton FC, Celtic FC

Gordon Strachan was an energetic and talented midfielder who was capped 50 times by Scotland and helped Aberdeen FC to win the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson. He began in management while still a player at English top-flight club Coventry City FC in November 1996.

He helped Coventry avoid relegation and then ended his on-field career aged 40 to concentrate on coaching, keeping the club in the Premier League until 2001. Strachan was sacked early in the following season but was swiftly appointed at Southampton FC - who he again kept in the highest division against the odds. In 2002/03 he took them to eighth place in the English top flight and the FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Arsenal FC but earning a UEFA Cup berth. Strachan announced early the next season that he would step down at the end of the campaign for personal reasons and left his role in March 2004 to concentrate on media work.

Always a man in demand due to his tactical astuteness and motivational skills, in summer 2005 Strachan was given the tough task of succeeding Martin O'Neill at Celtic FC. Strachan's reign began with a disastrous 5-0 loss at FC Artmedia in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round first leg, and a 4-0 win in the return could not salvage their European campaign. But Celtic regrouped and won the Scottish Premier League in record time and also lifted the Scottish League Cup. Last season Celtic triumphed in both Premier League and , and got past the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time, falling only to eventual winners AC Milan in the last 16 in extra time.

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Match officials

Referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP) Assistant referees Fermin Martinez Ibanez (ESP), Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP) Fourth official Vicente Lizondo Cortes (ESP) UEFA Delegate Metin Kazancioglu (TUR) UEFA Referee observer Jozef Marko (SVK)

Referee

Name Nat. DoB UCL UEFA Alberto Undiano Mallenco ESP 08.10.1973 1 9

Alberto Undiano Mallenco has made tremendous progress in his native Spain in recent years and is quickly establishing himself in high-level European action. His appointment on Matchday 1 of the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League was his first taste of the competition proper, and was just reward for a tremendous summer. Undiano Mallenco was part of the refereeing team at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and had the honour of being in the middle for the semi-final on 1 June in which the Netherlands, the eventual champions, defeated France 3-2.

The Pamplona-born official made his UEFA bow in May 2004 with two U19 qualifiers in Belgium and followed that up just over a month later with his first taste of senior international action as Finland met Sweden in Helsinki. Undiano Mallenco experienced his first UEFA finals with the 2004/05 UEFA European Under-19 Championship in Northern Ireland. By then, he had already taken control of a UEFA Champions League qualifier in July 2004, between APOEL FC and AC Sparta Praha, and was back for another in August 2005, when Celtic FC welcomed FC Artmedia. His first taste of the FIFA World Cup came with a September 2005 qualifier between Estonia and Latvia.

Back in Spain, Undiano Mallenco made his top-flight bow in September 2000 and had already reached the 100-game milestone, aged just 32, at the start of the 2006/07 Primera División season when he took charge of the Basque derby between Athletic Club Bilbao and Real Sociedad de Fútbol. He also had the honour of refereeing the 2005/06 Spanish Super Cup second-leg between FC Barcelona and Real Betis Balompié. In July 2007, he refereed the FIFA U-20 World Cup final that Argentina won with a 2-1 defeat of the Czech Republic in Toronto.

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Domestic information FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Premier League) Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 15/07/07 FC Dynamo Kyiv (H) 1-1 Jadson 60 League 21/07/07 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (A) 3-0 Lewandowski 52, Gladkiy 54, 63 League 27/07/07 FC Zorya Luhansk (H) 3-0 Jadson 22, Gladkiy 34, 43 League 05/08/07 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod (A) 1-0 Brandão 81 League 11/08/07 FC Vorskla Poltava (H) 2-1 Fernandinho 54, Gladkiy 79 League 19/08/07 FC Metalist Kharkiv (A) 3-1 Gladkiy 18, Fernandinho 68, Ilsinho 85 League 25/08/07 SC Tavriya Simferopol (H) 2-0 Lucarelli 24(pen), 40 Lineups: Pyatov, Ilsinho, Chygrynskiy, Yezerskiy, Shevchuk, Hübschman, Duljaj, Fernandinho, Vukić (Castillo 57), Lucarelli (Gladkiy 63), Brandão (Luiz Adriano 67) League 01/09/07 FC Arsenal Kyiv (H) 4-1 Brandão 49, 90, Gladkiy 53, Ilsinho 64 Lineups: Pyatov, Srna, Kucher, Yezerskiy, Shevchuk, Hübschman, Duljaj (Ilsinho 46), Fernandinho, Vukić (Gladkiy 38), Castillo (Jadson 46), Brandão League 15/09/07 FC Chornomorets Odesa (A) 2-1 Lucarelli 20(pen), Chygrynskiy 52 Lineups: Pyatov, Srna, Chygrynskiy, Kucher, Shevchuk, Fernandinho (Raţ 81), Hübschman, Ilsinho, Jadson (Willian 57), Lucarelli (Gladkiy 56), Brandão League 23/09/07 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (H) League 29/09/07 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (A) League 06/10/07 FC Karpaty (H) League 20/10/07 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (A) League 27/10/07 FC Kharkiv (H) League 03/11/07 FC Metalurh Donetsk (A) League 10/11/07 FC Dynamo Kyiv (A) League 24/11/07 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (H) League 01/12/07 FC Zorya Luhansk (A) League 01/03/08 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod (H) League 08/03/08 FC Vorskla Poltava (A) League 15/03/08 FC Metalist Kharkiv (H) League 22/03/08 SC Tavriya Simferopol (A) League 29/03/08 FC Arsenal Kyiv (A) League 05/04/08 FC Chornomorets Odesa (H) League 12/04/08 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (A) League 19/04/08 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya (H) League 26/04/08 FC Karpaty Lviv (A) League 03/05/08 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (H) League 11/05/08 FC Kharkiv (A)

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Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 9 8 1 0 21 5 25 2 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9 7 1 1 18 5 22 3 FC Dynamo Kyiv 9 5 3 1 17 10 18 4 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 9 4 3 2 8 6 15 5 FC Metalist Kharkiv 9 4 2 3 13 11 14 6 SC Tavriya Simferopol 9 4 2 3 11 13 14 7 FC Kharkiv 9 3 3 3 6 7 12 8 FC Karpaty Lviv 9 3 2 4 11 12 11 9 FC Chornomorets Odesa 9 3 2 4 4 7 11 10 FC Vorskla Poltava 9 2 5 2 8 8 11 11 FC Zorya Luhansk 9 3 1 5 9 14 10 12 FC Metalurh Donetsk 9 2 4 3 12 12 10 13 FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod 9 2 3 4 4 12 9 14 FC Arsenal Kyiv 9 2 2 5 17 16 8 15 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 2 1 6 8 15 7 16 FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 9 0 1 8 2 16 1

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Celtic FC (Premier League)

Comp. Date Opponent Res. Goalscorers League 05/08/07 Kilmarnock FC (H) 0-0 League 11/08/07 Falkirk FC (A) 4-1 Own goal, K. Miller 76, Nakamura 79, Vennegoor 81 League 19/08/07 Aberdeen FC (A) 3-1 Donati 61, K. Miller 85, 90 League 25/08/07 Heart of Midlothian FC (H) 5-0 Own goal, Donati 22, S. Brown 61, Vennegoor 63(pen), Nakamura 79 Lineups: Boruc, Wilson, G. Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, S. Brown, Donati, McGeady (Riordan 69), Vennegoor (Killen 69), McDonald (Żurawski 87) League 02/09/07 Saint Mirren FC (A) 5-1 S. Brown 22, McDonald 25, Vennegoor 53, Own goal, McManus 74 Lineups: Boruc, Wilson, Naylor, McManus, G. Caldwell, Sno (Donati 46), Hartley, Riordan, S. Brown, McDonald (Żurawski 70), Vennegoor (Killen 64) League 15/09/07 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (H) 5-0 Vennegoor 15, 59, Donati 41, Nakamura 56, Own goal Lineups: Boruc, Wilson, G. Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Nakamura, S. Brown (Sno 63), Donati, McGeady, McDonald (McGowan 72), Vennegoor (Killen 66) League 23/09/07 Hibernian FC (A) League 29/09/07 Dundee United FC (H) League 07/10/07 Gretna FC (A) League 20/10/07 Rangers FC (A) League 27/10/07 Motherwell FC (H) League 03/11/07 Kilmarnock FC (A) League 10/11/07 Falkirk FC (H) League 24/11/07 Aberdeen FC (H) League 01/12/07 Heart of Midlothian FC (A) League 08/12/07 Saint Mirren FC (H) League 15/12/07 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC (A) League 22/12/07 Hibernian FC (H) League 26/12/07 Dundee United FC (A) League 29/12/07 Gretna FC (H) League 02/01/08 Rangers FC (H) League 05/01/08 Motherwell FC (A) League 19/01/08 Kilmarnock FC (H) League 26/01/08 Falkirk FC (A) League 09/02/08 Aberdeen FC (A) League 16/02/08 Heart of Midlothian FC (H)

Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 Celtic FC 6 5 1 0 22 3 16 2 Rangers FC 6 5 0 1 20 7 15 3 Dundee United FC 6 4 1 1 9 2 13 4 Hibernian FC 6 3 3 0 10 6 12 5 Motherwell FC 6 4 0 2 8 7 12 6 Kilmarnock FC 6 3 1 2 7 6 10 7 Heart of Midlothian FC 6 2 2 2 8 10 8 8 Saint Mirren FC 6 2 0 4 4 11 6 9 Aberdeen FC 6 1 2 3 7 10 5 10 Falkirk FC 6 1 1 4 8 15 4 11 Gretna FC 6 0 1 5 5 17 1 12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 6 0 0 6 2 16 0

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UEFA information

Solidarity payments UEFA is distributing €43.2m in solidarity payments from the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League to the top leagues of UEFA's member associations. Leagues with participants in the 2006/07 UEFA Champions League will receive a total of €36m, while leagues without participants in last season's competition will receive €7.2m. The payment is being made by UEFA as part of the solidarity scheme associated with the UEFA Champions League, Europe's most prestigious club competition. It is aimed at supporting youth development activities in professional football, and complements other UEFA initiatives such as club licensing and the introduction of rules on locally-trained players.

Coaching licence London will be the setting as UEFA celebrates the tenth anniversary of the introduction of the European Coaching Licence. The seventh UEFA Symposium for Coach Education Directors, which will take place on 24-26 September at the Grange City Hotel, will focus on events that have taken place in the decade since six UEFA member associations - France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain and Italy - were the first to sign the UEFA Convention on the Mutual Recognition of Coaching Qualifications. High-profile guests and speakers including Gérard Houllier, Fabio Capello and Sir Trevor Brooking, will contribute.

Coaches forum Many of the top coaches in Europe were at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 6-7 September for the ninth UEFA Elite Club Coaches Forum. Illustrious names such as José Mourinho, Arsène Wenger, Ottmar Hitzfeld and Gérard Houllier joined senior UEFA officials at the forum, an essential component within UEFA's annual calendar. The coaches have an ideal opportunity at the gathering, away from the pressures of competition, to debate matters of mutual interest and to stimulate thoughts on the development of the game. The forum/seminar focused on technical trends, tactical tracking systems to assist coaches, refereeing issues and top-level training methods. In previous years the meetings have produced various recommendations which UEFA has taken on board for the overall benefit of the European club game.

Safety summit UEFA, in co-operation with the Dutch National Football Information Point (CIV), brought together various parties in Amsterdam earlier this month to discuss safety and security aspects related to international football matches. The meeting was attended by representatives of the European police and governmental bodies, security officers of UEFA and the national football associations, and security officials of the clubs taking part in this season's UEFA Champions League. "The event provided an opportunity to initiate the security planning for the UEFA Champions League group stage matches, to exchange information about the participating clubs and to share experiences and highlight good and bad practices," said UEFA.

Referee guidance Europe's referees have been given clear instructions for action on penalty-area jostling and stopping play for player injuries. The instructions came during a two-day summer gathering of Europe's top referees and assistants at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. "UEFA continues to work with Europe's top referees and assistants, in particular focusing on certain aspects which are harming the image of the modern game," said the European body in a statement.

Key dates The 2007/08 UEFA Champions League group stage will be played over six matchdays - 18/19 September, 2/3 October, 23/24 October, 6/7 November, 27/28 November and 11/12 December. The first knockout round will follow over two legs on 19/20 February and 4/5 March after the draw in Nyon on 21 December. The draw for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be staged on 14 March. The last eight will be played on 1/2 and 8/9 April before the semi-finals on 22/23 and 28/29 April. The 2008 UEFA Champions League final will be played in Moscow on 21 May, before UEFA EURO 2008™ kicks off in Austria and Switzerland on 7 June.

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Match-by-match lineups - Group D

Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SL Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Date Match Result Stadium, Venue 18.09.2007 Milan - Benfica - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 18.09.2007 Shakhtar - Celtic - RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk 03.10.2007 Celtic - Milan - Celtic Park, Glasgow 03.10.2007 Benfica - Shakhtar - Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon 24.10.2007 Benfica - Celtic - Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon 24.10.2007 Milan - Shakhtar - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 06.11.2007 Celtic - Benfica - Celtic Park, Glasgow 06.11.2007 Shakhtar - Milan - RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk 28.11.2007 Benfica - Milan - Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Lisbon 28.11.2007 Celtic - Shakhtar - Celtic Park, Glasgow 04.12.2007 Milan - Celtic - Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milan 04.12.2007 Shakhtar - Benfica - RSC Olympiyskiy Stadium, Donetsk

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Competition facts

• UEFA Champions League: Group stage milestones

Holders AC Milan will be keen to avoid becoming the first defending champions to fail to get through a group stage since the UEFA Champions League began. (This record, like the others, includes the seasons between 1999/00 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage)

In 1992/93, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and were beaten 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva.

Alessandro Costacurta set the UEFA Champions League oldest player record against AEK Athens FC on Matchday 5 of the 2006/07 season at 40 years and 211 days, 94 days older than previous record holder, Club Brugge KV goalkeeper Dany Verlinden when he played the full 90 minutes against AFC Ajax on 9 December 2003. Laurent Blanc is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 36 years and 339 days having found the net for Manchester United FC in their 3-2 defeat of Olympiacos CFP on 23 October 2002.

Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared in the UEFA Champions League. He was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994. He was then sent off in the 37th minute.

In 2006/07, PFC Levski Sofia joined 1. FC Košice in being the only team to have played in the UEFA Champions League and never picked up a point. The Slovakian side have not returned to the competition since losing all six games in their only campaign to date in 1997/98. Only five other teams have ever gone through a single group stage campaign without picking up a point namely SK Rapid Wien (05/06), RSC Anderlecht (04/05), FC Spartak Moskva and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (02/03, first and second group stage respectively) and Fenerbahçe SK (01/02, first group stage).

Levski also conceded 17 goals in their six outings last term, just two short of the record number let in during a group stage set by Ferencvárosi TC (19) in the 1995/96 campaign.

Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on Matchday 6 of the 2006/07 campaign, FC Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a win in the competition, surpassing the unwanted record set by AEK Athens FC on Matchday 3 of the same campaign.

The lowest total for a team qualifying from the group stage is seven points. The first to do it, since three points for a win was introduced in 1995/96, were Legia Warszawa that same season before Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/00 and Liverpool FC in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, a feat achieved by Rangers FC and Werder Bremen in 2005/06.

• UEFA Champions League: Did you know?

Domestic champions: This season's competition features 13 domestic league winners from last season, but only Group G of the eight groups features four domestic title-holders - namely PSV Eindhoven, FC Internazionale Milano, Fenerbahçe SK and PFC CSKA Moskva. Alongside the 13 champions, there are ten runners-up and six third-placed finishers. The holders AC Milan, Arsenal FC, Valencia CF are the only clubs in the group stage to have finished in fourth place in their domestic league championship.

Consecutive participations: This season, Manchester United FC have extended their consecutive participation in the UEFA Champions League to 12, a record in the competition. PSV Eindhoven, Olympiacos CFP and Real Madrid CF are making their eleventh consecutive appearances, one ahead of Arsenal FC.

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Knockout streak: In qualifying for the 2006/07 knockout stage, Real Madrid CF surpassed Manchester United FC's record of nine consecutive seasons (which ended in 2005/06) in advancing past the group stage. Madrid have featured in the knockout phase every time since the 1996/97 campaign. Madrid, have won the competition three times in the last ten years while they advanced as far as the semi-finals twice and the quarter-finals twice. However, in the last three seasons their interest in the competition has ended at the first knockout round.

European return: Of all 32 clubs, S.S. Lazio, Rosenborg BK and VfB Stuttgart did not participate in a UEFA club competition during the 2006/07 season.

Past masters: Six clubs competing in the 2007/08 UEFA Champions League were involved in the competition when it started during the 1992/93 season. Olympique de Marseille were champions, beating AC Milan in the final, while PSV Eindhoven, PFC CSKA Moskva, FC Porto and Rangers FC all participated in the group stage. In addition, VfB Stuttgart, AEK Athens FC and FC Barcelona were knocked out in the two rounds preceding the group stage that marked the competition proper.

Long road for debutants: Six clubs have advanced to the group stage from the European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round including one of this season's two debutants, SK Slavia Praha. They are joined by Rangers, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Steaua Bucuresti, Beşiktaş JK and Rosenborg 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 achieve this following Olympique de Marseille (1992/93, first UEFA Champions League final) and AFC Ajax (1994/95).

Sevilla FC join Slavia in competing in the UEFA Champions League for the first time, although both clubs have previous experience of the European Champion Clubs' Cup.

No qualifiers: Of the 32 clubs involved in the group stage, only AS Roma and FC Schalke 04 have yet to play a qualifying round match in order to reach the UEFA Champions League. Roma are making their fifth appearance in the competition, Schalke their third.

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 AFC Ajax (1994/95), Juventus (1995/96), BV Borussia Dortmund (1996/97) and FC Bayern München (2000/01). Of the last ten winners of the competition, Real Madrid CF (three), Manchester United FC, AC Milan (two), FC Porto, Liverpool FC and FC Barcelona, only FC Bayern München are not involved. Only two 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) and (2001/02). 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, PFC CSKA Moskva and Sevilla FC (two).

• UEFA Champions League: All-time records Biggest wins 7-0: Juventus v Olympiacos CFP (10.12.2003) 7-1: Manchester United FC v AS Roma (10.04.2007) 6-0: Olympique de Marseille v PFC CSKA Moskva (17.03.1993) 6-0: Leeds United AFC v Beşiktaş JK (26.09.2000) 6-0: Real Madrid CF v KRC Genk (25.09.2002)

Most goals in a game 8-3: AS Monaco FC v RC Deportivo La Coruña (05.11.2003) 7-2: Paris Saint-Germain FC v Rosenborg BK (24.10.2000) 7-2: Olympique Lyonnais v Werder Bremen (08.03.2005) 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.

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Leading scorer in a season 12: (Manchester United FC, 2002/03) Kaká finished as top scorer in 2006/07 with ten goals for AC Milan.

Four goals in a match Marco van Basten (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 Nistelrooy (Manchester United FC 4-1 AC Sparta Praha, 03.11.2004) (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 10.03 secs: Roy Makaay (FC Bayern München 2-1 Real Madrid CF, 07.03.2006) 20.07 secs: Gilberto (PSV Eindoven 0-4 Arsenal FC, 25.09.2002) 20.12 secs: Del Piero (Manchester United FC 3-2 Juventus, 01.10.1997) 21.20 secs: Clarence Seedorf (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)

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)

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) 17 years, 353 days: Karim Benzema (Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 Rosenborg BK, 06.12.2005) 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 to appear, having begun RSC Anderlecht's game against FC Steaua Bucuresti on 23 November 1994, aged 16 years and 87 days.

Appearances: UEFA Champions League Note: This list considers group stage to final only; 108 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 107 (Real Madrid CF) 105 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 103 David Beckham (Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 103 Oliver Kahn (FC Bayern München) 98 Gary Neville (Manchester United FC) 97 Luís Figo (FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano) 95 Ryan Giggs (Manchester United FC) 95 Paul Scholes (Manchester United FC) 94 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan) 89 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 85 (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC)

Goals: UEFA Champions League

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56 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 49 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 46 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 42 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC) 38 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan) 37 Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

Appearances: UEFA club competition

168 Paolo Maldini (AC Milan) 136 Luís Figo (Sporting, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano) 133 Oliver Kahn (Karslruher SC, FC Bayern München) 130 Frank de Boer (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Galatasaray SK) 127 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (FC Bayern München, FC Internazionale Milano, Servette FC) 125 Clarence Seedorf (AFC Ajax, UC Sampdoria, Real Madrid CF, FC Internazionale Milano, AC Milan) 122 Zinédine Zidane (AS Cannes, FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Juventus, Real Madrid CF) 121 Alessandro Costacurta (AC Milan) 121 Phillip Cocu (SBV Vitesse, PSV Eindhoven, FC Barcelona) 119 Roberto Carlos (FC Internazionale Milano, Real Madrid CF, Fenerbahçe SK)

Goals: UEFA club competition

62 Gerd Müller (FC Bayern München) 59 Filippo Inzaghi (Parma FC, Juventus, AC Milan) 59 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 58 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 56 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 53 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 50 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF) 50 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Juventus, Arsenal FC) 50 (Feyenoord, Celtic FC, FC Barcelona, Manchester United FC, Helsingborgs IF) 47 Carlos Santillana (Real Madrid CF)

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.

56 Raúl González (Real Madrid CF) 55 Andriy Shevchenko (FC Dynamo Kyiv, AC Milan, Chelsea FC) 53 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United FC, Real Madrid CF) 49 Alfredo Di Stéfano (Real Madrid CF) 47 Eusébio (SL Benfica) 42 Thierry Henry (AS Monaco FC, Arsenal FC) 42 Filippo Inzaghi (Juventus, AC Milan)

Last updated: 13.09.2007

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Team facts

FC Shakhtar Donetsk

UEFA club competition milestones • Shakhtar did not make their debut in qualifying for European club football's premier competition until 2000/01 but their first season ranks as their equal best effort as they reached the group stage. There they defeated Arsenal FC 3-0, a result that was not enough to secure qualification but ranks as one of the club's best.

UEFA Champions League milestones • A 6-3 aggregate win against Club Brugge KV in the third qualifying round guaranteed a return to the group stage in 2004/05. As in 2000/01 they were eliminated with two wins but they were memorable ones as Shakhtar defeated Celtic FC 3-0 and FC Barcelona 2-0.

UEFA club competition honours • N/A

Ten-year record 2006/07: UEFA Cup - Round of 16 (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2005/06: UEFA Cup - Round of 32 (having transferred from European Champions Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2004/05: UEFA Cup - Round of 16 (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2003/04: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2002/03: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2001/02: UEFA Cup - first round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2000/01: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) 1999/00: UEFA Cup - first round 1998/99: UEFA Cup - second qualifying round 1997/98: Did not compete in UEFA club competition

2006/07 season Domestic record: Shahktar relinquished their hold on the Ukrainian Premier League title as FC Dynamo Kyiv finished eleven points clear at the top of the table. It was enough to earn a place in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. They also lost 2-1 to their old rivals in the final.

European record: In each of their last nine seaons, Shakhtar's European involvement has ended in the UEFA Cup. A place in the UEFA Champions League group stage was earned by defeating Legia Warszawa 4-2 on aggregate in the third qualifying round. In Group D, they finished behind Valencia CF and AS Roma but three ahead of Olympiacos CFP to move into the UEFA Cup. In the Round of 32, AS Nancy-Lorraine were defeated 2-1 over two legs but they came unstuck against eventual winners Sevilla FC in the last 16, losing 5-4 on aggregate after 210 minutes of football.

Key facts UEFA club competition • Pld: 110 W: 48 D: 20 L: 42 GF: 161 GA: 157

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Pld: 18 W: 5 D: 3 L: 10 GF: 21 GA: 35

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League • Pld: 44 W: 19 D: 8 L: 17 GF: 65 GA: 62

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Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 1-5: FC Levadia Maardu v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 02.08.2000, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round second leg 0-4: Birkirkara FC v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 29.07.1998, UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg 1-5: B 1901 Nykøbing v FC Shakhtyor Donetsk 14.09.1983, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup first round first leg

• Biggest home win 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Debreceni VSC 15.09.2005, UEFA Cup first round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC 20.10.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Club Brugge KV 11.08.2004, European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Lugano 25.07.2001, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC 07.11.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Levadia Maardu 26.07.2000, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Zimbru Chisinau 28.08.1997, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round second leg 4-1: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Linfield FC 10.08.1995, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtyor Donetsk v Budapesti Honvéd SE 20.10.1976, UEFA Cup second round first leg 3-0: FC Shakhtyor Donetsk v Berliner FC Dynamo 15.09.1976, UEFA Cup first round first leg

• Biggest away win 1-5: FC Levadia Maardu v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 0-4: Birkirkara FC v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 1-5: B 1901 Nykøbing v FC Shakhtyor Donetsk (see above for details)

• Heaviest defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 12.09.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 24.11.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 5-1: FK Austria Wien v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 17.09.2002, UEFA Cup first round first leg 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 25.10.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage 4-0: FC Zürich v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 13.08.1998, UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v S.S. Lazio 12.09.2000, UEFA Champions League first group stage

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• Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: FK Austria Wien v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: FC Zürich v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details)

• Biggest home win 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Arsenal FC (see above for details)

• Biggest away win N/A

• Heaviest defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v S.S. Lazio (see above for details)

• Heaviest away defeat 4-0: AS Roma v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 4-0: AC Milan v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) 5-1: S.S. Lazio v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details)

Last updated: 30.08.2007

Celtic FC

UEFA club competition milestones • Celtic were the first British champions of Europe when they won the 1966/67 European Champion Clubs' Cup with a 2-1 defeat of FC Internazionale Milano in Lisbon.

• The closest Celtic have come to a European honour since was finishing runners-up to FC Porto in the 2002/03 UEFA Cup, losing 3-2 in Seville after moving across from the UEFA Champions League following the first group stage.

UEFA Champions League milestones • The Scottish side reached the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 2006/07, losing 1-0 on aggregate over two legs in the last 16 to eventual winners AC Milan.

UEFA club competition honours • European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1966/67

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Ten-year record (including current season) 2006/07: UEFA Champions League - first knockout round 2005/06: UEFA Champions League - second qualifying round 2004/05: UEFA Champions League - group stage 2003/04: UEFA Cup - quarter-finals (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League group stage) 2002/03: UEFA Cup - runners-up (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup third qualifying round) 2001/02: UEFA Cup - third round (having transferred from the UEFA Champions League first group stage) 2000/01: UEFA Cup - second round 1999/00: UEFA Cup - second round 1998/99: UEFA Cup - second round (having transferred from the European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round) 1997/98: UEFA Cup - first round

2006/07 season Domestic record: Celtic were again runaway Scottish Premier League champions, losing just three games as they finished 13 points ahead of old rivals Rangers FC. It was the club's 41st league success since 1891. A third Scottish Cup in three seasons followed as Dunfermline AFC were defeated 1-0 in the final.

European record: Celtic enjoyed their best UEFA Champions League campaign to date with home victories against FC København, SL Benfica and Manchester United FC enough to earn them second place in Group F, three points behind United. The first knockout round meeting with Milan was a closely-fought affair with only a Kaká goal in extra time of the second leg at San Siro separating the sides.

Key facts UEFA club competition • Pld: 230 W: 115 D: 39 L: 76 GF: 386 GA: 233

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final) • Pld: 26 W: 9 D: 4 L: 13 GF: 28 GA: 38

European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League • Pld: 120 W: 60 D: 22 L: 38 GF: 196 GA: 126

Records UEFA club competition • Biggest win 9-0: Celtic FC v KPV Kokkola 16.09.1970, European Champion Clubs' Cup first round first leg

• Biggest home win 9-0: Celtic FC v KPV Kokkola (see above for details)

• Biggest away win 0-7: Waterford AFC v Celtic FC 21.10.1970, European Champion Clubs' Cup second round first leg

• Heaviest defeat 5-0: FC Artmedia v Celtic FC 27.07.2005, European Champion Clubs' Cup second qualifying round first leg

• Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Celtic FC v Paris Saint-Germain FC 02.11.1995, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup second round second leg

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• Heaviest away defeat 5-0: FC Artmedia v Celtic FC (see above for details)

UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica 17.10.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Biggest home win 3-0: Celtic FC v SL Benfica (see above for details)

• Biggest away win No away victories recorded in the competition

• Heaviest defeat 3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC 01.11.2006, UEFA Champions League group stage 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC 20.10.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage 3-0: FC Porto v Celtic FC 17.10.2001, UEFA Champions League first group stage

• Heaviest home defeat 1-3: Celtic FC v FC Barcelona 14.09.2004, UEFA Champions League group stage

• Heaviest away defeat 3-0: SL Benfica v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Shakhtar Donetsk v Celtic FC (see above for details) 3-0: FC Porto v Celtic FC (see above for details)

Last updated: 30.08.2007

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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.

• Format: The UEFA Champions League group stage draw in Monaco on 31 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 19/20 February and 4/5 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. This year's UEFA Champions League final is in Moscow on 21 May 2008.

• Locally-trained players rule: In February 2005, UEFA announced the 'A' list that teams submit for UEFA club competitions will continue to be limited to 25 players, and from season 2007/08, at least six places 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 2006/07, the number of locally-trained players required began at four but the current six will rise 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.

• Player registration: UEFA regulations state that for all UEFA Champions League matches from the start of the first knockout round, a club may register a maximum of three new eligible players within their squad of 25 for the remaining matches in the current competition. Such registration must be completed by 1 February at the latest. One player from the above quota of three who has played UEFA club competition matches for another competing club in the current season may exceptionally be registered, provided that the player has not been fielded by another club in the UEFA Champions League this season.

• 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. Age: based on the date press kit was last updated BL: Booking list (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended) :: Match officials The match officials appointed to officiate the fixture. UCL: Total matches officiated in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only. Matches where the official has acted as the fourth official are not included in these statistics. These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records. UEFA: Total matches officiated in UEFA club 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. :: Competitions Club competitions ECCC: European Champions Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League UCUP: UEFA Cup • UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship • U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: Confederation Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U19: UEFA European Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship :: Competition stages F: Final QR3: Third qualifying round GS: Group stage R1: First round GS1: First group stage R2: Second round GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals 1/8: Eighth-finals QR: Qualifying round 1/16: Sixteenth-finals QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament P-O: Play-off :: Other Abbreviations AP: Appearances No: Number Comp.: Competition Pld: Matches played D: Drawn Pos.: Position DoB: Date of birth Pts: Points GA: Goals against R: Sent off (red card) GF: Goals for Res.: Result L: Lost W: Won Nat.: Nationality Y: Booked N/a: Not Applicable 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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