UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2012/13 SEASON MATCH PRESS KIT
SC Braga CFR 1907 Cluj Group H - Matchday 1 Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Wednesday 19 September 2012 20.45CET (19.45 local time)
Contents Previous meetings...... 2 Match background...... 3 Match facts...... 4 Squad list...... 6 Head coach...... 8 Match officials...... 9 Fixtures and results...... 10 Match-by-match lineups...... 12 Group Standings...... 14 Competition facts...... 16 Team facts...... 17 Legend...... 19 SC Braga - CFR 1907 Cluj Wednesday 19 September 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Previous meetings
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Last updated 18/09/12 9:55:51CET 2 Previous meetings SC Braga - CFR 1907 Cluj Wednesday 19 September 2012 - 20.45CET (19.45 local time) MATCH PRESS KIT Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga Match background
SC Braga begin their second UEFA Champions League campaign with a Group H home fixture against CFR 1907 Cluj. • This is Braga's first meeting with a Romanian club and likewise CFR's first with Portuguese opposition but the ties between the two sides should ensure few surprises – Ioan Andone's CFR squad includes six Portuguese players and three Braga old boys. Match background • Braga will hope to avoid the kind of false start they suffered on their debut UEFA Champions League campaign in 2010/11, when they lost 6-0 at Arsenal FC and 3-0 at home to FC Shakhtar Donetsk in their first two fixtures. They recovered to finish third in their section – winning their two remaining home games – and went on to reach the final of that season's UEFA Europa League. • Third in Portugal last term, José Peseiro's team reached the group stage by beating Udinese Calcio on penalties after a 2-2 aggregate draw in the play-offs. Including their 1-1 first-leg draw with Udinese they have won just two of their last six home fixtures in UEFA competition. • For Romanian title holders CFR this is a third UEFA Champions League campaign in five seasons, after appearances in 2008/09 and 2010/11. In both instances they finished bottom of their group with four points. • After winning their first UEFA Champions League away fixture at AS Roma in 2008/09, CFR lost the following five. However, they can take confidence from their two away successes in this season's qualifying rounds – winning 2-1 at both FC Slovan Liberec and FC Basel 1893. The latter was the first victory by a Romanian club in Switzerland. Team ties • Peseiro was in charge of FC Rapid Bucureşti between July 2008 and January 2009, working with Vasile Maftei. He earned a 1-0 home win against CFR in his third league match as Rapid coach. • Beto spent 2011/12 on loan at CFR from FC Porto, making 27 league appearances and winning the Romanian title. His successor at CFR, Mário Felgueiras, was Braga's reserve goalkeeper in 2008/09, playing once alongside Alan as a substitute in a league fixture against Porto. In between loan spells elsewhere, Felgueiras started Braga's two UEFA Champions League qualifying ties against Celtic FC in 2010/11. • Felgueiras was Sporting Clube de Portugal's third-choice goalkeeper under Peseiro in 2004/05, sharing a dressing room with Custódio and Hugo Viana. He also played with Nuno André Coelho at Portimonense SC in 2007/08 and with Hélder Barbosa in the Portugal team that won the 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. • Diogo Valente made eight league appearances for Braga in 2009/10. He played with Alan at Porto in 2006/07. • CFR's other Braga old boy is Rafael Bastos, who made eight league outings in 2009/10. • CFR's connections with Braga extend to their recent coaches. António 'Toni' Conceição, a former Braga player and assistant coach, held the CFR reins between April and November 2009 and won the Romanian Cup. Jorge Costa, Braga coach in 2007, was in charge at the Cluj-Napoca club for most of last season. • Cadú was sent off playing for Boavista FC against Braga in a 0-0 home draw in 2005/06. • Ivo Pinto played with Hélder Barbosa on loan at Vitória FC in 2009/10. He was once a colleague of Cristiano Pereira in Portugal's U21 team. • Five other CFR squad members have played in Portugal: Camora, Rui Pedro, Nicolas Godemèche, László Sepsi and Modou Sougou, taking the total to ten. • Braga's assistant coach Fernando Couto helped Portugal beat Romania 1-0 in the UEFA EURO 2000 group stage. • Quim was in the SL Benfica side that eliminated FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the UEFA Cup round of 32 in 2006/07.
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Braga UEFA Champions League statistics • Braga have lost just one of their six home games in the UEFA Champions League, qualifying included – going down 3-0 to FC Shakhtar Donetsk two years ago. They have drawn once and claimed wins against Arsenal FC, FK Partizan, Sevilla FC and Celtic FC. International duty • Braga had a club record six players in the Portugal squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan: Beto, Nuno André Coelho, Custódio, Rúben Micael, Ruben Amorim and Éder. • Éder made his international debut on 11 September as a late substitute in the 3-0 win against Azerbaijan at Braga's Estádio Municipal. • Djamal (Libya), Elderson (Nigeria) and José Luis (Cape Verde) were also on senior international duty, while Cristiano was in action for Portugal Under-21s. Summer transfers • In Beto (CFR 1907 Cluj) Cristiano (Valencia CF) Ismaily (SC Olhanense) Éder (A. Académica de Coimbra) Rúben Micael (Club Atlético de Madrid, loan) Michel (SL Benfica, loan) • Out Tommaso Berni (UC Sampdoria) Emmanuel Imourou (Clermont Foot Auvergne 63) Ewerton (FC Anzhi Makhachkala) Nuno Gomes (Blackburn Rovers FC) Rodrigo Galo (A. Académica de Coimbra, loan) Vinicius (Moreirense FC, loan) Pizzi (RC Deportivo La Coruña, loan) Miscellaneous • None CFR Cluj UEFA Champions League statistics • Vasile Maftei serves a one-game ban on matchday one but Felice Piccolo is available after completing his three-match suspension. • This will be coach Ioan Andone's first group stage match in charge. International duty • Matías Aguirregaray was the only CFR player called up for international duty at the start of the month but he did not feature in Uruguay's 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador. Summer transfers • In Mário Felgueiras (SC Braga) Ivo Pinto (UD Leiria, loan) László Sepsi (FCM Târgu Mureş) Diogo Valente (A. Académica de Coimbra) Matías Aguirregaray (CA Peñarol) Saša Bjelanović (Hellas Verona FC) Luís Alberto (SC Braga) Solomon Enow (Parma FC, loan)* Adam Vass (Brescia Calcio)* Ciprian Deac (FC Schalke 04)*
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Jorge Martínez (Juventus, loan)* Matteo Lignani (AS Livorno Calcio)* Adofo Godfred (Parma FC)* *not in UEFA Champions League squad • Out Renan (UC Sampdoria) Beto (SC Braga) Sixto Peralta (CD Universidad Católica) Paul Stefan Batin (FC Braşov) Roberto De Zerbi (released) Edimar (Rio Ave FC, loan) Lionn (Rio Ave FC, loan) Miscellaneous • CFR lost to Romanian Cup holders FC Dinamo Bucureşti in the Super Cup on 14 July, succumbing 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw. • Deac (knee ligaments), Vass (broken foot), Bakary Sare (broken leg) and Ronny (ligaments) have all been left out of CFR's UEFA Champions League squad after picking up major injuries in the opening month of the season.
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SC Braga
Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Quim POR 13/11/75 36 - - - - - 1 - 15 - 50 - 23 Cristiano POR 29/11/90 21 ------33 Beto POR 01/05/82 30 - 2 - - - 2 - 1 - 4 - 71 Bruno Martins POR 11/12/93 18 ------72 Tiago Sá POR 11/01/95 17 ------81 Pedro Sousa POR 11/05/94 18 ------91 Rafael Alves POR 04/01/94 18 ------Defenders 4 Nuno André Coelho POR 07/01/86 26 - - - - - 2 - 1 - 10 1 15 Baiano BRA 23/02/87 25 - - - - - 1 - - - 9 - 20 Elderson NGA 20/01/88 24 - - - - - 1 - 3 - 19 3 21 Ismaily BRA 11/01/90 22 - 2 1 - - 2 - - - 2 1 26 Paulo Vinícius BRA 12/08/84 28 - 2 - - - 3 - - - 9 1 44 Douglão BRA 18/05/86 26 - 2 - - - 2 - - - 6 - 76 Afonso Figueiredo POR 06/01/93 19 ------80 Aníbal Capela POR 08/05/91 21 ------1 - 1 - 84 Artur Jorge POR 14/08/94 18 ------92 Ricardo Bouças POR 16/12/94 17 ------93 Pedro Eira POR 24/09/94 17 ------94 Sandro Costa POR 23/09/95 16 ------Midfielders 5 Ruben Amorim POR 27/01/85 27 - 2 - - - 3 1 6 - 26 - 8 Mossoró BRA 04/07/83 29 - 2 - - - 2 1 4 - 30 - 14 Rúben Micael POR 19/08/86 26 - 2 1 - - 3 2 2 - 20 11 22 Djamal LBY 26/04/83 29 - - - - - 2 - - - 9 - 25 Leandro Salino BRA 22/04/85 27 - 2 - - - 2 - 5 - 37 - 27 Custódio POR 24/05/83 29 - 2 - - - 3 - 2 - 26 4 30 Alan BRA 19/09/79 32 - 2 - - - 2 - 12 - 54 5 40 Guilherme BRA 21/05/91 21 ------1 - 45 Hugo Viana POR 15/01/83 29 - 2 - - - 2 - 18 1 67 4 50 Nuninho POR 22/11/91 20 ------79 Carlinhos BRA 04/01/93 19 ------95 Luis Silva POR 25/07/95 17 ------Forwards 9 Paulo César BRA 05/01/80 32 - 1 - - - 2 - 5 - 41 1 10 Hélder Barbosa POR 25/05/87 25 - 1 - - - 1 - 2 - 18 4 12 Michel BRA 22/08/86 26 ------17 Éder GUI 22/12/87 24 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 29 Zé Luis CPV 24/01/91 21 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 1 - 83 Carlão BRA 01/08/86 26 - - - - - 2 - - - 5 - 87 Aleen POR 16/02/94 18 ------89 Erivaldo POR 08/02/94 18 ------Coach - José Peseiro POR 04/04/60 52 - 2 ------29 -
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CFR 1907 Cluj
Current season All-time QUAL UCL League UCL UEFA No. Player Nat. DoB Age D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers 1 Mário Felgueiras POR 12/12/86 25 - 4 - - - 6 - - - 6 - 32 Mihai Mincă ROU 08/10/84 27 ------3 - 44 Eduard Stăncioiu ROU 03/03/81 31 - - - - - 2 - 8 - 10 - 61 Cristian Man ROU 13/06/94 18 ------Defenders 3 Ivo Pinto POR 07/01/90 22 - 4 - - - 8 - - - 4 - 8 László Sepsi ROU 07/06/87 25 - - - - - 3 - - - 17 - 12 Vasile Maftei ROU 01/01/81 31 - - - - - 6 2 5 - 44 1 13 Felice Piccolo ITA 27/08/83 29 - - - - - 5 - 3 - 5 1 20 Cadú POR 21/12/81 30 - 4 1 - - 6 2 12 1 25 2 24 Ionuţ Rada ROU 06/07/82 30 - 4 - - - 1 - 12 2 53 3 45 Camora POR 10/11/86 25 - 4 - - - 5 - - - 4 - Midfielders 6 Gabriel Mureşan ROU 13/02/82 30 - 4 - - - 5 2 7 - 18 1 10 Diogo Valente POR 23/09/84 27 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 4 - 16 Rafael Bastos BRA 01/01/85 27 - 4 - - - 7 2 5 - 9 - 23 Nicolas Godemèche FRA 22/07/84 28 - 2 - - - 5 - - - 2 - 25 Luís Alberto BRA 17/11/83 28 - - - - - 1 - - - - - 30 Rui Pedro POR 02/07/88 24 - 2 - - - 4 1 - - 2 - 31 Matías Aguirregaray URU 01/04/89 23 ------62 Constantin Paun-Alexandru ROU 01/04/95 17 ------Forwards 9 Pantelis Kapetanos GRE 08/06/83 29 - 4 2 - - 6 3 7 - 27 6 11 Viorel Nicoară ROU 27/09/87 24 - 3 - - - 5 - - - 3 - 17 Sergiu Buş ROU 02/11/92 19 ------19 Saša Bjelanović ITA 11/06/79 33 - - - - - 1 - 4 - 11 7 99 Modou Sougou SEN 18/12/84 27 - 4 3 - - 7 - - - 12 4 Coach - Ioan Andone ROU 15/03/60 52 - 4 ------4 -
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SC Braga: José Peseiro Date of birth: 4 April 1960 Nationality: Portuguese Coaching career: UD Santarém, GUS Montemor, Clube Oriental de Lisboa, CD Nacional, Real Madrid CF (assistant), Sporting Clube de Portugal, Al Hilal SC, Panathinaikos FC, FC Rapid Bucureşti, Saudi Arabia, SC Braga • After a playing career in the minor leagues and a low-key start as a coach, Peseiro made his name at Nacional, taking the Madeira club from the third division to the Portuguese Liga in just three seasons. • Left at the end of 2002/03, being appointed assistant to Carlos Queiroz at Real Madrid for the following campaign. Lasted only one season in Spain, taking charge of Sporting for 2004/05. • Close to glory on two fronts that year with Sporting in contention for the league title until the end of the season and reaching the UEFA Cup final at their Estádio José Alvalade. Lost out to SL Benfica in the championship race, however, a defeat compounded by a 3-1 European loss to PFC CSKA Moskva in front of their own fans. • Left Sporting early the following season and had short spells in Saudi Arabia, Greece and Romania before taking charge of the Saudi Arabian national side, a role he held until 2011. • Returned to Portuguese football with Braga in summer 2012 and was an immediate hit, masterminding victory against Udinese Calcio in the UEFA Champions League play-offs to seal a group stage place for only the second time.
CFR 1907 Cluj: Ioan Andone Date of birth: 15 March 1960 Nationality: Romanian Playing career: FC Corvinul Hunedoara, FC Dinamo Bucureşti, Elche CF, sc Heerenveen Coaching career: FC Sportul Studentesc (three times), FC Universitatea Cluj, FC Petrolul Ploiesti, FC Farul Constana, FC Brasov, FC Bihor, FC Dinamo Bucureşti (twice), AC Omonia, CFR 1907 Cluj (twice), Al-Ettifaq Club, Al Ahli Club, PFC CSKA Sofia, FC Rapid Bucureşti • Considered one of Romania's best defenders, Andone joined Dinamo in 1983 and in seven seasons won two league titles and three Romanian Cups as well as reaching the European Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals. • Completed his career in Spain and the Netherlands, winning 55 caps and playing at the 1984 UEFA European Championship and 1990 FIFA World Cup. • Went into coaching aged 33 in 1993 and had a series of short reigns at lower-ranked clubs before his March 2003 appointment by Dinamo. His reign produced a hat-trick of Romanian Cup successes and the 2003/04 title but he was dismissed late in 2005. • Moved to Cyprus and Omonia, leaving in January 2007 and taking charge of ambitious CFR that July. In 2001/02 they had been a third division side but were now established in the top division and claimed the domestic double in 2007/08 – their first major honours and the first time the league title had left Bucharest since 1991 – to earn a UEFA Champions League debut. • Sacked in September 2008 after a slow start to the season, Andone tried his luck in the Middle East and then Bulgaria with CSKA before returning to Romania with Rapid and Dinamo. Rejoined CFR in April 2012, claiming another league title the following month.
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Referee Peter Rasmussen (DEN) Assistant referees Henrik Sønderby (DEN), Lars Rix (DEN) Additional assistant referees Kenn Hansen (DEN), Michael Tykgaard (DEN) Fourth official Lars Hummelgaard (DEN) UEFA Delegate Joël Wolff (LUX) UEFA Referee observer Kyros Vassaras (GRE) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA Champions UEFA matches League matches Peter Rasmussen 15/10/1975 1 44 • Born in Denmark on 15 October 1975, Peter Rasmussen started his refereeing career in 1994 and was promoted to take charge of Danish Superligaen matches in 2006. • Rasmussen, who lives in Odense with his wife and two children and works in customer services for a ventilation company, was the fourth official at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship final between Spain and Greece in Linz, a match Spain won 1-0. • The Dane was in charge of two UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying matches and made his first UEFA Champions League appearance in the second qualifying round tie between SK Rapid Wien and Anorthosis Famagusta FC in August 2008. • Regularly given top domestic games, he was in the middle for the Danish Cup final in May 2009 and finished that season with two games at the European U21 Championship in Sweden. • Has continued to make steady progress, overseeing two UEFA EURO 2012 qualifiers and given regular UEFA Europa League refereeing assignments before making his UEFA Champions League group stage bow on matchday four of the 2011/12 competition, being promoted to UEFA's Elite Development category in January 2012. UEFA Champions League matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No matches found Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage Home Away Result Venue 20/09/07 UCUP R1 FC Paços de Ferreira AZ Alkmaar 0-1 Porto 06/11/08 UCUP GS AC Milan SC Braga 1-0 Milan 01/10/09 UCUP GS FC Timişoara GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0-3 Timisoara 04/11/10 UCUP GS KAA Gent Sporting Clube de Portugal 3-1 Gent 01/12/11 UCUP GS Sporting Clube de Portugal FC Zürich 2-0 Lisbon
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SC Braga
Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 18/08/12 League SL Benfica (A) D 2-2 Melgarejo 54 (og), Mossoró 63 22/08/12 UCL Udinese Calcio (H) D 1-1 Ismaily 68 25/08/12 League SC Beira-Mar (H) W 3-1 Rúben Micael 27, 33, Ruben Amorim 86 28/08/12 UCL Udinese Calcio (A) D 1-1 aet Rúben Micael 72 (5-4P) 02/09/12 League FC Paços de Ferreira (A) L 0-2 19/09/12 UCL CFR 1907 Cluj (H) 23/09/12 League Rio Ave FC (H) 28/09/12 League Vitória SC (A) 02/10/12 UCL Galatasaray AŞ (A) 07/10/12 League SC Olhanense (H) 23/10/12 UCL Manchester United FC (A) 28/10/12 League CS Marítimo (A) 04/11/12 League Gil Vicente FC (H) 07/11/12 UCL Manchester United FC (H) 11/11/12 League Sporting Clube de Portugal (A) 20/11/12 UCL CFR 1907 Cluj (A) 25/11/12 League FC Porto (H) 05/12/12 UCL Galatasaray AŞ (H) 09/12/12 League A. Académica de Coimbra (A) 16/12/12 League GD Estoril-Praia (H) 06/01/13 League Moreirense FC (H) 13/01/13 League CD Nacional (A) 20/01/13 League Vitória FC (H) 27/01/13 League SL Benfica (H) 03/02/13 League SC Beira-Mar (A)
Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 SL Benfica 3 2 1 0 10 2 7 2 FC Porto 3 2 1 0 7 2 7 3 Moreirense FC 3 1 2 0 5 3 5 4 FC Paços de Ferreira 3 1 2 0 4 2 5 5 CS Marítimo 3 1 2 0 2 1 5 6 SC Olhanense 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 7 SC Braga 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 8 Rio Ave FC 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 9 A. Académica de Coimbra 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 10 Gil Vicente FC 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 11 GD Estoril-Praia 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 12 Sporting Clube de Portugal 3 0 2 1 1 2 2 13 SC Beira-Mar 3 0 2 1 5 7 2 14 Vitória SC 3 0 2 1 2 6 2 15 Vitória FC 3 0 2 1 2 7 2 16 CD Nacional 3 0 1 2 3 8 1
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CFR 1907 Cluj
Date Competition Opponent Result Goalscorers 21/07/12 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş (H) D 1-1 Kapetanos 60 27/07/12 League FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (A) D 2-2 Kapetanos 20, Maftei 77 01/08/12 UCL FC Slovan Liberec (H) W 1-0 Cadú 53 (p) 04/08/12 League SC Vaslui (H) W 3-0 Cadú 16 (p), Rafael Bastos 69, 83 08/08/12 UCL FC Slovan Liberec (A) W 2-1 Kapetanos 45+1, Sougou 90+4 13/08/12 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (A) W 2-1 Mureşan 7 (p), Ronny 53 17/08/12 League CSMS Iaşi (H) D 2-2 Cadú 21 (p), Hora 73 21/08/12 UCL FC Basel 1893 (A) W 2-1 Sougou 66, 71 25/08/12 League FC Rapid Bucureşti (A) L 2-3 Ronny 14, Maftei 18 29/08/12 UCL FC Basel 1893 (H) W 1-0 Kapetanos 20 02/09/12 League FC Petrolul Ploieşti (H) D 2-2 Kapetanos 28, Mureşan 78 14/09/12 League FC Dinamo Bucureşti (A) W 1-0 Rui Pedro 64 19/09/12 UCL SC Braga (A) 23/09/12 League CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu (A) 29/09/12 League ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa (H) 02/10/12 UCL Manchester United FC (H) 06/10/12 League FC Steaua Bucureşti (A) 20/10/12 League FC Viitorul Constan a (H) 23/10/12 UCL Galatasaray AŞ (A) 27/10/12 League CS Turnu Severin (A) 03/11/12 League FC Braşov (H) 07/11/12 UCL Galatasaray AŞ (H) 10/11/12 League CS Concordia Chiajna (A) 17/11/12 League FC Astra Ploieşti (H) 20/11/12 UCL SC Braga (H) 24/11/12 League FC Universitatea Cluj (A) 01/12/12 League CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 05/12/12 UCL Manchester United FC (A) 08/12/12 League FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ (H) 15/12/12 League SC Vaslui (A) 02/03/13 League FC Oţelul Galaţi (H) 09/03/13 League CSMS Iaşi (A)
Pos. Clubs Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1 FC Steaua Bucureşti 8 6 1 1 20 9 19 2 CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu 8 6 1 1 17 9 19 3 FC Astra Ploieşti 8 5 2 1 18 11 17 4 SC Vaslui 8 4 3 1 15 9 15 5 CFR 1907 Cluj 8 3 4 1 15 11 13 6 FC Petrolul Ploieşti 8 3 3 2 16 10 12 7 FC Rapid Bucureşti 7 3 3 1 10 8 12 8 FC Dinamo Bucureşti 7 3 2 2 11 8 11 9 CS Concordia Chiajna 8 3 2 3 10 12 11 10 FC Universitatea Cluj 8 3 2 3 11 17 11 11 FC Braşov 8 2 3 3 13 13 9 12 CS Gaz Metan Mediaş 8 2 3 3 8 11 9 13 FC Viitorul Constan a 8 1 5 2 10 9 8 14 FC Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ 8 2 2 4 8 18 8 15 ACF Gloria 1922 Bistriţa 8 1 2 5 5 13 5 16 FC Oţelul Galaţi* 8 1 3 4 10 13 4 17 CS Turnu Severin 8 0 3 5 6 12 3 18 CSMS Iaşi 8 0 2 6 7 17 2 FC Oţelul Galaţi have had 2 points deducted
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SC Braga Play-offs (22/08/12) Braga 1-1 Udinese Goals: 0-1 Basta 23, 1-1 Ismaily 68 SC Braga: Beto, Mossoró (Zé Luis 87), Hélder Barbosa (Rúben Micael 58), Lima, Ismaily, Leandro Salino, Paulo Vinícius, Custódio, Alan (Ruben Amorim 85), Douglão, Hugo Viana (28/08/12) Udinese 1-1 Braga (4-5 P) (agg: 2-2, 4-5 P) Goals: 1-0 Armero 25, 1-1 Rúben Micael 72 Penalties: Domizzi 1-0, Lima 1-1, Pinzi 2-1, Custódio 2-2, Maicosuel 2-2 missed, Éder 2-3, Armero 3-3, Paulo César 3-4, Di Natale 4-4, Rúben Micael 4-5 SC Braga: Beto, Ruben Amorim (Rúben Micael 60), Mossoró (Éder 107 ET), Lima, Ismaily, Leandro Salino, Paulo Vinícius, Custódio, Alan (Paulo César 94 ET), Douglão, Hugo Viana CFR 1907 Cluj Third qualifying round (01/08/12) CFR Cluj 1-0 Liberec Goals: 1-0 Cadú 53(pen) CFR 1907 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Mureşan (Sare 46), Deac, Kapetanos, Rafael Bastos (Diogo Valente 80), Vass (Edimar 77), Cadú, Rada, Camora, Sougou (08/08/12) Liberec 1-2 CFR Cluj (agg: 1-3) Goals: 0-1 Kapetanos 45+1, 1-1 Šural 58, 1-2 Sougou 90+4 CFR 1907 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Sare, Kapetanos, Rafael Bastos (Mureşan 61), Vass (Ronny 78), Cadú, Rada, Camora, Edimar (Nicoară 83), Sougou
Play-offs (21/08/12) Basel 1-2 CFR Cluj Goals: 1-0 Streller 44, 1-1 Sougou 66, 1-2 Sougou 71 CFR 1907 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Sare, Kapetanos (Ronny 50), Rafael Bastos, Cadú, Godemèche (Mureşan 67), Rada, Rui Pedro (Nicoară 72), Camora, Sougou (29/08/12) CFR Cluj 1-0 Basel (agg: 3-1) Goals: 1-0 Kapetanos 20 CFR 1907 Cluj: Mário Felgueiras, Ivo Pinto, Sare (Godemèche 51), Mureşan, Kapetanos (Rui Pedro 82), Diogo Valente (Nicoară 73), Rafael Bastos, Cadú, Rada, Camora, Sougou
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Group H Standings Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manchester United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matchday 1 (19/09/12) Braga v CFR Cluj
Matchday 2 (02/10/12) CFR Cluj v Man. United Galatasaray v Braga
Matchday 3 (23/10/12) Galatasaray v CFR Cluj Man. United v Braga
Matchday 4 (07/11/12) CFR Cluj v Galatasaray Braga v Man. United
Matchday 5 (20/11/12) CFR Cluj v Braga
Matchday 6 (05/12/12) Man. United v CFR Cluj Braga v Galatasaray
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Group A Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GNK Dinamo Zagreb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Porto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paris Saint-Germain FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/09/12 GNK Dinamo Zagreb FC Porto Zagreb 18/09/12 Paris Saint-Germain FC FC Dynamo Kyiv Paris
Group B Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts FC Schalke 04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montpellier Hérault SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arsenal FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Olympiacos FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/09/12 Montpellier Hérault SC Arsenal FC Montpellier 18/09/12 Olympiacos FC FC Schalke 04 Piraeus
Group C Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts RSC Anderlecht 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Málaga CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Zenit St Petersburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AC Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/09/12 Málaga CF FC Zenit St Petersburg Malaga 18/09/12 AC Milan RSC Anderlecht Milan
Group D Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Manchester City FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borussia Dortmund 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 AFC Ajax 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Real Madrid CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18/09/12 Borussia Dortmund AFC Ajax Dortmund 18/09/12 Real Madrid CF Manchester City FC Madrid
Group E Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Nordsjælland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chelsea FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/09/12 FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Nordsjælland Donetsk 19/09/12 Chelsea FC Juventus London
Group F Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts Valencia CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOSC Lille 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC BATE Borisov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Bayern München 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/09/12 LOSC Lille FC BATE Borisov Villeneuve-d'Ascq 19/09/12 FC Bayern München Valencia CF Munich
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Group G Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts SL Benfica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Barcelona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FC Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Celtic FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/09/12 FC Barcelona FC Spartak Moskva Barcelona 19/09/12 Celtic FC SL Benfica Glasgow
Group H Club Pld W D L GF GA Pts CFR 1907 Cluj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Manchester United FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Galatasaray AŞ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SC Braga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/09/12 Manchester United FC Galatasaray AŞ Manchester 19/09/12 SC Braga CFR 1907 Cluj Braga
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UEFA Champions League: Did you know? • Holders Chelsea FC are hoping 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 1999/2000 and 2002/03 that featured a second group stage). In 1992/93, FC Barcelona were the reigning European Champion Clubs' Cup holders and lost 4-3 on aggregate in the second round by PFC CSKA Moskva. • No team has successfully defended the UEFA Champions League trophy with AC Milan (1989, 1990) the last club to win consecutive European Cups. Milan (1994, 1995), AFC Ajax (1995, 1996), Juventus (1996, 1997) and Manchester United FC (2008, 2009) have all returned to the UEFA Champions League final as holders only to lose. • S.S. Lazio goalkeeper Marco Ballotta is the oldest player to compete in the UEFA Champions League having featured against Real Madrid CF on matchday six in 2007/08 aged 43 years and 252 days. Alessandro Costacurta is the oldest outfield player; the Milan defender was 40 years and 211 days when he played against AEK Athens FC in 2006/07. • Ryan Giggs is the oldest player to score in the competition, aged 37 years and 289 days, in Manchester United's 1-1 draw at SL Benfica on 14 September 2011. • Celestine Babayaro is the youngest player to have appeared; he was 16 years and 87 days when he started for RSC Anderlecht against FC Steaua Bucureşti on 23 November 1994. He was sent off in the 37th minute. • Peter Ofori-Quaye is the youngest player to have scored in the UEFA Champions League, aged 17 years and 195 days. He found the net in Olympiacos FC's 5-1 defeat at Rosenborg BK on 1 October 1997. • Lionel Messi became the first player to score five goals in a match in Barcelona's 7-1 win against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 7 March 2012. Eight players, including Messi, have scored four times in a game, most recently FC Bayern München's Mario Gomez on matchday eight last season. • Barcelona have finished as group winners on 13 occasions, one more than Manchester United and Real Madrid. • Five teams have recorded six successive victories in a UEFA Champions League group stage: Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain FC (1994/95), FC Spartak Moskva (1995/96), Barcelona (2002/03, first group stage) and Real Madrid (2011/12). • Fifteen teams have gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without picking up a single point, including Villarreal CF, FC Oţelul Galaţi and GNK Dinamo Zagreb in 2011/12. • Barcelona scored 20 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, equalling Manchester United's competition record from 1998/99. Barcelona scored 19 times in the 1999/2000 first group stage, a tally matched by Real Madrid last season. • Dinamo Zagreb conceded 22 goals in the 2011/12 group stage, a new record. The previous highest goals against total was 19, shared by MŠK Žilina (2010/11), Debreceni VSC (2009/10), FC Dynamo Kyiv (2007/08) and Ferencvárosi TC in 1995/96. • No team has ever gone through a UEFA Champions League group stage without conceding a goal. Milan (1992/93), Ajax (1995/96), Juventus (1996/97 and 2004/05), Chelsea (2005/06), Liverpool FC (2005/06), Villarreal (2005/06) and Manchester United (2010/11) all let in just one. • Before their 3-1 win against Sporting Clube de Portugal on matchday six of the 2006/07 campaign, Spartak Moskva went 22 games without a victory in the competition. • 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 Dynamo Kyiv and Bayer 04 Leverkusen managed it in 1999/2000 and Liverpool in 2001/02. FC Lokomotiv Moskva and eventual finalists Juventus both progressed with seven points in 2002/03, as did Rangers FC and SV Werder Bremen in 2005/06. • Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (1997, final in Munich) and Juventus (1996, final in Rome), while Manchester United lost the 2011 final in London and 12 months later Bayern were beaten in the showpiece in their own stadium, the Fußball Arena München.
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SC Braga Formed: 1921 Nickname: Os Arsenalistas (The Arsenalists) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Europa League: (2011) • UEFA Intertoto Cup (1): 2008 Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) Portuguese Cup: 1 (1966) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: UEFA Europa League round of 32 2010/11: UEFA Europa League runners-up (having transferred from UEFA Champions League group stage) 2009/10: UEFA Europa League third qualifying round 2008/09: UEFA Cup round of 16 2007/08: UEFA Cup round of 32 2006/07: UEFA Cup round of 16 2005/06: UEFA Cup first round 2004/05: UEFA Cup first round 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-0: Braga v Hibernians FC 13/09/78, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Biggest away win 1-3: Birmingham City FC v Braga 15/09/11, UEFA Europa League group stage 0-2: FC Artmedia Petržalka v Braga 02/10/08, UEFA Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v FC Shakhtar Donetsk 28/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 0-3: Braga v Tottenham Hotspur FC 19/09/84, UEFA Cup first round first leg • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal FC v Braga 15/09/10, UEFA Champions League group stage 6-0: Tottenham Hotspur FC v Braga 03/10/84, UEFA Cup first round second leg UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 2-0 twice, most recently v Arsenal FC 23/11/10, group stage • Biggest away win 0-1: FK Partizan v Braga 03/11/10, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-3: Braga v FC Shakhtar Donetsk (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 6-0: Arsenal FC v Braga (see above for details)
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CFR 1907 Cluj Formed: 1907 Nickname: Feroviarii (Railwaymen) UEFA club competition honours (runners-up in brackets) • UEFA Intertoto Cup: (2005) Domestic honours (most recent triumph in brackets) League title: 3 (2012) Romanian Cup: 3 (2010) Ten-year European record (UEFA Champions League unless indicated otherwise) 2011/12: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2010/11: group stage 2009/10: UEFA Europa League group stage 2008/09: group stage 2007/08: UEFA Cup second qualifying round 2006/07: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2005/06: UEFA Intertoto Cup runners-up 2004/05: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2003/04: did not take part in UEFA club competition 2002/03: did not take part in UEFA club competition Records UEFA club competition • Biggest home win 5-1: CFR v FK Žalgiris Vilnius 03/08/05, UEFA Intertoto Cup semi-finals second leg • Biggest away win 1-4: FK Vėtra v CFR 26/06/05, UEFA Intertoto Cup first round second leg • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: CFR v FC Bayern München 03/11/10, UEFA Champions League group stage • Heaviest away defeat 3-1: RC Lens v CFR 23/08/05, UEFA Intertoto Cup final second leg 2-0 twice, most recently v FC København 03/12/09, UEFA Europa League group stage UEFA Champions League (group stage to final only) • Biggest home win 2-1: CFR v FC Basel 1893 15/09/10, group stage • Biggest away win 1-2: AS Roma v CFR 16/09/08, group stage • Heaviest home defeat 0-4: CFR v FC Bayern München (see above for details) • Heaviest away defeat 3-2: FC Bayern München v CFR 19/10/10, group stage 2-1 twice, most recently v AS Roma 28/09/10, group stage 1-0 twice, most recently v FC Basel 1893 23/11/10, group stage
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ALL-TIME STATISTICS The all-time record of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition. UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competition defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999), the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Super Cup (1973-to date), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup (1960-2004). Matches in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 1972 Super Cup are included only for information as these were not held under UEFA auspices, while the FIFA Club World Cup is excluded. :: 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 competition 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 National team competitions Club competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship UCL: UEFA Champions League WC: FIFA World Cup • CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League FRIE: Friendly internationals • U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals UEL: UEFA Europa League U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship UCUP: UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship • U16: UEFA European Under-16 UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Championship SCUP: UEFA Super Cup • UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship • U18: UEFA European Under-18 ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup • WCHAMP: UEFA European Women's Championship :: Competition stages :: Other abbreviations F: Final 3QR: Third qualifying round (aet): Match decided after extra timeNo.: Number GS: Group stage R1: First round aetps: Match decided after extra timeo.g.: Own goal GS1: First group stage R2: Second round and penalty shoot-out GS2: Second group stage R3: Third round ag: Match decided on away goals (P): Penalty KO1: First knockout round R4: Fourth round agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played PR: Preliminary round SF: Semi-finals AP: Appearances Pos.: Position QF: Quarter-finals R16: round of 16 Comp.: Competition Pts: Points QR: Qualifying round R32: Round of 32 D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) QR1: First qualifying round 1st: first leg DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result QR2: Second qualifying round 2nd: second leg GA: Goals against sg: Match decided by silver goal FT: Final tournament PO: Play-off GF: Goals for t: Match decided by toss of a coin ELITE: Elite round (Rep) : Replay gg: Match decided by golden goal W: Won 3rdPO: Third-place play-off PO - FT: Play-off for Final L: Lost Y: Booked Tournament Nat.: Nationality Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) GS-FT: Group stage – final Prom/rel PO: Promotion/relegation N/A: Not applicable tournament play-off :: Statistics (-) : Denotes player substituted (+) : Denotes player introduced (*) : Denotes player sent off (+/-) : Denotes player introduced and substituted :: Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended #: Suspended for at least one match UCLQ: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances in the qualifying rounds and play-offs only UCL: Current season total UEFA Champions League appearances from group stage onwards prior to current matchday UCL: Total appearances in the UEFA Champions League from 1992/93 season, group stage to final only UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying :: 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. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on www.uefa.com.
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