Sevilla FC Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Wednesday 24 February 2010 - 18.30CET (20.30 Local Time) Matchday 7 - First Knockout Round, First Leg
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UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON 2009/10 MATCH PRESS KIT PFC CSKA Moskva Sevilla FC Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Wednesday 24 February 2010 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) Matchday 7 - First knockout round, first leg Contents Match background.........................................................................................2 Match facts....................................................................................................3 Squad list.......................................................................................................6 Head coach....................................................................................................8 Match officials................................................................................................9 Fixtures and results......................................................................................10 Match-by-match lineups...............................................................................13 Competition facts..........................................................................................15 Team facts....................................................................................................16 Legend.........................................................................................................18 This press kit includes information relating to this UEFA Champions League match. For more detailed factual information, and in-depth competition statistics, please refer to the matchweek press kit, which can be downloaded at: http://www.uefa.com/uefa/mediaservices/presskits/index.html PFC CSKA Moskva - Sevilla FC Wednesday 24 February 2010 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Match background Previous meetings None PFC CSKA Moskva - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 23/10/08 GS PFC CSKA Moskva - 3-0 Moscow Dzagoev 9, 12, Vágner Love 61 RC Deportivo La Coruña UEFA Champions League Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/11/92 R2 FC Barcelona - PFC CSKA Moskva 2-3 Barcelona Nadal 13, Beguiristáin 31; Bushmanov agg: 3-4 44, Mashkarin 57, Korsakov 60 21/10/92 R2 PFC CSKA Moskva - FC Barcelona 1-1 Moscow Grichine 17; Beguiristáin 58 Sevilla FC - record versus clubs from opponents' country UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 06/04/06 QF FC Zenit St. Petersburg - Sevilla FC 1-1 St Petersburg Hyun 50; Kepa 66 agg: 2-5 30/03/06 QF Sevilla FC - FC Zenit St. Petersburg 4-1 Seville Saviola 14, 80, Martí 56(p), Adriano 90+3; Kerzhakov 45 23/02/06 R32 Sevilla FC - FC Lokomotiv Moskva 2-0 Seville Maresca 34, Puerta 90 agg: 3-0 15/02/06 R32 FC Lokomotiv Moskva - Sevilla FC 0-1 Moscow Jordi 75 24/11/05 GS FC Zenit St. Petersburg - Sevilla FC 2-1 St Petersburg Kerzhakov 11, 88; Saviola 90+3 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 25/11/04 GS FC Zenit St. Petersburg - Sevilla FC 1-1 St Petersburg Arshavin 35; Baptista 71 UEFA Cup Date Stage Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/11/90 R2 Sevilla FC - FC Torpedo Moskva 2-1 Seville Bengoechea 25, Vazquez Garcia 62; agg: 3-4 Savichev 10 24/10/90 R2 FC Torpedo Moskva - Sevilla FC 3-1 Moscow Tishkov 58, Zhukov 81(p), Shirinbekov 86; Polster 70 Record versus clubs from opponents' country Home Away Final Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA PFC CSKA Moskva 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 7 3 Sevilla FC 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 4 2 2 13 9 PFC CSKA Moskva, who are breaking new ground with a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds, face a difficult test in hosting a Sevilla FC side who have shown in their two campaigns that mixing with the cream of Europe holds no fears for them. Match background • The Moscow club qualified for the group stage of the inaugural UEFA Champions League in 1992/93 having won through the first two rounds, but in their four subsequent campaigns this is the first time they have progressed from their section. • Leonid Slutski's side achieved their place with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Beşiktaş JK on Matchday 6 to finish as Group B runners-up, three points behind Manchester United FC and three ahead of VfL Wolfsburg. It was CSKA's third Last updated 23/02/10 00:00:55CET Match background 2 PFC CSKA Moskva - Sevilla FC Wednesday 24 February 2010 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow victory after home wins against Wolfsburg and Beşiktaş. In the Luzhniki Stadium they also suffered a 1-0 loss to United. • The Army Men last faced Spanish opposition 14 months ago when they saw off RC Deportivo La Coruña 3-0 in the UEFA Cup group stage in Moscow. Their only other meeting with visitors from Spain was a 1-1 UEFA Champions League draw against FC Barcelona on 21 October 1992, CSKA knocking the reigning European champions out with a 3-2 win in the Camp Nou reverse. • Sevilla faced Premier-Liga opposition on three occasions in 2005/06 en route to the first of their successive UEFA Cup triumphs. They lost 2-1 at FC Zenit St. Petersburg in the group stage before beating FC Lokomotiv Moskva away (1-0) and home (2-0) in the round of 32. In the quarter-finals they exacted revenge on Zenit with a 5-2 aggregate win, the away leg ending 1-1. • The Andalusian club suceeded CSKA – who became the first Russian side to claim European silverware in 2005 – as UEFA Cup winners. • This time round, Sevilla won Group G by a four-point margin, losing only at FC Unirea Urziceni on Matchday 5 with qualification already assured. They triumphed at Rangers FC (4-1) and VfB Stuttgart (3-1) and have lost only three of their 14 matches in the UEFA Champions League proper so far, all the defeats coming away from home. • In their previous UEFA Champions League campaign, the Spanish side exited the competition at this stage against Fenerbahçe SK. After losing the first leg 3-2 away, they managed to win the return by the same score only to go out on penalties. Team ties • Juande Ramos, who led Sevilla to their twin UEFA Cup triumphs, spent six weeks as CSKA head coach last autumn. • Ivica Dragutinović and Miloš Krasić are team-mates in the Serbian national team. • Igor Akinfeev, Sergei Ignashevich plus Aleksei and Vasili Berezutski all featured for Russia against Spain at UEFA EURO 2008, Spain winning 4-1 in Group D and 3-0 in the semi-finals. Akinfeev and Ignashevich played in both games while both Berezutski brothers remained on the bench along with Andrés Palop and Fernando Navarro for their opponents. • Mark González has had spells at Albacete Balompié, Real Sociedad de Fútbol and Real Betis Balompié. • Marius Stankevičius played for Lithuania in a 4-3 defeat by Russia in a Moscow friendly in August 2004. • Dragutinović and Krasić played for Serbia in a 3-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying victory against a Lithuania side containing Deividas Šemberas and Stankevičius on 11 October 2008. Dragutinović, Krasić and Stankevičius also appeared in the reverse fixture, won 2-1 by Lithuania on 14 October 2009. • Luis Fabiano scored twice for Brazil in a 3-0 victory against a Chile side including González in a World Cup qualifier on 7 September 2008. • Álvaro Negredo scored twice for Spain in a 5-2 victory against Bosnia-Herzegovina in a World Cup qualifying tie in Zenica on 14 October 2009. Elvir Rahimić was on the opposing side as he had been when Bosnia-Herzegovina lost 1-0 in Murcia a year earlier, when Diego Capel lined up for the hosts. • Russia forward Aleksandr Kerzhakov was at Sevilla from January 2007 to February 2008, winning the UEFA Cup, Copa del Rey and Spanish Super Cup. Match facts CSKA Moskva UEFA milestones • None UEFA Champions League statistics • CSKA conceded ten goals in the group stage, more than any other side to make it to the first knockout round. • The Russian club have been caught offside only eight times, the joint lowest total ahead of the last-16 ties. • Tomáš Necid has set up four goals, the joint highest total in the competition after the group stage. • Sergei Ignashevich and Aleksei Berezutski are available after serving one-match bans. Miloš Krasić and Chidi Odiah will incur a suspension with their next bookings. Last updated 23/02/10 00:00:55CET Match facts 3 PFC CSKA Moskva - Sevilla FC Wednesday 24 February 2010 - 18.30CET (20.30 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow Latest domestic information • The 2009 Premier-Liga season ended on 29 November, victories in their last two games lifting CSKA to fifth. They have not played a competitive fixture since beating Beşiktaş JK on Matchday 6. • CSKA have busied themselves with a series of friendlies: 24.01.2010: CSKA 2-2 Neuchâtel Xamax FC (Honda 40, Zabolotni 75) 25.01.2010: CSKA 1-1 FC New York (Necid 49) 04.02.2010: CSKA 3-2 IF Elfsborg (Honda 19, Guilherme 38, Karlson 80og) 06.02.2010: CSKA 4-1 Rosenborg BK (Necid 20 29, Krasić 24, Mamaev 51) 09.02.2010: CSKA 3-1 Odense BK (Aleksei Berezutski 42, Krasić 43, Necid 47) 18.02.2010: CSKA 0-3 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk • Team against Dnipro: Akinfeev; Aleksei Berezutski (Nababkin 69), Vasili Berezutski, Ignashevich, Schennikov; Šemberas, Aldonin (Mamaev 67), González (Guilherme 75), Krasić, Honda; Necid • After beating Elfsborg, Rosenborg and Odense, Leonid Slutski's side were due to face FC Shakhtar Donetsk in the Copa del Sol tournament final on 12 February but the game was called off due to a waterlogged pitch. • Before going down against Dnipro, CSKA had not lost in nine matches including friendlies, since a 2-0 home defeat by Russian champions FC Rubin Kazan on 8 November. • CSKA have had three training camps over the winter: in Spain at Campoamor (14-26 January) and Marbella (30 January to 13 February), and then in Belek, Turkey (16-21 February). • CSKA's 2010 Premier-Liga campaign is scheduled to kick off on 13 March at home to FC Amkar Perm.